World’s worst weed on the prowl
With warmer weather bringing on forage maize crops in leaps and bounds, Waikato Regional Council is reminding farmers and growers to keep watch for velvetleaf.
The Hound reckons no one knows more about effluent – mainly talking about it – than local government bodies. However, further down in the WRC’s media statement came an interesting point: next year the council will hold more catchment-based field days “and has decided not to hold its annual expo at Mystery Creek in 2016 given the dairy payout situation”. Next year, could be a real case of the green jackets at Fieldays: ‘Been up Effluent Creek without a paddle’!
