Public Address | Cafe | Envirologue: The Power of N – Nutrient Caps and Peak Dairy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=338155#post338155 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=338155#post338155 Funny you bring up mussels....

Last year, mussel farmers in the Far North were reporting sea temperatures of 23 degrees C around the farms.

Large snapper caught in the Far North recently have been found to be almost inedible due to the flesh being 'slabby', gelatinous and white.

Almost as…

]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2015 11:06:58 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=338055#post338055 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=338055#post338055 rising sea Canute be ignored…
and then there’s this as well:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/67674016/sanford-blames-warming-sea-for-christchurch-plant-closure
Seafood processor Sanford has linked warmer sea to the likely closure of its mussel plant employing 232 people in Christchurch.
Chief executive Volker Kuntzsch said higher ocean temperatures had affected the growth of its farmed mussels in the…

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:38:02 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337679#post337679 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337679#post337679 It’s all about cows’ wee.
Yeah this is a NZcentric problem methinks. But its got to the point where worldwide action is required and I dont see that happening, at all.
Our collective esteemed leaders seem intent on prying into what we (the masses) are doing. Ya know just in…

]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:05:47 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337653#post337653 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337653#post337653 ...at least we can still share our seeds!
Community Seed Sharing Increasingly Branded as ‘Illegal’ – John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ breaks the news that seed sharing in the USA has been deemed not legal and certain organizations are prohibited from freely sharing seeds…
But will we be able to in a…

]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 07:15:11 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337635#post337635 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337635#post337635 I/S blogs about an influential ruling on river management.

Fish and Game environmental manager Corina Jordan said Judge Thompson of the Environmental Court had rejected the Council's approach to manage the overall quality of water by allowing a decline in some areas to be balanced out by an improvement in…

]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:26:55 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337555#post337555 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337555#post337555 a country cowed...
and no place to go it seems: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/67570837/the-calls-just-keep-rolling-in
Fallout from Fonterra's latest pay cheque announcement has seen at least one of its competitors inundated with calls.
Open Country Dairy chairman, Laurie Margrain, confirmed farmer interest in switching companies. He said OCD had received "quite a substantial number…

]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:22:33 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337551#post337551 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337551#post337551 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:49:35 +1300 Mary https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337549#post337549 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337549#post337549 Lilith...it has been happening in Canterbury for quite some time.
Read this: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/election-2014/issues/251404/environment-dairying-and-water
And this: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9488731/Health-leader-hits-back-over-nitrates

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:27:17 +1300 tussock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337548#post337548 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337548#post337548 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:22:15 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337545#post337545 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337545#post337545 Many of our waterways are already saturated with nitrogen (and its evil twin, phosphorus), such that regional councils are spending tens of millions of ratepayers’ – and taxpayers’ – dollars trying to clean them up. But we haven’t even begun to see the worst of it. Beneath every dairy district,… ]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:39:04 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337539#post337539 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337539#post337539 praise the lard...
And that’s the damage already done: future generations will grapple for decades with the insidious, lasting legacy of what we enjoyed as a dairy boom.
Don't forget the mountains of unsold butter we had to eat back last century... it could happen again, perhaps they could be…

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:55:31 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337536#post337536 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337536#post337536 Great post, thanks. Two relevant news stories today:

1) Farmer upset about nutrient loading requirements dumps truck of manure outside regional council.

Council boss explains the situation (audio, 3 mins).

2) Farming advocate clutches at every straw.

Federated Farmers President William Rolleston argued the idea of imposing a moratorium on…

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:51:48 +1300 Rachel Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337530#post337530 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337530#post337530 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:09:57 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337529#post337529 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337529#post337529 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:52:08 +1300 Rachel Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337517#post337517 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337517#post337517 Generally a great article. Some thoughts.

Firstly, Horizons 'One Plan' is good on paper but is simply not working in reality. There is continual interference being run by the farmer-stacked councillors. In reality, they are consenting in a manner that is breaching their own One Plan on a daily basis.…

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:46:27 +1300 Ana Simkiss https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337515#post337515 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337515#post337515 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:16:43 +1300 Ben Schrader https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337514#post337514 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337514#post337514 A great, if sobering, piece.

Farmers like to promote the idea they’re stewards of the land and even even improving it, but the dairy boom shows this is bollocks and that they're in fact slowly poisoning it to death. It’s a rip, shit and bust mentality that has characterised Pakeha…

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:14:02 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337513#post337513 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-power-of-n-nutrient-caps-and/?p=337513#post337513 Discussion from blog post.

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