Environment

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Tactics for reducing your environmental footprint

DairyNZ has pulled together nine tactics that will help farmers improve on-farm efficiency and have positive benefits for the environment. These tactics are based on research, data, and learnings from leading farmers.

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Environment

Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator (DESC)

The Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator (DESC) tool helps determine dairy effluent storage requirements for dairy farms.

Tools & Apps

Effluent

Effluent Management Plan Poster

This effluent tool is designed to take some of the headache out of training staff and managing your effluent system.

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Environment

Effluent spreading calculator

Download this handy tool to take the guesswork out of determining your effluent nutrient loadings.

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Effluent

Top Tips for Effluent Management

This effluent poster has been developed with the help of farmers all around New Zealand. It provides top tips for effluent irrigators.

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Environment

Your winter grazing plan

This template is intended to help you develop a simple effective paddock plan for any break fed wintering system this winter

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Environment

Improving your wintering system

A successful farm system depends on having the right wintering system in place. Use this guide to evaluate your current system, pinpoint necessary improvements or changes, and create a plan.

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Feed

Irrigation Bucket Test Calculator

Use this calculator to measure the depth of effluent applied from a variety of effluent systems.

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Environment

LUDF Focus Day Handout

Update on LUDG 2020/21 season to date, focus on spring feeding, milk production, and mating.

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Environment

Land Management on Bay of Plenty dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Canterbury dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Northland dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Otago dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Land Management on Waikato dairy farms

Managing land to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss.

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Environment

Leap21 Future Dairying Concepts

Overview of the two concepts that have been developed out of the Leap 21 project of how our future dairy systems could look

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Environment

Lincoln University Dairy Farm – 20 years of successful on-farm demonstration (NZIPIM)

Provides an overview, asummary of the key changes over time and how these have impacted on the farm’s profit and environmental footprint.

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Environment

Macroinvertebrate action plan workshop

A report prepared by Cawthron Institute for DairyNZ.

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Environment

Making Gains Through Research

Look at two key research programmes for reduce nitrate leaching losses by 20 percent by delivering proven and profitable pasture.

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Environment

Management guidelines for reducing nitrogen fertiliser use: an approach to reduce nitrate leaching from Dairy systems - research summary

This document summarises three trials that decreased Nitrogen (N) fertiliser inputs.

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Environment

Managing erosion (Waterway Technote)

Managing erosion will reduce the loss of productive land, reduce flooding effects downstream and reduce the effect of sediment on water quality.

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Environment

McKergow et al. 2017 - Seepage wetland protection review

This report reviews the effectiveness of seepage wetlands for water quality protection, focusing on New Zealand studies but also referring to key overseas studies.

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Environment

Meeting A Sustainable Future Farmer Profile

Overview of Mayview farm as part of the Meeting a Sustainable Future project.

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Environment

Meeting A Sustainable Future – Selwyn and Hinds: Phill and Jos Everest, Flemington Farm

Phill and Jos Everest are farm owners in Longbeach, Hinds. They are on heavy soils so have low N loss.

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Environment

Modelling farm dairy effluent (FDE) discharges in Northland

A modelling exercise to define the potential impacts of farm dairy effluent (FDE) discharges upon stream faecal indicator concentrations.

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Environment

Monaghan et al 2018 - Benchmarking and mitigating contaminant losses for key dairy farm typologies

A report prepared by AgResearch for DairyNZ.

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Environment

Ngai Tahu Paritea Farm Farm Efficiency Diagram

Annual summary of farm efficiency of farm management and production.

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Environment

Nitrogen Cap Decision Tree

Nitrogen Cap decision tree to help you understand the new regulation.

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Environment

Nitrous Oxide Emission From Wetlands Final

Submission by agresearch: Do wetland or denitrifying bioreactor systems designed to remove nitrate lead to pollution swapping?

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Environment

Novel discriminatory tests for E. coli to improve water quality assessments

Summary report - Year 2: Commentary on the impacts/significance of research findings.

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Environment



Nutrient Management On Your Dairy Farm

A farmer’s guide to understanding how nitrogen and phosphorus enter, cycle through and leave your dairy farm.

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Environment

Owl Farm, Waikato

Owl Farm case study (2019) on environmental performance and its effect on production and profitability.

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Environment