Govt to crack down on farmers flouting animal tracking

The Government's getting tougher on farmers as the Mycoplasma Bovis disease spreads. It's going to enforce the animal tracking system it says the previous Government neglected to do - and some farmers will face hefty penalties for non-compliance. The cattle disease has now been found at a farm in the Waikato, and going on the rates of returning tests so far, the Agriculture Minister is expecting up to 30 percent of the tests to come back positive.