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OPINION: Greenpeace claims that the appointment of Dr John Roche as the PM's Chief Science Advisor is handing the powers to polluters.
Are they serious?
If they bothered to read the press statement about Roche and looked up his CV, they would realise that he's a highly respected scientist internationally.
And, newsflash: working in the dairy industry is not code for 'polluter'.
Like your old mate, more and more people realise that the rubbish Greenpeace regularly sprouts is the real pollution.
Greenpeace's delusional missives about the environment leave the Hound wondering what will come next.
NZ needs growth and agriculture is the way forward, with good science the way to deliver the environmental outcome everyone wants.
People such as John Roche are key to this.
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For the first time in more than 30 years the Government has set a new set of radical priorities for the science it funds - including agriculture.
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Fonterra has reduced its forecast 2026/27 Farmgate Milk Price.
New Zealand dairy farmers are set to be the first in the world to receive access to a new digital physical milk pricing tool that enables them to fix the price for their physical milk.
State farmer Pāmu is opening its farm gates this summer in an effort to give the rural sector the opportunity to see how large-scale, multi-system farming is delivering productivity and profitability across New Zealand.
A five-year study has found that the cost of reducing emissions without technology may be significant and unsustainable for Northland dairy farmers.
DairyNZ says Waikato farmers need certainty on Plan Change 1, but they say that certainty must be matched with practical, workable rules and a clear transition that doesn't get ahead of the new resource management system currently under review.
While the Government has moved quickly to make commercial hauliers' lot easier during the current fuel crisis, they appear to be stuck in the creep box when it comes to the agricultural industry.
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