nitrogen

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says complex and costly environmental rules can be ineffective

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says complex and costly environmental rules can be ineffective

There may be as much as a 20% cost saving using clover over nitrogen fertiliser, but animal welfare issues will need attention. And will the push for agritech really raise exports?

There may be as much as a 20% cost saving using clover over nitrogen fertiliser, but animal welfare issues will need attention. And will the push for agritech really raise exports?

Katharine Moody on Government options for bottom trawling, pokies, synthetic nitrogen, agricultural emissions and the Billion Trees policy

Katharine Moody on Government options for bottom trawling, pokies, synthetic nitrogen, agricultural emissions and the Billion Trees policy

Farmers committed to scientific solutions that achieve the goals of the Zero Carbon Act, ignoring the sideline sledging by the politicised green lobbyists. Active strategic change is required in pasture and animal management

Farmers committed to scientific solutions that achieve the goals of the Zero Carbon Act, ignoring the sideline sledging by the politicised green lobbyists. Active strategic change is required in pasture and animal management

The hits the new Government keeps making on farming have the look of scaremongering, ignoring the vast amount of long-term remediation already underway

The hits the new Government keeps making on farming have the look of scaremongering, ignoring the vast amount of long-term remediation already underway

Mike Joy says we are on a collision course between the demands of rising populations and the ability of our food resources to sustain themselves - and nitrogen use is the fault line

Mike Joy says we are on a collision course between the demands of rising populations and the ability of our food resources to sustain themselves - and nitrogen use is the fault line

Fed Farmers dairy chairman admits NZ dairy farmers are among the world's most indebted, says the effects of the Brexit are up in the air and diverts attention away from nitrogen in the fresh water debate

Fed Farmers dairy chairman admits NZ dairy farmers are among the world's most indebted, says the effects of the Brexit are up in the air and diverts attention away from nitrogen in the fresh water debate

Geoff Simmons reviews the recent decisions surrounding the Ruataniwha dam and the Tukituki catchment

Geoff Simmons reviews the recent decisions surrounding the Ruataniwha dam and the Tukituki catchment