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Banning live exports a 'knee-jerk' reaction, says Manawatu farmer

The trade of livestock to China helps underpin the domestic market, says Richard McIntyre.

Dita De Boni Fri, 04 Sep 2020

A dairy farmer who has sent surplus live heifers to China as live exports says the temporary ban on the trade imposed by Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor in the wake of the presumed capsize of the Gulf Livestock 1 is a “knee jerk reaction”.

Richard McIntyre is Federated Farmers'

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Dita De Boni Fri, 04 Sep 2020
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