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The Acting Minister of Agriculture Denis Marshall said today that Mike Moore has jumped the gun by asking the Minister of Agriculture to arbitrate in the consideration of Apple-Fields' application

The Government will spend $19.9 million over the next three years on a new border control strategy to protect New Zealand's environment and primary industries from hazards such as fruitfly, Agricul

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith and Environment Minister Simon Upton have agreed that RCD should be released in Australia but stress their decision has no bearing on whether or not it will be i

"A pathetic effort by a clapped-out school master, NZ First's agriculture spokesperson Jack Elder," was how Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith described NZ First's rural policy announced today.

New policies for the control of bovine Tb in cattle and deer herds will be introduced on 1 November, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith announced today.

Alliance leader Jim Anderton's comments to Kerikeri orchardists yesterday regarding the Government's commitment to strengthening border controls were misinformed, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smit

New Zealand First's export policy would do nothing for farmers other than make them pay higher interest rates, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

"Decidedly mixed" was how Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith described the sector at the release of Situation and Outlook for New Zealand Agriculture 1996 today.

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith says he's heard nothing from the Meat Board that convinces him the meat grading system should be part of the Producer Board Acts Amendment Bill when it is passed

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith says he's heard nothing from the Meat Board that convinces him the meat grading system should be part of the Producer Board Acts Amendment Bill when it is passed

"There is no need for anyone in New Zealand to be concerned about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)," Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith said today.