Rural round-up
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Forest Owners brace for avalanche of clipboards in government measure:
The Forest Owners Association says the industry anticipates an unacceptable and pointless bureaucratic cost to all parts of the forest industry, if the Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Bill becomes law.
The bill was introduced into Parliament last night and will go to the Environment Select Committee early next month.
The Forest Owners Association President, Phil Taylor, says the first details forest growers saw of the scheme was when it was introduced last night.
“The government speakers in its first reading debate seem to think that giving a certificate to someone who buys and sells logs, is going to lead to more logs being processed in New Zealand and not exported.” . . .
Agriculture a difficult issue in US – Uk trade negotiations; what a surprise – Point of Order:
London’s Financial Times reports…
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