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Wednesday, 29 March 2023 07:55

All clear for Wakanui!

The Wakanui area, including ANZCO Food's big Five Star Beef feedlot, had been under a Controlled Area Notice since October and has now been cleared of M. bovis.

The Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has reached a big milestone with the depopulation of all confirmed infected properties in the stubborn pocket of infection in mid-Canterbury.

Published in General News

Is Wakanui’s reign starting to wane?

Torch is up there on yield but leaf rust ratings have changed, FAR’s Rob Craigie told growers.

While feed wheat variety Wakanui still tops the tables for four year adjusted mean yield in Canterbury, a couple of newer cultivars are nipping at its heels.

Published in Management