
Business case for cattle disease plan kept secret
The full cost of eradication over 10 years is projected to be $886 million.
The full cost of eradication over 10 years is projected to be $886 million.
About 126,000 animals in addition to the 26,000 already underway will be culled.
Ardern wanted to talk through the experience with farmers and what they've been through.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Leo Bensegues’ dairy farm at Morven in South Canterbury today after M. Bovis was found and more than 1000 cows were culled.
MPI still investigating how M. bovis got into New Zealand
About 150,000 cows will be culled from Kiwi farms.
EDITORIAL: The Cabinet faced an invidious decision on the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
But resulting drop in production will push prices up and dull the impact.
150,000 + cattle will be culled in a world-first bid to eradicate Mycloplasma bovis.
The dairy herd, despite all the the environmental critics, is vital to this country.
COMMENT: MPI chief fighting Mycoplasma bovis says previous column hit close to bone.
M. Bovis will not stop the annual movement of farmers and their cattle
The Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year is now the Rural Catch and includes women.
Forest products are New Zealand's third-largest commodity export group.
COMMENT: Pāmu, NZ's biggest farming company, has seen future and it is sustainable.
Government won't reveal how much of the M. bovis costs farmers will cover.
The Govt has not yet given up hope of eradicating M. Bovis from farms.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media about Mycoplasma bovis after a farm visit on a property near Te Awamutu this morning. / Video by Alan Gibson
Comment: Ministry has been open and honest on efforts to halt or control serious disease.
National Animal Identification and Tracing system to be overhauled.
The $85m set aside for tackling Mycoplasma bovis could be too little.
Our most successful agri-businesses find it hard to attract funding to meet their needs.
The GDT price index rose 1.9% from the previous auction two weeks ago.
Decision looms on whether to continue with attempts at eradication.
More funding for biosecurity is a Budget priority for agriculture.
Disease has been confirmed at a Waikato farm.
Kiwi apple grower selling cold storage firms to US-based Emergent Cold.
Cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis continues to spread through New Zealand with a farm in Cambridge the latest to test positive.
The Cambridge positive takes the number of infected properties across the country to 39.
Number of farms under control for Mycoplasma bovis jumps from 130 to 290.