Farmers reliant on five countries for animal feed: MPI

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The covid-19 crisis and drought conditions have highlighted New Zealand agriculture's reliance on a handful of countries for feed to supplement its grass-fed system, the Ministry for Primary Industries said.The warning, included in MPI's Economic Update for the Primary Industries, comes as the sector remains on track for a 4.5 percent increase in export receipts, or $1.7 billion, for the year ended June on the back of NZ dollar weakness and improved dairy exports.The latter were up $512 million year-on-year over...

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