There is concern that farmers’ mental health will be affected by environmental reforms in the dairy industry. More mental health resources and shorter waiting times to access help will be needed to support dairy farmers trying to follow proposed new environmental rules, industry advocates say. RNZ The Climate Change Commission's first report has been released, with a raft of targets proposed to cut New Zealand's emissions. She called for more wellbeing support from the Government, citing concerns that farmers who were not connected with traditional farmer groups like Federated Farmers would fall through the gaps. North Canterbury Federated Farmers dairy chairman Karl Dean said farmers were facing continued uncertainty as the Government continued pumping out new reports and rules.

Source: Stuff February 07, 2021 23:03 UTC