Farmer's Chaplain, Colin Miller on overcoming fear during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shearing has been deemed an essential service, but people must come first, says Mike Barrowcliffe, NZ Shearing Contractors Association president.

Rural Contractors NZ has confirmed that agricultural contracting is regarded as an essential service through the COVID-19 shutdown.

Under pressure from drought and COVID-19, Woodville dairy farmer Ben Allomes says: ‘we can’t shut our doors and just walk away’.

Federated Farmers president Katie Milne has described the first week on COVID-19 lockdown as “good but nerve racking”.

Rural midwives are moving to virtual or phone consultations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many doctors in rural parts of NZ are facing a cash-flow crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A LIC board proposal to buy a 50% stake in Israeli agri tech company Afimilk has been knocked back by shareholders.

Farmers on the lower east coast of the North Island have welcomed heavy rains, which have fallen in the last week.

For the country’s two largest milk processors, it’s business as usual: milk is coming in, being processed and products shipped to offshore markets without any major hitch.

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