Best of the Country, Jane Smith & Jamie Mackay
Extract: Yesterday's big news story the release of the Ruminant Methane Survey report from Groundswell and NZ Farming and the Methane Science Accord. The poster girl, probably, for all three organisations; North Otago Farmer, former winner of the Balanced Farm Environment Awards; Jane Smith. And Jane was this survey an echo chamber? that'll get a bite.
Good afternoon, Jamie
Well. I guess if any of those people, including the National Party and Beef and Lamb and AgriZero etc, took the time to go to a woolshed in Taihape or toured hat free or a country hall somewhere, I believe that absolutely they would have the same narrative as well, that basically farmers have had enough of playing the scapegoat and actually there's benefits for all of New Zealanders if we actually calculate methane right and move on, and stop wasting so much money and time and quasi research time into this fast.
Well, let's look at the sample size of this survey, because I facetiously called at an echo chamber just looking for a response, and I didn't really get one, to be honest, Jane. But four hundred and twenty thousand followers of either New Zealand Farming Groundswell or the Methane Science Accord. That is a huge sample…
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