New Zealand doubled it's dairy cows in 30 years, but it took 600% more fertiliser | Milk & Money Ep3

We explore the impact of our feed and fertiliser use. Dairy’s impacts can be traced back to the industry's race to milk as many cows as possible, which has only been possible due to an exponential rise in the use of feed and fertiliser. Subscribe to Re: bit.ly/subscribe-re
Re: Journalist Baz Macdonald speaks to executive director of Greenpeace Aotearoa Russel Norman, CEO of Ballance Agri-Nutrients Mark Wynne and fertiliser consultant Stan Winter.
Milk and Money: The True Cost of Dairy in Aotearoa is a six-part series exploring the dairy industry’s impact on the community, economy and environment of Aotearoa, and considering what a sustainable future for the industry could look like. Watch the full series here: • Milk and Money
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[@susanhague4719]

Brilliant combination of information for the overall picture

[@someguy2135]

New Zealand (Alteroa) is a guide to the effect that animal agriculture, (especially dairy) has on our environment as a whole. The Earth is an island in space.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Modern dairy is intense by any measure, in Canterbury water, phosphate, urea (nitrogen) and imported feed (PKE or supplements from off farm) are critical to the business, but that doesn't make it right for the region or the business, thanks for sharing

[@wildbillhickock7172]

Ok, lets do China now!!!!