Displaying items by tag: Ministry for Primary Industries

A Hawera farmer is one of several farmers who has recently been convicted for failing to register his animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.

Bragato Research Institute continues to work with the Ministry for Primary Industries and New Zealand Winegrowers members to develop the Sauvignon Blanc Grapevine Improvement programme, sometimes referred to as SB 2.0.

A farmer who underfed nearly 300 cows and heifers has been fined $9,000, ordered to pay vet costs of $1,763 and faces permanent restrictions on the number of animals he can own.

Dairy farmers are set to benefit from a $17 million beef genetics programme backed by the red meat sector and the Government.

Debate on the value of Overseer, the software tool designed to measure and regulate nutrient loss from farms, continues to rage.

Don't drop your guard - with the Delta variant you're dealing with a much more serious strain of Covid.

A coordinated national research project has been launched to combat six of New Zealand’s most invasive weeds through biocontrol.

The productive and primary sector appears to be well placed to deal with the Alert Level Four settings according to the Director General of MPI, Ray Smith.

Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).