There are many fronts to this and I think the landowners have been sensible in their approach about the land issue but we will try to work on this problem.

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We've started talks with the Native Land Trust Board and we're treating this as priority because we don't want a similar problem like the sugar industry to have to go through. We don't want our supply to drop. These farmers do not want to invest in their farms because of the uncertainty. Those who have come into the industry do not have the capacity these farmers had.

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