Kombucha scoby found to lower E coli in dairy shed effluent
A product used to make kombucha has been found to reduce E coli in dairy shed effluent.
Van Dairy appoints Wolfie Wagner to address effluent concerns
Van Dairy has appointed a national agriculture consultant to help address regulatory concerns over its effluent management processes after a damning audit report was leaked last week.
Lawyer says fining dairy farm company for unlawful effluent is unfair. Judge disagrees
A Rotorua judge has rejected a lawyer’s claim that fining a dairy farm for an illegal effluent discharge would be unfairly punitive and would not deter others.
Dairy farm fined $48k for allowing effluent into stream
A Hawke’s Bay dairy farm has been fined for illegally discharging 80,000 litres of effluent into a stream which turned it green.
Bay of Plenty farmers fined $58,000 over dairy effluent discharges
The owner and manager of a Bay of Plenty farm have been fined a combined total of $58,100 for failing to properly manage dairy effluent discharges.