Most farmers adopt good practices, one reader writes. Photo / Getty Images
My beef cattle are relishing the warm weather this season and the increased grass growth.
In harsher wetter winters it is more difficult to prevent stock from pugging paddocks and run-off from entering water ways.
Most farmers adopt common practices that limit these problems, such as tree planting to
capture run-off, and keep stock and crops well away from water ways. Some farmers are building small dams to capture flood water and sediment and slow its entry into streams.
Despite these huge improvements there are always some who continue to let down the industry.
The images of Southland cows wallowing in mud and faecal matter recently is evidence of poor practice, not common practice.
