Displaying items by tag: climate change

OPINION: Dairy farmers are hoping that the world gets a glimpse of the unique split gas approach being taken by New Zealand to reduce agriculture emissions.

Climate change has been affecting many different regions around the globe for decades and the shift in weather is impacting fruit production.

Over the next two weeks, more than 1,500 farmers around New Zealand are getting to grips with why and how they should start responding to a changing climate, thanks to new workshops run by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and Silver Fern Farms (SFF).

OPINION: "The carbon market is based on the lack of delivery of an invisible substance to no one."

OPINION: I don't doubt the climate is changing as it always has and that all the current policies and plans the politicians want to implement aren't going to fix their concerns.

Dairy Farmers are playing their part in tackling climate change alongside all other sectors.

The cost of carbon emissions will continue to rise, and so will consumer demand for emissions reductions.

Genetics will play a key role in helping dairy farmers meet climate targets at a herd level, while maintaining the highest quality milk production, says CRV managing director James Smallwood.

A top climate change policy advisor to the Irish government says Ireland and New Zealand should become close allies to combat the negative narrative against the dairy industry. Peter Burke reports.

Climate Change Minister James Shaw says New Zealand dairy is the world's lowest greenhouse gas emitter but that's not good enough.