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Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry - Latest News [Page 32]

Review Of NZ Wine Industry Legislation Underway

Thursday, 16 November 2000, 3:05 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is inviting submissions from the public on a recently released discussion paper, Review of Wine Legislation. More >>

Decrease In The Use Of Animals In Research

Thursday, 16 November 2000, 3:02 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

The number of animals used in research in New Zealand decreased considerably in 1999 according to the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee's (NAEAC) Annual Report just released. More >>

Search For Snake In Freemans Bay To Continue

Thursday, 16 November 2000, 2:59 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

Night surveillance will start as soon as weather improves in a further attempt to find the slithery owner of the snakeskin believed to have been shed in Freemans Bay, Auckland late last month. More >>

Global Demand For Plantation Roundwood

Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 11:16 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

Increases in global demand for timber will continue to outstrip increases in supplies of wood available from the world's plantation forests, according to a report just published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). More >>

MAF internal audits designed to find faults

Monday, 13 November 2000, 2:15 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) internal management audit mechanisms are designed to find fault and prompt improvements. More >>

Redback Jumping Spiders Found In Grapes

Friday, 10 November 2000, 3:55 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

There have been two confirmed findings of Redback jumping spiders (Phidippus johnsoni) in Californian table grapes this week. More >>

MAF Quarantine Border Service gains ISO 17020

Friday, 10 November 2000, 11:31 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

The Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry would like to applaud a further three sections of the MAF Quarantine Service for being formally accredited to the ISO 17020 Quality Standard today (10 November). More >>

Contaminated Crops Destroyed By MAF

Thursday, 9 November 2000, 3:11 pm | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry destroyed fifteen hectares of Balo (Phacelia tanacetifolia) crop in Canterbury this morning after it was found the crop was from uncleared seed contaminated with two exotic weed seeds. In conjunction, a Canterbury ... More >>

MAF Seeks Public Assistance in Moth Search

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 11:41 am | Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is carrying out a survey as a result of the discovery of painted apple moth caterpillars on a residential property in the Auckland suburb of Panmure. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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