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However the president of Federated Farmers Andrew Hoggard said while he was reasonably happy with the report, it will take big changes from farmers to achieve. There is some stuff in there that we are pretty pleased with, Hoggard said, noting the report showed the need to move away from pine forestation and put emphasis on native forests.
He said one of the main challenges for farmers would be trying to produce the same amount of milk with only half the country s cows. Our challenge is how are we going to increase that productivity from those cows while still maintaining our grass-based system. It s do-able but it s bloody challenging and it requires your farmers to be on their game every single day of the year - for every minute of the year. It s very challenging.