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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.
Former Fonterra Shareholder Council chairman Duncan Coull has been elected as the new chair for Fertiliser co-operative Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
MPI boss Ray Smith has appealed to all those involved in food and beverage processing to be meticulous about hygiene.
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All three big telcos – Vodafone, Spark and 2degrees – are offering 24/7 unlimited data for urban broadband users in response to the COVID-19 lockdown forcing people to stay at home.
Primary food production is in business. But it’s not business as usual – as we used to know it.
Strict hygiene standards on dairy farms will be an important part of long-term export market protection, say award-winning Waikato farmers Adrian and Pauline Ball.
Lincoln University has unveiled plans for what is expected to be a globally-unique Energy Demonstration Farm to help the primary sector meet its future zero-carbon obligations.
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