New Zealand's biggest farming company, the state-owned Landcorp, said it would stop using the controversial feed supplement, palm kernel expeller (PKE), by the end of its financial year in June 2017. Chief executive Steven Carden said that all Landcorp farms would transition to alternative feed supplements by that time. The supplement is not used on any livestock farms and a few dairy farms are already PKE-free. Carden said one of the points of difference for New Zealand farming was its ability to grow grass and produce grass-fed animals. New Zealand is currently the largest importer of PKE, using about a quarter of the world's supply each year as supplementary feed for livestock.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 07, 2016 21:44 UTC