Rabobank Best of The Country - May 1, 2021
30 Apr, 2021 04:59 PM
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This week on The Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with Rabobank s senior dairy analyst Emma Higgins, to look at the bank s latest Dairy Seasonal Outlook report.
This week s top interviews were:
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
One of New Zealand s leading farming academics talked about regenerative agriculture and why climate change was an unintended consequence of fossil fuel use.
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Hunter McGregor:
Our Shanghai-based correspondent explained why New Zealand exporters were facing increasing scrutiny getting produce into China. Plus, we looked at the insatiable demand the Chinese have for crawfish. We also talked a bit of forestry.
Geoff Ross on New Zealand s first certified carbon positive farm
29 Apr, 2021 01:45 AM
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Geoff and Justine Ross explain how their farm was the first in New Zealand to have a carbon footprint certified by Toitū Envirocare.
Geoff and Justine Ross explain how their farm was the first in New Zealand to have a carbon footprint certified by Toitū Envirocare.
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If farmers want to increase profits they need to look beyond the gate at the big picture, Geoff Ross says.
Ross and his wife Justine run Lake Hawea Station, the first farm in New Zealand to have its carbon footprint certified.
The Country - Carbon positive edition
29 Apr, 2021 01:30 AM
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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to Geoff Ross, who owns Lake Hawea Station - New Zealand s first certified carbon positive farm.
On with the show:
Geoff Ross:
We talked to the owner (alongside his wife Justine) of Lake Hawea Station - a 6,500 ha station running 10,000 Merinos and 200 Angus cows - about being named as New Zealand s first certified carbon positive farm.
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Jacinda Ardern:
The PM commented on regenerative agriculture, carbon positive farming, National Party claims of a segregated health system and the media ranking her Cabinet s performance.
Press Release – Toitu Envirocare Lake Hawea Station has been named as the first farm in New Zealand to have a carbon footprint certified by leading environmental certifications provider Toit Envirocare, proving that farming can be a pathway to healing the planet. Lake Hawea Station is …
Lake Hawea Station has been named as the first farm in New Zealand to have a carbon footprint certified by leading environmental certifications provider Toitū Envirocare, proving that farming can be a pathway to healing the planet.
Lake Hawea Station is owned by Geoff and Justine Ross and is pursuing a farming strategy that is both beneficial to the planet and the bottom line. Geoff Ross says “the process with Toitū highlights that farming need not be a problem in climate change. Rather farming can be a solution”.
Press Release – Toitu Envirocare Lake Hawea Station has been named as the first farm in New Zealand to have a carbon footprint certified by leading environmental certifications provider Toit Envirocare, proving that farming can be a pathway to healing the planet. Lake Hawea Station is …
Lake Hawea Station has been named as the first farm in New Zealand to have a carbon footprint certified by leading environmental certifications provider Toitū Envirocare, proving that farming can be a pathway to healing the planet.
Lake Hawea Station is owned by Geoff and Justine Ross and is pursuing a farming strategy that is both beneficial to the planet and the bottom line. Geoff Ross says “the process with Toitū highlights that farming need not be a problem in climate change. Rather farming can be a solution”.