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OPINION: Finally it looks like the Government has fashioned new regulations for the primary sector that will actually be welcomed.

Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor is celebrating a new milestone in the fight against wilding conifers.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor has joined the chorus of concern about the treatment of some RSE workers from the Pacific.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor recently spoke at the China Business Summit in Auckland. The following is an excerpt from that speech.

Agriculture and Trade Minister Damien O’Connor was in India recently as part of a trade delegation. He gave a speech to the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi. Here’s part of what he said:

The Government will review export quotas it allocates annually to milk processors.

The Government is backing what it says is the largest ever study on the sustainability of New Zealand’s farming sector, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has announced.

The Government has announced that it intends to review the dairy quota allocation system.

Despite the terribly wet weather, the Minister for Agriculture says farmers have done a good job managing winter grazing this year.

A bonus for the country’s primary exports with the final figure for the end of June hitting $53.3 million – $1.1 billion more than projected.