Displaying items by tag: Environment
Award for Northland farmer project
A Northland farmer-led extension programme which will eventually involve 245 dairy farmers across Northland has won a national award for economic development.
Bag of ‘tools’ to save environment
No ‘magic bullet’ exists for managing a farm environmental footprint, says Ngai Tahu Farming’s general manager of dairy, Shane Kelly.
Farmers step in to help protect kiwi
It's an early winter morning, dark and chilly, but Northland dairy farmer Jane Hutchings couldn’t be happier.
Emissions target had better be right
The Government says it will be important to set the right 2050 target in its Zero Carbon Bill.
A good plan for sheep, beef farmers
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.
Taupo farmers tackle environmental problems head-on
It was “incredibly confronting” for Taupo farmers to be told in about 2000 that their farms were polluting the lake and they would probably have to go, says Mike Barton, of Glen Emmreth Farm at Lake Taupo.
10 steps to reducing your environmental impact
Want to earn or save a dollar while also reducing your impact on the environment? DairyNZ’s sustainability team shares 10 steps that will cost you little or nothing.
Livestock play vital environmental role
Food and environmental activists are on record as suggesting New Zealand should be ruminant-free to create a cleaner greener country.
Less replacements, less emissions
Lower replacement rates and higher body weight/lower stocking rates are the two most effective of five available ways of cutting dairy greenhouse gas emissions, a scientist has told a workshop for rural professionals.
Livestock play vital environmental role
Food and environmental activists are on record as suggesting New Zealand should be ruminant-free to create a cleaner greener country.
