{"id":49193,"date":"2021-08-27T13:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=49193"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:12:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T02:12:27","slug":"backdown-on-winter-grazing-rules-delaying-the-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/backdown-on-winter-grazing-rules-delaying-the-inevitable\/","title":{"rendered":"Backdown on winter grazing rules \u2018delaying the inevitable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace is today condemning a Government decision to reverse rules that would protect water by regulating intensive winter grazing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Winter grazing churns paddocks to deep mud because intensive numbers of stock are confined to small feeding areas for longer than the soil and water can sustain. This mud washes into drains, streams and rivers, posing a risk to human health and the environment.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Government has proposed changes to regulations initially designed to give effect to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. These changes include getting rid of rules to prevent pugging damage from intensive winter grazing and instead recommending farmers take \u2018reasonably practicable\u2019 steps to reduce pugging.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says today\u2019s document shows that instead of facing up to the problem of too many cows, the Government is simply delaying the inevitable.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe pugging and water pollution caused by intensive winter grazing are an obvious result of having too many cows on land that can\u2019t support them,\u201d says Rose.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cFrom nitrate contamination in drinking water to slimy, lifeless rivers, the effects of New Zealand\u2019s six million dairy cows are plain to see. Fonterra itself has said we\u2019ve reached \u2018peak milk\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIf the Government is serious about keeping land, water and communities healthy, the only option is to lower cow stocking rates and support farmers to move away from intensive dairying towards more diverse, regenerative and organic farming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Recent footage and photos from freshwater campaigner Geoff Reid shows cows in Southland and Otago crammed in paddocks churned to mud, with sediment washing into rivers.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/08\/7de1e275-dsc8795sdzdf-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Recent footage and photos from freshwater campaigner Geoff Reid shows cows in Southland and Otago crammed in paddocks churned to mud, with sediment washing into rivers.\" class=\"wp-image-49194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/08\/7de1e275-dsc8795sdzdf-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/08\/7de1e275-dsc8795sdzdf-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/08\/7de1e275-dsc8795sdzdf-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/08\/7de1e275-dsc8795sdzdf-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/08\/7de1e275-dsc8795sdzdf-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/08\/7de1e275-dsc8795sdzdf-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Southland has seen a steep rise in the number of dairy cows during the past few decades. In 1990 there were around 38,000 cows. By 2019 there were 636,000 cows &#8211; a 1584% increase.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rose says the New Zealand environment can\u2019t carry that many dairy cows.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWhen cows are kept on winter crops until the soil is bare, there is no vegetation to hold soil in place or suck up nitrogen-rich cow urine. The run-off then contaminates rivers and groundwater, leading to the high levels of nitrate contamination in drinking water that we&#8217;re seeing in parts of the country with intensive dairying.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cNitrate contamination in drinking water has been linked to health effects from bowel cancer to premature births. By giving up on intensive winter grazing regulations, this Government is putting dairy profits above human health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is calling on the Government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, lower cow stocking rates and invest in supporting farmers to transition to regenerative organic farming.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of taking action, the Government has listened to a minority group of vocal dairy lobbyists. Backing away from regulating intensive dairying doesn\u2019t provide certainty to farmers, environmentalists or regional council regulators. Nor does it support farmers that are already doing the right thing by their animals, land and communities,\u201d says Rose.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe can have a future where farms work within the limits of the land, with thriving rural communities that benefit from healthy soil and clean water. 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