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How are Canterbury farmers doing their bit to help the environment? Environment Canterbury chairman Steve Lowndes explains.

When 300mm of rain fell in four hours and blew out a year’s worth of environmental mitigation work, Steve Borland admits “it just about broke me”.

A range of environmental moves by farmers across the country are starting to deliver results. 

Fonterra's director of sustainability Carolyn Mortland says she is very heartened by the work farmers are putting into the environment.

 Local councils may soon be required to map significant natural areas in their plans, likely impacting farmers.

A Northland farmer-led extension programme which will eventually involve 245 dairy farmers across Northland has won a national award for economic development.

No ‘magic bullet’ exists for managing a farm environmental footprint, says Ngai Tahu Farming’s general manager of dairy, Shane Kelly.

It's an early winter morning, dark and chilly, but Northland dairy farmer Jane Hutchings couldn’t be happier.  

The Government says it will be important to set the right 2050 target in its Zero Carbon Bill. 

Environmental compliance is already a common business practice in dairying and horticulture, and now sheep and beef farmers must devise farm environmental plans (FEP) — a daunting prospect for some.