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Audit finds Van Dairy Group farms failed to meet operating effluent requirements – ABC News
An audit report reveals Van Dairy failed to upgrade its effluent systems to keep up with growing herd sizes, and allowed unqualified people to work on them.
Australia’s largest dairy farming business is facing fresh questions over its farm standards, after it was issued with environment protection notices and had an operating licence suspended because of overflowing effluent systems.
Key points:
- The Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority found 83 per cent of Van Dairy’s 23 farms failed to meet the effluent code
- The audit found the dairy farms have increased herd sizes but hadn’t appropriately scaled up its effluent system
- The business says the most urgent…
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