Response 197271398

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1. Submitter name

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PG&CM Mitchell

Section 2: Defining lower intensity farming for the purpose of an exception

1. Do you consider stocking rate (ie, SU/ha) is an appropriate measure to define lower intensity farming or do you recommend a different approach?

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Yes
No
A different approach
Please explain your answer here
Yes, but depends on how they are farmed ie are the intensively mobbed stocked using temporary electric fencing, or given a larger area to graze

2. What do you think is the appropriate stocking rate threshold (in SU/ha) for the definition of lower intensity farming?

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below 10SU/ha

3. Do you think there should be different stocking rate thresholds for beef cattle and deer, or one threshold for all stock types?

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Different stocking rates
One threshold for all stock types
Unsure

4. Is there any other information that you think we should consider in relation to developing an exception for lower intensity farming?

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Need to consider the area average eg average Southland SU could be higher or lower in certain areas of Southland

7. Is there information that is readily available to farmers and councils to support the implementation of an exception based on stocking rates?

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Yes
No
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Section 3: Using certified freshwater farm plans

8. Do you consider that certified freshwater farm plans should be used as the basis for an exception, or an alternative, to the map and associated requirements to exclude stock?

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Yes
No
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Please explain your answer here
Every farm and how they are farmed is unique, a certified freshwater farm plan is a fairer way to do this than a blanket approach

Section 4: Stock exclusion for natural wetlands

10. Do you consider that an exception for lower intensity farming systems, or the alternative approach using certified freshwater farm plans, should apply more broadly to natural wetlands?

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Yes
No
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11. Are there any situations where any exception, or the alternative approach using certified freshwater farm plans, should not apply?

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Yes
No
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Section 5: Other issues

13. Do you consider the definition of a permanent fence is too prescriptive, and that other fence types should be included?

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Yes
No
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14. Do you agree that amendments to the stock exclusion regulations should clarify that the map and associated requirements to exclude stock do not apply on slopes that are greater than 10 degrees?

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Agree
Disagree
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