Will Govt mandate vaccination for primary export sector workforce?
Primary industries ministry still working on how legal requirement would work.
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Mood of the Boardroom: Miles Hurrell - 'We need to be one step ahead of the rest'
New Zealand has an unique farming system with the pasture-based free roaming cows.
China and . . . 'We've been a long time on the road'
Kiwi companies seeking to maintain their Chinese footprint.
The benefits of greener pastures
Linked loan a new form of funding for the primary sector.
Sustainable Business: Feeding the changing world
An MPI project aims to help the food production sector adapt to climate change.
Sustainable Business: Adapting to emerging changes
Many farmers are doing amazing stuff, it's classic change management.
SAFI: Improving performance for farming and growers
NZ has followed moves in establishing a framework for investing in the rural sector.
Livestock export ban comes with $260m cost - Treasury
Damien O'Connor defends live export ban, which Treasury warns could cost $261 million
LIC's heavy spend in genomics pays off in annual result
LIC boosts R&D investment by 15 per cent to $17m in 2021 year.
Fonterra farmers force changes in proposed capital restructure
Fonterra leaders still aiming for December vote.
Who is buying up our farm land? The largest foreign owners of NZ soil
Almost 460,000ha shifted out of NZ control between 2010 to 2021.
Zespri posts sweet export sales records for kiwifruit
Total global revenue from fruit sales was $3.58b, up 14 per cent on the previous year.
Is Fonterra shooting itself in the foot?
Fonterra farmers will be thinking hard about removing a share demand source.
Recovering Fonterra to reveal results as farmers lap up milk price
Milk price v dividend: the interim result will highlight Fonterra investors' dilemma.
Zespri's big headache in China about to get seasonal spike
New round of grafting about to start by Chinese unlawfully growing NZ gold kiwifruit.
Stressed, anxious? Fonterra's working on it
Watch this space says Fonterra on debut into adult mental wellbeing support.
Are days of live animal exports from Napier numbered?
The second livestock ship this year has been and gone as Govt review drags on.
Fonterra launches product to help anxious Americans
Another market step unfolds in Fonterra's reset global business strategy.
Zespri and CRI discuss JV to boost hunt for new kiwifruit
Proposal to cement Zespri and Plant & Food's kiwifruit innovation bond.
Pacific workers could be too late for Central Otago orchards
The region's cherries could ripen before workers arrive to pick them, mayor says.
Banks' appetite for horticulture needs a close eye
Agriculture sector shows less strain from Covid-19 than others, says central bank.
Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern at the Primary Industries Summit
PM Jacinda Ardern reveals plans for the primary sector facing drop in foreign labour due to Covid-19. Video / Mark Mitchell
Fonterra's fresh thinking for China market
Fonterra casting off the China business cringe factor with fresh market offerings.
Sale hammer falls on large-scale dairying venture
Lights go out for poster venture for large-scale sustainable dairying.
Shareholders to Fonterra: Only one-way messaging now
Fonterra shareholders' guardian says blurred role helped sour relationship with farmers.
Food proves hard for ESG investors to digest
The sector's social and governance impacts resist easy measurement.
Simon Wilson: No point in Greens being a poodle hoping to be thrown a bone
The parties of the left have a greater goal than coalition and different ways to reach it.
Regulators still mum on Fonterra books probe
Regulators say inquiries into Fonterra books still a work in progress.
What dairy protein production could look like in 2030
What place will dairy cows have in global protein production in 10 years?
Record year for Waikato's Tatua dairy company
Tatua dairy farmers are again the envy of the sector.
China in a hurry for new Fonterra health support offers
Fonterra launches new e-commerce products as Covid sharpens China's health focus.
Primary sector a shining light, concern over global outlook
Sector leaders are keen to see a long-term, co-ordinated recovery plan.
Resurgence pops plans for transtasman bubble
Support for transtasman travel but only when safe, reports Tim McCready.