ACT MPs Slam Green Party's Fertiliser Ban Policy
Retiring MP and dairy farmer Mark Cameron is blasting the Green Party for proposing to ban the use of synthetic fertiliser and cutting cow numbers.
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We catch up with the Rural News Group’s Adam Fricker to discuss some of the latest headlines in this week’s issue of Dairy News.
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