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Volume Six I May 11 2020 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I www.farmersweekly.co.nz
Photo of the week: King of the Firewood
In your paper: 1 If you could farm/keep any animal what would if be and why? 2 Send us a picture of your home’s contribution towards your food consumption, ie vege garden, homekill stock, herb gardens, glasshouses etc, with a caption. 3 Share them on our Facebook page or email to agined@globalhq.co.nz
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 What do you think is the most pressing problem/ concern for farmers in NZ currently? 2 Can you think of anything that could help alleviate/ resolve or moderate these dilemma’s?.
Charlie Pemberton, helping Dad over lockdown.
3 Send us your response to agined@globalhq.co.nz 1 Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz
Have a go:
2 Find and watch the OnFarmStory “A day without laughter is a day wasted” and read the accompanying article. 3 Who helped grow Mihaka’s love of Dairy farming?
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 What programme did Mihaka take part in at highschool? 2 While working for the Gibsons, Mihaka has undertaken more study. What courses is he taking? 3 In 2008 the Gibsons won the Central plateau sharemilkers of the year award and a commendation for something, what was this? 4 What are they currently doing on farm to focus on environmental management?
1 Go to the AgriHQ Market Snapshot page. 2 What is this week’s North Island Steer price? 3 Is this better or worse than last week? NZ lamb exports to the US
4 How does it compare to last year?
STRETCH YOURSELF:
Thousand Tonne
1 Look at the ‘Lamb exports to the US’ graph
FILL YA BOOTS: 1 Have a look at the employment section, what job would you most like to apply for? 2 Read ‘across the rails’ on the market pages or on www.agrihq.co.nz, under ‘analyst intel’, what is one key point from this article?
2 Around how many thousand tonne of NZ lamb was exported to the US in March this year? 3 February and March exports were significantly less than the previous year. What do you think has been the main driver of this reduced demand?
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Ewe said: Edwin Will a year 13 student, has written an interesting piece on red meat marketing strategies. There has been a lot of concern within the Sheep and Beef industry regarding veganism, alternative meat sources and anti-meat stances from consumers. This could be viewed as a threat, but I believe it could also be an opportunity. There are many reasons people are eating less meat, including animal welfare, environmental concerns and health concerns. The question arises, why is New Zealand meat receiving the same negative attention, as overseas intensively farmed grain-fed meat. Why are we not differentiating ourselves? I have personally noticed that within European supermarkets, our high-quality meat that is grass-fed, free-range and naturally reared, is marketed no different to the intensively farmed, grain-fed meat from countries within the European union. After looking through what the consumers are concerned about, such as animal welfare, environmental issues and health concerns you soon realise, that our meat fits the majority of the societal expectations and standards. New Zealand has a golden opportunity to capitalize on this, and to sell our products for a premium price. Hence, if we market our products properly, the societal trends T hanks Edwin! Your opposing meat, could work in GlobalHQ mug is on its way! our favour.
Word Scramble
☞ Harvesting
Find as many words as you can with 3 letters or mores using the letters of ‘harvesting’. Here are a couple of examples to get you started: gates, shiver. There are a few 7 letter words that can be made from this word, can you make any? To access useful resources, get answers to our crosswords and quiz’s and find prior editions of AginED join our Google Classroom. AginEd 2020; code usl6dce