Predator-free New Zealand good for dairy sector

Dairy producer Fonterra has welcomed the Government’s goal of New Zealand becoming predator free by 2050. “This is a hugely significant goal, and one that the dairy industry shares,” said Carolyn Mortland, Fonterra’s director of Social Responsibility. “A predator free New Zealand would have significant benefits for New Zealand’s environment as well as help with animal TB eradication.” TB and other diseases carried by possums and rats carry a high on-going cost to farmers, as well