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Volume 55 I May 10, 2021 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I w w w.farmersweekly.co.nz
This table shows a selection of data from the first Coalgate high country calf sale in April.
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 What sorts of roles do the people who are not directly employed on the property do that are so important to the farm? 2 What is the land typography of Grassendale? What kinds of weather issues are predominant on the farm? 3 At Grassendale they are focused on continually challenging and consolidating their high performance genetic package in the harsher conditions of their property. What things do they monitor in their recorded flock?
Have a go: 1 Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz 2 Find and watch the OnFarm Story of George and Luce Williams “The journey we’re all going on “ and read the article “Partnerships build success “ 3 Where in NZ do the Williams farm? 4 George believes that modern-day-farming requires a wide range of people to work in a collaborative fashion for a successful thriving farm, how many people does he estimate this to be on average?
4 Late winter and early spring storms are fairly common on their farm. In the past how have they used what was seemingly a devastating spring storm, with a high loss of lambs, as an opportunity to refine their genetics? 5 They also run some Simmental/Angus on their property. What is the primary role of the cattle? 6 The Wiliams believe in utilising the land in the best way possible. How do they do that on Grassendale? (ie different uses of areas throughout the farm).
Have a go: 1 In what region are the Coalgate sale yards located? 2 Identify which line of Angus made the highest per head value. 3 Identify which line of Charolais-cross made the highest per head value.
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 Why do you think the highest priced Angus and Charolais-cross were so desirable? What can you see from the table that stands out for these lines. 2 Work out the per kilo value for lines missing these. 3 Which line has the highest per kilo value? 4 Have a go at being an analyst. For the Angus lines shown, give per head price ranges for ‘heavy’ calves, ‘medium’ calves and ‘lighter’ calves.
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Rumen Adaptation Consortium Flock Coalgate Angus
Genomic Bacteria Scientist Simmental Grassendale Wairarapa
Production Emissions Genetics Charolais Methane Typography
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Head to https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/ sheep-2/view/sheep-lead-methane-research and read the article "Sheep lead methane research"
• How many years has it taken NZ scientists to reach this point in the research of methane production of sheep? • Why has it taken them this long to get to this point? (what has been done up to now) • What are the main differences between the low methane emitting sheep and “normal” sheep? • From the profiling of low methane ewe’s milk what differences have been found compared to standard ewes? What differences are there in high methane producers' milk? • What other farmed animals could this research be used for? What would be the benefits (if any) of this? • Why is lowering Methane production in farm animals something that scientists are very keen to do?
Rumen Genomic Production Adaptation Bacteria Emissions Consortium Scientist Genetics Flock Simmental Charolais Coalgate Grassendale Methane Angus Wairarapa Typography