Dirty rivers dead dogs and dairy farmers.

[Hitcher]

+1 on that, just saw the artical and the rock snot is washin off the rocks and ending up on the banks of the river down stream !
Shame, but will be keeping my hound away from her favorite playground from here on !

There's no "rock snot" (Didymosphenia geminata) in any North Island rivers (yet) and the Waikanae is no exception.

[sinfull]

There's no "rock snot" (Didymosphenia geminata) in any North Island rivers (yet) and the Waikanae is no exception.

Not like you to be pedantic lol. Snot nice whatever you like to call it, these "potentially toxic blue-green algal mats" that are detaching from rocks and washing up on the rivers edge downstream !

[TimeOut]

Ah there is a couple of problems there, one being the usage of water and the stupid structure of the consents, or I understand that is why dairy farmers must irrigate when it is hosing with rain, now my admittedly limited understanding of the aquifers and their replenishment makes seem a stupid idea, as does the irrigation of the roads but thats another story..

The irrigators feed from the canals have to give notice sometimes more than 24 hours before any change in water take, so sometimes they get caught out and have to irrigate in the rain.

[puddytat]

I was reading about the demise of arable farming in N.Z in one of the Farmy papers we get & they were bemoaning the fact that even in a time of record prices that they were not recieving any more for thier crops.
What freaked me out a tad was that becuse Palm Kernel waste was in the news regarding the ammount being imported etc & a supposed shortage of feed in many areas that the price was being driven up to around $450/tonne.....when there are Kiwi farmers who were struggling to sell feed grain at $350. WTF.
Why the fuck is Fonterror promoting an import from a dodgey industry in even dodgier countries.....is it because they buy so much of our powder?

[JMemonic]

The irrigators feed from the canals have to give notice sometimes more than 24 hours before any change in water take, so sometimes they get caught out and have to irrigate in the rain.

The ones I often see and are thinking about would not be drawing from canals but bores, and a couple of them have told me in Nrt Canterbury their permit means the have to draw water every day at a certain rate, rain hail or shine, bureaucratic stupidity really.