>>Even New Zealand can't compete with pork from the 3rd world- not least because intensive pork farming is unaffected by climate and because external producers don't apply the quality and workforce protections required in the first world. Either the sector is conceded to the cheaper foreign producers or something has to change to justify more expensive local produce. Simple as that.
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>And the UK can't compete with NZ lamb prices. Mainly, I guess, because of the price of farmland (pushing £4,000 per acre) here which bears no relation to the possible agiricultural returns.....
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NZ has 4 million people and 80 million sheep. Really.