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Support A Disease Outbreak Response By Signing Up To MyOSPRI
Tuesday, 23 August 2022, 2:26 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
Sheep farmers are being encouraged to play their part in protecting the industry from exotic diseases by signing up to the new online portal MyOSPRI. Over 1000 sheep farmers have already ditched paper-based Animal Status Declarations (ASDs) and are ... More >>
NAIT Reconsiders Operational Strategy To Accommodate Smaller Rise In Levies
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 10:09 am | OSPRI New Zealand
The National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme, NAIT Limited, ran a public consultation with levy payers and collection agents between 21 January and 25 February 2022. A proposal was put forward to increase the tag levy from $0.90 to $1.35 and ... More >>
Hunters Advised Not To Release Deer Into New Regions
Monday, 28 March 2022, 10:36 am | OSPRI New Zealand
Ahead of the hunting season kicking off in earnest, OSPRI and farmers are asking hunters to think again if they are considering illegally releasing and relocating deer into new areas. Deer hunters can unintentionally spread bovine TB by moving/releasing ... More >>
NAIT Limited Defers A Decision To Increase Levies To Further Consider Submissions Received
Friday, 25 March 2022, 9:59 am | OSPRI New Zealand
The National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme, NAIT Limited, closed consultation with farmers and collection agents on proposed increases to NAIT levies on Friday 25 February 2022. Together with proposed increases in Crown and deer industry contributions, ... More >>
OSPRI On Track For A TBfree Future In Hawke's Bay
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 4:16 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
OSPRI is getting Hawke’s Bay back on track to a TBfree future after delivering multiple aerial operations in the past six months. OSPRI’s Disease Control GM Simon Andrew says that it is essential to reduce the possum population in these problem ... More >>
OSPRI Reduces TB Slaughter Levy Rates For Dairy And Beef Farmers
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 12:08 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
OSPRI who manages the TBfree programme is to reduce the TB slaughter levy rates for cattle farmers from 1 October. The Differential Slaughter Levy (DSL) is reviewed each year to ensure that industry funding aligns with that agreed under the 2016 ... More >>
OSPRI refining TBfree operations at Molesworth Station
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 10:34 am | OSPRI New Zealand
OSPRI’s TBfree programme is continuing to innovate and improve its operational effectiveness with the successful trialling of aerial low sow baiting and deer repellent bait at Molesworth National Park. This winter at Molesworth and adjoining private ... More >>
OSPRI Supporting Flood Affected Farmers
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 11:48 am | OSPRI New Zealand
Animal disease management agency OSPRI acknowledges the difficult situation farmers in the Buller and Marlborough districts are facing following the extreme flooding last weekend. During this challenging time, OSPRI will be extending timeframes for ... More >>
OSPRI Extends Support To Flood-affected Canterbury Farmers
Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 5:47 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
The animal disease management agency acknowledges it is a stressful and distressing time for farmers, their families, and communities. OSPRI’s upper South Island regional team is working with the emergency response teams in the Canterbury region. They ... More >>
Possum control operation on Flagstaff
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 5:17 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
Dunedin’s native wildlife will soon reap the rewards of pest control close to the city with OSPRI’s TBfree programme possum control work around Flagstaff beginning next month. More >>
Northern Remutaka possum control operation set to fly
Friday, 7 September 2018, 2:45 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
An aerial 1080 possum control operation in the Northern Remutaka Range will begin in the next appropriate weather window. More >>
OSPRI Works with Volunteers to Tackle Possums in Dunedin
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 2:34 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
OSPRI and the Landscape Connection Trust (LCT) are working together to reduce the numbers of possums in sensitive coastal areas near Dunedin. More >>
Kapakapanui possum control operation postponed
Monday, 18 December 2017, 12:53 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
An aerial 1080 possum control operation in the Kapiti Coast foothills of the Tararua Ranges has been postponed until February 2018. More >>
Moving Day: need to know
Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 9:43 am | OSPRI New Zealand
It’s a familiar date in the dairying diary, Moving Day, and here’s what herd owners need to know to meet their NAIT and TBfree requirements when moving their dairy herd to a new farm. More >>
Disease Control Area Reductions Mean Fewer TB Tests
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 4:51 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
The farming industry’s investment in TB eradication is proving effective as New Zealand’s TBfree programme reduces testing requirements in many areas. More >>
Southern Rimutaka pest control operation postponed
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 3:14 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
Unsettled spring weather has postponed a planned aerial possum control operation in the southern Rimutaka Ranges and East Harbour Regional Park until next year. More >>
Aerial pest control operation for Ruapehu district
Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 10:22 am | OSPRI New Zealand
TBfree programme manager OSPRI will collaborate with the Conservation Department (DOC) to undertake a pest control operation over about 44,000 hectares of rugged alpine native bush in the Ruapehu district during September. More >>
Number of TB infected herd numbers at all-time record low
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 11:14 am | OSPRI New Zealand
The number of bovine tuberculosis (TB) infected herds has dropped below 40 for the first time in the history of New Zealand’s TBfree programme delivered by OSPRI. According to this week’s figures, an all-time low of 36 herds were infected with ... More >>
New phase for NAIT programme
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 9:55 am | OSPRI New Zealand
July is the start of the next phase for OSPRI’s NAIT programme with the three-year exemption period for pre-NAIT cattle now over. This means that all cattle must be tagged and registered in the NAIT system, even if they are not leaving your property ... More >>
Mount Roy aerial pest management operation on hold
Friday, 26 June 2015, 1:16 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
The Mount Roy aerial possum control operation near Wanaka, carried out by OSPRI’s TBfree programme, is on hold due to ongoing unsuitable weather conditions. More >>
