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Farming sector calls for "sensible limits" as more land is sold for forestry

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Publish Date
Thu, 24 Oct 2024, 8:30am
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Farming sector calls for "sensible limits" as more land is sold for forestry

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 24 Oct 2024, 8:30am

Rising concerns from the farming sector as more land is sold off for forestry.  

Beef + Lamb's new research reveals more than 51,000 hectares have been sold since the end of 2022.  

It estimates almost one million stock units are lost for every 100,000 hectares planted. 

Chair Kate Acland told Mike Hosking the issue isn’t forestry as such, but rather the ETS settings.. 

She says there absolutely is a place for trees and forestry within farming, they just need some sensible limits.  

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