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Destroyed fruit tree cuttings a big loss - Andy McGrath

By: RNZ
Published: Thu 2 Aug 2018 10:40 AM
From Morning Report, 7:26 am on 1 August 2018
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Thousands of fruits trees could go up in flames as the Ministry for Primary Industries wrestles with a biosecurity threat brought on by defective paperwork. MPI has ordered the containment or destruction of any plants that passed through a US company that sells cuttings for apple, cherry and other summer fruit trees to New Zealand. Andy McGrath is a grower who's been involved in the apple and stonefruit industry for years. He talks to Alex Perrottet.
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