Environment
Smaller footprint, lower costs
The sky won’t fall if the dairy industry reduces its inputs and changes management practices to meet looming environmental regulations, nor will that spell the end of the New Zealand dairy industry. That’s the view of a former DairyNZ scientist. Words Elaine Fisher
Clean water: In action for the springs
When you farm within the catchment of the Te Waikoropupu Springs in Golden Bay, your environmental impact comes under particularly close scrutiny because the water is possibly New Zealand’s clearest and cleanest. Words by Anne Hardie.