Cattle disease bill could be $30k per farm
Farmers could end up paying $30,000 each on average to help cover the cost of eradicating mycoplasma bovis.
Farm sales drop 11pct as cattle disease keeps farmers nervous
New Zealand farm sales fell 11 percent in the March quarter from a year earlier, as the mycoplasma bovis cattle disease outbreak weighed on purchasing intentions and spanned a period where smaller plots of rural land were captured by the regime to screen foreign buyers.
Cattle disease is here so let's deal with it
OPINION: Are we in danger of overreacting to the discovery in July last year of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis?
Farmers told to step up biosecurity plans to stop cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis spreading
Farmers are being told to set up biosecurity plans to stop the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis from spreading to their farm.
New Zealand starts cull of 22,000 cattle
OFFICIALS in New Zealand have confirmed that a cull of over 22,000 cattle infected with the Mycoplasma bovis disease has commenced.
Financial pressure builds on cattle disease farmers waiting for compo
The Government has finalised compensation for just three farm businesses out of 31 claims for destroyed cattle affected by the Mycoplasma bovis disease outbreak as Federated Farmers says farmers are feeling financial stress.
Mycoplasma bovis cattle cull 'the right thing'
The farming industry is viewing a Mycoplasma bovis cull of more than 22,000 cattle as a tragic necessity.
Over 20,000 infected cattle to be slaughtered across NZ in our biggest ever agricultural cull
It’s the biggest cull of its type in New Zealand’s history and officials say it’s the only way to fully eradicate the disease from the 28 properties.
'Dark moments' dealing with cattle disease
Since Mycoplasma bovis was detected on their property in July last year, Kerry and Rosie Dwyer have gone through some «very dark moments».But there had also been some heartwarming and humbling times for the North Otago farmers who voluntarily sent 400 calves to slaughter and now face an undefined period before they can be rid of the impact of the bacterial cattle disease.
Cattle Inventory Indicates Potential Expansion in the Dairy Sector
The dairy herd inventory was up 1 percent during 2017, adding 54,000 head to last year’s Jan. 1 number. ( Wyatt Bechtel ) The recently released Jan. 1 Cattle Inventory report kicks off the year with hard numbers on both the dairy and beef cattle herd. This highly anticipated report is one of the few […]