Controls to rid the Wairarapa of the insect pest pea weevil are now formally in place. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has today placed a ban on growing peas within a specified area and ...

Pea shooting -- the act of blowing dried green peas through a straw or tube — has long been popular in the U.K. In fact, the World Pea Shooting Championships have been held there for the past 44 years ...

One thousand bales of pea straw have been destroyed by fire at a Bendigo environmental nursery. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) was alerted to the fire at Peppergreen Farm in North Bendigo, at about ...

A Government programme to wipe out pea weevil has achieved a world first, with Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor today announcing the successful eradication of the noxious pest from Wairarapa. This ...

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor (centre) talks to Federated Farmers past and present Pea Weevil Response Governance Group members Henry Reynolds (left), Karen Williams and Jamie Falloon, along ...

A children’s seat made from completely biodegradable material, which literally sprouts and grows at the end of its life, is now a reality. The award-winning stool is made from wheat starch, water, ...

HANDLING hundreds of small bales of straw is no longer a laborious time-consuming job for Callington oaten hay, barley and pea straw specialist producers Colin, Nathan and Brett Wegener.