Displaying items by tag: Environment Canterbury

Federated Farmers say Environment Canterbury's decision to declare a 'nitrate emergency' is a shameless political stunt that won't help anyone.

Environment Canterbury has confirmed a surge in interest in new dairy conversions, with four effluent discharge permits for conversions granted since the start of the year.

Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard says the consenting experience facing some high-country Canterbury sheep and beef farms is "bloody tragic" and vindicates the Government's move to abolish the Resource Management Act (RMA).

South Canterbury dairy farmer and recently-retired Fonterra director Leonie Guiney has welcomed an announcement from the Canterbury Regional Council (ECan) that development of its Regional Policy Statement has been paused.

Environment Canterbury says it is pausing the development of its Regional Policy Statement following changes in government direction on freshwater management.

OPINION: Federated Farmers and its members don’t have much love for regulations-obsessed regional councils.

Critics say claims from environmental activist organisation Greenpeace around nitrates in South Island waterways are ‘misleading’ and ‘misinformation’.

A Canterbury farmer's plan to establish a 2,200-animal composting barn feedlot, near the environmentally sensitive Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, will go to a public hearing.

Environment Canterbury are reminding farmers that having an intensive winter grazing management plan is imperative for farmers that want the best environmental outcome from a ‘high-risk’ activity.

Owners of lifestyle blocks are being reminded of the rules around buried waste, as an increasing number of illegal rubbish pits are discovered.