B+LNZ’s board chair says the raft of new and proposed environmental regulations has created significant administrative and financial burden on farmers, according to new research released by Beef + Lamb New Zealand.
Blake Holgate:
We ask Rabobank’s head of sustainable business development if “woke” banks imposing climate-related risk margins upon farmers when the sector is under growing financial strain, is fair and equitable. We discuss the results of the latest Rabobank/ KiwiHarvest food waste survey, which shows Kiwis are wasting slightly less food than a year ago, but the wastage still amounts to $3.2 billion per annum.
Jim Hopkins:
This rural commentator is looking forward to some unbiased media election coverage and to some more farmers making it into the Beehive.
Hunter McGregor:
Our Shanghai-based correspondent talks about the state of the Chinese economy and comes up with a wonderful stat - 70 per cent of the world’s tolled roads are in China.
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