Federated Farmers “Resilient Agri-business” Conference:
Massey Professor Ralph Sims challenged Federated Farmers National Conference today that New Zealand is not doing enough to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
“In spite of what the Government says, there is no policy in place apart from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), [and] I’ve no idea how we are going to meet our target of a five per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions before 2020.
“We can buy carbon credits from the Ukraine (it’s cheap) or grow more trees and reduce transport emissions, but that’s not going to make much a difference to our carbon dioxide emissions before 2020,” he said. . .
Women of Waikato Announced Best Young Butchers:
In the fourth leg of the 2015 Alto Young Butcher and Competenz Butcher Apprentice of the Year regional finals, the best young butchers of the Waikato have been announced, and the female entrants have come out on top.
Alana Empson from New World Hillcrest was the winner of the Alto Young Butcher category, while Amanda Naughton from PAK’n’SAVE Clarence Street topped the Competenz Butcher Apprentice category.
In a competitive cutting test, entrants were expected to turn a beef rump, pork loin and a size 20 chicken into a display of value-added cuts in a time allowance of just two hours.
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