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- Maintain any riparian margins on your property and spray weeds. Replant if required. Check electric fences are operating
- Discuss with your effluent pond contractor about emptying effluent ponds (oxidation or holding) before winter. Outline in writing what is required and have both parties sign-off on it
- Review your water use around the farm dairy and investigate ways to minimise water use. See www.smartwateruse.co.nz and DairyNZ Farmfact: How much water am I adding to my effluent (6-2)
- Have a farm team meeting to review your effluent system to discuss ways to improve monitoring, management and maintenance
- Do any maintenance necessary on your effluent system (irrigators,
ponds, pumps etc). Work through your regional compliance checklist
to highlight any areas that may need attention available at
www.dairynz.co.nz/compliancetoolkit.
