Environment
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved the first feed additive to act as a methane inhibitor in New Zealand livestock
Dairy
It was confirmed recently that about 126,000 cattle would be culled in New Zealand in an effort to eradicate the contagious cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
It has been confirmed that a disease which has prompted a cull of cattle in New Zealand has been detected on yet another farm.
Agri Politics
A total of three new properties have tested positive for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, the MPI has confirmed.
Around 1,200 samples have been tested over the past two weeks in an effort to detect, contain and eradicate the disease in New Zealand.