date:Feb 21, 2013
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is right behind the dairy industrys new Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord (SDWA), having spent the last nine years working to improve water quality through the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord (DCSA).
During the DCSA period reported improvements are as follows:
- Farms with Stock excluded from waterways from 67% to 87%
- Farms with race crossing points with bridges or culverts from 92% to 99%
- Farms with dairy effluent treated and discharged in complianc