Gutless governments refusing the challenge farmer ignorance and arrogance head on. And meanwhile New Zealand farmers pay tax rates typical of most businesses and much lower than the rates paid by the migrant workers on low wages they employ. New Zealand farming practices have been unsustainable and environmentally destructive for many decades; it has now passed crisis point for all of us. But that is the last reason anyone should give for the destruction and despoiling of our environment and stubborn ignorance of climate change. However I suspect we won’t make much progress till farmers fear community condemnation for unethical farming practices more than they fear their bank managers.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 17, 2021 19:32 UTC