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New Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spread
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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It's not that great... Any kind of monoculture is laying waste to the surrounding area.
Aren’t paddocks even worse monoculture?
Only if you're spraying to kill off the gorse, broom, ragwort & thistle ;)
Have you ever seen a paddock that isn't just grass eaten to the nub?