The governments’ new environmental proposals will further
accentuate the move of good, productive farmland into
forestry according to environmental lobby group 50 Shades of
Green.
50 Shades of Green Chair, Andy Scott said the
figures provided by the government were, at best,
dishonest.
“The government is claiming the cost of
fencing waterways will cost hill country sheep and beef
farmers a few thousand dollars,” Andy Scott said. “This
is plain wrong.
“One farmer on easy hill country tells
me his cost will be nearer to $one million. He can’t
afford it and is selling his farm for forestry.
“Another
on a coastal station has a fencing liability of $three
million. His approach is one of civil disobedience.
“New
Zealand has survived since its inception on the export of
good quality food and fibre. That’s what pays the
bills.
“It seems this government is happy to wait for
thirty years for its pay cheque which is economic
suicide.
“Won’t someone, no, anyone from the
Wellington bureaucracy come to the provinces and see the
devastation their policies are promoting,” Andy Scott
said.
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