Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Affected growers claim that the release of 20,000 apple and 400 stonefruit plants from containment vindicates the position they have taken since the start of the issue.
The Ministry of Primary Industries says it is releasing 20,000 apple plants and 400 stonefruit plants from containment.
37 farms have been confirmed as infected with Mycoplasma bovis by the Ministry for Primary Industries — eight in the North Island and 29 in the South.
Protecting New Zealand’s biosecurity status is paramount in the wrangle over imported American fruit stock, says Summerfruit NZ chair Tim Jones.
With new animal welfare regulations coming into effect on October 1, even if you already think you are doing the right thing it’s best to check.
Thirty-seven farms were known at the end of August to be infected with Mycoplasma bovis, says the Ministry of Primary Industries.
A top US facility that globally supplies the latest cultivars for the pipfruit and stonefruit industry has lost interest in dealing with New Zealand.
An impasse between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and apple and stonefruit growers is continuing.
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
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