The government is being urged to make a quick decision on what it's going to do about live export ships, as thousands of cows on quarantine farms face slaughter.
The Ministry for Primary Industries put an immediate halt on applications for live shipments after the capsize and sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1, which went down in a typhoon in the East China Sea nearly a week ago.
There were 43 crew, including two New Zealanders, and nearly 6,000 cattle on board.
Now farmers say they need clarity on when, or if, the export trips will be able to resume.
Andrew McRae reports.
