Don’t expect WorkSafe to back off fines and prosecutions for serious failure by employers to ensure practices and equipment are in place to keep workers safe. But there’s a change […]
Compliance
New strategy to ‘re-design the harm out of farming’
Achieving excellence in health, safety and wellbeing on farm is about much more than “hi-vis and helmets”, Safer Farms Chair Lindy Nelson says. “There’s a complex system of interrelated factors […]
Roll survivor now a fan for engineered protection
Dan Brier knows from personal experience the value of roll bar protection on a quad bike. A crush protection device saved him from serious injury – perhaps even saved his […]
Rebuilding NAIT – and farmer faith in it
When consultation on a proposed big jump in NAIT (National Animal Identification and Tracing Scheme) levies was announced, Federated Farmers grudgingly acknowledged the increases were necessary. But Meat & Wool […]
Phase Two – what does it mean for your farm?
So we are here in “Phase Two’ of the government’s plan to fight back against Omicron, and it’s time to familiarise yourself with what this will mean for how you […]
Ex-servicemen help Aussie farmers get through harvest labour shortage
Make sure you’re recognised as a critical service, get the best possible access to rapid antigen tests (RATs) and beware of the toll that Omicron positive and close contact isolation […]
Feds: High price on NZ farmers will increase global emissions
Price penalties won’t drive down livestock emissions without affordable and practical new technologies being available to farmers – unless the aim is to kill off the sector, Federated Farmers says. […]
Calling all truck drivers
The trucking industry is calling for all hands to the pump as New Zealand faces an indefinite length of time in the red “traffic light” which will strain the supply […]
NAIT levy increases must achieve accurate, user-friendly system
Nobody welcomes extra costs but if OSPRI is to catch-up on under investment in the NAIT platform and deliver on its workability and farmer support, levy increases are probably necessary, […]
Reducing trouble from stubble burning
Contributed by: Environment Canterbury It’s around this time of year that you may start to notice smoke from stubble burning in rural areas. Zone Lead Brian Reeves reminds us about […]