During the DCSA period reported improvements are as follows:
Commenting specifically on the exclusion of cattle from waterways, Fonterra Co-operative affairs MD Todd Muller, said: “In the past there has been some confusion about what needs to be fenced. But going forward we are getting really clear on this. It is now part of every farmer’s annual Farm Dairy and Environmental assessment and our conditions of supply require all Accord-type waterways to be fenced by the end of this year.”
Muller said Fonterra is right behind the new Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord because it binds together the entire industry in a targeted and transparent effort to do what is right for the protection of New Zealand’s water resources.
Source: Fonterra
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