Sally Murphy

The Ministry for Primary Industries is working to mitigate the impact of any avian influenza outbreak brought to the country by migrating birds.

A quarter of herds in the small West Coast farming community of Hari Hari had been infected.

MPI officials secured a deal with China on deer velvet imports just as the new velvet season gets underway.

A hemp company says it's dumping tonnes of a by-product that could be used as animal feed.

Imports of tomatoes from most Australian states have been suspended after Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus was found there.

Three people were sentenced to nearly four years in jail.

这也延续了过去10年来羊群数量持续减少的趋势。

It's a continuation of a trend that has seen sheep numbers dropping for the last decade.

Prolonged dry weather and challenging financial conditions have made circumstances tough for farmers in the the region.

Rising costs and falling demand are plaguing honey producers, but an industry body says there were some green shoots.

Mince, rump steak and anything on sale is selling - but expensive cuts are slower, a Dunedin butcher says.

Vangelis Vitalis says MFAT estimates 40 percent of seafood exports to the UK are still paying tariffs - which were eliminated a year ago.

Hawkes Bay based Bostock Brothers were on the lookout for capital to grow the business but decided to sell the whole operation.

North America is already the biggest market for New Zealand's venison but most of it is consumed in restaurants - the goal is to get more people cooking it at home.

Lincoln University is building a solar farm that will also grow horticulture crops beneath the rows of panels.

Subdued demand from China is behind the drop in May compared to the same month last year, the Meat Industry Association says.

With big powers stepping outside the rules-based trading system, NZ must push hard to diversify trading partners, the deputy secretary of tradesays.

Farmers have been told if they snooze when it comes to reducing emissions they'll lose.

After three months of no shipments to the mainland, farmers are hopeful they will be able to off-load stock soon.

Those driving tractors say they're facing abuse and being clipped by other drivers who can't pass them because of the median barriers.

Growers have previously rejected such a proposal, fearing an oversupply and lower quality produce.

The country's largest kiwifruit packhouse has committed to installing AI to sense pedestrians around forklifts, after a worker was run over in 2022.

After two unprofitable years, avocado growers are looking to cut supply locally and move into export markets.

In what's being described as an odd side effect of Cyclone Gabrielle, fishing crews in Hawkes Bay are catching hundreds of kilos of porcupinefish.

Britain's farmers are protesting the sale of Kiwi lamb, saying it may be of "lower standards than in the UK".