Tomorrow is Gypsy Day when sharemilkers and farm owners will be moving their stock to new properties. This year the tradition will be under the shadow of Mycoplasma bovis, as stock movements carry the risk of spreading the cattle disease.
Vice President of Federated Farmers, Andrew Hoggard spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay about what Mycoplasma bovis means for Gypsy Day and for farmers in general.
"You've got a situation where a whole lot of people have to move off a farm and a whole lot of people have to move in ... it does take a little bit of logistics."
Hoggard is unsure whether M. bovis will change the traditional method of moving cattle which is to walk them down the road to the next farm.
"I'm thinking probably a lot more people are going to be looking for trucks [for moving stock] from now on."