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Knowing the soil has always been the basis of good farming because the soil is the foundation of the production system.

Effluent, properly used, can wipe thousands off the annual fertiliser bill, observes the distributors of Slurryquip – Webbline.

Craig Kusabs, chief executive of the Maori agribusiness, Tumunui Trust, says a desire to keep things simple prompted the choice of an Archway Group weeping wall effluent system.

Your old mate had to giggle at a recent media proclamation from the Waikato Regional Council. The local government body boldly claimed it is “taking a fresh approach to helping farmers with effluent management”.

Recent results from AgResearch trials in South Otago as part of the Pastoral 21 project have shown that grazed winter forage crops contribute significantly to the risk of nutrient losses to water.

The purpose of measuring and monitoring effluent is to provide information to assist with system management and tracking of performance, and as the basis for reporting for regulatory compliance. 

Good effluent management requires a well-designed effluent system and processes for people that make sure the effluent the system collects is applied to pasture in the right amount at the right time, says DairyNZ.

A Coromandel farmer was fined $72,750 for deliberately discharging dairy effluent into farm drains that flow to the Tairua River on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Effluent irrigation expert Stuart Reid, Spitfire Revolution, was recently called to Southland to attend to a bridge mixing propeller fouled by a rope.

With the increase of standoff pads and wintering barns, the amount of slurry being stored for distribution is soaring.