NZ's farming sector looks beyond cancelled emissions pricing

NZ's farming sector looks beyond cancelled emissions pricing
Agriculture Minister Todd McClay at the Agriculture & Climate Change conference. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Greg Hurrell
Attendees entering the Agriculture and Climate Change Conference in Wellington were handed a pack of garden-friendly Biochar from Southland Carbon. It’s intended to act as a small way of permanently removing human-produced carbon from the environment. As the conference members learned, if they weren’t aware already, plenty more efforts will be needed to shift the dial on emissions, wherever they come from.If there was a theme to the opening session at Takina, it was that the agricultural sector is one of many that face challeng...

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