That's good if it keeps farmers farming and getting paid. For years they've been encouraged to diversify to make money due to bad prices hence all the rental development etc. I wonder how much grain we export compared to import? And New Zealand lamb and Danish bacon and foreign veg. If we stopped the globalisation of food and produced for our own needs and paid a fair price it's a win win. Plus we could plant a few native hardwood trees because if you're relying on the government to plant trees it'll be mates forestry companies and private investors planting acres of sitka spruce monoculture w