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Seven landowners will be contacted following Environment Southland’s first aerial compliance inspection this year.

Environment Southland is wanting to see big improvements on last year’s winter grazing practices as it begins its aerial compliance inspections today.

OPINION: This winter Southland farmers should not fear drones flying over their farms, looking for cows in knee-deep mud.

Farmers are taking steps to improve wintering systems despite the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions and weather events.

Animal welfare is a central focus of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) new winter grazing campaign.

The Government taskforce report on winter grazing says farmers are not solely to blame for all the problems associated with this practice.