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Top analyst issues China warning Nigel Stirling nigel.g.stirling@gmail.com

HINA’S role as the biggest buyer of New Zealand’s primary products is under threat as its struggle with the United States for global preeminence reaches a new level of intensity, a top analyst believes. Rabobank’s Singapore-based global analyst Michael Every says the US is incensed by China’s failure to condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine and is readying economic sanctions should it go further and provide military backing. Trade-limiting sanctions have been likened to economic weapons of mass destruction, with the potential to far exceed the damage to both the US and Chinese economies that followed the tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars of trade between the two countries initiated by former US President Donald Trump in 2018. Many analysts believe the damage to both countries’ economies would be so severe that the US would be unlikely to pull the trigger on sanctions nor would China provoke it to do so. Every, however, isn’t so sure China is ready to back down. “They can afford to do it. And the historical likelihood is that

they will at some point … if we carry on the dynamic we are in now it will be to a greater degree than anyone thought possible and sooner than anyone thought possible,” Every said.

If you put all your eggs in one basket and somebody decides to cut off the handle because they don’t like the basket, then you go down with that basket. Michael Every Rabobank The US, too, could not be counted on to back away from its threats, he said. Russia’s stranglehold on European oil and gas had given the US pause for thought about its own reliance on imports from China. While sourcing fewer of its consumer goods from China would push up the cost of living, for Americans it was a cost the US was increasingly looking like it could be willing to pay. “The alternative is that if you

WEANING: Preparing calves for the Haast calf sales is Courtney Landreth from Waitoto Cattle, Haast. Photo Vicki O’Connor

Sale boosts covid-disrupted Haast Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz COVID has been especially tough on the economy of the South Island’s Haast community, so when about 1000 calves were sold this week, West Coasters rallied around. “The Haast economy has been diminished dramatically by covid affecting fisheries and tourism, so this was a chance

do not do that you can never have control of those supply chains and from a national security perspective you are just waiting for another country like China

for the community to enjoy a social gathering,” local farmer Kim Landreth said. Community groups raised money by providing catering and ran raffles, which Landreth said was helped by perfect weather and excellent quality calves. PGG Wrightson agent Craig Knight said it was an especially strong sale for medium and light cattle.

to do something like Russia [has done] and you cannot do anything about it,” he said. Every said the scenario he was outlining threatened to pull the

Top Angus and Angus-cross steers sold for $990 to $1000 and heifers $820-$830, medium Angus heifers $750 and top Hereford steers $880 and medium $780-$790. Calves of medium to light quality sold for $550-$660. Buyers came from the North Island and Canterbury, but the dry weather in Southland meant many buyers were largely absent.

rug on the decades-old global free trade model, where countries allocated their economy’s

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Your guide to healthy water With the spotlight on healthy waterways, farmers and growers in New Zealand are finding innovative ways to ensure they are playing their part to keep our waterways clean and clear. In this issue, we meet a Rotorua dairy farming couple who have been involved in applied research into how detainment bunds* can improve water quality on farm.

Farmers are working hard to help protect our waterways

What is a detainment bund and how can it help?

Healthy water is an important issue for all New Zealanders. The government’s Essential Freshwater policy aims to bring waterways and ecosystems to a healthy state within a generation, and farmers have been working hard on a range of strategies to ensure our waterways are protected. One of these innovations is the applied research on Detainment BundsPS120 by the Phosphorus Mitigation Project Inc, a governance group initiated by farmers in the Rotorua district.

Detainment bunds are a great example of working with nature. By capturing overland runoff during heavy rainfall events and holding it in a ponding area on pasture for a few days, you’re allowing natural processes to filter the water. Sediment sinks to the bottom of the pond, trapping nutrient runoff along with it. When the water is slowly released, it is cleaner, clearer, and ultimately healthier for the waterways down-farm.

Detainment BundsPS120 at a glance Prevent stormwater surges

Reduce phosphate runoff

Overland runoff is captured by the bund so it won’t surge into waterways during heavy rainfall events.

Studies show that on free draining soils up to 60% of phosphate in stormwater runoff can be retained along with the sediment as it settles in the detainment pond.

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Any nutrients trapped in the bund will be released slowly back onto pasture, instead of being lost to waterways.

If you’d like to know more, search “Detainment Bund PS120” online to read more about the applied research and guidelines.

*Detainment BundsPS120 is the full name of the detainment bund referenced. All advice provided in this interview relates to this specific type of detainment bund. While performance of Detainment Bunds on light soils is proven, trials on heavy soil types are still in progress.

How can detention bunds improve water quality? Chris and Jamie Paterson run 275 dairy cows on 110 hectares in Rotorua. They chat to Ballance Environmental Management Specialist Ian Power about how a detainment bund has improved water quality on their farm near Lake Rotorua.

What are detainment bunds and how can they help improve water quality? “Essentially our bund is a low wall built across a valley floor to temporarily intercept overland waterflow during heavy rain. In some ways it’s like a dam, but it’s designed to temporarily pond over our pasture and then quietly seep away without destroying the pasture in the ponding area. Our bund can fill up in a matter of hours during a storm event – you’ve got a hectare of water that just appears in a few hours. It’s quite something to see! It releases through infiltration into the freedraining soil under the ponding area. If there’s any remainder after three days of ponding, we simply pull the plug to protect pasture quality in the ponding area.”

And the phosphorus is trapped too?

Chris and Jamie Paterson Ian Power

How do detainment bunds fit into your FEP?

“That’s right – we were part of a Sustainable Farming Fund research project that showed up to 60% of the phosphate in the water gets trapped as sediment particles settle in the bund. Then it slowly flows back onto the pasture rather than into the lake. It’s not a huge amount of P in relation to the farm, but in relation to what would have been going into the lake, it’s quite high. If there were more of these bunds in the lake catchment, it would be a simple and cost-effective way of preventing phosphorus getting into the lake. Our kids play in the lake. Our grandkids play in the lake. So why wouldn’t we do as much as we can to improve the water quality that’s coming through?”

What were the steps to building the bund? “We had all of our farm’s stormwater flow paths mapped out by GIS expertise at the Regional Council. This included a number of possible bund sites where good storage could be achieved relative to the size of the various sub-catchments on our farm. We chose the site option that suited us best. Then an engineer gave advice on a construction method and compaction requirements. We were fortunate that where we built had a big rhyolite ridge, so it was simple to make the structure and put the soil back on top. The neighbours came with a digger and we got the job done in about two days.”

“As farmers are working together on catchment plans and establishing riparian margins, detainment bunds fit really well within that long term planning. We know in pumice soils we can get at least 50% reduction in P loss, and we know there must be an N reduction, too. Detainment bunds also reduce erosion, retain nutrients on farm, they help to recharge aquifers. There’s a whole lot of on-farm benefits, and we’ve been fortunate to be part of some of the research studies that are proving it. The more evidence we can gather, the bigger role these innovations will have in our next FEP.”

What excites you about the future of farming in New Zealand? “Agriculture in New Zealand has evolved a long way, and with the help of organisations like Ballance and DairyNZ, our knowledge base has improved tremendously – and so has our productivity. It’s only through improved knowledge that we’re understanding the full effects of our farming practices of the past. Science is a big asset in sustainability. Innovative ideas are coming through, and they’re all coming from science. No one wants to harm our environment – and we’re all working together now and spending a lot of time and energy to make sure we have that knowledge.”

What would you say to other farmers who are considering building a bund? “There are equations to work out the area and volume of water that can be held at each possible site to get the full potential from your bund - so you definitely need professional GIS advice. Done right, you will achieve good capture in your bund with minor risk of failure.”

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News Continued from page 1 resources according to what they were most efficient at producing and imported the rest. From now on countries would prioritise trade with allies, rather than where they could get the best deal. The knock-on would be rising prices as less efficient producers accounted for a rising share of global production. While that was positive for commodities it was also potentially massively disruptive for NZ farmers who remained reliant on China as their number one export market. “If you put all your eggs in one basket and somebody decides to cut off the handle because they don’t like the basket, then you go down with that basket,” he said. Neither was it a case of NZ trying to keep a foot in both camps. “I would be very surprised if NZ, in a fracturing world between a Russia and China camp that invades countries like Ukraine and a Western world, that you decide because of the dairy industry that you are going to be siding with Russia and China,” he said. Instead NZ needed a “massive rethink” on how to diversify its export markets. The US and the European Union were the most obvious alternatives, but high tariffs and the absence of free trade deals made it difficult for NZ farmers to compete in those markets right now. Every encouraged NZ to follow Australia’s example of building security links with trading partners to gain better access to their markets. “If you had done that you would be in a better position than you are now,” he said. NZ should also consider aligning with other major dairy exporters such as the EU and the US in the same way OPEC countries do to control the price of oil. “The world is changing rapidly. NZ can stand to benefit from that, but there will be significant near-term disruption and one needs to plan for it rather than just presuming it won’t happen because all the signs are we risk repeating history,” he said.

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Silver Fern Farms posts record result Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz SILVER Fern Farms (SFF) increased revenue by 10% in 2021 and more than doubled net profit when compared with the year before. The trading results have allowed the directors of the co-operative to substantially increase the dividend payment to 12.9c a share fully imputed, versus 5.5c from 2020. Net profit after tax for the operating company rose from $65 million to $103.8m and revenue was $2.75 billion, of which approximately $1.75b was paid out to farmers. The fully imputed declared dividend is $46.7m, which is 45% of net profit, split half-and-half between the farmer-owned co-op and Shanghai Maling Aquarius, a Chinese listed company. The co-op’s share at $23.4m is $10m more than in 2020, from which it will retain $5m and make distributions to shareholders during April totalling $18.4m. The directors have apportioned 12.9c a share to all ordinary and rebate shareholders and 12.1c patronage reward on qualifying shares to supplying shareholders. Based on the closing share price of $1.50 on March 30, 2022, the combination is a 16.6% annual yield fully imputed. Shareholders provide approximately 63% of all livestock processed by SFF. SFF shares on the Unlisted platform have steadily risen in price during the past 12 months from a low of 84c to the current $1.50. But while the share price has increased, chair Rob Hewett

While it’s important the business continues passing through the value in the market, the board is equally focused on converting our favourable financial position into longerterm confidence for our farmers. Rob Hewett SFF

HARD GOING: Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer says high world protein prices were masking the complexities of running the business.

observed a paradox between current strong farm gate prices and low farmer confidence due to the extent and pace of change they are confronted with. “While it’s important the business continues passing through the value in the market, the board is equally focused on converting our favourable financial position into longerterm confidence for our farmers,” Hewett said. “We will do this by continuing to invest directly in the business and developing more market-led premiums.” He said the market-led programmes, just small at

present, were aimed at putting more distance between livestock producers and commodity cycles. “The first principle is to remain competitive with carbon, because our breeding country will get planted in trees if we don’t do anything,” he said. “Because of our comparatively high cost of production for meat, we must respond to consumers’ drivers for sustainability, traceability, animal welfare and lower carbon footprint.” He said that demand for meat products is firm, the outlook optimistic and that New Zealand is enjoying a covid premium

in prices compared to other countries. “Farmers are getting record prices at the farm gate and we have made a record profit, so everybody is sharing,” he said. “In spite of the uncertainties and the covid problems, things are going very well.” Chief executive Simon Limmer said high world protein prices were masking the complexities of running the business. “Demand and pricing across our key markets has been at historically high levels, but we have been challenged to operate at optimal levels and navigate supply challenges,” Limmer said. “Predicting, managing and mitigating change has now become our new ‘business as usual’.” Capital investment was $60.5m into the nationwide 14 processing facilities, some of which date back 100 years. The return on equity recovered from 10.7% to 16.05%.

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HARD HIT: Extremely dry conditions in Southland are starting to spread into Otago.

Southland urged to conserve water Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz THE Government has classified the drought conditions in Southland and Clutha and Queenstown Lakes districts as a medium-scale adverse event, acknowledging the challenging conditions facing farmers and growers in the region. The decision unlocks up to $100,000 in Government funding to support farmers and growers from now until October “The funding will go to the Southland and Otago Rural Support Trusts to help with both one on one support and community events, with extra technical advice also available from industry groups, including feed planning advice,” Minister for Rural Communities Damien O’Connor said. “Our primary sector is crucial to our economic recovery from covid-19. While currently returning record exports, the sector is exposed to climatic events and where we can support them through we will, while also working in partnership to

strengthen the climate resilience of the sector in future.” Environment Southland integration manager Nick Perham says the council is considering the implications of water restrictions. “With very little rainfall predicted over the next few weeks, we urge all Southlanders to look at their water use and consider areas where they can conserve this,” Perham said. WeatherWatch senior forecaster Philip Duncan sees little likelihood of respite rain in the coming weeks, saying that optimistically 20mm of rain could fall over the lower South Island in the next two weeks. He said a stubborn high pressure system continues to dominate southern South Island weather patterns, as it largely has done since spring. “It’s a very settled pattern really and there is not much rain in the forecast,” Duncan said. The dry conditions are starting to spread into Otago, where farmers are also preparing to feed out winter supplements. Perham said for the year-todate, Southland has received about 56% of its normal rainfall

DROP IN THE BUCKET: For the year-to-date, Southland has received about 56% of its normal rainfall and coastal areas only 49%. Environment Southland integration manager Nick Perham says the council is considering the implications of water restrictions.

and coastal areas only 49% The substantial Mataura and Oreti Rivers are now at flows experienced on average every three to six years. Coastal Southland is the hardest hit, with the Mokoreta River at levels experienced on average every 50 years, the Waikawa River 42 years and the Waihopai River 14 years. Central Southland waterways

are at levels experienced every 12 to 24 years. The situation is being called a perfect storm with meat companies forced to reduce capacity due to the impact of covid-19 on staff and their families, just as farmers need to quit stock. “The ability for farmers to manage the current dry conditions is being seriously

hampered by staff shortages created by community covid-19 in both the rural servicing industry and the processing companies,” Southland Rural Support Trust chair Cathie Cotter said. Pasture covers and winter crops are well below average, but time is running out for recovery as the growing season shortens every day through autumn without rain. Community groups are organising social gatherings to get people off farms and talking to each other. The Southland Rural Support Trust, along with DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand, are holding seminars to provide advice for farmers to help manage the dry conditions. MPI director rural communities and farming support Nick Story acknowledges the pressure facing southern farmers. He said meat and dairy processing companies are working to help ease pressure on farmers. “We are keeping in close contact with the local rural support trusts, regional councils, and farming industry groups who are monitoring conditions on the ground,” Story said.

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When it rained, it poured Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz ONE of the farms hit by the recent storms that damaged properties and rural roads across the Tairāwhiti and northern Hawke’s Bay regions received 1.2 metres of rain in a week, 700mm of which fell in a six-hour period. Dan and Tam Jex-Blake are sheep and beef farmers whose property is about 55km southwest of Gisborne, at the top of Waingake Valley. Dan said the rain began about midday on Monday, March 21, and didn’t really let up for the next seven days, although the real damage came on the Friday, when they received 700mm of rain in six hours, accompanied by 128km/h winds. The fourth generation of his family on the farm, he said he’s never seen rain like it there before. Given the amount of rain, he said the farm itself hasn’t fared too badly, with access across the property the biggest issue. Farm tracks and culverts were the worst affected, as fence lines are generally along ridges, although some areas that had been fenced for tree planting were affected.

But he’s philosophical about dealing with those challenges and is not looking for a handout. “It’s a business risk of farming now, this is climate change, we do it knowingly, it’s part of what we do, and if we think it gets too torrid, well we change what we do,” Dan said. “That’s just the way it works.” One of the biggest challenges they face, and one that is felt in other parts of the region, is the damage to rural roads – farmers being able to get in and out of where they live and being able to move stock on and off-farm. Because of a washout down the road, he said they will have to drive stock past that and set up yards beyond it, so they can truck stock from there. Fortunately, they have had a “magic autumn” in terms of grass growth, so feed on the farm is not a problem. Federated Farmers Gisborne/ Wairoa provincial president Toby Williams said some farms were severely damaged during different stages of the week-long weather event, including in the hills behind Gisborne, areas north of Wairoa like Tiniroto and Ruakituri, and the flats around Tolaga Bay. Most farmers will deal with on-

LANDSLIDE: Slips covered part of Bushy Knoll Road, west of Gisborne.

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farm damage themselves although there are some who have been repairing damage from a storm in November who are back to square one. He said one of the most pressing problems now is restoring rural road access. “One of the biggest concerns we have at the moment is the number of roads that are closed and severely damaged,” Williams said. “From a Federated Farmers perspective, we’re really pushing for funding to open up those rural roads so communities have access.” He said roading contractors are doing a great job dealing with slips, but in some areas new ones are coming down as fast as others in the same place are cleared. “Inland behind us in the Waimata Valley got really badly affected,” he said. “I think contractors have been back up there to the same slip site to clear it three or four times.” One contractor Williams spoke to said some roads were probably damaged beyond repair. “Over the next few months there’s going to have to be questions asked around whether they are economic to bring back to service,” he said. He said there was a similar situation after the Tolaga Bay floods of 2018, with a landowner and forestry crews eventually putting their own track in to replace one road. A silver lining among those clouds has been that temperatures have stayed relatively warm, with grass continuing to grow through standing water on his own farm. “That’s been a saving grace, but I do hold some concerns that in a month or six weeks’ time when it starts cooling down and with backlogs at the works, are people going to be able to get enough stock away or find another home for stock?” he asked. He said there was significant flooding on flat land around

CLEAN-UP: The roads around Anaura Bay, between Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay, needed clearing after the wild weather. Photos: Tairāwhiti Civil Defence

FLOODED: Farmland near the Waipaoa River, north of Gisborne, was swamped by the rising river.

Tolaga Bay, with crops and lowlying fences washed away or damaged. That land traditionally takes winter lambs and is now less likely to be available in the timeframe that it normally would. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said although farmers were generally able to move stock and avoid losses, the regions are going to be challenged for some time by damage to roads.

He said the timing is tough for growers who had autumn crops for harvest. O’Connor has asked MPI officials to keep him briefed on the recovery, and said adverse event funding announced by the Government will help bring rural communities together. He said climate change is going to challenge rural NZ as weather events increase in frequency and severity.

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Call for transparency over Māori data Nigel Stirling nigel.g.stirling@gmail.com THE dairy industry wants the Government to come clean over its plans to demand special protections for Māori data in trade agreements. The industry says it is in the dark about the Government’s new negotiating strategy and is worried if the demands go too far they could undermine New Zealand’s claims to greater access to trading partners’ dairy markets. Dairy Companies Association chair Malcolm Bailey says talks for a trade deal with the European Union are already slow-going. “We are conscious that if we are making a new demand of the Europeans in these negotiations we need to have a good understanding of what it is we are actually asking for and the value of that,” Bailey said. “At this point this is not clear to us and it would be good to get some clarity so that other players can make a judgement as to what the bottom line should be around this. “We simply need more information.” Insiders say the Government had been jolted into action following criticisms from the Waitangi Tribunal last year of

LACKING: Dairy Companies Association chair Malcolm Bailey says the industry simply needs more information on trade negotiations which may include special protections for Māori data.

a trade agreement negotiated by the previous National-led Government. The body’s report last November criticised the e-commerce provisions of the Comprehensive and Progressive TransPacific Partnership (CPTPP) for breaching the principals of the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to ensure adequate protection of Māori data, especially data deemed matauranga Māori, or relating to traditional Māori knowledge.

It stopped short of recommending a freeze on new negotiations called for by the WAI 2522 group of claimants who kicked off the tribunal’s investigation into the CPTPP’s predecessor agreement, the TransPacific Partnership, in 2016. Instead the tribunal said the Government should continue to negotiate e-commerce provisions in trade agreements in close consultation with Māori to ensure their interests were protected.

As with most findings by the tribunal, the Government is not legally bound to enact them but sources say Labour ministers felt they could not be ignored this time. In the meantime, NZ negotiators are awaiting instructions from ministers on how to proceed in talks with the EU. In the recent UK free trade deal the e-commerce chapter largely resembled its CPTPP equivalent, but NZ was able to insert a clause at the last minute for both sides to propose changes within two years. EU sources have indicated such a compromise is unlikely to be acceptable in their talks because of the uncertainty it would create for European services firms wanting to collect data and operate here. “The Waitangi Tribunal decisions have put the cat amongst the pigeons,” another insider said. “NZ does not have a negotiating position with the EU. “Basically they seem to have given a right of veto to iwi groups on this matter and MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) has got to somehow negotiate a position that everyone can agree to. “It is not going to be easy.”

That difficulty was underlined in the recent Parliamentary Select Committee submission on the UK FTA by one of the two main Māori groups created by MFAT last year to advise its trade negotiators. Nga Toki, representing the original WAI 2522 claimants and advised by anti-trade legal academic Jane Kelsey, said the UK agreement largely repeated the e-commerce breaches of the treaty identified by the Waitangi Tribunal in CPTPP. Te Taumata, representing Māori exporters, backs the UK FTA. Sources say the dilemma for the Government is that it risks swimming against the tide of modern trade agreements including recent moves by the United States to start trade talks with Pacific Rim countries and which are bound to include rules encouraging cross-border data flows as a key plank. Trade Minister Damien O’Connor said he is aware of the arguments. “This new area of digital trade and data protection is an evolving one … the EU is a market of 450 million people, with huge opportunities,” O’Connor said. “While agricultural market access is crucial, it is not the only part of a new and emerging world of trade opportunities.”

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Dam bursts budget again Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz THE latest $20 million cost increase on the Waimea dam project has left Waimea Irrigators chair Murray King infuriated and frustrated by the project’s habitual budget blowouts. Waimea Irrigators is a partner with the Tasman District Council in Waimea Water, constructors and operators of the dam project. Originally estimated at $85 million in 2018 and commissioned in late 2019 for $105m, the project has experienced major cost blowouts on average every year since. The latest $20m increase announced in March takes it to $185m, with a caveat there are likely to be further increases announced come June. Clearly frustrated with the doubling of the project’s cost, King said the dam had started with the best of intentions. “Part of the reason irrigators were keen to maintain a shareholding was that we wanted to have control over how the project was built and operated,” King said. At present about 3000ha of largely horticultural land in the Waimea Plains district was subscribed to be irrigated by the scheme. It has the potential to cover 5000ha. The latest cost rises have been inflicted by covid delays and issues with unstable rock geology around the site that demands greater reinforcement. Further cost rises are likely to come as a result of additional spillway build costs. “This is to some extent symptomatic of projects of this scale and type where no one ever wants to put seed money in from the start,” he said. “More dollars should have been spent upfront – much of what could have gone wrong has. It is a massive hike and no one is more disappointed than us.” He likened the project to other community-focused irrigation projects like Opuha that had struggled in their early stages.

“We started with a group of enthusiastic volunteers doing it for nothing – would anyone have stumped up $20 million to have put more resources into investigation at the start to have engaged even more qualified experts?” he asked. He was heartened, however, by the construction metrics, with 70% completion and a timeline that has the dam due to be filled by next summer. And unlike Opuha, the dam had not failed during construction. “A significant amount of time and effort has gone into making it a safe dam,” he said. On announcing the dam cost increase, Waimea Water chief executive Mike Scott said a highly fractured left-hand side had been “very unkind”, with rock shear zones in the worst possible places, bisecting the spillway. “These geological issues were not known at the beginning

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of 2021 when they were under 50m of hill,” Scott said. But the cost overruns have left two Tasman District councillors fearing the project could become a black hole that draws in more council debt and reduces other services across the province. Councillor Dana Wensley ultimately voted against the project back in 2019. She said council has already had to revise its long-term plan, paring back some infrastructure projects on account of increased dam debt costs. Council is expected to be liable for 100% of the latest $20m cost increase, with estimates total council debt exposure approaches $100m. “I have been going to meetings and asking for some test to apply as to when this becomes too expensive, at what point can we no longer afford to keep going, but am not getting much traction on it,” Wensley said.

She pointed to a cycling/safety project to expand a road that has gone from 3000 cars a day to 11,000 in recent years and was now unsafe for children to walk to school along that has been postponed. She maintains there was a lack of due diligence before and during the initial construction phase, with a council audit failing to ask the right questions. “As a member of the dam negotiating committee, I was never asked any questions about the process behind the dam’s geology assessment. It was going to go ahead, come hell or high water,” she said. Dean McNamara, another councillor opposed to the dam, said council is due to meet central government to see if it would be prepared to assume some of the cost blowout. The dam was originally approved by National MP for Tasman Nick Smith.

“Some in council would like to see Three Waters take it off council’s hands,” McNamara said. He had been aware of a report commissioned prior to the dam’s construction by opponents in 2019 that outlined the very geological issues now confronting the project. That report had identified the project’s poor geology and the risks of cost blowouts as a result. “We were told there was a 99% certainty of the cost at $104 million that it was as good as fixed,” he said. King remains adamant the project offers the district strong inter-generational benefits, despite this generation being the one required to pay for it. He anticipates operating costs to irrigators, excluding financing, lie between $500-$1000 a hectare. “You could not justify milking cows there at that sort of cost,” King said.

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Farmote gets $750k boost Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz CANTERBURY-BASED remote grass monitoring company Farmote has had a boost in its funding, thanks to investment from agritech company Gallaghers and seed company the Royal Barenbrug Group. The $750,000 injection aims to fund wider farm rollout of the remote monitoring technology that uses in-paddock recorders to measure grass, calibrated through low orbit satellite connectivity. A typical farm setup will have five of the monitors allocated across it and the system now covers about 6000ha of largely dairy land in Canterbury. Farmote founder Richard Barton said the additional funding allows the company to extend its services beyond Canterbury to other parts of New Zealand and to recruit staff to accelerate the rollout process. He intends to take the technology to Europe in 2023.

A mechanical engineer, Barton founded Farmote five years ago on returning to NZ and being struck by the average means Kiwi farmers had at hand to assess pasture dry matter. He decided to apply his experience with accurate remote sensors used in pharmaceutical engineering to measure grass growth 24/7 remotely. The design combines five areas of cuttingedge technology, including sensors, solar power, batteries and stock proof design, to create the in-paddock pasture monitoring system. Early backing for the project had come from Barenbrug and Sir Stephen Tindall’s K1W1 investment company. Gallagher’s global GM Lisbeth Jacobs said the agritech company has been seeking out technology like Farmote, particularly after acquiring virtual fencing company Agersens. She said the data generated by Farmote is valuable in itself and the gain for farmers lies in

FUNDING: Farmote founder Richard Barton has welcomed the additional funding from two backers with multi-national connections.

integrating it with other tech that enables remote monitoring in real-time. Satellite imagery used for pasture dry matter estimation is not new, but is fraught with issues around light levels and cloud. Farmote’s ground-based sensors calibrate the satellite images against actual growth in paddocks, with the satellite then capable

of ranking paddocks in terms of pasture levels. Once calibrated, the data is fed back to farmer cellphone or PC, presenting a feed wedge profile of the farm, ranking paddocks in terms of cover and providing pasture growth rate data. Barenbrug global head John Thijssen said satellite systems cannot tell the difference in

absolute numbers between how much grass is growing in one paddock compared to another. “Farmote is the only one that has spent the time and money developing an on-ground sensor to ensure grass height in absolute terms and integrated that with satellite imagery,” Thijssen said. He could see potential for the application of the technology in Western Europe particularly.

Kiwifruit sector scrambling for more staff Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz

FOCUS: NZ Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated chief executive Colin Bond says recruiting staff from close to home is the industry’s first option.

THE kiwifruit sector is exploring new avenues for employing overseas staff as harvest season starts to reach full swing. With 80% of the crop still to come in, kiwifruit, along with the rest of the primary sector, continues to struggle to get the staff numbers required for what is promising to be a record near 200 million tray crop this season. New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI) chief executive Colin Bond said good progress was being made sourcing more Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers, a source that had been impacted not only by covid restrictions, but more recently by the Tongan eruption. This had made communicating and

liaising with potential staff in the kingdom difficult until recently. “But we will be seeing more RSE workers starting this week, right through April, barring circumstances outside of our control,” Bond said. “We are working with government, including MBIE, to find other sources of visa holders and constantly trying to find more people. We’re looking for Kiwis as a first priority.” He likened it to “fishing with your feet first”, looking close to home for staff. Prior to covid there were 19,500 people who had holiday visas issued to come to NZ who did not and who may also be potential workers on arrival. “But for that age group life moves on pretty quickly, just because you wanted to come to NZ three years ago does not mean you will be coming now,” he said.

At present there are 4000 people with working holiday visas in NZ. This year the sector is using Instagram for the first time, while also reinforcing its Facebook campaign and encouraging growers and packhouses to advertise what jobs they have. “We are working on getting an understanding on who has visas and what promotional activity we can do to get the messages out to tie in with things like winter skiing holidays,” he said. The scramble for staff comes as market prospects remain strong for fruit as the first commercial harvest of RubyRed is under way. Zespri head of supply Jason Te Brake acknowledged the labour challenges, but said the market prospects for all fruit were very positive and shipping via the company’s chartered vessels was flowing well.

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New head for ovis programme Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz MANAWATŪ farmer and former vet services manager Michelle Simpson has taken the reins to head the ovis management programme. She takes up the role as project manager from inaugural programme manager Dan Lynch who has retired after 29 years in the role. Ovis Management Ltd (OML) is 100% owned by the Meat Industry Association (MIA) and funded by meat processors. OML works with farmers and processors to maintain awareness and promote the control of C.ovis (sheep measles) to all dog owners across New Zealand.

The key for me is how farmers have responded, seeing the benefit to do it without legislation. Dan Lynch OML From Halcombe in Manawatū, Simpson has a background in laboratory science and was formerly manager of the large animal department for Southern Rangitīkei Veterinary Services. She is married to a sheep and beef farmer and is also a volunteer firefighter. Still getting her feet under the table in her new role, she is looking forward to managing the

programme in its aim to reduce sheep measles. “I’m still getting into it all, there’s a lot to learn yet but I am looking forward to the challenge,” Simpson said. C.ovis is caused by the Taenia ovis tapeworm, of which dogs can become infected by eating untreated meat or offal, infected with live cysts and then spread to sheep through tapeworm eggs in dog faeces left in grazing areas. Eggs can also be spread from dog faeces over large areas, predominantly by flies. Sheep measles pose no risk to human health but cause blemishes in sheepmeat, which is undesirable for consumers and particularly for the export market. “It costs farmers a lot of money due to condemned stock, so it is an important issue for the primary sector,” she said. Best practice for dog health and sheep measles is for all farm dogs to be treated monthly. “A frequent issue with ovis is that if a farmer is not sending in lambs for processing they may not know that they are passing the problem on,” she said. “I see an important part of my role as helping farmers to spread the word that everyone has a part to play in protecting the sheepmeat market.” It is important to get the message out that all dog owners who take their dogs near farmland, or where sheep graze, must dose their dogs every month. “That is essential because the tapeworm has a short life cycle and dosing three-monthly is not enough to stop the parasite from spreading,” she said. Farmers and landowners can

COSTLY: New ovis management programme manager Michelle Simpson says sheep measles can potentially cost farmers a lot of money, with everyone having a part to play in protecting NZ’s sheepmeat market.

control who brings dogs onto their property. “It’s your land, your livelihood and your rules and if a dog does not need to come onto the property, then it is best not to have it there,” she said. Simpson is working with both rural and urban vet clinics to further raise awareness of the importance of dosing dogs before they go into rural areas. “Most urban dog owners are unlikely to know about the risk of ovis, so it’s about getting the message out that we all have a part to play,” she said. Lynch said the past 29 years have shown that given the right support, access to resources and material, sheep farmers have been able to reduce the prevalence of sheep measles on farm and so minimise the risk posed by its presence. The prevalence figure is derived from meat inspection and

processor summary data across plants. He said NZ sheep farmers have continued to embrace the responsibility of maintaining sheep measles prevalence at low levels. This is seen in low prevalence being detected in recent seasons and reduced numbers of lambs being downgraded or condemned for sheep measles. OML was established with the goals of maintaining awareness of sheep measles and reducing the risk of market issues arising from sheep measles. While OML can promote and provide resources to maintain awareness ultimately control activities on sheep farms remain the key, Lynch said. Overall, national prevalence has remained at the low level, about 0.40%, in recent years. “The ability to further reduce sheep measles levels will be by

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small gains and incremental improvements with the fecundity of the parasite challenging any reduction or weakening of control activity,” he said. One area of focus by OML is using social media to build engagement with not only sheep farmers, but also groups impacting on overall prevalence levels. This has included work with hunters, Fish and Game, the Department of Conservation and the Walking Access Commission to raise understanding of dog owners’ responsibilities when entering rural areas. The increase in the number of farms treating dogs monthly is a major contributor to the overall decrease in infection. “The key for me is how farmers have responded, seeing the benefit to do it without legislation – man they have done a good job,” he said.

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New directors for DairyNZ board Staff reporter DAIRYNZ have appointed Margaret Devlin and Mark Todd as two new independent directors for its board. Devlin fills an existing vacancy, while Todd replaces Peter Schuyt who will be stepping down in October after almost nine years on the board. DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel said the board is delighted to bring such quality directors as Margaret and Mark on board. “Both Mark and Margaret are exceptionally talented and experienced professional directors and will bring a fresh perspective as the board oversees the delivery of DairyNZ’s strategy,” Van der Poel said Todd is a chartered accountant fellow and a chartered fellow of the Institute of Directors with a Master of Commerce from the University of Canterbury. After more than 30 years working in chartered accountancy, finance and executive management roles, Todd became a full-time independent consultant and professional director.

Both Mark and Margaret are exceptionally talented and experienced professional directors and will bring a fresh perspective as the Board oversees the delivery of DairyNZ’s strategy. Jim van der Poel DairyNZ His executive career concluded with 17 years working for outdoor clothing and equipment brand Kathmandu, as chief financial officer and later chief operating officer. He was also a director of Kathmandu Holdings for six years after it was listed on the ASX and NZX in 2009. He is a director and chairs the risk, audit and finance subcommittee of City Care Group. His other director appointments currently include

Paper Plus, McKenzie and Willis, Lotto New Zealand, Apex Water and St George’s Hospital. Devlin has considerable experience in governance and executive management in NZ and the United Kingdom. A chartered fellow of the NZ Institute of Directors, and finance and business studies graduate from the University of Ulster, Devlin currently chairs Watercare Services Ltd, Lyttelton Port, Infrastructure NZ and Hospice Waikato. She is also a director of Waikato Regional Airport Group, Aurora Energy, Wintec and Waimea Water. She was also on the boards of Meteorological Service of NZ, Ultrafast Fibre Ltd, City Care Ltd, WEL Networks, Harrison Grierson Consultants Ltd and a member of the Waikato University Council. She was also a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board. DairyNZ levy payers will be requested by the board to ratify both Devlin and Todd’s appointment at its annual meeting on October 18.

CHUFFED: DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says the board is delighted to bring such quality directors as Margaret Devlin and Mark Todd on board.

Rankin appointed new chair of Dairy Women’s Network Staff reporter TRISH Rankin has been appointed as the new chair of Dairy Women’s Network (DWN), taking over from Karen Forlong. The 2019 Dairy Woman of the Year said being given the role of chair was “a privilege” she is looking forward to. “It’s a great time to work with Karen over the next few months to learn more around the skills and knowledge of being

VALUED: DWN has played a big role in Trish Rankin’s life since she entered the dairy industry.

a chair,” Rankin said. “Governing an organisation that has a strong vision to enable transformation change in dairy businesses is so crucial in enabling the dairy industry to thrive.” DWN has played a big role in Rankin’s life since she entered the dairy industry. Over the years, Rankin has valued her membership with DWN in building her knowledge, skills and friendships. She said she recognises

the wide reach of the organisation and the opportunities available for members and industry partners to come together to empower people in the dairying and agriculture sector. Forlong remains on the trust board in a newly appointed chair support role. Having well-planned succession within the organisation embodies the network’s value of leadership through action and is necessary to keep

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Dark cloud hangs over wool prices Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz LIKE its region of venue in Hawke’s Bay, the latest North Island wool sale was shrouded by a dark cloud with a noticeable drop in pricing. Crossbred fleece took a deep dive at $2-$2.81, falling up to 13%, with second shear crossbred wool at $2.30-$2.71, down 15%. Lambs’ wool at $3.23 for 27-29 micron was back an average 4% and 31.5 or more micron at $2.94, down 3%. There was also a noticeable drop off in pricing at the previous South Island sale in Christchurch. Unfavourable currency movements, combined with growing costs to get bales shipped, weakened buying intensity.

It seems the pressure from overseas is now really hitting home, with some wools finding it hard to obtain any interest. Steve Fussell PGW Wool

A lack of Chinese buying, potentially tied to the current lockdowns in China, is also impacting on New Zealand wool sales, with medium and poorerquality coarse fleece trading at the lowest since early winter last year. Lambs’ wool is also undoing much of the traction it gained earlier this year. “It seems the pressure from overseas is now really hitting

home, with some wools finding it hard to obtain any interest,” PGG Wrightson Wool North Island auctioneer Steve Fussell said. Unfortunately, he said there is no reason to believe the situation is going to improve any time soon. Traders are getting a bit full with poorer-type wools and there’s still lambs’ wool sitting around from this time last year. “It’s hard going and there’s some big players missing on the bench,” he said. China in particular is conspicuous by its absence, with a couple of key buyers missing as Europe and India underpin current buying. “While Europe has been great, that has helped, and India has picked up a lot of the slack, that’s good, but it’s not enough,” he said. Going off export statistics, China has only taken 16% of the strong wool in the December to February period compared to the normal 17-23% in the past five years. In the same period India has picked up a 23% share, compared with 12-17% in recent years. China has remained dominant in fine wool exports, retaining a 59% market share in terms of revenue ahead of Australia, 12%, and Italy, 10%. Fussell said this wool season has also been marred with coloured wool. “We would have had the worst year for coloured readings in the past 10 years. We have seen a year of coloured wool and that hasn’t helped as there’s only so many homes that can go to,” he said. Much of that comes back to the season. “There’s been too much (pasture) growth, the weather too moist and the ewes just don’t

move about so there’s no drying,” he said. On a more positive note, the Campaign for Wool (CFW) has released its annual report looking back on the past year with confidence. “We have had a busy year building our strategy and focusing on our top four priorities – communication and education; digital advancement; insight development and strengthening partnerships, ‘’ chair Tom O’Sullivan said. CFW shared its strategy in September 2021 with activity to be implemented over 12 months. “With only three months of activity in this report, we have already made some fantastic progress – we are now looking and working on our long-term global strategy,” O’Sullivan said. “We have been working closely with our partners to build our assets and create data-driven insights about how wool is perceived and used in key international markets. “This is gaining traction in NZ and bodes extremely well for us to launch our global strategy. “The trick is to talk to the right people in the right way to create a groundswell of demand.” Looking ahead, CFW knows that a long-term global strategy for wool is critical. “We are working on transitioning from our NZ growth asset focus to that of a global strategy focused initially on primary markets and then out to secondary markets and beyond,” he said. Meanwhile, Wool Impact NZ, the new service delivery model to drive NZ’s strong wool sector growth is on target for its scheduled July 1 launch. The result of the Strong Wool Action Group’s (SWAG) project, the purpose of the new entity is

POSITIVE: Despite the challenges the wool industry is facing, Campaign for Wool chair Tom O’Sullivan is confident that better days are on the horizon.

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Rural supplies tight but adequate Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz IMPORTED rural supplies are taking much longer to ship into New Zealand but category shortages or gaps are not yet a problem, according to the rural servicing companies. Covid-induced plant shutdowns and slowdowns and shipping costs and delays have necessitated careful and repeated planning, forecasting and ordering right along the supply chain, from overseas manufacturers to freight forwarders, importers, distributors, transport operators and the rural retailers. “We are now forecasting 12 months ahead instead of three,” PGG Wrightson’s general manager – retail and water Nick Berry said. “Our inventories have gone up and we are staying ahead of the demand, but there are a lot of frustrations and uncertainties.”

As far as we can see, this state of affairs will be with us for the next 18 to 24 months. Nick Berry PGG Wrightson PGW might order 12 months ahead, expecting delivery in nine and have it turn up in six weeks, thereby incurring additional storage costs. He said farmers and orchardists should plan carefully and order their immediate needs with local stores and field representatives. There was no need for panic buying or over-ordering. With the longest lead-in times, water products and irrigators come mostly from overseas and

there are interruptions to steel supplies, computer chips and even rubber tyres, he said. “As far as we can see, this state of affairs will be with us for the next 18 to 24 months,” he said. Farmlands head of merchandise and agronomy Darryl Stretton said the biggest effects on co-op members so far were around fertiliser, feed and fuel. These categories, for which Farmlands provides agency ordering and payment, had risen in price substantially. Crop protection products had been in short supply, but that constraint was now easing. Stretton advised farmers to plan carefully and commit early by working with co-op reps. “There is no such thing any more as just-in-time ordering,” Stretton said. “We are now ordering upwards of 12 months in advance and continually reviewing our needs. “But there are no looming shortages in any categories.” For the nationwide store network like Farmlands, internal distribution is also a major factor and is not operating optimally at present. For PGW, Berry observed that non-urgent freight was getting bumped by transport operators in favour of urgent goods. Vetpak director Steve Atfield said some products ordered from the United Kingdom in November had been pushed back to April arrival. “Our normal lead time of two to three months is now five to six months,” Atfield said. The veterinary supplies company had paid enormous increases in shipping costs and hadn’t yet passed these on. Farm Source director for Fonterra Richard Allen said while there were no category shortages, some inventory levels are not where they should be. “The past 24 months have really brought to the fore just how critical supply chain functions are

ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT: Farm Source director for Fonterra Richard Allen said while there were no category shortages, some inventory levels are not where they should be.

for a country like New Zealand and our distance from the source,” Allen said. Fonterra does not have a Kotahi-type shipping collaboration over inward goods, much of which is handled by importers and distributors. Agricultural chemicals have been in short supply but the position has been manageable, Allen said. Adequate magnesium is in stock for the spring demand, despite the constraints on China sources. “Just-in-time has turned into just-in-case. I want to pay tribute to our supply chain members who have put in long hours on

planning and replanning,” Allen said. “This situation shows the benefits of scale in the co-op and the relationships we have with suppliers and vendors. “We are holding more inventory and making our orders earlier, which is probably a good thing.” To ease the load on internal transporters like Mainfreight, Farm Source has arranged for vendors to send some of their goods direct to stores, and even farms, rather than go through the big Fonterra distribution centre at Te Rapa. Ruralco of Mid-Canterbury said it carried more inventory than most rural suppliers.

“On top of this, we have ramped up normal stock levels on some products to help mitigate potential risk,” chief executive Rob Sharkie said. Farmers would need to be more flexible in terms of brand preferment and advance ordering may help with price movements across the board on a daily basis. The impact fell on agricultural chemicals, especially those with a short use window and no alternatives. “Although New Zealand might have the technology to produce certain products, it still relies on sourcing key components from offshore.”

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Field day celebrates excellence Joanna Grigg CHRIS Dawkins remembers the $50 a hectare lucerne establishment grants of the late 1970s and when debt borrowed to develop his Marlborough farm was more than its capital value. With a mind for figures and farm history, the March 25 field day at the Dawkins Waihopai Valley property was a fascinating insight into the evolution of a much-loved family business.

I like a diverse income stream. Chris Dawkins Farmer The field day celebrated the Dawkins family win in the Westpac and Osgro Marlborough Sheep & Beef Farmer of the Year 2021. It was also a chance to debate stock versus trees, where a $60,000/ha net profit result from

PRAISEWORTHY: Lachie Grant, LandVision, praised the land management of Chris Dawkins (left) and Richard Dawkins (far right) at the field day celebrating their win in the Westpac Osgro Marlborough Sheep & Beef Farmer of the Year Competition 2021.

wood sold, is still not enough for Chris to decide to ditch livestock. “I have to feed the family between the thirty-six years of harvests,” Chris said. “I like a diverse income stream.” Chris has been on every sheep and beef committee and organisation possibly invented and hosted numerous on-farm trials. He farms the way he likes. “I don’t chase the market,” he said. Chris and wife Julia were at the helm of The Pyramid from 1978 to 2020, when the 400ha area farmland was leased to their son Richard and wife Jess Dawkins. The balance is in vineyard (50ha), forestry woodlots (68ha) and aesthetic plantings. Honey and firewood are on-farm ventures that involve the Dawkins’ other sons. The property was looking green and the extensive tree planting created an inviting landscape for the 100 visitors on the tour. This second attempt at a field day was the first Marlborough farm event for many months, after a social drought due to covid restrictions. Lachie Grant, of LandVision,

BACK TO NORMALITY: The 100 attendants at the Marlborough Farmer of the Year field day had a refreshing return to an on-farm tour. judged the land resources section of the competition and said the Dawkins’ ranked number two out of all past entrants on land management. “What puts them on a pedestal is their attitude,” Grant said.

Careful grazing of the dairy bulls, carry-over cows and sheep classes means land-use is matched to soils. Nitrogen losses are 8kg N/ha/year (considered low for sheep/beef) and the stocking rates are 8.2/ha. Despite the light footprint, this year Richard will replace intensive winter grazing on the river flats with moving cattle to the hill country block. Richard is known for his cando attitude to try new things. He developed a successful and enduring system for maximising triplet survival through indoor lambing. His refined system has seen lamb deaths fall from 33% to 17% scanning to weaning. The low 2% mortality in ewes (in and outdoors) is because both mobs get more attention and the singles can now get the better blocks, he said. Triplet lamb survival is 250%. “It’s an absolute home run for us and for animal welfare,” Richard said. “The net profit for us would be 30 to 40 thousand extra with these flow-on benefits.”

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Pete Anderson, of StockCare, and judge of the animal performance section, said the composite ewe flock was outstanding. At 60.5kg of lamb liveweight weaned/ewe mated, the flock is well above the StockCare Top 25% of 49kg. The lambing percentage of 160-plus combines with an average weaning weight of 38kg to get this result. Ewes might be considered heavy at 79kg, Anderson said, but they grow big lambs and the Dawkins are on top of ewe and lamb wastage. The ewes wean 77% of their body weight. The financial performance is underpinned by sheep, with a gross farm income of around $230/sheep stock unit. EBITR has averaged over $560/ha for the past three years and the effective farm surplus beats the Economic Service Class 6 model hands down – an impressive $493/ha in 2020 versus $182/ha. The Dawkins farm systems have been profiled in a video about The Pyramid, due for release shortly.

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SFF Futures panel gets new talent Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz AGRICULTURAL Minister Damien O’Connor has appointed three new faces to the Government’s independent Investment Advisory Panel (IAP) for Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFF Futures). Alistair Scarfe of Tauranga, Andy Elliot, Nelson, and Mat Hocken, Manawatū, will join existing IAP members Lucy Griffiths (chair), Zoe Attwood and Anne-Marie Broughton. Barry Brook, Harry Burkhardt and Steve Smith (outgoing chair) retired from the panel at the end of 2021, having served for six years. The IAP performs a key role in SFF Futures by providing independent expert advice on both funding proposals and active programmes. SFF Futures has $40 million available each year from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to support problem-solving and innovation that will make a positive and lasting difference

in New Zealand’s food and fibre industries. It offers a single gateway to apply for investment and provides grants of less than $100,000, up to multi-million-dollar, multi-year partnerships.

It’s important MPI has independent advice to provide extra reassurance that the projects we fund add enduring benefits to NZ Steve Penno MPI MPI director of investment programmes Steve Penno said the new members bring additional expertise in science, innovation, technology development and commercialisation to the panel. “It’s important MPI has access

to independent advice from experts with a range of disciplines, experience and backgrounds to provide that extra reassurance that the projects we fund are robust and able to add enduring benefits to NZ,” Penno said. “With their range of experience and expertise our new members are helping to ask the right questions and provide essential guidance.” From dairy farming roots in the Wairarapa, Scarfe is director and chief technology officer of Robotics Plus. He has created and commercialised several world-first and globally awarded agritech systems, bringing together technology with a variety of business models to achieve commercial adoption. He is also an Industry Advisory Board member of the University of Waikato School of Engineering. Elliot has a history of commercialisation and business development within the aquaculture industry. He has recently been involved in the development of AuOra, a newly formed health and wellness

VALUE: MPI director of investment programmes Steve Penno says the new members bring additional expertise in science, innovation, technology development and commercialisation to the panel.

business of Wakatū Incorporation. He was also a 2018 Nuffield NZ scholar and holds various board appointments including strategic adviser for Tasman Bay Berries. Hocken manages a fourthgeneration family farm in Manawatū. He is chair of the Rural Innovation Lab, a farmerled platform that facilitates the creation and delivery of adaptable solutions to farmers’ most common, urgent, or biggest challenges. He is also

chair and director of general partner companies for MyFarm investments in kiwifruit, apples, vineyards and agri-related commercial property. A 2017 Nuffield NZ scholar with a focus on innovation in agriculture, Hocken also worked on EU policy in Brussels for five years, including competition, climate change, innovation and trade issues and worked for more than four years in Sydney in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s trade finance agency.

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New water rules in the pipeline Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz FARMERS who supply drinking water to other rural households and who are currently not registered water suppliers can be assured they will have plenty of time to meet future quality standards, chief executive of the new water services regulator Taumata Arowai Bill Bayfield says. He said the recent debate over aspects of the proposed Three Waters Reform seems to have created concern among farmers about future changes to rural water supply regulations. However, he says changes are still years away, as the regulator is instead focused mainly on the territorial authorities who supply drinking water to towns of more than 500 people, along with other registered suppliers. One of the roles of Taumata Arowai, a Crown entity that has only been operational since November, is to ensure that drinking water suppliers follow a duty of care to those who they supply to. Bayfield said across New Zealand there are about 1200 registered suppliers, but it’s estimated that there are about 75,000 unregistered small suppliers. “That’s causing consternation, not only for them but also for us because 75,000 is a hell of a lot more than we thought,” Bayfield said. He said Taumata Arowai is required to first focus on the bigger drinking water suppliers and those 1200 that were already registered, rather than those unregistered small suppliers. “So, everybody who is unregistered has four years during which they just have to, to the best of their ability, supply safe drinking water,” he said. “Over those four years we will work out how to make it simple, how to make it straightforward.

TIMEFRAME: Taumata Arowai chief executive Bill Bayfield says unregistered rural drinking water suppliers have four years before any new regulations are rolled out.

“Then at the end of four years we’ll basically map out a path whereby they can register and come on board our regulatory system.” He said it’s important that the focus is on safe drinking water rather than being too caught up in compliance procedures or people having to spend large amounts of money to prove that their water is pure. And while the trigger date to start registering is four years down the track, there will be another three years after that when regulations are rolled out and put in place. Bayfield said Taumata Arowai is also working on creating standards for what are known as acceptable solutions. “There’s a tool in our Act that says if we produce, engage and consult on an acceptable solution, then somebody, particularly a small operator, can use an acceptable solution and it gets them out of, to be honest, 90% of the bureaucracy,” he said. He said that means suppliers

who use accepted methods of treatment on water from bores, streams or rain water will meet

required standards, although finding those accepted solutions will be challenging and require a lot of work, with a realistic timeframe of three to five years to get them in place. In the meantime, he says small, unregistered suppliers have breathing space. “We meet people all the time who think they have to do it by tomorrow,” he said. “They’ve got enough pressure. They don’t need any more.” Bayfield said he and Taumata Arowai regulatory head Ray McMillan were recently asked by Tasman Mayor Tim King to front a webinar to about 150 farmers in the district about future rural water supply regulations. He said farmers asked detailed questions about subjects, including their tanks, water takes, the number of neighbours they shared those with, whether it was a mix of rain water and bore water, but the majority of those farmers are currently unregistered

suppliers so will fall outside the regulator’s initial focus. “You could tell that they were quite wound up and the answer was ‘well, you don’t have to worry about this for four years’,” he said.

Over those four years we will work out how to make it simple, how to make it straightforward.

Even when new rules for current unregistered suppliers come into play, he does not expect them to be so onerous that those suppliers will want to give up control over their water supply. “It’s our job to make it simple for them to deliver safe drinking water and to meet the standards,” he said. “That’s what we’re working on.”

CRITERIA: Suppliers who use accepted methods of treatment on water from bores, streams or rain water will meet required standards.

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Agtech options open for innovators Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz THE presence of established, mature agritech companies and a greater abundance of venture capital funds have enabled New Zealand to step up as a more attractive country for agritech investment in recent years. Maria Jose Alvarez, investment manager for venture capital fund WNT Ventures, is one of several speakers addressing this year’s 2035 Oceania Summit, focusing on food and agritech to be held in Auckland in October. She believes NZ is experiencing a coming of age in the sector, as fund managers seek opportunities in climate change-related technology to help better manage scarce resources like soil and water.

With early-stage startups the main thing is to get on the ground early, it’s difficult with large corporates, but we are seeing more willingness to cooperate. Maria Jose Alvarez WNT Ventures “And we are also seeing dedicated funds doing that, rather than generalised funds,” Alvarez said. In the meantime, large mature tech firms like LIC and Gallagher are looking harder at assimilating small startup companies’ technology under their wing. “It means there is a pathway for companies to stay here, versus migrating to Silicon Valley. There used to be an expectation you had to ‘grow and go’,” she said. She points to crop management

company CropX, which had its origins in NZ, relocated to the United States, got Israeli funding, moved to Israel as a global player and is now back here in NZ with a business hub. “And that whole cycle, it only took around six years. It is good to see companies like that coming back,” she said. The cycle from innovation to commercialisation is also moving far quicker today than even 10 years ago, prompting established companies to cast around for startup tech, rather than grind it out under their own roof. “It is harder for a mature company to innovate and continue with day-to-day business. We have seen companies try to do both and it is challenging,” she said. “With early-stage startups the main thing is to get on the ground early, it’s difficult with large corporates, but we are seeing more willingness to cooperate.” The cycle that once would have been 10-15 years from innovation to development is now down to three to five. However, R&D cycles for deep, disruptive technology can still take 8-10 years, she said. The wine industry is one she said has done a particularly good job in recognising the value in cooperating with small startups offering innovative solutions. Her own past research work and startup company VIDaOX worked on reusing wine waste by extracting antioxidants to be used in food preservation and cosmetics. “Here in NZ, we are seeing companies, including Marama Lab, Winely and Cropsy Technologies, all being able to access industry data, with an industry realising it needs to provide this data for these companies to innovate, but also for them to benefit and have a greater impact in the market,” she said. Almost two years ago the

IMPROVEMENT: Investment manager Maria Jose Alvarez says the development cycle from innovation idea to final commercialisation has become significantly quicker in the past few years.

agritech sector was the first to launch an industry transformation plan to lay a pathway for future development. Alvarez maintains it was always a tough ask to put together a plan where there was no previous framework, in an industry where there are many different moving parts, spanning farmers, growers, innovators, processors and marketers, to name a few. “The ITP has made an awareness of how disjointed all those parts are, but also highlighted how willing they are to come together to put NZ’s agritech on the forefront of a global conversation. “It has also proved that adoption levels of new tech are not always great, so it’s definitely a good starting point,” she said.

Alvarez is adamant that while Israel is undoubtedly a leader in agritech, NZ doesn’t need to try and emulate all that country has done to achieve that claim. “They made a plan and put a lot into it. But we don’t need to follow them exactly, we have more strengths in agriculture, so we should not rely on simply trying to copy their plan,” she said. She points to NZ having an excellent level of research and innovation, and now starting to work on building conversations between researchers, farmers and growers sooner in the innovation cycle. “The entrepreneurial mindset has increased significantly in the last few years. We are seeing companies like BioLumic succeed from the research

Have you read Dairy Farmer yet? The latest Dairy Farmer hit letterboxes on March 28. Our OnFarmStory this month features demonstration farm Owl Farm which is a showcase for best practice. We also catch up with Canterbury farmers who have bounced back from a devastating flood and we take a look at how to attract and retain staff.

environment by getting the cross pollination with farmers and developers much earlier,” she said. She is also an advocate of the “quick fail” school of success, where the sooner an innovator can fail and then pick themselves up again, the sooner they will achieve elusive success. “Founders are often more successful after their third or fourth company. It builds a level of fortitude in a country that is already quite resilient and very innovative,” she said.

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Converting food waste to energy Ecogas will open a facility in Reporoa later this year that will convert waste into methane for the national electricity grid, carbon dioxide for the food industry and liquid fertiliser for primary production. Follow this link https://farmersweekly. co.nz/s/fw-article/food-waste-toenergy-plant-opening-later-this-yearMCRLCUUUFYBBGDTC7YSDRW5C56KE or head to page 23 in your Farmers Weekly and then answer the following questions. 1

How much waste product will be processed at the plant? Is there an ability to increase this? If so, by how much?

Last week we looked at US imported 95CL values. This week we will look at the beef average export value (AEV). This is an average value across the different cuts of exported NZ beef.

What was the AEV for February 2022?

2 Describe the trend of beef AEV’s this season. 3 How do current AEV’s compare to last season and the five-year average?

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What is the percentage difference between February 2022 AEV’s and the same month last season?

2 While AEV’s have been very high, this isn’t being reflected in farmers’ returns. Can you identify any factors domestically that are affecting farmers profit margins?

2 Where will the waste come from? How could this be of benefit to farmers? 3 How does the plant work? What are the steps in processing the waste? 4 How long does the product sit in digester tanks? Why would there be a need to pasteurise this product? 5 What are the types of gases generated by the process? 6 How is carbon dioxide (CO 2) used in food industries?

A company called Newlight Technology has, after ten years of research, found a way to use methane produced by power plants, farming and waste, to make a viable substitute for everyday plastics. Have a look at how a cow named Lucy and the ocean provided the impetus for this development. Head to https://www.newlight.com/technology?utm _ source=sfmc&utm _ term=technology&utm _ content=37237&utm _ id=c166f89f-8ad2-4475-b707-52f205863fcc&sfmc _ activityid=68eef77a-5c124c0c-a963-22025fe5b01e&utm _ medium=email

CUT THE CROP - THE THREE BIG ISSUES FOR IRRIGATION NEW ZEALAND

In this episode of Cut the Crop, Irrigation NZ Chief Executive Vanessa Winning talks to Alison Stewart about the organization's three big issues.

STRETCH YOURSELF: 1

Microorganisms in the ocean eat methane and carbon dioxide as food and turn it into PHB. What is the full name of PHB?

2 What exactly did Newlight Technology do over the 10 year period? 3 When did Eagle 3 start mainstream production? What is Eagle 3? How does it work? What is the end product?

How is AirCarbon different from synthetic plastics?

2 Why is the fact that AirCarbon is meltable such an important thing? 3 What could AirCarbon be used for? Can you think of five products that it could improve/replace? 4 Their research has shown that each cow on a dairy farm could excrete around $20 worth of methane value into the air every year. What value then could a 1000cow dairy farm give to Newlight Technology annually?

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1 What is irrigation and why is it used? 2 What are some issues around using irrigation? 3 Can you identify three industries that use some sort of irrigation?

STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 What are the three issues Vanessa has identified for Irrigation New Zealand? 2 Why is the use of water for irrigation such a complex issue? 3 Why does the perception of how water is used need to change?

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Farming for the next generation The winners of the inaugural Wairere Central Districts Red Meat Farm Business of the Year competition want to help tell positive stories about New Zealand agriculture, while at the same time build their family business so it’s in an even better place for their children in the future. Colin Williscroft spoke to Manawatū farmers Ian and Steph Strahan.

LTHOUGH you don’t enter a enter a competition to lose it, Ian and Steph Strahan say their primary motivation in putting their business forward for the award wasn’t the prizes or the recognition, it was more about promoting positive messages about the red meat sector. “First and foremost we wanted to support the competition because it’s a positive thing for agriculture,” Ian said. “Over the last five or 10 years there’s been a lot of negativity out there and there’s not been a lot of good stories coming out about farming and the red meat sector, so we thought this was an initiative that needed supporting.” He said entering the competition was also a great way of taking stock and having a look at their own business. “The judging was a good exercise for us because it gave us a good opportunity to have a good look at everything we’re doing here,” he said. “And it’s great to know that our goals and results line up with our peers in the sector.” Ian said he and Steph were surprised to hear their names called out as winners because they hadn’t expected to get past the first round of judging, let alone claim the award. The Strahan Land Company is a Kiwitea finishing operation that produces around 700kg/ha carcase weight a year. The main farm is 442ha (400ha effective), with another 54ha (35ha effective) block. In 2021 they finished 16,000 lambs, 1100 steers and bulls, along with dairy and hogget grazers. A cropping component in the business, 40ha winter wheat and 20ha peas, spreads the risk of farm gate price volatility and adds to their pasture renewal programme. One of the competition judges, rural business adviser Sean Stafford, said the Strahans’ operation is a great example of how sustainable farming principles can lead to high profits. “They operate a simple farm system that is uniquely structured to capture market opportunities,” he said. “There is high attention to detail and they make great use of data and tools to achieve excellent

WINNERS: Steph and Ian Strahan with the trophy they received at the Orlando Country Club, just out of Palmerston North, for winning the inaugural Wairere Central Districts Red Meat Farm Business of the Year competition. Their $20,000 prize pool included $10,000 cash and the same value in sponsors’ products.

performance outcomes.” Ian said one of the principles he and Steph follow is that every farm is unique. “Even between you and the neighbours things are different, everyone’s got different soils, climate and management skill sets,” he said. “It’s all about developing a plan that suits those resources and suits your management. “Every farm needs its own plan based on those factors to get out what you want and what suits the farm best.” He said in their own business the focus includes measuring what is happening on-farm, which is something that can get overlooked. “It might be a bit of a cliché but if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,” he said. “You need to know what different types of forage yield at different times of year, what growth rates you get on those forages. What goes on and when it happens. “Without that information, you can’t really plan properly. “The old days of ripping along to the sale, working out whether you can get a margin out of something, if you’re doing that you’re going to be left well behind.

“Those days are gone. You’ve got to work out what you can do when and then plan it, otherwise you’re not going to get the full benefit out of your efforts.” Steph said Ian loves a spreadsheet and puts that to good use. “He’s really good at knowing what makes money,” Steph said.

It might be a bit of a cliché but if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. Ian Strahan Farmer “But instead of just saying ‘that’s how it makes money’, he re-evaluates it all the time, has a look and questions everything to see whether it is still the best use or the best time to be doing something. “It’s about crunching your numbers, looking to see what’s going to be the best option.” Achieving that without putting pressure on themselves and the environment is important. “We don’t expect to grow grass in February and we don’t expect

to winter heavy cattle in the middle of winter,” Ian said “The whole plan is designed around the physical resources and our goals, when we want to go away occasionally. It’s designed so that it flows and we’re not fighting anything.” Working with the environment is important to them. The farm has a focus on soil preservation and has been no till for about 15 years, while three years ago they helped establish a local stream catchment group and have also fenced off their waterways during the past few years. Being open to new ideas is another of the principles that helps guide the business. “There’s always someone doing something better than you,” he said. “There’s all sorts of disciplines involved in farming, so you can’t be expected to know everything and be able to do everything. “The advice is there, most of the time it’s free, you’ve just got to find it, take it on board and apply it to your own situation.” The couple have been on the farm for about 20 years, the initial 80ha block bought by his grandfather in 1956 and then farmed by Ian’s late father Sam,

before Ian came back full-time after pursuing other avenues to help his dad. During that 20 years, the farm size has grown to its current size and the couple have surrounded themselves with what they see as the right team. That includes not only their full-time employee but also outside expertise. “We’ve got the best accountant we’ve ever had, I call on two or three agronomists and there’s one vet in particular that I ring to get the information that I need,” he said. “There’s no point mucking around, it all goes back to knowing where to get the best information.” As to the future, the couple have three girls between the ages of 11 and 14, and they want to make sure farming is an option for them in what is a constantly changing landscape. “One of our goals and plans is for it to be a viable option for our children to farm in the future,” Steph said. “That’s what we’re trying to instil and build here. “Part of that is telling the story and having it (farming) as an option because I’m not sure it’s going to be that easy for the next generation.”

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Plant will convert food waste into energy NZ’s going big on bioenergy, with a new plant set to open later this year. Gerald Piddock reports. their capital into growing their productive elements,” Fisher said. For companies shifting large quantities of food exports, it gave brand security and surety and gave them a place to dispose of a product in a sustainable way rather than risk it going into the market, he said. “If you’re an exporter and going overseas, your audits are on your water and your environmental [footprint] if you can tell them it’s going here, this is what the world expects,” he said. It also gave local government more peace of mind knowing that industries had that option of where to send their waste. It will help the country deal with some of its 327,000 annual tonnes of food waste, currently going into landfills. The facility will service customers from as far away as Wellington, Palmerston North, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Auckland. Those customers include 140 food manufacturers from the restaurant and food production industries who will use the facility. Fisher said he has had good conversations with meat and dairy companies, including members of Fonterra’s sustainability team and Silver Fern Farms. Ecogas is also working with trucking companies to ensure the waste being shipped to the processing facility is being done as efficiently as possible to reduce

CREDIBLE: Ecogas director Andrew Fisher says the new anaerobic digestion plant at Reporoa will make New Zealand’s clean green social licence more credible once it is up and running later this year.

the carbon emissions of the transportation. If the facility proves to be as successful as he hopes, he wants to build a second plant in Canterbury. Further into the future, he can see at least five to six facilities placed around the country. Food waste comes into the facility and is stored in a large bunker. It is fed into a machine that separates the food from any plastic, with the food converted into a thick slurry-like substance. The plastic is separated and baled and sent to Auckland, where it is converted to ecorock, a substance that is being developed to use in concrete for the construction industry. Any compostable packaging is also separated for commercial composting. The slurry is degritted and pumped into a hydrolysis tank for two to three days. From there, the product is put into one of the large digester tanks for 40 days. After that, it is pumped into a tank for

pasteurisation. Any solids left from the process are taken to a worm farm, while the liquid, which by now resembles a black tea, is made available as liquid fertiliser.

This is about extracting the last bits of value out of the food chain and also retaining some dignity into our food waste. Andrew Fisher Ecogas The gas generated from the process is 60% methane and 39% CO2. It is separated and cleaned with the CO2 bottled and sold to companies. The methane is transferred to a generator to run the factory while excess gas, which is over 50% of

the total gas produced, goes to the nearby gas line to be part of the national grid. Liquid waste, such as dairy and meat processing wastewater, effluent and wastewater from cleaning the bunker and the factory floor, is collected and processed in a similar manner. It is pumped through a degritting system before entering the hydrolysis tank. Fisher said it will change the way NZ deals with the environment and gives credibility to the country’s ‘clean green’ social licence. “This is about extracting the last bits of value out of the food chain and also retaining some dignity into our food waste. It’s okay that we reject a product or that we have got cow manure, or that we have a failed export that did not meet export quality standards,” he said. “It’s not going to go to a landfill and contribute to a problem, it’s going to go to another place and be a resource and contribute to further use.”

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EW Zealand’s firstever large-scale food waste-toenergy converter will take what was once destined for landfill and transform it into something useful once it opens in October. The facility at Reporoa, northeast of Taupō, will process 75,000 tonnes of waste a year and is consented to process 100,000 tonnes. It will convert the waste into methane for the national electricity grid, carbon dioxide for the food industry and liquid fertiliser for primary production. The facility is owned by Ecogas, a joint venture between Pioneer Energy and Eco Stock Supplies and sits on land owned by T&G Fresh. The plant can take food waste from curbside collections, food processing in meat, dairy and horticulture industries, as well as restaurant waste and cool store rejects. It can also dispose of dairy farm effluent. If a district had a sudden weather event which threatened to overflow effluent ponds, it could take that liquid waste and prevent it from entering waterways. Ecogas director Andrew Fisher said the plant will be a catalyst to allow food production and manufacturing to grow. “This site here, if we can get it right, allows for a lot of the incumbent primary producers to expand their operations without having to expand their wastewater. They can put

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Govt should heed China warnings

OR over a year now, government ministers have been urging exporters to reduce their dependence on China. Finance Minister Grant Robertson was the latest, when last week he lauded the contribution primary producers were making to the country’s economic recovery but urged them to do more to diversify their markets. The urgency of this issue was underlined again this week by a global analyst at Rabobank who says New Zealand exporters risk being caught by US sanctions against China if tensions between the two superpowers continue to escalate. Michael Every says NZ must find a way to increase trade with the US and the European Union should the worst happen. So how disappointed must exporters be to hear the Government is finding novel ways to hobble its negotiators in talks for a free trade deal with the EU? As if convincing Europe’s agricultural protectionists to open up their markets to imports from efficient NZ rivals was not difficult enough, the Labourled government looks set to foist new demands on them in the form of protections for Māori data as demanded by a small clique of anti-trade activists. Forcing so-called data localisation rules on European cloud computing or financial services firms wanting to do business here goes against the trend of modern trade agreements, which are all about encouraging the free flow of products and – increasingly – data across borders. Worse still, Labour ministers seem unable to come up with a clear position for NZ trade negotiators to put in front of their European counterparts as extensive consultation with Māori groups drags on. That’s despite the matter of protection for indigenous data rights in trade agreements first being raised as an issue in a complaint to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2016. All of this raises questions about how seriously the Government takes its own China warnings or whether it is merely out of touch with the demands of modern trade agreements.

Nigel Stirling

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Make the most of existing pines IT SEEMS to me that the best way to sequester carbon and reduce our carbon footprint is to use the existing plantations of Pinus radiata. We can use the mature trees to make engineered wood, which is suitable for constructing multi-storey buildings, which are inherently earthquake resistant and sequester considerable carbon. We can replant immediately and promote our engineered wood overseas, using our own multi-storey buildings as examples. Then we pyrolyse all the off cuts and saw dust, producing completely green cooking gas, petrol, diesel and airline fuel, plus charcoal. That charcoal can be incorporated into agriculture

fields (it lasts for decades and improves the soil). And note that we also reduce our carbon footprint by all the concrete that is displaced by using engineered wood. William Hughes-Games Waipara

We’re already world leaders WHAT a beaut contribution by Andrew Stewart in the March 7 edition of Farmers Weekly. It sums up the situation perfectly. Had a guts full of sector group leaders, politicians and so-called experts and advisors telling us that farmers need to roll over and accept that they need to be taxed for emissions in some form so that world market

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production. Any further taxing will bring the axe down on the show. Rob McIntosh Thames

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Water reforms a viable solution Pulpit

Brian Hanna

FTER observing the debate on Three Waters Reform for many months now, I feel compelled to try and provide some balance to this discussion. I have been the independent chair of the Three Waters Steering group, which has been operating as a partnership between central and local government for the past 18 months. This reform discussion has been going on for many, many years now, with a series of governments, both red and blue, struggling to come up with viable solutions. It is important to point out that these reforms are targeted at reticulated networks, owned by councils, not individual self-supplying households that predominate in rural areas. One of the ironies of the current debate is that all political parties, and most councils, agree on one thing – the current status quo must change. It will not be able to deliver the significant investment required over the next 30-plus years to fix an ever-growing problem of significant underinvestment in New Zealand’s three waters: drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. With increasing regulatory oversight over standards for public health and safety for drinking water, and environmental standards for wastewater and stormwater discharges, these challenges only get greater. I believe it is important to

UNFIT: Brian Hanna says that NZ’s three waters infrastructure is in a dire state that needs to be addressed sooner than later.

to rural and provincial councils and these changes will go some way to addressing these concerns. And there is also a recommendation for a water ombudsman role to be established, to ensure there is an independent place for individual consumers to go to if they need issues resolved. Whether this government’s plan is what eventuates or not, only time will tell but the failings in the current system across the country needs to be addressed.

The biggest losers if reform does not proceed are likely to be smaller rural communities in NZ who will face huge, eye watering costs to upgrade infrastructure networks over the foreseeable future. Those failings make sobering reading for a developed country and the cost of rectifying these just keeps growing. The latest Ministry of Health report and Water NZ survey shows that there is large wastage in drinking water – across the country 21% of our treated water drips away through leaks before it gets to our taps.

The largest recorded loss was 55%. And that figure is getting worse, not better, increasing by 44% since 2014. This loss is more than the water supplies of Hamilton, Rotorua, Dunedin and Christchurch combined, every day. Most of that leakage is down to underground pipes that are at the end of their life. When it comes to wastewater, the situation is just as dire. The same Water NZ report claims that there were more than 2000 dry weather sewerage overflows across the country in the year the report covered. That equates to over five events a day. There are also many plants that have expired consents or operate outside their consent conditions. As a farmer, I find this unacceptable, given the huge investment farmers are making to improve water quality, working hard to reduce their impact on the environment overall, and the scrutiny that is placed on farming today. What has concerned me has been some of the misinformation that has been fed to communities by a small number of mayors and councillors, when the research clearly shows their communities will benefit from the reforms. I do question their motives and whose interests they are representing. When you talk to the chief

executives of many rural and provincial councils, you get a different view. Many are in favour of reform, as they are the ones charged with delivering water services efficiently and cost effectively and see in front of them a huge challenge that they know in many cases will be unaffordable. If these reforms don’t go ahead in whatever form, it will be a huge lost opportunity and the challenge will only grow. The biggest losers if reform does not proceed are likely to be smaller rural communities in NZ who will face huge, eye watering costs to upgrade infrastructure networks over the foreseeable future. As a resident in rural NZ, I would be asking my council some searching questions such as, “If you are anti the reforms, and they don’t proceed, how are you planning to fund the upgrades that will be required to meet the new drinking water quality, and environmental discharge standards of the future?” “What modelling and planning have you done to illustrate to me we are better off on our own?” Remember, this whole reform is based on the need to invest significantly in water infrastructure to provide for public and environmental health. There is much to be done – how can it be done in a way that is affordable for New Zealanders wherever they live? One thing appears certain, rural and provincial councils will struggle to afford to do this work on their own.

Who am I? Brian Hanna was appointed independent chair of the Central/Local Government Steering Group in June 2020, which was charged at critically analysing the proposed reforms and providing advice to government. He is a farmer/businessman living in King Country and was an elected member on Waitomo District Council for 15 years, nine of these as mayor. He also represented rural councils on the LGNZ board and is a board member on the new drinking water regulator, Taumata Arowai.

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refocus the debate on why reform is considered necessary. In my view, it is to create focused, specialised entities to create a long-term, well planned, targeted investment strategy for three waters infrastructure, free from political interference. Currently when we talk about Three Waters Reform, the conversation is generally about governance, co-governance, local control and local asset ownership, but very little focus on water loss or wastewater overflows, or treatment plant performance, or drinking water quality. These are significant issues that have not really been surfacing in the discussions at all. Earlier this year, to address the many concerns raised by councils, central government set up a working party, with nominations made to it from local government and iwi alike, to look at the areas of the reform proposal regarding governance, accountability and representation. I was part of this group, who after much debate, and stepping outside the terms of reference, produced 47 recommendations for changes to the reforms. I note these have been dismissed by reform opponents as “predictably disappointing” but welcomed by many in the sector as helpful to addressing the main areas of concern. Among the recommendations is addressing ownership with greater clarity around who actually owns the assets. By introducing a public shareholding that councils will hold proportionately on the community’s behalf. If accepted by the Government, this will give each council one share in the entities that will manage the three waters across NZ for every 50,000 people or part thereof. With that share or shares is recommended to come a power of veto should a path toward privatisation be embarked on in years to come, ensuring these assets remain in your ownership. There is also a recommendation for sub-regional representative groups to be formed, meaning if your council doesn’t get a seat at the top representation table, it should get a seat at the table of regional groupings that will make recommendations on investment prioritisation, growth plans, etc. and provide a “local voice” to each entity. This has been a major concern

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Why are we playing silly games? Alternative View

Alan Emerson

WHEN it comes to marketing New Zealand, its products and tourism we seem a little confused. For example, carbon neutral is a phrase that has me perplexed, especially when I see carbon neutral helicopter flights available. All that means is that the polluter either pays for carbon or plants trees so they can continue to pollute. That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. I’d rather stop the pollution at source. It also means the classification would inevitably increase your costs. Is there research showing consumers are prepared to pay a premium for carbon neutral products? According to Beef + Lamb research, NZ farming is carbon neutral now so why are we playing silly games? Then we have regenerative agriculture, or RA, according to its disciples. If people want to play with RA that’s fine, but don’t expect me to take you seriously. We’ve already wasted buckets of taxpayer and levy payer money on it, with absolutely no discernable advantage. That’s despite Australian research suggesting that if you want to go bankrupt, try RA. The B+LNZ argument that because it’s so established on social media we need to go with it is spurious and reeks of laziness on the part of B+LNZ. There are three other reasons to reject RA. As MPI have said, RA is not a verb but a series of nouns meaning it can be what you want it to be. In a word, meaningless. It is about pasture, which is one dimensional, and I’m yet to see any reputable scientific commentary supporting it. I’d also argue we’re regenerative now. RA, as we know, started as the result of years of excessive grazing with no fertiliser. I’m sure we’ll be bombarded

PLAY TO STRENGTHS: Alan Emerson believes NZ needs to refine what it’s already doing well.

with other fads in the coming years. Our current 100% Pure slogan is wrong and open to ridicule. Nothing is 100% pure. Looking on the positive side, we have our own story to tell if we had the energy and unity to do it. Instead of carbon neutral, we can legitimately say we’re the most carbon efficient producers in the world. The EU suggestion that we must be as good as they are if we want to trade with them is irrelevant. We are. If the HWEN on-farm recommendations are accepted we will then be able to claim carbon neutrality without any sleight of hand accounting. Our animal welfare is exceptional by world standards, with our animals being grass-fed. Getting back to the EU, seeing cows factory-farmed in cubicles with their tails tied up is offensive to Kiwis. We’re doing well, backed by strong animal welfare legislation. It is the same with our employment laws. We don’t exploit and we’re certainly not

involved with child labour or slavery at any level. It is also possible to come into farming with little and eventually purchase your own farm. There aren’t a lot of countries where that is possible.

I would have no doubt we could produce an internationally acceptable and environmentally robust standard in short order that is both practical, achievable and accepted locally and internationally.

Environmentally we have a proud record as well, but I believe there is more to do. The catchment groups I’m aware of are doing great work cleaning up waterways. We also need to be realistic,

especially as regards nitrogen fertiliser. If we banned it as the little darlings at Greenpeace, along with some of the deskbound city-centric eco-warriors at MfE and EPA would like, it will cost and significantly so. Figures published by Professor Jacqueline Rowarth show that the removal of synthetic nitrogen from the rural toolkit would cost the country $19.8 billion. In addition, removing synthetic nitrogen would encourage less environmentally-friendly practices like spreading chicken litter on pasture. We also have two international firsts for our fertiliser industry with Fertmark and Spreadmark, which I’d like to see become compulsory. For the uninitiated, when farmers use Fertmark and Spreadmark they know exactly what they’re putting on their pasture and precisely where it is applied. Our ACVM legislation is also robust. We don’t use hormones or harmful growth promoters. My point is that we don’t have to change a lot. We must refine what

LETTERS A fairer system has to be found I SIGHED a small sigh of hope that the Government now appears to understand the effect that the blanket planting of pine trees for the ETS is having on jobs, communities, food production and, not least, New Zealand’s bottom line in foreign earnings, while not even making a dent in the reduction of carbon emissions. But it now appears that sheep and beef farming communities may lose out in yet another way

we’re doing. We’re already moving down that road with Te Taiao, Our Land and Water, but I would like to see a simple, refined NZ brand incorporating our strengths. My preference would be for a uniquely NZ quality standard. Kounga, meaning quality, would be an option, but there are others. I don’t trust bureaucrats and officials to put together a workable standard capable of being accepted internationally, so I’d have a science-based team chaired by a farmer, a leader and trade expert like Malcolm Bailey. I would have no doubt we could produce an internationally acceptable and environmentally robust standard in short order that is both practical, achievable and accepted locally and internationally. It is just a matter of deciding that’s what we want to do and then doing it. It isn’t brain surgery, but good common sense.

Your View Alan Emerson is a semi-retired Wairarapa farmer and businessman: dath.emerson@gmail.com

More letters P24 under the possible pricing of methane emissions under He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN). Option 1 seems to be what most people want, but it clearly needs a lot of work to make it fair and palatable to hill country farmers. I would be happy to pay a fair share of the cost of emissions, as I do not want continuing climate change. I have been an early adopter of practices to reduce emissions and am aware that under the proposal my contribution is

not being recognised. So when I see that the likely cost under the HWEN’s proposed models will mean, in the long run, that I will be paying more than a fair and equitable share compared to other agriculture sectors, I feel very cross. That cost will probably mean that sheep and beef farming on hill country will likely go the way of the dinosaurs, while forests, native and/or exotic pine will take over good productive land anyway. We will end in the same

disastrous scenario as afforestation under the ETS brings us. And that’s a place NZ as a whole does not want to be. When, oh HWEN, will policy writers, commissioners and industry partnerships in offices listen to those farmers on the ground? A fairer system has to be found that leaves all sectors viable for the long-term interests of all of us in agriculture and in NZ. Judy Bogaard Wairoa

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At the mercy of extreme weather From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

THE reports coming out of the Wairoa district and coastal Gisborne are genuinely concerning after this latest weather event. For many, it is sounding like absolute devastation and some of the few pictures I’ve seen show terrible destruction. I’m very worried for the many who have been affected by this. Our benchmark has always been Cyclone Bola, which was an extratropical cyclone that smashed into the East Coast of the North Island 34 years ago in March 1988. A Tolaga Bay station recorded over 900mm of rain and many others all the way down to Napier recorded many hundreds of millimetres. That storm was very destructive to the hill country in that region, but also the waterways and flats took a real hiding. It’s taken decades for the country to recover and saw much of the land retired from farming and go into forestry. We have always feared another cyclone on that scale but probably thought we would never see an event of that magnitude again. The low or depression that

formed off the Gisborne coast 10 days ago deepened and pushed significant amounts of tropical rain into Gisborne and Wairoa. Here I recorded just 130mm of rain on that Thursday but farms in foothills in Central Hawke’s Bay reported 300mm and that was reflected in our rivers where a lot of damage occurred. Our coast also got falls up to 200mm. We were fortunate as the rain may have continued over the next week, but as showers only. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case further north. The low, which doesn’t even have a name, became trapped and continued to drive torrential rain into northern Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne. Every day it was unrelentless. There are reports of falls over the week in the high hundreds of mm and even one from Mangapoike of 1200mm. The land stood up to the original hit, but that continuing rain day after day turned the soils into liquid and it has let go. I’ve talked to a few mates in the Wairoa district and they have lost complete access around their farms. Culverts, tracks and bridges have failed, making getting around their properties either on horseback or foot as the only options. This at a time when rams are about to or have gone out with the ewes, making tupping a fraught exercise. With fencing infrastructure in ruins, stock management is going

CHALLENGE: Culverts, tracks and bridges have failed following heavy rainfall in the Wairoa district and coastal Gisborne, making getting around their properties either on horseback or foot as the only options. Photo: Tairāwhiti Civil Defence

A lot of us headed up into these areas after Bola and that is something some of us will be able to do again to give some help, but moral support at this time is as important as anything.

to be exceedingly difficult in the months ahead. Farm access and public roading will make getting stock out of these affected areas difficult and overlaying that are the processing delays due to covid. I hesitate to use the term ‘perfect storm.’ Telephone, electricity, and internet services for the more isolated are badly disrupted. A lot of us headed up into these areas after Bola and that is something some of us will be able to do again to give some help, but moral support at this time is as

important as anything. Small things help, like ringing a few to let them know you are aware of their plight and posting a few red cross parcels, which I’ve done in the past, and you always hear how appreciated their arrival was. Here in Hawke’s Bay we are awash with grass, so will be able to support the store market going into winter should animals need to be sold and assist with grazing, which in some cases could be free to help fellow farmers out. Already there are reports of kindness and support with associated industries pitching in and rural women who are in the affected regions baking for the roading crews who are making valiant efforts to get roads open. And then down in Southland they are struggling with a drought for goodness’ sake. Just last week they went into a total fire ban at the end of March. They too are being affected by the delays in getting stock processed due to the staffing difficulties and covid sweeping through the meat plants.

These are exceedingly stressful times for both groups of farmers, so make sure you remain connected with others and if the need is there, reach out to groups like the rural support trust and others who are there for these very situations.

Suffering from depression or stress, or know someone who is? Where to get help: RURAL SUPPORT TRUST: 0800 RURAL HELP DEPRESSION HELPLINE: 0800 111 757 LIFELINE: 0800 543 354 NEED TO TALK? Call or text 1737 SAMARITANS: 0800 726 666 YOUTHLINE: 0800 376 633 or text 234

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

Bringing Native Bush Back to New Zealand Farmland Adam Thompson wants to make it easy for farmers to grow native trees on land not suited for livestock, which led him to start Restore Native Plant Nursery. Watch the video now at youtube.com/OnFarmStory This episode was made possible with support from Rabobank On Farm Story

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Nursing native forests A Cambridge farmer built his nursery business model around lowering the barriers for farmers to plant more trees. He spoke to Gerald Piddock.

OR Adam Thompson, establishing native flora on farmland goes beyond the obvious environmental and biodiversity benefits. It gives farmers a sense of pride in seeing a piece of marginal, unproductive land transformed into something that complements and enhances their farming operation. “A lot of farmers are proud of growing food. We’re helping them do it in a more sustainable way,” Thompson said. The 35-year-old Cambridge farmer and owner of Restore Native tree nursery wants all farmers to feel that pride by making it as easy and inexpensive as possible to plant and grow native trees on farmland not suited for livestock. The nursery specialises in all native trees and all firstgeneration colonisers like mānuka, kānuka, cabbage trees and flaxes. These species create a canopy, creating favourable growing conditions for larger tree species such as kahikatea and rimu to then get established. It also gives farmers a better connection with consumers particularly as social media breaks down barriers between them and customers. “It makes you happier going to work every day,” he said. “You see the mana of that land come back with the trees and then the birds come back and they bring more seeds that create a forest.” Thompson said he built the nursery business model around lowering the barriers for farmers to plant more trees. These barriers could be financial, being time-poor, or lacking the knowledge of what

species to plant to reflect the type of work the farmer needs. Tree survival is also a barrier, particularly in its first year of growth and Thompson and his staff offer a maintenance service to ensure its survival in that early stage. He also supplies plants for riparian development, which has helped with on-farm wetland development and employs a planting crew of eight to assist landowners with getting the trees in the ground. “There’s been some really cool projects. When you see farmers – especially older farmers – who have grazed cattle to the edge of a waterway all of their lives and now they are fencing it and planting,” he said.

You see the mana of that land come back with the trees and then the birds come back and they bring more seeds that create a forest. Adam Thompson Farmer “You do it for two or three years and you go back and see it and it’s just awesome.” Thompson grew up on a farm in Matamata, Waikato. He left school and worked as a fencer for an agricultural contractor and remained committed to the outdoors and bush areas through hiking and hunting. He then started chasing money to save and purchase farmland in his 20s when he accepted an internship as a mortgage

GROWING BUSINESS: Adam Thompson at te Miro, near Cambridge. His passion for native trees came from his wish to see more birds and other wildlife in the forest, which led him to start Restore Native nursery. Photos: Stephen Barker

broker for residential property. That eventually led to him starting his own business, My Mortgage, which employs 12 people and has been operating just over 10 years. These days, he works 5-10 hours a week at the mortgage business, mostly as an advisor, as he looks to dedicate more time to the nursery and his farm. His passion for native trees came from his wish to see more birds and other wildlife in the forest. “I started planting trees in the lifestyle block I had when I was young. I learned more and more about the relationship between the birds and the trees and the land and how it’s symbiotic,” he said. He started planting trees when he was 20 and kept at it over the

MIX: The farm is a mix of rolling to steep hills, with 150ha of it being effective. Included in the effective land is a separate 12ha block used to grow his in-calf heifers.

years as he brought, improved and then sold lifestyle land at Tirau and Maungakawa, before purchasing a 200-hectare farm near Cambridge in 2018. The cost of buying trees saw him begin to grow his own to finance his passion. “It never started out as a business and I probably spent the best part of 10 years growing trees for myself,” he said. Thompson learned to grow the trees by trial and error and by 2019 he was growing around 20,000 tree saplings in a makeshift nursery and he started approaching friends and neighbours to see if they were interested in buying his surplus plants. In that same year, he completed the purchase of the farm. Then the covid-19 lockdown hit the country. “I thought there was no future in mortgage broking and property will tank – I was wrong,” he said. He upscaled the nursery to

grow 250,000 plants and decided to focus on it because that was where his passion was and formally established Restore Native. Since then, it has expanded further to 500,000 trees, employing five staff and a farm manager. By 2023, he hopes to have over one million trees for farmers to purchase. He also stepped back from his role as a mortgage adviser for family reasons. It allows him opportunities to spend more time on the farm and the nursery with his two young children. Working with trees and bush has also fuelled his interest in predator control and Thompson is a trustee of Predator Free Cambridge. Once a month, his staff do predator control work in the district to reduce damage from possums and rats. Thompson said the nursery is not driven by profit but by seeing positive change in farming. If it was purely about making

HERD: The farm runs dairy-beef breeding cows mated with Charolais and Speckle Park genetics.

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money, he said he would have stayed as a mortgage broker. “I’m growing trees because I want to and it’s why the business is called Restore Native. We are there to do more than just plant trees. We’re there to restore those areas back to their potential and I want to help farmers do that,” he said. He generally sees two kinds of people who inquire about planting: young farmers committed to doing better for the environment and those coming to the end of their farming careers who want to ‘make things right’ after engaging in environmentally destructive farming practices earlier in their lives because they did not know any better. “It’s fascinating seeing that changing attitude of farmers,” he said. That change can’t be driven from an office or from central government. Farmers need to see it from people with callouses on their hands, he says. “Those are the people they trust,” he said. His efforts were rewarded earlier this year when he was named as a Zanda McDonald finalist for New Zealand. The award recognises young people working in the primary industry sectors in NZ and Australia and supports their future career development. Being nominated as a finalist was a fantastic experience, despite the challenges caused by the covid-19 restrictions around gatherings, he said. “It gives you that extra sense of belief that you’re on the right track and doing the right thing,” he said. The busiest time of the year for the nursery is about to start with

HARD YARDS: Thompson learned to grow the trees by trial and error and by 2019 he was growing around 20,000 tree saplings in a makeshift nursery.

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BALANCE: Thompson works 5-10 hours a week at his mortgage business, mostly as an advisor, as he looks to dedicate more time to the nursery and his farm.

There’s been some really cool projects. When you see farmers – especially older farmers – who have grazed cattle to the edge of a waterway all of their lives and now they are fencing it and planting. Adam Thompson Farmer orders lined up for his staff to put in 110,000 plants in the ground on farms around the region. An almost equal number of plants have also been ordered by farmers to be collected and planted themselves. “We’ll wind up planting another 200,000 of our own and sell out the remaining 300,000,” he said.

The busy peak in the nursery synchronises well with his farming calendar. The farm is a mix of rolling to steep hills, with 150ha of it being effective. The rest is in two blocks of native bush. It also contains a lot of small pockets of marginally productive land. Included in the effective land is a separate 12ha block used to grow his in-calf heifers. The farm runs dairy-beef breeding cows mated with Charolais and Speckle Park genetics, with calving starting on March 1, wintering 375 cows, yearlings and calves. He farms this way for several reasons. He calves in autumn so he can concentrate on planting during spring and it also means avoiding the stress that comes with the challenge of trying to chase weight gain on the animals over the summer. He can also spread out the animals over winter, preventing pugging damage. It also balances out staff labour, with the six staff

he employs splitting their time between the farm and the nursery. Calving finishes at the end of April and from there, it’s straight into planting through to the end of September. “Just as planting is starting to taper off in the spring in September, the farm stuff starts to ramp up,” he said. Summer feed crops are then planted and the calves are weaned in November. This year he is targeting a 260kg weaning weight. Half are sold as store and the rest are farmed through and sold to the processors as rising twoyear-olds. The system also allows him to sell the cattle at a schedule peak, ensuring he gets a top price at the works. Over the next few years, he plans to keep developing and expanding the nursery. “I want to be able to do more for farmers. We’re up against some headwinds with all of that farm environmental stuff and I want

to be a key person in the toolbox for helping those farmers to find those solutions,” he said. His farming background and experience of growing trees means he thinks he is well-placed to be able to provide that service. “We’ll do a million trees in the nursery next year and we should double that the following year to do two million and we should double that again the following year to four million. That’s my three-year-plan,” he said. To fuel that growth, he has just invested in $750,000 of new nursery infrastructure. “It’s the thing I’m most passionate about. I love getting out on the hills with the kids and chasing cows around,” he said. “The opportunity I see in the nursery and the passion I have for trees and being part of the solution for farmers is really exciting.” >> Video link: bit.ly/OFSthompson

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Tangiteroria 2174 Omana Road

Multiple titles with endless opportunities

A multitude of opportunities await the astute investor with options available to purchase one or all three titles for beef, forestry, or lifestyle. Containing approximately 505.3 hectares (more or less) of Northland rolling hill country, the property is centrally located between Whangarei and Dargaville and only 55km from Marsden Point. Encompassing approximately 400 hectares of plantable land; 20 hectares of harvested radiata pines; 10 hectares of five-year-old and 41 hectares of leased radiata pines. There is ample opportunity to diversify into forestry and take advantage of the lucrative carbon and forestry market. Offering elevated rural views, this home presents five bedrooms, a large family room that is complemented with a very spacious living and dining room. The second home is a quaint three-bedroom villa that is surrounded by fruit trees and gardens.

Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 2pm, Fri 29 Apr 2022 84 Walton Street, Whangarei View by appointment Catherine Stewart 027 356 5031 catherine.stewart@bayleys.co.nz

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Wellsford 109 Vipond Road

Prime location, in a league of its own

Located less than 10km from Wellsford is this stunning 281.24 hectare dry stock farm. Historically farmed as a dairy farm, with a milking platform of 165 hectares and maize grown over 25 hectares, this unit was not only profitable but productive. During this time the property benefited from an extensive re-grassing programme and regular applications of fertiliser. Currently the farm is being utilised for grazing and fattening 250 head of 18 months steers. There is 165 hectares of predominately flat to undulating contour, subdivided into 60 paddocks and linked by an extensive limestone race with 36 hectares medium to easy hill country. Infrastructure includes 39 ASHB disused cowshed with feed pad, large maize bunkers, supported by a good array of half round sheds, implement sheds and remodeled set of good solid cattle yards together with calf rearing facilities.

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Muriwai 218 Pakowhai Road

Make Hinenui your home

223ha

The 223ha property includes 20ha of flats, with the majority of the property medium hill country. Well located, being only 25km to Gisborne City, the property is genuine, winter-warm front country. The farm set up is such, that the majority of paddocks feed the main laneway, allowing easy access of stock flows to and from facilities. The property is supported by a modernised four-bedroom, two-bathroom home. Quality infrastructure includes a three-stand woolshed, covered yards, cattle yards with covered race, various implement sheds, and reticulated water system for the flats.

Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 4pm, Tue 26 Apr 2022 10 Reads Quay, Gisborne View by appointment Stephen Thomson 027 450 6531 stephen.thomson@bayleys.co.nz Simon Bousfield 027 665 8778 simon.bousfield@bayleys.co.nz

Hinenui comes to the open market for the first time in over 100 years!

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Kahuranaki 237 Kahuranaki Road and Maraetotara Road

Impressive farm on the outskirts of town

472ha

Seldom do such spectacular properties become available in this prime location. A total of approximately 472 hectares is on offer, held in two titles comprising of the 'Ormond block', which is approximately 319 hectares (STS), and the 153-hectare 'Bristol block'. This well-managed property has many features to admire, including expansive panoramic views, an aspect that offers natural protection and shelter for stock, a reliable water supply and excellent access, fencing and pasture quality. There is a good mix of easy to medium hill country plus some flatter areas capable of crop or hay production. The location and features present a number of options for purchasers including lifestyle development, tourism, forestry and more. The two titles are for sale by Tender, either independently or combined. This is an extremely rare find, and an opportunity certainly not to be missed.

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Kaukapakapa 382 and 415 Jordan Road Hi-tech waterfront setup!

179ha

Superbly positioned on the banks of the Kaipara Harbour lies this 179ha (approximately) dairy farm in three titles. The farm employs four state-of-the-art Lely "Astronaut" milking robots, which provide a continuous 24/7 service. This high-tech "autonomous" system not only milks the cows, it will also draft, feed, and keep a full animal record - allowing you more time out on the farm, or on the water! The farm currently milks 200 cows, producing a high of 69,564kgMS, and rears 200 calves. The property is well subdivided into 67 paddocks with an extensive race network, and a full range of support infrastructure including herd homes.

Masterton 2858 Masterton-Castlepoint Road 6

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Beauley

750ha

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Beauley is situated on the Masterton-Castlepoint Road, approximately 30 kilometres from Masterton. Consisting of some 750 hectares of which 41 hectares are in QE11 Trust. Contour is varied with silt flats in the front of the property with the balance medium hill which features sheltered basins and spectacular taipos. The farm is well laned and subdivided into some 85 paddocks for easy management. Fences are of a good standard with traditional wire and baton complemented by electric. With excellent facilities including the character homestead and a consistent history of inputs and proven stock performance in a handy location with good access to Masterton and the beautiful Wairarapa coastline including Castlepoint and Riversdale.

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Tender (will not be sold prior) Closing 4pm, Thu 12 May 2022 186 Chapel Street, Masterton View by appointment Lindsay Watts 027 246 2542 lindsay.watts@bayleys.co.nz Andrew Smith 027 760 8208 a.smith@bayleys.co.nz Simon Clinton-Baker 021 953 909 simon.clinton-baker@bayleys.co.nz EASTERN REALTY (WAIRARAPA) LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

GOWAN LEA FOREST

FOR SALE

Davies Road, Malvern Hills

Canterbury

MEDIUM-SCALE, MIXED SPECIES FOREST

Situated near the foothills of the Southern Alps between the Christchurch CBD (76km*) and Mount Hutt Ski Area (46km*), Gowan Lea is a well-located, medium-scale, mixed species forest with both investment and recreational appeal. Stands of professionally managed crop and existing registration in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), gives the incoming purchaser flexibility of future returns through a cost-effective harvest program and/or via immediate exposure to the burgeoning carbon markets.

EAGLESHAM 2530 Whanganui River Road, Taumarunui First time on the market for over 110 years is the opportunity to purchase an outstanding sizable breeding/finishing sheep, beef and deer farm. 725 hectares located 26 km west of Taumarunui. Perfectly balanced property comprising of 110 ha easy cultivatable contour with the balance of clean medium to steeper hill country subdivided into 62 paddocks. The deer unit encompass 225 hectare with top infrastructure throughout. 4 bedroom main dwelling set in established grounds, tidy 3 bedroom cottage 4 stand woolshed/cover yards 1100NP, cattle yards, deer handling complex and 4 set of satellite yards.

725 hectares Tender

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316.6ha freehold land, 185.4ha* NSA Pinus radiata and Douglas fir trees – all 1999 plantings 10,637* carbon credits earned 2021, 133,930* credits available Additional post-1989 land potentially eligible for ETS registration Large concrete block building, 4WD tracks, native bush, hunting

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Superior home - Commercial citrus orchard • Superior modern home and citrus orchard income. Fantastic rural views and sunsets over the Kaimai ranges • A proven income earner from 6.47 ha lemon orchard • A mere stroll to the popular Mclaren Falls park for biking, picnicking, and swimming • Don't miss out, this will be popular

204.10 ha - Greenvale Pastures Tender closes 4.00pm, Wed 27th Apr, 2022 (unless sold prior), OB 1, 7 Gravatt Road, Papamoa View Wed 6 Apr 11.00 - 12.00pm Sun 10 Apr 11.00 - 12.00pm Web pb.co.nz/TZR14095

Brett Ashworth M 021 0261 7488 Ian Morgan M 027 492 5878

Greenvale Pastures is an inter-generational farm that the vendors have carefully developed and nurtured into a high quality intensive arable, dairy support/livestock property. The farm combines its natural resources, climatic conditions with leading edge technology and excellent infrastructure to place it at the forefront of NZ and worldwide nutrient, environmental sustainability, irrigation and arable best practice. With proprietary seed contracts planted and in place plus arable and nutrient IP this is a leading farm that stands apart. The sale of Greenvale Pastures presents a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to secure one of Canterbury's finest arable farms at the top of its game.

Tender closes 12.00pm, Fri 22nd Apr, 2022 (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR99033

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Gisborne, Te Karaka Poynter Road Tender

Grow on Poynter • 9.95 ha (24.57 acres) STS • Gisborne City - 24km • Zoned rural general • Fertile growing medium • Grazing - cropping - lifestyle - horticulture

Tender closes 4.00pm, Thu 5th May, 2022 (unless sold prior), 66 Reads Quay, Gisborne View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/GIR86618

This parcel of land is being subdivided and is being sold as a bare block. Being an easy commute to Gisborne, it lends itself to a multitude of options for the savvy purchasers. Call today to arrange your inspection. Tom Lane M 021 058 7018 Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 | pb.co.nz

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Central Hawke's Bay 20 Blackhead Road Tender

Kokomoko - 553 ha 30 km south of Waipukurau in the well renowned farming district of Wallingford. The easy medium contour is complemented by some alluvial flats, ideal for finishing bulls or lambs. Several blocks of Pines and plantings of Poplar trees (timber varieties), not only provide shelter but add to the aesthetic appeal. Well-watered by a reticulated system and numerous dams. A large wetland in the centre of the property is a feature providing for excellent recreation opportunities. Improvements include a three bedroom homestead, set amongst a well-established garden, featuring large English specimen trees. A second three bedroom home. Both homes will be on separate titles. Two x three stand woolsheds, implement shed, three x sheep yards and two x cattle yards. Presently Kokomoko is leased and utilized as a breeding and finishing block for both sheep and cattle. With the dwellings on separate titles, several purchasing options are available including with or without the homes.

Tender closes 2.00pm, Thu 12th May, 2022, Property Brokers, 98 Ruataniwha Street, Waipukurau View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/WR15153

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Pongaroa 173 Waikakahi Road Tender

Waikaka - 886 ha Waikaka provides an exceptional sheep and cattle breeding and finishing property located in the Pongaroa farming district. Available as one, or three separate properties of 372 ha, 338 ha and 175 ha. As soon as you enter this property you will appreciate the work that has gone into this productive farm. With improvements spread evenly over the three properties including three houses, three woolsheds, ample farm buildings, 180 ha productive flats, good fertiliser history, airstrip and excellent reticulated water throughout. Contour is a mix of flats to easy rolling hills with some areas of medium hill with 850 ha classed as effective grazing. Well subdivided into 124 paddocks with a mix of conventional and electric fencing in very good order. Seldom do properties of this quality come to the market, with the flexibility of purchase options or a genuine turn-key scale property, Waikaka provides for all.

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WHAREPUHUNGA, WAIKATO Bare Land - 114 hectares (more or less) A combination of easy contour cattle country at road front rolling down to a steep sheep country. 11 paddocks, mix of 8 and 2 wire fencing. Water supply ex spring pumped to tanks with 70,000 litre storage. On average 130 bales of silage made. Good fertiliser history. Currently farmed in conjunction with larger drystock unit so stocking rates vary but on average lightly winter stocked at 250 ewe hogget's, 100 M/A ewes and 80/100 R1 cattle. Approximately 25km from Te Kawa crossroads. Opportunity to build your dream home and enjoy the scenic views and all that rural living has to offer.

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TURAKINA, WHANGANUI 417 Turakina Valley Road Quality Soils Situated 25km from Whanganui and 16km from Marton, is this 92.33 hectares approximately bare land property in two titles (subject to survey).

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Featuring quality soil types consisting of Te Arakura silt loam and Halcombe silt loam hill. Good water from two bores. An opportunity to suit all farming operations, finishing, cropping, in a great location. Call now for further information.

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Farm Productive Foxton Farm - 62.9059 hectares

$11.5m + gst Located in the central heart of the Taranaki, this chicken broiler farm offers a solid business income and may be the perfect opportunity to make the change and embrace a unique country lifestyle. Set on 5.0425ha (approx. 12.5 acres) and enjoying stunning open rural views the property is only a short drive to good schooling and community hubs and 15km (approx.) to New Plymouth with all that has to offer.

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The 3-bedroom family home is very comfortable and has recently been fully refurbished. A separate double garage has an adjoining rumpus/games room for the family to spread out. All of the 8 broiler units have been well maintained, fully upgraded and automated to a high standard. An array of support buildings including implement shed, office, feed silos, generators and other assets make this a very attractive property. Recent improvements to the operation include natural energy and water harvesting facilities that have received recognition and environmental awards.

137 Himatangi Block Road, Foxton

An extremely profitable business showing exceptional returns – don’t delay, enquire now.

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• This 62.9ha (155 acre) ex-dairy farm is well located 8km from Foxton and 28km from Palmerston North • Approximately 40ha of highly productive Carnarvon soils • Past history of potatoes and maize. • Subdivided into 25 paddocks; includes an excellent workshop • 1890’s homestead has a commanding hilltop position • Layout includes 5 bedrooms and three living rooms set among mature grounds • First time on the market after 90 years in the same family

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Bloomfield Station 152.9 ha that is approx 80% grass, balance bush. Subdivided into approx 45 paddocks by mainly electric fences & well raced to 70% of the farm.

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Rotten rock quarry, lots of outbuildings, cattle & sheep yards. Tidal river runs through the property, good natural water & HP to troughs. Currently running approx 200 breeding cows & replacements & 50 ewes. 4 bdrm home with open plan living.

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Tender Tender: Closes 4.00pm Thursday 5th May 2022 at 56 Stafford Street Feilding. Open Farm: Wednesday 6th, 13th, 20th April 1.00 - 2.30pm Robert Dabb 027 255 3992 robert@rals.co.nz Richard Anderson 027 543 1610 richard@rals.co.nz Rural and Lifestyle Sales.com Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

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Faithfully farmed by the same family for 135 appointment with Vendor’s agent. years, now it is your turn to take over the mantle FOR SALE BY TENDER Tender closing 12.30pm, of Bloomfield Station, a 593 hectare (1,466 acre) 20th May 2022 sheep and beef farm located in the heart of the Tararua. Mainly effective, with 223ha (approx) easy to rolling-medium contour, Bloomfield Station Jerome Pitt is located 43km from Dannevirke and enjoys M: 027 242 2199 excellent infrastructure, a good fertiliser history H: 06 374 4107 and a solid production history. The stunning 4 E: jeromep@forfarms.co.nz bedroom + office homestead complemented by the inground pool, tennis court and sleepout are an added bonus. For sale by tender on the 20th May 2022, this is a property you do not want to miss out on. Contact me today for more information and to book your appointment to view.

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Currently operated as an investment with one full-time manager plus a further fulltime labour unit, the property and business includes all necessary equipment required day to day along with training and assistance for new operators.

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An interesting and versatile property, situated in a great location midway Te Awamutu and Otorohanga, and very close to SH3,is now available for 1 June 2022 settlement. • • • • • • • •

83 Te Kawa Road, R D 3, Te Awamutu 116.4791 hectares - current land use dairying contour varies from flats to easy rolling to smaller area of steeper hill soil types include mairoa ash, puniu silt loam and clay loam well subdivided; v.g access via a ring race system with additional side races water supply - 2 x deepwell bores to tank; hp pump to the farm and dwellings calving approx. 310-315 cows; av. production approx. 123,000-124,000 kgs ms good 36 a/s farm dairy; spacious yard & sufficient concrete to hold the total herd

Ph Brian Peacocke 021 373 113

• a good range of implement shedding, calf rearing facilities & supporting buildings • two dwellings including:(i) 4 brm homestead, ensuite, kitchen/dining, lounge; separate double garage (ii) 3 bedroom dwelling; open plan living; separate double garage • very well located with utility services in close proximity and a great range of primary and secondary schooling within easy reach • versatility of land use is a significant feature; options could include a mix of dairying, dairy support, intensive beef finishing and / or maize growing

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A lovely quality dairy farm, situated in the Ohaupo district within easy reach of Te Awamutu, Cambridge & Hamilton, is now being offered for sale for the first time in 50 years. 427 Ryburn Road, R D 3, Ohaupo 67.72 hectares - extensive road frontage; multiple titles flat contour, sandy loam and silt loam soils access from Ryburn Road and Sing Road; stream on the southern boundary very attractive with a scattering of mature specimen trees, v.g. races & subdivision calving approx. 240 cows on a high input system, under a split calving basis, 50/50 autumn and spring • average production approx. 140,000 kgs milk solids

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• numerous buildings; 16 a/s farm dairy with 23 sets of cups, 2 x large herd homes, extensive concrete area with feed pad; multiple feed bunkers; v.g. effluent system • two dwellings including:(i) 4 yr homestead, 3 brms, ensuite, open plan living, dble gge, additional shedding (ii) 3 brm home with usual amenities including heating, insulation and garaging • excellent central Waikato location enhanced by superb views to the spectacular bush-clad mountains of Pirongia and Maungatautari • a great district with multiple options for schooling

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GENERAL MANAGER - THE VET CENTRE, NORTHLAND

• 380 cow showcase farm with education at its heart • Unique opportunity to lead a team implementing future focused farming practices • Grow your career, profile and knowledge in one smart move

From the mighty Kaipara (the southern hemisphere’s largest harbor did you know), to Bream Bay, mid western communities and everything in between, The Vet Centre takes its responsibilities to their communities, their people and their animals seriously. Set up in the 1960’s as an incorporated society, The Vet Centre (as it is known today) has a proud community service history and is part of this growing and popular part of Northland that remains within easy reach of Auckland.

Owl Farm, Cambridge, is working at the forefront of industry best practice. It is an integral part of the St Peter’s School campus, providing a diverse environment for learning.

The General Manager leads the business. From strategy to finance, people leadership to business development, the buck stops with you. Supported by an elected Executive Committee you are charged with keeping this strong and healthy business in shape and fit for the future.

The farm is set up for success there’s no doubt: • Great on-farm and support team in place • Top 6% BW herd in NZ • Use of technology on farm includes ACRs, Auto-teat sprayer, Pro-track drafting and Halter • Modern effluent pond and extended effluent area • 160ha nestled in beautiful grounds between the school campus and the Waikato river • Prime dairy land on fertile Allophanic soils

And changes are coming. As an incorporated society all profits are invested back into the business or passed on to members by way of reduced fees. The goal is to balance a thriving work environment for our people with a thriving and wellsupported mixed animal veterinary service for our community members. What we’re looking for is a modern change leader who can help shape and then guide The Vet Centre on this evolving journey as a people, customer and animal centric service business.

But more importantly, it is a place where a smart, mature leader can shape the next stage of their career in a high profile role that is much more than you’d expect. On offer is: o a great salary and work vehicle o 10-yr old 4-bed Lockwood house o access to school facilities (eg pool, gym) o the ability to develop leadership skills within the industry o 12/2 roster Jul – Dec then 10/4 roster Jan – May o a supportive farm management team o guidance and technical expertise from industry partners o the ability to bring new ideas and thinking and shape the farm systems and environment of the future If the thought of influencing the future is spinning your wheels, then find out more apply though our People partners No8HR today at www.no8hr.co.nz (Ref#8HR32099).

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It goes without saying that you’ll have a strong leadership track record working within a business that has smart and skilled practice and technical leaders. You’ll understand the collegial environment that makes great veterinary practices perform at their best, and you’ll have the depth of business experience to oversee and take responsibility for whole of business performance. And this is a business that has been serious about investing in its people and services. From the provision of great work environments, support for the professional development of their team, and practice growth to ensure our communities have a practice near, our community and people centric Executive Committee work diligently and passionately to support the business and its people. But enough about us, what’s most important in our search for our new General Manager is that we understand you… what you want, what a great job looks like or you, and what you need to be successful. So, if you’re looking to work in an area recognised for its lifestyle benefits and are already a proven leader, then take a closer look… we might be the career surprise you’ve been looking for. Find out more at www.no8hr.co.nz today!

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Friday 8 April, 10am Palmerston Saleyards Calves yarded overnight and sold over scales. Sale livestreamed on bidr www.bidr.co.nz Compromising approx: • 412 Angus & Angus X Steer Calves • 60 Simmental/Hereford X Steer Calves • 85 Hereford Steer Calves • 260 Angus & Angus X Heifer Calves • 155 Hereford Heifer Calves • 40 Simmental/Hereford Heifer Calves Enquiries: Gerard Shea (PGW) 027 442 5379 Don Roney (RLL) 027 435 7434

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A LIFETIME OF BREEDING COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL Tuesday 19th April 2022 ON A/C: PJ & JM CROSSAN 255 Kaituna Rd, Maketu 12 Noon Comprising 136 Crossbreed Cows BW173 PW212 Calving from 20th July 2022 to Forward Pack Tailed with Friesian Bull 6 Contract Mated 38 R2Yr Incalf Heifers BW212 PW244 Calving from 20th July 2022 Mated to Jersey Bulls 1 Contract Mated 38 YEARS OF BREEDING If you are looking for quality you will not want to miss this sale. Contact: Chris Martelletti 027 497 3802 Shaun Bicknell 027 221 1977 Hybrid Auction Sale streamed live via MyLiveStock Visit MyLiveStock for photos and videos

TE KUITI SALEYARDS Thursday 21st April 2022

Commencing 12 Noon A/c: BEAULY TRUST E & J FRASER 200 x M/A Angus Cows 40 x 21⁄2Yr Angus Heifers 50 x 11⁄2Yr Angus Heifers VIC Angus Bull - 12th Dec. - 7th Feb. Herd based on Springdale & Shian Bloodlines Capital stock, farm sold, C10 A/c: BANCROFT TRUST G & A CARMICHAEL 78 x M/A Angus Cows 21 x 21⁄2Yr Angus Heifers 37 x 11⁄2Yr Angus Heifers VIC Angus Bull 5th Nov. - 5th Jan. Herd based on Atahua-Merchiston Bloodlines •Both lines are Hill country Cows with great temperament and will be drafted into age groups to suit all purchasers• Contact: Alan Hiscox 0274 428 434 Hybrid Auction Sale streamed live via MyLiveStock COVID CERTIFICATES AND MASKS MANDATORY

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Sale Dates: Helping grow the country

All sales starting at 12noon

Outstanding High Index Jersey Herd BW 250 PW 260 RA 98%

MASTERTON & MARTINBOROUGH WEANER STEER & HEIFER FAIR

268 Jersey Cows

BWs up to 485, PWs up to 722. Cows sold first 2 days 86 Jersey in calf heifers, BW average of line 286, in calf heifers sold 3rd day TB C10, Lepto vaccinated, BVD negative & calves vaccinated for IBR. An outstanding herd of strong constituted Jersey cows bred by the use of nominated AB sires since the herds inception in the 1980s. Several bulls have gone to AB companies with Posterity prefix. Several females being offered carry LIC contracts. The herd is within the top 5% for all Jersey herds. Run under System 3 at a stocking rate of 4.6 cows/ha averaging in excess of 1900kgs ms/ha & in excess of 400kgs ms/cow. Calving commences early July & after AB all were run with DNA profiled Jersey bulls. Bulls out 17/12/21. Several lines of heifers have been sold over the years with very good results. Open day viewing for interested people: Monday 11th April & Tuesday 12th April from 12.30pm These top quality high index Jersey females are recommended to those in need of genuine replacements. Catalogues are available online at www.jersey.org.nz or www.pggwrightson.co.nz or from the auctioneers, PGG Wrightson Hamilton & branches. Contact: Andrew Reyland (PGW) 027 223 7092 Brian Robinson (BRLL) 027 241 0051

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TE KUITI WEANER STEER & BULL FAIR Thursday 7th April – Start 12noon 1100 Weaners comprising of 700 Wnr Angus strs 80 Wnr Simm x strs 140 Wnr Char x strs 120 Wnr Angus x strs 10 Wnr Shorthoren x strs 25 Wnr Murray Grey bulls 20 Wnr Hereford bulls

Good milky Friesian, Crossbred & Jersey Cows. Good demand for High BW Empties. Clients are looking for good sound Young Empties. If you are looking for good milky empties you should attend this sale.

Comprising: •

High Premiums Paid For Young Empty Cows Morrinsville Dairy Complex Thursday 7th April 2022 and every Thursday thereafter Empty Cows 12 Noon Approximate tally of 300

Masterton & Martinborough Weaner Steer Tuesday 5th April 2022, 11.30am

Masterton & Martinborough Weaner Heifer

Wednesday 6th April 2022, 11.30am

Comprising: Steers: 1920

Heifers: 660

Market Report Elite Empty Cows $2000 Top Frsn & XBD Cows $1100 - $1300 Good Frsn & XBD Cows $800 - $950 Top Jsy Cows $700 - $800 Good/Medium Jsy Cows $450 - $600 Lesser Empties $600 - $750

Friday 8th April – Start 12noon

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White Rock Station 180 Angus Steers Patuna Partnership 50 Angus Steers

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Vendors - Dick and Faye Post 130 Scotsmans Valley Road, Tauwhare RD7 Hamilton 3287

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735 Weaners comprising of 430 Wnr Angus hfrs 250 Wnr Exotic x hfrs 50 Wnr Pure Hereford hfrs 15 Wnr Murray Grey hfrs

Kevin Mortensen (PGW) 027 473 5858 Brett Wallbank (NZ Farmers) 027 488 1299 Andrew Jardine (Carrfields) 027 397 7005

2nd Quality In milk Rising 2nd Calvers Annual Auction

Orui Station 90 Stabiliser Steers

A/c JCB Farms – Neil & Trudy Vince

Waitoi 75 Angus Steers Wainuioru Station 60 Hereford Steers Taharoa 130 Angus & Angus/Hereford Steers Blue Creek 50 Angus Steers Contact: PGG Wrightson Steve Wilkinson 027 594 5110 Carrfields Carey Ashwell 021 433 274

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Date and Location 8th April 2022 @ 137 Lower Lepper Rd, Inglewood FN 43106 Start 11am Herd Details 217 x In milk Friesian Cross Vetted In calf Cows BW 175, PW 237 RA:98% Lepto vaccinated, TB clear, Low somatic cell count herd. Calving from 27/7/22, 4.5 week mating to Friesian & Xbred straws, tailed with Jersey bull.

Auctioneers Note: NZ Farmers Livestock and Progressive Livestock are pleased to bring you the Vince’s 2nd Annual auction of outstanding 2nd calvers. These animals have been herd tested and scc averaging 60,000 so far this season. Vetted and dated in calf 15/3/22, they will be scanned again 1/4/22. This the 2nd sale for our vendor with great remarks from last years purchasers, it is a great opportunity to purchase young in milk cows.

Open Day for viewing Thursday 7th April 12 - 3pm 137 Lower Lepper Road, Inglewood Payment and delivery terms: Payment due 14 days from sale unless prior arrangement has been made. Delivery following week of sale unless prior arrangement has been made. Progressive Livestock Vendor Agent Kent Myers 027 247 6970

NZFLL Vendor Agent Sheldon Keech 027 222 7920

Taranaki PLL Agents Kim Harrison 027 288 6845 John Davidson 027 452 3882

Taranaki NZFLL Steve Quinnell 027 552 3514 John Preece 027 702 9988

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HEREFORD HERD DISPERSAL

205 R3YR HEIFERS VIC 10th Nov 2 cycles 332 R4–9YR COWS VIC 25th Nov 2 cycles 99 R4–9YR COWS VIC 3rd cycle, due 15th Oct 66 R9&10YR COWS VIC 25th Nov 140 R2YR Empty HEIFERS 12 R3–6YR Koanui Hereford BULLS More info, photo’s, video’s detail etc Call or email Ross Dyer 0274 333381 or ross@dyerlivestock.co.nz

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Mon 11th April - 12 Noon 885 HEAD 340 Steers

45 AB H/Frsn - 61 Angus - 74 Ang Here 30 Exotics - 30 Char Frsn 100 Here Frsn

109 Bulls

9 Angus - 18 Hereford - 12 Exotics 40 Here/Ang Frsn - 30 Friesian

335 Heifers

28 AB H/Frsn - 40 Angus - 60 Ang Here 50 Exotics - 23 Hereford 83 Char Frsn - 50 Here Frsn 100 Older Cattle after the Weaners Details at www.centrallivestock.co.nz Auctioneers Central Livestock Ltd 027 4956031 PGG Wrightson Ltd 027 4720901 Bid on-line with BIDR

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COMPLETE DISPERSAL AUCTION Long Established Quality Friesian Dairies A/c BUSHVIEW HOLSTEIN PARTNERSHIP Tuesday 19th April 2022 at 252 Opunake Rd, Stratford Taranaki – D/C OC 26144 Start Time: 11:00am will be available for online bidding

COALGATE SALEYARDS Tuesday 3rd May - 1pm start Viewing from 10am On A/C of Franco & Graziani Luporini >190 Mixed Age Cows >40 18 Month Bulls >80 Heifer Calves

Contact Javier DDI: 06 323 0761 Mob: 027 602 4925 livestock@globalhq.co.nz

>100 R2 Heifers >80 Bull Calves >TB Status C10

This sale brings a great opportunity to purchase stud and commercial cattle. This stud is performance driven and run under commercial conditions.

Material deadline: Tuesday April 12 - 4pm

DETAILS: • Sold in-milk – calving dates scanned, TBC10, Lepto Vacc • DTC from 23/7 – 6wks Nom AB matingtailed Frsn/Hfd – out 20/12/21 • 570 kg/ms avg. production – 100,000 SCC – in shed feeding • Herd established 35yrs – specifically bred for type and production • Top cow has BW242 PW510 due 23/7 to Avatar

For a sale catalogue please visit www.hazlett.nz/livestock/sale-catalogues/ Further enquiries: Callum Dunnett 027 462 0126 Ed Marfell 027 462 0120

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Please note: This auction will be conducted under the current Covid-19 rules & regulations.

PAYMENT TERMS:

Contact Javier: 0800 85 25 80 or email livestock@globalhq.co.nz

50% within 14 days – 50% due 20/10/22 – deliveries immediate or to suit transport CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENTS: Colin Dent 027 646 8908 or colin.dent@carrfields.co.nz Luke Gilbert 027 849 2112 or luke.gilbert@carrfields.co.nz VENDORS: Mark Rowland & Jo Dorn 027 495 7728 VIEW OUR CATALOGUE AT:

www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz UPCOMING AUCTIONS

MONDAY 11 APRIL 11.30am Capacious G3 Profiled Herd Auction A/C Oakline Trust 12.00pm Kohitiata Dairy Sale 1.00pm Nokomai Station 5th Annual Autumn Lamb Muster

SOUTH ISLAND CALF SALES WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 10.00am Canterbury Park Calf Sale 10.30am Charlton 1st Calf Sale FRIDAY 8 APRIL 10.00am Palmerston Calf Sale

Regular Livestream coverage of five North Island Saleyards Head to bidr.co.nz to find out more.

Taihape / Ruapehu Weaner Deer Sale

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What: Red and hybrid weaner stag and hind sale Quality hill country breeding Renowned for shifting well Weaned 1 month prior to sale Yersiniosis vaccinated

When: Stags – Monday 11 April at 12pm Hinds – Tuesday 12 April at 12pm Where: Waiouru Deer Selling Complex

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Contact: Andrew Peters 027 388 0039

Easter Early Booking Deadline Get your April 18 Farmers Weekly bookings in by midday Tuesday April 12.

COMPRISING: 94 x Spring Calving in-milk cows 11 x In-milk MT cows 20 x In-calf heifers 20 x R1 heifers 3 x Maiden 3yr heifers 126 x Semen straws comprising – EX2-1, EX-3, VG89-1, VG88-6, VG87VG86-7, VG86-7 VG85-14, GP-42

WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 1.00pm Farleigh Southern Selection Sale 2022 Edition 7.00pm Cawdor 2nd Annual Reduction Sale THURSDAY 7 APRIL 11.00am Okawa Holsteins Full Herd Dispersal 7.00pm Dairy Sale A/C Payne Genetics

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FARFIELD ANGUS DISPERSAL SALE

HIGH PERFORMANCE IN-MILK HERD

HIGH INDEXED – CLOSED HERD LIC Nominated Bred Herd for 60+ yrs A/c 7OFUS LTD – GASKELL FAMILY Wednesday 20th April 2022 160 Hinuera Rd, Matamata D/N 77466 Start Time: 11:00am will be available for online bidding

Owned and nominated LIC breeding for 50+ years A/c D M HARRIS Thursday 14th April 2022 182 Morrinsville/Tahuna Road Morrinsville 10:30am (Machinery sold first) will be available for online bidding

COMPRISING: 300 x Predom Xbred Herd – BW194 PW246 R/A 100% 79 x R1 Heifers BW252 PW273 Outstanding Heifers (Heifers to be sold in 4 equal LIC computer split BW groups) Never been offered for sale prior to Auction

COMPRISING: 260x Frsn/FrsnX Herd – BW98 PW151 LW152 R/A 100% 28x Frsn in-calf heifers – BW223 PW245 mated to AB 2wks

DETAILS: • Calving 12/7 to LIC nominated sexed semen – AB 5wks • HB shed, 485 MS/Cow & 100,000 SCC consistent for years • System 3.5 feeding, TB10, Lepto Vacc, salmonella vacc • Herd T/O with Jersey bulls out 20/12/21 all mating dates confirmed • First 3wks AB are all sex semen • Herd has 75% 6wk in-calf rate this season – no feed pad

DETAILS: • A beautiful herd of predominately Friesian cows, in great condition • Consistent production of 580 m/s per cow. System 4 feeding • DTC 1/7 to nom LIC custom mate for 5.5wks. Bulls out 8/12 • In-calf heifers DTC 1/7 to AB, t/off Jrsy. Bulls out 8/12 • HB shed, TB10, Lepto Vacc. Always MBovis clear • Production to 15/12 406ms/cow, SCC avges 115,000 per season • All calving dates confirmed by Vet. 6x Herd Tests annually MACHINERY 3PL Bertolini tractor sprayer – Condor calf tank on wheels with Honda motor – 3500L SS tank on wheels – Refrigeration unit – Aitchison bike spreader – 2x 1000L plastic pods – Giltrap transport tray – Aitchison Mag bike spreader – Gibbins bike trailer & crate – 60t calf feeder – 500L QH tank, 6m Hydraulic roller tiller – 2 x 2.5m tandem discs – Vicon single row maize chopper – plus sundries Please note: This auction date is scheduled subject to any changes due to Covid-19 regulations. PAYMENT TERMS: Delayed payment is due on 1st June 2022. All dairies sold must be off the farm within 7 days of auction. CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENTS: Matthew Hancock 027 601 3787 matthew.hancock@carrfields.co.nz Luke Gilbert 027 849 2112 luke.gilbert@carrfields.co.nz VENDOR: Dave Harris 027 602 5259

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: The farm has been sold – this high-class herd has outstanding dairy type and excellent udders. Extremely valuable replacement heifer calves guaranteed with sexed semen. Consistent performance – reliability from selected genetics – focused management and loved dairy cows for 60+ yrs. Totally recommended – sold in-milk on auction day. All cows and heifers in great order. This is an outstanding opportunity to purchase from a top-of-the-line herd. Please note: This auction will be conducted under the current Covid-19 rules & regulations.

PAYMENT TERMS: Delayed payment is due on 1st June 2022. Grazing to end of May for farmers without access to farms. CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENTS: Pat Sheely 027 496 0153 or pat.sheely@carrfields.co.nz John Price 027 594 2544 or john.price@carrfields.co.nz Kelly Higgins 027 600 2374 or kelly.higgins@carrfields.co.nz VENDORS: Neil (Flick) & Donna Gaskell Neil 027 437 7943 VIEW OUR CATALOGUE AT

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HEREFORD HEIFER & COW HERD Dispersal Private Sale

PROGRESSIVE LIVESTOCK LTD

FOR SALE CRV Holland Genetics Spring Calving Herd 390x 2-8 year old Cows Calving 1/8/22-30/9/22 700 MS/Cow 2000ms p/ha SCC avg 80,000 TB C10

Key: Dairy

Due to another farm going into pine trees Complete Hereford Cow herd dispersal

GLENBROOK STATION PUTORINO Selling by Private Treaty on the Farm Thursday 7th April 2022 100% Koanui Breeding • 205 2YR Heifers VIC Here Bull 10th Nov 2 cycles $1650 & $1550 • 93 3YR Cows VIC Here Bull 25th Nov 2 cycles $1650 • 73 4YR Cows VIC Here Bull 25th Nov 2 cycles $1550 • 166 5,6,7,8YR Cows VIC Here Bull 25th Nov 2 cycles $1400 • 99 3YR–8YR Cows VIC 3rd cycle Due 15th Oct. $1350 • 66 9&10YR Cows VIC 25th Nov. $1200 • 12 R3-R6YR Koanui Hereford Bulls

Elite Friesian In Calf Heifers

18 Contracted Heifers can be purchased as a Line.

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18 have been contract mated. Balance mated to Sexed Semen. Extremely well grown.

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NATIONWIDE DAIRY SPECIALISTS To view our listings and for more information on our upcoming Dairy Herd Auctions, visit: www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz

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• 3 Holstein Friesian M/A Cows, In-milk & In-calf • 26 2020 Born Holstein Friesian and Ayrshire In-calf heifers • 7 2021 Autumn Born Holstein Friesian and Ayrshire heifers • 22 2021 Spring Born Holstein Friesian and Ayrshire heifers

Monday 11th April • OAKLINE TRUST (P & K Midgley) 140 Frsn/FrsnX 10 Ayrsh & 7 Jrsy Cows, Hawera Call Daniel Hornby 027 636 2090

Tuesday 19th April • BUSHVIEW HOLSTEIN P/SHIP 94 In-Milk Cows, 11 In-Milk MT’s, 20 I/C Hfrs, 20 R1 Hfrs, 3 Maiden 3yr Hfrs, 126 AB Straws, Stratford Call Colin Dent 027 646 8908 or Luke Gilbert 027 849 2112

Established 20yrs & always LIC Bred A/c OAKLINE TRUST Paul & Kirsten Midgley Monday 11th April 2022 865 Auroa Road, Kaponga, Taranaki Start time: 11:30am will be available for online bidding

Please note: This auction will be conducted under the current Covid-19 rules & regulations.

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Friday 22nd April • LAWWAL HOLSTEINS THE LEGACY In Honour of Aman Fundraiser & Open Day Sale, 53 lots, Gordonton Call Matt Hancock 027 601 3787 Thursday 28th April • CRUSE LIVESTOCK 155 In-milk Xbred cows Cambridge Saleyards Call Mike McKenzie 027 674 1149 Wednesday 4th May • RICHVIEW/RALPH & OTHER VENDORS 100 Frsn/FrsnX Cows + surplus lines, Cambridge Saleyards Call Matt Hancock 027 601 3787 or Kelly Higgins 027 600 2374

Wednesday 11th May • GRAZE COWS LTD 450 Frsn/FrsnX Cows, 30 I/C hfrs & Machinery, Morrinsville Call Matt Hancock 027 601 3787 Friday 13th May • VINCE STEINER – BROOKVIEW GENETICS Ayrshire/Frsn Stud 20 Cows, 20 R2yrs, 60 R1yrs, Tokoroa Call John Price 027 594 2544 or Luke Gilbert 027 849 2112 Wednesday 18th May • GUBB FARMS & OTHER VENDORS 100 Frsn Cows + Surplus lines, Matamata Saleyards Call Reuben Wright 027 284 6384 or John Price 027 594 2544 Contact your local agent or call: Paul Kane: 027 286 9279 National Dairy & Live Export Coordinator

Cattle

A/C Greg & Jake Lochead 240A Strange Road, RD2, Te Aroha Comprising: • 280 Jersey & XBred Incalf Dairy Cows BW 170 PW 194 RA 93% Due to our vendors selling their farm, this quality CRV herd will be offered for auction. Cows are due to calve from 15th July 2022, to nominated sires Carrick, Connacht, Dominator, Enterprise, Quigley, & Showman for 3 weeks, then tailed with Jersey & Angus bulls. Cows are producing 385 MS per cow on a system 3 with SCC 150,000 C10, Lepto vaccinated, MBovis not detected. Cows will be in-milk on sale day. Immediate delivery or no later than 29th April due to farm sale. If you are in search of quality cows, we encourage you to attend this fixture. Online bidding available on sale day via Bidr, please register well prior to sale day. Sale catalogues available visit www.agonline.co.nz Contact: Greg (Vendor) 021 331 031 Allan Jones (PGW) 027 224 0768 Watch and Bid from anywhere. For more info visit www.bidr.co.nz

Sheep

Other

TAIHAPE RUAPEHU WEANER DEER SALES Waiouru Deer Selling Complex Monday 11th April

Hybrid & Red Deer Stags • Approx 1000 Stags

Tuesday 12th April

Hybrid & Red Deer Hinds • Approx 1000 Hinds Quality hill country breeding, weaned 1 month prior to sale. Yersiniosis vaccinated. Contact: Gareth Williams 0275 264 613 Steve Annan NI Deer & Velvet Co-ordinator 0272 156 671

NOKOMAI STATION 5TH ANNUAL AUTUMN MUSTER LAMB SALE Monday 11th April, 1.00pm On Farm: (signposted SH 6 between Five Rivers and Athol) Comprising: • 7500 Half bred Wether Lambs • 3000 Half bred Ewe Lambs • 800 Texel x MS Lambs Complete line of wethers undrafted that will be sorted into lines. These lambs have a fantastic reputation for growing out to good weights with an average of 21 micron as hoggets for wool. Lambs have been dipped twice, had a triple drench on 15th March, and crutched. Please have transport organised. SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON FARM, AS WELL AS IN ASSOCIATION WITH BIDR, FOR ON LINE BIDDING. Barry McAlister (PGW) 027 441 6432 James Hore (Vendor) 021 301 797 Watch and Bid from anywhere. For more info visit www.bidr.co.nz Hybrid Livestreamed Auctions

Tuesday 12th April, 11.00am

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Call Javier: 0800 85 25 80

JERSEY & XBRED CRV INMILK CLEARING SALE

Friday 6th May • B & G FARRELL 500 high producing In-Milk Autumn Cows & Machinery, Whangarei Call Reuben Wright 027 284 6384

PAYMENT TERMS:

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Thursday 21st April • PENOAK FARMS 200 Frsn/FrsnX Cows, 70 I/C Hfrs, Matamata Saleyards Call John Price 027 594 2544

DETAILS: • Milked in HB – Htested, calving dates confirmed • DTC 21/7 to LIC 5wks, t/off Xbred bulls • Avg 480kg/ms, 125,000 SCC, 12% MT rates • TB C10, Lepto & BVD Vacc, herd established for 20 years • Capacity styled cows in very good condition. All G3 profiled Delivery immediately or by the 31st May for farmers without access to farms

CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENTS: Daniel Hornby 027 636 2090 daniel.hornby@carrfields.co.nz Brent Espin 027 551 3660 brent.espin@carrfields.co.nz

Catalogue available at bidr.co.nz or from selling agents. Mike VanderLinden (PGW) 027 609 9187 Brian Robinson (BRL) 027 241 0051

Wednesday 20th April • 7OFUS LTD (Gaskell Family) 300 Xbred Cows, 80 R1 Hfrs Matamata Call Pat Sheely 027 496 0153

COMPRISING: 160x LIC Bred in-milk herd – BW155/55 PW216/65 R/A 100% (140 Frsn/FrsnX, 10 Ayrshire and 7 Jersey cows)

FAIRLEIGH SOUTHERN SELECTION SALE 2022 EDITION

A/c Fairleigh Dairy Farm Ltd 1196 Greenvale Road, Kelso, West Otago

Thursday 14th April • DM HARRIS 260 Frsn/FrsnX Cows, 28 Frsn In-calf hfrs, Morrinsville Call Matt Hancock 027 601 3787

CAPACIOUS G3 PROFILED HERD AUCTION

A/c Taradale Farm 70 Angus strs A/c GB & JZ Chambers 70 Angus strs A/c Kiridale Stn 40 Angus strs (McFadzen bred) Contact: Kevin Mortensen 027 473 5858

Holstein Friesian & Ayrshire Sale Wednesday 6th April, 1.00pm

CONFIRMED DAIRY AUCTIONS:

Colin Old 027 870 4434 Steve Old 027 684 7225

Thursday 7th April, 12pm start

Special entries

Contact Ross Dyer 0274 333 381 or ross@dyerlivestock.co.nz

Will Computer Split $2300

TE KUITI WEANER FAIR Total yarding 1100 head. PGG Wrightson entries include: • 300 Angus strs • 80 Simm x strs • 60 Char x strs • 30 Char Angus x strs • 120 Angus x strs • 10 Shorthorn x strs • 25 Murray grey bulls • 10 Hereford bulls

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Bloodline ex Mount View Polled Hereford Stud, Oropi Tauranga, Est 1940s. 23x R3 $1,500, 19x R4 $1,500, 25x MA $1,400. Calving 31/8/2023 to 20/11/2023. Vet PT dates available. R3s have had calves. BVD free & vac. C10. Contact: Joe (CM) Hodge – 027 280 6747 Benneydale

TARANAKI HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN BREEDERS SALE Tuesday 12th April, 12.00pm

50 Denbigh Road, Midhirst - Stratford Comprising: • 21 In-calf H/F Heifers • 3 In -calf H/F Cows • 11 R1yr H/F Heifers Our vendors have made an effort to select females from their best cow families each year. This policy is paying dividends with many purchasers returning to buy. Having recently viewed in-milk cows and heifers sold previously at this sale which are now excelling at their new location’s, we can confidently recommend the animals with in this catalogue. This sale will also be available on Bidr. Sale catalogues available visit www.agonline.co.nz Contact: Andrew Gibson 027 444 0108 Andrew Reyland 027 223 7098 Watch and Bid from anywhere. For more info visit www.bidr.co.nz

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Market Snapshot brought to you by the AgriHQ analysts.

Mel Croad

Suz Bremner

Reece Brick

Fiona Quarrie

Hayley O’Driscoll

Caitlin Pemberton

Deer

Sheep

Cattle BEEF

SHEEP MEAT

VENISON

Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

5.95

5.10

NI lamb (17kg)

8.30

6.65

NI Stag (60kg)

7.95

5.35

NI Bull (300kg)

5.90

5.05

NI mutton (20kg)

5.75

5.10

SI Stag (60kg)

8.00

5.35

NI Cow (200kg)

3.95

4.05

3.50

SI lamb (17kg)

8.15

6.40

SI Steer (300kg)

5.80

5.85

4.60

SI mutton (20kg)

5.50

5.05

SI Bull (300kg)

5.70

5.75

4.55

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

SI Cow (200kg)

3.85

3.95

3.20

UK CKT lamb leg

13.42

13.51

10.84

US imported 95CL bull

10.27

9.98

8.07

US domestic 90CL cow

9.00

9.02

7.29

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Last week Prior week

Last year

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

South Island steer slaughter price

7.0

10.0 South Island lamb slaughter price

5.5

7.0

Oct

Dec 5-yr ave

Feb

Coarse xbred ind. 5-yr ave

Dairy

Jun

2020-21

Aug 2021-22

Apr 2020-21

Jun

Aug 2021-22

Last week

Prior week

Last year

2.46

2.52

2.41

Urea

1205

1165

654

373

312

1390

1345

941

2.25

30 micron lamb

2.40

2.50

2.60

DAP

Top 10 by Market Cap

450 400 350

Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22 Sept. 2022

DAIRY FUTURES (US$/T)

Mar-21

May-21

Jul-21

Sep-21

Nov-21

Jan-22

Mar-22

CANTERBURY FEED BARLEY Prior week

vs 4 weeks ago

WMP

4600

4750

4950

SMP

4375

4050

AMF

6640

6850

Butter

6100

6200

5975

Milk Price

9.66

9.69

9.73

500

$/tonne

Last price*

400

Mar-21

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

May-21

Jul-21

Sep-21

Nov-21

Jan-22

Mar-22

WAIKATO PALM KERNEL

5000

450

$/tonne

4800 US$/t

450

350

* price as at close of business on Thursday

4600 4400 4200

Apr

May Jun Latest price

Jul

Aug 2021-22

Last year

Company

YTD High

YTD Low

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd

24.35

33.4

23.48

Meridian Energy Limited (NS)

5.05

5.36

4.33

Auckland International Airport Limited

7.83

7.935

6.88

Spark New Zealand Limited

4.58

4.795

4.3

Mainfreight Limited

83.75

94.4

75.11

Mercury NZ Limited (NS)

5.95

6.36

5.45

Ebos Group Limited

41.47

43.13

36.11 7.55

Contact Energy Limited

8.15

8.42

Infratil Limited

8.25

8.34

7.5

Fletcher Building Limited

6.38

7.44

6.13

Listed Agri Shares Company

Nearby contract

Jun

Prior week

2.65

$/tonne Jul-21 Sep-21 Sept. 2021

Apr 2020-21

Last week

2.40

CANTERBURY FEED WHEAT

$/kg MS

May-21

NZ average (NZ$/t)

37 micron ewe

500

Mar-21

Feb

Fertiliser Super

Grain

Data provided by

MILK PRICE FUTURES 10.00 9.50 9.00 8.50 8.00 7.50 7.00 6.50 6.00

Dec

FERTILISER

(NZ$/kg)

4.5 Apr

Oct

5-yr ave

WOOL

5.0

Feb

7.0 5.0

6.0

Dec

8.0 6.0

8.0

5.0

Oct

9.0

6.0

6.5

4.0

South Island stag slaughter price

11.0

9.0

4.0

$/kg CW

7.0

10.0

4.5

7.0 5.0

5.0

8.0

6.0

5.5

9.0

6.0

Last year

10.0

9.0

6.5

Last week Prior week

North Island stag slaughter price

11.0

$/kg CW

North Island steer slaughter price

7.0

North Island lamb slaughter price

10.0

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Sara Hilhorst

Ingrid Usherwood

Aug 4 weeks ago

Sep

400

5pm, close of market, Thursday Close

YTD High

YTD Low

ArborGen Holdings Limited

0.24

0.27

0.215

The a2 Milk Company Limited

5.64

6.39

5.31

Comvita Limited

3.48

3.78

3.22

Delegat Group Limited

13.2

14.45

12.5

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

3.41

3.78

3.29

Foley Wines Limited

1.5

1.57

1.42

Greenfern Industries Limited

0.16

0.25

0.155

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

1.73

1.3

Marlborough Wine Estates Group Limited

0.225

0.26

0.21

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

0.92

1.38

0.9

PGG Wrightson Limited

4.43

5.76

4.39

Rua Bioscience Limited

0.4

0.53

0.39

Sanford Limited (NS)

4.7

5.07

4.38

Scales Corporation Limited

5.14

5.59

4.75

Seeka Limited

5.04

5.36

4.99

Synlait Milk Limited (NS)

3.31

3.54

3.12

T&G Global Limited

2.95

3.01

2.77

S&P/NZX Primary Sector Equity Index

13592

14293

13195

S&P/NZX 50 Index

12110

13150

11733

S&P/NZX 10 Index

11679

12725

11311

350 300

Mar-21

S&P/FW PRIMARY SECTOR EQUITY

May-21

Jul-21

Sep-21

Nov-21

Jan-22

Mar-22

13592

S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

12110

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

11679

FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – April 4, 2022

Analyst intel

WEATHER

Overview

Cull cow market under pressure

We start this week with mainly settled conditions and high pressure. A front extending out from a low to the west in the Tasman Sea brings showers in the southwest (South Westland). A northwesterly airflow on Tuesday brings rain for the West Coast, the odd shower for the western North Island, dry in the east. Northwesterlies continue on Wednesday with showers or rain in the west, a few spits possible for the eastern North Island. Thursday still has a westerly quarter airflow, then it changes to the southwest on Friday. A low to the north may bring some rain to the North Island. Southwesterlies over the weekend with showers in the east, drier weather out west.

14-day outlook Mainly settled today but a front approaching the southwest of the South Island brings showers to South Westland and perhaps Southland. Northwesterlies tomorrow with rain or showers in the west, drier weather out east. This pattern continues on Wednesday, with a touch of instability possible for the western North Island. Similar again on Thursday, then Friday the airflow starts to turn southwest. Meanwhile, a rainband may brush northeastern parts of the North Island. Weekend southwesterlies, then a few fronts pushing over the country for the first half of next week coming in from the west or southwest before calming down, with high pressure moving in for the later half of next week.

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Soil Moisture

THE South Island cull cow market is under a lot of pressure as supply builds early, but demand has not risen to meet it. In Southland, very dry conditions have forced dairy farmers to weigh up the cost of keeping cows or offloading early, PGG Wrightson dairy livestock manager Mark Cuttance said. “The dry has forced farmers to dry-off early and weigh up the trade-off between the cost of feeding the cows and the value of them,” Cuttance said. “While feed levels are of concern, stock water is also a major issue. Most are opting to sell in the paddock and at present prices are at 80-85c/kg liveweight. “Demand is very restricted and if the dry conditions continue there is potential for prices to fall further.” These cattle would typically be sold to Otago and Southland grazers who prepare to take them in from May, but the early start to the offload compounded with no surplus feed has made it a double-edged sword, he said. Restrictions on processor space continue to be a big issue as well. The larger than usual supply of cull cows coming out early is already meeting a manufacturing cow kill that is behind. Cuttance paid credit to the processors who have kept schedules up. “Despite the situation the schedules have stayed up so far, which reflects good overseas demand and there are also

Highlights

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Wind

There are no overly pressing issues this week with wind, high pressure mostly keeps widespread strong winds away. Northerly quarter winds through Cook Strait and about coastal Fiordland may be strong on Tuesday. Later this week or on the weekend SW winds are gusty in the east. Source: NIWA Data

7-day rainfall forecast

Temperature

The week ahead is looking drier than normal in the east; expect about average rainfall for the time of year in the west and rainfall slightly above average for Fiordland and Northland. This outlook is based on the fact we have westerly quarter airflows this week and naturally that means western regions will be wetter than in the east. Friday and the weekend does see showers for eastern regions though, as southwesterlies push through. 0

Reasonably warm in the east and north through to about Thursday this week, expect highs in the early to mid20s. The West Coast is a bit cooler on average, then Friday and this weekend temperatures take a drop, especially for eastern regions thanks to a southwest airflow.

contracts available for July/August,” he said. Last week AgriHQ reported schedule prices for manufacturing cow in the South Island to be $3.80-$4.10/kg CW, compared to last year’s $3.25/kg CW, though expectations are that it will trend down in the next few weeks. Further north and the Temuka sale yards are a big outlet for cull dairy cows and heifers. Volume builds from late February and tends to peak mid-May. Typically, the better cattle are sent to auction and that does mean higher per kilogram levels than in the paddock, but the trend has been the same this year. In just a month the average price for boner Friesian cows at Temuka has fallen 50c/kg from $1.62/kg at the end of February to recent results of $1.12/kg. Lesser breeds and types are already trading below $1/kg on a regular basis and the season is only winding up. These levels are currently comparative to recent years and also 2012, but the concern is how quickly the market has dropped. In a typical season prices reach the floor when peak supply comes on, which is usually through May. It is only the beginning of April and with a near full season of cull cows ahead and prices already dropping, concern will be mounting on how far prices will fall. This season is unlike any other with so many unusual factors influencing it. That gives it a large element of the unknown as to where the market will head though farmers will likely be preparing for a worst case scenario, though hoping for the best.

Highlights/ Extremes

100

200

Rainfall accumulation over seven days from April 4 to April 11. Forecast generated at 1am on April 1.

400

RISK: Demand is very restricted and if the dry conditions continue there is potential for prices to fall further.

Western parts of the North Island see showers on Wednesday and there is a possibility (although it is a low one) that showers could become heavy in isolated spots with some thunder, more so for the upper North Island.

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SALE YARD WRAP

Great season on Coast toasted “A fantastic summer on the West Coast” is how local farmers have described the past four months of drier than usual conditions, Hazlett agent Phil Manera says. Calves at the Haast and Ross sales last Monday and Wednesday were well-presented, with extra weight and condition. NORTHLAND Wellsford store cattle • R3 Hereford-Friesian steers, 458-483kg, softened to $2.88-$2.98/ kg • R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 348-424kg, eased to $2.73-$2.85/kg • Good R2 Angus-Friesian heifers, 332-361kg, traded at a softer $2.80-$2.87/kg A limited yarding of 230 store cattle was penned at WELLSFORD last Monday. R2 Angus-Friesian and AngusJersey steers, 266-275kg, were consistent at $2.91/kg. Red Hereford-Friesian, 316-345kg, managed $2.81-$2.85/kg. The balance of R2 heifers, 353-408kg, commonly earned $2.61-$2.65/kg. Just 18 weaners were presented and three Hereford-Friesian steers, 195kg, reached $700. Same breed bulls, 168kg, could not muster the same enthusiasm at $430. Read more in your LivestockEye. Kaikohe store cattle • R2 bulls made $2.75-$2.80/kg • R2 beef heifers earned $2.65/kg • Cows with calves-at-foot fetched $1050 • Heavier boner cows achieved $1.60/kg The focus was back to store cattle at KAIKOHE last Wednesday, PGG Wrightson agent Vaughan Vujcich reported. R2 steers were mostly $2.90-$3.00/kg for better lines and the next cut $2.85/kg. In the weaner pens, dairybeef steers traded at $3.40/kg to $3.70/kg and heifers $2.95$3.10/kg.

AUCKLAND Pukekohe cattle • Good R2 heifers made $2.97/kg, $1195 • Boner cows firmed to $1.80/kg, $1100 • Whiteface weaner steers achieved $600-$650 • Small weaner heifers realised $440-$510 Values firmed across the board at PUKEKOHE on Saturday 26th March. Medium prime steers lifted to $2.97$2.99/kg, $1550-$1760 and medium prime heifers $2.88$2.95/kg, $1300-$1690. Good store steers achieved $2.95/ kg to $3.13/kg, $1180-$1300 and medium R2 steers $3.05, $1045.

COUNTIES Tuakau • Hereford-Friesian steers, 127kg, made $615 • Light-medium boner cows managed $1.35/kg to $1.51/kg • Prime lambs reached $173 Dry conditions brought out a big yarding of 800 store cattle at TUAKAU last Thursday and the market eased 1015c/kg, Carrfields Livestock agent Karl Chitham reported. Hereford-Friesian steers, 420-470kg, made $2.89-$2.96/kg, with 300-370kg whiteface and red-whiteface at $2.58/kg to $3.06/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 380-440kg, managed $2.64-$2.79/kg and 300-350kg, $2.59-$2.65/kg. Wednesday’s prime market was steady, but numbers were low. A small offering of steers, 570-620kg, realised $2.81-$2.90/kg, and 450-550kg heifers made $2.78-$2.86/kg. Heavy prime lambs fetched $158-$173 on Monday, and medium, $136-$148. Heavy ewes earned $127-$159 and light-medium, $75-$103.

POVERTY BAY Matawhero sheep • Good store male lambs made $140, medium $124-$137 and light $101 • Prime ewes earned $150-$170 Store ewe lambs made up the majority of the yarding at MATAWHERO last Friday and good types firmed to $138$142.50, medium $121-$127.50 and light $95-$108. Good mixed age shorn store ewes achieved $137, medium $120 and light $81.

WAIKATO Frankton cattle 29.03 • Quality R2 Angus-Friesian steers, 419-432kg, pushed to $3.02$3.06/kg • Well-marked Hereford-Friesian heifers, 386kg, finished at $1185, $3.07/kg • Weaner Friesian bulls, 201-238kg, firmed to $655-$730 with, 141-

187kg, at $400-$585 Throughput increased with 436 store cattle offered by PGG Wrightson at FRANKTON last Tuesday. Most R2 steers, 373-522kg, traded at $2.90-$3.01/kg. Heifers, 319-507kg, mainly earned $2.79-$2.84/kg. Weaner steers above 200kg were mostly $845-$870. Hereford-Friesian, 155-185kg, fetched $600-$705. Top Hereford heifers, 160-178kg, managed $550-$610. Hereford-Friesian, 107-156kg, sold over a tight band of $3.62-$3.64/kg at $390-$565. Prime cattle numbered 81 head. Steers, 529-653kg, held at $2.69$2.80/kg. Heifers softened and 446-516kg earned $2.72$2.80/kg. Boner Friesian cows, 523-535kg, improved to $1.49-$1.54/kg with second cuts, 417-485kg, at $1.37-$1.43/ kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Frankton cattle 30.03 • Well-marked R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 347-377kg, firmed to $3.12-$3.24/kg • Hereford-dairy heifers, 305kg, finished at $2.74/kg • Weaner dairy-beef steers, 144-224kg, returned a steady to improved $520-$690 New Zealand Farmers Livestock penned 702 store cattle at FRANKTON last Wednesday. The balance of R2 dairy-beef steers, 363-445kg, were mainly $2.85-$2.95/kg. Hereforddairy heifers, 244-375kg, softened to $2.23-$2.45/kg though 266kg Hereford-Friesian reached $3.01/kg. Hereford bulls, 475-498kg, earned $3.37-$3.39/kg. Weaner dairy-beef steers, 144-224kg, earned $520-$735 and heifers, 152-212kg, $440-$615. Friesian bulls, 140-195kg, firmed to $525-$650. Prime throughput increased to 143. Steers, 502-640kg, held at $2.71-$2.85/kg. Most heifers, 427-286kg, eased to $2.59$2.65/kg. Boner Friesian cows, 512-652kg, realised $1.40/kg to $1.63/kg. Top Friesian-cross, 513-572kg, firmed to $1.82$2.05/kg while 477-480kg had to settle for $1.35-$1.40/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Frankton PGG Wrightson feeder calf PGG Wrightson offered a larger yarding of 719 feeder calves at FRANKTON last Tuesday which met with a good number of buyers. Medium to good Friesian bulls traded at $130-$220. Top Hereford-Friesian fetched $300-$360 with small to medium at $150-$275. Good Angus-Friesian reached $190-$230 and top Charolais-Friesian, $345. In the heifer pens medium to good Hereford-Friesian traded at $120-$245. Good Charolais-Friesian fetched $270-$310 and Angus-Friesian, $160-$190. Te Kuiti • Prime 2-tooth ewes made $130-$138 • R2 Angus steers, 428kg, fetched $3.36/kg, $1440 • R2 Angus heifers, 362kg, realised $2.83/kg, $1030 There was a good bench of buyers at the TE KUITI sheep sale last Wednesday and heavy male store lambs achieved $142-$148.50 and medium ewe lambs $119-$122. Twotooth and mixed age run-with-ram ewes earned $120-$131. There was a good line up of capital stock HerefordFriesian vetted-in-calf to a Charolais bull on Friday and the best were 540-578kg which realised $2.00-$2.05/kg, $1110$1160. Very good R2 Angus steers, 403-478kg, fetched $3.13$3.24/kg, $1400-$1500 and 466kg Hereford $3.15/kg, $1470. Please note the sale was still going at the time of writing.

BAY OF PLENTY Rangiuru cattle and sheep • Hereford bulls, 630kg, fetched $2.87/kg • Weaner Hereford bulls, 239kg, collected $750 A lack of demand resulted in a softer market for prime cattle at RANGIURU last Tuesday. Heavy Hereford-Friesian steers, 551-697kg, made $2.67-$2.75/kg. A selection of cows, Hereford and dairy-beef which weighed 458-580kg, traded at $1.74-$1.81/kg. The heaviest Friesian earned $1.64/kg while other better types realised $1.38-$1.48/kg. R2 Angus and Hereford steers from beyond Opotiki, 384-425kg, returned $2.62-$2.73/kg as well as Hereford-Jersey, 432kg, $2.73/kg. Other beef-cross and Hereford-Friesian realised $2.50-$2.59/kg. Amongst mixed-quality heifers Anguscross, 403kg, made $2.56/kg while Hereford-Friesian, 266kg, fetched $2.67/kg. Weaner dairy-beef heifers, 116-130kg, traded at $420-$450. The heaviest lambs made $161 top ewes, $130. Read more in your LivestockEye.

Reporoa feeder calf sale Plenty of buyers turned out for the REPOROA feeder calf sale last Thursday and 160 were penned. Medium Friesian bulls made $120-$150 and small $100. Hereford-Friesian firmed to $375 for tops while medium types made $190$295 and small, $60-$180. Good red Hereford-Friesian sold for $180 and Angus-cross, $180-$202. Black HerefordFriesian dominated the heifers and traded at $135-$185 and red, $85. Good Angus-cross made $70.

TARANAKI Taranaki cattle • R2 Charolais-cross steers, 478kg, fetched a premium at $2.97/kg • R2 bulls were mostly 438-466kg Hereford which earned $1300$1500 • Better weaner dairy-beef steers, 170-199kg, traded at $615-$650 • Heavy run weaner Hereford and Red Devon heifers achieved $590-$600 There was a bit more positivity at TARANAKI last Wednesday and the top end of R2 heifers firmed to $2.39$2.48/kg and the next cut $2.21/kg to $2.35/kg. Better R2 dairy-beef steers reached $2.75-$2.86/kg with the next cut typically $2.60-$2.70/kg. The majority of weaner Friesian and Jersey bulls, 155-175kg, and realised $450-$550. Read more in your LivestockEye.

HAWKE’S BAY Stortford Lodge prime sheep • Heavy mixed-age ewes held at $160 • Heavy ram lambs fetched $160 A small yarding of ewes and lambs were penned at STORTFORD LODGE last Monday. Just 74 ewes were offered and medium-good to very good mixed-age softened to $124-$144. Sixty lambs were penned and sold to good competition. Most of the offering were mixed-sex in medium-good to good condition and traded at $120$139.50. Read more in your LivestockEye. Stortford Lodge in-calf fair and store sheep • R3 Angus heifers, vetted-in-calf to Angus, varied from $1190 to $1575 • Top cow price was $1510 for Angus to a Hereford bull • Most traditional mixed-age cows sold for $1100-$1280 • Shorn medium ewe lambs lifted to $135-$138 Cancellations dropped the lamb tally to 2800 at STORTFORD LODGE last Wednesday, but in-calf cows still made it down from sodden Northern Hawke’s Bay. Good cryptorchid firmed to $140-$149 but wethers eased to $127$131 for medium-good. The in-calf fair was a popular event and attracted buyers from around the North Island. Most in-calf heifers sold for $2.90-$3.03/kg and South Devon reached $1800-$1840. Top mixed-age cows traded at $2.20$2.25/kg and second cuts, $2.01/kg to $2.15/kg. Capital stock Hereford cows, 474-521kg and in-calf to Hereford bull, made $1020-$1350. Read more in your LivestockEye.

MANAWATŪ Feilding store cattle and sheep • R3 traditional steers, 530-610kg, made $2.90-$3.10/kg • Autumn-born yearling Belgian Blue-cross heifers, 315-355kg, were $2.85-$2.90/kg • Weaner Friesian bulls, 140-175kg, sold for $500-$545 • Store male lambs averaged $141 • Store ewe lambs averaged $123 A little more than 1300 cattle sold at FEILDING last Friday. Light, empty Angus cows, 470kg, made $1.40-$1.45/ kg. R2 dairy-beef steers, 340-485kg, were usually $2.80$3.00/kg, while 330-390kg R2 Friesian bulls sold for $3.05-$3.20/kg. Many lines of R2 dairy-beef heifers, 305-450kg, were $2.60- $2.70/kg. Nearly 18,000 store lambs were yarded in the sheep pens. Heavy male lambs were $155-$165, followed by good lines at $140-$150, mediums at $130-$140, and $110-$125 covering the bulk of the lights. Ewe lambs were $140-$145 for heavies, good sorts $130-$140, mediums $115-$130, and $100-$110 for most lights. Read more in your LivestockEye. Feilding prime cattle and sheep • Top 35 lambs fetched $195

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heavier end was more resilient at around $1.10-$1.20/kg. Better prime dairy-beef heifers, 583-630kg, sold at $2.76$2.78/kg though most were 477-535kg and eased to $2.47$2.55/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Temuka store cattle • R2 Angus-Hereford steers, 449kg, collected $3.02/kg • R2 Hereford and Angus-Hereford mixed-sex, 490kg, made $2.69/ kg Another yarding of predominantly southern cattle met a small buying gallery at TEMUKA last Thursday. Most R2 traditional steers traded near $3.00/kg and heavy HerefordFriesian made $2.60/kg to $2.76/kg. Returns of $2.45$2.55/kg were common for the remainder. Mixed-quality traditional heifers sold just over $2.30/kg. Hereford-Friesian from Chaslands were picked from the bunch and collected $2.57-$2.58/kg and a second tier realised $2.32-$2.45/ kg. Heavier dairy-beef and traditional steer calves traded at $515-$580 while Hereford-Friesian heifers over 200kg collected $500-$525. Read more in your LivestockEye.

SOUTHLAND Lorneville • Prime bulls, 568kg, achieved $2.20/kg • R2 Friesian bulls, 432kg, earned $2.06/kg • Top store lambs traded at $110-$120, medium $90-$105 and light $70-$80 Prime steers eased to $2.58/kg at LORNEVILLE last Tuesday while beef heifers held at $2.42/kg. Boner cows, 558kg, made $0.80/kg. In the store pens, R2 steers, 375483kg, earned $2.23-$2.30/kg. R2 Hereford-cross bulls, 333kg, realised $1.80/kg and 143kg weaner bulls $355. Heavy prime lambs firmed to $138-$189, medium $120$132 and light $102-$119. Heavy prime ewes lifted to $140$190, medium $100-$138 and light $50-$90. GOOD NUMBERS: About 18,000 store lambs were yarded in the sheep pens at Feilding on Friday. • Four Red Devon heifers, 475kg, made $2.79/kg • An Angus-Friesian steer, 765kg, collected $2.93/kg A heavier, though still small yarding of lambs sold on a firmer market at FEILDING last Monday. Returns of $153$177 were made across seven significant pens. A limited number of ewes traded at $86-$121. Cattle throughput increased, mostly for boner heifers and cows. Friesian heifers, 415-450kg, collected $2.40-$2.43/kg while cows of the same breed, 368-543kg, earned $1.35-$1.48/kg. Friesian steers, 667-727kg, realised $2.79-$2.87/kg. Hereford bulls weighed 656-767kg and made $2.90-$2.94/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Rongotea cattle • Three-year Angus-cross bulls, 745kg, achieved $2.12/kg • R2 steers earned $2.46-$2.57/kg • Autumn-born yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers made $2.43/kg • Better weaner heifers fetched $560-$605 • Boner Friesian cows, 488-595kg, achieved $1.23/kg to $1.52/kg There was a good selection of cattle on offer at RONGOTEA last Tuesday, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported. Better R2 heifers mostly achieved $2.55/kg though Charolais-cross reached $2.75/ kg. In the weaner pens, Hereford-Friesian steers, 127-237kg, made $360-$655 and Charolais-cross, 155kg, $510. Friesian bulls, 116-174kg, traded at $305-$420 and Shorthorn-cross, 338kg, $760. Top feeder bull calves sold to $235-$305 and heifers $230-$250.

CANTERBURY Canterbury Park cattle and sheep • Two Charolais-cross steers, 650kg, fetched $3.08/kg • Heaviest lambs earned $196 • Top ewes made $190 Prime cattle markets eased at CANTERBURY PARK last Tuesday in line with schedules. Beef-cross steers over 600kg returned upwards of $2.90/kg and similarly weighted dairy-

beef made $2.79-$2.89/kg. Heifers, 555kg or more, traded at $2.77-$2.84/kg while lighter types collected $2.47-$2.60/ kg. A smaller buying bench resulted in a softer store lamb market where heavy types traded at $121-$138 and medium typically realised $99-$110. The prime lamb market also eased and returns of $140-$175 was common, while ewes remained steady. Read more in your LivestockEye. Coalgate cattle and sheep • Heaviest Friesian cows made $1.36/kg • Speckle Park-Friesian bulls, 218kg, realised $560 • Top store lambs collected $142 More heavy and well-finished steers met a steady market at COALGATE last Thursday as Charolais-cross and Hereford, 535-647kg, fetched $2.87-$2.89/kg. Angus and Hereford-Friesian over 600kg realised $2.74/kg. Heifers over 455kg traded at $2.69-$2.77/kg and lighter made $2.30-$2.40/kg. Most boner cows traded at $1.08-$1.18/ kg. In a small and mixed-quality yarding of store cattle R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 303kg, earned $2.24/kg and Angus heifers, 375kg, $2.43/kg. Dairy-beef steer and heifer calves ranged from $420 to $455. Prime sheep markets firmed as the bulk of the lambs collected $161-$178 and most ewes earned $140-$159. Read more in your LivestockEye.

SOUTH-CANTERBURY Temuka prime and boner cattle, all sheep • Two very heavy prime ewes fetched $222 • Friesian boner heifers below 400kg eased to $1.50-$1.60/kg • Better prime steers earned $2.76-$2.86/kg • Quality prime Angus heifers, 630kg, achieved $2.81/kg Just over 5600 store lambs met with a small buying gallery at TEMUKA last Monday and the market eased. Heavy types made $124-$133 and mediums, $99-$122. Prime lambs sold on a steady market and the heaviest fetched $200. Most ewes collected $100-$136 on a softer market. The Friesian boner cow average dropped 4c/kg to $1.12/kg though the

Charlton sheep • Store lambs fetched $66-$109 • Prime rams achieved $80-$146 Prime lambs sold by PGG Wrightson made $122-$171 at CHARLTON last Thursday and prime ewes ranged from $50 to $120.

Weaner fairs and calf sales At HAAST Fox Glacier, Canterbury and Central Otago buyers paid $900-$1000 for top traditional steers and second cuts made $740-$870. Heifers largely ranged from $500 to $740. At ROSS a feature line of Hereford from Haupiri reached $750-$1100 for steers and $690-$920 for heifers. Shorthorn-cross steers from Waitaha made $790-$930 and heifers, $625-$780. Angus and Angus-Hereford sold at similar levels. Increased competition and heavier calves resulted in a rise in returns for the 706 head of GLEN LYON AND HUXLEY GORGE calves sold at TEMUKA last Wednesday. Hereford steers made $800-$915 while Angus-Hereford mostly earned $850-$950. The few Angus steers realised $815-$870. Angus-Hereford heifers traded at $650-$860 and heavier Hereford collected $700-$720. The annual weaner fair at DANNEVIRKE had some visiting calves from the Wellington region last Thursday. Tallies lifted to 890 compared to 630 last year and buyers from Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu and local battled to secure numbers of the quality annual draft steers. Angus topped the sale at $1040, up $160 on 2021, and top traditional lines sold for $950-$1040 and the balance $680-$900. The top two lines of Angus heifers sold for breeding at $875-$910 and the balance lifted $60-$145 to trade at $460-$740.

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TORE lambs are slow going around South Island saleyards with farm-tofarm trading taking off as Southland lambs move to greener pastures. Hazlett Rural livestock manager Ed Marfell says farmers are tending to prefer the farm-to-farm trading to get the bigger numbers of lambs. “Cropping farmers deal in volume and it suits them better to get unit loads where they know what they are getting in numbers and consistency rather than buying several pens of mixed lambs and numbers to get 1000.” He says the migration of Southland lambs to Canterbury has come early as the southern region suffers drought. Southland and parts of Otago have been in the grip of an intense dry spell since the start of 2022. Rainfall on the south coast has been the lowest since records began 50 years ago and some rivers are at levels only seen about every 80 years while conditions are also very dry in the rest of Southland. Marfell says Southland farmers don’t hesitate to offload when they know they are in trouble. “Traditionally we wouldn’t be seeing these lambs coming up until AprilMay, they are two to three weeks earlier starting and once on the truck to move it makes sense to offload directly to a farm, and they are good lambs. “There are not the store lambs in Canterbury for Canterbury with the region sitting pretty in grass so as crops have come off the lambs are going on and perhaps with more intensity in a shorter timeframe because of the late harvest.” Marfell says pricing is a moving

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feast, very much based on the market depending on lamb weight. “We are pretty much sitting around an average $3.60 here in the south, but a month ago in the North Island it was $3.20, now it’s over $4 – the rain does that.” Given the favourable season for feed in the wider Canterbury region it’s expected trading will continue for some time yet. “I would think there will be another good month of lamb trading yet, there are some good scale finishing properties in the greater Canterbury region to fill up yet so it could dribble on throughout the winter.” Marfell says farmers are optimistic with the markets looking to remain good. “There’s at least one minimum contract of $8.80 out there for June,” Marfell said. AgriHQ analyst Fiona Quarrie says the Southland offloading is chipping the value out of the store lamb market. Things are beginning to change as Southland offloads stock and unit loads of lambs pour direct onto Canterbury

farms leaving a limited saleyards buying bench impacting on the market. “Demand for lambs is there but at this stage with feed uncertainty, AprilMay looks like the best time to secure,” Quarrie said. Around the saleyards store lambs are slow going with Temuka last week averaging $3.45/kg, while lesser numbers at Canterbury Park dropped 44c/kg on the previous week to an average $3.63. Buyers typically after big numbers of stores are sourcing unit loads direct from properties and this left smaller lines of mixed breeds and types to be sold at the saleyards in front of a subdued buying bench of buyers with shorter shopping lists, Quarrie said. Following a spike in store lamb throughput the previous week, just 450 were yarded at Coalgate on Thursday and while a pen of 30 forward store lambs fetched $142, the remainder were more medium types with the next tier trading at $104-$115 before a big drop to the largest pen at $88.

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Fairs cancelled due to rain MORE than 4000 calves were set to go under the hammer at Matawhero and Wairoa this week, until the heavens opened. Last week’s rain caused major issues for East Coast farmers and forced the postponement of both the Matawhero and Wairoa weaner fairs, which are some of the biggest events on both these sale yards calendars. The decision to postpone was not made lightly, but it was fortunate that the call was made early, as additional heavy rain on Monday night caused more slips and creek and river levels to rise again. PGG Wrightson regional manager Jamie Hayward said it was the right call to make. “We have been working closely with Civil Defence and for everyone’s sake it was the safest way forward,” Hayward said. “We want to get the calves sold but want to do so to ensure all parties involved are looked after. “There is a lot of damage around Wairoa and further up – both on the public roads and on-farm – and we want to make sure everyone can safely get their calves to auction, and that would not have been the case this week had the fairs gone ahead. “From the perspective of buyers, outsiders may not have been able to get to the fairs and then the job of getting the calves to new homes would have been a challenge. “Local buyers also play a big role in the fairs and they need the time to sort things out at home. It was a big call to make but it was the right one.” Looking ahead, Hayward said they are working closely with Civil Defence and there are plans in place. “Our intention at the moment is to hold the Wairoa weaner fair on Thursday, April 7,” he said. “We are in consultation with Civil Defence on working towards holding the Matawhero fair and hope to have more clarity on that by the end of the week.” Fairs and calf sales were also cancelled at Feilding and Canterbury Park, though those cancellations were due to a lack of numbers entered as feed levels allow farmers more flexibility around weaning. suz.bremner@globalhq.co.nz

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Designed for medium to large farms and herds Stockman heavy duty headbal Hot-dipped galvanised Extra heavy duty 75 x 50 base frame Split-side gates on both sides Quiet locking system Slam latches on both gates Heavy duty steel floor Includes rear handle for headbail operation Vet access V5 Made in New Zealand

*Scales sold separately

13,990

.00

Stockman Vet Crush

BUY IN APRIL & GET A FREE ER RURAL BUTCH SET + 11PCE KNIFE VER EA 8” MEAT CL T A VALUED $234+GST

+GST

Optional offside draft handle $495.00+ GST. Side squezze $2,995.00+ GST.

0800 843 024 Promotional offers valid until 30 th April 2022. All prices exclude freight unless specified.

rmhand Vet Crush

COST EFFECTIVE YARDS FOR LIFESTYLE TO LARGE FARMS Farmhand 5 Head Yard

Farmhand 10 Head Yard

• • • • •

7-rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand walkthrough headbail Farmhand sliding gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

Farmhand 10 Head Yard

(Approximately 5 head yard size, depending on animal size)

Farmhand 10 Head Yard

7-rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand walkthrough headbail Farmhand sliding gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

(Approximately 10 head yard size, depending on animal size)

Stockman Headbail kman Sliding Gate .00 $ $

5,290

+GST

5,990.00

(FH5-1)

• • • • •

Stockman Vet Cattle Crush(FH20 with Squeeze )

7,990.00

Farmhand 32 Head Yard

• • • • •

BLUE ---------- 1800 GREEN -------- 2100

(Approximately 25 head yard size, depending on animal size)

+GST

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO FARMQUIP AND SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE EXCEPT WHEN SUCH USER POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP.

7 rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand walkthrough headbail Farmhand sliding race gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

DRAWN

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16

SHEET SIZE

Farmhand Yard Panels Farmhand Yard$Panels Farmhand Farmhand .00 Curved 13,990 19,990.00Loading

+GST

Force Tub - Bundle of 10

Excludes loading ramp. Add loading ramp for $3,195.00 + GST (Plus freight)

SCALE

FH - 32 R

SHEET NO.

N.T.S.

1 OF 1

BLUE ---------- 1800 GREEN -------- 2100

+GST

Bundle of 10

Ramp Curved Farmhand

Force Tub

Farmhand 150 Head Yard

• • • •

7 rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand sliding race gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

S/G

34,990.00 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO FARMQUIP AND SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE EXCEPT WHEN SUCH USER POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP.

(Approximately 150 head yard size, depending on animal size)

Colour Code

BLUE ---------- 1800 GREEN -------- 2100

Concrete Area Animal Capacity Full Yard=300m2 126 Head @ 1.8m2 Work Area=100m2 176 Head @ 1.4m2

+GST

(Approximately 126 head yard CATTLEYARD size, SYSTEMS FH-126-L-STD depending on animal size) PLAN No.

DRAWN

Sam R SHEET SIZE

DATE

29/08/19

SCALE SHEET NO.

1:100

1 OF 1

36,990.00 (FH150) THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO FARMQUIP AND SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE EXCEPT WHEN SUCH USER POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP.

Colour Code

BLUE ---------- 1800 GREEN -------- 2100

Concrete Area Full Yard=??m2 Work Area=??m2

0800 843 024 Promotional offers valid until 30 th April 2022. All prices exclude freight unless specified.

Animal Capacity 150 Head @ 1.8m2 210 Head @ 1.4m2

+GST

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16

SHEET NO.

7-rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand sliding gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

DRAWN

SCALE

FH - 32 R

SHEET SIZE

N.T.S.

1 OF 1

Farmhand Yard Panels Bundle of 10

Farmhand 126 Head Yard

INCLUDES FARMHAND VET CRUSH

Farmhand

Farmhand 75 Head Yard

7-rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand walkthrough headbail Farmhand sliding gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

(FH20)

9,990.00

Farmhand 12mtr Horse PenYard Farmhand 32 Head

Farmhand 42 Head Yard • • • • •

7 rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand walkthrough headbail Farmhand sliding race gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

Excludes loading ramp. Add loading ramp for $3,195.00 + GST (Plus freight)

(Approximately 20 head yard size, depending on animal size)

+GST

Farmhand

Farmhand 25 Head Yard

7-rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep Farmhand walkthrough headbail Farmhand sliding gate Hot dipped galvanised Kit set delivered to main depot

(FH10-1)

Farmhand 25 Head20 Yard Farmhand Head Yard

Farmhand Head Yard Farmhand 2020Head Yard • • • • •

+GST

INCLUDES FARMHAND VETLESS CRUSH CATTLEYARD SYSTEMS

PLAN No.

FH-150-L-STD

DRAWN

Sam R SHEET SIZE

DATE

27/02/19

SCALE

SHEET NO.

1:100

1 OF 1

HAY FEEDERS Farmhand Round Hay Feeder • Large bale, 2m diameter • 15 head positions

AVAILABLE AT FARMLANDS NATIONWIDE

895.00

FREIGHT +GST PLUS

Large Round Bale Cradle Feeder 2250 W x 1780 L x 1200 H Drop down sides for calves

Farmhand Heavy Farmhand Lifestyler Hanging Hayfeeder with Lid Duty Round Feeder Hay Feeder • Large bale, 2m diameter • 1200mm high • 9 head positions

995.00

FREIGHT +GST PLUS

79.00

+GST

189

.00

+GST

PLUS FREIGHT

Sheep/Calf Small Bale Cradle Feeder

Large Square Bale Cradle Feeder

Rectangular Hay Bale Feeder

• 1650 L x 1440 W

• 2900L x 1500W x 1080 H

• Fits 2 large bales

WHILE STOCKS LASTS

STOCK LASTS

hand 25 Head Yard

• Flip top lid keeps hay dry • Bottom tray minimises hay wastage

• Hangs on railed fence or gate • 467H x 454 W x 270 deep

1,195

+GST PLUS FREIGHT

Calf Weigh Crate

hand 12mtr Horse • Weighs calves up toPen 120kg

WHILE STOCKS LASTS

695.00

+GST

Calf Mate Auto Drafter • Designed for fast efficient weighing and 3-way drafting for large herds • Auto weighing and drafting • Weighs up to 160kg

895 .00

FREIGHT +GST PLUS

PLUS FREIGHT

995 .00

FREIGHT +GST PLUS

Calf/Sheep Panels

Sliding Yard Gate

• Railed - 3m W x 1m H • Quick, easy pin together yard panel for a variety of uses • Use for sheep/calves/goats

- Including mounting brackets

OR 4 FOR $699.00

$ 3,495 .00

nels Farmhand Loading Stockman Ramp

FREIGHT +GST PLUS

Headbail

13,595 .00

Stockmaster Headbail

$ 3,595 2,795 .00 0800 843 024 +GST PLUS FREIGHT

+GST

FREIGHT +GST PLUS

179.00

+GST

EACH

Farmhand Walkthrough Headbail

1,595 .00

+GST

PLUS FREIGHT

Promotional offers valid until 30 th April 2022. All prices exclude freight unless specified.

950 .00

+GST PLUS FREIGHT

Farmhand Swingbail

995.00

+GST

PLUS FREIGHT

Crutch and Weigh Combo Sheep Handler THE ONLY EEP AUTOMATED SH BLE HANDLER AVAILA THAT GIVES FULL ACCESS TO FEET & BELLY

The best all round sheep handler in the market!

Entry shut off gate

Tips sheep on side for crutching and dagging

Auto Catch

Daggers MateSheep Handler Daggers Mate Daggers Mate Sheep Handler Sheep Handler • The ultimate machine for fast and efficient dagging and crutching • Air controlled on skids • Tips sheep on their sides for dagging and crutching • Adjustable overhead clamp • Made in New Zealand

Adjustable overhead clamp

3-way drafting

Automatic ramp clamp

Optional extras: Belly flap, Transport kit.

Entry ramp (adjustable) Air controlled

Rubber lined floor and slides

Hot dip galvanised

Sheep Weigh Crate Sheep Draft Auto Weigh Sheep Handler Weigh Sheep Handler 3 way drafting Module V-Sides • Manual weighing and Auto • Alloy, lightweight, transportable • Mounts on to any existing loadbars

Made in New Zealand

*Scales sold separately. Optional extras: Ramp clamp, Belly flap, Transport kit.

30 Head Sheep Yard

5,990.00

+GST

24,990.00 +GST

• Comes with 2 x 12V battery & 1 hour charger

26,990

$ Woolshed Lift and.00 Wool Fadge Holder +GST Gates Wool Fadge Holder WoolshedSwing Lift and Sheep

Farmhand Round Horse Pens Swing Gates

• 12, 15, 18 & 20 meter round pens • Kitset easy pin together system • 5 & 7 rail options

6,495.00

+GST

- 5 Rail $4,589.00 + GST

18m - 7 Rail

2,995

+GST

Includes adjustable sides draft module Weigh Scale •Combo

12m - 7 Rail

PLUS FREIGHT

2,995.00

Sheep Weigh Crate/ Portable Sheep Ramp

ShelterShed 3m x 3m Rechargeable Horse Clippers Shelter for:

.00

Portable Sheep Ramp Sheep Sheep Weigh Crate/ 1,250 Head Sheep Yard 710 Head Sheep Yard Weigh Scale Combo

+GST

Calves, horses, sheep, lambs, alpacas Storage for: Hay, farm implements, bikes and more!

2,495.00

• Includes adjustable sides draft module

Heavy duty steel, hot dip galvanised Includes sheep draft module Kitset delivered to main depot

• 3-way draft • 3110mm L x 600mm W

Open access to feet and belly

FINANCE AVAILABLE

Shee

399

9,695.00

+GST

.00 +GST

- 5 Rail $6,710.00 + GST PLUS FREIGHT

0800 843 024 Promotional offers valid until 30 th April 2022. All prices exclude freight unless specified.

V-Sid

THE RURAL BUTCHER 6” Cleaver Red Handle Shears 8” Cleaver White Handle Rechargeable Sheep

8.5” Cleaver Yellow Handle

Rechargeable Sheep Shears

.00

BU59

+GST

Butchers Apron The Rural Butcher

.00

BU105

+GST

Meat Pan & Lid - Large

+GST

.00 +GST

• •

BU58

.00

BU144

+GST

BU147

.00

The Rural Butcher BUG ZAPPER

Stainless Steel 325 x 176 x 150mm deep

220 V 40 W Chemical and odour free No Pesticides Coverage for up to 80m2

•130mm

BU148

+GST

.00

BU145

+GST

Double Burger Pattie Press

Bacon Hanging Hook

Meat Pan & Lid - Small

Stainless Steel 530 x 325 x 150mm deep

• •

.00

15” Brisket Knife

SheepSheep Express Conveyors Express Conveyors $

Ox Cleaver Red Handle

diameter

20 .00

BU131

+GST

NEW!

UV LIGHT ATTRACTS FLYING INSECTS!

169 SPEND OVER $300+GST ON BUTCHERY ITEMS & RECEIVE A FREE BUTCHERS APRON!* amp Sheep / Calf Ramp Farmhand Sheep

.00

BU189/194

+GST

.00 +GST

heep / CalfRural Ramp Sheep Rural Meat Mixer MeatFarmhand SlicerPen Panel Slice meat to perfection everyPanel time Easy mixing handle and Pen pivoting cradle with lid •

•

for home, to semiprofessional use.

699.00 +GST

•

BU94

Burger Pattie Press • 130mm diameter

399.00 +GST

BU14

+GST

Rural Sausage Filler 7L

Make mince from home Stainless steel body 850W motor

799.00 +GST

Stainless Steel Workbench

Butchers Block Workbench

• 1200 L x 600 D

•

Sheep Draft Module Sheep Draft Module Sides Draft Module Sheep V-Sides Draft Module SheepAdjustable

der

.00

Rural Mincer T22

• Suitable

BU193/196

•

BU09

Make sausages at home

295 .00

BU10

+GST

Corner Bench Unit •

900 L x 600 D

900 L x 900 D

Adjustable Sides

V-Sides $

199 .00 +GST

BU132

339.00 +GST

BU80

Double Burger Pattie Stainless Steel Press Sink Bench

• 130mm diameter

20.00 +GST

529.00 +GST

BU83

399 .00 +GST

BU83

Butchers Chopping Board

Railed Wall Shelf • 1200 L x 300 D

• 1200 L x 600 D

BU131

• 600 L x 400 W

399 .00 +GST

0800 843 024

$ 129.00 79 .00 WWW.RURALBUTCHER.COM

BU82

+GST

BU84

+GST

BU95

Promotional offers valid until 30 June 2021. Not to be used in conjunction with any other finance offers. See finance T&C’s for details. Finance terms facilitated by UDC and Heartland Bank. Many products shown are manufactured to order so standard Farmquip leadtimes and freight apply. Freight charged on all orders unless otherwise stipulated. Cattle yards pricing excludes concrete and site works. All products while stocks last and limited stock available.

Promotional offers valid until 30th April 2022. All prices exclude freight unless specified. Limit 1 apron per customer. Available at advertised & online prices only. Not available to trade customers. Not transferable to any other products.

THE RURAL BUTCHER Medium Meat Saw

Large Meat Saw

Rural Meat Saw

• Throat size 380mm H x 250mm W • 1.5kW motor • 260mm alloy pulley wheels • Table 700 x 550mm

• Throat size 460mm H x 285mm W • 1.5kW motor • 300mm alloy pulley wheels • Table 700 x 550mm

• The orginal farmers meatsaw

2,195 .00

Mutton Skid Swivel Hook •

BU92

+GST

Stainless steel

2,995 .00

BU93

+GST

2,595 .00

4” & 5” available

BU01

+GST

Double Hanging Swivel Carcass Hook

Single Swivel Meat Hooks

Grab Hooks •

• Throat size 320 x 250mm • 3/4HP enclosed motor • 250mm alloy pulleys • Cutting guides

8mm x 200mm

23.00 +GST

39 29 7 57 .00 SPEND OVER $300+GST ON BUTCHERY ITEMS & RECEIVE A FREE BUTCHERS APRON!* From

BU89

+GST

12mm x 300mm

.95

BU108

+GST

Cool Chief 24L Portable Fridge

Stockinette • 500g/2.5kg option • 100% cotton

.00

BU62,63

+GST

.00 +GST

BU67

Electric 15L Sausage Filler

• 24 Litre Capacity Semiconductor Car Fridge • Easy to read LED digital display

• • • •

Voltage:220V Power:120W Capacity:15L Net Weight:42kg

NEW 500g

.00 $ +GST

2.5kg

85.00 +GST

BU137/138

Sealer Bags

329 .00 +GST

BU150

Sealer Bags

- 50 packet

15 .00 +GST

23 .00 +GST

BU76

Sealer Bags

2,795 .00

$ 47 .00 47 .50 7 0800 843 024 +GST

BU75

+GST

BU198

+GST

steel

construction

NEW

• Cooking area 460mm x 280mm • Premium 304 grade stainless

• 280 x 5000mm

• 280 x 400mm

BU199

+GST

Grill Chief Portable BBQ

- 3 x rolls

- 50 packet

1,395 .00

• 220V,900w • Heat-sealing Power:500w • Lowest Absolute Pressure:1.33Kpa • Volume of Vacuum Case:470x435x70mm • Sealing Strip Size:500x10mm • Dimension:650x585x565mm • Weight:52kg

• 200 x 3000mm

BU73

Vacuum Sealer Pro

- 3 x rolls

• 150 x 200mm

BU77

240 .00 +GST

BU151

WWW.RURALBUTCHER.COM

THE RURAL BUTCHER 2 piece filleting set

8 Piece Knife Set High performance and high durability professional hand knives, The Rural Butcher offers hand knives with selected martensitic stainless steel, resulting in accurate cuts, longer life, with quality. • 50mm de-boning curved narrow blade • 150mm de-boning straight narrow blade • 150mm de-boning straight wide blade • 200mm de-boning straight narrow blade • 250mm table trim triangular wide blade • 250mm Knurled finish Sharpening Steel, re-aligns the edge • Sharpening Steel Protector, Protection and user safety • Double grit Sharpening Stone – thinning: 120 grit; finishing: 320 grit

.00 +GST

BU97

Farmers Skinning Knife Set

69.00

BUKIT

+GST

Butcher Saw

Magnetic Knife Holder

• Stainless frame

18” $ 52.00 25” $ 72.00 $ .00 BU110 22” $ 62.00 +GST 6 pc Butchery BBQ Knife Set 6 pc Chef Knife Set

•

+GST

Ergonomic polpropylene antimicrobial handles

+GST

BU50,51,52

• Ergonomic polpropylene antimicrobial handles

BU44

139.00 +GST

Plastic Knife Pouch and Belt

Plastic Knife Pouch • 325mm L • Hold up to 4 knives

119 .00 +GST

Knife Roll Bag

• 520mm L • Hold up to 2 knives

BU47

119 .00

BU43

+GST

Chainmail Butchers Glove • Stainless steel • M / L / XL

BU108

25.00 +GST

BU139

24.00 +GST

BU07,09

15.00 +GST

99.00

+GST EA

WWW.RURALBUTCHER.COM

BU68,69,70

Farmers Weekly April 4 2022

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