Greenpeace water report calls for cow decrease.
A Greenpeace report linking intensive livestock farming with gastrointestinal bugs and other disorders is extreme and unfair, critics say.
The Opportunities Party also launched a water report on Wednesday, releasing a plan for preserving waterways.
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– Another 30 to 60 years worth of nitrate is still making its way into the groundwater system, which will effect future generations.
Nitrate is hard to remove and possibly linked to cancer and blue baby syndrome.
Irrigation isn’t just about dairy.
It supports a range of land uses, especially horticulture.
The Havelock North water contamination outbreak had nothing to do with dairy farming and farmers who had signed up to the Ruataniwha scheme were horticultural enterprises, arable and sheep and beef farmers.
"The per litre price will be determined by the market so ensuring the commercial allocation goes to the best economic use."