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Council meetings, agendas and minutes
- Find out when Waikato Regional Council's council and committee meetings are on.
- Read all the council and committe meeting agendas and minutes.
Monitoring our environment
Get the most current results from our regional air and water monitoring sites:
Water quality - other regional rivers and streams
Air quality (fine particle levels)
Events
Waikato Region Field day 2019
Come and visit Dennley Farms Limited - learn about creating value inside the farm gate, Minimising losses, Best management and more. Download the flyer here [PDF, 302 KB].
Publications and media
Smart-phone app
DairyNZ has recently released a new smart-phone app to help farmers apply effluent more efficiently. The Dairy Effluent Spreading Calculator app provides dairy farmers and effluent spreading contractors with guidance around nutrient application rates based on the depth and type of effluent they apply.
The app allows for nutrient application rates for dairy effluent to be easily calculated, based on a number of customisable inputs so effluent nutrients can be applied with greater precision. Click on this link to find out more about the Dairy NZ smartphone app.
Podcasts
Click on the file below, and listen to our councillors Stu Kneebone and Norm Barker talking about land and water policy development on Radio New Zealand's Country Life programme.
What direction does the water flow.mp3 (Right click to download and play this mp3 file on your computer)
Farmcare newsletters
Read current and recent editions of Farmcare, our supplement magazine for the Waikato region's farming community.
Fertile Ground
Waikato Regional Council partnered up with AgResearch and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry at Fieldays 2009 to support the premier feature "My Land, Our Environment". The agencies' joint stand "Fertile Ground" showcased a range of initiatives designed to help farmers be more profitable and environmentally sustainable. The displays included footage of how agencies and farmers are working together. You can view the video footage.
Healthy Farms, Healthy Rivers updates and newsletters
Keep up to date with what's going on in your catchment area, with Healthy Farms, Healthy Rivers updates and newsletters.
Guides, manuals and factsheets
Farm management factsheets
A series of factsheets that can help you sustain a healthy farm and a healthy environment.
Best Management Practices for Growing Maize on Dairy Farms
Best management practices for growing maize on dairy farms
Published by the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR)
Looking after natural features on farms
Looking after natural features on farms: what should my first priortiy be? (1mb)
Guidance and documentation available through DairyNZ.
DairyNZ provides information on everything from designing and building effluent systems to management, operation and compliance. The goal of this is to maximise the reuse farm dairy effluent (FDE) nutrients on pasture, while minimising adverse impacts on the environment.
Read the farm dairy effluent (FDE) design code of practice here.
The dairy effluent code of practice was developed with input from Waikato Regional Council. This document is supported as the standard for a dairy effluent system. It guides designers through the process of developing a FDE system, from initial site investigation through to commissioning of the final system. It provides a general design approach, including lists of things that must be taken into consideration.
Institute of Professional Engineers - farm dairy effluent system design and construction
The Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) and Dairy NZ have worked together to develop good practice guidelines for professional engineers and other technical specialists who are involved in the design and construction of farm dairy effluent systems.
- Practice Note 21: Farm Dairy Effluent Ponds (2017).
- Practice Note 27: Farm Dairy Infrastructure (2017).
- Practice Note 29: Dairy Housing (2015).
Other publications on this website
Waikato Regional Council publications
The Waikato Regional Council produces a wide range of publications on issues in the Waikato region. Check out the full range of our guidelines, reports, policy documents, pamphlets and information sheets. Most of these publications can be freely downloaded from this website, and print copies can be made available.