Velvetleaf
Dairy farmers warned of moving day pest risk
Dairy farmers are being warned to be careful not to spread pests and diseases as they move between farms next week.
NZ looks to Europe to combat velvetleaf outbreak
Staff from the Ministry of Primary Industries travelled to Europe to learn about velvetleaf and how New Zealand may be able to contain the outbreak.
MPI responds to farmer's criticism
Yesterday Nine to Noon reported on farmers' concerns over chicken manure helping to spread the aggressive weed, velvetleaf via imported chicken feed. Federated Farmers says they can cite multiple… Audio
NZ First calls for more action on velvetleaf
New Zealand First is urging the government to boost its biosecurity response and do more to search for invasive pest weed velvetleaf.
Seed restrictions risk growing vege costs
Tougher restrictions on seed imports could cause a vegetable shortage and raise the price of flowers, merchants and growers say. Audio
Rise in number of velvetleaf cases in Waikato
The invasive weed velvetleaf has been found on more farms in Waikato, prompting the Waikato Regional Council to ramp up its local response.
Searching for a devastating pest
Biosecurity teams are being scrambled on to hundreds of dairy farms to try to stop an outbreak of Velvetleaf - one of the world's worst cropping pests. Audio
Biosecurity teams scramble to stop velvetleaf invasion
Biosecurity teams are being scrambled on to hundreds of dairy farms to try to stop an outbreak of velvetleaf - one of the world's worst cropping threats. Audio
MPI investigates potentially devastating plant pest
The Ministry of Primary Industries is investigating cases of the potentially devastating plant pest, velvetleaf. Ian Telfer reports. Video, Audio
Leaves, not eggs, in Southland Easter hunt
Teams of biosecurity staff in Southland have been out each day over Easter trying to locate outbreaks of devastating pest plant velvetleaf.