OSPRI who manages the TBfree programme is to reduce the TB slaughter levy rates for cattle farmers from 1 October. The Differential Slaughter Levy (DSL) is reviewed each year to ensure that industry ...

OSPRI’s new disease management system has received two prestigious accolades from the Institute of IT Professionals. The team behind OSPRI’s new system won both the IT Project Excellence and the ...

OSPRI has banned the use of quad bikes. Recent quad bike accidents causing serious injuries and expensive helicopter evacuations reinforce the need for a prohibition on the use of quad bikes by ...

McKinney is now home to one of the world’s first fully vertically integrated molecular testing platforms. Community Direct DX, Scienetix and the R&D division of Advanta Genetics have merged to form ...

Ahead of the hunting season kicking off in earnest, Ospri and farmers are asking hunters to think again if they are considering illegally releasing and relocating deer into new areas. Deer hunters can ...

OSPRI Chairman Jeff Grant has today announced the appointment of Michelle Edge as Chief Executive of OSPRI. Ms Edge brings a wealth of agricultural industry experience to the position having had an ...

© All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce in any form without permission, even if you have a paid subscription. Operational Solutions for Primary Industries ...

New Ospri chief executive Michelle Edge has some bold visions for where she sees the organisation making a greater contribution to New Zealand agriculture. Edge started her new role in May and said ...

A hunting club has released its own research on how aerial 1080 operations affect wild deer, calling the results "a game-changer" for aerial pest control. The Marlborough branch of the New Zealand ...

Ospri representatives attended the meeting in Omarama on Friday. Last week affected farmer Dave Ellis, who owns both dairy and beef properties in the Omarama area, including Tara Hills Station, said ...