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Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry - Latest News [Page 26]
Spraying On Today
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 9:04 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
With fine weather and light winds forecast for the second day running, targeted aerial spraying against the painted apple moth will start at first light this morning. More >>
Spraying On Today
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 9:32 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
With fine weather and light winds forecast, targeted aerial spraying against the painted apple moth will start at first light this morning. More >>
Insufficient Evidence To Support Smuggling Claim
Monday, 18 March 2002, 4:22 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Insufficient evidence exists at this point to support claims that Pinot Noir cloned rootstock was smuggled into New Zealand. More >>
MAF Investigating Suspected Case Of Brucella Suis
Friday, 15 March 2002, 1:20 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and health authorities are working closely to establish the origins of the infection and any potential risk it may pose to public health. More >>
Cooked Breadfruit imports prohibited
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 9:43 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
As of April 8 it is prohibited to bring into New Zealand cooked Breadfruit from any Pacific Island countries. More >>
Moth pest fight continues
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 5:59 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The continuing fight against the painted apple moth pest in west Auckland is on again with a third operation of targeted aerial spraying scheduled to start this weekend, March 9 and 10 - weather permitting. More >>
Nationwide Surveillance For Fire Ants
Friday, 1 March 2002, 1:09 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's surveillance programme for gathering information to confirm Fire Ants have not gained entry to New Zealand is now into its second month - with the good news being there have been no finds of Fire Ant nests. More >>
No varroa found in beehives around Pauatahanui
Wednesday, 20 February 2002, 7:27 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Samples taken from approximately 80 managed hives within a 5 kilometre radius of a find of varroa at Pauatahanui made earlier this month have all tested negative for the invasive bee mite. More >>
Target Aerial Spraying Over
Tuesday, 19 February 2002, 10:18 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The second operation of targeted aerial spraying against the painted apple moth in west Auckland has been successfully completed. More >>
Spraying On Again – Third Morning
Tuesday, 19 February 2002, 9:46 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
With lift off at 6.30am, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is starting its target aerial spraying against the painted apple moth in west Auckland right now. More >>
Spraying Again – Day Two
Monday, 18 February 2002, 9:40 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The weather conditions are great again today for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s second morning of its second targeted aerial spraying operation against the painted apple moth in west Auckland. More >>
Spraying finished for today - but not over
Monday, 18 February 2002, 12:58 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
About two thirds of the targeted aerial spraying against painted apple moth in west Auckland has been completed – but there’s still more to do tomorrow – if the weather holds. More >>
Food Safety and Standards Conference
Friday, 15 February 2002, 3:20 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Modern approaches to ensuring meat and poultry hygiene will be the focus of a big international conference on food standards and safety being held in Wellington next week. More >>
MAF Gathering Evidence In Dairy Investigation
Wednesday, 13 February 2002, 11:26 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
MAF has confirmed that its Special Investigation Unit has visited and obtained information from a number of properties in the North Island as part of its investigation into allegations of illegal export of dairy products from New Zealand. More >>
Varroa Bee Mite In Lower North Island
Tuesday, 12 February 2002, 5:23 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
MAF And National Beekeepers Association Action Further Testing & Treatment In Response To Find Of Varroa Bee Mite In Lower North Island More >>
No Spraying Today
Tuesday, 12 February 2002, 9:43 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The second operation of targeted aerial spraying against the painted apple moth in some west Auckland suburbs, Traherne Island and the Avondale Peninsula has been postponed until tomorrow morning – because of the weather. More >>
New report paints picture of planted forests
Monday, 11 February 2002, 4:50 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
A recently published Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry report shows New Zealand's planted production forests covered 1.80 million hectares as at April 2001. More >>
Early Morning Motorway Alert For Moth
Thursday, 7 February 2002, 4:42 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Early morning motorists using the Northwestern motorway next week will get another close-up view of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's fight against the painted apple moth. More >>
BSE Liaison group's work continues
Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 9:10 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) liaison group, formed about a year ago, met again in Wellington yesterday (Wednesday 30 January). More >>
Spray One Against Moth Completed
Thursday, 24 January 2002, 11:57 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
After a difficult start, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has completed round one of its targeted aerial spraying operation in west Auckland against the painted apple moth. More >>
