Posts Tagged ‘DairyNZ’
July 14, 2020
The fast pace of regulatory change by the government poses a challenge for farmers trying to earn their social licence to operate.
The Emissions Trading Reform Bill and the proposed Essential Freshwater Policy are the two latest examples of regulation which are set to be introduced into law before the Election and will inevitably impose serious costs or penalties on farmers as currently drafted Some provisions run counter to good, common sense farming practices, and the ETR has the potential to side swipe the sheep and beef sector, as it incentivises the conversion of sheep and beef farms into forestry. (more…)
Tags:B&LNZ, carbon farming, Chris Allen, DairyNZ, Emissions Trading Reform Bill, Essential Freshwater, Federated Farmers, forestry conversion, Greens, Horizons Regional Council, IPCC, NZ First, Roger Dalrymple, Sally Dryland, sheep and beef farming, social licence, Southland Regional Council, Sustainable Land Use Initiative, Waitatapia
Posted in Agribusiness, Biosecurity, climate change, Consumer demand, Economy, Environment, Export trade, Food, Free trade, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat industry, Politics, Protein based meat, Red Meat marketing | 1 Comment »
September 6, 2019
Amid all the debate about agriculture’s responsibility to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets, and the appropriate levels for those targets, it may seem counterintuitive to claim an equally pressing problem is to earn a licence to operate. Just as great a threat to agriculture’s future is not whether it faces a potentially unachievable government imposed target, but a business environment in which consumers make their decisions based on their perception of the acceptability of the food they eat. (more…)
Tags:agricultural output, B&LNZ, Climate Change Committee, consumer attitudes, DairyNZ, emissions reduction, Federated Farmers, FOMA, government responsibility, greenhouse gas reduction, Greenpeace, Horticulture NZ, Primary Sector Climate Change Commitment
Posted in Agribusiness, climate change, Consumer demand, Dairy, Economy, Environment, Export trade, Food, Food safety, Free trade, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry, Politics, Red Meat marketing, Research and development | 1 Comment »
May 31, 2019
The negative reaction to the methane target range in the Climate Change Amendment (Zero Carbon) Bill should not be taken as an indication the rural sector is at all opposed to the purpose of the Bill, nor does it suggest unwillingness to be part of the solution. Industry bodies, including DairyNZ, B+LNZ, MIA and Federated Farmers, are fully committed to seeing their members do all that is realistically possible to achieve the overall greenhouse gas reduction target. (more…)
Tags:B&LNZ, Carbon Zero, climate change, CO2, DairyNZ, Dave Frame, ETS, Federated Farmers, greenhouse gases, Greenpeace, IPCC, Jeremy Baker, methane, MIA, nitrous oxide, Russel Norman
Posted in Agribusiness, Dairy, Economy, Environment, Export trade, Fonterra, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat industry, Politics, Research and development | Leave a Comment »
August 24, 2018
NAIT is like a long running soap opera which viewers can watch faithfully for a couple of years, go back to after a long absence and find nothing much has changed. It was first thought of back in 2004, took eight years of argument, design, business case preparation and readings in parliament and it was finally implemented in July 2012 with a three year lead-in for cattle. (more…)
Tags:B&LNZ, DairyNZ, Electronic animal status declarations, Farms On line, MINDA, MPI, NAIT, NAIT review, NLIS, traceability
Posted in Agribusiness, Biosecurity, Export trade, Food safety, International trade, Livestock, Meat industry, Red Meat marketing | 1 Comment »
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