Displaying items by tag: VELVETLEAF

The pest plant velvetleaf should be high on cropping farmers’ minds over the next few months.

New Zealand farmers now have a new weapon in the fight against the noxious velvetleaf weed: the camera on their iPhone.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is calling on farmers to be “Vigilant with a capital V” for velvetleaf infestation as the new growing season approaches.

MPI is taking the fight against velvetleaf to individuals in the provinces with a series of farmer support meetings starting in the South Island next week.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council biosecurity staff are warning local landowners to check that machinery is clean and stock are empty before allowing them through their gates this Gypsy Day.

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

Rural contractors have been reminded to play their part in preventing the spread of velvetleaf as management of the pest weed enters a new phase.

Velvetleaf inspections in Southland will continue until the end of this week.

Weed threat velvetleaf has been confirmed in maize and silage in several sites in Waikato – meaning it has come in through a different pathway than that found in fodder beet.

Staff from all of Southland's councils are out walking in fodder beet crops this week in the search for the pest plant velvetleaf.