Director of forest industry advisory and publishing firm DANA, who says the farming sector has been laying it on a bit thick, but he concedes it has done a better job of lobbying than the forestry sector when it comes to carbon farming. He also says there is now less land area in plantation trees in 2024 than there was in 2003. But how much high-producing pastoral and arable land has gone to pine trees?

Director of forest&nbsp;industry advisory and publishing firm DANA, who says the farming sector has been laying it on a bit thick, but he concedes it has done a better job of lobbying than the forestry sector when it comes to carbon farming. He also says there is now less land area&nbsp;in plantation trees in 2024 than there was in 2003. But how much high-producing pastoral and arable land has gone to pine trees?

Jamie Mackay delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics. The Country from Newstalk ZB, Hokonui and Gold Sport.

Jamie Mackay delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics. The Country from Newstalk ZB, Hokonui and Gold Sport.

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The Country 12/08/25: Dennis Neilson talks to Jamie Mackay

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