Beef and Lamb New Zealand says the National Party have found a balance between environmental and economic outcomes with its new agriculture policy.
National wants to cut red tape in the farming sector, double the number of RSE workers, ban foreign investment in carbon mining, and restart live animal exports.
A report commissioned by Beef + Lamb found the returns on forestry land could be twice those of sheep and beef farms - but forestry created fewer jobs Photo: RNZ / Kate Newton
Beef and Lamb chief executive Sam McIvor spoke to Corin Dann.
