The Government’s National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity is a recipe for uncertainty, increased costs, perverse outcomes and less effective management of native flora and fauna on private land, Federated […]
Biodiversity
Feds’ messages on blanket forestry policy gains traction
By Toby Williams, Federated Farmers forestry spokesperson For years, Federated Farmers have been warning about the harm being caused by the many policies designed to give the forestry industry an […]
Highly organic soils – it’s what we do
By Dr Jacqueline Rowarth Regeneration is a word that captures the imagination. It is the natural process of renewal, restoration and growth – making things better. It is also the […]
Regenerative agriculture – opening up the wallet
By Delwyn Dickey for the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge Regenerative agriculture has potential as a selling point for our export markets, but how do the numbers stack […]
NZ an international outlier by allowing 100 percent of emissions offsetting through forestry
New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of […]
Freshwater Farm Plans another govt misstep
The Freshwater Farm Plan regime being rolled out from mid this year looks set to impose significant and unnecessary new obligations on farmers, Federated Farmers Arable Chairperson and environment spokesperson […]
Entering the home stretch on TB eradication
By Janine Gray, OSPRI Principal Advisor, Engagement & Communications While the weather still plays ball you might be taking a drive through the high country in the upper South Island […]
Sharing ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ is key to ongoing momentum on freshwater quality
by Katharina Doehring Improving the water quality of our rivers, lakes and wetlands has kept rural communities busy over the last decade. Those catchment communities that are ‘pros’ at restoring […]
Future of wilding control uncertain
Experts in controlling wilding pines are becoming increasingly worried all the work done in recent years to eliminate pines in the wrong places will be lost as funding is cut […]
Work with farmers on biodiversity goals: Feds
Landowners do a lot of work to protect biodiversity onfarm and government agencies should be working with them, rather than against them. Federated Farmers was responding to DOC and LINZ’s […]
