2026-05-18 08:18 UTC
@fasnix@fe.disroot.org @vampirdaddy@chaos.social @chopsstephens@mastodon.nzoss.nz @Tatjna@moo.nz
on the "less fertiliser" front, there's already occasional stories in the news how this or that group of farmers didn't sow, because they weren't going to break even on the harvest
so that's less food, already locked in
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@Tatjna@moo.nz 2026-05-19 09:09
@sabik@rants.au @fasnix@fe.disroot.org @vampirdaddy@chaos.social @chopsstephens@mastodon.nzoss.nz I have heard that many Aussie farmers are doing sheep instead of grain this year because of fuel costs. This means keeping all the ewe lambs to build up flocks instead of selling them. Price of lamb likely to go up (at farm gate and in supermarket) in NZ as a result, since we share a lot of markets with them. Don't know how true it is but seems feasible