Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) remains confident the isolated population of Queensland fruit fly will be eradicated from Auckland.
The Ministry of Primary Industries' proposal to impose higher costs on the wine industry is a major threat to the sector and its export business, says Alistair King from Crowe Horwath.
Farmers need to take seriously the transportation of stock and be fully acquainted with the various animal welfare rules on this.
The Ministry of Primary Industries’ own tests and controls of raw milk safety on farms overlay those of the dairy companies, but the ministry works also with the companies.
Police have confirmed that the tins of infant formula collected from members of the public over recent days have all tested negative for 1080.
Federated Farmers has confirmed it has received a threat to sabotage New Zealand infant formula with the pesticide 1080.
The Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed a fourth fruit fly in Grey Lynn and believes it to be part of the same localised population as previous detections.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has launched an investigation in the central Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn after the discovery of a single male Queensland fruit fly on Monday.
The Ministry for Primary Industries denies holding ‘special’ meetings with New Zealand dairy product makers in the light of claims that China has rejected 60 batches of our dairy products in the past year.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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