Displaying items by tag: MPI

Wednesday, 16 December 2020 13:21

Dairy farmer fined $40,000 for animal cruelty

A Taranaki dairy farmer has been fined $40,000 and put under two years supervision for breaking the tails of 136 cows and docking the tails of 26 cows.

Published in General News

New research backed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) could help bumblebee hives to live longer and be more efficient.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 02 December 2020 09:06

MPI to look into regenerative farming practices

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is calling for research proposals for projects to investigate regenerative farming practices.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 02 December 2020 08:55

Outlook for NZ positive

Post Covid, Ray Smith, director general of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), says there is a big opportunity to take our primary product to the rest of the world. 

Published in General News
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 09:55

Making the primary sector sexy

There is a need to re-orientate New Zealanders into working in the primary sector, according to the director general of the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Published in General News
Thursday, 26 November 2020 07:55

New investment in spirulina production

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Sustainable Food & Fibres Futures Fund will invest in a project to assess the viability of larger scale production of spirulina in New Zealand.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 06:55

No outbreak, says MPI

Stuart Anderson, Ministry for Primary Industries Mycoplasma Bovis Programme Director, is assuring farmers that a recent increase in confirmed infected farms is only to be expected at this time of year.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 05:55

Bovis Nightmare

The mental anguish of dealing with bureaucracy is the hard part of managing a Mycoplasma bovis infection, says Mid-Canterbury farmer and self-appointed advocate for the victims, Duncan Barr.

Published in General News
Friday, 06 November 2020 10:46

Why are animals mistreated?

There's been a spike in recent weeks of people appearing before the courts on charges of mistreating farm animals. 

Published in Farm Health
Tuesday, 03 November 2020 06:55

New rules for live exports

MPI is toughening up the requirements for the export of live animals from New Zealand.

Published in General News
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