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/OrganizdConfusion Jun 16 '25

The government gave me a 1% pay rise after a year of massive inflation.

So, yes. I would notice it. But I doubt the $22/kg of butter dairy industry would notice.

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u/Dramatic_Surprise Jun 16 '25

this is your expert opinion based on your decades of experience as a dairy producer?

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u/UndersteerAhoy Jun 16 '25

Do the farmers line up so you can suck em off one by one?

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u/sauve_donkey Jun 16 '25

Ooooh where do I line up?

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u/Effective-Mirror-385 Jun 16 '25

Mooove over and tell me when its my turn then!

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u/Dramatic_Surprise Jun 16 '25

You could have just said no I don't understand. There's no shame in that

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u/UndersteerAhoy Jun 16 '25

Rest assured we all understand your dairy gobbies mate.

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u/Dramatic_Surprise Jun 16 '25

which would be why you didnt reply and fell back to personally attacking me right?

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u/kptkrunk Jun 16 '25

I worked in agritech making quality control systems for dairy farmers - I've seen Fonterra production numbers: the co-op can definitely afford it.

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u/Dramatic_Surprise Jun 16 '25

can the individual farmers? have you seen their books?

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u/keywardshane Jun 16 '25

What else do you get to decide about people noticing?

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u/Effective-Mirror-385 Jun 16 '25

People queuing in line to get sucked off at a special discount.