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MPI Science Scholarship Winners Will Advance Primary Industries

Monday, 16 March 2020, 11:11 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

The winners of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) 2020 Postgraduate Science Scholarships were announced today. The six students are all undertaking PhD or Masters research that will benefit New Zealand’s primary industries, from understanding ... More >>

Community Detention And Bovine-ban For Tail-breaking Waikato Farmer

Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 4:39 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

A Waikato dairy farmer has been disqualified from owning or being in charge of all bovine animals for three years as a result of a tail-breaking case involving more than 300 cows. Glen Raymond Steiner appeared in the Tokoroa District Court on Wednesday ... More >>

North Canterbury Farming Keep An Eye On The Dry

Friday, 21 February 2020, 2:16 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Hurunui Adverse Events Committee has been monitoring how farmers are going in the current dry weather, and to remind their communities of the wealth of experience and information available. Famers in North Canterbury have plenty of drought experience ... More >>

Successful end to fruit fly operation in Auckland

Friday, 31 January 2020, 12:02 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Biosecurity New Zealand has ended its Northcote fruit fly operations and lifted restrictions on the movement of fruit and vegetables on Auckland’s North Shore. More >>

Farm Debt Mediation Scheme – next steps

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 10:04 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is taking steps to establish the new Farm Debt Mediation Scheme, which will begin operating on 1 July 2020. More >>

Monkey in shipping container

Friday, 20 December 2019, 11:49 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

A dead monkey in a shipping container saw biosecurity officers swing into action in Whangarei last week. More >>

Routine border checks detect unwanted fruit disease

Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 2:46 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Biosecurity New Zealand has suspended fresh melon imports from Queensland following a border detection of an unwanted fruit disease. More >>

New rules for surgical procedures on animals from May 2020

Monday, 16 December 2019, 2:03 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Check the new rules on who can do what and how it must be done New rules on who can carry out some surgical procedures on animals and how they must be done are expected to be in place from May 2020. The Ministry for Primary Industries says the new regulations ... More >>

Public consultation open for fisheries sustainability

Friday, 13 December 2019, 12:22 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Fisheries New Zealand starts consultation today on proposed changes to catch settings for rock lobster and scallops for the new fishing year beginning 1 April 2020. More >>

NZ supporting future agriculture emission science leaders

Monday, 9 December 2019, 11:21 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Thirty-one early-career scientists from 14 developing countries will each receive research scholarships to boost their scientific capability, with help from a New Zealand government-supported international PhD programme, the Ministry for Primary ... More >>

NZ supporting future agriculture emission science leaders

Monday, 9 December 2019, 11:08 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

MPI directs halt to unregistered raw milk sales

Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 9:53 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has directed unregistered raw (unpasteurised) drinking milk suppliers across the country to stop selling their product until they comply with the legal requirements for sale. More >>

New members at Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures

Thursday, 28 November 2019, 11:35 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Lucy Griffiths of Masterton and Anne-Marie Broughton of Whanganui have been appointed to the independent Investment Advisory Panel (IAP) for Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFF Futures). More >>

International science expertise to help eradicate M. bovis

Thursday, 28 November 2019, 10:35 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Global epidemiology consulting company Ausvet and New Zealand’s Working Formula (WF) have been appointed by the Mycoplasma bovis Programme (The Ministry for Primary Industries, DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand) to undertake research to help accelerate ... More >>

Husband jailed, wife fined $30,000 for animal abuse

Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 9:05 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

A Palmerston North man has been jailed and his wife fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to a total of 20 charges relating to the abuse of cows and calves in their care. More >>

Changes to the Pāua bag and accumulation limit

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 3:15 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The recreational limit of pāua is changing in Canterbury, Marlborough and Nelson to ensure the fishery remains sustainable after the impacts of the Kaikōura earthquakes in 2016. More >>

Dairy company behind “The Collective” brand fined

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 4:09 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The company that makes dairy products under “The Collective” brand and its former directors have been fined a total of $479,000 for repeatedly failing to report positive listeria results, following an investigation by the Ministry for Primary Industries ... More >>

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