Jamie Mackay: host of The Country on the best use of farming land - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

The Country's Jamie Mackay recently got into it with Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor about the best use for farmland.

Jamie Mackay argued (and still agrees) that the best sheep and beef farming regions in New Zealand shouldn't be converted into land for pine trees. 

Jamie Mackay further explained that New Zealand is the dominant force in low emission and high intensity meat production, so using the land for trees in inefficient. 

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