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HE cost of Mycoplasma bovis could be a $50 million to $100m hit to Aad and Wilma van Leeuwen’s business, that’s if it continues longer term. But that doesn’t count the cost of the heartache to them, their workers and community. When they notified animal health issues in their dairy herd they believed they were doing the right thing for their people, their community, the Government and the wider dairy industry. Now they are not so sure. “In fact, to date, the way this response has been managed we feel has caused us and many other farmers in the district to be alienated and if the same circumstances were to recur we would have to seriously reconsider doing what we did,” Aad van Leeuwen said. “It’s been a three-month nightmare and it’s far from over yet,” the couple said. The van Leeuwen Dairy Group took in 16 South Canterbury farms in a mix of traditional grass farming and indoor robotic milking. In July one of the group’s farms was identified with the notifiable disease Mycoplasma bovis that initiated a full Ministry for Primary Industries biosecurity response. While pretty much the rest of

BIG LOSS: Economic analysis has Wilma and Aad van Leeuwen facing a business loss of up to $100m as a result of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak. Photo: Annette Scott

the world already had it, it was a first for NZ. Looking back over the three months as several of the group’s farms now face eradication of all cows, the van Leeuwens harbour much disappointment over how the response was managed. “It has been horrendous on us, our staff and our contract and sharemilkers. “The impact has been

devastating on all our people and for many it will mean the end forever – their businesses and their reputations have been destroyed.” The near 90 staff had just had enough and being associated with a group farm had tainted them for the future, van Leeuwen said. “And it shouldn’t be. There’s no need for it. There is a dirty stigma attached to it all now. People talk

like it’s a plague. It’s nothing like that at all.” He laid blame on an overdose of misinformation and people not knowing what they were doing. He was critical of MPI’s response time. “It took them five days to find out where our farms were and 10 days to put their feet on the first infected farm. “We had the cows well sorted

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and separated by then – thank God this was not foot and mouth,” he said. “We were very disappointed with comments from the media that targeted the robots (indoor system). We asked MPI, through the media, to clear this up and they never did. Their statements made it worse at the last public meeting. “To get it right the initial outbreak was over just three farms, two outdoor grass and one what we call in-out, in over autumn and winter for shelter,” van Leeuwen said. The outbreak on the first infected property was the inout property but the cows were outside calving at the time. It linked to two further farms, both outdoors. But, ironically, as MPI put key emphasis on doing 39,000 blood tests, the blood testing and its lengthy process had been deemed unreliable, van Leeuwen said. “MPI indicated that to us. They have admitted what we know too from our research of other countries that bulk milk testing is the best testing. “That has caused a massive issue for us as we have a lot of young stock obviously not milking so blood tested and it’s unreliable.” The van Leeuwens had asked MPI why more bulk milk testing was not being done, not just on their herds but also regionally and nationwide. “We haven’t had an answer but we believe there seems to be no

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Fonterra to set up Aussie co-op Tim Fulton tim.fulton@nzx.com FONTERRA is preparing to spend $100m on plant expansion in Australia and accelerating its thinking on setting up an Australian co-op. The Australian plants were running at full capacity of two billion litres a year and had a waiting list of suppliers, chairman John Wilson said. The investment would add another 500 million litres of capacity. The $100m expansion would start immediately as part of a plan to process 3b litres a year, capitalising on recent growth in cheese and nutritional products such as infant formula. That would clear the bottleneck in Australian plants – a novelty in that market where national production had been falling. The upgrades fitted well with the company’s global strategy for cheese, whey and nutritional products, he said. Fonterra was also responding to calls for a co-op to step into the breach left by the imminent sale of Murray Goulburn, which Fonterra put in a bid for. MG was snapped up by Canada’s Saputo for just under $1.5b. Wilson said it would be months before it firmed up options. It would be nothing like the New Zealand co-op’s capital structure but he expected shareholders would be eligible for dividends. “We’re looking at what is the appropriate supply structure for Australia.” Australia’s Weekly Times newspaper understood Fonterra proposed combining its Australian assets with those of MG to form a super co-op but MG management deemed it would be a non-complying bid. Fonterra confirmed it would

The queue of farmers wanting to join the company suggested it had followed through, he said. In NZ, Fonterra’s had made a virtue of its farmer ownership in a public relations campaign. The co-op themed charm offensive had apparently paid dividends, with the company’s reputation as a corporate citizen rising from ninth to fifth in a RepZ survey.

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have retained MG’s co-operative ethos. Some suppliers had been calling for the return of a major farmer-owned business in the market now MG had gone private. Young Tasmanian dairy farmer Montanna Gilroy captured some of the feeling last week in one of her regular social media posts on the industry: “Today has been a sad day for Australia’s Dairy Industry. “Today marks an end of an era and no more Australian owned co-ops as Murray Goulburn

is sold. Many of us are deeply saddened and frustrated as mixed emotions run high.” Wilson said a Fonterra co-op across the Tasman wasn’t a new idea. It had been a possibility for the best part of 20 years and Fonterra was already involved in the Bonlac Supply Company. But fully-fledged dairy supply and processing co-ops had almost disappeared in Australia over that time and farmers wanted one back, he said. Australia did still have the Dairy Farmers and Norco co-ops but

MG was the strongest farmerowned dairy business. Fonterra had become Australia’s largest milk processor in the past year but not without bruised reputations. Australian dairy farmers criticised MG and, to a lesser extent, Fonterra for their handling of payment clawbacks during the depressed 2015-16 season. Wilson said while Australian farmers criticised Fonterra for its management of farmgate pricing during the slump, suppliers recognised the company’s commitment to do better.

Fonterra had changed the minds of 1.5 million New Zealanders, Spierings said at the annual meeting, reminding farmers of advertisements featuring brand ambassador Richie McCaw, Milk for Schools and innovative farmers. There would be more to come in the year ahead aimed at building collective pride among New Zealanders. Meantime, other targets for 2018 included better performance in China and the Beingmate partnership as well as boosting the Anlene brand. Priorities included protecting the company’s share of NZ milk and lifting the value of the ingredients, nutrition and food service businesses. Spierings said the company was on a 10-year track to becoming an innovative and sustainable co-op that used disruptive business models, exponential technologies and a range of partnerships. “We are embracing tomorrow’s innovation in what we do today,” he said.

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Alienation hurts van Leeuwens Continued from page 1 logic in what they are doing with blood testing. “We got stuck in straight away and talked to the Aussies. They told us the best way was to bulk milk test at least two samples within one week from the same herd three days apart to catch the shedders. We are way past that now and believe this wasn’t done. “It’s been so frustrating. We know our business, we have researched this and done everything possible to help and we have co-operated 100% but they have not listened or picked up on our input. “We have taken the hit, for our people, our district and the NZ dairy industry.

No one can deny fact that it had to come to NZ from somewhere - that is the key to whether they can contain it, or not. Aad van Leeuwen Farmer “We were prepared to do that but now we are concerned that it will all be wasted. “It is our belief that Mycoplasma bovis is in NZ as it got into our herd somehow and any day it could break out somewhere else and what does MPI do – believe they have it contained but we feel they may be grasping at straws to satisfy public perception. “No one can deny the fact that it had to come to NZ from somewhere – that is the key to whether they can contain it or not.” As the first cows went to

slaughter (on November 1) in the eradication process of an initial 4000 head of stock, the van Leeuwens were working on the economic analysis of their business going forward. That included the overall cost of having all the group farms under indefinite lockdown, lost opportunity with young stock, the cost of not being able to use their own bulls, the added cost of having to retain calves and overall loss of production taking in the quarantine period of the properties and herd rebuilding. “Compensation – we don’t know where the hell we are at. “They are going to kill our stock but to date there is no proper guided plan for compensation before commencement of killing our stock. “Depending on whether this disease is found in the robots, it hasn’t been, not yet anyway, we could be looking of anything from $50 million to $100m,” van Leeuwen said. “They tell us we will be no worse off than when this started but we have nothing on the table as yet to prove this. “We need compensation guaranteed from day one. The first day of lockdown of the farms has been the start of lost production and income. “We have had three months of uncertainty and alienation. It’s been too long. We can’t afford to be waiting too long for compensation and while we were able to help keep our people in the saddle through the downturn we can’t do it a second time. “We have worked 32 years in dairy, 24 in the Waimate district where we have invested heavily in the dairy industry and its processing businesses. “Now, because of no fault of our own we could hit the wall before Christmas,” van Leeuwen said.

ISOLATED: Van Leeuwen Group staff feel alienated because of their association with Mycoplasma bovis.

“For too long we have had our hands tied behind our back. We can’t make our own decisions and forward planning – there has been no clear plan from day one and three months down the track we are no further ahead. “It’s disappointing, it’s devastating and it just should never have got to this. “The MPI approach needs to change if they want people to notify,” van Leeuwen said. “On the only positive note – if we do survive this, the VLDG will be Mb-free. “As for the rest of the country, I can’t say that with any confidence for them,” he said.

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Farm falls a big risk Tim Fulton tim.fulton@nzx.com DISUSED and modified buildings are a new frontier for farm health and safety, a landmark Worksafe prosecution indicates. Rangiora Carpets was fined $157,000 after a staff member fell 2.7m through a false ceiling. The employee, who was seriously injured, was trying to move a box in a cluttered storage area on a mezzanine floor. The firm was one of the first sentenced under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. It pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the health and safety of staff by exposing them to risk of serious injury through a fall from height. On Farm Safety consultant Bronwyn Muir said the prosecution showed WorkSafe’s attitude to

control of temporary or makeshift spaces. Muir, a former Taranaki Federated Farmers president, said the case was a legal benchmark because while the mezzanine storage area was rarely used, it was a manageable risk. “Somebody went in there and the risk was a height risk and there was no safety barrier in place. How many farms have got old sheds on them? Hundreds and hundreds.” Old machinery sheds or converted woolsheds came to mind, she said. WorkSafe said risks must be eliminated where possible or minimised. The agency expected work at height was actively managed so people were not harmed. More than half of falls were from less than three metres and about 70% were from ladders and roofs. The cost of the falls was estimated to be $24 million a year.

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

Safety alarm for primary sector Richard Rennie richard.rennie@nzx.com ACTION against Zespri that cost it $250,000 should raise a red flag for the entire primary sector about the far-reaching implications of new workplace safety regulations, consultant Geoff Brokenshire says. A WorkSafe investigation into an accident that killed a kiwifruit contractor in a quad bike accident while she was on a kiwifruit orchard last May found Zespri liable. The woman was working for AgFirst, sampling kiwifruit as required by Zespri. Zespri had accepted an enforceable undertaking as a penalty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, as one of the parties connected to the incident. The enforceable undertaking required Zespri to contribute to improved health and safety in future and means the company will not appear in court for the incident. Brokenshire, a health and safety expert at Rangiriri Consultants, said it was now impossible for corporate entities to stand behind their own health and safety rules and they needed to look well beyond them to what contractors and associated parties had in place, to take full responsibility under the new regulations. Many in the primary sector might be surprised how farreaching the new Health and Safety at Work Act was. The case should also give many farmers pause for thought about how their farm businesses managed the new rules. “And there will be more to come once the new hazardous substances regulations come into force on December 1.” While Zespri was not directly involved in the sample collection, it recognised that as the contractual party requiring samples before harvest it had

SURPRISE: Many in the primary sector might be surprised how far-reaching new health and safety rules are after Zespri was pinged for $250,000 in a case where WorkSafe said its failings were not directly linked to a death, consultant Geoff Brokenshire says.

an important role to play in contributing to health and safety requirements. The decision that Zespri was a related party should not surprise anyone familiar with the farreaching effects of the new rules. But Zespri had managed to get over a big hurdle by having the enforceable undertaking accepted in lieu of a prosecution. “They would have had to put up a very, very strong case for it and have hit a number of points that satisfied WorkSafe.” In this case it had been an acceptance Zespri could use its scale and resources to fund continuing education on orchard health and safety, implement health and safety reviews of contractors who contracted directly with Zespri for orchard visits and initiate campaigns relating to health and safety. It has also agreed establish a tertiary scholarship for accredited health and safety studies. “I have to add, though, that

LIABLE: Zespri has been considered to have responsibility for a fatal accident in a kiwifruit orchard.

In this case the failures alleged of Zespri were not directly causative of the worker’s death. Simon Humphries WorkSafe just because a company has been able to have an enforceable undertaking accepted it is not necessarily a cheaper option to prosecution.” A Zespri spokesman said the initiatives would cost about $250,000. Other changes made by Zespri included establishing key performance indicators for health and safety and external audits

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was not usually an accepted alternative to prosecution when it had resulted in a fatality. “However, in this case the failures alleged of Zespri were not directly causative of the worker’s death. “The activities outlined in the enforceable undertaking will provide long-term sustainable health and safety improvements in the workplace, industry and wider community.” Zespri chief operating officer Simon Limmer said the interdependent nature of the industry meant there were overlapping duties between orchard owners, contractors, postharvest workers and Zespri for health and safety. “Our undertaking aims to deliver benefit for workers in the kiwifruit industry and the communities in which we operate.”

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

Govt ‘doing damnedest’ on TPP Nigel Stirling nigel.g.stirling@gmail.com TRADE Minister David Parker has responded to concerns the new Government is putting New Zealand’s involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership at risk by assuring exporters it is acting in the best interests of the country. There were jitters from exporters that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern could take a hard line with TPP countries at her debut on the international stage at APEC in Vietnam later this week. During the election Labour, NZ First and the Green Party all voiced their opposition to key clauses in the agreement known as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). They would establish the right for investors to sue TPP governments if they believed their actions had diminished profits. The Government last week sent its top negotiator to a meeting of the 11 TPP countries in Tokyo to take soundings on the possibility of exempting NZ from ISDS or suspending the clause from the agreement altogether. But exporters feared if NZ

pushed too hard it risked being turfed out of a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year and a decade in the making. Dairy Companies Association chairman Malcolm Bailey said those benefits needed to be weighed up against the unknown future costs of ISDS. “The key thing is that we do not forgo some tangible benefits that may be in the offing for the sake of something which, while important to a number of people, is far more theoretical.” Bailey said while ISDS clauses were included in most of NZ’s previous trade deals they had not opened the doors to lawsuits against the taxpayer as some had feared. “The other side is of course that NZ companies investing offshore look to those clauses as giving them some comfort.” The Government’s agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen said the change in NZ’s negotiating position came at a delicate time with TPP countries having for months targeted this week’s APEC meeting in Vietnam as the point at which they would decide whether the deal was worth salvaging after

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the withdrawal of the United States earlier this year. “There are some really difficult decisions to be made here and I am encouraging everybody to take a couple of deep breaths to ensure we are not placed in the situation where we have to choose between being in TPP and some other

things that are important to us … we do not want to be excluded from this. “If we are excluded from the TPP this will render us uncompetitive in the Asia-Pacific region. That is how big a deal it is for NZ exporters.” Parker told Farmers Weekly he

accepted there were benefits to NZ exporters from the TPP but the US’s departure meant they were a shadow of what they had been and in deciding whether to stay inside the agreement the Government had to evaluate what was best for the country as a whole. “Our point of principal that we do not like in respect of ISDS clauses is we do not like the fact that a multinational company has a greater right to sue the government than a NZ company investing in NZ.” Asked what weighting the Government would give the benefits to exporters of staying inside the TPP versus other considerations in making its decision Parker said “We will be weighing all these matters up and taking a decision in the interests of the country.” “We are doing our damnedest both in the negotiations and bilaterally around the world. We have activity in every other TPP country. “Our ambassadors are working in all of those countries and we are absolutely pulling out all the stops to fix this.”

Tough talks ahead for European Union deal Nigel Stirling nigel.g.stirling@gmail.com A VISIT by a group of Brusselsbased parliamentarians has highlighted likely areas of tension in upcoming trade talks with the European Union. Members of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee were in New Zealand last week on a fact-finding mission ahead of the expected green light next month for talks to begin. Equivalent to the Foreign affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee in the NZ parliament, the committee has no direct role in either negotiating or ratifying the EU’s trade deals but is an

adviser to its negotiators. The views of the MEPs were sought in Wellington by the likes of the Meat Industry Association and Beef + Lamb NZ, eager for insights into the approach the EU would take in the talks expected to get under way early next year. German MEP and committee chairman Bernd Lange told Farmers Weekly there were sensitivities in agriculture that NZ would have to accommodate in the talks if it wanted a deal. “For example, in Ireland, the beef producers, they fear competition because they are under threat now.” Lange said such sensitivities had been present in previous trade deals and could be handled

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

Farmers want wisdom from Sage Neal Wallace neal.wallace@nzx.com HIGH county farming leaders are optimistic the environmental advocacy background of new Conservation and Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage will not mean a rocky relationship.

It makes the start of a pretty good park. Simon Williamson Federated Farmers Federated Farmers high country section chairman Simon Williamson said Sage might be from the political left but her time as an Environment Canterbury regional councillor had given her an understanding of issues affecting farmers. Williamson believed there was a difference in approach from Department of Conservation staff driven by senior management, who were increasingly seeking to fulfil the department’s mandate through partnerships instead of controlling land. “They can’t afford to maintain all the land they have got so it makes sense.” Commenting on the

Mackenzie dryland park Williamson said DOC already managed 60% of the basin while Maryburn Station, which recently completed tenure review, surrendered 4000ha to the conservation estate. “It makes the start of a pretty good park,” he said. The project was unfinished, having been shuffled between ministers and it lacked the funding and someone to drive it to completion, he said. Williamson said the Mackenzie Basin had not been in its natural state for nearly a century but the park agreement was the result of goodwill and a desire from disparate groups to protect a vast tract of the area. “It’s not knee-high in tussock like it was 80 or 90 years ago.” The federation’s meat and fibre chairman Miles Anderson said he hoped Sage would sit down and talk to high country farmers and pastoral lessees rather than imposing policies that could have unintended consequences. Anderson said he had worked with Sage before and her background in environmental advocacy should not be an issue: “As long as she goes into her new position with an open mind and is willing to listen to opposing views.” Equally, he did not see conflict between her portfolios because there was common ground with Land Information controlling river margins.

INSTALLED: Green Party MP Eugenie Sage sees no conflict between her roles controlling conservation and Land Information.

Dirty high-country farming will stop Neal Wallace neal.wallace@nzx.com

THE tenure review process for pastoral lease land will be reviewed by the incoming Government, which is also signalling a greater push to preserved conservation and landscape values. The newly warranted Conservation and Land Information Minister, Green Party list MP Eugenie Sage has promised to consult farmers and lessees on any changes but pointedly ITALY - SWITZERLAND - FRANCE said the South Island high country should be reserved May/June 2018 for extensive not intensive farming. A former field officer for the environmental group Forest and Bird and a former Environment Canterbury regional councillor, Sage said tenure review had failed to deliver the conservation gains she had hoped for. A wonderful European experience for farmers and foodies alike! Visit interesting It allowed high country farms and food related enterprises and get fresh ideas in a fast changing world. pastoral lessees to negotiate Enjoy wonderful cuisine and iconic cities and regions throughout! with the Crown to freehold part of a pastoral lease and UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND surrender the balance to the June/July 2018 The very best of conservation estate. England, Scotland, That had let lessees Wales and Ireland. Enjoy make financial gains visits to a wide range of from subsequent sales of farming enterprises, the freehold land and intensify Royal Highland Show, fine gardens, country farming in places like Lake estates, scenic coastal Grassmere and the Upper regions, the highlands, Rakaia in Canterbury, which cultural attractions and was compromising values See our website for more 2018 tours! wonderful cities... desired by the conservation and tourism sectors, such as Farm To Farm Tours Discover some of the PO Box 239, 92 Victoria St, world’s best farming, water quality, landscape and scenery and experiences Rangiora, 7440 biodiversity. in the company of like info@farmtofarm.co.nz “It has been somewhat Ph: 03 313 5855 minded travellers. undermined by tenure review.” Tenure review had also

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There will be no more dairy farming on high country land and ... more sustainable land use on sensitive areas. Eugenie Sage Minister needed. “There hasn’t been progress to establish the dryland park and the outcome of tenure review on key Mackenzie properties has not assisted with the establishment of the park.” She did not see a potential conflict with her two portfolios, saying there were synergies because Land Information managed Crown-owned land including river beds that had conservation values while the department also had a memorandum of understanding

with ECan over managing Canterbury’s braided rivers. Wildlife did not respect department boundaries so having the two portfolios together should ensure the landscape and wildlife were managed in the best interests of all New Zealanders. As for her earlier involvement with Forest and Board, Sage hoped farmers would remember she shared their passion for the high country and that she visited and spoke to them when working for the environmental group. She expected the new Government to tighten land use by requiring regional councils to adopt higher standards in areas such as water quality. “It does mean there will be no more dairy farming on high country land and it does mean there will be more sustainable land use on sensitive areas.” Sage said the coalition’s policies to reduce greenhouse gases and protect the climate would benefit the rural community by reducing weather extremes and strengthen the 100% Pure brand. Sustainable farming meant managing the land according to soil type, the type of land and vegetative cover and in a way that did not adversely affect the environment but helped sustain those seeking to make a living. She acknowledged many farmers were doing the right thing by fencing off waterways and riparian planting but she believed others could do more. A further goal was to have regional tourist facilities built and run from rural towns not on structures such as lodges built on conservation land. “I do not want new lodges on the conservation estate. I want towns to thrive.”

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Wrightson to review structure Alan Williams alan.williams@nzx.com A WIDE strategic review might again throw-up the question of PGG Wrightson’s 100% ownership of its international seeds business. The issue was never far from view in the early years after Chinese group Agria stepped up in 2009 to provide the thenstruggling rural services group with strong shareholder stability but potentially splitting it from the group had hardly been mentioned in recent years. Wrightson had now appointed Credit Suisse and First New Zealand Capital to work on the review aimed at unlocking value and creating the optimum capital structure. Speaking at the group’s annual meeting in Christchurch on Tuesday deputy chairman Trevor Burt did not disclose any specifics but highlighted the potential for the seed and grain business to leverage its intellectual property internationally to expand its market reach as one of the growth opportunities. Finding the best way to take advantage of all opportunities, in

what the directors said was the next step forward and taking the group to the next level appeared to be the main reason for the review. Afterwards, Burt said the directors wouldn’t pre-empt anything that might come from the review but there were really good growth opportunities for the seeds division to expand and that would require capital and resources. “Again, without any predetermined outcome, we need to identify those growth opportunities and the appropriate capital structure and that might tell us what the whole shareholder structure might look like.” Forsyth Barr sharebroking analyst James Bascand believed the review could lead to Wrightson unlocking value through asset sales. After lower profit guidance given at the meeting shares traded slightly lower at 56c on the NZX but in a research note Bascand said that on a sum-of-the-parts basis, the seeds and grain business could be worth 40c a share and the combined retail, water and agency, including livestock, parts

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up to 27c a share, for a total 67c. On a trading basis, he put a 62c a share target price on the company and, despite the profit guidance, lifted his rating to an outperform from neutral. He noted seeds could provide two-thirds of the valuation while providing only half of group profits. Seeds was a research and

development-leading NZ, Australian and South American business but there was also growth potential in the NZ agency business, covering livestock, Burt said. That business would increase its digital footprint but also could expand up and down the supply chain where that made good sense in specific business units. Fronting the strategic review, in place of Wrightson chairman Alan Lai, who also controlled 50%-owner Agria Corporation,

Burt earlier told shareholders it was timely to review the overall business, its growth opportunities, operating models, capital and balance sheet requirements and, potentially, shareholding structure. The review was driven by the board, not by Agria, and he was spokesman for it because he was based in Christchurch, close to the management team. Credit Suisse had been appointed for its Asian knowledge and First NZ Capital for its domestic expertise. Burt said Wrightson had a very strong foundation and was well positioned to grow its global business. It had a very strong management team and the directors had tremendous confidence in them, so the review was not an operational exercise. The business had momentum and divisions in market-leading positions. “This puts us in the driving seat as we look to sustain that momentum while we look forward to where the options are to propel the business to the next level.” The annual meeting coincided with a change of chief executive. Mark Dewdney retired after four years and was replaced by Ian Glasson.

Fonterra gets new faces at top table FONTERRA has two new directors, with one incumbent also returned to the board table. Shareholders voted to elect incumbent director John Monaghan and new directors Brent Goldsack and Andy Macfarlane. Goldsack, an accountant, lived at Matangi and had farming interests in Waikato and Manawatu. He was born in Taranaki and raised on a dairy farm at Inglewood. He was a partner at PwC for more than 12 years. Macfarlane, from Ashburton, had extensive farming interests in Mid Canterbury. He ran a rural and farm advisory business and was a director of AgResearch and Ngai Tahu Farming and a councillor of Lincoln University. Ian Farrelly, Leonie Guiney and David MacLeod retired from the board after the co-op’s annual meeting on Thursday. Guiney was one of the directors retiring by rotation and wanted to continue but was not picked by Fonterra’s candidate selection panel. Shareholders Glenn Holmes and John Gregan were elected unopposed to the directors’ remuneration committee. In Shareholders’ Council elections the successful

candidates were Ward 4, Waikato West, Ross Wallis; Ward7, Waipa, Kevin Monks; Ward 8, South Waikato, James Barron; Ward 12, Central Plateau, Matt Pepper; Ward 13, Central Taranaki, Noel Caskey; Ward 16, Central Districts West, Robert Ervine; Ward 18, Wairarapa, John Stevenson; Ward 19, Tasman/ Marlborough, Sue Brown; Ward 21, Central Canterbury, Jessie Chan-Dorman; Ward 24, Eastern Southland, Emma Hammond. Stevenson was a new councillor. Elsewhere 15 candidates were elected unopposed. They were Ward 1, Northern Northland, Luke Beehre; Ward 2 , Central Northland, Sue Rhynd; Ward 3, Southern Northland, Greg McCracken; Ward 5, Hauraki, Julie Pirie; Ward 6, Piako, Malcolm Piggott; Ward 9, King Country, Duncan Coull; Ward 10, Northern Bay of Plenty, Don Hammond; Ward 11, Eastern Bay of Plenty, Wilson James; Ward 14, Coastal Taranaki, Vaughn Brophy; Ward 15, Southern Taranaki, Ben Dickie; Ward 17, Hawke’s Bay, Andrew Hardie; Ward 20, North Canterbury, Shaun Lissington; Ward 22, South Canterbury, Michelle Pye; Ward 23, Otago, Ad Bekkers; Ward 25, Western Southland, Ivan Lines. Beehre ias a new councillor.

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Bug man paints a grim outlook Richard Rennie richard.rennie@nzx.com

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New view on gas emissions welcome Richard Rennie richard.rennie@nzx.com FORESTERS, environmentalists and climate change experts are welcoming the Government’s policy moves to manage the country’s runaway gas emissions. Policy announced included the decision to form an independent Climate Commission, introduce a Zero Carbon Act, start to ease agriculture into emissions trading and encourage the planting of a billion more trees to sequester carbon. The appointment of Greens leader James Shaw signalled a pivot towards more active measures to cut emissions. It contrasted with National’s focus on buying international carbon credits to deal with the country’s Paris Accord commitments. The Green Party manifesto had maintained agriculture would be required to contribute to reductions, with a five-year leadin to allow a transition. The Climate Commission would determine if agriculture, which contributed nearly half of the country’s gas emissions, should be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme. If it decided agriculture should be captured it was likely the sector would be required to contribute only 5% of the carbon costs initially, as it transitioned to higher levels. The money would be spent on research and development to improve the sector’s gas footprint. Climate change expert Dr Suzi Kerr of the Motu Policy Institute welcomed any first steps to include agriculture. Her early thoughts were that a 5% emission inclusion would send a clear signal to farmers they needed to change behaviour and land use. “It would also test the administrative systems of both Government and processors

DO IT: An Emissions Trading Scheme price signal to farmers could help them by thinking about how to respond to climate change now rather than putting it off, Motu climate change expert Dr Suzi Kerr says.

It is essential this process involves but is not dominated by industry advocacy but rather a diverse team of insightful thought leaders. Alison Dewes Consultant before the stringency of the policy is increased. “I believe this could help farmers in the long term by getting more of them thinking about how they can respond now rather than continuing to hope they can avoid it or not even being aware of the challenge.”

It was also a sound idea to spend at least an equivalent amount of money to that raised from processors facing obligations in the agri sector. “It would be good if this could be largely focused on innovations in horticulture or other lowemission land uses that will set us up better for the long term, rather than more work focused on ruminant agriculture which ultimately has limited mitigation options.” Earlier this year Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre director Dr Harry Clark said other than achieving more efficient production, gas mitigation in the pastoral sector remained years away. He and his deputy Dr Andy Reisinger said it was only a matter of time before the world’s attention turned to agriculture

and a need to reduce its emissions. Kerr said tying spending programmes explicitly to funding raised through the auction of units to processors would make planning for those programmes difficult. “Revenue will be uncertain as both demand for units by processors and the price of those units varies. “This is a lesson from the Californian ETS. There is also no reason to limit the funding of programmes that will allow a transition to low emissions agriculture to the amount raised by selling units. If it’s a good idea, it should be done anyway.” Ecological consultant and vet Dr Alison Dewes said it was not before time NZ established a Climate Change Commission. “It is essential this process

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Forest growth needs more from farmers Richard Rennie richard.rennie@nzx.com TREE numbers, labour availability or infrastructure standards won’t determine the success of the Government’s ambitious plans to put an extra 50,000 hectares of land into trees over the coming decade. The single biggest constraint will be land availability, Forest Owners Association president Peter Clark says. The cost and ownership of potential forest estate had to be resolved for the Government to have a hope of re-igniting planting levels not seen since the mind 1990s. The coalition Government said it intended to aim for 50,000ha more trees, taking total plantings to about a billion trees over the next 10 years. The 50,000ha was on top of 50,000ha a year already being replanted on existing estate. “It is a real challenge but we have done this before. “However, the last time we planted numbers like this was back in the mid 1990s. Then, land was half to a third the value per hectare it is today.” At prices close to $7000 a hectare on potential forestry land now under pasture there was a tough business case to be made. The Government would have to look to farms to source the land because planting vacant Crown estate simply would not be enough to hit the target. There was plenty of evidence to show farmers could maintain farm profitability while retiring less appealing pastoral areas into trees but unlocking that

willingness would be a challenge that needed to be overcome. Nudging pastoral farming into a revised Emissions Trading Scheme might be the prompt needed to get those plantings under way. “If it starts costing farmers for greenhouse gas emissions they will find a way to minimise that cost and that could be through forest plantings.” The Government had suggested if farming was included in the ETS it would be initially for only the first 5% of emissions. Another option could be to examine a version of the afforestation scheme that provided funding to plant trees on 15,000ha and was fully subscribed. “It could be we look at an afforestation scheme on steroids to help get the area up.” Clark also urged farmers to look harder at what the real returns could be from forest plantings. “I urge farmers to get it out of their heads about forestry being a long-term, 25-year investment.” Under the Ministry for Primary Industries ETS review under way it was likely carbon returns could be annualised for forests. Typically, after year five a plantation would start soaking up significant carbon volumes and the value could be claimed yearly, up to about year 15. “That can work out at $10,000 a hectare. “It is significant and economically worthwhile to do given you still have the value of the forest at the end of it as well.” Clark welcomed the

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integration of forestry into regional development plans but said they needed more people on the ground to get the trees planted. “The real skilled jobs in forestry that interest young people tend to be at the harvesting end with equipment and gear that holds appeal.” To get young people match fit for planting in tough forest country was a more immediate need and one the industry struggled to fulfil. “But if you do join and do get match fit, the money is there to be earned.” He was heartened by Shane Jones having the regional development role and it reflected closely the role he had through the Pacific Islands in his last job. “I wonder whether it is time forestry had the chance to benefit from a Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) programme. Dairy has had it and so has horticulture.” He was confident the stock of seedlings required could be ramped up with nurseries needing about 18 months to fully stock. And he took an alternative view to the find-and-destroy approach to wilding pines. “Perhaps we could look at removing them from the areas of valuable conservation land but manage them out in other areas and book the carbon returns on the way through.” Farmers also needed more information on how to make money in forestry and Clark urged a return of forestry extension officers to do that.

Forestry gives tree policy thumbs-up THE Government’s target to plant a billion trees over the next 10 years will double the planting rate of 50m trees a year and is being welcomed by the forest industry. Forest Owners Association chief executive David Rhodes said that would account for a total area of 100,000ha over 10 years, an extra 50,000ha. He could see benefits not only for regional economies but any inclusion of farming into emissions trading would also bring benefits to it and the adjoining forestry sector. “The plantings need to be managed in a planned, strategic way to avoid some of the issues we currently face over wood supply,” he said. He was heartened by Shane

Jones overseeing forestry and also being the minister for regional development, with funds of about $1billion a year at his disposal. “Clearly with Shane Jones overseeing regional development, he has a fair bit of money to play with and some of that is earmarked for forestry. “Hopefully they will not be buying land but people who already have land such as iwi and farmers will be involved in the plantings.” Rhodes viewed the Government indications agriculture might be included in the emissions trading scheme as a win-win for the country. Carbon prices were about

$19 a tonne and there would be a bit of wait-and-see on how prices moved as the Government worked to deliver on its goal of a zero carbon economy by 2050. A Climate Commission would bring some independent accountability backed by legislation under the Zero Carbon Act, both strengthening the Emissions Trading Scheme. “It’s worth noting there is no talk about dismantling the ETS.” Rhodes said it was critical NZ moved towards a lower carbon level or it risked being left high and dry with a fossil fuel economy while other countries had made their move to lower carbon levels.

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

TIME OUT: Wendy Coup loves farming but burnout made her realise there were other things in life she was neglecting.

Aria farmer has big passion for singing WHEN King Country sheep and beef farmer Wendy Coup woke up with back spasms five years ago it was the start of a journey to rediscover what she enjoyed about life and farming. Coup’s bad back turned out to be burnout. “I was so wound up in the job and what I did here. “I was farming and helping to manage the business. “There were other factors too. My father had died. My eldest child had grown up and left home. “It was a bit of a perfect storm. Even though I loved the farm I was having feelings all the time like ‘This farm is going to kill me’.” Walking away wasn’t an option. “I loved being on the farm most of the time. I had a great husband and we had a great business.” They ran a 700-hectare hillcountry sheep and beef farm with 7000 stock units two hours’ drive from Hamilton. “But when I delved deep in my heart and head I discovered I

was just so out of balance. I had to take a step back and make my life what I wanted it to be.” Coup described taking small steps each week to rebuild her life, including attending an Agri Women’s Development Trust course to reframe her skills.

QWhat it gave back to my family and business was the woman and the mother that they love.

It made her realise that though she loved her job there was a whole creative side to her personality she was neglecting. She had always held a passion for classical singing but assumed living in remote Aria in King Country ruled that out as an option. A chance encounter in town changed all that. It turned out there was a singing teacher

Wendy Coup’s wellbeing tips Time off “No-one is going to come and tell you to have time off on a farm. You have to prioritise it and make it happen yourself. I’ve deliberately grown my interests outside of farming to develop more balance in my life.” Managing fatigue “On a day-to-day basis we always have a sit-down lunch break at home or out on the farm. That gives you the rest time you need.” Staying connected “Because we live in isolated situations I think you have to work quite hard at your friendships. You have to prioritise them so you can have time with the friends who are important to you and who will support and affirm you.” Healthy thinking “When you’re farming it’s easy to get bogged down in just doing the next task. That’s why I like journalling three good moments I’ve had in my day. It could be something as simple as stopping the bike and sharing a moment with my dog. Journalling helps you notice that we work in an amazing environment and that there is a lot of joy in life.” Exercise “My tip would be to pick something you love doing that is going to be sustainable. I love getting out on my mountain bike. When my children were young I used to go running every morning. It was regular exercise and it was achievable.”

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just an hour’s drive away in Otorohanga. “I’m now five years down the track singing classically. “It’s something that I had always wanted to do. That really helped me regain some balance. It made me get off the farm every week and it was nonnegotiable.” “I don’t know if I’m getting any better at singing but it brings me a lot of joy. “What it gave back to my family and business was the woman and the mother that they love.” Nowadays, Coup was very proactive about her health. She devoted Wednesdays to singing lessons, maintained a daily journal to record insights and joyful moments on the farm and was regularly on her mountain bike training for an upcoming adventure race. Coup was keen to share what she had learnt with other rural women, particularly those who felt emotionally isolated or who were supporting a stressed partner. “Rural women are a bit of a breed I think. Juggling lots of responsibilities is one of our strengths. What I’ve learnt over the years is that as women we have to be careful not to dial that up too much. “I guess when you’re a mum, a wife and community member you often think ‘my time will come’ but often as women we’re just letting time go past. “We get so wound up in our businesses, families and looking after our animals that our own wellbeing gets pushed to the side. “What I learnt is that when you completely identify with your job or business it’s a very vulnerable place. You need to step back and nurture yourself at the same time as running a business. That’s what I did.” is the official media partner of Farmstrong

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Wet spring hits Allied Farmers WET spring weather reduced livestock trading levels in the first quarter of the financial year for Allied Farmers, chairman Garry Bluett says. That put earnings lower than at the same time last year. The first quarter, to the end of September, was typically the quietest for livestock sales and it was too early to say if the slower start would be recovered by December 31 or in the second half-year of trading when volumes were traditionally higher, Bluett said. Livestock prices were holding up well and the company believed improving weather, an appreciable number of farms going onto the market and the progress made by subsidiary NZ Farmers Livestock in building team numbers and market share in recent years should improve that position. Alan Williams

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Upton entered Parliament in 1981 at age 23 and left in 2000. He held a variety of ministerial portfolios including environment, research, biosecurity, health and state services between 1990 and 1999. After Parliament he moved to Paris to chair the Round Table on Sustainable Development at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. In 2005 he returned to NZ to pursue a number of private sector roles while continuing to chair the Round Table. In April 2010 he returned to the OECD full-time as environment director, a post he held for seven years until returning to take up the PCE role. A media spokesman for the PCE said Upton was not yet available for interview.

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Zealand First to fire a broadside when he was recommended for the job in April: “How can we accept a retread who’s been a National Party member of Parliament for 19 years, a cabinet minister who in the pantheon of cabinet ministers is right up there with Dr Nick Smith?,” deputy leader Ron Mark said. He asked why Upton, a Rhodes scholar with degrees in English literature, music and law and a masters in political philosophy, was “suddenly qualified for this most important role?” The three previous commissioners were highly qualified scientists devoid of political entanglements, he said. At the time Mark said Upton’s tenture could become an issue for forming a government. There was no way NZ First would accept the appointment standing.

AUSTRALIAN group Elders will pay $200,000 to the Commerce Commission as the last act in the investigation into the livestock sector’s price-fixing when the NAIT scheme was brought in. The payment was towards the commission’s costs of investigating the role of its New Zealand subsidiary Elders Rural Holdings (EldersNZ). EldersNZ was no longer trading. In the High Court at Auckland, Elders admitted it was involved with three anti-competitive agreements with PGG Wrightson, Rural Livestock and other stock and station agencies involved in saleyards operations. In her ruling, Justice Patricia Courtney said there had been no intention to contravene the NAIT Act nor any secrecy about the agreements reached.

However, she noted that none of the people in the companies involved, including senior management, had seemed to realise the potential implications of their conduct. “If the senior members of the industry could fall into this error then it must be a risk for other members of the industry and other industry bodies.” The investigation dated back to 2012, after a complaint by a Northland farmer. In late 2015 the biggest yards operator, Wrightson, agreed on a $2.7 million penalty and in a separate hearing Rural Livestock was fined $475,000 by the High Court. Warnings were issued at the same time to Allied Farmers, Peter Walsh and Associates, CRT Livestock, L I Redshaw, Central Livestock, Hazlett Rural Livestock, Southstock and the NZ Stock and Station Agents Association.

The saleyards group agreement was that a minimum fee of $25 to tag cattle would be set and $10 for calves, with smaller service fees. After the Elders ruling, Commerce Commission chairman Mark Berry said the livestock companies should have decided independently how to respond to the new law instead of colluding on fees to the detriment of farmers. That could have meant lower fees being set. “Several of our recent cartel cases have involved collusive agreements arising from industry meetings. “While it is not illegal for industry members to get together to share knowledge and engage on industrywide issues, they need to take care to ensure their members aren’t engaging in anti-competitive behaviour.” The EldersNZ rural trading business was sold to the Carrfields Group in 2014.

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20 THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

Plan left farmers out in cold Glenys Christian glenys.christian@nzx.com WHEN farmers in the Lake Waikare-Whangamarino catchment in north Waikato received letters telling them of a proposed catchment plan change earlier this year they were incredulous. “We’d had two years of the Healthy Rivers Waiora Consultative Stakeholder Group going round and round us developing a Waikato Regional Council plan change,” Waerenga dairy farmer Jim Cotman, who has a 50:50 sharemilker with 230 cows on his 140 hectare farm, said. “But at the same time this plan development was under way another part of the council was busy making a plan for this catchment, the Lake WaikareWhangamarino Catchment Management Plan.” That fuelled farmer concerns

about how it seemed different silos in the council were working on developing policy in isolation. “Our major issue was lack of consultation with landowners,” he said. “They’d talked to iwi, Fish and Game and the Department of Conservation but not us. “We felt disenfranchised and not listened to at all.” So the former Ballance Farm Environment Awards Trust chairman came out of retirement to chair the Primary Stakeholders Catchment Trust, a group formed to make sure farmers had what they saw as their rightful place at the table when it came to putting together then putting into practice a catchment management plan for their area. “We took the bull by the horns,” he said. “We own the land and pay the rates.” In the catchment 75% of the

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land was in private ownership with by far the largest use being farming, with 47% used for sheep and beef, 27% for dairying and up to 2% for horticulture. The total

catchment area including the wetland and lake area made up about 110,000ha or 797 square kilometres. After an initial farmer gathering flyers were sent out and a local meeting was held, attended by about 70 people, where an incorporated society was formed. The trust set out its core values as recognising people in the community were its treasures, striving for long-term economic and social vibrancy, promoting a culture of stewardship of land and resources, respecting the intrinsic values of water as one of those key resources and aiming to use validated and achievable methodology to maintain or mitigate resource care. Since then the group had gained support from DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb NZ, Horticulture NZ, Fonterra and Waikato Federated Farmers. And it determined policy that affected the area needed to be built from the ground up, not the top down. “We want to get on with things,” trust member Trevor Simpson, who milked 1250 cows on 550ha at Rangiri, said. He also fattened 9000 lambs a year on another block and ran about 500 head of bull beef. “It comes down to commonsense backed by good science. “We want to make decisions based on fact.” A major step forward had been the formation of a Catchment Leadership Partners Group to lead the development of the catchment management plan. With help from the council the trust now shares the partnership with the group, Waikato iwi, DOC and Fish and Game. Hauraki iwi had now also been invited to join and while Cotman said they would have some diverging views, as long as they worked together on a basis of trust and honesty progress could be made. The whole process hadn’t been without frustration, especially learning to deal with a slowmoving bureaucracy. The trust’s first step was to

OUR PLACE: Jim Cotman, left, and Trevor Simpson say farmers need a place at the decision-making table.

They’d talked to iwi, Fish and Game and the Department of Conservation but not us. Jim Cotman Farmer commission a report from soil scientist Dr Doug Edmeades, breaking down pages of information from the council relating to the catchment. There were 64 on-ground activities and 72 research projects the council was involved in throughout the catchment. “We wanted him to summarise it down to 10 pages to cut to the chase,” he said. “The information needed to be interpreted into farmer language

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All sheep and beef farmers should now have received an information pack on B+LNZ’s proposal to join other primary sector groups in signing the Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response Deed (GIA). Signing the GIA would give sheep and beef farmers, through B+LNZ, a seat at the biosecurity decision-making table. We would have more direct influence on biosecurity preparedness and response decision-making. We are seeking your feedback on the proposals so visit www.beeflambnz.com/gia for more information and find out how to have your say. If you haven’t received an information pack, or would like to discuss the proposal, phone 0800 BEEFLAMB (0800 233 352) or email gia@beeflambnz.com

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then any gaps identified if we are to make measurable progress. It needed to be summarised to be filtered down.” Edmeades’ report had been peer reviewed by Environment Waikato water quality staff and once finalised the aim was to share it with iwi, DOC and Fish and Game. It would also be presented at farmer meetings in the area’s four sub-catchments. A key issue for local farmers was building a wider knowledge in the community on the need to tackle koi carp, which the trust believed is one of the significant contributors to ongoing sediment loading in lakes, wetlands and feeder streams. When they fed, the fish stirred up the bottom of ponds, lakes and rivers releasing sediment, muddying the water and destroying native plant and fish habitat. They ate a wide range of food such as insects, fish eggs, juvenile fish and a large range of plants and other organic matter, sucking up everything available and blowing out what was not needed and dislodging aquatic plants, which were unlikely to reestablish. It was estimated they produced 14 times their own bodyweight of sediment each day as well as causing habitat loss for plants, native fish, invertebrates and waterfowl and contributing to erosion. Cotman said the trust was positive about achieving a good long-term outcome. “We see other good examples around NZ of successful catchment groups achieving good water quality results and over time are certain that we will also be successful.”

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

Tech showcase will need many farms Tim Fulton tim.fulton@nzx.com SHEEP and beef farmers would be better off using a national network of smart farms than having a single, super unit, Australian agri-science Professor David Lamb says. Beef + Lamb New Zealand was looking for a hill country property to showcase technology and farming systems. The location, budget and scope of the idea were yet to be confirmed but the plan was to find a farm and start by July 2018. B+LNZ compared the concept to the dairy industry’s farm and research unit at Lincoln University and a university-owned farm at Armidale in New South Wales. The farm would operate at the development end of a research and development continuum, project leader Richard Wakelin said. But Lamb, from the University of New England, said its Smart (Sustainable Manageable Accessible Rural Technologies) farm was a cradle-to-grave operation. The university had transformed KirbyNewholme, a 2900ha commercial farm into a Smart farm. Its commercial farms at Armidale were linked to an agri-tech demonstration unit and innovation centre running academic experiments, commercial trials and demonstrations. Operating costs were minimal because the farm was an extension of the university.

to set up and the annual bill was now $100,000 as a proportion of ordinary university staff time. The complex received grants and most of the workforce was voluntary. “We’re running on the smell of an oily rag,” Lamb said.

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The Smart farm started in the 1990s and the university now had about A$16 million of agri-tech on its books. It had owned commercial farms in the area since the 1960s so adding the Smart farm had been seamless. “It’s a living relationship with the real farm.” The university also had relationships with 29 other farmers around Australia who hosted experiments, trials and technology displays. Lamb, a physicist whose research interests included applied optics and precision agriculture, advised B+LNZ against splitting research and development on its prospective property. The Smart farm, innovation centre and campus benefited from constant interaction with farmers and the public, he said. “Research and development is a two-way process.” He could not imagine how one farm or even a handful could test and show NZ’s diverse farming as well as a range of commercial wares. Lamb said the university had no pre-determined thinking about what type of farming systems would be tested and displayed though the technology had to be broadly applicable. The centre had to choose between about 100 types of drone, for example. “We look at this through the lens of what could be used to educate the farming community.” A $2m agri-tech building hosted about 5000 unsolicited public visitors in the past two years plus school groups, corporates and busloads of farmers turning up for meetings and field days. “The programme is built as an educational adjunct to the uni. We were not prepared for it to become a tourist attraction.” It was helping to promote Armidale businesses and capability in the bush. The Smart innovation centre initially cost $3m

22 THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

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They breed the cattle tough here Cattle on Turihaua Station are bred tough to thrive on hill country in sometimes harsh conditions. Paul Williams has clear rules he sticks to and his strategy is paying off not just with stock sales at top prices but also with semen sales overseas and a stake in a major embryo transfer project. He told Alan Williams how he does it.

NGUS calves born on Turihaua Station near Gisborne must prove themselves in tough hill conditions to have a breeding future. Bulls making the grade were expected to fetch good prices when they got to the yearling or two-year onfarm sale. Heifers had an extra test to get through, stud operator Paul Williams said. They were now given two cycles running naturally with the bull but increasingly if they were not in-calf after the first cycle they wouldn’t be persevered with. “We mate them for 42 days but I’m cutting that to 30 days and the five-year goal is to have the bull out for just 22 days.” And that was after the calves about 200 heifers in one mob and 200 bulls in another were sent out after weaning to graze on the hills through autumn and into winter when grass cover was at its lowest. There was no supplementary feed and they had to show they could put on weight and remain structurally sound, especially in their legs and feet. It was performance through environmental pressure with high stocking rates on moderate to steep hill country and survival of the fittest, Williams said. Generations, through father

Hamish’s time running the stud business and now under Paul’s management, have ingrained fertility through the cow herd, achieving an excellent record he wanted to keep improving on. “There’s no sentiment in the decisions we make.” Underperformers were culled and the animals proving they could compete and thrive under stress were kept. Of about 200 bull calves born in a typical year the stud would eventually select 100 for the sale ring 30 to sell as yearlings and 70 to go as two-year-olds. Another 25 would go to the family’s big commercial beef farm near Taihape. The others were cull animals and the operation couldn’t have a good genetics programme without that, he said. Paul and his brother Toby leased the land and stock from parents Hamish and Angela, who remained active on the farm. Toby ran a separate commercial sheep business as well as running Angus cattle while Paul managed the Angus stud. The success of the farm strategy was highlighted at this year’s record-price bull sales. In June the two-year-olds sold for an average $10,161. The top price was $21,000 and one other bull sold at $20,000. “There was very strong

VARIETY: Paul Williams at Turihaua Station breeds bulls for sale to other farmers, sells semen internationally and has a large-scale embryo transfer programme. Photo: Strike Photography

commercial buying,” Paul said. And in late September the yearlings set another record with a full clearance of 29 for an average price of $6600, including a top price of $9500. The beef price might soften in the months ahead but there was a lot of optimism overall. Farmers were paying up for quality animals.

TOUGH: Stock at Turihaua Station are bred to produce robust animals that can put on weight and carry it. Photo: Paul Williams

For both the yearlings and two-year bulls Turihaua provided buyers with a three-year guarantee covering fertility and structural soundness. The emphasis on bulls having sound legs and feet was based on the client base. “Most of our clients are hillcountry people so they need robust animals able to put on weight and carry it. “We’re very tough on that. There’s no leniency. You can’t let a marginal animal let the business down.” The belief was that weaners grazing out steep paddocks encouraged them to become better foragers later. Between 70% and 80% of the bulls ended up with repeat buyers from the East Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Taihape, and Wanganui areas though some went to the South Island and further afield in the North Island. The Williams’ liked to deliver the bulls to their buyers in the main buying regions, mainly to get around their clients and partly to check how their older bulls from previous sales were progressing. They had also been selling semen from their best bulls for a long time, with a focus now on building sales in South America. Calving ease, genetics, data recording and estimated breeding values were all important terms at Turihaua. Williams was taking his cow herd improvement forward with an independent programme testing the key traits of fertility (early or late calving), cow efficiency, longevity and structural soundness. Efficiency could be hard to determine and everyone had their own opinion on it. His objective was a cow with

good early growth but not exceptional growth beyond that, ending up with a moderate-size frame to help her cope well with drought. The stud genetics allowed livestock to bounce back quickly once there was good pasture growth. That involved measuring height and weight and the weight of a calf at weaning was also measured as part of the test. With help from his vet, a modelling programme is under way to provide a robust ranking system.

There’s no sentiment in the decisions we make. Paul Williams Turihaua Station Turihaua also had a large-scale embryo-transfer programme. Each year four or five of the stud’s best producer cows were taken to a Hawke’s Bay farm clinic and flushed out so embryos could be implanted in up to 100 empty cows. They could be FriesianHereford but the calves were pedigree Angus. Some were sired by Turihaua stud bulls but imported semen from the United States was also used to bring in new bloodlines to continually improve the herd. They were very selective in the semen lines they chose, Williams said. Some US and Australian genetics, often bred for feedlot farming, did not work that well on the Turihaua hill country that was steep in places but also with good early country near the coast.

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

Precision to deliver more value As unusual as New Zealand is for marrying extensive pastoral farms to animal protein production, plenty of opportunities exist to extract more from precision agriculture technology and boost farm productivity. Richard Rennie spoke to Professor Raj Khosla, a precision agriculture specialist at Colorado State University.

ROFESSOR Raj Khosla comes from a university that prides itself on its sustainability focus, both on campus and in terms of its agricultural research. This year that focus earned it a platinum award for sustainability, the only university in the world to have done so. He maintains the technology of precision placement of resources for farming will do much to boost farm production and lift sustainability in New Zealand. While GPS now formed the backbone for precision agriculture, the technology of farm management that enabled farmers to respond to yield variability through measurement, observation and response was poised to accelerate. But in comparing and contrasting the changes to technology advances since man had landed on the moon almost 50 years ago, Khosla said the sector had struggled with some standard issues like nitrate losses and water footprint. That was despite the advances made in the technology that had got man onto the moon in the first place. “Today the Galaxy S6 smartphone is four billion times faster than the Apollo 11 computer and the GPS unit we all have in that phone can fit on the tip of your finger.” The first model in 1976 took up a whole room.”

Khosla was confident, however, agriculture was poised to accelerate as precision agriculture benefitted from the technology that had advanced so fast before it. “There is more innovation in agriculture right now than ever in the history of human agricultural experience.” Late last year Bloomberg reported the agri-tech sector had experienced US$25 billion of investment. It was likely to be higher again this year as a raft of companies turned their attention to synthetic, plant foods, sensors, drones and robotics in what had been hailed as the next green revolution. “In the summer of 2016 the first commercial model of an unmanned tractor was released. “We have also just witnessed the first hectare of barley to be harvested, grown untouched by direct human input from planting to harvest.” He pointed to six waves of technology that had broken over the human population in the past 150 years, with the sixth he classed as digital agronomy. Within that were three separate waves, the first being GPS and yield monitoring, the second autoguidance systems, robotics and sensors and the third comprising the Internet of Things (IoT) and data-based farming. But while working closely with farmers from around the world, Khosla said he was getting

GOOD AND BAD: Professor Raj Khosla is surprised Kiwi farmers are not better at monitoring crop yields though they are good at variable rate irrigation.

feedback that as the amount of data collected increased, farmers were increasingly feeling they were dropping the many balls they juggled while farming. “It is also now a very crowded space for solutions to this with service providers. But I have to ask myself, ‘a solution to what?’” In his research at Colorado he had 41 sensors monitoring soil moisture levels at five different levels spread across a wide farm area, generating a boatload of data. The next generation of sensors would comprise of tiny, fingernailsized technology that could be dispersed widely, would report when required and ultimately biodegrade into the soil. But as the ability to manipulate the massive data generated improved, precision agriculture was revealing why working to an average for application of resources like sprays and fertilisers simply would not be an option in future. “Our work has shown that if

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you try to work to an average for application it will be correct for less than 10% of the crop area.” In one crop 40% of it was under-fertilised and 25% over fertilised.

The basic requirements for precision agriculture to work remain the same wherever you are.

“Data driven agriculture leads to an opportunity to reallocate our resources to apply where they really matter and cut back where they do not and still manage to maintain yield.” Khosla said while appreciating NZ was relatively unique in using large outdoor pasture areas to convert grass to protein, there was plenty to be learnt from overseas experiences.

“You can’t really say ‘we are different so this does not apply here’. “The basic requirements for precision agriculture to work remain the same wherever you are. “They have to be site specific, locally adopted, operationally feasible and economically affordable.” Yield monitoring of crops was one area that surprised him that NZ was not doing so well in. However, variable irrigation application was one where farmers were in front of their United States peers. He maintained the challenge for agriculturalists now was to better engage with a new generation of graduates and innovators, many whom would come from outside the industry. “This is those people who do have an understanding not only of agriculture but also of programming, data and mathematics.”

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EDITORIAL

New tune is better than more volume

Bryan Gibson

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Rumour can endanger lives RUMOUR and misinformation surrounding the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak is starting to take hold and the Ministry for Primary Industries wishes to set the record straight on a few aspects. Speculation, rumour and misinformation in situations such as this can be dangerous things when lives and livelihoods are at stake. Conjecture on the source of the outbreak has been a source of speculation for some time. The fact of the matter is that MPI does not know how or when Mycoplasma bovis entered New Zealand though significant efforts are being made to find out. A full investigation is looking at six possible means of entry – live animals, imported semen, embryos, contaminated equipment, biological material (such as vaccines) and feed. While this is under way, we

are not going to speculate on the origin of the disease in NZ. We are dealing with a lot of uncertainty and it is possible that despite our best efforts we may never know the exact source or route of entry. Intensive farming systems have been another area of misinformation. Mycoplasma bovis is common internationally, regardless of the farming system (indoors or outdoors). There is no evidence internationally that indoor farming raises the risk of Mycoplasma bovis infection but once the disease enters an indoor system, it is likely to spread more readily. To date, the animals that have tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis in NZ were farmed outdoors. Another example of fear caused by misinformation are the cases of farms in South

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AST week rural economist Peter Fraser called on farming leaders to be part of the change New Zealand demanded from the primary sector, rather than fighting it at every step. It’s a somewhat abrasive but timely call to action and he has a point. Our sector faces many challenges. Taking care of the environment, adapting to climate change, urbanisation and disruption from new sources of food will all impact on our food production systems. Now is not the time to fight for the past but to embrace the future. The world is changing very quickly and in the future that change will only accelerate. Just think how computing has evolved in the past 20 years. Big, slow desktop computers have been replaced by hand-held devices with vastly greater power. Soon there’ll be a new device, no doubt, that will consign our phones to the scrap heap. Large sums of money are being put into developing new sources of protein, foods that will be nutritious, be able to be produced at scale and have little environmental footprint. What will that mean for our farmers? Some people will still want to eat naturally grown food that resembles that which their grandparents ate but will they be enough to sustain us? And, is our food story the one they want to hear? It’s good that our industry bodies are putting in the work to understand these disruptors but, as an industry, we need to change the record rather than just turning up the volume on our traditional tune. We need to prove to our nation that we’re taking care of our land and that the quality of life we all gain from the primary sector doesn’t come at too big a cost. We need to do more than say “the science is coming” in response to calls for better environmental management. We need to work out how our food fits into this new world with ever more people and newer ways of feeding them. Are we up for it? I hope so.

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Post-Brexit Britain turns sour Chris Walkland

HE Brexit negotiations in Britain are rapidly turning into a national embarrassment with the Government divided and the cabinet at war. Frankly, the United Kingdom is a joke on the international political stage right now. While it is possible, just, to see a vision of life after the European Union with our agriculture in a less bureaucratic place, it is impossible to see how we might get there. For want of an analogy we are on the Brexit journey and we must fly to a new promised land – or, as I put it, we must fly over the rainbow, such are the baseless dreamland promises for Brexit that were made and still are being made by the Leave campaign. While we have the metaphorical equivalent of airport check-in staff and baggage handlers and security personnel and engineers plus the technicians and flight attendants, what we don’t have are any navigators. That’s because the EU has told us where to fly for 30-plus years on agricultural policy. Not only that, though, but we have our divided, argumentive and petulant politicians as pilot and co-pilot and they can’t agree which direction to fly. And in charge of air traffic control is our government and they are utterly hopeless because they can’t decide how long it will

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be before the plane takes off, let alone where it’s going. It is, therefore, virtually impossible to see how the Brexit plane will ever get off the ground, let alone actually land anywhere, good or bad, without an almighty crash. And it isn’t just me saying this – the sensible, respected British media (ie, those who didn’t jaundicedly push for a Brexit they didn’t comprehend and understand) are similarly exasperated about the government’s vision and competence. Or rather lack of it. As for farmers, well, surveys before the vote indicated 60% of them wanted out of the EU, including young farmers. Now, though, the once-bullish

pre-vote headlines have turned sharply, gravely negative. The euphoria of the Brexiteers on voting day is but a distant memory. Rarely has the mantra be careful what you wish for been truer because, before Brexit, the farmers had certainty, clarity in trade terms, a stable currency and, above all, access to a good, reliable labour source from the EU. And yes, okay, admittedly they had regulation in abundance, which was one of the main reasons they opted to leave the EU. Now, though, the tide of Brexit change has brought massive uncertainty with a dense fog overhanging future trade terms and a crashed currency driving up interest rates. But more serious is the fact that there is a labour crisis for farmers – particularly for dairy and horticulture. European workers, good workers too, are sticking two fingers up to the UK amid fears of a xenophobic, anti-immigrant atmosphere plus the fact their wages have been devalued by 20% since the vote. One of the UK’s major dairy organisations, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, is warning of a looming catastrophe if the issue isn’t sorted. However, the Home Office seems to have little interest in, acceptance or understanding of the situation. And there is little sign a bonfire of regulations will come the

NOT SO KEEN: Before the Brexit vote 60% of British farmers wanted out of the European Union but they are not as enthusiastic with negative sentiment prevailing as the exit turns into a shambles.

farmer’s way after we leave the EU. Our politicians have promised this for decades, regardless of Brexit, because it sounds good and is politically popular. But nothing of any merit has ever materialised. On top of all of this, though, is the question whether our government departments can actually deliver Brexit. For food and farming that means the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It has the biggest Brexit job of all government departments because it has to convert an estimated 1200 EU laws into UK ones and help develop a new agricultural policy with constraints of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But it is questionable whether it has the resource to deliver because its budget has been savaged by cuts over the last few years and its staff numbers reduced by 18% since 2010. It has recruited more staff recently and been promised millions in extra funding to recruit more civil servants to help handle Brexit but a major problem is that most, if not all of them, do not have any agricultural knowledge or experience. And knowledge and an understanding of farming really do matter. Most worrying, though, is that Defra has to implement more change on Brexit than it has in its history. And history shows Defra has a terrible track record of implementing change – as can be seen from the shambolic introduction of the Single Farm Payment scheme in 2007 and its subsequent mismanagement over the following decade. Millions has been paid in fines to the EU as a result of the incompetence of Defra and its executive agency the Rural Payments Authority. And the fiasco is carrying on to this day. There have also been other Defra disasters too – BSE, foot and mouth disease, TB, the politically flawed deregulation of the Milk Marketing Boards and on floods and forestry, too. It is, frankly, a mystery why farmers, who have been subjected to a decade of Defra cock-ups, now expect it to flawlessly and smoothly implement a new agricultural policy. And it isn’t just me who says

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WORRIED: Market analyst and journalist Chris Walkland fears there will be a disaster in the British farming sector as politicians and bureaucrats fail to deliver the promises made for Brexit.

Defra’s ability to manage change is highly questionable. So do Defra’s employees. In the annual survey only 26% agreed Defra managed change well and only 20% that it made change for the better. But most worrying of all is the commitment of Defra’s staff with a staggering 65% wanting to leave within the next year, ie before Brexit. And if all that isn’t bad enough, perhaps the most worrying statistic is this one: of all government departments the one that fares worst on resources and workloads and learning and development is the Department for Exiting the European Union. It isn’t, therefore, overly surprising that it has lost 20% of its staff over the last few months. The key message is the Brexit mess isn’t just at a high political level. It’s not only our political masters who look incapable of delivering Brexit, it doesn’t look as if Defra is capable of delivering it either. And that’s not me saying that: that’s Defra staff saying it. That flight over the rainbow to the promised land of Brexit looks as if it will be delayed even longer.

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Science doesn’t back doom mongers Alternative View

Alan Emerson

IT WILL come as no surprise that the anti-farming lobby irritates me beyond comprehension. It raised its ugly head recently in the form of its opposition to glyphosate or Roundup as we probably know it. Like Rachael Carson’s humorous fairy story, Silent Spring, we have been subjected to a veritable barrage of disinformation about what chemicals can and cannot do. Suddenly we have an enemy in glyphosate, that, according to some, will pollute the environment, create mutations and cause your bollocks to fall off. Causing cancer has been the latest claim from the jump-for-joy brigade. Let’s start by looking at the hard science. Glyphosate is a broad spectrum, non-selective, systemic herbicide. If you drink it (which I wouldn’t) you’ll find 80% excreted within 24 hours. It has a low risk to wildlife. It binds tightly to most types of soil and sediment with an extremely low potential to move into groundwater. In response to the latest emotive cry about glyphosate being carcinogenic, if you stick to the directions it isn’t.

In fact the American Environmental Protection Association issued a report in September 2016 saying glyphosate was unlikely to cause cancer. The European Chemicals Agency reported earlier this year the available scientific evidence did not meet the criteria to classify glyphosate as carcinogenic. Yes, some states or countries, notably California and Germany, have banned glyphosate but I’d debate the science used. On the cancer rankings alcohol is more carcinogenic than glyphosate, which is at the same level as red meat.

Frequent cultivation can ruin the very structure of our soil. So glyphosate is a valuable tool for NZ farmers, reduces costs and is good for the environment.

In addition, the lethal dose of glyphosate is twice that of table salt, not that I’d consume it. We’ve also heard research that glyphosate residue has been found in food. Two points here. In New Zealand we don’t use it in crops and the levels found in the United States were considerably below concentrations that were found to have an effect on animals. In fact, glyphosate is so dangerous you can buy it in the supermarket. We’ve heard all this hysteria

before with the banning of DDT. My favourite quote on that banning came from the US where the then Environmental Protection Association head, one William Ruckelshaus, after refusing to read the scientific evidence on DDT said “Science, along with economics, has a role to play … the ultimate decision remains political’. So in the US back then politics led over science and economics. Dr Jacqueline Rowarth has talked of the rise of chemophobia. She claims the affliction is on the rise in the First World where people have the money and choice to seek what they see as a natural and chemical-free life. How they could achieve that is beyond me and I don’t think they’d find any support in the third world. Rowarth warned people to beware of dihydrogen monoxide. “It’s everywhere. An internet search quickly turns up reports that it is a major component of acid rain and causes death when accidentally inhaled, tissue damage after prolonged exposure and severe burns when in gaseous form. It is also routinely found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumours and lesions,” she said. That’s all true but we know dihydrogen monoxide as water. My issue is that we’ve had all these articles that are against glyphosate but little in favour. Glyphosate is an amazing chemical that reduces costs, assists the environment and promotes profitability. Think of the positives. Chemical ploughing with glyphosate means considerably lower fuel use and, therefore, costs.

WRONG: Farmers have been subjected to a barrage of misinformation about what chemicals can and cannot do.

It also means lower greenhouse gas emissions and soil structure damage. In addition, it helps prevent erosion and pollution. So chemical ploughing reduces global warming and increases food production. In fact, the green treehugger website offers the view that no tillage doesn’t just reduce erosion or prevent nitrogen runoff but actually helps to sequester carbon and slow global climate change too. Indeed, some argue that better soil management could not just slow but actually reverse global climate change. What is wrong with that? So, on one hand we have the anti-glyphosate brigade who want it banned. They talk of plant resistance to the product but that was in genetically modified plants. We don’t have genetic modification in NZ. Those opposed would prefer to see a paddock ploughed, disced

twice, harrowed, rolled and drilled as against just one or two operations. They would prefer that the phosphate, potash and trace elements in the top three centimetres of soil are washed or blown away and end up in water rather than promoting grass growth. Would they also prefer to see cultivation introducing new crops of weeds as against those weeds being killed by spraying? Finally, it is important to acknowledge that frequent cultivation can ruin the very structure of our soil. So glyphosate is a valuable tool for NZ farmers, reduces costs and is good for the environment.

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

Living a leisurely life with lucky ladies From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

PETE is an occasional visitor. He loves coming to the farm and is very content helping me with whatever task I’m up to at the time. And other than being well fed, he happily does it for nothing which is why I love Pete in return. I met Pete at our wedding some 32 years ago. He is married to Pam, Jane’s eldest cousin with Jane being the youngest. We hit it off right from the start. Pete loves loud music, is noisy at public events, laughs raucously and thoroughly enjoys life. Just like me. And our wives disapprove of these and other characteristics which makes Pete and I wonder

why Overton women seem to be attracted to blokes like us. But they are and very lucky women are they. Pam, the daughter of Guy, a cricket fast bowler for NZ involved in the 1953 Boxing Day test in South Africa with Bob Blair, is a top croquet player in her own right so they are staying with us while she plays a tournament. I was delighted at their arrival because I’d been trying to get someone to help me with docking the last of the ewe hogget lambs. Jane is busy coaching tennis and picking asparagus and hasn’t been available when I needed her. Pete’s arrival was opportune. We had a leisurely breakfast with Pete waxing lyrical about the delights of his avocado on toast. He is such an epicurean that he will rave about anything you put in front of him. Even a piece of dry bread would elucidate a discourse on the merits of its texture in the mouth. We went out to muster the sheep and I got impatient at the speed of Pete’s gate opening.

“Come on man, my life is slipping away. These are minutes I’m never going to get back.” “If your gates were better swung and you didn’t have a different catch on each one that needs an engineer to decipher, things would be a bit more efficient” he replied. We’ve always had a robust relationship. I taught Pete how to use the docking iron as he’s in his early 70s now and it seemed only fair that I did the picking up. I instructed him on the right length to leave the stump and in response to his question why, explained that we are told that the consumers like to know the girly bits don’t get sunburnt. I’d never seen this when we cut them short to make crutching easier but, as they say, the consumer is always right. I do hear that the meat companies cut those little bits of tail off the carcase, bag them, sell them to China and make a fortune. But this could just be another rural legend like so many others. We paced ourselves and chatted

APPRECIATION: Steve Wyn-Harris is now choosing to smell the roses as he passes.

about music, politics, women and life. It made me realise how much I’ve slowed down in the last year or so. Partly because physically I can’t keep up the pace any longer and because I’m now choosing to smell the roses as I pass. My brother-in-law Andrew, who is a commercial fisherman, helped me at times in the past and used to call me a fart in a bottle because of my ability to leap the rails in the yards and fences as I dashed about. He and others didn’t appreciate that there was so much

to be done and so little time. Watching and being part of Pete’s pace and his ability to savour each moment and experience reinforced that the path I’m now on as I follow him into an older age is not that frustrating but actually quite cool.

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

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THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017

Dismantling MPI is not without risks Meaty Matters

Allan Barber

THE best aspect of the new Government’s decision to split up the Ministry for Primary Industries is the separation of food safety and biosecurity from the core sector responsibilities of agriculture, fisheries and forestry. However, one downsides is the allocation of agriculture, food safety and biosecurity to the same minister, Damien O’Connor, if MPI’s key areas of focus remain as stated in its 2014 annual report. They are to maximise export opportunities, increase sustainable resource use, improve sector productivity and protect it from biological risk. He will need to be careful when choosing his priorities. I argued at the time protecting the country from biological risk should not come at the end of the list of priorities, especially when the others are all about growth and better use of resources. O’Connor’s challenge will be to avoid a conflict of interest between his areas of responsibility. Under the previous Labour government food safety was siphoned off from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry as a separate agency to take over functions that had previously been managed by MAF, local councils and the Health Ministry. Biosecurity remained under

MAF control though, logically, it should have been administered beside food safety because they are two sides of the same coin. MPI, formed in 2012, was the product of the National government’s belief in megaministries as the most efficient way of delivering services. Five years down the track, after several years of trying to get on top of the enormous task of promoting all New Zealand’s primary production, there are strong signs MPI is now running quite efficiently, just in time for it to be broken up again. It is important not to let restructuring take everybody’s eye off the main objectives. Ironically, during Jenny Shipley’s spell as prime minister, MAF had undergone another major reorganisation, when fisheries left to become a standalone agency but was replaced by forestry, thereby restoring the deleted F. As key parts of that restructure, the Verification Agency for meat export standards was established, the laboratories network rationalised and AgriQuality and Asure split off as state-owned enterprises. Extreme policy swings inevitably occur when a three-term government is replaced because a newly elected government is keen to introduce measures that define a new direction and ministers are keen to stamp their mark on a portfolio. O’Connor was associate agriculture minister from 2002 but he has waited a long time for this opportunity and clearly has very strong ideas about how best NZ’s agriculture sector should be represented.

SOFTLY, SOFTLY: New Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor will need careful judgement in keeping third parties happy as he restructures the Primary Industries Ministry.

As associate minister of trade he also has an important role to play in furthering the sector’s global competitiveness and capability. Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie is cautious about jumping to conclusions about the impact of the latest restructure on the meat industry but notes it took several years for MPI to achieve previous levels of service after its formation in 2012 and it’s only in the last 18 months they have returned to the desired standard. The meat industry pays about $85 million in government charges annually, $45 million of which goes to AsureQuality for meat inspection and the balance to MPI for verification plus residual services such as market access and standards. Apart from company meat inspection, done at only 10 plants because of nervousness about its possible impact on market access, the meat processors have no chance to benchmark meat inspection costs. Some other sectors can employ their own technical and inspection staff without mandatory government regulation.

It is, therefore, essential for the meat industry to have total confidence in the regulatory standards and cost structures achieved by the ministry. Ritchie says MIA members, on behalf of farmers, can’t afford just to write a cheque in hope but they must be sure of guaranteed service quality. A major biosecurity initiative involves Beef + Lamb NZ, DairyNZ and Deer Industry NZ consulting members in preparation for signing a Government Industry Agreement (GIA). It signals their readiness to work with the ministry to ensure acceptance of joint responsibility for protection against major biosecurity risks. According to B+LNZ chief executive Sam McIvor, signing up to the GIA ensures sheep and beef farmers have a meaningful say in how disease and pest incursions are managed because participation entails financial contribution. The industry will have direct input into biosecurity preparedness and response decision making, taking into account the potential impact on the sheep and beef industry.

It might also be possible to put an upper limit on the level of financial commitment. GIAs have been part of MPI’s strategy for several years though the meat and dairy sectors have appeared reluctant to make a commitment until now. It would be ironic if all the hard work on the respective parts of MPI and the three sectors were to be derailed by the latest decision to restructure MPI though it is more likely it will be treated as business as usual. Another possible casualty of the change of government is the Primary Growth Partnership programme or at least those with some way to go before completion. As occurred in 2008, nothing is written in stone in times of political upheaval. It would just be good not to throw the baby out with the bath water, a challenge that will require careful judgement by the new minister of agriculture.

Your View Allan Barber is a meat industry commentator: allan@barberstrategic. co.nz, http://allanbarber.wordpress. com

Who’s to blame for rural accidents? Yeah Right

Stephen Bell

THERE’S a new game in town. It’s called Whose Fault is It, Anyway. The twist here is that there are no prizes but plenty of forfeits. As an added excitement not all of the players know they are taking part. Kiwifruit exporter and marketer Zezpri is among the first to be caught out. It has been pinged to the tune of $250,000 by WorkSafe and has to set up a scholarship and safety

education programme as its forfeits in lieu of prosecution. Zespri was caught up in the aftermath of a tragic accident when a woman was killed in a quad bike crash on an orchard. She didn’t work for Zespri but for a contractor taking samples of fruit to make sure they met Zespri’s specifications. So Zespri was deemed by WorkSafe to be culpable along with several other parties it hasn’t named but presumably they include the orchardist and the contractor the woman worked for. Zespri is also going to employ a health and safety officer. It’s amazing it didn’t appoint one years ago given that health and safety is not something new. But the regulations that came into force earlier this year are and they are going to get even tougher, apparently, with the advent of new hazardous substances rules.

On the face of it, it seems tough that Zespri has been held accountable for something it had no direct control over or involvement in. One consultant has told Farmers Weekly that people familiar with the new rules would not be surprised WorkSafe had implicated Zespri. Anyway, the case has serious implications for the primary sector with its long supply chains and cross-party and overlapping involvement of various individuals, bodies and companies. It has potential to be a very complicated and opaque issue. For instance, if an industrygood body or a university or a company holds a field day on a farm and later on a few farmers have a couple of beers while discussing the day’s topic then one falls over walking to his

car, who gets collared? The farmer will no doubt be in trouble. Will the field day organiser get a knock on the door? Will the brewery get pinged for not warning that its product might make walking on uneven ground tricky for the unwary? Will a meat company be held liable if an independent stock agent jams his fingers in a drafting gate? Will dairy companies be in the gun for anything and everything that goes wrong on a dairy farm? What happens when a government department is involved in an event where there is an accident? WorkSafe itself has been involved in onfarm events. Might we expect an occasion where WorkSafe ends up prosecuting itself? Many farmers expressed grave fears about the new rules and the spectre of WorkSafe nabbing them

for all sorts of things that go wrong when other people fail to use common sense. WorkSafe gave repeated assurances that everything was above board and visible and there were no hidden pitfalls. Well, the Zespri case will make people wonder about those assurances. WorkSafe says Zespri was allowed to avoid prosecution in this case because it wasn’t directly involved. But it is still going to have to spend a lot of money on the conditions set to avoid that prosecution. The last thing the country needs is uncertainty stifling activity in the primary sector. The best way to get farmers to take up new practices, increase production and protect the environment is to show them how to do it. WorkSafe’s unclear rules won’t help that cause.

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Self-contained low-cost dairy A PICTURESQUE, self-contained 414ha dairy farm on the Central Plateau milks 850 cows to produce about 300,000kg of milksolids and is for sale at $30,000/ha. Its location at Whakamaru, northwest of Taupo, put the farm on fertile volcanic ash soils that cover rolling contour with some hill and steep sidlings. It still has ample room for silage and cropping, shown in the 25ha planted in kale each year as a winter crop and 25ha in turnips for summer. Silage is made each year from surplus pasture and a new 600cow concrete feed pad enables the farm to feed the cows more efficiently with less waste. Paul O’Sullivan from Property Brokers says the farm makes the bulk its supplements on the farm, apart from some bought-in meal during mating which is fed through the meal feeders in the 48-aside herringbone dairy. It’s scale allows it to carry all its young stock and winter the entire herd. Combined with no need for irrigation, it is a low-cost, profitable farm with a five-year production average of 293,000kg MS, he says.

A pasture renewal programme during the past 10 years, plus a good fertiliser regime, has produced strong results and good fertility throughout the 98 paddocks subdividing the farm. It also benefits from a mild climate that has some frosts in winter and an average rainfall. All the paddocks access lanes are covered with a pumice base material sourced from a quarry on the farm while water for the paddocks is sourced from bores. Ample sheds cater for the calves, hay and machinery, including a six-bay shed plus a disused woolshed with a 13m covered calf shed. Completing the farm are five houses, including the fourbedroom home that has catered for the sharemilker for the past 20 years. O’Sullivan says the 50:50 sharemilker is keen to stay on the farm if an investor buys the property. The farm is also ideally suited for a farmer seeking a property with more scale and is a good size for a family operation, he says. One of the great appeals of the

This farm carries 850 cows on 414ha producing about 300,000kg MS through a 48-aside herringbone and a 600-cow feed pad.

property is its location on the Central Plateau with a couple of hydro lakes in the area for water sports, the ski field just an hour’s drive away and the Mangakino River on the farm’s

western boundary for fishing. O’Sullivan says it’s also simply a lovely outlook to distant mountains and national parks. The farm is for sale at $12.7 million.

View the farm at www. propertybrokers.co.nz ref TPR57000 and for further information contact Paul O’Sullivan on 027 496 4417 or Craig Marshall on 027 553 2274.

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Dairy and beef FOR more than 40 years a Northland family has been farming a dairy unit alongside a beef operation on 203ha near Dargaville and the sale of the property is now an opportunity for a new owner to grow the business further. The farm produced 90,856kg milksolids from 280 cows last season as well as rearing 60 dairy replacements and carrying 94 dairy beef. In the latter, about 25 Friesian bulls are usually reared and sold at 110kg while 70 dairy-beef calves are taken through one winter and sold at 15 months. Lin Norris from Bayleys says the system enables flexibility in the dairy and beef aspects of the business and the dairy provides consistent supply of calves for the beef. Today, a second generation of the family farms the property which is located at Arapohue, 14km south of Dargaville. An estimated 185ha of the farm is effective with the remainder in patches of native bush and scattered clumps of totara trees. Flats at the front of the property rise to gently-rolling hills covered with typical Northland dairy pasture of rye and clover base, with areas of kikuyu. The bulk of the milking platform has been regrassed regularly, together with areas of the beef unit

and both receive regular fertiliser and lime applications. The scope of the property enables the milking herd to be wintered on the property and the climate is a factor in the July 12 start to milking, which then continues on a twice-a-day regime through the season. Typically, 100 tonnes of palm kernel is bought in to supplement the herd when needed as well as 200 large bales of balage. On the farm, 120t of silage is made each year and 14ha is sown in chicory. A well set up lane system connects the 68 paddocks on the farm and leads to the 22-aside dairy and a large range of support buildings for calves, implements, hay and storage, including a concrete standoff pad and a sawdust calving pad. Two good homes add the final touch to the property. Norris says the property is ideal for a family operation and adjoining land might provide future options for the business. Tenders for the farm close on November 30.

To view the property, visit www. bayleys.co.nz/1050138 and for further information contact Lin Norris on 021 959 166 or Alex Smits on 021 273 697.

This farm milks 280 cows producing more than 90.000kg MS and rears nearly 100 bulls and dairy-beef calves.

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Really a large scale dairy unit SITTING on the outskirts of Fairlie in South Canterbury, Wainono Dairy Farms runs a large-scale operation spanning 712ha that has a production target of 837,768kg milksolids this season that will equate to 462kg MS/cow from its 1848 cows. Wainono Dairy Farms is owned by three shareholders who developed the property with the intention of selling it after nine years of production and now after 12 seasons, it is finally for sale. Dave Finlay from PGG Wrightson says the farm operates as two units alongside each other, with a manager in charge of a 1075-cow herd on one unit and another manager with a 735-cow herd on the other. In total, the property has 467ha freehold and another 245ha leased land, with the benefits of the latter reflected in the financial results. One of the real features of Wainono Dairy is its irrigation, which covers 388ha under pivots and 207ha under Rotorainers at low cost. Combined with the property’s soils, Finlay says sustainable production at higher levels is realistic. “The irrigation is very stateof-the-art with variable controls to adjust water on different soil types. All of the milking platform and some of the support land is irrigated.”

Shares are owned in the Opuha Water Company and Canfield Trust, with a large lake storing about 200,000 cubic metres, which provides reliability for the irrigation. Infrastructure caters for the large scale of the property with a 60-bail rotary on one unit built in 2006 and a 54-bail rotary on the other built in 2009. Both are Read dairies with Waikato plant, automatic cup removers as well as grain and palm kernel feeding. Similarly, accommodation caters for the property’s size with three houses, including the original five-bedroom homestead plus two attached staff quarters and another house in nearby Fairlie. Finlay says the farm’s location is another great feature of the property as it is right beside the golf course on the edge of the town, which is the gateway to the Mackenzie country. The deadline for offers on Wainono Dairy Farms is December 7. Stock, plant and Fonterra shares are also available.

To view the property visit www. pggwre.co.nz ID OAM26757 and for further information contact David Finlay on 027 433 5210, Peter Crean on 027 434 4002 or Robin Ford on 027 433 6883.

The 1848 cows on Wainono Dairy are run in two herds.

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

FOR SALE

FOREST FARM PORTFOLIO BASS HIGHWAY, Elizabeth Town TAS

WAIRARAPA – FORESTRY RIGHT Kaiwhata Forest

LARGE SCALE 1,537HA* TASMANIAN DAIRY PORTFOLIO CBRE Agribusiness is pleased to present for sale Forest Farm and The Avenue/Parkham, two highly improved dairy farms with a combined land area of 1,537Ha*. Currently milking 1,400* cows (with the ability to milk 2,500* cows), the operations are underpinned by significant Water Entitlements and on-farm storages, outstanding operational infrastructure and extensively developed structural improvements.

SEMI-MATURE FOREST

+ Forest Farm comprises 655Ha*

+ 32.2ha NSA more or less

+ The Avenue/Parkham comprises 882Ha*

+ Pinus Radiata planted in 1998

+ 3,545ML* Water Entitlement

+ Majority pruned and thinned

+ Two rotary dairies and five dwellings

+ Less than 50km to Domestic Processors, 130km to Centreport

+ Available WIWO FOR SALE BY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Thursday 7 December 2017 at 4.00pm (AEDT) DUNCAN MCCULLOCH +61 416 047 484

JAMES BEER +61 416 859 565

FOR SALE - BY NEGOTIATION WARWICK SEARLE Image from Google Earth

021 362 778 *Approximately property.cbre.com.au/properties/elizabeth-town-tas-7304

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EDGECUMBE DAIRY FARM 74 Ha

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OPOTIKI DAIRY FARM OPPORTUNITY

141 McCRACKEN ROAD, EDGECUMBE

2338 STATE HIGHWAY 2, NUKUHOU NORTH, OPOTIKI

First time on the market in three generations. 74.9 Ha Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Farm situated just 1 Km from Fonterra’s Edgecumbe Facility. Milking 220 Friesian Cows through a 16 aside H/B shed with the five-year average production over 87,000 kg ms. The land is whey irrigated, herd is wintered on farm. The farm has been operated by 50/50 sharemilkers for over 30 years. Buildings include a four-bedroom brick owner’s residence, three-bedroom farm cottage plus a 5 bay Round Haybarn, second large barn and other farm buildings. A rare opportunity to purchase a long-held dairy in the Eastern Bay of Plenty,

Milking 340 Cows through a 22 aside HB shed. This farm has produced up to 113,000 Kg m/s from 109 Ha freehold and neighbouring, mainly flat lease block of 46 Ha. Mixed contour freehold includes 25 Ha Flat, 20 Ha Hill, 64 Ha Rolling. The rolling country at the rear of the farm enjoys its own micro climate, lies very well to the sun and is sheltered from the South. Races to 60 paddocks, (further 11 paddocks on the lease block).

Property is in three titles. Total Area 74.952 Ha (185.2 acres). Land, buildings and Farm Chattels, are offered for sale by TENDER, Tenders Close 12.00pm Wednesday 22 November 2017 at the office of: Professionals Whakatane Ltd, 38 Landing Rd, Whakatane, Price is PLUS GST (if any), will not be sold prior. Information Memorandum available.

Located in the sunny Eastern Bay of Plenty between Whakatane and Opotiki. Schooling options available in Nukuhou, Ohope, Whakatane and Opotiki.

Viewing; Contact the agents for an appointment to view or attend the open day: Wed 8 Nov, 10.30 am to 1.00 pm.

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Property is in five titles. Total Area 109.2953 Ha (270.06 acres). The property, (Land and Buildings and Farm Chattels), is being offered for sale by TENDER, Closing 12.00pm Wednesday 29 November 2017 at the office of: Professionals Whakatane Ltd, 38 Landing Rd, Whakatane, Price is PLUS GST (if any). May be Sold Prior. Information Memorandum available. Shares, Herd available by negotiation. Viewing; Contact the agents for an appointment to view or attend an open day: Mon 6 Nov, Fri 10 Nov, Wed 15 Nov, all 10.30 am to 1.00 pm.

VIEW ONLINE: professionalswhakatane.co.nz PWK00989 Maurice Butler 0274 514 395 maurice@professionalswhakatane.co.nz

There is a four-bedroom home on the property with sleepout. A second three-bedroom dwelling with garage is included in the sale, on a separate 1,012 m2 title and located 900 metres from the cowshed. Excellent range of support buildings including 4 bay ½ round implement shed, calf rearing facilities, hay barn and PKE storage bin.

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Enfield ready to fire THE flat to easy rolling terraces on a 259ha property for sale near Gore in Southland have proved to be highly productive for finishing stock and cropping. Enfield is a well-planned farm in a favoured location that is run in conjunction with a 98ha bareland block 2km along the road and though the two properties are being offered for sale separately they can also be bought together. A lane through the middle of Enfield enables easy stock movement for the cattle-finishing operation that buys in an assortment of cattle to finish. The combined two properties generally winter 1000 cattle and up to 1500 in summer and autumn. They also produce up to 800 tonnes of supplement, including 500 bales of balage each year. This year Enfield has had 38ha of winter feed including 8.9ha of fodder beet and 30ha of swedes with 30ha put into new grass while the 98ha block had 12ha of swedes planted in new grass. Extensive farm infrastructure on Enfield includes a four-bay hay barn, a nine-bay lean-to shed including workshop and chemical storage, an ex-grain shed with a concrete floor, a four-bay barn including a fertiliser bay, a 15-aside herringbone dairy and yard used for calf rearing, a three-stand raised-board woolshed and a three-bay garage with enclosed workshop. Capping it off is a substantial, stylish homestead that spreads over two stories. Downstairs alone is 450 square

Enfield carries 1000 cattle in winter and up to 1500 in summer and autumn and has plenty of farm infrastructure.

metres and features the kitchen, lounge, four bedrooms, independent guest room with en suite and even toy and mud rooms. Upstairs is another lounge, games room with kitchenette and the master bedroom. Other features include a surround sound system, a store room and a builtin gun safe. Diesel radiators, a multi-fuel burner, open fire and under-floor heating ensure the house is warm throughout winter. It sits on an elevated site overlooking

the attractive farm which has been planted with native and exotic trees together with three established duck ponds. Two other homes add further accommodation options. Enfield and the 98ha block have deadline sales closing December 8.

To view Enfield visit www.southernwide. co.nz ref SWG1765 and for the 98ha block use SWG1784. For further information contact Mark Wilson on 03 208 9283 or 027 917 078.

Harvest now or later AN INVESTOR who buys the 291ha Mangakawakawa Forest in Northland will be able to sit back and watch their investment grow or secure imminent cashflow from an early harvest. The forest’s location 144km north of Whangarei gives it access to both international markets through Northport and domestic markets through numerous processors located in close proximity. Warwick Searle from CBRE Agribusiness says the forest is an opportunity to secure some scale on a post 1989 forest as a long-term investment. The first-rotation forest was planted in 1994-95 and has developed into high-grade trees that will provide a valuable asset for a new owner, he says. Mangakawakawa Forest is a combination of rolling hills and steeper faces, rising from the lowest point at 80m above sea level to its most elevated point at 460m. Searle says a mixture of traditional groundbased and hauler methods are expected to be used during harvest. The Northland region is well known for its forestry and has plenty of options for servicing forest owners including forest management, silviculture, harvesting and related services. A good network of tracks throughout the forest has recently had maintenance completed and road access leads to State Highway 1 which heads either north to Kaitaia or south to Whangarei. Tenders for Mangakawakawa Forest close on December 7.

For further information contact Warwick Searle on 021 362 778 or Jeremy Keating on 021 461 210.

HAHEI HOMESTEAD

OWNERS DEMAND A SALE!

‘The Homestead’ or the ‘Big House’ is rich with history. It’s a local landmark, and this is the first time it has been on the market for over 100 years. Built in 1874 by Robert Wigmore the ‘Father of Hahei’ and purchased by the Harsant Brothers in 1915. • 4-5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 lofts, 2 living areas • Fully serviced • 6195sqm site with mature plantings • Possible sub-division potential

John Binning Director, Commercial Sales and Investments Licensed Real Estate Agent (REAA 2008) T +64 9 363 0233 M +64 21 944 442 E john.binning@ap.jll.com

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FOR SALE BY DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY closing Friday 10 November 2017 at 4pm 145 AITKENS ROAD, HORORATA, CANTERBURY

Modern 54 bail rotary shed

Forecast production 326,000kgms

135ha consented for irrigation

Higher rainfall area

Developing dairy farm with good potential for upside having not yet reached its full productive capacity. Also suitable for alternative farm systems such as beef finishing.

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Central Southland Dairy Unit First time available to the market in approx 80 years, 4th year conversion. Great opportunity to purchase evolving property in a strong farming district. Located 11km from Otautau and 35km from Winton. Flat to easy rolling contour with centrally located 54-bail rotary dairy shed with DeLaval plant, ACR’s, auto drafting, teat sprayer and feed system. Featuring a substantial 5-bedroom homestead, and an additional 2006 relocated 4-bedroom red brick home. Support buildings include a calf shed, workshop and a 6-bay implement shed. Added income stream from raw milk sales, Ministry of Primary Industries approved.

185.7222ha

Deadline Treaty: Closes Thursday 30 November at 4pm, Harcourts 182 Dee Street, Invercargill (unless sold prior) View: By Appointment www.harcourts.co.nz ID# IV37628

Terry Forde M 021 361 516 P 03 214 4080 E terry@harcourtsinv.co.nz

Holmwood Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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324ha Freehold & 147ha adjoining lease land

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

06 323 3363 Farm & Lifestyle Sales The Complete Package

140 hectares

TENDER

1333 Tangimoana Road, Tangimoana

For sale by TENDER closing 4.00pm Tuesday 5 December 2017 Richard Anderson M 027 543 1610 H 06 323 1390

Robert Dabb M 027 255 3992 H 06 353 0298

56 Stafford Street, Feilding

Web ID: RAL517

140 hectares (135 hectares effective)

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26 aside Herringbone shed

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Water - own bore and 50mm ring main

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Soils - Manawatu Series, Carnarvon Black Foxton Association & Awahou Foxton Association

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Three bedroom home with double garage

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This is a well-located, two person, compact dairy unit

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Two road frontages and excellent tracking throughout

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Large concrete area for storage of supplements

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All set up to just milk to cows

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Opiki - Say No More

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TENDER

153 Ngui Road, Opiki If you are from the Manawatu you know how sought after farms in the Opiki area are.  Large tracts of quality Opiki land are rarely made available for sale - and for good reason as this high natural fertility district always supports superb agricultural production  We are pleased to offer this 167 hectare property comprised of 12 freehold titles from 4 hectares to 32 hectares  Low input dairy operation unit featuring a well equipped 50 bail rotary dairy  Horizons Consent for 800 cows - not in a priority catchment  Three houses, including one tenanted at $230 per week with the tenant keen to stay if possible  High natural fertility from the Opiki peaty loam and Kairanga silt loam with the main requirement being lime  Excellent artesian water supply  Currently an Open Country supplier, or make a switch to Fonterra if you wish  Mid-season takeover as a going concern is preferred

For sale by TENDER closing 4pm Thursday 7 December 2017 Robert Dabb 027 255 3992 ▪ Richard Anderson 027 543 1610 ▪ RAL519

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KAIKOURA DAIRY FARM - ICONIC LOCATION 146 SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD, KAIKOURA

For Sale by Deadline Private Treaty closing 4:00pm Thursday 14 December 2017 This property has it all - location, climate and a land bank with sea and mountain views. •

123ha more or less, 1km north of the tourist town of Kaikoura

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Irrigation two sources 40l/sec and 41l/sec

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State of the art 44 bail rotary shed

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New supporting shedding

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Two houses

Rob Gibson 027 433 9255 rgibson@savills.co.nz Savills (NZ) Limited Licenced under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008

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Canterbury | Rangitata 260.9 Hectares

(Subject to survey and title)

Looker Farm — Location, Quality And Production. Outstanding, very well-presented dairy unit in Orton. 260.9 hectares (subject to survey and title), with a 6 year average production of 410,000kgMS, 40% of cows are wintered on the farm, milking 990 cows this season. Includes a 60 bail rotary with automatic cup removers and Protrac. Pivot irrigation, on-farm pond storage with good water consents, all on premium dairy soils. Well presented manager’s and staff accommodation. Located approximately 6km from the Clandeboye Dairy Factory. | Property ID TU11014

Licensed under REAA 2008

Deadline Sale Closing 1pm, Tuesday 21 November 2017

Inspection By appointment

Contact Calvin Leen 027 453 0950 Simon Richards 027 457 0990

Manawatu | Colyton 244 Hectares Large Scale Finishing/Dairy Support Farm. This superb property will appeal to those who require location, size, versatility and good infrastructure. Historically the land use has been calf rearing through to finishing and winter grazing of dairy cows. Contour is mainly flat to rolling with some easy hill country. Improvements include two sets of cattle yards with load-out and access to sealed roads, 3-stand woolshed and sheep yards, silage bunker, airstrip, haybarn and several implement and storage sheds. There is a three bedroom cottage. Tracks and laneways provide good access and there is a reliable water supply. | Property ID PN1073

Tender Closing 4pm, Thursday 7 December 2017 (unless sold by private treaty)

Inspection By appointment

Contact Bill Milham 027 443 3324 Yvonne Forlong 021 456 565

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

A rare opportunity LOCATED in the dress circle with views over Masterton sprawls Bagshot, a 586ha sheep and beef farm that has been owned by the same family for 140 years and is now for sale. The Mawleys accumulated great tracts of farmland in the late 1800s and recognised the rare contour of

Bagshot which spreads over 150ha of flat to easy rolling hill contour and includes 220ha of limestone country. Today it carries 5400 stock units through winter with lambing averaging 145% at docking and sold down to 100% by Christmas. Two-tooth ewes are well known

as they have been selected and shorn as part of the Golden Shears national shearing competition for the past 40 years. The herd of 140 cows averages 90% at calving, with the best yearling steers sold in September and the rest of the progeny sold as rising two year olds. Bagshot has been well subdivided over the years so that it now has 78 paddocks with a quality water supply to all bar six of them. An excellent fertiliser history has resulted in Olsen P levels at 31.2 and pH at 5.62. A large set of covered yards attached to the four-stand woolshed works well for sheep handling while satellite yards provide further options along with numerous other support sheds and buildings. The homestead is a character family home set in established grounds with a tidy cottage and manager’s house handily located. An older homestead on the farm

Bagshot carries 5400 winter stock units with lambing at 145%.

offers potential to renovate with its original character intact. The farm lies just 15 minutes from Masterton on the Whangaehu Valley road where Blair Stevens from NZR Real Estate says the community is warm and welcoming with a mixture of sheep and beef farms as well as lifestyle blocks. He says Bagshot is a rare

opportunity to buy such a wellbalanced property in such an ideal location. Tenders for Bagshot close on November 30.

View the farm at www.nzr.nz ref RX1245607 and for further information contact Blair Stevens on 06 370 9199 or 027 527 7007.

Work and play supply stock water around paddocks as well as to the dairy and houses. Stewart Gudsell from Bayleys says the farm is an opportunity for someone to buy a dairy farm and immediately make financial gains. “Its location is really good for someone wanting to expand their dairy business because it’s close to Te Awamutu, Otorohanga and other Waikato towns as well as not far away from Lake Karapiro for recreational possibilities. “You have fishing at Arapuni and mountains at Taupo so it’s ideal from a farming perspective and also recreational perspective.” Three houses complete the farm and the main home spans 330 square metres with five bedrooms, multiple living areas and a detached sleep-out. One of the other three homes has its own title. The farm will be auctioned on November 16.

To view the farm visit www.bayleys. co.nz/813431 and for further information contact Stuart Gudsell on 021 951 737.

This farm operates with a a 70ha lease block to run 560 cows.

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• Your opportunity to own this quality large scale dairy farm in the Northern Horowhenua. • Currently milking 600 Friesian cows. • Modern 60 bail rotary dairy with circular yard and adjacent 400 cow feed pad. • Two very good three bedroom family homes, one of which is on its own title. • Has produced up to 285,000 kgs/ms. • This is your chance to own this excellent dairy farm now for 1st June 2018 takeover. • Purchaser has first right of refusal to own the current dairy herd. • This property represents a great opportunity to buy some of the Manawatus’ best silt loam soils. • For sale at 9,500,000 land and buildings. • Act now and call Les to inspect.

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• Your opportunity to own this quality large scale dairy farm. • Very good layout with central laneways and currently milking 1100 cows. • Has produced up to 600,000 kgs/ms from the 425ha effective milking platform. • Facilities include a centrally located 60 bail rotary dairy with in bail feeding and a protrak system. • Five houses including a substantial main home set in its own private location. • Our vendors are looking to retire and have priced this property to sell at $16,250,000 land and buildings. • They would consider selling herd with takeover date to suit. • Act now and call Les to inspect.

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LOCATION provides both production and recreation for a 104ha dairy farm for sale near Te Awamutu that has productive land close to hydro lakes where the family can play. Adjoining lease land has added 70ha to the milking platform for some time and enables the farm to milk 560 cows with a three-year production average of 268,038kg milksolids, operating on a system five regime. Infrastructure to support this beneficial arrangement includes a 40-aside herringbone dairy, a fivebay implement and calf shed with lean-to and a 400-cow concrete feed pad. Effluent is directed to two large, unlined storage ponds that each caters for the dairy and feed pad before being spread by a contractor over paddocks. Lanes branch out in multiple directions from the dairy to connect with the 68 paddocks, including the lease block. Mairoa ash soils lie below mixed contour that ranges from flat to rolling with some medium hill. Water from a bore and a stream

KAIANGAROA STATION - HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE AND SUPER PRODUCTIVE 1222 Otuarei Road, Pukeokahu, Taihape Quality natural assets, infused with a long history of capital inputs, has created one of the North Island’s premier breeding and finishing properties, backed up with impressive production and financial results. Nestled within a basin, around half of the effective area is undulating to rolling, enabling close to 500 hectares to be cultivated in the past eight years, allowing quality pastures and specialist crops to be grown. Incorporating a bull finishing system, a higher cattle ratio is definitely an option here and with over 650ha deer fenced you have high versatility of land use. The balance is medium and steeper hill, plus 75ha of attractive native bush. The lane system provides access to about 70% of the farm´s 100+ paddocks with plentiful trough water gravity fed from a district scheme. Buildings are of a high standard, including the large homestead built in ’81, a 5 bedroom home rebuilt in ’03, a tidy cottage and a modern two bedroom single quarters. The woolshed complex was built in ’06 adjacent to the modern circular cattle yards, while the large older shearers quarters provides farmstay potential. Closeby adventure tourism with primary school on the boundary adds to the appeal, and makes this a truly unique and quality package. Tenders Close 3pm, Thu 7 Dec 2017, NZR, 20 Kimbolton Road, Feilding.

MELLINGTON DAIRY - 260 HA PLATFORM PLUS 108 HA SUPPORT COUNTRY ALONGSIDE Rangatira Road, Rangitikei Located just off State Highway 1, this property offers a great blend of scale, quality soil types, a high standard of dairy shed infrastructure, a great district community and primary school, while being an easy commute to Palmerston North City. Comprising a 260 hectare milking platform of Kiwitea silt loam, with 108 hectares of medium hills alongside, which provide potential to run a self-contained operation (50 ha of the hills are not currently farmed by the dairy unit). These highly regarded dairying soils have been regularly cropped for potatoes in the past. The 60 bail rotary dairy and feed pad were commissioned in 2009 and include an automated dairy management system including auto weighing, heat detection, mastitis monitoring, production management, auto drafting, in-shed feeding and ACRs. Milking year round, the farm has produced a past five year average of over 411,000kg MS under the current higher input farming system. The farm has three homes, primary school bus at the gate and is close to the active Hunterville community. A property offering quality natural resources and infrastructure, whether you choose to maintain a similar or different farming system.

1278 hectares See video on website nzr.nz/RX1266077 Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | 06 323 4434 peter@nzr.nz Jamie Proude AREINZ 027 448 5162 | 06 385 4789 jamie@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

368 hectares See video on website www.nzr.nz/ Deadline Private Treaty Offers Close 3pm, Tue 12 Dec 2017 (if not sold prior). Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | 06 323 4434 peter@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

KEEPING IT SIMPLE, PRODUCTIVE AND PROFITABLE - 252 HA 150 Himatangi Beach Road, Himatangi

252 hectares See video on website nzr.nz/RX1285284

Tender Close 3pm, Wed 13 Dec 2017, NZR, 20 Kimbolton Road, Feilding Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | 06 323 4434 The flat farm is a mix of heavier and lighter sand based soil types with only around a 30 minute (max) walk to the shed - great for the cows feet! peter@nzr.nz Accommodation includes five houses, with the renovated main homestead on a separate title. Being only 5km from the beach, the locals claim a warmer climate and NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008 more sun than the city, while being handy to schooling and Massey University - factors the owners say contribute to a stable team environment.

The addition of pivot irrigation onto this property 17 yrs ago, heralded a profound change in the way this property was farmed. Expansion of the irrigated area to 160ha, addition of a central 60 bail rotary with ACRs and auto yard wash 9 yrs ago enables a 3 person team to operate this 650-700 cow operation. Moving to on-farm wintering in recent times, the 3 year production average has been steady around 300,000kg MS with limited in-milk supplementation.

EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY IN ALL RESPECTS - 284HA WITH 96HA ADJOINING LEASE 1674 Kimbolton Road, Cheltenham Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that the really great properties only come up every now and again - this is one of those times. Just north of the bustling rural town of Feilding, the current owners have developed this property over 30 years, into one of the most admired properties in the region by doing the simple things well - but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of "blue sky" in it for the next owner, with a 9 year lease of fully integrated dairy platform right alongside. Advantages here start with high quality and versatile soil types - predominantly Kiwitea Loam with Manawatu Silt and Sandy Loam on the lower terrace; highly productive dairying soils that have also allowed the owners to incorporate potatoes, squash, process peas, sweetcorn and oil seed rape in the past. A focus on soil fertility and pasture renewal ensures this place grows a lot of grass. There are cost and production efficiencies throughout, including the smart 80 bail rotary sitting right in the middle of the property flanked by high quality calf rearing facilities and sheds, a gravity driven effluent system and water reticulation. Four dwellings, three on separate titles, include the impressive main homestead; sprawling to over 800 sqm and only 10 years old, this home is finished to an extremely high standard and is an optional purchase with the farm. They say "you never go wrong buying quality" and this seems most apt with this property.

284ha with 96ha lease See video on website nzr.nz/RX1279694 Tender Closes 3pm, Fri 8 Dec 2017, CR Law, 19 Manchester St, Feilding Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | peter@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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EFFICIENT SCALE & QUALITY SOILS 273b Diversion Road, Kahutara, South Wairarapa

TENDER Closes: 4pm, Tues 12 Dec 2017 Level 1, 16 Perry St, Masterton Blair Stevens AREINZ 06 370 9199 027 527 7007 blair@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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This 88.89 hectare flat irrigated dairy unit is blessed with very fertile Ahikouka silt loam soils which have been developed into a very efficient and easy to operate dairy farm. Located just 7.5km from Featherston and close to the popular weekend destinations of Martinborough and Greytown the property is just an hours drive from Wellington. The farm has a character four bedroom homestead, 18 aside cowshed with all new pumps and pit, implement and other calf rearing and support sheds. The farm is subdivided into 31 paddocks all supplied with beautiful clear water. Of the 83ha effective there are 60ha irrigated via K-Line and a 25 l/s irrigation right. The soils are well drained with a share in a local drainage scheme. The five year average production is 95,500kgMS off around 260 cows aided by consistent fertiliser applications demonstrated in the soil test averages of pH 6.1 & OlsenP 39. The current pit effluent system has consent to 2022. This is a well located quality dairy unit with high class soils underpinned by irrigation to ensure consistent production. The size is "just right" with a husband & wife team making the best labour mix. There is historical financial analysis to EFS level available post inspection to interested parties- could suit an equity partnership? A detailed Property Report is available. Stock available at valuation. Inspections by appointment only. Video on website. A very aesthetically pleasing property well worth a visit - don’t miss this!

88 hectares Tender www.nzr.nz ref: RX1289950

UNRIVALLED INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CONTOUR - SUMMER SAFE ’Wai-iti’, 14203 Route 52, Alfredton, Wairarapa This very presentable sheep & beef unit is located in the renowned summer safe farming district of Alfredton in the northern Wairarapa / Tararua district. A real feature of the property is the contour- situated in a basin sheltered from southerlies, of the 620 effective hectares 220 hectares have been cultivated, with 60% of the farm being classed as easy to medium hill and the balance medium to steep hill. The 10 year annual rainfall average is 1130mm, with 76, 77 & 52 mls average in the Dec, Jan, Feb months. Wai-iti has excellent infrastructure; well subdivided into 85 main paddocks, new covered yards at the four stand woolshed, five sets of satellite yards, good access and ease of stock movement via a metalled central lane, two new sets of cattle yards, 100t fertiliser bin and ample support buildings. There is a comfortable three bedroom dwelling with a detached double sleep out and a shearers quarters. Running around 6,000su the regular fertiliser applications and hence good fertility levels (P 20 & pH 5.8, av.) have helped Wai iti produce consistently high levels of stock performance translating into very competitive EFS. Being the 2016 winners of the Wairarapa Sheep & Beef Farm Business of the Year there is comprehensive information on the property, including financial analysis, after inspection. Why settle for less, buy the best!

682 hectares Tender (unless sold prior) www.nzr.nz ref: RX1284496 TENDER CLOSES (unless sold prior) 4pm, Mon 11 December 2017 NZR Office, 16 Perry St, Masterton Blair Stevens AREINZ 06 370 9199 027 527 7007 blair@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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FIRST FARM - NATIONWIDE OPPORTUNITY 238 Kumenga Road, Martinborough

61.4 hectares AUCTION www.nzr.nz ref: RX1264513

Where else can you buy an irrigated, drained dairy unit with very fertile silt loam soils for around $30,000/ha with an EFS that would put much larger units to shame? AUCTION 1pm Friday 24 November 2017 This low cost farm consistently averages close to 60,000kgMS from 185 cows off the 54ha irrigated milking platform. The soil tests show excellent fertility- P levels in Greytown Working Mens Club the 30 & 40´s and pH´s in the 6.0´s. Irrigation & Effluent consents are granted through to 2024 & 2022. There are 40ha under K-Line & long lateral sprinklers & 10ha Blair Stevens AREINZ 027 527 7007 with a 60m span travelling irrigator. The improvements feature a character 4 bedroom homestead set in mature grounds with a carport and garage. The cowshed is 06 370 9199 blair@nzr.nz a 15 aside herringbone; other buildings include a woolshed (used for calf rearing), as new workshop, three bay hay shed and a three bay tool/hay shed. The coast, Martinborough and Greytown are all an easy drive away. First farm buyers and investors looking for consistency and efficiency take note! NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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Call Blair today for a comprehensive property report. 6 years financials available. Inspections by appointment. Herd available at valuation. Video on website

EXCELLENT DAIRY UNIT - CENTRAL WAIRARAPA LOCATION 188 Waihakeke Road, Carterton, Wairarapa This highly specced dairy unit is located a very short drive from both Greytown & Carterton offering the owners the sanctity of a real work/life balance with cafes, schools, shops & suppliers closeby. The infrastructure on this property is top class. The 50 bail rotary cowshed with Waikato plant has ACR’s, auto drafting, covered vet yard, 400 cow yard and many energy & labour saving features. The original 18 aside herringbone is still operational, used for colostrum cows. The farm is very well set up for other buildings, with two specialist barns catering for 150 calves under cover. The farm has a mix of soils including highly fertile alluvial silt loams, and there is extensive drainage. Large areas have been re-grassed and the Tow & Fert system has lifted the clover component of the pastures with no N applied in last 2 seasons. The fertility levels are optimised. The last 6 years production average is 178,000kgMS, off around 400 cows and over a 160 ha platform area (includes 6ha lease). The 65 paddocks all have filtered water and are linked by two underpasses. The whole milking platform is irrigated via 4 separate irrigation consents. The effluent can also be applied to the whole farm. Both mainline systems are linked together. The main dwelling is 4/5 bedrooms with a tidy 2 bedroom workers cottage close to the rotary. Nine titles offer a 123ha farm / 46ha bareland split. There are many extras being left with the farm to ensure it is any easy start-up.

169 hectares TENDER www.nzr.nz

ref: RX1276510

Tender Closes: 4pm, Thurs 7 December 2017 NZR Office, 16 Perry St, Masterton Blair Stevens AREINZ 06 370 9199 027 527 7007 blair@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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BAGSHOT - HISTORY, LOCATION & CONTOUR - 586HA 756 Whangaehu Valley Road, Masterton

586 hectares Tender www.nzr.nz ref: RX1245607

Located in the dress circle with views over Masterton from the west Bagshot is only 15 minutes drive from town. One of the Wairarapa´s original farming family´s the Mawley´s accumulated large tracts of farmland in the late 1800´s and now descendants offer Bagshot for sale - what a rare opportunity this presents! The property is very well balanced with 552ha effective featuring 150ha of flat to rolling easy hill and 200ha of easy-medium hill; including 220ha of easy rolling Limestone country. The property winters around 3000 ewes and 110 cows, with replacements; approx. 5,400 stock units. The farm is well subdivided into 78 paddocks, with a quality water supply - all but 6 paddocks rely on dam water. Bagshot has an excellent fertiliser history with between 60-100t of Super applied every year, on average. A recent soil test indicates Olsen P levels of 31.2 and pH 5.62, average. The rainfall is 1100mm in a semi summer dry climate. The homestead is a character family home set in established grounds with a tidy cottage and managers house handily located. The four stand wool shed is accompanied by a large set of covered yards, cattle yards, satellite yards and numerous other support sheds and buildings. An old homestead offers potential. The property is made up of 6 titles including access off Rangitumau to the west. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase the historic Bagshot - call Blair today - property report available. Video on website.

FLAT & WELL RESOURCED AT $39K/HA 848 State Highway 1, Bulls Located 7km north of Bulls, the current owners have focussed on infrastructure to allow a low environmental footprint while maintaining strong mainly pasture based production with lower costs. The 340 cows are easily accommodated in the herd home and feed pad, protecting pastures and reducing wintering costs. A lined pond and solids separator all add to a fully consented system that has averaged 145,000kgMS the past 2yrs. With a modern main home, a cottage on a sep title, the 30ASHB operates very efficiently. Six titles. Plus gst (if any).

121 hectares Asking Price $4,700,000 nzr.nz/RX1285278 Deadline Treaty (if not sold prior) Closes 3pm, Mon 4 Dec 2017, NZR, 20 Kimbolton Road, Feilding Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | peter@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

PUTAKI Mahoe Road, Waitomo

TENDER Closes: 4pm Thurs 30 Nov 2017, NZR Office, 16 Perry St, Masterton Blair Stevens AREINZ 06 370 9199 | 027 527 7007 blair@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

1274 hectares By Negotiation www.nzr.nz Ref: RX1268890

Putaki presents the opportunity to secure a large-scale Sheep and Beef operation on easy to steep hill country in an area that Jamie Proude AREINZ 06 385 4466 | 027 448 5162 is historically regarded for its consistent summer rainfall and jamie@nzr.nz favourable soils renowned for quality livestock production. A total of 1274 ha. Currently used as a sheep and cattle breeding NZR Central Limited | Licensed REAA 2008 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.

227 WAIHUKA ROAD, TAUMARUNUI Waihuka Road presents the opportunity to purchase a quality and well-presented 442-hectare breeding/finishing farm. It is evident that significant capital, management and development has transformed this farm into what it is today. Emphasis has been placed on pasture regeneration, fertility and fencing. Combination of all this is in the outstanding production figures. A tidy 4-bedroom home is situated on an elevated site overlooking the farm plus another second dwelling is a tidy 2bedroom cottage. Other Infrastructure includes a 3-stand woolshed and sheep yards, cattle yards with loadout off a metal road and implement shed / workshop.

QUALITY OWHANGO DAIRY UNIT 2646 State Highway 4, Taumarunui This attractive dairy unit located in the sought after Owhango area which is renowned for impressive consistent production figures from the regions reliable climatic conditions. 85.2ha currently producing 93,000 kg/MS over the last 4 years average with the addition of an extra 22.5ha neighboring lease title adjoining. Improvements include a quality 3-bedroom home completely refurbished in 2008. 22 aside herringbone shed with a 250-cow yard plus a 4-bay calf rearing shed. An excellent reticulated spring fed water system provides quality water yearround to troughs throughout the farm.

442 hectares Offers Invited www.nzr.nz Ref: RX1275838 Closing date for offers: 4pm, 23rd Nov 2017, 1 Goldfinch Street, Ohakune Jamie Proude AREINZ 06 385 4466 | 027 448 5162 jamie@nzr.nz NZR Central Ltd | Licensed REAA 2008

85.2 Hectares Auction www.nzr.nz Ref: RX1259163 Auction (unless sold prior) 2pm 30th Nov 2017, Taumarunui Golf Course, Golf Course Road Jamie Proude AREINZ 06 385 4466 | 027 448 5162 jamie@nzr.nz NZR Central Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

HARRIS ROAD, RAETIHI

36 hectares Auction www.nzr.nz Ref:RX1268895

An opportunity seldom available is this 36-hectare bare land title that boasts enormous Mount Ruapehu views along with wonderful building sites and situated in a private, quiet location Auction (unless sold prior) 10am, 30th Nov 2017, only 12km to from Ohakune and 8km from Raetihi. 1 Goldfinch Street, Ohakune This diverse property is currently used as part of the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jamie Proude or Juliane Brand intensive livestock fattening unit, along with a past cropping 027 448 5162 | 027 515 5581 regime. Further possibilities for the property would include jamie@nzr.nz | Juliane@nzr.nz dairy support, supplementary fodder and horticulture crops, or NZR Central Limited | Licensed REAA 2008 the development of the ultimate lifestyle block.

OTAHU 270 and 855 Okahuhura Saddle Road, Matiere Immaculately presented in all respects, this 947.31ha hill country breeding/finishing farm represents an opportunity to secure a farm that is set up to just walk in and start doing the job. A good balance of contour consists of easy to undulating land suitable for cultivation along with the majority being mainly clean medium to steeper hills. A flexible farming regime is adopted depending on seasonal climatic conditions or market trends altering the closing winter stocking rates between 7500su to 8000su on the effective 800ha. The farm is held in 8 titles and improvements include two quality dwellings.

947.31 hectares Tender (unless sold prior) www.nzr.nz Ref: RX1275468 Closing date for tenders: 4pm, 1st Dec 2017, 1Goldfinch Street, Ohakune Jamie Proude 06 385 4466 | 027 448 5162 jamie@nzr.nz NZR Central Ltd | Licensed REAA 2008

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

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farmersweekly.co.nz/realestate 0800 85 25 80

Growth and variety A LARGE-SCALE 958ha self-contained dairy farm for sale straddles the Kaipara and Whangarei Districts and milks about 950 cows with a combination of cropping and beef. Converted in 2010, the property features a mixture of contours and soils that suit a variety of farming opportunities and future growth. The owners have milked up to 1200 cows and produced 306,469kg milksolids and now have a sharemilker split calving and milking 950 cows on a 600ha milking platform with a forecast production of 270,000kg MS. That allows the owners to rear more beef stock by better using all the surrounding area on the farm. A 1.6km tanker road leads to the 54-bail rotary dairy that has automatic cup removers and is set up with electronically-controlled in-bail feeding. That provides a balanced nutrient supply based on each cow’s stage of lactation and milk yield and is

The farm’s sandy base means no mud but it tends to hang on longer in dry weather.

complemented by a newly-erected concrete feed pad. Throughout the property, a network of wide limestone races connects paddocks, which all have troughs fed top-quality water sourced from the Manganui River. Catherine Stewart from Bayleys says the farm is set up to enable efficient use of stock and land in the more remote parts of the farm for carrying replacement stock, dry cows, cropping and beef. An array of farm buildings adds to the quality of the farm, with multiple implement sheds and a converted woolshed. Added to that are two homes and two relocated workers’ accommodation units. The farm has a deadline sale on November 29.

For further information contact Catherine Stewart on 027 356 5031.

Good wet or dry HIMATANGI Beach in Manawatu is just a few kilometres away from a 252ha dairy farm that averages 300,000kg milksolids and is for sale by tender. The area’s coastal climate differs from the rest of Manawatu and Peter Barnett from NZR says it has more sunshine hours, less rain and warmer temperatures. Location is one of the appeals of the farm, not just for the climate, he says, but also the nearby Himatangi Beach with its long, sandy shore and small coastal community. On the farm itself, a good balance of heavier and lighter soil types works well, as the heavier sands tend to hang on well through the drier months while the lighter sands are fantastic for wetter periods. “Farmers who have no experience with this type of country don’t appreciate the benefits it offers. “While it has been extremely wet like everywhere else, you don’t get mud. “Even without irrigation, the heavier sand country generally hangs on longer than the clay country in a drier year, particularly after a normal winter. “The owners have commented that they have noticed over the years they have been irrigating that the soil profile has really

This farm has a productive dairy platform for efficient use of stock and crops on more remote parts.

developed with a greater depth of organic material and a much more resilient sward.” The flat farm has 160ha irrigated by three pivots with water sourced from two consented bores that have a plentiful supply. It was one of the first farms in the area to adopt irrigation and since then irrigation has become widespread. Well-mounded, wide sand races around the farm minimise cow hoof problems and lead to the eight-year-old, 60-bail, rotary dairy that is centrally located to limit the longest walk for the herd to 30 minutes. An in-shed feeding system was installed this year as the simplest way of providing strategic supplementation for the herd and production to date has been with low levels of bought-in feed. Five homes provide a wide range of accommodation on the farm and the homestead has a separate title which has a small olive orchard behind extensive hedging. Tenders close on December 13.

SOUTHERN WIDE REAL ESTATE SRM Realty Ltd, Licensed under the REAA 2008, 21 Macandrew Road, Dunedin 9054 p 03 466 3105 f 03 456 3105 e otago@southernwide.co.nz

483 BURNSIDE ROAD, WINDSOR, WAITAKI

For further information contact Peter Barnett on 027 482 6835.

SOUTHERN WIDE REAL ESTATE

Web Ref SWI1919

156.9466 hectare self contained dairy farm. Milking 310 Jersey cows, carrying 85 yearling heifers, 30 carry over cows,12 bulls and producing 108,000 to 110,000kg MS. All of the cattle are wintered on the farm. The cows and in calf heifers are wintered in a 108 x 28 metre barn with rubber matting and centre feeding. The farm has a 30 aside shed built in 1999, along with a large concrete silage bunker all serviced by a modern effluent system. The farm being rectangular in shape, mainly of flat contour with some small terraces; all paddocks are accessed via a loop race system. Balance of medium to free draining soils, strong pasture and fertility that is located in a district renowned for early spring and strong summer pasture growth. This is a great family farm for you!

Deadline Sale closing 4.00pm, Wednesday 6th December 2017. Prior offers considered. p 03 218 2795 WAYNE CLARKE M: 0274 325 768 e southland@swre.co.nz

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PRIME DAIRY FARM

505.29 HA

Southern Wide Real Estate is privileged to offer for sale this very attractive 505.29 hectare dairy unit partially self-contained, situated in the North Otago region. Farm buildings on the property are of a good standard with a 60-bail dairy shed, five dwellings and an array of farm buildings. Also a large feed pad facility constructed adjacent to the dairy shed which provides very good facilities overall. Burnside Pastoral Limited is based around a 1550-cow irrigated, spring calving dairy farm with adjoining support land, situated 16km north west of Oamaru and 125km North of Dunedin. The property has quality soils irrigated by pivot and k-line with water accessed from North Otago Irrigation Company, stage one and stage two. The total land area is 505.29ha and farmed in conjunction with 81.9ha irrigated adjoining lease. Last year production of 574,891kg/ms was achieved, but with additional land purchased, increased pivot irrigation, fencing and race development, is targeting 634,000kg/ms in 2017/2018 season. Overall an opportunity to purchase a well improved dairy unit in the strong farming area of North Otago, with reliable irrigation and potential for further development. Contact sole agents to inspect.

BY NEGOTIATION Web Ref : SWDR1304

JOHN FAULKS M: 0274 525 800 E: john.faulks@southernwide.co.nz

BARRY MEIKLE M: 0274 365 131 E: barrym@southernwide.co.nz

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253 PAPATOTARA ROAD, PAPATOTARA DEADLINE SALE

farmersweekly.co.nz/realestate 0800 85 25 80

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THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

Upgraded dairy unit This hillcountry farm carries up to 8000 stock units over winter.

Walk in and work A WELL balanced 947ha hill country farm north of Taumaranui is immaculately presented and ready for a new owner to take the helm and steer their own course. The ease of management on the Matiere farm, Otahu, enables the husband and-wife team to operate a flexible farming regime that winters up to 8000su and finishes most of its lambs. A terminal sire is used over the 4000-ewe flock with lambs finished at 17kg to 17.5kg. The cattle policy includes a mix of steers, heifers or fattening cows with numbers varying between 350 and 650 on the property. Jamie Proude from NZR says everyone who has been to the property comments on its immaculate presentation from fencing and buildings through to fertiliser.

“They’ve set the farm up with well-positioned satellite yards and woolsheds at each end of the farm, with a lot of thought going into it. “It’s the sort of farm you can walk into and start to farm.” A good balance of contour consists of easy to undulating land suitable for cultivation along with the mainly clean, medium to steeper hills, which, together, provide options for different farming systems, Proude says. Pasture development has seen an emphasis on improved pasture quality with new grass cultivars over the easier contour areas of the farm. Top-quality fencing throughout the farm has been part of its development and today it is well subdivided into 60 main paddocks and a number of holding paddocks.

Well-formed and maintained tracks throughout the farm provide good access between paddocks and to the three sets of cattle yards and three sets of satellite sheep yards with covered drenching races that all add to the ease of running the farm. Otahu has eight titles and includes two quality houses, with the main four-bedroom home situated on an elevated, private and sheltered site. It looks out over an attractive landscape enhanced by mature native bush and a range of planted trees. Tenders close on December 1.

A TIDY 206ha Northland dairy farm for sale at $2.6 million uses 110ha for the milking platform and the remainder for dairy support and beef. Last season the Ruawai farm produced 74,450kg milksolids from 240 cows and this season is on target to achieve 90,000kg MS from 260 cows. A further 174 mixed-age dairy and beef cattle graze on the land beyond the milking platform. Catherine Stewart from Bayleys says the contour is a mix of flat to easy-rolling terrain with 3km of good limestone lanes connecting the 45 paddocks on the milking platform as well as 45 paddocks on the rest of the farm. An additional 35 paddocks are on the other side of the road and throughout the paddocks pasture is predominantly rye and clover with some kikuyu. The owner has a regrassing programme, which this year will follow 15ha of turnips and 5ha of brassica.

Lanes lead to the immaculate 18-aside dairy renovated in 2007 so it now has an in-shed feeding system and a drafting system. As part of that upgrade the dairy got new motors and a new refrigeration unit while the farm has been updated with new tanks for the bore and 1.8km of new lanes. Water from the farm’s bore is pumped to tanks then troughs on both sides of the road. It is also good quality water for the dairy and the farm also has an inactive bore. An old woolshed on the farm has been converted into warm, clean calfrearing facilities while other improvements include two half-round hay barns, cattle yards and a modest threebedroom weatherboard home.

The farm can be viewed at www.bayleys.co.nz/1020138 and for further information contact Catherine Stewart on 0800 422 959 or 027 356 5031.

The farm can be viewed at www.nzr. nz/nzr ref RX1275468 and for further information contact Jamie Proude on 027 448 5162.

Opunake Dairy Farm with Lease ON

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OPEN FARMS: Wednesday 8th, 15th, 22nd of November 12.30pm-2pm Wednesday 6th December 12.30pm-2pm – 125/153 Kaweora Road, Opunake

Seldom have we seen an opportunity to purchase a quality operation like this 85 hectare Lower Duthie Road dairy farm in the sweet spot of Taranaki. A mainly flat farm with excellent strong pasture and good fertility a testament to the stewardship of the current owners. 20 aside herringbone cowshed with ACR, three bedroom home, good range of farm building and a brand new ring water main around the farm make this a very appealing property. Milking 255 cows this season the farm has a excellent production history and would appeal to a couple who a looking to farm together. OPEN DAYS: Thursdays 9th, 16th, 23rd of November and 7th December 2017 at 12.30pm-2pm – 556 Lower Duthie Road

AUCTION: 11am Friday 15th December 2017 at the Sandfords Event Centre Opunake.

TENDERS: Close 4pm Friday 15th December 2017 at the offices of Matthew & Co Real Estate Ltd.

Phone Matthew McDonald 06 765 5599 or 0274 814 468

Phone Matthew McDonald 06 765 5599 or 0274 814 468 Matthew McDonald Ph 06 765 5599 Cell 0274 814 648 Nicole McDonald Ph 0274 355 650 Mike Johnston Ph 027 272 4044 www.matthewandco.co.nz

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Located only a few minutes from Opunake is this mainly flat 96 hectare farm in two titles comprising freehold and WCL. Two homes and a 20-bail rotary cowshed with automatic cup removers, well raced and subdivided making this a easy to run operation. Currently milking 235 cows with production history over 80,000kg/ms and calves on till May. This farm has an excellent history of good imputs and is in great heart.

Ardrossan Farm A spectacular King Country property specialising in finishing sheep & beef plus dairy support in the very good Mahoenui district, approx 24 kms south of Pio Pio.  2286 State Highway 3, Mahoenui  337.4 hectares  very attractive with mature specimen trees, clumps

of kahikatea and pockets of native bush  extensive boundary against stoney bottom Awakino

River, providing trout fishing & duck shooting opportunities  great balance of contour, strong silt loam river flats,

easy rolling mairoa ash country over limestone rising to medium hill  very well subdivided with 7-wire post & batten

fencing plus electrics; good access including an underpass  fully reticulated water supply covering the property  carrying a high percentage ewe flock, finishing lambs

and grazing jersey bulls for the dairy industry  very good facilities including 4-stand woolshed,

Auction Thursday, 23 November 2017

Open Day: Thursday, 9 November 1.00pm to 3.00pm

Auction Thursday, 30 November 2017

Open Day: Wednesday, 8 November 11.00am to 1.00pm

adjoining sheepyards, cattle yards with headbail and weighing crate, satellite sheep yards on higher country  2 dwellings including older 4 brm homestead in

mature setting and near new 3 brm second home  limestone caves with underground stream -

undeveloped tourism potential  main road access to service centre and good schooling  motorbikes required for inspection - helmets

essential - or 4wd side x side web ref R1248

Brian Peacocke 021 373 113

Location, contour & production A particularly good dairy unit situated on high producing soils in a first class location approx 10 kms north of Otorohanga and 24 kms south of Te Awamutu  141 & 112 Puketarata Road, Kio Kio distirct,

Otorohanga

 166.88 hectares - 6 titles  predominantly flat contour, some gentle rolling,

small area of sidlings

 strong fertile soils being a mix of mairoa ash,

silt loam and sandy loam

 very attractive and park-like with lovely mature

specimen trees & trimmed barberry hedging

 very good subdivision & races; fully reticulated

good quality water supply

 3 year average - 527 quality cows;

- 212,087 kgs ms milksolids  extensive range of buildings and amenities

including 44 bail internal rotary, adjoining feedpad with flood wash; very good effluent system, feed bunkers and multiple buildings  3 dwellings including

- 3 brm homestead with attached garage situated on nicely planted elevated site; - 4 brm home with double garage attached; - 2 brm cottage - all homes positioned in sunny locations  well located for schooling and service centres

web ref R1252

Licensed REAA 2008

Brian Peacocke 021 373 113

phone

07 870 2112

office@pastoralrealty.co.nz

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Quality dairy farm An excellent property in the first class farming district of Te Poi / Okoroire, 12 kms north of Tirau and 17 kms from Matamata 

28 Brown Road, Tirau

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88.9 hectares

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generally flat to gently rolling contour

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Tirau ash soil

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very good centrally located 43 aside herringbone, feed pad and farm buildings

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well subdivided into 34 paddocks, excellent race system and two water supplies

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268 cows calved; averaging 120,435kg m/s over the last three seasons

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very good farm dwelling - Hinuera Stone 4 bedrooms, open plan living, established landscape grounds and swimming pool

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cottage - 2 bedrooms, insulated and separate garage

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an aesthetically appealing property with views to the Kaimai ranges

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very good schooling, sports facilities; easy commute to three cities, a number of rural towns and East Coast beaches web ref R1198

Tenders close 4.00pm Friday, 1 December 2017

Open Days: Tuesday, 7 Nov & 14 Nov 12noon to 2.00pm

Malcolm Wallace 021 357 446

Entry level dairy or dairy support 238 Sainsbury Road, R D 6, Pirongia  77.9246 hectares  

gentle rolling contour with some steeper sidlings

producing 45,736kgs ms from 175 cows  fenced into 43 paddocks - dairy type fencing  

low input farm relying on grass silage and crop

water from deep well submersible pump to manacon then Hp pump to troughs in all paddocks  14 aside herringbone farm dairy 

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double pass water cooler; newly concreted yard; simple and compliant

effluent - gravity from shed to storage pad, then stirred & irrigated to 14 hectares - fully compliant  3-bay implement shed fully enclosed; lockable; single phase power 

Tenders close 4.00pm Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Open Days: Tuesday, 7 Nov & 14 Nov 12noon to 2.00pm

hazard shed, lockable  calf shed / hay barn enclosed on 3 sides  

3 bedroom home - 2 living areas, ensuite, large deck, double glazed; views overlooking farm

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decent size duck pond

web ref R1250 Licensed REAA 2008

Howard Ashmore 0274 388 556 phone

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MREINZ

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Entry Level Dairy Farm

Te Miro - reap the rewards

NEW LISTING

DEADLINE SALE

WEB ID WR58456 $2,280,000 DANNEVIRKE 353 Tataramoa Road View By Appointment 97.7 hectares situated 12 km north of Dannevirke in the Matamau district. Features include:• Flat/easy undulating contour. • Summer moist area. • Well fertilised with P levels 40-60. • Milking 190-200 cows. • Good infrastructure with 24 aside shed, water supply and effluent system. • Recently re-piled and re-roofed 4 bedroom villa. • Current "One Plan consent".

+ GST (IF ANY)

Bevan Pickett

Mobile 027 220 2766 Office 06 928 0520 bevanp@pb.co.nz

Pat Portas

Mobile 027 447 0612 Office 06 928 0521 Home 06 855 8330 patp@pb.co.nz

An ideal first farm that is meeting all Horizons One Plan requirements. The vendors are serious about selling and have priced the property sell.

Dairy ownership/Expansion opportunity

WEB ID WR58126 DANNEVIRKE 354 Manawatu River Road 146.9 ha under the Ruahine Ranges in Southern Hawke's Bay. A well laid out dairy unit converted 2009. Contour easy/medium with some steeper sidlings. Established retired areas and riparian plantings. Summer moist. • 40 a-side herringbone shed, 300 cow feed pad • 3 bedroom home plus staff accommodation • Fertile & free-draining soils • Effluent reticulation system • Option to buy as a going concern The development undertaken on this property is impressive and provides an exceptional opportunity for the new owner.

View By Appointment DEADLINE SALE closes Thursday 7th December, 2017 at 4.00pm

Bevan Pickett

Pat Portas

Mobile 027 447 0612 Office 06 928 0521

Jim Crispin

Mobile 027 717 8862 Office 06 374 8102

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Mobile 027 447 0612 Office 06 928 0521

Bevan Pickett

Mobile 027 220 2766 Office 06 928 0520

Jim Crispin

Mobile 027 717 8862 Office 06 374 8102

OPEN DAY

DEADLINE SALE

Mobile 027 220 2766 Office 06 928 0520

Pat Portas

"Appin" fertile Waitotara farm - 49.556

DEADLINE SALE

WEB ID WR58127 DANNEVIRKE 296 Gundries Road Riverview (96.5115 ha), an opportunity for dairy farm ownership. Situated in the well-recognised Norsewood area of Southern Hawke's Bay. Flat to easy-undulating contour. Features include: • Summer-moist area • 35 a-side cowshed, 500 cow feed pad • Easy contour with fertile soils, significant regrassing • 3 bedroom home with 3 bedroom sleepout • Option to buy as a going concern This will appeal to those at the entry level of the market or added to an existing portfolio. Make the move now.

DEADLINE SALE View By Appointment DEADLINE SALE closes Thursday 7th December, 2017 at 4.00pm

WEB ID WGR58386 WAITOTARA 155A Waitotara Valley Road Barely a kilometre off State Highway 3, "Appin" farm is located at the "gateway" to the Taranaki region. This highly productive 49.556 ha farm is presented in good health, boasting fertiliser levels with pH in the range 5.7 to 5.8 and an Olsen P range of 32 to 39. Bound almost entirely on one side by the Waitotara River, the 26 ha of river flats lend themselves to all manner of production, from crops to livestock finishing. Oh and the whitebaiting isn't too bad either!

TENDER VIEW Friday 10 Nov 10.30 - 11.30am TENDER closes Friday 8th December, 2017 at 4.00pm, at Treadwell Gordon, Third Floor, Wairere House, Corner Somme Parade and Bates Street, Whanganui

Richard White

Mobile 027 442 6171 Office 06 281 3720 Home 06 342 3702 richardw@pb.co.nz

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Coromandel drystock/fattening

WEB ID MAR57242 WAIHI 254 / 278 Golden Cross Road This well presented, summer safe Waihi property in 2 titles along with easy to medium contour will be offered for sale by tender on 8th December 2017. Consisting of Waihi ash soils this 172 hectare block (122 ha effective) has 42 main paddocks, central race and centrally placed wool shed with a large rock quarry. Water is by way of spring and is gravity fed to both homes and farm. There is approximately 7 hectares of near mature pines with cutting rights secured by another identity. Provide your own ATVs at open days.

188 ha Ngaroma grazing

WEB ID TER57917 OTOROHANGA VIEW 7 & 21 & 28 Nov & 5 Dec 11.00 - 1.00pm & 14 Nov 2.00 Aotearoa Road - 4.00pm Located approx 57 km south east of Te Awamutu, 50 TENDER closes Thursday 7th December, 2017 at 4.00pm, km south west of Putaruru and 64 km east of (unless sold prior), Property Brokers Matamata office Otorohanga, the contour here is best described as rolling to medium hill with the odd steep sidling. There is all-weather access around the property via well Trevor Kenny constructed rotten rock tracks with metal being sourced Mobile 021 791 643 from the quarry on the property. The farm is subdivided Office 07 888 6468 into approximately 20 paddocks with well maintained trevor.kenny@pb.co.nz conventional and electric fencing. Soil type is Maeroa Ash. A reliable, spring sourced water supply is pumped to a manicon tank via a multi stage pump. Michael Swney

TENDER

Mobile 027 624 8214 michaels@pb.co.nz

Ohaupo dairy

WEB ID TER58101 OHAUPO 342 Jary Road This 80.5927 ha property is conveniently located approximately 11 km north of Te Awamutu and 25 km south of the Hamilton CBD. Fenced into 56 paddocks, all of which are accessed off a race system. Contour is approximately 90% flat with a small rolling area along the road frontage. Soil type is consolidated peat with rolling area being Ash over Clay. Water is supplied from a bore with a backup system available via the Pukerimu Water Scheme. Structural improvements include a 24 ASHB with ACRs, 250 cow feed pad, PKE bin, 6 bay round barn and a 4 bay calf shed.

AUCTION VIEW Wednesday 8 Nov 1.00 - 2.00pm AUCTION 11.00am, Fri 17th Nov, 2017, (unless sold prior), Te Awamutu Rugby Club 420 Albert Park Drive Te Awamutu

Doug Wakelin

Mobile 027 321 1343 dougw@pb.co.nz

Often sought, seldom found

AUCTION VIEW Tuesday 7 Nov 1.00 - 2.00pm AUCTION 11.00am, Fri 17th Nov, 2017, (unless sold prior), Te Awamutu Rugby Club 420 Albert Park Drive Te Awamutu

3+ Doug Wakelin

Mobile 027 321 1343 dougw@pb.co.nz

www.propertybrokers.co.nz

WEB ID MAR56974 TAUPIRI 281 Tenfoot Road Located approximately 20 km north east of Hamilton, this flat, fertile 158 ha property is in 4 titles. The well appointed 41 ASHB is equipped with a meal feeding system and Protrac drafting. Excellent water and racing, recently installed Kliptank, production to 196,000 kg/ms from 480 cows calved. The 3 dwellings include a 2 storey, 4 bedroom main home with inground pool, a managers home with 4 bedrooms + sleepout and a 3 bedroom home with sleepout. Having farmed this property for over 20 years, my retiring Vendors have made a decision to sell.

AUCTION VIEW Thursday 9 Nov 12.30 - 2.00pm AUCTION 11.00am, Mon 13th Nov, 2017, (unless sold prior), Property Brokers Office 78 Studholme Street Morrinsville

4 Peter Lissington

Mobile 027 430 8770 peterl@pb.co.nz

RURAL rural@pb.co.nz 0800 FOR LAND

Property Brokers Limited Licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008

Lochiel 637 ha

WEB ID PR58165

PONGAROA 1530 Waihi Valley Road Property Brokers are privileged to offer one of the best contoured properties in the Tararua to the market. Lochiel is centrally located 7 km west of the township of Pongaroa and under 45 minutes drive to both Pahiatua and Dannevirke. The 570 ha of effective area featuring over 300 ha of cultivatable land has been intensively developed to suit most farming practices. Quality infrastructure includes reticulated water, laneways, 5 stand woolshed (1500npc), airstrip, cattleyards, ample shedding and three generous homes.

Lochiel's development of pastures and fertiliser history is second to none and is sure to impress.

DEADLINE SALE

VIEW By Appointment DEADLINE SALE closes Thursday 16th November, 2017 at 2.00pm, (unless sold prior)

4 Jared Brock

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

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Little Trig - genuine breeding unit - 599 ha

NEW LISTING WEB ID MR57340

MASTERTON 16482 Route 52, Ihuraua Little Trig offers a genuine sheep and beef breeding unit, Following 70 years in one family, Little Trig is for sale in 33 km north of Masterton. this highly regarded farming area. This mainly north facing, medium hill country property has been well farmed in recent years and the property Call now for an appointment to view. has further potential through subdivision. Estimated carrying capacity - 4,600 stock units. Facilities include 2 sound homes with the main 4 bedroom home set in attractive grounds. The 3 stand woolshed has had a more recent covered yard added. Fertiliser is applied from an on-farm airstrip and covered bin.

www.propertybrokers.co.nz

TENDER

VIEW By Appointment TENDER closes Thursday 7th December, 2017 at 4.00pm, Property Brokers Ltd, 84 Chapel Street, Masterton Paul Joblin

Mobile 027 443 3756 Office 06 378 7604 Home 06 372 7789 paulj@pb.co.nz

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Look at this opportunity

WEB ID TPR57974

GALATEA 5042 Galatea Road purchase medium scale at very affordable small scale VIEW By Appointment value. An attractive very useful property in a great farming community. Local services include Galatea primary school (walking distance), Fonterra Farm Source store, Ravensdown local urea silo, cafe/gas station, mechanical workshop. Fantastic recreational opportunities include trout fishing, deer and pig hunting, duck shooting all on your doorstep. An easy commute to Both Whakatane or Rotorua. Dont delay on This very tidy farm is a credit to the owners, high fertility, this one. Available as Going concern. quality pastures, excellent water supply. A chance to

BY NEGOTIATION + GST (IF ANY)

Economies of scale at first farm price - Fantastic opportunity 106.513 ha Freehold . Currently farmed in conjunction with neighboring lease gives a platform of 219ha, milking 550 cows, shared up to 208,767kgms. Also rearing 240 calves on wholemilk. Quality infrastructure and buildings include a 40 ASHB shed, lovely home with new quality kitchen.

Mossvale

ALBURY 914 Mt Nessing Road • Scope of 1182 hectares • 3 x Cattle yards • 4 Stand shearing shed covered • Good fertility • Well fenced • Comfortable 4 bedroom home

Brett Ashworth

Mobile 021 0261 7488 bretta@pb.co.nz

Central plateau dairy

WEB ID TMR58331

Great opportunity to purchase a farm that has scale and is performing to a high level. Consistently running (wintering) approximately 7000 SU. Subdivided into 33 paddocks and 19 hill blocks. Want a farm with scale and location? Call now for a viewing.

FROM $6,800,000 + GST (IF ANY) View By Appointment

Michael Richardson

Mobile 027 228 7027 Office 03 687 7145 michael@pb.co.nz

www.propertybrokers.co.nz

WEB ID TPR57000 $12,700,000 WHAKAMARU 671 Sandel Road View By Appointment 414 hectares, 800 cows milked through a 48 aside herringbone, in shed meal feeders. Production average over 5 years is 293,000 Kg/ms. Contour is rolling, some hill with steep sidlings, but ample hectares for silage and cropping. A picturesque self-contained, fertile farm with excellent fertiliser Paul O'Sullivan history. Mobile 027 496 4417 Come and see it! $30,000 per ha. paulo@pb.co.nz For Sale $12,700,000 + gst Land and buildings Craig Marshall

Mobile 027 553 2274 craig@pb.co.nz

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Real Estate

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

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Valley View

Birchlands & Nelsons

WEB ID TMR57975 $1,425,000 TIMARU 690 Taiko Road View By Appointment • 53.6530 hectares • Excellent farm infrastructure • Fertile flats with some rolling hills • Great access from all-weather lanes • Good 3 bedroom home • Water, 3000 litres per day With a good 3 bedroom home and buildings, and excellent access from the all-weather lane set across Michael Richardson 53.6530 ha of fertile flats with some rolling hills. It is Mobile 027 228 7027 currently run for rearing 300 calves and trading lambs, Office 03 687 7145 but it has been previously farmed as part of a bigger michael@pb.co.nz operation.

+ GST (IF ANY)

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WEB ID TMR57976 DEADLINE SALE ALBURY 171 Monavale Road View By Appointment DEADLINE SALE closes Friday 17th November, 2017 at • 299.0638 ha 4.00pm, (unless sold prior) • Birchlands 201.1300 ha • Nelson's Road 97.9338 ha • 2/3 Deer fenced • 2 x Homes • Connecting all-weather laneway Buy together or separate; the farms work hand in hand with both having the infrastructure in place for Deer, 4 Michael Richardson Sheep and Beef. The farm has been farmed to a very Mobile 027 228 7027 high level, with a tidy main homestead. Just walk in and Office 03 687 7145 1 carry on. Call now for a viewing! michael@pb.co.nz

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Four well established dairy farms

New Zealand’s leading rural real estate company

Exceptional large scale dairy portfolio Otago/Canterbury

This is an opportunity to acquire established dairy farms as a portfolio or individually. The offer comprises four dairy farms, three within the Otago region and another just over the border in Canterbury.

• c.1,095 ha • milking c.3,400 cows • producing c.1.5m kgMS annually Contact PwC Advisory Services for further details. E: dairyopportunity@nz.pwc.com T: 09 355 8995

Groveley - 37.0430ha 160 Mckeown Road A property with huge potential! Seldom do parcels of land become available to the market in the sought after Woodbury District. The standard of fencing and subdivision are good and the property has 2.5 units of Te Moana Scheme water. The pastures are of mixed age on a Templeton soil. Groveley has an older five bedroom wooden villa homestead - three stand RB woolshed, two bay hay shed, workshop and several implement or utility type sheds. pggwre.co.nz/GER26938

Geraldine DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold Prior) Closes 4.00pm, Thursday, 30 November

Richard Scott B 03 687 7330 M 021 352 701

rscott@pggwrightson.co.nz

PwC Advisory Services(Licensed under the REAA 2008)

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

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Fantastic Opportunity • 147 hectares productive fertile land, 70% tile drained • Large three bedroom modernised and renovated Kauri villa • Three bedroom villa second home • 27 ASHB cowshed with new ice bank for refrigeration, five and four bay calf implement sheds • Feed Pad, calving pad, maize bin • Milking 310 cows with three year average production 116,000kg MS • A great opportunity to purchase this very productive dairy farm, which has been in the family for three generations, only 3km to Dargaville township pggwre.co.nz/DAG26992

Dargaville $3.2M Plus GST (if any) Offers to be presented on or before 2.00pm, Friday, 15 December

Megan Browning B 09 439 3344 | M 027 668 8468 mbrowning@pggwrightson.co.nz

TENDER

Excellent Dairy Support - 10km from Kinloch 581 Otake Road

Taupo

• 229 hectares - at least 50% mowable • Sound three bedroom home - good shedding and yards • Nearly all in the Waikato catchment • Excellent N.R.P and fertiliser levels • Comprehensive farm records available • Consented water supply at 4000 litres / hour • A rare find that should excite dairy farmers and grazers alike

TENDER

3 1 1 pggwre.co.nz/HAM26885

John Sisley B 07 858 5302 | M 027 475 9808 jsisley@pggwrightson.co.nz

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

(Unless Sold By Private Treaty)Closes 12pm, Friday, 1 December, PGGWRE, Hamilton VIEW 11am-1pm, Mon, 6 & 13 Nov

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OPEN DAY

Kaituna Dairy Lands 426 Kaituna Road

Te Puke

• 134.3 hectares in three titles • 30 ASHB shed, milking 400 cows • Two x 14 tonne silo's • In-shed meal feeder system • 1.87 million litre Kliptank effluent tank • Se-tech inline drench system • Totally renovated, four bedroom modern home. Second house with sleepout and multiple outbuildings • Phone or email for a full Information Memorandum dmclaren@pggwrightson.co.nz

AUCTION

pggwre.co.nz/TEP26691

Scott Cameron M 027 455 5768

(Unless Sold Prior) 11.00am, Thursday, 23 November Paengaroa Community Hall, Paengaroa VIEW 12.00-1.00pm, Wed, 8 Nov David McLaren M 027 223 3366

OPEN DAY

Trudarre Orchard 881B Te Matai Road

Te Puke

• 15.6924ha in popular Te Matai Road • Comprising 6.02 canopy hectares Haward Kiwifruit • 0.5 hectares G3 Kiwifruit, good contour • Substantial Cable and AG beam structures strip maled • High performing production and dollar returns • Four bedroom Lockwood home • Large lockable shed, accommodation attached

TENDER

4 2 pggwre.co.nz/TEP27026

Richard Lord M 027 443 8764 rlord@pggwrightson.co.nz

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

(Unless Sold By Private Treaty) Closes 4.00pm, Thursday, 30 November 7 Jocelyn Street, Te Puke VIEW 12.00-1.00pm, Wednesday, 8 November

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Vendor Says Sell - 117.8752 Hectares 294 Tirohanga Road

Opotiki

• Motivated vendor, wants to retire from dairy farming • Milking platform of 69 hectares • Production average over last three seasons - 64,256kgMS • Milking 200 cows, wintered on farm • 24ASHB dairy with good standard of improvements • Own rotten rock quarry • 10km from Opotiki Township, 3km from beach and general store

TENDER

4 2 pggwre.co.nz/WHK26809

Phil Goldsmith B 07 307 1620 | M 027 494 1844 pgoldsmith@pggwrightson.co.nz

Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold By Private Treaty) Closes 4pm, Thurs, 30 November PGGWRE, Whakatane VIEW 11.00-12.00pm, Tuesday, 7 & 14 November

AUCTION

Elite Hill Cattle Grazing Unit - 252ha 835 Troopers Road • Superior infrastructure property grazing 450 graziers and 50 older cattle until 1st June • 152 paddocks plus holding paddock. 52 hectares cut for silage • Two houses, massive implement shedding. Excellent fertiliser history • Raced and reticulated water throughout. This is a farm specifically designed for dairy support • Excellently located, a unique "turn key" grazing farm operation pggwre.co.nz/TEK27011

Te Kuiti AUCTION (Unless Sold Prior) 11.00am, Monday, 11 December Panorama Motor Inn, Awakino Rd, Te Kuiti VIEW 11.00 - 12.00pm, Wednesday, 15, 22, 29 November Peter Wylie B 07 878 0265 | M 027 473 5855 pwylie@pggwrightson.co.nz

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

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NEW LISTING

Harbour Side Dairy Unit • 118.51 ha, north facing in two titles • Contour is a mix of flat to easy rolling, with huge harbour views • 22 aside herringbone cowshed, modern four bay shed, support buildings • Best production of 96,000kgMS • Four bedroom main home, second is three bedroom home • Continue to dairy or change to a quality grazing or finishing block in an impressive location. pggwre.co.nz/WEL26753

Helensville TENDER Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold Prior) 4.00pm, Thursday, 23 November

Scott Tapp B 09 423 9717 M 021 418 161

Low Input Te Arai Dairy Unit • 152.7133ha of flat to easy contour • 29 ASHB and support shedding • Best production of 109,000kgMS • Regular re-grassing and cropping program • Tidy four bedroom, two bathroom home • Mangawhai and Te Arai beach a short drive away This ideally located dairy unit has been farmed with a low cost grass based system in order to achieve reliable consistent production.

pggwre.co.nz/WEL26854

scott.tapp@pggwrightson.co.nz

AUCTION

• 157 hectare rolling contour west of Te Awamutu • 130 hectare platform - gullies retired and planted • Near new four bedroom main home and well kept second home • Good 31 ASHB centrally located • Good fences, races and water • Production on target for 118,000kg under a low input system • Inspect with confidence - you won't be disappointed!

SALE BY SET DATE Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold Prior) 4.00pm, Thursday, 30 November

Scott Tapp B 09 423 9717 M 021 418 161

scott.tapp@pggwrightson.co.nz

AUCTION

Dairy Farm with Appeal and Location

Te Arai

pggwre.co.nz/HAM26767

Ngutunui AUCTION (Unless Sold Prior), 11am, Wed, 29 November PGGWRE Ltd, 87 Duke St Cambridge VIEW 12-1pm, Tues, 7 Nov 546 NGUTUNUI ROAD

John Sisley B 07 858 5302 M 027 475 9808

jsisley@pggwrightson.co.nz

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

Potential Plus Here 84 Overdale Road Are you looking for a lifestyle block in a great location with potential to develop? Zoned Rural/Residential with further potential to subdivide. This 4.9ha property has a mixture of flat and rolling contour with a picturesque pond. The block is subdivided into seven paddocks with mainly deer fencing and a large three bay Goldpine shed. Water is provided from a bore. The property has a two bedroom cottage and Skyline double garage. pggwre.co.nz/PUT26993

Putaruru AUCTION (Unless Sold Prior) 11.00am, Tues, 12 Dec NI Kindergarten Conf Centre, 6 Glenshea St, Putaruru VIEW 5.30-6.00pm, Tues, 14, 21 Nov 3.30-4.00pm, Sun, 19, 26 Nov

Richard Leach B 07 882 1485 M 027 472 7785

richard.leach@pggwrightson.co.nz

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Ongarue Station

AUCTION

Taumarunui

547 Ongarue Waimiha Road • Excellent opportunity to purchase a top performing farm with contour mix and infrastructure that will be sure to please • Contour mix allows for maize, supplement making, dairy graziers, breeding herd and ewe flock for hills • 2 x 4 stand covered wool sheds, main homestead is four bedroom with adjoining two bedrooms (self contained unit), managers house is a quality three bedroom home

TENDER (Unless Sold By Private Treaty) Closes 3.00pm, Mon, 27 November PGGWRE, Rora Street, Te Kuiti VIEW 11.00-1.00pm, Thurs, 9 & 16 Nov Please bring own motorbike

pggwre.co.nz/TEK26769

Peter Wylie B 07 878 0265 M 027 473 5855 pwylie@pggwrightson.co.nz

Dairy Or Beef Finishing

Rai Valley

726 Tunakino Valley Road A rare opportunity exists to secure a 581 ha (1435 acres) farming property positioned in the green belt of Marlborough. The dairy farm consists of 85 ha milking platform producing an average of 64,500 kg-ms (once a day milking) from 220 Jersey cows. A 16 ASHB dairy shed, numerous quality farm sheds, a central lane-way and bridges give easy access to all parts of the farm. The modern three bedroom homestead was updated in 2008.

pggwre.co.nz/BLE26789

DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold Prior) Closes 4.00pm, Thurs, 23 Nov

Greg Lyons M 027 579 1233

Greg.Lyons@pggwrightson.co.nz

Joe Blakiston M 027 434 4069 jblakiston@pggwrightson.co.nz

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

Well Located Breeding/Finishing Unit 194.2614ha property comprising approximately 20% flat land with the balance being rolling to medium hills with some steeper sidlings. Fenced into 26 paddocks. Water is spring fed to a holding tank and pumped to troughs. Implement shed/hay shed and various other sheds throughout property. Two sets of sheep yards and cattle yards. Fertiliser bin and airstrip. Cheerful two bedroom cottage.

Whanganui AUCTION Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold Prior) 2.00pm, Tuesday, 28 November

pggwre.co.nz/WAN26694

Doug Glasgow B 06 349 2005 M 027 204 8640

dougglasgow@pggwrightson.co.nz

Mt Whitnow - 4,381.6767ha Freehold Mt Whitnow Station, offering freehold title and boasting outstanding scenery, is achieving excellent results farming Merino and half-bred sheep for lucrative fine wool contracts. Currently numbers include approximately 5,500 sheep and 160 cattle. The main homestead is substantial and there are also three other accommodation units as well as a full range of farm buildings. Recreational opportunities abound and we recommend your early attention to this property. pggwre.co.nz/CHR26640

Hawarden DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold Prior) Closes 2.00pm Wednesday, 6 December

Peter Crean B 03 341 4315 M 027 434 4002

pcrean@pggwrightson.co.nz

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Employment

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

Move to the Bay Of Plenty!

FARM MANAGER CULVERDEN, CANTERBURY

Exciting Opportunity Field Consultant

Demeter Dairies LLP is changing the way career opportunities look in the NZ dairy industry and this Farm Manager opportunity is your chance to be in close to the start of something special.

PFP Fertiliser Ltd is a growing business based in the Central Hawke’s Bay town of Waipukurau. Operating out of a purpose designed and built manufacturing plant, our clients have developed ‘prilled fine particle products’ which can be customised to meet a farm’s individual fertiliser requirements and can be applied by aerial or ground application.

Kinloch Dairy has everything an aspiring manager is looking for: • At 360 cows it is an ideal size to get into a management role and a career in dairying • It’s an established, successful farm with a proven performance record • There’s reliable water in a summer dry climate • With plenty of quality housing

Due to the ongoing development and growth of this business, our clients now seek a full-time Field Consultant to join their team. The majority of this role will be out in the field, following leads, enquiries and working with their existing client base. Key focus will be on building relationships, completing and providing soil testing outcomes and giving recommendations to achieve desired results.

As an alternative to contract or sharemilking DDL believes this structure truly provides alignment of interest between the land-owner and farm operator and makes entry into a profitable career in dairy farming possible. Just ask their current equity partners in sister business Dry Creek Dairy!

RUN OFF YOUR FEET?

So what we’re looking for are: • Drive, passion and intellectual grunt • The desire to build and lead a successful, top 10% business • A passion for NZ agriculture and a true genuine interest in ensuring dairy farming remains viable for the good of the industry and the country • A person who will back themselves to deliver operational performance

There is an exciting remuneration package on offer with a work vehicle provided. If you enjoy being part of the rural sector and wish to be part of an exciting developing business, then we would love to hear from you!

Advertise your vacancy in Farmers Weekly Plus receive added value of online free of charge*

Our clients are keen on developing talent, whether you have a significant dairy background or not, and they are truly living the ‘give back’ philosophy in order to bring and nurture the right leaders for NZ dairy Inc.

For further information on PFP Fertiliser Ltd go to www.pfpfert.co.nz

Register with us today to find out more about this opportunity and to be ‘on the talent database’ for future opportunities with this outstanding business. www.no8hr.co.nz (Ref8HR929) to submit your application.

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Email your CV to: lee@sxhort.co.nz

And alongside this you have owners who have taken the time to come up with an innovative model so you can share in the success of the business: Ultimately this means successful farm managers get the opportunity to buy in to the operational trading business which includes plant, livestock and dairy co shares.

Previous experience is not required as our clients will fully provide the training and the skills required. Key to your success in this role will be having an affinity with the rural sector, a broad understanding of farming and excellent communication skills. There will be an element of travel within the North Island, with some overnight stays required.

For more information, or to fill out an application, please visit www.ruraldirections.co.nz or phone the Rural Directions team in confidence on 0800 475 465 (Reference #2439).

Fencing and outdoor working skills required for developing kiwifruit orchards in Bay of Plenty region. Excellent opportunities to grow your skills and income with our team focused, progressive, respectful and values-based company. References required.

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Farm Manager – Hangawera

General Shepherd / 2IC – Hangawera

Reporting to the CEO, the position supports the company operations by seeking out information that can be adapted to provide profitable and sustainable growth.

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The applicant must: • be able to recognise excellence in pastoral dairy farming and have an understanding of farm production models and systems • know where to source relevant information in NZ and other countries • have a high degree of computer literacy with particular emphasis on MS Excel and Power Point • be able to adapt to a rapidly growing business and work in a team environment • be prepared to learn Spanish • have excellent problem solving skills and proven ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis • have excellent communication skills, both written and oral • be prepared to commit for a 3 to 5 year period • be self-motivated and preferably hold an agribased tertiary qualification Please forward expressions of interest or CVs to: Max Kennedy 143 Bush Road, RD 4, Thames 3574 Phone: 07 8675364 Cell: 0274 973835

We are seeking to employ an experienced General Shepherd/2IC to assist with the farming operation at Hangawera, working closely with our Farm Manager. You will also work as part of our wider Drystock team and help with farming operations and development on our other sheep and beef farms based in the Waikato region. Also (TGH) will offer the opportunity for training to further your career.

The Company Dairy Holdings Limited is a dynamic and progressive New Zealand owned multifarm business. Dairy Holdings Limited wishes to advise that a number of contract milking and variable/lower order sharemilking positions will be available for next season. Why choose Dairy Holdings Limited: • Extensive South Island based operations that include heifer and winter support farms. • Dairy farming operations include 59 farms, producing 17M milk solids under various operating structures. • Strong support systems both on-farm and from the Timaru office. • Career progression systems allowing high performers to grow. • Agreements are farm specific.

HOW TO APPLY: Applications can be sent to: info@dairyholdings.co.nz or Farm Vacancies Dairy Holdings Ltd PO Box 549 Timaru 7940 Further information regarding Dairy Holdings Limited can be accessed on the website: www.dairyholdings.co.nz Applications close Friday, 24th November 2017

Hangawera Station is one of nine farms and two support blocks owned and managed by Tainui Group Holdings Ltd (TGH). We are the kaitiaki (guardian) that provides economic wealth for Waikato-Tainui. We have a strong values-based culture with a sustainable focus on people, Maori culture, environment and commercial outcomes. Our organisation will continue to grow so further career opportunities are likely to be available for those that perform and deliver. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate • Pasture and farm production management experience

• Stock management experience and have their own dogs • A commitment to Health and Safety on farm

• The ability to work well with others across our farming operations • The ability to use farming software and systems e.g. FarmIQ

• Class 1 and 2 licences are required and ideally Class 4 (HT) We are looking for a motivated individual committed to driving outstanding results. In return, we offer an outstanding opportunity for the right person to develop their career in rural operations, farm development and leadership. An on-farm 3-bedroom cottage is provided with this role, with three local rural schools close by, secondary schooling in Morrinsville 20km away and a full range of services in Hamilton 40km away If this is what you are looking for please apply online now at www.tgh.co.nz/en/our-people. For a copy of the position description please email mahi@tgh.co.nz Applications close at 5pm on Friday 10th November 2017.

We are looking for a motivated individual committed to driving outstanding results. In return, we offer an outstanding opportunity for the right person to develop their career in rural operations, farm development and leadership. An on-farm 3-bedroom house is provided with this role, a farm vehicle along with three local rural schools close by, secondary schooling in Morrinsville 20km away and a full range of services in Hamilton 40km away. If this is what you are looking for please apply online now at www.tgh.co.nz/en/our-people. For a copy of the position description please email mahi@tgh.co.nz Applications close at 5pm on Friday 17th November 2017.

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The Technical Assistant will be a ‘knowledge resource’ for the CEO and senior members of the Production Team, assisting them to execute the Business Plan to grow Manuka SA to 58 dairy units. This position is based in Chile.

Apply early to be considered for 1 June 2018

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Manuka SA is primarily a New Zealand owned company that develops and operates dairy farms in the south of Chile. The company is committed to adopting New Zealand dairy farming techniques, and is seeking to aggressively implement a pasture based milk production strategy. In the 2017/18 season the company will milk approximately 35,000 cows across 45 dairy units.

VARIABLE ORDER | CONTRACT MILKER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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Manuka SA – CHILE Technical Assistant

Hangawera Station is a 700ha rolling-to-steep country, based in the central Waikato (Tauhei). It is a sheep and cattle operation specialising in breeding Hereford bulls for the dairy market, fattening cattle and FE Coopworth ewes. We are seeking to employ an experienced Farm Manager to manage the farming operation at Hangawera. As well as managing a small team at Hangawera, you will also work as part of our wider Drystock team (as directed by the Drystock Manager) and help with farming operations and development on our other sheep and beef farms based in the Waikato region. Hangawera Station is one of nine farms and two support blocks owned and managed by Tainui Group Holdings Ltd (TGH). We are the kaitiaki (guardian) that provides economic wealth for Waikato-Tainui. We have a strong values-based culture with a sustainable focus on people, Maori culture, environment and commercial outcomes. Our organisation will continue to grow so further career opportunities are likely to be available for those that perform and deliver. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate • Pasture and farm production management experience • Alignment with Waikato-Tainui tribal values and a desire to proactively engage with the tribe and local Marae • Stock management experience and have their own dogs • Collaborative leadership and coaching skills with the ability and desire to develop yourself and other team members while working effectively and collaboratively within the wider team • A commitment to Health and Safety on farm • Farm planning, budgeting and reporting skills including the ability to use farming software and systems e.g. FarmIQ • Class 1 and 2 licences are required and ideally Class 4 (HT)

Classifieds

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

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

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

HEADING PUPS, station bred, working parents. $150. Phone 06 376 6254. FIFTY WORKING DOGS. $500-$2500. Deliver. Trial. 07 315 5553. Mike Hughes. YOUNG HEADING DOG. Ready to start. Phone 06 388 0212 or 027 243 8541.

DOGS WANTED 12 MONTHS TO 5½-yearold Heading dogs and Huntaways wanted. Phone 022 698 8195. HEADING, HUNTAWAY, handy, backing dogs or bitches, 2-6 years. Top money paid. Phone Ginger Timms 03 202 5590 or 027 289 7615. HUNTAWAY, fully broken in. 2 to 4 years old for young shepherd starting in farming. Good money paid for the best dog. Preferred north island area. Phone 06 762 7877. NORTH ISLAND buying trip 11/11/17. No one buys or pays more! 07 315 5553.

GOATS WANTED 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. WILD CATTLE and goats wanted. 50/50 mustering. Portable yards available. Phone Kerry Coulter 0274 944 194.

PROPERTY WANTED HOUSE FOR REMOVAL wanted. North Island. Phone 021 0274 5654.

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

Name: Phone: Address: Email: Heading:

0800 85 25 80

Ewes, rams, ewe hoggets. No shearing, crutching, docking. Minimal dagging. Scanned 164% ewes, 103% hoggets.

WANTED URGENTLY Drystock Manager’s position or lease land required. Experienced and knowledgeable in all aspects of farming, and development, also heavy machinery. Anything considered. Please phone Ian 027 287 7522

RAMS FOR SALE WILTSHIRE & SHIRE® rams and ewes for sale. Hardy, low input, easy care meat sheep. No dagging. No shearing. No dip, drench or vaccine since 1989. Deliver all over NZ. www.organicrams.co.nz Email: tim@ organic-rams.co.nz Phone 03 225 5283.

Farmed easy-care on steep hill country.

Phone Stu 06 862 7534

STOCK WANTED R1 Friesian Bulls 250-350kg – RS R1 Whiteface Heifers 300kg+ – RS Traditional Beef & Beef X Heifers 250kg+ - RS

STOCK FOR SALE

STOCK FEED

70 Autumn Born Friesian Bulls 238kg Ave – RS

MOISTURE METERS Hay, Silage dry matter, grain. www.moisturemeters.co.nz 0800 213 343.

70 R2 Friesian Bulls approx 550kg, tested & ready for service – RS

GRAZING AVAILABLE

Frs Weaner Bulls 100kg min. Avail 20/11 – BY

Aaron Clapperton 027 496 7410 Richard Seavill 021 169 8276 / 07 825 4984 Chris Smith 027 496 7413 / 07 870 4552 Bryce Young 027 496 7411

All welcome to tour the winner’s property

NCVC Vetcare Grazing have heifer and calf grazing options available now. Long term, short term and flexible contracts. Pay for what you get on our weight gain based contracts. We want to work with you on your most valuable asset. Give us a call today to discuss options.

Office 07 823 4559 BYLLIVESTOCK.CO.NZ byllivestock

10am Thursday November 9 Richard and Victoria Gorman, Dumgree Off Awatere Valley Road Marlborough

• Weaner Contracts • Heifer Contracts • Winter Contracts • Monitoring Contracts (Weaner/ Heifer) • One-off AN Health Options • One-off MGMT Options • Short Term Agreements

Enquiries to: greg@sheppardagriculture.co.nz

WWW.NCVETS.CO.NZ

Laura Johnston, Grazing Representative 027 472 9464, 0800 GRAZING vetcare.ncvc.grazing@ncvets.co.nz

CLASSIFIEDS REACH EVERY FARMER IN NZ FROM MONDAY $2.00 + GST per word - Please print clearly

JOHN DEERE 6410, 6600, 6610, 6800, 6900, dismantling Andquiparts. Phone 027 524 3356.

Wiltshires for sale

SELLING

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100kg Friesian Bulls Available 20/11 - BY

FOR SALE

Advertise in the NZ Farmers Weekly

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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DOGS FOR SALE

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

TRACTOR PARTS

PUMPS

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CRAIGCO SHEEP JETTERS. Sensor Jet. Deal to fly and Lice now. Guaranteed performance. Unbeatable pricing. Phone 06 835 6863. www.craigcojetters.com

E X P E R I E N C E D OPERATORS – Spreaders Computer and GPS equipped – 3 trucks available. Phone John 027 442 9136 or 06 323 7069. Greater Manawatu.

FOR SALE

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FLY OR LICE problem? Electrodip - The magic eye sheepjetter since 1989 with unique self adjusting sides. Incredible chemical and time savings with proven effectiveness. Phone 07 573 8512 w w w. e l e c t r o d i p . c o m

BOLTON-RILEY GROUND SPREAD

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ANIMAL HANDLING

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Canterbury A&P Association ELITE RAM & EWE SALE

10.30am Friday 01 December 2017 (Viewing from 9am) Canterbury Agricultural Park, Curletts Road, Christchurch

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

240 Rams & Ewes for Sale SALE ORDER Dorper South Suffolk Corriedale Charolais Hampshire Romney Poll Dorset Border Leicester Texel English Leicester Dorset Down Southdown Suffolk

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The most versatile Sheep Handler on the market • No power • No air • No breakdowns • Hands free operation • Good flow • Complete control • Portable • Weigh, dag, draft, feet, vaccinate – all in one pass!

RAMS 2 22 3 2 6 13 12 14 27 4 33 42 40

EWES Supported by: 6 8 6 -

For more information: Graham Sidey: 027 432 1384 Anthony Cox: 027 208 3071

NEW Combi Trailer

• Road legal • Swing-arm suspension • 400ml ground clearance • 2 minute setup • Lowers flat to ground • Stone guard converts to roof • Fits existing Combi Clamps

Catalogue available online at www.theshow.co.nz

Herds 1st June 2018 delivery

Cattle Handling Equipment

Central & Southern NI

Standard Crush, Vet Crush, Weight Crate, Auto Head Yoke, Sliding Gates • Heavy Duty • Hot dipped galvanized • Efficient • One-man operation • Sure catch – never miss • Self-catching with auto reset • No weight limit • Easily adjustable width • Built to last • Full range of options available

910 Friesians BW 61 PW 73 RA 95% DTC 20/7 17yrs history, very good age breakdown $2150 184 Frn Frnx BW 79 PW 90 RA 91% DTC 20/7 Well-conditioned Medium sized herd $1900 150 Xbreds BW 90 PW 99 RA 94% DTC 20/7 (generous pick from 300) $2100 Northland 110 Jerseys BW 102 PW 103 RA 98% DTC 18/7 350ms Low SCC $1650

Advert to read:

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Return this form either by fax to 06 323 7101 attention Debbie Brown Post to NZX Agri Classifieds, PO Box 529, Feilding 4740 - by 12pm Wednesday or Freephone 0800 85 25 80

See us Canterburyat A&P Show 15-17 Nov em Site #F23 ber

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Videos on website – On-farm demonstrations available SI Stuart 027 435 3062

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180 Fr hfrs BW 92 PW 85 RA 100% RWB (Jrsy) DTC 24/7 $1300 Dec del 137 Fr hfrs BW 110 PW 103 RA 100% DTC 19/7 $1600 1st May del Contact: Philip Webb: 027 801 8057 Central & Southern NI Dairy Coordinator Paul Kane 027 286 9279 (North Waikato/ Northland) National Dairy & Live Export Coordinator

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114 Fr FrX BW 97 PW 135 RA 97% DTC 13/3 $2300 51 Fr C/O Cows BW 91 PW 94 RA 100% DTC 15/3 $1750

www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz

livestock@nzx.com – 0800 85 25 80

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ROCKLEA

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

The future of the sheep industry is dependent on our ability to farm productive ewes on marginal country

(Formerly known as High Plains)

SOUTH SUFFOLKS & POLL DORSETS

STOCK REQUIRED 1 YR FRSN BULLS 260-310kgs FRIESIAN BULL CALVES 260-350kgs 1 YR ANG & ANG X STEERS 2 YR STEERS 500kgs + 1 YR BEEF & BEEF X HEIFERS 2 YR X BRED HEIFERS COWS WITH CALVES AT FOOT EWES LAMBS @ FOOT

On-Farm Ram Sale Friday 1st December 2017, 2.00pm, by Auction

10th Annual Ram Sale • • • • • •

Stud and Flock rams available 130 South Suffolk rams 35 Poll Dorset rams Eye muscle scanned SIL Recorded High growth and high yielding rams

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Born and bred under challenging conditions All Sires DNA foot scored All Poll Dorset Rams guaranteed to have a 1 or 2 in their foot score

Proven - Coopworths celebrate 50 years of performance recording Efficient - ewes weaning their own weight in lambs

For further information or catalogues please contact: Simon Prouting, 06 374 3661, 57 Birch Road East, Weber, Dannevirke • prouting@inspire.co.nz • www.rocklea.co.nz

Productive - high fertility and great mothering ability

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Rams that will MEAT your requirements.

www.dyerlivestock.co.nz

Ross Dyer 0274 333 381 A Financing Solution For Your Farm E info@rdlfinance.co.nz

Look for a breeder near you:

Sheep farmers

Meadowslea Hill-Bred Rams

www.coopworthgenetics.co.nz

MATAROA CHEVIOTS

If you would like to know more about why farmers from the Wairarapa to Southland are using Braeburn Coopdale genetics

Est 1951 Farmed on Taihape hill country 500 – 700 mtrs

Ram Sale - 300 Rams - 7 breeds Thursday 30th November On-farm – Mt Cook Road, Fairlie Helmsman Auction – 12.30-2.00pm

Easy Care | High Lamb Survival | Enquiries Welcome

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Barry Cleaver – Mataroa, RD 1, Taihape Ph: 06 388 7871 Fx: 06 388 7872 Email: barrycleaver@slingshot.co.nz

Please visit our recently updated website

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www.coopdale.com

www.meadowslea.co.nz

Dairy Herds For Sale

Advertise your ram sales in Farmers Weekly Phone Nigel 0800 85 25 80 or email livestock@nzx.com

End of Season Delivery Call the team that specialises in the sale of Dairy Cattle

Pine Park Rams

Breeding Genetically Better Sheep since 1978

Jersey cows, good conformation, capacity cows, good frames, 400, long established herd, LIC and CRV nominated, due from 20/7/18, low cell count, off rolling to steep farm, 340-360kgs ms consistently, recorded, will consider even split. Asking $1800 plus GST. Call Brian

Performance Recorded Since 1964 Rams That Shift, Thrive and Perform Everywhere

Friesian Jersey cross cows, 75, from pedigree Friesian

HIGHherd, INDEXING BW 53, PW 83, RAJERSEY 97%, off flat & wet JERSEY farm in upper CROSS HERD South Island, herd of 250 cows averages 400-430kgs ms, low input farm, due from 25/7/18, long established

Visit our page for more information www.nzsheep.co.nz/suffolk/goldstream

Lot of black cows. Call Brian RA 100% BWherd. 143/50 PW 161/67 Friesian cows, 100, complete herd,for BW 76, PW)93, (in top 10 All Breeds NZ

RA 100%, retiring owners, has supplied bulls to AB

✔ No. 2 ranked NZTW Suffolk sire across flock has a Goldstream sire

40 years breeding, lowfor cell2011 count, matings due from Manycompanies, cows contracted to LIC 25/7/18 to nominated bulls, off very wet farm. Due to calve from 16-7-12, 6.5 Good weeks uddered medium sizecross cows. Call Kevin or Brian AB Jersey and Kiwi Jersey cows, that’s runafter with Estimated to 100,becomplete 420linecows non Friesians, LIC and CRV nominated of young pregnant, culls, older cows & sires, 5% lot rejection cows, has supplied bulls to AB companies, from mid Production last season 347kgs duems/cow, July 2018, good producing cows, off steep to rolling farm 1000kgs ms/ha, on rolling to steeper with long walks, all records available. Call Brian contoured farm, no meal, palm kernel or maize fed. Ayrshire cows, pick 50 from 70, due from 15/7/18, recorded, good producers, off also steep farm. Call Brian Young replacement stock available

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✔ No. 7 ranked bred at Goldstream ✔ No. 1 & 3 ranked ‘Across Flock Sires’ for TSM (Terminal Sire Meat) have a Goldstream sire ✔ No. 2, 3, 5, 7 on the Selection List have a Goldstream sire

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✔ Our Poll Dorset flock WWT is 4.6kgs and LW8 is 8.6kgs ✔ All sires are foot scored

FE Tolerant Coopworth FE Romney x Coopworth Texel x Coopworth Suffolk • Suftex Suffolk x Texel/Poll Dorset Texel x Poll Dorset

Bruce & Thelma Rapley Phone/Fax: 07 873 2818 RD 2, Otorohanga

Warwick & Rebecca Rapley Phone: 07 870 1714 Email: info@goldstreamfarm.com

Selling Agents: PGG Wrightson

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ALL ENQUIRIES WELCOME

Contact: Edward Sherriff 021 704 778 06 327 6591 312 Tutaenui Road, R D 2, Marton 4788 email: edsherriff@farmside.co.nz

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‘Genetically Better’ Goldstream Rams

Call one of the team at

Brian Livestock Ltd Enquiries toRobinson the sole marketing agents: Brian Robinson Ph 027 241 0051 Kevin Hart 027 291 5575 Brian Robinson BRLL Neil McDonald 027 218 8904 Selwyn Donald 8375 PH: 0272 410051 or027 07437 8583132 Matthew Satherley 027 869 7805

Gary Falkner

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Phone Alastair Cocks on (03) 415 7375 or Steve Cocks on (03) 415 7070

Contact: David Giddings Meadowslea – 027 229 9760 PGGW – Keith Wilson 027 412 5766 Greg Uren 027 431 4051 RLL – Anthony Cox 027 208 3071 PWA – Hamish Zuppicich 027 403 3025 Carrfields – Callum Dunnett 027 587 0131

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www.mataroacheviots.co.nz

• Romney • TexRom • Romdale • Perendale x Tex x Romney • Kelso x Romney • Kelso Maternal • Kelso Terminal (Black Face)

Livestock

THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS WEEKLY – November 6, 2017

NEVER-SHEAR

Sheep that require no dagging, crutching, shearing plus are fly strike free, saving you time and costs.

SOUTHDOWNS

RAMS

– Ready when U R

Never-shear sheep concentrate on high yield meat production. 300 rams tested in New Zealand’s toughest hill country over the past 11 years.

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“Never-shear” – a composite breed that has: • Hardiness • Sound feet • High lambing % - 165% • Short hair/wool that sheds

www.southdownsheep.org.nz

Russell & Mavis Proffit How much has eczema cost you? Start your genetic progress here. P: 07 8778977

PAKI-ITI SUFTEX

BUT BREEDING IS MORE THAN NUMBERS It is about longevity, structural soundness, constitution and then the numbers.

paki-iti.co.nz

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Visit to view our breeding programs

Stewart Morton 06 328 5772 • Andrew Morton 06 328 2856 R D 54 Kimbolton, Manawatu • pakiroms@farmside.co.nz

WHAT DO YOU SEE? That’s right, guaranteed black face lambs sired by Suffolk rams.

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IT’S TIME TO MEAT A MODERN DAY SUFFOLK FOR A SUFFOLK BREEDER NEAR YOU VISIT nzsheep.co.nz/suffolk

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Whether finishing or selling store, only a genuine black face Suffolk ram can give you this advantage.

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You can’t find higher tested Perendale and Romdales!

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Grain & Feed

MILK PRICE FORECAST ($/KGMS) 2017-18

6.75

6.36

AS OF 27/07/2017

AS OF 19/10/2017

Prior week

Last year

6 May 17 Jul 17 AgriHQ Spot Fonterra forecast

Sep 17 AgriHQ Seasonal

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WMP GDT PRICES AND NZX FUTURES

7.25

5.85

353

333

NI mutton (20kg)

4.75

4.40

2.90

379

274

SI lamb (17kg)

7.10

5.60

Feed Barley

387

386

256

SI mutton (20kg)

4.50

4.35

2.75

223

Export markets (NZ$/kg) 9.63

9.38

7.44

259

256

UK CKT lamb leg

Maize Grain

423

360

PKE

260

257

225

* 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.

7.0 6.5 6.0

INTERNATIONAL Last week

Prior week

Last year

Wheat - Nearest

231

227

214

Corn - Nearest

202

196

198

412

408

310

5.5 5.0

CBOT futures (NZ$/t)

4.5

2500 2000 Dec 16 Mar 17 Jun 17 C2 Fonterra WMP

ASW Wheat

385

391

291

Feed Wheat

274

268

216

Feed Barley

361

364

248

PKE (US$/t)

Sep 17 Dec 17 NZX WMP Futures

Ex-Malaysia

111

600

$/kg

3000

South Island 1 7kg lamb

7.5 7.0

APW Wheat

3500

North Island 17kg lamb

7.5

Australia (NZ$/t)

4000

500 400 300

NZ venison 60kg stag

6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 Oct Oct

Dec

Feb

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

Prior week

vs 4 weeks ago

WMP

2940

3160

SMP

1720

1750

AMF

6500

Butter

5600

Last week

Prior week

Last year

Prior week

Last year

1930

Urea

477

460

6.65

6.30

6500

6700

Super

297

310

35 micron

3.30

4.83

5680

6050

DAP

784

39 micron

3.30

4.80

704

CANTERBURY FEED PRICES

Feb Mar 4 weeks ago

Apr

OCTOBER was positive for equities across the globe. The NZX50 made a healthy 2.72% gain for the month, marking its tenth positive month in a row. The local bourse is now up 18.39% for the year, putting the index in a healthy position heading into what is traditionally a strong period for equity markets. Market darlings a2 Milk and Synlait Milk were the top performers in October rising 34.84% and 23.83% respectively. Comvita also had a strong month, rising 13.47%, boosted by positive sentiment following its annual meeting. All three companies have large offshore earnings and benefitted late in the month by a weaker New Zealand dollar. The NZ dollar weakened in October as markets took a cautious tone following the formation of the new Government. However, the NZ dollar rebounded last week after better than expected labour market data. The unemployment rate fell to 4.6% in the third quarter, from 4.8% in quarter two. This is the lowest unemployment rate since December 2008. Labour force participation increased to 71.1%, an all-time high. Wage growth was strong, up 1.9% on an annualised basis, in line with third quarter inflation. Market commentary provided by Craigs Investment Partners

S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

8083

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

7470

NZ venison 60kg stag

4.5

$/kg

600

350 250 150 Oct 13

Coarse xbred wool indicator

5.5

c/k kg (net)

US$/t

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Last week

NZ$/t Dec Jan Latest price

19234

Last yr

Aug

29 micron

Sharemarket Briefing

14804

Aug

Jun

(NZ$/kg)

450

S&P/FW AG EQUITY

Jun

NZ average (NZ$/t)

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

S&P/FW PRIMARY SECTOR

Apr

WOOL

* price as at close of business on Thursday

Nov

Apr

FERTILISER

Last price*

3200 3100 3000 2900 2800 2700

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7.25

c/kkg (net)

5 Mar 17

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NI lamb (17kg)

Feed Wheat

Waikato (NZ$/t)

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

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PKE

8 $/kgMS

Last week Canterbury (NZ$/t)

MILK PRICE COMPARISON

US$/t

SHEEP MEAT

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AGRIHQ 2017-18

FONTERRA 2017-18

Sheep

$/kg

Dairy

Oct 14 Feed barley

Oct 15

Oct 16 PKE spot

Oct 17

3.5

400 300

2.5

Oct Oct

Dec Dec 5‐yr ave

Feb Feb

AprApr Last yr

Jun Jun AugAug This yr

Dollar Watch

Top 10 by Market Cap Company

YTD High

YTD Low

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd

13.05

13.49

8.50

Auckland International Airport Limited

6.15

7.43

6.10

Meridian Energy Limited Spark New Zealand Limited The a2 Milk Company Limited Fletcher Building Limited Xero Limited Mercury NZ Limited (NS) Ryman Healthcare Limited Contact Energy Limited

2.87 3.72 8.42 7.00 34.10 3.37 9.24 5.84

3.02 3.97 8.84 10.86 35.50 3.60 9.80 5.85

2.57 3.32 2.06 7.00 17.47 2.94 8.12 4.65

Listed Agri Shares

500

5pm, close of market, Thursday

Company

YTD High

YTD Low

The a2 Milk Company Limited

8.420

8.840

2.060

Cavalier Corporation Limited

0.400

0.810

0.270

Comvita Limited

8.150

8.850

5.150

Delegat Group Limited

7.100

5.650

Foley Family Wines Limited

1.460

1.500

1.200

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

6.320

6.430

5.880

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

2.300

2.610

2.100

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

2.380

2.450

1.220

PGG Wrightson Limited

0.560

0.620

0.490

Sanford Limited (NS)

7.900

8.000

6.700

Scales Corporation Limited

3.830

3.960

3.210

Seeka Limited

5.610

5.900

4.300

Tegel Group Holdings Limited

1.420

1.460

1.050

S&P/FW Primary Sector

14804

15031

9307

S&P/FW Agriculture Equity

19234

19583

10899

S&P/NZX 50 Index

8083

8146

6971

S&P/NZX 10 Index

7470

7643

6927

THE kiwi dollar picked This Prior Last NZD vs up from the initial, sharp week week year sell-off on the Coalition USD 0.6908 0.6837 0.7326 Government’s formation EUR 0.5928 0.5865 0.6495 but gains will be capped, ASB Bank institutional AUD 0.8954 0.8918 0.9539 currency dealer Tim GBP 0.5289 0.5193 0.5884 Kelleher said. Correct as of 9am last Friday It was back above US$0.69 by Friday from below 0.685 a week earlier, a level raising the risk of falling considerably further. The dollar had broken through multi-year trend levels and Kelleher expects “stern resistance’’ to a recovery above 0.70. Among the major banks, ASB has had the highest forecasts for the kiwi against the big dollar and he now expects them to be revised lower. There are still issues in the United States to be settled, such as the potentially bullish tax reform, while the markets will be taking a wait-and-see approach over new Fed chairman Powell. Kelleher sees him as more neutral than dovish. The kiwi had stabilised on no new comment from Government leaders Ardern and Peters last week but markets would be waiting to see the details of policy expected in the next several weeks. Sterling weakened after the Bank of England raised interest rates but indicated further increases would be slow and limited. The kiwi easing against the US dollar meant a stronger path against sterling was also unlikely and could slip from here, Kelleher said. The same argument applies against the euro though latest events in the Catalonia-Spain wrangle were a negative for Eurozone politics. Alan Williams

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NI SLAUGHTER STEER

SI SLAUGTER STAG

SI SLAUGHTER MUTTON

($/KG)

PRIME ANGUS STEERS, 460505KG, AT CANTERBURY PARK

($/KG)

($/KG LW)

10.15

5.70

4.50

BEEF Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

5.70

5.35

NI Bull (300kg)

5.55

5.50

5.10

NI Cow (200kg)

4.35

4.25

3.90

SI Steer (300kg)

5.45

5.35

SI Bull (300kg)

5.10

4.80

SI Cow (200kg)

4.25

3.85

US imported 95CL bull

6.92

6.84

6.49

US domestic 90CL cow

6.81

6.75

5.90

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)

6.5 6.0

NZ venison 60kg stag

c/k kg (net) $/kg

5.5 600

500 5.0 400 4.5 300 4.0

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)

9.95

8.70

NI Hind (50kg)

9.85

8.60

SI Stag (60kg)

10.15

8.70

SI Hind (50kg)

10.05

8.60

New Zealand venison (60kg Stag)

c/k kg (net) $/kg

NZ venison 60kg stag

600 8 500

400 7 300

6 Oct

Oct

Dec Dec 5‐yr ave

Feb Feb

Apr Apr Last yr

$530-$590

1-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 230-310kg, at Rangiuru

Friesian bulls, 105120kg, at Frankton Dairy-Beef Weaner Fair

Jun Jun

Aug Aug This yr

SPELL of drying weather and warm temperatures around the country has sparked grass growth, and the spring market for cattle finally spread to sale yards in western and northern areas of the North Island. Wet conditions have kept buyers at bay, but recent sales saw a noted increase in audience size, and in turn prices. NORTHLAND NORTHLAND With the grass growing and days warming up local demand came out of the woodwork at KAIKOHE last Wednesday. Demand and in turn prices were stronger across all classes, PGG Wrightson agent Vaughan Vujcich reported. Throughput was again at 700 head, and prices improved 10-15c/kg for all bar the cow section. The 2-year steer pens featured a nice lineup of Angus and Angus-Hereford, with most trading at $3.10-$3.16/kg, though some lines reached $3.20/kg. No bulls were offered and a mixed quality yarding of heifers sold well relative to breeding and conditions, with $2.75$2.85/kg the range. A good yarding of 1-year cattle had beef-cross steers making $3.20-$3.60/ kg, with some of the heavier lines selling at the top end of that range. Purebred Simmental bulls earned $3.30/kg, and other beef lines, $3.10$3.30/kg. Heifers were a mix of beefcross and beef-Friesian, with better lines earning $3.10-$3.20/kg, and poorer types, $2.90-$3.00/kg. A small weaner section had autumn-born Angus steers at $960, $3.50/kg, and shorthorn-cross bulls, 120kg, $615. A good sized offering of beef-cross cows with calves-at-foot had the better lines making $1400-$1600, while runwith-bull returned $1.95-$2.00/kg. A positive air hung over a bigger yarding at WELLSFORD last Monday, as grass grows and more buyers enter the market. The bigger number can be attributed to the small sale following the long weekend, as well as consignments entered after lease expirations.

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Steers made up the majority and demand for quality 2-year steers was high, with this the biggest yarding of this age group since the September cattle fair. Prices firmed, and Hereford-Friesian, 490-573kg, sold for $2.88-$3.03/kg, and 381-481kg, $3.05$3.12/kg. Heifer numbers were low but featured a consignment of Hereford, and 326-336kg lines sold well at $3.13$3.24/kg. The good growth has seen 1-year steers increase in weight and coupled with high demand most lines sold in excess of $1000. Beef-Dairy, 235290kg, lifted to $3.51/kg, while a line of nine Angus & Angus-Hereford, 366kg, managed $3.43/kg, and Angus, 336kg, $3.57/kg. One-year heifers had a good following though quality was more mixed. Hereford-cross, 240-310kg, averaged $3.18/kg, while 299-323kg Friesian bulls returned $2.91-$2.98/kg. A line of Hereford-Friesian cows with calves-at-foot were offered due to the loss of a lease, and sold for $1415 per unit. COUNTIES COUNTIES Good grass growth in the South Auckland and North Waikato regions is fuelling strong demand for stock at the

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TUAKAU store sale. About 900 cattle were presented last Thursday and the market was very firm, Kane Needham of PGG Wrightson reported. The sale attracted a good bench of local and outside buyers and most were keen to purchase. Demand for 1-year steers and heifers was especially strong as farmers looked to replace heavier cattle. The offering included 512kg AngusHereford steers, which traded at $3.12/ kg. Hereford-Friesian 2-year steers, 467kg, made $3.19/kg, with 15-month steers, 390kg, earning $3.50/kg. Good Hereford-Friesian 1-year steers, 339kg, sold at $3.64/kg, and 250kg fetched $4.04/kg. R1 steers, 200kg, returned $920. Well-conditioned Angus-Friesian heifers, 451kg, traded at $2.92/kg, with Charolais 1-year heifers, 272kg, making $3.67/kg. Angus heifers, 233kg, sold at $860, and 296kg Angus-Friesian earned $905. Hereford-Friesian, 247kg, fetched $800, with a lighter pen at 203kg selling for $830. Prices at last Wednesday’s prime sale were also firm, with boner cows up by around 10c/kg. Heavy prime

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78 THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017 beef steers traded at $3.00-$3.08/ kg, good-medium $2.96-$2.99/kg, and lighter steers $2.90-$2.95/kg. The best of the prime beef heifers made $2.97-$3.03/kg, and goodmedium $2.92-$2.96/kg. Lighter beef heifers sold at $2.85-$2.91/ kg, and beef cows $2.40-$2.59/kg. There was plenty of competition for boner cows. Heavy, wellconditioned Friesian sold at $2.10-$2.30/kg, and medium $1.95-$2.05/kg. Lighter boners returned $1.75-$1.85/kg and beef bulls $2.95-$3.05/kg. About 280 cattle were yarded. Last Monday’s sheep market was strong, with the best of the new season prime lambs trading at $153-$176. Medium primes fetched $136-$159, with lighter lambs earning $122-$135 and hoggets $104-$121. An entry of very heavy prime ewes made $140-$156, with other heavy lots returning $101-$121. Medium prime ewes sold at $85-$100 and lighter lines $68-$75. About 800 ewes and lambs were presented. WAIKATO A much larger contingent of weaners greeted buyers at FRANKTON last Tuesday, with bulls making up the lion’s share. Wednesday’s store cattle was predominantly small lines, which made for a long sale, but bids did not falter and the market stayed strong. A significant lift in the number of weaners presented for sale did not deter the buying bench, which was buoyed by input from King Country and South Auckland. The market was strong, with lifting returns on a number of lines. Angus-cross heifers, 114kg, lifted at $570, and Hereford-cross, 100kg, consistently returned $530, while Hereford-Friesian, 147-160kg, lifted to $580-$630. Bulls dominated the sale by numbers alone and sold on a steady to lifting market, with strong returns for good boned, well presented lines. Herefordcross were steady with 84-95kg earning $415-$520, and 110-115kg, $645-$690, while 138kg returned $700-$720. Friesian bulls were plentiful, with 100kg lifting to $480-$525, and 120-121kg steady at $590. It was a long day last Wednesday, with the majority of cattle sold in very small lines. The market was strong for quality cattle, which were well met by the local buying bench. Hereford-Friesian steers were a highlight in the 2-year pens, with those 441-586kg consistent at $2.94-$3.08/kg, and heifers of similar breeding, 445-497kg, lifted at $2.94-$3.00/kg. Purebred Friesian heifers, 425-487kg, were well received earning $2.67-$2.76/ kg. Returns were varied for 1-year Hereford-cross steers, with 239352kg earning $700-$1025, $2.81$3.21/kg, whilst Angus-Friesian, 293kg, lifted to $925-$950, $3.16$3.24/kg. Similar to their older brothers in the 2-year yarding, 1-year Hereford-Friesian steers were very consistent on recent levels, with 220-295kg making $720-$990, $3.15-$3.44/kg. Heifers were mostly steady across the board, with AngusFriesian, 227-282kg, realizing $860-$900, $3.10-$3.19/kg, and

Hereford-Friesian, 231-305kg, $725-$980, $3.06-$3.21/kg. Prime cattle had good weight and quality, and returns were solid. A highlight in the steers was a line of Angus, 662kg, which sold for $2070, $3.13/kg. Murray-Grey, 610-642kg, were well sought after, making $3.04-$3.06/kg. A small line of Angus cows with calves-at-foot managed $1040 per unit. TARANAKI TARANAKI While the yarding at the TARANAKI sale last Wednesday was a small offering of all sorts, recently improved weather and subsequent grass growth brought a good crowd to the rostrum, and good quality cattle sold very well, with lesser lines finding homes at respectable levels, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Stephen Sutton reported. Dairy cattle started off the day, with two small Jersey lines making $1050-$1075, and the best of the Friesian cows returned $1050. Prime steers were a highlight as the low numbers meant competitive bidding, and most reached $3.01-$3.04/kg. Two-year beef steers, 388-393kg, made $3.12-$3.18/kg, and HerefordFriesian, 537kg, $2.90/kg. Demand for two lines of Hereford-Friesian heifers was also strong, and 441kg sold for $2.93/kg. Very small lines came through the rostrum in the 1-year section, and the better beef, exotic and Hereford-Friesian steers sold to $3.17-$3.22/kg. A line of Angus heifers, 276kg, achieved $3.06/kg and Hereford-Friesian, 267-281kg, $2.97-$3.00/kg. POVERTY BAY POVERTY BAY It was all prime apart from a few lines of ewes with lambs-at-foot at MATAWHERO. Medium Romney ewes with lambs-at-foot made $75-$76.50 all counted, though a better line and some South Suffolk made $94-$98 all counted. Top prime ewes were $130-$136, but the majority made $80-$105. Prime hoggets went as high as $143.50-$169, but the rest were $91-$116. HAWKE’S BAY HAWKE’S BAY STORTFORD LODGE sold over 3000 new season lambs last Wednesday, giving buyers the best indication to date of where the market is at. Store cattle numbers were also high, and no sale for two weeks also lifted prime cattle and ewe volumes. Prime ewe numbers swelled to 2400 last Monday, though prices still lifted $5-$10. Heavy to very heavy types traded at $132-$160, with the balance mostly selling over $100. Hogget numbers dwindled to almost non-existence, with most within a line of 204 ewe hoggets at $136.50. a small yarding of 160 new season lambs were offered, with most making $133-$164, and the top line of 19 reaching $181. All prime steers sold on a strong market and forward store Angus, 540-580kg, lifted to $3.23/kg, while prime beef lines, 655-700kg, earned $3.12-$3.18/kg. Heifer values varied depending on their cover, and eight very heavy Angus sold for a relatively low $2.57/kg, but their 704kg frame put them at $1809, while better yielding Angus and

Hereford, 552-557kg, sold to $3.00/ kg and $3.13/kg. Most other lines ranged from $2.81-$2.91/kg. Buyers couldn’t get enough of the cows, and heavy traditional lines, 625-785kg, lifted to $2.54/kg, while a line of 634kg Angus topped the section at $2.60/kg. More single sex lambs came forward last Wednesday, despite the earliness of the season. Medium cryptorchid sold for $93$107, and lighter, $91-$105. Two lines of male lambs made $101$107, and ewe lambs, $76-$104. Mixed sex still dominated though, and over 800 were light-medium and returned $100-$106, with heavy lines strong at $132-$135. Older ewes with lambs are starting to drop away in number, but have, for the time being, been replaced by hoggets with lambs. The market showed improvement and $130.75 was paid for a line of very heavy ewes and big lambs, with most other mixed age earning $89-$97. Hoggets with lambs made $85-$87. The top Angus steers sold on a steady market, with 561-573kg making $3.23-$3.32/kg, and one line of 575kg reaching $1905. Beefcross, 462-487kg, made $3.33/kg. Hereford-Friesian featured in the heifer pens, and 449-456kg sold for an impressive $3.08-$3.13/ kg, while 481kg made $2.96/kg. Bulls were represented by a consignment of beef-cross from Mahia, and at 438-451kg sold exceptionally well for $3.28-$3.31/ kg. Friesian bulls, 454-614kg, traded over a tight range of $2.99$3.00/kg as buyers stuck firmly to budgets. A huge yarding of 360 1-year steers had 65% straight Angus and the balance mostly HerefordFriesian. With good weight gains in recent weeks, two lines hit and passed 400kg and made $1400$1410, $3.39-$3.53/kg. Just one line sold under $1000, and 250280kg finished at $4.02-$4.09/ kg. Hereford-Friesian, 329-385kg, lifted to $3.27-$3.36/kg. The right people were still on the benches for the heifers, and Angus, 270-315kg, averaged $3.54/kg, while beef-cross, 249-304kg, made $3.27-$3.29/kg. Local buyers sought out the Friesian bulls, and 325-338kg made $3.02-$3.09/kg, and 298kg, $3.29/kg, with all trading at $980$1045. Beef cows with calves-at-foot were also a welcome addition to the sale, and beef-cross fetched $1715 per unit, and Hereford, $1830. MANAWATU MANAWATU A very warm day in the Manawatu saw a good yarding of 1-year heifers and the first of the early spring weaners at RONGOTEA last Wednesday, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported. The 2-year pens had low numbers but featured Charolaiscross steers, 390-520kg, $2.90$3.02/kg, and the heifers, 447kg, $2.80/kg. Jersey bulls, 457kg, made $2.58/kg. Charolais-cross also sold in the 1-year steer pens, with a line of 380kg earning $2.95/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers ranged from 170-380kg and sold up to $1115 for $2.59-$3.83/kg, while Angus-cross proved popular, with 171-260kg returning $3.75-$3.97/

kg. A line of 400kg Charolais-cross sold for $1180, $2.95/kg, though lighter lines pushed up to $3.53/ kg. Returns were consistent for dairy lines, and Friesian, 260382kg, made $2.10-$2.54/kg, and Jersey, 175-325kg, $2.03-$2.21/kg. In the bulls pens Friesians had a big weight range at 250-400kg, but sold over a tight price bracket of $2.13-$2.24/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 299-325kg sold for $2.64-$2.92/kg. Autumn-born crossbred bulls, 147-169kg, made $502-$505, and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 135-195kg, $557-$625. Weaner numbers also trickled in and 117kg Friesian bulls sold for $490, Hereford-Friesian, 122kg, $630, though crossbred were more buyable at $340-$400. HerefordFriesian heifers, 117kg, fetched $540, and Friesian, 120kg, $300. Cow numbers were limited and Friesian boners, 417-585kg, sold for $1.22-$2.07/kg. Demand for ewes was high and these reached $100-$120, while hoggets made $89 and mixed sex lambs $81-$93. The hogget season is winding down at FEILDING, but a drop in volume was made up for by more wet-dry ewes last Monday. Boner cattle numbers also lifted, and so too did prices. Ewe numbers swelled to 4700 head, with heavy and medium types making up the majority. The market firmed, with heavy ewes making $137-$221, and medium, $106-$137, while light lines sold up to $104. New season lamb numbers are growing, albeit slowly, and the better end made $150-$173, with the lightest line at $86. Hogget numbers reduced by nearly 1000 head, making buying harder and prices firmed. Medium types outnumbered the heavy lines and sold for $134-$166, with tops making $165-$179. A small store offering eased to $75-$123. Holding schedules and limited supply worked in vendors favour in the cattle pens, with a big price lift for boner cows and heifers. Friesian heifers, 313-353kg, came up to $2.42/kg, though heavy Friesian cows surpassed that, with 460-633kg earning $2.45-$2.56/kg. Medium-good types, 470-531kg, mostly made $2.25-$2.35/kg, while a line of Charolais-cross cows, 476kg, managed $2.28/kg. The selling season for Dairy-beef calves got underway at Feilding last Thursday, though numbers were down 200 head on 2016, to 765. Demand was very strong for Friesian bull’s, with most heading to Wairarapa, though Taihape and local put up a good fight. Prices lifted at least $50 on last year’s levels, with 115-120kg making $582-$585kg, compared to $512$555 at the fair last year. Those 100-110kg sold for $520-$585, while there was a larger number of calves under 100kg these returned $480-$500. Autumn-born prices were also strong, and Hereford-Friesian steers, 156-192kg, made $535$675kg, but again it was the bulls that were in the spotlight, and 210254kg Friesian earned $690-$840. Spring lambs are still only coming forward in limited numbers and surely there will be an influx soon. Friday’s sale prices were reasonably steady on recent levels with a pen of prime lambs

selling for $135 and the largest line of better store lambs selling for $112. Ewes with lambs-at-foot also sold to steady demand with one small line selling for an impressive $118. Of interest in the hogget yarding was an entry of nearly 500 shorn capital stock ewe hoggets and, although some watchers considered their worth as breeding two-tooths, the auctions were mainly contested by meat buyers and they eventually sold for $167 and $155. Ewes with LAF, $78-$118; Dry ewes, $75-$151; Hoggets, $94$167; Lambs, $74-$135. There were many pens of cattle and each section seemed to feature standout lines. Steers were firm with six 3-year’s selling for $2030, $3.26/kg, matching last week, and the top 2-year AngusHereford cross steers sold for $1870, $3.33/kg, also matching last week. A majority of the yearling steers were dairy-cross and this section may have softened a little as a result. The 2-year old heifer section was strong again this week, selling up to $3.55/kg, with seven Angus heifers selling for $1585, $3.01/kg leading the way. Good exotic-cross yearling heifers sold well at $1130, $3.52/kg, and $1100, $3.35/kg, and yearling heifers lifted in line with their sisters. Twenty solid Angus-Friesian 2-year bulls impressed and sold for $1815, $3.07/kg, but this was a small section again. Yearling bulls traded in a narrower range this week and only one pen did not reach $3.00/kg with the tops being a small line of Charolais-cross at $1365, $3.10/kg, but most bulls were just average. Many small lines completed the sale. Steers; 3yr, 561-622kg, $1790$2030, $3.04-$3.27/kg; 2yr, 318562kg, $735-$1870, $2.91-$3.46/ kg; 1yr, 192-361kg, $735-$1270, $2.55-$3.92/kg; bulls; 2yr, 386592kg, $1110-$1815, $2.88-$3.07/ kg; 1yr, 180-440kg, $580-$1365, $2.99-$3.59/kg; heifers; 2yr, 321526kg, $990-$1585, $2.94-$3.55/ kg; 1yr, 195-333kg, $700-$1130, $2.96-$3.79/kg. CANTERBURY CANTERBURY A spell of good weather had positive effects on most areas of the sale at CANTERBURY PARK last Tuesday. The first of the new season lambs were found in both the prime and store pens and the store lambs got off to a good start, and two light lines making $92-$101, while 170 medium mixed sex returned $116. A good number of ewes with lambs-at-foot came forward, and good grass growth has increased interest in this market. The top line of 13 ewes and 21 lambs returned $103, with most other lines trading at $88-$96 all counted. New season prime lambs sold to keen interest, with heavy types making $155-$170, medium $140-$150, and the lighter end, $120-$133. The remainder of the section was made up of hoggets with lambs teeth and prices held as heavy lines achieved $170-$189, medium to good $140-$165, and lighter, $120-$135. Low ewe numbers is not helping buyers and again the market climbed $5-$10 per head. Good and heavy ewes traded at $130-

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$169, with the remainder earning $90-$126. A reasonable yarding of two-tooth ewes went under the hammer for $90-$142. Cattle are showing an improvement in weight and condition, as feed levels and quality finally gets some momentum going. Coupled with strong demand as export-type cattle prove hard to find, the prime steers and heifers sold on a lifting market, with $3.00/kg surpassed in both sections. Heavy Angus steers, 458-507kg, made $3.07-$3.16/kg, with high yielding Murray Grey also trading at $3.06-$3.14/kg. Heavier lines of beef and exotic achieved $2.95$3.00/kg, with the market easily up 10c/kg. Heifers lifted 15c/kg, with beefcross, 485-580kg up to $2.95/kg, while a small lineup of HerefordFriesian, 505-620kg managed $2.85-$2.98/kg, and Friesian, 437555kg, $2.60/kg. The store market was very much grass driven, with consistently strong prices relative to quality and condition. One-year steers sold in two main lots, with Angus-Hereford, and the heavier end of the Hereford-Friesian all trading over $1000. Angus-Hereford, 263269kg, reached $4.11-$4.32/kg, and Hereford-Friesian, 275-301kg, $4.05-$4.29/kg. The second half of the section featured lesser lines of HerefordFriesian, with all 207-260kg and trading over a tight range of $765$860, with the majority making $3.43-$3.57/kg. The sale strengthened as it progressed, and demand for heifers was very high. Beef heifers, 265-278kg, sold for $920-$1030, with the Angus-Hereford in the weight range making $3.83-$3.84/ kg. Hereford-Friesian, 228-259kg, also proved popular, selling for $810-$915, $3.47-$3.62/kg. A run of good weather has grown both grass and confidence in Canterbury, and store stock sold on an improved market at COALGATE last Thursday. Prime markets continued their solid run, with ewe prices firming yet again. Solid numbers of sheep across all sections consolidated into a

THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017 respectable yarding of 3500 head, and good growth brought buyers to the rails. The store section mainly consisted of Merino mixed sex hoggets, with the better lines making $88-$96, though lesser types returned $40. Hoggets with lambs-at-foot had a good following and the biggest line of 105 hoggets and 102 lambs made $81 all counted, with most other lines single ewes and lambs at $92-$98. A small line of 5 ewes and lambs reached $119. New season lamb numbers are slowly creeping up in the prime pens, and the interest in these was very high, resulting in some expensive shopping at $120-$162. Most hoggets traded at $124-$178. Once again the ewe section was the darling of the sale, with prices firming. Buyers could purchase few for less than $120, with the lighter end making $121-$149, and the tops, $160-$189. It was the heifer’s day out as a bigger yarding of prime cattle than store was 70% heifers. With few steers to bid on buyers had to be competitive, and a line of three Angus, 457kg, reached $3.14/kg, while heavier Hereford-Friesian traded at $2.88-$2.95/kg, with lesser lines earning $2.72-$2.78/kg. With steer numbers so limited many buyers turned their attention to the bigger offering of heifers and prices firmed. A heavy line of high yielding heifers reached $3.08/kg, though most better types, 448-570kg, ranged from $2.85-$2.98/kg, with the next cut trading at $2.76-$2.82/kg. A small cow offering was mainly dairy or dairy-cross though had the weight, and 495-745kg sold over a tight range of $1.96-$1.98/ kg to cover most of the section. Store numbers were low, and heifers again ruled the roost, with the 2-year section the biggest. Prices were steady for HerefordFriesian, 370-415kg, which averaged $2.82/kg, while a line of Angus heifers with calves-at-foot sold exceptionally well at $1560 per unit. One-year numbers were limited, and featured Hereford-Friesian steers which made steady returns

at $3.73-$3.78/kg for 260-275kg, and a line of Friesian & Friesiancross bulls, 319kg, $2.73/kg. SOUTH CANTERBURY SOUTH CANTERBURY TEMUKA turned on the weather for sale-goers last Monday, and good cattle numbers continued to flow, while sheep were boosted by Chatham Island’s hoggets and fine wool breeds. Store cattle sales became a weekly event again, which was justified given that a further 760 were offered on top of the 1700 head the previous week. Just over 2300 store hoggets was made up of Chatham’s and fine wool hoggets, and the market trended down. Heavy mixed sex made $119-$126, good mixed sex and males, $110-$120. Buyers were selective on longer term lines and Merino’s, but a highlight was 47 male Merino’s at $119. Two lines of mixed sex new season lambs sold for $103 and $97. New season prime lambs sold well, with the top line making $170, and the remainder $144$155. Prime hoggets eased $5-$10 though most lines still sold for $120-$175, with lesser types earning $80-$116. Ewe prices firmed for the 1300 head yarding, with heavy lines at $140-$176, and medium $110$139, while a small lighter end earned $90-$109. The highlight in the ewes with lambs-at-foot section was 63 heavy crossbred ewes with forward lambs which reached $118 all counted, while most other bigger lines made $75-$95. In the rostrum finished Hereford steers, 621-725kg, returned $2.78-$2.91/kg, and Angus, 585667kg, $2.96-$2.97/kg. Forwards stores sold to similar levels, while Friesian, 478-595kg, earned $2.60$2.77/kg. Friesian bull prices firmed with most 516-555kg and making $2.61-$2.68/kg. Results were mixed in the heifer section, where beef lines lifted but boners eased. Heavy beef sold to $2.91-$2.93/kg, while second cuts and Hereford-Friesian, 500-590kg, made $2.83-$2.89/kg. Store-type Hereford, 440-485kg, traded at $2.65-$2.73/kg. Boner heifers softened, and

those 550kg plus managed $2.60$2.71/kg, but prices dropped away quickly from there as 515-530kg averaged $2.56/kg. As the weight and quality came down so too did the prices, with 475-480kg at $2.44/kg, and 420-428kg, $2.21$2.31/kg. Friesian cows sold on a firm market and most 550kg plus made $2.00-$2.09/kg, while 500-545kg fetched $1.92-$1.99/kg. Few lines sold outside these two price brackets. The store cattle yarding lacked the big lines of traditional cattle of the previous week, with beefFriesian and Chatham’s cattle the main features, but all lines sold on a grass market and made good values for what they were. Very few 2-year cattle were offered, with the sale moving quickly into the 1-year pens where a consignment of 306-332kg Angus-Hereford steers sold for $1000-$1050, $3.16-$3.25/kg. Other traditional and exotic lines were Chatham’s cattle (in both the steer and heifer pens), and of lighter weights, with most steers trading at $800-$910. HerefordFriesian sold on a steady market with heavier lines fetching $3.06$3.20/kg, and prices creeping up to $3.36-$3.49/kg for 240-280kg. High demand for the shorter term options that the heifers provide resulted in a strengthening market for Hereford-Friesian lines, and in many cases prices matched the steers. Those 260-270kg were expensive shopping, making $3.35-$3.51/kg, while 277-280kg returned $3.23-$3.25/kg. Lighter lines, 190-235kg, lifted to $3.54/kg. Interest in Friesian bulls was limited and 292-295kg eased to $2.95-$2.98/kg. SOUTHLAND SOUTHLAND The last sale for October at LORNEVILLE was quieter in the sheep pens but busy in the cattle due to seasonal influences. Prime stock made up almost the entire sheep section, with low numbers of store hoggets and ewes with lambs-at-foot. Demand for hoggets didn’t falter, and heavy lines made $150-$160, medium $140-$150, and lighter, $130-$140. The top ewe prices were eerily

similar such is the strength of this market, with the heavy lines reaching $145-$165, medium $120-$140 and light, $90-$115. Two-tooth’s traded at $115-$125, and rams, $100-$120. Store hogget numbers and demand were limited and medium to good lines made $95-$110, with light lines earning $70. Ewes with lambs-at-foot returned $78-$90 all counted. In contrast to the sheep pens, cattle came forward in large numbers through both the prime and store sections. Prime steer quality was limited, and dairycross, 500kg plus, returned $2.52/ kg, though good beef-cross heifers, 450-500kg, reached $2.80-$2.84/ kg. Dairy heifers, 400kg plus, made $2.20-$2.40/kg, and 350-400kg, $2.00-$2.20/kg. Demand for cows continued its strong run, and heavy lines made $2.00-$2.10/kg, medium $1.70-$1.90/kg and light, $1.40-$1.60/kg. A large yarding of mixed quality store cattle greeted sale goers, and better types sold on a good market. Features included 2-year Angus heifers, 445kg, $2.80/kg, and 1-year Angus-cross steers, 270312kg, $1000-$1120. Other steers included Hereford-cross, 273kg, $920, and Friesian, 270kg, $780. A big heifer offering had Anguscross, 250-300kg, at $800-$950, and Hereford-cross, 168-218kg, $575-$680. Calves are still flowing and Friesian bulls sold for $110-$210, Hereford-Friesian $140-$150, and Murray Grey-cross $170. Heifers of similar breeding fetched $120$150. November started on a very quiet note at CHARLTON last Thursday, as hogget numbers run out and new season lambs of any significance are yet to appear. Hoggets traded at $140-$160, but it was the ewes that buyers battled over, with prices lifting significantly. Heavy lines bettered the top hoggets at $170, with medium types earning $130-$150, and lighter, $100-$110. Two-tooth’s returned $120-$130, and rams $90. The demand flowed into the ewes with lambs-at-foot pens and these easily traded at $95-$101 all counted.

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80 THE NZ FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 6, 2017 NI SLAUGHTER MUTTON

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120kg, at Feilding Dairy-Beef weaner Fair

Good start for velvet Lesson learned, Korean and Chinese companies are now actively buying to ensure they get the velvet they need.

Annette Scott annette.scott@nzx.com

EW season demand for velvet has started early with many contracts signed at prices up to 25% better than last season. Korean Ginseng Corp, the number one heath food brand, had entered into a larger and longerterm contract that offered opportunity for many larger clients to get involved, PGG Wrightson national velvet manager Tony Cochrane said. Spiker value ranged from $118-$180, SAH $139 (> 3kg), SA, A and B grades $101 to $135, damaged $90 to $115 and manufacturing $30 to $180. The Chinese government’s new, regulated control scheme meant onfarm deer sheds and freezers had been given full attention to meet new hygiene regulations. An important factor was also the Velvet Status Declaration (VSD). “VSD forms are now compulsory with each consignment and to be filled out and signed by the farmer. “As a means of traceability the Deer Industry New Zealand tag numbers or series of numbers from start to finish must be recorded,” he said. Farmers, PGW and DINZ had last month hosted staff from Lotte home shopping

Rhys Griffiths DINZ

MUST DO: Tag numbers are now compulsory as a means of traceability, PGG Wrightson national velvet manager Tony Cochrane says.

and associated companies in Hawke’s Bay. Cochrane said filming from the visit would be used for commercials alongside products that promoted NZ velvet to Korean consumers. DINZ Asia market manager Rhys Griffiths said the improved opening was underpinned by growing demand with the price recovery timely given the investment many farmers were making in upgrades to their velvet facilities. “Regulatory changes in China last season led to a loss of buyer confidence and a dip in prices that did not reflect the steady growth in demand

for NZ velvet from China and Korea, our major markets,” Griffiths said. “Overall, demand was such that some buyers who held off making their purchases in the belief that prices would fall further nearly missed out on supply. “Lesson learned, Korean and Chinese companies are now actively buying to ensure they get the velvet they need.” DINZ estimated production would reach 675 tonnes this season, up slightly on last season. “This increase will be needed to meet growing demand for velvet as an ingredient in health foods

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in Korea, which we estimate accounts for 150 tonnes of velvet a year. “Health food products are bringing in new consumers. It’s not just a case of velvet consumers moving from a traditional to a more modern form of product, Griffiths said. The growing consumer demand was also attracting more large manufacturers, all of whom were seeking NZ velvet for new health food products of their own. Some were also using the NZ velvet quality mark prominently on their packaging and mass media advertising. Griffiths said it was an important industry goal to encourage the development of a market for NZ velvetbased healthy functional food products in China. “This market has the potential to be huge. Chinese healthy functional food companies are strong and in some cases bigger than their Korean health food counterparts.

Light-medium mixed sex lambs at Stortford Lodge

New Zealand’s next top protein WE, AS a nation, always like a good competition and it seems we have our own going on at grassroots. Who will take the prize for the darling of the meat industry – the cull ewe that has Suz Bremner reared two lambs but doesn’t AgriHQ Analyst make the cut as a replacement or the graceful stag standing proud on farms around New Zealand? Both the mutton and venison markets have gone from strength to strength this year, reaching record levels and vying for the title of NZ’s next top protein. Of course, this is all a bit dramatic but the point is that this year we have seen two markets that in the past have struggled to make real value quite literally take off. To make the competition fair, we need to look at the facts. With limited knowledge of the venison market, I called on Deer Farmers Association committee member Grant Charteris to lay down the venison challenge. He said low supply coupled with new markets and a new Primary Growth Partnership initiative pushed venison and velvet to new heights. Younger deer are fetching $10/kg CW and older stock $8-9.70/kg CW. Velvet is around $125/kg, and with stags being retained to velvet and hinds kept for capital stock, supply is low and a main driver of prices. Now the ewe market – mutton returns have been phenomenal this year. Schedule prices have soared to $4.20-$4.50/kg CW with contracts available at $4.80/kg CW. That, in turn, has brought greater demand and bigger budgets to the sale yards and nationwide the heavy girls have consistently made $140-$180 with very few trading below $100. That’s a $50-$65 a head increase on last year alone, for a year that was considered to be respectable. So with the facts now laid before you I will leave it to readers to make their own decision but will say that for once, sheep and deer farmers have had a win this year. suz.bremner@nzx.com

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