Displaying items by tag: Environment

In a controversial Waikato case, a judge has told the dairy industry to step up in on educating farmers about environmental responsibilities including disturbing stream beds.

A Northland businessman is developing an environmentally friendly system of cleaning and reusing dairy shed washdown water; he says it will reduce costs and control nitrogen runoff.

THERE MUST be realistic expectations about what can be done to improve the environment, warns a local government leader.

NEW ZEALAND farmers face constant pressure to minimise their impact on the environment and to reuse, recycle and take responsibility for their farming ‘footprint’. This is an area of farm management increasingly in the compliance spotlight.  

STAFFING AND environment issues dominated the discussion at DairyNZ’s annual meeting earlier this month.

Are you keen to know whether our farming practices are sustainable and environmentally friendly? Just ask LUCI.

Australian farmers are welcoming the repeal of the divisive carbon tax.

MARK AND Devon Slee, national winners of the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, will make outstanding ambassadors for New Zealand agriculture, says Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills.

A TIKORANGI dairy farming operation is the inaugural winner of the 2014 Taranaki Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

The Horizons Regional Council's environmental protection team is heading out to check on compliance.