Environment

While most farm input price increases are starting to fall, the need to build or upgrade electricity infrastructure is expected to boost prices. Phil Edmonds offers some solutions.

Synthetic nitrogen use must be recorded and reported from the end of June. By Anne Lee.

Meeting a Sustainable Future is a levy-funded DairyNZ initiative to support farmers in the Selwyn and Hinds catchments meet their environmental obligations while optimising their farm systems for profit and resilience. By Virginia Serra.

By Jackie Harrigan.

Australian climate technology company Rumin8 has begun two safety and efficacy trials of its methane-reducing feed supplements in New Zealand.
The trials – one on beef cattle and one on dairy cattle – seek to test Rumin8’s product integration in NZ pasture-based systems.

As farmers lower emissions they will adapt their systems. By Elaine Fisher.

Milk processors in Otago and Southland are switching energy sources to cut emissions. Story and photos by Karen Trebilcock.

Farmers, particularly young ones, want to be part of the policy-making system with environmental regulation. By Anne Hardie.