On Oct 11, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > you guys need to switch from sheep farming to cattle farming. That way we > can all make lots of Moori jokes.
Funny you should say. I think dairy is only second to tourism in our export earnings now. A great many sheep farms have been converted to dairy and it's causing all the problems you'd expect with runoff and pollution. There aren't many rivers left that you can drink from. As a result the local prices for dairy products have skyrocketed during the past few years, because we're dependent on international commodity prices. I think there's a bit of gouging going on as well, as I've heard that it's cheaper to buy a bottle of NZ milk in the UK than it is here. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
