Farmers Weekly NZ March 27 2017 by AgriHQ

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RAGIC statistics show 20 people are killed in farm and orchard accidents each year but up to 100 more are dying from exposure to hazardous airborne substances, an in-depth WorkSafe analysis has found. It found 60 to 100 agricultural workers die annually from exposure to work-related airborne substances. In 2010 there were 97 deaths and 670 people were hospitalised after being exposed to airborne substances while at work. WorkSafe NZ agriculture programme manager Al McCone said that was an unexpected finding of an in-depth report that analysed the causes and trends of workplace death and injury. “That was quite a bit of a shock,” he said. The causes were exposure to pesticides, fertilisers, dust and engine exhaust fumes with leptospirosis a growing issue. “It’s a bit like asbestos. It might get you next week or in 50 years time.” He acknowledged other health factors could be at play in those illnesses but studies showed 64% of rural workers did not wear protective gear. “It may not affect someone’s health today but it may affect them in 20 years time. “It’s hard to tell someone when it’s not visible.” McCone said his staff would talk

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• Deaths: 60-100 people a year • The method: Exposure to hazaradous airborne substances • Time factor: Can be immediate or gradual • The killers: Pesticides, fertilisers, dust, exhaust fumes, disease

It’s a bit like asbestos. It might get you next week or in 50 years time. Al McCone WorkSafe to chemical manufacturers, users and makers of safety equipment to find solutions. Between 2013 and 2015 there were 59 agricultural fatalities of which age leading to impairment

and poor judgement and vehicles were involved in 45 deaths as the main causes. But last year the number of deaths fell two to 18 and while it was too early to say if it was a trend McCone was optimistic. “We’re pretty sure there is a downward trend.” He was confident the goal of a 25% reduction in agricultural deaths and serious harm by 2020 was achievable. The key was addressing the underlying behaviour and attitudes of farm staff and that came down to the owners and managers who determined the workplace culture.

“If the boss wants something to happen, it will happen.” The 22,000 claims a year to the Accident Compensation Corporation for farm-related injuries equated to claims from one farm in three. The other tactic was to promote health and safety as a strategic business decision that had productivity benefits. Two years ago he doubted the goal of a 25% reduction in farm death and serious harm would have been possible but his confidence stemmed from a shift in farmers’ attitude to health and safety and WorkSafe inspectors. “I was asking ‘why bother?’ given

the amount of opprobrium and so much negativity. “I think the thing that made me say ‘why bother’ wasn’t that farmers did not believe it but that no one was standing up and it was left to WorkSafe to front it. “The real change occurred when Beef + Lamb NZ, DairyNZ, Federated Farmers and a whole lot of farmers started to say ‘We’ve got to front this, it’s our responsibility’.” Increasing numbers of farmers were requesting visits from inspectors and McCone said most reports were that farmers more or less had the right systems and structures in place. “They’re not looking at us and saying ‘we don’t have to do it,’ they’re looking at us and saying ‘here is how we can do it’.” Other data from the environment report revealed injuries among males resulting in more than a week off work, were double that of females and peaked in the 20-24 and over 50 age groups. In the younger group, the likely cause was a lack of experience combined with lower impulse control. In the older age group, the cause was likely to be in part due to the impact of age and poor health. Social factors such as on-the-job drug use, poor telecommunication services and low literacy levels magnified rural health and safety issues. “The challenges of access to rural health services, mental health issues and rural suicide also link to wider health and safety concerns within the industry,” the report stated.

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Reduced interest payments and higher earnings from consumer and food service products helped Fonterra improve net profit after tax by 2% to $418 million in the first half of the 2017 financial year.

Alan Emerson on the reports on NZ’s farming future.

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Powdered products could provide a valuable and growing export revenue stream for New Zealand food industries other than the dairy sector, a new report says.

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A very slight tick-up in United States beef prices has followed the Brazilian “tainted meat” scandal but there’s been no over-reaction by importing countries to force them to race away, Greenlea Premier Meats managing director Tony Egan says.

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BETTER NOW: Today’s lamb is far superior to that in the “good old days”, Anzco chairman Sir Graeme Harrison says.

Lamb quality hits mark Annette Scott annette.scott@nzx.com PRODUCING the best quality lamb in the world takes care right across the supply chain, Alliance market development services manager Gary Maclennan says. Based at the company’s Lorneville innovation centre, Maclennan agreed with farmers’ concern over the New Zealand lamb meat flavour involving ram taint. NZ lamb was number one in the world with a range of products getting some good traction as feedback from chefs worldwide gave confidence in what he said were “exciting times”. Alliance had a broad suite of key attributes with programmes 100% focused on driving lamb quality from farm management to production and processing systems and packaging. “We are driven with quality programmes and benchmarking to produce the top product and I have a hell of a lot of confidence in

the direction the industry is going. “We have grass-fed, freerange, low-chemical-input, packaged with all the attributes the customer wants to hear. “Our lamb quality attributes are hitting the mark and these need to be sung out loud with our brand,” Maclennan said. But there were small areas where risk could be better managed. “We do recognise there is an issue with both ram lamb and crypts around aging tenderness – we need to be doing better, perhaps looking at wethering if they are going to be killed later in the season,” he said. Maclennan said quality took care. “That care does need total supply chain responsibility and there are a lot of good things happening,” he said. Anzco chairman Sir Graeme Harrison had a differing opinion. He scorned farmers’ concern over ram lamb quality. While huge change had taken place with lamb over the past

few decades, it had all been for the better. “The product of today is far superior from when I started out in the business in the socalled good old days,” Harrison said. The most important thing was the guaranteed tender aspect and that had been the result of electronic stunning to assist the tendering process. “I do not accept that the quality of NZ lamb has deteriorated. “The complaints from the customer these days, in our experience, are very minimal.” But Harrison did concede the local restaurant market could be another story. “I eat a lot of lamb and yes, there is the odd occasion where you could still strike a tougher cut in the NZ restaurant – but not in the export market.” Harrison said the only real issues with NZ lamb now related to continuity of supply because lamb was no longer a seasonal business. “We are are all year round and we are about making sure

we can supply enough product at a good quality throughout the year.” That challenge was more difficult in winter as the lambs got older. “I am not saying there’s not issues with the age of lamb but the great bulk of lambs are processed within what was the traditional season,” Harrison said. Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dean Hamilton said lamb was a high-quality, high-end protein consumers enjoyed for its natural, pastureraised attributes as well as its tenderness, juiciness and flavour. “It is a premium product. We have been selling the best cuts of SFF lamb in branded retail packs since 2010 and I have not personally had a consumer complaint,” Hamilton said. “We age the product to ensure a consistently good eating experience. “It is built around the promise of being 100% made of NZ natural and grass-fed, which is important.”

New-look website for our farmers THE new-look farmersweekly.co.nz puts the focus back on what really matters to farmers – high quality news that’s easily accessible. NZX Agri has given its flagship news website a facelift to better present the content to its online audience. With a more readable layout, a greater emphasis on photography and clearer industry sections, the new site will make getting your farming news fix that much easier. The site has been simplified to group content into primary sectors dairy, sheep, beef and arable. Farmers Weekly’s unrivalled coverage of the sale yards has also been made easier to find with its own section. Strategy and development manager Kelly Ryan said research showed more farmers were getting their news online. “Farmers and others in the rural sector increasingly want their content presented online and an increasing percentage of them will check a news site regularly, often several times a day. “The new look farmersweekly.co.nz makes it easier to access that content. We’ve streamlined the site so you’ll find only the content you want – the news.” Farmers Weekly news editor Bryan Gibson said the new site would allow for a greater range of digital content to be presented. “Giving farmers the information they need to succeed is at the heart of what we do. “The new site makes it easier for farmers to find the information they need, faster and it is presented in a more accessible way.” Data from the AgriHQ analyst team is also a feature of the new site so farmers can check at a glance whether the milk price and beef or lamb prices have moved. The site links to the full AgriHQ.co.nz website where more comprehensive data analysis can be accessed. Other favourites such as jobs and real estate listings can also be found on the new site.

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Fonterra maintains profit level Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@nzx.com REDUCED interest payments and higher earnings from consumer and food service products helped Fonterra improve net profit after tax by 2% to $418 million in the first half of the 2017 financial year. It remained on track to deliver a full-year profit of more than $800m and make 40c a share and investment unit dividend distribution, the first 20c to be paid on April 20. Fonterra reported a steady but unspectacular set of interim results for the six months to January 31.

The fundamentals of dairy are strong but there will be ongoing volatility in our global markets. John Wilson Fonterra To the relief of farmers following recent weakening in world dairy prices, Fonterra re-confirmed its $6/kg milksolids farmgate milk price forecast for the full season and had already paid 81% of that money into farmer’s bank accounts. Should that be the outcome of the full financial year, Fonterra would pay its 10,500 New Zealand supply farms $3 billion more for milk produced this season than it did last season, up 50%. “That is a huge boost to farmers, their suppliers and the rural economy,” chairman John Wilson said. “Winter months will be a great deal more comfortable than in the past two years.”

While the higher milk prices had cut into Fonterra’s ingredients earning capability through reduced stream returns, the continually expanding consumer and food service business had recovered most of the deficit. Although earnings suffered, much lower net finance costs rescued the net profit after tax. Total net debt had fallen to $6.1 billion, down 11% compared with January 31, 2016, and the gearing ratio was now 46.6%, down from 49.2% a year ago. Directors did have to revise downwards by 5c their earnings per share guidance range, now 45c to 55c, but indicated they would keep the dividend forecast steady on last year, at 40c. That meant they intended paying out 80% of the mid-range earnings guidance (50c) versus 73% previously (of 55c) and 78.5% last financial year. “To be able to maintain the milk price forecast and the forecast cash payout ($6.40) by sending more milk into consumer and food service and strengthening the balance sheet is a good performance by the co-operative and will be welcomed by the shareholders,” Wilson said. It was also a sign of maturity in the co-operative’s business model by keeping to the volume-to-value strategy and avoiding the worst of the margins squeeze when world dairy prices went higher. But the outlook was not all positive, Wilson said. “We see some challenges and opportunities ahead in the second half. “The impact of more volatility in product stream returns in our ingredients business, some tightening of margins in the coming months and the potential for extra milk in the autumn could result in some pressure on our earnings in the second half. “The fundamentals of dairy are strong but there will be ongoing volatility in our global markets.

RISING: Fonterra’s growth in food service earnings at 17% outpaced overall world growth of 5%, Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says.

“Our strategy to grow volume and value will continue to underpin our performance in the second half of the financial year,” Wilson said. Fonterra now expected its full-season NZ milk collection to be down 3% on last season, which would be about 1.515b kg milksolids or 17b litres. The first half collection was 1.053m kg, down 54m. Wilson said farmers endured a “once-in-a-generation, remarkably tough spring” but

recent widespread rainfall had lifted milk production in February and the graph of daily collection had levelled out. It was now likely farmers would exceed the fourth quarter (March to May) production of the past two seasons, to maximise the $6 payout. Total sales volume in the first half was 11.7b litres liquid milk equivalent (LME), down 7% through a slow start to the NZ season and lower opening inventory.

Revenue was up 5% to $9.2b, gross margin down 6% to $1.76b and operating expenses down 6% to $1.23b, continuing a trend over the past four years, chief executive Theo Spierings said. Global Dairy Trade auctions sold 21% of the 11.7b LME, ingredients sales took 56%, down 11%, food service accounted for 10% and consumer products 12%. Food service growth of 17% outpaced world growth in that category, which was only 5%, Spierings said.

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Farmers happy but ... Annette Scott & Neal Wallace IT IS positive but there’s still a lot of uncertainty that needs caution, Ashburton foothills dairy farmer Nathan Currie said of Fonterra’s interim results. “Obviously the milk price at $6 is no surprise but the 20 cents per share payable next month is a nice wee bonus. “I had 10c in my budget so I’m pretty pleased to hear 20c,” Currie said. While Fonterra had made some good cost savings and the fundamentals of dairy were strong, there was ongoing volatility in global markets that signalled caution was needed, he said. “There is still a very uncertain future yet so we need to be very careful.” Currie expected dairy farming in the next 10 years would take a different turn. “Up until now we have been chasing volume because that’s what we have been encouraged to do. “With the cost of production going up I am thinking there will be fewer cows in New Zealand

AgriHQ milk price up THE bounce in dairy commodity prices this week helped lift the AgriHQ farmgate milk price by four cents to $6.10/kg MS. Higher prices at Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction also contributed. “The positive result from this week’s GDT auction provided the shot in the arm to futures prices,” AgriHQ analyst Susand Kilsby said. Whole milk powder (WMP) futures trading on the NZX Dairy Derivatives market lifted sharply on Wednesday. The April contract was up US$265/t and all other contracts to November gained more than $200/t. This season’s millk price contract was untraded but the settlement price lifted 7c to $5.97 on the back of higher bids. The September 2018 milk price futures contract for next season gained 19c to close Wednesday at $5.74/ kg MS.

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – March 27, 2017

and the next 10 years will be about niche product, more quality rather than volume so Fonterra will have to be hitting that with value-add,” Currie said. Mid Canterbury dairy farmer David Geddes was skeptical. “Compared to last year it’s got to be satisfactory,” Geddes said. But dairy farmers as the owners of the co-operative still needed better farmgate returns and that needed to come from profit going back to farmers rather than shareholders. “I am a firm believer in the cooperative model and Fonterra must not lose sight of the cooperative principles that will always determine the difference of a farmer doing well or not. “Shifting money to make profit on money is not what it should be about. “As a dairy farmer I make money from growing grass and I should be paid accordingly for the milk I produce,” Geddes said. The dividend was incidental. “I maintain as a dairy farmer that we need to get paid better for our milk. The milk price is

PRIORITY: Fonterra should put proﬁts into the milk price before dividends, farmer David Geddes says.

the end of all, not the dividend,” Geddes said. Southland farmer Graeme Hall said Fonterra had done a good job by holding the milk price at $6/kg given the difficult international climate. He was satisfied with the co-operative’s half year performance, which, given an exceptional growing season in Southland, should make for an excellent year for farmers. “Overall I’m pretty happy with it,” he said. The Otautau farmer was pleased to see Fonterra’s Australian business performing better and also the growth in value-added products, something shareholders had waited some time to see the payoff from.

Chinese farms set to make a profit Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@nzx.com FONTERRA’S sales of consumer and food service products increased by 9%, up 227 million litres liquid milk equivalent (LME) in the first half of the 2017 financial year, compared with the previous corresponding period. China took an extra 143m litres LME, where total sales were up 32% to 583m litres LME and normalised earnings before interest and tax (Ebit) were up 41% because of greater volume and tighter cost control. Fonterra was happy with the 20% growth in sales of Anmum infant formula but China’s reorganisation of approved suppliers and brands was continuing to cause disruption for partner Beingmate, chief financial officer Lukas Paravicini said. China Farms had increased production to 156m litres LME in the first half and production per cow was up 9%. There were two farm hubs with more than 31,000 cows in total. Costs were down by 7%, which represented about 5c/ litre reduction. When at full capacity, by 2020, the Fonterra farms would produce a combined volume of 380-400m litres LME annually.

Fresh milk was now available for sale from the China Farms and Fonterra was working on being able to offer a full range of own-branded dairy products, sourced in-market, chairman John Wilson said. It would do that by thirdparty processing, plant partnerships or building its own. There were obvious advantages by way of transport savings if a portion of sales in China could be supplied inmarket. Chief executive Theo Spierings repeated his prediction the China Farms division would be profitable by the end of the financial year though it was still contributing to the building of the third hub, in partnership with Abbott. Sales revenue for China Farms was $122m, up 28%, though the normalised Ebit was a loss of $24m. Revenue for China Farms remained under 10% of the total China revenue of $1565m in the first half. Revenue in the rest of Asia was $2404m, Latin American markets $1065m, Australia $785m, NZ $977m, the United States $650m and Europe $430m Total revenue was $9.2 billion.

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Aiming for more rural doctors Neal Wallace neal.wallace@nzx.com THE number of medical graduates choosing general practice has to increase by up to 50% to provide a sustainable rural workforce and an initiative hopes to supply some of them. The Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand described rural health services as inequitable compared to urban and with a quarter of rural practices looking for new doctors, services, especially emergency ones, needed to be brought “closer to home”. The country’s two medical schools at Otago and Auckland universities have joined forces to create a new national School of Rural Health that aims to get more medical graduates working in rural communities but Waikato University, which wants to set up its own medical school, said it wouldn’t work. The initiative would also see a broadening in the training of health professionals and the opportunity to do research while working in rural practices. While working in rural areas, undergraduates and graduates would do multi-disciplinary training alongside other health professionals such as nurses and midwives. Auckland University medical programme head Professor Warwick Bagg said increasing the number of rural GPs was a challenge but by exposing medical graduates to work and life in rural areas, research showed following that experience they were more likely to want to continue to work there. The scheme established 20 sites around the country developed and governed by local communities through which health professionals across all medical disciplines could continue their training and do research. “What we are trying to address is the issue of inequality of access to health care,” he said. The proposal still required Government sign-off and funding

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though just how much was still to be finalised. But it was cheaper than establishing a new medical school, Bagg said. The proposal had been under consideration for several years and was developed out of targeted initiatives such as the Rural Immersion Programme and Pukewakawa in Northland. “We think this is something rural people have been asking for for some time and this coordinated, national effort may provide a good solution.” Waikato University vicechancellor Professor Neil Quigley said the scheme was not the answer because the medical schools were not producing the required distribution of doctors across specialities and locations outside the main metropolitan areas. The university was seeking Government approval to establish a graduate entry medical school, an entity Quigley said would offer a fundamental change in medical training to address workforce shortages. “The Waikato proposal recognises that NZ is not training enough doctors to meet its health workforce needs and is too reliant on recruitment of trained doctors from overseas, an issue that the proposed new School of Rural Health does not address at all,” he said. Rural General Practice Network chairwoman Sharon Hansen said the real benefit was having a specialist unit focused on rural health education and the training of health professionals. “It means equity and access and that is what we haven’t got in the rural sector right now.” Rural practices relied on staff with broad skills working together and she said the scheme would provide more people with greater skills to fill those gaps. Hansen did not have an opinion whether the Waikato University proposal was superior to the scheme, saying her group wanted more professionals to meet the health needs of rural NZ. Alliance chairman Martin London said the organisation was

COME TRUE? Creating a medical course based on training in rural communities is something he had dreamed about, Rural Health Alliance chairman Martin London says.

We think this is something rural people have been asking for for some time and this coordinated, national effort may provide a good solution. Professor Warwick Bagg Auckland University supportive of the scheme because it meant a greater number and more settled health professional workforce in rural areas.

London said he initially considered a similar model when doing a research project in 1992. It was based on systems in parts of rural Canada and South Australia. Fifth-year medical students at Otago University already spent a year in rural practices but the scheme went further. “As well as that, undergraduates, interns, registrars will all get some experience in rural practice. “To create a whole medical training course based on training in the context of rural communities is something we’ve dreamt about.” London met politicians last week to push the case for better health services in rural areas and

hoped to meet the ministers of health and primary industries soon. Rural General Practice Network chief executive Dalton Kelly welcomed any change to how rural medical, nursing and allied health staff and students were trained. He reiterated that early exposure to life and work in rural NZ would encourage people to move and make their careers there. “There is overwhelming evidence that giving trainees exposure to good-quality rural medicine during their training means it is much more likely they will choose to work rurally once they graduate.”

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OECD heat goes on gas and water Richard Rennie richard.rennie@nzx.com SUBSTANTIAL economic growth built on expanding primary exports has started to push the country to its environmental limits, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says. New Zealand’s environmental gains were offset by issues around greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater standards and biodiversity loss. The latest OECD report on the country’s environmental performance gave NZ something of a C+ with significant room for improvement in areas where it now lagged behind other developed countries. The report’s tone ran in a “well done ... but” vein on the country’s efforts to maintain biodiversity, air and water quality. It identified areas of strengths like the adoption of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management to encourage more collaborative community involvement. But the report’s authors noted progress was slow and required more Government support to accelerate implementation of the reform to provide a more certain investment environment. And in a week when water charges were kicked around by all political parties including those in the Government, the report also recommended charging water abstraction rentals. It also detected conflicts between the national freshwater standards being set and the Government’s $400 million irrigation fund that failed to reconcile with those standards. “There is a risk of financial

DONE: All irrigation projects under way allow for environmental outcomes, Irrigation NZ chief executive Andrew Curtis says. support for irrigation increasing pressures on freshwater resources, especially if more efficient irrigation techniques simply allow an increase in irrigated volume or area,” the report said. It urged a more holistic “natural capital” accounting approach to help evaluate the costs and benefits of investment in those projects. NZ Freshwater Sciences Society president Marc Shallenberg said the report highlighted some of the innovative things NZ had done in the past to deal with freshwater, including the Lake Taupo nitrogen cap and trade scheme and the collaborative approach to the Waikato River Healthy Rivers plan. However, he shared its concerns over the conflict between irrigation and water quality. “It suggests irrigation funding should be contingent on providing demonstrable environmental outcomes.”

He also agreed with the report’s recommendations to put pollution charges in place, giving some relief to taxpayers and putting dollar values on ecosystem services. Irrigation NZ chief executive Andrew Curtis said he was intrigued about who the report authors spoke to. “All projects that are under way including the Central Plains scheme are allowing for environmental outcomes. “The Central Plains scheme has ground water controls, there is flow augmentation for the Selwyn River and a recharge programme on the Hinds system.” Curtis said INZ was watching with concern Government and industry commentary on the possibility of charging for water. “We do not think this is an intelligent move. What is the purpose here? If it is for irrigation efficiency or environmental management, there are better ways to achieve that.” The irrigation sector already paid through higher rates charges on improved land and made increased economic contributions to rural districts through greater productivity. Estimates were that a charge on water in a district like Waitaki could result in $60m-$80m taken out of its economy. Massey University energy research centre director Professor Ralph Sims said the country also continued to get a fail grade on greenhouse gas losses in the report. “There is no strategic plan to reduce emissions to meet our target under the Paris Climate Agreement, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been ineffective and cannot solve the problem

WORK TO DO: Environment Minister Nick Smith says climate change challenges remain.

It is time to get on with costeffectively reducing our greenhouse gas emission and reaping the co-benefits, starting now. Professor Ralph Sims Massey University without implementing other policies.” Despite the Government’s continued assertions agriculture would not be included in the ETS

it had to play a part. NZ’s emissions had continued to rise, up 6% since 2010 while the OECD average had dropped by 5%. Sims said there had been “more than enough” reports on NZ’s lack of progress and opportunities for mitigation. “It is time to get on with cost-effectively reducing our greenhouse gas emission and reaping the co-benefits, starting now.” Environment Minister Nick Smith said challenges remained on climate change, freshwater management and biodiversity and he hoped the environmental report card would help sharpen future direction and aspirations.

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10 THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – March 27, 2017

China chilled meat deal is ready to go Nigel Stirling nigel.g.stirling@gmail.com

MORE MONEY: Prime Minister Bill English says Trade Agenda 2030 will put $91 million more into trade efforts.

MEAT industry bosses passed up an offer from China to start chilled exports last year because of fears such a deal would have failed to deliver the hundreds of millions of dollars in extra value hoped for. Prime Minister Bill English and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang were expected to announce today agreement on updated protocols for the start

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of exports to China of chilled meat from New Zealand. It was nearly a year since former Prime Minister John Key, during a trip to Beijing, claimed to have brokered a deal with the Chinese leadership clearing the way for chilled exports within “a couple of months”. Key predicted access for premium-priced chilled meat in China could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars – a prediction backed up by at least one major meat exporter at the time. His announcement of the long-awaited breakthrough stunned the industry in NZ and senior figures quickly doused expectations of such a speedy start to the trade – the terms of which had been the subject of years of negotiations and were believed to still have some way to go. But a source with knowledge of talks between officials said a deal could have been done a year ago. “Technically John Key was right. We could have got the same thing the Australians got, in which case the Chinese would probably have left us with it but most of the value would have been left on the table that way.” The industry insider said all of Australia’s chilled meat exports to China were air-freighted and were viable only because of the availability of freightonly flights from specialised airports across the Tasman, which created a lower per unit cost for its exporters. By contrast, exporters here faced higher costs of $1/kg or more for meat stowed in the holds of commercial passenger flights, which would have swallowed a large chunk of any chilled price premium. Officials were told to continue negotiations for updated export protocols containing rules for meat sent by sea, needed for NZ chilled exports to China to be commercially viable. Talks ground on slowly as NZ’s requirement for meat to be chilled to -1C for the 70-100 days typically taken to ship to China was at odds with the temperature required by Chinese domestic regulations. “If we use the rules they are applying to the domestic industry then we would have shortened up the shelf life by not being able to go cold enough and if we shortened up the shelf life then it would not work by sea.” Changes to China’s domestic standard for frozen meat temperatures from -18C to -15C to be closer to NZ’s standard of -14C were also understood to have caused hold-ups in getting the updated protocol agreed. Meat industry players said details were being held more tightly by officials than would normally be the case for such an announcement. About half of NZ’s export plants had listings for China and many of them were not accredited for all products. A non-executive director at one major exporter said chilled exports would not begin straight away. “We are going to have to wait for inspectors to come down to certify each plantl.” The source said while all companies would put their hands up, plant certifications were likely to be rationed by the Chinese. Meanwhile, on Friday English launched an updated strategy, Trade Agenda 2030, and reiterated the Government’s commitment to free trade. It would aim for free trade agreements to cover 90% of NZ’s goods exports by 2030, up from 53% today, as well as investing $91.3 million over four years. That included $35.3m for the Primary Industries Ministry to focus on boosting the value of primary sector exports, including targeting non-tariff barriers. Another $20.3m would let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade enhance its trade work, with a focus on improving market access, maximising benefits from existing FTAs and negotiating new ones, helping business internationalise and tackling non-tariff barriers.

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Green winners show their business nous Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@nzx.com

GOOD FRUITS: Alan and Helen Thompson, Northland’s supreme farm environment award winners for 2017 at their Kainui vineyard, Kerikeri.

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from weekend farming in a partnership on a small lease block in Hawke’s Bay to running three owned and leased farms. The home farm, Wairakau, was 700ha effective and was the primary subject for the judging of the environment awards. It was initially bought by an equity partnership in 2002 before the Baxters progressed to full ownership. They also owned the 280ha effective Range block, dating back to a lease in 2008, and in 2015 leased the 350ha effective Lakeview, now overseen by son Mark. The judges praised the couple’s progress noting their ability to capitalise on expansion opportunities and commended them on a property where all facets of sustainability could be seen. The Bay of Plenty supreme award went to 50:50 sharemilkers Jared and Sue Watson, of Opotiki. They milked 282 cows once a day on a 120ha platform in the Waiotahe Valley. The judges said the couple worked to each other’s strengths with Jared’s onfarm ability with livestock, pastures and stewardship and accountant Sue’s analytical abilities. The Watsons showed enthusiasm and passion for all aspects of their business including sustainable dairying and doing the right thing by the environment. At any time of year floods could inundate up to 80% of the property. That was a challenge Jared managed with a no-pugging policy and two loafing pads and a feed pad. Napier farmer Philip Holt, the East Coast supreme award winner was fifth generation on Maraetara, at Bay View, 1305ha effective, mostly medium to steep hill country with only 100ha of flats. The land included 88ha of pines, 14ha of alternative species, 21ha of planted natives, an 18ha QE II National Trust covenant and an 184ha open space covenant. Philip and his wife Robyn took over the original family farm of 290ha in 1982 and bought numerous titles over the years as different neighbouring farms were subdivided. Maraetara now included 18 titles ranging in size from 150ha to 1.5ha and Philip leased 145ha locally and a 200ha farm at Rangiwahia. It meant he had 70 neighbours, only three of them farmers. The judges said the Holt family’s proximity to town had its challenges but the positives had been embraced and the farm had regular visitors as Philip proactively tried to break down the urbanrural divide. Maraetara had an open gate philosophy when it came to schools and conferences, walking groups, garden rambles, horse treks, motorbike fundraisers and volunteer planting groups. “In some ways I feel the social responsibility of the connection between rural and urban getting wider. “I think it’s so important the urban people get an opportunity to visit a farm and see what goes on,” he said. Northland’s supreme winners were Alan and Helen Thompson, of LD Family Investments, Kerikeri. Their multi-faceted enterprise contained green and gold kiwifruit growing, lemons, melon cropping, grape growing and wine making, beer brewing, a cellar door and a concert venue, fruit exporting and a horticultural pack house. It was the second horticultural-based business built by Alan and Helen; their first, part-owned, was called Kerifresh and was sold to Turners and Growers in 2008. The judges said the Thompsons, with members of their family, had grown a complex business through diversifying, taking risks and putting back into their community and environment.

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Chinese cash could shift from land buys Neal Wallace neal.wallace@nzx.com THE intense public scrutiny of Chinese investment in New Zealand farmland could prompt a shift to investing in other sectors, law firm Chapman Tripp says. Its report, Mergers and Acquisitions – China-NZ, valued 39 Chinese investments in NZ in 2016 at $1.1 billion out of total foreign investment in NZ for the year of $8.7b. That was up on 2015 when total foreign investment was $7.6b, of which about $1b came from China. The dairy sector and land development and residential, both at 21%, were the main 2016 Chinese investments, followed by agribusiness at 13%, forestry 11% and meat processing 8%. Education, pharmaceuticals and waste management attracted 5% and oil and gas and accommodation 3%. Chapman Tripp expected a move away from dairy investment this year. “There is a view among some Chinese investors that the level of scrutiny (by the Government, the media and public) of Chinese agricultural investments in NZ is disproportionately high.

purchase of half the production arm of Silver Fern Farms, Binxi Cattle Industry’s takeover of Blue Sky Meats for $25.3m, China Resources Ng Fung buying a stake in Scales Corporation for $55.9m and Cuilam Industry buying Prime Range Meats for $13.5m. And KPMG global agribusiness head Ian Proudfoot told the Future Farms conference overseas investors were moving away from buying land to investing in what comes off that land and the NZ story about it.

FOCUS SHIFT: Chinese investment in New Zealand might move from land to other sectors, law firm Chapman Tripp says.

In our experience a key driver for Chinese investors is to develop or obtain brands, products or know-how. Chapman Tripp “This sentiment could result in Chinese investors shifting focus further towards investments which do not involve the acquisition of sensitive land, particularly rural land, in 2017.” The firm speculated China could seek an increase in NZ’s investment screening threshold from $100m to $200m. Foreign investment in selected industries of less than $100 million that did not include sensitive land had less onerous criteria to meet. Those industries included environmental, construction, engineering, computer, tourism and those incidental to agriculture and forestry. Chapman Tripp speculated pressure could be applied to get that increased to $200m given China had most-favoured nation status and such a change would have occurred had the Trans Pacific Partnership been concluded. Regulatory changes by the Chinese government to cap capital outflows could also lead investors to look at smaller markets like NZ but not include dairy. The report said the stereotypical view was that Chinese investment in NZ was centred on dairy farms but in reality it was more diverse, a fact supported by statistics. “In our experience a key driver for Chinese investors is to develop or obtain brands, products or know-how which can then be exported and sold to the significantly larger Chinese domestic market.” NZ China Council executive director Stephen Jacobi believed the report might understate the level of Chinese investment because it was based on Overseas Investment Office data and some investment less than $100m threshold that required scrutiny. Chinese investment was more diverse than people thought and Jacobi said while the food industry remained attractive, he expected the range of investments to diversify. Significant Chinese transactions approved last year include Golden Wing Mau Agricultural Produce Corporation’s $33.5m for a stake in T and G Global, the Shanghai Maling Aquarius $267m

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Non-milk powders hold promise Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@nzx.com POWDERED products could provide a valuable and growing export revenue stream for New Zealand food industries other than the dairy sector, a new report says. Titled Non-Dairy Powders in NZ, the report was released by the Food Innovation Network. It looked at 15 fruits, vegetables and proteins and as many different drying technologies for turning the by-products or lesser grades into powders. Non-dairy powdered food products were in high demand worldwide and NZ needed to act quickly to take advantage of an untapped export growth opportunity, it said. Report co-author Shane Kells of Food Waikato said it was too early to gauge the response from different industries but a workshop at The FoodBowl Auckland had proved popular. Two things had to happen for the potential to be realised, he said. The first was a market demand study and selection of the appropriate drying technique followed by concerted industry action, as distinct from a go-italone approach by one processor because of the high costs of

developing and marketing new products. The report said “naturally functional” was a strong food trend around the world being used to create new brands and categories and consumers were seeking foods with the so-called “health halo” like coconut water and blueberries. The health ingredient and functional foods industries in NZ were still relatively small but were expected to play a big role in future. “Our isolated location provides optimal conditions for producing a wide range of world-class ingredients and natural products based on a safe, reliable and highquality source. “Consumers are increasingly looking to food for additional health benefits to help fight disease or ageing and the byproducts from common foods produced in NZ like kiwifruit, grape and avocado could be better used to help grow the economy. “The volume of grape byproduct is substantial and of real interest to the industry. “The active components in grape seed extract are known for their antioxidant activity and there are studies claiming antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory benefits.

WANTED: Non-dairy powdered food products are in high demand worldwide but New Zealand primary industries must act quickly to take advantage of the untapped export potential, Food Waikato researcher Shane Kells says. “The current average price for grape skin powders is $40/kg upwards,” the report said. It discussed the various drying technologies such as spray drying, freeze drying, thin film belt, osmotic vacuum, vacuum microwave, extrusion porosification technology, dehumidifier tray drying, flash drying and anhydro spin flash drying. It also wrote descriptions of the service companies already

offering toll processing of some of these technologies in NZ and three overseas leaders, two from the United States and the other from Switzerland, bringing new technologies here in 2017. FlavorSense in the US was going to build a refractive window drier for trial and commercial production while Bucher Unipektin of Switzerland was bringing a dryband pilot plant to NZ. EnWave of the US, which was the technology behind moon cheese dry snacks for Starbucks, was negotiating to install a 10kW nutrREV in The FoodBowl. This technology could do dairy, meat, fruit and vegetables using microwave technology under vacuum. It could do liquids and solids and was capable of making nutraceuticals. The report identified opportunities for the meat industry to go far beyond the tallow, meat and bone meal coproducts traditionally made. Companies should be able to compete in the lucrative lipids, enzymes and proteins markets with the appropriate technologies. An example was the USowned Proliant blood plasma manufacturing plant in Feilding. The report listed a large number

of bioactive compounds from co-products like heart, kidney, liver and spleen and printed an even longer list of applications for beef co-products as cosmetic ingredients.

Our isolated location provides optimal conditions for producing a wide range of worldclass ingredients and natural products based on a safe, reliable and high-quality source. Shane Kells Food Waikato Non-food opportunities should not be forgotten. Although outside the scope of the report, the achievement of Wallace Corporation with biopolymers was cited. The FoodBowl chief executive Alexandra Allan said the production of non-dairy powdered food products was predicted to play an increasing role in NZ’s export profile but a lack of technology was holding the industry back.

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – March 27, 2017

Heat goes on for CoOL labelling Richard Rennie richard.rennie@nzx.com A LONG-RUNNING desire by produce growers to have country of origin labelling made compulsory on fruit and vegetables has gained momentum with strong consumer support revealed. A joint Horticulture New Zealand and Consumer survey revealed 71% of consumers want their produce to have mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) for fruit and vegetables, closing aligning with the 70% preferring to buy NZ-grown produce. HortNZ chief executive Mike Chapman said the movement to CoOL was gaining momentum, helped by the serendipitous timing of a Green Party bill due to go to a select committee later this month or in April. “The Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill happened to come up before Christmas and it was the same

time we were already looking to do the survey. “As it happens the results support what this bill is intending to do.” Chapman said NZ was a rarity in the world with its voluntary food source labelling. NZ shares its non-CoOL status with nine developing or third world countries including Vietnam, Philippines, Honduras, Estonia and Colombia. “All our major trading partners and many other countries already have CoOL and the survey also showed that the voluntary approach is simply not working. “The irony is that you have to have a label of origin on your shoes and shirts but you don’t eat them and they are not going to affect your health the way food does.” Survey results on the use of the voluntary code included a supermarket study of frozen vegetable and fruit products. There were 81 packets examined and 17 had only “vague”

OUT OF STEP: All New Zealand’s major trading partners already have Country of Origin Labelling, HortNZ chief executive Mike Chapman says.

statements of product origin, including “made from local/ imported ingredients” or “packed in NZ from imported ingredients”. Consumer chief executive Sue Chetwin hoped the Government would re-examine CoOL, given it was out of step with the rest of the developed world. “Australia is much further down the track than us but if we can even get a basic CoOL labelling in place, great.” Chapman said it was also ironic, given NZ shared almost all other food safety standards with Australia under the Food Standards Australia-NZ binational agency. “And when you look at the

Tougher rules over the ditch DESPITE sharing the AustraliaNew Zealand Food Standards agency, Australia has Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) rules that NZ does not. Instead, its exporters to NZ were required to comply only with the Fair Trading Act. From July last year, Australian consumers also saw an advance in their CoOL labelling that defined the level of “local” in a product. The new CoOL labelling system with its golden kangaroo in a triangle logo was required to have

a statement indicating the food was grown, produced or made in Australia. It also required a minimum proportion, by in-going weight, of Australian ingredients, indicated by a percentage amount shown in a bar chart. The new rules also laid out the meaning of “product of” and “grown in”. “Product of” was used most often for processed food and “grown in” was used for fresh food and produce.

requirements placed on our produce growers when exporting to Australia, they have to meet quite complex requirements in determining the product’s country of origin. It seems that if we were going to adopt any standards, then why not adopt the Australian standards?” NZ had the opportunity to comply with Australia’s CoOL standards in 2005 but instead decided to adopt a voluntary process. At the time the Government maintained opting in would be an impediment to trade and believed a voluntary system backed by the Fair Trading Act would suffice. “But we believe the push for change is coming and it is up to the Government to move on it,” Chapman said. The HortNZ-Consumer survey was reinforced by a Tomatoes NZ survey finding 85% of consumers wanted clear labelling to help them identify between NZ tomatoes and irradiated Australian imports. Food Safety Australia-NZ (FSANZ) required compulsory labelling of all irradiated produce coming into NZ but even that was up for review. Irradiation of produce was not permitted in NZ. Tomatoes NZ chairman Alisdair MacLeod said despite standards already tending to favour a protectionist Australian view, producers here were not seeking anything Australia and other trading partners did not already have in their regulations. “And if the requirement to label food as irradiated is removed, then people will not know where it’s

The irony is that you have to have a label of origin on your shoes and shirts but you don’t eat them and they are not going to affect your health the way food does. Mike Chapman HortNZ from nor if it has been irradiated,” he said. But there was little indication the Government was interested in considering CoOL at this stage. “I have never really understood what the Government’s opposition is to something all our trading partners already have.” An MPI spokesman said the department was not reviewing the voluntary CoOL requirement. It was a consumer preference issue, not a food safety issue. And the voluntary agreement was working well, with 80% of fresh produce using CoOL labelling, in response to consumer demand. Australia’s recent upgrading of its CoOL labelling was a consumer preference issue not a food safety one and was no longer part of the shared food standards regime. “New Zealand has resisted the adoption of mandatory CoOL regimes by other countries because of the risk that they could have a negative impact on NZ exports,” he said.

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Trump not all bad news for trade Richard Rennie richard.rennie@nzx.com NEW Zealand might be in a better position than many imagine as a result of US President Donald Trump’s election despite his anti-trade rhetoric, former trade negotiator Crawford Falconer says. Falconer, now international trade professor at Lincoln University, did not buy into views the world would revert to 19th century type trade blocs with portions carved up between competing powers as Trump shut down regional trade pacts. “It is one thing to look at the most extreme outcome and meantime not look at what is more likely, if less extreme. “Sure, there are advisers around Trump who believe in voodoo economics,” Falconer, who served as a senior NZ trade official and as ambassador to the World Trade Organisation from 2005-08 and chaired the Doha agricultural negotiating group, said. But the administration did not work in isolation. It required Congress approval and things were a lot less clear-cut there.

TEAM UP: Lincoln University trade expert Professor Crawford Falconer is puzzled about why New Zealand is shy of making a trade deal with Britain and why it won’t team up with Australia to do it.

Congress had to be responsive to industry needs. And even a small country like NZ could help ensure some of the decisions made in the US delivered a positive effect. “Sure, the US rejected the TPP.

You could say that was unwise but it was not such a wonderful agreement and there were plenty in the US who were already negative on it.” It was more a case of the freetrade Republicans being loath

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to give Obama any type of win, regardless of their own belief in it that sunk it. “And they saw it not going far enough to liberate intellectual property rules.” While he did not see it coming back any time soon, there was plenty of space around it to negotiate other deals and trading arrangements. Industrial ties ran strong in agreements like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, the US and Mexico. It affected cars and electronics production but even if it was reworked, they would just snap back to a most-favoured nation, lower tariff. He saw a possibility of the US moving to a broad consumption tax that would change the appeal of the nation as an investment destination and tilt it more to exporting than importing. “But I don’t think it will be such a massive kind of shift that will lead to an appreciation of the US dollar. I don’t think we will be seeing a huge increase in tariffs. The costs will be so great to the US, it would make no sense to the US economically.” In terms of its relationship with China, Falconer pointed out despite Trump’s less than friendly attitude, it was not a relationship that was particularly warm before he turned up either. “When Obama was trying to sell the TPP it was selling it as a strategy to contain China.” He reassured attendees that what was happening on the political stage often bore little relationship to the real world economy, where business relationships continued regardless. “There is some tweaking of supply chains going on but the current drop-off in world trade, about 50% of it is due to a secular decline in growth (not US policy). And the only reason growth was so high during the eighties and nineties was China coming on. The reality is there is no new China out there.” Falconer said he was also not

Sure, there are advisers around Trump who believe in voodoo economics. Crawford Falconer Lincoln University prepared to take the view that Britain’s departure from the European Union was a disaster. “Eventually sanity will prevail, undoubtedly there will be some costs but it will be manageable and not on the global financial crisis scale, which we survived.” From a NZ perspective he urged trade negotiators and industry not to “sit on the fence and moan”. “Instead, ask what can we do to change the political dynamic in Washington? You have to create an incentive outside the Washington Beltway to make the US feel they are missing out.” He cited continuing negotiations on the TPP without the US as a good step. “You will get others to join including South Korea and countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru). Australia is talking this up big time and Japan is in a position to take a lead on it and it is encouraging to hear how strong Vietnam is also pushing it.” He also urged negotiators to push for free trade with Europe. “Kiwifruit will be a beneficiary of that. Between Japan and Europe the duty collected is about $34,000 a grower. There is no reason a deal should not be achievable.” He was puzzled about why NZ was shy on a United Kingdom trade deal or why NZ felt it had to go alone on it. “It would be better to team up with Australia on it.” He believed a strategy of aligning closer with the UK could be invaluable long term, with that country having the capacity to be a leader in global trade. “Other countries including the Pacific Alliance countries will flock to a positive agenda from the UK.”

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NEW United States President Donald Trump is a trade opportunity for New Zealand which should now look to Britain to become the cornerstone member of the Trans Pacific Partnership, KPMG global agribusiness head Ian Proudfoot says. “I see Donald Trump as an opportunity,” he told the Future Farms conference. He gave the example of Mexico which had stopped buying from the US, particularly in dairy products. That created an opportunity

for New Zealand to move in. But it also created risks at the US companies tried to replace the lost Mexican trade by pushing more of their products into Asia to compete with NZ. Proudfoot then suggested Britain would be an ideal “cornerstone” partner to replace the US in the TPP. It was a country going out on its own as it left the European Union and had a desire to promote global trade. And he warned Trump’s anticlimate change agenda might divert production from biofuel with a lot of sidelined products instead providing cheap feed for US dairy cows.

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Uniform approach to wool pays off Schools, sports clubs and businesses are warming up with Merino thanks to enterprising Banks Peninsula farming couple Carl and Tori Uren. They talked to Annette Scott.

ANKS Peninsula sheep and beef farmers Carl and Tori Uren have gone beyond their core business of farming to develop a niche business that is taking off. Driven by frustration, the enterprising young couple were stunned to find there was no wool option in the school uniform when their eldest child was starting at Duvauchelle primary school five years ago. “It was more than just a little disappointing to find the only jersey available was a polar fleece,” Carl Uren said. The option of buying their eldest daughter a polar fleece jersey as part of the school uniform was a no-go for the young farmers raised with wool. So the Urens set forth on their Merino Wool for School project. “We did some searching around and found out that there wasn’t even a Merino jersey available for school children.” They did some further investigation and came up with their own idea – to make one. After their idea was declined by several Merino clothing companies the Urens decided to give it a go on their own. They knew what they had to do – produce a quality Merino jersey

at a price families could afford. That was five years ago. Now there’s more than 100 schools offering a Merino jersey as part of the school uniform and it’s catching on for sports clubs and businesses too. “We are up to about 15 sporting groups including golf clubs and pony clubs and we have about 15 businesses on board now too,” Uren said. And the couple started getting serious with the Merino jerseys only two years ago. There was good reason for that, Uren said. “As the look took off we had to ensure we had a product we could stand behind.” Following up their desire for their children to be warm at school, the Urens invested time and money in developing a design and logo and began to promote their 100% Merino jersey to South Island schools in 2012. While there were initial setbacks because of a general lack of interest, they battled on and two years down the track they had enlisted 15 schools willing to provide the Merino Wool for School jersey as a uniform item. A wide range of sizes was produced to fit children from ages 5 to 14. Each jersey had the school’s

WOOLLY: Carl and Tori Uren with children Annabel, 10, Sam, 7, Georgie, 5, and Tom, 4. Photo: David Alexander name embroidered on the front. Uren said the initial business model had always been based around volume. “There’s not a lot in one item. It’s all about turnover and economies of scale in volume,” he said. There was also the mindset issue.

For $50 you could get a polar fleece but for an extra $20 or $30 you could get a far superior product. It’s not a price comparison it’s a product, wool versus synthetic. Carl Uren Farmer “We had to have a product that convinced people it was worth it. “For $50 you could get a polar fleece but for an extra $20 or $30 you could get a far superior product in 100% wool. “Where’s the mindset in that for a farmer. It’s not a price comparison it’s a product, wool versus synthetic,” Uren said.

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As demand grew the couple decided to grow their business so discussed it with their PGG Wrightson wool representative. That led them to the top of PGW Wool where they were enthusiastically received. PGW saw the initiative as a chance to get involved in the community, supporting NZ wool and its growers. Getting wool in front of school children was deemed a good opportunity for the industry to educate children and get them aware of the benefits of wearing wool. Uren said at first people seemed sceptical but in the playground the jerseys sold themselves. “Word of mouth is definitely getting things going.” Wanting to keep their unique product NZ-grown and made with 100% traceability, the Urens entered into a partnership with PGW to source and supply the Merino wool. “We wanted to keep the production in NZ and key to our product is to have 100% traceable Merino back to the farmer,” Uren said. The PGW partnership secured the fine wool from Merino growers, most in Omarama and Central Otago.

The Urens four children, Annabel, 10, Sam, 7, Georgie, 5 and Tom, 4, were growing up wearing wool. “We are passionate about NZ kids and passionate about wool and wearing NZ-grown. “Five years on our project has really reached an exciting stage but our focus remains to keep it 100% traceable and pure NZ,” Uren said. While the wool was grown further south, the jerseys were made in Christchurch. Uren said the family partnership worked well with the couple between them spending an average 30 hours a week in the business. “We have got to the point now where it is a good wee business and the more we put in the more we get out. “The growth potential is huge but it’s just about time, I still have a farm to run,” he said. Both Carl and Tori came from farming backgrounds but before settling into their own farming career they spent several years travelling before returning to NZ to manage farms belonging to Irishman Eamon Cleary. They now ran sheep, beef and dairy support on their 390 hectare home farm as well as still farming 2000ha of leased properties.

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Robots set to pick kiwifruit A looming primary sector labour shortage and dramatic increase in kiwifruit volumes are being met head-on by technology experts at Robotics Plus who have developed a robot to initially tackle the harvest then go on to other tasks like spraying and pruning. Richard Rennie reports.

LITTLE-KNOWN business park between lush kiwifruit vines in Western Bay of Plenty is proving a hub for technology to change how those vines are harvested and managed in the future. Dr Alistair Scarfe and his colleagues at Robotics Plus are well down the track developing a mechanical kiwifruit picker that rather than putting hundreds of humans out of work was more likely to help boost skill levels and deliver a more timely harvest of high-quality fruit. After five years’ development Scarfe was optimistic the project would go commercial in two years. That would coincide well with an expected massive boost in SunGold fruit volumes likely to match Green’s 80 million trays within five years. “The challenges for the sector are getting that big volume of crop off in time, to meet strict quality parameters and also early enough to earn premiums that a late harvested crop does not. “There is also going to be a greater challenge there with Green and Gold harvest periods starting to overlap, increasing the harvest volume load even more.” A looming labour shortage for the primary sector came despite a lift in the number of workers capable of being employed under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme to 10,500 from 9500 in 2016. Last year a Ministry for Primary Industries report estimated the booming horticulture sector needed nearly 8000 more skilled workers by 2025 to cope with predicted rises in production.

Primary ITO general manager Alister Shennan said then that changing horticultural demands required more skilled workers over and beyond seasonal workers. Scarfe’s company also had work under way on robotic apple packers for an industry that had grown 10% a year in the past five years. He described the robotic picker as a result of a meeting of minds between himself and fellow Robotics Plus owner Steve Saunders. Saunders had already established a sound reputation in the industry with 30 years’ experience in orchard management with GroPlus and more recently as an angel investor. Four years ago Scarfe completed his PhD on autonomous kiwifruit robotics and his work matched Saunders’ desire to develop more sustainable practices in the industry, not only in growing but from a human resource and management perspective. Blandly labelled the “autonomous platform” at this stage of development, the technology was based on a ground-up design ultimately aiming to have a multipurpose application capable of switching between spraying, pollination, pruning and harvesting work. “The key focus at this stage though, where industry sees the most immediate gains, is in using it for harvesting. The other applications will come along over time,” Scarfe said. Its ground-up design distinguished it from the wave of standard tractors converted to driverless vehicles. A hybrid petrol-electric power

I ROBOT: This autonomous platform’s first job will be picking kiwifruit but other tasks like spraying, pollination and pruning will be added.

system drove the machine while GPS, 3D camera technology and sensors helped it determine where it was and its route of travel. Latest camera detectors identified ripe fruit that was delicately plucked by servo driven arms, putting it in the integrated bin. The machine was ultimately capable of performing the work of four pickers and could operate day and night, having to stop harvesting only when dew levels were risky. “Much of the technology has been there but we have converted it to what we need. “The recent surge in development around driverless vehicles has meant sensors have become better and cheaper while open source software makes the components easier to adapt to our particular application.” Perhaps surprisingly, the design held only a few patents but chief operating officer Dr Bram Smith said much of the “smarts” for the company lay in the small army of robotics and mechatronic graduates the company recruited from Auckland and Waikato universities. The university involvement was

augmented with funding to those institutions from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, with funding from Saunders, along with Zespri. Scarfe said some of the project’s challenges included getting the machine capable of recognising ripe fruit across all light conditions, with bursts of sunlight or darkness changing the image of a ripe fruit. “It also has to be capable of handling that 1% of exceptions, like the branch that drops down in front of it unexpectedly. It is no good requiring perfect conditions for it to operate successfully.” And it was seeing it operate in standard orchard conditions that turned orchardists on to the idea of a robotic harvester, rather than dismiss it as the stuff of dreams. “Rather than be locked up in a workshop building it, we have sought input from growers on what they need, how they see it working for them – once they saw a video of it operating they could conceptualise it and come up with input and advice.” The developers had also worked to a strong commercial brief to keep the machine viable with the industry.

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“Plenty of machines are developed that have had a heap of money thrown at them but we took a view from the start on how much such a machine should cost and worked back from there.” He expected the robots would be leased out. Ultimately, by integrating with drones and sensing technology the machine would be able to pinpoint specific parts of an orchard to harvest, based on optimal harvest time, rather than simply taking a whole-block harvest approach. And Scarfe was confident the machine would help meet the industry’s need for more skilled staff, rather than reduce opportunities. “The robot will harvest 80% of the crop, dealing with the high volume, stressful fruit load, with sweeper crews coming through to pick whatever other fruit has been missed. “It also means there is a place for upskilling people capable of running this equipment and diverting them away from the tough seasonal work to develop more skills around orchard management.”

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EDITORIAL Fonterra gets balance right

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ONTERRA managed to balance its losses with enough gains to report a modest 2% lift in net profit made during the first half of this financial year. Shareholder-suppliers to the cooperative should benefit when world dairy prices rise but historically that has not always been true for Fonterra. For much of its 16-year history the company’s profits ran counter-cyclical to world dairy prices and farmgate milk prices. Chief executive Theo Spierings said the latest results showed “how we continue to deliver value even in a volatile environment”. He may be entitled to a modest boast. That has been the objective of his volume-to-value strategy – turning more milk into higher-margin products and away from dairy commodities. Last season, when world prices delivered one of Fonterra’s lowest milk prices to farmers, 10% of farmers’ returns came by way of share dividend. The company expects to repeat that dividend performance this season, when milk prices are at least 50% higher. Early in his now five-year tenure at the top, Spierings was asked if milk price and dividend would always be antagonistic and that investors in the shareholders’ fund would not be rewarded when farmers were doing well, and vice versa. No, the objective of his transformation was to deliver both high milk prices, when world markets allowed, and good earnings, flowing into good dividends. The average NZ dairy farmer now has $900,000 sunk into Fonterra supply shares. Farmers, too, want a good return on that capital. Spierings also realised that Fonterra was underdone in food service and too heavily reliant on either ingredients (commodities) or consumer-ready goods. He quickly built plants for more food service products. The latest interim report disclosed a 17% increase in food service sales, versus a 5% growth in that category worldwide. On the evidence of the latest results, Fonterra is finally delivering the fully integrated and progressive dairy company that its farmers, investors and countrymen want it to be.

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Think before spending on hi-tech Callum Eastwood

GRICULTURE is entering an age of technology and data. You’ve probably heard that a fair bit lately as well as new terms such as drones, big data, low-power, wide-area networks, the Internet of Things, digital agriculture and artificial intelligence. If you’re wondering what it all means, what the new tech does and if it might even work on your farm, you’re not alone. I’m one of the team at DairyNZ studying precision agriculture and what it might mean for the dairy industry and we are often amazed at what is out there – and the claims being made about what this new stuff can do. Our work is supported by the Transforming the Dairy Value Chain Primary Growth Partnership programme, a sevenyear, $170 million innovation investment led by commercial partners including DairyNZ and Fonterra and partnered by the Ministry for Primary Industries. The programme aims to enable the creation of new dairy products, increase onfarm productivity, reduce environmental impacts and improve agricultural education. One thing our team does believe is that new technologies and the data flowing from them offer a significant opportunity to New Zealand agriculture. In the future they will be used to automate some tasks, better manage natural resources, assess profitability, meet compliance requirements, improve welfare of farmers as well as animals and connect farmers to customers. That’s the good news but the reality is that we’re just starting down that path. To date NZ dairy farmers have been attracted to technologies that help automate tasks, particularly related to milking. An example is automatic cup removers, used by about 30% of farmers and by 70% of farmers with rotary dairies. Smartphone use on farms is a fast-growing area with apps for jobs like body condition scoring,

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grazing management and health and safety. However, our industry’s focus on pasture-based systems and low cost of production has meant many technologies popular elsewhere in the world, such as robotic milking, don’t yet stack up here. Where there is a cutting edge we also see potential for the “bleeding edge”, where hype outstrips onfarm value. There is little doubt many of these new technologies are innovative and would be nice to have but they must also provide a return on investment – either financial or in less easily measured metrics like making the job easier. And sometimes the numbers don’t stack up. Making good technology investment decisions can be quite confusing for a farmer already focused on myriad management jobs and balancing the budget. To make things simpler, we’ve come up with some questions for farmers to ask themselves to evaluate whether that new technology is worth investing in. Whether you’re standing in a Rotorua conference centre considering a new piece of kit or back on your farm wondering if that drone really is a good investment, you’ll need to start with these key questions. Luckily, it’s not rocket science. What are your goals in this area? What does success look like for you, what’s most important? Is it

more profit, fewer errors, peace of mind, supporting new staff or more free time? The improvements you are seeking might be measurable, such as your six-week in-calf rate, or less tangible like less stress, less dependence on skilled operators or being home 30 minutes earlier in the evening. Knowing this is important because sitting down to think about things like return on investment might not capture more lifestyle-related factors. Your goals will also influence the performance you expect from the technology, which we’ll cover in a minute. What is your current performance? Let’s think about what’s really causing the issue the technology aims to solve? For example, with reproduction, how much is heat detection contributing to the fertility gap and how well is heat detection done on your farm already. If you’re seeking better pasture utilisation, think about all the factors that lead to good grazing performance including measurement but also accurate allocation, assessing grazing residuals and continual refinement. There are plenty of tools out

there to help assess performance on aspects of farm management, such as the Fertility Focus report and SmartSamm tools on the DairyNZ website. There are few silver-bullet technologies out there and remember finding the cows on heat or with mastitis is only one step towards improved performance. What are the options? Technology can often be promoted as the cure but is there another, cheaper or more effective remedy? Aspects to consider first include changes to current practices, focusing on improving the skills of your farm team or seeking the input of advisers. For example, can you raise awareness among your team of the causes and signs of lameness through DairyNZ’s Healthy Hoof programme to give them a reason for changing their practice? Will technology help you meet your goals? Having thought about goals and alternatives now is a good time to compare them to the technology options. Most important factors in the technology we’ve reviewed start of course with performance – does it work like it says on the box? Actually, for a lot of the

dairy technologies around, it can be hard to tell without a comprehensive trial. As an example of DairyNZ’s work in this space we have developed field-testing protocols for in-line mastitis detection systems to guide companies in how to test their technology onfarm and provide farmers with robust evidence-based information. Next best is to find a farmer who’s using it already and ask some tough questions such as: how easy it is to learn and use, what are the other skills required (computer skills, data entry), how do their staff interact with it, what have they done differently since installing the technology and, importantly, what evidence do they have to support their perception of performance? Remember that many technologies can require a change in how you operate or make decisions. You might need to spend a bit more time on the computer, checking and cleaning a sensor or showing new staff how it works. Being committed to making the new system work can make all the difference. At DairyNZ we believe that a good farm team trumps technology. But there are ways that a good farm team can use technology in the pursuit of greater productivity, profit and perhaps a better lifestyle. Being honest about your business and aims, answering the questions above and consulting people with good, hands-on experience will help you find the sweet spot that maximises the value of new technology for you and your farm. Dr Callum Eastwood is a scientist in the Advanced Management Technologies team at DairyNZ. He has spent 15 years examining farmer use of new technologies.

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Blinkered reports obscure future Alternative View

Alan Emerson

LAST Tuesday’s release of the OECD Environmental Performance Review of New Zealand will make many Kiwis wonder if science or tarot

cards were used by the worthy organisation. Simply put, it seemed a muddle of confused thinking by a pile of so-called experts interviewing their word processors. The report muddled diseases of food and water. It muddled percentages rather than actuals. It muddled swimming and drinking water. It conveniently ignored the fact that we had more environmentally protected land than the OECD average.

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As such, you shouldn’t waste your time reading it. That followed another report from a group I’d never heard of called Vivid Economics. They’re a United Kingdom-based organisation and they’ve been commissioned to tell us how to reduce our carbon footprint. The report was also released earlier last week. They were commissioned by an organisation with the grand title of Globe International, a crossparty Parliamentary group of politicians who want to mitigate climate change. Going to their websites is interesting. An illusion of grandeur comes to mind but you can check that for yourself. In NZ Globe International is chaired by Green MP Kennedy Graham. For the record I accept climate change is an issue and we need to reduce our carbon footprint. We owe it to future generations. How we achieve that needs to be popular to the extent the voters will back it, be scientifically based and sustainable. I believe the talk fest from Vivid Economics, Globe International and the OECD ignores all three of those factors. For a start, the approach and concentration on farming and forestry annoyed me. NZ’s emissions as a percentage of global warming are zip and with the latest American approach to the issue anything we do would be largely irrelevant. By the report’s own figures agriculture emissions between 1990 and 2014 increased infinitesimally as a percentage compared with transport and yet we’ve hugely increased output over that period. That was a point also conveniently ignored by the OECD. Having said that, we should continue to farm sustainably and practically. We’ve all heard Massey University’s Mike Joy tell us how we have to get animals out of farming, which I haven’t taken remotely seriously. The Vivid report suggests a reduction in animal numbers of 20% to 35%, which I find quite ridiculous. I have no doubt that if we cut all animals as Joy and Vivid suggest we would reduce a lot of things, most importantly our ability to feed a hungry world,

not to mention the income that allows NZ to be a first-world country. It would also prevent us capitalising on our competitive advantage. The report goes on to recommend we support further cropping including horticulture. I don’t have any problem at all supporting an expanded horticulture sector but it needs flat, fertile land and water. Practically what is happening is expanding cities are cutting the limited horticultural land we have and the Green lobby is doing what it can to ensure we don’t have a long-term sustainable water supply. Then, you can read that we need more forestry, lots of it, 1.6 million hectares planted by 2050 which would reduce emissions by 65% to 75%. As a person who has had a reasonable investment in forestry I find the suggestion somewhat facile. To encourage a long-term forestry sector to sequester carbon there needs to be a viable Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). We had an ETS then we didn’t then the Government messed with it, turning many people completely off forestry. We have an ETS but no-one knows where it is going. Making any investment dependent on political whim as our ETS isn’t at all smart in my book. Let’s look at the reality of those reports’ suggestions. For a start we have an international competitive advantage farming animals. We don’t have that farming trees. We have a large fleet of old cars all belching carbon, a fact all reports ignored. Auckland is unsustainable by its own reporting and it is expanding at pace, a fact ignored by the reports. Reports from California show our entire solar system is heating because of solar warming and we can’t do anything about that. Interestingly, there aren’t any cows on Mars, Pluto or Saturn and the only thing up in Uranus is the green lobby.

Your View Alan Emerson is a semi-retired Wairarapa farmer and businessman: dath-emerson@wizbiz.net.nz

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – March 27, 2017

We don’t know how lucky we are From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

THIS latest terror attack, which, this time, was at the gates of and within Westminster in the heart of London, has given me pause to reflect. Five, including the perpetrator, were killed and 40 injured – a crime that is abhorrent and unjustifiable. To us here with close ties to the United Kingdom it comes as a shock and has understandably taken a lot of media attention. It would be easy to dwell on the anger and recrimination of this act but let us consider other angles that come from this appalling deed. First, we need to remind ourselves that in the Syrian cities, for example, 95 civilians, many of them children die, every day and have been doing so for the six years of that war of attrition – some 207,000 innocent people over that time.

That is just one country of many struggling to achieve the things we take for granted – democracy, freedom of speech, civil liberties and decent human rights. To gain some sort of historical perspective consider this. There is a document that lists the terrorist attacks on London starting from 1894 when a French anarchist blew himself up until the present day and they fill 18 pages. It is not a new phenomenon and, indeed, most of those terrorist attacks were done by the IRA, now part of Northern Ireland’s government. We already forget the IRA killed 1800 people during the conflict and more than 1000 of them were members of the British security forces. Scores of civilians were killed in London. As an aside, it is certainly not the first violence to occur at Westminster. The only British Prime Minister to be assassinated was Spencer Perceval and he was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons in 1812 by a man with an obsessive grievance with the government. And you could go back as far as 1605 to the failed Gunpowder Plot when Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators were foiled in their attempt to blow up Parliament and suffered the consequences.

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Terror has happened in the past and it will happen in the future, quite likely at an increased rate as we approach 7.5 billion of us competing for diminishing resources and a growing gap between the haves and the havenots. Frankly, those who have nothing, have nothing to lose. That it happened in London 12 years after four suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured 700 in the Underground and on buses in one day should come as no surprise.

In recent years, we have seen terror on the streets of Berlin, Paris and Nice to name a few. One day we will possibly see it here. I liked British PM Theresa May’s speech on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street hours after last week’s attack. “These streets of Westminster, home to the world’s oldest parliament, are ingrained with the spirit of freedom that echoes in some of the furthest corners of the globe. And the values our parliament represents – democracy, freedom, human

rights, the rule of law – command the admiration and respect of free people everywhere. That is why it is a target for those who reject those values.” However, hark back to John Key’s valedictory speech, also from last week. He recounted the story of how he was out fishing after attending a meeting in the Marshall Islands. He’d just hooked a big tuna when David Cameron the British PM rang him to talk to him about the problems of Libya. When Cameron asked what all the noise was in the background, Key told him not to worry as he had just hooked a large tuna and his diplomatic protection squad were dealing to it in the boat. A long silence ensued before the British PM said “God, I wish I ran a small country.” Great story and given the events in London last week and what is happening around much of the world I can only quote Fred Dagg one more time. “We don’t know how lucky we are.”

Your View Steve Wyn-Harris is a Central Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer. swyn@xtra.co.nz

Yen to go back to be born again in 1950 ONCE upon a time, way back in 1990, I broke my arm playing rugby against Mataura. Mataura in Southland, just like Patea in South Taranaki, was a freezing works town. To be honest, it wasn’t that difficult to break bones against Mataura. They bred them tough and they bred some great rugby players. Incidentally, the following year, 1991, was to be my last in senior rugby. When we journeyed to Mataura with what we thought was a pretty good Riversdale side we were upstaged by a 17 year old upstart at halfback. His name? Justin Marshall. Probably, if I knew him at the time, I would have recognised the ball boy. His name? Jimmy Cowan. I digress. Back to 1990. Sitting out most of the winter in a plaster cast taught me three things. How difficult it was to dag sheep, how much I missed rugby and, perhaps most importantly in the long term, it taught me how to write. English was never my strong suit at high school and, like many, I couldn’t for the life of me figure

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From the Lip

Jamie Mackay

out the relevance of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice or Arthur Miller’s equally droll Death of a Salesman. But it’s funny how fate takes you in different directions in life. A great mate of mine was the sports editor at the Gore Ensign. I convinced him to let me write one sports column for the local rag. Initially, my writing skills were pretty basic but because I was bored and needed a creative outlet, I learnt from every correction the sub-editors made to my copy. I then nagged the editor of the Southland Times until I got a column. That led to the Otago

Southland Farmer, then this fine publication. When I look back on all the columns I’ve written over the past 27 years, I think the one I most fondly reflect upon is the piece I wrote, albeit somewhat facetiously, about choosing a year in which to be born if you could turn back time. I chose 1950 and some of my reasoning was as follows: It meant I would have been old enough to remember the 1956 Springboks tour and the greatest rugby test series of all time. I would be able to recall the Cuban Missile Crisis and JFK’s assassination in all its gory detail. I’d have been a hormone-raging teenager at the height of the sexual revolution surrounding the advent of the mini-skirt and the pill while bopping away to the British Pop Invasion. I could have celebrated with a beer when man landed on the moon and legally gone to A Clockwork Orange. That’s not to say being born in 1950 would not be without its pitfalls. New Zealand, with nothing open in weekends and a six o’clock swill in our pubs, must have been dreadfully dreary. Weekends were the domain of mercilessly mundane Sunday drives to visit dull relations. Imagine cars without synchromesh transmissions, power steering or air conditioning. No Sky TV or smartphones. Heck, televisions barely existed and rural party lines meant any one of a dozen neighbours could eavesdrop on your phone calls. And can you imagine 10-man rugby based around being able to

accepting of all things, even if we kick out on the full from anywhere don’t readily accept them. on the paddock? The world is changing daily at But despite all the downsides of an exponentially faster pace. Get the somewhat austere half-gallon, quarter-acre, pavlova paradise that off the hamster wheel of change and you risk being left behind, was NZ in the 50s and 60s, recent never able to jump back on. examples of pandering political I love the modern gadgetry correctness make me hanker of my smartphone, smart TV, for those simpler times I rather computerised car, you name it. nostalgically wrote about. Technology is taking business, Giving a river the rights of farming and communication to a person? Giving a pedophile places we’ve only dreamed about. murderer the right to petition to So why then, do I yearn for 1950? wear a hairpiece in prison when he used the offending “rug” to aid and abet his escape to South America? Your View Allowing a transgender (former male) weightlifter to compete Jamie Mackay is the host of The against women on a completely Country that airs on Newstalk ZB uneven playing field? Or the latest and Radio Sport, 12-1pm, weekdays. where a Dunedin Intermediate has jamie@thecountry.co.nz removed gender stereotyping from the school’s uniform, meaning boys can wear a skirt to school, should they choose to? Last week on my radio show I enraged some of my audience by saying that when 12th-14th May 2017 I grew up, it was Manfield Stadium, Feilding simple, you were either a bloke or a Open to competitors aged 8-25 years or come along to watch. sheila. Politically Steer 'Hoof & Hook' Judging incorrect in Handler Competition Riversdale in Educational and fun modules the 1960s meant Allflex Beef Ambassador Competition voting Labour not Heifer Section National. For more information or to enter visit: I reluctantly www.futurebeef.co.nz accept this is no Entries close 10th April 2017 longer in keeping with the times. We need to be

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ATTENTION FARMERS www.gibb-gro.co.nz GROWTH PROMOTANT $5.85 per hectare + GST delivered Brian Mace 0274 389 822 07 571 0336 brianmace@xtra.co.nz TO ADVERTISE in NZ Farmers Weekly Classifieds phone Debbie on 0800 85 25 80.

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FREEZERS

DOGS FOR SALE

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HUNTAWAY PUPS. 8 weeks. Genuine station bred. Phone 06 385 4634. DELIVERING NORTH ISLAND 1/4/17. Forty five Heading, Huntaway & Handy dogs. 07 315 5553 Mike Hughes.

FERTILISER DOLOMITE, NZ’s finest Magnesium fertiliser. Bio-Gro certified, bulk or bagged. 0800 436 566.

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WINDMILLS for water pumping. Ferguson Windmills Company. www.windmills.co.nz sales@windmills.co.nz Phone 09 412 8655 or 027 282 7689.

GOATS WANTED

FERAL GOATS WANTED. All head counted, payment on pick-up, pick-up within 24hours. Prices based on works schedule. Experienced musterers available. Phone Bill and Vicky Le Feuvre 07 893 8916.

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Phone: +64 6 357 2454 HOOF TRIMMER

EARMARKERS

FARM LAND WANTED to lease for sheep and beef. 2000su+. Long term. North Island. Phone David 027 728 2104.

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE RAMS. SOUTHDOWNS AND Suffolk/ Southdown X for heavy fast growing lambs. Suitable for Hogget mating. $250- $500. Phone 06 357 7727 or 021 133 7533. RAMS. HILL COUNTRY Perendales. Easy care with good size and quality wool. $250-$500. Phone 06 376 4751 or 021 133 7533.

STOP BIRDS NOW!

P.O. Box 30, Palmerston North 4440, NZ

GRAZERS WANTED. Up to 250 head. May onwards. West Waikato. Phone 07 825 8070.

LEASE LAND WANTED

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GRAZING AVAILABLE

CHAROLLAIS RAM HOGGETS. Suitable for ewes or hoggets. Well grown, eye muscle scanned and SIL recorded. Vet checked. 3/4 and 7/8 available. South Canterbury. Phone 03 614 8849.

STORE LAMBS WANTED. North Island. No commission. Payment in 7 days of trucking. 06 873 3696 or 021 228 4238. FOR ONLY $2.00 + gst per word you can book a word only ad in Farmers Weekly Classifieds. Phone Debbie on 0800 85 25 80 or email classifieds@nzx.com

PUMPS HIGH PRESSURE WATER PUMPS, suitable on high headlifts. Low energy usage for single/3-phase motors, waterwheel and turbine drives. Low maintenance costs and easy to service. Enquiries phone 04 526 4415, email sales@hydra-cell.co.nz

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We require an experienced Tractor Operator/General Hand for a 3500 hectare hill-country sheep and beef station situated at Glen Murray, northern Waikato. The successful application will have: • substantial hill-country tractor experience • absolute attention to detail and safety • fencing and sheep and beef experience Written applications and CV to Kim Robinson kim@lochielfarmlands.co.nz Private Bag Tuakau 2342 Phone 09 233 3155

Experienced Shepherd

Contact Debbie 0800 85 25 80 DDI: 06 323 0765

Experienced Shepherd required for recently expanded Banks Peninsula sheep and beef unit comprising 12,000 stock units. The successful applicant must have at least five years genuine experience and be a highly motivated team player capable of performing with limited supervision. Feeding out and shifting breaks is part of the routine as well as maintenance and project work with other staff.

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Employment

FW Stockperson required Cattle fattening property 30km south of Raglan. Full-time position reporting to the farm manager, and working as part of a team. Applicants should demonstrate the ability to listen, follow instructions and work unsupervised. Experience handling cattle, farm maintenance skills, working dogs, confident on two and four-wheeler bikes and tractor. Any skills training an advantage. Good level of personal fitness, clean living habits. Fourbedroomed house available. Salary commensurate with experience. Apply by email to: hugopeacocke@gmail.com Include CV, covering letter, and two recent employers contact details as referees.

Tractor Operator/ General Hand

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www.drench.co.nz farmer owned, very competitive prices. Phone 0800 4 DRENCH (437 362).

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, GARLIC & HONEY. 200L - $450 or 1000L - $2000 excl. with FREE DELIVERY from Black Type Minerals Ltd www.blacktypeminerals. co.nz

MY NEXT NORTH ISLAND buying trip 01/04/17. Quick $ale! No one buys or pays more! 07 315 5553 Mike Hughes. 12 MONTHS TO 5½-yearold Heading dogs and Huntaways wanted. Phone 022 698 8195.

GOATS WANTED. All weights. All breeds. Prompt service. Payment on pick up. My on farm prices will not be beaten. Phone David Hutchings 07 895 8845 or 0274 519 249. Feral goats mustered on a 50/50 share basis.

LIVESTOCK REQUIRED

A modern 4-bedroom, 2-living-room house close to Akaroa harbour foreshore is available with school bus pick-up approximately 1km from the house. Salary by negotiation and according to experience. Applicant to be eligible to work in New Zealand. Please reply with CV and at least two written references to: Andrew Humm “Annandale”, Pigeon Bay Postal: PO Box 88019, Pigeon Bay, Akaroa 7550 Email: jahumm@xtra.co.nz Phone: 03 304 6881 Cell: 027 304 6887

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – March 27, 2017

Employment

TRAINEE FARM MANAGER

FARM MANAGER

STOCK MANAGER

Large Scale, partially irrigated Finishing Farm

14,000 ewes, WA

Our clients own a 910ha finishing operation on the outskirts of a significant North Island town. This farm has recently been ‘converted’, so all the infrastructure is purpose built and up to date, including 120ha under centre pivot and 50ha under gun irrigation.

Our clients own a 10,400ha mixed cropping and sheep farm just 60km from Albany (350km south of Perth). The farm finishes around 11,000 lambs per year via a range of methods, … permanent pasture, crop residue, fodder crops and feed-lot.

The farm finishes around 30,000 lambs and 1,600 cattle on flat to easy rolling, fertile land, so we are seeking a manager who can make this high performing property reach its potential.

This newly created role is all about having someone on the senior management team that is focused on the two components of the sheep business; the breeding and finishing programmes. This person will be able to not only influence the direction of the sheep business; they will also be fully immersed in the implementation of the plans/strategy.

• An established understanding of pasture management and feed budgeting • Proven excellence in stock handling and husbandry skills • An understanding of environmental issues and effluent management • Strong communication skills • Accuracy in recording information • Proficiency in dairy management and milk quality • Attention to detail Opportunity awaits here for a motivated person or couple to further develop their careers. A good quality, three bedroom house is available as part of a competitive remuneration package. To view photos www.fegan.co.nz. To apply phone 07 823 0117 or email jobs@fegan.co.nz

The successful applicant will find this employer very forward thinking, wellresourced and focused on profitable, sustainable performance, so if you are an innovative, progressive and experienced finishing manager, this farm will interest you. Although other farms owned by the employer can serve as feeders to the finishing block, that only happens if they produce the specifications needed. A competitive package will be offered that includes a commitment to training and personal development, quality housing close to town, which provides great schooling for children and/or work opportunities for a partner if appropriate. To view photos visit our website, then apply by emailing your CV to jobs@fegan.co.nz or phone us on 07 823 0117. Applications close 3pm Friday 31 March.

Recognising the sheep flock in NZ is contracting, this presents a real opportunity for a person who is wanting to grow. The successful applicant will be offered a very competitive package that includes a good three bedroom, two bathroom house, a farm ute, and for the ‘right’ person a six figure monetary reward. If this interests you, go to our website and look at the photos and link to the short video of the local district. To apply either call us on 07 823 0117, or email your CV to jobs@fegan.co.nz. Applications close 4pm Friday 7 April 2017.

Human Resources • Health & Safety • Recruitment

SPECIALIST BULL FINISHING MANAGER

STOCK SUPERVISOR PARENGARENGA STATION Parengarenga Station is a 5900 hectare station situated in the Far North. This is a massive operation farming beef and lamb and with 12 full time staff in the team. The station has initiated a major development plan that will grow the stock handling capability well beyond the current level of 40,000 stock units.

The farm is located just 1km from the beach and comes with a comfortable three bedroom home, with primary and secondary schooling available nearby. Rangiputa Station runs 27,000 su and is a 3,400 ha property 20 km north-west of Kaitaia.

About the role: An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a Dairy Livestock Representative to join our Dairy team in South Canterbury (based in Geraldine). You’ll be responsible for managing existing and new client relationships in the area and building up a strong client base. You’ll be focussed on developing the skills and expertise needed of a Livestock Rep through the support of the Dairy Livestock Manager and local colleagues. You’ll have a keen interest and passion for the local agricultural sector, and your ability to relate well to both colleagues and clients will set you up for a long and successful career within our organisation.

The role of Stock Supervisor is one of these key positions. The person most suitable for this role will have significant experience in beef and lamb farming and will be acclimatised to either working in Northland, a coastal farming operation or farming along the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.

You’ll be focussed on developing yourself as a specialist within a very strong dairy farming district, including servicing dairy, beef and dairy support clients. Whilst you will receive great support from the team, the nature of this role is very autonomous, so time management/ planning, organisational skills and administrative experience will set the foundation for success.

Ideally this person will have great stock knowledge and knowledge of rotational grazing, great people management skills and will be familiar with the use of TracMap, FarmAx, FarmIQ, Figured or some similar data based farm management program.

Duties and responsibilities: • Marketing and sales of livestock services to existing and potential clients • Maintain and grow the client base in your area through strong business relationships • Planning and self-management of work • Regular travel within region

Health & Safety is a major focus of any farming operation and this person will be up-to-date with good practice and the administration requirements of a robust health & safety system.

Skills and experience: • Knowledge and experience in the Dairy industry is essential; broader Livestock industry experience is an advantage • Ability to build lasting professional relationships; sales experience is an advantage • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Computer/tablet literacy and administration skills • A full, current and clean New Zealand driver licence is essential

Endorsements in training in the use of a quad bike, tractor and the safe use of general farm equipment are a must. Courses completed in First Aid and GroSafe would be an advantage.

We are committed to growing our employees and we develop leadership and technical expertise at all levels of our company. We provide extensive in-house sales and technical training and offer a number of benefits including retail buying privileges.

Although not central to this role, a good understanding of pasture management, water reticulation and animal health would be an advantage to working in conjunction with the senior management team.

Apply today: applications@pggwrightson.co.nz • Email your CV and covering letter by Sunday, 9 April 2017. • If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Barry Fox, South Island Dairy Livestock Manager on 027 439 3317.

The Parengarenga Station team is a great team. They work well together and exhibit a distinct comradery so it is essential the applicant has a cultural fit.

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The General Manager Parengarenga Incorporation 6636 Far North Rd, RD 4, Kaitaia 0484 Email: GM@parengarenga.co.nz

PGG Wrightson is one of New Zealand’s leading nationwide providers of products and services to the rural sector.

We’re looking for a Specialist Bull Finishing Manager to oversee and take ownership of our newly created bull system. We currently have 1000 bulls over 295 ha with a further 100ha planned for the coming year bringing us to 2000 bulls.

SOUTH-CANTERBURY

To cope with this expansion, three key positions have been identified as specialists in a new organisational structure, each reporting to the Station Manager.

If you are this special person we would welcome your application to:

Dairy Livestock Representative

Rangiputa Station

Helping grow the country

RUN OFF YOUR FEET? Advertise your vacancy in The NZ Farmers Weekly Phone Debbie Brown 0800 85 25 80 or email classifieds@nzx.com

• You will be well organised • Take pride in your work environment • Have an eye for detail and be goal orientated Details of how to apply: www.landcorp.co.nz/careers For more information contact Scott Hussey Farm Manager on 021 822 081. Applications close 5pm, Sunday 9th April 2017.

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The right person will have a passion for the dairy industry and be willing and keen to further their knowledge and skills. Your current knowledge will include:

CONTRACT MILKER Are you • A strong pasture manager with excellent animal health skills? • Across the compliance requirements in our industry, particularly around the environment and people safety? • A straight-up operator who is prepared to challenge the status quo, but can treat the owner with the respect they deserve? Our client has a 168ha effective farm just 10 minutes from Oamaru, milking 570 cows. This farm is well set up with a 40-aside herringbone shed, two large calf rearing sheds, and good irrigation. Off farm winter grazing is on an 80ha runoff block. What we’re looking for is an experienced dairy farmer who is a self-starter and has what it takes to look after this significant farming asset on behalf of the owner. You will need to be organised, have a good attention to detail, and take pride in your environment and job. On offer is tidy housing, consultant support and a farm owner who wants to support and grow their business partners. Apply via our website at www.no8hr.co.nz Ref number 8HR850 Applications close 02 April 2017.

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The current owners have developed and cultivated a farm that is producing excellent results. They are looking for a person or couple who want to learn and progress in the industry.

www.no8hr.co.nz | ph: 07-870-4901

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This beautiful well-kept farm provides an excellent opportunity for the right person to move forward in their dairying career.

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STOCK REQUIRED EQUIRED

Breeding EWES EWES CALVES 120-‐200kgs FRIESIAN B ULL 320-‐450kgs 18 320-‐450kgs 18 MTH BULLS ULLS 18 18 M MTH TEERS 330-‐460kgs 330-‐460kgs TH STEERS 470-‐550kgs 2.5 YR STEERS

Special Dairy Stock Auction Including Scanned In-Calf Heifers and R1 Heifers Coalgate Sale Yards Monday 10th April 2017

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EXING JERSEY & JERSEY CROSS HERD

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Fertile inland-Gisborne rolling hill country. Experienced farmer with A+ history of animal husbandry looking to form a long-term relationship as a grazier. Weight-gain or per head basis options. Can mate with low b/w Angus bulls. Contact: S. Herries 06 863 7000 or 027 289 3001 or John Watson (NZFL) 027 494 1975

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ON-FARM CLEARING SALE Hard-working Dairy Herd with long walks. These cows will shift well. A/c M.J & T.T Stratford 77 Stewart Road, Feilding (signposted off SH3) Monday 10th April, 11am Spring-calving content of a split-calving herd (winter herd sold).

Weaners 2017 sires: Peter M of Glenwood Rangatira 38-13 (AI) Glenwood Quality 1108 Weaners at View Hill, Oxford, Canterbury ______________ Contact : Michael Howie 03 312 3213 Warwick Howie 03 485 9547 Roger Keach 0274 325 766 Jon Newman 0274 347 234

280 Fr/FrX/J Herd BW72 PW92 DTC 28/6 440ms $1950. Val Ditchfield 027 573 7480

158 Jsy/JsyX O.A.D Herd BW45 PW60 DTC 20/7 $1850. Paul Collins 027 304 8994 90 Fr/Xbred herd BW60 PW65 DTC 10/7 $1850. Keith West 027 214 9180 64 FJX Yng Cows BW83 PW112 (60 2-5yrs) DTC 15/7 $2250. Peter Pembroke 027 288 3371 49 Fr/FrX CRV early calving X lease High BW $1400. Paul Collins 027 304 8994

I/C Heifers

OUTSTANDING IN-MILK HERD & REPLACEMENT AUCTION

142 Fr/FrX hfrs BW105 PW108 DTC 3/7 Fr & Xbrd $1750. Andrew Gordon 027 487 2044

25 FrX hfrs BW101 PW118 DTC 30/6 to Jsy RA98% $1650. Andrew Gordon 027 487 2044 More stock available on our website or contact National Dairy Coordinator Paul Kane Ph 027 286 9279. paul.kane@carrfields.co.nz

Tuesday 4th April Start time: 11:00 On A/c Dairy Diva Ltd Russells Rd, Ashburton Supply No: 37152 Comprising: 450 Outstanding LIC XBred I/C Cows BW74 PW94 RA 99% (BW’s to 163 PW’s to 304) 120 Outstanding R2 F/XBred I/C heifers BW107 PW113 (BW’s to 162 PW’s to 188). Due to our vendor exiting the industry this outstanding herd has come to the market. Farmed under a Level 4 system they produced last season 494ms/cow 1827/ha, and as at 1/3/17 still producing 1.8ms/cow. Calving from 1st August 2017 they have had 6 weeks AI to a combination of LIC Friesian Forward Pack and Nominated LIC top BW Fr and XB bulls. Selected cows were Ai’ed to SGL Hereford. Heifers calving from 24 July 2017 were mated with Belted Galloway bulls. The herd is selectively dry cowed every year and only has a SCC ave of 80,000, they will be blanket dry cowed prior to delivery this year. They are BVD neg, C10 TB status and EBL Free and will be all vaccinated for Lepto prior to delivery. Delivery of the cows will be between the 20th May and 31st May and the heifers within 48 hours from sale, but grazing back at their grazing block is available by prior request. If you are after extremely good conformation, outstanding udders and top producing cows you should “Not Miss” this sale. The cows will be lotted for ease of purchasers. Catalogues available on www.mylivestock.co.nz Sign posted Catered by Longbeach Playcentre For further information please contact: NZ Farmers Livestock agent James Perkins 027 232 8052 Or our Vendor Rachel Schmack 027 588 9098

M/S GM & JA FRASER

DATE: Wednesday 12 April ADDRESS: 839 Main South Road, Hawera D/N: 40299 START TIME: 11.00am COMPRISING OF: 562 Capital Dairy cattle - 40yrs LIC AB breeding • 395 Friesian and Friesian cross herd BW 94/49, PW 117/71, R/a +100% • 83 Friesian and Friesian cross heifers BW 124, PW 124, sync AB sires • 84 Friesian and Friesian cross yearling heifers - BW 136, PW 133 HERD/HEIFER DETAILS: • 40 years of breeding, SCC 100, HB Shed Herd calv 18/07/17 to 6 weeks LIC Fsn • Premier sires & nominated tailed Angus, short gestation • 410 kgMS (at sale day) all grass, minimal PKE in summer- Flat to rolling farm with long walks • 8 LIC contract cows. Hfrs calv from 16/07/17 sync AB Jsy, Kiwi X, Fsn sires, tailed Jsy, out 19/12 • 2 LIC contract hfrs • 5 cows, 1 hfr and 3 ylgs selected for contract next year AUCTIONEERS NOTE: A rare opportunity to purchase cows and replacements of this quality. Farmed by the Fraser family for 3 generations, this herd will be presented in-milk and in good condition. A strong uddered, capacity herd that has been bred for fertility, longevity, quietness and easy calving. Production has been achieved from a low input system and with long walks. The herd has a long history of contract cows with LIC. PAYMENT TERMS: 1 June 2017. Grazing will be available to those without access to farms until 01/06/17 by prior arrangement. Inspection invited - Open Day 5 April from 10.00 am FARM SOURCE LIVESTOCK AGENT: Brent Espin 027 551 3660

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260 in-milk, in-calf Friesian/FriesianX cows, DTC from 20/7 (tailed with Hereford) 25 carry-over cows BW 54/40; PW 60/46; RA 93% EBL free, C10. Payment terms are 14 days from date of sale. Delivery will be from the following day of sale or later with prior arrangement. Catalogues available, light lunch provided.

Sire: WAITERENUI ISAMBARD C27 Peter M 600 day EBV 127 (top 5%) Bulls for sale currently in Otago _______________

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CAPITAL XBRED HERD & REPLACEMENT HEIFERS

On A/c D & S Hopping – Tauhei Monday 10th April 2017 Machinery 11am – Cows 12 noon 132 XBD In-Milk Cows IC to LIC Bull of the day – tailed with Jsy Bull Various Farm Machinery for sale

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For further enquiries please phone Malcolm Coombe 027 432 6104

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PRELIMINARY NOTICE

A man takes his Heading dog to the vet. “My dog is cross eyed. Is there anything you can do for him?” “Well, says the vet, let’s have a look at him.” So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says “I’m going to have to put him down.” “What” says the man, “because he’s crosseyed?” “No, because he’s really heavy,” replied the vet.

PETER M of GLENWOOD

On Farm Dairy Auction

Long-term GRAZING contracts available for heifers

Enquiries: Glenn Tasker 027 477 7345

GLENWOOD PRINCIPAL SIRE:

45 Fr/FrX hfrs 3 weeks AB tailed Jsy BW92 PW96 DTC 1/8 $1650. Brad Bell 027 696 1937

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Contact Nigel Ramsden DDI: 06 323 0761 0800 85 25 80 livestock@nzx.com

64 Fr hfrs BW113 PW126 DTC 25/8 HfdX Well grown $1600. Paul Kane 027 286 9279

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8 rising 2-year Angus bulls Taieri A & P Showgrounds 18 May 2017 at 2 pm

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96 Mixed Breed hfrs BW84 PW88 DTC 20/7 To Jsy $1600. Ron Weston 027 493 2752

netics & potential to be one of eading suppliers of Genetics to ry for years to come. Full details

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Grain & Feed Last year

6.00

6.10

AS OF 23/02/2017

AS OF 23/03/2017

WMP GDT PRICES AND NZX FUTURES

327

350

NI mutton (20kg)

3.50

3.30

2.50

302

304

SI lamb (17kg)

5.40

4.65

Feed Barley

307

289

SI mutton (20kg)

3.45

3.40

2.25

196

Export markets (NZ$/kg) 8.14

8.13

7.18

238

240

UK CKT lamb leg

Maize Grain

375

351

PKE

241

238

189

6.5 6.0 5.5

Last week

Prior week

Last year

Wheat - Nearest

221

228

254

Corn - Nearest

201

210

217

5.0

CBOT futures (NZ$/t)

4.5

3500

APW Wheat

332

326

358

3000

ASW Wheat

316

310

342

2500

Feed Wheat

308

299

302

Feed Barley

276

259

310

PKE (US$/t)

Feb 17 May 17 NZX WMP Futures

North Island 17kg lamb 7.0

INTERNATIONAL

4000

1500 May 16 Aug 16 Nov 16 C2 Fonterra WMP

4.80

302

Australia (NZ$/t)

2000

5.45

333

* Domestic grain prices are grower bids delivered to the nearest store or mill. PKE and fertiliser prices are ex-store. Australian prices are landed in Auckland.

What are the AgriHQ Milk Prices? The AgriHQ Seasonal milk price is calculated using GDT results and NZX Dairy Futures to give a full season price. The AgriHQ Spot milk price is an indicative price based solely on the prices from the most recent GDT event. To try this using your own figures go to www.agrihq.co.nz/toolbox

Ex-Malaysia

South Island 1 7kg lamb

6.5 6.0

NZ venison 60kg stag

6005.5 5005.0 4004.5 300

4.0 Oct Oct

Dec

Feb

5‐yr ave NZX DAIRY FUTURES (US$/T) Nearby contract

Prior week

vs 4 weeks ago

WMP

2880

2700

3125

SMP

1950

2030

AMF

5700

Butter

4650

Last week

Prior week

Last year

Prior week

Last year

2480

Urea

507

505

6.65

8.95

5500

5520

Super

317

330

35 micron

4.10

4.13

5.80

4430

4500

DAP

840

39 micron

4.15

4.00

5.80

739

CANTERBURY FEED PRICES

$/kg

c/k kg (net)

US$/t

5.5

Jul

Aug

Sep

4 weeks ago

Mar 14

Mar 15

Mar 16

Feed barley

Mar 17

PKE spot

7063

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

6927

Wool prices climb THURSDAY’S Christchurch wool sales improved as the day went on, with closing prices on good lines being about 10c/kg clean higher than the opening. The market was now being helped by reduced volumes as auctions dropped down to one a week and buyers looked to take up what was available, New Zealand Wool Services International marketing manager Malcolm Ching said. Most good wools were from 1% to 4% dearer than the previous Christchurch

sales, with poor lines being from 1% to 5% cheaper. Better full fleece 12-month 37 micron wool was at $4.15/kg clean, with poorer lines well back at $3.40 clean. Good colour second shear 37 micron of 3 to 4 inches was at $4.05 clean. For lamb wool, 30 micron 2 to 4 inches was at $4.35 clean and 31.5 micron of the same length was $3.80 clean. The main buying was from NZ, Australia, China and Western Europe. – Alan Williams

Company Auckland International Airport Limited

400 3.5 300

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Dec

Feb

Apr

Last yr

Jun

Aug

This yr

Dollar Watch

YTD High

YTD Low

6.82

7.43

6.31

Meridian Energy Limited

2.81

2.84

2.57

Spark New Zealand Limited Fletcher Building Limited Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd Mercury NZ Limited (NS) Ryman Healthcare Limited Contact Energy Limited Vector Limited Port of Tauranga Limited (NS)

3.39 7.92 9.45 3.15 8.35 4.93 3.21 4.27

3.71 10.86 9.90 3.18 9.05 5.02 3.30 4.52

3.32 7.85 8.50 2.94 8.12 4.65 3.15 3.86

Listed Agri Shares

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500

5‐yr ave

Top 10 by Market Cap S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

NZ venison 60kg stag

600

NZ$/t Jun

150 Mar 13

35 micron wool price

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250

11774

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6.65

350

10072

Aug

Last week

3000

S&P/FW AG EQUITY

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Aug

29 micron

450

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Jun

(NZ$/kg)

3500

Latest price

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NZ average (NZ$/t)

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

May

Apr

WOOL

* price as at close of business on Thursday

Apr

FERTILISER

Last price*

2500

Last year

5.60

Feed Wheat

Waikato (NZ$/t)

Feb 17 AgriHQ Seasonal

Last week Prior week

NI lamb (17kg)

Milling Wheat

PKE

Oct 16 Dec 16 AgriHQ Spot Fonterra forecast

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

$/kg

$/kgMS

Prior week

Canterbury (NZ$/t)

MILK PRICE COMPARISON

US$/t

Last week

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FONTERRA 2016-17

8 7 6 5 4 3 Aug 16

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DOMESTIC

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Sheep

c/kkg (net)

Dairy

5pm, close of market, Thursday

Company

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YTD Low

The a2 Milk Company Limited

2.840

2.870

2.060

Cavalier Corporation Limited

0.570

0.810

0.550

Comvita Limited

8.210

8.300

6.000

Delegat Group Limited

6.300

6.700

5.650

Foley Family Wines Limited

1.360

1.500

1.360

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

6.170

6.400

5.990

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

2.600

2.610

2.550

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

1.310

1.420

1.220

PGG Wrightson Limited

0.540

0.550

0.490

Sanford Limited (NS)

7.250

7.750

6.700

Scales Corporation Limited

3.430

3.650

3.320

Seeka Limited

5.400

4.300

Tegel Group Holdings Limited

1.180

1.460

1.150

S&P/FW Primary Sector

10072

9307

S&P/FW Agriculture Equity

11774

10899

S&P/NZX 50 Index

7063

7195

6971

S&P/NZX 10 Index

6927

7254

6927

ACTION on the secondary This Prior Last NZD vs crosses has highlighted week week year currency moves over the USD 0.7035 0.6977 0.6705 last couple of weeks, EUR 0.6522 0.6510 0.5995 helping push the tradeweighted index lower. AUD 0.9213 0.9092 0.8912 At about the 76.5 level, GBP 0.5620 0.5648 0.4750 the TWI had fallen 4% since Correct as of 9am last Friday February. In its Thursday statement, the Reserve Bank said that was encouraging but further depreciation was needed to achieve more balanced growth in the economy. ASB Bank institutional currency deal Tim Kelleher believes the RBNZ would like a TWI at about 73. That was a “wait and see” situation. The kiwi dollar has followed a sharp fall lower against the Aussie dollar (a commodity story) with falls also against sterling, euro and yen. The European Central Bank had talked about the end of very easy money conditions, raising the possibility of interest rate rises in the euro zone. For sterling, the market had been short, so was buying back in with stronger United Kingdom data, and the yen had risen on US dollar weakness over doubts about the Trump healthcare changes being implemented. That was important for his other policy agenda, Kelleher said. Whatever happens there, the kiwi dollar should push lower against the US dollar, which would rise on a successful legislative outcome. If he can’t get those changes through expect equity markets to unwind and for the kiwi to be pushed lower on a riskoff reaction. ASB still expects the kiwi to be about US$0.68 at year-end. Alan Williams

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WAIKATO PALM KERNEL

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NI SLAUGHTER STEER

($/T)

($/KG)

LIGHT EWE LAMBS AT MATAWHERO

($/KG)

($/HD)

4.15

241

5.60

Cattle & Deer Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

5.60

5.50

5.30

NI Bull (300kg)

5.60

5.40

5.25

NI Cow (200kg)

4.50

4.10

SI Steer (300kg)

5.30

5.40

5.20

SI Bull (300kg)

5.00

4.80

SI Cow (200kg)

4.15

4.20

3.55

US imported 95CL bull

7.16

6.79

US domestic 90CL cow

6.79

6.82

7.16

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

North Island steer (300kg)

6.5

$/kg

6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 South Island steer (300kg) 6.0 5.5

NZ venison 60kg stag

c/k kg (net)

$/kg

600 5.0 500 4.5 400 4.0

300 3.5

Oct Oct

Dec Dec

Feb Feb

5‐yr ave

Apr Apr

Jun Jun

Last yr

Aug Aug This yr

VENISON Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Last week Prior week

Last year

NI Stag (60kg)

8.10

7.35

NI Hind (50kg)

8.00

7.25

SI Stag (60kg)

8.40

8.30

7.35

SI Hind (50kg)

8.30

8.20

7.25

New Zealand venison (60kg Stag)

9.5 8.5 $/kg

NZ venison 60kg stag

c/k kg (net)

600 7.5 500

6.5 400

300

5.5Oct

Oct

Dec Dec 5‐yr ave

Feb Feb

Apr Apr Last yr

$89-$96

$1000-$1120

Light to medium male lambs at Stortford Lodge

Traditional weaner steers, 250-280kg, at the West Otago calf sale

Cull cows starting to flow

BEEF Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

high lights

Jun Jun

Aug Aug This yr

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HILE cull dairy cows are starting to have a bigger presence at the sale yards, numbers are still well behind other years, as farmers milk-on empty cows. The lack of numbers heading directly to the processors, and the yards, is pushing prices at auction to levels not seen before, with high-yielding types selling to $1.90-$2/kg and over $2/kg in some cases, while few lighter types are selling outside of $1.70-$1.80/kg. NORTHLAND NORTHLAND The first store cattle sale for two weeks at WELLSFORD last Monday was not without its glitches, with the power off for part of the sale, meaning that some pens were not able to be weighed. Those that weren’t weighed included most of a consignment of 190 15-month Friesian heifers, but they still sold to high demand, with good results posted. The lightest line at 218kg, sold for $2.75/kg, with the heavier lines trading at $705-$890. A good sized yarding of R3 steers saw one line of Hereford-cross, 342kg, sell to $3.22/kg, while most other lines fetched $2.87-$2.98/kg. Most of the R2 steers were 15-month, and came forward in small lines up to 8 head, but prices reflected strong demand. Beef-cross, 230-350kg, sold for $890$1065, with most prices up to $3.67$3.87/kg. Friesian bulls, 224-277kg, returned $840-$920, with one line of weaner bulls, 116kg, earning $570. There was a surprisingly big number of weaner heifers offered, despite the fair held the previous Monday. The mainly dairy-beef line up sold well, though not up to fair levels, with Hereford-cross, 100-107kg, making $468-$500, and Hereford-Friesian, 129-185kg, $580-$710. AUCKLAND AUCKLAND Cattle and buyers converged on PUKEKOHE saleyards on Saturday 18th March, with a very successful sale resulting. The top prime steers sold to $2,010, $2.85/kg, with 629kg earning $2.81/kg. Heifer prices

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pushed past the steers, and 524kg returned $2.91/kg, and 503kg, $2.80/ kg. Bull prices were also strong for lighter conditioned crossbred, with 380-415kg making $2.47-$2.60/ kg. The top end of the beef cows, 474kg, sold very well at $2.33/kg, while lighter boners, 403kg, returned $1.65/kg. The store section was well followed, with all classes selling to strong demand. Medium 2-year steers, 383-449kg, returned $2.71$2.86/kg, with Friesian, 350-362kg, at $2.70-$2.77/kg. R2 Hereford-Friesian, 345kg, fetched $1100, $3.18/kg. Heifer numbers were limited, which heightened demand, and good 2-year, 387-429kg, sold for $2.81-$2.83/kg. The weaner section included autumn-born steers, 260kg, which sold for $910, $3.50/kg, while their sisters, 258kg, made $800, $3.10/kg. In the younger weaner pens, steers, 121-123kg, made $600-$660, and crossbred, 114-140kg, $420-$590. Heifers proved popular, and 144153kg, returned $530-$690, with

smaller types, 114-123kg, made $440$492. COUNTIES COUNTIES Last week’s store cattle sale at TUAKAU drew a large yarding. About 900 steers, heifers and bulls were on offer on Thursday, Keith West of Carrfields Livestock reported. The market for R2 steers eased 4-5c/kg, but weaner steers lifted $30-$50. The steer offering included a small number of heavier Hereford-Friesian, 498-531kg, which traded at $2.80$2.90/kg. The best of the 18-month and R2 steers, 426-458kg, sold at $2.84-$2.90/kg, with lighter lots, 320380kg, earning $2.80-$3.20/kg. The weaner steer market was strong. Good steers, 240-280kg, made $800-$950, and medium, 160-200kg, $680-$750. Lighter weaners, 120150kg, also made good money at $610-$680. A small entry of Friesian bulls, 170-

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30 THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – March 27, 2017 for the same breed were firm as 355-401kg made $2.65-$2.77/ kg, with a small offering of R3, 407-495kg returning $2.81-$2.87/ kg. A consignment of Friesian bulls were fought over, and two big lines at 321kg and 377kg sold for $3.26/kg and $3.14/kg respectively, though a heavy line at 502kg was off the pace at $2.65/ kg. A good sized yarding of weaner heifers sold to strong demand, with Angus & Angus-Hereford, 135-171kg, earning $545-$690, $4.04/kg, while 10 Angus, 208kg, returned $760.Boner cows have been slow to come out, and buyers took advantage while a decent number of 126 were on offer. Prices improved, with top Friesian, and Friesian & Friesian-cross lines making $1.79-$1.89/kg, and second cuts, $1.66-$1.71/kg.

200kg, fetched $760-$800, and 155kg, $670. The heifer market was steady to firm and the better R2 lots, 350-420kg, traded at $2.75-$2.85/ kg. Medium types, 335-360kg, earned a comparable rate, making $975-$1020. Top weaner heifers, 230-270kg, sold at $750-$800, and light-medium lots, 160-210kg, $585-$715. A yarding of 250-300 head was presented last Wednesday and steer prices were firm. The heavier lots traded at $2.83-$2.90/ kg, medium $2.76-$2.82/kg and lighter $2.50-$2.66/kg. The heifer market lifted slightly, and heavy types made $2.77-$2.86/kg, and medium $2.67-$2.76/kg. Lighter dairy-type heifers earned $2.25$2.33/kg, and beef cows $2.10$2.26/kg. Heavy Friesian cows returned $1.94-$2.06/kg, medium $1.82-$1.92/kg, and lighter boners $1.54-$1.72/kg. A handful of heavy bulls fetched $2.70-$2.82/kg. Around 2000 ewes and lambs were on offer at last Monday’s sheep sale, and the market was mainly steady. Heavy prime lambs traded at $128-$139, medium $118-$127 and lighter, $100-$116. Store lambs fetched $59-$82, while heavy ewes made $81-$90, and medium $66-$75.

WAIKATO Store cattle numbers jumped up to 1220 at FRANKTON last Wednesday. Over 350 R2 steers featured, and Angus-Hereford, 360-415kg, sold for $3.00-$3.14/ kg, with Charolais, 428-448kg, at $2.97-$3.04/kg, and Herefordcross, 438-474kg, returned $2.81-$2.89/kg. There was few Hereford-Friesian on offer, but Angus-Friesian, 382-401kg, returned $3.07-$3.10/kg, and Friesian, and Friesian-cross, 415-444kg, $2.73-$2.81/kg. R2 heifer’s also cracked 300 head, and prices reflected strong demand for the better types, which encompassed most of the section. Angus-Hereford, 352-478kg, sold for $2.83-$2.91/kg, while a line of 12 Angus, 352kg, fetched $3.04/kg. Hereford-Friesian sold in two main price bands, with

BAY OF PLENTY BAY OF PLENTY Specially advertised R2 steers, and Friesian bulls drew a much bigger crowd to RANGIURU last Tuesday. Well-presented R2 Simmental-cross steers featured, and at 428-504kg, sold for $1270$1470, $2.87-$2.95/kg. HerefordFriesian also sold well, with 350-396kg returning $3.13-$3.30/ kg, while in the heifer pens, prices

heavier types, 473-503kg, making $2.77-$2.82/kg, and 315-354kg, $2.90-$2.92/kg. With the R2 bulls selling towards the end of the day, prices worked more in the buyer’s favour, with most Friesian, 329-403kg, trading at $2.77-$2.89/ kg, while two heavier lines, 426470kg, returned $2.92-$2.97/kg. Hereford-Friesian weaner heifers, 126-170kg, sold well at $500-$662, and Friesian bulls, 145-248kg, $640-$820. Boner dairy cows, 391511kg, returned $1.63-$1.73/kg. While throughput numbers were moderate, every pen at TAUPO last Thursday was used, with very few lines of more than 10 head offered. The better R3 steers and heifers sold to recent market levels at $2.80-$2.89/kg and $2.84-$2.85/kg, while R2 HerefordFriesian steers, 365-381kg, sold for $3.19-$3.29/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers also met strong demand, and 328-388kg sold for $1000$1115, with the lighter end trading at $3.05-$3.11/kg. Beef heifers, 313-376kg, returned $2.94-$2.99/ kg. R2 bull lines were small, but a line of 15 Friesian, 423kg, stood out, selling for $2.91/kg. Beef cows traded at $2.15-$2.37/kg, while two lines of cows with calves-atfoot returned $1180-$1220.Two big lines of weaner Friesian bulls, 197-225kg, sold exceptionally well, making $755-$865, $3.84-$3.93/kg, while weaner heifers were more buyable, with Hereford-Friesian, 121-128kg, earning $400-$450.

TARANAKI TARANAKI A further 600 cattle were offered at STRATFORD last week. Tuesday’s sale offered up a good yarding of dairy cows. Most cows sold for $1.70-$2.00/kg, with these younger types earning $800$950, with some up to $2.20/ kg. A small offering of beef 9THFRIESIAN ANNUAL QUALITY TOP IN-MILK HERD cows made $2.00-$2.15/kg. A IN-MILK AUCTION AND HEIFERS AUCTION larger than expected yarding of cattle came forward last A/C: McSweeney FINCH CONTRACTING A/C: Holdings Ltd Wednesday. R3 steers eased Thursday 22 September 2016 at 11.30am 972 Paterangi Road, Te Awamutu DATE: Friday 7 April 2017 5-10c/kg in response to a Address: 591 Mangatutu Road, Te Awamutu Comprising of: 180 Fsn & FsnX in-milk cows – BW 98/45, PW 150/68, LW 158, R/a 97% lesser quality line up, with D/N: PLUS74632 Service Bulls - 12 PB 2yr Simmental bulls most making around $2.78/ A complete herd11.00am of mixed age dairy cows in very good condition, showing excellent dairy type. All START TIME: cows are in-milk, herd tested and commenced calving early May 2016. kg. R2 steers, 310-365kg, This in-milk herdOF: was mated and calved from May onwards. BVD tested clear milk result. TB C10, COMPRISING sold well at $3.00-$3.30/kg, EBL free, Herringbone shed, producing 22 litres per day on average. All cows are sound in all • quarters 140 CRV bred Friesian – NZMI 71, (national herd avge NZMI 42) and after auction date, the farm is replanted in maize. while heifers also had a good • 42 Capital Friesian in-calf heifers – NZMI 97 day, with prices holding Contact Farm Source Livestock Agent: Ben Deroles 027 702 4196 HERD/HEIFER DETAILS: at $2.70-$2.75/kg. Weaner • Bred 26 years to Nom Ambreed/CRV sires numbers were low, but DOUBLE FARM SOURCE REWARD DOLLARS • HerdEARN calv 19/07/17 to 5 weeks Nom sires, tailed Purebred Hereford bull out 4 Jan featured 30 Friesian bulls, For every purchase of livestock at any Farm Source Livestock on-farm auction during Sept and Oct 2016* • Many prominent sires used Firenze, Favours, Overdrive, Philosopher, cows 214kg, at $850. 0% INTEREST ON SERVICE BULLS – ASK US NOW progeny tested

• 425kg MS primarily grass, System 2 practise, rolling farm • Heifers calv from 19 July to Jersey, bulls out 13 December. Outstanding weights • TB C10, Lepto vac, BVD clear and all young stock vaccinated • This is a closed herd only one code AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This is a great opportunity to purchase Friesian cows/heifers, well farmed and in great order. This herd is owner operated with breeding emphasis on udders, feet and capacity. Production achieved 425MS but these cows have great capacity for high levels with great inputs. Our vendors are particular in their breeding programmes and have developed a very good, stylish, hard working dairy cow. Eric and Andrea have sold their dairy farm hence the auction of their livestock. PAYMENT TERMS: 1 June 2017. Grazing will be available to those without access to farms until 01/06/17 by prior arrangement. DELIVERY TERMS: Cows available immediately after auction unless arrangements have been made for farmers without access to farms. LK0086788©

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POVERTY BAY POVERTY BAY The largest yarding of store lambs since May last year did little to deter prices at MATAWHERO. Local buyers mixed with a little Hawke’s Bay presence easily soaked up the numbers, with the appetite for store lambs so firm that prices lifted at least $5. Longer-term lambs were especially well sought after, as medium males mainly made $95.50-$100.50 and even lighter types were $81-$89. Heavy males made $100-$108. Ewe lambs sold to near the same level as their brothers. Heavier-tomedium types were $94.50$105, with light-to-medium lines at $85-$91.50. One very large line of light ewe lambs stood out at $90. HAWKE’S BAY HAWKE’S BAY One of the busiest days

at STORTFORD LODGE last Wednesday saw nearly 990 cattle, and 8600 lambs on the books. Most had travelled some distance. The prime yarding are getting smaller each week however, with limited cattle coming forward, and ewe numbers also dropping. Just two heifers made up the prime cattle section, with HerefordFriesian 485kg, making $2.57/kg, and an Angus-Hereford, 430kg, at $2.31/kg While sheep numbers in total continue to fall, prime lamb numbers did lift, due to a consignment of 330 mixed sex from one property. These were sold in big lines at $94-$110, while 23 rams were picked up for breeding purposes at $136. Ewe numbers were low and prices very strong, with heavy types trading at $100-$104, medium-good, $85-$92, and a small light end, $76-$78. Demand from a big local buying bench drove prices up in the store lamb pens, where quality improved, with a more even yarding of lambs. The whole yarding sold for $89-$106, which included light lambs, through to heavy store types. Good to heavy lambs sold on a steady to firm market, with male lambs making $94-$106, ewes, $93-$96, and mixed sex, $93-$101. Medium and light lambs were the most expensive on a c/kg basis, as they traded at $89-$96. Registered buyer numbers reached record levels as an excellent yarding of traditional steers drew a big crowd. Of the 990 cattle offered, 705 were R2 steers, with most Angus or AngusHereford. These cattle were what the buyers had gathered for, and the top Angus, 418-473kg, sold for $1440-$1660, $3.36-$3.51/ kg, while 348-388kg returned $1160- $1410, with the better lines making $3.66-$3.76/kg, and second tier, $3.30-$3.36/ kg. Angus-Hereford, 384-451kg, fetched $3.40-$3.41/kg. Heifers also sold exceptionally well, and a line of 20 Angus, 314kg, made $1050, $3.34/kg, while Angus & Angus-Hereford, 356-412kg, returned $3.12-$3.18/kg. Specially advertised empty Angus & AngusHereford cows, 414-588kg, sold for $930-$1320, $2.24-$2.25/kg. Results from the DANNEVIRKE sheep sale last Thursday were all positive. Store lamb numbers pushed up to 3500, and all types sold on a firm market to mainly Hawke’s Bay buyers. Cryptorchids again led the charge, and traded at $86-$107, with ewe lambs earning $83-$105, with the remainder selling within those ranges also. A big yarding of 920 ewes was easily absorbed, though buyers had to work harder, with the market lifting $5. The range was $74-$125, with prices averaging out at $94. The yarding of 130 prime lambs lifted to $102-$120. MANAWATU MANAWATU RONGOTEA put up another good yarding of cattle last Wednesday, with R2 heifers, and boner cows filling most pens, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported.The ever popular Hereford-Friesian heifers, 337kg, made top dollar at $3.00/kg, while similar weighted Angus returned $2.93/kg. Heavier Hereford-Friesian, 554kg, fetched

$2.67/kg, with Friesian, 323-520kg, at similar levels of $2.63-$2.67/ kg. Crossbred, and Jersey heifers were off the pace, with Jersey, 285-345kg, easing to $2.04-$2.07/ kg. One line of R3 HerefordFriesian, 481kg, earned $2.70/kg. Male cattle numbers were limited in the R2 section, with quality mixed, and Hereford-Friesian steers, 397-435kg, were buyable at $2.74-$2.77/kg, though 18-month, 339-430kg, sold to $3.13/kg. Angus bulls, 545-627kg, sold well at $2.71-$2.77/kg, and 15-month Friesian, 310kg, returned $2.58/ kg. Weaner cattle were keenly contested, and Angus steers, 166kg, made $680, and Anguscross, 132-140kg, $500-$515. Hereford-Friesian, 110-260kg, traded at $550-$770, with heifers of similar breeding, 110-171kg, making $460-$670, and Friesian and Jersey, 142-145kg, $360$460. Bulls proved popular, and Friesian, 125-290kg, sold for $520$900, while crossbred, 140-197kg, returned $530-$680.Boners were in demand, and sold on a firm market. Heavy lines, 595-670kg, returned $1.84-$1.86/kg, with medium types earning $1.48$1.58/kg, regardless of breed.In the small pens, calves are starting to appear, and Friesian bulls traded at $170-$340. HerefordFriesian bulls fetched $210-$335, and heifers, $160-$330. Baconers sold for $80 and weaner pigs, $60-$90, while mixed sex lambs returned $51-$74. A lift in dairy cow and prime lamb numbers resulted in a busier day at FEILDING last Monday. Prime lamb numbers came up as more vendors look to take advantage of the strong prices at auction, with just over 3800 offered. Prices remained steady for medium to heavy types at $101$125, while lighter types firmed to $75-$98. Ewe prices were steady, and good types returned $90-$108, and very heavy types, $112-$116, with just a small portion selling in the lower price range of $37-$71. A bigger number of dairy cows came forward, but extra buying power from those looking for grazers kept the market steady. Friesian, 411-571kg, sold over a tight band at $1.71-$1.80/kg, with heavier types up to $1.96-$2.05/kg. Angus and Angus-Hereford cows were chased, and made $2.13/kg. Dairy also featured in the heifer pens, and Friesian and Friesian-cross, 365-411kg, made $2.68-$2.80/kg. The bull yarding was predominantly Jersey, and at 361-500kg, returned $2.40-$2.50/ kg, while 2 Hereford, 605-780kg, made $2.80-$2.90/kg. Records were broken at the FEILDING weaner fair last Thursday, as prices exceeded last year’s results for this sale. Angus and Angus-Hereford steers lifted $80-$120 on 2016 levels, with 170220kg earning $740-$970, $4.53$4.63/kg, while heavier lines, 230-290kg, fetched $1015-$1200, $4.24-$4.34/kg. Charolais-cross sold on a steady market, with 240398kg earning $910-$1130, $3.83$4.00/kg. Heavy Angus-Hereford heifers lifted significantly, and at 235-240kg, sold for $895-$910, $3.79-$3.88/kg, while Charolaiscross, 220-260kg, came up $110$140 to $820-$950, $3.63-$3.77/ kg. A larger number of the exotic heifers had more weight than last

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year, with 270-310kg earning $965$1080, and Simmental-cross, 227-260kg, lifted $80 to $845-$950. Bull numbers came up on the 2016 fair, and so too did prices, with Hereford, 188-223kg, up $105-$145 to $860-$1005, while Simmentalcross, 244-309kg lifted $40-$95 to $1025-$1215, with most around $4/kg. Friday’s store sale offered plenty to choose from. The lamb market started firmly and then lifted as it progressed with, as often happens, second cuts giving the tops a nudge. Top money for this sale was $113 for 206 cryptorchids which was $2.50 below last week’s top but the lambs were 4kg lighter. Most of the better male lambs made $100 with ease and the best of the ewe lambs, which offered a breeding option, sold for $110. Even with a slight discount to the males, the ewe lambs firmed in line with the market. Two-tooths: $84-$118; Lambs: heavy, $95.50-$113; medium, $94.50-$110; light, $88-$102. Another large offering of eighteen month steers and Friesian bulls was put up for the cattle auction. Steer prices were again firm to lifting, ranging from 9 bullocks at $2015, $3.00/kg, to 10 rising three year steers at $1870, $3.11/kg, and 12 rising two year steers at $1600, $3.23/kg as an indication of the best steers. The older Friesian bulls were more steady with a slightly broader per kilo selling range and sold up to $1415, $2.87/kg for 11 eighteen month Friesians. The weaner bulls firmed, however, and sold up to $855 for a couple of pens. The heifers were firm on a much larger entry of nearly 500. Good Angus-Hereford eighteen month heifers sold for $1335, $2.98/kg, closely followed by 18 Charolais cross heifers at $1308, $3.24/kg. A handful of young heifers sold firmly to close the sale. Steers; 3yr, 671 kg, $2015, $3.00/ kg; R3, 500-601 kg, $1510-$1870, $3.01-$3.11/kg; R2, 277-494 kg, $1050-$1600, $2.97-$3.79/kg; R1, 114-287 kg, $500-$1005, $3.50$4.43/kg; Bulls; R2, 358-493 kg, $940-$1415, $2.62-$3.63/kg; R1, 131-217 kg, $580-$855, $3.27$4.80/kg; Heifers; R2, 254-447 kg, $885-$1335, $2.74-$3.50/kg; R1, 82-222 kg, $320-$545, $3.78-$4.04/ kg.

THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – March 27, 2017 MARLBOROUGH MARLBOROUGH The BLENHEIM sale yards started their calf fair season well, with 1000 calves selling to strong demand, and resulting in very good prices, PGG Wrightson agent Pete Barnes reported. Of the 1000 offered, around 600 were steers, with the remainder heifers, and 80% of the yarding were Angus and Angus-Hereford, with the balance made up of straight Hereford, and exotic-cross. The steers mainly weighed 215-270kg, and averaged $4.03/kg, with a number of lines selling in excess of $1000. The top price was $1210 for a small line of 246kg South Devoncross, which sold above market value at $4.91/kg. The remainder of the yarding were heifers, and the market did not falter, with most 190-270kg and trading at $560-$850, though a line of 251kg returned $910, and Charolais, 297kg, $1010. CANTERBURY CANTERBURY Outside the day had a wintry feel to it at CANTERBURY PARK last Tuesday. A good quality line up of 2300 store lambs sold to good demand, though light to medium types could not maintain the high prices set the previous week. Light mixed sex sold for $62-$78, with medium types earning $77$86, and heavy, $81-$90. A small offering of male lambs were largely good types, and sold for $84-$94. Those in the prime market had a battle on their hands to secure lines, and while prime lambs seem to have reached a limit at $90-$129, the ewe prices climbed. The market lifted $3-$5 across all types, with heavy ewes making $98-$138, medium $84-$96, and lighter types, $58-$82.Local trade buyers pushed the heifer market along, and made it the highlight of a small prime sale. All heifers with condition were chased, and regardless of breed made $2.79$2.84/kg for 420-625kg, with most other lines making $2.70-$2.84/ kg. The steer pens had a mix of quality, with 90% of the yarding beef-Friesian, and heavy lines prices reflected the lack of straight beef, with top lines in the 475715kg range earning $2.85-$2.97/ kg, and second cuts, $2.77- $2.88/ kg. Bull and cow numbers were low, with most of the bulls weighing in at 440-515kg, and selling for $2.58-$2.66/kg, while all cows sold at $2.00-$2.29/kg.

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SOUTH CANTERBURY SOUTH CANTERBURY Vendors were the winners again at TEMUKA last week. Store lambs numbered 2800, and buyers were hard pressed to purchase anything under $70. Lambs came out of Mid Canterbury and the line-up included heavy ewe lambs at $85-$91, with similar males earning $93-$95. Light mixed sex traded at $78-$84, with medium to good earning $81-$90.Demand for prime lambs continued to be strong, and prices firm at $87$129. The top ewes sold exceptionally well, with very heavy types up to $133-$167, medium $80-$99, and light, $60-$78. One good line of breeding ewes returned $121.The prime steer and heifer sections lacked some of the quality seen of late, but those that had it sold to recent levels, with Angus steers, 400-584kg, making $2.81-$2.90/ kg, while most other lines sold for $2.77-$2.88/kg. A big yarding of Hereford-Friesian heifers, 414-585kg, fetched $2.75-$2.80/ kg, while Hereford, 413-498kg, returned $2.80-$2.82/kg. Friesian heifers were steady, and 378-464kg made $2.32-$2.46/kg. Beef cows sold exceptionally well, with Angus, 591-694kg, trading at $2.19-$2.26/kg, bettered only by Hereford, 605-620kg, at $2.26$2.31/kg. Friesian results were mixed, though still strong, and very heavy Friesian, 600-630kg, made $1.90-$1.99/kg, while 539585kg returned $1.76-$1.84/kg. The R2 steer and heifer pens were under the spotlight, and included good quality beef lines, which had bids flying. All quality R2 steers, 450kg and under, sold in excess of $3/kg, regardless of breed, with the highlight being Hereford-Friesian, 393-422kg, at $3.16-$3.20kg, while smaller lines of Angus and Angus-Hereford, sold to $3.24-$3.37/kg. Traditional heifer prices also reached similar levels, with a large number trading at $1000-$1400. Angus, 347-398kg, made $3.14/kg, and Angus-Hereford, 343-439kg, $3.01-$3.11/kg, while Hereford, 383kg, returned $3.24/kg, and the top lines of a consignment of Gelbvieh-Angus, 400-436kg, made $3.20-$3.26/kg. Two lines of R2 Friesian bulls, 446-507kg, were buyable at $2.53-$2.60/kg. Calf prices were very strong, and the better steers sold for $600-$735, with most making $3.70-$4.00/kg.

Small lines of Hereford-Friesian heifers, 129-165kg, made $520$650, with Charolais-Friesian, 120kg, cracking $5/kg when they sold for $605. OTAGO OTAGO Breeding cows featured at BALCLUTHA last Wednesday, and along with a good yarding of store lambs, sold to strong demand, PGG Wrightson agent Emmett Sparrow reported. A lift in the store lamb market resulted from a boost in demand, with heavy lambs up $6-$7 to $90-$95, while medium and light lambs lifted $10 to $80-$86 and $70-$77. Two-tooth breeding ewes fetched $150, and 1-year ewes, $100.Prime lamb prices were steady, with heavy types earning $112-$120, medium $102-$108, and lighter, $90-$97. Heavy ewes sold well, with prices firm at $120-$127, though a lesser quality line up of medium and light ewes saw prices ease. Medium types returned $92-$104, and light, $74-$87. Two-tooth rams sold for $70-$80.Breeding cows were keenly contested, and 2nd calving Angus-Friesian, 408kg made $1620, with 4th calving Angus-Hereford, 590kg, at $1500, and mixed age Hereford-Friesian, 560kg, $1360. SOUTHLAND SOUTHLAND Demand for prime cattle and lambs was unwavering at LORNEVILLE last Tuesday, with prices steady to firm on the previous week’s good results. Prices for a medium yarding of store lambs was a carbon copy of the previous week, with top lines earning $72-$80, medium $64$70, and light, $50-$62. A small tail end sold for $25-$35. Strong demand for prime lambs saw heavy lines firm to $110-$125, and medium and light lines stay steady at $92-$107, and $81-$90. Ewe prices however varied, and while the heavy lines held their value at $100-$137, medium and light lines softened to $70-$98, and $43-$64. Rams traded at $30-$90, dependent on size.The cattle pens were busy, with a large yarding of prime cattle offered, and the store pens mainly consisting of calves. A few older cattle did make the journey, and R2 Hereford-cross steers, 444kg, sold for $2.74/kg, with heifers of same breeding, 400kg, at $2.75/kg. Friesian steers, 389kg, made $2.33/kg. In the calf

pens, beef-cross bulls, 240kg, returned $800, and 130-170kg, $450-$500. Beef-cross heifers, 200kg, sold for $600-$700, and 130kg, $440-$500. Prime steers, 480kg plus, sold on a steady market at $2.60-$2.70/kg, while beef-cross heifers, 480kg plus, firmed to make the same values. Medium types, 400-450kg, traded at $2.50-$2.60/kg, with dairy, 370kg plus at $2.30-$2.50/kg, and 330-370kg, $2.10-$2.30/kg. Heavy bulls, 500kg plus, traded at $2.60/ kg, and 400-450kg, $2.40-$2.50/ kg. Cow prices continued to reflect strong demand, and the top lines, 500kg plus, made $1.90-$2.10/kg, with medium types at $1.70-$1.80/ kg, and light, $1.60-$1.70/kg. Quality store cattle and lambs drew a good crowd to COALGATE last Thursday. Specially advertised store lambs pushed numbers up to 3350, with most forward types. The market firmed, with $72-$92 the range, though $86-$91 covered the majority. Prime lamb prices firmed to $90-$119 for an offering of 1300, while buyers had to be competitive on a small offering of ewes, which resulted in a firm market at $80-$109, with a small light end earning $30-$75. Capital stock Corriedale breeding ewes sold exceptionally well at $152. Prime cow prices firmed, with the yarding of just over 100 still not enough for orders. Most were dairy, with a few beef cows selling to $2.14-$2.20/kg. The better dairy lines made $1.86-$2.04/kg, and lighter, $1.70-$1.85/kg. Heavy, high yielding steers sold to $2.86-$2.90/kg, and second cuts, $2.78-$2.84/kg. The better heifers, 460-594kg, made $2.80$2.89/kg, though the yarding had a big dairy influence, with 378460kg trading at $2.28-$2.39/kg. One of the best yardings of store cattle seen for some time met a very keen buying bench. R2 Angus steers were lighter types, and at 233-276kg, made $3.33-$3.35/kg, while heifers, 232280kg, fetched $700-$865, with most at $3.02-$3.09/kg. Charolaiscross heifers, 368-401kg, sold to high demand to make $3.32$3.42/kg, while pure Limousin bulls were offered in 5 small lines, and at 473-593kg, made $1476$1987. Of note in a small weaner offering was 23 Angus-Hereford heifers, 235-293kg, which returned $730-$915.

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R2 Angus steers, 360-365kg, at Stortford Lodge

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VERY slight tick-up in United States beef prices has followed the Brazilian “tainted meat” scandal but there’s been no over-reaction by importing countries to force them to race away, Greenlea Premier Meats managing director Tony Egan says. “There’s a lot of uncertainty, even in Brazil, but our understanding is that there are very few beef plants implicated, perhaps only one. “We don’t think there are blanket bans imposed but just on the plants involved.” There hadn’t been any disturbance of international markets so far but more would become clear in the next week or so, he said. Reports so far indicated the issue might involve mainly poultry, with accusations that Government meat inspectors were bribed by some operators to approve meat that was past its use-by date. Brazil had become the biggest beef exporter to China since being allowed back into the market in 2015. International reports said other world importer markets were worried about prices being pushed up significantly if China needed to find alternative supplies to those coming from Brazil. The United States was New Zealand’s major beef market. Brazil has recently been

Susan Kilsby AgriHQ Analyst

CAUGHT: Brazilian police investigating the tainted meat scandal have arrested people at meat packing companies.

We don’t think there are blanket bans imposed but just on the plants involved.

allowed to resume exports to the US but its volumes last year were less than 1000 tonnes, Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie said. That meant it was not yet an important competitor and if the US responded to

the scandal by increasing inspection regulations, that would put up the cost of Brazilian shipments, making them less attractive to customers. Brazil did not export beef to important NZ markets such as South Korean and Japan. It sent chicken products to South Korea and a ban imposed initially on that trade had since been lifted. NZ had an important 1300 tonne quota into Europe for high-quality beef and that wasn’t challenged by Brazilian exports. With tight supply levels,

NZ easily sold all its beef production and was not in a position to open up its stores and send more overseas if a market like China closed its ports to other exporters, Ritchie said. However, the market price profile would change, allowing exporters to redirect supply to where the best prices could be achieved. In a report last week, Westpac Bank said increasing US beef production meant it could be the country to benefit if other markets were looking to replace Brazilian supply.

DAIRY markets are once again shooting up and down and providing some surprises along the way. The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction results provided a pleasant surprise with prices tracking back up

again. There was nearly 10% more whole milk powder (WMP) available at the March 21 event than at the previous event, so it was surprising to see all of that product sell and there be sufficient competition between buyers to push prices higher. Low prices do tend to stimulate demand, which might be what happened at the latest GDT auction, or there might have been a few buyers who were short of product and therefore needed to make purchases. There is not a lot of WMP available. New Zealand supplies most of the WMP that is traded globally and we are coming to the end of our production season. But it certainly isn’t a given that there will be strong buyer demand at the next auction. Fonterra has lifted its milk collection expectations for the season to 1515 million kg milksolids (MS) – 3% less than was collected last season. But Fonterra has advised that has already been factored into its GDT forecast offerings. A few weeks ago Fonterra increased the volume of product it planned to offer to buyers via GDT. Therefore, the higher milk expectations are less likely to negatively affect prices. The general lift in the dairy markets over the past week has resulted in the AgriHQ milk price forecast for the current season lifting to $6.10/kg MS. Milk price futures have crept back up with trades occurring on Friday morning at $6/kg MS. This price is aligned with Fonterra’s milk price forecast. susan.kilsby@nzx.com

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CHANGING: Demand for finishing farms means some second and third tier dairy farms are being bought for beef production.

Move from dairy to beef emerges

Alan Williams alan.williams@nzx.com

HERE are early signs of a potential shift in land use from dairying to beef finishing in some areas. It was emerging first in Manawatu-Wanganui region where beef farmers were starting to focus on second and third tier dairy farms as a way of expanding their operations. “It’s just starting and there’s potential for it further north as well,” Real Estate Institute rural spokesman Brian Peacocke said. Leading quality dairy farms continued to sell strongly through the sector downturn but the market was more challenging for second and third tier farms, likely to be located on hillier terrain and further away from processing plants. “In some of these areas we can’t get buyers for them but there are buyers for beef finishing farms which could also be used for dairy support, so we might see some mothballing of dairy farm

assets, such as the milking plant.” That wouldn’t necessarily mean a significant fall in capital values because in some areas the values of good finishing and arable farms were just about as strong as the lower tier dairy units. There was also scope for change on steeper contour dairy farms under the Healthy Rivers regulatory changes, Peacocke said. “Dairy herds being grazed intensively and being moved every day for milking put much more pressures on those slopes than beef cattle would.” Institute figures showed a 19% lift if the group’s dairy farm index in the year to the end of February but a 6% fall in the index for just the three months to the end of February. The year-on-year rise was likely to reflect the volumes of Waikato and Taranaki farms sold at strong prices while the more recent decline was likely to include sales in other areas where there had been reduced activity through buyers being very cautious on price and finally the vendor/buyer price gap being narrowed in their favour, Peacocke said. “The trend over the last two

years was fewer and fewer sales for those lesser properties and it could be that vendors were getting to a point where the reality of the marketplace was becoming apparent.” The farm price index made allowance for differences in farm size and location, whereas the median price per hectare didn’t. For the three months to the end of February, the median was $39,642/ha, down from $44,322 for the three months to the end of January but higher than the $36,687/ha for the February period last year. The latest three-month sales figures confirmed an easing in volumes for all farm categories, though for February alone sales for finishing and horticulture farms were higher than the previous month, Peacocke said. There was some very good kiwifruit orchard turnover during the February and the March figures would show a top Gold fruit property selling at $800,000 a canopy hectare. In the wider market “caution, uncertainty and delayed decision-making are the overriding comments relating to

the current market as the rural sector continues to grapple with volatility of income and climate and an increasing emphasis on compliance and environmental issues.” The cost of that compliance was an issue, he said.

Dairy herds being grazed intensively and being moved every day for milking put much more pressures on those slopes than beef cattle would. Brian Peacocke Real Estate Institute For finishing farms, the median price over the February threemonth period was $27,595/ ha, below January’s $28,268 but well above the $24,046/ha of the February period last year. That was a 15% year-on-year rise. Following the trend of recent

months, the price of grazing farms, which had the highest volumes of category sales, fell 21% year-on-year to $12,183/ha from $15,484. However, there was an increase of about $1000/ha between February and the preceding January period. On a regional level, drought during February had restricted supply to the market but inquiry was stepping up with the March rain. The Canterbury dairy market was quiet, with a shortage of listings. There were few North Island farmers moving south, compared to when industry expansion was in full throttle, Peacocke said. Otago had the biggest increase in sales for the third successive three-month period, again led by the turnover in finishing farms. In Southland prices held up well for a small number of good dairy farms. There were a lot of farms listed, indicating that a number would carry through to next season, Peacocke said. The dairy farm market typically slowed down from April onwards and through the winter months.

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WITH BAYLEYS COUNTRY MAGAZINE The Autumn 2017 edition is out now, featuring a selection of the best farm, horticulture and lifestyle properties for sale in New Zealand. In this edition we take a look at the exciting opportunities starting to emerge in the alternative dairy scene, with developments afoot in both sheep and goat milking. We also celebrate shearing’s contribution to rural New Zealand with its colourful, inventive and competitive history. Plus, 10 things to consider before heading down the B & B path… Your rural property search starts here…

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RURAL REAL ESTATE BRAND SHEAR HARD WORK

New Zealand was founded off the sheep’s back, and shearing is a quintessential strand in our nation’s story.

MORE MILK, LESS COW

Alternative sources of milk from sheep and goats offer up another land use option.

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AORANGI DOWNS

Albury

761 Mt Nessing Road

Deadline Sale 1pm, Thurs 4 May 2017 View by appointment

Seldom do large properties with the ability to partake in multiple agricultural opportunities come to the market. Aorangi Downs is a 527 hectare cropping, grazing and finishing property that has this ability. A four stand raised board woolshed and covered yards, an exceptional set of cattle yards complimented with a Te Pari cattle handler and scales. Adjacent to the yards are three 250 tonne silo’s to handle the 200 hectare cropping operation. Large 30m x 12m implement shed/ workshop with three phase power is a genuine feature. Stock water is supplied via the Albury water scheme (32,400 litres per day) to troughs in all paddocks. Multiple contractors using the consented rotten rock quarry give an additional income. The 300m² brick homestead built in 1997 with spectacular views over the Fairlie Basin to Fox’s Peak and beyond has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two living areas, office and large mudroom. The house has under floor heating, large Metro wood burner and a heat transfer system. With the duck season approaching the exceptional duck pond creates lots of opportunity for some play time. These vendors are excited about moving on to their next venture. This property is a must see.

Noel May

Kurt Snook

M 021 457 643 B 03 687 1227 noel.may@bayleys.co.nz

M 027 256 0449 B 03 687 1227 kurt.snook@bayleys.co.nz

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

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WAITAHOATA STATION; CONTOUR, SCALE AND LOCATION

418 Te Hau Road, Whatatutu

Superbly located in the winter warm farming community of Whatatutu, a comfortable 50km north of Gisborne, Waitahoata has a great balance of contour and scale rarely found. The farm comprises approximately 100ha of fertile river flats, steadily improved and flood proofed ensuring prime and productive land which capacitates current finishing of all progeny and circa 350 bulls to a high-quality. The remainder of the 1,199ha station is healthy hill country of mostly medium contour. Set up to achieve strong performance and ease of management, the farm benefits from a robust reticulated water system consisting of over 100 troughs drawn from a deep bore beside the picturesque Waipaoa river as well as some springs. Access throughout the farm is gained from an excellent all-weather road, as well as a comprehensive tracking system. Improvements include a substantial five bedroom homestead set in established grounds, supported by two additional three bedroom farm houses. The 5-stand Woolaway woolshed includes large covered yards, and multiple sets of satellite sheep and cattle yards are situated across the farm.

Tenders Close 4pm, 10 Reads Quay, Gisborne

View by appointment

www.bayleys.co.nz/2750365

James Macpherson

Simon Bousfield

M 021 488 018 M 027 665 8778 B 06 868 5188 B 06 868 5188 james.macpherson@bayleys.co.nz simon.bousfield@bayleys.co.nz MACPHERSON MORICE LTD, BAYLEYS LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

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Fri 28 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior)

KUPENGA; PREMIUM FARMING, THRIVING COMMUNITY

2943 Pehiri Road, Tahunga

A rare and attractive opportunity to purchase a high quality, well run breeding and finishing farm rich in recreational pleasures and versatile contour. 60km west of Gisborne in the historically summer safe farming district and thriving rural community of Tahunga, Kupenga Station is 837ha of highly versatile breeding and finishing country with an abundance of flat and easy contour. Over 6km of river frontage and wintering 8,000 quality stock units, Kupenga comprises mainly warm, sheltered hill country rising from 240m along 50ha of fertile river flats to 420m. Considerable investment has resulted in largely sound infrastructure and delivered strong performances with lambing percentages consistently over 140%. Much of the flat to easy hill country has been cropped and developed into superior grass species allowing livestock to flourish. A full range of improvements including a beautifully built and maintained five bedroom homestead set in established grounds of native and English trees, a three bedroom cottage, restored shearers quarters, and a 5stand woolshed with extensive covered yards, plus multiple sets of satellite sheep and cattle yards.

Auction (unless sold prior) 1pm, Fri 28 Apr 2017 10 Reads Quay, Gisborne

View by appointment

www.bayleys.co.nz/2750366

James Macpherson

MACPHERSON MORICE LTD, BAYLEYS LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

Kupenga is an outstanding opportunity to secure a very rare, large scale, productive breeding and finishing farm.

www.bayleys.co.nz

Simon Bousfield

M 021 488 018 M 027 665 8778 B 06 868 5188 B 06 868 5188 james.macpherson@bayleys.co.nz simon.bousfield@bayleys.co.nz

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SHEEP AND BEEF BREEDING UNIT This 205 hectare property offers endless opportunities with 1,594 stock units, good easy rolling contour and has the potential to increase with further development - an attractive proposition. The farm is subdivided into 10 paddocks plus three holding paddocks and they are all conventionally fenced. A high standard of infrastructure combined with well formed internal races is a key factor in making this property easy to run and very appealing to the

245 Page Road, Ruawai

SCALE BALANCE INFRASTRUCTURE

25 Parker Road, RD2, Matakohe

Auction 1pm,

This 320.2 hectare property has been strategically developed as a

Tender 2pm,

Fri 7 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior) 84 Walton Street, Whangarei

123,682kgMS off 180ha milking platform. Future development of the (unless sold prior)

View Thurs 30 Mar 2-3pm www.bayleys.co.nz/1020060

Catherine Stewart

new owner. There has been significant capital fertiliser applied over

M 0800 422 959 B 0800 80 20 40

130 hectares, some 420 tonnes. Water supply for the farm is

catherine.stewart@bayleys.co.nz

predominantly dams with 22 having been newly rebuilt and majority

MACKYS REAL ESTATE LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

dairy farm, with the three year average for production being

Thurs 20 Apr 2017

additional 117ha is in progress to be added to the current milking platform. Improvements include a very tidy 8 year old 40 ASHB cowshed complemented with automatic cup removers, new inflations, Tru-test walk over weighing system and brand new Dosatron. There is a newly installed in-shed feeding system, 6 x

84 Walton Street, Whangarei

View Thurs 30 Mar/ 6 Apr 2017 11am-12pm www.bayleys.co.nz/1020061

Catherine Stewart M 0800 422 959

simple shelters, x 3 stand off pads, cattle yards, converted woolshed B 0800 80 20 40 and very functional calf rearing facilities. Our instructions from the

of the dams being spring fed. There is a pristine three bedroom

Vendor are that this property is to be sold, available as a going

bungalow that has been fully renovated with gorgeous polished floor

concern. View now to appreciate how you will benefit from the current

boards. There are endless options with this fantastic property -

investment in this farm.

catherine.stewart@bayleys.co.nz MACKYS REAL ESTATE LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

phone me today to truly see the benefits of owning this farm.

PRIME LOCATION - HUGE POTENTIAL Invest the time to consider the opportunities this property has to offer. Comprising 319ha - 780 acres in nine titles and currently run as part of a long time family beef breeding and finishing unit. Very privately located central between Whangarei City and Marsden Point. Featuring extensive frontage to Whangarei Harbour with wide ranging northerly views over the harbour extending from the City to Whangarei Heads and across to Marsden Point. Plus it has multiple

Cotton Road, Ruakaka, Whangarei

PRODUCTIVE SHEEP & BEEF UNIT

Tenders Close 2pm,

An excellent opportunity to purchase a productive and well managed

Thurs 27 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior) 84 Walton Street, Whangarei

(more or less) the property has a good balance of fertile flats at the

View Sun 2-3pm

www.bayleys.co.nz/1050075

Lin Norris

Point area. Waterfront properties of this size and location are an

M 021 959 166 B 0800 80 20 40 lin.norris@bayleys.co.nz

increasingly rare commodity. Cotton Road represents a gilt-edged

Alex Smits

access points including direct access to the rapidly growing One Tree

opportunity for the prudent investor. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s significant potential for future development - concept plans are available.

M 021 273 6975 alex.smits@bayleys.co.nz MACKYS REAL ESTATE LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

1572 Tangowahine Valley Road, Dargaville

farm with great implementation. Comprised of 221.35 hectares

For Sale by Negotiation View by appointment www.bayleys.co.nz/1050064

front of the property and conditioning hills to the rear. Located in the

Stewart Ruddell

well known and sought after farming area of Tangowahine Valley the

M 027 273 6860 B 0800 80 20 40 stewart.ruddell@bayleys.co.nz

property is currently utilised as a beef and sheep block farming 2,600 stock units in the winter (approximately) along with

MACKYS REAL ESTATE LIMITED, BAYLEYS LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

supplementary calf rearing and cropping. A great fertiliser history and management practices have ensured high productivity and consistency. Farm infrastructure is strong and includes multiple sheds, yards and a woolshed. Good fencing erected on the property and ample water is supplied from a creek on the farm. A large double storey home complements the property and all of the hard work is done - donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on the chance to secure this outstanding farm!

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TRADITIONAL BEEF AND SHEEP FARM This 912 hectare property (more or less) in multiple titles offers desirable qualities for only the most discerning buyer. Currently utilised as a sheep and beef unit with supplementary cropping, the property is centrally located midway between Whangarei and Dargaville. The farm is supported by a charming original 1920s four bedroom villa and infrastructure is plentiful including woolsheds, yards, crushes and a barn along with good water supply and fencing with some central raceways. The property has approximately 100 hectares of fertile river and higher flats (which are currently growing 12 hectares of kumara) with the balance being rolling to steeper

Pukehuia Road & SH14, Tangiteroria

SO MANY TITLES, SO MANY OPTIONS

Tenders Close 2pm,

Comprising 84.4ha in nine separate titles, each with its own road

Thurs 6 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior) 84 Walton Street, Whangarei

View by appointment

www.bayleys.co.nz/1050070

Stewart Ruddell M 027 273 6860 B 0800 80 20 40 stewart.ruddell@bayleys.co.nz MACKYS REAL ESTATE LIMITED, BAYLEYS LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

access, this property will appeal to a variety of astute investors. 50ha in irrigated market gardening, with the balance flat to rolling grazing land. Situated 70kms to Auckland, and 77kms to Hamilton. Lot 1 - 2.19ha, two storey home, sleepout, 842mÂ˛ shedding Lot 2 - 15.42ha, undulating grazing land Lot 3 - 16.42ha, irrigated cropping land Lot 4 - 11.50ha, irrigated cropping with 884mÂ˛ bulk shedding Lot 5 - 12.52ha, irrigated cropping land Lot 6 - 8.01ha, grazing and covenanted native bush

Clark and Denize Road, Pukekawa

Tenders Close 2pm, Tues 11 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior) 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton

View Wed 29 Mar 11-12pm &

5th Apr 11-12pm www.bayleys.co.nz/812591

Peter Kelly M 027 432 4278 B 07 834 9575 peter.kelly@bayleys.co.nz

Karl Davis

Lot 7 - 8.89ha, irrigated croping land

practices have ensured this farm is high producing and carries stock

Lot 8 - 6.47ha, irrigated cropping and grazing land

well. A rare opportunity to purchase an outstanding property in many

Lot 9 - 2.97ha, lifestyle and grazing

M 0508 83 83 83 B 027 496 4633 karl.davis@bayleys.co.nz

respects that is ready for you to take over and farm immediately.

Options available to purchase one to all nine titles.

SUCCESS REALTY LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

366 Koromatua Road, Hamilton

35HA GRAZING ON TE PUKES DOORSTEP

Te Puke Highway, Te Puke

Auction 11am,

For sale by Tender, this 35 hectares grazing block, currently used as

Tender 4pm,

Tues 4 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior) 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton

land of significance. The property has been well farmed for decades

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grazing country. An excellent fertiliser history and management

DIVERSE CALF REARING OPERATION This well-established operation, on 37ha (STS) near the Hamilton city boundary, rears 4000-5000 dairy and beef calves annually from four days to four months old. The hub of the operation is the large main calf rearing complex well positioned to all other ancillary buildings. A recent addition is the hydroponic shed for growing barley seed into fodder feed to mitigate risk through bought in supplements. Further infrastructure includes multiple calf rearing sheds, implement sheds and barns including a handling facility and separate stock yard with loading ramps. There are two main dwellings with further accommodation. The contour is flat to rolling and is a mix of clay

View by appointment

www.bayleys.co.nz/812543

Scott Macdonald M 027 753 3854 B 07 834 3847 scott.macdonald@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

a dairy support block, is a rare opportunity in this location to acquire and in more recent years good management continued in the form of neighbour lease, with industry recognised farming husbandry the order of the day. The property has a mix of contours including flat, undulating and an area of hill. Some would argue there are areas of possible horticultural development, but the consensus would be for dairy support to continue. With small beef blocks seldom available, this would be an option also.

loam and silt soils. A good central lane way feeds out to 38 paddocks. The business is being sold as a going concern including land, buildings and a wide range of machinery.

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Thurs 13 Apr 2017 (unless sold by private treaty) 247 Cameron Road, Tauranga

View Fri 4-5pm

www.bayleys.co.nz/2300044

Snow Williams M 027 275 5500 B 07 571 4662 snow.williams@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LTD, BAYLEYS LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

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TE KATEA (206.46HA)

Central Hawkes Bay

BREEDING, FEEDING AND SUCCEEDING

474 Aorangi Road, Takapau

For Sale Offers invited by 4pm,

1192 Domett Road

Deadline Sale 4pm,

An excellent 363ha sheep and beef breeding and fattening unit with

Thurs 20 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior)

good flats, downs and hill, quality soils and plenty of workable land,

Wed 12 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior)

Set on a mix of flat to easy hill country this property offers a range of farming options and has currently been run as a deer unit and beef finishing operation. The farm has extensive shelter belts and a 12ha area of pines. Two excellent water systems with reticulation around all of the farm, metal pit on the property and a good array of farm buildings including a woolshed, deer shed, implement shed and two hay barns. The four bedroom character homestead built in the early 1900s sits amongst an array of trees and plantings with swimming pool and tennis court creating a real aesthetic appeal. Te Katea is

View by appointment www.bayleys.co.nz/2870100

Andy Hunter M 027 449 5827 B 06 858 5500 andy.hunter@bayleys.co.nz

Sam Twigg

94km from Napier Airport.

M 027 655 4702 B 06 858 5500 sam.twigg@bayleys.co.nz

Te Katea is a golden opportunity.

COAST TO COAST LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

situated 9.3km from Takapau township, 23km from Waipukurau and

running a mix of breeding ewes and dairy heifers. Features include a large area of clean, open, well-subdivided, easy land at the top of the farm, County Scheme water to numerous tanks and outstanding shelter. A very good maintenance programme and recent development including considerable fencing, matagouri spraying, topdressing and oversowing, with lime on the hill producing excellent cover, even in mid-summer. This, and the ability to grow more crops on the flats, provides upside. Excellent three-stand raised-board

Domett, North Canterbury

View by appointment www.bayleys.co.nz/554074

Ben Turner M 027 530 1400 B 03 375 4700 ben.turner@bayleys.co.nz

Mike Adamson M 027 221 1909 mike.adamson@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

woolshed with covered yards, cattle yards, good sheds and a large, four-bedroom home support the property. In a region well-regarded for stock health and performance, their stock look magnificent.

Killinchy, Central Canterbury

CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES

Duvauchelle

’LOCHAIRE’ - 216 HECTARES

5971 Christchurch Akaroa Road

For Sale $1,050,000 View by appointment

737 Leeston Dunsandel Road

Deadline Sale 4pm,

Situated in a well-regarded farming area, this 216ha farm provides

Fri 28 Apr 2017 (unless sold prior)

A unique five acre property featuring a cluster of charming colonial style buildings with stunning views down Akaroa Harbour; a restored 1880’s homestead and two converted out-buildings, ideal for an independent family or guest accommodation (’The Barn’ and ’The Stable’). The main house has been extended but kept the original style with the bonus of comforts expected of a new home. The

www.bayleys.co.nz/552514

Tracey Nixon M 027 688 5969 B 03 375 4700 tracey.nixon@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

the key elements looked-for in the region - quality soils, good water, a high standard of infrastructure, two good yards, an excellent shape, two good homes and in four titles it provides purchasing options. Fully irrigated via one lateral irrigator and three guns from three wells, the property is currently operating as an intensive

farmstyle kitchen flows to the two living, one making an ideal den,

breeding and finishing farm. It has been farmed to a high standard

and the other the formal dining area (heated by a log burner). Both of

over the generations, which is reflected in its presentation. A strong

these open onto the verandah. Three double bedrooms (main -

fertiliser history, a nutrient baseline of 33, and surrounded by land

ensuite) with the potential for a fourth bedroom. There is a newly

used for vegetable production, arable crops, fattening, dairy and

planted orchard, entertainment area with pizza oven, three carports,

dairy support, ’Lochaire’ provides options. Only 7km from Dunsandel

sheds, a greenhouse and a 100m² (approx) workshop.

and Leeston, the Community Hall, tennis courts and swimming pool

View by appointment www.bayleys.co.nz/554217

Ben Turner M 027 530 1400 B 03 375 4700 ben.turner@bayleys.co.nz

Evan Marshall M 027 221 0910 evan.marshall@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

are only 800m away. A property with scale, quality and versatility.

All companies within this composite are Members of Bayleys Realty Group

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Dairy and drystock and three standoff pads provide further options for management. Contour over the farm is variable. It has been subdivided well to connect to the main race while irrigation from both water and effluent covers more than 100ha. Catherine Stewart from Bayleys says considerable money has been spent on the farm and a new owner can continue to capitalise on the opportunity that creates. “This is a large-scale dairy and drystock unit that is performing well and a lot of effort and money has been spent to bring it to this standard.

LAYOUT: The farm has variable contour well subdivided to connect with the main race.

“All the capital costs have been met and this farm is focused on grass growth and profit.” Calving begins on July 9 and through the season the farm has milked between 330 and 380 cows. It has also reared 320 calves through to six-months-old including milk out of the vat for 10 weeks. The herd is mixed-aged cows and they are available to buy as a going concern with the farm. Scale allows the farm to produce much of its own supplements including 16ha of maize that was fed out as green feed this season from the end of January. Two hectares of turnips are added into the feed budget through summer and this season 100 bales of silage was made on the farm, plus two silage stacks stored in concrete silage bunkers. The only bought-in supplement was Nutrienza canola blend to feed 1.5kg a cow. A 1960s three-bedroom home has extensive decking leading to an in-ground heated pool while a very tidy second three-bedroom home benefits from an elevated position in landscaped grounds. Tenders for the farm close on April 20. More? View the farm at www.bayleys.co.nz/1020061 or the video at https://vimeo. com/206159388. Contact Catherine Stewart on 0800 422 959 or 027 356 5031.

HOME: A concreted and covered feed pad caters for 300 cows.

FOOD: Scale allows the farm to produce most of its own supplements.

2045 Arapuni Rd, Te Awamutu, Waikato DAIRY, GOATS, FLOWERS, CHEESE MAKING

Wanganui

167 Campbell Road, Brunswick

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This property is currently: Milking 45 goats and 60 cows in a

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composite shed, growing hydroponic and traditional flowers in several tunnel houses, plus cheese processing in a modern facility. Over 30% of the contour is flat, consisting of some of the regions

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most sought after soil types from the Westmere series.

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rural ambiance with a large kitchen/family room. All farm facilities are operational and capable of catering for the requirements of the current stocking ratios and management practices.

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DAIRY FARM - TIME TO GO

A great opportunity exists here to invest in the dairy industry. This 92ha (STS) dairy unit with 26ASHB is located east of Te Awamutu in the beautiful Pukeatua district. Nestled on the foothills of Maungatautari mountain the rolling contour of this tidy well presented property beckons for a new owner to now take the helm. Our current vendors have cared for this beautiful property since 1987 and it has produced well. With a good fertiliser history, waterways all compliant and internal races in good order this farm says ‘take me higher.’ Our vendors are serious so you need to plan to be at the Open Day!

Tender Tender closes 4pm, Thursday, 13 April 2017 at Ray White Te Awamutu office, 223 Alexandra St, Te Awamutu. (highest or any tender not necessarily accepted) Price will be plus GST (if any) MAY NOT BE SOLD PRIOR View Tuesday’s, March 28 & April 4, 11 ALL OPEN DAYS 11am - 1pm Website & ID number: rwteawamutu.co.nz/TEA22544 Contact Neville Kemp 027 271 9801 Office 07 871 9801 neville.kemp@raywhite.com

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A 320HA farm for sale near Matakohe in Northland has been strategically developed as a dairy unit and has a three-year production average of 123,682kg milksolids off its 180ha milking platform. Significant investment has been injected into infrastructure such as the eight-year-old 40-a-side herringbone dairy with automatic cup removers, Tru-Test walk-over weighing system, brand new Dosatron and a newly-installed inshed feed system. A well-constructed, concreted and covered feed pad caters for 300 cows while five simple shelters

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Farm and contracting base LOCATION, scale and infrastructure have made a 218ha Waikato dairy stand out as a premier farm over the years. For sale by tender, the farm milked 600 cows last season to produce 248,000kg milksolids and about 10% of that was achieved through a winter milk contract with Open Country Dairy. Flat contour over the entire farm is split by Hauraki Rd into two blocks with the main 146ha block and all the working hub infrastructure connected to the rest of the property via a 4m wide concrete underpass. Chicory and turnips have been the main summer feed crops in recent years while grass silage has been brought in from lease land. In the past, the farm has been

importing supplementary feeds such as maize silage, palm kernel and bread though it is now moving toward a lower-input system with more efficient grass use. The hub of the operation is the 35-aside dairy which is centrally located and feeds out to 120 paddocks via a very good race system. Next to the dairy is a 270-cow concrete feed pad with associated bunkers. Other infrastructure includes a very big, high-stud workshop and implement shed, a big, half-round implement shed, three calf-rearing sheds and three iron-clad hay barns. As the owner also runs a big contracting business from the property, a large metalled area

has been created for trucks and harvesting machinery close to the road. Mike Fraser-Jones from Bayleys says the farm is a well set up, largescale unit that enjoys the attention from three long road frontages. Crowning it all is an impressive five-bedroom home where every room is spacious and the garage has room for six cars. The home is set in park-like grounds with a large grove of trees on its southern side. Three more homes all have three bedrooms and offer plenty of scope for staff. Tenders for the farm close on April 6. More? View the farm at www. bayleys.co.nz/812588. Contact Mike Fraser-Jones on 027 475 9680.

OUTPUT: The farm has produced 248.000kg MS from 600 cows.

SUPPLEMENTS: The farm has imported maize silage, palm kernel and bread.

ROOMS: The farm has a five-bedroom home and three three-bedroom houses.

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Canterbury | Chertsey 11.4 Hectares Hard To Find! • Excellent bare land block situated at Chertsey • Great location between Ashburton and Rakaia • 11.48 hectares of versatile, deep Lismore silt. Has recently grown potatoes, cereals and peas • Ideal starter block to build on, or support for dairy unit • Household well in place (no pump or power) • Overseer nutrient budget available • Option to re-grass for new owner | Property ID LN1496

Licensed under REAA 2008

Deadline Sale Closing 2pm, Wednesday 19 April 2017

Inspection By appointment

Contact John Davison 027 436 4464

Northland | Tangowahine 186 Hectares An All Round Performer. Diversity gives a competitive edge to this beef and dairy farm located just off SH14, near Dargaville. Fertile peaty clay loam flats form a small dairy platform that is productive, profitable and easy to run. Two gentle west-facing basins provide sheltered grazing for beef cattle plus all the dairy drystock. Two good homes provide for the family and the location lends itself to enjoying off-farm interests in Dargaville or Whangarei. A small pine forest and some native bush provide another interesting angle, and from the top of the farm you can see nearly every landmark in lower Northland. | Property ID DG1023

Deadline Sale Closing 2pm, Thursday 20 April 2017

Inspection By appointment

Contact Nicky Reid 0800 100 027

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As fertile as it gets is flat to rolling grazing land that is fenced and tracked to an “incredibly high standard”. “The other big feature is the impressive infrastructure which he has built himself,” Kelly says. “The length of the water consent is nine months of the year, which is important.” In the past few years the property has been growing mainly onions which are handled in 884 square metres of sheds on one block, with another 800 square metres shed and workshop beside the house. The 377 square metres, twostoried home sits on its own 2.1ha title.

“It’s in nine titles so people can have nine lifestyle blocks if they want. It’s such centrally-located land that is ideally suited to a variety of business or lifestyle uses, market gardening, cropping or grazing.” Auckland is 70km north and Hamilton 77km south of the property while Pukekohe is the closest town, 20km away. Pukekawa is a close-knit community with a decile 8 primary school, the longstanding Onewhero Golf Club and numerous community groups. Just 30 minutes away is Port Waikato for surfing, fishing and whitebaiting.

HOME: The property has a 377 square metres house.

OPTIONS: The property is on nine titles with impressive infrastructure. Options are available to purchase one to nine titles, with tenders closing on April 11. More? To view the property

AMENITIES: The facilities include 884 square metres of sheds on one block and another 800 square metres next to the house.

82.44ha

Te Awamutu 267 Frontier Road

Cambridge 63 Cowley Drive

Dairy Farm – 82.44ha (203 acres approx.)

Motivated Vendor! Sale Required

Ken Hagan 021 353 488 Te Awamutu 07 871 5044

From the contour to the infrastructure, buildings and improvements, here is your opportunity to purchase a dairy farm in this excellent locality. 40-aside H/B cowshed, auto wash, Dosatron (metered) Protrack, Cattlemaster Headset and Halo System, all add up to an efficient, smooth operator. Average production for the past three years 185,000 MS includes an adjoining 80ha (approx.) which will be available to lease and will be formalised contemporaneously with the sale of the property.

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visit www.bayleys.co.nz/812591. Contact Peter Kelly on 027 432 4278 or Karl Davis on 0508 838 383.

Catherine Hayward 027 562 4598 Cambridge 07 827 7188

Retire in the highly sought after Cowley Drive. This 360m2 executive 5-bedroom, 2-bathroom home is a spacious modern home with loads of storage, and shedding. Including an attached double plus workshop garage, a fully lined man cave, wired for heavy use such as welding, and a spacious 40m2 rumpus room. The perfectly manicured gardens are situated on a 2000m2 section are low maintenance, with four raised vege beds with the entire garden being irrigated.

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SOME of the best horticulture land in the country lies south of Auckland and it’s here on the volcanic soils of Pukekawa that an 84.4ha market garden with nine separate titles and impressive infrastructure is for sale. The retiring vendor has spent the past 52 years working the land and building extensive sheds on the property just 10 minutes from the motorway that leads north to Auckland or south to Hamilton. As Peter Kelly from Bayleys says, the volcanic soils are as fertile as it gets in New Zealand and 50ha of the property is irrigated. The balance of the property

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Potential for development A MAJOR injection of capital has made significant improvements on a 156ha Northland farm for sale near Wellsford, with potential to lift production further under new ownership. Located 3km from the historic Port Albert Wharf on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour is the farm that spreads out over mostly flat to rolling contour with the occasional steeper sidlings. Central to the farm is the 32-a-side dairy plus a large, man-made lake that provides an abundant water supply and

is complemented by an artesian spring at the south end of the farm. Added to that is an adjacent 74ha leased block that is available to the purchaser at market rates. Part of the leased block is added into the milking platform while young stock and dry cows graze the remainder. Further grazing is around a large commercial lime quarry on the back boundary of the farm where an 11ha paddock is grazed at no cost. The farm has been managed

by an off-site sharemilker for the past few years and production has averaged 86,548kg milksolids on an all-grass system from about 360 cows on average. Nicky Reid from Farmlands Real Estate says that leaves potential for a new owner to lift production, especially through further pasture renovation and hands-on management. A wide central race has been formed and most races and tracks through the farm have been improved to a high standard by the owner.

POTENTIAL: A new owner could lift production through pasture renovation and hands-on management.

Part of the capital injection produced a state-of-the-art implement shed near the dairy with a concrete floor and three-phase power, a creche and a lockable workshop. A new implement shed is close by, plus a 10-bay calf shed and improvements have been made to the dairy. The farm has a warm northerly aspect that shelters stock and a small, fenced-off stand of mature native bush provides further shelter. An important aspect of the

farm, Reid says, is its location which puts it within commuting distance of Auckland and just five minutes from the boat ramp. Much of the surrounding land is lifestyle blocks and small farms so a forward-thinking dairy farmer can secure a farm within the wider Auckland region at rural prices, she says. Tenders for the farm close on April 12. More? View the farm at www. farmlands.co.nz ID DG1003. Contact Nicky Reid on 021 103 6277.

PRODUCTION: The farm produces 86,548kg MS from an average of 360 cows.

Houhora Far North Road For Sale For full set of sale documents call Gerard Ponsonby 027 454 4808 or email gponsonby.kaitaia@ljh.co.nz View By Appointment kaitaia.ljhooker.co.nz/DZWGEE/Houhora

700ha Forest 14-19 year old pines. Fully managed and currently under lease until 2027. Excellent infrastructure. Close to 90 Mile Beach. The 863ha freehold title is for sale with 700ha planted in pine trees. There are 43,991 carbon credits to go with the sale.

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SELF-CONTAINED: This farm has a support block and forestry as well as the dairy platform.

Dairy, support and trees IN A stunning setting beside the Pelorus River in Marlborough, a 427ha property combines a productive dairy unit, support block and forestry. Its retiring vendors are selling the property they have owned and worked for almost half a century and Joe Blakiston from PGG Wrightson Real Estate says it has been a great family operation. “It’s the only dairy farm in a very private valley and it’s a beautiful place where Outward Bound runs part of its courses and the Te Araroa trail heads through there, so it’s a pretty unique environment. “The forestry is on its second rotation and now has trees between five and 25 years so there’s good future income there.” He describes the dairy operation as a well-appointed and reliable grass factory with a history of productivity and tremendous potential. This season it is milking 270 cows for a targeted production of 103,000kg milksolids, similar the last season.

An 8ha crop of turnips is rotated around the farm each year and between 1600 and 1700 bales of balage are made. Blakiston says no palm kernel is bought in and potential irrigation could lift production further. All the stock are wintered on a 79ha support block in an adjacent valley where about 750 bales of balage are made each year, beef cattle are finished and a small area is planted in pine trees. Three lease blocks of 14ha, 8ha and 10ha can be transferred to a new owner and they cost $1000/ month, $466/month and $250/ month respectively. On the dairy unit, contour blends fertile river flats with gently-sloping land, with about 150ha of forestry on the steeper land at the valley’s edge. “It’s well laned and tracked with excellent access to all parts of the farm with all the creeks fenced and a reliable water scheme from four permanent springs.” The springs feed five 25,000l

HOME: The 378 square metres house was built in 2000.

tanks and water is then gravityfed to covered troughs in each paddock. It’s subdivided into 55 paddocks on the lower country and seven hill blocks. Blakiston says the farm has had an exceptional fertiliser history and minimal nitrogen added. A 16-a-side herringbone dairy is equipped with Waikato plant and has a new electric backing gate, plus an in-line drenching system and large concrete yards extended n 2013. Other farm facilities include a six-bay, high-stud shed, a fourbay shed including a workshop, a concrete 500 cubic metres silage pit and a deer-calf shed. A real feature of the property is the main 378 square metres homestead that was built in 2000 above the river. A second home has three bedrooms and the third dwelling is a one-bedroom workers cottage. Offers close on April 7. More? View the farm at www. pggwre.co.nz/BLE25577. Contact Joe Blakiston on 0274 344 069 or Greg Lyons on 0275 791 233.

ALONE: The farm is the only dairy unit in a private valley.

EASY: On the dairy block fertile river flats blend with gently sloping land.

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CREEK GRANGE 839 Ruatiti Road, Raetihi

Tender closes 4pm, 4 May 2017 1 Goldfinch Street, Ohakune Jamie Proude AREINZ 06 385 4466 | 027 448 5162 jamie@nzr.nz NZR Central Ltd | Licensed REAA 2008

PUTAKI Mahoe Road, Waitomo Putaki presents the opportunity to secure a large-scale Sheep and Beef operation on easy to steep hill country in an area that is historically regarded for its consistent summer rainfall and favorable soils renowned for quality livestock production. A total of 1274 ha. Currently used as a sheep and cattle breeding station with lambs sold as forward stores or killed and weaners sold in the Autumn. Infrastructure includes a 1993 tidy 4bedroom home with massive views over the farm, 5-stand woolshed (1400NP) with covered yards, covered cattle yards x2 and x4 sets of satellite sheep yards.

1274 hectares Deadline Private Treaty www.nzr.nz/nzrr208 Deadline Private Treaty Offers Close 4pm, Thu 20 April 2017 (if not sold prior) Jamie Proude AREINZ 06 385 4789 | 027 448 5162 jamie@nzr.nz NZR Central Ltd | Licensed REAA 2008

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If you are looking for a hill country farm with great location, the potential to develop and take it to the next level, or even combine and nurture the existing manuka as a beekeeping block, plus the recreational hunting with the wildlife that this farm host, this must be worth considering! 343-hectares will be offered with various purchasing options. Infrastructure includes a 5-stand woolshed with sheep and cattle yards adjoining, half round implement shed and a Lockwood 3-bedroom home, situated on an elevated site with views overlooking the Orautoha stream and surrounding countryside.

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FAMILY FRIENDLY MULTIPLE INCOME BUSINESS"Little Tora" 460 Tora Road, Tora, Martinborough A rare and unique opportunity presents itself to astute investors - this one has been worth waiting for - located in a vibrant rural community 25 minutes from the wine village of Martinborough Little Tora is more than just a well appointed sheep and beef station. Not many properties can boast the standard of improvements that Little Tora has - the four bedroom modernised homestead is set in park like grounds accompanied by a two bedroom sleep out, pool and as new tennis court. Included in the sale are the profitable Tora Outstation accommodation and ToraTora Mountain bike businesses. A recent addition to the multiple income streams has been Manuka honey - with potential to increase to 250 hives. Around 600 hectares of effective land runs between 2500-3000 ewes and 180-200 cows, both with replacements, under a semi finishing regime. The property is very well subdivided with 80 paddocks, and access lane ways coupled with fenced off gullies allow excellent stock management. The 4 stand woolshed and covered yards have 1000NP. A feature of Little Tora is its excellent water supply & history of erosion control planting. Other special benefits are the hunting with an abundance of Red deer, fellow deer and wild pigs - and the Tora Beach and coastline - extremely well renown for its abundance of Paua,Crayfish and excellent recreational fishing - also one of NZÂ´s most popular surf beaches. Call today for a property report.

962.17 ha TENDER www.nzr.nz

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From flats to high country IN THE heart of inland Canterbury, Glenburn is a high country run that is that rare chance to own a chunk of majestic landscape underpinned by a strong sheep and cattle operation. Within an easy drive from Christchurch and just 45km from Oxford up the Lees Valley, the property is the iconic South Island landscape of tussock-covered foothills climbing to an alpine range, yet this one also has 350ha of undulating flats and downs. Dean Pugh from Bayleys says it is the type of property that is hard to put a value on because it appeals to such a diverse range of buyers including farmers and those with recreational interests. “It’s pretty hard to find freehold land of this scale so close to Christchurch. “It’s easily accessible yet with all the character of the high country

and its purchase is within the reach of many New Zealanders.” Glenburn has been run in conjunction with other land and as a standalone unit, Its owners estimate it could winter about 2500 breeding ewes and 550 breeding cows. Lambing on Glenburn kicks in about mid October and lambing expectations are about 110%. The target is to sell 1000 of the Perendale lambs at weaning as prime or forward stores with the balance likely to be sold as stores once Glenburn is farmed on its own. Hereford cattle are run on Glenburn, bred from the owner’s Richon Hereford Stud in the valley. Cows calve from the beginning of October and achieve about 94% calving, followed by weaning in the first week of March.

EASY: As well as high country this farm has 350ha of undulating flats and downs.

All of the replacement heifers remain on the property to be calved as three-year-olds. The property is well subdivided into 30 paddocks and blocks with good shelter for stock as well as the large areas of lower altitude country used strategically to offset the snow risk in the higher country. Pugh says new owners will have the chance to build a home with the grandeur of the high country out their window as well as the opportunity to hunt, farm, tramp, expand the apiary use, develop and improve or preserve and enhance that spectacular landscape. Glenburn has a deadline sale date of April 20. More? View the farm at www. bayleys.co.nz/554089. Contact Dean Pugh on 027 335 6303 or Mark Clyne on 027 531 2964.

GOING UP: Glenburn has the typical South Island landscape of tussock-covered foothills climbing to an alpine range.

OUTDOORS: This farm has the grandeur of the high country.

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Room for growth

EASE: The farm has two sets of cattle years and two sets of sheep yards.

A 689ha Otorohanga farm that has been under the same ownership for the past century is now for sale as a large-scale breeding and finishing farm with ability to lift production further. About 400ha of this high-rainfall farm is in pasture that covers rolling hills with steeper sidlings and the balance is in native bush. Mairoa ash soils form the base for the farm and a long, strong fertiliser history using its own airstrip has set it up well for a new owner. Those rolling hills have been subdivided into 30 paddocks with abundant natural water. It has been run traditionally as

AMENITIES: The farm has a three-stand woolshed and covered yards with a night pen for 800 ewes.

a one-man operation and Peter Wylie from PGG Wrightson Real Estate says there is opportunity to lift stock numbers. On average it winters 1230 mixed-age ewes, 410 two-tooth ewes, 460 ewe hoggets and 95 mixed-age cows. Generally, lambing begins in September and averages 135%, with lambs finished according to market and climate. Faecal egg reduction test results were very low. Weaner cattle are sold and three-year in-calf heifers are bought in to calve from September. The farm has a three-stand

woolshed and covered yards with a night pen for 800 ewes, two sets of sheep yards and two sets of cattle yards for ease of management. A hay barn, workshop, stable and even a small shoeing pad are added into the farm’s amenities while a four-bedroom home completes the farm. The farm, 31km from Otorohanga and 52km from Te Awamutu, will be auctioned on April 19. It has a 2016 capital value of $1.92 million. More? View the farm at www. pggwre.co.nz ID TEK25626. Contact Peter Wylie on 07 878 0265 or 027 4735 855.

HOME BASE: The farm has a four-bedroom house.

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The bush-clad lower slopes of Mt Taranaki prompted a vision of development for the vendors 10 years ago. The peaceful setting, seclusion from the bustle of suburbia allied with an easy drive to city services, and the long views to the coast explain the appeal of living here. The main dwelling sits on 13 acres with multiple outbuildings including a barn yard dwelling with substantial garaging, a greenhouse, a small lake and terraced lawns and established plantings to complement the natural bush features. Viewing is a must for the discerning buyer seeking space, size and a high spec. Marty Suchy AREINZ M 027 662 2211 E marty@tsbrealty.co.nz

12 Devon Street East, New Plymouth Phone 06 968 3800

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1111 PLYMOUTH ROAD, KORU, TARANAKI

+ 30.74ha of adjoining grazing land on a separate title that can be purchased separately or jointly

FOR SALE BY TENDER Friday 21st April 2017 at 4:00pm

+ Only 20km to Northport at Marsden Point

WARWICK SEARLE 021 362 778

www.propertyconnector.co.nz CBRE (Agency) Limited, Licensed Real Estate Agent (REAA 2008)

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Outstanding support block

NEW LISTING WEB ID FR54660

BULLS Santoft Road This 142 hectare (STS) property provides outstanding sundry farm buildings. An extensive development VIEW By Appointment guaranteed summer production, with all the benefit program in recent times has seen the property associated with the wintering capability of sand country. completely refenced, metaled central race system installed, establishment of new grass species, capital With 40% (65 hectares) of the property under pivot fertilizer applications and an upgraded stock water irrigation and the balance being free draining sand, the system. property will complement any existing farming system or has enough scale to operate as a standalone unit. With a price indication of offers over $4,250,000 + GST the property has affordability and a balance of soil type's Improvements include a 3 bedroom dwelling, 3 stand seldom seen. woolshed, stock handling facilities, 2 pivot irrigators and

BY NEGOTIATION

Blair Cottrill

Mobile 027 354 5419 Office 06 323 1538 blair@propertybrokers.co.nz

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Production in a league of it's own

NEW LISTING WEB ID FR54773

BULLS Brandon Hall Road Located only 10 minutes drive from Bulls, this 233 hectares (STS) has very few peers with its proven productive capability. The 165 hectares under 2 pivot irrigators and 68 hectares of heavy sands present an outstanding opportunity to purchase a bare land property that has productivity written all over it. Fully developed with ease of management in mind, the current outstanding levels of production mean this is

one of the few remaining large parcels of land within the Lower North Island with the potential ability to be converted to dairy or further developed as an intensive finishing/cropping unit. Whether you're looking for a standalone property or one to complement your existing business this property will not disappoint. Price indication offers over $6,750,000 + GST, call today to inspect.

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Waiaruhe Station - 512 ha

WEB ID DR54390

DANNEVIRKE 78903 State Highway Two Jewel of Southern Hawke's Bay "Finishers Dream". Property Brokers are privileged to bring this picture perfect farm to the market. During our vendors tenure, improvements have been made lifting the standard of infrastructure to the present high standards. These improvements consist of 8 stand woolshed, several implement/storage sheds, 3 bedroom dwelling set in very nicely laid out lawns and gardens. Large covered in yards, specifically designed to handle high numbers of lambs and ewes, with two drafting races. Water is provided from a combination of reticulated system

gravity fed to troughs and a number of large well made VIEW By Appointment dams. Farm access is first class with central laneway AUCTION 3.00pm, Thu 6th Apr, 2017, On Farm, 219 leading to well subdivided paddocks. 390 ha has been cultivated over recent years and is providing some of the Gaisford Road Dannevirke best pasture offered in the district, including Plantain and Red Clover, 22 ha of freshly sown Italian Rye and Clover.

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NEW LISTING

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Jim Crispin

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Twin Rivers

WEB ID FR54739 HALCOMBE 306 Awawa Road "Size does matter". At 659.41 hectares (1629 acres) Twin Rivers is one of the largest land holdings of its type in the Manawatu District. Currently operating a breeding finishing programme, features include approximately 215 hectares of flats, 213 hectares of rolling contour, all of which has been cultivated. Excellent metalled race, reticulated water, fertilizer history, 2 houses and full range of on farm infrastructure.

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WEB ID PR54132 TIRAUMEA 421 Haunui Road Haunui is a 6000su breeding/finishing property located in the summer-safe Tiraumea district. Sub-divided into 50 plus paddocks and well accessed by strategic laneways, Haunui features a walk-in opportunity for its new purchasers. Infrastruture consists of a 5 stand woolshed (1000np) 2 cattle yards and 4 sets of well located satellite sheep yards. The property is well accommodated with two 3 bedroom recently modernised homes. Haunui has had consistant investment in fertiliser, fencing and infrastructure making an ideal mid-scale property with the bonus of ample natural water.

TENDER View By Appointment TENDER closes Thursday 20th April, 2017 at 2.00pm, Property Brokers 129 Main Street Pahiatua

Jared Brock

Mobile 027 449 5496 Office 06 376 4823 Home 06 376 6341 jared@propertybrokers.co.nz

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Mobile 021 518 660 Office 06 376 5478 Home 06 376 7238 philw@propertybrokers.co.nz

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – March 27, 2017

SCALE: Hunter Hills Station is big enough for a corporate purchase or father and son operation.

Versatile property with potential HUNTER Hills Station combines scale and natural beauty in the Hakataramea Valley and in the past 15 years the Giles family has made major improvements to lift productivity. The family is now selling the 2634ha station made up of 900ha of developed paddocks including about 80ha in lucerne and 115ha in rape, 1000ha of easy tussock country, 490ha of steep tussock and 200ha in creek gullies. Richard Scott from PGG Wrightson Real Estate says the station, at the top of the Hakataramea Valley and 47km

from Kurow, has had huge gains in productivity under the family’s guidance and management. Its stock-carrying ability has increased through improved fencing, water systems, pasture management, tracks and facilities. “It is an incredibly versatile property and still offers prospective purchasers huge potential and challenges to increase production even further.” The station runs Perendale, Perendale-Coopworth and Perendale-Coopworth-Texel ewes with electronic identification tags for ease of drafting, plus Angus

cows run with Te Mania bulls. It has been carrying about 5000 ewes which achieved 128% lambing last year and lambs regularly average between 16kg and 20kg at slaughter. “They finish stock and the animals certainly look a picture. It’s renowned as very healthy stock country in the Hakataramea Valley and everyone who goes there does very well.” Tracks and lanes have been developed throughout the station and a high-standard of fencing is accompanied by electrics or solarpowered electrics to most of it. The main woolshed with four

stands and a raised board has a night pen for 1100 ewes plus covered yards while another woolshed with a night pen for 500 ewes is at the Bannock Burn end of the property. Implement sheds, workshops and cattle yards are at the main hub as well as Bannock Burn. Spectacular grounds and gardens surround the main homestead with its bolstered Oamaru stone and five bedrooms while at Bannock Burn is a comfortable four-bedroom home. A three-bedroom cottage takes the number of homes on the station to three.

“It’s a big enough property to be a corporate purchase or a fatherand-son unit,” Scott says. “When you can walk onto a property that’s ready to go, you can just carry on farming with an income right away.” Hunter Hills Station also offers hunters access to red and fallow deer, thar, chamois and wallaby while the Hakataramea River is world renowned for its fishing. Tenders close on April 12 More? View the station at www. pggwre.co.nz/GER25553. Contact Richard Scott on 03 687 7330 or 021 352 701.

SHEEP: The farm carries about 5000 ewes and achieves 128% lambing.

CATTLE: Angus cows run with Te Mania bulls.

BIG: The homestead has five bedrooms.

LOCATION: The farm is in an area renowned as healthy stock country.

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CHOICE: The land on this farm combines fertile flats and volcanic hill country.

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – March 27, 2017

DOUBLE-UP: Among the amenities is a big woolshed used for calf-rearing.

Range of options offered NORTHLAND’S Tangowahine Valley is a sought-after farming area and at its heart is a 221ha farm for sale that justifies that reputation with its good balance of contour, fertility and production. In the past, the farm ran a bull stud and today it finishes sheep and beef including more than 200 four-day-old calves bought each year. The Tangowahine Valley lies between Dargaville and Whangarei with a choice of

sale yards at Kaikohe, Kaeo in Whangarei and Dargaville. It’s country that combines fertile flats and volcanic hill country to enable a range of farming options. Stewart Ruddell from Bayleys says the farm has had significant development in the past nine years with more intensification to produce supplements for stock. Last year it wintered 2600 stock units and in summer it carried 76 R1 heifers, 74 R1 steers, 53 R2 heifers, 19 R2 steers, 17 R3 steers, 956 lambs and 566 ewes.

GRASS: About 90% of the farm is effective grazing.

“It has a good history of farming and it’s very good sheep and beef country and has that mix of flats as well as some steeper country at the back with volcanic soils. “The hill country is mostly well tracked and it has a good water supply from a spring on the hills that is gravity-fed to tanks and then reticulated around the lower part of the farm while the back country is naturally watered.” About 90% of the farm is effective grazing and 45% of that is flat to rolling country while about

55% is steeper country. A considerable amount of the flat and rolling country has been cropped with chicory then regrassed and the pasture is now predominantly a rye and clover mix with some kikuyu on the hills. Good fencing around the farm subdivides it into 42 paddocks and a good range of amenities includes a large woolshed that is also used for calf rearing. A three-bay shed closer to home also caters for calf rearing and nearby is a new set of cattle yards.

STOCK: The farm buys in 200 four-day-old calves.

“All the hard work is done and a new owner can be farming it immediately. “It’s an excellent opportunity to purchase a well-managed and large-scale operation with the potential to expand further.” Complementing the farm is a large two-storied home with five bedrooms and a swimming pool. The farm is for sale by negotiation. More? View the farm at www. bayleys.co.nz/1050064. Contact Stewart Ruddell on 0800 80 20 40 or 027 273 6860.

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Breeding, finishing and crops CLOSE to the Hurunui River in North Canterbury on a mix of flats, downs and hill country is a quality 363ha sheep and beef breeding and finishing property for sale with the ability to grow more crops on its quality soils. Ten minutes from Cheviot, a predominantly south to southeast aspect that prolongs summer growth enables the farm to grow good grass and clover cover at the height of summer for its farming operation.

To date it has run a mix of breeding ewes and dairy heifers, including 2000 Romdale ewes, 500 mated ewe hoggets and about 120 dairy heifers through winter. Ben Turner from Bayleys says the farming policy has had proven success for a number of years and the Hurunui River flats have been ideal for wintering the dairy heifers. “The region is very well regarded for stock health and animal performance and stock

STOCK: The farm runs 2000 ewes, 500 mated ewe hoggets and 120 dairy heifers.

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on this property look magnificent.” The farm is made up of 53ha of flat to easy country, another 50ha of easy and medium downs, 200ha of tussock hills and 60ha of steeper downs. Most of the farm is permanent pasture with about 60ha of hill country that can be cultivated and feed crops grown on the river flats. “A real feature at the top of the farm is a large area of clean, open, easy-contour land that is well subdivided and workable. The quality soils and a reasonable area of workable land provide land-use options.” A good maintenance programme has been in place through the years and Turner says development in the past five years has included considerable new fencing, matagouri spraying, topdressing and oversowing – particularly with lime on the hills. That has resulted in good pasture cover and a new owner could build on that established base to increase production further, he says. “Beyond water and subdivision, fertiliser and lime remain the keys to successful production and profitability of this unit.” Another development option is the possibility of securing irrigation water at 45l/sec from the reliable Hurunui River that could irrigate 70ha and a suggested pivot plan is available. Shelter is a feature of the

POTENTIAL: This farm could grow more crops on its quality soils.

property with plantings of woodlots, shelterbelts and poplar poles in gullies. The gullies provide good shelter for stock on the hills. Stock water is supplied from dams, creeks and five units from the county scheme, which is collected in ample onfarm storage. Amenities on the farm extend to a good-quality, three-stand, raised-board woolshed with

covered yards, good cattle yards, hay and implement sheds. Crowning it off is a large fourbedroom home set in attractive, established gardens with mature trees. The farm has a deadline sale date of April 12. More? Viewed the farm at www. bayleys.co.nz/554074. Contact Ben Turner on 027 530 1400 or Mike Adamson on 027 221 1909.

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Attractive Dairy Farm In Puhipuhi

Northland

Top Orchard - Top Location

Te Puke

212.6 ha dairy unit in Puhipuhi, a well established dairy farming area just north of Whangarei. The soil type is excellent, being described as Puhipuhi volcanic. The contour is great at 70% flat to easy. The infrastructure is functional with a very good 36 aside HB dairy shed and good support buildings. The fences are internally two and three wire to 50 paddocks and the pasture is with clover and rye and a presence of well managed kikuyu. Add to this two good houses. The homestead boasts three bedrooms with two bathrooms, all recently renovated to a high standard

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• 13.3716 hectares total land area • Production of the property has always been above average and still potential for improvements • 5.07 canopy hectares mature Hayward kiwifruit • 2.04 canopy hectares mature sweetgreen kiwifruit • 0.5 canopy hectare Sungold kiwifruit (on strings, first crop 2015) • All on pergola structures • Six bay implement shed including workshop • Single storey home, three double bedrooms plus office and modern kitchen

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(Unless Sold Prior) Closes 4.00pm, Thursday, 6 April Barfoot & Thompson Office 53 Kerikeri Road, KERIKERI

Dennis Wallace B 09 470 2528 M 022 312 7704 Claude Shepherd M 027 441 0436

AUCTION

Richard Lord B 07 573 0241 M 027 443 8764 H 07 573 6846

AUCTION

Equine Heartland - Three Titles

Matamata

Rarely found and seldom available, this 32.34 ha property is for sale by Auction with the added bonus of three separate titles. The contour is flat and fertile with high quality free-draining soils, ideally suited to equine, grazing or horticulture. Infrastructure includes a stable complex complete with 11 loose boxes plus tack room, implement storage, lunging ring, cattle yards and a disused sand based exercise track. Housing is well catered for with two homes. In close proximity to the Matamata racecourse and centrally located, this is a must to inspect.

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(Unless Sold Prior) 11:00am, Wednesday, 26 April, PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Cambridge OPEN DAY 1:00-2:00pm, Thursday, 30 March, 6, 13, 20 April, 7657 STATE HIGHWAY 27

Valley Run - 689 Hectares • Breeding and lamb finishing hill country farm • Wintering on average 1230 mixed age ewes, 410 2th ewes, 460 ewe hoggets, 92 mixed age cows • Contour is rolling hill with some steeper sidlings • Four bedroom homestead, three stand woolshed, covered yards and various farm buildings • Long strong fertiliser history, natural water throughout

Hauturu AUCTION (Unless Sold Prior), 11.00am, Wednesday, 19 April, PGGWRE, 87 Duke Street, Cambridge OPEN DAYS 11.00-1.00pm, Tuesday, 28 March, 4 April

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Peter Donnelly M 021 449 559 Nerrida Schuler M 021 424 711

Peter Wylie B 07 878 0265 M 027 4735 855

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Kenlea Farm - 289 Hectares

Arohena

’Echills’ - Specialist Finishing Unit

Hawke’s Bay

• Flat to rolling contour medium hill with some steeper sidling. Approx 260 hectare effective and very well fenced • Lane access throughout the property with troughs in every paddock • Cattle grazing, extensive supplements made and sold off, some sheep grazed on steeper hills • Three bedroom plus office homestead, built in 2002 and three bedroom workers house • Four stand wool shed and yards, implement shed and workshop • Well located support or cattle grazing property

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• 274.88ha (679 acres) in Kereru farming district • Finishing bulls, steers and lambs to good weights, 2400-2600SU across the effective area • Subdivided into 75 main paddocks plus laneways • Water reticulated throughout from spring sources, plus some dams • Comfortable older style three bedroom home plus a two bedroom cottage • Four stand woolshed, two large implement sheds, workshop, sundry farm buildings, sheep-yards and steel Te Pari cattle-yards • A great opportunity just 36km west of Hastings

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(Unless Sold Prior), 11.00am, Wednesday, 26 April, PGGWRE, 87 Duke Street, Cambridge OPEN DAYS 11.00-12.00pm, Wednesday, 29 March, 5, 12 April, 1016 AOTEAROA ROAD

Peter Wylie B 07 878 0265 M 027 4735 855

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Plus GST (if any) Closes 4.00pm, Thursday, 27 April PGG Wrightson Real Estate Cnr Maraekakaho & Orchard Roads Hastings

Doug Smith B 06 878 3156 M 027 494 1839 Paul Harper M 027 494 4854

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A True Family Dairy Unit

Marlborough

Low Cost Water Dairy Farm

Ashburton

A rare 427 ha dairy farming opportunity is presented for genuine sale due to retiring vendor. Recognised as one of Rai Valleys finest dairy farms, positioned in the green belt of Marlborough. The dairy farm comprises of a milking platform of 130 ha, producing 100,000 MS (with potential for further increase) from 270 cows with a further 68 ha of grazing and native bush and trees. A 16 ASHB dairy shed and yards plus numerous quality farm sheds. There is a modern four bedroom homestead plus two further dwellings and a second rotation 150 ha forestry estate plus 79 ha run-off block.

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188.0872ha freehold dairy farm with very good water rights. 941 shares in Mayfield Hinds Irrigation Ltd. Cost of water for 2016/17 is $80 per hectare. Two laterals, one centre pivot, sprinklers, K-Line. RDR water runs in to a 30,000 m3 pond with a consistent flow of 77 l.p.s, plus bore for irrigation of stock and domestic water. Power costs for 2016 for irrigation $35,673pa. Lane down middle of farm. Approx. 670 cows included in the sale, winter grazing confirmed for cows for 2017. One 38 ASHB cow shed. Several calf sheds. Homestead plus two houses and granny flat. Elevation 60m AMSL.

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Plus GST (if any) (Unless sold prior) Closes 4.00pm, Friday, 7 April Westwood Ave, Blenheim E: greg.lyons@pggwrightson.co.nz E: jblakiston@pggwrightson.co.nz

Greg Lyons B 027 579 1233 Joe Blakiston M 027 434 4069

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Plus GST (if any) (Unless sold prior) Closes 4.00pm, Thursday, 6 April

Robin Ford B 03 307 8725 M 027 433 6883 H 03 308 0458

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