Palm kernel is a supplementary feed source the NZ farmers use. The problem is that Palm kernel is the waste left over from the collection of Palm Oil from the destruction of rain forests. I think that the major use of Palm kernel in New Zealand may damage our clean, green reputation. New Zealand imported 22,293 tonnes of palm oil in 2008 from Malaysia, that was only 0.1% of the world's total supply. New Zealand imported 1,100,000 tonnes of Palm kernel in that same year - 24% of the world's total supply. Even though Palm kernel is technically a waste product of the Palm oil collection operations I feel it is not a sustainable resource that NZ should use.
It is proposed that Palm kernel should be banned in NZ as it effects our 'environmentally friendly' impression on other countries.