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Primary sector responds to COVID-19 challenge
MPI director general Ray Smith has praised the country’s farming leaders for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raw milk supplier ploughs on
It's business as usual for Timaru raw milk suppliers Stuart and Andrea Weir as the country is in total COVID-19 lockdown.
COVID-19: Farming keeps the economy ticking
An analysis by two Christchurch economists has underlined the value of the farming sector to the country during the Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown.
Pork farmers want butchers to start trading
Pig farmers want the Government to allow independent butchers to resume trading immediately and help avoid an animal welfare crisis on farms.
Seeka seeking workers
Anyone in the Te Puke area who is fit to work and wants a job can probably have one tomorrow, says Seeka chief executive Michael Franks.
COVID-19: Meat processing protocol and advice for farmers
Farmers are being urged to act now in response to new COVID-19 protocols for processing companies that will impact processing capacity.
COVID-19: Financial hit for Rural GPs
Many doctors in rural parts of the country are facing a cash-flow crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: Misery on UK farms
Wake up, New Zealand: that’s the message from a New Zealander trying to manage a large dairy farm in the UK amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Hopes for limited re-opening of saleyards
Stock and Station agents have put together a set of protocols they hope will allow the country’s saleyards to reopen as soon as possible as the COVID-19 lockdown progresses.
COVID-19: Being essential is a privilege
Being classed an essential business is a privilege – do not abuse that privilege, says Chris Lewis, Federated Farmers national dairy spokesman.