With production beginning to ramp up, farmers are emerging from calving with a few things to think about.
There’s the new freshwater regulations to consider, especially for those in the deep south.
Increased compliance brings increased cost, so the durability of that forecast for the 2020-21 season will be the key to whether the industry weathers the season in good shape or not.
Bryan Gibson
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No easy solution to personnel shortages
New Zealand is going to have to rapidly grow its workforce of rural professionals if farmers are going to meet the Government’s new freshwater rules.
