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

Selwyn and Hinds - Meeting a Sustainable Future: Canlac – December 2018

Canlac Holdings is a 1370 cow, 335 effective ha farm located in the Selwyn catchment.

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Environment

Selwyn and Hinds - Meeting a Sustainable Future: Hororata - October 2020

Hororata Farm is a 650 cow, seasonal supply dairy farm located in the Selwyn catchment.

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Environment

Silage quality and feed value of chopped willow and poplar

Investigating silage quality and feed value of chopped willow and poplar material in the Waikato in autumn 2021

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Environment

Simon and de Klein 2021 - Do wetland or denitrifying bioreactor systems lead to pollution swapping

A report prepared by AgResearch Ltd for DairyNZ.

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Environment

Skibbereen Partner Farm Profile

Farm focus on improving data recording, reducing N losses, managing variable soils and a high water table.

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Environment

Smart Water Use - Short Form Action Plan

This brochure provides a simple five-step approach to save water and save money.

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Environment

Smart Water Use In The Farm Dairy

This guide looks at water use in and around the farm dairy, and whether there's potential for greater efficiency.

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Environment

Soil Moisture Trace Calculator

Use this calculator from a date where the soil is saturated to track the soil moisture levels as they change from rainfall, irrigation events, and evapotranspiration.

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Environment

Sprosen and Ledgard 2020 - N leaching from two high-rainfall dairy farms in the Lake Rotorua catchment

Report prepared by M Sprosen and S Ledgard for Bay of Plenty Regional Council, DairyNZ, Overseer Limited and Ministry For Primary Industries.

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Environment

St Andrews Farm Farm Efficiency Diagram

Annual summary of farm efficiency of farm management and production.

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Environment



Sustainable Dairying Annual Report - Protecting Our Environment

Sets out the dairy sector’s new goals and actions to improve waterways and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Climate

Swales et al 2016 - Sources of eroded soils and their contribution to long-term sedimentation in the Firth of Thames

A report prepared by NIWA for DairyNZ and Waikato Regional Council

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Environment

Tait Family Trust, Canterbury

A 2019 case study on environmental performance and the effect on production and profitability.

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Environment

Technical Guidelines for Constructed Wetland Treatment of Pastoral Farm Run-off

The guidelines cover general aspects of sizing and siting a wetland, construction, plant selection, wetland effectiveness, and maintenance.

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Environment

Testing of the Overseer plantain block model (July 2020)

Evidence that the model has been correctly implemented by comparing actual results with expected results.

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Environment

The 'Nitrate Catcher' - Design and installation of a bioreactor to monitor nitrate-N removal from drainage water - NIWA 2015

A report prepared by NIWA for DairyNZ and Living Water DoC-Fonterra Partnership.

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Environment

Tokoroa Pastoral, Waikato

A 2019 case study on environmental performance and the effect on production and profitability.

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Environment



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

Tracking Water Use

Use this form to record regular readings (weekly, monthly etc) from your water meters.

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Environment

Two Stage Channel Tipsheet

A guide to the two-stage channel agricultural waterway with floodplains created on either side of the central channel.

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Environment

Using empirical relationships to develop nutrient targets for periphyton management - NIWA client report 2019

Report prepared for Dairy NZ and Horizons Regional Council by NIWA.

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Environment

Waikato Research Reveals Benefits Of Using Catch Crops

Using a catch crop can reduce a farm’s nutrient footprint and increase homegrown feed yield.

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Environment

Waituna catchment - evaluation of nutrient mitigation options

A report prepared by NIWA for for DairyNZ Living Water - Department of Conservation - Fonterra Partnership (February 2018 revision).

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Environment

Waituna wetland evaluation of nutrient mitigation options - nitrogen and phosphorus filters - NIWA 2017

A report prepared by NIWA for for DairyNZ Living Water - Department of Conservation - Fonterra Partnership (February 2018 revision).

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Environment