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… the grazing duration of pasture and fodder crops Winter stock off paddocks Keep stock out of waterways by improving on-farm infrastructure, such as reticulating stock water, improving stock crossings, planting shade trees away from water, … traps prior to entering ditches Reduce stocking rates. The best way to understand and manage faecal bacteria on farm is to develop a Farm Environment Plan specific to your property. What is the impact of too much E. coli in water? Excessive E. coli makes …

… template here Parliament’s Environment Committee is consulting on legislation that will place limits on whole-farm conversions to forestry.  More information on Parliament’s website here .   Why this is important   The wholesale … and on things like pest control – and ultimately on New Zealand’s economy).  We’ve been calling for action on whole-farm sales to carbon farming since 2019 –  for more information see this page on our website.    We therefore welcome any … this year intending to take advantage of the current loose rules.    The restrictions on land classes relating to whole farm conversions that can be entered into the ETS do not go far enough.    We support the integration of trees within …

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… of deferred grazing, and establish criteria to help farmers identify when deferred grazing is appropriate in their farm system.  … This was achieved by comparing standard rotational grazing and deferred grazing in replicated plot … The deferred treatment was not grazed between mid-October and the end of summer / early autumn (depending on the farm) but was rotationally grazed after the deferred period for the remainder of the study.    Comparing the effect of … for more than a decade. These farmers could see benefits for both the deferred pastures and for the rest of the farm and wanted to quantify those benefits through a science-led project.  Key results Compared to standard rotational …