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Ecologist: Herd sizes must be diminished 12-fold to combat Canterbury nitrate levels

Publish Date
Wed, 8 Jun 2022, 12:35PM
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Ecologist: Herd sizes must be diminished 12-fold to combat Canterbury nitrate levels

Publish Date
Wed, 8 Jun 2022, 12:35PM

Freshwater ecologist Mike Joy has been forthright in his opinion about the nitrate levels in Canterbury waters, stating that herd sizes and unsuitable farm land is a major cause of our high nitrate levels in our water. 

He's proposing that our herd sizes need to be diminished 12-fold to be able to combat the levels, even suggesting a government buy back of land to reverse the effects in Canterbury.

Mike Joy joined John MacDonald on Canterbury Mornings.

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