Four New Zealand farmers have been selected as finalists of the inaugural Zimmatic Sustainable Irrigation Awards.

The New Zealand Effluent & Environment Expo will be held in November.

OPINION: While not wanting to spend too much time sympathising with Aucklanders, Milking It can’t avoid noting how absurd it is that our biggest city has been drenched with rain over recent weeks, yet its dams were run so low, residents still aren’t allowed to use their garden hoses and are still asked to keep showers short.

OPINION: Fonterra has copped a serve for allowing non-farming jobs on its Farm Source platform.

OPINION: Vegans take note, a report published by the UK Sustainable Food Trust not only implicitly challenges the assumption that veganism and environmentalism work in symbiosis, it tacitly suggests that the two movements are in actual conflict with each other.

OPINION: Despite the rhetoric from the government about agriculture leading the post-Covid recovery, our primary industries seem to be out of the loop when it comes to the Covid response.

A process that combines fertiliser and irrigation gives farmers control, says Graeme Pile, Fertigation Systems co-founder.

New regulations around effluent storage and discharge loom for the Otago region.

Mark Murphy, the national commercial manager for Rakaia Engineering doesn’t mince his words when it comes to effluent management.

Correct effluent management can deliver savings on fertiliser costs, increased grass growth, while also ensuring environmental compliance regulations are met.

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