Microchipping cows
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
A ship barred from discharging its palm kernel expeller (PKE) cargo remained anchored off Tauranga Port late last week.
A vessel carrying 23,000 tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE) will not be permitted to discharge its cargo in New Zealand.
PKE rules are there for a reason and importers must abide by them, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard.
A pasture-first approach to New Zealand dairy farming can be complemented by wise use of supplements such as PKE, says DairyNZ.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson has admitted that the co-op has "dropped the ball" when communicating with shareholders.
Your old mate notes that Greenpeace is challenging Fonterra to "prove that its massive use of palm products is not fuelling the enormous fires raging across Indonesia".
This old mutt reckons it's hard enough having a rational discussion on the issue of PKE use in the dairy industry without halfwits spreading false information about it.
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
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