Dr Jenny Webster-Brown:
The co-author of a just-released white paper, Why Pines? warns there will be a significant transition of sheep and beef farmers into pine forestry unless the current government policies and economic signals are reconsidered.
Mark Warren:
We head to the coalface to talk to a Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer and farm forester who asks “Is production/carbon forestry the new diamond mining?”
Jason Te Brake:
We yarn to the new chief executive of Zespri about record returns for the industry.
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