by Luci | Jan 24, 2023 | Default
A new farm in Canterbury has tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis. As part of the M bovis eradication programme, which began in 2018, around 180,000 cattle from more than 270 farms have been culled. MPI says the latest detection on a Banks Peninsula farm means there...
by Luci | Jan 24, 2023 | Default
The year is underway with calls from the East Coast for an inquiry into the state of the region’s roads and the effects of forestry slash. Federated Farmers Gisborne-Wairoa President Toby Williams says residual material and slash from forestry harvesting has...
by Luci | Jan 24, 2023 | Default
A capsule that delivers a methane-inhibiting substance into the stomachs of livestock and significantly reduces the country’s greenhouse footprint…and all by 2025! Waikato-based Ruminant BioTech is a start-up creating the pill that it says reduces cattle-made methane...
by Luci | Jan 24, 2023 | Default
Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard believes the agriculture sector is “losing a friend” with the shock resignation of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. He told Rural News that Ardern was one of the “more supportive” voices that farmers had among Cabinet...
by Luci | Jan 24, 2023 | Default
Consistent rain in the North Island has impacted harvesting and planting schedules and is causing vegetable shortages and quality issues. Chief executive of LeaderBrand, Richard Burke, says Gisborne normally has a long, dry summer and the firms’ growers tend to worry...
