The sinking of a live export cattle ship has thrust the debate about live exports into the limelight and transformed one farmer from exporter to criticA first-time exporter of live animals said he’s never selling his animals offshore again after the sinking of the Livestock Gulf 1. I never felt 100 per cent comfortable about it [live export]. The European Union and Brazil export cattle to the Middle East, and Canada and Mexico export to the United States. He said farmers who engaged in live export needed certainty about when the suspension of live exports was likely to be lifted. He thinks some of his, and possibly other farmers', acceptance of live export may have stemmed from when Fonterra had dairy operations in China.

Source: Stuff September 14, 2020 19:30 UTC