Farming Cartoons
A selection of cartoons by Chris Slane on issues related to farming - previously published in NZFarmers Weekly magazine.
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Sheep Masks
Cartoon shows two sheep wearing face masks saying "You can never be too careful with all these people skipping Auckland"
Carbon Credit Milk Vs Sheep
Cartoon shows farmer in supermarket picking up a a package below a sign 'Hands off our hills Lamb & beef' while a woman chooses from the side marked 'Good conscience milk'
National Candidate
"It can't talk or use a computer so we should be safe" confides a member of the National Party Clutha Southland candidate selection committee.
Uses for wool
Cartoon shows various uses for wool - anti-bacterial face masks - hearing protectors - fashion - livestock warmer.
Kowbucha at Fonterra
Cartoon shows CEO of Fonterra Hurrell saying to a researcher : "If you turn milk into kombucha I'll sell it back to farmers as a cure for cow farts."
Cactus Futures
Cartoon depicts farmers looking at cactus in the desert "We're future-proofing for export growth" "Perhaps we can hybridise with kiwifruit?"
102 Uses For Wool
102 Uses For Wool - anti-bacterial - hearing protector - fashion item - livestock warmer
EU Insults
"I wave our pathetic quotas at your aunties" say EU trade spokesman on a castle wall while NZ negotiators say "They're in a mood again."
We'll Weather Together
Cartoon shows a rural scene with farmer motoring on a farm bike with a dog on the back past a retired couple gardening outside their home on the edge of a small town - both groups inside their own bubbles arms raised in a friendly wave - caption - We'll Weather Together - rain is falling.
Farmer In Lockdown
"So this is the lockdown - I guess we better get used to it mate" says a farmer to his dog as they stand on a hill overlooking a wide beautiful valley vista.
Taps Off
Cartoon shows a farmer trying to water his crops as officials and god turn off his water supply.
Emissions Agreement With Farming
'Emssions Agreement' New Zealand Government Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern waters a tiny plant a farmer has helped to plant - a discarded sign 'ETS' - Emmissions Trading Scheme.
Shit Creek Tour
"This is where we throw away our paddles" says a TourismNZ rafting tour guide to his passengers as they paddle down a dirty creek surrounded by cattle unrestrained by fences.
Regenerative Farmer
A farmer is tending a worm farm, with a portable chicken coop - two sheep are close by - one says "he's taking regenerative farming seriously" - the other says "Let him have his toys"
Corona Virus Stockyard
'News: Corona Virus Affecting Stock Yards' - a stock agent calls "Going - going - and he's gone" as the single farmer turns his back and walks away due to lack of feed for sheep and drop in livestock exports to China.
Farm Juggler
"I'm practising for the next young farmer competition challenges" says a farmer as he juggles a collection of farm objects labelled animal welfare - farm safety - Nait system - climate change - winter feed -consumer expectation.
Locust Farm
'Farms of the future - #1 Locust Ranch' - features a cowboy riding not a horse but a giant locust and watching hundreds of locusts swarming across the plain below...Locust,climate,change,agriculture,future,pests,locust,farming,dystopian,cowboy,western,scifi,
Log Jam at the Port
A line of logging trucks wait to enter the port but a man labelled 'China Trade' with a stop sign stands halting movement.
Farmers Market
A French chef looks at a farmers market stand of kiwi cheeses having just crossed out region specific names for cheese replacing them with 'method forage'.
Deer Velvet Dollars
'"His philosophy is if you've got it - flaunt it" says a deer about another deer with large antlers in the shape of dollars - 'News- stag sells for $350k'
Back to School For Science
Panel 1 - "man-made climate-change? Ha! What rot? Go back to school!" commands a conservative white male to two kids who reply "Ok dad..."
Panel 2- steam blows out the ears of the same conservative white male as he looks in a classroom window and realises his kids are being taught about the reality of climate change in science class.
Panel 2- steam blows out the ears of the same conservative white male as he looks in a classroom window and realises his kids are being taught about the reality of climate change in science class.
