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FROM THE ACTING CEO We are approaching the half way point of spring already – and hopefully warmer temperatures are leading to positive outcomes for all of our shareholders.

INTEREST

Everything we do here at Farmlands should make your life simpler. It’s why we were created and it’s why we remain proactive in our mission to save you time and money.

October is a busy month for Farmlands, as it is for our shareholders. That’s why this year we’re going digital. Shareholders will be able to vote in Director Elections online as well as being able to access the Annual Report and Proxy Form online.

While this will be the second year we have enabled shareholders to vote in Director Elections online, this is the first time Proxy Forms and other information for our AGM will be available over the web. Obtaining the Proxy Form online allows you to make sure you have your say at the AGM, taking place at New Plymouth’s Devon Hotel on Tuesday, 3rd November. Plus, the cost saving for your co-operative will be very substantial.

As a co-operative, it is critical that we make sure our shareholders’ voices are heard. Every shareholder has a right to contribute to the direction of Farmlands.

All AGM Proxy Forms must be in by 30th October, with the necessary documents available on the website later this month.

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Tony van der Hoorn Chief Executive Officer (Acting) Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited

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From the Acting CEO Save the date Meet the team Important Notices Notice of Annual General Meeting Introducing our new CEO, Peter Reidie Special Feature - When the whitebait are running Thanks, Richard Mentors make a difference Let’s get ‘em down Farmlands App Ladies Night Get pumped with Gulf Choices Rewards Farmers and growers demonstrate environmental commitment Genesis Energy Farmlands Finance Farmlands Livestock Farmlands Fuel

ON YOUR FARMLANDS CARD

We welcome all shareholders to help Farmlands prepare for the future.

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That direction is also shaped by the Director Elections. Voting papers were distributed very recently and voting closes on 27th October.

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Plan365 Animal Management Plan365 Nutrition Plan365 Forage and Arable Plan365 Horticulture Plan365 Rural Infrastructure Plan365 Dairy Management Farmlands Big Deals Real Estate Listings

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Ellesmere A&P Show, Leeston

Northern A&P Show, Rangiora

Undoubtedly Selwyn’s best weekend.

Head to the Rangiora Showgrounds for a great family day out.

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Ashburton A&P Show Attracting visitors from all over the South Island every year at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

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JOHN CALKIN Q: What is your current role at Farmlands?

A: Business Manager Taupo.

Q: What do you enjoy about your job?

A: The Taupo store staff and our supportive shareholders.

Q: You just won $100,000 on an Instant Kiwi! What are you going to do with it?

A: Share it with my daughters Tara, 29 and Dayna, 27.

Q: If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be?

A: Rarotonga.

Q: Where is your favourite New Zealand getaway?

A: It has to be Taupo, with the biggest swimming pool in the backyard.

Q: What is your signature karaoke song?

A: Gary Moore, ‘Still Got The Blues’.

JOHN’S WHITE FISH, COCONUT AND GREEN BEAN CURRY

IMPORTANT NOTICES Don’t forget to cast your vote for the Farmlands Director Elections.

Voting will open on Wednesday 30th September 2015. Your vote is important to help select the candidate who will make a valuable contribution to the Farmlands Board of Directors.

To cast your vote, head to www.farmlands.co.nz.

Information on how to vote has been sent to you with the voting papers.

Voting will close at 5.00pm on 31st October 2015.

INGREDIENTS ¹/³ cup Thai curry paste 1 tablespoon brown sugar 2 teaspoons fish sauce ½ teaspoon ground turmeric 165ml can light coconut milk 1 cup water 500g white fish, cut in bite-sized pieces

300g grean beans, trimmed, halved ½ 400g can cherry tomatoes, drained 3 cups quick-cook basmati rice 2 cups bean sprouts lime wedges, to serve

METHOD 1. Place a wok over a high heat.

Add curry paste, sugar, fish sauce and turmeric and use a wooden spoon to combine.

Once sizzling, stir in coconut milk and water, around ½ cup at a time, until well combined.

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2. Bring curry to the boil. Add fish and beans and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Poke a piece of fish with a fork – if it flakes apart, it’s cooked.

3. Divide rice among bowls, top with curry, bean sprouts and a lime wedge.

This year we’re going digital – so there won’t be a printed copy of the Annual Report or Proxy Form arriving in the post as you will have received in previous years. Instead, digital copies will be available online at www.farmlands.co.nz. This is a major cost saving for shareholders and is a more efficient way to view the Annual Report.

CALL IN AND SEE US!

Tap into the huge amount of knowledge and experience at your local Farmlands store.

Drop in, call 0800 200 600 or visit www.farmlands.co.nz Check out our Facebook page to see what’s happening at Farmlands www.fb.com/farmlandsnz

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

03 November

Notice is hereby given that the fifty-second Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited will be held at 3.00pm on Tuesday 3rd November, 2015 at The Devon Hotel, New Plymouth.

Shareholders are invited to join the Directors and Executive of the Society for refreshments at the conclusion of the meeting. At this function, shareholders will be entered into a complimentary sweepstake in the Melbourne Cup that will run at 5.00pm.

The shareholder who wins the sweepstake will receive $1,000 of travel vouchers to create their dream trip*. We look forward to your attendance at our Annual General Meeting.

Please RSVP by Friday 30th October to rsvp@farmlands.co.nz or 0800 200 600.

Business 1. To receive and adopt the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2015.

Resolution to be put: That the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2015 be adopted.

2. To appoint the auditors.

Resolution to be put: That the auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, continue in office and that the Directors be authorised to fix their remuneration.

By order of the Board Stephen Higgs, Secretary Christchurch 6 th October 2015

* Terms and Conditions apply.

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CO-OPERATIVE NEWS

Introducing our new CEO, Peter Reidie It’s my pleasure to advise you that your Board has appointed Peter Reidie as the Chief Executive of Farmlands. Peter takes up his role on 19 th October 2015.

Peter’s appointment marks the conclusion of an extensive search by your Board for a new CEO for the company. During this time, Farmlands CFO Tony van der Hoorn has provided capable leadership of the business as Acting Chief Executive. Our thanks to Tony on behalf of the Board and the company for his great work over this period.

As you know, it has been an exhaustive and careful executive search process carried out by the Board and we are delighted that Peter has accepted the role.

You will have a chance to hear from and meet Peter in due course but let me briefly outline his experience.

We look forward now to a smooth transition to Peter’s leadership and your Board looks forward to working with Peter and our executive team to take the next step in Farmlands’ development and the implementation of our strategy.

Born and raised in Invercargill, Peter holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He began his career as an economist and analyst in the public and private sectors, before moving into a very successful career in management.

He comes to Farmlands having been Managing Director of Goodman Fielder Australia and New Zealand.

Peter joined Goodman Fielder in 2008 as Managing Director (MD) of its Dairy and Meats Division before becoming MD of Goodman Fielder New Zealand (GFNZ) and then MD of Goodman Fielder Australia and New Zealand.

Between 2003 and 2007, Peter had a successful career with the Campbell Soup Company in the USA and Australia – first as General Manager Campbell Soup Company Australasia in 2003, rising to Vice President and General Manager, Meals and Accompaniments, Pepperidge Farm, USA.

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Kind regards,

Before that, between 1990 and 2002, Peter worked at Lion Nathan, culminating in a successful period as National Marketing Director, based in Sydney.

This experience in three key markets – the USA, Australia and New Zealand – has given Peter an extensive knowledge of a variety of businesses across multiple disciplines of finance, sales, marketing and general management.

His success in implementing Goodman Fielder’s strategy for business transformation in New Zealand – leading to his being appointed to also run the Australian business – was highly relevant to our needs and challenges.

Lachie Johnstone Chairman Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited +64 27 652 8872 lachie.johnstone@farmlands.co.nz

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| After spending around six whitebait seasons there, Steve Langridge is now a regular on the Wanganui River in Hari Hari.

The elusive whitebait. It’s a New Zealand delicacy caught each spring by dedicated whitebaiters around the country.

Whitebaiting is a practice steeped in tradition, with a rich history and many interesting characters.

For most of New Zealand, whitebait season starts on August 15th and ends on November 30th. The season is a little bit shorter for the West Coast of the South Island – September 1st to November 14th. In the Chatham Islands, the season runs from December 1st through to the end of February.

New Zealand whitebait are the juveniles of giant kokopu, banded kokopu, shortjaw kokopu, inanga and koaro – a freshwater fish species called the Galaxiids. They were given this name due to the patterns on their bodies being similar to a galaxy of stars.

Galaxiid species can also be found in other parts of the Southern Hemisphere but the giant, banded and shortjaw kokopu exist only in New Zealand.

Whitebaiters catch the juvenile Galaxiids during their migration into freshwater habitats – but if the fish manage to evade the whitebait net, they can grow up to 9 centimetres long.

The Department of Conservation have strict regulations around whitebaiting and anyone caught offending can have their fishing gear seized or even be fined up to $5,000.

Whitebaiting is extremely competitive and people on the West Coast know this all too well – the Coast is famous for whitebait. Each spring, the rivers are crowded with whitebaiters and many will stay for the entire season. | Whitebaiters will never tell you how much they’ve caught.

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It started getting a little bit addictive...

It’s just something I do now. I really look forward to it.

It’s a good stress release from farming that’s for sure.

| Steve whitebaits on the stand that belonged to his father.

Steve Langridge is one of those loyal whitebaiters, although he admits he hasn’t always been as passionate about whitebaiting as he is now. It was only when his father passed away that he decided to give it a go.

“I’d never really been that interested in whitebaiting,” he says.

“I thought it looked quite boring and I never really had time to go down, we just spent all our time milking cows.”

Steve and his wife Lynley have a herd of 500 dairy cows and a deer unit on their 430 hectare property at Taramakau Settlement on the West Coast.

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The property, which also includes a 140 hectare run-off block, has been in the family for 50 years.

Steve’s busy with the farm for the majority of the year but during whitebait season, the river is his home for 2 and a half months.

“It started getting a little bit addictive,” he says.

“It’s just something I do now. I really look forward to it. It’s a good stress release from farming that’s for sure.”

Steve whitebaits on the Wanganui River in Hari Hari, about an hour and a half drive away from his farm. His grandparents

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owned the sawmill in Hari Hari and his mother was born there – one of the reasons he keeps going back. “The place is part of my history,” he says.

“When we started going down there about 5 or 6 years ago, we were the youngest guys on the block,” Steve laughs.

“You meet a heck of a lot of interesting people. Everybody looks after each other. You help each other out. It’s like another family, a home away from home for 2 and a half months of the year.”

There are many stories shared about happenings on the river during whitebait season – people falling off their stands or falling asleep and boats getting stuck when the tide goes out – but don’t ever ask a whitebaiter how much they’ve caught.

“Whitebaiters are funny people,” Steve says. “Nobody will ever tell you how much whitebait they get.”

Steve compares whitebaiting to hunting as a competitive sport.

“You’re out there trying to beat the whitebait and beat your neighbours. A lot of people think whitebaiting is just standing at the river mouth scooping away but when you’ve got the big trenches it’s a different type of sport. You’ve got to use your brain and sort of outwit them.”

| Steve says whitebait are best when they’re really fresh.

Although Steve enjoys his time away from the farm, his family and friends are never too far away. His brother-in-law often joins him for the season and his wife and children head down to the river to visit him from time to time too. He says people who have never been whitebaiting before like to come down and see what it’s all about.

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And in the game of whitebaiting, as with any sport, there are winners and losers.

“Unless you really know what you’re doing, you don’t catch a lot. You’ve really got to outwit the whitebait and set your nets in the right place. When the tide’s coming in you go out with your screens and your nets and you go further out of your trench – and when the tide backs off you bring your nets and screens back in because the bait come along the edge of the river. Looking for patterns of what the bait do and where they are at certain times of the day and that sort of stuff.”

Steve says you can either muck it up immensely, or you can really succeed. “It’s a challenge.”

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| The Wanganui River becomes Steve’s home for the whitebait season.

A lot of people think whitebaiting is just standing at the river mouth scooping away but when you’ve got the big trenches it’s a different type of sport. You’ve got to use your brain and sort of outwit them.

“When my daughter was younger, we were down on the river one day and caught a wee bit of whitebait. It was really fresh, still alive – and we went back up to the caravan to cook it.

She didn’t know much about whitebait, so I said to her ‘now listen, if you put your head up to the pan you can hear the little buggers scream when you put them in’,” Steve laughs.

And the best way to cook it, Steve says, is in the pan with some butter – like a stir fry – and with a bit of lemon.

“They’re best when they’re really fresh.”

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Bay of Plenty fishery expert Bill Kerrison would agree.

“I can eat it any way,” he chuckles.

Bill has been involved in fishing for most of his life and says there’s not much his family hasn’t done in regards to the industry. Bill and his younger brother spent a lot of time working with their father, who was a commercial fisherman on the Hauraki Gulf.

Zealand River Awards. As well as working closely with the Department of Conservation, Bill lectures at universities and teaches students from all around the world.

Bill’s work involves the trapping and relocating of the New Zealand longfin eel and the kokopu, whose migratory movements are impeded by the two dams on the river – the Aniwhenua and Matahina.

“I was only a boy and my little brother would have been about two,” he says.

“I’ve been moving a huge amount of kokopu species,” Bill says. A few years ago he moved around 7,000.

“We got caught in a storm and we lost our boat on the beach, so that sort of changed our model of fishing and we stuck to the rivers after that.”

Whitebait numbers have been getting less and less over the years, due to poor water quality, pollution of estuaries, the drainage of wetlands and the modification and destruction of habitats.

Bill left home at a young age and went to work in the coal mines. He also spent time in the armed forces, before moving on to pursue engineering and a variety of other roles. In the late 1980s, Bill and his wife Kurawha returned to the Bay of Plenty, to a farm near Galatea in the Whakatane district.

Since returning to the Bay, Bill has spent more than 20 years committing his time to the regeneration of the many fish species living in the Rangitaiki River – the longest river in the Bay of Plenty. He founded the Kokopu Trust in 1997 and in November last year, he was named the 2014 River Story Award winner at the Morgan Foundation’s annual New

“Some of them seek small streams with forest cover as a habitat and if you remove that habitat then they will die out.

It affects everything, including the other species of fish that come in.”

Bill’s work is important to help the species rejuvenate each year and although he’s busy at this time of year cleaning out his trapping stations and getting ready to move the elvers (juvenile eels) up the river, Bill says he will get out for a spot of whitebaiting when he gets a chance.

“My family still whitebait on the Tarawera River,” he says.

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Some of them seek small streams with forest cover as a habitat and if you remove that habitat then they will die out.

It affects everything, including the other species of fish that come in.

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| Bill Kerrison has been involved in fishing for most of his life. Photo courtesy of Green Party.

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“They’ve been there ever since my grandmother passed away. She lived on the river for 80 years – she used to stay in a hut on the side of the river and she would to go out every day whitebaiting. When I get a break I go down there.”

And for his time on the river during whitebait season, the supplejack net is Bill’s tool of choice – a traditional fishing net made from the supplejack vine and flax.

“Supplejack is a vine that grows in the bush and it can bend in all directions,” Bill says. The vines are light and flexible but extremely sturdy.

“You bend it in a circle, then get your cloth and make it up and you’re all ready to catch whitebait.”

It would be rare to see any of these nets on the rivers today but Bill insists they’re the best way to fish.

“They’re so good for catching whitebait,” he says.

Bill says he learned a lot about fishing from his grandmother and grandfather and fondly remembers his grandmother preparing whitebait for canning, filling up 4 gallon tins of whitebait.

“She would dry them all out in the sun and fold them and put them into tins – and that would replenish you for the off season,” he says.

“In our day, nobody sold it. You’d have your tins of it and you’d share it with everybody else. But today nobody likes sharing anything. So much has changed in regards to fishery and it’s all around the mighty dollar...

But I still love my whitebait.”

| The Matahina dam impedes the migratory movements of fish on the Rangitaiki River.

Photo courtesy of Green Party.

ON-FARM SOON! THE RIGHT GEAR, NO MATTER WHERE.

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CO-OPERATIVE NEWS

Thanks, Richard Richard Keller has been an institution of the rural sector for close to 40 years.

However, the Farmlands North Island Business Development Manager has made the difficult decision to retire Richard started in the industry as a trainee at the Onekawa, Napier office of Williams and Kettle on 15th December, 1975. Richard describes his look at the time as “young, with long blond locks and a great moustache,” which would have been pretty impressive for a 17 year old.

Not long into that first job, a young lady called Anita started working in the office.

“I said to myself ‘I’m going to marry her’ – and I did just that,” Richard says.

Having met through work, he describes his 36 year marriage, along with two children and two grandchildren as “one of the highlights of my working career”.

After stints with the Merchandise and Seed businesses, along with some time at Williams and Kettle Head Office with Credit Control, Richard took up a post at Ruatoria, which he describes as the best move he ever made. While at Ruatoria, Richard learnt all aspects of the

“It was a real coup to have Richard join the Farmlands team. He was renowned for his industry knowledge and his ability to build relationships is unsurpassed. Richard is all about tangata whenua (people of the land).

In fact, many of Farmlands’ current staff came to Farmlands because of Richard. He is genuine and gracious and forward looking... someone people follow.”

– Tracey Burtenshaw, Learning and Development Business Partner, Farmlands.

“A cunning man was General Richard Keller, a person you could count on, a team leader and one of those genuine good blokes that loves the rural industry and the relationships he created over the years in the game. All the best to you and your family Rich from the team at Gallagher!”

– Kevin Marquand, Gallagher.

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“I first met Richard Keller back in December 1995 when I applied for a job with Williams and Kettle. I shook Richard’s hand, looked him straight in the eye and said, good morning Mr Keller. Richard’s reply was, ‘we are all equals here brother, it’s first name basis, so call me Rich’. Over the 20 years I have known Richard, nothing has changed, he treats everybody the same. That first meeting with Richard left an impression on me, one I have strived to achieve every day in my personal life and throughout my career. Treat everybody the same, regardless of who they are or what they do.”

– Gavin Franklin, NRM.

business – all while playing rugby for Ngati Porou East Coast.

Richard left Ruatoria after 3 years to take up a position at Waipawa as Farm Merchandise Manager. Alternating between Williams and Kettle Head Office and Central Hawke’s Bay for the next two decades, Richard oversaw all aspects of the business at some stage, including Finance, Real Estate, Wool, Livestock and Merchandise.

“I have known Rich since 1984, when I first called on him at Williams and Kettle as a supplier representative. In the industry that we are involved in, I personally know of no other person who is regarded with more respect – whether it be staff, opposition, suppliers or clients (shareholders) – than Richard.

Whilst working with Richard for Williams and Kettle in the mid 1980s, we went on a fishing trip to Whakaipo Bay, near Taupo. This was the start of the Whakaipo Fishing Club, which has only had five members (all life members). Next February (2016), this club will have been going 31 years.

There have been many fish caught, except by Rich. Is there anyone out there who has tangled or broken more gear and lost more fish than my mate Big Rich? I don’t think so. I look forward to many more such trips and adventures with Richard and will continue to give him the guidance in becoming a better fisherman.”

– Phil Gilmour, Farmlands New Plymouth

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In 2005, Williams and Kettle was taken over by Wrightsons and Richard became Regional Manager for the Lower North Island. Richard was approached by Elders, who he joined not long after.

After 2 years at Elders, Richard joined the Farmlands team.

Richard says he has enjoyed every minute at Farmlands.

“I’d like to thank everyone for the good times, the bad times and all the memories.”

“It is often said that our ‘rural industry’ is different to others ... it is personalities like Richard Keller that have created that impression.

Richard has spent his working career supporting all aspects of rural businesses on the East Coast. During that time he has touched hundreds of farmers and their families and made a difference to their lives ... he should be very proud of his positive contribution!

On behalf of the team at Gallagher we wish Richard all the best in his retirement and know that our industry will sorely miss one of its most colourful and influential personalities ... thank you, Richard.”

– Stephen Hoffman, Gallagher.

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SHAREHOLDER FOCUS

Mentors make a difference Many trainees struggle to complete training for a host of reasons – some have literacy or numeracy issues and many have mind-set or confidence issues.

Literacy and numeracy issues affect around 40 percent of the New Zealand workforce – and this figure is higher in the primary sector, with around 50 percent of workers affected by literacy and numeracy issues that can prevent them from doing their jobs effectively.

The primary industry needs more trained and qualified people and the Primary ITO has established a nationwide initiative to help more people become trained and qualified.

The Primary ITO Mentoring Programme aims to assist trainees to complete their training and also to improve their literacy and numeracy skills.

Mentors are a huge benefit to not only the trainee but also to their employer and to the industry as a whole.

The Primary ITO Mentoring Programme has been independently evaluated and has already made a difference to a large number of trainees – but more mentors are needed to continue this success.

Mentoring is a voluntary role and involves a small commitment of around an hour per week working with a Primary ITO trainee. Mentoring is not about being a grammar or maths expert – the most important skill is empathy and the most important contribution is time.

Existing mentors say they enrolled in the programme so they could give something back to the industry.

Primary ITO Training Advisor, Michael Nutt, visited a Feeding and Pastures class in Canterbury recently and says

he saw the benefit of the programme first-hand. Michael met Harry Meijer, who had offered his services as a mentor to share his knowledge, expertise and experience with Billy, a young trainee.

“As with any relationship, the mentor and trainee will build trust and respect for each other,” Michael says.

“As a long time dairy farmer, Harry has accumulated considerable knowledge of not only dairy systems but also the human condition and what makes young people tick. Billy struggles with both numeracy and literacy and this is where Harry comes into his own. It is not his job to answer those questions that Billy struggles with – but to work co-operatively with him to tease out an answer. Watching the two of them work together to eliminate the incorrect from the right answer is a sight to see.”

The Primary ITO needs mentors to help trainees with their studies in the agriculture, horticulture, equine, water and sports turf sectors.

Volunteer mentors for the Primary ITO are able to attend a free 1 day training workshop and once trained, any cost involved with being a mentor will be reimbursed.

If you’re looking to make a difference, help the next generation succeed in the primary sector by becoming a mentor.

For further information contact Marianne Farrell, marianne.farrell@primaryito.co.nz or 0800 208 020.

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SHAREHOLDER FOCUS

Let’s get ‘em down Last year, farmer and helicopter pilot Dean Lithgow lost a friend in a tragic helicopter accident. The accident inspired Dean to take action – to educate people on the dangers of electric fence wires for aviators.

“Late last year a colleague, mate, well respected and experienced helicopter pilot, Peter Robb, was killed when he flew into a wire,” Dean explains.

“That evening I walked my own property for 3 hours, the emotion and sadness, the frustration with a little anger was as challenging as I have ever faced. With a young family of my own, I considered finishing my helicopter career – that was short lived. From then I decided to try and do some good and give back to an industry that has been so good to me and many others.”

It was that night that the concept and ideas for the ‘Let’s get ‘em down’ education campaign were born.

Dean wants to encourage farmers to reduce the risk to pilots by removing or lowering all farmer-erected wires to conventional fence height.

“It is all about educating and working together – because the two industries need each other,” he says.

“Farmers work tirelessly in sometimes trying conditions and for little or no reward at times, so some jobs do get put off – but hopefully they will be reminded regularly by the pilots they work with and this campaign, so they do get around to sorting this ongoing issue out.”

Dean explains that in the 2 year period leading up to his friend Pete’s accident,

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there were 15 wire strikes reported, not all fatal – but there have been 160 agricultural pilots die on New Zealand farms to date, 27 of these are through wires.

“In life I have found you can become very passionate and emotional about a cause, this has been one for me,” he says.

“As a farmer and a helicopter pilot who has flown through an electric fence wire and lived to tell the story, I look back now and think, ‘if only’. I personally feel for all families that have been affected by these traumatic events over the years and struggle to comprehend what they must go through.”

been very humbling for Dean, who says he is very grateful to Richie McCaw and to Greg Murphy for fronting it.

“This campaign is to help every aviator in New Zealand from fixed wing to balloons, microlights to helicopters,” he says.

“I do believe working together as a team, both farmers and agricultural pilots, we will achieve a safer working environment.”

Dean’s 11 year old son came up with the slogan ‘Wires leave loved ones’.

“He told me in a quiet voice – if you were killed, Dad, we would be left behind.”

The response to the campaign so far has

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ANIMAL MANAGEMENT

First drenching of new season lambs “Short-changed” by definition is to give less than the correct change. This is normally not a problem – if you do not know about it!

From that point forward, lambs will be

praziquantel give liveweight gain but

the most significant source of worm

also reduced dag score, by increasing

eggs infecting pasture and this is why it

faecal consistency over both the other

is so important to ensure lambs get the

groups. There are several effective

Ensuring lambs get the most appropriate

best possible anthelmintic treatment

drenches that can control roundworms

right from the start. Weaning places a

– the level of worm resistance on your

lot of stress on lambs – the combination

farm will dictate either a double or triple

of separation from the ewe, removal

combination. To control tapeworm,

of milk and changing to a pasture

praziquantel is the only active ingredient

based diet weakens their immune

that will kill both the head and segments

systems, all happening at a time when

of the tapeworm. As a good standard

they are already the most susceptible

of practice, it is recommended that

to parasites. This question has been

lamb drenching starts the first couple of

answered in three trials conducted by

drenches with an effective combination

Beef and Lamb in the spring of 2010 in

with an additional specific tape active.

the Manawatu. Lambs were grouped

To follow on, it is recommended to

into untreated (control) triple drench and

continue with an effective combination

triple drench plus praziquantel (specific

– whether this is a double or triple will

tape drench) treatment groups and

depend on your management practice

monitored over 28 days. Across all farms

or the resistance levels on your farm. Do

the triple drench group grew faster than

not get short-changed this spring. There

the controls by a total of 392g, the triple

is pretty good evidence that a pre-wean

and praziquantel grew by 672g and the

drench has production advantages in

triple and praziquantel treated lambs

many situations and that tapeworms can

grew 1.02kg heavier in 28 days than

also reduce liveweight gain and have

untreated controls. A similar result was

potential to increase fly strike, through

first drench may be one of the most significant decisions to affect their future growth, production and the level of pasture contamination on your farm. It is well documented that lamb productivity for new season lambs is where a farmer can be short-changed without even realising. Once lambs hit the ground, the same debates start – as when to drench and should tapeworm products be included. The mainstream advice is that tailing drenches are of little benefit in most situations. The question then is should lambs be drenched prewean or wait until weaning? Lambs are undergoing one of their most significant internal parasite challenges. Pasture will have a high level of worm egg contamination, initially supplied from ewes as their immunity is weakened.

obtained by Southwell et al.

creating more dags on lambs.

in 1996, of 2kg liveweight

For further information, contact

gain over 2 months.

your Farmlands Technical Field

Southwell also demonstrated

Officer or the friendly team at your

that praziquantel was the

local Farmlands store.

only tapeworm product to remove 100 percent

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of heads and segments.

Not only did the triple and

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Smart dairy calf spring drenching It’s taken a lot of hard work to get your calves through to weaning but don’t take your foot off the accelerator now – internal parasites can significantly affect calf growth. You should put a drench programme in place that uses the right drenches at the right times to ensure your calves continue to achieve good growth rates.

resistant worms surviving drenching and

When should I start drenching my calves?

100kg you can advance to Alliance, a

Calves don’t need to be drenched until they have a worm burden. This isn’t likely to occur until pasture has been their main feed source for at least three weeks – so not until they are weaned in most cases. Don’t administer drench in milk or administer drench to calves around the same time as milk feeding, as there is a greater risk of drench toxicity. Weigh your calves (or a sample of them) prior to

the risk of drench resistance developing.

Remember, you shouldn’t use drenches that contain MLs/mectins, such as abamectin, in calves less than 100kg liveweight due to the risk of toxicity. An ideal drench to start with is Scanda.

Scanda is a low-dose dual combination drench that contains oxfendazole and levamisole. Once calves are more than low-dose triple combination, which has What type of drench should I be using in these young calves?

Using an oral combination drench is the way to go. Oral drenches are recommended over pour-ons, especially in young cattle, as pour-on absorption and efficacy has been shown to be variable in recent trials.

Each drench family kills worms by a

drenching so that you get the dose right.

different method, so combinations of two

Which worms do I need to worry about in calves?

families are more effective than single

In calves, there are three gut worm species most likely to interrupt calf growth rates. Cooperia worms are a threat to calves up to 15 months of age – they often cause ‘subclinical’ effects – a decrease in appetite and growth rates without any overt signs that calves are unwell. Ostertagia worms affect the abomasum, or true stomach and are considered the most harmful worms in cattle. Trichostrongylus species can cause problems also, especially in late autumn and winter.

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or more actives from different drench active drenches. Use a drench that contains the actives that are effective against the important worm species in that age of animal. In New Zealand, Cooperia have developed widespread

the addition of abamectin for better efficacy against Ostertagia worms.

How often should I be drenching these calves?

Cattle in their first year of life are more susceptible to worms and are the biggest contaminators of pasture with worm eggs. A planned drenching programme at 28 day intervals from weaning, with an effective short-acting combination drench, is usually recommended to avoid production losses due to worms and to help control pasture contamination.

For more information, please talk to the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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resistance to both the ML/mectins and white drenches, so you should include levamisole in your combination drench for calves and young cattle. Macrocylic lactones/avermectins (MLs/mectins) are considered to be the best drench family for Ostertagia worms. Use of combination drenches reduces the probability of

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Once combined, twice as good The Film&Film Wrapping System is a new dual film technology that delivers superior quality silage through greater bale density and an enhanced oxygen barrier. This innovative step-change in baling and wrapping practices is the latest advancement in baled silage preservation. In addition to improved silage quality, the Film&Film System provides further benefits in terms of minimised forage waste and reduced environmental impact.

This innovative new practice involves the combined use of Baletite net replacement film alongside Silotite balewrap. Baletite replaces the traditional netwrap used to bind crops into a bale format. Together these two films form the Film&Film System that offers several valuable benefits.

Automation of the feeding process:

Enhanced quality:

Bales wrapped using the Film&Film

Film&Film System bales also benefit

System can be unwrapped quickly and

from an enhanced ensiling process

easily – and if using a bale handler and

resulting in better crop conservation,

mixing wagon, it is possible to feed

thanks to the increased oxygen barrier

out the contents with minimum human

afforded by the additional film layers

intervention.

applied during the baling stage.

Easier recycling:

For further information, contact

The Film&Film System eliminates the need to separate and segregate as both Baletite and the balewrap are

your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

manufactured from the same base material. As such, they can be easily and

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NUTRITION

The role of minerals in fertility Little things can make a big difference when it comes to reproductive performance. Major minerals and trace elements are not typically the first limiting factor affecting the fertility of cattle and sheep – but they are worth considering when other factors have been addressed and there is still a desire to improve fertility.

help to confirm the phosphorus status

oestrus – either irregular or suppressed.

of a herd. Phosphorus levels decline as

Iodine can become toxic to ruminants at

forages mature, so wholecrop and maize

intakes above 50mg/cow/day. High levels

silage are poorer sources of phosphorus

of iodine intake may create undesirable

investigating problems. It can, however,

than young clover pastures.

levels in milk, so supplementation

be difficult to interpret, because of the

Long term cobalt deficiency is associated

within the National Research Council

many interactions between minerals

with no oestrus and reduced conception

recommendations of 0.34–0.88mg/kg

and other components in feeds that

rates but low copper status is more

DM (about 17mg/day for cows eating

affect availability and utilisation. Routine

typically associated with delayed or

20kg DM) may be more appropriate

analysis of blood and liver samples are

depressed oestrus, abortion and poor

than the 50–60mg/cow/day

generally considered a more reliable

semen quality. Excess supplementation

recommended elsewhere.

indicator and should be considered

should be avoided because copper

Selenium deficiency can affect oestrus,

before the mating season commences.

toxicity can also impair reproduction.

ovulation, embryo fertilisation and

Whilst calcium is most commonly

Manganese has an effect on the

development, in addition to low sperm

functioning of the corpus luteum

motility. Zinc is a key component

and a deficiency can cause low

in testosterone and is essential for

matter intakes and can cause downer

fertility in adults.

the development and functioning of

cows when cows are milking well. In

Iodine is an essential component of

reproductive organs and male fertility.

practice these cases can be difficult to

thyroid hormones, which are involved

The available zinc pool is small and

prevent, as it is the relative fall in calcium

in the control of metabolic activity and

deficiency can appear quickly.

intake associated with decreased feed

reproduction. Iodine is very efficiently

Given the difficulty of identifying the

intake, rather than the actual level in the

absorbed but the production of thyroid

exact cause of sub-optimal fertility, a

diet. But prompt treatment can mitigate

hormones can be affected by the

balanced and conservative approach

the losses.

presence in the diet of goitrogens (e.g.

to trace mineral supplementation is

A deficiency of phosphorus can lead

in kale) or glucosides (e.g. in maize

recommended.

and white clover), so liver levels do not

Article supplied by Dr. Rob Derrick, Nutritionist, Farmlands Nutrition.

Conserved forages and pasture sampling and analysis can be useful when

associated with health problems around calving, oestrus activity can suppress dry

to a failure to show oestrus and low conception rates. The analysis of bone samples from fallen or culled stock can

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NUTRITION

Meeting the special needs of rabbits Rabbits can be delightful animals to keep as companions and breeding and showing rabbits is a hobby enjoyed by many. Rabbits do however, have some specific nutritional requirements that must be met in order to keep them as healthy as possible.

The rabbit’s digestive tract is designed to digest a high fibre diet consisting mainly of grass. They are classified as hind-gut fermenters, which means that the majority of digestion takes place in their large intestine and cecum. Despite being high fibre digesters, rabbits have a rapid gut transit time – in simple terms, they get as much as they can out of consumed feed then excrete it.

They do not hold onto large amounts of feed in their gut for extended periods of time, like ruminant species such as cows. This adaptation allows rabbits to maintain a relatively low body weight, which as small prey species, is necessary to survive in the wild.

Rabbits that are not fed a high fibre diet are prone to a potentially fatal health problem called ‘gut stasis’. This is when their gut slows down completely to the point where they stop eating and defecating.

Rabbits consume their own faeces – a phenomenon that is a little more complex than it may sound. The unique muscles of a rabbit’s cecum allows the intestinal tract to separate out fibrous material from more digestible material.

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The fibrous material is then passed as faeces, while the more nutritious material is encased in a mucous lining, which is later passed as faeces that are re-consumed by the rabbit.

These faeces are often referred to as ‘night faeces’ and are high in minerals, vitamins and protein. Night faeces are softer and appear darker in colour than normal faeces. This ‘double digestion’ allows rabbits to extract the necessary nutrients from their feed, with no need for a weighty digestive system.

Rabbits must always have constant access to either grass or hay in order to keep their teeth worn down. Rabbits with no access to hay or grass end up with teeth that overgrow, which can cause health issues such as mouth abscesses and incorrect jaw alignment.

Rabbits that are kept in captivity often get less exercise than wild rabbits and

Reliance Rabbit Pellets are the perfect

if their diet is not carefully regulated,

choice for your rabbits. A wide range of

they can become overweight.

B vitamins including niacin and choline

Overweight rabbits are unable to get

(which are essential for supporting

their mouth around to their posterior

energy metabolism and growth),

and are therefore unable to consume

along with a long list of other essential

their nutrient packed night faeces.

vitamins and minerals, will help to

The faecal matter can also stick to the

keep rabbits in optimum health. When

rabbit’s bottom and attract flies. It is

offered along with hay and grass,

therefore important that rabbits are

Reliance Rabbit Pellets can improve

offered a well-balanced diet and are

fertility, maintain a healthy coat and

not offered too many treat foods.

support the long term health of

Formulated to be high in fibre

your rabbits.

and including one of the most

Article supplied by Stacey Cosnett, Technical Product Manager, Farmlands Nutrition.

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Feeding management after a spell The onset of spring and warmer weather is often the time for horses to be brought back into work after a spell to enable them to be at optimum fitness for the upcoming performance season. Spelling a performance horse for a few weeks over winter is a great opportunity for both horse and rider to have a well-deserved break and brings with it multiple benefits to the horse’s physical and mental well-being. Time off contributes to the horse’s long term health and soundness as well as their work attitude and it is not unusual for horses to return to work with renewed enthusiasm for their job.

At any stage of the horse’s fitness programme, it is important that nutrient requirements are met and feeding management is aligned with workload and altered accordingly.

Various factors will determine the horse’s body condition on returning from a spell, including

pasture availability while turned out,

required. McMillan Protein Plus and

supplementary feeding and the horse’s

Sport Horse are both high quality,

individual metabolism. The lack of

textured feeds that are formulated with

work means that in many cases,

highly bioavailable organic minerals

horses will return from time off having

to meet all nutrient requirements for

maintained or gained body condition,

hard working horses. McMillan Rapid

however any holiday weight will often

Gain is also ideal for horses in higher

reduce with the commencement of

levels of work and contains enhanced

their fitness programme.

levels of fat and protein for horses that

The timing of beginning work

require a little extra nutrition.

combined with the spring flush of high

Adequate forage and the correct

sugar pasture can create a perfect

amount of a high quality, fortified

environment for exuberant behaviour

feed, combined with salt and a well

and some horses may require pasture

formulated electrolyte will provide

restriction and supplementary low

the performance horse with a

sugar forage to assist with behaviour

balanced diet and successfully meet

management. Lower energy feeds that

nutritional requirements. However,

supply adequate nutrition with less

additional supplementation may be

calories will also be required during

required to improve certain areas

this time. McMillan Cool Feed is a

such as joint health, coat and hoof

great choice for a formulated, higher

quality and muscle health through

fibre, lower starch feed that releases

antioxidant support. The Equin range

energy slower to avoid contributing to

of supplements is a high quality

any hyperactive behavior that can be

supplement range that complements

common during this time.

well balanced diets and aims to

Any excessive behaviour associated

improve various aspects of

with the beginning of work will often

equine health.

minimise as the horse becomes

The aim of any equine diet and fitness

settled into a routine and especially

programme should be to provide the

as the workload begins to increase.

correct levels of energy to achieve

While the increase in calories required

optimum body condition, meet all

as workload increases is often

nutrient requirements for the stage of

recognised, the need for increased

work and design the horse’s exercise

nutrients is often overlooked. Horses

programme to avoid injuries and

have increased requirements for

promote a long and successful

protein, trace minerals and vitamins

season ahead.

as workload steps up and for this reason, a change in feeds may be

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Commodity market update The global commodity market is in the doldrums, as the impact of financial slowdown in China flows through to key exporters around the globe.

As we head into our spring, the

Very hot conditions in the EU caused

northern hemisphere is on the tail

some crop stress in late June and

end of their grain harvest. Total global

on the eve of harvest, however the

grain production is better known at the

crop in general has weathered these

In recent years, Chinese demand has

completion of the harvests in Canada,

issues well. There is talk of strong El

the United States, United Kingdom,

Nino weather patterns developing,

Europe, Russia and the Black Sea. The

which could impact New Zealand’s

only significant harvests still to go are

grain harvest. It is looking too late to

Australia and South America.

significantly impact Australia’s wheat

Overall, this year, there have been no

and barley production.

major production issues anywhere in

With the lower dairy pay-out, palm

the world. Since the first 2015/16

kernel demand is the lowest it has

crop forecast was released by the

been in years. This is also impacting

USDA in May, they have increased

local grain prices as demand slows

their total global grain and oilseed

and stocks begin to build.

production forecast.

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driven up commodity prices from crude oil to grains. The slowdown is having a direct impact for New Zealand’s key commodity exports.

In the grain markets, adequate supply around the world is the theme for yet another year. It is estimated China will hold approximately 40 percent of the world’s total wheat supply and 45 percent of its corn supply at the end of 2015/16.

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Take advantage of a winning mix for maize A three-way tank mix featuring well known herbicides from Nufarm has proven to be a winner for postemergence weed control in maize grain and silage crops.

The mix combines the grass killing power of Latro® 750WG with the broadleaf killing power of Primiera® and the enhanced wetting, spreading and uptake properties of Bonza® spraying oil. The result is outstanding control of a wide range of weeds, including black nightshade and yellow bristle grass.

The Latro 750WG, Primiera and Bonza mix also has the advantage of providing a wider application window than the traditional post-emergence herbicide

mix of Latro and Kamba 500. This gives growers more flexibility and convenience with spray timing without compromising their result.

A further benefit of the three-way mix is that both Latro 750WG and Primiera perform best when applied with Bonza spraying oil, while Bonza should not be used with Kamba 500.

Growers were quick to incorporate the mix into their post-emergence spray programmes for maize grain and silage crop programmes last season and demand is expected to increase again this spring, as word continues to spread about its performance and advantages.

Broadleaf weeds controlled by Primiera include chickweed, father, spurrey,

mallow, clover, willow weed, wire weed and seedling docks. Primiera also has action against atrazine resistant fathen.

Grass weeds controlled by Latro 750WG include annual grass weeds, couch, ryegrass and other volunteer pasture grasses, kikuyu and barnyard grass.

Recommended spray rates are 80-110g/ha Latro 750WG with 150-200ml/ha Primiera, adding Bonza at 500ml to 1L/100L water and applying in 100-300L/ha water.

The 1L/100L water rate of Bonza will improve control of annual grasses such as summer grasses.

Nufarm Technical Specialist, Paul Addison, says for best results, this mix should be applied before broadleaf weeds have developed past the eight true leaf stage. Summer grass is best controlled at a maximum of three tillers or 75 mm in length. For perennial grass weeds, it’s important to ensure sufficient foliage is present for good coverage.

Applying Latro 750WG, Primiera and Bonza to maize more than 500mm high risks crop injury, and the mix should not be used in sweetcorn crops or popping corn.

If you want to take your post emergence herbicide programme to the next level this spring, come in and talk to the friendly team at Farmlands today.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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Time to beat weeds for better crop yields One of the best things you can do to enhance the yield of your newly sown forage crops at this time of the year is to monitor for weeds as closely and as often as you can. It doesn’t take long once you get into a routine and it can make a big difference to the ultimate dry matter (DM) yield of the crop.

Fast growing and super-competitive, weeds suppress yields from day 1.

But with Director™ CS, the newest herbicide from Nufarm, you can get on top of broadleaf and grass weeds in both forage brassicas and fodder beet at the critical pre-emergence stage.

Director CS is highly effective against difficult to kill species like shepherd’s purse, wireweed, chickweed and cleavers, so your crop can get a great start.

This new herbicide contains the active ingredient clomazone in a special capsule suspension (CS) formulation. Clomazone is by nature a highly volatile active ingredient but Director’s CS formulation significantly reduces this volatility without affecting clomazone’s power to kill weeds.

The formulation also improves crop safety, because particles of clomazone are surrounded by a carrier coating that remains dormant until it is activated by moisture. As a result, Director CS can remain effective in the root zone and activate 4 to 6 weeks after application depending on moisture availability.

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Director CS works by being absorbed into the roots and emerging shoots of germinating weeds and stopping photosynthesis. Susceptible weeds may still emerge from the soil but are bleached white and die shortly afterwards.

Director CS can be tank mixed with other pre-emergence herbicides to widen the spectrum of weeds controlled. It suits a range of sowing techniques, including direct drilling, drilling into cultivated ground, preplant incorporation into the soil, ridged seed beds and surface seeding of forage and oilseed rape.

Fodder beet rates are 150-200ml/ha. Rates for forage brassicas vary depending on the sowing method used.

That’s pre-emergence weed control sorted – but what about controlling weeds after your crop seedlings have emerged?

In the case of forage brassicas, key post-emergence broadleaf herbicides are Prestige®, Archer ® and Kamba® 500 (registered for kale only), while SeQuence® will take care of grass weeds. Prestige or Archer can be tank mixed with SeQuence for control of both broadleaf and grass weeds in forage brassica crops, with insecticide added if required.

Correct timing and rates are essential for successful control of both pre and post-emergence weeds in spring sown crops. Plant back periods also need to be observed.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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In fodder beet crops, Archer can be used for post emergence broadleaf weed control.

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More convenient with fodder beet “New updates to the label allow even more flexibility in Betanal quattro use for this season,” Bayer CropScience Territory manager Daniel Suddaby says.

“The label now has a maximum 5L/ha use rate, which allows farmers to more effectively target larger weeds and some harder to control weeds like spurrey and nettle. The 5L/ha rate should only be used once the beet crop has reached the two true leaf stage,” he adds. Further changes to the label include a reduction in the previous withholding period from 100 to 56 days and increased flexibility regarding compatibility. “Betanal quattro can be tank mixed with the

insecticide Lorsban 50EC, or with the herbicides Pyramin DF and Versatill PowerFlo and with other tank mix partners if that use has shown crop safety. Contact your closest Bayer CropScience representative for more information on compatibility,” Daniel says.

“The critical factors for success when using Betanal quattro in fodder beet crops are timing, growth stage of the beet crop and the size, growth rate and species of weeds present.

Starting early and targeting weeds that are small and actively growing is most effective.”

“Feedback from farmers who used Betanal quattro last season was very positive” Chris Miln, Bayer CropScience Marketing Manager says. “Feedback on its ease of use and effectiveness at controlling weeds were common themes.

The convenience of the four in one formulation reducing complexity, resulting in less drums to handle and saving time was positively received," Chris adds.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

Article supplied by Bayer.

When it comes to growing beets there’s nothing like a 4 in 1 for Betanal quattro is the first herbicide available that combines the four most important actives used in beet crops into one convenient product.

It’s safe, practical and what’s more provides unsurpassed weed control to allow your big beets to grow even bigger. And the 4 in 1 Betanal quattro formulation saves time, reduces complexity and there’s less containers to transport and dispose of.

To get everyone talking about your beets, insist on Betanal quattro from Bayer.

www.growbiggerbeet.co.nz Betanal quattro is registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997, No. P8851 and is approved pursuant to the HSNO Act 1996, No. HSR100882. Betanal® quattro is a registered trademark of the Bayer Group. © Bayer CropScience 2015.

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Grow more at your place this spring.

Apply Ballance fertiliser this spring and it won’t just be your productivity that grows.

You’ll also grow your Choices Rewards Points or Airpoints Dollars™, your annual Farmlands Bonus Rebate* and your Ballance Rebate*.

Plus with our expert in-store and on-farm technical advice, competitive pricing and payment options, you can be sure you’re getting the best value this season.

To place your order call 0800 200 600 now, visit your local Farmlands store or head to www.farmlands.co.nz/growmore to find out about increasing your productivity this spring.

*The Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited Bonus Rebate and the Ballance Agri-Nutrients Rebate are subject to the Directors’ discretion.

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Keep your cereal crops clean and green longer DuPont™ Acanto® fungicide controls the common and economically important diseases on barley and wheat to help preserve the yield potential of the crop, whether it’s grain or whole crop silage.

DuPont™ Acanto® fungicide contains picoxystrobin which is a second generation strobiluron. It is rapidly absorbed into the leaf cells and moves systemically to protect new growth and help protect against yield robbing disease.

Acanto is also an important resistance management tool and should be used in a programme that supports other fungicide groups such as SDHIs (either

always tank mix with a triazole and make no more than two applications per season.

| The picture clearly shows how Acanto® (picoxystrobin) moves in the leaf to protect new growth compared the trifloxystrobin. Acanto® can also move from the vapour phase into the plant and then be transported systemically.

Currently no other strobilurons do this, and it means Acanto® stops disease developing over a long period.

seed treatment or foliar applied), which are considered medium to high risk in terms of developing resistance. To reduce the risk of resistance to Acanto,

Acanto is a stand-alone product, meaning growers can choose which mixing partner they use and the treatment rate that best suits their specific needs. This flexibility, along with unique attributes and proven performance makes Acanto a good choice for any cereal spray programme.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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Docks and/or buttercups a problem in your pasture?

With spring here, now’s the ideal time for DuPont™ Harmony® 50SG to knock docks and buttercups out of pastures.

freshen up prior to application. This will provide sufficient leaf area for effective uptake.

DuPont™ Harmony® 50SG offers selective control of docks, annual buttercup, creeping (perennial) buttercup and giant buttercup in existing pastures, improving long-term feed quality and production.

Growth of the dock or buttercup plants will cease almost immediately but, visually, symptoms will be most obvious after 30 to 40 days. Grazing the treated area 10 to 14 days after application will help minimise suppression of the pasture.

The product is absorbed through the foliage, so pasture should be allowed to

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Harmony 50SG can be tank mixed with other herbicides such as MCPA, MCPB,

2-4D and 2,4-DB. Follow up treatments may be necessary depending on the extent of the initial weed problem.

Do not apply if the pasture is under stress.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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Do fungicides pay on cereal silage crops?

Whole crop cereal silage can provide a valuable source of feed and creates the opportunity to substantially increase the amount of feed produced from an area of land.

the grain fill period. Bigger and cleaner grains can significantly improve both yield and ME. Surprisingly, there is limited trial data supporting the use of fungicides on cereal silage crops. This prompted Syngenta to conduct two replicated small plot trials in Mid and South Canterbury last season, to quantify the yield benefits of using fungicides on barley grown for silage.

With barley having a shorter maturity than triticale or wheat, barley silage offers more flexibility in a variety of farming systems. With a wide sowing window and short cropping period of approximately 100 days from planting to cut, barley offers greater opportunity to get another crop in the ground, increasing returns per hectare.

The trials compared three treatments – 1) nil fungicide, 2) a single application of 400ml Proline® at GS25 (mid tillering) and, 3) a two spray programme of 400ml Proline® at GS25 followed by 400ml Proline® plus 600ml Seguris Flexi® at GS35 (mid stem extension).

Cereal silage is frequently grown without fungicides, which can significantly reduce the yield potential. With approximately 60 percent of barley silage yield coming from the grain, barley crops grown for silage will benefit from staying clean and green through

The additional 2.14 t/ha of dry matter from the two spray programme equates to $317.00/ha margin over chemical

Fungicide Trial Results

Dry Matter Yield (t/ha) (Average of 2 replicated trials) 18 16

15.84% 14.34% 13.7%

14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Untreated

400ml Proline @ GS25

400ml Proline @ GS23 fb 400ml Proline + 600ml Seguris Flexi

| Source: Syngenta trials 2014/15 season – Rakaia and Timaru (variety Garner).

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cost, compared to $90.00/ha for the single spray programme. This highlights the benefit of applying fungicides to silage crops to maximise dry matter production and increase margins.

The withholding period for Seguris Flexi® on cereal silage is 28 days, however, because Proline® has a 42 day withholding period for silage, the Proline plus Seguris Flexi treatment must be applied no later than 42 days prior to harvest. If withholding period is a concern, the Proline in the second spray with Seguris Flexi could be substituted with 440ml/ha Folicur® which has a withholding period of only 28 days.

Correct harvest timing is important to ensure optimal yield, quality and ensiling conditions. Silage crops should be harvested at 35-40 percent dry matter (cheesy dough stage). Interestingly, a secondary benefit provided by the Seguris Flexi treatment was a wider window for cutting, which can often be difficult to get right if the weather is against you, or when relying on a contractor.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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FORAGE AND ARABLE

A total weed control programme Farmers and growers, are you looking for a better plant burndown spray out of your pasture this season? Are you faced with poor broadleaf weed control, unreasonable plant back and grazing restrictions? Sharpen® is BASF’s breakthrough herbicide, delivering broader spectrum weed control and faster burndown. It’s a cost effective additive to enhance your WeedMaster® glyphosate spray. Sharpen ensures a great kill of a wider range of broadleaf weeds that WeedMaster glyphosate alone cannot control.

With many pasture based farmers facing tough economic times this coming season, it is vital that every dollar spent maximises returns. Hard to kill weeds such as broadleaf docks, catsear, buttercups, dandelions, fumitory, mallows, nightshades, plantains, shepherd's purse and spurrey (yar) are just some of the weeds hit hard when Sharpen is used with WeedMaster glyphosate. As Sharpen is compatible with all formulations of WeedMaster glyphosate, there is no need to change from your favourite brand. Just make sure you add the recommended rate of Hasten™, the preferred esterified canola oil adjuvant and you're well on the way to a superior burndown spray result.

Sharpen now has a new label registration of nil milk withholding, 2 day grazing and 14 day meat slaughter withholding periods. Couple this with faster burndown and you are on to a winner.

The benefits don't stop there either, short plant back times for most crops, along

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with a simple flush out of the spray tank rather than a full decontamination will keep you well onside with your spray contractor or operator.

Sharpen enhances WeedMaster glyphosate when used at a lower rate, yet becomes a residual herbicide when used at higher rates. This is where it really comes into its own in maize and sweetcorn crops and is especially smart on problem weeds such as fathen.

Sharpen offers strong residual control of weeds that in many instances the older chemistry can no long offer. Cleaner crops mean healthier crops and most importantly higher yields.

Problem grass and broadleaf weeds meet their match The ability of Arietta® herbicide to deliver cleaner, more profitable maize and sweet corn crops has set the stage for strong demand in the post-emergence market this season.

Growers who have used the new herbicide have been impressed with subsequent broadleaf weed and grass weed control – particularly for the likes of yellow bristle grass and difficult grassweeds in sweetcorn crops, BASF Waikato Territory Manager John Haliday says.

“They’re getting great results and no longer need to worry about having to make applications early to small grass and broadleaf weeds, with Arietta these applications have a much wider window.”

growers often end up making two post emergence passes over the crop to get a good kill of late grass weeds in particular.

Growers planting maize and sweetcorn crops this season can now look forward to a total programme when it comes to weed control, with Sharpen as the initial burndown combination with WeedMaster glyphosate and also in combination with acetochlor for their residual pre-emergence tank mix.

If post-emergence follow up weed control is required to specifically target late germinating broadleafs and grasses, they can now turn to Arietta to provide that solution.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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Relish red clover increasing the bottom line The inclusion of a red clover system on Alan and Paul Murray’s farm in Otago has increased lamb weights at sale, gained them an extra $7.00–$10.00 per head over grass based systems and has delivered multiple animal health benefits.

In Lawrence, Otago, father and son duo Alan and Paul, run 3,300 breeding ewes, 140 breeding cows and 130 finishing cattle on their 720ha farm. They used to sell 600–700 store lambs per year but now they have the feed available to fatten all their lambs on red clover.

Their limited flat land had meant prior to their red clover crops, they did not have a system that was able to produce enough feed, as the rest of the property is quite steep.

Having tried forage rape in the past, Alan and Paul found two problems, “one is that we have to spray for aphids and the second is the cost, as brassicas are only in the ground for one season”.

Red clover has offered a 2–3 year crop option, nitrogen fixing qualities and a high production crop.

A mix of Relish (14kg/ha Superstrike) red clover and Tribute white clover (4kg/ha Superstrike) was direct drilled with fertiliser under the seed. Being a multi-year crop, it is important to manage and look after it to ensure it persists. Grasses in these crops are a weed and can out compete the clover. Alan and Paul manage this by using GallantTM for the grasses and Select for thistle control.

It’s also recommended that paddocks are monitored with soil testing and P, K,

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and S applied as needed to maximise clover growth potential.

Relish and Sensation production is maximised when grazed rotationally and during the growing season, grazing from around 20–25cm to 4cm. With such rapid spring growth, it’s important to never let red clover build up too much stem, as this will reduce quality for the grazing animal and if too advanced, will reduce silage quality. In autumn, hard graze to clean up residual stems and reduce clover cover that may increase disease presence in winter.

Alan and Paul have been extremely pleased with the results of the red clover system. Over the last two summers the lambs have consistently been putting on an average of 300 grams per day, with some achieving 400 grams per day. These gains have culminated in an additional $7.00–$10.00 per head and killing them on average 1.5kg heavier than when on grass. Alan and Paul have also increased the weight of the

freezer ewes for lambing on red clover.

Traditionally, these have been killed at 26kg and now they are killed at 32kg (carcass weight) over the same time period. “We don’t see any scouring at all, no daggy lambs and haven’t had any fly problems – and there doesn’t appear to be any adjustment period going onto the clover.” Alan and Paul’s aim is to graze and fatten all lambs on red clover, so the duo are looking to increase the area sown in red clover from 14ha to 20ha.

Red clover allows them to fatten all their lambs on a smaller area, have them gone by mid April and lets the grass on the rest of the farm to build cover.

“We wonder why more people aren’t using a red clover system,” Paul says.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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FORAGE AND ARABLE

Triumph swede succeeds Southland farmer Philip McCallum turned to Triumph swede for its high yield, palatability and excellent utilisation rates.

On Rockley Farm, a 320ha block near Balfour in Southland, Philip McCallum finishes his own lambs, grazes store lambs and also runs 660 dairy cows for grazing (including 2 year olds). On top of this, Philip runs 150–180 yearlings, 1,100 M/A ewes (including two-tooths), 320 hoggets and 50 Angus Stud beef cows plus replacements.

Philip was seeking a swede variety that was yellow-fleshed and a ‘good eater,’ along with ease of grazing for his yearling dairy calves. Looking to move away from the generally hardertype swedes, Philip worked with his Farmlands Technical Field Officer, Paula Taylor, to come up with the best solution.

Agricom’s Triumph swede fitted well, being a high yielding yellow-fleshed swede with good leaf production.

Philip direct drilled Gaucho treated Triumph swedes in early December and transitioned the yearlings onto the crop in mid May, with no issues around palatability. He was impressed with the high utilisation, noting that there were no bulbs left behind.

Triumph is one of the highest yielding swedes to come through Agricom’s breeding programme, with outstanding results in Plant and Food trials in Gore, Chertsey and Methven from 2009–2012.

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| Farmlands Technical Field Officer Paula Taylor and Southland farmer Philip McCallum.

Philip had great results with his Triumph crop, which yielded 15.5T DM/ha, a yield that was considerably more than other swedes he had sown the same year.

Based on yield and the performance of his yearling calves, Philip will be looking to use Triumph again next year.

Like all swedes, Triumph requires good establishment management, climatic conditions and high phosphate levels to fully express its yield potential. Due to its leafy nature, Agricom does not recommend significant nitrogen use with Triumph, with 50–80 units of nitrogen at the start of crop establishment sufficient in most circumstances (depending on adequate soil available nitrogen).

Where yield is the primary objective, Triumph swede is a great option, however some farmers struggle year on year with dry rot issues. Where dry rot tolerance is sought, Domain swedes are the best option. Trials by Plant and Food in Gore from 2009–2011 showed that Domain had one of the highest levels of tolerance against dry rot, compared to other commercially available swedes.

Being a traditional type swede, Domain does not produce as much leaf as other higher yielding varieties. It is an early maturing, yellow-fleshed swede with a slightly lower dry matter percentage than Triumph – making it highly palatable and an ideal swede for younger stock, as well as being completely suitable for all classes of stock.

Domain and Triumph swedes are available to suit all farm types, providing high yielding, excellent palatability, good utilisation and dry rot tolerant options.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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HORTICULTURE

Eradicate and prevent powdery mildew

Good practice: Protectorhml and HML32 are both contact fungicides, therefore

Powdery mildew has evolved to become the main disease that wine growers need to manage. It impacts yield, wine quality and is a precursor for other diseases such as botrytis and sour rots. Early eradication within a robust preventative programme is the key to effective control.

different rates of potassium bicarbonate

In 2014, Chris Henry of Henry

bicarbonate at 300g/100L and copper

sprayer calibration (audit) is

and a small amount of copper.

strongly recommended.

Plant and Food Research assessed the

Rates:

amount of powdery mildew reinfection

Protectorhml – 0.5 percent HML32

21 days after the one application

– 1.25L per 100L.

treatments and 14 days after the two

Sulphur – 4-5 kg/ha.

application treatments.

Copper – 45g metallic copper

A combination of HML32, potassium

Manufacturing Limited undertook a

(cuprous oxide) per 100L.

was found to be the most effective, as

powdery mildew eradication study in a

shown in Figure 1. Instead of total crop

Hawke’s Bay vineyard that had a severe

loss, the crop came through clean and

powdery mildew infection. When he first

did not split as predicted.

saw the block, his initial thoughts were

In 2014-15, this recipe was used

total crop loss.

successfully by a large number of

The treatments, sprayed once only or

growers with powdery mildew infection.

twice (7 days apart), involved HML32 with

Several growers who had significant powdery mildew

HML 32 Powdery Eradication Study January 2014 Reinfection at least 14 days after spraying.

infection in 2013-14 also used a combination of HML32, sulphur and copper to provide

100%

good canopy management and

eradication within their 83%

preventative programme with success.

80%

Chris’ key recommendation

60%

botrytis and others. It also provides an opportunity to introduce botrytis chemistry in between, if you think the variety requires it.

It is for growers to determine how frequently to apply this treatment combination, to ensure eradication within the prevention programme as they would when considering spray intervals, sulphur rates and sprayer tuning.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Advisor or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

Article supplied by HML32.

is to bracket flowering with applications of HML32,

40%

sulphur and copper,

16%

20%

regardless of whether you

6% 0.1%

3% 0.1%

0%

had significant powdery mildew infection in the previous season.

Untreated

By bracketing flowering

Two applications of HML 32 One application of HML 32 + Cu

Two applications of HML 32 + Cu

One application of HML 32 + Cu + KHCO3

Two applications of HML 32 + Cu + KHCO3

in this way, you will be eradicating spores of powdery mildew,

| Figure 1.

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HORTICULTURE

Prevent and protect Weather! It can be your best friend as well as your worst enemy.

With this in mind, it’s important to consider what you can do to prevent damage to your crops, as well as the steps you can take to insure them should the unexpected happen. Taking this two pronged approach can provide peace of mind that you’ve given yourself the best chance of coming out on top should Mother Nature deliver her worst.

The best way to protect your crop from the weather is to invest in measures that mitigate the potential for any damage or loss of production in the first place.

Farmlands National Horticulture Manager, Luke Hansen, says the industry

covers your frost damaged fruit if your

don’t necessarily factor in the additional

is particularly good at implementing

permanently installed prevention gear

costs you need to meet to get back on

prevention measures for weather events

breaks down – because there’s nothing

your feet. Buying cover such as FMG’s

such as frost and encourages the use

worse than losing both your gear and

kiwifruit top-up cover for hail can help to

of frost alarms, frost control fans and

your crop!”

ensure you’re not shorthanded for the

overhead irrigation.

In addition to putting prevention

rest of the season and beyond.

“There’s plenty of good technology and

measures in place, you can also help

The right insurance option will depend

machinery out there to help us prevent

ensure your crops are adequately

on your individual circumstances.

damage to our crops. However, if these

protected by thoroughly reviewing your

Rural insurer FMG has specialist Rural

systems fail during a frost, the damage

insurance options at the beginning of the

Managers throughout the country who

can not only reduce the yields for this

season. With ever changing commodity

understand the horticulture and viticulture

season but also the next. Fortunately,

prices, it’s important to consider how

industry and can provide sound advice

FMG has introduced a new benefit that

much your fruit’s value has changed

about what options will work best for

and insure it for the right amount each

your needs.

season. This may involve topping up

For further information, contact

any industry insurance scheme you

your Farmlands Technical Advisor

belong to.

or the friendly team at your local

For example, as kiwifruit growers, the

Farmlands store.

industry’s hail insurance schemes from

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HORTICULTURE

High quality adhesive and packaging solutions Henkel is a leader in packaging adhesives and is the world’s largest supplier of industrial adhesives. Henkel provides high quality, innovative brands and adhesive technologies to many industries including the packaged food and beverage sector.

melt adhesives should be used to achieve

The Henkel technical back up and service

a high standard of finished packaging.

allow machine set-ups to be optimised

Until recently, when Henkel introduced

through a combination of different nozzle

their range of metallocene based

sizes and pressure settings. One major

polyolefin hot melt adhesives,

beverage company that changed to the

horticultural packing rooms were

Henkel Supra 100 product achieved total

using EVA based hot melts. Erecting

savings of more than $250,000 in just 15

machines and application equipment

months. Many horticultural pack houses

Food contact legislation demands

were consequently required to assist

have made significant savings and

that food, including its packaging,

in overcoming the deficiencies of these

improved efficiencies from using Henkel

must be safe for human consumption.

cheaper hot melt adhesives.

Supra 100.

Through its in-house technical, analytical

The industry standard had, by default,

A further advantage of the Technomelt

been to use at least 20 thousandth-inch

Supra product is that it actually cleans

nozzles on the hot melt application

tanks and hoses. After an initial settling in

equipment. This allowed compensation

period when inline filters require regular

for charring, nozzle build-up and

checking, the hot melt unit then becomes

and product development infrastructure, Henkel provides an extensive portfolio of high performance adhesive solutions in conjunction with extensive food safety expertise.

minimised nozzle blockages and/

virtually maintenance free. Some blocked

For these reasons, Farmlands has

or poor adhesive delivery. Downtime

nozzles may be experienced initially,

partnered with Henkel to assist in

was therefore reduced by minimising

as the system drags through some of

providing shareholders with high

stoppages. Over time, the hot melt

the previous charring. However, this

quality, functional packaging for their

equipment deteriorated and required

can be minimised by checking the

horticultural products.

regular servicing and replacement of

inline filters regularly.

Henkel and the horticulture industry

parts. High repair and maintenance costs

Henkel representatives are available

Packaging materials used in the

were accepted practice with the use of

nationwide to audit and optimise

New Zealand horticulture industry are

these old technology adhesives.

adhesive applications and therefore

generally regarded as good quality.

However, it is now well proven that

guarantee the best value adhesive

It therefore follows that high quality hot

the Technomelt Supra range (a new

solutions. In addition, they can provide

technology hot melt) with its superior flow

actual New Zealand case histories and

characteristics offers substantial benefits

customer testimonials.

and savings to the industry. Supra 100

For further information, contact

dramatically reduces pack house odours

your Farmlands Technical Advisor

and allows smaller and more efficient

or the friendly team at your local

hot melt nozzle sizes to be used. sixteen

Farmlands store.

thousandth-inch nozzles running at

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lower pressures give immediate adhesive volume savings of at least 40 percent, with at least equal and often improved pack integrity.

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HORTICULTURE

Reducing the impact of wind damage Even moderate wind causes loss in productivity and quality through: 1. High evapotranspiration rates (plant stress).

2. Physical damage to plants.

3. Disruption of sprinkler distribution patterns.

4. Time and cost to replace damaged plants.

5. Reduced yield.

The ideal windbreak should filter the wind, reducing the velocity in the protected area by pushing the bulk of fast moving air above that zone.

In intensive horticulture situations, artificial windbreaks have distinct advantages over natural trees.

The speed of the wind is reduced as it filters through a windbreak, giving

numerous beneficial effects. Although

The bottom line:

plant species react differently to wind

Windbreaks reduce wind speed and

protection because of their different

modify the microclimate of sheltered

forms, windbreaks generally give

areas. Overall, these changes improve

increased and earlier crop yields.

plant quality and growth.

Without a windbreak, leaf surface can be

Empak stock a comprehensive range of

damaged sufficiently to reduce yields.

knitted artificial shelter cloths in white,

Artificial windbreak/shelter cloth

black or green colours, from 0.91 metre

is instant:

widths right through to 5 metre, in three

• Windbreak shelter cloth

porosity (percent of wind block) options

can be designed to give

depending on load requirements.

predictable performance.

Typically white shelter cloth is the

• They don’t harbour pests and diseases.

• Minimal maintenance with a minimum 10 year pro rata U.V. life.

• Minimal shading of the productive area.

preferred option for use in kiwifruit blocks as the colour enhances light reflectivity reducing the effects of shading.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Advisor or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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HORTICULTURE

HEY GROWERS! This year the ham’s on us!

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HORTICULTURE

New maize herbicide also controls cutworm Growing maize just got easier with the launch of Cutter – the new combination herbicide and insecticide from Orion AgriScience.

This is important because insecticide seed

By using the pre-emergence mixture of

treatments work predominantly through

3L/ha Cutter plus 3L/ha Atraflow it is

systemic activity where the insecticide is

now possible to control weeds and

taken up inside the maize seedling. This

proactively manage cutworm problems

Cutter is applied with atrazine as the

means the insect has to start feeding on

at the same time.

the maize plant to ingest the insecticide.

Furthermore you save time and money

Therefore in addition to its herbicide

because Cutter costs about the same as

properties, Cutter provides the first line

the leading acetochlor herbicide brands

of defence against cutworm. The seed

and it reduces the need for additional

treatment insecticide becomes the second

insecticide applications.

line of defence. So by applying Cutter and

For further information, contact

using insecticide treated seed, a double

your Farmlands Technical Advisor

defensive system is created that reduces

or the friendly team at your local

the chances of cutworm damage over the

Farmlands store.

critical crop emergence period.

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normal pre-emergent herbicide mixture.

Cutter controls weeds as well as providing the extra benefit of cutworm control over the critical period of crop emergence.

The beauty of Cutter is that its contact insecticide action complements the insect control from insecticide treated seed.

Because Cutter is sprayed over the soil surface, it knocks down the cutworm that are present just before the maize emerges.

CUTDOWN WEEDS CUTDOWN CUTWORM CUTDOWN TIME CUTDOWN COSTS Cutter™ controls weeds and cutworm in one hit.

Apply Cutter with Atraflow™ (atrazine) as your normal pre-emergent herbicide mixture.

Cutter will control weeds and protect your emerging crop against cutworm attack.

It works perfectly in combination with insecticide seed treatments because it’s contact activity cuts down cutworm before crop damage occurs.

Main advantages of using Cutter.

• Controls cutworm across the entire field – even between the rows • Less cost compared to separate herbicide and insecticide applications • Perfect complement to insecticide seed treatment

For more information, visit your local Farmlands store.

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RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE

International year of soils The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has declared 2015 to be the International Year of Soils. New Zealand’s competitive advantage in the world agricultural produce market is very much centred on low cost pasture and crop production, the basis of which is fertile soil and adequate rainfall. Inputs that boost production, such as new grass cultivars, fertilisers, herbicides and irrigation all have their part to play – but soil structure and drainage needs to be managed to gain the maximum benefit from these inputs.

Soil consists of minerals, organic matter and water and air in the spaces between the soil particles. The complex relationship between these elements

soil structure, all have adverse effects on crop growth. Pugging of waterlogged soils is one of the most insidious factors, being detrimental to immediate quality pasture availability as well as long term pasture growth, condition and composition.

On farms where excess soil moisture is an issue, the benefits of a well designed and installed land drainage system are numerous and well researched.

Production benefits accrue from elevated soil temperatures, longer growing season, improved soil structure through encouraging worm activity, unlocking of soil nutrients, developing root systems for growth and drought resistance and land drying uniformly for consistent germination and emergence.

determines the performance of the soil

Land value and productive area is

and its production capability. Too much

increased through stock rotation onto

water, too little air, high carbon dioxide

previously “no-go” winter paddocks,

levels, low oxygen and a breakdown of

opportunity to remove some open culverts and better access and operating conditions for farm machinery.

Stock also benefit, with a decrease in health issues and improved conditions for lambing and calving. A decrease in soil compaction and surface run-off of nutrients into our natural waterways has an environmental benefit, as stewardship of the land for sustainable farming is front of everyone’s mind.

These benefits can only be multiplied by more effective and faster land drainage.

aggregate backfill around the pipe, running mole-drains into the drainage laterals and the use of NexusTM, with its inherent smooth-bore flow performance advantage. Your land drainage contractor, with local knowledge of soil types and structures, is invaluable in offering advice on what best meets your needs.

In summary, New Zealand farmers are soil farmers. Assess this most important farm asset and determine its needs.

Address structure and drainage issues if required and then look to develop on this with other production inputs, which will inevitably benefit from previous investment in the land and become less reliant on supplements. As a one off capital cost, land drainage will continue to produce very good returns, with minimal long term maintenance costs.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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XPRESS CULVERT 200MM X 6M

ALKATHENE PIPE 20MM X 100M

• Available in 200mm to 400mm diameter x 6m lengths.

• HDPE double walled corrugated pipe.

• Smooth bore for high flow.

• Lightweight for easy transport.

• Easy joining and installation method.

• Made tough and resistant to impact and shock.

• Higher pressure rating than traditional LDPE. • Resistant to bloat remedies.

• Good flexibility, due to “new generation” LDPE material.

• Excellent resistance to weathering, with pre-compounded material.

• Robust wall section for toughness.

• Sold in coils only.

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NOVAFLO 110MM X 100M

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• Highly visible tank level indicator.

• Uni-ball joint adjusts to suit any tank regardless of roof angle.

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PROMAX TANK 25,000L

GALLAGHER WIRELESS WATER MONITORING SYSTEM

• Strong, one piece, corrugated construction for extra strength.

• Unique corrugated sidewalls allow the tanks to be buried up to 1 metre in the ground.

• Four overflow/inlet panels for easy installation.

• 2 x 50mm outlets in the base of the tank.

• 20 year guarantee for peace of mind.

• Only available in Moss Green.

• A complete, simple solution for monitoring and managing tank water and other fluids. Includes desktop touchscreen LCD display unit, tank unit and level sensor.

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80L STALLION TROUGH

STALLION EASYFIT TANK 500L

• Strong and durable.

• Rolled edge to maintain shape and strength.

• Fitted with Hansen valve.

• Easy to install.

• 3 year warranty on trough.

• Direct down-pipe entry point.

• Unique overflow system with removable cover over the leaf screening channel.

• Overflow outlet moulded in place to take standard down-pipe.

• Two x 20mm outlets.

• UV stabilised for a long outdoor life.

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TROUGH HI-LO BRASS VALVE (225)

STALLION EASYFIT TANK 3,000L

• Can be adjusted for high to low pressure, the seat is removable to allow use on low pressure systems.

• For use with medium troughs.

• Working pressure low pressure 0-700kPa (0-100psi), Working pressure with seat 0-1,000kPa (0-150psi).

• UV stabilised for a long outdoor life.

• Direct down-pipe entry point.

• Unique overflow system with removable cover over the leaf screening channel.

• Overflow outlet moulded in place to take standard down-pipe.

• Two x 20mm outlets.

• UV stabilised for a long outdoor life.

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• The new Microlene Quick Connect Standard Underbench Kit – you never have to turn the water off when changing the filter! Reduces unwanted contaminants and taste and odours. Filter has a 2 year lifespan.

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Installing your water tank HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS FROM PROMAX

Winter is over, things are starting to dry out and spring has sprung! Many of you will be looking to get new water tanks, to ensure an uninterrupted water supply for the summer ahead.

Here’s some handy hints and tips to ensure the installation of your new water tank goes smoothly.

Firstly – preparation is key:

• Ensure the tank site is flat and level, free from rocks or stones and any foreign matter that may damage the tank’s base.

• Ensure the tank site is well

Planning how you will install and plumb

e.g. over tightening of fittings.

a drainlayer or plumber to ensure your

• Overflow must be piped clear of

plans will work!

base to avoid erosion.

To take advantage of the maximum catchment of water, it is ideal to place

into one tank. Please note the overflow capacity must match the downpipe

cover should be used to prevent sand from washing away after

the number of overflow pipes, their sizes and capacities.

• Do not allow the tank site to deteriorate after installation due

capacity. For example, two 90mm inlet downpipes would require equal capacity

to any form of erosion or site

overflows. Also note that tank overflows

destruction caused by vermin

can go below the ground and come up

such as rabbits.

Important considerations when

• If a sand base is used, a retaining

sizes and capacities must equal

downpipes can be fed from both gutters

again, to meet stormwater run-off.

than the tank.

• The number of inlet pipes, their

tanks at the end of a building. This way,

prepare or level the site. least 300mm larger in diameter

be subjected to extra force,

recommend you run your project past

compacted if fill is used to • Ensure that the tank site is at

• The tank outlet must NOT

the tank is important – and we highly

plumbing the tank are:

• Ensure a flexible hose is installed after the gate or ball valve with a minimum 300mm length.

Avoid free hanging unsupported pipe work, it puts excessive strain on fittings and tank wall.

300mm Flexible Pipe Promax corrugated tanks can be buried

installation.

and fully back-filled up to 1 metre in the

Remember, a full tank will weigh up to

ground – and still retain their 20 year

30 tonnes – so it is important that the

warranty. Burying your Promax tank is

surface it sits on is stable and firm.

a great way to avoid height restriction issues – also a buried tank with shrubs

the tank once it has been delivered – if

planted around it is more attractive in

it’s windy or stormy your tank can easily be blown away if not secured down.

Adding 200mm of water to the bottom of the tank is usually enough to weigh it down.

An important part of the preparation is to think about the number and types of inlets, outlets and valves you require.

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100mm Sand or Equivalent

You may also need to ensure you secure

When pipe work is exposed or over a longer distance, insert a length of flexible pipe 300mm to absorb shocks and movements.

Alternatively, lay pipe work into the ground just after the 300mm flexible pipe to avoid running over and damaging the fitting and/or tank.

your backyard!

When you are planning to bury a Promax corrugated tank, you should prepare the base with 100mm minimum of compacted sand, just as you would if installing the tank above ground.

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GALLAGHER VERTICAL BAR GATE 1.82 X 1M

YOUR PRICE 115678

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• 25mm nominal bore pipe frame.

• 7.5mm bar uprights at 100mm spacings.

• Adjustable hinge 20mm clamps top and bottom.

• Split link latch attachment.

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GALLAGHER DRIVEWAY GATE 1.82M • Fully hot-dip galvanised for longer life and durability.

• Extension fittings included for easy addition of top panel extension.

• Manufactured from 40mm box-section frame.

• 9.5mm vertical bar uprights at 102mm spacings.

• 20mm bolt on hinges top and bottom.

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GALLAGHER DRIVEWAY GATE EXTENSION ONLY 1.82M • Top panel extension for the 6ft Driveway Gate.

• Dimensions: 6ft /1.82m (l) x 0.6m (h).

YOUR PRICE 156479

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DAIRY MANAGEMENT

Maintaining healthy rumen function We all enjoy spring pasture growth, as the pressure comes off average pasture cover and our cows can consume optimal pasture intake. The vat is up and we anticipate that everything will take care of itself. But we all know that nature can throw a few unexpected surprises at us. If we understand what drives those challenges, we can successfully head them off via strategic management before they cause grief. So what should we look out for?

Rumen dysfunction It is uncommon to observe lactic acidosis in grazing herds, however there are times when ration balance does challenge rumen health. Spring pastures can be high in sugars and fat (unsaturated fatty acids) – they also tend to be low in physically effective fibre. As the ‘rumen bugs’ break down this readily digestible feed, organic acids are at times produced more rapidly than they can be transported out of the rumen.

Transporting organic acids (which are a good thing) out of the rumen is an osmotic process that is dependent upon acids coming into contact with the papillae on the rumen wall and rumen fluid tonicity.

Three things interfere with this process: » Low intake of physically effective fibre

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that stimulates greater agitation within the digesta. » High intake of sugars that promote butyric acid, which is known to slow rumen contractions. » Increased intake of potassium, chlorides and soluble protein that take rumen fluid tonicity closer to the tonicity of blood, slowing the rate of organic acid transport across the rumen wall.

So what do we observe when this occurs? Nothing that screams your cows are unwell. Fecal output often contains a lot more fluid than you would normally observe – it may also contain a higher degree of undigested feed particles. Post grazing residuals may be higher than you would expect and milk solid yield may be a little down on what you would anticipate from the amount of feed on offer.

How can we address this challenge?

Offering a source of digestible, physically effective fibre is a good start. Feeds such as oaten hay tend to be more effective than straw. You don’t need huge volumes, 1kgDM per cow daily is often adequate. Swap high sugar content feeds for products that contain slowly degradable starch – essentially, cereal grain based products that contain substantial quantities of maize. Include a mineral buffer in your ration that has a longer rumen retention time than sodium bicarbonate.

High MUN

pasture will be converted to ammonia by the ‘rumen bugs’. Some of this ammonia will be incorporated into microbial protein while any surplus will diffuse into blood. Ammonia is converted to urea at the liver and is transported by blood for recycling purposes or to be deposited into urine or milk, hence rations high in soluble crude protein contribute to increased MUN results.

Leaf stage at grazing will influence soluble crude protein content of pastures. Grazing before 2.5 leaf stage will spike MUN, as will short rotations when nitrogen fertilisers have been applied (remember the 18 days postnitrogen application grazing rule of thumb). Other ration strategies will only reduce MUN if we can increase milk protein yield. Feeds that increase blood glucose and insulin concentrations are required to achieve this and feeds containing slowly degraded starch offer the greatest promise.

Keep analysing pasture samples for nutrient balance during spring and observe what cow health and production is telling you. Make adjustments to your rations as required and you will avoid the potential challenges of spring production.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

Article supplied by Inghams.

This may be the least understood measure of recent years. Increased levels of soluble crude protein in spring

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DAIRY MANAGEMENT

Protect assets from bird damage and fires Protecting farm assets and machinery is a real priority right now. As finances tighten, ensuring all farm vehicles and machinery are in top working order is especially important. Birds nesting in equipment and engine bays not only bring in dirt and debris that damage these assets but the nests themselves are also a very real fire risk.

Farmers everywhere have spent years battling this problem. Birds would constantly leave droppings and debris all over machinery which, if left, would eventually turn to rust. There is also the worry about the hay and dry grass used for building nests in tractors, potentially causing a fire.

Farmers are often forced to spend lots of money on pest control systems that don’t work at all, are toxic or only work for as long as it takes the animals to figure out another way – making many

methods used to repel birds either time consuming or ineffective.

issue of salmonella is a very real concern when rearing calves.

Wingo contains only a special blend of vegetable-based gel, pepper and cinnamon to deter birds for up to two years in covered areas. Birds don’t like the feel of the gel on their claws, while the sharp taste of pepper further alerts the birds to danger. The cinnamon smell then acts as the reminder that the gel is still active, effectively deterring the birds long term.

Aside from Wingo being useful on the farm, there are many uses for this product in residential areas.

It can be used in trees and on branches to protect nearby cars and buildings and on guttering, roofs and TV aerials around the house.

Anywhere birds are a nuisance are ideal locations for placing Wingo.

The tops of the mirrors, the hydraulic hoses, along the crest of the bonnet and anywhere birds sit on a tractor are good places to apply Wingo.

Birds are also identified as high risk pests to food processing operations such as milking sheds. Any faeces in the milking shed and on the milk and air lines is a hygiene and health issue, which is why the presence of birds in these areas is treated so seriously. Calf sheds are another high risk area, as the

It’s ideal for applying in small quantities as needed. It doesn’t matter how long it’s been left unused, the gel always squirts out as good as new.

For further information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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• Prebiotic fibre, sourced from chicory root, helps promote digestive health.

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• Rich in antioxidants to help promote a healthy immune system.

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More traps, less possums Goodnature A12 traps rescue your buds, blossoms and birds.

Spring is now in full flourish with blossoms becoming fruit and roses budding across the country’s gardens.

It’s a great time to be a possum with easy pickings. It’s also a great time to have a few Goodnature A12 possum traps on your property. They automatically reset after each kill and stay on alert for the next invasive critter, preventing damage to your garden, orchards or regenerating bush block.

Farmlands customers are having incredible results with the traps. They include a Pyes Pa farmer getting 20 possums in 20 nights from one trap and a Banks Peninsula farmer getting eight in 2 nights from 1 trap (a remarkable five in one night).

Kerry Sixtus was so impressed that he now has ten Goodnature A12 traps in a network. When contacted, he said his motivation was to see the native birds return to his bush block, as the pests would raid nests and also compete for food. “They’ve done a great job,” Kerry says. “After seeing a heap of dead ones there are no possums around anymore.”

He says the benefits are already showing, with kereru wood pigeons having a good feeding season.

Powered by CO2 canisters, the traps come with long-life lures, meaning you only have to attend to them once a month.

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The toxin-free feature of Goodnature’s trapping technology is a big motivator for New Zealanders, as it means no risk to pets, working dogs or other non-targets from secondary poisoning.

And what’s really good for nature is that the traps manage the inevitable re‐invasion because rather than waiting for you to clear and reset them, they’re instead waiting for the next pest to come along.

For further information, talk to the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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CO-OPERATIVE NEWS

Farmers and growers demonstrate environmental commitment 9 successive years of growth for Agrecovery Rural Recycling show that farmers and growers across the country are continuing to increase their sustainable recycling practices.

Provisional results for the year ending June 2015 stand at 15,495kg of unwanted chemicals and 240,732kg of recycled plastic packaging collected by the Industry Good Programme. This reflects a 50 percent jump in container recycling over a two year period.

According to Adrienne Wilcock, Chair and Dairy New Zealand Trustee on the Agrecovery Foundation, it was also a year of milestones for Agrecovery.

“We exceeded 1 million kilograms of container plastic recycled since our 2007 launch and we now have more than 10,000 farmer and grower members, one of whom won a new Suzuki motorbike in our recent promotion. Plus, earlier this year we launched our on-farm collection service for large drums and IBCs.” The new large drum service is proving very popular with farmers, while also being the catalyst for well-known hygiene and teat-care brand FIL to join the programme in February.

owners who voluntarily pay a levy on their product sales into the New Zealand market. This enables farmers and growers to access nationwide recycling services for free.

In the coming year, Agrecovery is increasing efforts to make participation as easy and accessible as possible for all farmers and growers.

“We’ll be adding five new collection sites, targeting new brand owners and encouraging more industry organisations to adopt recycling recommendations in their supply chain standards. These actions will bring new participation, as well as help existing members to recycle more of their containers and large drums,” Adrienne says.

The programme will continue to raise awareness of the proven negative environmental and health impacts associated with burning or burying plastic packaging and chemicals on-farm, while also promoting sensible practices to prevent chemicals becoming a disposal issue in the first place.

“As Agrecovery now offers a recycling solution for all sizes of our dairy hygiene and teat care containers, it fits in well with our ongoing commitment to offer a higher level of service to our customers,” FIL National Sales Manager Colin May says.

“Packaging waste cannot be avoided and should therefore be recycled, however the chemicals themselves would ideally be used as intended rather than becoming obsolete and requiring disposal. This year we’ll be working to share that message with the industry, while still offering collection for those who need it,” Adrienne concludes.

With FIL joining, Agrecovery is now supported by 63 participating brand

The Industry Good Programme is New Zealand’s solution for the disposal

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| Avocado grower and Farmlands Kaitaia shareholder Ray Woolley, is delighted to have won the Suzuki DR200 Trojan farmbike Agrecovery offered as an incentive to draw new participants to the recycling programme.

of unwanted agrichemicals and the recycling of empty plastic packaging.

All plastic is recycled in New Zealand, while chemicals are treated for safe disposal in New Zealand and overseas.

According to Agrecovery, using the 240 tonnes of recycled plastic collected this financial year versus using new plastic saves energy equivalent to 452,000 litres of petrol.

Agrecovery wishes to acknowledge the many rural retailers, vet clinics, contractors, councils and others who host collection sites and provide resources and all industry stakeholders who support the programme on behalf of New Zealand farmers and growers.

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We’ve teamed up with Genesis Energy for a brilliant shareholder energy deal.

Sign up with Genesis Energy and charge your energy bill through your Farmlands Account for: SAVINGS – a big 12% prompt payment discount from Genesis Energy, plus sign up to a 24-month contract and receive an extra 2% Farmlands shareholder rebate.

CERTAINTY – fixed energy prices (the per unit variable charge and daily fixed charge) during the 24-month term of the plan.

REWARDS – earn 3 Choices Rewards Points for every $150.00 spent with Genesis Energy.

MONEY BACK – plus it contributes towards your annual Farmlands Bonus Rebate, distributed at 0.4% last year.*

NOT WITH GENESIS ENERGY? No problem, switching is quick and easy.

Visit www.farmlands.co.nz/genesisenergy, email genesis@farmlands.co.nz or call Farmlands on 0800 200 600.

WITH GENESIS ENERGY BUT NOT CHARGING THROUGH YOUR FARMLANDS ACCOUNT? Call Farmlands on 0800 200 600 or visit www.farmlands.co.nz/genesisenergy and we’ll help sort it for you.

*The Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited Bonus Rebate is subject to the Directors’ discretion.

Terms and Conditions and cancellation fees apply to 24-month fixed term contracts. Business customers must enter PowerFreeze or GasFreeze contracts. Distribution and industry charges may change during the term of the relevant plan.

Farmlands Finance

Buy now, pay later

Creditline makes paying your Farmlands Account easier.

This deferred payment and revolving credit facility lets you choose what you pay straight away – and what you leave for later.

Why Creditline?

Free up cash flow Manage cash flow with up to three months deferred payment.

Longer terms may be available on request.

Flexibility No early repayment penalties.

Simplicity Use your approved loan limit as and when you need it, plus look out for interest-free offers.

No fees offer First year Account fees waived for new applications approved before 31st December 2015.

Sign up now – no Account fees for the first year.

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www.farmlands.co.nz/creditline | finance@farmlands.co.nz | 0800 200 600 Terms, conditions and eligibility criteria apply for Farmlands Finance Limited products. Our standard quarterly fee is $12.50.

Our standard interest rates apply (unless taking up an interest-free deal).

FARMLANDS FINANCE

Finance through Farmlands Creditline — deferred payment now nationwide It’s the easy and convenient way to defer payment on your Farmlands Account – and now your finance company, Farmlands Finance Ltd., has launched our Creditline product nationwide.

Available 12 months of the year, it is

This keeps your cash flow rolling and

simple to arrange – you just transfer

offers a convenient, cost effective and

your Farmlands balance, or part thereof,

flexible way to maintain the integrity of

to the Creditline. This leaves cash in

your business for those unexpected

your bank to meet everyday operating

cash shortfalls.

costs and your Creditline is paid off

As part of the roll-out of a new point

Farmlands Finance Creditline product

once those delayed livestock sales

of sale system at Farmlands stores,

is now the facility to use in replacing

receipts arrive.

previous deferred payment options

There is no need to wait for the 3 month

made available by Farmlands (interest

payment period to expire before repaying

free or interest charged). Affected

– you can pay the Creditline as soon

shareholders who have previously used

as the livestock proceeds are received,

deferred options will be contacted over

without being concerned about penalties

the course of the next few months. If you

or hidden costs. Interest, at less than

have questions about the change over

Recent events in the industry have proven

1 percent per month, accrues daily on

or would like to understand more about

that nothing is ever straight forward or

outstanding balances, so you only pay

Creditline, please feel free to contact

regimented when it comes to farming.

for what you use (or interest free if this

Farmlands Finance on 0800 200 600,

Weather, prices and plant purchases

has been offered on selected products).

email finance@farmlands.co.nz or visit

Creditline is now available throughout the country. The roll-out means that Farmlands shareholders have access to a simple and consistent deferred payment product, which can be tailored to their individual cash flow needs.

all combine to create cost, which is not

www.farmlands.co.nz/creditline.

always met by corresponding timing of your cash flow.

Farmlands Finance Regional Finance Managers have been travelling around the country, helping Farmlands staff understand the easiest way to help shareholders with their finance needs.

An example of when Creditline may be needed is when your Farmlands Account is due but farm receipts have been unexpectedly delayed. Something as simple as a livestock sale can have an effect, because as we know, these are often delayed due to seasonal variations or waiting for killing space. Farmlands’ Creditline facility offers standard 3 months’ deferred payment instead of dipping into, or having to increase, your overdraft short-term.

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FARMLANDS LIVESTOCK

Welcome to Spring!

Conditions in most areas are experiencing a slow start.

In Southland, feed conditions remain tight, while in North Canterbury they are still suffering the effects of an extended drought season. Pastures are green but are struggling to grow any bulk with stock coming home from grazing to low covers.

Sheep and Beef Market conditions remain strong. Lamb schedules are slowly creeping towards the $6.00kg where I feel it will settle in late October and November with indications pointing towards a reduction as we get closer to Christmas. The store lamb market is very strong, with lambs making up to $3.00kg liveweight (LW) and fat ewes around $2.80 to $3.00kg (LW).

We are currently working with several meat companies to get some contract lamb kills in place for the coming season.

Central and Mid Canterbury are looking reasonable for the time of year, with lower numbers of stock on farms than normal. Otago and Southland districts are slow to come out of winter, with low levels of feed available and Central Otago still struggling to green up after a very cold, frosty winter.

Marlborough is about normal for time of year, with some areas still feeling effects of last year’s drought.

The prime beef market is at historical highs around the $6.00kg mark, with kill values of prime cattle at a level we have not seen before, thus creating very strong demand for store cattle with prices exceeding $3.00kg (LW) in some cases. A severe shortage of store cattle exists, as a lot of people involved in the dairy grazing business are looking to spread risk and run some beef cattle in place of dairy grazing. Bull beef remains strong as well, with very good returns offering an option to farmers through dairy beef. There is a little concern around manufacturing beef with export quotas getting near full and not opening up again until early next year.

Grazing

Dairy

This part of the business is continuing as normal, with some contracts coming under pressure from cash strapped farmers – but as a whole it is business as usual, with negotiations underway for intake of calves in December.

Activity in this area of the business is pretty quiet, with the focus on bobby calves and rearing of calves at the moment.

There has been quite a bit of talk of farmers marketing a portion of their R2 replacements, so as to add to cash flows but one wonders who will be the purchasers. There is possibly an opportunity for farmers to look at these animals as an option to take through and kill in autumn, as long as beef prices hold up.

Weight gain contracts continue to reign supreme with full monitoring and incentive to feed well eliminating most problems. This part of our business continues to see significant growth. Cow grazing is all wrapped up for another year and there is a lot of talk from graziers about not putting cow feed in next year, as the feeling is the demand and price will be very low.

General Business Our administration team is currently undergoing some changes, with new policies, procedures and staff changes.

Whilst we don’t always get it right, the team is always there to lend a hand and take any queries that you may have. Please bear with us and the changes will benefit all of us.

During August, Terry Ashby resigned from his role as General Manager Livestock. Terry has been involved in the business from very early on and brought a lot of innovation and growth to the business, I have been fortunate to have spent the last 2 years working alongside Terry and getting a handle on the business. A big thank you to Terry from all of us for his

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contribution to the business. From the team at Farmlands, we wish him all the best for the future.

I am standing in for Terry at the moment while the company goes through the process of finding a new General Manager Livestock, please don’t hesitate to call me with any queries or questions and I will try and answer them for you as best I can.

Regards, Frank Ruddenklau General Manager (Acting) Livestock 027 668 8235

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FARMLANDS FUEL

Is your farm site safe for fuel tanker access?

Access to the farm from a public road

• The delivery tanker should be able to enter the farm safely from a public road.

Access to the fuel tank site using the

• Farmers have a duty to provide

• Obstacles like rubbish, machinery

safe access to their workplaces.

and junk should not be within 3 metres of the tank legs.

• This includes making sure bridges and culverts are safe for tankers.

• This means the driver can safely move between the truck and the

• If there is doubt, the farmer

tank ladder.

farm road

should supply evidence that

• The access should be safe for

bridges and culverts can hold

Access to the fuel tank fill point

the necessary traffic.

• The tank delivery fill point

the vehicles that your fuel supplier uses.

• The access track should be accessible in all weather.

• It should also be in good repair.

• Trim overhanging trees to avoid damaging the delivery tanker.

• Take care with any overhead power lines when trimming trees.

• Culverts or farm bridges should take the weight of a fully-laden fuel delivery tanker.

should be clear of anything that

• Plan for turnarounds, so the delivery tanker does not have to

could prevent the delivery hose

reverse to the fuel site.

nozzle from inserting completely into the tank.

• This minimises difficult reversing and manoeuvring.

• Make sure the driver can open

Access between the delivery tanker

and access the dip and fill points

and the fuel tank

from the ladder without stretching

• The area between the delivery

to reach.

tanker and the fuel tank’s

• They should not have to climb

filling point should have a

off the ladder, or onto the tank,

good clearway.

unless a suitable access platform is available.

• The driver should be able to see into the fill point clearly from the ladder while refuelling the tank.

For further information talk to the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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FARMLANDS REAL ESTATE

North and South Island REAL ESTATE UPDATE I am delighted to announce that shareholders in the Manawatu have the choice to list and sell their property with Farmlands Real Estate.

Bill Milham and Yvonne Forlong have joined our team and will be based at our two newest office locations – Palmerston North and Feilding. Bill and Yvonne have been working as a highly successful rural and lifestyle team in the Manawatu. Bill has won numerous industry awards and together with Yvonne will provide a highly professional realtor service.

The reach of our co-operative gives our vendors exclusive marketing options nationally – via The Farmlander to 59,000 shareholders every month, 40,000 copies of the southern Mainlander, farmlandsrealestate.co.nz and the new Farmlands mobile App. These are innovations that no other company can offer to their vendors.

Dairy land values are still the hottest topic for discussion and, as yet, there have been no sales made to clearly indicate what level vendors and purchasers will accept. Currently the majority of discussions with our dairy vendors who are considering selling, see them in larger multiownership structures. The ability to purchase properties of the size and scale of these businesses has historically fallen to corporates, overseas buyers or very strong family entities.

Today it is just a waiting game to see where the dairy market will settle, as offers are being modelled upon a cash return on investment rather than capital gain. Logically, as the season progresses and with clarity on where milk prices will ultimately end up, we anticipate a very active market post-Christmas.

Move on and take off Farmlands has partnered with Airpoints™ to bring shareholders Airpoints Dollars™ as part of the Choices Rewards Programme.

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We will be bringing a number of very good sheep and beef units to the market prior to Christmas, size and scale plus irrigation options are a feature. Enquiry from clients preparing to purchase this season is received on a weekly basis. Coupled with strong industry sector prices and low interest rates, we forecast an active and very competitive season ahead in this sector.

Residential and lifestyle market sectors remain strong. This is very evident in Masterton. Our new team is enjoying tremendous support from shareholders and the local community, with numerous sales transacted and enquiries from South Island shareholders and our retired shareholders from Auckland seeking investment property.

Daylight saving is finally here – if you are considering selling, please call to discuss your options with your local Farmlands Salesperson. I am always available if you require advice surrounding any real estate matter or would like to become a Salesperson with us – in the North or South!

Calvin Leen General Manager Farmlands Real Estate 027 453 0950 calvin.leen@farmlands.co.nz

Shareholders can now choose to earn Airpoints Dollars on the commission paid on Farmlands Real Estate sales.

To register to earn Airpoints Dollars visit www.farmlands.co.nz/airpoints Terms and Conditions apply.

FARMLANDS REAL ESTATE

Welcome to our team

REAL ESTATE

Tom Hackett

Rod Scanlan

Whangarei | Lifestyle/Rural/Auctioneer

Otaki | Lifestyle/Rural

Phone

Phone

027 498 2908

027 442 3230

Email

Email

tom.hackett@farmlands.co.nz

rod.scanlan@farmlands.co.nz

Bill Milham

Yvonne Forlong

Palmerston North | Lifestyle/Rural

Feilding | Lifestyle/Rural

Phone

Phone

027 443 3324

021 456 565

Email

Email

bill.milham@farmlands.co.nz

yvonne.forlong@farmlands.co.nz

Emily Newell

Penny Dadson-Clausen

Rangiora | Residential/Lifestyle

Leeston | Residential/Lifestyle

Phone

Phone

027 472 0409

027 895 5943

Email

Email

emily.newell@farmlands.co.nz

penny.dc@farmlands.co.nz

Christine Wallace

Derek Ayson

Waimate | Residential/Lifestyle

Gore | Lifestyle/Rural

Phone

Phone

027 226 1908

027 667 9601

Email

Email

christine.wallace@farmlands.co.nz

derek.ayson@farmlands.co.nz

FARMLANDS REAL ESTATE

ESTABLISHED WAIRAU PLAINS VINEYARD

Property ID: BL1164 www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz

RENWICK, MARLBOROUGH Here is your opportunity to purchase a desirable, established vineyard property in the heart of New Zealand’s wine capital Marlborough, with substantial living, improvements and potential. Approximately 21 hectares planted in Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and smaller areas of other varieties. Two water supplies providing 432 cubic metres per day.

Character two storey, four bedroom villa built in 2002, with commanding 360o views over the vineyard and Marlborough landscape. “Summerhouse” with heated pool, currently utilised as an office and previously used for tastings.

12m x 18m workshop, plus a second large high stud building. Not currently contracted but looking to do so within the next month, so be quick to view. $5,000,000 plus GST (if any)

REAL ESTATE

Allan Gifford 027 226 2379 allan.gifford@farmlands.co.nz

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RAKANUI AND KAHUTARA

Property ID: BL1151 www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz

KAIKOURA, MARLBOROUGH This substantial 1,783 hectare tussock block is located on the Kaikoura coastline. A keen eye will spot potential here. With wildlife and tourism on offer in the Kaikoura area, Manuka and native trees in abundance on the property.

The property includes good tracks, natural water supplies, two sets of cattle yards, a woolshed and adjoining implement shed, two older homes, plus a hunters hut. This is a special property with potential and diversity.

Deadline sale closing 4pm, Wednesday 11 November 2015

MAKE US AN OFFER!

Chris Abbott 027 435 2872 chris.abbott@farmlands.co.nz

Property ID: TU10617 www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz

KARAMEA, WEST COAST This beach side property has many potential land uses. Continue as a 180 cow self-contained dairy unit, change to dry stock or dairy grazing, or you could potentially develop into lifestyle farmlets – the choice is yours. There are currently two houses meaning you already have options. A 26 aside herringbone dairy shed and multiple farm buildings in place. Located 1.5 hours north of Westport in the micro-climate of Karamea.

Deadline sale closing 11am, Thursday 26 November 2015 (unless sold prior)

REAL ESTATE

Shari McLaughlin 027 266 6850 shari.mclaughlin@farmlands.co.nz

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QUALITY UNIT, QUALITY LOCATION!

Property ID: TU10626 www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz

GREY VALLEY, WEST COAST This 168 hectare approximate effective unit milking 400 cows is well developed and produced 188,000kgMS last season, with the herd wintered on and young stock grazed off. The 40 aside herringbone shed has meal feeding and a fully upgraded irripod effluent system to approximately 36 hectares and in addition to this, there is 50 hectares of K-line irrigation for the summer months.

Two family homes are located on the property to give you options.

Auction 12pm, 3 December 2015 (unless sold prior)

Shari McLaughlin 027 266 6850 shari.mclaughlin@farmlands.co.nz

Boundaries indicative only

AVIATION OPPORTUNITY

Property ID: RA1647 www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz

SWANNANOA, CANTERBURY Outstanding 10 hectare property with the potential for a 520 metre runway, with a 07/25 vector surrounded by farmland rather than lifestyle blocks, this is an opportunity not to be missed. The architecturally designed home features four bedrooms, two living areas and a triple internal access garage. Expansive gardens and tennis court. Decile 10 Swannanoa Primary School is nearby and all within thirty minutes of Christchurch Airport.

Deadline sale closing 4pm, Thursday 15 October 2015

REAL ESTATE

Maurice Newell 027 240 1718 maurice.newell@farmlands.co.nz

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GRAZING AND FATTENING OPPORTUNITY

Property ID: TU10634 www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz

PLEASANT POINT, SOUTH CANTERBURY This 160 hectare property has good, healthy stock country, with mainly rolling contour. There has been a grass renewal programme in place over recent years and this, along with an ample allocation of Downlands water, allows the property to carry good stock numbers. There is a set of sheep yards, various support buildings and a solid home. The property has a history of finishing stock and is an easy commute to Timaru. Purchase options available.

Deadline sale closing 1pm, Thursday 29 October 2015

BERRY BERRY GOOD OPPORTUNITY!

Simon Richards 027 457 0990 simon.richards@farmlands.co.nz

Property ID: DU2303 www.farmlandsrealestate.co.nz

OUTRAM, OTAGO The “McArthurs” brand is synonymous with quality hand picked, super fresh, berry fruit and vegetables. This 9.1 hectare horticultural property is sited on some of the best soils in the country, together with its separate 2 hectare support block. Everything is sold through the successful roadside shop or the local farmers market. Includes a refurbished and extended four bedroom home, tractor sheds, glasshouse, fertigation system and roadside shop.

Price on application – going concern

REAL ESTATE

Kevin Duggan 027 534 3042 kevin.duggan@farmlands.co.nz

FARMLANDS CARD - FOR EVERYDAY SAVINGS

Introducing new Farmlands Card Partners As your farming co-operative, we have used our collective strength to negotiate a new offer with Genesis Energy for Farmlands shareholders. When you sign up with Genesis Energy for 24 months, you will save with a 12 percent prompt payment discount from Genesis, plus a 2 percent Farmlands shareholder rebate.

Plus, if you choose Genesis Energy for both gas and electricity for 24 months, you will receive a 14 percent Genesis prompt payment discount and a 2 percent Farmlands shareholder rebate. To switch or add Genesis to your Farmlands Account, visit www.farmlands.co.nz/genesisenergy or call Farmlands on 0800 200 600.

We welcome on-board Auto Super Shoppes as a Farmlands Card Partner. With more than 70 locations spanning Whangarei to Invercargill, they offer consistently great service across all your automotive requirements, with special pricing on your Warrant of Fitness and rebates up to 10 percent on servicing.

Why not give them a call?

We’re excited to announce we now have a freight offering on-board for our shareholders.

FarmLo is a family owned operation with a huge nationwide network at its fingertips. This dynamic business provides innovative transport and logistic solutions with the ability to move livestock, farming inputs and large capital items anywhere in New Zealand for a competitive price – and a rebate for Farmlands shareholders.

Take advantage of these new Card Partners and start saving more money today.

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CHECK OUT THE AMAZING RANGE OF PRODUCTS THAT OUR CARD PARTNERS HAVE ON OFFER. USE YOUR FARMLANDS CARD AND SAVE!

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Coleman Road Trip BBQ – exclusive to Smiths City.

The Mimosa Deva lounge setting offers striking contemporary style and durable design. The 4 piece lounge setting includes loveseat, two lounge chairs and a coffee table for a cosy morning coffee or a lazy summer afternoon. In a natural oil finish with olefin padded cushions, it is designed to complement any entertaining area. $1,297.00. www.bunnings.co.nz

The Coleman Roadtrip LXE Grill BBQ allows you to have a BBQ anywhere. It packs down small and at only 20kg, you can easily stow it in the boot and take it with you. Runs for over 1 hour on full heat from just one 465g Coleman LPG bottle (sold separately). Also available in Black. $499.99 – purchase on your Farmlands Card for only $359.99.

Visit www.smithscity.co.nz to find your closest store.

Equally at home working in the back paddock or driving through the inner city, it’s clear to see why the Ford Ranger has become New Zealand’s #1 ute. And now Ford has shifted the posts yet again.

The new Ford Ranger brings a new level of comfort and refinement to the ute segment without compromising on the rugged capability that New Zealand customers demand. It represents a smarter kind of tough and will help owners achieve more, whether at work or with their families. Ranger XLT shown with accessory Sport Bar.

Special prices and offers apply from the 1st to the 31st of October 2015. Only while stocks last.

Check your Farmlands store for product availability. All prices include GST unless otherwise stated.

Savings based on Farmlands normal retail price.

Note: The “Your Price” advertised in the Farmlander Magazine is the price that a Farmlands shareholder will be charged if the advertised products are purchased during the promotional period. Farmlands stores also use a “net” price (discounted price without a rebate) to attract cash sale customers and potential shareholders. *Savings based on Farmlands normal retail price.

Accounts are payable at Farmlands Head Office or any store by the 20th of each month. Failure to pay an Account by Due Date is a Default Event under the Terms and Conditions and Farmlands is then at its discretion entitled to: suspend or terminate the Account; charge interest at 2% per month; reverse

discounts or credit rebates; debit other Shareholder Accounts; make demand on a Card Signatory; debit any default administration costs incurred; register a mortgage over land; terminate shareholding.

Farmlands shareholders have the option of to pay their Accounts either in part or in full by MasterCard or Visa Credit Card. Payment by any credit card will not entitle the shareholder to receive bonus rebates for the month paid or part paid. Neither Farmlands nor any other person involved in the preparation of this document accepts any liability for any opinion or information (including the accuracy or completeness thereof) or for any consequences flowing from its use. The information contained in this document is given in good faith, has been derived from sources perceived to be reliable and accurate and is subject to Farmlands Terms & Conditions. Not all products are available at all Farmlands stores.

Offers valid at Farmlands South Island stores only.

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A partnership to boast about Auto Super Shoppes is proud to announce that we are now automotive repairers for Farmlands shareholders.

Our nationwide network of premium automotive repairers can look after Farmlands shareholders anywhere from Whangarei to Invercargill.

Auto Super Shoppes is a branded network representing only the top tier of automotive workshops. With 73 locations throughout New Zealand, each is a one-stop-shop with affordable solutions. Service centres that join the Auto Super Shoppes network are vetted to ensure they meet a strict set of criteria, with MTA membership being a bare minimum.

Our modus operandi is to provide dealership style services and facilities offering extensive services with good value pricing.

Auto Super Shoppes is headed by two directors, Geoff Harper and David Storey and is governed by a board made up of six workshop owners.

Our head office is located on Auckland’s North Shore. General Manager Kellie Tremayne says “as General Manager, I’m proud to manage a company that strives for excellence, including providing an exceptional customer experience for motorists who visit an Auto Super Shoppes service centre.”

Auto Super Shoppes service centres are operated by independent owners who are proud of their business achievements and passionate about repairing and maintaining vehicles for motorists.

“This is what our workshops are excellent at. In fact, the Auto Super Shoppes network boasts a very high ration of A-Grade and qualified technicians who are enthusiastic about applying their skills and expertise to all makes and models of vehicles. In today’s complex car

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pool, keeping abreast of modern car technology is critical and Auto Super Shoppes technicians are proactive with continuing their professional development. Coupled with advanced technical skill development, Auto Super Shoppes centres invest heavily in equipment technologies to ensure efficient and successful diagnosis and analysis of vehicle faults are achieved,” Kellie says.

It is important to know that belonging to the Auto Super Shoppes network is by invitation or application only. If a workshop doesn’t fit the bill of a premium automotive repairer then they cannot be part of the Auto Super Shoppes network. All workshops have a ‘no surprises’ policy, so costs remain in check and the customer gets informed every step of the way.

All Auto Super Shoppes are 100 percent independently owned and operated but appreciate the value of belonging to a network of quality automotive repairers. Auto Super Shoppes are locally owned and nationally known.

Shareholder Offer Auto Super Shoppes offer Farmlands shareholders discounted labour rates, reduced costs on parts and WOFs, as well as preferential booking for courtesy cars and pick up and drop off service.

To find your nearest Auto Super Shoppes service centre, visit our website – www.autosupershoppes.co.nz or contact the helpful team at head office on 0800 AUTO HELP (0800 2886 4357).

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FARMLANDS FARMLANDS ANDCARD CRT CARD - FOR-EVERYDAY FOR EVERYDAY SAVINGS SAVINGS

USE YOUR FARMLANDS CARD AND SAVE!

Fuel up at your local Challenge service station and get 12 cents per litre off the pump price when you use your Farmlands Card!

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FARMLANDS CARD - FOR EVERYDAY SAVINGS

Making A Living Off The Land Is Your Calling.

Being Your Partner Is Ours.

Over 10,000 special offers for farmlands shareholders* Hitachi 50cc Chainsaw • 2.4kW 2-stroke PureFire™ engine • 500mm (20") Oregon bar and anti-kickback chain • Weighs 5.1kg

PTHTCS51EA

629

$

$723.35 (INCL GST)

00(EXCL GST)

Hitachi 355mm Metal Cut Off Saw

• Precise planing depth setting by adjustment knob with click stops • Maximum planing depth of 2.5mm • Supplied with carry case

• 2000W motor • Quick-release vice • Spark diversion guide • Capable of cutting shaped steel up to 130 x 130mm • Supplied with blade PTHTCC14SF

SPECIAL ORDER

Makita 620W Planer

319

$

$366.85 (INCL GST)

00(EXCL GST)

PTMKKP0800K SPECIAL ORDER

25900

$

$297.85 (INCL GST)

(EXCL GST)

Hitachi 20mm 790W Impact Drill

Makita 21cc 2-Stroke Petrol Line Trimmer

Makita 650mm Electric Hedge Trimmer

• 2-speed gearbox plus variable speed and reverse • Supplied with carry case • Drill bit not included

• Lightweight • Curved shaft/flex drive • Quality full crankshaft engine

• Dual action blades with generous 28mm tooth spacing • Extra long reach • Sub handle for trimming hedge sides

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289

$

$332.35 (INCL GST)

00 (EXCL GST)

LIMITED STOCK

239

$

$274.85 (INCL GST)

00(EXCL GST)

SPECIAL ORDER

28900

$

$332.35 (INCL GST)

(EXCL GST)

SPECIAL ORDER

SPECIAL ORDER

*Carters Pricing Terms: 1. Advertised pricing valid from 1 October 2015 to 31 October 2015. 2. Pricing not valid with any other promotion running concurrently. 3. Payment must be made using a Farmlands Card. 4. Lead time will apply for special order products. 5. Any trademarks are the property of the respective owners. 6. Trade discounts do not apply to advertised offers. 7. The actual product may differ slightly from that pictured. 8. Carters' Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale apply (see www.carters.co.nz).

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FARMLANDS FARMLANDS ANDCARD CRT CARD - FOR-EVERYDAY FOR EVERYDAY SAVINGS SAVINGS

EXCLUSIV

TO FARMLANDE

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Radar Detector

• Tested & tuned for peak NZ performance.

• Twin antenna design for maximum performance by band, giving you the longest warning possible.

Universal Head Up Display

17 Pc Universal Go-Thru Socket Set

• Projects vehicle speed to windscreen.

• Uses built in GPS to determine speed.

HUD904

3/8” Dr

ESCREDLINE

• 8-19mm.

RTK2215

HOT PRICE

HOT PRICE

HOT PRICE

879EA

99SET

99EA

$

$

$

26 Pc Socket Set Metric / AF 3/4” Dr RTK2173

HOT PRICE

37 Pc Socket & Spanner Set

54 Pc Socket Set

Metric / AF 3/8” Dr

Metric / AF 1/4”, 1/2” Dr

RTK225500

RTK2300

HOT PRICE

349SET

HOT PRICE

139SET

$

199SET

$

2500kg Garage Jack

6500W Electric Start Generator

Lifting range: 135mm-495mm.

• 4 stroke. 25L fuel tank – up to 8.5hrs continuous operation.

• 3 x Power outlets.

• 72 dBA.

G2500

$

20L Wet & Dry Vacuum • 1250W motor. Blower function.

• 4 Castor wheels.

MPGV20

PT6600ES

HOT PRICE

HOT PRICE

169EA

1199EA

$

$

HOT PRICE

79EA

$

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Prices apply to shareholders using Farmlands Card only. Valid until 31 October 2015. E & OE.

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YOUR SHED, YOUR WAY NEED A LOCK UP?

NEED 2 BAYS?

OR MORE?

DESIGN & BUILD TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR WE CAN SUPPLY A KITSET FOR YOU TO BUILD

USE YOUR FARMLANDS CARD AT PLACEMAKERS FOR DISCOUNTS ON SELECTED PRODUCTS. Sheds available at participating stores only. Contact your local store for more information.

Ask us for a competitive quote WWW.PLACEMAKERS.CO.NZ 0800 PLACEMAKERS (752 236)

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Over 21 years we’ve seen a lot of different things.

One thing that hasn’t changed is our loyal support for the greatest team in the world.

THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE ALL BLACKS FOR 21 YEARS. #BELONG

Statistics accurate as of Monday 17th August 2015.

ford.co.nz

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“We’ve got a outdoor living at Neo Buddy Pack

Includes BBQ, trolley & cover. SKU03180717

$

349

6 Burner Artiste BBQ

Stainless steel body. Viewing window. SKU03180710

1099

$

Tonala Clay Pizza Oven

Stand sold separately, SKU03180436 SKU03180437 $339

2.5m Red Oriental Umbrella SKU03191089

109

$

7 Piece Sling Setting

Steel frame, charcoal sling chairs.

SKU03191814

$

$

249

4 Piece Deva Lounge Setting

FSC® eucalyptus timber frame.

Includes 2 chairs, loveseat & coffee table. SKU03191975

675

Timber Sun Lounger

1599

$

Eucalyptus timber. Olefin cushion.

$

399

$

399

SKU03191950

4 Piece Wicker Lounge Setting

Resin wicker, aluminium frame. SKU03191691

To find your local Bunnings store visit www.bunnings.co.nz or phone 0508 BUNNINGS.

great range of the lowest prices�

JOHANNA, teAm member

3 Piece Wicker Day Bed

Tree Fire Drum

Aluminium frame.

Includes table, footrest & bed. SKU03191968

38 x 38 x 80cm.

SKU03180675

119

$

3 Piece Rustic Bistro Setting Iron frame table and chairs. Antique white finish. SKU03191766

$

150kg weight capacity.

Stainless steel hood.

Cast iron grill. SKU03180715

6 Burner Outdoor Kitchen

Composite stone benchtop.

Stainless steel body.

SKU03171035

$

SKU00222294

398

3449

3 Piece Geneve Corner Lounge Setting Wicker base. Polyester cushions.

SKU03191964

1279

Wicker Egg Chair

4 Burner Hooded BBQ

$

315

$

$

499

749

$

9 Piece Waiheke Setting

Aluminium frame. Wicker chairs.

SKU03191995

Hanging Lounger Egg Chair SKU03240537

$

479

1249

$

Not all services and products featured are available in all stores, but may be ordered. See in store for product availability. Shelf prices may be lower than advertised to ensure lowest prices every day.

We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. All prices quoted are inclusive of GST. Prices valid until Saturday 31st October 2015 or while stocks last.

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• Crater Current Setting • 2/4T Trigger Function • Trolley with Accessory Drawer • Approved to AS/NZ 60974-1 Power Supply 250-1 +/- 15% Duty Cycle @ 40°c 40% @250 Amps Current Range MIG 30A - 250Amps Current Range MMA 10A - 250Amps

FARMLANDS CARD - FOR EVERYDAY SAVINGS $

3,39130

+GST $3,900.00 GST Incl.

EnginEErs Kit

XA-MIG250SWF-SP

Razorweld

TSK149

RWX5000 DIGITAL LENS

Includes driver drill, 125mm grinder, 255Nm impact wrench, 2 x 5.0Ah Li-ion batteries, fan cooled smart charger, carry case.

WIDE VIEW AUTO HELMET

High Quality, Low Cost, Solar Cell Powered 4 Independent Sensors, Large View - Grind Mode

948 70

$

$1,091.00 GST Incl.

MONTH 24 Machine Warranty

RWX5000

• Accurate Digital Control Function • 4 Independent Sensors • Auto On - Auto Off Power Function • Delay Control • Sensitivity Control • Magnifying Lens Holder • Grind Mode

XA-MIG500SWF MIG/MMA/TIG 500AMPS INDUSTRIAL MUSCLE TO THE MAX

3/4” Dr combination socKEt sEt 27pc KB3103

Sockets: (12pt Std) 22mm - 50mm, 7/8” - 2”.

Accessories: ratchet, extensions, sliding t bar.

24496

$

$281.70 GST Incl.

1/2” Dr socKEt sEt 25pc KT4226MR02

10 - 32mm.

12pt standard sockets and assorted accessories.

24330

$

$297.80 GST Incl.

Caliper146.indd 1

1/2” DEEP SOCKET SET

$

26869

+GST $309.00 GST Incl.

WARRANTY

• Industrial 500 Amp Power Source • 10m Long Interconnecting Cables • Control Settings at the Wire Feeder • 4 Drive Roll Separate Wire Feeder • Crater Current Setting • 2/4T Trigger Function • Trolley with Accessory Drawer Power Supply 415 -3 +/- 15% Wire Feeder Type Gear Driven 4 Roll Duty Cycle @ 40°c 40% @ 500Amps Current Range MIG 40A - 500 Amps Current Range MMA 20A - 500 Amps

Compliant to AS/NZ 60974-1 Standard

C/w Mig Torch, Arc Set & Regulator TIG TORCH IS OPTIONAL & EXTRA

4,69130

$

+GST $5,395.00 GST Incl.

XA-MIG500SWF-SP

173 04

$

21/08/15 5:46:12 p.m.

$199.00 GST Incl.

Caliper146.indd 2

Dargaville Farrand & Mason Ltd •Whangarei Donovans Trade Supplies Ltd • aucklanD TradeZone North Shore. Auckland Engineering Supplies (ME) Ltd. TradeZone East Tamaki. Grossman Twigg Engineering Supplies • Pukekohe Hardware Engineering Supplies (2005) Ltd • hamilton hand tool House • te aWamutu Stewart & Cavalier • morrinsville Workplace Engineering Supplies Ltd • mt maunganui Holmes Industrial Supplies (2006) Ltd • tokoroa Holster Supply Co. Ltd • rotorua TradeZone Rotorua • tauPo Total Trade Supplies (1998) Ltd • gisborne TradeZone Gisborne • naPier TradeZone Hawke’s Bay • neW Plymouth Croucher & Crowder Ltd • haWera Croucher & Crowder Ltd • Wanganui McDonald Equipment Ltd • Palmerston north Techweld NZ Ltd • Wellington W.R. Twigg Ltd • takaka TradeZone Takaka • nelson Opel Industries • blenheim blenheim Engineering Supplies Ltd • WestPort B.W. Palmer Ltd • rangiora Rangiora Engineering Supplies • christchurch George Henry & Co. Ltd - City, George Henry & Co. Ltd - Hornby • ashburton G.J. Blacklow & Co. Ltd • timaru Timaru Engineering Supplies Ltd • oamaru ireland engineering ltd • DuneDin HCD Flow Technology Ltd • alexanDra TradeZone Alexandra • cromWell TradeZone Cromwell • gore Gas and Tool Direct • invercargill e hayes & sons ltd

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Check out our seasonal electricity pricing Illustrative profile of seasonal consumption and price*

With cheaper summer prices from 1 September to 30 April, our fixed seasonal rates could save you money on your electricity bill.

If you’re new to Meridian, you’ll also receive a $100 credit on your first electricity bill for the first connection you switch and $50 for each additional connection.**

*This graph is provided as an illustration of consumption and Meridian seasonal rates only. Your actual consumption and the rates charged to you will vary. The graph has been based on a single agribusiness customer’s installation control point in the Waitaki region.

Proud to be a partner of

Call 0800 496 444

meridian.co.nz/Seasonal **Terms and conditions apply.

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INSPIRATIONAL

TRENDS AND DESIGNS ON TAP AS SEEN IN THE BATHROOM BOOK 2016

Mila Touch Sink Mixer

As seen in the Bathroom Book 2016.

Introducing the new Mila Sink Mixer with Touch Technology, an innovative and hassle free experience to turn on your sink mixer.

THE

• • • • • • • • • •

Easy to install Low sensitivity with cold only touch 2 second water delivery Energy saving and aquastop mode 6V Lithium battery Polyester braided hoses Isolating seal and pivoting aerators 360° swivel 35mm Kerox cartridge No need to touch handle with dirty hands 690390

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699

$

Available at all Mico Bathroom showrooms nationwide.

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BATHROOM BOOK 2016

Come in-store for a copy or visit our website.

www.mico.co.nz

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GET SORTED FOR SPRING Visit your local Mitre 10 garden department to choose from a wide range of vegetable plants and seedlings.

If you want to grow the biggest, healthiest, fastest-growing veges, build yourself a raised vege garden.

1398

$

Tui

bag

$

Vegetable Mix

Contains sheep pellets, dolomite and blood & bone.

40 litre.

8

Greens

points

Ezipour Wheelbarrow

142734

UV stabilised poly tray with pourer front. Heavy duty, no rust frame.

Made in New Zealand. 72 litre.

5 year warranty.

2 FOR

$

219

59

135009

Macrocarpa Sleepers

Ideal for creating landscaping features around your home. 200 x 100mm x 2.1m. $36.98 each 635960

Farmlands Card accepted at Mitre 10 and Mitre 10 MEGA

Prices include GST. Valid from 1 October 2015 to 31 October 2015. While stocks last. Visit mitre10.co.nz

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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS WHILE STOCKS LAST

13” car tyres

68

$

FROM

WE STOCK

14” car tyres

89

$

FROM

99

$

FROM

4x4 tyres

139

$

FROM

PLUS EXCLUSIVE FARMLANDS PRICING ON AGRICULTURAL TYRES.†

Promotion valid from Monday, 5 October until Friday, 23 October 2015.

Offers are available strictly while stocks last. Advertised tyre prices are per tyre and include tyre fitting, tyre balancing, new valve stem, casing disposal and GST. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount or offer. †Please ask in store for details.

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15” car tyres

0800 80 20 80 bridgestonetyres.co.nz

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BUY THE ONE YOU’LL BOAST ABOUT &

GET $100 OFF WHEN YOU BUY SELECTED STIHL TOOLS

VISIT PARTICIPATING STIHL SHOP STORES FOR THESE EXCLUSIVE FARMLANDS SHAREHOLDER OFFERS STIHL RE 129 PLUS WATERBLASTER

NOW

STIHL MS 251 CHAINSAW

NOW

$895

$100

SAVE

STIHL MS 381 CHAINSAW

NOW

$1,795

NOW

$1,095

SAVE

$100

SAVE

$100

NOW

$1,745

SAVE

$100

SAVE

$100 STIHL FS 85 BRUSHCUTTER

STIHL BT 45 DRILL

NOW

$895

$695

STIHL BT 130 EARTH AUGER

+ FREE 200MM AUGER VALUED AT $465

STIHL SR 200 SPRAYER

NOW

$100

$945

SAVE

STIHL FS 85 R BRUSHCUTTER

SAVE

$100

NOW

$745

SAVE

$100

DOUBLE THE WARRANTY ON YOUR NEW STIHL FARMING TOOLS WHEN YOU PURCHASE STIHL HP ULTRA OIL AND GET AN ANNUAL SERVICE* *Conditions apply, ask in store for details.

Offers valid until 31 October 2015 or while stocks last. Only available at participating stores.

LOVE YOUR LAND

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special offer for

Farmlands

erers2015, while stocks last Shdaay r12e- Suhndoayld 18 Octob Mon

get

3

months with Farmlands Finance to pay ^ when you make a purchase over $500

Check out the new SUHD TVs now available at Noel Leeming Wharfedale Vista 100 Bluetooth Sound Bar With modern flat screen televisions too thin to produce high-quality audio, the Vista 100 sets to re-create the cinema experience in a sleek unobtrusive Sound Bar. The Vista 100 is both suitable for table and wall mounting resulting in a cinema sound where the space of 5.1 systems is unavailable.

Pioneer 5.1ch Home Theatre with HD Audio • 100 Watts per channel • 4x HDMI inputs • 4K UHD video pass through Model: HTP072 174775

Connections: Bluetooth, RCA, AUX, Optical.

Samsung 55” SUHD 3D Smart LED • FreeviewPlus capable • Netflix Capable • Sport mode • Precision black • 200 Hz Refresh Rate • HDMI X 4 • USB X 3 Model: UA55JS8000WXNZ 138197

Wharfedale Sound Bar

Samsung 6.5kg Top Load Washer • H 1050 x W 610 x D 670mm • Double storm pulsator • Diamond Drum: no more washing damage Model: WA65F5S 123047

Samsung 583 Litre Side-By-Side Fridge Freezer • H 1789 x W 912 x D 700mm • Twin cooling system Model: SRS583NLS 125529

Model: VISTA100 131156

We're the only appliance store with Terms and Conditions: Offer begins Monday 12 September and ends Sunday 18 October 2015, while stocks last and is available at Noel Leeming stores nationwide. Offer is not available at Noel Leeming Clearance Centres, Lifestyle Appliances or online and cannot be used in conjunction with any deferred and/or interest free credit offer or with any other promotional offer. ^To qualify for the 3 months to pay, purchase must be over $500. Subject to Farmlands Finance Ltd credit approved criteria and standard Terms and Conditions. Account fees waived for first 12 months. Offer is available exclusively to Farmlands shareholders only. For purchases over $1,500 a Creditline Account will need to be held, if not, then a Creditline application will need to be received and approved before the 20th of the next cycle month. If a Creditline Account is not held or approved before the 20th, then the Interest free purchase terms (as noted on your statement) for the Noel Leemings transaction will not apply, and the full amount due is required to be paid on the due date of your Farmlands Account. Standard Fly Buys points consists of 1 standard point for every $25 you spend at Noel Leeming. You must present your Farmlands Card in store to be eligible for the offer.

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HUGE SAVINGS & COST PLUS DEALS* ON A RANGE OF APPLIANCES, FURNISHINGS & HOME DECOR PRODUCTS AT EVERY SMITHS CITY STORE! to find your nearest store simply visit www.smithscity.co.nz *Terms and Conditions apply, please ask in store for details. Farmlands Card must be presented at time of purchase.

Save the date - Smiths City Shareholder evening 6pm on 20th October, your invitation will be in the post.

Simply pop into any of our 27 great locations to take advantage of our “COST + 5%” offer on appliances and/or “MASSIVE DISCOUNTS” on furniture, flooring, sports & outdoor! Remember these fantastic deals are available to you everyday. Don’t forget your Farmlands Card!

Did you know?

These Card Partners accept the Farmlands Card provide an exclusive Farmlands rebate

FAR_02139

give you Choices Rewards Points

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COVER FROM SOW TO GO PROTECT YOUR LIVELIHOOD THIS SEASON WITH FMG’S SPECIALISED ARABLE CROP COVER.

weather As a crop farmer, you rely heavily on the ons. to provide the perfect growing conditi do if it Unfortunately, there’s not much you can G is here turns nasty. So it’s a good thing that FM p cover to provide you with specialist arable cro that suits your business needs.

FMG’s Arable Crop policy offers*: crop caused by • Cover for the accidental loss of your growceing r it for loss cove to fire or lightning with the additional choi ct. impa caused by frost, hail, windstorm or vehicle • 80% of the reasonable cost to replant if an insured loss occurs within 40 days of planting. you already • Additional cover for your wheat on top of what ance scheme. insur wers qualify for under the United Wheatgro r. For maize • Frost cover for your crop begins on 15 Noveallmbe r crops are othe crops your cover ends on 31 August, while r heve occurs first. covered until 30 June or at harvesting, whic • Your harvested crop is covered for accidental loss for 12 months from harvest or until it is sold. a 2% rebate • As a Farmlands shareholder, you qualify for your ugh thro on Arable Crop insurance when paid Farmlands Account. c ry of the product and is subject to our specifi *Disclaimer: Please note this is only a summa get should refer to the policy document. You can you , details full For n. entatio docum t produc nz mg.co. www.f e websit our visiting these documents by

FMG’s Arable Crop insurance offers seasonal cover. There are no cover or price advantages in taking out your cover later in the season, so for peace of mind enquire into protecting your crops today.

To talk to someone who understands the risks you face at your place call us on 0800 366 466

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SPA1359

Is the alarm on or did I leave a window open?

Security is always in the back of your mind whenever you’re away from your business.

That’s when it’s great to have Morepork.

Morepork is a self-install security system, exclusive to customers on a Spark broadband plan.

It’s quick and easy to install and you can look in remotely from your smartphone.

So if you’re not at work, going on holiday or have people working unsupervised, you can still keep an eye on things with Morepork.

SMART

SIMPLE

SAFE

Available exclusively to Spark broadband customers from $519 upfront plus $20/mth for 24 months with a monitoring plan from $29.95/mth.

Pay your Spark account through Farmlands.

Call them on 0800 200 600 and they’ll take care of the rest!

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