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OPINION: This old mutt is loath to sound like Groundswell has been topping up his bowl with brisket off-cuts, but the ginger group makes a good point about the arguments raised in favour of toeing the Paris Agreement line.
From the Government through to the levyfunded lobby groups, they all calmly claim we will be penalised in the market if we drop Paris. Little or no effort is made to verify this claim. “Instead, they prey on fear.”
And with their myopic focus on emissions, they never reconcile the fact we are losing hundreds of thousands of hectares of food producing land to pines because of the Paris Agreement.
As the ginger group says, it’s not about giving Paris the middle finger and doing nothing, it’s about highlighting to other signatories the significant flaws and unsustainable cost implications of being bound to Paris.
A drop in methane targets announced by the Government this month has pleased farmers but there are concerns that without cross-party support, the targets would change once a Labour-led Government is voted into office.
A survey of 2000 farmers shows 94% of respondents believe that remaining in the Paris Agreement for climate change is not in the country's best interest.
OPINION: Defenders of New Zealand remaining bound to the Paris Agreement typically run the same argument. They do not explain the benefits of remaining bound to Paris, because there are none. At least none that are certain and enduring.
OPINION: Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
The ACT Party's call for a better deal on the Paris Agreement on climate change is being backed by farmer organisations.
The global agricultural landscape has entered a new phase where geopolitics – not only traditional market forces – will dictate agricultural trade flows, prices, and production decisions.
National Lamb Day is set to return in 2026 with organisers saying the celebrations will be bigger than ever.
Fonterra has dropped its forecast milk price mid-point by 50c as a surge in global milk production is putting downward pressure on commodity prices.
The chance of a $10-plus milk price for this season appears to be depleting.
Keep focused on things that can be controlled on farm.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) has announced Sandra Kirby will take over as the organisation's new chief executive.
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