Displaying items by tag: pest control

Bay of Plenty Regional Council says the region has received help in its pest control efforts from an online mapping system.

It’s been five months since a possum was last detected across almost 1,000 hectares of Kaitake farmland in Taranaki.

A new strain of virus could help New Zealand farmers slash rabbit numbers by up to 30%, says Landcare Research.

A recent dog poisoning following an aerial pest control operation in the Taupo region highlights the importance of complying with warning signs and taking steps to protect pets, says OSPRI.

The Waikato Regional Council is facing a range of environmental and production pest challenges this year following a busy 12 months controlling unwanted animals and plants.

Fresh research by AgResearch scientists will help unlock mysteries about a serious West Coast agricultural pest and allow farmers to make better management decisions and potentially save money.

Many pests in New Zealand continue to be managed with poor understanding of their bionomics and impacts, warns the abstract of a paper published this month in the Journal of the Royal Society.

The nursery and garden industry needs to be inside the tent on biosecurity planning because of its relationships throughout the horticulture and forestry sectors, says Nursery and Garden Industry Association chief executive John Liddle.