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Māori business sector unrecognised - O'Connor

Rear left to right: Hon Meka Whatiri (Associate Minister of Agriculture), Jack Mihaere, Chairman, Tunapahore B2A Incorporation, Paki Nikora, Chair, Tataiwhetu Trust, Walter Ngamane, Kaumatua Pouara Farms. Front L-R: Hon Damien O'Connor, Minister of Agriculture & Trustee, and Hon Willie Jackson, Minister for Māori Development & Trustee.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the Māori business sector is unrecognised, underappreciated and its potential is only now just starting to be known.

Chair defends process

Andrew Morrison says the board considered they should take personal responsibility for any director renumeration recommendations.

Andrew Morrison, New Zealand Meat Board chair, has defended the move by Beef+Lamb NZ (BLNZ) directors to sack an independent committee established to set director remuneration.

Farmers will get final say

Chair Andrew Morrison has especially defended the huge lift in NZ Meat Board director fees.

Andrew Morrison says farmers will ultimately have the final say on whether or not a controversial move to increase both Beef+Lamb NZ (BLNZ) and New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB) director fees goes ahead.

Clean and green to pay?

Fonterra's group director Farm Source, Richard Allen.

Fonterra says there is a genuine understanding among farmer shareholders about the global demand for sustainably produced dairy.

A brighter outlook for venison?

There may be light at the end of the tunnel for the country’s venison producers.

Improved market conditions for venison are expected for the 2021 season, according to industry body Deer Industry NZ (DINZ).

MPI boss Ray Smith says with the advent of the climate change proposals and the new essential fresh water regulations, MPI is gearing itself up to help farmers deal with these matters by getting more staff out into the field.

Alliance investing $16 million in warehouse technology

An example of Alliance's new Warehouse Management System.

Alliance Group is investing $16 million in a fully integrated storage and warehouse management system (WMS) for frozen products at its Lorneville plant near Invercargill.

RWNZ joins fight against ovarian cancer

RWNZ national president Gill Naylor said the organisation would be joining the fight against ovarian cancer in a webinar last week.

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) say they are joining the fight against Ovarian Cancer.

Managing Covid issues top of the list for MPI

MPI director general Ray Smith says getting his front line staff vaccinated is essential so that they and other staff can support farmers and industry.

Dealing with the outfall from Covid-19 is one of the top priorities in the coming year for Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) boss Ray Smith.

Farmer fined for bovis breach

A farmer has been fined $21,000 after he failed to follow directives not to move stock.

Failure to follow directives not to move stock because of the Mycoplasma bovis threat and breaking NAIT rules has landed a South Canterbury farmer with a $21,000 fine.