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PGP invests in nutrient research and development
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 12:01 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) has awarded funding to a new programme of innovation seeking to transform traditional fertiliser use and provide more affordable solutions to farmers. More >>
New code of welfare for animal transport released
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 11:44 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Minimum standards of animal welfare and recommended best practices for everyone involved in transporting animals in New Zealand are outlined in a new code of welfare issued today by Agriculture Minister David Carter. More >>
New code of welfare for animal transport released
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 10:13 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Minimum standards of animal welfare and recommended best practices for everyone involved in transporting animals in New Zealand are outlined in a new code of welfare issued today by Agriculture Minister David Carter. More >>
New tool for foot and mouth preparedness
Monday, 12 September 2011, 1:38 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is launching a new tool to help staff at meat processing plants recognise and respond to an incursion of foot and mouth disease in stock, as part of its preparedness for risk organisms. More >>
Snakes don't belong in New Zealand
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 2:46 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is welcoming the successful prosecution of a Feilding man for acquiring a snake. New Zealand has no native snakes and snakes are a prohibited organism under New Zealand law, specifically the Biosecurity Act ... More >>
MAF and iwi push to clear sea squirt from Northland waters
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 11:50 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
MAF and Northland iwi members go back to the rocky shore today in the final stage of a programme to trial the feasibility of removing an introduced sea squirt from the area’s harbours. More >>
MAF/MFish merger to realise savings; front line secure
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 1:19 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
A MAF which will deliver on its organisational strategy and better serve New Zealand, is the aim of consultation proposals released to MAF staff today. More >>
Pastoral profitability lift strengthens bank balances
Monday, 22 August 2011, 4:33 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The pastoral sector has experienced a significant lift in profitability which is enabling farmers to restore bank balances. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has released the 2011 pastoral farm analyses as part of its annual Farm Monitoring ... More >>
Fine for record over-harvest of indigenous timber
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 12:36 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
A West Coast man and company have been fined more than $130,000 after admitting what the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) says is the largest recorded over-harvest of indigenous timber in New Zealand since 1993. More >>
Termites eradicated
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 2:25 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
An incursion of Australian subterranean termites has been declared eradicated from a site in Richmond, Nelson. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has now ended its surveillance of the site, five years after termites of the species [Note to Ed: ... More >>
Fruit and wine growers under pressure
Friday, 5 August 2011, 3:19 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Many orchardists and winegrowers are feeling the pressure of lack of profitability or threat of disease. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has released the kiwifruit, pipfruit and winegrowing analyses as part of its annual Farm Monitoring Report series. ... More >>
Porthole offers view of marine pests in our waters
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 10:17 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
A new web portal offers a previously unseen record of the marine pests that threaten New Zealand’s marine environment. More >>
MAF: It’s an atlas, but not as you know it
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 10:16 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has published the Atlas of Biosecurity Surveillance, with maps showing some of the monitoring it does for presence of unwanted pests, weeds and diseases. More >>
Community help needed to find and weed out pest plant
Friday, 22 July 2011, 5:01 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Waikato Regional Council are calling on Hamilton residents to help them locate any further infestations of an invasive weed pest recently located on two adjacent residential properties. More >>
No gypsy moths or fruit flies found in surveillance traps
Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 10:40 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
When it comes to surveillance for fruit flies and gypsy moths, no news is good news. More >>
Government-level agreements pave way for imports from China
Monday, 18 July 2011, 9:45 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Agreements on biosecurity standards are enabling traders to take advantage of New Zealand’s free-trade agreement with China, while at the same time keeping biosecurity risk offshore. More >>
Biosecurity interceptions at the border
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 3:00 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Traveller risk profiling and detector dogs have proved their worth in helping protect New Zealand’s biosecurity, with the interception of fruit flies and bats with incoming passengers and mail. More >>
Working together in Fiordland to oust Undaria
Friday, 8 July 2011, 3:56 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
Biosecurity managers are making it clear that one visitor is very unwelcome in Fiordland. A collaborative approach by the Fiordland Marine Partnership has seen a swift response to the arrival of the invasive exotic seaweed /Undaria pinnatifida/ . More >>
Check, Clean and Dry slows pest
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 3:33 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
A novel marketing approach has helped to engage people in a campaign to slow down the spread of a major waterway pest. Didymo is a microscopic freshwater alga that cannot be seen by the human eye in its early stages. This means people who move between ... More >>
MAF marks Biosecurity Month of July
Monday, 4 July 2011, 12:32 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry
From an emperor penguin on Peka Peka beach to the kiwifruit vine disease Psa and the alga didymo which congests waterways, it’s always possible that a new plant, animal or microbe will arrive in New Zealand. More >>
