Following the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle, OSPRI is taking a pragmatic approach to TB testing in the Hawke’s Bay Movement Control Area (MCA). Safety for people and animals is our […]
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OSPRI Cyclone Gabrielle Response – FAQ’s
OPSRI has extended their reporting deadlines and offered advice on animal movement control areas to farmers in regions impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle: Question 1: Will farmers need to do a […]
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 […]
OSPRI reveals NAIT tag research findings
OSPRI has announced research findings on National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) tags, to determine whether the tags used in New Zealand are degenerating due to climatic factors in various […]
Please don’t relocate wild pigs, hunters told
OSPRI are advising pig hunters not to release and relocate pigs into new areas. Not only is it illegal, but it can also spread diseases such as bovine TB and […]
TB Free stalwart passes on lessons to next generation
Peter McNab has been involved with TB Free for over 30 years and was a key driver and supporter of the programme through the times when bovine TB was present […]
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 […]
Dairy TB slaughter levy rates rise coming
OSPRI has announced that the TB differential slaughter levy rate for dairy cattle will rise from Saturday, October 1. The TB differential slaughter levy is collected to support funding of […]
Sheep farmers encouraged to sign up for MyOSPRI
Animal disease and stock traceability firm OSPRI is keen to get sheep farmers using its online portal MyOSPRI to send electronic Animal Status Declarations (eASDs). According to OSPRI, over […]
NAIT reconsiders operational strategy to accommodate smaller rise in levies
Media Release – OSPRI 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. […]
