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Will money really grow on trees?
Farmers have been enjoying strategic planning and business management in their heads but the pressure is on to get that planning onto paper. In a…
AgriMagic sponsors SIADF inaugural Smart Farming Award
Backed by 30 years of independent science from AgResearch, MitAgator helps farmers reduce contaminant losses that impact water quality. As agriculture has become more sophisticated,…
FEP template aims to ‘quieten noise’
The plan is the work of the Canterbury farm consultancy Agri Magic. Under the LWRP, all farms requiring land use consent to farm must produce…
Cost of compliance or point of differentiation?
Our aim is to help you identify the things you can do in your farming business to manage your environmental impact whilst still allowing flexibility…
Newsletter December 2018
After about February the budget needed a complete rewrite and by July things were looking rather different to how I had imagined them (sound familiar?)….
Agri Magic farm environment plan template approved
Under the LWRP, all farms requiring a land use consent to farm must produce an environmental plan to support it. Environment Canterbury Chief Executive Bill…
The Farmer’s Voice: Nutrient Management
A key value that farmers share with all of New Zealand is environmental stewardship, and farmers understand they have a responsibility to use New Zealand’s…
Protecting innovation to protect New Zealand’s future
Kiwi ingenuity is at the heart of our Primary Sector too, but it requires room for independent thinking. We squash innovation when we tell people…
Newsletter December 2017
Although the farmers we cross paths with have always held strong stewardship values it is now a requirement that we demonstrate this to others outside…
Changing system, changing nutrient budget
Altering your farm system will almost certainly affect your nutrient budget but it might not be the effect you think. Understanding how farm system changes will affect nutrient losses isn’t something farmers are used to calculating as a matter of course…