East Coast farmers convert forest back to livestock farming
Two Gisborne farmers are clearing a pine forest planted four years ago to return their land to sheep and beef production.
Two farmers in the Gisborne region are reversing a previous land-use decision by converting a pine forest back into a working livestock farm. The forest had been planted on their original sheep and beef farm four years earlier. The farmers are pushing back against the pine plantation model in favour of returning to pastoral farming.
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East Coast farmers push back against pines in return to livestock farming
Two farmers are transforming a forest planted near Gisborne on an original sheep and beef farm four years ago back into a livestock farm.