Displaying items by tag: Ministry for Primary Industries

OPINION: Animal rights group SAFE thinks skinny cows are unacceptable on a farm.

An Otago farmer has been fined $12,000 and banned from owning cattle for a range of welfare problems contributing to the death of over a dozen cattle.

A new product is set to offer an alternative to plastic trays and pots used by nurseries and gardeners each year.

A new Zealand-based company researching alternative uses for a by-product from cheesemaking has its sights on developing it into a remedy for people with type 2 diabetes.

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.