Displaying items by tag: climate change

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.

Cheese without the cow, synthetic meat, robotics and gene editing were among the topics discussed at the inaugural Grow 2019 Agri Summit last week in Christchurch. 

Cellular meat and molecular whiskey are among new developments taking over global food production, an international agri-summit recently heard in Christchurch.

The Government is today introducing the long-awaited Climate Change Bill with agriculture included.

There is a mish-mash of information available on climate change, some of which originates from people who are not qualified to speak on the subject, says Ministry of Primary Industries’ chief science advisor, John Roche.

The argument over whether New Zealand has too many cows is a regional issue, not a national issue, according to Ministry of Primary Industries’ chief science advisor, John Roche.