Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
A Fonterra staffer has become the first person from the dairy industry to win a prestigious food safety award.
While dairy remains the biggest export earner for the NZ primary sector, it is facing some challenges in the coming two years.
MPI director general Ray Smith reckons NZ has a lot to learn from the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority – called Teagasc (pronounced ‘Chog us’).
New Zealand Apples and Pears is working on a near $15 million project to achieve the industry's goal of being a global leader in sustainable production practices.
Total sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics in New Zealand have decreased for a fifth year in a row, dropping by 23% in 2022.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff have ramped up testing procedures and investigations in an effort to determine how a dairy herd in the Selwyn district of Canterbury contracted Mycoplasma bovis.
A Pukekohe deer farmer has been fined $12,000 for not tagging 278 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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