New Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spread
New Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spread
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New Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spread
Sheep numbers in sharp decline as farmers increasingly shift to forestry, fuelled by demand to earn carbon credits
Amber Allott21:32, Jun 03 2021 JOSEPH JOHNSN/STUFF The upper Rakaia Gorge, including Quartz Hill Station and High Peak Station, have been left with damaged bridges and fences and gouged land from the Canterbury floods. Farmers in the Canterbury high country are dismissing as “woefully inadequate” a $500,000 fund from the government to restore their stations after they were hammered by torrential rain. Canterbury was battered by torrential rain on Saturday afternoon, with no reprieve until Monday evening. For some areas, up to half the usual annual rainfall fell in two days. Joseph Johnso...