Environment

Farm Environment Plans haven’t gone away

5 August 2020

The avalanche of environmental regulation coming farmers’ way has continued to gain momentum, evidenced by the Minister for the Environment’s Action for Healthy Waterways announcement on 28th May. Although the Covid-19 lockdown caused a number of statutory processes to be delayed, a State of National Emergency, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, does not affect requirements under the Resource Management Act (1991). This is because the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act (2002) does not affect the

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The Experts

Podcast: Covid-19 - An essential time to innovate

5 August 2020

In a world that has grown used to responding to change and volatility, Coronavirus has established a new gold standard for disruption. Orders to lockdown and shelter at home have impacted almost every facet of daily life as governments have sought to break the chain of transmission of the virus.

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The Experts

Ground Effect - Spring 2020

4 August 2020

We’re now into our sixth year of producing Ground Effect® and what an interesting five years it has been for farming!

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Advice

Challenges farmers face

30 July 2020

Coming out of the Covid lockdown, and not to mention drought for much of the country, there are many challenges that farmers face. How those challenges all interact with one another is a challenge in itself.

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