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Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy departed for Paris yesterday on Wednesday for the OECD's Committee of Agriculture Ministerial meeting.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed new funding of $520,000 for the Hurunui Water Project centred around Hawarden in North Canterbury.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed new funding of $895,000 for the Flaxbourne Community Irrigation Scheme in Marlborough.

The heat is being turned up under bobby calf welfare.

The citrus industry has become the eighth industry partner to join the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) biosecurity partnership.

A second green revolution is needed - and the answer includes genetic technologies.

The Ministry for Primary Industries has laid charges against an individual in relation to an investigation into animal welfare offences involving bobby calves.

MPI is running a special public information campaign to alert people, especially around ports, to watch for the brown marmorated stink bug.

The eight organisations that formed a Bobby Calf Action Group at the end of 2015 are well advanced on a range of initiatives ensuring best practice handling and management of bobby calves.

The country needs to be very careful about not allowing the debate over fresh water quality to be solely about the dairy industry.