Environment
Cheaper by the thousands
Life-long tree grower Peter Arthur offers advice on tree selection, costs and care.
Plant some pakeha trees
Broad-spreading deciduous exotic trees offer stock the chance of shade in a scorching summer, while avoiding it in winter, Hawke’s Bay farmer Peter Arthur writes.
Running the numbers
Marlborough farmer Joanna Grigg gets counting farm emissions and gets a pleasant surprise.
And now, Freshwater Farm Plans
Freshwater Farm Plans require a better understanding of how water moves through a whole catchment, Charlotte Glass writes.
Measurement inaccurate
Global leaders are soon to continue negotiations around tackling climate change and Beef + Lamb New Zealand is pushing hard for the adoption of more appropriate metrics to measure greenhouse gas emissions.