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Imported lamb from NZ more carbon neutral than home produced?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pan mixer" data-source="post: 7695872" data-attributes="member: 5334"><p>Remembering the distant days of agri-economics 101, I distinctly recall that the UK (West of the A1 anyway) had a comparitive advantage for sheep production over the rest of the EU (or EEC as it was then)</p><p></p><p>We have cheap grass, a lot of which doesn't have much fertilizer as it is a bit steep, not enough soil to grow trees there.</p><p></p><p>Even on the East side of the country there is a lot of marsh land that can't be used for anything other than grass (I have a bit of it). My lambs do have a small amount of cake, housed in old buildings that haven't used carbon to build them for 60 years, a few bales of carbon neutral straw and silage. 15 miles to the abbatoir, 15 miles back to my shop, delivered within 5 miles to customers.</p><p></p><p>How can it be more sensible to import the stuff?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pan mixer, post: 7695872, member: 5334"] Remembering the distant days of agri-economics 101, I distinctly recall that the UK (West of the A1 anyway) had a comparitive advantage for sheep production over the rest of the EU (or EEC as it was then) We have cheap grass, a lot of which doesn't have much fertilizer as it is a bit steep, not enough soil to grow trees there. Even on the East side of the country there is a lot of marsh land that can't be used for anything other than grass (I have a bit of it). My lambs do have a small amount of cake, housed in old buildings that haven't used carbon to build them for 60 years, a few bales of carbon neutral straw and silage. 15 miles to the abbatoir, 15 miles back to my shop, delivered within 5 miles to customers. How can it be more sensible to import the stuff? [/QUOTE]
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