September 2004
- Fraser High School compensation claim assessed
29 September 2004
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has informed Hamilton's Fraser High School that its compensation claim for the cost of relief teachers to cover staff absences during the 2003 Asian Gypsy Moth eradication operation has not been accepted, Director of Forest Biosecurity Peter Thomson said today. - Help with forest replanting following February floods
20 September 2004
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is calling for applications for assistance from farmers and foresters whose forest stands were damaged by February's lower North Island floods. - September Rural Bulletin
15 September 2004
including First Report on State of Human Rights, The Latest "Social Report", The Changing Face of Female Gambling, Family and Community Services, What Should You Know About Investing?, Internet Items, and Update - Water Bibliography
9 September 2004
MAF Policy has compiled this bibliography to capture public documents on water quality, irrigation and efficiency of water use. The bibliography targets publications completed since 1995. - Entries for Journalism Awards to close soon
9 September 2004
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry are inviting journalists from all media organisations to enter the Protect New Zealand Journalism Awards to be held this coming October. - Varroa National Pest Management Strategy Proposal
8 September 2004
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Report on Recommendations of the Board of Inquiry
MAF Information Paper: 52
The purpose of this report is to consider the report and recommendations of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) into the varroa National Pest Management Strategy (NPMS) Proposal (the Proposal), as required by section 69(1)(a)(ii) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (the Act). - Crop Re-establishment Details
September 2004
In the information provided about crop reestablishment with the Agricultural Recovery Programme it was indicated that is was intended to use standard unit rates to establish the payments for crop re-establishment. During meetings with growers in May a number of concerns were raised about using standard unit rates and how the criteria would be applied. Since then the criteria have been clarified and the basis for payment for most items has been changed to actual costs rather than standard unit rates. Using actual costs will require some additional information to be provided by growers as part of the application. - Cost of Production for Crop Lost February 2004 - (Template in MS Word)
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7 September 2004 - Definition of "adult cattle" changes
6 September 2004
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) today announced that it had changed the definition for adult cattle under the Biosecurity (Bovine Tuberculosis - Cattle Levy) Amendment Order 2004, effectively exempting bobby calf owners a processing cost that affected about 10,000 animals last season. - Meetings to help crop growers with Agricultural Recovery applications
3 September 2004
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is holding public meetings for crop growers affected by February's flood event to explain the claims procedure for seeking recovery assistance to re-establish their crops, and to assist with applications. - Review of Riparian Buffer Zone Effectiveness
MAF Technical Paper No: 2004/05 September 2004
The purpose of this report is to review and summarise published research on the efficiency and management of riparian buffer zones (RBZ) with respect to the attenuation of sediment and nutrients, and biodiversity enhancement. While there have been numerous studies on the efficiency of RBZ with respect to sediment and nutrients, many of these studies have been small-scale and site-specific. Therefore, a review of these studies needs to consider an assessment of the catchment scale factors that influence the effectiveness of RBZ in attenuating catchment loads. - First payouts to be made under Agricultural Recovery Programme
2 September 2004
The first payments to flood affected farmers in the lower North Island will be made this week to dairy farmers in the Manawatu and Wanganui areas.
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