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STATE FARMER Landcorp will be planting an additional 93ha of mānuka honey trees.

New Zealand is working on positioning itself as number 1 in the world for high quality, lower alcohol and lower calorie wines.

THE FARM Data Code of Practice, launched yesterday (June 10), is a first for the New Zealand agricultural industry.

THE MINISTRY for Primary Industries (MPI) wants public feedback on options for the sale of raw milk to consumers.

FIVE PROJECTS worth over $2.1 million will add further value to increasing the productivity of Māori primary sector assets.

SOME 70 FIELD workers are out in Whangarei setting additional traps to lure any Queensland fruit flies that may be in the area.

HORTICULTURE NEW Zealand says it is unbelievable and unexpected that the country is faced with another Queensland fruit fly detection, so soon after the last one in January.

DAIRY COWS will be led into Northland's Rangihamama milking sheds for the first time officially this weekend.

A WORKING group has been set up to improve dairy traceability, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye have announced.

MPI IS introducing new rules which will reduce animal welfare risks in the nation's livestock – particularly in the dairy sector.