Displaying items by tag: Environment
Teaching farm wins top award
A well-known Hawke's Bay station and training farm has taken out the Supreme title in the 2013 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Rural waste under study
The way farms and rural businesses deal with waste is the focus of a study being done for Environment Canterbury.
Beef + Lamb back recycling
Polson elected Environment Trust chairman
Wanganui farmer Alistair Polson takes over from North Waikato farmer Jim Cotman as chairman of the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust.
Trust leader bows out
North Waikato farmer Jim Cotman has stood down from his role as chairperson of the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust after six years at the helm.
Hoofprint protects farmer access
Meat processor and exporter Alliance Group has underlined its environmental credentials by making its innovative Hoofprint programme progressively available to all suppliers.
Spread word on environment gains
New Zealanders need to hear more about the great progress farmers are making to lift their environmental performance, says Ballance Agri-Nutrients chairman David Graham.
'Wrong to blame just farming'
Federated Farmers believes observations by the World Wildlife Fund for nature highlights how the environment needs everybody working together, town and country united.
Reward for fencing streams
The importance of streamside fencing and planting to Taranaki's dairy industry was highlighted today as four farmers were rewarded for their commitment to the work.
Ballance winners back from Europe
Southland farmers Grant and Bernie Weller love talking about their farm and the challenges of balancing profitability with environmental sustainability.