Farmers face $1b bill to meet new freshwater requirements

Farmers face $1b bill to meet new freshwater requirements
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Government proposals to radically improve the quality of New Zealand’s freshwater resources look likely to cost farmers at least $1 billion over 10 years. Environment and Agriculture ministers David Parker and Damien O’Connor released a swag of documents from the government’s Essential Freshwater policy review at Parliament this morning. The discussion document on a new National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management details proposals that would: Impose immediate “tight restriction”...

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