Ravensdown has launched HawkEye Response, a software tool to help farmers map and deal with slips that have impacted farm effective areas, compromised paddocks, or taken out fences. Users can […]
Traceability
First time for safety survey in NZ dairy sheds
Dairy workers, managers and employers are being invited to take part in the first New Zealand survey of safety climate research in dairy milking sheds. The survey is being run […]
Entering the home stretch on TB eradication
By Janine Gray, OSPRI Principal Advisor, Engagement & Communications While the weather still plays ball you might be taking a drive through the high country in the upper South Island […]
Higher than-expected demand for NAIT Accreditation under the new standards
OSPRI’s National Manager, Quality, Compliance and Assurance, Melissa Bailey, says the surge in demand came at the end of 2022 which created some challenges in processing all the audits, but […]
Two livestock movement control areas reduced
TB Movement Control Areas (MCA) have been reduced in the upper South Island and West Coast, which is good news for farmers in the area, says OSPRI. The reduced areas […]
Source of M. Bovis infection in Wakanui unconfirmed: Review
An independent expert review into Mycoplasma bovis infection in Wakanui, mid-Canterbury, shows appropriate steps are being taken to remove infection in the area, says programme director Simon Andrew. However, the […]
Battle to combat fall armyworm steps up
By Lauren Hale, Federated Farmers Policy Advisor Federated Farmers is keen to see awareness of the fall armyworm threat step up another notch, amid concerns about feed shortages if the […]
New guides underline biosecurity issues for ‘top table’
By Simon Edwards Two new resources from Biosecurity Business Pledge target the ‘top table’ at New Zealand’s companies and organisations, offering them a checklist of actions to help ensure they’re […]
FMD and wild animals: What’s the risk?
Concerns about the increase in wild populations of deer and pigs – and the potential threat of them spreading foot and mouth disease (FMD) – have been raised by farmers. […]
Toko farmer a convert to paperless MyOSPRI
“Convenient, fast – I highly recommend it.” That’s Toko, Taranaki sheep and beef farmer Nick Brown’s verdict on the online portal MyOSPRI. Nick is one of more than 1000 sheep […]
