Benefits of good effluent management include: A healthy pond is one that has: CHECKLIST Daily Weekly to monthly Six-monthly to annually We’re here to help you get the best out of your effluent management For more advice on how to maximise your effluent pond and how to get the best quality effluent back onto your […]
Are you experiencing problems with your effluent pond because of record rainfall? There are several factors that might be contributing to this problem, and we’ve outlined some below. There may be a simple solution to help you manage an unexpected capacity, but you need to act quickly to avoid compliance issues with effluent polluting waterways. […]
If your effluent pond can’t store enough, you risk over-irrigating your soil, resulting in surface runoff or direct drainage – bad for your soil and plants, and extremely bad if it results in non-compliance. On the other hand, if your effluent pond is too large, you’ll be maintaining a system that’s bigger than requirements, resulting […]
On the other side, Dairy farming is very susceptible to dry weather, and droughts. It’s at these times the pasture can really do with a good dose of nutrients. Effluent, really well mixed with water, is a great tool to maximising pasture growth, and it’s pretty cost effective since you’re producing it all year round! […]
Making sure the effluent pond is the correct size helps to ensure efficient and sustainable effluent management. If your pond can’t store enough effluent, you risk over-irrigating your soil, resulting in surface runoff or direct drainage – bad for your soil and plants, and extremely bad if it results in non-compliance. On the other hand, […]
Let’s not be casual about safety on the farm. We must take all practicable steps to prevent staff, contractors or even visitors to the farm from having a tragedy. Due to the possible severe consequences and ever increasing importance it is critical that farmers, regardless of their role, take an honest assessment as to ‘what’ […]
While there isn’t much you can do about the smell of effluent (after all, it is literally made of crap), there are things you can do to help lower the pond odour. There have been several cases in New Zealand of farms installing effluent ponds close to neighbours, resulting in lowered property prices and complaints […]
Contract milker Vincent Trabasas explains how spreading effluent across the whole farm is helping Todd Dairies grow more grass, reduce in-shed feed and make better use of its nutrients.
The decision to start spreading effluent across his whole farm has been a huge success for Jamie Harris.
On-Farm in the Bay of Plenty with Liz Hodgson. Hear how Liz, reduced stress
and saved over $30K on fertiliser.
To spread effluent further down the farm, Alan invested in a Nevada 12,800L Tandem Slurry Tanker to complete his effluent system design.
Stephen knows that any investment is worth researching if you want the right results. This proved true when his dairy farm needed additional effluent storage…
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