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Trade Minister Todd McClay says New Zealand has no intention of backing down in a trade dispute with Canada over dairy products.

Trade Minister Todd McClay says Kiwi exporters will be $100 million better off today as the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force.

Government and the red meat sector are teaming up to help eradicate the significant impact of facial eczema (FE) on farmed animals.

OPINION: Even before the National-led coalition came into power, India was very much at the fore of its trade agenda.

The dry weather in some parts of the North Island has received medium-scale adverse event classification from the Government.

Marlborough Federated Farmers has got some real concern about the mental wellbeing of farmers and their families in the region because of the drought and there’s a lot of pressure starting to build.

The Government has expanded the medium-scale adverse event classification to cover the Canterbury and Otago regions.

Federated Farmers Marlborough Province says it welcomes the announcement yesterday that current dry weather in the top of the South Island would be classified as a medium-scale adverse event.

An intense dry spell gripping upper South Island districts - Marlborough, Tasman, and Nelson - have been declared as a medium-scale adverse event by the Government.

OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons moves by the new government to try and breathe new life into the country's ailing wool industry will have little real impact.