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The Ministry for Primary Industries annual ‘Situation and Outlook Report for Primary Industries’ (SOPI) forecasts the farmgate milk price for the 2015-16 season to be $5.62/kgMS – slightly higher than Fonterra’s $5.25.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has today declared the flooding in the lower North Island as a medium-scale adverse event for the primary sector.

Despite the gloom that hangs over the dairy industry at present, the Ministry for Primary Industries is predicting a much brighter future for the primary sector in four years.

MPI’S director of sector policy Jarred Mair says despite the short term downturn, the fundamentals for the New Zealand primary sector remain very strong. 

A Northland farmer was fined $4000 and faces $3000 in costs after being found guilty of ill treating cows.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says farmers are resilient and will get through the low milk-price patch.

Trucking firm are coming under particular scrutiny about transporting cows that aren’t fit to travel, says Chris Leach, DairyNZ senior developer - animal husbandry and welfare.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says it is relaxing the fruit and vegetable movement controls for some households within Auckland’s fruit fly zone.

An animal welfare offender has been disqualified from owning stock for 20 years and fined $7500 in Whangarei District Court.

Consumers need to know they can trust food labels, but according to the Soil and Health Association, some producers are misusing the word 'organic'.