Farmer pushes proposal for traceability
The mandatory electronic tagging of beef cattle to allow paddock-to-plate traceability at the swish of a barcode reader could earn farmers dividends, says Waingaro sheep and beef farmer Rob Macnab.
Mr Macnab, chairman of Meat & Wool New Zealand’s mid northern Sheep and Beef Council, compared cattle without an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag to a pretty painting by an unknown artist.
“If you know where it’s come from and who has painted it it’s worth a lot more,” said Mr Macnab, who admitted he initially was against the National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme.
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