Just proves how uninformed non dairy farmers can be, dairying would easily be now the most policed industry in NZ by far, I would challenge you to go and find 2% of dairy farms that do not have the waterways fenced, I have photo's of 3000 sheep in a significant waterway so much for low intensity, we have had our ground water regularly tested and have found Nitrogen no where near the accepted limits and yet we are deemed to be in a Red Zone with bad irrigation.
I only suggest to you is to get out there and talk to the farmers to see what impact they are having and what they are doing to mitigate this instead of just thinking the worst of all of us.
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