How we can help
Integrated farming is something many farmers already live every day. We use an Integrated Farm Planning framework to capture it — and it doesn't stop at the farm gate. Our work extends into communities, catchments and beyond. We believe in collaborative solutions.
Our framework places people at the core. Everyone has a "why" — a reason they're up at 3:30am for milking, out mustering the back block, or working through the paperwork pile. We help farmers understand that why, and build a plan around it.
Our role is to support you: we help formulate your integrated farm plan using your own understanding of your system, balancing productive, social and environmental sustainability together
Our services
Integrated Farm Planning Framework
Freshwater Farm Plan certification and auditing
NZFAP+ & Gold audit support and plans
ZQ audit support
Freshwater biodiversity assessments
Land biodiversity assessment and monitoring
Environmental risk assessment
Integrated decision making
Catchment and water policy advice
Good decisions need good information. Training and credibility matter — here are some of the programmes we're part of:
Nutrient Management Adviser Certification Programme
The Nutrient Management Adviser Certification Programme (NMACP) was set up by the industry to lift the knowledge and integrity behind nutrient management advice. Read more about NMACP or find a Certified Nutrient Management Adviser near you.
Green House Gas Advisers
Farm carbon numbers are only useful if they're accurate and defensible. Being an accredited GHG adviser means the emissions calculations, reporting, and reduction advice you get are backed by recognised training — not guesswork. As carbon reporting requirements become more common for farm businesses, that gives you a plan you can stand behind with processors, banks, or regulators if it's ever questioned.
Freshwater Farm Plan Certifier and Auditor
Being a certified Freshwater Farm Plan Certifier and Auditor means completing the formal training and assessment the regulations require — so your farm plan is checked by someone held to the same standard regulators expect of the whole system. Certifiers and Auditors are listed on the national register, so you can verify them independently