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Teams and individuals whose talents and work to help New Zealand farmers, foresters and fishers thrive and what they produce were honoured at the 2023 Primary Industries New Zealand Awards last night.

Farmers' satisfaction with their bank relationship continues to slip and more perceive they are under undue pressure, the latest Federated Farmers Banking Survey shows.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), Federated Farmers, DairyNZ, and Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) say while they support the use of farm plans as a tool, they have concerns about the implementation and short timeframes the Government is working to.

Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre says the farmer organisation welcomes recently announced changes to immigration settings.

National's plan to delay agriculture's inclusion in an emissions trading scheme has been applauded by farmers.

New Waikato Federated Farmers president Keith Holmes believes farmers are being progressively starved out of existence.

The National Party’s plan for reducing agricultural emissions, released yesterday, has been praised by many in the sector.

OPINION: As your old mate - as well as many in the sector - expected, the Budget had nothing in it for the country's all-important primary sector.

A strong field of finalists are lined up for the 2023 Primary Industry NZ Awards.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for a slow down on new regulations being heaped on the farming sector.