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Resource consent to convert productive farmland
If elected next term, Labour says it will require resource consent for any conversion of highly productive farmland into forestry.
Beef + Lamb ‘scaremongering’ — forestry group
‘Slanted and scaremongering’ is how the Southern North Island Wood Council describes Beef + Lamb NZ’s figures on forestry conversions.
Rural NZ at risk from carbon investors — Editorial
OPINION: NZ’s rural communities risk being decimated as carbon investors buy up farmland and ever-encroaching pine forests take over more of the country.
ETS changes a ‘slap in the face’
Farming groups have described the newly passed emissions trading reform legislation as a ‘slap in the face’ that will not reduce the country’s carbon emissions.
ETS changes a ‘slap in the face’
Farming groups have described the newly passed emissions trading reform legislation as a ‘slap in the face’ that will not reduce the country’s carbon emissions.
Sheep and beef on-farm inflation low
Sheep and beef farm input prices rose at a very slow pace in the year to March 2020.
Red meat sector releases election manifesto
Vote Red – meat!
Meat sector speaking out in manifesto
The red meat sector has published an election manifesto to help offer decision-makers a complete understanding of the sector.
ETS will see more farmland lost
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) believes the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will see huge swathes of productive farming land converted into trees for carbon farming.
Has the rain helped?
In the past few weeks, rain has fallen in many parts of the country with grass starting to grow again.
