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There is political will to push the WTO agriculture negotiations forward, but more work needs to be done.

The American proposal to cut trade-distorting farm subsidies is welcome.

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton attends an important meeting in Geneva as part of an effort to get the World Trade Organisation multilateral trade talks back on track.

The government has invested hugely in aquatic biosecurity where previous administrations neglected the issue

John Falloon was an honourable man whose love of the land was central to the unselfish conservative values which characterized him.

The award-winning FarmSafe programme is addressing the horrific accident rate on New Zealand farms.

The benefits of New Zealand’s presence at the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan, are expected to extend far beyond this year with the implementation of the second stage of the Aichi Leveraging Fund.

Other parties have been challenged to protect biosecurity funding.

A new panel to lead consultation on improving access along waterways has been formed

Livestock genetics company Samen has been presented with a gift from the Fujian provincial government in recognition of the bulls exported there.

New Zealand’s Ambassador to the WTO will chair the WTO’s agriculture negotiations

The investigation by MAF and Environment Ministry officials into a potential GM finding is business as usual.

Alistair Polson is to be the new Special Agricultural Trade Envoy.

The Trans-Pacific Strategic Closer Economic Partnership trade agreement has been signed by New Zealand, Singapore, and Chile. Brunei will sign next month.

The Government is working hard to get access for apples into Australia.

Thailand has deferred a screening system for fruit and vegetable imports that would have damaged trade from New Zealand.

Rules governing the import of apples into the Australian market have to be written before any trade can start.

More than half New Zealand's exports to Thailand are now duty-free, thanks to the Thai-NZ Closer Economic Partnership trade agreement now in force.

New Zealand delivered a strong message against the Australian ban on the importation of apples at the WTO quarantine rules committee.

The Government remains committed to improving public access to waterways.

The latest WTO rulingon a case between the US and Japan about apple imports is a complete vindication of NZ's position that commercially-trade apples do not pose a risk of transmission of fire blight.

New Zealanders feel strongly about access to water.

Funding has been allocated to strengthen containment and to trial potential control and eradication methods for Didymosphenia geminata in Southland’s Mararoa and lower Waiau rivers.

This year’s Fieldays was a great success.