Displaying items by tag: Damien O'Connor

Dairy farmers are set to benefit from a $17 million beef genetics programme backed by the red meat sector and the Government.

A Southland dairy industry leader says the Government's response to worker shortages in the dairy industry is a "cop out".

The first stage of one-way quarantine-free travel with Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will begin in October, initially for RSE workers, Covid-19 Response Minister and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor have announced.

The contribution of NZ's kiwifruit industry came in for some high praise at a special function at Parliament, just before the latest Covid lockdowns.

British and New Zealand trade negotiators are burning the midnight oil in a bid to get a free trade agreement between the two countries.

The government has come up changes to proposed intensive winter grazing regulations  which on the face of it are likely to please farmers.

Experienced trade negotiator Charles Finny believes reports relating to a free trade agreement with the UK are positive.

The Government has announced it will help develop improved tools to manage and estimate on-farm nutrient loss after an independent Science Advisory Panel identified shortcomings with the Overseer software.

What happens in the next few weeks will be critical for New Zealand to secure a free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor has hit out at critics of the Government who want them to halt various water and climate change reforms.