Pests

One farm faces a severe deer problem, while the other struggles with geese, but what they both need is better pest control.

With unintentional pesticide poisoning all too common, science is failing those who have to use it, says Jodie Bruning.

Lack of awareness may lead to those not in direct contact with livestock being misdiagnosed.

Matt Simpson, Federated Farmers, urges coordinated pest control for wallabies, emphasizing community involvement and strategic operations.

A vast Brazilian estate develops its own bio-pesticides in its on-farm bio-reactor.

Rust fungus cleared for use on harmful invasive weed.

MPI and sector groups are working on an integrated approach to deal with the invasive pest.

Invasive weed no longer front of mind for farmers, but it’s still a threat.

Two new confirmed finds in the past three weeks.

Management method that enhances populations of beneficial species or disrupts populations of pest species outlined in seminar.

The end of Noogoora burr could be in sight, with a little help from people on the ground.

Vigorous, highly invasive pest plant spotted in region for the first time in five years.

Wayne Langford says it would be short-sighted and irresponsible of DOC to take that money from urgently needed wild animal control work. 

Biosecurity disaster looms from tiny red ant that’s an outsize threat to plants and animals.

Scion researchers study social and practical aspects of using unmanned aerial vehicles for pest control.

Apart from Northland, no other finds in the rest of the country this growing season.

GPS collars roped into national fight against invasive introduced pest.

The struggle against the devastating pest that is fall armyworm has entered a new phase.

Find-A-Pest helps people to identify and report invasive species.

Farmers asked to keep finds on ice, then store them in ethanol to aid in DNA studies.

Looking into new tools and processes to safeguard precious and productive plants.

We just want wild animal numbers brought under control, so they stop wrecking our farms, says Feds.

Chilean needle grass would have a ‘hugely negative’ impact on farms.

Data shows that these pest populations have been expanding in range across native habitats and primary production land.

NZ can play a much stronger leadership role in managing biosecurity risks in the Pacific.

It will aim to develop a novel, integrated aerobiological surveillance and prediction system to manage aerial pest movement. 

Growers urged to undertake early monitoring of crops.

South Australia shares lessons from its belt-and-braces approach.

Listing would help meet urgent need to fund eradication.

Horizons find led to widespread search for others of its kind.

Pest has been spreading beyond containment zone.

Strain of resistance not seen overseas is showing up in NZ hives.

Scientists work out how to detect disease days before it becomes visible on plants.

But report also highlights opportunities for a food-producing nation as crop conditions alter.

Alan Emerson is firmly on the side of the village encouraging kids to shoot feral cats.

Fall armyworm efforts move to long-term management.