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Right now, New Zealand is in the grip of Fieldays – our biggest agricultural event of the year. It is a seemingly mandatory pilgrimage for politicians of all stripes, who eagerly squeeze into Swanndris and gumboots for their annual photo op.<\/p>\n\n

In my experience<\/a>, challenging intensive livestock production in New Zealand is virtually synonymous with economic treason. Fieldays is the annual ritual where politicians compete to prove they have their arms most firmly wrapped around the supposed \u201cbackbone of the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

In this backslapping frenzy, the far-right ACT party has reheated its favorite clickbait: abandoning the Paris Agreement. They\u2019ve launched a new policy to weaken New Zealand\u2019s agricultural methane targets, entirely at the behest of the agribusiness lobby.<\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile, our Prime Minister is playing a double game. Just weeks after his government happily took the global stage to back a landmark UN resolution on climate change<\/a>, he did a 180 for the domestic crowd. Assuring conservative voters who might defect further right, he declared that his \u201cprimary end game\u201d is not actually reducing emissions at all<\/a>. Instead, he says it is growing the economy and livestock productivity via technological saviours.<\/p>\n\n

I\u2019ve written before about how this “technology will save us” refrain is classic predatory delay<\/a>. But it props up a tired old myth that gets trotted out every time New Zealand farming faces climate scrutiny:<\/p>\n\n

\u201cNew Zealand dairy is the most efficient in the world.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s a line designed to reassure us that everything is fine. It claims that there\u2019s nothing to see here, and we can keep doing business as usual. But the data tells a different story.<\/p>\n\n

\"Rights
Dairy cows behind bars in a milking shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Firstly, New Zealand’s dairy industry admits it\u2019s not the most efficient<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

It\u2019s telling that the people who actually run the industry aren\u2019t as confident as the politicians are. When the biggest dairy producer in the country \u2013 and the biggest exporter in the world \u2013 starts to quiet quit on their own claims, you should pay closer attention.<\/p>\n\n

In 2024, Fonterra reported<\/a> that emissions from its New Zealand dairy farms were 20 percent higher per kilo of milk than their Australian counterparts. Even Nestl\u00e9, Fonterra\u2019s largest customer, has publicly challenged the narrative<\/a>. Their global leadership hasn’t just questioned the “lowest carbon” claim; they\u2019ve effectively told the NZ dairy sector to step up its game or get left behind.<\/p>\n\n

The single scientific paper that doesn\u2019t even say what politicians say it says<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

So why can they claim \u201cmost efficient\u201d? We can trace this claim back to one single study, which was funded by a lobby group,<\/a> DairyNZ.<\/p>\n\n

When you dig into the methodology, the researchers admit they can\u2019t definitively claim New Zealand is the number one, most efficient dairy producer without a much more detailed, apples-to-apples comparison<\/a>. They basically compared New Zealand\u2019s data against a hodgepodge of different studies from other countries, each using different methodologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

Is efficient dairy production the same as efficient food production?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

When we ask, “Is New Zealand dairy the most climate-efficient?”, we are asking the wrong question. It\u2019s like asking if oil from Saudi Arabia or oil from the Canadian Tarsands is more “climate efficient”. Oil is simply a fuel. What we really want to know is what is the most efficient way to transport ourselves or to power our societies. When we ask that question, we get a different answer entirely.<\/p>\n\n

The OECD\u2019s data<\/a> is the real eye-opener here. When you look at the economic value we generate per unit of CO2 emitted, New Zealand is the sixth worst in the OECD. Why? Because we\u2019ve turned our land into a giant, high-volume “mine” for milk powder. We export 95% of it \u2014 mostly to satisfy a global craving for confectionery like KitKats and Snickers \u2014 and we bear all the environmental cost right here at home. If we were asking \u201cis New Zealand the most efficient producer of food\u201d, we\u2019d get a wildly different answer.<\/p>\n\n

\"Kitkat
95% of New Zealand dairy is exported overseas, primarily in the form of milk powder to produce confectionary like KitKats and Snickers bars.
\u00a9 Christoph Piecha \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Feeding a non-essential market<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

The dairy industry constantly tells us that New Zealand dairy is essential to “feed the world.” But look at some of our biggest customers: Nestle, Mars, Starbucks. Fonterra is expanding factory capacity specifically to make more cream cakes<\/a>. Fonterra reports<\/a> that, in China, people are actively switching from plant-based products to dairy-based alternatives. Marketing by Fonterra and others portrays dairy as premium. So, when incomes go up, people choose to spend a bit more and buy dairy instead of plant-based.<\/p>\n\n

Ultimately, this isn\u2019t about food or nutrition. It\u2019s all about profit. <\/p>\n\n

A vision worth fighting for<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

I refuse to accept that our only choice is to continue mining the land for milk powder. We have a clear path to something that would benefit farmers, nature, the climate and rural communities: ecological farming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

With an election coming up here in New Zealand, I\u2019m astounded that our politicians seem to be spending more time making social media content at Fieldays than coming to the table with a real plan for the future of farming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Between the urgent need to reduce emissions from the agricultural sector, and the sky-high fertiliser prices thanks to Trump\u2019s illegal war on Iran, it is clear that how we farm in New Zealand has to change. <\/p>\n\n

We can either cling to a status quo that is failing the climate, rivers, animals, and our farmers\u2019 financial health, or we can lead the transition to a better way of farming that benefits us all. I know which side of history I want to be on.\u00a0What about you?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Stop intensive meat and dairy expansion\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Call on world leaders to stop intensive meat & dairy expansion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Take Action\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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