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Thursday, March 30, 2006
MAF Seeks Animal Disease-Causing OrganismsNEW ZEALAND - Agricultural officials will today asked an environmental regulator for wide-ranging generic approval to import ``bacteria'' involved in animal disease. The broad application includes...
Friday, March 17, 2006
PMWS Hits HardNEW ZEALAND - Tim Cronshaw looks at what an outbreak of weaner- wasting syndrome means for Canterbury pig farmers. Waitangi Day weekend will go down in the memory of West Melton pig farmer Chris...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Pork Industry seeking lift from juicy new productNEW ZEALAND - The pork industry is hoping that a new product based on the classic pork and apple combination will put some zest back into a sector under siege from expanding imports and shrinking prices. In...
Monday, March 13, 2006
Meeting on pig wasting diseaseNEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board will meet with Canterbury pig farmers this week, to discuss how they can protect themselves against an outbreak of pig wasting disease. Canterbury had previously...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
PMWS Believed Killing Piglets in New Zealand: ProfessorNEW ZEALAND - An animal health expert investigating a mystery disease outbreak among pigs in southern New Zealand said Wednesday the disease is "almost certainly" a viral infection that can kill...
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
PMWS Possibility in South IslandNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board is investigating the cause of a series of pig health problems on a cluster of farms Central Canterbury.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Pork Industry CEO ResignsNEW ZEALAND - Angus Davidson, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board, has resigned from the Board in order to pursue family business interests in South Australia.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Pork faces tough timesNEW ZEALAND - Heightened competition from Australian imports and falling lamb prices is leading to a sharp drop in incomes for pig farmers. Since Christmas, the pork schedule has fallen by 30 cents...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Pig movement declaration becomes mandatoryNEW ZEALAND - Moving pigs between farms is about to become subject to the same paperwork as sending them to slaughter. From March the first, all pork producers will have to complete an Animal Status...
Monday, February 20, 2006
Traceability Mandatory for Pork ProducersNEW ZEALAND - All New Zealand pork producers will be required to complete an Animal Status Declaration (ASD) when moving pigs within New Zealand as well as when sending them for slaughter as from 1 March...
Monday, November 28, 2005
New Zealand Sets Out Research VisionNEW ZEALAND - The head of New Zealand's largest agricultural research organisation has unveiled the company's visionary '2020 Science' strategy, outlining 'Five Big Ideas' to lead...
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Food prices rise in JulyNEW ZEALAND - Food prices rose 0.4% in July on the previous month to be 2.1% higher than a year earlier. Statistics New Zealand data shows the rise in the food price index in July was driven by higher...
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
New Zealand hunts down its back-yardersNEW ZEALAND - Sound familiar? A hunt is under way in New Zealand to advise the dozens of backyard pig-keepers they must comply with new regulations.
Friday, July 15, 2005
New hog regulations to include house pigNEW ZEALAND - The days when pigs could be fed all the untreated food scraps from the family kitchen, restaurants, hospitals and other institutions are over. Now a campaign is underway to advise dozens...
Friday, July 01, 2005
New Zealand supports Australian pork industry's case against PMWSNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board (NZPIB) supported its Australian counterpart in its bid to ban pig meat imports from PMWS-affected countries.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Imported pork may pose biosecurity threatNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand pork producers are nervous that imported pork is jeopardising efforts to rid this country of PMWS (post weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome).
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Farmers could get compensation for Foot and Mouth scareNEW ZEALAND - Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton this morning said compensation would be considered for the Waiheke Island farmers affected by the foot and mouth threat. Animals are being checked...
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
NZ on alert over foot-and-mouthNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand has launched emergency procedures and alerted trading partners over a claim that a deadly livestock disease has been released in the country. The agriculture ministry and...
Thursday, February 03, 2005
A$82 million for New Zealand pork industryNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry is to benefit from A$82 million of research as a result of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board's participation in an Australian-led bid for research funding...
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Battery hens stay, and pig cages linger on as wellNEW ZEALAND - Egg farmers will be allowed to continue using the battery hen system, says Agriculture Minister, Jim Sutton. Mr Sutton today released two new codes of animal welfare for controversial species,...
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA) 10th Biennial ConferenceNEW ZEALAND - The 10th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc.) will be held at the Christchurch Convention Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand between the 27th and 30th November,...
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Pork industry favours Pest Management StrategyNEW ZEALAND - The majority of New Zealand pork producers have voted to proceed with the development of a Pest Management Strategy (PMS) under the Biosecurity Act that will assist in containing the spread...
Friday, September 24, 2004
Pork Industry Leads With Electronic Traceability SystemNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board has created a technological first for New Zealand agriculture with the launch of the first electronic Animal Status Declaration in the New Zealand in this...
Friday, June 06, 2003
Pork Industry Receives Research FundingNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry, in conjunction with Massey University, is to receive a research grant from the Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) that will assist the industry...
Monday, June 02, 2003
New Zealand Pork Leads with Animal Status DeclarationNEW ZEALAND - With large quantities of imported pork continuing to reach the marketplace, New Zealand producers have taken the initiative and put in place a system providing traceability back to the farm...
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