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Dairy Farmers can get a ‘warrant of fitness’ issued for their farm effluent and irrigation systems and be confident the WoF is ‘on the level’, says DairyNZ.

Dairy farmers are using slurry tankers to spread effluent, boosting soil fertility, says C B Norwood Distributors Ltd, distributor of Pichon tankers made in France.

Hamilton agricultural contractor Greg Langman says his Abbey AP900 multi spreader has handled “everything we have thrown it” in three years of operation, says the supplier, Farmgard.

Nearly 60 exhibitors are lining up for this year's Waikato Effluent Expo at the Mystery Creek events centre near Hamilton next Tuesday 17 March.

The Waikato Effluent Expo at the Mystery Creek events centre is turning five this year and it will be bigger than ever.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients has formed a team to help farmers deal with councils in sorting their compliance with environmental regulations and in applying for consents.

A dairy farmer ‘dragging the chain’ on effluent management has let the team down, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard, commenting on a recidivist polluter who has copped a record fine for environment non-compliance in Taranaki.

THE DAIRY industry is making good progress on protecting waterways on farm, according to a review.

DARE I say it? If you are aged 29 or over you can stop reading this message (about effluent) right now, because you’ll either know it all, or have made up your mind about it and be inflexible in your thinking. Younger minds when reading this will get an inkling of the underlying message and start to see the light. 

TOTAL CONTROL of the effluent process is the key benefit of an Archway weeping wall effluent system, says the company owner Matt Hodgson.