# Guy: Closing Strait a pipedream

> Nathan Guy, National's agriculture spokesman, criticised a proposal to declare the North Island free of Mycoplasma bovis, saying it distracts from eradicating the disease across New Zealand. Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor has asked officials to study the feasibility of the plan.

- Date: 2018-03-12 · published 2018-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65947-guy-closing-strait-a-pipedream
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Possible cattle movement restrictions between the North and South Islands could disrupt New Zealand cattle flows and schedule prices, which are higher in the North.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2018-05-14 | [NZ cow slaughter rates rise, weighing on prices, as M. bovis culling spreads \| BusinessDesk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64988-nz-cow-slaughter-rates-rise-weighing-on-prices-as-m-bovis-culling-spreads.md) | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| MILK | 2024-04-27 | [Bird flu virus has been spreading among US cows for months, RNA reveals \| Nature](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16100-bird-flu-virus-has-been-spreading-among-us-cows-for-months-rna-reveals-nature.md) | +18.6% | +19.7% |
| MILK | 2022-08-04 | [Foot-and-mouth disease Australia: what is FMD and what happens if it enters the country? \| Agriculture \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39974-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-what-is-fmd-and-what-happens-if-it-enters-the.md) | -0.6% | -2.6% |
| MILK | 2026-04-24 | [Researchers develop promising livestock vaccine against H5N1](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15918-researchers-develop-promising-livestock-vaccine-against-h5n1.md) | +2.0% | +0.4% |
| MILK | 2024-08-23 | [How scientists are working to solve the bird flu outbreak \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16071-how-scientists-are-working-to-solve-the-bird-flu-outbreak-ap-news.md) | -0.3% | +12.9% |

## Sources

- farmersweekly.co.nz: https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/guy-closing-strait-a-pipedream/

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