Displaying items by tag: water
From the hills to the sea and between
OPINION: One of the better parts of being on the Ashburton water zone committee is you get to meet interesting people out in the field and you are not always stuck in the committee room.
Water is always an issue
Don't run out of water
Water is something we often take for granted but over recent years, through the droughts inflicted on us, I have seen many farms whose water systems have been lacking.
ClearTech delivers massive water savings for farm
A Ravensdown ClearTech effluent treatment system installed at the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) has saved over 600,000 litres of freshwater in its first month of operation.
State funding for riparian planting
More than 600km of Taranaki river and stream banks will be planted with a million native plants next winter as the region’s farmers take advantage of a $5 million government boost.
$300m to clean up harbour
A $300 million project has been signed to try and prevent sediment loss from land to sea at Kaipara Harbour.
Breeding beef to reduce N leaching
Changes just don’t add up
Farmer Jane Smith claims that farmers find comments from David Parker, Damien O’Connor and the Green Party’s James Shaw nauseating.
Critic calls for a major investigation into freshwater reforms
Award-winning, environmentally-focused farmer Jane Smith wonders whether she’s farming in North Otago or North Korea.
Stop making decisions for farmers
OPINION: From my observations of general media reporting it seems that in today’s world no one wants to take responsibility for their actions.