Risk-based trading for 2030 TB commitment

Plans to eradicate bovine TB by 2030 or sooner, and make a huge cost saving for farmers and taxpayers, would include risk-based cattle trading.

Thu, 03 Jan, 2019 - 14:00

Stephen Cadogan

Plans to eradicate bovine TB by 2030 or sooner, and make a huge cost saving for farmers and taxpayers, would include risk-based cattle trading.

Risk-based trading, which is the norm in New Zealand, categorises every herd, so that cattle buyers know the TB risk category of the herd from which they are buying.

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