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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