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It seems that the integrity of animal tracking system NAIT is under growing attack from farmers.
The recent call by the Ministry of Primary Industries for farmers to re-register on NAIT has opened a can of worms.
When farmers try to re-register online, they are either told they can’t update details and/or to call the NAIT office -- where no one is picking up the phone. Some are also told their addresses are wrong.
OPINION: Reports to your old mate tell of farmers who have tried, without success, to re-register with NAIT when prompted to do so by emails from OSPRI.
Farmers are bristling over any suggestion they had been slack about re-registering their farm locations in National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) in time for moving day on June 1.
Farmers who plan to move farm or livestock over the Moving Day period (late May to early June) must update their NAIT accounts says OSPRI.
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It seems that the integrity of animal tracking system NAIT is under growing attack from farmers.
