Third generation Cust farmer Roscoe Taggart believes that continuous innovation is vital for sustainable arable farming.
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Reminding farmers to review their management stock on winter feed blocks.
Environment Canterbury announced its recognition of a programme designed to offer a robust and consistent assessment of Farm Environment Plans (FEPs).
Farmers were challenged to come up with good winter grazing tactics for ‘tricky’ paddocks at a series of practical workshops.
Making informed decisions using technology has created more productive land use for farms while reducing their environmental impact.
Farmers in the Omarama area will get to ask questions about changes to farming land use consent rules at an upcoming briefing on 22 March 2019.
A community forum in Twizel highlighted how the five agencies with statutory responsibilities in the region had become more aligned in protecting the Mackenzie.
Environment Canterbury is to appeal the December 2018 High Court decision, Dewhirst Land Company Ltd v Canterbury Regional Council, to the Court of Appeal.
Thirty demonstration wetlands in Canterbury are to receive government support as part of the latest round of funding from the Sustainable Farming Fund.
The Environment Canterbury Council today resolved to make the Nutrient Management and Waitaki Plan Change, Plan Change 5, operative on 1 February 2019.
Environment Canterbury today confirmed that its own farm environment plan template meets the requirements of the Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan
Consents from Environment Canterbury and the Mackenzie District Council are now in place for Simons Pass Station to begin irrigating a portion of its land.