Farmers should be alarmed by latest environment report
Minister calling for action but Federated Farmers says the data used in the report is out of date.
Brent Edwards Thu, 19 Apr 2018
Farmers should be alarmed at the latest environment report, which reveals the country’s soils are being damaged and lost.
The report, Our Land 2018, shows 192 million tonnes of soil are lost each year from erosion. Forty-four percent of the land affected is pasture. As well, soil testing had
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