Displaying items by tag: Biosecurity

The biosecurity research partnership between Australia and New Zealand was highlighted at a fruit fly research workshop in Auckland on Wednesday.

Tomatoes NZ is the latest industry group to sign up to a biosecurity partnership with government.

A UK expert has warned that less-than-ideal onfarm biosecurity in NZ could lead to a more widespread outbreak in the event of a serious animal disease epidemic here.

Biosecurity is too important for our sector to ignore.

Ups and downs in income are a tough issue for businesses in the primary sector.

Federated Farmers is disappointed to learn that a fourth line of fodder beet seed has been confirmed as being contaminated with velvetleaf.

A biosecurity risk to the New Zealand wine industry is very much a case of when.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is giving New Zealand schools a chance to name one of its six new bisecurity puppies.

The recent incursion of the invasive weed velvetleaf is a timely reminder of the importance of biosecurity and machinery hygiene practices.

There has been a flood of overseas visitors this summer, but stronger border biosecurity defences have stopped hitchhiking pests and diseases from entering NZ.