The Government has announced a review will be carried out into New Zealand's methane goals.

Former Climate Change Commissioner and farmer Nicola Shadbolt has been appointed to chair this project, which will report what the nation's domestic 2050 methane target should be.

Federated Farmers President Wayne Langford says this review is long overdue.

"We've asked for a long time for there to be some experts - not only in methane, but also in agriculture - and from the look of the panel, that's what they've come up with here."

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