RaoulDuke@lemmy.nzM to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agoNew Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spreadwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spreadwww.theguardian.comRaoulDuke@lemmy.nzM to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
Sheep numbers in sharp decline as farmers increasingly shift to forestry, fuelled by demand to earn carbon credits
minus-squareBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAren’t paddocks even worse monoculture?
minus-squareTagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOnly if you’re spraying to kill off the gorse, broom, ragwort & thistle ;)
minus-squareBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHave you ever seen a paddock that isn’t just grass eaten to the nub?
Aren’t paddocks even worse monoculture?
Only if you’re spraying to kill off the gorse, broom, ragwort & thistle ;)
Have you ever seen a paddock that isn’t just grass eaten to the nub?