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New Zealand's overseas trading partners will soon increase their scrutiny of what happens on NZ farms affecting milk quality.

As the dairy industry's spring calving kicks off, the Bobby Calf Action Group (BCAG) is reminding everyone who handles calves of the important role they have to play.

The Ministry for Primary Industries predicts the dairy industry will take four more years before it equals the record $17.7 billion it earned in exports in 2014.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says he had always intended to "fast-track" some of the new animal welfare regulations on the treatment of bobby calves.

The author of the MPI Situation and Outlook report says that while some of it could be construed as less than satisfactory, the primary industries overall have a "phenomenal opportunity".

The Government's much-publicised goal of primary exports hitting $64 billion by 2025 now looks like a pipe-dream.

Rural mental health has been given a funding boost of $600,000.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says the outlook for New Zealand primary industries is positive.

A new programme celebrating and promoting careers in the primary sector has been launched by Prime Minister John Key, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and senior Ministers at National Fieldays.

Details announced on Friday for new regulations for young calves are part of a wider programme to strengthen bobby calf welfare.