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Innovation is essential to maintain competitive advantage.

Associate Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor opens VegFed's Produce Plus Conference in Rotorua.

Pressure is being maintained on Australia for summerfruit market access.

Associate Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor opens the New Zealand Association for Animal Health and Crop Protection's 58th annual conference.

New Zealand fruit and vegetable exports face about $200 million in tariff barriers each year.

The Government is pressing Australia hard to get access for apples.

Damien O'Connor covers issues relating to the agricultural sector, its outlook, productivity, Government's contribution through science and research funding, the sustainable farming fund, the Government's contribution through trade negotiations, and an update on the Veterinarians Bill.

The Government is taking steps to enable industry to access world-class plant material.

Associate Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor backgrounds New Zealand pest management strategies and successes.

Associate Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor's speech to local and international poultry broiler nutritionists.

Associate Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor presents the Supreme Award at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

The Food and Agribusiness Market Experience programme could really benefit young leaders.

Meat and Wool NZ is helping grow the future.

Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor addresses Federated Farmers' Meat and Fibre Producers Council.

Changes are afoot in the meat sector.

The project, partly funded by the Sustainable Farming Fund, looking at the wise use of nitrogen fertiliser on hill country farms is timely.

Rural Affairs and Associate Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor launches the Seasonal Resource Pack -a one-stop guide to securing seasonal workers in Nelson.

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for the invitation to speak today.

My colleague Marian Hobbs sends her apologies. Unforeseen circumstances had her delayed, but she would have dearly like to be here today.

Associate Agrigulture and Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor speaks at launch of a Sustainable Farming Fund Project in Rotorua.

New Zealand is not a rural society.

Protectionism and food safety standards can be barriers to our trade, but so can fashion.

The Open Country company is the first major proprietary export-oriented dairy processing company set up under the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act regime.

Now is a fairly buoyant time for the red meat industry, with farmers and meat companies investing.