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Deer Industry New Zealand is disappointed by the government’s recently announced emissions reduction targets for agriculture.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth explains what farmers can look out for when figuring out if a product is snake oil.

The Government is today introducing the long-awaited Climate Change Bill with agriculture included.

In part two of a series breaking down the six questions answered by the PwC Strategic Review, Tessa Nicholson looks at the question of Sustainability and its place within the New Zealand wine industry.

The term sustainability comes with a great deal of corporate greenwash, Geoff Thorpe of Riversun says.

There is a mish-mash of information available on climate change, some of which originates from people who are not qualified to speak on the subject, says Ministry of Primary Industries’ chief science advisor, John Roche.

The argument over whether New Zealand has too many cows is a regional issue, not a national issue, according to Ministry of Primary Industries’ chief science advisor, John Roche.

The Government has a clear message for farmers: ignore climate change at your peril.

A new decision by the Environment Court on the Simons Pass station in the Mackenzie Basin may effectively prevent more progress by the controversial big dairy conversion.

The latest report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton makes interesting reading for the agricultural sector and its constant critics.