Farmers are welcoming a proposal to remove difficult rules from the Resource Management Act. 

The Government's released three discussion documents proposing amending 12 current national directions and four new ones. 

They include changes to freshwater management and regulation of farming practices. 

Beef + Lamb New Zealand Chair Kate Acland told Ryan Bridge the Government's addressing issues they've been highlighting for a long time. 

She says the rules are complex, impractical, and in some cases, impossible to meet. 

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