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

Performance assessment of a multi-stage treatment system on Warnocks farm

This focus' on the removal of suspended solids, nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and of faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) by the treatment system was assessed.

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Environment

Performance of a constructed wetland intercepting run-off from a Lichfield dairy farm

Report prepared for DairyNZ by NIWA.

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Environment

Periphyton - nutrient relationships in rivers - 2017

A report prepared by NIWA for DairyNZ.

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Environment

Pest animals (Waterway Technote)

Animal pests can cause havoc on your farm, ruin your planting and cause major problems in and around waterways.

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Environment

Pest plants (Waterway Technote)

Pest plants can cause havoc on your farm, ruin your planting and cause major problems in and around waterways.

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Environment

Plantain sensitivity analysis (April 2020)

The aim of this report is to evaluate the effect of suggested Overseer model changes on nitrogen leaching estimates from plantain-rich pasture blocks.

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Environment

Planting (Waterway Technote)

There are many benefits to planting around waterways, find examples in this technote.

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Environment

Planting For Biodiversity

Trees for biodiversity can be planted on all farms and add capital value.

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Environment

Preliminary riparian buffer guidelines

A report prepared by NIWA for DairyNZ.

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Environment

Productive Buffers Cost Benefit Analysis

This report documents an economic analysis of seven productive buffer options based on information provided by DairyNZ

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Environment

Productive Riparian Buffers Literature Review

This report identifies a number of important factors to consider which may influence the success of Productive Riparian Buffers

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Environment

Productive riparian buffers - literature review

This is one of four reports that draws together available knowledge on productive riparian buffers (PRBs) for New Zealand’s intensive farming catchments.

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Environment

Provisional guidelines for constructed wetland treatment of pastoral farm run-off

INTERCEPTOR project – accelerating the uptake of constructed wetlands and riparian buffers, a joint initiative between DairyNZ and NIWA.

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Environment

Recommendations for implementation of plantain-based pasture in Overseer (Feb 2020)

The aim of this report is to describe the changes in Overseer required to build the known effects of plantain into the model.

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Environment

Reducing Nitrogen Loss

A guide to good management practices, evaluate your farm systems and provides N loss management guidelines.

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Environment

Reducing Surface Runoff

Reducing surface runoff on grazed winter forage crop paddocks by strategic grazing management.

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Environment

Regulatory Barriers to uptake of farm-scale diffuse pollution mitigations

A report prepared by NIWA for DairyNZ and MBIE.

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Environment

Relationships between instream concentration and river nutrient loads - Snelder and Fraser 2020

A report prepared by LWP (Land, Water, People) for DairyNZ.

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Environment

Riparian Planting in Hawkes Bay

Your step-by-step guide for successful riparian planting in Hawkes Bay.

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Environment

Riparian Plantings Keeping Streams Clean

A 2017 article about why and how riparian management improves water quality.

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Environment

Ruapuna Farm Farm Efficiency Diagram

Annual summary of farm efficiency of farm management and production.

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Environment

Rutherford et al. 2017 - Review of Nitrogen Attenuation in New Zealand Seepage Wetlands

This report is part of a project assessing the effectiveness of the seepage wetland module in OVERSEER.

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Environment

Science Shows Riparian Plantings Are Keeping Streams Clean

A 2017 article about why and how riparian management improves water quality.

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Environment

Selwyn Waihora Zone Map

A map fo the Selwyn - Waihora Zone, Canterbury

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Environment