Canterbury Farming, November 2017

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November 2017 Edition

INSIDE It’s showtime THIS EDITION North Canterbury’s Delwyn Henrikson is all concentration during his winning effort in the speed shearing at the Ellesmere A&P Associations’ Spring Show in Leeston.

The Ellesmere Spring Show in October kicked off the Canterbury and West Coat A&P Show season, with the biggest of them all, the Canterbury A&P Show, taking centre stage this month. Canterbury Farming profiles the 2017 Canterbury A&P Show in a special liftout in this edition.

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Farmers ready to work with new Government

Farmers seem to be taking a cautious approach to the announcement of the country’s new Government.

❚ by Kent Caddick New Zealand First has chosen to go into partnership with Labour and the Greens in a coalition arrangement for the next three years, with Labour’s Jacinda Ardern in the role of Prime Minister.

Federated Farmers National President Katie Milne said they are ready to engage and work with the new coalition government.

“Federated Farmers is looking forward to getting around the table and talking about the issues which affect our members and farmers,” Milne said.

“The primary sector is the backbone of the New Zealand economy so we anticipate the new government will be mindful of that when formulating policy.”

Milne said it was time to cast aside the division which fuelled the election campaign and remember that the countr y’s future prosperity and economic health depended on all New Zealanders sharing a common ground.

“Whether you’re a townie or cockie when it comes down to it, we all have the same hopes and aspirations for our families and communities. Let’s give the new government

a chance and let’s hope they can make decisions based on unity and mutual trust.”

She said the Federation was willing to share its industry influence, expertise and insight with the new government and is encouraging members and farmers to look ahead with a positive outlook.

“There’s undoubtedly challenges ahead for those tasked with governing the country.

One thing the new government can be sure of is that Federated Farmers is ready to play its part as a primary sector leader and voice of New Zealand farming.”

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Primary sector ‘in good shape’ FROM PAGE 1

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We are very lucky to have such a robust and profitable agriculture sector, responsible for 75% of the country’s total goods exports.

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Hoggard said the Ministry for Primary Industries’ latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report shows exports reached $38.1 billion for the year to June 2017, up 2.4% on the year before.

“The country’s largest export, dairy, has rebounded significantly after several years of a downturn with increased exports of over 10%.

“I’m sure the new coalition government will be delighted to know the primary sector, the backbone of the nation’s economy, is in good shape and still a significant contributor to the country’s coffers,” Hoggard said.

“Dairy is obviously resurgent and it is anticipated the primary sector as whole will continue to perform with export value set to exceed $41 billion by next June.

“That’s an incremental rise of 9.2% and this just emphasises the significance of agriculture to growing our overall economy.

“When the new government sits down and closely analyses the value of our primary sector to the wider economy they will acknowledge that we are very lucky to have such a robust and profitable agriculture sector, responsible for 75% of the country’s total goods exports.”

IrrigationNZ Chief Executive Andrew Curtis is delighted the proposed ‘water tax’ seems to be off the table.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that during the coalition

Cautiously optimistic: IrrigationNZ Chief executive Andrew Curtis is pleased a ‘water tax’ seems to be off the table after coalition negotiations. agreement negotiations NZ First leader Winston Peters had been very firm in his opposition to the water tax.

“Irrigation is essential for the production of many foods and helps keep food affordable,” Curtis said.

“Investment in irrigation infrastructure improves our resilience by helping protect New Zealanders from drought related food shortages and food price spikes.

“As proposed a water tax would not be an effective way to improve rivers as the regions with the least swimmable rivers, Auckland, Northland and Waikato, would receive minimal funding as they have little irrigation. ‘’We carried out a survey of 120 irrigators which found that a water tax could have many unintended conse-

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Irrigation is essential for the production of many foods and helps keep food affordable.

Andrew Curtis IrrigationNZ Chief Executive

quences including reducing investment in more modern irrigation equipment and systems that manage water more efficiently and reducing spending in rural communities,” Curtis said.

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Rethink on waterway fencing needed New research on keeping stock out of rivers and streams requires an urgent and radical rethink of the current national riparian fencing strategy, according to Fish & Game.

❚ by Kent Caddick Currently, streams wider than a metre and deeper than 30cm must be fenced to keep stock out of them, but this rule doesn’t apply to smaller waterways.

However, New Zealand scientific research just published in the international magazine Journal of Environmental Quality questions the current approach.

The research by Lincoln University Professor Dr Richard McDowell, the principal scientist for AgResearch-Invermay’s Environment Group and chief scientist for the National Science Challenge, has found the smaller, exempt streams actually account for the majority (77%) of the contamination load in a catchment.

His research says as a result, not requiring smaller streams to be fenced may simply be undermining efforts to stop declining water quality.

Fish & Game chief executive Bryce Johnson said the research paper makes for sobering reading.

“This is an extremely important piece of research,” Johnson said.

“We now have the science to show what we have long suspected that small waterways are crucially important to the environment and need to be properly protected from contamination.”

He said the research also calls into question the dairy industry’s claim that it is fencing 90% of the country’s waterways.

“Thanks to Dr McDowell’s research, this figure no longer stands close scrutiny. The dairy industry is only talking about 90% of larger waterways which have to be fenced anyway, not the critically important smaller ones where most of the pollution is occurring.”

More fencing: Fish & Game chief executive bryce Johnson says more needs to be done to fence off smaller streams to improve water quality.

Johnson said these smaller streams are vital to the environment.

“They flow into the bigger streams and rivers and Dr McDowell’s research shows that by the time they join up with bigger streams, much of the pollution has already occurred.”

He said protecting these small steams need to be an urgent priority and there is now emphatic public demand for better water quality.

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Mycoplasma bovis update As you may be aware, seven properties have now tested positive for the Mycoplasma bovis (M. Bovis) disease.

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Following a comprehensive surveillance and testing programme, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has decided to depopulate the known infected properties.

This means all cattle on five of the seven infected properties will be sent for meat processing and a programme put in place to decontaminate the farms. The two remaining properties have had their small number of animals culled already.

MPI estimates approximately 4,000 animals will be affected.

We know this will be a difficult time for the owners, sharemilkers and workers on the in-

fected properties as well as the rural communities where the farms are located.

The decision will obviously have significant implications for the farm businesses and the rural communities affected by this disease outbreak and we wish to see all available support and compensation provided to those affected.

We believe these measures are necessary to protect New Zealand cattle farms against this disease.

New Zealand takes its biosecurity very seriously and is one of the few countries in the world where this disease isn’t endemic so

that’s why the industry is willing to support such significant measures to keep it that way.

MPI has told us that farms under official movement restrictions, but where the disease has not been confirmed, will not be depopulated at this stage. These controls essentially put the farms in quarantine lock down.

Any unauthorised movement of stock and other risk goods is legally prohibited. MPI believes any risk is being mitigated by these legal movement controls.

MPI has carried out tens of thousands of tests of the infected, neighbouring and trace properties as well as district-wide testing in Waimate and Waitaki, and nationwide testing of bulk milk. The only positive results so far have been on the seven infected properties We encourage beef farmers to follow the recommendations on stock movement, keep an eye out for symptoms in your herd, and ensure the NAIT records for stock you buy,

sell or move are accurate and complete.

We also urge friends, family, colleagues or neighbours with any concerns to get in touch with B+LNZ by calling 0800 BEEF LAMB (0800 233 352).

If you have specific concerns about cattle in your herd, call your vet first. If your vet advises, then call the Exotic Pest and Disease Hotline at MPI: 0800 80 99 66.

MPI is sending out regular updates on the situation. To receive the updates by email, contact MBovis2017_Liaison@mpi.govt.nz.

If you or anyone you know would like support or needs someone to talk with, please contact the M. bovis Farmer Support Line on 027 444 9380 for a chat, or email MBovis2017_Welfare@mpi.govt.nz All calls are free and confidential.

For more information, please visit: www.mpi.govt. nz/protection-and-response/responding/alerts/ mycoplasma-bovis

Feds say decision to destroy stock is logical ❚❚by Kent Caddick

Federated Farmers is supporting the Ministry for Primary Industries’ plan to depopulate properties where the debilitating cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has been found.

Federated Farmers President Katie Milne said the decision to destroy stock which have been in contact with affected animals is the only option which will ensure peace of mind for the rest of New Zealand’s dairy and beef farmers.

“We also support the continuation of strict movement controls on the remaining 13 properties that have been placed under Restricted Place Notices.

“These restrictions have significant im-

plications for the people concerned, and all other farmers, so this action is essential to keep the option of eradication on the table.”

M. Bovis infected stock can be severely affected by the disease, causing pain and suffering.

“We recognise the disease has come at a significant emotional cost to the affected farming families and their animals,” Milne said.

“The process of culling whole herds will be very stressful for the people concerned, but the disease does not respond to treatment and cannot be vaccinated against.”

She said culling was the only logical option to prevent ongoing suffering of the animals.

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relatively low population and geographic isolation gives us the ability to manage and attempt to eradicate biosecurity incursions, when other countries cannot.

“M. bovis is found in most countries, including Australia, this is a disease that we definitely don’t want and we should seek to eradicate it, if feasible.”

Right move: Federated Farmers President Katie Milne says the MPI decision to destroy stock which have been in contact with M. Bovis infected animals is the way to go.

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High honour for pioneering scientist A Lincoln Agritech scientist, known for his pioneering work in electronic engineering, has been honoured by the Royal Society Te Aparangi.

❚ by Kent Caddick Professor Ian Woodhead, chief scientist and group manager of Lincoln Agritech’s Technology Group, received the Scott Medal, an engineering science and technology award, in recognition of the wide range of sensors he has developed for the agricultural and environmental sectors.

Presented annually the Research Honours celebrate the outstanding achievements and excellence of New Zealand researchers.

On accepting the medal, Professor Woodhead said he was honoured to receive the recognition from the Royal Society.

“I also wish to share the recognition with colleagues at Lincoln Agritech Ltd who have contributed to the research in microwaves and dielectric properties of materials, and development of derived products to benefit New Zealand industry and agriculture.”

During his illustrious, almost 40 year career, Professor Woodhead created a number of globally-marketed sensors, including devices to evaluate the performance of electric fences and an electronic soil moisture sensor called Aquaflex, sold by Streat Instruments, which paved the way for more efficient irrigation systems, allowing farmers to use water more sustainably.

He also invented a new technique to measure water distribution within materials, such as moisture profile in soil and water distribution in timber.

His Lincoln Agritech research team has recently created a low cost optical ground water nitrate sensor, the ‘HydroMetrics – Nitrate GW50’ to measure nitrate concentrations in groundwater.

The medal selection committee deemed this a good example of Professor Woodhead applying “his wide grasp of physics, mathematics, engineering and electronics to solve technological problems for New Zealand’s agricultural sector”.

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His research has been characterised by his ability to cut through complex problems to identify the underlying science.

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plied physics and has been an advisor for MBIE Science and assessor for the French National Research Agency. He leads the Agricultural and Environment Technologies portfolio of the National Science Challenge: Science for Technological Innovation.

In 2014, he was made a Lincoln University Adjunct Professor due to his contribution to agritechnology and instrumentation.

Lincoln Agritech CEO, Peter Barrowclough, said he was pleased to see Professor Woodhead, recognised by his peers across the scientific community for his career and outstanding advancement to the engineering sciences.

“The best small science company in NZ, Lincoln Agritech, is producing world class science and world class researchers who are being recognised on the national stage,” Barrowclough said.

Garth Carnaby, a previous president of the Royal Society, said Professor Woodhead had carried out his research in an applied research environment which has required enormous versatility and creativity, sustained over many years.

“His research has been characterized by his ability to cut through complex problems to identify the underlying science.”

Recognised: Lincoln Agritech scientist Professor Ian Woodhead received the Scott medal for his pioneering work in electronic engineering which has benefitted the agricultural and environmental sectors.

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Scientist and businesswoman takes on engagement role

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Spreading the word: Lynda Clark is looking forward to talking to people about the genetic potential of LowN Sires.

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Clark said sustainable farm practices and improving the quality of waterways are hot topics. “Farmers are using many management practices to reduce nitrogen loss, and LowN Sires is another powerful tool.

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Lynda Clark taught animal science at Lincoln University for 16 years and was the founding general manager of Dairy Women’s Network.

CRV Ambreed’s managing director Angus Haslett said the new engagement role had been created to build awareness and continue conversations around its recent groundbreaking genetic discovery, LowN Sires, which has the potential to change dairy farming in New Zealand.

In March, CRV Ambreed announced the discovery, thought to be a world-first, which could reduce nitrogen leaching on New Zealand farms by 20% within 20 years.

CRV Ambreed identified and selected bulls genetically superior for a new trait related to the amount of urea nitrogen in milk. Farmers are now able to breed cows using straws of semen from CRV Ambreed’s LowN Sires, and those daughters will have reduced concentration of Milk Urea Nitrogen (MUN).

Cows bred for lower levels of MUN are expected to excrete less nitrogen in their urine which will, in turn, reduce the amount of nitrogen leached from grazed pasture. This could potentially save New Zealand 10 million kilograms in nitrogen leaching a year, based on the national herd number of 6.5 million dairy cattle.

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ple solution to reducing nitrogen leaching on dairy farms.”

Clark said she wants to ensure the company is engaging with stakeholders at all levels - key farmer networks and people making policy nationally and regionally.

“Also, it is really important that people are driving through the farm gate to talk with farmers now about this option.

“That means talking to everyone from regional councils to large agricultural companies and organisations who work with farmers, to large farming entities and farming trusts.

“I think we need to be able to put our hands on our heart, and say we are doing

all we can to make a difference,” Clark said.

“There is increased pressure on councils to improve the quality of waterways, and to be accountable. So, part of my job is to raise awareness of LowN Sires and let them know more about this innovation, which has the potential to make a difference to farmers.”

Clark said many dairy farmers are already doing a good job at incorporating sustainability into their farm practices, including riparian planting, fencing and better on-farm management practices.

Clark has a long association with CRV Ambreed and the genetics research it undertakes – she’s the partner of CRV Ambreed R&D Scientist Phil Beatson.

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Waipara Hills takes top awards Nearly 300 wines were judged over two days by a blind panel of international and national wine judges.

Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Riesling 2016 was judged as the Supreme Champion Wine in Show and Supreme Champion Canterbury Wine in Show as part of the new Canterbury Wine Competition.

Chairman of judges Jim Harre said the team at Waipara Hills have again demonstrated the highest quality of winemaking.

“It’s excellent to see this quality shine through each year and we were delighted that their wines have again shown such a high standard.”

The judges’ tasting notes paint a glowing review of the Riesling, which means it will surely become a staple on the summer barbeque wish list: Concentrated with tons of ripe ginger marmalade richness; a Riesling that has stacks of everything including finesse and a beautiful acid line. For anyone that ever doubted the power and finesse of Riesling, here is the perfect opportunity to reassess that view.

Waipara Hills Winemaker Andrew Brown was delighted with the awards.

“To be awarded Supreme Champion Wine in Show is a great achievement for the whole Waipara Hills team, where our winemaking starts in the vineyard,” Brown said.

“It’s fantastic to see that a variety like Riesling can stand out from the pack and this award recognises that the Waipara Valley is producing some of the finest aromatics in New Zealand.”

Meanwhile, Harre said the judges were impressed with the overall standard of wine.

“As always we assembled a group of high calibre judges and they were impressed with the high quality of wines on offer in both competitions, awarding 24 golds, 59 silvers and 141 bronzes.

“It was fantastic to see the wines that are known for their high quality coming through well in the blind judging process.”

Michael Wood from Obsidian Vineyard in Waiheke Island was named New Zealand Winemaker of the Year after the judges with good consistency across three wines.

Wood was delighted with the win.

“It’s fantastic and I think most importantly it recognizes the hard work that goes into all of the wine we make. It starts in the vineyard and ends up at the winery for the final step.”

Mr Wood chose to enter with three reds; the Obsidian Reserve Syrah 2015 and two cabernet blends, Obsidian Reserve ‘The Mayor’ 2013 and Obsidian Reserve ‘The Obsidian’ 2015.

Eight trophies were awarded in the New Zealand Aromatic Wine Competition: Beck & Caul Supreme Champion Wine in Show – Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Riesling 2016; Champion Riesling – Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Riesling 2016; Champion Sauvignon Blanc – Villa Maria Reserve Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2017; Champion Gewürztraminer – Saint Clair Pioneer Block 12 Lone Gum Gewürztraminer 2016; Champion Other Aromatic – Left Field Gisborne Albarino 2016; Champion Pinot Gris – Summerhouse Pinot Gris 2017; Champion Rosé – Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Pinot Noir Rosé 2017 and Champion Sweet – Tohu Raiha Reserve Noble Riesling 2015.

Three trophies were awarded in the Canterbury Wine Competition: Macvine Supreme Champion Wine In Show – Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Riesling 2016; Canterbury Champion Riesling – Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Riesling 2016 and Canterbury Champion Rosé – Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Pinot Noir Rosé 2017.

Winning wines will be displayed during the Canterbury A&P Show in the Food & Wine Village.

Top wine: The Waipara Hills 2016 riesling 2016 was named Supreme Champion Wine at the Canterbury Wine Competition.

Waipara Hills was the big winner at the recent New Zealand Aromatic Wine Competition and Canterbury Wine Competition.

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Investment markets update

Global synchronised growth Global GDP forecasts continue to be upgraded as economic growth is becoming more synchronised and is broadening beyond the United States.

European growth is now accelerating, China is still expanding as well as addressing its shadow banking issues and even in Japan growth has been upgraded.

The upgraded outlook is partly the result of manufacturing activity for both advanced and developing economies climbing to the highest levels since May 2011.

While this is yet to be reflected in wage growth, improving employment has allowed consumer spending to track higher, with the higher demand reflected in stronger business sentiment and profitability.

In a normal market, this environment would see bond yields reflect the acceleration in growth and the need for tighter monetary policy.

This change is expected to be seen over the next 12 months, with Central Banks addressing levels of monetary stimulus once inflation increases.

A shift to fiscal and structural initiatives is

also anticipated. United States tax proposals are an example, although they are likely to be diluted before they are passed into legislation.

Equity markets refocus on earnings The backdrop of improving economic growth has been reflected in positive equity markets, with higher earnings and profitability being delivered. In turn, local currency returns in the major markets we follow were positive over the last quarter.

New Zealand returns were among the best in local currency terms during this period, helped by slightly lower long-term interest rates in New Zealand.

Lower interest rates over the last five years have allowed Price-Earnings (PE) ratios to expand and this contributed half of equity market returns over this period. With interest rate lows now behind us, earnings growth will be a more important driver of future returns.

We expect economic activity and a shift to fiscal stimulus to remain supportive of earnings, but the lower New Zealand growth outlook relative to international markets is likely to result in local returns lagging global returns.

Australian returns were the weakest in local currency terms, following a disappointing reporting season and a weak outlook for companies whose earnings were exposed

to the domestic economy. Future earnings growth is forecast to be more robust over the next three years, given Australia’s greater exposure to international earnings than New Zealand.

European and United States earnings outlooks are currently the strongest and have been reflected in the higher New Zealand dollar returns delivered from these markets over the last quarter.

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Central Banks changing commentary The improving global backdrop has seen a change in rhetoric from Central Banks.

The United States has already started along the path to interest rate policy normalisation and a plan to reduce the Federal Reserve balance sheet.

Canada and others have also shifted their commentaries towards less accommodative monetary policy, with Europe set to announce a reduction in the amount of asset purchases being undertaken.

New Zealand interest rates should follow global trends, although the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to maintain the Official Cash Rate steady at 1.75%, until well into 2018.

Credit spreads are also expected to remain lower than usual while the shortage of

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KiwiSaver home start grants

bessie Paterson LLb ❚ by ❚ Ronald W Angland & Son

One of the benefits of belonging to the KiwiSaver scheme is the availability of the Home Start grant for the purchase of a home for those who qualify.

There are a number of conditions to fulfil in order to be eligible for the Home Start Grant.

An applicant for a grant may not own a property at the time of application and has to have been a member of KiwiSaver for at least three years prior to putting in an application for a grant.

Contributions to the KiwiSaver scheme must be the minimum allowable percentage (3% at this time) of total income for the pre-

ceding three year period.

If the application is for a sole purchaser their income must be $85,000 or less in the previous 12 months. If two people are buying the property their combined income must be $130,000 or less in the previous 12 months.

It is also a requirement of the scheme that applicants have at least a 10% deposit for the purchase without having to borrow on

the security of the property for the deposit. the maximum it is possible to obtain.

If the applicant has funds in the KiwiSavAnyone considering purchasing a home er Scheme part of their savings may be should consider a KiwiSaver Home Start withdrawn and used as a deposit for the pur- grant when looking to buy. The price restricchase of the property. tion could be a deterrent but there are plenAs may be expected there are restrictions ty of properties on the market which would on the price of the property which applicants qualify on the price requirement. intend to purchase. At the present time the maximum price to be spent on an Auckland This article has been prepared by bessie Paterson, a property is $650,000, Hamilton $550,000 solicitor with ronald W Angland & Son, 2 Chapman and the rest of NZ $450,000.

Street, Leeston There is also a stipulation that purchasers of properties who receive a Home Start Grant must live in the property for at least six LAWYERS months after purchase.

Where the purchase relates to an existing property or an older home the grant is $1,000 for each year of the applicant’s contribution to the scheme. So for someone who has contributed for Leeston (03) 324 3033 three years the grant will be Email: lawyers@anglands.co.nz | www.anglands.co.nz $3,000 and for five years the Solicitors of Selwyn since 1965 grant is $5,000, and this is

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Weather could dampen in-calf rates The wet spring is making it harder for dairy farmers to detect if their cows are ready for mating and could affect reproduction rates.

❚ by Kent Caddick Detecting cows on heat is critical for a successful herd reproduction programme and missing or wrongly identifying cows on heat can cost farmers thousands of dollars each year through reduced in-calf rates and later calving patterns.

DairyNZ senior developer Mark Blackwell said the wet conditions, coupled with poor pasture utilisation and their influence on body condition scores, means cows display less evident signs they’re cycling and ready to be mated.

“Stress is known to interfere with how cows express they’re on heat,” Blackwell said.

“When they’re stressed, their signs are

more subtle which makes it more difficult for farmers to know their cows are ready be to inseminated.

“This means the person responsible for heat detection must be skilled, committed, and attentive to detail.” he says.

Some options to help reduce cow stress include once-a-day milking, or increasing feed supplement. Blackwell said farmers need to be extra vigilant when monitoring heat detection aids and animal behaviour to avoid missing their window of opportunity to be inseminated.

“In difficult conditions consider using a combination of heat detection aids, for example both tail paint and a heat mount detector at the same time.

“Paddock checks of sexually active groups

Tell tail sign: DairyNZ is recommending farmers use tail paint in conjunction with a heat mount detector to ensure early detection of cows in heat.

of cows can also improve heat detection.

The definite sign of a cow on heat is that she stands to be mounted.”

Other signs include when tail paint is rubbed or removed, a heat mount detector is triggered, if a cow attempts to mount other cows, or if she is restless or bellowing.

Blackwell said the wet weather has also made it challenging for farmers to manage pasture, with many areas having higher grazing residuals than usual.

“About half of the annual feed required on farm is grown and harvested during spring and early summer.

“How pasture is managed over the next few months will have the biggest impact on the pasture grown, the pasture quality, and late spring and summer milksolids production.”

For more information about reproduction, heat detection and pasture management visit the DairyNZ website.

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The competitions, held around New Zealand to coincide with the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Regional Finals, will get underway in February.

However, due to popularity of the competions, organisers are warning teams to get their entries in now.

NZ Young Farmers competitions co-ordinator David Highsted said since AgriKidsNZ began in 2005 and TeenAg began in 2009 the competition has gone from strength to strength.

“In the last contest season that culminated in record entries and we have now expanded the number of teams competing to adjust to the growth.”

Mr Highsted said TeenAg numbers com-

peting increased by 27% last year alone, and AgriKidsNZ by 6%.

He said the competitions were designed to be a fun competitive way to introduce urban and rural schools and families to agriculture, the contests have become the highlight of many students’ year.

“These students are becoming champions of our industry and are sharing the fantastic experiences they have through the contest.

“It is a great public relations exercise and a vital part of NZ Young Farmers ongoing emphasis of educating our youth about the vast and exciting opportunities within the primary sector.” entries are now open online at: www.agrikidsnz.co.nz and www.teenag.co.nz

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Farmer launches FieldPro software ❚❚by Kent Caddick

With an 180ha family dairy farm located in Ealing, 25 years farming experience and a Bachelor of Agriculture from Massey University, Barr knows a thing or two about farming.

“I saw that regulations were changing which required farmers to change the way they irrigate,” Barr said.

“The probes and sensors I’ve used in the past didn’t show water loss and were a poor representation of the farm as a whole.

“So I looked into creating something that could be personalised to a farm and offer a paddock-by-paddock reading.”

After creating a project concept, the business partnership with Ankle Tap Software (www.ankletap.com) was developed to integrate their cutting edge ‘irriq’ service into FieldPro’s Irrigation Scheduling functionality (www.irriq.co.nz).

The cloud-based technology utilises the internet, sophisticated algorithms, and weather stations to give clarity and confidence around farm water usage and requirements.

Using weather factors, irrigation events and water balance records, the software provides a series of accurate and understandable reports to users.

Barr said these reports can be used to improve farm management decisions, as well as providing proof to auditors that farmers are meeting compliance regulations.

“With the renewed focus on irrigation, water usage and leaching, FieldPro will be really useful for farms, agriculture, viticulture, horticulture and lifestyle farming.

“This product was created from the ground up to make life easier for farmers, like me, as there is so much information to be processed and a lot of external pressure around irrigation.

“This software will give farmers the information they need, so they can focus on farming without worrying about compliance.”

Dairy farmer Duncan Barr has partnered with an innovative tech company in Christchurch to create a new software service for fellow farmers.

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This product was created from the ground up to make life easier for farmers, like me.

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In the field: Sarah and Duncan Barr reviewing their new on-farm irrigation software on a tablet.

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❚ by rob Cope-Williams

Improving joints Take your foot off Back in 2011 there was some interesting emerging research that suggested the traditional osteoarthritis supplements were perhaps targeting the wrong ingredient.

Most supplements were heavily weighted towards glucosamine sulphate with a smaller amount of chondroitin sulphate (CS).

As a result of this research I completely reformulated my Bettaflex joint supplement. I did 2 things. Firstly I increased CS to 380mg per capsule and secondly added a 95% curcumin (turmeric) extract. This gave maintenance dose of 760mg of CS. Almost immediately clients reported better results on the new formulation. These results were increased where we added 1-2 months on a double dose (4 capsules daily) which delivered over 1500mg of CS. Over the last few years there has been still more quality research into the benefits of CS with knee osteoarthritis. Just last year a study compared 1200mg of chondroitin sulphate 1200mg with a leading COX-2 selective anti-inflammatory arthritis medication.

The study was over two years and used MRI to establish the benefits. This was a high quality double-blind placebo controlled trial involving 200 people over 24 months. It concluded that while both groups had similar improvements in comfort, MRI analysis showed the CS group had much greater reduction in cartilage loss.

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This finding was consistent with 5 other studies looking at the benefits of CS for knee OA. While most of the studies have been with knee OA, I have found that most joints affected by OA can be helped.

While such studies are useful really it is all about what happens to an individual with osteoarthritis. This is why I prefer to create a personalised programme which takes many factors like age, weight, medications, diet and exercise into consideration. Please contact me for further information.

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Just when you think all the dumb Wombles have run out of stupid suggestions about how to punish the farming industry, the Christchurch City Council Wombles have come up with yet another from way out of left field.

They want farmers within their area, which includes Banks Peninsula, to apply for an assessment before moving stock along or across a road.

There is no thought going into how and when farmers decide to move stock, let alone needing to move stock due to weather conditions.

Ah, they will say, it’s okay to let dairy cows cross the road if it is controlled by cattle stops.

So who will pay the costs of putting them in? Yes you got it in one. Plus what is the gap between each cattle stop and so how many would be needed?

The Wombles are suggesting the funds from the assessments or permissions will be collected by the council, but there is no word of how much.

Does that remind you of the water tax that Labour are talking about? Let’s tax the farmers because they are defenceless and have to pay to stay in business.

I thought the feudal system was behind us.

What sticks in many folk’s throats is the fact that the Wombles are happy to blow $53

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Then there is the scare tactics that have been dropped onto us in recent times when a top level health administrator comes out with a direct attack on dairy farming by saying that urine from dairy cows in getting into underground water supplies and causing death amongst new born babies.

Two things, if half heard people will instantly think it is in the city water supply and secondly there have been no serious links with baby deaths and water and the symptoms described in the report have taken only one life.

Yes I agree that one death is one too many, but unless that loss of a wee life can be attributed directly to dairy farming, which I understand it wasn’t, the announcement is scare mongering.

To blame dairy farming, irrigation and pollution of our underground water without accurate facts is irresponsible, but again, the farming industry is an easy target.

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New Hope For Long Term Back Pain Sufferers

After almost ten years in New Zealand, Teeter Hang-Ups have now gained a reputation for success with long-term sufferers of Back pain. Inversion New Zealand was started

by Dave and Nancy Hare, Dave had suffered over twenty years of back pain from Degenerated Discs and had basically given up and decided to just live with it. “To me surgery was never an option” he said “as long as I still could walk, there was hope”.

was something I had never heard of sorting it out for me in a very short period of time” It was then Dave decided to introduce Teeter into New Zealand and Inversion NZ was born.

Dave had tried everything; every time he was overseas he would search for anything that could possibly help.

While on one of these overseas trips ten years ago, Dave discovered the Teeter Hang-Ups. “The first time I tried it, the pain disappeared and I was completely pain free for about 30 minutes, nothing had done that” he told me. Dave never believed it would fix him, “as specialists had told me it was irreversible, I now knew I had a place to go every time I wanted some serious relief”.

“We have testimonials from people with over fifty years of back problems and even have them in a number of schools in New Zealand for their special needs children” he told me, “the blood to the brain helps these kids and the results are excellent” What this means for the aging population is that it helps maintain the health of the brain as we all get older.

To Dave’s surprise the more he used the table the longer the pain stayed away, until after nearly three months he was completely pain free, “I couldn’t believe it’ he told me “I had spent large amounts of money on every form of treatment available and here

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In 2008 I had been living with a serious lower back pain for many years due to two discs with serious degeneration and was scheduled for a double spinal fusion at a cost of $48,000. The Specialist had recommended many lifestyle changes including changing my profession, which was not practical as I own my own business.

Dave told me that he realised that, had he not tried the Teeter for himself he would still be suffering, “I would still be a miserable grumpy bugger, living with pain, that is why we do the shows, people need to try it for themselves” he told me “most people actually get off with the pain either gone or considerably less” he said “we let the tables do the Frank Harwood (84) of Turangi using his Teeter, Frank has been talking” Inverting for over eight years and has found it keeps him young

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Discs:

It uses gravity to apply traction, the traction gently opens the discs and as they open up they create suction, this suction draws fluid from the surrounding tissue back into the discs, re-hydrating them. This is the key! Discs do not have their own blood supply, they rely on transfer of fluid from the surrounding tissue to keep them healthy and hydrated and over the years as discs get thinner with age, they lose the ability to take on fluid (just like squeezing a sponge) and they start to de-hydrate.

De-Hydrated discs are less flexible, they are harder, more prone to injury, they interfere with nerve roots creating pain and ultimately the de-hydration causes degeneration. The Teeter Inversion table slowly and gently brings the hydration back into the discs, plumping them up. This brings back lost height (most people will regain around 2 CM of height), it separates the nerve roots far more effectively and returns quality of life

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muscles are stressed they become tight which restricts the flow of blood and lymph through the muscles so toxins build up, Co2 and Lactic Acid. Traction opens up the muscles, Rhythmic Traction, is a gentle rocking motion that stimulates circulation and encourages blood flow through the muscles, which clears the lactic acid into your lymph system where it stimulates lymph flow and deals with it. Most people with serious neck issues see a large improvement after only one treatment.

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Posture:

Poor posture is one of the major cases of pain and is a major contributor to the deterioration of the body with age. A difference in leg length causes most of the hip and knee issues, as they continue to place uneven loads on the joints; similar to the wheels out of alignment on your car.

Trying to correct posture is extremely difficult due to muscle memory, as it constantly pulls the muscles back to where they were. At a level of 40 degrees or more on the Teeter, the muscle groups open up and eventually come back into alignment, using the table daily, does not allow the muscle memory to pull them back out of alignment and slowly the muscles start to lose their memory and go with the flow, allowing the body to come back into correct posture. Then using the table once a day will ensure it is kept there.

This is pure logic, if a machine is out of alignment it does not last long, the only difference between the body and a machine is that the body is constantly repairing itself, however if the wear and tear on the body is greater than the body’s ability to repair itself, it is a slow decline.

The Teeter slowly brings the body out of its decline and allows the body to repair itself, resulting in a far healthier life.

If you are serious about investing in your health and really sorting your issues out, come see us at one of our local roadshows, you have nothing to lose and chances are, a lot to gain.

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At the Waikato Home Show I experienced a demonstration on a Teeter Inversion Table by Dave and Nancy Hare. To me the effect was amazing, I actually experienced some serious relief which lasted for an hour or two, I was told that the relief would last longer with time as long as I used the table regularly, so with the surgery scheduled for 12 weeks time, having nothing to lose and a lot to gain I purchased a Teeter.

Four years on I still use my table on a daily basis, my back is as strong as ever with very little or completely no pain, I am still at my same profession and working as hard as ever and most importantly I did not have the surgery. I consider the purchase of my Teeter has been one of my greatest investments, not only has it enabled me to avoid serious and costly surgery, it has kept me in my profession and it has brought my health back.

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Come along for a free treatment Here in New Zealand, Dr Giresh Kanji, one of the countries most respected Pain Specialists completed a PhD on how humans experience pain and then researched lower back pain, writing "Fix Your Back" and then spent a few years researching neck pain, headache and migraine and wrote "Fix Your Neck Pain, Headache & Migraine", both books are in most bookstores.

Dr Kanji discovered in the research that the disc is the most likely source of low back pain and Inversion showed the best results of all the trials conducted. Three studies showed a 60% reduction in pain and one showed a 75% reduction in surgery for people with disc prolapse.

Inversion helps to: • Relieve Back Pain • Relieve Neck Pain • Relieve Muscle Tension • Relieve Sciatica • Improve Posture • Increase Flexability • Stimulate Blood And Lymph Flow • Reduce The Effects Of Ageing Caused

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Applying effluent to land safely Around 95% of dairy farms discharge effluent to land under the permitted activity rule, while the remainder work under consents to discharge treated effluent to water.

❚ by Kent Caddick Farm dairy effluent is a natural, dilute liquid fertiliser. It contains nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), sulphur (S) and trace elements that you’d normally pay for to have applied to pasture.

Think of dairy effluent as a resource, not waste. The average dairy herd (244 cows) produces the same amount of effluent as a town with about 3400 people.

When spread over land and applied in timely fashion, the effluent of 100 cows can save farmers up thousands of dollars in fertiliser a year. This saving could be significantly higher for high input farms (for example, farms feeding supplements).

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from effluent allowed per year (150 kg per hectare for grazed grass), dairy shed effluent also provides the following approximate amounts of nutrients: • 20 kg of phosphate per hectare.

• 117 kg of potassium per hectare.

• Approx 20-30 kg of sulphur/hectare.

• Smaller amounts of magnesium and calcium.

Applying effluent Effluent management systems in place on your farm should give you enough flexibility so that you don’t irrigate when soil is waterlogged (too wet to absorb the effluent) and if there is an equipment breakdown.

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Savings: the effluent of 100 cows can save farmers up thousands of dollars in fertiliser a year.

Protect waterways on your farm by: • not irrigating within 50 metres of a water supply • leaving a strip of non-irrigated land next to all watercourses – at least 20 metres wide • ensuring that spray drift isn’t getting into nearby streams or rivers.

Soil – a living filter Soil acts as a living filter. It treats the applied effluent by changing it: • physically – filtering out effluent particles, breaking them down and incorporating them into the soil structure • chemically – absorbing nutrients and making them available to plants • biologically – harmful micro-organisms (such as bacteria) present in the effluent are retained by the soil, or are killed when the effluent dries or when they become exposed to sunlight.

However, don’t apply too much as soil can only filter so much effluent at a time. It’s important to match the irrigation depth to the capability of the soil.

Land with impeded or ar tificial drainage, high or rising water tables or slopes of greater than 7 degrees have a higher risk from over-application, and therefore application depths should be adjusted accordingly to reflect soil and weather conditions.

Too much effluent can: • kill pasture – especially where effluent has ‘ponded’ on the soil surface.

• pollute nearby streams and rivers – where it runs off paddocks into waterways.

• pollute ground water – by seeping too deep into the soil.

• be an ineffective use of nutrients - by seeping past the root zone before the plant can utilise it.

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Discharging effluent effectively FROM PAGE 14 Working out how much effluent to irrigate Although effluent contains many nutrients which can impact on your farm management, it is the environmental effects of nitrogen that determine how much you can irrigate onto land.

Too much nitrogen can reduce pasture performance and reduce water quality in neighbouring waterways.

If you know exactly how much nitrogen is in effluent, you can work out the most effective application rates for your land.

In the Waikato region for example, no more than 150 kilograms of nitrogen in effluent can be applied per hectare of grazed grass per year. You’ll need to get effluent tested to work out how much nitrogen is going onto your land during irrigation.

Most registered analytical laboratories offer this service for around $100.

When used with a nutrient budget this is a small cost compared to the fertiliser savings that can be made over time when effluent applications are timed efficiently.

Each effluent application must not be more than 25 millimetres deep. How deep you irrigate effluent over an area will depend on how much nitrogen you want to apply.

To work out application depth, you need to know the following: • the nitrogen content of the effluent.

• how much nitrogen (kilograms) you want to spread per hectare.

Once you’ve worked out the application depth, you’ll need to work out the application rate for your irrigator.

When using spray irrigators use the same principal as a rain gauge, mark a scale on the sides of several containers.

Place the containers within the area being irrigated. Stop irrigating when the desired depth (maximum of 25 mm) has been applied.

Ongoing irrigation management When irrigating check for effluent ponding, particularly in areas where there has been pugging damage. Stop ponding by avoiding irrigation in these areas, or improve the drainage by: • loosening the soil in small ponding areas with a spade • breaking up the soil surface – for example, by shallow ripping.

Because effluent contains a range of nutrients, irrigated areas will need less fertiliser.

Talk to your fertiliser consultant about the reduced fertiliser needs of irrigated blocks.

• The farmer/contractor must have contingency measures in place in case there is prolonged wet weather or a pump breaks down.

• Any ponds or effluent holding facilities must be sealed to reduce leakage.

• The farmer/contractor must spread effluent and sludge in a way that reduces odour and spray drift.

• Each effluent application must not be more than 25 mm deep.

• Effluent must not run off the land into waterways.

• Effluent must not pond on the land surface after application.

Information for this article was supplied by the Waikato regional Council. For more visit www. waikatoregion.govt.nz

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The rural pumping specialists ❚❚ Article by Pump Services

Specialising in pump, effluent, water treatment, irrigation sales, servicing and repairs, Pump Services has been serving the South Island rural community for over ten years.

Based in Rangiora and Ikamatua on the West Coast, Pump Services’ full rural outlets stock just about everything farmers and lifestyle block owners need, with very competitive priced pumps, PVC/PE pipe, fittings, filtration/ultraviolet kits and flow meters, just to name a few.

Operations Manager Dell-Lane Millard says, “Pump Services stock quality brands from reputable suppliers.

“These suppliers provide us with absolute confidence when recommending solutions to our customers.”

Dell-Lane says the company not only provides a comprehensive sales and installation service but also has technicians who are available 24/7, which is essential to people on farms and lifestyle blocks.

“People need to know we have a great backup service for their pumps, effluent and irrigation systems, and that’s what we provide,” Dell-Lane says.

For farmers, Pump Ser vices provide exper t advice on solutions for deepwell pumps, submersible bore pumps, trenching, dair y effluent systems, pond stirrers, water treatment, filtration and UV sterilisation, rural electrical control systems,

telemetr y, and data logging.

Dell-Lane says they are adding value by providing onsite GPS surveying, and free advice on peak daily water requirements, gravity reticulation, electric, solar, petrol, diesel and Ram pump, and pumping solutions.

Also, a point of difference Dell-lane is particularly proud of is Pump Services ability to work with the infrastructure that may already be in use. Often, off the shelf items aren’t the way forward.

“This is a strength of ours and is often employed by our staff for finding the right solution,” Dell-Lane says.

“We’re at the forefront of effluent systems technology, providing equipment and designs to suit everyone, from ponding systems to the latest in separators, which comply with the Resource Management Act’s design code of practice.”

Dell-Lane says there’s plenty for lifestyle block owners.

“When you buy a bare block one of the first things to think about is, where will your water come from?”

Dell-Lane says choosing the best fitting water solution starts with a water test.

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Safe management of farm waste Recycling, collection and safe disposal services are a responsible way to deal with farm waste to reduce the negative effects on the environment and health risks for both people and animals.

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It is now easier to take care of farm waste with the available collection and recycling options.

Some farm waste can be repurposed or reused replacing harmful burning, burying or bulk storing waste. Find out waste management options for your farm and help look after the environment.

Plastics Many plastics can be reused or recycled.

Commonly used plastics include silage wrap, feed bags, bailing twine, plastic containers and drums.

Silage wrap: Recycling company Plasback sells liners for silage wrap online; once full, you can get the liners collected.

Plastic containers: It is free to recycle containers for more than 3,000 commonly used products.

Plastic drums: Agrecovery offers free collection from your property for drums and intermediate bulk containers (IBC) for a number of brands. Other brands can be collected for a fee.

Feedbags: Feedbags can be recycled through the Plasback recycling scheme.

Bailing twine: Bailing twine can also be recycled through the Plasback recycling scheme.

Agrichemicals Many chemicals are free to dispose. Others may cost but are often subsidised. Agrichemicals commonly used on farm include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and veterinary medicines.

Agrecovery specialises in the safe collec-

tion and disposal of unwanted or expired agrichemicals and their containers. Collections are held on a regional basis.

It is illegal to use or store any chemicals containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). DDT is the most well-known POP but there are a number of others including dieldrin, aldrin and lindane.

Banned: PoPs were used in many insecticide and sheep dip products sold in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1970s, before being replaced by safer alternatives, and finally banned in 2004.

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Using a collection service is the most common and easiest method for responsible stock disposal. Correctly constructed offal pits or compost bin are alternatives.

Some companies will charge a collection fee for the animal, others will pay for certain stock for example, dead calves (with specifications).

Offal pits should be well away from waterways, wetlands, bores, property boundaries and the farm dairy. They should also be shallow enough that groundwater will not enter.

Composting is an effective way to dispose of dead stock while creating a useful product and minimising the potential for groundwater contamination. If managed well, composting can be low cost and relatively odour free.

Fertiliser and feed storage Storing fertiliser and feed correctly reduces waste and protects your soil and waterways.

Silage leachate is very acidic, contains high levels of nutrients and as a result is extremely toxic to waterways. Preparing and storing silage well is the best way to minimise leachate.

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Tyres: A number of local tyre collection and recycling

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schemes provide environmentally friendly options for end-of-life tyres. Contact your regional or local council for more information.

Used oil: Some mechanics who service farm machinery and vehicles can take waste oil with them when they leave and dispose of it in a responsible way. Talk to the company that services your equipment and ask about any waste oil take-back schemes that they may run.

Batteries: Batteries are generally free to dispose of but check with your local council, petrol station or automotive shop. Most petrol stations, garages and automotive shops will accept old batteries and council waste stations also have collection points. If batter-

ies are broken or leaking, ensure they are in a sealed bag.

Treated timber: The best disposal method for treated timber is to take it to a landfill where the leachate can be managed and environmental effects mitigated. There are limited disposal options in New Zealand because of the toxicity of the chemicals involved.

Scrap metal: Scrap metal can be collected and recycled through dealers who will often pay for the metal. The value will depend on the type of metal and its condition.

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Educating today’s young women by ❚❚Article ❚❚Christchurch Girls’ High School

Choosing the right school for your daughter is an important step and with boarding another dimension enters into the equation.

Not only do parents desire a stimulating, engaging learning environment which challenges students to achieve personal excellence, they also need a safe, comfortable and happy living space.

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pose built school for girls, which places young women at the centre of education.

Acland, the boarding hostel associated with the school, establishes positive relationships which create a strong sense of family.

This feeling is further enhanced by the completely refurbished main homestead, with a landscaped pool area and access to tennis courts complementing the living arrangements.

Boarders are supervised by a supportive, experienced and caring team. A Director of

Boarding leads her staff in ensuring the welfare of the students is paramount. All nutritional needs are met by a professional, friendly, on-site food services team. In this environment students flourish and thrive.

They learn to manage selves, relate to others and participate and contribute. In the process, they develop resilience, independence, a good work ethic and lasting friendships.

Learning and living at Christchurch Girls’ High School is tailored specifically to meet the needs of today’s young women.

Studying with SIT

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Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) offers a multitude of courses for students looking to begin a qualification and career, in the industry of their choice.

Available areas of study at the Christchurch campus include: Automotive and Road Transport, Social Services and Mental Health, Construction, Electrotechnology, Hairdressing, Project Management, Sport, Exercise and Personal Training.

If you’re looking at getting started on the path to professional project management, learn the core skills and techniques at SIT’s Christchurch campus.

Lectures are held on campus fortnightly for the New Zealand Certificate in Project Management (Level 4). This qualification will give you the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the management of projects and work with others in a project team. This course is offered via blended delivery which means students can study both online and through a series of workshops on campus.

There are also Distance Learning options where students can study online towards a qualification, without having to go to classes on campus.

Some of the areas you can study via SIT’s SIT2LRN distance learning include:

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Unlike other tertiary institutions in New Zealand, at SIT, you won’t have to get a student loan for thousands of dollars to cover your education.

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All things equine It’s all about horses… that’s the feeling you get when you walk into the Equine tutorial room at the Community College North Canterbury.

by Community College ❚ Article ❚ North Canterbury Equine anatomy posters adorn the walls and the ranch slider doors open out on to the National Equestrian Academy facility, set up to develop equine industry skills and allow students to gain qualifications from the NZQA framework, including NCEA.

Horses stand happily munching hay in the yards, while others are being ridden in the arena. A farrier works away sharing his knowledge with the student holding a horse.

The students are involved in all aspects of running the horse facility. Daily involvement on all tasks required sees students well prepared for future equine pathways.

Talking with the students you get a real sense of their passion, not only for horses, but also for the experience they are having at the College.

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Georgia Smith (17yrs): “How I describe the course is busy, but it’s a fun busy, there’s always something to do.

Tutors find a way to make things fun, even Maintenance Monday. We learn something new every day.”

Students also talk of enjoying their regular off site activities. Level 2 students visit local equestrian establishments which opens their eyes to the different job opportunities which exist, while Level 3 students have the opportunity for work experience with a range of local industry professionals.

The National Equestrian Academy offers both the Level 2 New Zealand Certificate in Equine Skills, which is a free programme for 16 to 19 year olds with a focus on working safely and effectively around horses, and the Level 3 New Zealand Certificate in Equine Skills.

The Level 3 programme provides the skills and knowledge to assist in the stable care, exercise and management of horses and is open to all ages 16 and over.

Graduates find employment across all equine discip0lines including polo, sport horse, stud farms and equine summer camps in America, to name a few.

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A practical learning environment

❚❚Article by National Trade Academy

The Academy offers a practical learning environment where student spends their time between class room and outside on site learning, demonstrating and practicing the skills and tasks required when out in the work force.

It’s our aim to provide our students the ability to enter the work force with the confidence and experience they need to succeed.

The agriculture student spends a lot of time on neighbouring farms where they experience all aspects of farming.

The Horticulture students have a fully functioning commercial nursery where they are involved in the day to day running, from propagation, maintaining systems and equipment to selling the end product.

The wholesale nursery has 30-40 000 plants with a mixture of native and exotics open to the public and trade.

The animal care students have the unequalled benefit of the Arion Farm Park to utilise for practical assessments. This means the student have real animals which they are involved with daily to study and implement feeding/grooming and health plans for. They also get to be involved with the

The National Trade Academy is a specialised land based education provider based at McLeans Island. day to day tasks of caring for all types of animals from domestic to cows and horses.

This course is always very popular and our students often spend their holidays at the farm park with the animals.

This area is also utilised by our Rural Animal Technicians, this course is Level 5 and offers students the opportunity to work as a Rural Animal Technician alongside a Rural Veterinarian where the demand is high. This course is now being offered as a part time option for those wanting to up skill from their current position while still working.

Also on site we have a fully operational Equine Centre. Here the students have access to a full size all weather dressage arena with mirrors, show jump arena and cross country fences. Next door at NEC and Roydvale are two top rated cross country courses and facilities.

As part of Arion Riding Centre the students will be involved with the day to day care of the Arion Trekking horses and riding school horses. The students can choose to bring their own horse for Lev-

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Garin is the only co-educational Catholic College in the top of the South Island.

Established in 2002, the College and boarding school are situated in park-like grounds in the beautiful Nelson Tasman region.

At its heart are the founding values of faith and wisdom where students develop a holistic education and a passion for lifelong learning.

Garin College promotes outstanding student leadership and engagement in an integrated BYOD learning environment.

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President ready for the challenge Ashburton dairy farmer Peter Gilbert is looking forward to this year’s Canterbury A&P Show after taking over the role as president of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association earlier this year.

The 2017 Canterbury A&P Show will be held from Wednesday, November 15 to Friday, November 17 at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch.

It’s the largest A&P Show in the country attracting 100,000 people, over 6500 livestock, equestrian and feature competition entries and over 500 trade exhibitors.

Based in Winchmore, near Ashburton, Peter Gilbert said he has a long association with Canterbury A&P. “I’ve been on the Canterbury A&P Committee since 2002 and chair of the Dairy Section since 2007,” he said.

“Now it’s my turn to take the top job and it’s a real honour to follow in the footsteps of so many great presidents before me.

“I absolutely love showing and I’m really looking forward to adding to the history of the Association and doing my bit for those that share my passion.”

Gilbert first began showing calves at primary school and has been showing holstein freisian cattle at Canterbury, Ellesmere and Ashburton A&P Shows for nearly 40 years.

He grew up on a dairy farm in Ellesmere and in the 1980s he and wife Anne bought a 180-hectare dairy farm in Winchmore.

Last year they added to their farming operation with a 176-hectare dairy farm in Rakaia. Their three sons all work in the dairy industry, with Michael running the new block at Rakaia, Nick on the Winchmore farm and

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Gilbert said he is proud that his three sons have not only inherited his passion for dairying, but also for showing - all three are senior judges for at least two different breed societies.

“It means a lot to have had my sons so heavily involved in the Show with me over the years.

“Obviously youth are the future of events like ours and it’s really heartening to see so many great young people that get stuck in at the Canterbury A&P Show, especially in the Cattle Section.”

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Peter Munro Commercials are the South Island distributor for ARB. Our Christchurch based company has been involved with ARB for over 20 years and we are located at 137 Blenheim Road where we have a showroom and workshop offering a full fitting service.

From the beginning we have used franchised dealers throughout the South Island as our distributors. This enables the customer to choose products for their vehicle at point of sale, andf in most cases this can be included into the finance package if required.

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Plenty of history behind largest A&P show The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, established in 1863, is an association under the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908.

❚ by Kent Caddick The Association hosts an annual Agricultural and Pastoral Show which has grown over the years to become the largest A&P Show in New Zealand.

Following the establishment of official European settlement by the Canterbury Association in 1850 the province set about establishing itself on a rural economy and thus from its earliest European inception an interest in annually displaying the fruits of the horticultural and agricultural abilities of the area. Shows were an important part of the rural culture of England and the tradition quickly became a part of early settlement.

The earliest record of any such ‘show’ is 16 December 1852 in Hagley Park. In May 1853 an essentially horticultural display was held at the White Hart Hotel and a show of livestock held in the Market Place (Victoria Square).

In May 1854 a similar show including wool

and grain samples was held at the Golden Fleece Hotel. Similar shows continued on through the 1850s with the formation of the Canterbury Farmers’ Club in 1858.

The first ‘recognised’ agricultural show in Canterbury was held by the fledgling Canterbury Pastoral Association on September 14, 1859 at B. Moorhouse’s station at Shepherd’s Bush, on the north bank of the Rangitata River.

At the conclusion of this show the Canterbury Pastoral Association was officially formed and subscriptions were set at one guinea a year.

The next year a more successful show was held at Turton’s Accommodation House in Ashburton. This was a quite grand affair with a formal dinner and ball in George Hall’s Woolshed, the evening not culminating until 5am.

As a result of the shows during the 1850s a strong move to form an Agricultural and Pastoral Association was promulgated by

Side show: As well as all matters agricultural and pastoral there are plenty of other attraction to keep young and old entertained at the Canterbury A&P Show.

businessmen such as Robert Wilkin, George Gould and J T Ford.

So it was in 1862 that the Canterbury Pastoral Association met to inaugurate a show on or near Christchurch and form an organisation with wider aims.

In 1862 the show was held for the first time in Christchurch, in Gresson’s paddock which was fenced with gorse and located in Armagh Street just north of Latimer Square.

Following the success of this venture the A&P Association was formally established

with Wilkin as Chair and William Moorhouse, the then Superintendent of the Province as Patron.

This group resolved to purchase a permanent site in Christchurch or its suburban area. The site of the first showgrounds was purchased in 1863, a fourteen acre site in Sydenham, which later became Sydenham Park in 1894.

A show was held there on October 22, 1863 and though affected by inclement weather some 1,500 people attended.

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FROM PAGE 26 By 1872 the site was well developed and some 8,000 attended the show that yea. By 1878 the Association had paid off its mortgage and the show continued to increase in size and attendance with the Association making a profit of £500. On the showgrounds the Association had erected an office building, new pens, a manufacturers and dairy display building and fenced the site.

When the Sydenham site became too small, the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association bought a 29 acre block at Addington from a Mr Twigger, who donated to the Association another 5 acres. While not all Association members were in favour of the move the main advantage of the new site was its proximity to the main South railway lines.

By the time the first show at the Addington site opened the site had been well subdivided into pens, paddocks and show areas and fenced and at least three permanent buildings built, the Industrial Building, the Secretary’s Building and the Treasurer’s Building.

The move to Addington by the A&P Association was quickly justified as entries and attendance increased and entries came from the North Island and the lower part of the South Island. By 1899 the grounds had been added to by way of a lease of land.

Side shows, industrial exhibitions and machinery and car displays became part of the show increasing the more general public interest.

By 1918 the Friday of Show Week had become People’s Day at the Show. In the 1950s the official provincial holiday for the anniversary day of the province was shifted from December to the Friday of Show Week, a change which meant large numbers of people from

Growing: From humble beginnings the Canterbury A&P Show is now sited on a 250acre site at the Canterbury Agricultural Park near Wigram. both town and country attended the show.

In 1947 the mortgage on the Addington site was paid off and a motor camp developed on part of the site which provided a valuable source of income.

In 1962 the Canterbury A&P Association celebrated its centennial and continued at the Addington Showgrounds until 1996 when

the A&P Association acquired a 250 acre block of land at Wigram from the Christchurch City Council.

The old facilities at Addington had become cramped and dusty and no longer able to cope with the large number of entries and crowds of visitors and the move to Canterbur y Agricultural Park in Curletts

Road was made in 1997.

The first show at the new site held that year included a range of events, from dog trials to axe men, and exhibits such as ostrich and llama, wines and cheeses, agricultural machinery and services, as well as the more traditional livestock competitions.

A new era had begun.

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NIR for protein, moisture now affordable

❚ Article by FF Instrumentation

Near-infrared (NIR) grain testing has been a fixture at large elevators and grain processors for years and as such an on-farm grain analyser has been desirable for some time.

The demands on such an instrument are high and must balance many requirements.

The newly launched Perten Inframatic 8800 from Sweden fits the bill.

It is rugged and robust. It is portable

enough to tote around the field. It can be operated by anyone but sophisticated enough to provide accuracy similar to elevator and lab instruments. And on top of that, it does it all in a cost-effective manner.

Its sleek, portable design uses solid state components and diode array technology meaning no moving optical components.

The lack of moving parts allows Perten

Sleek and portable: The Sweden-made Perten Inframatic 8800 nearinfrared (NIr) grain tester, available from FF Instrumentation, has no moving optical components.

in Sweden to align and match instruments at the factory – one instrument is exactly like the next. This means the instruments are accurate, repeatable, and reproducible.

Extra bonuses include an incorporated GPS allowing farmers to identify pockets of high value grain.

These results can be plotted on a map allowing farmers to plan harvest and binning strategies.

It also has a two-hour internal battery life which means you have more time out in the paddock with no need for a power up.

Out in the field, you pop in a 100g sample of milling wheat or malting barley - no need to grind. The machine shines a nearinfrared (NIR) beam through it and 90 seconds later it tells you protein levels in wheat, nitrogen levels in malting barley, and oil content in oilseed rape.

The cost of the IM8800 is a mere fraction of mainstream NIR’s.

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Reducing incidence of spring lameness Spring’s typically wet weather can cause a number of issues on farm, including pugging, late crop planting, and general mess.

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Cows spending more time on wet paddocks also increases the incidence of lameness, due to softened hooves and an increased susceptibility to hoof damage.

While there is only so much you can do to manage your herd on wet paddocks, especially when running a pasture-based system, there are other steps you can take to reduce the incidence of lameness:

Slow and steady You might be keen to get the cows to the shed in as little time as possible, but the time you save getting them there might return to you tenfold when your impatience results in cases of lameness.

A cow’s feet follow a very specific pattern when walking, and if she is under pressure from a herdsman, her head is forced up and she can no longer see where she is placing her feet.

Encouraging the cows at the front of the herd is a far better way to encourage the herd to move. Enforcing a minimum distance rule with staff is also a good idea – for example,

people on bikes should follow no closer than two fenceposts behind the last cows.

Back up Over-use of the backing gate or packing cows in too tight on the platform results in twisting of the feet and pressure on the hoof edges, a common cause of white line disease.

Don’t use a backing gate to push cows; instead, use it to ‘take up space’.

Use a timer to regulate movement to no more than five seconds in any one movement on the backing gate, and on the top gate, no more than two seconds in each forward movement.

Regulate the speed of the gate to no more than 12m per minute in round yards or 6m per minute in rectangular yards.

Skewiff Cows that must turn sharp corners on concrete yards are more prone to lameness due to ‘skewing’ or twisting of the hoof.

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Good stockmanship and cow management can go a long way towards reducing the incidence of lameness.

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Peace of mind when it comes to stored water WaterSaver is a New Zealand based, local start-up company that kicked off with an idea in founder Jon Taylor’s garage.

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This smart and simple plug-in device prevents the loss of valuable tank water by cutting power to the water pump in the event of an accident.

WaterSaver not only saves the owners precious water, money and time; it also prevents potential damage to their property. In short, it gives that invaluable peace of mind so important for those dependant on stored water.

The invention was a finalist in the 2015 Fieldays Innovation Awards, and has been receiving a lot of positive feedback and interest since its launch.

The WaterSaver solution is designed for use both in the home and at work. While it is of obvious benefit to those living or working in rural or remote communities, where mains water is not available, it also has application in urban areas where there is an increasing focus on water conservation.

The WaterSaver Journey The supply of water cannot be guaranteed for those who live remotely or rely heavily on stored water, like farmers and lifestylers. Accidents resulting in the loss of water are a common occurrence for tank owners.

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Water saviour: Jon Taylor’s simple and great invention could save water tank owners hundreds of dollars.

became aware of this when working as an electrician in Raglan. He met several tank owners who had lost their valuable water due to accidents.

In one case, a digger had run over the main water pipe of a permaculture gardener, however the more common causes of water loss were such things as a tap being left on, or a water pipe bursting.

These tank owners were dependent on water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, bath-

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WaterSaver’s research revealed that more than 45% of water tank owners have experienced accidental loss of water in the past.

In all cases, the accidents led to the pressure pump continuing to run unchecked, often until the water tank was completely emptied. Often, equipment needed to be

fixed or replaced and emergency water had to be trucked in.

One can imagine the disruption and inconvenience these accidents caused, not to mention the financial cost.

When Jon found there was no off-theshelf solution for the problem, he set about building one, focusing on cutting power to the pump in the event of an accident.

His prototype, then called Jet Stop, evolved to become WaterSaver.

WaterSaver did its first production run in June 2017 and proved to be a big success following its launch at Fieldays.

The simplicity of the product, it is a plug in device which does not require a tradesperson or installation manual. It is highly appealing to everyone who own a tank or looking into getting one. Proudly New Zealand designed and manufactured, WaterSaver is now leading the way to water conservation and bringing peace of mind to water tank owners.

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Ironman 4x4 for tough conditions Ironman 4x4 products will be on display at the Canterbury A&P Show on the 15th to the 17th of November at site E64.

❚ Article by Terraquip NZ Ltd

These products have been developed in the harshest proving ground in the world – Australia, and have been available to 4WD users for over 50 years. Sold in more than 120 countries, Ironman 4x4 will deliver the comfort and safety you demand as well as quality and value for money.

With one of the largest ranges of suspension in the world and top of the line accessories, you will find the products and friendly advice you need to help get your vehicle off the beaten track.

Bullbars The range of bullbars is extensive with an entry level commercial black bar which is airbag and winch compatible, a deluxe bar which is similar to the commercial bar but has an integrated driving light and the protector bar with a grey finish and stainless steel hoops. All have an aerial lug as well as spotlight mounting points and high lift jack slots.

Winches Ironman monster winches are becoming very popular with two in the range, a 9500lb and a 12000lb. The gearbox on the winches has an upgraded design with hardened gears to eliminate float for precision operation along with an improved sliding clutch with straight cut gears which eliminates any gearbox slip. The rotatable gearbox allows posi-

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To help you enhance your current vehicle lights, Ironman 4X4 produce a range of lights including the Gamma 175 H3 halogen with a pencil and spread beam, the Vega 220 H1 halogen and the Supernova HID 35W with internal ballast, a glass lens, polycarbonate lens cover and with a range of up to 1 km!

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Generator suppliers you can trust QPower is a leading New Zealand leading generator solutions provider with branches in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin.

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QPower operates in some of the most remote parts of the country and wherever a power source of any size is required, we have a quality power solution.

QPower is wholly New Zealand owned with unparalleled technical skills and buying power. We import generators principally from Europe, from suppliers we know and trust.

You can be confident our power generators and systems are the best value you can buy and will stand the test of time.

A continuous electricity supply is absolutely vital both for animal welfare and seamless milk production on dairy farms.

The loss of a single day’s milking or insufficient drinking water for stock can have serious effects on the bottom line and animal health.

Farmers understand the need to lower their risk in the face of power blackouts caused by major weather events, fallen power lines or natural disasters such as earthquakes.

They need two things: a quality generator that isn’t going to let them down, and swift repair should something go wrong. QPower provides both.

During the Canterbury 2012 storms we supplied some 60 generators to farmers, both hire and purchase units.

We also fixed generators for farmers who had issues with unsupported product in a crisis.

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Livestock the stars of the show

Delighting visitors since 1863, the Canterbury A&P Show is three full days of livestock and equestrian madness with 3,000 animals on site competing in over 1,700 classes for the best of the best showing titles and over $100,000 in prize money.

In addition to the competitive action in the showing rings, there are plenty of opportunities for Showgoers to interact with animals.

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around the Clydesdale Area were the horses are rested between competitions.

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at the Canterbury A&P Show. In Hand classes show off the horse which is led around the ring for judging.

• Where: ASB Arena • When: Wednesday 15 November 2017

The Ballantynes Grand Parade is a showcase of the best of the best with prize winners across most livestock and equestrian sections parading their ribbons.

The Ballantynes Grand Parade is led by the Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band and is the culmination of three days of showing.

• Where: ASB Arena • When: Friday 17 November 2017

Hunts and Hounds

Livestock Parade

In the proud tradition of hunting with horses to hounds in New Zealand, the team from the Christchurch Hunt will complete a series of laps of the ASB Arena Arena in livery with their trusty hounds leading the chase.

• Where: ASB Arena • When: Thursday 16 November 2017

A parade of prize winning livestock including Cattle, Llamas, Alpacas, and Goats led by the St Andrews College Pipe Band.

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Young Auctioneer’s competition opens doors

❚ by Kent Caddick

Winning the Heartland Bank Young Auctioneer of the Year at the 2016 Canterbury A&P Show has opened doors for 22-year-old Kurow man Madison Taylor.

The national competition is hosted and administered by the Canterbury A&P Association and sees young auctioneers from around the country battling it out over two days of practical and theoretical tests.

Part of Taylor’s prize for winning the competition, was a trip to Sydney to get involved with the Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association’s equivalent competition at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

He had a busy week in Sydney as not only was he representing his country as New Zealand’s top young auctioneer he was also part of the New Zealand equestrian team as a bareback rodeo rider.

Taylor’s Sydney trip began with the ALPA Young Auctioneer’s Competition dinner and sponsors night in Darling Harbour.

“There were 350 people at the dinner and at the end of the night the 2016 Australian Champion and myself had to do a charity auction,” Taylor said.

“It was an absolute blast and we made about $20,000 off 12 items. I think the free beer and wine definitely made it easier to draw the bids out of the sponsors.”

The next day was spent at the Show, where he had to navigate the ‘huge’ Show to research three steers that he would later sell.

“After finding and researching the stock

Gavel bangers: Heartland bank Young Auctioneer of the Year competition in progress at the 2016 Canterbury A&P Show.

we’d be selling, we had to sell in an indoor theatre that seats about 3000 people. We sold three steers each.

“One of my limousin steers made $3400 and only weighed 450 kilos. They had a lot of high-end butchers and steak houses there buying the steers. It was a great experience and I loved every minute of it.

“It was great to also represent New Zealand in rodeo while I was over there. I placed fourth on the first night in the bareback riding but didn’t have much luck after that.”

Along with the experience gained during his trip to Sydney, the young auctioneer from

Peter Walsh and Associates said that winning the competition has already had a positive effect on his career.

“It’s really kicked open a few doors, allowing my boss and colleagues to have a bit more faith in my ability to sell confidently.

“I now sell at my own on-farm lamb sales, calf sales and ewe fairs and I hope my clients see this [the win] as another reason to trust me to get the best value for their stock.”

Taylor said entering and winning the Heartland Bank Young Auctioneers Competition had been a great social and learning experience.

“You get the chance to pit your skills against some of the best gavel bangers in the country.

“Along with the great feedback from judges, you pick up a lot of different sayings and styles from listening to the others and it really broadens your horizons.

“As my boss Peter Walsh keeps telling me, ‘the world’s best auctioneer hasn’t been invented yet’.”

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Setting up a forestry block What to consider ❚ Article supplied by NZFFA

Many of the people interested in planting trees for profit are farmers who already own the land and wish to diversify their income or capital assets in future.

However, increasing numbers of tree planters are not farmers, but people who want to create a valuable asset by planting trees.

The following is aimed principally at those who want to buy land for forestry, but much of it applies equally well to those who already own land and want to choose the best sites for planting.

Location How far is the site from the nearest port, or processing plant with ready access to export facilities? Long distance transport is costly and has a major impact on profitability.

Transport costs for sites that are more than

100km from the market can seriously erode returns for logs.

Access How close is the site to a public road and is there legal access? Getting logs from the site to a public road requires good reliable access for logging trucks.

Roading to a suitable standard can be very expensive, particularly if the costs have to be met from only a small block of trees. If access would require upgrading, make sure the site is sufficiently large to bear the cost without seriously affecting profitability.

The quality of access can also impinge quite significantly on silvicultural costs (site preparation, planting, releasing, pruning and thinning). If access is by right-of-way or paper road, ensure that there are no impediments to using that access.

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Topography Is the site flat, rolling or steep hill country? Steep topography not only increases silvicultural costs and preclude a production thinning, but can have a major impact on harvesting costs.

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Domestic demand remains strong

Allan Laurie mNZIF ❚ by Laurie ❚ Forestry Ltd

Export log prices have remained flat to up maybe up NZ$1-$2 per JAS m3 for October sales on an at wharf gate basis.

Timing of shipping, freight cost and when FOREX is hedged have impacted exporters.

The domestic scene has continued a very strong path of demand and prices are slightly firm also.

A summary of the factors that have impacted the market recently are as follows: • Domestic consumption is strong, prices continue an upward trend and some mills are struggling for supply.

• Whilst the key centres of Auckland and Christchurch are off an apparent ‘boil’, in terms of new house starts, other second tier cities are experiencing significant increases.

• China softwood log consumption has exceeded expectation at close to 70,000 cubic metres per day across the eastern seaboard.

• Log supplies to China from NZ, Australia, Pacific North West (PNW) and Russia have been pretty much in step with consumption resulting in an all important stable inventory at or about 3.7 million cubic metres.

• Shipping costs and ship availability have been a source of wailing and gnashing of teeth for exporters.

Rates are increasing toward the high US$20’s per cubic metre mark with

shipping companies short supplying the market in order drive prices up.

• The India log trade is still struggling with the imposition of GST and log tariffs which means log buyers have to now fund up to 23% of the value of their cargo prior to discharge.

On the domestic front, pruned logs have remained stable with the average across NZ being about $170 per tonne for P1 (min SED 40cm) and largely unchanged in 6 months.

Again, sales at significantly above and below the $170 mark have been recorded where log quality and pruning timeliness have played a key role in clearwood recovery.

This segment can certainly pay dividends for those forest owners getting it right.

News of large sawmill expansions, new engineered wood manufacturing start-ups and new technology options being explored to timber treatments are all signs of an industry on a roll where higher log prices are clearly not a deterrent, rather a catalyst for driving pressure in to lumber prices, technology advancement and new building concepts.

There is nothing but good news here.

In China GDP grew by 6.9% for the second quarter exceeding earlier forecasts, adding some confidence to the market generally.

After a period of gloomier outlook, the financial sector is much more positive with activity expanding on the back of the Central Governments spend on infrastructure.

In terms of softwood log supply, NZ continues to be dominant. Of the 2.0 million

plus cubic metres delivered monthly to the eastern seaboard, NZ and Australia supply about 1.4 million, PNW about 550,000 and Russia the balance.

October settlements for Radiata pine logs landed in China are back up to where they were in 2014, at that time, a market peak.

Ordinarily we would be starting to look back down the tunnel about this time to see if the calamity train was coming but this time all eyes and movements are forward.

The strengthening RMB against the US$ has helped China exporters absorbing the log price increases, indeed also increasing margins and thus restoring come profitability to traders.

Even at the current elevated levels, the market appears to be comfortable. However, as always, the levels of consumption are the ultimate determinant, it will not take much to tip the supply demand scales at the current price levels.

In India the effective 23% increase in log cost funding as a consequence of GST and tariffs is keeping this market significantly subdued. Buyers are struggling to get sufficient funding in place to cashflow the 18% GST portion particularly, and orders have slowed considerably.

As the market overcomes this issue and

the GST starts to flow back in to bank balances, most commentators are suggesting a market revival of some proportion. Indeed despite the last two months, the overall growth in volume is expected with 20% to 30% year on year currently predicted.

The continuing buoyancy and apparent robustness of markets is certainly making for some wonderful returns for forest owners and long may it continue.

With ongoing labour shortages, port congestion and persistent rain, it certainly doesn’t look like production is going to ramp in NZ any time soon. That is exactly what we need to ensure we continue to enjoy the current returns with plenty out there to potentially tip the supply demand scales the wrong way.

This proves once again, the only way forward for climate, country and the planet is to get out there and plant more trees.

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Successful establishment of tree seedlings Planting a tree seedling is easy – just dig a hole, place the roots in the hole and cover with soil.

❚ Article supplied by NZFFA

Successful establishment of tree seedlings so that they are still alive and growing vigorously a few years later and grow on to become mature trees, however, requires a lot more attention to detail.

Good forward planning pays dividends, so always plan just what you need to do well in advance of actual planting.

Key factors for success are: • Make sure the species chosen is suit-

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• Use good quality tree stock.

• Take great care in the handling, transport and storage of seedlings.

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the seedlings for at least a year after planting.

• Protect seedlings from browsing by stock and wild animals.

Bare-rooted stock are preferred to container stock for large-scale planting because they are usually much cheaper to produce, more seedlings can be carried when planting away from roads and it is difficult to produce container stock large enough and sufficiently well-conditioned to establish well on harder sites.

However, some species, particularly many of the eucalypts, perform much better when container grown.

Under ideal planting conditions, small seedlings transplant better than larger ones, with less interruption to their growth.

In practice, a minimum size is required because the seedling must contain sufficient food reserves not only to survive until planted, but also to make new root and shoot growth after planting. Root collar diameter is the best indicator of food reserves.

The stem must be sufficiently hardened to withstand handling and storage without damage, resist disease and insect attack, and tolerate harsh weather conditions after planting.

The seedling must be large enough to be planted deeply in uneven ground without be-

ing buried, and to be able to cope with any likely weed growth.

The future root system of the tree is largely determined by the way the roots are positioned at the time of planting.

The commonest faults in planting are: • not planting deep enough. Such trees are much more prone to topple in strong winds and to suffer moisture stress under dry conditions.

• not creating a planting hole big enough to accommodate the root system without distortion. Roots bent horizontally around the lower stem will later strangle the main stem, resulting in wind throw. If the nurseryman has not trimmed the roots sufficiently, use a sharp pair of shears and trim the roots in a cool shady place before going out to plant.

• dragging the roots into a planting slot so that they all point in the same direction, resulting in unstable trees with ‘hockey stick’ root systems.

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Anchor tops $2 billion in revenue Fonterra’s Foodservice business, Anchor Food Professionals, became New Zealand’s sixth biggest export business recently, having generated more than $2 billion in annual revenue over the past year.

❚ by Kent Caddick

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“We have 56 chefs in more than 50 counoperating officer, Lukas Paravacini, said the achievement is the result of changing life- tries who go into kitchens to demonstrate the styles by consumers and a new way of work- products.

“They get to know their customers, work ing, which is about partnering with customers to help their businesses succeed in this rap- to understand their issues and challenges, and help us design more new products to idly growing industry.

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Lameness will cost you money

Fred Hoekstra ❚ with ❚ VeeHof

Do you know what hoof trimming is all about?

How would you rate your own or your staff’s hoof trimming skills?

Many people may answer that question with a certain amount of self-confidence. ‘It’s not that difficult, right? I have seen vets trim cows. I have even watched professional trimmers. I think I do a pretty decent job’.

Lameness is expensive. It is in the top three animal welfare problems, and along with mastitis and fertility, is in the top three main health costs on a dairy farm.

It pays to take it seriously, and unfortunately, most people underestimate the skills and know-how required for proper hoof care.

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commodity trade being replaced, at least in part, by manufactured protein.

At this stage the impact is unclear. HowevProfessor Derrick Moot of Lincoln University made the following point in his recent lec- er, the current cost of production has dramattures: Nitrogen fertiliser has helped feed the ically reduced from its experimental stages, world, however its environmental impact is and is markedly less than that of animal desuch that its continued use is non-sustain- rived protein.

It would be convenient and comforting to able.

He went as far as stating that, should we think that there will be a sufficiently lengthy continue with our present system, a conver- lead-in time for the farming industry to make sation around this country’s ability to contin- the necessary changes and all will be well.

However, the indications are that within ue pastoral farming was essential.

He also spoke of the new technology that three years the shift will already be having a allowed the manufacturing of cheap protein, marked impact.

When we factor in uncertain weather patwhich will be marketed as ‘clean’ protein, with the obvious inference for pasture pro- terns and increasing interest rates, and a reduced meat and milk. He stated this would quirement for debt to be repaid, there’s good split the protein market, with the present reason for farmers to ignore all news items and spend as much time as possible at the back of the 0800 843 809 farm – and some will take www.esi.org.nz that option.

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A recently released report states that woollen carpets last longer and fade more slowly, so we’ll make a more determined effort with our next purchase. But when time is short it takes a more than heroic effort not to favour the here-and-now lower cost option.

Shifting from the production of commodity traded meat and milk cannot be done overnight. It will take a three year period to change nutrient inputs and grazing management, and in some cases animal quality, in order to reach the standard necessary for markets where price is not a consideration.

Those markets already exist and they are the only ones that will provide the financial returns required for pastoral farmers to survive.

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Westland Milk Products breaks even Westland Milk Products has recovered from a loss in the 12 months ended July 31, 2016, to post a break-even profit before tax for the 2016-17 financial year.

❚ by Kent Caddick The company, New Zealand’s second largest dairy co-operative, said the result represented a total payout to its 342 shareholders of $338.7million, a net average cash payout of $5.18/kgms.

Chairman Pete Morrison said the payout is effectively a break-even result for the Westland Group at $29,000 profit before tax.

“While this is an improved result on 2015-16 when our payout was $3.88/ kgms, it is still not industr y competitive,” Morrison said.

“Shareholders expect their board and management to do much better this current financial year.”

Morrison said both board and management warned shareholders after last year’s annual general meeting last year that it would not be able to return the company to an industry competitive payout in one season but they are committed to doing so for 2017-18.

“Our new ways of working and accountability from board, management and staff will make a huge difference this year and I am pleased to confirm that our payout prediction for this season is in the $6.40 to $6.80 range.”

He said the recovery bodes well for the future of the co-operative.

“When our new Chief Executive Toni Brendish commenced in September 2016, and quickly established a new finance team to work with her, she identified that it was costing Westland more to process its ‘bucket of milk’ compared with other dairy companies in New Zealand.

“Since then, management has embarked on a campaign to reduce costs and improve

Improving: Westland milk chairman Pete morrison says the co-ops recovery is good news but there is still work to do.

efficiencies. The result has been the removal of many millions of dollars in costs from the business.”

In 2015-2016 Westland reported a $14.5m after tax loss. An adjustment to deferred tax for that year reduced the previously reported loss to $10.3m.

Opening retained earnings for the 20152016 year were also adjusted, resulting in a net improvement of $1.5m to previously reported retained earnings for the group, with no change to 2015-2016 operating results, payout or cashflow.

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Eyes turn to annual conference After the drama of the election, we are now looking forward to our 2018 Conference which will take place in Alexandra from 17-19 April and invite farmers with an interest in irrigation to join us.

Andrew Curtis ❚❚by ❚❚IrrigationNZ Chief Executive

Unlocking a Golden Future through SMART irrigation is the theme of conference. With so much public and media focus on irrigation and water issues, this is an opportunity to be updated on the future of water management and irrigation systems.

Three field trips will be offered where you can see best practice irrigation in action on a range of different farms and hear on the ground experiences from farmers about how they use irrigation to improve their productivity.

You will have the option of choosing from a pastoral farming tour, visiting local orchards or seeing a range of local vineyards.

Each trip will look at how different irrigation systems are being used to suit local conditions.

The conference will also include an Expo featuring a huge range of different of products and services designed to help improve production and irrigation efficiency and save time.

Central Otago is a scenic and historically rich location, and the conference is a chance to see the district amongst spectacular autumnal colours.

The history of irrigation in Central Otago is intimately linked to the region’s Gold Rush.

Rights to take and use water were originally in the 1860s and linked to mining, but were later being used for irrigation.

The original water permits issued rights in perpetuity. In the depression the government funded irrigation expansion such as the Falls Dam scheme as public works projects,

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with more infrastructure developed from the 1950s to the 1980s.

The Resource Management Act set a deadline for historical water permits linked to mining to expire in October 2021. Otago is now at a crossroads with the amount of water available for irrigation expected to reduce, and water permit holders needing to look at innovative ways to optimise water use.

Local irrigation scheme representatives and farmers will talk about how they are overcoming the challenges they face and working together to come up with innovative solutions for the future.

Keynote speaker Stuart Styles, the Director of the Irrigation Training and Research Center from San Luis, California, will talk about how New Zealand’s irrigation practices and regulatory regime compares to the rest of the world.

Dr Ros Harvey, Manager Director of Innovative Australian AgTech business The Yield, and co-founder of the Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre and the Knowledge Economy Institute, will talk about how we can meet the world’s requirement to provide 60% more food by 2050 to feed our growing population. She will discuss how we can meet

this challenge without compromising the future and how technology can transform farming practices.

Panellists, ANZ rural economist Con Williams along with vet, dairy farmer and scientist Alison Dewes, Central Otago Mayor Tim Cardogan, Pioneer Energy chief executive Fraser Jonkers and Law Professor Jacinta Ruru, will discuss the future of water catchment management with moderator Radio NZ Morning Report presenter Guyon Espiner.

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La Nina likely weather pattern

Looking ahead to the summer season, and some clear indicators are falling into place.

Perhaps most importantly, we are seeing a significant development of La Nina conditions in the tropical Pacific. This has been the driving factor behind the wetter than normal winter which much of the country, including Canterbury, has experienced.

It’s been a few years since La Nina seasons affected our weather patterns (20102012 to be precise) so it’s worth noting what La Nina is, and how it affects our summer weather.

In simple terms, La Nina is the opposite of El Nino. Where El Nino creates warmer than usual water along the equator in the Pacific, La Nina creates cooler than normal conditions.

While El Nino increases the ocean temperature and creates rising air, the cooler La Nina pattern suppresses vertical movement of air along the equator, which has the effect of reducing the strength of the westerly wind belt which is the dominant influence on New Zealand’s day to day weather.

So La Nina seasons tend to see the usual westerly airflows over New Zealand become less intense and less frequent.

The westerlies become disrupted, which in turn means that other sorts of weather

systems can become more frequent.

Note that La Nina seasons still get periods of westerly airflow, but they are less intense and less frequent than in El Nino seasons. Anticyclones (high pressure systems) and depressions, fronts and troughs (low pressure systems) become more common.

Often we see a seasonal trend, where the anticyclones are more dominant in the early part of summer, and the depressions more common in the later summer and autumn.

We also often see the anticyclones affecting the southern South Island, while the depressions affect the North Island.

Canterbury is often caught between these two zones, with long periods of fine weather, mild with coastal northeasterlies and plenty of sunshine inland, but sometimes with areas of cloud on the coasts. However, periods of on-shore (often easterly) airflow can bring cloudy and rainy periods.

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Dodged a bullet?

Dr Tony Davoren ❚ with ❚ Hydro Services

So we have a government. While it took nearly the length of time between articles it has meant we’ve dodged a bullet, regardless of our political preferences. Thank goodness pragmatism overtook emotion for a change. out to be undesirable, disastrous, dangerous, or otherwise harmful”.

Certainly both in my mind driven by emotion rather than realism or pragmatism.

Are they?

• Undesirable – yes • Disastrous – yes for some • Dangerous – not really • Harmful – most certainly for some yes Before we knew the composition of the new government I was talking to a local Rotary Club about the very subject. I attempted to put both into perspective.

Irrigators under the Labour proposal would pay a royalty on water used for irrigation.

My immediate thought is what about all the other users of our water – industrial, municipal/community, stock liquid (more than permitted takes) containment and the like. The proposal was for a tax of 2c/1000 litres ($0.02/m3).

Let’s think about this a little further: • Consider a consent with a “volume not exceeding 3,895,000 cubic metres

While, for the moment we have “dodged a bullet” over a tax on water for irrigation and who knows over the bottled water issue.

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between 1 July and the following 30 June” • For this irrigator there would be an additional cost of $77,900/year • Or the revenue for a year from about 24 dairy cows (at $6/kg MS) or 865 lambs (at $90/lamb – perhaps) or 195T of wheat at $400/tonne.

Politicians did not give this any thought, they were just caught up in the public emotion. Could they sustain an additional tax on a product that struggles to make a reasonable return? I think not.

This brings to me bottled water. Really what is the fuss other than it is an easy emotional target.

The quantity of water that is bottled is minute – of course the protagonists love to quote it in ‘billions of litres’ without putting the numbers in any context, typically reporters who want to make a name or sell a newspaper or improve TV ratings. None of these people have thought of the more important consequences.

Once again to put it in perspective: • Bottled water is a very small quantity of the allo-

cated water (both in Canterbury and NZ) • For example an long standing bottling plant in Canterbury has a rate of take 6L/s, a daily volume of 250m3/day and 91,250m3 between 1st July and the following 30th June • Sure this is 182,500,000 500ml bottles but is just 0.075% of the allocation limit of the Selwyn Waimakiriri Ground Water Zone – immeasurable in the greater scheme • What is of concern is that many plants use ozonated water used to disinfectant the plastic bottles and it has to be discharged somewhere • What is the fate of (in this case) 182.5million plastic bottles when they have been consumed?

The latter matters, ozonated water and the disposal of plastic bottles, are of much greater concern than the minute volume of water that is being bottled.

As I was asked, “why didn’t we get this perspective during the election?” – well it doesn’t gravitate emotion and doesn’t improve media ratings, plain and simple.

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It’s a tough crowd

rob Cochrane ❚ by Wool Procurement Manager, ❚ PGG Wrightson Wool ❚

Some acts are hard to follow and others are very difficult to perform.

When the audience does not seem to show much appreciation towards the ability of the performers, the performers can become a little aggrieved and some may decide to hang up their hats, so-to-speak.

Crossbred wool growers are facing a very tough crowd at present as the export audience struggle to sell wool, in significant quantities, to processors around the globe with none-the-least being the number of Chinese mills who have pulled well back on what was considered ‘traditional’ business until around two years ago.

At the same time a large number of sheep farmers around New Zealand (some areas more affected than others) continue to hold much of their last season’s wool clip, while their flocks are gradually making their way towards the shearing shed again.

South Island wool auctions held in Christchurch throughout September and into October were well supported, from a vendor perspective, with most auctions attracting bale numbers well above the published scheduled quantities.

While it was pleasing to see good quantities of wool catalogued by selling brokers,

much of the crossbred wool in particular was either re-offered from having been passedin earlier in the current season, or had been held over by growers from the previous season.

As export order books appeared very thin, prices for crossbred wool consequently remained subdued, although a few short-lived brighter spots were evident at each sale for a handful of specific types.

After many mid-micron (Halfbred and Corriedale) wool types had enjoyed solid demand during the month of August, prices eased for the coarser edge (in line with many of the finer crossbred hogget types) as the season progressed into late September and early October. Most demand for mid-micron during October was directed towards those well-grown and well-prepared lines measuring finer than approximately 27 microns.

As crossbred and (some) mid-micron prices struggled, fine-wool buyers projected a completely opposite reaction towards the exceptionally good catalogues of merino wool offered in the Christchurch auction room during September and October.

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buyers fought to ensure they won each battle and have their company name firmly attached to their chosen lots by the auctioneer upon the fall of the gavel.

To witness such distinctly different market signals for opposite ends of the wool spectrum is rather unnerving. “B in the D” if one area of the market moved in either a positive or negative direction, generally the others swung similarly, albeit not necessarily to the same extent, but the perception was that ‘the wool price’ was either up or down. Not now.

During the morning tea break at a recent auction an exporter and a broker were over-

heard talking about the market, and they agreed that it was almost impossible to assess values accurately because so many ‘similar’ types were receiving such differing prices, leading me to think that we will likely be facing the tough crowd for a while to come.

After successfully conducting a live wool auction at the Canterbury A&P Show last year, enabling the public to see how the largest percentage of the NZ wool clip is traded, South Island auction brokers will do the same again this year on November 16, beginning at 8.00am when there will be approximately 8000 bales on offer.

That’s my view.

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Top of the South Velvet and Hard Antler competition

by ❚ Article NZ Deer Farmers Association ❚

The Canterbury West Coast Branch of the NZDFA, would like to invite all the velvet growers from within our catchment to support the fourth annual ‘Top of the South’ Velvet and Hard Antler competition.

For the 2017 Top of the South Velvet and Hard Antler competition boundaries have changed. They now include all of Canterbury, along with Nelson, and Marlborough… so, north from the Waitaki River to Cook Straight, including both East and West Coasts.

Great support for the 2016 4yr old Red Deer class has encouraged the committee to introduce a 5yr old Red Deer class, plus continuing the split Mature Red velvet class based on industry agreed grading for Traditional and Non-Traditional grades. There is also a change to an inclusive Open Elk Wapiti class.

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Advance Parties, three years on

Trevor Walton ❚ by ❚ Deer Industry NZ

Advance Parties, a novel deer industry initiative designed to help farmers take their businesses forward, have proved to be outstandingly successful.

Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) is now working on ways to get more farmers involved and how to keep Advance Parties relevant and sustainable in the long-term.

The first three years of the initiative (2015-2017) were funded by DINZ with support from the Ministry for Primary Industries Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF).

In a final report to MPI, DINZ P2P manager Innes Moffat says the original target was to have 12 Advance Parties. With 26 now formed he aims to have 30 operating by the end of the year.

“A more impressive statistic, however, is a 2016 survey finding that 90 per cent of Advance Party members have made changes to their farming operations as a result of being in an Advance Party,” Moffat says.

“These changes ranged from minor fixes to deer handling facilities and improvements to feeding management; through to substantial investment in fencing, genetics, land or capital.

“They included the purchase of weighing scales, new fencing, environmental improvements, the adoption of leptospirosis vaccination and pre-rut weaning, among many others.”

He says the farmers involved are ordinary farmers and farm employees from around 200 farm businesses.

“They’re not an elite handpicked group.

Anyone who wants to be involved in an Advance Party will get DINZ support to find others in their area who may be interested in forming one.”

Advance Parties were originally set up as one of a number of responses to the loss of farmers from the industry. This was largely because deer product prices and on-farm productivity gains had not been keeping pace with other land use options.

In 2011 more than 40 farmers, scientists, consultants and veterinarians worked togeth-

Changes in advance: Quartz Hill Station farmer Dan Harper points out a new area of deer farm development at an Advance Party workshop on his farm last year.

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one unexpected benefit has been the support members have given to each other during stressful periods.

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er as part of a productivity improvement project to address these issues.

“An independent survey told us that the majority of deer farmers were willing to adopt new management techniques, but they did not often engage ‘experts’,” Moffat says.

“A majority felt they learnt best by discussing issues with other farmers. Informed by that insight we decided to form Advance Parties to help farmers make the changes that were right for their business in a managed and supported environment.

“They are not called discussion groups, because they are not primarily about dis-

cussion. Members make a commitment to who understands your situation.”

With the end of funding from the SFF, the change and to sharing farm business information, their data, methods, plans, results, Advance Parties have now moved under the umbrella of the Passion2Profit (P2P) proproblems and successes.”

He says the benefits of belonging to an Ad- gramme, also jointly funded by MPI and the vance Party have included improved animal deer industry.

“All parties involved – DINZ, MPI and farmperformance, increased confidence among deer farmers to tackle changes and improved ers themselves – acknowledge that the model must become more self-funded,” Moffat social interaction between members.

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“Funding for Advance Parties is in place the communication of the results of successful AP projects at regional farmer workshops through until the end of the PGP in 2022, but DINZ is now considering the best joint fundand media articles.

“Of the many changes that farmers have ing arrangements that will allow Advance Parmade since becoming involved in Advance ties to continue after that.

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Food of the future

I asked my granddad what he reckoned Kiwi kids would be feeding their grandkids down the track a bit.

❚ by Solis Norton Would it be ar tificial meat in burgers on a scoop of locust chips? Or tailor-made rations optimised to their individual requirements, as CSIRO’s Nicolas Archer floated at the Red Meat Sector conference back in July?

Or will it be like today with dazzling options from the shops and a bit from the garden? Maybe just mostly from the garden with a bit extra bought or traded from the local shops and the occasional special treat?

Grandad’s life was full of hard physical labour. He mastered the economy of motion, simplicity of form, and optimal function. Not surprisingly he made beautiful things (most of them will be around long after I’m gone) and he had time to think.

Now to grandad eating was one of life’s great pleasures. What went down the hatch was a matter of enormous impor tance. It was the difference between a good day in the sun or a rough day on the can after the worst kind of disruptive technology.

He asked me a few questions.

How many people did it take to get a pound of this ar tificial meat? Apparently

only a few said I, once the technology is in place.

He asked who would ser vice that technology? Contractors and scientists I said.

And who makes the factories, processing equipment, chillers, and packaging for this meat? Well builders and engineers and other industries, of course.

Who delivers the meat? Trucks, maybe ships and aeroplanes too. And then who maintains those machines? I wondered.

Sounds like there may be a few more people with their hand in that meat than we thought, he said.

How many people does it take to make a pound of potatoes? he asked. Two, I said, if you sit and talk to me while I dig.

How’s our support network? Well the wheel barrow has a flatty but there’s a spare tube in the shed. Is that right? he said.

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Quad bike safety steps Quad bikes are involved in approximately 28% of all work-related farm deaths, but in most cases death and injury can be prevented -– they aren’t part of the job.

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Step 1: Riders must be trained/experienced enough to do the job Before anyone rides your quad bikes assess their skills. If they need training the best option is a skills course.

For information on accredited training providers visit NZQA’s website, call 0800 697 296 or contact your local quad bike dealer and ask about courses in your area.

Step 2: Choose the right vehicle for the job When choosing the right vehicle for the job pay close attention to what your quad bike owner’s manual says about carrying passengers.

Most manufacturers’ manuals say passengers should not be carried. Also consider the maximum towed and car-

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Strong demand for Hyundai’s new Kona Hyundai’s new small SUV, the Kona, named after the iconic region of the Hawaiian Islands that’s famous for attracting Ironman competitors and intrepid coffee connoisseurs alike, is about to arrive in New Zealand.

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❚ by Kent Caddick Designed for those who have a sense of urban adventure at heart, the Kona launches at Hyundai dealers throughout New Zealand this month.

Hyundai New Zealand general manager Andy Sinclair said the level of awareness and interest among consumers has been quite phenomenal.

“This is a significant new model in the growing small-SUV segment and we knew people would respond to its size, styling and class leading on-board technologies,” Sinclair said.

“What we weren’t really expecting was for people to be putting down deposits before pricing and specification details were even finalised.”

Sinclair said he has two promises for Kona customers: the model range will begin with a “super sharp” price, starting from $31,990 RRP; which represents the best level of standard equipment of any entry model Kona in the southern hemisphere.

In particular, he said, every Kona will arrive

with a full complement of the latest in safety equipment. Hyundai’s array of active safety technologies, known as SmartSenseTM, include the radar-based Lane Keeping Assist, Forward Collision Warning, Blind Spot Collision Warning and Driver Attention Warning.

“Our focus on safety goes hand in hand with our approach to fitting every new Kona with the very latest in safety equipment and other technologies – all aimed at ensuring that every new owner is protected by the best possible safety systems available.”

The range will feature two trim packages on both a 2.0-litre naturally aspirated twowheel drive version and 1.6-litre turbo engine All-Wheel Drive model.

There will be nine exterior colour options, including striking new orange and blue hues plus an optional black roof to create an appealing two-tone finish.

The Elite will come packed with full leather interior, heated electric front seats, wireless smartphone charging, heads up display, LED Headlights and 18” alloy wheels.

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Kona will have nine exterior colour options, plus an optional black roof to create an appealing twotone finish. Hyundai New Zealand says the interest in the new Kona SUv has been ‘phenomenal’. tion the company expects customers to use more and more and one that Sinclair said perfectly fits their focus on providing a great customer experience.

“As a New Zealand-owned company, we have a close and enduring relationship with our customers and dealers that stretches across decades of excellent service and

great vehicles.

“As Kona arrives we want to equip those who seek to discover experiences in their own backyard with a vehicle that does everything they need it to,” Sinclair said.

For more information on the all-new Hyundai Kona, visit www.hyundai.co.nz/suv/kona

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Traffic versus suicide

❚ with rob Cope-Williams

The suicide epidemic continues to rage with numbers being swept under the carpet by the authorities and the public in general.

We will never get to hear the actual figures because they are hushed up, but I know that in a recent week there were nine here in Canterbury, and possibly more that I haven’t heard of. That is an epidemic.

So when you hear that a young person was told that he wasn’t at risk and sent home in a taxi, only to take his own life the next day, you need to take a very long and hard look at the system.

Yes the mental health organisations will say that they are underfunded and understaffed, and they will plead the Government to pour in more resources to no avail.

In the meantime road deaths are highlighted and the Government continues to reap huge benefits from policing our roads.

The $58 million income from speed cameras nationally is a very large sum of money, and what is done with those funds?

More speed cameras and to take more money from drivers, that’s what. None of it is spent on driver education working with young bullet proof youths.

We will always have people like that young person who drove up the motorway the wrong way in a stolen car and then died when being chased by police while he was in yet another stolen car.

Other young people can learn a lot by hands on tuition but the same young people are screaming for help as they try to get through their early days.

We older people simply can’t be expected to understand the pressures they are facing, and nor can we expect them to talk to us about them. Thankfully there are some who do talk to parents, members of the family or each other, but very few will.

As you will know part of the symptoms are hiding the depression and not wanting to interact with anyone.

Young people must support each other and organisations such as NZ Young Farmers are doing a fabulous job, but why can’t the authorities get access to some of the traffic fine funds to keep our young people alive.

We don’t know how many road deaths are suicide. Society has moved on at the cost of social interaction.

Let’s bring back the family values we had when families made their own fun together, laughed together and looked after each other.

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