An effluent treatment system has been found to significantly cut the risk of waterway contamination through tile drains. Anne Lee reports. Trying to safely apply effluent on farms with subsurface drains can be a headache with the drainage system heightening the risk of phosphate (P) and E. coli loss. Subsurface drains, such as tile drains,...
Turning around a tired, neglected farm in the Marlborough Sounds has earned Murray and Tanya...
Nicola Dennis eases the pain of menial work with the therapy of podcasts. There is...
A forestry consultant and ecologist recommends exclusion of exotic trees from the forestry section of...
He Waka Eke Noa was due to deliver its advice to climate change and agriculture...
Three well-known names in agriculture have got together to challenge He Waka Eke Noa proposals, James...
By Dawn Dalley Wintering practices have been a focus for southern farmers in recent years....
A scheme covering an environmentally sensitive valley in the Marlborough Sounds is using dung beetles...
A new era of counting and paying for greenhouse gases is approaching and dairy beef...
Peter Arthur has been planting trees on his Hawke’s Bay farm for 51 years and...