OSPRI New Zealand - Latest News [Page 3]
Bovine TB infection contained in central North Island
Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 10:49 am | OSPRI New Zealand
Positive steps have been taken to control a bovine tuberculosis (TB) infection in the Mangakino area that has affected several herds run as part of the same business. NAIT and LIC data has allowed OSPRI’s TBfree veterinarians to trace any stock that ... More >>
Tests confirm no 1080 in Blackball water supply
Monday, 2 February 2015, 11:00 am | OSPRI New Zealand
The TBfree programme, managed by OSPRI, has completed extensive testing of the Blackball Township water supply. This follows the aerial application of 1080 bait for possum control over much of the water supply catchment last October. TBfree Northern South ... More >>
OSPRI delivers IT excellence
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 10:22 am | OSPRI New Zealand
OSPRI delivers IT excellence OSPRI’s new disease management system has received two prestigious accolades from the Institute of IT Professionals. The team behind OSPRI’s new system won both the IT Project Excellence and the Excellence in Software ... More >>
Protecting your winter grazing business
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 3:16 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
Both graziers and those sending animals for grazing have obligations under the NAIT programme to record the movements of animals from farm to farm. It is the grazier’s responsibility to record a NAIT movement from the grazing block to the home farm ... More >>
NAIT helping graziers keep up to date
Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 12:23 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
Farmers grazing stock this season can keep track of their animals by ensuring their NAIT records are up to date. “It’s important to record all off-farm movements of stock to grazing blocks and confirm with NAIT when the animals arrive back on ... More >>
NAIT cleans up farmers’ inboxes
Monday, 24 March 2014, 10:05 am | OSPRI New Zealand
NAIT cleans up farmers’ inboxes Significant improvements to NAIT notification emails are set to reduce the amount of time spent online for farmers and make it easier to keep their NAIT records up to date. More >>
NAIT slaughter levy halved
Friday, 28 February 2014, 3:50 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
The NAIT slaughter levy for cattle will be halved to 50 cents per tagged carcass from 1 March 2014. This is a 50 per cent reduction to the current levy. More >>
OSPRI New Zealand looking to add value to the primary sector
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:15 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
This week sees a new arrival in the primary sector with the launch of OSPRI New Zealand. Formed on 1 July, following the merger of the Animal Health Board and NAIT, the national animal identification and tracing scheme, OSPRI has been set up to bring together ... More >>
OSPRI New Zealand seeking to add value to primary sector
Friday, 15 February 2013, 2:39 pm | OSPRI New Zealand
The name of the new organisation being formed through the merger of the Animal Health Board (AHB) and NAIT has been announced. Chairman of the board, Jeff Grant, told a Stakeholders’ Council meeting today that in line with its intention to provide ... More >>