Displaying items by tag: NAIT
NAIT problems stymie M. bovis response
Federated Farmers president Katie Milne says farmers’ problems in complying with NAIT (National Animal Identification and Tracing) have slowed the response to Mycoplasma bovis.
Big NAIT changes needed
An expert in data management in the meat industry is calling for a fundamental change in the technology used in the NAIT (National Animal Identification and Tracing) system.
Dairy farmers need to be sorted for Gypsy Day
Sharemilkers and dairy herd owners are being advised to get their livestock sorted for the upcoming 'gypsy day' move.
Get sorted for Gypsy Day
Tough lesson over price fixing
Rural services company PGW Wrightson says its run-in with the competition watchdog over price fixing was a tough lesson.
Group action?
The Hound hears that a Christchurch ambulance chaser (lawyer) is trying to put together a group action against the livestock firms tied up in a Commerce Commission case over the NAIT scheme.
Best option to clear TB will reduce herd tests, vector kills
A pland to eradicate TB from New Zealand livestock within 10 years will cut the need to test some herds and will reduce the work in some vector areas.
New phase for NAIT programme
July is the start of the next phase for OSPRI’s NAIT programme with the three-year exemption period for pre-NAIT cattle now over.
Minimise risk in stock moving
Don't put your livelihood at risk when moving or selling stock over the Gypsy Day period, says Ospri New Zealand.
Workshops show how to get aboard NAIT
Farmers are offered hands-on training in how to use OSPRI’s National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) programme.