Cutting Nature-Friendly Farming Budget Would Be ‘Devastating’, Government Warned

Cutting nature-friendly farming budget would be ‘devastating’, Government warned

Environmental and farming groups have reacted with dismay to reports that funding for sustainable agriculture will be cut in the spending review.Cutting the ...

Believe it or not – the Farmers are complaining about the budget with the help of Free Market NZ Initiative Zealots!

Budget 2025: Agriculture needs protection and investment – Dr Jacqueline Rowarth Of note is that the primary sector, which is responsible for the bulk of the new money coming into the country from exports, was not given its own Budget package. The Green Party has offered its alternative budget. Analysis by The New Zealand Initiative’s Dr Oliver Hartwich has revealed that the utopian vision for a different country “is based on ludicrous assumptio…

Labour has launched a galling attack on nature - Politics, Policy, Political Views

During the last Conservative government, it was common to hear the refrain that the prime minister of the day was waging a ‘war on nature’. As someone who played a role in advising a string of environment ministers, I always thought that to be somewhat hyperbolic. I always admire the passion of campaigners, and I share with them a longing for our government to go further and do more for nature; but, at least until the last couple of years of Con…

Reduced means for the structuring of the sectors, budget reduction on communication, organic farming is stifled by the announcements of the Ministry of Agriculture.