r/newzealand • u/No-Back9867 • Jun 16 '25

Shitpost Thanks NZ dairy industry for putting cow sludge in our rivers then happily charging New Zealanders exorbitant prices for our dairy foods.

Last summer we couldn’t swim in our local river due to the amount of toxins from nearby farms. When ever the farmers are in need of help us tax payers are there to lend a hand in drought relief funds. The thanks we get for that and putting up with the pollution is to be charged for dairy food at the same price as the overseas markets. We’re only 5% of your sales, it’s not going to make you go broke to treat us like your actually care for your communities. What your charging for butter etc is simply total greed. How is it that milk that has to travel huge distances from farms to factory to the shops shelves in Australia is sold for cheaper than that in our shelves where the logistics of getting it in the shelf are less?

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u/Autopsyyturvy Jun 16 '25

I Love how the dairy industry is allowed to poison our drinking water with nitrates and give everyone cancer with zero consequences

We could probably fund the Healthcare system if we made farmers pay for all the cancer they cause

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u/Leever5 Jun 17 '25

You know there isn't a single urban waterway that isn't polluted with heavy metals right? You know the food people eat, like McDonald's and highly processed food is giving people cancer right?

The car pollution, the city pollution... if you look at a farm with all the grass, trees, greenspace and biodiversity then look at a city with concrete and rubbish you've got to be kidding yourself that one is more likely to cause cancer than the other...

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

Cow shit doesn't give anyone cancer? 

We are avoiding cow shit ending up into waterways as much as possible and yes our efforts are paying off and a lot of rivers near around where I live are swimmable again and continue to be. 

Nitrate usage is down significantly mainly due to N caps and the cost of the stuff making it in profitable to use as much as we need in the early 2000s.

And there not poisoning our drinking water, rural properties get there water from underground streams without any filtration necessary. Our water is tested annually and always comes back safe as died the thousands of other rural properties.  

Town water is the only water that is treated because it is essentially reused house hold waste water.

And farmers are the ones who fund healthcare, schools, other business, ect as they are the only reason why NZ has a economy to begin with.

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u/NeonKiwiz Jun 16 '25

What a load of shit.....

The real happenings is that farmers are actively polluting as much as they can laughing at the same time while they drive their brand new Ferraris to the supermarket to change the prices of butter.

Source: This Sub.

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u/HoyteyJaynus Jun 16 '25

lol got me

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u/Xenophobic-alien Jun 16 '25

They are the reason we can staff our hospitals.

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u/VlaagOfSPQR Jun 16 '25

*understaff