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Volume Five I May 5, 2020 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I www.farmersweekly.co.nz
In your paper
Photo of the week:
Schooling From Home
1 Send us a photo of your favourite animal/stock and tell us why you chose it. 2 Go outside and sketch us a picture of your outlook (garden, paddock, farm), add a caption. 3 Share them on our Facebook page or email to agined@globalhq.co.nz
STRETCH YOURSELF:
Have a go: 1 Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz 2 Find and watch the OnFarmStory and read the article on the Robertson Family, “It was all done on a handshake”. 3 Where is Duncraigen located?
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 How big is the family farm? 2 How many ewes do they run? What proportion are stud ewes? 3 What type of cattle does Duncraigen breed, produce and compete with?
Mitchell Anderson adds a few interested friends to his zoom classroom meeting.
4 Is there another type of animal that the Robertsons have bred and had success with historically?
1 Go to the AgriHQ Market Snapshot page 2 What is this week’s South Island Lamb price? 3 Is this better or worse than last week? North Island R2 store steer
4 How does it compare to last year?
STRETCH YOURSELF: $/kg
Look at the AgriHQ Average North Island R2 store steer graph – What does ‘store’ mean in this context? – What is the $/kg difference between current levels and last year? – What might be driving the difference between this year and last year?
FILL YA BOOTS: 1 Have a look at the farms for sale, which one do you like best and why? 2 Find the weather page, what is the solid moisture level in your area? 3 Will this week’s weather forecast improve the outlook for your region?
Share your AginEd photos on our Farmers Weekly facebook page Remember to use the hashtag #AginEd Letters to: agined@globalhq.co.nz
1 Write a piece about how you think people’s perceptions of farmers and agriculturists have changed (or not) over the last several weeks due to the impact of coronavirus across the globe. 2 Send us your response to agined@globalhq.co.nz We may choose your letter to feature in Ewe said!
Ewe said: Carlia Muir, year 12 student at St Paul’s Collegiate School, wrote a water quality opinion piece.
Dairy farming and water quality have been heard a lot lately in the same sentence, and not for the right reasons. However, I think before we point the finger at farmers, we need to take a look at our sloppy urban streams. Every summer, my family and I swim in the lake on our family farm, which has been surrounded by cows for hundreds of years. It is crystal clear and so clean that it has supplied the houses around it with water since my dad was young, but in Auckland, it’s a different story. Mission Bay, for example, the beach we all know and love was recently deemed “too polluted to swim”, definitely not crystal clear and clean. After the rain hits the city streets, sewage overflows and heads out to the sea. You are more likely to catch toilet paper on your hook rather than a fish; And no, we cannot blame this on dairy farming in New T hanks Carlia! Your Zealand because there is not a cow GlobalHQ mug is on insight and I know for a fact, cows its way! do not wipe!
Answers to last week’s crossword: DOWN 1 Helps to keep pasture at optimum; Fertiliser 2 A breed of common farm dog that barks loudly; Huntaway 3 Long dry periods create this; Drought 5 Thorough, up to date agri-news provider (7,6); Farmers Weekly 6 A castrated male sheep; Wether 7 A male deer; Stag 8 When cattle and sheep are sorted, usually happens in the yards; Drafting 12 Accurate, complete data analysis can be garnered here; AgriHQ 13 Often used for high country mustering; Horses 14 Traditional dairy cow; Jersey 17 A common breed of sheep used for both meat and wool; Romney 18 A castrated male bovine; Steer
ACROSS 4 Breed highly prized for their wool; Merino 9 Mechanical workhorse of most farms; Tractor 10 Holds water to keep stock hydrated; Trough 11 Young cow that hasn’t been bred; Heifer 15 Frequently mainstay transportation on farm; Motorbike 16 Process when the wool is taken off the sheep; Shearing 19 Product that comes from deer antlers; Velvet 20 Female Sheep; Ewe