A wise move from MPI to give farmers a choice on whether to continue depopulating their farms or delay the culling of cattle.

An official decision on whether to eradicate or manage the disease Mycoplasma bovis will be made on Monday.

MPI says all farmers bar one whose properties are due to be depopulated from this weekend have decided to go ahead with culling.

Executive producer of The Country Rowena Duncum told Andrew Dickens there's been a lot of talk about New Zealand's naivety in thinking we can still eradicate the disease - but that's not the case.

"You've got to think of the impact on the cows, the impact on the farmers, there's economic impacts here if the cows are aborting their calves. It's not just a child getting the sniffles, it is a very, very serious disease."

LISTEN TO ROWENA DUNCUM TALK WITH ANDREW DICKENS ABOVE