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OPINION: There is an adage from the old labour union days which states: It is a poor job that cannot carry a supervisor.

Debate on the value of Overseer, the software tool designed to measure and regulate nutrient loss from farms, continues to rage.

Overseer, the tool used by dairy farmers and others to measure nitrate loss and by regioal councils to enforce this, is not fit for purpose and should be scrapped altogether.

OPINION: The infallibility of Overseer – the tool farmers have been required to use to measure nutrient loss – has come crashing down following a report by a special science advisory panel.

The future of Overseer as a legal tool to regulate nutrient loss from farms is up in the air following the release of a report by a science advisory panel.

The Government has announced it will help develop improved tools to manage and estimate on-farm nutrient loss after an independent Science Advisory Panel identified shortcomings with the Overseer software.

New Zealand farmers can now assess the potential impact and investment of plantain using OverseerFM.

After 13 years of use, a New Zealand corporate farmer has a lot of praise for Overseer.

After 13 years of use, a New Zealand corporate farmer has a lot of praise for Overseer.

North Canterbury farmer Cameron Henderson says he looks at OverseerFM as an ‘environmental accounting system’.