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Fonterra discharging nitrate-heavy water onto 'ghost farms'

Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies.

Whareroa , New-zealand-general , New-zealand , Te-awamutu , Edgecumbe , Seadown , Waikato , Kapuni , Maungaturoto , Bruntwood , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire

Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water onto 'ghost farms'


Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water onto 'ghost farms'
Farah Hancock
© RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod
Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies.
© RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly
It was on his runs that Neville Ross first noticed cows were slowly disappearing from local farms. In 2017 most of the stock vanished from two farms. A year later they disappeared from a third Cambridge farm.
"Some places you realise there's no animals - at all - for like a year."
Neville's not a farmer, he's a cop and has been part of Waikato's police force for 42 years. Despite being a detective sergeant, when the working dairy farms became ghost farms, it didn't weigh on his mind. All three were owned by Fonterra. If it was a case of cattle-rustling or alien abduction, the multi-national dairy giant would have sounded the alarm.

Whareroa , New-zealand-general , New-zealand , Te-awamutu , Edgecumbe , Seadown , Waikato , Kapuni , Maungaturoto , Bruntwood , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire

Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water on to 'ghost farms'


Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water on to 'ghost farms'
8 Feb, 2021 06:53 PM
17 minutes to read
Buxton Farm is a 'ghost farm' used to spread wastewater. Photo / RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly
RNZ
By Farah Hancock for RNZ
Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies.
It was on his runs that Neville Ross first noticed cows were slowly disappearing from local farms. In 2017 most of the stock vanished from two farms. A year later they disappeared from a third Cambridge farm.
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Whareroa , New-zealand-general , New-zealand , Te-awamutu , Edgecumbe , Seadown , Waikato , Kapuni , Maungaturoto , Bruntwood , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire