Pukerau Winter Grazing Field Day to Help Southland Farmers Prepare for Season
Southland farmers are being encouraged to get ahead of the winter grazing season by attending a practical field day in Pukerau next week.
The latest example is where Environment Southland councillors recently directed staff not to join a Forest and Bird declaratory judgement proceedings. Apparently, Forest and Bird is seeking to have the Environment Court declare that excreta from animals are a discharge. The judgement would have wide ranging impacts on farming as it would mean that animal excreta would require a discharge permit if no rule existed in a plan or national environmental standard to permit the activity. What next, permits to allow farmers to breathe?
