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Significant impact from freshwater proposals

Rabobank New Zealand believes the Government’s proposed freshwater reforms will have significant implications for New Zealand’s food and agribusiness sectors.

Job hunting?

A mate of the Hound reckons outgoing special agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen, who is due to finish his current role at the end of the year, is currying favour – and job prospects – with the Government by backing its moves to lump agriculture into the ETS.

Hot air?

With the Government wanting to implement huge costs on the livestock farming sector by making New Zealand the only country to include farming in an ETS, this old mutt thought it might actually get serious about funding mitigation research.

Interesting...

It appears many dairy company competitors of Fonterra are worried that some of the proposed changes to the DIRA regulations will give the country’s largest dairy co-op an unfair advantage over them.

Stink!

Your old mate understands the country’s second largest dairy company, Open Country Dairy (OCD), has just had a ‘stink’ month. During October OCD copped a record fine of more than $221,000 for a “vomitus stench being emitted from its Waharoa factory”.

Saving us from ourselves

OPINION: The Government's policy to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand is working directly against the goals of the Paris Accord.

Realism or rhetoric? — Editorial

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle at last week’s announcement in Wellington.

OPINION: In theory everyone is happy with the deal struck between the Government and the agricultural sector over emissions.

Give farmers time – Massey scholar

Farmers understand they must work with the Government to improve the environment, says a noted Massey University scholar.

Fonterra wants change to water rules

Fonterra opposes proposals to move current fencing of waterways to a 5m setback.

Fonterra wants the Government to remove suggested maximum required levels of nitrogen and phosphorous in streams.

Changes needed, but sensibly

National’s agriculture spokesman Todd Muller speaking at the Morrinsville farmer meeting.

With the submissions period for proposed water reforms ending last week, the National Party was out and about in the Waikato dairy heartland putting its spin on things.