Our Dairy for Healthy Estuaries project recently hosted visits to two dairy farms. Planning and environmental health officers from local governments visited the farms to observe best practice in the protection of waterways. Project officer Niamh Rayne says that best-practice effluent management on dairy farms helps to protect downstream waterways … Read More
‘Brown gold’: best-practice effluent management for WA dairy farmers
Nutrient-rich manure (otherwise known as effluent) from dairy cows is a valuable resource to farmers. Through the Dairy for Healthy Estuaries project, Western Dairy and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (the department) have been working together to improve dairy effluent management in Western Australia (WA) and protect waterways. … Read More
Farmers and local governments growing confident in managing dairy effluent
Sustainable development within the dairy industry is top of mind for the Dairy for Healthy Estuaries team which has been working with local governments in the dairying regions of Western Australia (WA). When dairy farms are upgrading or building infrastructure, it is an opportunity to make sure dairy effluent does … Read More
Dairy farmers benchmarked against new code of practice
The latest review of dairy effluent management on South West farms by Western Dairy has shown considerable improvement in the areas of storing and reusing effluent since the last review in 2016. The review provided the opportunity to revisit benchmarking of effluent management across Healthy Estuaries WA catchments following upgrade … Read More
Digging deep to protect our waterways
Hidden deep in the soil of a dairy farmer’s paddock could be a solution to help look after waterways, prevent harmful algal blooms and improve farm productivity. Scott River dairy farmer Brad Boley is working with scientists at the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) and local catchment group … Read More