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Federated Farmers president Katie Milne says farmers are still worried about the processing times at meat plants.

Shareholders and suppliers of Alliance Group are upset that the country’s biggest meat processing company did not work during the Easter holiday period while other companies did.

Fonterra tankers will be leaving more than just milk dockets on farms from this Saturday (April 25).

DairyNZ is now hosting online discussion groups where farmers can beam in from the comfort of their living rooms, offices or dairies and there’s no need to take the gumboots off.

Deer hunters want hunting to be permitted when the country moves out of COVID-19 Level 4 Alert.

The wool industry hopes for some lifting of COVID-19 restrictions limiting shearing and crutching to animal welfare reasons only.

The country’s pork producers say relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown rules might still not be enough to prevent an animal welfare crisis on the country’s pig farms.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) have released their latest assessment of processing capacity across the country.

All of the country’s small butchers can operate contactless home delivery services under the current COVID-19 lockdown rules.

While farmers and growers up and down the country are busy working during the COVID-19 lockdown, they are not the only essential service in the primary sector doing their bit for NZ.