Most of our mountainous land is protected. Even if it’s not, dairy farms aren’t being run on rugged terrain. Cows aren’t exactly known for their adventurism.

[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Interesting. I imagined it'd be similar to how things are run in Switzerland. Cows there are pretty adventurous I suppose.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Isn't Switzerland the place they keep the cows in a barn and grow the grass separate, then cut and feed the grass to the cows?

I think they also have much smaller herd sizes than NZ.

[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

When I visited, I run into cows plenty of times while hiking the mountain trails. I can't speak with authority, but from what I was told is that there aren't many big dairy farms, most dairy farmers run small scale farms.

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