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Taranaki farmer, livestock agent fined for swapping NAIT tags to sell diseased cows

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Taranaki farmer and livestock agent has been fined $15,000 for illegally replacing NAIT tags on BVD-infected cows in an attempt to sell them. Simon Mark Payne, 44, was sentenced on December 16 in the New Plymouth District Court on one charge under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Act, following a successful prosecution by the Ministry for Primary Industries. “The four cows Mr Payne attempted to sell…
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farmersweekly.co.nz broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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