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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.

A message to dairy farmers - be patient with China and things will come right.

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.

Sheep with finer wool, greater tolerance for hot weather, top meat quality traits, and lower methane emissions.

OPINION: The Hound notes that the Taxpayers’ Union recently revealed that the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) spent more than $125,000 for its presence at this year’s Mystery Creek Fieldays.

Farmers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to move the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) eradication programme into a National Pest Management Plan (NPMP) as it moves to a new phase.

Consumers in the future may want produce that they perceive is designed especially for them.