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Federated Farmers claims that the Otago Regional Council is charging ahead unnecessarily with piling more regulation on rural communities.

OPINION: This old mutt suggests the new government is going to have to move fast to rein in a number of district and regional councils around the country who seem hell-bent on trying to push through their own agendas.

Otago Regional Council’s (ORC’s) annual ECO Fund round for community projects which opens 1 March has received a 58.4% boost to available funds, now topping $900,000.

More than 200 Intensive Winter Grazing (IWG) consents have been issued by Otago Regional Council (ORC) to farmers in recent months for winter 2023 and beyond.

The deadline for farmers to apply for future winter grazing consents is just over three months away, but Otago Regional Council (ORC) is encouraging farmers to act now and apply.

Otago Regional Council (ORC) has upgraded its online consent mapping site in a move designed to make the service more farmer-friendly.

The Otago Regional Council’s (ORC) annual flyover programme to detect any waterway pollution kicks off this month as the Council reminds farmers to consider consent applications.

Irrigators in the Manuherikia Valley, near Alexandra, hope they have managed to steer the Otago Regional Council away from setting an arbitrary allocation limit on the river that they believe would “devastate” the valley.

Minimum flow limits proposed by the Otago Regional Council for the Manuherikia River in Central Otago could undermine the Manuherikia Water Project, says former regional councillor and local farmer Gary Kelliher.

Higher-than-normal rainfall in Otago has brought some much needed breathing space for Otago farmers who may be facing another summer of dry conditions.