Fruit and vegetable prices could rise by 58 percent because of of a drop in productive land, Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ research suggests.
West Coast farmers faced with the new Freshwater Farm Plan regime are being urged by Groundswell to boycott it. It says farmers should think carefully.
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