Moves to chart the way forward for water management in Waikato over the next 30-50 years have taken another significant step forward.

A planting partnership between an award-winning Waikato farmer and children from his local school is bearing environmental fruit on many levels.

Farmers are being offered extra environmental protection advice through an upgraded version of the hugely popular "farm menus".

A large dairy farmer turnout at a recent effluent management field day shows they want to do the right thing with the environment, says organiser Jon Palmer.

The environmental effects of nitrogen that determine how much effluent you can irrigate onto land, says Waikato Regional Council.

Farmers are being reminded that this time of year is a peak one for the spread between properties of the damaging pest plant yellow bristle grass.

Protect your land and take up a buzzing opportunity to earn extra cash.

The Waikato River Authority is contributing $828,000 in its latest funding round towards the development and implementation of the Waikato-Waipa restoration strategy.

The efforts of farmers to improve the health of the Piako River in the Waikato region have been recognised.

Knowing the soil has always been the basis of good farming because the soil is the foundation of the production system.