Help is available to farmers who need on-farm support to protect and enhance water quality and biodiversity in Canterbury.
What support is available?
Dealing with flood conditions
Help is available to farmers during flooding. Alternatively, please contact your relevant industry group.
Visit MPI website for more information on how to deal with floods
Good Management Practice and Farm Environment Plans
Farms connected to an Industry Representative and Industry Programmes may get support to:
Organise a Farm Environmental Plan Audit
If you belong to an Environment Canterbury Approved Industry Programme, your FEP can be audited as part of the Programme’s audit.
Dealing with drought conditions
Help is available to farmers during drought and in the recovery period. Alternatively, please contact your relevant industry group.
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Farming land use consent
Some types of farming activity – or farming activities in areas with sensitive receiving environments – bring higher environmental risk. Our regional and subregional plans have defined which activities in which areas require farming land use consent.
Find out what you need to align with the new requirement to have a farming land use consent.