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Call to prioritise MIQ Gerald Piddock

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HE Government’s decision to freeze managed isolation (MIQ) bookings has furthered the frustration of short-staffed dairy farmers desperate for more workers, DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says. The freeze means a further delay for farmers getting migrant staff into New Zealand granted under the exemption for 200 foreign dairy workers announced earlier this year. The industry estimates it is short of at least 2000 staff. Mackle says it was unlikely these staff would be now cleared of MIQ before the new year. Any people who are brought in to work in the dairy industry will now be targeted for next season. “This pause, this further delay is going to push that out even further,” Mackle said. “We have been pleading with the Government that if they are going to do an exemption, then tag MIQ beds to it, so once your visa is approved your bed is ready.” Currently, these workers had to book a bed themselves through the online system. “We are already aware there is limited MIQ space until December and the pause will make that delay even bigger given we’re working through visa applications, we’re working with the Government and the entire process needs to be improved, simplified and made more practical,” he said.

Mackle says tagging those MIQ spaces to an approved visa was an easy, practical change the Government could make, not just for the dairy industry, but for other sectors also facing staffing shortages. “If we are going to be in this situation for some time to come, we have got to get this process more streamlined,” he said. “It’s very frustrating out there for everyone.” He recalled an email from a short-staffed Southland sharemilker that “brought tears to my eyes” because the farmer did not know how he was going to make it through the rest of the season. The focus, he says, had to be on how to get the immigration system working better in time for next season while at the same time, retaining existing staff and stopping them shifting to other countries because of the promise of residency for their families. “Migrant workers have told me of their own friends and family who have left for Canada and have continued to go to Australia,” he said. “If we don’t get this sorted, we’re in trouble, we’ll lose a lot of people to Australia and Canada.” The promise of residency was a huge attraction because it provided security for their families. It was tough for the dairy industry to compete with that, he says – but what the Government had to get right was the immigration settings. “The whole system needs to be looked at. It’s not just one thing, it’s a bunch of things we have to get right and I think the stakes have gone up,” he said.

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Te Piki Oranga staff worked with the Nelson plant’s health and safety manager Sheryl Edwards to provide the immunisations at the plant. The second of the two vaccinations required will be provided at the plant in six weeks’ time. “We’re committed to keeping our people and the community safe from the threat of covid-19,” Alliance Group Nelson plant manager Steve Baird said. “Alliance is a large employer

in the region, so we were pleased to partner with Te Piki Oranga to support this initiative. “There was a positive response from staff to the offer. Those who wanted to have the vaccination were booked in and given a time to attend. “We’re really proud of our people who are once more stepping up in tough times in the best interests of the country. It’s for this reason the safety standards we set are so important.”

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Campaign to grow wool awareness Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz THE tide is turning towards natural fibres and New Zealand wool is perfectly positioned to take up the mantle as the world’s premium super fibre. But Campaign for Wool (CFW) NZ Trust chair Tom O’Sullivan says “you can’t sell a secret”. The trust, with its mandate of education and awareness of wool, has launched a strategy aimed at delivering immediate traction in growing consumer demand for wool. “Demand needs to come from the consumer and we need to start now to ensure people are aware of how wool fibre can benefit them in their lives,” O’Sullivan said. He says the strategy, developed over the past six months, will set the failing strong wool sector up for transformational industry growth to bring wool back to the strong economic pillar it once was for NZ. To change the fortunes of the NZ strong wool industry, it needs to develop a transformational strategy for the future direction of the industry.

GROWTH: Campaign for Wool NZ chair Tom O’Sullivan says transformational strategy will drive industry growth.

O’Sullivan says the strategy must come before structure or tactical pieces of work. Over the past year, the CFW NZ board has gained traction and tripled its budget to make progress as it works with Auckland-based strategists Richard Partners to produce the framework for an overarching strategy. “There’s no silver bullet, but we believe implementing this strategy will deliver immediate traction to grow consumer demand for wool, first in NZ, then globally,” he said. “It will set us up for the transformational industry growth we envision over the next decade.” The strategy’s aim is for CFW to be the wool information conduit for both consumers and industry stakeholders. “It’s targeted on getting game-fit in NZ, focused on making as much noise as possible to NZ consumers first, then in 18 months the plan is to use the same measures to target a global perspective,” he said. “We have to walk the talk in the domestic market and when we prove that, we can roll out globally from 2022 onwards.” Key priorities as the strategy rolls out are communication and education across all platforms of use to develop an industry resource portal for wool. Market insight development will focus on usage and attitude studies of the ‘what and why’ of wool and the ‘where and who’ is selling it. Growing brand partners with NZ companies will be key to pull it all together. “What we are doing has the purpose of a sole strategy moving forward, collaborating together,” he said. “The big picture is we really do need to get everyone in the same tent working on one single strategy. “Farmers and government are not interested in silo mentality; they want to see an industry that moves and pulls in the same direction.”

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O’Sullivan believes CFW is the right entity to drive the strategy to grow demand for wool. “CFW has a vital role to play in bringing industry stakeholders together,” he said. “Being non-commercial allows us to speak with no vested interest in the industry, we are an impartial and industry-good voice for the benefit of all stakeholders. “Farmers are sick of talk, they want action, honesty and accountability – over-delivering on this strategy is our absolute goal.” He urges farmers to hang in there and not give up on wool. “I know it is currently bloody tough going but the world is on the cusp of a massive environmental crusade for which wool can provide solutions,” he said.

“The future is extremely bright if we take the amazing opportunity in front of us, walk the talk, promote and buy wool products and help protect the environment. “I hope they (farmers) will see us having a clear and concise focus.” The CFW strategy is not about running off in a different direction to the Strong Wool Action Group (SWAG). “We are looking to engage with SWAG and collaborate on a strategy that will potentially see CFW morph into a marketing role with an overarching industry strategy,” he said. “To implement this strategy, we will consult with consumers who make conscious purchasing decisions based on environmental impact.

Farmers and government want to see an industry that moves and pulls in the same direction. Tom O’Sullivan Campaign for Wool NZ “We will influence the influencers, developers, architects, interior designers, and even government.” The initial impact of the strategy is expected to be notable by Christmas, with the real impact to be analysed and reported in 12-18 months.

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

Farmers want answers on pest control Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz HAWKE’S Bay farmers want to know what Ospri’s plans are for a possum control programme held up by a legal bid to stop it, which has now been dismissed by the Māori Appellate Court. Late last year the Māori Land Court rejected an application for an injunction against a planned possum control operation on the Tataraakina C block, which is west of the Mohaka River near the Waitara Valley, off the NapierTaupō road. Ospri had earlier been given permission to carry out pest control on the land by the Tataraakina Trust C’s responsible trustee Clinton Hemana. However, trust member Nigel Baker, who filed the original injunction and who is against the use of 1080, appealed the December decision that would have allowed Ospri contractors to carry out aerial 1080 drops. A recent judgment by the Māori Appellate Court, which heard the appeal on August 12, says Baker argued that the Chief Judge Wilson Isaac, who heard the original application for an injunction, undermined the views of some of the trust’s listed owners, who voted against authorising the 1080 programme at a special meeting, by not taking their views into account. “He submits this sets a dangerous precedent as other judges may rely on absent owners to support their decisions,” the judgment said. “Mr Baker is wrong in both fact and law. “Judge Isaac dismissed the application on the basis that there was no trespass or unlawful injury to the land. He then went on to consider the remaining arguments, including the level of owner support and opposition. “However, that is not the basis upon which he decided the matter.”

REJECTED: An attempt to stop an aerial 1080 possum control operation in Hawke’s Bay has been dismissed.

How are they going to ensure affected farmers are recompensed for the direct and indirect losses this has caused them? Campbell Prendergast Farmer The judgment says Judge Isaac considered the views of the land’s owners in relation to the 1080 programme. “He found that there was little difference between the level of support and opposition. He also took into account that a small number of owners had engaged in relation to the total number of owners in the block,” it said. In dismissing the appeal, the

panel of three judges said Baker did not demonstrate Judge Isaac erred in law or in principle, took into account an irrelevant matter, failed to take into account a relevant matter, or was plainly wrong. Now that the appeal has failed, northern Hawke’s Bay farmer Campbell Prendergast wants to know what Ospri’s plans are for the 1080 drop on the block, which he says is a known TB hotspot. “Is it going to get done in September?” Prendergast asked. He also wants to know how much responsibility Ospri accepts for what he describes as 12 years of inaction over pest control on the block, which has significantly affected farmers in the area through the spread of bovine TB. “How are they going to ensure affected farmers are recompensed for the direct and indirect losses this has caused them?” He says farmers affected by

Mycoplasma bovis through no fault of their own received compensation, so he wants to know why the same principle does not apply to farmers affected by bovine TB through no fault of their own. Prendergast says Ospri needs to step up its communication to farmers about the TB outbreak. Despite three series of public meetings in Hawke’s Bay during the past two years to inform farmers about action taken to control the outbreak, he says farmers are not given real answers to their questions. “They just seem to bring a different crew up each time who just roll out the same ‘nothing’s changed and we’ll get back to you’,” he said. He says that needs to change and he wants to know how Ospri plans to improve its communication with farmers and when that is going to happen. Ospri general manager of North Island service delivery Dan

Schmidt says it has been working closely with MPI, the Department of Conservation, contractors and various landowners to understand when and what pest control operations it is able to proceed with under the various covid-19 alert levels. “Now that most of the country has moved to Alert Level 3, we are recommencing ground control operations,” Schmidt said. “We recognise that we have critical aerial operations throughout New Zealand, including in Hawke’s Bay, which we are preparing to get under way as soon as possible, keeping in mind the covid environment which we find ourselves in at the moment. “With any aerial operation, close contact is required and staff and our contractors come from multiple regions, so we must consider the logistics and our obligations to ensure our contractors can safely undertake the work.”

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

Nait targets lifestylers Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz LIFESTYLERS have become a key focus for Ospri as it ups the efficiency of the national animal identification tracing (Nait) programme. Ospri head of traceability Kevin Forward says a lot of lifestyle properties now border farms and it’s important these property owners understand their responsibility when it comes to owning animals. Real Estate New Zealand statistics show more than 7000 lifestyle properties change hands every year.

They think it’s all good but have no understanding around the legal obligations of owning animals and associated biosecurity requirements. Kevin Forward Ospri Whether you have a dozen animals or even just one, as person in charge of animals (PICA) there is a legal obligation to register with Nait and keep your account up-to-date if managing Nait animals. “Some of these small holdings are retired farmers, but a lot of these people are lifestylers who have absolutely no farming experience,” Forward said. “They think it’s all good

but have no understanding around the legal obligations of owning animals and associated biosecurity requirements. “That is a big concern and a big part of the Nait push now.” Ospri partnered with Federated Farmers and FMG to establish the plan on how to work more closely together to get the message out. “We would rather educate to be compliant but, if need be, we will enforce and prosecute,” he said. “This is about protecting NZ, livestock identification, animal welfare and of key importance we don’t want to compromise the (Nait) programme and put farmers at risk.” Forward says the importance of being prepared for a biosecurity incursion such as TB, Mycoplasma bovis or foot-and-mouth disease is the responsibility of all animal owners, no matter what size the property. “We are doing a real push up over the next 12 months to get lifestyle and smallholding property owners up with the play and understanding the importance of NZ’s biosecurity and what they need to do,” he said. “We will go far and wide to engage with lifestylers and get the message out there through our regional Ospri committees, lifestyle magazines, media, any way we can. So, what is a Nait animal? Nait animals are cattle and deer that must be registered and tagged in the Nait programme. A Nait location running other livestock, such as sheep, pigs, alpacas, as well as the cattle and deer, is required by law to declare the number of all other stock before July 31 each year.

REQUIREMENT: Whether you have a dozen animals or just one, as a lifestyler or person in charge of Nait animals, you are legally obligated to register with Nait.

Non-Nait stock are not required to be registered and tagged, just declared. A property where you are in charge of Nait animals is a Nait location that once mandatorily registered is then assigned a unique Nait number. Properties running only nonNait animals are not deemed a Nait location and are not required to register or declare stock. As a lifestyle farmer it has become virtually impossible to avoid Nait and it is unlikely you will be able to buy any cattle or deer without it having a Nait number, a tag or movement recorded in the Nait online system

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) that undertakes enforcement of Nait is also escalating its compliance drive so prosecution is possible for not tagging and registering Nait animals on your property. Failure to register your property is liable for an $800 fine and if you decide not to re-register, it’s a $400 fine. This fine also applies to every individual animal or movement that is not recorded in Nait. Forward says the point is an animal that is tagged and Nait registered can be traced and this lessens the risk of introducing an animal-borne disease onto your

property, or for that matter, your neighbour’s. To meet Nait obligations the Ospri website has specific information for lifestylers/ small block owners on what they need to do and how to go about meeting their legal requirements. Every property, no matter how big or small, is required to have its own individual Nait number and assigned tags.

For more information and to register a property go to: www.ospri.co.nz/ farmers-and-livestock-owners/tracingfarm-animals/lifestyle-farmers-andpet-owners/

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

ORC reviewing river flow advice Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz WATER users have welcomed a chance for a rethink of the decision by a majority of Otago Regional Councillors (ORC) to have the robustness of science confirmed before setting minimum flow limits in the Manuherikia River. Manuherikia Catchment Group chair Anna Gillespie says the decision confirms the view of users that there are significant gaps in the council’s science. She is not holding back the frustration of users of the Central Otago river who have spent $1 million on the issue so far, with Gillespie alone devoting two days a week to the cause. “There is a bunch of science from the Otago Regional Council that has not been peer-reviewed and is full of errors,” Gillespie said. Those shortcomings include limited measuring of ecological indicators and extrapolating over the river’s 85km length and the condition of the 18% of the river, which flows through the most populated stretch. The review means councillors have postponed consideration of a staff recommendation to more than double the minimum river flow from the current 900 litres/ sec in stages, starting with an increase to 1200l/sec by 2023, 1500l/sec by 2030 and 2000l/sec by 2037. This process will by 2023 replace mining rights dating back to the Otago gold rush, which allow water extraction with minimum flows. Council chair Andrew Noone says the council vote showed they need assurances the science behind their decisions are robust. The council voted to request a peer review of the hydrological modelling, commissioned a new habitat model survey and to test the technical evidence from the Manuherikia Catchment Group on the impact of new flows on river tributaries. Noone says the two habitat studies submitted to council

REASSESS: The review means councillors have postponed consideration of a staff recommendation to more than double the minimum river flow. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

There is a bunch of science from the Otago Regional Council that has not been peerreviewed and is full of errors. Anna Gillespie Manuherikia Catchment Group by staff had contradictory conclusions, due to one being conducted following a flood. Council chief executive Sarah Gardiner says staff stand behind their report, but the implications of councillors’ request are still being worked through. “Council has committed to implementing (Environment) Minister (David) Parker’s recommendations to develop

a fit-for-purpose freshwater planning framework, including notification of a new Land and Water Regional Plan by December 31, 2023, to be operative by December, 31 2025,” Gardiner said in a statement. “This commitment still stands.” Gillespie says a challenge for water users has been the high turnover of council staff creating inconsistency, with a senior council scientist and the leader of the technical advisory group leaving their positions in recent months. Gardiner says in the year to September 1, turnover was 12.9% below the local government benchmark of 15%. The decision by councillors to review scientific data, passed six votes to five, has provoked a rebuke from four, including deposed chair Marian Hobbs. They have written to Parker asking for him to intervene, alleging conflicts of interest

among some councillors, predetermination of the decision and unnecessary delays. In a statement Parker says the underlying issue is that replacing deemed permits with minimum river flows has been a council responsibility since the Resource Management Act (RMA) was passed 30 years ago. “I do not have a view on what the minimum flow should be, but I do expect the regional council to meet its responsibilities without further delay,” Parker said. Noone described the split vote among councillors as democracy and robust debate, but he also disagreed with the allegations made to Parker. “I’d like to think he will want us to knuckle down and get on with the job, that is what the minister will be wanting,” Noone said. Gillespie says the Environment Court has already sided with farmers in rejecting the council’s proposed limits for the Lindis

River near Wanaka and now faces issues with the Manuherikia. In 2019, the court agreed with the Lindis Catchment Group and set a minimum flow of 550 litres/ sec and a primary allocation of 1640l/sec, rejecting limits proposed by council-appointed commissioners of 900l/sec and a primary allocation of 1200l/sec. Gardiner says the council spent $1.4m on the Lindis minimum flow. “For the Manuherikia, over $4.4m has been spent on the Manuherikia, Arrow and Cardrona minimum flows projects, which have involved over 26,500 staff hours,” Gardiner said. “We conservatively estimate that 75% of this expense and time has been spent on the Manuherikia River.” The Catlins and Upper Lakes are the next two catchments to be determined, with the council Land and Water Plan to be notified in 2023.

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A world-first for NZ Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz AGRICULTURE and its impact on climate will be a key component of the world’s first Bachelor of Climate Change available from the University of Waikato. The three-year degree will combine scientific knowledge with understanding of economic, social and political systems, and Māori and Pacific responses to climate change. University of Waikato dean of science Professor Margaret Barbour says agriculture was not ignored in the degree; nearly half of New Zealand’s emissions came from primary production. It was threaded throughout the degree across the three years and university staff had taken a holistic approach to teaching it. It did not take one perspective as more important than the other, but looked at it across the entire sector. Barbour co-teaches the firstyear introduction to climate science paper, which spent a lot of time on agriculture. “We talk about New Zealand’s greenhouse gas profile emissions, we talk about how agriculture is impacted by climate change, but also how agriculture could help with climate change solutions,” Barbour said. While it is a science paper, Barbour says they will be encouraging students to think

about social issues and the impact of changing agriculture would have on people’s livelihoods and lifestyles. “That could mean big changes to agricultural production, which we rely on as a country,” she said.

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“It’s about thinking more than just the science of it, but also the humans involved, the environment involved and how it all fits together.” As NZ and the world work towards a target of net zero emissions by 2050, she says our future depends on how we respond to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas

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ADAPT: University of Waikato dean of science Professor Margaret Barbour says our future depends on how we respond to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and how we adapt to environmental change.

real climate change problem. “Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) is woven through the qualification, requiring holistic thinking and a recognition that humans are part of the natural world not above it. He oranga taiao, he oranga tangata,” she said. “Graduates with a Bachelor of Climate Change will lead future climate change solutions through an ability to think critically across science, arts, management and social sciences disciplines, and do so with cultural competency.”

Students with the qualification will be in demand across the country and the world as NZ works towards the target of net zero emissions by 2050. Students with University Entrance can enrol directly into year one of the Bachelor of Climate Change, the first official intake starting in 2022. The new qualification was presently only offered at a Bachelor’s level. Barbour says the university was still working on a postgraduate option for its students.

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

Mixed views on nitrate study Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz A NEW study has suggested it is highly unlikely that nitrates in New Zealand’s drinking water present an increased risk of getting bowel cancer. The study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) assessed the levels of nitrates New Zealanders are consuming from both water and food. It found that on average, the nitrates New Zealanders take in from food and water add up to about one-quarter of the internationally agreed acceptable daily limit. This study comes after a Danish research study in 2018 reported an association between the level of nitrate in drinking water and the occurrence of bowel cancer and a subsequent NZ study also concluded it was a risk factor. The NZ Food Safety Science & Research Centre commissioned its partner the ESR to carry out the study. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and Fonterra cofunded the research, which was undertaken by the ESR’s Peter Cressey and Dr Belinda Cridge. Cressey outlined the study in an online webinar. Its conclusion of a low cancer risk was calculated using data from the Ministry of Health’s national nutrition survey of 8000 New Zealanders to calculate the mean exposure of nitrates in food and water. Using that data, it broke down where the nitrate exposure was coming from in food and water among adults and children using a dataset of nitrate and water values and randomly assigned those values to those surveyed people. That data set had values ranging from 0 -130mg/l of nitrate. This covered the range of nitrate levels seen in NZ. It found that the major source of nitrates consumed by these New Zealanders came from lettuce and potatoes.

SOURCE: Potatoes along with lettuce are a major source of the nitrates consumed by adults and children, according to a new ESR study.

To my knowledge, there is very limited research investigating the level of antioxidants required to nullify the effect of any given level of nitrate in drinking water on endogenous nitrosation. Dr Tim Chambers Otago University Just under 50% of nitrates also came from other foods, which are a variety of different fruits and vegetables and processed meat. Drinking water contributed 9.1% of nitrate consumption. Of that, 1.9% and 2.6% came from drinking water consumed with and without food respectively, coffee and tea made up 1.6% and 1.9% and the balance came from fruit juice and other beverages.

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Among children, 42% of nitrates consumed came from potatoes, 13.9% came from lettuce, 36.6% came from other foods and 7.5% came from drinking water. Of that 7.5%, 3.7% came from water consumed with food, 1.8% came from fruit juices and the balance came from other beverages, tea, coffee and water consumed without a meal. “The exposure analysis shows that a low overall percentage of nitrates come from drinking water consumption and a very small proportion is from consumption of drinking water as a beverage,” the study said. Cressey says it was important to look at the nitrate intake from both food and water, as less than 10% of nitrates consumed came from water – the rest is from food, especially green vegetables, which contain antioxidants that cancel out nitrates. Tea, coffee and fruit drinks, for example, are rich in these antioxidants. The link between nitrates and cancer comes from the human

gut’s reaction to nitrites which form nitrosamines. Some of these nitrosamine compounds in the gut can mutate and while they can generally be absorbed by the small intestine, he says they also form the crux of the link between nitrates and cancer. “Even if they’re formed down there, we’re still not sure how they’ll make their way to the colon to initiate cancer,” Cressey said. It is also why the study treated nitrates in food and water as separate entities. Nitrates in food come with all of the other nutrients and compounds when it is consumed, whereas nitrates in water do not. “There’s so much of the nitrates from drinking water that is in a food-like form associated with antioxidants or is being consumed at the same time as the food and will hit the digestive system at the same time,” he said. However, Dr Tim Chambers, a senior research fellow from Otago University’s department of public health, criticised the report.

He says it would have been more informative to have undertaken a detailed analysis of the 800,000 New Zealanders who are potentially at risk from high nitrate levels in drinking water, as determined in a study completed by Victoria and Otago universities earlier this year. “The authors also assume that any nitrate from water consumed with a meal, or as another type of beverage poses zero risk to human health, regardless of the potential imbalance between nitrate and antioxidants,” Chambers said. “To my knowledge, there is very limited research investigating the level of antioxidants required to nullify the effect of any given level of nitrate in drinking water on endogenous nitrosation. “It is great to see additional attention dedicated to this important health issue. However, the research aims and analyses within this report were never designed to support the definitive conclusions used in public statements.”

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MyFarm leans back towards dairying MYFARM is returning to dairying investment after six or seven years, this time using a purchase and leasehold model rather than farm syndication. An offer will be made during this spring, seeking wholesale investors into high-quality dairy land and assets linked to leases to a well-established farming partner. The minimum lease return is forecast to be 4% annually, with some risk sharing in the farm gate milk price that may boost the lease return. MyFarm chief executive Andrew Watters says the proposed lease model will have a bottom lease rate set at $6/kg milk price, rent increases as the milk price rises and anything over $8 to the lessee’s benefit.

Now is the time to buy good-quality dairy land, in contrast to other high-use farmland. Con Williams MyFarm The lease period would be 10 years. He declined to say how much money the offer will seek, but MyFarm does have the larger farms picked out and a prospective lessee who already runs a successful dairy farming business. MyFarm will also write into the lease agreement terms that aspire to good environmental and social goals in the areas of nutrient loss, water quality, carbon emissions, animal welfare, calf breeding and rearing and employee development. Watters thinks the offer may suit older, exiting farmers who want ongoing steady returns on investment into the industry they know best. He says it will differ from the

NZ Rural Land Company model through the variable lease rate and the known farms and lease partners. In a recent webinar for intending investors, My Farm recalled its own 20-plus year history in dairy farm syndication and the twin drivers of farm conversion and rapidly growing milk supply. Between 1992 and 2014, nearly 80 syndicates were formed and more than $800 million invested and the total rate of return was around 10% annually. Some are still operating and have done well out of high and stable milk prices in recent years. Watters and his wife Alison had stayed in dairying right through the ups and downs. But MyFarm stopped dairy syndication when land and cow prices began to fall, banks tightened requirements and the two very low milk price seasons hammered returns. Increasing regulatory uncertainties, environmental requirements and skilled labour shortages were also reasons for stepping out. “We have been glad to be out of dairy during the industry reset,” Watters said. Subsequent positive changes include flat milk production, improved dairy price stability and more visibility of government regulations. General manager of investments Con Williams says the new steady state included no conversions to dairying in New Zealand, low milk growth in Europe and world demand that had caught up with supply. Farmland factors included the restrictions on foreign investment, tougher credit requirements, dairy debt reductions and the number of dairy farms falling. “Now presents an opportunity to buy good-quality dairy properties, in contrast to other high-use farmland,” Williams said. Watters says that investors who may be concerned about demand for dairy products in the long-term would note that

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PROSPECTIVE: MyFarm intends to set high standards as a dairy farm owner, chief executive Andrew Watters says.

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Fonterra retains its global rank FONTERRA has retained its sixth place in Rabobank’s annual Global Dairy Top 20 report for 2021. Ahead of it are Yili, Danone, Dairy Farmers of America, Nestlé and Lactalis, which unseated long-time industry titan Nestlé to now be the world’s largest dairy company. Rounding out the top 10 are FrieslandCampina, Arla Foods, Mengniu and Saputo. The combined turnover of the top 20 companies fell by just 0.1% in US dollar terms last year, as the global dairy sector navigated the disruptions caused by covid-19. Merger and acquisition activity slowed in 2020, with 80 announced deals compared to the prior year’s 105. Activity picked up in 2021, with over 50 deals announced through mid-year. The pandemic also heightened consumers’ awareness of environmental challenges. Rabobank dairy analyst Richard Scheper says consumer sentiments are being heard. Many companies included in the top 20 have made sustainability commitments for 2030 and carbon-neutrality commitments for 2050. Sustainability-marketed US milk sales grew more than 20% from 2013 to 2018, compared to negative growth for the category as a whole. Sustainability-marketed natural cheese and yoghurt sales grew over 30% and 20%, respectively, compared to near 10% growth for those categories broadly over the five-year period, according to the NYU Stern Centre for Sustainable Business. Dairy alternatives also keep growing and blurring the definition of dairy. The sales growth of liquid milk and yoghurt alternatives – especially oat and almond-based alternatives – have not gone unnoticed. Danone’s turnover in dairy alternatives following its acquisition of WhiteWave Foods in 2017 was recorded at €2.2 billion (US$2.5b) in 2020, a gain of 15% compared to the previous year. Adding these sales would have lifted Danone one place to third position. “The designation of dairy is also becoming more blurred as hybrid products, containing both dairy and

plant-based ingredients, enter the marketplace,” Scheper said. The report expects dairy markets to remain in balance. At the farm level, the rising cost of production due to drought-induced higher feed costs and inflationary pressures will keep margins tight, limiting milk production growth in exporting regions to less than 1.2%. Over the next decade and beyond, it believes changing demographics will drive dairy opportunities. Over 35% of the population growth will occur in Africa, which largely imports its dairy from players in the Global Dairy Top 20. While China will continue to reign as the world’s largest dairy importer, its dairy sector will find growth in the over-50-year-old market, rather than being dominated by the infant nutrition market. The US and EU markets are also expected to be aging and affluent, attracting innovation and competition. At the farm level, consolidation will continue worldwide and dairy farms will market ecosystem credits along with their milk. Social and environmental pressures will limit herd-size growth in Europe and New Zealand, resulting in most of the production gains coming from greater production per cow. Dairy cooperatives in these two regions will become even more challenged to deliver growth, due to a combination of a matured domestic market and limited growth in milk volumes in response to sustainability constraints. As a result, these companies are likely to focus on value strategies, including bolt-on dairy alternatives, rationalisation of plant capacity, and global marketing alliances, the report said. Rabobank global dairy strategist Mary Ledman expected that by 2030, consumers will have the option to buy competitively priced plant-based and cell-cultured dairy alternatives, with non-GMOsensitive consumers opting for the plant-based alternatives. “Natural dairy’s nutrient density will keep it a dietary staple. But, it is also imperative that the dairy sector be part of a global carbon-reduction solution that resonates with climatesensitive consumers and prevents food manufacturers and foodservice operations from taking natural dairy out of their products and off their menus,” Ledman said.

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may not have available. “I have spent a lifetime in the industry banging my head against a MetService brick wall and realising I did not need to. But having said that it should not be, it is not a good situation,” Trewinnard said. He sympathised with data users, including farmers who may be required to pay for data, having already contributed through their taxes. “I have no doubt MetService has justification for what they may charge and I am sure NIWA does too; both may feel their charges only cover a portion of their costs, but it becomes a self-serving situation,” he said. Charges are attached to real-time rain radar data from MetService and live weather observations from NIWA. Trewinnard says there has long been “grey areas” in the national

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He was also concerned that with doubling up on forecasting between the two organisations there have been disparities in reported temperatures in some centres, with each using their own data collection points to report from. One outcome Morrison was hoping from the Commerce Commission ruling was a clearer demarcation between which organisation does what. “Any forecasting NIWA does needs to be at the experimentalresearch level and daily forecasting left to MetService,” he said. A MetService spokesperson says the service intends to fully cooperate with the Commerce Commission, but was unable to comment further while the investigation was under way. He says the service regularly engages with other weather providers supplying real-time radar graphics for use. A NIWA spokesperson confirmed the organisation would comment after the Commerce Commission has deliberated.

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meteorological forecasting model that has enabled two organisations to overlap in some service areas, including forecasting itself. The overlap in services was noted by the Parliamentary Select Committee for Economic Development, Science and Innovation early last year. National MP Stuart Smith questioned if the two organisations were doubling up and suggested they should be linked. NIWA’s chair Barry Harris acknowledged the overlap, but did not believe there was duplication that demanded only one product to those who wanted to use it. NIWA’s website continues to advertise its weather forecasting services based on six hourly, daily and monthly projections, as both an ongoing service or a one-off. Eighteen months on, Smith says he still saw “patch protection” between the two organisations. “It seemed to the committee they were trying to do the same thing and reinventing the wheel,” Smith said. Trewinnard says the weather forecasting industry in NZ was a peculiar one, in that two large state-owned entities were vying for similar areas of interest. Australia, for example, has a single meteorological organisation devoted to forecasting, the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO for climate change research. James Morrison, director of Weather Station, a frost forecasting service, says the Commerce Commission investigation had a sense of déja vu for him. In 1997, the Commerce Commission ruled on a complaint laid by another forecasting company, Weather Workshop, that MetService was abusing its dominant position by denying access to data collected on its

PĀMU chief executive Steven Carden will leave the company to take up a role as managing director of NZX-listed Delegat Group, chair Warren Parker announced on Tuesday. Parker thanked Carden for his almost eight years at the helm of New Zealand’s largest farming entity. “Steve has really driven a forward-looking strategy focused on maximising returns through leveraging our portfolio of assets, investing in innovation, diversifying where this makes sense from a land use and consumer perspective, while keeping the core pastoral farming business operating efficiently,” Parker said. “These changes mean the company is well positioned to grow returns to the shareholder and contribute more to New Zealand’s primary sector by trialling new systems and technologies at scale. All of these achievements have been made on

ON THE MOVE: Pāmu chief executive Steven Carden will leave the company at the end of the year.

the back of Steve’s work as chief executive. “Steve has also championed the health and safety of staff and Pāmu’s environmental performance, both critical areas for the ongoing success of the agricultural sector.” Carden says he has greatly enjoyed his time at the helm

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APPEAL: Sustainable wool production has struck a chord with sharemarket investors, Bremworth’s share price having risen 90% in the past 12 months.

WOOL carpet and rug manufacturer Bremworth made a profit of $1.7 million after tax and has a strong cash position and balance sheet. In the financial year to June 30 it made a 55% improvement in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) and the return to profit compared with a loss of $21.5m in the previous year.

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Rising land values deliver profit Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz NEW Zealand Rural Land Company (NZL) has reported its first net profit after tax of $15.115 million as at June 30, due to revaluation of the 15 farms it had acquired for the start of the current dairy season. The 15 farms were acquired for $124.5m and the revaluation added $16.5m. Fourteen of those farms were purchased from the Van Leeuwen Group (VLG) and have been leased back to tenancy companies in which Van Leeuwen family members are principals. On June 30, NZL had total assets of $165m and liabilities of $54.7m, being loans from Rabobank. It has a debt-to-total assets gearing ratio of 30%, below Rabobank’s loan-to-value requirement of 40%. The net asset value of $110m was equivalent to $1.3968 a share, upon which the performance fee of $1.625m to the NZ Rural Land Management Company (NZRLM) was paid. Rural servicing company Allied Farmers owns half of NZRLM. The net asset value rose 11.74% in seven months from the initial public offering to the first balance date. “The growth in net asset value highlights a combination of attractive large-scale acquisitions and industry tailwinds for high-quality rural properties,” the company said. It believes that continued asset value growth can be delivered from agricultural land, especially in dairying with the current Fonterra milk price forecast being 30% higher than the 10-year average. Subsequent to the balance date, NZL purchased another VLG 500ha dairy farm at Makikihi, South Canterbury, for $12m and settled on August 1. It has been leased to one of the existing tenants for a gross rate of 5.34%, with an option to repurchase by Van Leeuwen interests. A two-for-three rights issue in late June raised $20m, being a shortfall on the $44m sought. NZL has more large-scale acquisitions in the South Island worth approximately $80m in latestage due diligence. Viticulture will be included in the assets for the first time; approximately 10% of the planned expenditure with the rest dairying in the same regions as the current NZL farms. To fund further acquisitions, NZL will look to place the current rights issue shortfall of $24m at $1.10 a share with wholesale investors. Applications for this issue will close on September 28. NZL directors affirmed they were on track to deliver to investors a cash dividend yield of 4.35% in FY22, based on the August 27 share price of $1.12. The $75m IPO was done in December at $1.25. They have forecast increased dividend yields in following years of 5.11% and 5.74% respectively. Currently, 79m shares have been issued and the market valuation of the company is around $87m.

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RSE prospects a work in progress Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz THE horticultural sector is cautiously optimistic the prospect of Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) staff arriving here in the coming month has not died with the lockdown, after getting government approval in early August. Prior to lockdown, the Government announced RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu would be welcome without being subjected to MIQ regulations on arrival. Until now, any workers that have arrived have been subject to industry-paid MIQ and full wages for the two-week period prior to commencing work. Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed this week government was still working with quarantinefree travel partners to bring in RSE workers who don’t have to go into MIQ, given the stress those facilities are under at present. Former Hort NZ chief executive Mike Chapman has been liaising between industry and government over the RSE scheme, which was hit hard by the lockdown and many workers returning home earlier this year. Estimates are that about 5000

SETBACK: Pipfruit NZ chief executive Alan Pollard says the RSE scheme was still running, albeit with workers arriving later than anticipated.

workers remain and the industry has anticipated about 12,000 being available this season if the process went smoothly. “It is still very much on the cards, but we have not had anything official just yet; government is obviously very occupied with managing the lockdown. We continue to work on the basis that we are dealing with covid-free countries, but lockdown has blown things out a bit here,” Chapman said.

Two flights of workers who would have still been subject to MIQ regulations set prior to the later announcement have been postponed until a later date, while a flight from Samoa is due about September 10 under the new conditions, if they are to remain. Pipfruit NZ chief executive Alan Pollard was confident New Zealand will see the first RSE workers here in early October, albeit delayed by a month. “Importantly though, even with

these workers coming, we are still looking at being significantly down on labour. Should the industry have a full crop this year, after last year’s losses, we could be looking at an additional 115,000 tonnes, which itself demands another 2000 extra staff,” Pollard said. Summerfruit chief executive Kate Hellstrom says she understands the logistics on how staff would be safely deployed on arrival here are still being determined. “But we are getting very strong signals from the Government that it will happen, it just needs to be done safely,” Hellstrom said. She says there was no indication Pacific Island officials were pushing back against staff coming here, despite lockdown. “These people are really keen to be able to come and work. The repatriation process will, however, also have to be considered. But we don’t want growers to lose hope that this will happen,” she said. The countries of Tonga, Vanuatu and Samoa have been decimated by loss of employment opportunities in the tourism sector and workers are keen to recoup that income with work here. Pollard says there is also hope

the Solomon Islands will join the other three island nations as an approved worker source. Workers from the Solomons have particularly strong ties to Central Otago orchards. The kiwifruit sector is also currently surveying members to determine numbers needed in coming months. Richard Bibby of Thornhill Horticultural Contracting says some RSE workers had not returned home from last year and in some cases needed to return. “The big worry for us is that we are simply not going to get the numbers we need in time. A plane load here, a plane load there, is still not a lot. We are still awaiting protocols for quarantine-free travel once they arrive,” Bibby said. Bibby acknowledged even with more RSE workers coming, the sector would be significantly short due to the lack of backpackers in the country. Estimates are that about 5000 remain in the country, but typically the sector would have about 50,000-70,000 to draw from when borders were open. “We would only have two working for us and usually we would have 50 at this time of year,” he said.

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Thinking outside the box 1. Why are possums considered a pest here in New Zealand? 2. How many possums are estimated to be currently in New Zealand? 3. What would happen to NZ’s flora and fauna if possum numbers are not controlled? What effect could they have on farm production? 4. Possum fur is a fine hollow fibre. Why is this a useful quality when manufacturing garments or in this case footwear? Recently we have been talking a bit about pests and ways to deal with them. What about looking at it from a different perspective? Can we make useful and marketable products from some of our most prolific pests? Check out this video about a company doing exactly that, making possum fur boots. Head to https://keuzi.com/pages/our-story-on-nzslargest-tv-network

5. What other animal also has a similar hollow fibre fur? 6. Hunting possums for their fur can create jobs. Can you think of any other pests that we currently have in NZ that could be used in a way that creates industry? What are these and what industry could they create? 7. Can you name five products made from possum fibre?

When your brain feels broken: Sometimes, we just know we aren’t feeling quite ourselves because we are going through a tough time, this is normal BUT sometimes we can feel like this for longer periods of time and this is when we need to do something to help ourselves. What do you do if you break a bone in your body… you would go and get it fixed by a professional! So, what do you do if your brain feels broken and how do you know if you are feeling anxious or depressed?

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SEPTEMBER DAYS GET LONGER, FASTER! In NZ our Ultraviolet rays from the sun (known as UV) are some of the harshest in the world. It's important especially for farmers and growers working out in the weather - that you are aware of UV levels all year round. In fact, people can get sunburnt in NZ in the depths of winter. RuralWeather.co.nz is the only NZ forecaster to provide a UV forecast for every local part of NZ all year round. We rank UV on a scale of mostly 1 to 10 (anything above 10 is 'extreme'). As we head towards the spring equinox later in September our days get longer. In fact, in September we gain an extra 20 minutes of sunlight each and every week (a whole hour gained across the month!). Once we pass the equinox our days become longer than our nights - so UV rays become even more intense. Your mission - Go to www.RuralWeather.co.nz and check out the sunrise & sunset times for Kaitaia (Northland) and Invercargill (Southland). How many hours of sunlight do they both have? What are the sunrise and sunset time differences between the two centres? - Scroll down to the "Detailed Data" tab (midway down the homepage). Now you can see the UV forecast. What are the highest and lowest UV numbers you can find across New Zealand this week? (hint: sunniest weather brings in the highest UV numbers).

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Record the number in your phone in case you ever need it. - Who in your family could you talk to about how you are feeling? - Do the self-assessment questions above and then talk to someone you trust about how you are feeling. Remember, we are human and we all have times in our lives when things feel harder than normal like if you are grieving for someone you have lost or being in lockdown and worrying about your exams and

future. There is ALWAYS someone to talk to and FREE access to qualified people who keep anything you share with them 100% confidential. I always find that I feel more able to tackle hard things in my life when I eat well, sleep well and exercise every day while spending outside time with my animals on the farm. Find the thing that you love doing and make sure it is a part of your daily routine! Harriet

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FILL YA BOOTS: Dairy farming in New Zealand is predominantly pasture based which is one reason our milk and products are sought after. Research how dairy farming looks in two of these countries: Australia, China, the Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia. 1

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2 Are there any similarities? 3 What breeds are most common on NZ dairy farms? 4 What breeds are most common in the other countries? 5 Do these countries mostly use pasture based systems or something different? 6 Can you think of any reasons why some countries keep cows in barns?

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Kuriger keen to tackle dream job Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger has been appointed National Party spokesperson for agriculture. Colin Williscroft reports.

ARBARA Kuriger can’t wait for the country to get out of lockdown so she can get stuck into her new role. The third-term MP was recently given responsibility as the party’s agriculture spokesperson, something she is extremely happy about. “When you go into Parliament you know there’s a range of jobs and a range of skills amongst your caucus but when you go in as a farmer, I guess every farmer who goes in there thinks ‘one day I could be the spokesperson for agriculture’,” Kuriger said. “I’ve been very happy with what I’ve had to date (portfolios) and I’ve retained energy, which is great, but look, I’d call it (agriculture spokesperson) the dream job.” As part of National’s portfolio reshuffle, Kuriger’s former rural communities spokesperson role has gone to Southland MP Joseph Mooney. She retains energy and natural resources, as well as food safety. Former agriculture spokesperson David Bennett has picked up the transport portfolio. He is also the party’s spokesperson for horticulture and biosecurity. Kuriger grew up on a farm at Ōpunake, in coastal Taranaki. Although one of her goals as a child was not to marry a farmer, she did (Louis), and has not looked back since. “It’s led me to some of the most amazing things that I never would have envisaged myself doing,” she said. Along with her career in dairy farming, she is a former board member of DairyNZ, Primary ITO, Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, Dairy Women’s Network and NZ Young Farmers. Kuriger, the 2012 NZ Dairy Woman of the Year, was made a Fellow of the NZ Institute of

Directors in 2014, has a MBA in strategic leadership and is a past scholarship recipient of the Food & Agribusiness Market Experience, along with being a judge of the NZ Rural Games Trust awards. She plans to use the experience provided by those opportunities in her new role. “One of my goals when I went to Parliament was to take rural into Wellington, to make sure rural people are understood,” she said. “Now I’ve got my biggest opportunity so far to do that.” She says there are some big challenges facing the agriculture sector, including issues around environmental impact and climate change. “There’s a lot of high-level stuff coming down on farmers,” she said. “Labour has drafted a raft of regulations, altered others and enacted unintended uses of various bits of legislation, leading to the enormous pressure on the agricultural sector. “And farmers have had a gutsful. It’s too much, too fast. “We’ve seen people getting rarked up about that recently, which resulted in the Groundswell protest.” Kuriger says part of her new role is to hold the Government to account, part of which is highlighting what she sees as the problems created by a top-down approach to change, rather than getting the grassroots involved early on. “Working from the grassroots up rather than the top-down is how I’ll be tackling my new responsibility as National’s spokesperson for agriculture,” she said. “What I want to do is try and take some of these high-level, topdown ideas and flip it on its head. “Everyone wants to do the right

APPROACH: New National Party agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says she plans to work from the grassroots up rather than the top down in her new role.

things in terms of environment and climate and everything else that we need to do. “I want to see if we can get some ground-up things going because that’s when people understand them. “If you put the tools in their hands, if they know where they are and where they need to go, what it’s going to cost and how long it’s going to take, then you can start putting steps in place to achieve the sort of things that we need to achieve as an industry.” Kuriger used the initial proposed winter grazing regulations as an example of how the top-down approach does not work. She says the early proposals were unworkable, yet there were people like Southland Federated Farmers vice president Bernadette Hunt, who if asked could have

provided knowledge early-on in the process that could have saved a lot of angst for farmers during the past year. “So, let’s have a look at what will work first and then see how we can progress that,” she said. Kuriger is also concerned about the stress many farmers are under at present through being shortstaffed. She says covid has made it difficult for them to get employees in from overseas. “It’s made life quite difficult for farmers because we’ve got an unemployment level now where we don’t seem to have a whole lot of people available to come out and work on farms,” she said. “But farmers can’t turn the lights off at 5 o’clock and go home. They stay until the job’s finished, the animals are fed and milked and

Labour has drafted a raft of regulations, altered others and enacted unintended uses of various bits of legislation, leading to the enormous pressure on the agricultural sector. Barbara Kuriger National Party the lambs are all taken care of. “They will work until the job’s done, so I do worry about the level of stress out there due to staffing levels.”

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Weed-sprayer utilises robotics FUNCTION: Massey design student Zene Krige says the idea for her autonomous, robotic weed-sprayer came from her mum’s exasperation over repeatedly dealing with weeds on the family’s lifestyle block.

One of the finalists in this year’s James Dyson Award forms a triumvirate of talented female industrial designers from Massey University, with an eye for matching good design with practical farmer-friendly solutions to mundane farming tasks. Zene Krige spoke to Richard Rennie about her solution for simpler, sustainable weed control.

HE repetitive task of spraying weeds onfarm can vary between plodding, the specific job of backpackspraying to the high cost, broadacre approach that risks drift, overspraying and possibly spray resistance. Massey industrial design graduate and PhD student Zene Krige has proven there is an alternative that brings the precision of backpack spraying, without the labour-intensive, time-sucking foot slog of the job. Krige is the third woman from Massey’s design school in the past four years to make the finals with an ag-focused design. Her selection as one of the national runners up in the James Dyson Award means an opportunity to be judged on the international stage, with the possibility of selection in a global Top 20. From there James Dyson himself will select the winners. The international winner will receive $59,000 plus $9,000 for their university, and a sustainability winner also receives $59,000. The idea for her autonomous, robotic weed-sprayer Trax came from her mum’s exasperation over repeatedly dealing with weeds on the family’s Waikato lifestyle block. “She basically asked me to use my degree and skills to fix the problem for her. That played well to my interest in robotics and automation research, something Star Wars has only heightened, and I also needed a project to

complete my Honour’s year degree with, so we started from there,” Krige said. A year on, Trax has meant Krige not only went beyond proof of concept but to a semifunctional prototype. But the design experience also helped her recognise the challenges that go with integrating robotics into the very human experience of farming. “The design not only had to meet the practical demands farmers would place on it, but it also had to have a look they would be comfortable working alongside,” she said. “Anthropomorphism, attaching human characteristics to objects, and also making them functional and practical, is hard to achieve.” Taking her cues from the appealing, accessible look of those Star Wars droids, she rendered a design that incorporates a “face” with “eyes” or lights within it.

DESIGN: If produced commercially, Trax would be in a standout rural lime green, rather than the grey of the prototype.

If produced commercially, Trax would be in a standout rural lime green, rather than the grey of the prototype. Her machine has the capacity to carry 30 litres of water and three lots of five-litre spray liquid as ingredients that would only be mixed and delivered when weeds are identified, saving money and waste. An integrated GPS location system would ultimately guide the machine through paddocks and back to its induction charging station and rewatering point. This technology, along with the AI tech to identify weeds by type and deliver appropriate spray is part of the machine’s concept, but not yet integrated. “With only a year to develop a design and prototype, you can only really focus on that key design. However, I have proven the concept is a valid one. Those with the skills and resources in those areas can go with this from here,” she said. With Trax covering all corners of the farm on its weed-killing quest she can see its potential to multitask while doing so, collecting data on other aspects of farm health, like dry matter levels

or soil moisture content. The modular design of its internal components mean they can be switched in or out to complete other tasks. “I can see how over time a farm could potentially have a fleet of Trax completing a number of tasks during the day,” she said. Krige says she finds the area of robotic design a lively and exciting place to be, with the challenges of trying to not only develop a practical solution, but to also come up with a design that will ensure the machines become humans’ “robotic sidekicks”. She points to inspiration in the agricultural area coming from the likes of Kubota’s autonomous electric tractor Kubota X. “It really is quite a beautiful interpretation of what a tractor can be,” she said. Bringing Trax from computer design to reality proved in itself something of an exultant experience, with the machine leaping into life one night in the design lab, heading off before she had even incorporated a “stop” button. “In some respects, this has been my baby, it’s been the first opportunity to express myself

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The design not only had to meet the practical demands farmers would place on it, but it also had to have a look they would be comfortable working alongside. Zene Krige Massey University through a design; you build up quite an affinity with the machine,” she said. She sees Trax’s current prototype as the start of a wider conversation about robotic machines’ role on farms and further developments of it will address the assorted issues robotics will raise. “In future we will have them operating in most spaces and I think we will have some form of relationship with them,” she said. “There are those ethical challenges too – are we being replaced or are we working alongside these devices?”

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Another potential outbreak looms I LIKED the term “living laboratory” Farmers Weekly’s editor used to praise the $5 million profit the state-owned enterprise Pāmu has just announced. State-owned are the key words which drove us boffins from the Whatawhata Hill Country Research Station, when 50 years ago we developed the large-scale Angus and Romney breeding schemes on the Waihora Lands and Survey (L&S) block near Rotorua, goaded on by the late superintendent Eric Gibson. This used taxpayers’ money to breed sires for the young settler farmers and the stud industry never forgave us for taking their business away. But we also saw this as a major opportunity to store the genes from these top animals at the

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Clock ticking on water reforms Bryan Cadogan

FTER almost a year of New Zealand’s 67 councils swimming through the informationgathering phase of the Three Waters Reform process, it is understandable why the public is getting frustrated and want to know what’s going on – so do we. But over the next few weeks things are about to get interesting. The Government has been orchestrating proceedings to date and will undoubtedly continue to keep a close hold on proceedings moving forward. So it is important that the public understand Wellington’s intended sequencing of events leading up to Christmas.

I think it is fair to say that councils have struggled to find many collective cohesive stances, understandably the nuances of these reforms place council’s in totally different spaces.

The elongated due diligence process for councils to get their heads around the complexities of the reforms is rapidly ending and over the next four weeks central government is wanting feedback on changes that councils would like to see. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta then decides what the next steps in the process are going to be. Early indications, and most councils preferred option, is that the minister allows sufficient time for councils to effectively engage with our communities so that together we can determine what is best for our individual districts.

And there is so much for people to consider. Should we join the new entity and take the funding assistance from central government, along with the efficiencies of what will be a huge new entity to control all the three waters for virtually all the South Island? Or should we be fighting for control of our assets, fearing our voice will be lost amongst the throng of a million other users? Then there is the governance and autonomy of Rural Water Schemes – can they be separated out from the reforms, will they need to be for stock drinking only and all human consumption must be attended to separately? When you burrow into the details of the reform there are just so many issues and many of them still remain unanswered, or at best, vague. But the clock keeps ticking. With Christmas getting frighteningly close and still we have had no indication that our pleas to slow this freight train down are being heard. I think it is fair to say that councils have struggled to find many collective cohesive stances, understandably the nuances of these reforms place councils in totally different spaces. If you think of the likes of Christchurch, they must be questioning the need to support all these tiny communities when much of their infrastructure has just been replaced after the earthquakes. Yet we on the other hand are concerned that the control we have collectively had over assets our forebears created will be monopolised by the ‘big boys’. The Yin and Yang of this conundrum is stretching us out like violin strings because to date virtually every argument has a good counter argument, and increasingly it is becoming apparent to me that we are damned if we do and ruined if we don’t. One thing I am adamant on is

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that we all need to hang in there for the fight. We need to keep our powder dry and understand when the most appropriate time is to force our case. It worries me the suggestion from some that it’s a good idea to bypass the process now and head straight for the finish line with the decision already made to be ‘out’. There are two reasons why I say this. Firstly, what is being bypassed is the public’s democratic right to have an input and assist us in determining what is right for our district. And secondly, such a tactic runs the extreme risk of pushing Mahuta to mandate the process. She must be under considerable pressure, and to see that some councils are making decisions before the public consultation round commences surely must undermine her confidence. I think most will be furious if the actions of a few deny us all the right to self-determination, but it is just one of the many challenges we face. Like many, the Clutha District Council is eager to get out to our communities to conduct information sharing events. In fact, we would have already held

DEMOCRATIC RIGHT: Clutha District Council Mayor Bryan Cadogan believes it’s important for the public to be part of the Three Waters Reforms consultation process, as it ultimately affects everyone.

some if it were not for lockdown, but in the meantime access to information can be found on council websites. I plead with you all to take a clinical, business-like approach to your analysis. The last thing we need is conspiracies, political agendas and racism to dominate proceedings, and distort what will undoubtedly be the biggest decision councils and the public have had to make in a generation. When you delve into it, you will see the labyrinth of challenges, the possibilities and the pitfalls. I know I’m thick, but after eight months and thousands of pages of reading, I am only just grasping what is being proposed and somehow it’s expected that the public can achieve the same ends

in a fraction of the time. Good luck with that, but please let’s give this our best shot because the magnitude of change suggested in the reforms demands no less – and most importantly, get involved because this is not a time to sit on the fence.

Who am I? Bryan Cadogan is the Mayor of the Clutha District Council.

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22 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

Ammo for the anti-dairy brigade Alternative View

Alan Emerson

I WAS halted by a recent headline that read “Emissions from cows on dairy farms reach record levels”. I thought that was surprising as cow numbers are dropping. It was data from Statistics NZ for the years 2007 to 2019 that showed dairy emissions rose 3.18% in 2019. We were then told that “emissions created by the digestive systems of New Zealand’s 6.3 million cows are among NZ’s biggest environmental problems”. My response, in a word, is bollocks. Here’s the rub. Stats NZ count all emissions from dairy farms regardless of where they come from. That’s fine as far as total emissions are concerned, but it isn’t if you’re providing ammunition to the anti-dairy brigade. What that means is that if a farmer has a dairy herd, a beef unit and some sheep on harder country, then all those emissions are counted as dairy, which they’re obviously not. What it does is to allow some

deskbound bureaucrat to publish a pile of alarmist figures that aren’t correct. Conversely, the Ministry for the Environment, (MfE) only publishes the figures from dairy cows, which shows a decrease in emissions over the same period of .4%. I’d suggest there is a lot of difference between plus 3.8% and minus .4%. On one hand dairy gets pilloried, when on the other, using MfE figures, it is to be congratulated. That was followed by a headline that read “NZ records the biggest drop in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ever”. The Government reported that emissions from agriculture, forestry and fishing had dropped 1.7%. Conversely, our electricity, gas, water and waste services were up 13%, as we had to burn coal to generate electricity. Hasn’t the primary sector done well. The whole GHG reporting system is, as you can see, inconsistent. In addition, there are other factors that get conveniently ignored. For example, we know the ‘average’ dairy animal produces 82 kilograms of methane a year but that isn’t definitive. Individual cows vary, as do different types of feed. Logic would also suggest different breeds have different outputs as well. That makes statements like “3.18% increases”

meaningless in my view. Federated Farmers chair Andrew Hoggard says we need to look at trends not annual variations. He also believes we should be looking at the entire agricultural sector and not just part of it. I agree with both statements. If we consider the facts, total methane emissions from all livestock have moved little over the past decade. They’re just .45% higher than they were in 2009. Putting it in perspective, road transport emissions have more than doubled between 1990 and 2019. They’ve risen 28% since 2009. Adding to that, methane emissions have to fall just .3% a year over the next 30 years to meet our commitments, whereas transport emissions must fall to zero. Looking at it another way, in 2009 our meat and dairy export receipts were a little over $13 billion. That has since more than doubled to over $28b and that was achieved with an increase in emissions of just .45%. The sectors are to be congratulated on vastly improving NZ’s economic wellbeing, with an infinitesimal increase in GHG emissions. In addition, as I’ve mentioned in the past, NZ is by far the most energy efficient food producer in the world when it comes to GHGs. We should be growing more

PERCEPTION: Alan Emerson says recent reports suggest the mainstream media remain blissfully ignorant when it comes to agriculture’s considerable achievements.

animals here, not less, if we are serious about saving the planet. Alas, it seems our achievements are massive but our acknowledgement for those achievements is verging on the non-existent. For a start, I’m unaware of any plaudits from our politicians – of whatever colour. Come on folks, we’ve kept the country prosperous and maintained our environmental footprint. The provinces are awaiting plaudits. The mainstream media, always quick to criticise, remain blissfully ignorant when it comes to agriculture’s considerable achievements. I expect Greenpeace to lead the charge of the ill-informed and in the current case they didn’t disappoint. Their spokesperson told me in all seriousness that “the dairy industry itself wants to make (the GHG figure) look a lot better than it actually is”. He added “the

burning of coal for dehydration of milk powder by Fonterra is not counted as a dairy emission”. Greenpeace felt it should be. Well matey, if you buy an EV there’s a chance your charging will be with electricity supplied from the burning of coal. Conversely, Fonterra is taking steps to reduce coal use. It is to be congratulated. Then we had the ubiquitous Mike Joy from Victoria University suggesting that the Government pays farmers $12b to stop dairying. He went on to claim “the dairy industry’s yearly $12 billion export earnings were effectively a government subsidy that allowed harmful land use”. Really? My only advice to him would be to stay in the shallow end.

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

In the crosshairs of a magpie From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

WHEN Tom and Elizabeth took the farm The bracken made their bed and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said. Denis Glover’s opening stanza of his famous and familiar poem The Magpies – a favourite of mine and I’m sure of many of you. In just six stanzas, Tom and Elizabeth start farming, flourish then wither and pass on, but the magpies are a constant presence and remain. Twenty-five years of this column and I don’t recall ever having mentioned magpies. Somewhat surprising as they are a daily part of my life here on the farm and I need not remind you that the Hawke’s Bay rugby team dressed in their black and white are known as the Magpies and supported by Hawkeye their mascot.

There have always been heaps of them around the house and on the farm. There are often raucous engagements of groups of them around the house during the day and if you listen for them, they are always calling to each other. I enjoy watching them harass the gliding hawks who try to appear nonchalantly annoyed but not scared of these spitfire-like attacks. Having read that they were tough on the native birds, I once attempted an extermination programme on them but despite a decent cull, it seemed to make little difference to the numbers and I soon tired of the killing. I later read that their nastiness to other species was overstated, so I just went back to accepting them as part of the resident fauna. One might assume that like many other Australian bird species, they had been swept across the Tasman by ferocious gales sometime in the past few thousand years. They are decent fliers. That’s what happened to the ungainly flying pukeko, perhaps 800 years ago. But they were introduced from Australia by Acclimatisation Societies between 1864 and 1874, mainly to control insect pests. When they do tick me off is their territorial attacks at this time

TARGET: Steve Wyn-Harris shares his recent encounter with a swooping magpie on his farm.

of the year during their nesting season. Many of us have had this experience. The cyclists from Waipukurau who ride this way have taken to wearing various paraphernalia on their helmets to help ward off attacks. Little balls bobbing on springs, wires, painted eyes on the back and such. The past three years, what I imagine is the same bird, has divebombed me on the lambing beat, always in the same place. Once you learn to anticipate the attack it’s not so bad, but this fellow clipped me the other day and that’s not on. The next day I took my shotgun but went on the four-wheeler

instead of the usual two-wheeler. It’s the male who does the attack and I know they are less likely to have a decent go if you are looking at him, so I averted my gaze. I couldn’t incite him to attack even though I went backwards and forwards in the usual strafing region. I figured it was the change in the bike so next day I was back on the two-wheeler and sure enough I saw him coming directly from his tree. I quickly stopped and popped two shells in the gun. I didn’t have time to dismount as he was coming like an arrow directly at me. I should point out that I am one of the worst shots I know and don’t shoot ducks for this reason, but also because I don’t enjoy it. But this was life and death or at least self-preservation. I had planned to wait until he swooped up and became a slower moving target, but I think I must have slightly panicked as he showed no sign of doing so. I aimed at this hurtling missile and fired a barrel. His wings immediately stopped beating and he passed a couple of metres over my head and hit the ground dead as a doornail. My only regret was that no one had witnessed this extraordinary feat of gunmanship.

I was interested to hear the following day that the Aussies were reporting strange happenings in what they call the ‘swooping season’. It seems that magpies will target people they see as a threat. They can recognise human faces and research has shown they can identify up to 100 different people. Some people are constantly victimised by the same magpie year after year and others completely left alone. However, with face mask requirements because of the virus, it seems the birds are becoming more agitated as they can neither read faces nor identify the ones they have always considered threats. So, they are now having a go at everyone rather than their usual favourite targets. With a new appreciation of how smart they are with this facial recognition ability going on, next time I’m constantly attacked, I’ll just put up with it as I’ve done in the past. Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle.

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

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

Calf rearing economics a threat Meaty Matters

Allan Barber

THE high milk price means more calves are being sent on the bobby truck this season, with slaughter numbers half-way through August 11%, or 80,000, ahead of last year across the country. This inevitably signals an equivalent drop in the number of beef cattle available for the 2023 season. The question is whether this is permanent or cyclical. Conversations with calf rearers suggest fewer calves reared every year could be a longer-term trend unless the industry dynamics change in favour of rearing. There are several factors to consider. The most obvious one is the milk price, which on its own is a deterrent for many dairy farmers for whom it clearly makes economic sense not to retain the calf beyond four or five days old. Those that decide to retain them will ideally have a sale to a grazer or finisher contracted at a satisfactory price. Dairy farmers who take a chance on rearing a few calves and selling them on the spot market have got a bit of a hiding over the past two years, especially if they hold them into November when there are too many available, forcing the price down. However, a lot of dairy farmers who would in past years have reared 30 or 40 calves have decided it does not make sense to use the milk, knowing it is more valuable in the vat. Te Awamutu-based Kirkham Group’s main focus is on dairy farming, but calf rearing has been an important part of the business, which group director Debra Kirkham says “gets in your blood”. A major deterrent is the lack of suitable staff to perform what is a very labour-intensive activity. It is also getting harder to secure contracts with beef farmers, so they halved this year’s spring calf numbers, which has worked out well for them. As autumn calves attract greater demand and are not as numerous, they can generally be fully contracted. However, the

MOTIVATION: Farmers dairy section chair Chris Lewis believes B+LNZ should take the initiative and encourage beef farmers to commit to contracts with calf rearers.

company looks carefully every year at whether they should continue to rear calves, because as Kirkham says “the calf rearer is at the bottom of the pile and gets squeezed hardest”. A standalone calf rearer would expect to pay $80-$100 for a well-marked 40kg calf and $250 for feed, assuming the whole milk powder price remains constant, plus labour and an allowance for deaths. A 100kg calf is worth $500 at present, but by November this could drop to $450. As can be seen, the margins are tight, unless there is a guaranteed contract price to fix the margin. Unfortunately, the Kirkham Group’s experience with securing contracts is increasingly typical across the industry. The main issue for the red meat sector is its reliance on the dairy industry to provide a large proportion of its annual throughput and whether this presents an undue risk to its future viability. The current season’s slaughter figures, with six weeks of the season to go, show that prime steer and heifer make

up 42% of the national kill, with the other 58% comprising cull cow and bull. While there will be a small percentage of prime cow and bull in the latter category, the vast majority will be from the dairy sector. In addition, a growing proportion of the prime kill will be from the tail-end of the dairy herd, covered by a beef bull, with whitefaced calves particularly sought-after.

The calf rearer is at the bottom of the pile and gets squeezed hardest.

The 2020 season saw prime make up only 38% of the total national cattle kill, so the increase this year may represent a carryover as a consequence of drought. It is unlikely to be the result of a sudden massive lift in the number of beef cattle on farms which, according to Beef + Lamb

NZ’s stock numbers survey as at June 30, increased 2.5% over the previous year. Beef cows mated for the year actually declined slightly, so no major change there. It may be that bull farmers are content to ride the swings and roundabouts of calf availability and the store stock market for their replacements, being prepared to buy and sell on the day, rather than contracting to buy bull calves from a rearer at a guaranteed cost. But contracting would encourage a continuing supply of an essential input to their farming model, which will become harder and more expensive to buy. Federated Farmers dairy section chair Chris Lewis makes the point that dairy rearers have also lost the live export market, which used to provide a valuable alternative. From his perspective, he used to rear a number of beef calves, but the present state of the market has given him cold feet. Lewis believes B+LNZ, which earns levies from all dairy cattle slaughtered, should take the initiative and encourage beef

farmers to commit to contracts with calf rearers, ensuring a continuation of the pipeline on which the red meat sector depends for an important proportion of its supply. While B+LNZ may not consider it their responsibility to make decisions on farming matters, it would surely be worth talking to farmers on both sides of this transaction to see what initiatives would result in a change in behaviour. There have been campaigns over the years to drive the rearing of beef-cross calves from the tail of the dairy herd, but the success of such programmes depends on both parties being willing to make a contractual commitment. Unfortunately, it looks as though this is still being left to the vagaries of price and supply on the day which seems to be a wasted opportunity.

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

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A new sense of leadership Lisa Sims

REDEFINING ROLES: AWDT general manager Lisa Sims says the 2021 KPMG AgriBusiness Agenda shed light on the different priorities between male and female leaders, which demands further discussion.

THE 2021 KPMG Agri-Business Agenda hit hard in its honesty. Our primary sector leaders are overloaded and struggling under the pressure of accelerating change. They are not the only ones. Many in the rural sector are struggling with the pace of change and additional requirements around data and compliance. That fatigue risks our ability to act decisively and seize the opportunities that change offers. But in the same report, there is a glimpse of the way forward. When asked to rank their top priority for the agri-food and fibre sector, female contributors to the agenda identified “equipping leaders with critical skills” as number one. For men, it was priority number 21. That’s a big difference. For the first time in the agenda’s 11-year history, a contributor demographic has considered an issue to be more pressing than biosecurity. But there is a deeper meaning here.

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This 20-point differential signals that a new kind of leader – spanning ages, backgrounds, genders and characterised by purpose-driven women – is emerging in New Zealand’s primary sector. Inspired by the thousands of women in the Agri-Women’s Development Trust (AWDT) community, I see three common characteristics that help us define this new sense of leadership. The first is a tendency to prioritise personal development and support for others. Looking broadly at our female leaders, we see journeys that often started with conscious investment in building the confidence and skills to lead. This creates a ripple effect as they step up to leadership in their local communities and onto national and regional boards and organisations. We see it in AWDT Escalator alumni who remain tightly connected years after their leadership and governance programme ends, and in the women who work through the pipeline of our programmes. Is it any wonder then that when these women arrive in positions of influence and are confronted by big, strategic issues their go-to response is to invest in people? As demonstrated by the agenda differential, their priority is to make the skills, development and support that got them there, accessible to others. When confronted with a challenging problem, these emerging leaders focus on mindset, skills and support, before reaching for strategy. The second characteristic of these emerging leaders is purpose-led leadership. They don’t wait for authority or position to do something for the people and places they care about. They are characterised by their roll-up-their-sleeves, boots and all approach, which often inspires others to follow. They are collaborative, authentic and care deeply about the issues they engage in and are determined to succeed. They are not told. They just choose to take responsibility for the issues they care about. Finally, these women lead with skills that engage, relate and connect to others. As a sector, we are moving past the farm gate and towards a future of values-led, collaborative projects driven by the needs of diverse stakeholders. Catchment groups are a great example. Driving this future is the ability to genuinely connect with others, to see life from their perspectives and hear their needs, hopes and fears. Let’s use an analogy from the farm. On leaving an AWDT programme, women realise that they can add a tremendous amount of value to their farming business as a critical farming partner. We see women taking the lead on finance, HR, strategic planning, succession planning, farm planning, and health, safety and wellbeing.

As overseas markets look for assurance in animal welfare and environmental standards, women are leading the way in finding tools and ways to satisfy this requirement. Farming businesses who are using the skills and strengths of both men and women are destined to succeed. How can they not? None of this is to say that men aren’t capable of purpose-driven or empathetic leadership, of course they are. But when we consider the nature of primary sector leadership today – that 88% of chief executives are male and our boards are small, similar and overworked – we begin to see the 20-point Agri-Business Agenda differential for what it is. A diversity gap that our emerging leaders intend to fill with leadership that prioritises investment in people, purposedriven impact and that seeks to understand and collaborate.

When confronted with a challenging problem, these emerging leaders focus on mindset, skills and support, before reaching for strategy.

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The position includes a 4-bedroom house. The farm is 15 minutes from the nearest primary school with a school bus from the gate and 30 minutes from the nearest high school in Marton with a bus from Huntervile.

Contact Harry Duncan on 06 322 8612 or send your CV with two references to: harrymckduncan1@gmail.com

Of the quality applicants that expressed an interest – all 12 came from the ad in Farmers Weekly – a brilliant result. In today’s market, finding the right person for the job can be tough. So if you have a role that needs filling, then we suggest you include Farmers Weekly in your schedule. Print might be old school, but this old-school publication is read and trusted by every farmer in the country, and they have a network of family, friends and colleagues, who also have a network...and so-on. There are hundreds of thousands of agripreneurs out there - all of us working together to bring in the $46b of export revenue that drives New Zealand. If you’re after a marketer or a mechanic, a farmer or a farrier, a CEO or CFO, or anyone else with the right agripreneur mindset and skill set to help you do your bit to drive the New Zealand economy, then advertising right here is where you start if you want quality applicants.

For the right person we are offering: • A competitive salary package • Excellent working conditions in which to progress • A tidy two-bedroom house in a strong community • The opportunity for personal growth and career advancement

Because we all know - people of the land have a good work ethic and are great workmates. #agripreneur. Want to make it happen? Call Debbie now on 06 323 0765 / 027 705 7181 or email: classifieds@globalhq.co.nz

Please send your covering letter and CV to calexander@outlook.co.nz Applications close: Monday 20th September 2021 If you would like further information about the role please contact Craig on 027 774 6644

RURAL REAL ESTATE CANDIDATES REQUIRED What's your next career move?

LOCATIONS: MARLBOROUGH/TASMAN/MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS Ideally, from a rural background, horticulture/viticulture is an advantage but not essential. One position for each location, we need a people's person who likes to get out and about and be amongst it.

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Summit is in it for the long haul, as a commissionbased position, we will assist and mentor the right candidates for a successful career in Real Estate. Call now for a confidential chat to discuss your future in Real Estate! Blenheim: (03) 578 3366 Picton: (03) 573 6166 Motueka: (03) 528 4001

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The role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to develop on the station.

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We ran the ad in Farmers Weekly, across our social channels, and in the other usual employment advertising platforms.

We are looking for a person who is self-driven and motivated to get ahead in the industry. That person will work alongside Craig (Owner and Farm Manager) and grow their knowledge and take on more responsibility as they develop. Key attributes required are: • Excellent stock handling skills and strong work ethic • A good communicator, honest and reliable • To work independently, or as part of a team • A desire to take up challenges and extend themselves

The ideal AgriHQ Analyst is someone who already knows how the livestock markets work, knows their way around database technology and has enough industry knowledge to win and keep the trust of all the stakeholder contacts they talk to every week. They also need to be happy to work a few odd hours – including some evenings!

All surplus sheep and cattle are fattened off the farm with cropping playing an important role. We also lease approximately 140 hectares of cropping ground (Tama) in the winter which we graze all our Ewe hoggets’ on behind three wire electrics.

A successful applicant must have: • A good work ethic • 3-4 good working dogs • Experience on hill country • Excellent attention to detail in regards to stock and maintenance • Be able to work unsupervised and as part of a team • Good horsemanship is preferred

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Over the last two weeks you may have seen our ad for an AgriHQ Market Analyst on this page here in Farmers Weekly.

We operate an intensive 570ha sheep and beef breeding and finishing farm approximately 12km from Matamata. The farm runs 3500 Romney Ewes and 150 Angus Cows and their replacements. Incorporated in that is a recorded Romney flock of 600 ewes run as part of the ARDG breeding group. This flock is highly tolerant to facial eczema and is production driven with a lot of emphasis also put into the genomic (DNA) side. As a result of this we are also selling rams into the industry.

We are currently seeking applicants for a block managers position.

The Turakina valley is renowned for its strong social community with recreational activities on your door step.

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

GOATS. 40 YEARS experience mustering feral cattle and feral goats anywhere in NZ. 50% owner (no costs). 50% musterer (all costs). Phone Kerry Coulter 027 494 4194.

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RAMS FOR SALE WILTSHIRE & SHIRE® Meat rams. Low input. www.wiltshire-rams.co.nz 03 225 5283.

WANTED TO BUY SAWN SHED TIMBER including Black Maire. Matai, Totara and Rimu etc. Also buying salvaged native logs. Phone Richard Uren. NZ Native Timber Supplies. Phone 027 688 2954.

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE WILTSHIRES-ARVIDSON. Self shearing sheep. No1 for Facial Eczema. David 027 2771 556. RED DEVON BULLS. Waimouri stud, Feilding. Phone 027 224 3838.

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Follow us on Facebook.com/KoanuiPH for updates on when we will safely reschedule this event. In the meantime, we have easy calving, balanced performance bulls dairy bulls available, so call us today!

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PAYMENT TERMS: Payment is 20th October 2021 – deliveries immediate to suit trucking.

Resurgam Angus Yearling Angus Bull Sale

M: (06) 874 7844 E: info@koanuiherefords.co.nz

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Sean & Jodi Brosnahan 386 Wainui Road, Ohope Friday 17th September 2021, 12pm

@fowlerfarmsbullsale

Fowler Farms Ltd

These R1 bulls are from NZ’s most remote farming area. They are truly station bred from hill country and are mainly NZ genetics. They are of impeccable temperament, soundness, type. 100% grass only – Closed herd. TB = C10. These bulls will be available for pre-sale inspection in Ohope, Friday 10th September, 9-12pm.

11TH ANNUAL SERVICE BULL SALE

Held on farm and undercover at 470 Wilford Road, Hurleyville, South Taranaki Tuesday 14th September 2021 at 11.00am ORDER OF SALE: • • • • •

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Purchase any Bull at this sale and charge it

through your NZ Farmers Livestock account to For Further Inquiries: be in to win $2,500 cash. Drawn in October. Sean & Jodi Brosnahan Waitangihia Station 06 864 4468, 021 997 519 resurgamangus Brent Bougen - Auctioneer 027 210 4698 www.resurgamangus.com Shaun Bicknell - 027 221 1977

52 years of breeding

COMPLIMENTARY BBQ LUNCH PROVIDED AUCTIONEERS NOTE:

We are extremely pleased to offer this outstanding line up of quality, well grown service bulls. All entries are TB and BVD negative, BVD, IBR and leptospirosis vaccinated. Test results available on request.

Bernie & Irene Fowler 06 273 4400 or 027 201 2552 NZ FARMERS LIVESTOCK

Call Ella:

12TH ANNUAL ON FARM SALE

Grant Hobbs 027 477 7406 027 552 3514

0800 85 25 80

NE WITH

“I’m not talking to you. I’m talking to the duck,” the farmer replied.

POSTPONED UNTIL 11:30am WEDNESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2021

Richard and Christine Lansdaal and Family

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Conditions apply

200 Luck at Last Road RD2 Cambridge Sale held Under Cover Just purchase any bull at this sale and charge it through your NZ Farmers Livestock account to be in to win $2,500 cash. Drawn in October

38 two-year Bulls for sale

Wednesday 22 September at 11.30am

On Offer:

Corner Manawahe & Herepuru Roads Manawahe, RD 4, Whakatane

Bred for low birthweight, calving ease and quiet temperament. All TB & BVD clear and vaccinated. Contact Priscilla, Bill or Shannon Paki 07 322 2362 or 027 322 2352 Email: herepurustation.ltd@outlook. com

15 R2 Jersey Bulls BW up to 308 190 R1 Jersey Bulls BW up to 304 10 R1 Murray Grey x Bulls

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Brent Espin 027 551 3660 Daniel Crowley 027 215 3609

BID ONLI

“That’s not a pig. That’s a duck,” his wife stated, hands on hips.

Here at Farmers Weekly we get some pretty funny contributions to our Sale Talk joke from you avid readers, and we’re keen to hear more!

2 Simmental 15 Friesians 25 Jersey 3-year-olds 120 Jersey 2-year-olds 60 Jersey autumn-born

$50 cash back on any bulls taken on week of sale

Going Going Gone!

Herepuru Herefords

• • • • •

• Grazing available at vendors risk until 20th November 2021 Deferred payment until 20th NOVEMBER 2021

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60 Hereford INC 25 LBW Stud bulls 45 Angus INC 20 LBW Waigroup 30 Murray Grey 30 Red Devon 10 Ayrshire

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This auction date is scheduled subject to any changes due to Covid-19 regulations.

A farmer strolled into his kitchen with a duck tucked under his arm. His wife was peeling potatoes. The farmer said, “This is the pig I’ve been talking about all day.”

Dairy bull education day postponed

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PLEASE NOTE:

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September or October delivery Please Contact

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Due to a robust selection, this will be one of the highest offerings they have presented. Selected from local established Te Awamutu herds. Cows calved from May onward. Once cows are sold the whole farm will be planted in maize. Young, all sound, these cows will be presented in optimum condition for mating. Annual buyers have confidence in the standard of cows being offered. All breeds to suit all buyers and can select A2A2 cows.

View our Catalogue at

Dairy/Beef Cross Yearling Export Heifers

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Give Ella a bell: 0800 85 25 80

DETAILS: • BW169/53 PW254/60 LW234 herd testing, A2A2 tested. • TBCM – MBovis not detected, Lepto & BVD vaccinated. • All calved – unmated – in fantastic condition. • 25th August herd tested – 2.0kg/ms/cow– SCC 99,000. • Breed breakdown – 23% Frsn, 35% Frsn X, 27% Jrsy X 15% Jrsy.

CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENTS: Ben Deroles 027 702 4196 or ben.deroles@carrfields.co.nz Mike McKenzie 027 674 1149 or Mike.mckenzie@carrfields.co.nz

WANTED Stock sale coming up?

COMPRISING: 230 x Frsn & Frsn X & Jersey X Cows

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14th ANNUAL IN-MILK AUCTION HIGH INDEXED – A2A2 COWS VERIFIED BW169 PW254 LW234 A/c Finch Contracting Thursday 23rd September 2021 at 972 Paterangi Road, Te Awamutu Start Time: 11:30am (Undercover, luncheon provided)

livestock@globalhq.co.nz – 0800 85 25 80

Ollie Carruthers 0274 515 312

Catalogue available soon, on mylivestock.co.nz and http://www.linklivestock.co.nz/upcoming-sales/

Ross Riddell 0272 111 112

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Many cows contracted to LIC for 2011 matings Due to calve from 16-7-12, 6.5 weeks AB Jersey and Kiwi cross • Estimated to be 420 cows after non pregnant, culls, older cows & 5% rejection • Production last season 347kgs ms/cow, I have a client wishing to forwardoncontract 1000kgs ms/ha, rollingfortodelivery steeper no in-calf meal, palm kernel or maize Maycontoured 2022, 120farm, Jersey heifers. fed. BW average to be average or better for Jersey 2020 born heifers at time of • Young replacement stock also available forward contract signing.

MEADOWSLEA GENETICS

WANTED TO PURCHASE Jersey Heifers

Online Semen & Embryo Sale

Prepared to purchase now so bullgenetics pasturing dates to suit 1st August Outstanding & potential to be2022 one of calving can be arranged. the countries leading suppliers of Genetics to

Open 29th August 7pm to 8th September 8pm Online at www.meadowslea.co.nz

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In-calf to recorded preferably. theJersey dairybulls industry for years to come. Full details available. Complete replacement lines preferred but will consider part lines with good figures.

SHADOW DOWNS P O L L E D H E R E F O R D S TUD

WEDNESDAY 15th SEPT , 2021 - 12 NO ON

STOCK REQUIRED STORE LAMBS 37-43kg EWES with LAF min 3 weeks age 1 YR FRSN BULLS 210-250kg 1 YR BEEF BULLS 220-300kg 1YR BEEF STEERS 180-230kg 2YR

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BW 143/50 PW 161/67 RA 100% (in top 10 All Breeds for NZ )

Enquiries to the sole marketing agents: Email profiles to: b.robinson1@xtra.co.nz Enquire immediately Brian to: Robinson BRLL Brian RobinsonPH: Ph 0272 051 or 07 8583132 0272410 410051

STEERS 420-460kg

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

Waitangi Angus

Gary Falkner Jersey Marketing Service PH: 027 482 8771 or 07 846 4491

FERTILITY, SOUNDNESS, TEMPERAMENT, CONSTITUTION AND CARCASE QUALITIES

LOWER HERENGA WE ROA D , WA V E RLE Y

NEW SALE DATE!

“The beef breed for every need” Owner Bred - Closed Herd

“ A Consumer orientated breeding programme

48 2yr Hereford Bulls 15 1yr Hereford Bulls

NEW SALE DATE

Offering Merit Sires • Low Birth Weights Easy Calving • Whitehead Premiums Performance Recorded • BVD & Lepto vaccinated/tested

GENUINE HOME-BRED BEEF BULLS

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Tuesday 28th September 2021 at 12 noon on farm

87 yearling bulls at Waitangi

THURSDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2021 12 NOON, 662 RANGITATAU EAST ROAD, WANGANUI

ALL Bulls are i50K tested for enhanced EBVs

IAN & DANIEL SMITH P/F: 06 762 7899 • Mobile: 021 749 235 • Email: daniel.rae@primowireless.co.nz

NZ FARMERS LIVESTOCK Mark Howells: 027 664 8832

YEARLING BULL & HEIFER SALE

using proven performance genetics to enhance commercial returns for our clients

PGG WRIGHTSON Mark Neil: 027 742 8580

A QUALITY SELECTION OF 26 IMPRESSIVE YEARLING BULLS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT & EARLY GESTATION + HEIFERS WHICH ARE SOLD IN LOTS.

Enquiries and Inspection Welcomed:

Contact John, Joss or Phil Bayly M

027 474 3185,

jbayly@xtra.co.nz

Sale Catalogue link: www.waitangiangus.co.nz/upcoming-sales

DON'T MISS OUT - ENQUIRIES TO:

www.waitangiangus.co.nz

LINDSAY JOHNSTONE (027 445 3211) MARIA JOHNSTONE (021 610 5348) OR YOUR LOCAL LIVESTOCK AGENT.

YEARLING BULL & HEIFER SALE FRIDAY 17th OF SEPTEMBER 12.30PM

Lot Lot 22

2nd ON-FARM YEARLING BULL SALE

Genuine Performance ROD ROD KJESTRUP KJESTRUP 06 06 372 372 7533 7533

679 Paradise Valley Road, Rotorua

10th September, 1pm Viewing from 10am

Inspection and enquiries welcome

Kevin & Janette M: 027 245 4106 P: 07 347 0239

NEIL NEIL KJESTRUP KJESTRUP 06 06 372 372 2838 2838

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Cam Heggie 027 501 8182

Finn Kamphorst 027 493 4484

Te Whanga Calving Ease Sires.

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72 YEARLING BULLS

• C10 Status • BVD tested & vaccinated • Carcase scanned Daimien & Tally 06 376 8400, 021 430 710 Mark Crooks, PGW, 027 590 1452

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Email for a catalogue: bulls@totaranuistud.co.nz

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Tuesday 14th September, 12 noon on farm, Pahiatua Specialist low birth weight bulls averaging 1.8 for birth weight ebv, against an average of 4.1. Many of these bulls are in the top 5% of the breed for (low) birth weight, making their ease of calving fantastic, meaning more live calves and more live heifers. Also catalogued some R1 bulls suitable for MA cow mating.

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available at www.bidr.co. nz

2021 MONDAY 13 SEPT SALE DATE 10.00

41 stud bulls 6 performance recorded bulls

JASON COFFEY 691 Te Kopi Rd, RD4, Masterton P. 06 372 77 20 M. 0274 570 526 www.borthwick.co.nz te_whanga@borthwick.co.nz

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HUKAROA

POLLED HEREFORDS

BullsEye Sale

TARANAKI CATTLE FAIR

16th Annual Service Bull Sale Thursday 23rd September Commences 11.30am 230 Beef Bulls Approx. 1pm 200 Dairy Bulls 300 McDonald Mine Road Huntly

Stratford Saleyards Wednesday 8th September 2021 12 noon start 800 Cattle. Full details to follow.

ANNUAL ON-FARM BULL & HEIFER SALE

Special Entry Account W & K Petersen F/T Annual Draft

12 NOON - UNDER COVER PAULSEN ROAD, WAERENGA, TE KAUWHATA, NORTH WAIKATO

110 x Empty 2yr Heifers comprising: 80 x MT Hereford/Friesian heifers 30 x MT Angus/Friesian heifers 11 x Autumn born 18mth Hereford/Friesian steers

Online bidding is available.

Quiet hill-country heifers, true to breed. Live weight range 370kg to 430kg approx. Sold in lines of 10.

Full details in main ads to come. For further information: Bill Sweeney - 027 451 5310

Further enquiries contact Stephen Sutton 0274 423 207

Friday 10 September 2021 Bred, reared and raised naturally on strong hill country

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All bulls come forward in great condition with excellent temperament. Sold in lots of 1 - 5 to suit all buyers. All bulls are BVD & TB tested and Bulls can be purchased via Bull Plan. Delivery to suit.

FOR BUTTS, NUTS AND GUTS

78 quiet, easy-calving Hereford bulls 2 year olds & yearlings PLUS – 8 Registered Hereford Yearling Heifers

FREE GRAZING UNTIL 1st OCTOBER 2021 BVD tested clear and twice vaccinated Tb C10 and Lepto Vaccinated

ALL BULLS FERTILITY & SEMEN TESTED Enquiries to: Dean

& Lisa Hansen 07 826 7817 or 0274 40 30 24

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If your rams have genetics farmers should invest in this season contact Ella and discuss options to get your message across. Ella Holland: 06 323 0761 or livestock@globalhq.co.nz | farmersweekly.co.nz

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Yearling Bulls For Sale

• 3 Purebred Speckle Park • 10 F2 (3/4) Speckle Park x Angus • 5 F3 (7/8) Speckle Park x Angus

BULL SALE: 45 CALVING EASE YEARLING BULLS

Sales by private treaty

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24 – 1PM 839 VALLEY ROAD, HASTINGS

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For further details: Bill Flowerday – Tauranga bilanwen@farmside.co.nz Phone 027 272 4361

Stock sale coming up? Contact: Tom Suttor, Carrfields 027 616 4504 or Dean Freeman, Redshaw Livestock 027 445 1944

HILLCROFT

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57th Annual Hereford Bull Sale

OUR TOP YEARLINGS FOR SALE BY NEW SIRES STOKMAN TRIFECTA P240

ON FARM - LUNCHEON PROVIDED 660 Ngaroma Rd, 26km off SH3, Sth East of Te Awamutu.

Top 1% short gestation, calving ease daughters Top 5% calving ease direct, birth wgt, days to calving

34 TOP YEARLING BULLS & 60 2-YEAR OLD BULLS

KELVIN & CYNTHIA PORT • P: 07 872 2628 • M: 022 648 2417 E: kelvin@bushydowns.co.nz • Web: www.bushydowns.co.nz ROBERT & MARIAN PORT • P: 07 872 2715

92 ANGUS YEARLINGS 51 ANGUS 2-YEAR OLDS 37 HEREFORD 2-YEAR OLDS SALE ON FARM & ONLINE

PRODUCING GOOD HILL COUNTRY CATTLE WITH ADDED CALVING EASE AND PERFORMANCE

Wednesday 29th September 2021, 12noon

Sound bulls with exceptional temperament • Full EBV details in catalogue. Selection of Short Gestation & Low Birth Weights • Bulls ideal for Beef & Dairy Free local delivery or grazing till 1st Nov. Payment 20th Oct.

11.30am MONDAY 20th SEPTEMBER

STOKMAN CAPITALIST P243 Stokman Trifecta P240 and Stokman Capitalist P243

ENQUIRIES AND INSPECTION ALWAYS WELCOME Malcolm & Fraser Crawford Matahuru Rd, Ohinewai Hillcroft Angus www.hillcroftangus.co.nz

Top 5% calving ease direct, 200, 400, 600 day wgt Top 10% short gestation, birth wgt

Fraser 07 828 5755 or 0272 85 95 87 Malcolm 07 828 5709 or 0274 721 050

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FARMERS WEEKLY – September 6, 2021

” 6th Annual Yearling Bull Sale – FRIDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER 2021 1:00 PM AT 43 FINLAY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE – Viewing of bulls from 11:00 AM Our bulls are purpose bred for Calving Ease and short gestation

Our bulls are proven for mating with heifers and MA cows

BVD free and vaccinated M Bovis free TB C10

Visitors always welcome. For all enquiries, contact: Sam LeCren M: 027 474 9989 E: sam@takapoto.co.nz Andy Transom, PGGW M: 027 596 514 Follow Takapoto Angus on Facebook

www.takapoto.co.nz

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MARKET SNAPSHOT

Market Snapshot brought to you by the AgriHQ analysts.

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Nicola Dennis

Sarah Friel

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Deer

Sheep

Cattle BEEF

SHEEP MEAT

VENISON

Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

6.25

5.70

NI lamb (17kg)

9.25

7.20

NI Stag (60kg)

6.55

6.40

6.55

NI Bull (300kg)

6.15

5.55

NI mutton (20kg)

6.60

4.90

SI Stag (60kg)

6.45

6.30

6.55

NI Cow (200kg)

4.60

4.15

SI lamb (17kg)

9.15

6.95

SI Steer (300kg)

6.10

5.15

SI mutton (20kg)

6.75

4.65

SI Bull (300kg)

5.90

5.10

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

SI Cow (200kg)

4.90

3.95

UK CKT lamb leg

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

8.07

8.86

7.33

North Island steer slaughter price

$/kg CW

6.50

5.50

5.0

$/kg CW

4.00 South Island steer slaughter price

6.50

Jun

Aug 2020-21

$/kg CW

Oct

Dec

Oct

Dec 5-yr ave

Feb

Apr 2019-20

Jun

Last week

Prior week

Last year

2.86

1.94

NZ average (NZ$/t)

Prior week

Last year

Urea

844

578

342

339

294

1135

750

37 micron ewe

2.85

2.80

1.85

Super

30 micron lamb

2.45

DAP

Top 10 by Market Cap Company

YTD High

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd

33.4

36.55

27.1

Meridian Energy Limited (NS)

5.24

9.94

4.925

420

7.50

410 400

Ryman Healthcare Limited

$/tonne

8.00 7.00 6.50 6.00

390 370

Sept. 2022

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380

DAIRY FUTURES (US$/T)

Aug-20

Dec-20

Feb-21

Apr-21

Jun-21

Aug-21

$/tonne

* price as at close of business on Thursday

3650 $/tonne

3600 3550 3500

8.3

11.16

6.6

7.43

7.99

5.67

Ebos Group Limited

35.44

36.25

27.51

Listed Agri Shares

5pm, close of market, Thursday

5.42

3.69

3.7

3.06

Delegat Group Limited

15.5

12.9

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

3.75

5.15

3.61

Foley Wines Limited

1.46

2.07

1.45

390

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

1.3

1.35

0.81

Marlborough Wine Estates Group Limited

0.26

0.65

0.24

380

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

1.45

1.72

1.39

370

PGG Wrightson Limited

3.88

3.99

3.11

Rua Bioscience Limited

0.405

0.61

0.37

Sanford Limited (NS)

5.09

5.51

4.3

Scales Corporation Limited

5.15

4.22 4.66

400

Oct-20

Dec-20

Feb-21

Apr-21

Jun-21

Aug-21

WAIKATO PALM KERNEL

3700

Contact Energy Limited Fletcher Building Limited

Comvita Limited

Aug-20

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

12.46

0.161

410

7.61

15.99

12.5

2825

7.61

5.79

15.58

6.05

2830

7.61

4.37

7.6

The a2 Milk Company Limited

2835

3430

4.97

430

SMP

3460

4.89 6.67

YTD Low

420

3500

Spark New Zealand Limited Mercury NZ Limited (NS)

0.335

3600

Butter

6.65 64.85

YTD High

3595

4050

7.99 99.78

0.305

3650

4100

7.18 96.51

ArborGen Holdings Limited

WMP

4140

Auckland International Airport Limited Mainfreight Limited

vs 4 weeks ago

AMF

Seeka Limited

5.33

5.68

400

Synlait Milk Limited (NS)

3.33

5.24

2.85

350

S&P/NZX Primary Sector Equity Index

13823

15491

12865

S&P/NZX 50 Index

13280

13558

12085

S&P/NZX 10 Index

12915

13978

11776

T&G Global Limited

300 250

Sep

Oct Nov Latest price

Dec

Jan 4 weeks ago

Feb

YTD Low

Company

Prior week

3450

Oct-20

CANTERBURY FEED BARLEY

Last price*

Milk Price

Aug 2020-21

Last week

430

Nearby contract

Jun

FERTILISER

CANTERBURY FEED WHEAT

Sept. 2021

Apr 2019-20

Fertiliser

Aug 2020-21

8.50

5.50

Feb

5-yr ave

Grain

Data provided by

MILK PRICE FUTURES

$/kg MS

7.0 5.0

Coarse xbred ind.

Dairy

8.0

7.0

(NZ$/kg)

2019-20

9.0

6.0

4.50

5-yr ave

US$/t

South Island lamb slaughter price

WOOL

Apr

South Island stag slaughter price

10.0

5.00

Feb

7.0

11.0

5.50

Dec

8.0

5.0

8.0

5.0

Oct

9.0

6.0

6.00

4.00

Last year

6.0

9.0

4.50

9.59

7.0

6.00

Last week Prior week

North Island stag slaughter price

11.0

8.0

6.0

5.00

12.11

North Island lamb slaughter price

9.0

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

9.22

9.06

$/kg CW

9.06

US domestic 90CL cow

Last year

10.0 12.13

Export markets (NZ$/kg) US imported 95CL bull

Last week Prior week

$/kg CW

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

William Hickson

Ingrid Usherwood

200

Aug-20

S&P/FW PRIMARY SECTOR EQUITY

Oct-20

Dec-20

Feb-21

Apr-21

Jun-21

Aug-21

13823

S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

13280

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

12915

FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

Analyst intel

WEATHER

Overview Spring is here and the weather pattern has been very spring-like since September started. Spring is all about winter slowly fading away and hints of summer slowly coming in. So we can expect to see some tastes of summer, but at the same time we should still have weekly reminders that winter is still fading (it hasn’t gone yet). We’re seeing a big uptick in powerful and large highs (a number of them larger than all of Australia) and this means New Zealand will be impacted by them too. But, at this time of year the highs tend to have gaps in between them – that’s the green light for wintry bursts of windy sou’westers and cold fronts.

14-day outlook Classic spring this week, with a cold front (from Australia) moving in on Tuesday, nationwide. By Wednesday a cooler airflow crosses NZ out of the Southern Ocean. Windy westerlies kick in for Thursday/Friday as high pressure tracks just north of NZ, placing NZ in the windier squash zone south of the centre. This weekend W to NW winds continue to blow through (the usual set up: calmest at the top of NZ, windiest in central areas and around the Southern Alps). Next week kicks off with a potential large low over the North Island – this isn’t 100% locked in yet, but explains why our long range rain accumulation map shows over 100mm for parts of the North Island (in purple shading), fingers crossed anyway.

Soil Moisture

Highlights

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Wind

Classic spring winds with westerlies dominating; sou’westers kick in for Tues/Weds in many regions then more W to NW into Thursday to Saturday. Next week a low is possible over the North Island, with 360-degree windflows and sou’westers again after it. Source: NIWA Data

7-day rainfall forecast

Temperature

We’re getting some good variety of rainmakers coming in, but Hawke’s Bay and other eastern areas are still leaning dry. You may notice in the long range rain map (to Sept 18) it shows a chance for heavy rain over in Hawke’s Bay – please note this is not yet locked in. It’s showing up because early next week a low over the North Island has the potential to bring in rain to eastern regions. Otherwise, the bulk of rain coming is for western NZ. 0

Spring ups and downs, with cooler air moving in on Tuesday and another surge in southern NZ Wednesday to Friday. Some places like Gore may only reach 9-10degC at the warmest point, although nothing too extreme.

Highlights/ Extremes

100

200

400

Rainfall accumulation over seven days starting from 6am on Monday, August 23 through to 6am on Monday, August 30. *Forecast generated at 12am on Friday, August 20.

Tuesday has a classic cold front moving in, with some heavy downpours and snow in the Southern Alps. Heavy rain for the West Coast at times this week. A possible large North Island low this Sunday/next Monday (one to watch).

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Aussie rebuild will affect NZ

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T MAY be all quiet here as the focus lies with lambing and calving, but across the Tasman there’s a bit of action happening, which could influence the 2021-22 season in New Zealand. The days of limited competition from Australia in the lamb export space appears to be over. Farmers began building flock numbers with enthusiasm in the past year and we are seeing the flow-on effects as a larger crop of new season lambs starts to hit the ground. Industry estimates were pointing to a 6% growth in ewe and lamb numbers in the 12 months to the end of June, but very low mutton slaughter rates are likely to revise this figure upwards. Good on-farm conditions, lower supplementary feed prices, as well as lower stocking rates, have all combined to keep lambs growing at above-average levels too. This has all meant lamb slaughter rates have exceeded five-year average levels for 10 weeks straight as of last week. More lamb equals more production, which is being funnelled into exports, limiting the availability of lamb on Australia’s domestic market. At the start of the last decade, only 40% of lamb was exported, with the remainder consumed domestically. But the combined pull of strong export markets and contracting domestic consumption has gradually changed this. Around 55% of lamb was directed overseas through the opening half of the year. In other words, any growth in production is going to be magnified by more than a third in the export market, versus if the same growth happened a decade ago. For NZ exporters, this is going to be noticeable in the US and China in the new season more than anywhere else. Australia has very limited access to mainland Europe and while technically they can sell into the UK, their lamb is usually too large for buyers’ requirements. Not to mention the Middle East, which

traditionally takes a quarter of Australia’s lamb exports, has halved in significance since the start of the pandemic and the removal of subsidies. NZ exporters are already noticing some impact in the US where a number of lamb cuts have become noticeably poorerselling compared to other markets. It’s not hard to see why when Australia sent 22,000 tonnes of lambs to the US in JuneAugust versus 10,000-14,000t in the same months in 2014-20. The same hasn’t been reported in China yet, where prices are holding strong. Though imported lamb is just a drop in the bucket of the overall Chinese protein market, around 5% of total imported meat this year. A longer respite is set for NZ beef exporters though, where it will be likely another six months or longer before a significant lift in Australia beef production is noted. Younger cattle are rapidly refilling pens on understocked feedlots, to the point where the number of cattle on feed jumped 17% in the three months between Q1 and Q2 this year. But there remains a distinct lack of older, kill-ready cattle nationwide. This will be especially beneficial for NZ in the US, where the lack of manufacturing beef from Australia should keep prices for NZ product firmer than otherwise. Normally the same logic would apply to China, but larger volumes from the US have largely filled this section of the market this year. Cattle shortages and the need to rebuild are generating some astounding prices – online trading platform AuctionsPlus sold 100,000 mainly store and breeding cattle in a six-week period, recently having 200-280kg steers and heifers average AU$1500-$1600 or AU$6.20-$6.35/kgLW, while heavy steers (300-400kgCW) were making AU$6.95/kg at the processors last week. It’s easy to get jealous of these prices and forget this is part of Australia’s boom-bust cycle. From late 2017 to early 2019, processors over there were often paying less than what was being received in NZ. Analysts have frequently reported that processors have been running at losses of AU$300/hd or more since the start of the year.

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SALE YARD WRAP

Strong start for ewes and lambs THE sound of lambs calling out at the sale yards heralds the start of the ewes with lambs-at-foot season and they were a main feature at Stortford Lodge and Feilding post-lockdown. New season lambs are still a few weeks away from attending the sales on their own and the ewes with lamb’s market provides an opportunity to secure a few early lambs. This can be quite a lucrative market and some vendors specifically prepare and farm to it, which is evident in annual draft lines of older ewes that come forward, typically with terminal lambs in tow. It is a market that has many variables that are taken into account by buyers and can be hard to pinpoint exactly where to put the peg in the sand. However, early indications are that the 2021 season is set to be another strong year, riding on the coattails of strong schedules for mutton and lamb and following a successful store and prime lamb market for old season lambs. WAIKATO Frankton cattle 1.9 • Two-year beef-dairy steers above 485kg strengthened to $3.16$3.25/kg • Prime Hereford-dairy steers, 558-612kg, pushed to $3.28-$3.34/kg • Top boner Friesian cows, 615kg, reached $2.29/kg New Zealand Farmers Livestock penned just under 180 cattle at FRANKTON last Wednesday and prime cattle provided the bulk of the offering. Sixty store cattle were presented. A pen of 2-year Angus-Friesian steers, 408kg, improved to $3.09/kg while lesser steers and heifers, 406408kg, traded at $1085, $2.66-$2.67/kg. Four Angus bulls, 490kg, sold well at $3.49/kg. Prime Hereford-Friesian steers, 528-563kg, lifted to $3.16-$3.22/kg and most heifers, 458578kg, firmed to $3.10-$3.21/kg. Boner cows sold to good demand and Friesian, 456-545kg, realised $2.14-$2.23/kg. Friesian-cross, 368-585kg, firmed to $2.02-$2.17/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

POVERTY BAY Matawhero sheep • Top mixed-sex store lambs made $120-$155 with lighter types $80-$98

• Mixed age store ewes typically fetched $175-$180 • Heavy prime ewes earned $275, medium $200-$227 and light $140-$170 There just over 1000 store lambs at MATAWHERO last Friday. Heavy male lambs mostly earned $141-$190 though one pen of very heavy males sold exceptionally well to reach $299. Top ewe lambs made $161-$176, medium $101$149 and lighter types $69-$88. Heavy prime lambs sold to $202-$277 with the balance at $187-$195. Read more in your LivestockEye.

TARANAKI Taranaki cattle • Two-year steers mostly fetched $3.00-$3.07/kg, with better types to $3.11-$3.19/kg • Quality 2-year Charolais-cross heifers, 388-424kg, achieved $3.15-$3.19/kg • The bulk of the yearling heifers were 273kg Hereford-Friesian at $2.91/kg • Autumn-born weaner Hereford-Friesian steers, 90-113kg, fetched $440-$510 There were around 260 cattle at TARANAKI last Wednesday and the market was solid. The top end of 2-year steers were 530kg Hereford-Friesian which sold to prime buyers at $3.32/kg, with the bulk of the prime steers, 605703kg, earning $3.18-$3.25/kg. Better 2-year Angus-cross heifers made $3.05/kg. Heavier yearling steers above 236kg made $3.36-$3.39/kg, though the lion’s share traded at $2.87/kg to $3.12/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

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PEN FOUR: This pen alone sold for a total of $15,000, with all proceeds going to the local Cancer Society.

Going, going, gone to charity THE annual ANZ Cancer Society stock drive was held at Matawhero sale yards on Friday and the donation of approximately 340 sheep from around the region meant $61,070 was raised for the local Cancer Society, almost double the previous year’s result. PGG regional manager Jamie Hayward says the drive is always well-supported and this year was not different. “Everyone supports this fundraising event – from those donating the sheep, right through to the transport companies, auctioneers and buyers,” Hayward said. “All the donations stay local and that is a big driver of this fundraiser’s success. “One anonymous supporter donated 50 male lambs, which sold for $299 per head, totalling nearly $15,000 from one pen. And there will be more donations still to come as some opt to donate in other ways. We are stoked with the result.”

Stortford Lodge cattle and sheep • 2-year Hereford bulls from the Chatham Islands made $1280, $3.06/kg • The top pen of Romney ewes with single lambs-at-foot made $137 all counted • The heaviest pen of male lambs reached $251.50 • Good cryptorchid held at an average of $163 but males came back to $150 • Medium ewe lambs firmed to $130-$132 The STORTFORD LODGE cattle sale last Wednesday was small at just under 70 head, but milestones were reached. It was the first post lockdown, held on the first day of spring and the first cattle sale at this yard to include the online bidding platform bidr. Most cattle were either from the Chatham Islands or part of a consignment from Nuhaka, and condition was medium-good at best. The better 2-year Hereford-dairy and Angus-cross steers at 356-422kg sold for $2.75-$2.85/kg while a line of 13 Hereford-beef heifers were light-medium and off the pace at $600, $2.34/kg. One pen of yearling Angus and AngusHereford steers made up the entire age-section and at 261kg sold for $940, $3.60/kg. Old season lamb tallies fell away to 1800 and results were mixed. Heavy ewe lambs achieved $192-$192.50 and good types $155-$170. Ewes with lambs-at-foot were the main feature and included a consignment of 5-year and mixed-age Romney with Sufftex lambs that sold over seven main pens. Lines with single lambs made a premium and the consignment varied from $117.50 to $137 for an average of $125 all counted. Other higher tallied pens sold from $103 to $123 all counted. Read more in your LivestockEye.

MANAWATŪ Feilding prime sheep and store lambs • Top prime lambs were $240-$250 • Medium store lambs returned $145-$160 • Prime ewes mainly traded at $150-$16 A little under 3000 lambs and ewes were yarded at the first sale back for FEILDING last Wednesday. The market was largely like pre-lockdown, except for lighter store lambs which were weaker. Second cut prime lambs sold for $205-

$230. Forward stores made $170-$195 though lighter types fell back to $110-$125. All prime ewes sold within a $130 to $167 range. Read more in your LivestockEye. Feilding store sale • Two-year traditional steers, 465-510kg, were mainly $3.25-$3.35/ kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 230-260kg made $2.90-$3.15/ kg • Five-year ewes with LAF were $125.50-$132 all counted It was a solid market for 450 cattle at FEILDING last Friday. Two-year Friesian bulls, 435-475kg, lifted to $3.30/ kg, with 400kg two-year Angus-Hereford heifers making $3.35/kg. Purebred yearling Angus heifers, 230-255kg, made $3.30-$3.35/kg, with a big line of 280kg Hereford-Friesian steers at $3.15/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

CANTERBURY Canterbury Park cattle and sheep • Prime Murray Grey-cross steers, 547-587kg, returned $3.16-$3.22/ kg • Prime traditional heifers, 533-595kg, achieved $3.21-$3.29/kg • Prime dairy-beef heifers, 460-515kg, generally ranged from $3.01/ kg to $3.10/kg • Two-year Angus and Angus-Hereford heifers, 302-343kg, made $2.84-$2.88/kg • One pen of prime lambs reached $310 Updated rules around social distancing and mask use were well-observed by the gallery at CANTERBURY PARK last Wednesday. In the prime cattle section, the usual buyers were either present or represented by an agent although they were a bit more cautious than the previous auction. Good prices were paid for quality lines amongst the store cattle with 2-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 398kg, highest at $3.12/kg followed by similar pens of 371kg and 374kg priced at $2.88/kg and $2.71/kg respectively. A few small lines of very heavy prime lambs managed $242-$310 but there were numerous pens of 50-90 head amongst the heavy pens that earned $203-$238. A small third cut traded at $140-$178. The prime ewe pens offered up little in the way of numbers as less than 200 were yarded. The major groupings were very heavy pens that managed $278-$300, heavy at $213-$216, and very good at $177-$188. Only two pens of store lambs with 30 head in each attended. All were ewe lambs and they made $152 and $164. Read more in your LivestockEye.

SOUTH-CANTERBURY Temuka store cattle • Two-year Speckle Park-cross steers, 422-495kg, fetched $3.08$3.17/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 480kg, traded at $3.23/kg • Two-year Charolais-cross heifers, 449kg, made $3.18/kg • Two-year Angus heifers, 412kg, made $3.17/kg There was nearly a month between store cattle sales at TEMUKA as the previous scheduled instalment was cancelled by the level 4 lockdown. There was a healthy level of competition for the modest yarding of 500 on hand. Prior to lockdown entries at this early spring sale had looked to exceed 1000 head but vendor apprehension whittled this down by around half. The market showed plenty of early signs of improvement for older short-term cattle, particularly 2-year steers and heifers over 425kg that generally earned $3.08-$3.18/kg. Lighter 2-year cattle were mostly lesser dairy-beef types selectively bought from $2.56/kg to $3.07/kg. Yearling prices followed a similarly consistent range across the steers and heifer pens as most lines achieved $2.50/kg to $3.00/kg. Several lines of traditional cattle did a little better; particularly a 299kg pen of Angus-Hereford steers that was priced at $3.14/kg, and their lighter sisters, 246kg, that earned $3.32/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 6, 2021

VARIABLES: These two consignments of ewes with lambs-at-foot show how much lines can vary from pen to pen.

Feeder calf sales Just under 450 calves were penned at TIRAU last Wednesday. Local buyers had competition via agents with buyer orders from Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu and King Country. The quality of calves was high with some having a little more age. Friesian bulls earned $65-$120. Top Hereford-Friesian bulls traded at steady to improved levels of $220-$280 with medium types at $65-$190. Good red Hereford-Friesian bulls managed $115$170 with smaller calves at $25-$50. Angus-cross bulls realised $130-$150 and heifers, $60-$95. Top HerefordFriesian heifers fetched $90-$130 with medium black and red factor calves at $50-$85. Around 200 calves were presented at FRANKTON last Wednesday. Hereford-

Friesian bulls held value at $65-$225 and red factor calves $20-$155. Good Speckle Park-Friesian sold well at $190$215 and Belgian Blue-cross traded at $105-$235. Friesian bulls ranged from very small calves at $10 through to good types at $215. In the heifer pens Belgian Blue-cross earned $70-$150 and Angus-cross $20-$60. Red Hereford-Friesian traded at $15-$80. Approximately 100 calves at DANNEVIRKE last Thursday met keen interest and prices lifted on the previous result – both due to increased demand and older calves penned. Good Friesian bulls sold well at $85-$100 though small calves sold down to $40. Exoticcross bettered the top Friesian by $5-$10 per head. Good

demand for Hereford-Friesian bulls meant these returned $100-$155 and same breed heifers improved to $60-$125. Exotic-cross heifers made $80-$90. Around 230 calves sold at the MANFEILD PARK last Thursday, which followed on from successful sales via agents in the paddock over lockdown. Beef-cross calves were popular and included Simmental-cross that earned $225-$250 for bulls and $140-$180 for heifers. HerefordFriesian bulls were typically $180-$240 with good and medium heifers $80-$160. Angus-cross bulls earned $200 and a handful of Charolais-cross heifers $120. Friesian bulls topped out at $70 with good calves sold for $50.

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NZ beef remains strong Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz

EMAND for New Zealand beef is set to remain strong amidst global disruption as local producers face a bright spring outlook. Elevated NZ farm gate pricing over the past three months is expected to hold up with farmers heading into spring in a great position despite significant turbulence in global beef markets, according to Rabobank’s latest Global Beef Quarterly report. RaboResearch analyst Genevieve Steven says the high pricing comes off the back of strong demand from China and suppressed beef export volumes from Australia. Pricing across both islands is tracking well ahead of last year and currently sits 10% above the five-year average. NZ beef exports for the first half of 2021 were 3% ahead of 2020 volumes. Steven says while volumes to the US and Canada were down 26% and 56% respectively, exports to China rose strongly and were up by 21% on the first six months of last year. “Although volumes were higher, export earnings for the first half of the year were back by 5% as a result of a stronger NZ dollar and greater volume going to lower-value markets,” Steven said. NZ beef pricing is expected to remain strong through to November. “We anticipate NZ prices will be held up by continued strong demand from the US and China,” she said. “However, downside risks do exist with an easing of wholesale beef prices in the US, higher US cow kill, the end of their summer grilling season and the winding up of stimulus packages all having the potential to adversely impact NZ beef pricing.” The report says government restrictions on Argentine beef exports are set to have a substantial impact

DEMAND: RaboResearch analyst Genevieve Steven says high pricing coming off the back of strong demand from China and suppressed beef export volumes from Australia is shaping up well for NZ beef producers.

on global beef trade over coming months. The restrictions, imposed by the Argentinian government in late June with the aim of boosting domestic beef supply, limit Argentine beef exports to 50% of the average monthly volume exported from July to December 2020. “As Argentina was the fifth largest beef exporter in 2020 and the second largest supplier to China, this cut in export volumes has the potential to have a significant impact on global beef trade,” the report said. It is possible that some aspects of the restrictions could be eased, particularly exports to China and Israel, the country’s biggest export markets, with China accounting for 75% of Argentine beef exports in 2020. If restrictions remain in place until the end of the year, the Rabobank Beef Quarterly predicts Argentine beef exports for 2021 could drop by 23.5% year-on-year, although the most likely scenario, whereby sales to China and Israel are maintained,

would see exports fall by 9.5%. “At this stage, Argentina’s export reduction is having little, if any, direct impact on NZ beef exports, however, it could help to provide a pricing floor in the market,” she said. The AgriHQ Livestock Insight backs the report, suggesting there are good opportunities in the US market. US meat cold stores are low across the board, with frozen beef supplies in particular falling steeply since February. This aligns with normal consumption patterns, however, July beef stores have hit a 10-year low point. This year, the US processed 2.8 million cattle, a decrease of 65,100 from year-ago levels. More US beef is being exported, which is also driving cold store supplies lower. From January to June 2021, 534,500 tonnes of US beef was exported, a 21% lift from year-ago volumes. The driving cause of this lift is higher demand from Asian markets.

ACROSS THE RAILS SUZ BREMNER

Sale yards test the water SALES quietly kicked off this week on both the North and South Islands and it was a case of testing the water to see how they would go. No yards offered up exceptionally high tallies, but there was volume enough to gauge how Level 3 sales would operate. By all accounts it was a successful start to the ‘new normal’ – for now. And while no one told the cattle and sheep in the pens about social distancing, the limited number of people able to attend the sales were very conscious of keeping their distance. Masks were the most obvious statement that times had changed and the only instance anyone was seen without one was when the auctioneers were working their magic. Markets suffered little from the two-week hiatus from the yards and for most classes they carried on where they had finished pre-lockdown. The old season lamb market continued to wind-down after a record year and prices still reflected solid demand as buyers gathered up the last of them, though with caution around cutting teeth. Focus for some has shifted to the ewes with lambsat-foot market and these prices were strong. The prime cattle market needs to find its feet again but then it went into lockdown at record high levels, so perhaps for prime buyer’s lockdown provided some relief in that respect. At Canterbury Park prime cattle prices were back 20-30c/ kg on pre-lockdown levels as processors had to reduce capacity, but as all the cogs start turning again it is likely the market will rebound. Store cattle volume was low at the sales post lockdown, but that is simply the market feeling its way into Level 3. The first full week post the shift to Level 3 is set to be very busy in the store cattle pens as bigger yardings of yearlings and 2-year cattle – your typical spring cattle – are already on a number of sale yard books as they play catch-up. And this is where online bidding will be pivotal as we move forward, as physical attendance at the sales will still be restricted, but this new era of online trading fills the gap. Already those that were unable to be at the sale either due to the restrictions or distance from the yards have taken up the online bidding challenge and it has found its place alongside the conventional method of buying. The two main platforms that have emerged are MyLivestock and bidr® – both of which were operational prior to the latest lockdown but now have more of a presence. suz.bremner@globalhq.co.nz

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BU60,61

.00 +GST

BU62,63

11.95 +GST

BU64

17.90 +GST

BU108

Tabloid offers valid until 30th September 2021 . 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. Some products are on back order and may be dealyed due to shipping.

Promotional offers valid until 30 April 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.

Farmers Weekly September 6 2021

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