Southland farmer warns of carbon forestry crisis

Southland farmer warns of carbon forestry crisis

Reading Time: 3 minutes Rural communities are already feeling the fallout of rampant carbon forestry, but things will only get worse if the Government doesn’t act now, a Southland farmer says. Dean Rabbidge, a fifth-generation farmer near Wyndham, says he’s watching prime sheep and beef country across his region disappear under pine trees – and it’s happening faster than ever. “It’s pretty heartbreaking what we’re seeing in Southland,” says Rabb…