$12b red meat sector's election wish list

Brent Melville
Tue, 16 Jun 2020

New Zealand's red meat sector wants policy settings that address the conversion of productive farmland to forestry, tackle non-tariff barriers to trade and adopt a practical approach to water resource management. In its pre-election policy blueprint, Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association have highlighted the importance of political parties working with the red meat sector as partners to help rebuild the NZ economy. Strategically, the industry 'manifesto' was rolled out in tandem with research that shows just how import...

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