Environment
A caper around the bay
Recently I attended a great Hawke’s Bay Farm Forestry field day at Te Awanga. It’s not somewhere most of you will have heard of but it’s a small area well worth visiting next time you are in this part of…
Sector calls for pause on biodiversity plan
Farming groups are asking the Government to pause or at least extend consultation on new biodiversity standards, saying the sector is being swamped with new environment-related legislation. Beef + Lamb…
Trying a different approach to dairying
A North Waikato farmer who has always wanted to have a closer relationship with the people who consume his milk, is now doing just that. Chris Falconer who milks 320…
Forest protection is noble, let’s value it
As a one-time employee of the Queen Elizabeth National Trust and also a forest covenantor, it was suggested to me recently that rewards for forest protection need updating. In this…
Can agriculture meets its methane targets?
New Zealand agriculture is required to achieve a 10% reduction in its methane emissions by 2030. This is set down…
A collective approach to nutrient management
OverseerFM is proving a popular tool for grouping farmers to work together to understand and lower nutrient losses. The OverseerFM…
Land-use change report may lack practical application
A new report from Lincoln’s Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, The Matrix of Drivers: 2022 Update, presents a summary of…
Startup to unravel carbon tangle
Unravel Carbon founder Marc Allen says with only eight years until firm climate targets have to be met, the proportion…
NZ farmers championing the environment
Today is World Environment Day, the biggest international day for the environment. In celebration of this important day, and the…
Some rural suppliers may avoid Three Waters
About 100 council-owned schemes that supply water for drinking and agricultural use could be sold to users and not included…
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