Displaying items by tag: waterways

THE MANTRA of regional councils and dairy companies on dairy shed effluent is that holding capacity must be sufficient to ensure that, during wet weather, effluent spraying can be avoided, so minimising risk of ponding and runoff to waterways.

BEEF + LAMB New Zealand's call for sheep-and-beef farmers to fence waterways where practical is supported "in principle" by Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills.

THE PUBLIC, and fellow farmers, are quick to complain if stock, particularly dairy cows, stray into streams and waterways. But it seems many regional councils can do little about the problem.