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Dairy farmers concerned at proposed migrant cutbacks

Dairy debt is now sitting at about $40 billion, DairyNZ says.

Fiona Rotherham
Thu, 26 Oct 2017

Tigthened immigration with proposed cuts of migrant numbers by up to 30,000 by the Coalition government are concerning the dairy industry where farmer workers account for just over 10% of the labour force.

In parts of Southland, Otago, and Canterbury that percentage is much higher due to a lack

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Fiona Rotherham
Thu, 26 Oct 2017
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