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Volume 36 I December 7, 2020 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I www.farmersweekly.co.nz
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 The Hays own Springbank farm but also lease two other blocks. They have taken on the lease of a 410ha block in Moeraki, what do they run on this farm? What is different on this block compared to Springbank? 2 What company did they buy shares of in 2017?
1 Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz 2 Find and watch the OnFarm Story of Ross and Jo Hay ”A thriving community is what you want” and read the article “Seeking sustainability at scale”.
3 Installing irrigation on Springbank has several important benefits to the Hays farming system. What are these? 4 What is one of the main challenges at Moeraki farm? Who are some of the more interesting residents at Katiki point?
5 Jo is active in her community and particularly within a couple of groups, what are these and what do they 4 What do they farm? How many blocks do they run do? Why does Jo think that groups like these are so all together? important in rural communities? 3 Where in NZ do Ross and Jo Hay farm?
STRETCH YOURSELF: Have a go at being an AgriHQ forestry analyst. This graph shows building consents for houses in the Canterbury region from September 2010 to 2020 in m2.
1 Go the AgriHQ market snapshot page
1 When looking at the forestry industry, why would it be important to follow housing consents?
2 What was the South Island lamb price last week? 3 How is this tracking compared to year-ago levels?
2 Why do you think these are recorded in m2 rather than the specific number of consents? Hint: Are all houses the same size? 3 Building consents in Canterbury clearly lifted from 2012 to 2016. Do some research, what happened in this region in 2011 that considerably lifted demand for new house builds? 4 The NZ housing market is extremely heated at the moment. One answer to this could be to build more new houses. Can you think of any limitations for how many new houses can be built?
Regenerative Farming Have you heard of regenerative farming practices?
Do some research into what regenerative farming is and the practices that are adopted under that umbrella. Can you outline a definition of what regenerative farming is and what practices constitute regeneration? The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is asking for proposals for projects to investigate regenerative farming practices. Do you think that these would all have to be new practices or have
some farmers been running their farms in ways that now constitute regenerative practices? How important to our future do you believe the idea Send us your of regenerative definitions of farming is or regenerative farming isn’t? Outline the and why you believe reasons why you it is or isn’t important think it is or is not to our futures at important. agined@globalhq.co.nz
FILL YA BOOTS: 1 Find the weather page in the paper, what is the soil moisture level in your area? 2 How will this week’s weather forecast change this? Is it likely to get wetter or drier?
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