Federated Farmers Southland president Geoffrey Young says his meeting with environmentalists was positive. Federated Farmers Southland president Geoffrey Young extended an olive branch to environmentalists by inviting them to see the improvements made to winter grazing conditions in the region. “Ultimately it's up to the individual farmers,” Young said. Issues around winter grazing practices couldn’t be fixed in a year, but Robson hoped that farmers throughout Southland would have improved their farm management by 2021. The taskforce's final report was released in late-November and called for increased surveillance during this year's winter grazing season.

Source: Stuff June 14, 2020 05:52 UTC