This government hates farmers

[Olive]

Well I personally think Farmers just need to wake up to the new reality of climate change...

It's a long read, but I read this statement below as a very good reason for farmers to get on board, otherwise they may find their market drying up...

At the same time, the commercial market has shifted, with companies like Nestle, Mars and Danone, which buy significant quantities of New Zealand milk powder, announcing they will only buy from suppliers who achieve significant emissions cuts. Their policies are driven by consumer preferences, as more customers demand lower emissions food. Offshore supermarkets, like British multinational Tesco, also have emissions targets.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-dept...-emissions

I agree. Damien O'Connor was talking about exactly that in Parliament the other day.   

 I live in a dairy farming town and the attitudes of the locals are stuck in the last millennium when it comes to the environment.   When milk solids prices are high they take full personal credit; if the market shrinks further because of Aotearoa's emissions profile, and prices drop, they will carry on blaming the government.