Displaying items by tag: Ministry for Primary Industries

A peanut growing industry may be established in New Zealand if current trials are successful.

OPINION: This old mutt understands that MPI and agri industr bodies had to do a fair bit of scrambling to shoot down rumours circulating about China shutting its borders to NZ and Australian products over concerns about foot-and-mouth disease.

Plunket says it is grateful for the recent round of funding it received from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Much of the work veterinarians do is behind the scenes, but underpins aspects of our economy, environment and way of life.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is calling on researchers to apply for funding to better measure the country’s agricultural emissions.

Teachers have welcomed a move by the Government to put money into supporting secondary school agricultural and horticultural science and to get more students into a career in the ag and hort sectors.

Fonterra says additional measures are not required to reduce the co-operative's discretion in a setting the milk price.

Funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will enable Plunket to extend its volunteer-driven community services to additional rural communities throughout the South Island.

Could previously unproductive land be used to produce truffles?

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding farmers that stock transport companies are checking their cattle and deer are tagged and registers under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.