1. Hawkes Bay Federated Farmers
The Future of our Water
“Agriculture”
Will Foley
Farmer
President Hawkes Bay Federated Farmers
Friday June

2. Freshwater Forum My Farm in pictures
What we are doing and our challenges
Examining the Challenges and how farmers are meeting them
- Improving water quality
How are farmers working towards improving water management
The New Way Forward
What Needs to be changed to be successful

3. Farming in 3 different locations 1300 hectares Flat, Rolling, Medium to steep Hill in Central Hawkes Bay. Sheep, beef, forestry
My farm in pictures

4. Takapau – Rolling & medium hill
Nitrogen Loss
Allowable = 19.8kg
Actual = 5kg
Phosphate Loss
0.7kg/ha/yr
Waterways

5. Onga Onga – Flat Nitrogen Loss Allowable = 24.8kg/ha/year
Actual = 8kg/ha/year
Phosphate Loss
Actual 0.1kg/ha/yr
Intermittent stream

6. Wakarara, Jan 2017 – Medium to steep Hill
Dry January this year.
Nitrogen
Allowed= 15.66kg/ha/yr
Actual = 7kg/ha/yr
Phosphorous
Actual = 0.9kg/ha/yr
Erosion
Waterways

7. Wakarara – More normal scene

8. How Can Farmers improve water Quality
The steps of change
Awareness
Engagement
Focus on the values
Profitability
Focus on the hotspots
Celebrate success – Go around again

9. Examining the Challenges
Nitrogen – LUC, DIN
Phosphorus
Stock Exclusion
Water Quantity

10. Nitrogen Stock Class Fertiliser timing & application. Feed type
Efficiency of system.

11. Phosphorus Optimum soil Phosphate levels. Fertiliser type and timing
Stock exclusion
Stock class – cattle on wet soils.

12. Stock Exclusion

13. Innovation

14. The New Way Forward Community Catchment Partnerships
Focus on the Values rather than the numbers
Fund more monitoring and research – need to build trust
Engage the community and farmers in understanding impacts – Connect the good work that is currently ongoing
Prune the rules and beef up the partnerships
Non reg
Adaptive planning
Own the data and own the results don’t leave it to council or govt