it wants a higher nitrate limit, a call being echoed by many of its farmers, including john sunckell.n on the farm. yaara: over the past few years, he's been working hard to reduce his use of fertilizer but says it will be impossible to meet the government's nitrate limit. yaara: how feasible is it for you to reach the 2.4 milligram per liter bottom line? john: there's nothing that we are doing today, or have an ability to do as far as nagement and system changes that will allow us to achieve that outcome. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ yaara: john is also a councilor for the canterbury region. today he's canvassing the views of other local dairy farmers at this field day. john: do you think you can continue this work and maintain that improvement and achieve what the government's looking at at the moment? it's probably a bit of a loaded question. male: the targets that are out there are not achievable. we can go lower. yes, we can, and we're trying that, but the levels that are proposed are prior to farming in canterbury. that's the reality. john: if we cannot meet those numbers, then we cannot meet those