Displaying items by tag: emissions

Animal diseases are associated with significant increases in livestock greenhouse gas emissions, land use and reduced productivity.

Former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard stepped down from the role last week and was immediately announced as an ACT Party candidate for the next general elections. In his final column for the Feds, Hoggard had this to say on emissions pricing…

Farmers and the Government have jointly set up an investment fund to help the pastoral sector reduce emissions.

There is some unease among Fonterra's shareholder base as the co-operative sets out to tackle Scope 3 emissions generated by the business.

A 50% improvement in resource consent processing times could be necessary for New Zealand to meet its 2050 emissions targets.

New research by Waikato-based consultants suggests dairy farmers don’t need blunt tools proposed in the Government’s agricultural emissions proposal to meet climate change targets.

OPINION: A giant black hole is emerging within the wider agricultural industry. It has been there for some time but has mostly flown under the radar.

Dairy farmers around the country are in breach of a new law around reporting synthetic nitrogen because the Government has failed to deliver an online measuring tool on time.

The Government has announced its Emissions Reduction Plan which they say will put New Zealand on track to meet its first emissions budget.

OPINION: Confusion abounds in the discussion about agricultural greenhouse gases (GHG) and misinformation is rife.