11-11-2022, 11:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2022, 11:31 AM by C_T_Russell.)
(11-11-2022, 10:31 AM)king1 Wrote:(11-11-2022, 10:19 AM)C_T_Russell Wrote: Its time we actually had the country run by farmers, we kinda did at one point with Jim Bolger, but we could do better.what so we can end up with the countryside covered in dairy farms instead, and the resulting pollution that has in part led to this point - giving the running of a country to a single vested interest will not be a good idea...
Most farmers have cleaned up their act, plus the environmental regulations that Bolger put in place with the resource management act actually put an end to effulent going into streams like it once did.
Now the RMA has many serious flaws that need addressing, and is far from perfect. But it was a step in the right direction.
You take a look at most farms today and all waterways are fenced off with many farmers planting around the streams.
(11-11-2022, 11:26 AM)Zurdo Wrote: They seem to have a herd mentality...sheep sheep sheep, then it was dairy, convert every farm to dairy. Now it's pine farms. When will they learn to think for themselves ? Lots of things you can do with farmland that's not what all the others are doing.
We really should be pursuing sheep farming more.
We were once a country known for its sheep, now they are being targeted as the bad guys.
All these southland farms converted to dairy that need heavy irrigation should have never been permitted.
Its not even the right environment for dairy. We need sheep, not cows.