New Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spread (www.theguardian.com)

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Sheep numbers in sharp decline as farmers increasingly shift to forestry, fuelled by demand to earn carbon credits

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[-] Dave 2 points 3 years ago

I guess you have to start weighing up impacts of higher stock numbers vs impacts of non-degradable plastic. What do carbon emissions of sheep farming look like compared to say cattle? Because subsidising wool would surely lead to an oversupply of sheep meat.

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