Good management practice
Each fact sheet below highlights an area where adopting good management practices can have a positive effect on water quality. If you'd like more information on any of these areas, please contact one of our Land Sustainability Officers for some free, one-on-one advice.
Overview
Factsheet - Farmers' Rough Guide to Environment Southland's Rules
Factsheet - Focus Activity Farm Plan
Factsheet - Farm Environmental Management Plans
Case Study - Stop your farm going down the drain
Excluding stock from waterbodies
Factsheet - Excluding stock from waterbodies
Riparian management
Factsheet - Creating Riparian Zones
Factsheet - Design and Cost of Fencing
Factsheet - Identifying weeds in riparian zones
Factsheet - Maintaining Riparian Zones
Factsheet - Pest Animals in Riparian Zones
Factsheet - Riparian Plants for Southland
Factsheet - Weed and sediment removal for drainage maintenance - contractors
Factsheet - Weed and sediment removal for drainage maintenance - farmers
Factsheet - Techniques for weed control
Nutrient management
Factsheet - Nutrient Management
Factsheet - Artificial drainage
Factsheet - Deep drainage of nitrogen
Factsheet - General good management practices - Applies to all physiographic zones
Factsheet - Lateral and deep drainage
Case Study - Stop your nutrients going underground
Factsheet - Consent advice for replacing your dairy effluent discharge
Winter grazing
Factsheet - Critical Source Areas
Factsheet - Intensive winter grazing
