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Climate change may force the kiwifruit industry to look for new places to grow its vines – especially the green hayward variety.

National's climate change spokesman Todd Muller says the proposed target for methane reduction puts the New Zealand agricultural sector at “real risk”.

It's not only the rural sector coming under pressure to clean up its environmental footprint.

On emissions targets, dairy farmers are promoting the lower numbers put out last year by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton.

The farming sector has engaged in the national effort to draft a credible response to climate change so New Zealand is seen internationally to be doing its bit.

South Canterbury processor Synlait is throwing its support behind the government’s “bold’ Zero Carbon Bill.

Fonterra says the Government's new methane target is very ambitious and will need hefty spending on R&D to give farmers the solutions they need to achieve.

Farmer reaction is mixed to the Government’s Zero Carbon Amendment Bill introduced into Parliament last week.

Federated Farmers Waikato president Andrew McGiven believes animal numbers would have to be effectively halved to meet the 2050 target set by the Government's new Zero Carbon Amendment Bill.

Deer Industry New Zealand is disappointed by the government’s recently announced emissions reduction targets for agriculture.