Environment
New regs for winter grazing
James Hoban says farmers shouldn’t ignore the new winter grazing rules even though they mean more work – on farm and on paper – but he does wonder how successful the new rules will be.
Science and the critique
Jacqueline Rowarth responds to the Minister of Agriculture's assertion that scientists' criticism of regenerative agriculture is "just misinformation."
Planting for stock food and shelter
Most New Zealand farms are very efficient grass factories, some are treeless, grass deserts, but all could be made slightly more productive by planting some fodder trees, Peter Arthur writes.
Tools rather than rules
A project in Southland is mapping soils and landscapes to provide leaching and emissions data to help farmers come up with plans to meet their own and government-sanctioned environmental targets.
By Lynda Gray.
A new wetland tool
There’s a new tool out to assess whether or not areas of farmed land include ‘official’ wetlands.
NZ pastoral soils rich in carbon
An expert scientist warns against looking at overseas models when searching for soil solutions. Jo Cuttance writes.
Kiwi for Kiwis
A scheme to return kiwi to farms to the west of Wellington is on target. Sarah Horrocks reports.
Hearts of oak
East Coast farmer Peter Arthur loves his oaks, and he’s planted many over the years.
Ag emissions: How we got here
To keep the global average temperature well below 2deg C above pre-industrial levels, while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5deg C.
Guilt forests invade
Emissions offsets allow polluters to do bad things to the planet, as long as they plant a tree to remove the guilt. By Peter Andrew.