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Waikato farm boss fined for failing to register animals 4 May, 2021 08:00 PM 2 minutes to read The Country The chief executive of a large Waikato farm business has been fined $3600 for failing to register 820 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme. Lochiel Farmlands Limited chief executive Kim Phillip Robinson, 65, faced four charges related to the offending and was sentenced in the Pukekohe District Court on Monday. The farm manages about 3000 cattle as dry stock with its main operations being as a breeder and finisher of stock. AS chief executive, Robinson was responsible for the registration of the animals. The NAIT scheme is used to track the movements of cattle and deer. Its use was critical in quickly responding to biosecurity outbreaks, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) regional manager animal welfare and NAIT compliance, Brendon Mikkelsen said. ....
The chief executive of a large Waikato farm has been fined $3600 for failing to register livestock with the government s animal tracing programme. A Waikato farm has been fined for failing to register some of its animals. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme is used to track the movements of cattle and deer. Lax compliance with the system by some farmers was blamed for the spread of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis. Lochiel Farmlands chief executive Kim Robinson was sentenced in Pukekohe District Court on Monday for not registering 820 animals, which were moved to meatworks in early 2019. ....