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-squareTagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThere’s also the whole energy use of cows going up & down hills and hills make it hard for supplemental feed during winter, and more difficult and damaging bringing the cows in & out of the paddocks every day.
There’s also the whole energy use of cows going up & down hills and hills make it hard for supplemental feed during winter, and more difficult and damaging bringing the cows in & out of the paddocks every day.