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Donald J. Trump will become the 47th President of the United States of America. Democrat Kamala Harris called the former president to congratulate him and offer their support for a peaceful transition of power. Trump won't take up office until January 20 next year – and there are a few things that'll happen between now and then. He faces sentencing for his felony conviction for a start, that's put down for November 26. A judge, though, could decide to throw it out though before then. There are then some formalities – like appointing some 4000 political positions in a new administration – and it'll be next year when the idea of tariffs will come to the fore, but it's something the rest of the world is already anticipating. On the campaign trial, he promised anywhere from 10 to 20% tariffs on imports. So, what does that mean for New Zealand exporters, specially given the US is one of our biggest trading partners? Today on The Front Page, Beef and Lamb NZ chair, Kate Acland is with us to discuss, but first, we speak to NZUS Council executive director Fiona Cooper, about our blossoming relationship with the United States – and why we should all probably take a deep breath.  Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Chelsea DanielsSound Engineers: Paddy Fox, Richard MartinProducer: Ethan SillsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is one that has been discussed before and will no doubt be discussed again. Can pine forestry and livestock farming coexist in this country, or does one have to make way for the other?   For the last decade, there have been major concerns about productive farmland, not only being converted into subdivisions, but being converted into forests. These concerns were ramped up in recent times with the previous administration's One Billion Trees project.   The area of land planted in trees is actually down from where it was two decades ago. New Zealand has about 12.1 million hectares in farmland. Another 1.7 million is in forestry, down from 2 million hectares in 2002, but reaching the 1 billion trees target by 2028 will require the planting of an estimated 43,000 hectares per year.   Of course there's a distinction to make between the different sorts of forestry – plantation forestry is different from carbon forestry.    Plantation trees will eventually be harvested. Carbon trees will never be harvested because the owners make enough through carbon credits alone. So what happens when a farmer sells their land for carbon farming or turns it over to plantation farming?    It really does take a village to maintain a farm, to keep a farm alive. Dairy farms, beef farms, sheep farms require people and those living in rural communities are worried that as the trees advance the sharemilkers jobs will go, shearing jobs will go, along with the shepherds and the truck drivers and the families. The vets will go, the mechanics, the retailers, the schools. They'll become ghost towns filled with trees.   Beef and Lamb NZ's sheep numbers fell 4.3% in the year to June. There was a 2.8 percent decrease in beef cattle numbers. And the lamb crop for spring 2025 is expected to fall nearly 5 percent.   Now part of that is farmers reacting to the low prices they get for their stock. Some parts of the country it's drought, but the primary driver, according to Beef and Lamb, is land use change, as a result of the conversion of livestock farms to forestry.   The Ministry for Primary Industries Todd McClay says the government is concerned in regards to excessive conversion of food-producing land to forest, however, he says it's also important that farmers retain choice over what they do with their land.   Imagine you've slogged your guts out all your life, you and your husband, you and your wife. You have worked every hour God sent from sunup to sundown. Finally, after 40 years, the kids don't want the farm. They have gone off to university or they've gone overseas and they're living their best lives. The kids don't want to get into the farm. What do you?   Imagine if the government said no, you cannot sell it to a nice fat cat overseas buyer who's going to put it all in trees because we need that land for you to produce food. No, you keep producing food until you collapse in the field. I mean, no government's going to do that.  Farmers have every right to do what they wish with their land. I mean it really is under threat, that kind of productive land is under threat as we heard the other day from alternative energy sources, from subdivisions, from plantation forestry, from carbon forestry.   It's like watching different armies advancing towards these poor farmers standing there going, bloody hell, what am I going to do? I'm not getting enough on the international market for my product. I love farming. I don't want to sit there and watch pine trees growing, that's not my life's dream but what am I to do? What can we do? What makes it worth a farmer's while to keep their land in livestock?   For those of you who have stock, who have beef, who have lamb, who have dairy, do you sometimes look at the trees and think imagine, I wouldn't have to do a bloody thing.   I could sit on the porch, think my thoughts, never have to go out because it's raining and wet and cold, and the baby lambs are going to die unless they get some shelter. Never have to get up early again. Just acres and acres of pine trees. Do any farmers think bliss?   And when it comes to the rural communities, how are you going? How are you surviving? Do you see yourself as under threat or are you regaining lost ground?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is a globetrotting Christchurch Farm Accountant who's been on the road recently as a keynote speaker at Beef and Lamb NZ conferences in the Waikato region. We look at the dark issues and the light at the end of the tunnel for the industry. Plus, he comments on the huge issues facing the world, including climate migration from the continent of Africa.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Jason Archer from Beef & Lamb Genetics joined REX host Dominic George to talk about the Beef Progeny Test and to compare genetics in New Zealand, Europe and the US. Tune in to REX every day for the latest and greatest rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Ensor joins REX host Dominic George to discuss winning the Beef + Lamb NZ Regional Leadership Award, leading North Canterbury's dryland farmers through an incredibly difficult period and the creation of the Hurunui Landcare Group. Tune in to REX every day for the latest and greatest rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Beef & Lamb NZ Awards were held in Christchurch last night and the winner of the Ag Research Emerging Leader was Darfield-based Amy Hoogenboom who joined REX host Dominic George to talk about her victory. Tune in to REX every day for the latest and greatest rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the podcast we have Cara Brosnahan from Beef and Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) discussing the latest research being done to gauge the prevalence and impact of facial eczema (FE) in New Zealand.As the global climate shifts, the disease is migrating further southward, causing new challenges for regions and livestock previously unaffected. B+LNZ are trying to understand the spread and severity of the disease, with the aim of devising effective strategies to manage it.North Island farmers will be very familiar with what FE is - for those that aren't, sheep and cattle consume a toxin known as sporidesmin, produced by a fungus living in the pasture, which causes liver damage and subsequent photosensitivity, resulting in the clinical sign of facial eczema. Subclinical signs of the disease can lead to significant liver damage, reduced production, fertility issues and - in dairy cattle - a drop in milk production.B+LNZ's three-year research endeavour aims to enhance understanding of the prevalence of facial eczema in New Zealand and the impacts on livestock in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand.B+LNZ need 350 dedicated farmers (with 22 participants from each of the 16 regions across New Zealand) to gather samples between October and May for three consecutive years. The objective is to obtain a comprehensive nationwide understanding of facial eczema, regardless of previous farm exposure to the condition.B+LNZ will provide sampling kits and cover the cost of shipping samples to the laboratory. Study participants will be responsible for collecting samples from the ground, approximately every two weeks, amounting to 16 collections from their flock of sheep each year during the research period.Farmers interested in participating in the facial eczema research study can express their willingness to participate by registering their details below.https://www.cognitoforms.com/BLNZGenetics/FacialEczemaThreeYearResearchStudyHead Shepherd is brought to you by neXtgen Agri International Limited, we help livestock farmers get the most out of the genetics they farm with. Get in touch with us if you would like to hear more about how we can help you do what you do best - info@nextgenagri.com.Thanks to our sponsors at MSD Animal Health and Allflex, and Heiniger Australia and New Zealand.These companies are leaders in their respective fields and it is a privilege to have them supporting the Head Shepherd Podcast. Please consider them when making product choices, as they are instrumental in enabling us to bring you this podcast each week.Check out Heiniger's product range HERECheck out the MSD range HERECheck out Allflex products HERE

Beef & Lamb NZ Chair Kate Acland and REX host Dominic George discuss a new report looking into the costs of regulations over the past six years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The conversion of sheep and beef farms into carbon farms is still on the rise up. In 2011, 63,000ha  of sheep and beef land was purchased for forestry, 11,000ha higher than first thought. In 2022, uncertainty over policy changes led to a decrease, but Beef and Lamb believe this figure is likely to increase this year due to the backlog of applications sitting with the overseas investment office. Beef and Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The conversion of sheep and beef farms into carbon farms is still on the rise up. In 2011, 63,000ha  of sheep and beef land was purchased for forestry, 11,000ha higher than first thought. In 2022, uncertainty over policy changes led to a decrease, but Beef and Lamb believe this figure is likely to increase this year due to the backlog of applications sitting with the overseas investment office. Beef and Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Beef and Lamb are forecasting a 30 per cent decrease in average farm profit. A new report shows on farm inflation is at 16.7 per cent, which the highest it has been in 40 years and is two and a half times the consumer price inflation rate. Beef and Lamb NZ Chief Executive Sam McIvor joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beef and Lamb are forecasting a 30 per cent decrease in average farm profit. A new report shows on farm inflation is at 16.7 per cent, which the highest it has been in 40 years and is two and a half times the consumer price inflation rate. Beef and Lamb NZ Chief Executive Sam McIvor joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since the weather event, multi-sector rural coordination groups have let the Government know what they expect in terms of a blueprint for recovery aimed at helping farmers, growers and families work through the monumental challenges left in cyclone's wake. The government announced a $6 billion National Resilience Plan, and a $100m flood infrastructure fund as part of this year's Budget - but that needs to be stretched across a huge North Island geographical spread. So three and a half months on - how are things shaping up on the ground ? We check back in with Tairawhiti-based Sandra Matthews, who is national board chair of Rural Women and on the Beef and Lamb NZ farmer council. Also joining the conversation is Di Roadley, who farms in the Ruakituri Valley inland north of Wairoa, she is also Hawkes Bay regional councillor, and retired farmer Bel Gunson from Rural Support Trust Hawkes Bay.

It's been a winning quinella for Patrick Crawshaw lately - a seat at the Young Farmers grand final and a seat on the Beef and Lamb NZ board! Overshadowing it perhaps, has been the challenge of working through the Cyclone recovery on his beef and lamb farm in Patoka, Hawke's Bay. Patrick should probably be swotting for the Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final, but he's kindly taken time out to chat with us about the highs and lows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New research has found New Zealand's policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world…  And researchers have found it's having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector and rural communities…  REX Today host Dom George caught up with Beef & Lamb NZ CEO Sam McIvor to find out more about the International Emissions report.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New research has found New Zealand's policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world…  And researchers have found it's having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector and rural communities…  REX Today host Dom George caught up with Beef & Lamb NZ CEO Sam McIvor to find out more about the International Emissions report.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business commentator Pattrick Smellie joins Kathryn to examine yesterday's announcement that main benefits, including pensions and student allowances will be increased by 7.22 per cent to keep up with inflation - what will the effect be on wages? He'll also look at the government's less sure-footed Industry Transformation Plans and the odd timing of Beef and Lamb NZ's campaign against carbon farming of forests.

A multi-sector rural coordination group met in Gisborne yesterday to draw up a blueprint to help farmers, growers and families work through the monumental challenges left in Cyclone Gabrielle's wake. Kathryn speaks with farmer Sandra Matthews the Tairawhiti-based national board chair of Rural Women and on the Beef and Lamb NZ farmer council. Also joining the conversation is Di Roadley, who farms in the Ruakituri Valley inland north of Wairoa, and retired farmer Bel Gunson from Rural Support Trust Hawkes Bay.

“I've seen so many different stories use science fiction to explore where we are today. And, there's something always very surprising about them. I just really enjoy them.”In this episode, “Your Orientation toward Time and Why I Write Science Fiction, Conversation with Melissa Clark-Reynolds,” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, continues her conversation with Melissa as they discuss what fascinates Beth in writing science fiction including the setting of her Janey McCallister Mystery series and share their results from Mind Time's survey, inviting listeners to do the same.About Mellissa Clark-ReynoldsMelissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM, ChMInstD became a Foresight Practitioner and Professional Director after 30 years experience as a technology entrepreneur and CEO of a number of Technology companies. She sits on the Boards of Atkins Ranch, Alpine Energy Network, Daffodil Enterprises Ltd and the NZ Future Bees Trust.  Melissa was previously Chair of Little Yellow Bird, Deputy Chair of Radio NZ, the first independent Director of Beef & Lamb NZ and a Member of MPI's Primary Growth Partnership Investment Advisory Panel. Melissa has been part of the Te Hono Primary Sector Bootcamp at Stanford University, twice. She trained as a Foresight Practitioner with The Institute for the Future in Palo Alto and also with Clayton Christiansen in his approach to Disruptive Innovation through Harvard. She has also trained with Futurist Sohail Inayutollah in his approach to corporate narrative and content level analysis.Melissa works with companies like AsureQuality, Kotahi, Lincoln University, the NZ Screen Sector, and BiosecurityNZ on Strategy and Foresight. Melissa has a particular interest in Platform and Subscription Business Models. She developed and teaches courses in Strategy, Digital Governance and Disruptive Business Models for the NZ Institute of Directors.https://futurecentre.nz/https://twitter.com/HoneyBeeGeekhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaclarkr/RESOURCESFree World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers https://writersfunzone.com/blog/world-building-resources/Mind Time Survey https://mindtime.com/mindtime-thinking-style-survey/New Scientist Weekly: #159 Aboriginal stories describe ancient climate change and sea level rise in Australia https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-scientist-weekly/id1496847791?i=1000594531152Editor's Note: Not the “overlook perspective” but the “overview effect”. Coined by Frank White.SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth BaranySHOW NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDadec. 2023 BETH BARANY--CONNECTContact Beth: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/podcast/#tve-jump-185b4422580Email: beth@bethbarany.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethbarany/CREDITSEDITED WITH DESCRIPT: https://www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCAMUSIC: Uppbeat.ioDISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1994465

Many farmers and people living rurally will be dealing with the issue of flood-stricken animals. Will Halliday of Beef and Lamb NZ has some tips for those handling stressed livestock.

Much of the information authorities are getting on isolated communities is coming from planes and helicopter flights across the Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti. Mark Harris says knows the anguish cyclones can cause having been a farmer during Cyclone Bola which devastated parts of Tairawhiti 35 years ago. He now helps out Beef and Lamb NZ as an extension manager for the region and on Thursday hopped in a light aircraft to fly over back country from Central Hawkes Bay to East Cape. He spoke to Sally Round.

“It is very different than how novelists usually think about their stories set in the future or in an alternative time. Usually, we are thinking of only one kind of story in one kind of direction. Whereas futurists and foresight practitioners think about multiple opportunities that might present themselves going forward. And I find this mental exercise really eye-opening as a science fiction writer.”In this episode, “Tips for Writing Into The Future: Interview with Foresight Practitioner, Melissa Clark-Reynolds,” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, kicks off an exciting podcast mini-series featuring futurist and foresight practitioner, Melissa Clark-Reynolds as they discuss how to solve future problems, including the importance of creating a vision from creating different futures and what is backcasting.Content Warning - briefly mentions abortionAbout Mellissa Clark-ReynoldsMelissa Clark Reynolds ONZM, ChMInstD became a Foresight Practitioner and Professional Director after 30 years experience as a technology entrepreneur and CEO of a number of Technology companies. She sits on the Boards of Atkins Ranch, Alpine Energy Network, Daffodil Enterprises Ltd and the NZ Future Bees Trust.  Melissa was previously Chair of Little Yellow Bird, Deputy Chair of Radio NZ, the first independent Director of Beef & Lamb NZ and a Member of MPI's Primary Growth Partnership Investment Advisory Panel. Melissa has been part of the Te Hono Primary Sector Bootcamp at Stanford University, twice. She trained as a Foresight Practitioner with The Institute for the Future in Palo Alto and also with Clayton Christiansen in his approach to Disruptive Innovation through Harvard. She has also trained with Futurist Sohail Inayutollah in his approach to corporate narrative and content level analysis.Melissa works with companies like AsureQuality, Kotahi, Lincoln University, the NZ Screen Sector, and BiosecurityNZ on Strategy and Foresight. Melissa has a particular interest in Platform and Subscription Business Models. She developed and teaches courses in Strategy, Digital Governance and Disruptive Business Models for the NZ Institute of Directors.Website: https://futurecentre.nz/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoneyBeeGeekLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaclarkr/RESOURCESHow To Write the Future:http://howtowritethefuture.com/Free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers:https://writersfunzone.com/blog/world-building-resources/School of International Futureshttps://soif.org.uk/Institute for the Futurehttps://www.iftf.orgSHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth BaranySHOW NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDadec. 2023 BETH BARANY--CONNECTContact Beth: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/podcast/#tve-jump-185b4422580Email: beth@bethbarany.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethbarany/CREDITSEDITED WITH DESCRIPT: https://www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCAMUSIC: Uppbeat.ioDISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1994465

Dom is joined by Beef & Lamb Chair Andrew Morrison as the Red meat sector in NZ has launched a comprehensive package of proposed policy changes ahead of this year's General Election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand's red meat industry has released a policy change wish-list with the goal to tackle labour shortages and grow export revenues. They have gone to every Member of Parliament, and various others. Beef and Lamb NZ Chair Andrew Morrison joined Tim Dower. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand's red meat industry has released a policy change wish-list with the goal to tackle labour shortages and grow export revenues. They have gone to every Member of Parliament, and various others. Beef and Lamb NZ Chair Andrew Morrison joined Tim Dower. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we have a fantastic podcast for you discussing a very hot topic, Methane emissions in ruminants.We have Dr Suzanne Rowe, Senior Scientist at AgResearch talking about the history of recording methane in sheep, what the industry is currently doing towards reducing methane emissions and where the future of methane in sheep is heading. Dr Rowe was born and raised in the UK, studied Agriculture and has a PhD in Quantitative Genetics. She then moved to NZ "..where we've got the great facilities and big herds." Suzanne has been working, for almost the past decade, on breeding sheep with low methane outputs."The program was started in 2007 by a man called John McEwan, I'm sure many of your listeners would have heard of John. He set out to understand whether methane could be measured and whether it was heritable." John started with 1,000 animals from CPT flocks, so his findings would be applicable in the industry immediately.  "It took him around 4 years to get them all through the  Portable Accumulation Chamber (PAC)." The PAC is a chamber which uses a gas analyser measuring device to record gas outputs from sheep. Back then it took two days to measure one animal. Every 6 minutes a sample would be taken from a PAC, so it did give a very detailed result. "From there what John did was select high and low methane selection lines and go on to breed these sheep for generations, to see if methane was passed on."And was it? "We're here today because it was. It's heritable.""We went back and looked at those 6 minutes measures over the 48 hour time periods and we looked at each [...] measure and we worked out which of the ones were most predictive." This research and investigation work, evolved since the initial detailed studies, means now just a half an hour 'stint' is needed inside a chamber. There are currently PACs in Ireland, units in Norway, one off to Scotland, France and Australia so the world is really starting to ramp up methane measurements in livestock. AgResearch are currently trying to find out the connection between the gut microbes and methane emissions. "The microbiome that sits in the gut, is a property of its' host." Says Dr Rowe. "I don't think thats some maternal transfer, I think that's from the genetics of the animal""There are different ways to ferment feed, it seems that the low methane sheep have picked a different way to ferment the feed"Suzanne briefly talks about the future of measuring methane in sheep. Recently they have been looking into taking and processing rumen samples and comparing them with PAC results. This could allow for more rumen samples to be taken in difficult locations where a trailer can't reach, or even with larger species such as cattle and deer.However, it's not currently as easy as it may seem. The feed intake has to be very specific and precise prior to taking rumen samples because, as Suzanne explains, "We just don't have the validation or resources to know it's like for like". (For every grazing scenario)Suzanne tells us about the Beef and Lamb NZ support package around the PAC chambers. They are supporting breeders for the next three years, helping them put their sheep through the trailers. A great incentive if you want to see how your sheep compare both within flock and with other farmers.This is a spectacular podcast and we thank Suzanne for sharing her time with us. You can read more about AgResearch's work on breeding low methane livestock here.Check out The Hubthehub.nextgenagri.comOur community where our members have the opportunity to keep up to date with everything we are working on.

Beef and Lamb NZ has demanded changes for a more equitable and fair emissions pricing system…  In its submission it asked why the sector is being punished by the Government when over the last 30 years it has reduced emissions by 30 per cent, has consistently produced climate-neutral lamb, increased export revenue by 250 per cent, has protected 1.4 million hectares of native bush and underpinned the economy during COVID-19. Beef & Lamb CEO Sam McIvor joins the show… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicky Hyslop joins Dom for a look at the damning deep dive that Beef & Lamb NZ has delivered on the government's emissions pricing proposal, and from across this ditch comes Shane Bird! he joins us for our fortnightly wellness catchup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicky Hyslop joins Dom for a look at the damning deep dive that Beef & Lamb NZ has delivered on the government's emissions pricing proposal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmers are claiming the government's new agriculture emissions scheme could put farmers out business. The government plan unveiled today will see famers pay for pollution by 2025 and is largely based on the model developed by the industry group He Waka Eke Noa. It's a split levy system, one for short and for long life greenhouse gas emissions. Farmers can offset their emissions bill by using new technology to lower emissions for example. Chair of Beef and Lamb New Zealand Andrew Morrison talks to Lisa Owen.  

A new proposal - a world first - which will see farmers pay for their emissions from 2025 has drawn criticism from both farmers and environmentalists. The document, now up for consultation, would see Cabinet ministers set the rates for greenhouse gases. Some environmental groups say it's not far enough. Opposition pollies believe it will drive harmful emissions overseas. Federated Farmers says it'll rip the guts out of small-town New Zealand. It's not a new idea - pricing emissions dates back to Helen Clark's leadership when it was dubbed the ‘fart tax', as it largely charges for methane produced by cows. Lobby group Groundswell wants the heads of Dairy NZ and Beef and Lamb NZ put out to pasture, claiming they have failed to act as an industry voice. Groundswell co-founder Bryce McKenzie and Agricultural Minister Damien O'Connor gave their sides of the argument on Tova on Wednesday morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50 workshops are being held across the country to help farmers understand and calculate their green house gas emissions…  The partnership between B+LNZ, Silver Fern Farms, Alliance, Greenlea Premier Meats, ANZCO and Deer Industry New Zealand is aimed to reach as many farmers as possible…  Beef and Lamb's Sarah Crofoot joined us on the Saturday edition of REX to tell us more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50 workshops are being held across the country to help farmers understand and calculate their green house gas emissions…  The partnership between B+LNZ, Silver Fern Farms, Alliance, Greenlea Premier Meats, ANZCO and Deer Industry New Zealand is aimed to reach as many farmers as possible…  Beef and Lamb's Sarah Crofoot joined us on the Saturday edition of REX to tell us more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Concerns the Government are rolling on through with environmental policy changes without any care that farmers are struggling to keep up.On June 9 we will get the draft of the Indigenous Biodiversity National Policy statement - this is all to do with the SNAs.This is while farmers are also trying to deal with policy changes on water, climate, conservation and the resource management act.So a joint letter from Beef and Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers and the Deer industry was sent to James Shaw, Damien O'Connor and David Parker asking for more time for consultation and analysis as well as relaying their concerns.Beef and Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor joined Mike Hosking.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Concerns the Government are rolling on through with environmental policy changes without any care that farmers are struggling to keep up.On June 9 we will get the draft of the Indigenous Biodiversity National Policy statement - this is all to do with the SNAs.This is while farmers are also trying to deal with policy changes on water, climate, conservation and the resource management act.So a joint letter from Beef and Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers and the Deer industry was sent to James Shaw, Damien O'Connor and David Parker asking for more time for consultation and analysis as well as relaying their concerns.Beef and Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor joined Mike Hosking.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political leaders from around the world are gathered in Germany this week for the Bonn Climate Change Conference. The climate campaign group Plant Based Treaty wants to see the conference endorse a plant-based food system to help fight climate catastrophe. But Beef and Lamb New Zealand says sustainable nutrition is possible in a meat-based diet. Chief executive Kit Arkwright spoke to Corin Dann.

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Is Gloriavale the new Russia of the NZ Ag Sector? Silver Fern Farms has announced it will no longer be working with the Gloriavale Christian community after the Employment Court found they were making kids work. It's National Lamb Day! Lamb NZ is celebrating 140 years since the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb and mutton landed in London, 98 days after embarking from Port Chalmers on 15 February 1882, on the sailing ship Dunedin. Host of the Country Jamie Mackay joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVE 

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Climate Change Minister James Shaw says farmers need to take part in a scheme to reduce emissions, after the release of a stark climate change report. The report has found that 83 per cent of net growth in greenhouse gases since 2010 occurred in Asia and the Pacific - and that New Zealand, Australia and Japan, as a group, have some of the highest rates of emissions per capita. Shaw said he did not think NZ has done enough as a country to reduce emissions. Speaking about the agriculture industry, which has been working with government on a pricing scheme for the sector since 2019 part of the He Waka Eke Noa process, he said there needs to be some kind of pricing mechanism. Farmer lobby group Groundswell has declined to meet with the Prime Minister about the scheme alongside other industry groups and is pushing to fund more research rather than pricing emissions. Shaw said that isn't good enough. "We've spent about $200 million on research and development over the course of the last dozen years or so and our emissions in agriculture have not come down. "We've gotten more efficient, but we haven't yet reduced our emissions. So, we have to have a scheme in place that caps the emissions, and then brings them down every year, just like we've got for the rest of the economy." Groundswell has in the past organised protests against regulation of the farming industry, but Shaw rejects any suggestion the government is not working with farmers. He said the current process involved groups like Beef and Lamb NZ, Dairy NZ and Federated Farmers. "The whole sector is involved in this, and so I think the charge that groundswell are laying, which is that we're not listening to farmers, is total bollocks."

Lynne chats with Fiona Windall - Head of Nutrition with Beef and Lamb NZ

Vote for REX for the 2021 NZ Podcast Awards Listeners Choice!  On the show today;  we look at the impact of the Auckland lockdown on our growers with the Pukekohe Vegetable Growers Association…  We talk regenerative agriculture with Nick Beeby from Beef & Lamb NZ…  And we take a deep dive into NZ Cheese Month with Simon Berry… and have I got a Whitestone Cheese story for you! Plus our usual features, including the View From the Top Paddock, this week featuring Katie Milne…  You can also listen to Rural Exchange right here on Magic Talk Saturdays & Sundays 7am - 9am. Find out more at Magic.co.nz See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen here to learn about our School of Rocks programme being offered to primary schools in 2021 and funded by Curious Minds. Our geoeducator is also involved in the Soil Your Undies programme being led by Otagos Enviroschool initiative with key partners of Beef and Lamb NZ, North Otago Sustainable Land Managment (NOSLaM), and the East Otago Catchment Group. Listen here to learn more about this programme and how the geopark are telling the story of "rocks - the origins of soil". Soil Your Undies programme is being funded by Curious Minds and ORC's ECO fund.

Beef and Lamb New Zealand is calling for limits on carbon offsetting as new research reveals over a third of sheep and beef farms sold have gone into carbon-only titles. Beef and Lamb NZ has commissioned this independent research, which shows the transition of pastureland to forestry by carbon farming companies is driven in large part by a speculated increase in the carbon price, and the amount of afforestation here has already exceeded levels recommended by the IPCC to meet the Zero Carbon Act. Instead, the report recommends an integrated approach, where parts of farms are given over to trees, as a preferable way of meeting climate change targets.Kathryn Ryan is joined by Beef and Lamb NZ's chief executive Sam McIvor.

This week saw reaction from both the meat and dairy industries toward the Ministry of Educations newly launched climate change curriculum.Beef and Lamb NZ have taken exception to the teaching resource, mainly its recommendation to reduce beef and dairy intake. Meanwhile, Federated Farmers have since launched a petition against it.The curriculum is just one more voice in the growing threat against the sector with plant based diets proving more and move popular.So what would a reduction or removal of meat, and a growing plant based society mean for New Zealand's economy?Future food specialist Dr Rosie Bosworth told Andrew Dickens that the industry will be in trouble if they don't look ahead. Fonterra has already slipped down the value chain in recent years, she says, and education should not be their major concern.Dr Bosworth says that there is a growing number of millennial and Gen-Z consumers that are not as concerned with eating meat, and once they are the major consumer group, the meat and dairy industry won't have a leg to stand on. "What's happening now with fermentation and cell-culture foods and plant-based protein, there's new technology that allows us to grow these proteins outside of the animals, they are forecast to grow."LISTEN ABOVE

This week on the Friday Download podcast host Jordan Small is joined by Esther Guy-Meakin (International Trade Policy Manager, Beef and Lamb NZ), and Tracey Epps (Trade Consultant, Chapman Tripp) as we talk all things trade, the current global trade environment, the Trade for All Advisory Board's recently released report on inclusive trade, and the WTO's appellate body. During the show we consider:  Whether the findings of the Trade for All Advisory Board's recent report address the concerns of those who came out in protest over the Trans Pacific Partnership?  Was growing inequality and the unequal distribution of the benefits of trade addressed as part of the Trade for All Advisory Board's report - or is trade policy not the right vehicle?   On December 10th the appellate body will no longer be able to hear new cases - what is left of the WTO without an effectively operating dispute settlement process, will the multilateral trading system collapse as a result, and what will notice come December 11th?  Please excuse a few sound quality issues - we're working on improving these with each episode so please stick with us.   For comments and feedback:Email: thefridaydownload@nzuscouncil.orgFacebook: facebook.com/nzuscouncilTwitter: twitter.com/nzuscouncilWebsite: nzuscouncil.org Links to clips used during the podcast:   RNZ Clip - TPP protesters in Auckland in February 2016: https://youtu.be/kqu3wnaMg8w Jennifer Hillman speaking on NZUS Council/Chapman Tripp panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4is3DCwvurg Credits – opening and closing music: Happy Boy Theme Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/About the NZUS CouncilEstablished in 2001, we are a non-partisan, non-government organisation focused on advancing New Zealand's interests in a strong bilateral relationship with the US.

From Lambex 2018: taking advantage of digital disruption. Melissa Clarke-Reynolds is a digital strategist, foresight practitioner, maths geek and Beef and Lamb NZ independent director. What sort of opportunities exist for sheep and woolgrowers in the brave new digital world.