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Volume 57 I May 24, 2021 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I w w w.farmersweekly.co.nz Future Beef New Zealand (FBNZ) Hook and Hoof Competition held in Hawkes Bay on May 7th.
Have a go: 1 Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz 2 Find and watch the OnFarm Story of Tim and Monique Neeson “You got a farmer, they’ll do it all” and read the article “Business focus helps realise ownership goal “ 3 Where do Tim and Monique Farm? 4 How many stock units do they carry in total across all of their blocks? 5 At what age did Tim leave school? What did he do when he left?
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 Collaboratively they have something of a real estate portfolio. How does this / did this help them to achieve their goal of farm ownership? 2 What are the portions of stock that they carry? Ie how many ewes, cows etc? 3 Tim and Monique believe that diversification is worthwhile and necessary. They have plans for further possible diversification in the future. What are these?
4 The Neesons are keen to be part of the solution to poor ongoing prices for strongwool in NZ. As part of this they started their own company that produces wool blankets. What breed of sheep do they use for this? Why do they use this particular breed? 5 Currently manufacturing woollen goods in NZ comes often at a price point that a fair portion of people can not afford. Are there ways to make these products at a more reasonable price point without using any offshore resources? 6 We would love to hear your ideas and thoughts on ways to revive the wool market. Email us at agined@globalhq.co.nz
Have a go: This graph shows the AgriHQ NI average lamb schedules.
1 Values for this time of the year have hit the highest level in five years.How does it compare to this time last year in $/kg? 2 How does it compare to the five-year average? 3 On the graph, when was the highest value for any time of the year achieved?
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 Why do you think values typically hit their lowest level around February-March?
This competition is a youth programme aimed at those 8 to 24 years old and is about inspiring
This competition is a youth programme aimed at those 8 to 24 years old and is about inspiring industry careers and providing education to youth across New Zealand. A huge congratulations to those who received Beef+Lamb NZ Future Beef Prestigious Awards:
Rathkeale College – Awarded Generation Angus NZ Education Team Award
Summer Didsbury (St. Matthews Collegiate School) – Awarded Allflex Intermediate Beef
Hillary Cooper (Oxford Area School) – FMG Rising Star Award
Sophie had this to say about her experience: “I’m so grateful for Sophie Ridd the opportunities that Future Beef (Massey provides it’s competitors. I’m also University) Awarded Allflex thankful for the support I have Senior Beef received throughout Future Beef. Ambassador Agriculture is a wonderful industry which is supportive and wants to develop it's youth. I’m excited to see the growth of the competition and my own development within the beef industry”.
2 If the next few weeks follow typical seasonal trends, would you expect the average to move upwards or downwards? 3 Supply of lambs is expected to dwindle in coming weeks. How do you think this will affect values at processors?
WHERE ON EARTH DO WE STACK UP?! We have talked about origins of airflows (ie, where is this wind coming from?) but where NZ sits on planet earth is important at working out trends and also how much impact a particular weather event might have. For example, northern NZ is more likely to be impacted by a sub-tropical system whereas the South Island is more likely to have polar blasts. Look at this map comparing well known international locations. The world is split into longitude (lines that go sideways around the globe) and latitude (lengthwise from north to south). It is using the latitude co-ordinates that we've made these maps (as it shows the distance from the poles and equator).
YOUR CHALLENGE!
ANOTHER CHALLENGE!
Find the international location(s) on the map to your left that is closest to where you live in NZ. Now go to Google and search that international location's weather and then compare it with your local forecast. See if you notice any extremes - or any similarities.
Using www.RuralWeather. co.nz compare forecasts between locations in northern NZ with southern NZ - to highlight how being closer to the equator or closer to Antarctica can influence your weather. In a nutshell, north is warmer, and south is colder in the Southern Hemisphere. NZ's location on earth puts us in the "not too hot, not too cold" belt (also known as the Goldilocks belt!).
Got your own question about how the weather works? Ask Phil! Email phil@ruralweather.co.nz with your question and he could answer it on the Weather Together podcast!