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The Covid-19 pandemic had a major effect on the Hotel, Restaurant, Institutional (HRI) sector in New Zealand. This is especially true of the tourism and hospitality sectors which have been severely hit by the closed international borders.

New Zealand is expected to have already reached “peak” cattle numbers, and FAS/Wellington anticipates a very gradual decline in both dairy and beef cow numbers in the near future. One of the major influences on this is New Zealand governmental policy, and in particular regulations regarding livestock exclusion around certain water sources, as well as proposed pricing of agricultural emissions.

In 2017/2018, deciduous fruit production is estimated at 574,200 metric tons, a seven percent jump over 2016/2017.

Despite a 0.8 percent lower milk supply forecast for 2018, total exports are expected to increase by 2.8 percent to 3.3 million metric tons.