Canterbury Region Dairy Report

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Canterbury Region Dairy Report

2010/11 season

Read the Canterbury Region Dairy Report for the 2010/11 season (736 kB)

Environment Canterbury has released the Canterbury Region Dairy Report for the 2010/2011 season which provides commentary and regional details that expand on the preliminary compliance figures released in July.

Sixty-five per cent of Canterbury dairy farms were fully compliant with their effluent discharge consent or permitted activity conditions in 2010/2011, an improvement from 59 per cent compliance in the previous season. In total 917 dairy farms (out of 921) received a consent compliance visit by an Environment Canterbury Resource Management Officer.

The rate of minor non-compliance among dairy farmers fell to 26 per cent, from 33 per cent last year. Examples of minor non-compliance include an incomplete management plan or minor ponding of dairy effluent. The rate of significant non-compliance was 9.7 per cent compared with 8.4 per cent last season, but just two years ago was at 19 per cent.