The farming workforce of New Zealand is 1.58 lakhs. There are 6.5 million dairy cattle, 3.6 million beef cattle and 27.5 million sheep. The value of farm production is 25 billion NZ$ and food processing is 8 billion NZ$. That's a workforce productivity of $158,000 per capita /1

Or 82 lakh rupees per annum per capita. Those are rich farmers. They are rich because they have vast tracts of high quality farmland and pasturage with almost no one else to claim it. They do not get subsidies because they need none. Agriculture was deregulated back in 80s /2

And they capitalized on this situation to pivot their agricultural economy on export. In recent years, they have reoriented their production to horticulture and are reducing their dependence on beef, lamb, wool and dairy exports. Ahead of the curve. This is something/2

we cannot duplicate, but can learn from. We need to shift focus from beef export to horticulture. And reduce dependence on milch cattle for domestic economy. Also, reduce dependence upon water consuming cereals /END