Pests
Forestry owners need to help farmers with pest control
An Otago farmer says forestry owners are neglecting their neighbourly duties.
Farmers call for coordinated action on pests
One farm faces a severe deer problem, while the other struggles with geese, but what they both need is better pest control.
Downplaying pesticide risks undermines real risks sprayers face
With unintentional pesticide poisoning all too common, science is failing those who have to use it, says Jodie Bruning.
Mice carry lepto risk, Massey study shows
Lack of awareness may lead to those not in direct contact with livestock being misdiagnosed.
Rabbit hunter ‘sceptical’ of ORC programme
Shooting, not poison, is the best option for lifestyle farmers, he says.
ORC gears up for all-out war on rabbits
Subdivisions and other smaller properties targeted after summer ‘plague’.
Fall armyworm found in North Canterbury
FAR warns of potentially significant crop losses.
AI in the sky closing in on pest plants
Successful ECan pilot programme shows promise against Nassella tussock.
Tailing blamed as flystrike plagues south
But contractor, researchers at odds over reasons behind surge in need to dip.
Wild rabbits the focus of pest to plate drive
There could be money in the rabbit problem on NZ farms.
New campaign intensifies war on wallabies
If left unchecked, by 2025 wallabies would cost New Zealanders around $84 million a year in damage.
Fall armyworm crosses to South Island
Insect pest discovered in three locations on West Coast.
Fall armyworm findings on the rise
Pest thought to be carried to NZ from Australia on storm front.
Industry-led project hopes to tackle $75m rabbit problem
Communities encouraged to support industry's efforts to bring rabbit population under control.
OSPRI flags feral pig role in spread of TB
Hunters warned not to relocate animals to new areas.
Getting the jump on wallabies
Regional councils seek new fence and public help in spotting the pests as their range continues to spread.
Court corrals Bayer again on Roundup
The debate on glyphosate safety has intensified following a United States court ordering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Investment to aid trapping tech
Almost $5 million in funding to Predator Free 2050 will help the country’s pest-tech sector develop more innovative…
Rotorua wallabies jumping further afield
Farmers and landowners in the Rotorua region are ramping up efforts to control a long-time wallaby population that…
Fall army worm efforts doubling down
In coming weeks biosecurity officials will be doubling down on efforts to identify if the fall army worm has established itself further in the upper North Island.
$42.9m to bolster biosecurity
The Government has announced funding of $42.9 million to bolster New Zealand’s biosecurity system as part of Budget 2022 and $68m over the next year for M bovis eradication.
Keep an eye out for plant pest
Biosecurity New Zealand and primary sector partners are urging maize and corn growers to keep a close eye out for a crop-killing moth pest with potential to cost cropping farmers millions of dollars.
Varroa gains momentum after 20 years
MORE than two decades after it arrived in New Zealand, varroa mite is being reported as the main reason behind a significant jump in beehive colony losses.
First round of new pest tech out
The results of funding through the Predator Free 2050 project are starting to filter through to regions as new trapping and detection tech starts to take on a commercial head of steam.
Possums’ genetics may seal fate
A better understanding of the genetic technology that could eradicate possums from New Zealand’s landscape does not necessarily mean the pest will undergo gene-editing to get rid of it.
Xylella joins least wanted line up
The country’s “least wanted” list of biosecurity pests and diseases has had the bacteria xylella added to it, as industry officials witness its devastating effects on crops in California and Italy.
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