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The Government would monitor the effects of new regulatory regimes on the provision of agricultural chemicals and the introduction of new plants and animals, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Government has received the report from the Waitangi Tribunal on the Taranaki Maori claim following the restructuring of the dairy industry and will be considering it carefully, Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia and Agriculture Minister Jim Su

The Government is to pay for the development of a strategic plan for the organic agriculture sector, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Mr Sutton said the organic sector had gone through a period of rapid growth in New Zealand.

Gross revenues from agriculture and forestry are expected to rise in the year to March next year, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Opposition are engaging in irresponsible scaremongering, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Waitakere City Council have agreed the minister should step in as a solution to enable the eradication of the Painted Apple Moth, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Five Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Quarantine Service staff have been awarded East Timor medals in recognition of their service in the war-torn country.

A new bill updating and streamlining the arrangements governing the wine industry is to be introduced next year, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Three people have been appointed to make up the board of inquiry into the proposed national Bovine TB strategy, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Three people have been appointed to make up the board of inquiry into the proposed national Bovine TB strategy, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Intense consultations to find a way around the standoff between the European Union and most other World Trade Organisation members over the draft declaration text on agriculture would continue for at least another day, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Su

Potential tax liability on Wool Board reserves was an issue that the Government would consider as part of any proposal to restructure the industry, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

An investigation to ensure Commodity Levies Act procedures are as efficient as possible could be worthwhile, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton today congratulated the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for its enabling consumers to buy eggs certified as coming from hens which were free range.

Higher earnings from agriculture and forestry are expected to continue, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Bills restructuring the apple and dairy industries have been passed, enabling those industries to begin new eras, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Chairman Barry Englebrecht, ladies and gentlemen: thank you for inviting me to speak tonight.

Water management is an important issue, and it is one that I believe is only going to be more important in the future.

The maximum rate of the cattle slaughter levy will rise from tomorrow (September 3), Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

A book on management of the varroa destructor (previously classified as varroa jacobsoni) bee mite pest is being published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Organic agriculture projects have been picked to receive almost $1 million of funding from the Sustainable Farming Fund, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Cairns Group of agricultural trading nations is made up of: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, and Uruguay.

A board of inquiry would consider the recent proposal by the Animal Health Board to review and amend the national bovine tuberculosis strategy, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jacques Diouf, would visit New Zealand for two days next week, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Government has yet to consider in detail the Australian Senate's review of how Biosecurity Australia handled a New Zealand Government request to import apples into Australia, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.