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The government has come up changes to proposed intensive winter grazing regulations  which on the face of it are likely to please farmers.

New Zealand risks losing increasing areas of good sheep and beef farmland to forestry unless the Government acts to limit carbon offsetting.

A chance to celebrate all the good work being done in the red meat sector and tell this to the nation.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has given a tentative nod of approval to the government's change of heart over fresh water farm plans.

New Zealand's meat sector will be hoping to benefit from a yet-to-be-signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that its Australian counterparts are about to enter into with the UK.

The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), agreed to by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week, represents a useful yardstick for New Zealand negotiations, say leaders in the red meat sector.

An agreed framework on farm plans has been made between Government and the farming sector.

Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says the word he's getting from the meat exporters is that one of their most time consuming tasks is logistics.

Farmers are warning that some of the proposals in the Climate Change Commission draft advice to the Government will result in financial losses for many.

Initial reaction to the Climate Change Commission report has been generally muted, but there are some concerns in the agricultural sector.