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Talks are underway between the Ministry of Primary Industries and a group of apple and stonefruit farmers over the future of 48,000 plants imported from the US.

The High Court has ordered a five-day relief to nurseries and orchardists who face losing tens of thousands of apple and stonefruit plants imported from the US.

The Ministry for Primary Industries’ directive to contain or destroy tens of thousands of apple and stonefruit plants is ‘draconian’ and lacking common sense, say two US high-level industry players. 

The Crown will appeal the High Court’s decision that the government was negligent in allowing kiwifruit vine-killing disease Psa into the country.

Some of the 21,000 apple trees and plant material involved in the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) biosecurity action are very important to the industry, says Alan Pollard, Pipfruit NZ chief executive officer.

The Ministry of Primary Industries says at risk apple and stonefruit plant material imported from a US testing facility must be appropriately contained or destroyed.

The kiwifruit claim decision in favour of growers has wide implications for biosecurity, says Dr Nic Lees, a senior lecturer in agribusiness at Lincoln University.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is beginning a second round of nationwide milk testing, checking the country's dairy herd for the presence of Mycoplasma bovis.

National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) compliance is increasing, but some farmers are continuing to break the rules.

New Zealand needs to take a multi-pronged approach to dealing with the perceived threat of plant-based food substitutes.