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Government subsidies for dairy irrigation schemes should be dropped in order to avert a dairy crisis, Greenpeace says today.<\/p>\n

The government currently has around $120million of taxpayers\u2019 money sitting in a fund, called Crown Irrigation Investments, which is earmarked for controversial irrigation schemes designed to expand industrial dairy agriculture. But it is this model of agriculture which is failing, Greenpeace says.<\/p>\n

The government hopes to increase the amount of taxpayers\u2019 money spent on these schemes to $400million.<\/p>\n

Genevieve Toop, Greenpeace\u2019s agriculture campaigner, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIndustrial agriculture is failing, right before our eyes. It\u2019s failing for Fonterra. It\u2019s failing for Fonterra\u2019s suppliers. It\u2019s failing for our economy. It\u2019s failing for people who like swimming in clean rivers. But, perhaps most importantly, it\u2019s failing for farmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is, right now, sitting on millions of dollars of taxpayers\u2019 money, which they want to throw at the industrial farming model which has led to this sorry situation. There\u2019s no way they should be backing these irrigation schemes, which make no sense economically or environmentally.<\/p>\n

\u201cClean, green, organic farming products are much better for our finances, our farmers and our international reputation. It\u2019s this that the government should be backing, not some failed industrial agriculture model which is polluting our rivers and our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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