M. bovis cases that have plagued central South Island farmers for a long time will be sorted within 60 days.
That was one of the outcomes from a meeting of the Waimate-Waitaki Mycoplasma Bovis Advisory Group in August.
Waimate Mayor Craig Rowley said the meeting was attended by MPI staff from Wellington as well as local representatives, plus Federated Farmers, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, and DairyNZ personnel.
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The group asked the ministry to focus on ''legacy cases'' - dating from the early days of the disease outbreak, which was first confirmed in New Zealand in July 2017.