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Canterbury Environmental Policy

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Under Canterbury's Land & Water Regional Plan farmers must operate at good management practice and most will need to prepare a farm environment plan then obtain a new resource consent. Find specific details for your catchment area here.

Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan

 Canterbury dairy farm

The Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan sets the framework for what farmers have to do to improve environmental performance. Find out what this means for your farm here.

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Canterbury Sustainable Milk Plans

 Canterbury dairy farm

A Sustainable Milk Plan is a free farm environment plan, personalised to your farm, which helps you focus on environmentally sustainable farming practices.

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Research projects

The DairyNZ research programmes below will help farmers meet new the regulatory requirements.

Pastoral 21

Pastoral 21 Next Generation Dairy Systems was a collaborative five-year research programme that aimed to provide proven, profitable, simple, adoption-ready systems that lifted production and reduced nutrient loss.

Forages for reduced nitrate leaching

This programme aims to reduce nitrate leaching losses by 20 percent by delivering proven, adoptable and profitable pasture and forage crop options.

Good management practices

A guide to good environmental management on dairy farms.

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