New Zealand is an island nation located in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean. This country consists of two main islands, namely the North Island and South Island, as well as more than 700 small islands. Apart from being known for its amazing natural beauty, New Zealand is also known for its agricultural sector, especially cattle and livestock. Sheep, which are indeed one of the main sources of income for this country, are so dominant in the number of cattle and sheep in New Zealand that their number even beats the population in December 2020. The estimated population of New Zealand is 5,112,000 people, while the estimated number of sheep and cattle in the country reaches 30 million head.
Uniquely, even though it has a lot of farm animals in New Zealand, it only employs a few people, it's not even rare that a farm in New Zealand is only run by one family or even only run by a husband and wife, and it's great that even though it's only run by a few farm workers in Zealand Just managed to run successfully.
This is because apart from being supported by the use of high-tech equipment, breeders in New Zealand are also greatly helped by the existence of cooperatives that have been formed by breeders, for breeders in New Zealand cooperatives play a very vital role, with this cooperative breeders only focus on taking care of sheep and cattle as well as dairy products.
Their job is to plant grass, take care of livestock and squeeze their milk for later storage in refrigerated containers, meanwhile, all the tasks of taking milk from the farm, product processing to marketing, are the work of the cooperative. The well-formed cooperative ecosystem has a very big role in determining selling value of fresh milk that has been collected by farmers.
As an illustration, as many as a thousand farmers in New Zealand collect milk from their farms, then they joint venture capital to build a cooperative that is in charge of buying the milk they collect, the milk is then used by the cooperative as a raw material for various processed products such as powdered milk, formula milk, cheese and so on, because this cooperative is owned by the farmer, he will buy fresh milk from the farmer who is a member of it at a very good price.
And because breeders always get the best price for their livestock products, they always get profits that they can invest in buying modern equipment, apart from buying products from breeders, processing and then marketing these products, the cooperative also has the task of conducting research, development, training of members and investment to grow their business outward. country, cooperatives in new zealand are not only responsible for marketing and capital, they also take part in protecting the environment and overcoming the impact of environmental damage.
New Zealand is indeed one of the countries that apply cooperative principles in all fields, from agriculture, manufacturing, insurance, banking, financing services, public services, education, health, supermarkets and even retail business, and it is this cooperative that has made New Zealand's farmers gain prosperity.
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