Advocacy update
We are continuing to work as part of the Land and Water Forum. A paper is being prepared to meet the Minister's objectives to cap further nutrient discharge and halt waterway degradation. Once this is public we will share this with our members - if you would like more information on this please contact Andrew Curtis - acurtis@irrigationnz.co.nz.
Along with other Primary Sector Partners we have also been working to launch the Good Farming Practice Action Plan for Water Quality last week.
The aim of the plan is for all farmers and growers to develop a Farm Environment Plan over time, and for those using irrigation to reduce nutrient discharge and use water efficiently as part of these plans. Many irrigators will already have Farm Environment Plans in place.
The next step planned is to look at how to achieve greater consistency in Farm Environment Plan measures and templates to make future reporting easier and allow each farmer or grower to just have one plan in place.
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