One of the things …
“One of the things that was reinforced to me during my trip was how highly regarded New Zealand is internationally.” David Carter, speech to Federated Farmers, 28 June 2012.
View ArticleCall to arms for agri-food
A proposal for a new Agri-Food Board is centre of a comprehensive new strategy aimed at tripling the value of exports for the agri-food sector to about $60 billion. The Riddet Institute, a national...
View ArticleNearly quarter of a billion being invested in red meat
Nearly a quarter of a billion dollars is being invested by the meat industry and the government in projects aimed at adding a potential $3 billion to returns over the next decade. Ministry for Primary...
View ArticleIn the news this week (3)
People are key to the success of Riddet Institute’s Agri-Food Strategy wrote Jon Morgan in a Dominion Post opinion piece early on last week. “The prize is too great to abandon,” he said. So, focus is...
View ArticleBuilding Export Markets, government releases progress report
The Government has today unveiled its first Business Growth Agenda Progress report on actions to boost New Zealand exports. It is a timely appearance as the Primary Sector Boot Camp reaches its halfway...
View ArticleBiosecurity reform bill passes into law
The most significant changes to the Biosecurity Act in 15 years were brought into place this week, when the Biosecurity Law Reform bill passed into law. The bill makes a wide range of amendments to the...
View ArticleAustralian agriculture minister to visit
The Australian Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Hon Joe Ludwig will visit New Zealand for bilateral and primary industries meetings over the next two days. Hon Ludwig, who will be joined...
View ArticleNew programme to add value to beef
A new $87 million innovation programme that will look at how more value can be generated from beef carcases has been approved for Government funding. Ministry for Primary Industries director-general...
View ArticleNew frontline border staff
Forty six new border staff graduated last week boosting New Zealand’s biosecurity frontline. With training completed of the largest intake of border staff in over a decade, the Ministry of Primary...
View ArticleNathan Guy new Primary Industries Minister
Nathan Guy has been appointed as the new Primary Industries Minister as a result of the Prime Minister’s re-shuffle of Cabinet today. David Carter, the current Minister for Primary Industries, will be...
View ArticlePraise for industry’s animal welfare approach
Primary Industries Minister David Carter has praised the Primary Industry Chief Executive’s Animal Welfare Forum for its contribution to animal welfare. Carter attended the biannual meeting of the...
View ArticleCarter to Russia and US
Primary Industries Minister David Carter is representing New Zealand at the APEC Food Security Ministerial meeting in Russia next week and will also travel to the US for a round of high level...
View ArticleCongratulations to the Smiths
Congratulations go to Otago sheep and beef farmers Blair and Jane Smith for winning the national title in the 2012 Ballance Farm Environmental Awards earlier this week. The Smiths were awarded the...
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