Displaying items by tag: Waikato
Change is coming, be prepared
Field day for Waipā catchment
An event aimed at advising famers and landowners on how best to manage their property in an environmentally sustainable way, starts this month.
Tractor company joins rural crime effort
Waikato police are hoping the sight of a ‘POLICE’ branded tractor at regional field days will encourage farmers to get involved in rural crime prevention.
Dairy goat research facility
Judge ‘mystified’ at company’s failures
A company, which owns a Cambridge dairy farm, has received a fine totalling $26,000 for a range of offences relating to the property.
Farmers getting ahead of effluent watchdogs
Getting effluent issues under control before the council pays you a visit was the big point of interest at the recent Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek.
No bull in proper effluent management
I never thought when I entered farming politics that there would be so much talk about the stuff that comes out of the back end of a cow. The polite term is ‘effluent’ of course; not polite are its effects and the costs of managing it.
‘Comments were misrepresented’
A senior Federated Farmers leader has poured cold water on suggestions that he supports a moratorium on dairy conversions.
All-rounder wins at Waikato Dairy Awards
The 2015 Waikato Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year, Aaron Price, has it all – he is a young, fit, professional, married man with a plan.
Effluent Expo turns 5
The Waikato Effluent Expo at the Mystery Creek events centre is turning five this year and it will be bigger than ever.