Overseer to get revamp, farmers to benefit from budget projects

Wed, 12 Jun 2019

By Rebecca Howard June 12 (BusinessDesk) - Up to 2,200 farmers will get on-the-ground support through the $229.2 million Sustainable Land Use budget package and support tools - like Overseer - will be upgraded. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern outlined the details of the package on the first day of the Fieldays agricultural expo in Mystery Creek. The Sustainable Land Use package was billed in Budget 2019 as an investment that will "protect and restore at-risk waterways and wetlands and provides s...

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