Environment
Sustainability: thinking, sharing, and acting
Kaipara dairy farmer Earle Wright is a newly-minted DairyNZ Climate Change ambassador, a role that to him is a recognition of his whakapapa, his actions making change to environmental matters, and his credibility locally as a farmer making a difference to the whenua. Chris Neill reports.
Making a game plan to improve the whenua
From rugby league to research on improving water quality, Tawera Nikau is involved with multiple projects on his farm land in the Waikato. Sheryl Haitana talked to him about Maori plans for koi carp control and getting involved with the science of riparian planting.
The good soil: reducing nitrogen fertiliser
Reducing the volume of nitrogen coming into a farm system and becoming more efficient at using that nitrogen is a great way to reduce nitrogen loss.
The effluent efficiency experts
Size does matter. Mike Visser talked to Sheryl Haitana about how well designed infrastructure is making easy work of the farm’s effluent several years after it was built.
