Displaying items by tag: water
Certainty promised – O’Connor
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says farmers want greater certainty around water issues and he promises they will get this from the coalition government in the coming year.
Top-notch water on tap around the farm and its houses
Time for a mature conversation on water
Essential Freshwater’s $80b bill
Dairy farmers say over-stringent freshwater policies will cost New Zealand at least $80 billion in the next 30 years, but will not greatly improve water quality.
Government’s proposed water reforms blasted
The Government’s proposed water reforms have been blasted by a regional council with top performing water quality.
NZ firm to monitor global lakes
A Christchurch company has won a major technology contest with a satellite-based remote sensing solution that could monitor the water quality of every lake globally.
Cultivating the right way
Cultivation of paddocks is common on farms at this time of year. It’s also a time when local storms may occur, adding substantial risk to an important farming practice.
Water reforms could be ‘recipe for disaster’
Disregarding the social and economic effects of the proposed water reforms is a recipe for disaster, warns Federated Farmers Waikato president Andrew McGiven.
Freshwater plan a killer blow
A national limit on dissolved nitrogen would “essentially eliminate” intensive agriculture in the Selwyn Waihora catchment, says Environment Canterbury chief scientist Dr Tim Davie.
Fonterra wants change to water rules
Fonterra wants the Government to remove suggested maximum required levels of nitrogen and phosphorous in streams.