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ARMERS who want more input into ways of improving freshwater quality need to take ownership of the issue at a local level so that change is made from the bottom up rather than being forced on them from the top down, says a river catchment group. Rangitikei Rivers Catchment Collective (RRCC) chair Roger Dalrymple says catchment groups can help farmers better understand their current environmental footprint and whether their land use is compromising the environment. They may discover that’s not the case but if they do, farmers will be on stronger footing if they can prove that with verifiable data. Dalrymple, who farms a mixed cropping and livestock operation near Bulls, says that’s where catchment groups come in, as water testing allows farmers to understand the effect their farm is having on waterways. The Rangitikei Rivers Catchment Collective is an umbrella organisation established in 2017 that is focused on the Rangitikei, Turakina and Whangaehu river catchments, an area of about 707,360 hectares. Today, there are 14 subcatchment groups in the area, covering about 325,000ha. Between them, they test water at 41 different sites around the wider catchment every month, measuring nitrogen (N), phosphorus, E. coli and turbidity (sediment) levels.

SAMPLE: Andrew Totman and daughter-in-law Lou Totman take a water sample near Omatane, south of Taihape.

Testing of samples is done by Central Environmental Laboratories in Palmerston North, which is government accredited, providing the assurance that the data it supplies is robust. Testing results can vary depending on influences such as weather, so the idea is to use results to get an idea of trends and so be able to see the wider picture of what is happening within catchments. With that in mind, Dalrymple says at least three years of data is needed before results can be talked about with any confidence.

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It’s not a short-term “try and fix everything overnight” approach, instead planning ahead for what can be achieved over the next 10, 15 or 20 years. “It’s intergenerational, with industry becoming responsible for the environment rather than the top down,” Dalrymple said. No farmers want pollution but, in many cases, farmers don’t know whether they are polluting waterways, he says, and testing allows them to understand the effect their farm is having on tributaries. Dalrymple says there’s been a lot

of buy-in from farmers. One of the strengths of the catchment group approach is the engagement of farmers who are more likely to buy into an idea if they are involved in it from the start. Groups are member-driven, so farmers and other stakeholders collectively identify issues specific to their catchment, then take a leadership role in addressing those challenges. For the RRCC, coordinator Louise (Lou) Totman is there to bring ideas in, to serve as a point of contact with experts, to keep in touch with the chairs of subcatchment groups, ensure samples are recorded and data is stored, and to help maintain momentum. Farm environment plans are an important tool in helping to achieve these outcomes and having one is the first step to becoming a sub-catchment group member. Totman likens environment plans to farm financial budgets, measuring income and outgoings. They help understanding soils on-farm, the effect of wintering and summer on properties, slipprone and critical source areas, and small, low-lying parts of farms, such as gullies and swales, where runoff accumulates in high concentration that are likely to come under increasing scrutiny. It’s about farmers understanding their property and part of running their business is knowing what they have got to work with. Taihape sheep and beef farmer and RRCC deputy chair Mark Chrystall says the data collected by sub-catchment groups can help farmers make better-informed decisions. He knows of one farmer who

had budgeted $40,000 for fencing off waterways on one area of his farm, but fenced off another area after catchment group data showed the problem was in a different part of the property. There’s plenty of support, both financial and logistical, available to catchment groups, including the Landcare Trust, Beef + Lamb NZ, DairyNZ and regional councils.

“It’s intergenerational, with industry becoming responsible for the environment rather than the top down. Roger Dalrymple RRCC chair In the RRCC’s case, Horizons Regional Council has been on board from the start. Dalrymple says regional councils are not the enemy that some perceive them as. “You need to view them as a partner. They have a job to do. It’s best to work with them and not against them,” he said. Dalrymple recently travelled to Fairlie in South Canterbury to share the Rangitikei experience and he’s got other destinations pencilled in over the next few weeks. He says the time to act is now, as there are a range of subsidies and grants to help with environmental work that will not be there once rules make new standards mandatory.

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 7, 2020

Simple agenda for wool group “We believe this will help the strong wool sector as it has for fine wool. “We will look for value creating consumer-ready commercial opportunities that industry players can invest in. “We will be ruthless in who and what we support as we want to pick winners.”

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THE agenda is simple and the plan is clear for the new industry group tasked to lift the New Zealand strong wool sector out of the doldrums. The renewed focus on stimulating consumer-led innovation will be brought to the strong wool sector by the Strong Wool Action Group that will define the problem and find the solution. The group is a collaboration of representatives from across the primary sector who have come together to carry out the recommendations of the Wool Industry Project Action Group (PAG) report, released in July this year. “We have a simple agenda – we will get collaborative, define the problem and find the solution, it will be consumer-focused and at the end of the day we will be picking winners,” group chair Rob Hewett said. Change in the sector will be led through bringing a broad range of skills and consumer focus to the challenges facing strong wool, Hewett said. Following the release of the Wool Report, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor was to appoint a governance group to oversee a clear and detailed strategy for the industry. “This initiative is it (the group), hand-picked across the sector and it has happened independently, but with the Minister’s support,” Hewett said. The group comprises people representing existing companies in the wool sector, people with marketing and innovation expertise, as well as four red meat processing and marketing companies who have committed seed funding to the group, alongside funding from the

We will be ruthless in who and what we support as we want to pick winners. Rob Hewett Strong Wool Action Group

SUPPORT: Group chair Rob Hewett says collaboration and alignment with a wider vision for the food and fibre sector will be central to the group’s success.

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Hewett says success of strong wool underpins the sheep meat sector with meat companies having a vested interest in the sector’s success. “The red meat sector players see this as an opportunity to help galvanize the strong wool sector,” he said. “We have invested to underpin our businesses in which wool needs to play its part. “We have seen all of about 20 reports in the past 20 years, all have run out of puff and had no cash. “We want to provide stimulus to the value of the 5th quarter, which includes wool, and nonmeat products such as pelts, pharmaceuticals and casings.

“We want to support our sheep farmers who need to see a lift in the profitability of their wool to ensure the ongoing viability of hill country farming in NZ.” Hewett says the meat companies will provide scale and impetus to ensure they help get meaningful change in the industry to influence the future of the sector. The four on board are Silver Fern Farms, Anzco, Ovation and Alliance Group. Each has stumped up $50,000 seed funding to kick off with $200,000, that will be matched by MPI. “It’s not enough, but it’s a start. As more is required, we will work on that,” Hewett said. The Strong Wool Action Group will re-establish some important

industry good capability, bring in international consumer focused thinking from outside the sector, and identify a basket of opportunities for investment that will create value. This includes data capture and analysis to move beyond anecdotal evidence and identify sound opportunities for investment. Hewett says the big job is to bring outside in thinking, a concept that the NZ agribusiness sector has been exposed to through the work of Stanford University marketing expert Baba Shiv as part of the NZTE supported Te Hono movement. “It has been proven to stimulate innovation and help create products consumers value,” he said.

Hewett says collaboration and alignment with a wider vision for the food and fibre sector will be central to the group’s success. Will the model be a replica of the NZ Merino company? “Too early to tell, but equally I say nothing is off the table,” he said. “We intend to work with anyone in the sector as we work through this plan. We could have a team of 1000; everyone is interested and we will reach out to them.” The initial 12-member group includes: Hewett, SFF co-chair and Farmlands chair; Kate Acland, Mt Somers Station farmer; Paul Alston, Cavalier Wools; Tony Balfour, formerly Icebreaker; David Ferrier, Woolscouring NZ; Craig Hickson, Progressive Meats; Andrew Morrison, chair B+LNZ; Tom O’Sullivan, chair Campaign for Wool; John Rodwell, dairy interest; Nadine Tunley, Honey and Pip Fruit industry; Peter Whiteman and Steve Williamson, NZ Merino. Additions to the group will be made as capability requirements evolve.

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Missing livestock vessel ‘a maritime tragedy’ Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz THE Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has suspended consideration of cattle livestock export applications after a vessel went missing transporting stock from New Zealand to China. The Gulf Livestock 1, carrying 43 crew members including two New Zealanders, went missing amid Typhoon Maysak off the coast of Japan on Thursday morning (NZ time). Japan Coastguard has rescued one crew member, a 45-year-old chief officer from the Philippines, but no further crew, the vessel or any of the 5867 cattle on board had been found at the time Farmers Weekly went to print. Two Australians are also among the missing, the rest of the crew are understood to be Filipinos employed by the Panamanianregistered ship’s Dubai-based Gulf Navigation Holding owners. The ship departed Napier on August 14 bound for Jingtang, China with an estimated journey of about 17 days. It had an Animal Welfare Export Certificate for 5867 cattle. MPI says it wants to understand what happened on the sailing of the Gulf Livestock 1 before

DEVASTATING: Livestock broker Peter Walsh says it’s not a time to debate, or a political podium for political gain – there’s 40 lives lost here.

further live export applications are considered. Melbourne-based Australasian Global Exports (AGE), the company responsible for the cattle consignment, is also waiting for further information. AGE says its primary concern is for the safety and wellbeing of the people on board. AGE confirmed the Gulf Livestock 1 was under a voyage charter from the ship’s owner when it went missing. “As we are all awaiting verified information from the authorities and the ship’s owner, at this stage, there is no further comment,” AGE said. Over the past 10 years, AGE has

successfully exported more than 500,000 cattle around the world. Otago-based live export cattle buyer Brent Wallace knows the industry inside out. He has done 40 live cattle voyages. “This is tragic, we have 42 human lives lost, it’s very disturbing,” Wallace said. Wallace currently has a boat on the water. “It’s been tied up in the typhoon, we’ve been monitoring it, it’s been rough, but the captain took a different course and we are getting reports it’s travelling pretty well,” he said. Wallace says he has two lots of cattle in quarantine now, one due

to leave later this month. “We have to do what’s right by those cattle and by the farmers,” he said. “We are very mindful of animal welfare and as tragic as it is, the Government will have to give dispensation to get these animals on the water.” Livestock broker Peter Walsh has been procuring cattle for live export for many years. “There’s no glossing over, this is an act of God, it’s an accident,” he said. “It’s not about the industry, it’s about the lives and the livestock.” Walsh says it’s not a time to debate, or a political podium for political gain – there’s 40 lives lost here. “It would be very sad for SAFE, or anyone, to use this tragedy to make political gain.” Walsh says looking forward, the live export industry is a strong alternative for NZ farmers who are getting rewarded for their livestock breeding. “It’s a credit to the farmers the way the market is demanding NZ cattle and there’s certainly very strong interest in live export going forward,” he said. “We’ve got cattle in the pipelines for shipments in October and November,” Walsh said.

Brisbane-based live exporting company Austrex’s breeding stock for NZ and Australia general manager Tom Slaughter says his company had just safely delivered 14,000 cattle to China aboard the Ocean Drover that left the Port of Timaru in mid-August. “We 100% had no problems with this voyage but we are devastated over this (Gulf Livestock 1) tragedy,” he said. “It is devastating and the thoughts of all of us are with all those affected and their families and for those working on search and rescue efforts and, of course, the cattle on board. “We are obviously very distressed to hear this terrible news.” The likely sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1 has been declared a maritime tragedy by Australian Livestock Exporters Council given one of the two Australians on board has been identified as a vet with a six-month-old son. The export of live cattle has been controversial in NZ, with animal rights groups long calling for it to be banned. The practice is currently being reviewed by the Government, but last month Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said a decision had been held up due to covid-19.

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Govt, farmers try to navigate around new water rules Staff reporters THE Government is amending another of its freshwater reforms, accepting legal advice that means farmers could have until November next year to get resource consent for intensive winter grazing. The Government’s freshwater reforms require most farmers to get resource consent for winter grazing by May 1, but legal advice sought by Environment Southland has determined they may have existing use rights. Those that comply will now require consent within six months of May 1 for the 2022 winter. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor told Farmers Weekly that initial advice from Crown Law supported that finding. Last week, the Government eased pugging restrictions in gateways and around permanent water troughs, and O’Connor says this a further example of ensuring sensible implementation. “I would not say the wording in the regulations is faultless,” he said. “We were always going to rely on and work with regional councils to have sensible implementation.” Environment Southland’s policy and planning manager Lucy Hicks says intensive winter grazing is a permitted activity in the province but farmers must meet regional plan conditions and mirror what they did last winter. “Our legal advice is that because the requirement comes into effect on May 1, it means farmers have from that point to get consent for

intensive winter grazing,” she said. “There is an element of existing use right but you should not automatically come to such an assumption.” Other councils have confirmed they are investigating the ruling’s implications. O’Connor says many of the freshwater regulations expire where regional council plans and farm environment plans (FEP) are implemented. “This is an interim arrangement to stop further water degradation,” he said. He described criticism as exaggerated and singled out the environmental impact of winter grazing in Southland as needing improvement. O’Connor confirmed he and Environment Minister David Parker will be in Southland on Monday for private meetings with councils and primary sector organisations to discuss the reforms. The extra cost to councils of implementing the reforms is starting to materialise, with the Waikato Regional Council estimating it will need about 50 extra staff to monitor water quality, wetlands and data storage. Nationally, it estimates the extra cost to councils at about $20 million. Otago Regional Council regulatory manager Richard Saunders expects to process up to 3000 consent applications from farmers to meet new freshwater and council regulations and will hire 16 new staff. Bay of Plenty farmers will face a tighter timeframe for meeting

LOAD: Otago Regional Council regulatory manager Richard Saunders expects to process up to 3000 consent applications from farmers to meet new freshwater and council regulations.

water quality regulations, with many of the rules kicking in by 2024, six years earlier than the regional council had originally anticipated.

There is an element of existing use right but you should not automatically come to such an assumption. Lucy Hicks Environment Southland Bay of Plenty Regional Council chair and regional sector rep for Local Government New Zealand Doug Leeder says any choice over timing was gone. “Whether we continue to do it over our nine water management regions, or just do one entire region, is being worked through,” he said.

Waikato Regional Council science manager Mike Scarsbrook says its overall intent of improving freshwater outcomes was absolutely aligned with Government legislation. One aspect that was concerning was where the baseline will sit for measuring water quality. “There’s an element in the National Policy Statement which suggests that if the council has been monitoring for a long time, then we might use that as our baseline information,” he said. That was different from the council’s interpretation for Plan Change One which had the current state of water quality as its baseline and could create much tougher rules around nutrient limits. “That could have a significant impact on what our long-term targets could be,” Scarsbrook said. Environment Canterbury (ECan) deputy chair Peter Scott said the council is well positioned to meet the new regulations with its FEPs and stock exclusion policies, but changes will be

needed to existing plans. “Implementation of some of the harder things such as slope will be resource extensive and have we got the mandate to carry on with what we do have in our regional plans of which we are a long way down the track?” he asked. Meanwhile, Canterbury Federated Farmers’ presidents are writing to ask Environment Minister David Parker to acknowledge the new freshwater standards are being met in Canterbury and warn the new requirements could derail progress. “In Canterbury, the NES is simply not needed, not because we don’t have intensive farming but because our current regional plan already deals with improving water quality in much more targeted and effective ways,” the federation’s North Canterbury president Cam Henderson said.

Next week, we ask councils how they will enforce the regulations.

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 7, 2020

MfE on a ‘different page to farmers’ Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz ALTERING law before it has become effective is a tragic situation that farmers say could have been avoided if the Government had consulted properly. That is the view of high country farmers struggling to come to grips with Government’s freshwater policy reforms that are now law. Federated Farmers high country chairman Rob Stokes is bitterly disappointed over the Government’s approach. “It’s been a case of rush through the legislation with no proper consultation and the result is an unworkable policy,” he said. “Maybe listening in the first place would have been a good idea.” Stokes said farmers have been left to sort the mess with Feds policy staff snowed under as the implications of the blanket approach gains momentum. Fencing has been underway at his Richon Station in North Canterbury for some time. “We have made a good start on streams we deemed important, then we got this map with hundreds of creeks coming under the one-metre rule, even heading

uphill – where do we start?” he asked. Many farmers are reporting that even steep parts of their farms are mapped as low-slope in the stock exclusion requirements. The maps produced by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) are simply not practical, Stokes said. “It’s totally unworkable. It’s a blanket being thrown over a parcel of land with absolutely no knowledge of the area and no consideration to scale,” he said. “The map for Richon takes in the low slope land, the flats got picked up, then an area up to 2500 feet, and some blocks in the valleys are not recognised. “It’s like they have taken a line from the sea to the divide, drawn up a map and taken it to the Cabinet. Stokes said “the cost will be in the billions of dollars if farmers do everything to the letter of what the policy is saying we have to do”. On the more extensive properties, farmers could be fencing up to 50 kilometres of river boundary. “My biggest fear is we will have to put a bridge over the river,” he said. “For us it will be the end of breeding bulls. “We are all making an effort,

PLAIN WRONG: Richon Station owner Rob Stokes says it is a blanket being thrown over a parcel of land with absolutely no knowledge of the area and no consideration to scale.

and we are getting good outcomes and yes, we can get better outcomes, but we need to all work together. “At the moment MfE is on a different page to farmers.” Meat and wool national executive representative and Mt Somers Station owner David Acland echoed concern. He said Canterbury farmers under the regional council plan have spent years getting to this point, and while environmental gains are yet to be fully realised, it will happen. “There’s been so much work done, it’s not realised overnight,

it does take time, and then the Government comes in and throws a blanket right over the top,” he said. Acland said achieving certified farm plans will be a major issue as these plans are not currently identified by the Government or regional councils. Until these plans exist, farmers do not have an alternative pathway to seeking consent for some activities. “We don’t currently have the resources or the skilled people to carry out this work and that goes for certifying the plans and farm inspections too,” he said.

“Farmers need to know the details around defining what a certified plan is and how they will be rolled out and we need skilled support processes.” These certified plans will need to be practical and outcomesbased and recognise the existing industry endorsed farm plans, or alternatively the insertion of a module to existing farm plans where necessary. Acland said there are requirements within the regulations that if applied in all situations as they are worded, will be very costly and achieve little environmental benefit. This especially relates to deer farmers who run low-intensity operations with an exceptionally low environmental impact. Rules applying to them need to achieve the freshwater policy goal with least cost and minimum bureaucracy while reflecting the minimal risk these operations pose to water quality. “Farming is a positive industry and people will get on and get it done, but we need policy that is fit for purpose, Acland said. “As farmers, we go by the rules. “We (also) have rules and don’t need new rules to enforce the old rules, (because) it doesn’t solve the problem, it just creates more frustration.”

Feds to survey farmers on low-slope land FEDERATED Farmers is set to survey farmers on the wildly flawed low-slope maps used in the new freshwater regulations. Feds water spokesperson Chris Allen said with the Government already agreeing flawed aspects of new freshwater regulations will need to be changed, the survey will highlight the case for a review of land deemed low-slope for the

purposes of stock exclusion from waterways. “We’re about to survey our members to get more specific information on where the Ministry for the Environment’s (MfE) final low-slope maps are wrong, so we can advocate for the best way forward,” Allen said. “The low-slope maps take in some hill and high country that

is so steep, the farmers will need to pay for helicopters to lift poles and other supplies in order to fence off the waterways. “The Government requirements as written have come as one hell of a shock to low-intensity high country farmers, given the obscene costs it will take to comply,” Allen said. The increase in pastoral land now defined as low-slope has

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and pigs from waterways on intensively grazed low-slope land, and when strip grazed, this unfortunately is another instance of the final regulations being well off the mark, Allen said.

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 7, 2020

From the cockpit to the cab Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz OUT-of-work New Zealand pilots are swapping airplanes for tractors to help solve widespread worker shortages agriculture contractors are experiencing because of covid-19 border closures. Pilots that are either on furlough or who have been made redundant in the wake of covid-19 are being retrained to drive agricultural machinery. The New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association (NZALPA) medical and welfare director Andy Pender said it had been working for several months with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), the Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ), other government departments and training providers to match pilot expertise with the immediate needs of the agricultural sector. “By matching skills and the New Zealand Transport Agency licences pilots already hold, we’ve found almost 200 opportunities for pilots to put their skills to use with land-based machinery and do their bit for NZ’s essential agriculture economy,” Pender said. When covid-19 rolled through earlier this year, Pender was captaining a Boeing 737. He is currently working as a builder’s labourer at a site

Our people have gotten wind of these opportunities and are ready to roll their sleeves up and jump right in. Andy Pender Pilot

NEW CAREER: Pilots are being retrained to drive tractors and other agricultural machinery to try and reduce staff shortages brought about by covid-19.

in Christchurch but is about to be retrained as a tractor driver. He said there was a “lightbulb moment” with NZALPA where they realised they had transferrable skills for rural contracting. A NZALPA internal survey a significant number of its members held land transport licences class

2 or higher, with specific NZTA category endorsements, and also had previous agricultural large machinery operating and like Pender, farming experience. “These are people that are redundant, some are furloughed that have a want and a desire to upskill as best they can to get the appropriate licence to drive farm machinery and take advantage of

these opportunities in the rural sector,” he said. Pender says while none of the pilots claim to be experts, the two industries did contain similarities as both worked in highly challenging environments so his story could be repeated one hundred times over with other pilots in a similar position. “Our people have gotten wind of

these opportunities and are ready to roll their sleeves up and jump right in,” he said. “If you make stuff up, there’s big consequences in the aviation game and I think that can be said over and over again in the farming game. We are talking about thousands of dollars’ worth of crops and of machinery ... we are used to handling an up to 200 tonne piece of machinery that’s used to travelling at Mach 0.8.” RCNZ chief executive Roger Parton said both occupations have high focuses on technology and safety, required a high work ethic, had varied hours and had to be drug free. “All of those things are things that match with airline pilots,” he said. “We are seeing what we can match, if we can fill 10-20 slots, that’s 10-20 slots better off than we started.”

Foreign worker application frustrates RCNZ The Association did not want to short-circuit the system but streamline it to make it easier for both parties. He said the industry will still experience worker shortages, despite its best efforts to train and recruit new staff. While training new staff to drive the machinery had helped, it was no substitute for experience. “I think there are a number of contractors who are going to have problems and as a result, there’s going to be a number of farmers who may not get the service they would like to get for this year,” he said.

STILL SHORT: RCNZ chief executive Roger Parton says while training new staff to drive machinery has helped, it was no substitute for experience.

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THE Government has rejected a bulk application from the Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ) on behalf of its members to bring in foreign workers to reduce staff shortages this spring. Instead, it has insisted that it is up to each individual contracting business to apply if it needs these workers. This is despite the Association being granted an Approval In Principle (AIP) from Immigration

New Zealand (INZ) to allow workers into the country in the past, RCNZ chief executive Roger Parton said. This AIP grants permission by INZ to recruit overseas staff. “If you have 58 contractors who want 200-odd workers then that’s 58 applications and 58 fees,” he said. To call it frustrating was an understatement, he added. Parton said he understood INZ was struggling to cope with the flood of applications from employers for foreign staff and rejected an opportunity to streamline the process.

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No easy solution to personnel shortages Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz NEW Zealand is going to have to rapidly grow its workforce of rural professionals if farmers are going to meet the Government’s new freshwater rules. Key to this requirement is more farm environmental planners than what is currently available to administer and audit the FEPs required within the reforms, says New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management (NZIPIM) chief executive Stephen Macaulay. “There’s no standing workforce of farm environmental planners at this point and it’s going to take time to build that capacity. We are starting from not many, to needing quite a lot,” he said. The organisation is the peak industry body for rural professionals, with close to 1100 members ranging from farm management advisors, rural bankers, farm accountants, fertiliser consultants, rural valuers, representatives from industry good organisations, CRIs, universities and agribusiness service providers. In their submission on the freshwater reforms, he says NZIPIM stated the need for 300-400 planners to service both farmers and growers with these FEPs. He says if the industry achieved 200 planners, it would still be a huge challenge to be able to meet the sorts of FEP numbers predicted and submit

them to regional councils. Macaulay says the issue has been discussed with the central Government. “I understand it’s at the top of mind for a lot of government agencies in terms of how they are going to build this capability and capacity and it’s no easy fix because it’s a challenge to be able to upskill individuals,” he said. He says any new professionals would not need to be familiar with the rules and understand how environmental planning works within a farm system.

There’s no standing workforce of farm environmental planners at this point and it’s going to take time to build that capacity. Stephen Macaulay NZIPIM chief executive “It won’t be a case of flicking a switch and they are all going to materialise,” he said. “It’s going to take time and we do have farm environmental planners out there across different regions at the moment and it’s about how we build that next tranche of environmental planners out there.”

LACKING: New Zealand will need more farm consultants skilled in environmental planning if it is to meet the requirements of the freshwater reforms.

He would not be surprised if some farm consultants or other rural professionals become farm environmental planners or offer that service as part of their business. “The question is how many of those will want to migrate or as part of their service, offer their farming clients FEPs, and that’s a difficult question to answer,” he said. “I don’t know how many of them would choose to move into that space.” Macaulay says people with backgrounds in resource management who had not come through traditional rural education backgrounds, such as Lincoln or Massey universities, could also migrate into jobs in the primary industry, such as ecology and other natural sciences. These people could choose to invest in upskilling themselves into farm systems and move into farm environmental planning. NZIPIM’s immediate goal is to try and get as much information as possible out to its members about the new rules, as many were

OPPORTUNITY: With the growing need for personnel, NZIPIM chief executive Stephen Macaulay believes some farm consultants or other rural professionals will migrate to become farm environmental planners or offer that service as part of their business.

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Fonterra maintains price forecast Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz FONTERRA has maintained its forecast range of $5.90-6.90/kg milksolids for the current season, keeping its advance rate at the midpoint of $6.40/kg MS. It released its updated forecast on the eve of the latest Global DairyTrade (GDT) auction, which saw average prices fall 1% to US$2955/tonne. Fonterra chair John Monaghan said the global market was finely balanced with both demand and supply increasing but it has the potential to change. “There is good demand in the market at this stage of the season, however, the forecast economic slowdown is likely to increase global unemployment and reduce consumer demand,” he said. “The potential for additional waves of covid-19 is also impacting the confidence of some of our food service customers.” He said global milk production had bounced back stronger than expected and volumes in the EU

and USA were anticipated to be up on last year. “At this early stage of the season, any movement in the market can have a significant impact on our milk price. For that reason, we recommend caution with your onfarm financial decisions,” he said. He said the final price for the 2019-20 season will be confirmed when Fonterra releases its annual result on September 18. Whole milk powder (WMP) prices fell 2% from the last event with prices settling at US$2884/t, while butter fell 1.2% to land at US$3334/t. Bucking the trend was skim milk powder (SMP), which lifted 1.8% to sit at US$2663/t. There was a reduction in SMP volumes on offer for the latest sale, which helped bolster its price. Rabobank analyst Emma Higgins said Fonterra had also pulled back on the SMP volumes available on the GDT platform in the coming 12 months due to demand for SMP off-GDT. The milking season was about to ramp up as peak milk fast

LEAN: Westpac senior agri-economist Nathan Penny says the latest GDT auction showed the effect covid-19 was having on the food service industry with a trimming down of milk fat prices.

approached, Higgins said. “A relatively mild winter has been helpful for setting a good platform for the new season’s milk production – despite the snow fall across South Island over the last couple of days,” she said. Westpac senior agri-economist

Nathan Penny said the downward trend of the auctions showed that milk fat’s price premium over protein had been trimmed due to the effect covid-19 was having on the food service industry. “Covid restrictions coupled with a general reluctance of people to

eat out has reduced demand for these products,” he said in the bank’s fortnightly dairy update. “Looking at the numbers, the pattern is clear, anhydrous milk fat prices have dipped (over 20%) post-covid and have shown no sign of rebounding.” AMF prices are at its lowest level since mid-2016, when butter and other milk fats began their renaissance. Penny says that along with the recovery of SMP suggested the surge in July was largely an aberration. “The July rebound was not a signal that dairy markets were returning to normal,” he said. “Indeed, over the coming months, we will look to milk fat prices for a more definitive sign that dairy prices have turned a corner. “At the same time, while overall dairy prices are down on year ago levels, we expect that the worst of the covid impact is over. “On that basis, we are sticking with our 2020/21 milk price forecast of $6.50/kg.”

Fonterra drops to sixth in global dairy rankings ASSET consolidation which impacted year-on-year sales in US dollars and Euros saw Fonterra slip from fourth to sixth in Rabobank’s annual Global Dairy Top (GDT) 20 report. Fonterra says the move to sixth position on the list of the world’s largest dairy companies was also caused by greater environmental constraints being put on its suppliers which limited growth. “As a result, these companies are likely to focus on value strategies and rationalisation of plant capacity,” the report said. The top two spots on the list, which is ranked by turnover

unchanged from last year, are Nestle (Switzerland), retaining first position, and Lactalis (France) coming in second. The top five on the list are rounded out by Dairy Farmers of America (up to third from sixth in 2019), French dairy company Danone (back one place to fourth) and Chinese Dairy Company Yili (up to fifth from eighth). The shift from the Yili Group (Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co.) which owns Oceania Dairy in North Canterbury was on the back of a 20% year-onyear growth in 2019 The report said exchange rate

fluctuations, modest commodity price appreciation, below-trend increases in milk production in key exporting countries and limited organic growth in major dairy categories contributed to relatively modest gains in the combined turnover of the Global Dairy Top 20. Merger and acquisition activity in the global dairy arena during 2019 totalled 115 deals, just outpacing the prior year’s 112. As of mid-2020, the number of dairy deals stands at 52, impeded by covid-19 and foreshadowing a more active deal environment in 2021.

IMPACT: Fonterra says the move to sixth position was caused by asset consolidation and greater environmental constraints.

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Food nationalisation threat from pandemic Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz FORMER trade minister Tim Groser believes dairy prices and exports have fared well amid increasing problems for world trade, exacerbated by the covid-19 pandemic. Global Dairy Trade (GDT) prices have remained remarkably stable throughout the upheaval, he said during an NZX Dairy Derivatives webinar on opportunities for the dairy industry in the dynamic landscape of world trade. Former United States agriculture secretary Thomas Vilsack also contributed, along with director of international affairs for the directorategeneral for agriculture and rural development in the European Commission John Clarke. Vilsack, currently president and chief executive of the US Dairy Export Council, said his greatest fear right now was that the pandemic would create impetus

for food nationalism. “Countries trying to maintain and protect their own industries at the expense of trade opportunities,” he said. “Because at the end of the day that impacts consumers, jobs and economies.”

Hard to argue trade liberalisation in a recession. John Clarke EC diplomat Groser said covid’s impact on New Zealand dairying had been mild, even positive in some respects. However, the rise of food nationalism was of grave concern because NZ overwhelmingly exported its food production. Clarke said world trade was in

its biggest crisis for 25 years with the US and China at loggerheads, the World Trade Organisation being starved of funds, disputes breaking out and all exacerbated by covid-19. “It is always hard to argue for trade liberalisation in a recession,” he said. He identified a growing risk of “gastro-nationalism” for both well-meaning and political reasons. “Ironically, the food systems are very resilient and there are no shortages of food,” he said. Food self-sufficiency was not a new concept and not caused by covid-19, Groser said. Adding global catastrophic events will shift political attitudes. “This has happened before and many people in many countries will respond to the political appeals, so it depends on how long covid-19 remains disruptive of food chains,” he said. Vilsack suggested that covid might be an opening act of food

WORRISOME: Tim Groser says covid-19’s impact on New Zealand dairying had been mild, but the rise of food nationalism was of grave concern.

security problems brought on by climate change. “Significant stresses will create a lot of tension and unless we figure out ways to co-operate this could be very serious,” he said. Clarke said that economics and politics were not synchronised on this matter. “Economics tells us that food security is not the same thing as self-sufficiency, quite the reverse,” he said. “But a lot of people, even in Europe, regard covid as a product of excessive globalisation, wanting

to have less trade and travel and less exposure. “The EC has worked to keep trade routes open so as not to trigger a food crisis,” he said. Clarke said that dairy would remain a sensitive area in trade negotiations, especially between Europe and NZ, and recessionary pressures would add to that sensitivity. “We won’t be recommending liberalisation of dairy trade with NZ because it would put a lot of European farmers out of business and lead to rural decline,” he said.

Funding boost for regenerative ag research RESEARCH into the global market potential of regenerative agriculture has received an extra $390,000 from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Earlier this year, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) began a global study into regenerative agriculture to better understand its similarities and differences to New Zealand farming practices, the opportunities for farmers and a global consumer perspective to gauge the potential for NZ’s red meat exports to extract more value from sheep and beef products. MPI’s support for the work will

see it broaden to include a wine industry perspective. MPI investment programmes director Steve Penno says regenerative agriculture is receiving a lot of attention and the research will provide insights into what consumers think regenerative agriculture is and whether they are prepared to pay a premium for products produced using those practices. Research will focus on consumers, industry and experts in the US, UK and Germany. It will also explore local attitudes toward regenerative agriculture among farmers,

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Pamu profit steady despite covid Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz FALLING deer herd and dairy property values have taken some of the gloss off Pamu’s (Landcorp) latest financial results, but chief executive Steve Carden is pleased with the state-owned-enterprise’s performance, given the circumstances posed by covid-19 and drought across much of the North Island. Operating profit, that is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), was $65 million, a 91% improvement on 2019. Carden says that’s one of the best results the state-owned enterprise has had. Revenue for the year ended June 30 increased by $10 million to $251m, compared to the previous 12 months, driven by a rise in milk and livestock income. The pre-tax operating surplus for the year was $14m, excluding the impact of fair value losses on financial instruments, biological assets and property, plant and equipment. However, covid-19 affected year-end values for the company’s livestock, particularly its 86,000 deer, reflecting the deer industry’s high reliance on the food service sector, while dairy land values were moderated in line with national trends.

HAPPY: Pamu chief executive Steve Carden says the state-owned enterprise’s latest financial result is one of the best it’s had.

After taking the asset revaluations into account, there was a $24m loss after tax, although there was a $5m dividend declared. Carden says the Ebitda result is down to strong milk production and prices, along with keeping costs flat. The increased revenue came from a combination of factors. The move towards high-value products, including A2, winter milk and colostrum, and the premiums received, is paying

off, but it was also a good year production-wise across the company’s dairy operation with farms ahead of targets, despite difficulties in parts of the North Island due to drought. The organic dairy side of the business is going from strength to strength. With six farms recently converted to organic, Pamu is the largest organic farmer in the country, and Carden says the plan is to convert another two or three of its farms a year over the next few years. It received a premium of about $2.50 for its organic milk last year, along with significant cost savings resulting from the organic properties having a lighter environmental footprint. He says Pamu’s diversification into non-cow milks, such as sheep milk and deer milk, will help underpin the company’s performance in the future. It’s expected the completion of the Melody Dairies milk drying facility in Hamilton this year, of which Pamu owns 35%, will increase processing capacity for specialty milks and offer a real land-use diversification option for farmers, while the ongoing growth of the Spring Sheep milk business, half-owned by Pamu, is providing alternative sources of revenue. At present, Pamu’s deer milk business relies on production from a single Southland farm, but

in the next year it’s hoped to have another operating in the North Island. The deer milk is principally for powders used in the food service industry, along with pharmaceutical products made by South Korean company Yuhan.

The organic dairy side of the business is going from strength to strength.

Carden says the NZ deer industry has taken a hit by covid-19, with much of the venison produced, along with the company’s deer milk powder, destined for the international food service industry, which is expected to take some time to recover. That’s reflected in the valuation of its deer herd. Pamu has continued its focus on alternative land use, with its initial avocado orchard on one of its Northland farms on track for harvest in 2022. Carden says if that goes well, further expansion into avocados is possible but for now it’s a step-bystep approach as the company has never before farmed horticultural crops. Meeting the new freshwater regulations while maintaining

profitability will be a challenge but he says that’s no surprise, as the Government has talked about what it wanted to achieve for a few years and Pamu has been working towards ways to meet those goals. That’s included a significant focus on winter grazing in Southland and South Otago, particularly on reducing its reliance on winter cropping, which will likely involve changing the set-up of farms. To do that, the company has trialled ways to reduce the amount of winter cropping on its farms, including through all-grass wintering on a Southland drystock farm and the construction of a pilot composting barn near Balclutha to keep cows off sensitive soils and provide shelter for them leading up to calving. There’s still a lot of work to be done to make the transition but Carden says the pressures on the environment are not going to go away and the sooner they are faced the sooner solutions can be found. He says it is difficult to predict how the current financial year will play out for the company, but the agriculture sector’s ongoing strength through the initial phase of covid-19 provides some confidence for the future, despite the economic uncertainty. Pamu’s annual report will be published at the end of September.

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Bay’s TB strain linked to feral pigs Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz THE same strain of bovine TB infecting Hawke’s Bay cattle has been traced back to feral pigs in the Waipunga area off the Napier Taupo Highway, although pest control on the block of land where the pigs were found has been held up through an objection before the Maori Land Court. Farmers who attended a recent series of three meetings in Hawke’s Bay, arranged by Ospri to update them on the status of the TB control operation in the region, were told DNA-typing of the TB strain found affecting the region has been traced back to feral pigs on about 12,000ha of Tataraakina C Trust land. That confirms that the spread of TB in Hawke’s Bay is coming

CONCERN: There is a risk that hunters who kill infected pigs and then dump the unwanted remains in areas without TB could lead to possums scavenging on infected pig carcases.

via wildlife and not through movement of livestock. Consent for Ospri to begin pest control on the Trust’s land in the area was signed

off by one trustee but that has been challenged by at least one beneficial owner and an injunction has been placed in the Maori Land Court.

That means track cutting for ground control negotiated through consultation and planned for September has been delayed, subject to the court’s decision, along with an aerial 1080 drop. Ospri extension manager Danny Templeman is hopeful a resolution can be found as soon as possible and aerial control in the area can begin to stop potential spread of the disease from the area. Pig populations are not controlled under the TBfree programme – they don’t spread TB to livestock or other pigs – but possums are, and that is what the control programme would target. There is a risk that hunters who kill infected pigs and then dump the unwanted remains in areas without TB could lead to possums

scavenging on infected pig carcases, although Templeman says the risk of spreading the disease like that is considered very low. At present there are 18 infected herds in Hawke’s Bay, with 15 of those already having one clear whole herd test. Of those, at least half are expected to achieve confirmed clear status at their next test. That testing round runs from about now through to early February. Ospri is inviting submissions on its TBfree possum control aerial operations for 2021. Templeman says it’s the first phase of the consultation process and he encourages affected individuals and organisations to read the proposed plan, which is available on the Ospri website. Submissions close on September 30.

RMPP Action Network programme extended RMPP partners are extremely pleased with the outcomes and achievements of the Action Network.” Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is delivering the Action Network programme on behalf of RMPP until March 31, 2021. B+LNZ chief executive Sam McIvor says farmers are benefiting from working together to explore ideas and share expert resources to help make profitable changes on-farm. “Farmers point to the small group learning, access to experienced facilitators, subject matter experts, and quality tools and resources as really growing their confidence,” he said. “Farmers have also welcomed the Action Network’s contribution to improving farmer wellbeing, stronger social connections and building resilience. “The Action Network model

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Rural businesses vulnerable to hacks Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz THOUSANDS of agribusiness firms and farms are open to internet hackers, thanks to a lack of investment in security technology and a growing number of sophisticated assaults upon accounts. Coming the same week as the NZX faced continual denialof-service (DDoS) attacks, a survey by telco 2degrees has revealed 52% of small to medium agribusinesses do not have a security resource in place to protect business data from cyber threats. A security resource can be as simple as firewall and password protection, or as advanced as a subscriber-based internet security software programme. Cyber attacks on New Zealand businesses reported to monitoring agency CertNZ increased 38% since 2018, with phishing and credential harvesting being the most common, followed by scams and then fraud. Total financial loss also jumped from $14 million in 2018 to $16.7m. “In the case of many agribusinesses and farms, there is often the perception you are quite isolated and removed from risks urban businesses face. In fact, that’s far from the case with the internet,” 2degrees chief business officer Andrew Fairgray said. It is a level of naïvety that leaves businesses vulnerable to hacking practices including phishing emails. These seek sensitive information on the entity by way of a seemingly authentic email. Other assaults include ransomware extortion demands and surreptitious software access to devices seeking out personal data. This can include the ability to monitor and record keystrokes, effectively uplifting all passwords used on any accounts. Fairgray says there is a misconception that if data was moved to the cloud it would be more secure than keeping it on a computer hard drive. However, there was still the risk that visiting unsecure websites gave hackers access to the device’s data. Director and co-owner of Te Puna-based Acre Technologies Sarah Rice has a number of agribusiness firms as clients. She says failure to maintain and update websites was one area many smaller agribusinesses left themselves vulnerable. “With websites built using third party plug-ins like a contact link or order form, each plug-in needs to be updated as security patches come out, and so often that just does not happen,” she said.

GETTING DODGIER: IT expert Sarah Rice says hackers are getting smarter, and better at concealing their presence in clients’ computers.

Rice says it left the website vulnerable to the insertion of code that would then be used to access accounts and steal data. “Five years ago people would break into computers and vandalise data. Now, they are way more insidious and more interested in stealing money and data,” she said. Fairgray says farmers should not downplay their exposure. They oversaw operations often significantly bigger in cashflow terms than other SMEs, with large asset bases and multiple data inputs. “They should not underestimate the sophistication of their business and the value of their data on the dark web,” she said. Some of the most insidious schemes involve hacking into a laptop, getting personal details and information about individuals they would not want shared with business contacts and exhorting payment accordingly. Rice echoes Fairgray’s belief some of the simplest security lapses can be the most dangerous. Both point to the mobile phone often holding more sensitive data than a PC, and one without a password was easily stolen, exposing the digital heart of the individual and their business. Farms are also particularly vulnerable due to the blurring of business and home use. Rice said while one computer can serve both, it can pay to have the computer set up with two very distinct accounts, and tightening down on children’s access on the home account.

“After so many years, believe it or not, we are still telling people to be smarter about their passwords. They need to be strong and they need to be unique,” she said. Rice encourages the use of password lookup apps like LastPass as a way to store multiple passwords that only require one-for-all, and can be entered without using key strokes. “Programmes like Office 365 have military grade security, but it comes to nothing without a sound password attached,” she said. Keeping up with software updates, rather than just ignoring the update alert would also keep machines safer. “And we still get people expecting machines to run on Windows XP or Windows 7, neither supported by security protection any longer,” she said. And for farms that have increased use of internet enabled equipment like sensors, she said it pays to ensure the device’s default password is altered on installation. A growing number of farms have farm-wide wireless networks to enable the operation of security cameras, increase mobile phone connectivity and run assorted sensors. Such a wide coverage means it is now easier than ever for hackers to scan the signal and tap into streams of farm data. Fairgray says as a company committed to increasing rural connectivity, 2degrees felt an obligation to ensure rural clients were aware, and protected against the risks improved connectivity can bring.

Top four cyber tips for business safety CERTNZ was established to improve New Zealand’s cyber security and has some valuable pointers for businesses to help stay safe online. Its website offers some key tips to reduce increasingly common cyber-attacks. • Install software updates: these fix vulnerabilities that hackers can otherwise exploit for access. • Use two-factor authentication (2FA): anyone logging in needs to provide another device to validate their access. • •Back up data: all data needs a second storage site in case it is compromised, in an easily restorable form. • •Secure your devices: ensure any anti-malware software is enabled to prevent malicious software being downloaded. This includes staff devices being used on-farm or business. Visit www.cert.govt.nz for more information.

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Ravensdown returns profit to farmers Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz PREPARED: Ravensdown chief executive Greg Campbell says the co-op is well placed to help farmers with future government-mandated farm environment plans.

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RAVENSDOWN returned $68 million to farmers this year after recording a 32% increase in profit before tax, rebate and an earlier issue of bonus shares, its latest annual results show. For the year ended May 31, the co-operative’s earnings were $69m, up from $52m in 2019, with the return to farmers made up of a bonus share issue worth $27m, tax benefits of $13m and $28m distributed in the form of a $25 rebate. Its recently released annual report says the profit increase compared to last year is attributable to almost identical group revenues of $750 million, slightly higher margins and lower costs. Reasons for lower costs include some planned store improvements being deferred, although they will be undertaken in the future. The balance sheet showed equity ratios of 77% before the rebate and 74% afterwards, no net debt and an operating cashflow of $143m, which was up from $31m in 2019. It ended the year with $6m of net cash, compared to $69m net bank debt the year before, the turnaround primarily the result of less inventory and prompt customer payments. Chair John Henderson is cautiously optimistic about the future. “But just as farmers are budgeting with caution, we are seeing an uncertain year ahead as recession looms, commodity prices remain volatile, new regulations evolve and a covid resurgence threatens.” Chief executive Greg Campbell says the company spent $5 on research and development, bringing the total R&D investment in the past five years to $25m. There was an increase in interest in ClearTech, Ravensdown’s effluent mapping system, while adoption of its HawkEye mapping tool, which helps with nutrient decision making and demonstrating compliance, jumped by 23%. Campbell says collaboration with companies such as TracMap and Fonterra have helped with spreading technology and nutrient planning. While precision aerial spreading is still in its infancy, the technology was applied to 152,765 hectares of land, an increase of 40% on the year before. In a year where environmental regulations became a reality for many, the co-op’s environmental consultancy was busier than ever, with hours of consultants’ work delivered to farmers up by 29%. The field-based team delivered 9501 agronomy plans, and Campbell says it is well positioned to help farmers with future government-mandated farm environment plans. In terms of its own carbon footprint, Ravensdown cut its total emissions by 5.3% and is on track to meet its target of a 15% cut by 2030. “We’ve been looking at our own use of fossil fuels and evaluating suppliers,” Campbell said. “Due to our urea supplier’s scale and efficiency, the carbon footprint of offshore manufacturing and transport is still less than domestic manufacture.” The company invested $28m in physical infrastructure, including stormwater improvements, conveyors, roofing and laboratories, a similar amount to the year before. Campbell says while some capital projects will be deferred until 2020-21 because of uncertainty over the year ahead, it still plans to complete necessary capital projects to protect operations and services.

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DINZ tightens belt on expenditure Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz DEER Industry New Zealand (DINZ) is trimming its budget as it prepares to manage activities in the new reality post covid-19. DINZ chief executive Innes Moffat said the review of the organisation’s activities is a proactive move to ensure future sustainability. DINZ, which is funded by farmer and processor levies on venison and farmer levies on velvet, is preparing its budget for 2020-21. “The covid-19 pandemic means we are working in extremely difficult times for levy payers, so we are looking at all activities to ensure they align with the new reality,” Moffat said. This is particularly true of the organisation’s market-support activities. “We are now in discussion with venison marketers to ensure our plans align with their new priorities,” he said.

CUTTING COSTS: DINZ chief executive Innes Moffat says reviewing the budget to meet the new reality is about rebalancing industry activities expenditure.

Moffat said the budget review means taking a good hard look at priorities. “We are taking a conservative approach to income for the year ahead and will operate within our income and not run down reserves further,” he said. “This means we will trim

expenditure across most areas of the organisation. “Across our work, we need to be more aware of possible areas for cost savings. “Our farmers and marketers are going to be in for a tough time in the year ahead and we will be looking at all aspects of our

expenditure and considering if there is a way to do it more costeffectively. “There are lots of services farmers will still require of the industry and we are aware of that and trimming expenses accordingly.” The brunt of the budget reduction will fall on the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) Passion 2 Profit (P2P) programme. “There’s a couple of projects we will ease back on expenditure in consultation with the venison marketing companies,” he said. The costs to deliver farmer information will be kerbed. “There will be change in the way we deliver information with the idea being able to integrate Advance Parties, environmental groups and regional workshops where that is feasible. DINZ will continue to put money into long-term research and in-market development alongside venison companies. Velvet is a winner with an increase projected for

promotional activities. “It will be a case of cutting the cloth to meet our income as we rebalance some areas of DINZ expenditure in our activities,” he said. While the budget review will focus right across the board there will be opportunities in particular to make savings from what was learnt under lockdown. “We know meetings are necessary, but we also know we can operate and bring people together on Zoom,” he said. “Now that we are familiar with the efficiencies of Zoom and Google Meet, we will consider what is essential before booking flights, particularly for groups that meet regularly. We think more meetings can be done online so there will be a significant ease back on travel.” Moffat says DINZ will be taking a good look at domestic travel and some discretionary expenditure. “We need to travel, but airfares have increased extortionately,” he said.

Delegat pours out profit Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz DELEGAT Group has reported a 20% increase in net profit for the 2020 financial year, up $10 million to $60.8m, after selling 3,277,000 cases of wine around the world. Sales were up 9%, exchange rate movements were favourable and margins improved to achieve the excellent result. For the company that now calls itself the leading New Zealand wine exporter, sales to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe were up 23% and went over one million cases for the first time. North American sales were up 8% (1.438m cases), but down 5%

in Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands. Sales revenue was up 10% to $294m, of which volume contributed 9% and value a net 1%, when the positive currency effects were included. Exports of the non-perishable wine cases were not unduly disrupted by covid-19 and reduced sales to hospitality were offset by more retail spending. At balance date June 30, Delegat had total assets of $800m, half of which is shareholders’ equity. Over the past year, its share price has risen 20% to $13.20 although it did dip quickly in March, followed by a strong recovery.

Net debt came down by 11% to $240m and operating return on equity went up to 17.7%. The directors declared a final dividend of 17c/share fully imputed, a repeat of the previous year. The 2020 grape harvest produced exceptional quality across all three growing regions and the tonnage was up by 7% compared to 2019. The outlook for the wine company includes 2% sales growth this financial year, followed by 7% growth expectations in each of the two following years. Based on the current exchange rates, Delegat has forecast

MINIMAL DISRUPTION: Exports of non-perishable wine cases were not unduly disrupted by covid-19 and reduced sales to hospitality were offset by more retail spending.

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NZ Story honey initiative ‘a good start’ Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz THE launch of a New Zealand honey story for marketing to overseas customers has been welcomed as a good start by the industry, but more will be needed to help boost sales of growing honey stocks around the country. The NZ Story project, funded in part through Trade and Enterprise, has made open source material available to honey producers wanting to market their product overseas. The NZ Honey Story material includes videos, info-graphics and presentation material that can be tailored to individual marketers’ needs. Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) chief executive Karin Kos oversaw the release of similar material in the seafood industry. She said providing the material left it up to individual companies to decide how best to use it in their marketing efforts. Some companies were already picking up material and translating to Japanese and Mandarin. “It is a good start with some excellent resources there. But this will not fix all honey’s problems,” she said. “The story will need to be told more broadly, but we will be able

SWEET AS: Apiculture New Zealand chief executive Karin Kos says the NZ Honey Story is welcome, but a wider industry effort is also required to develop honey markets beyond Manuka.

to at least see how things go with this to start.” She believed there was a place for a broader, industry-wide effort in promoting NZ’s honey’s provenance story, like what the wine industry has achieved. “There is a case there for also having more regional collective marketing efforts there, and people are starting to look harder at this,” she said. This was something the wine

industry has achieved, with wellpromoted regionalisation from Northland to Otago. The beekeeping industry voted against an industry commodity levy 18 months ago, with only a quarter of the 65% who voted supporting one. Kos said funds raised from this could have been committed to an industry-wide campaign, alongside research projects. Kos acknowledged not having

funds from such a levy did hold back collective marketing efforts. “With a stockpile of nonManuka honey around the country, I think there is a growing awareness that collectively we could do so much more,” she said. With Manuka’s success continuing, the industry has been moving to try and address the burgeoning supply of floral honey in storage around the country that is struggling to be sold. One avenue includes research to better distinguish and define other specific varieties of honey, such as rewarewa and pohutukawa, with the aim of building stronger niche presence in the way Manuka honey has done. Sarah Morgan of the NZ Story initiative said the tools provided in the honey project were valuable for marketers wanting to pitch to new distributors in new markets, with the “hero” video providing an ideal means to get them engaged. For this reason, the material contains no specific brand or company in its visuals, and other video material is provided for companies to work into their own visual presentations. Other industries that have similar material developed include agri-tech, horticulture and aquaculture. She expected a high level of

There is a case there for also having more regional collective marketing efforts there, and people are starting to look harder at this. Karin Kos ApiNZ engagement from material that was used on Twitter and LinkedIn. Two years was the expected shelf life for the material. Southern Alps Honey coowner Leah Mee said the NZ Story initiative would help boost interest in other NZ honeys beyond Manuka. “People are starting to pick up on other varieties of honey available, both here and overseas,” she said. “NZ has such a wide variety of honey and once you explain where our honey comes from, more people are interested in them.” She said her business intended to use some of the NZ Honey Story material on its social media platforms.

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EXPERIENCE: The Grant family was surprised when they were nominated to watch Sam Whitelock play his 150th Crusader game.

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FARMSTRONG ambassador Sam Whitelock recently celebrated his 150th game for the Crusaders by shouting a South Canterbury farming family an afternoon at the rugby. James and Marissa Grant and their four kids, aged 13, 12, 10 and seven, won the chance to watch the Crusaders take on the Highlanders in Christchurch after being nominated by their local community. “We were surprised to win. We didn’t even know it was happening,” James said. “We got to the game a wee bit early, met Sam on the field and had a good talk to him. Then we went back to the lounge, had

lunch and watched the game. “It was a great result too.” The Crusaders won 32-22 to clinch the Super Rugby title with a game to spare. It hasn’t been the easiest of years for the Grants who run a dairy farm at Rangitata Island Road, 15 minutes north of Geraldine, with two dairy sheds. Last December, the Rangitata river breached its banks after heavy rain and wreaked havoc across the South Canterbury region, causing major damage to farms, roading, rail and electricity infrastructure. Their farm was right in its path. “The river was flooding for close to four weeks,” James said. “We live on the south branch and when it burst its banks, the whole river pretty much started flowing through our farm.

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PC10 heads back to Enviro Court Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz ROTORUA’s long-running Plan Change 10 (PC10) will play out again in the Environment Court early this month, with

farmers hoping it will see nitrogen (N) allocations in the catchment definitively nailed down. The hearing between CNI Iwi land management and Federated Farmers comes after last year’s

ruling that upheld the PC10 rules for N allocation in the Rotorua Lakes district. That ruling appeared to ensure farmers would not face further cuts to their allocations as a result of iwi efforts to have a greater

ROUND TWO: Rotorua farmer Neil Heather says farmers could be the losers again if N is reallocated as a result of the latest Environment Court hearing.

amount of N reallocated across forestry land. At the time, Federated Farmers described the victory as a “slam dunk,” with significant ramifications for other water quality and N allocation arguments elsewhere in the country. However, that ruling also left the door open for a more minor allocation than that sought for the original 1500ha of forested land. This has been exercised by iwi through its CNI Iwi Land Management company, and is being sought on cultural grounds. Under PC10, landowners in the region are required to play a role in reducing N losses by 140 tonnes a year into the region’s lake system, requiring N reductions of 35% for dairy farms and 17% for dry-stock from their historical averages. But the latest hearing revolves around iwi seeking a reallocation of up to 8.5t of additional N a year for use in sewerage reticulation for future housing development and possibly horticulture. But for the catchment to meet its target reduction of 140t, this will again require existing farmers to take a cut on their already reduced allocation. Dry-stock farmer and Lake Rotorua Primary Producers Collective member Neil Heather said the reallocation would be destined for a block of land intended for land use change, including housing. He said it had been purchased by iwi interests in full knowledge the N limits were already in place. Heather is already operating under a 18kg a hectare a year of allowable N loss. “A further reduction amounts to about 1.5-1.9% across the whole catchment, but for those with bigger losses they could face a further cut of 2-2.5%,” he said. “Some are close to the wind already and are really hoping they don’t get a further cut.”

The catchment includes 24 dairy farms still operating, but owners of some are still assessing their farm business plans under the allocations to see if they will remain profitable. Heather has already achieved his 2027 PC10 target for N reduction, and faces the prospect of further tightening in 2032 on his 45ha dry-stock unit. Federation Farmers RotoruaTaupo president Colin Guyton said the court case revolved around an issue that iwi needed to sort out with the Crown. He said farmers should not bear the cost of having an already reduced N allocation sliced back even further.

We were always going to fight this tooth and nail. The reality is they will end up taking more N off farmers, and some of them will be iwi themselves. Colin Guyton Rotorua-Taupo Federated Farmers “We were always going to fight this tooth and nail,” he said. “The reality is they will end up taking more N off farmers, and some of them will be iwi themselves, and they have already been hit hard, to take more will only make it tougher.” Federated Farmers has been raising funds for its PC10 campaign and continues to seek donations. Last year’s Environment Court efforts cost the federation over $200,000. Guyton said the second hearing was critical on grounds any decision could then set a precedent across other regions.

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Mixed path for primary exporters’ prospects it will be a slow start to the Government’s Fit for a Better World growth pathway. A broad snapshot over the THE latest ANZ Agri-focus key primary sector industries report suggests a mixed pathway does, however, point to generally to recovering in a covid trade positive state of play as of early environment, with demand for all August, with prices at or above primary sector products affected their 10-year average for dairy, in varying ways over the coming sheep and beef. 12 months. However, forestry has remained The report’s authors, ANZ chief below its recent highs as the economist Sharon Zollner and market continued to find some agricultural economist Susan equilibrium. Kilsby, are keeping an eye on the The continuing loss of jobs opportunities a gradual global through the economy has a recovery offers food producing peak that is difficult to pick, and countries like New Zealand. the upside is the consideration However, they also caution being given to the primary sector as an employment option by people who may not have done so before now. This comes at a time when dairy staff demands are at a peak, often AWDT Understanding Your Farming Business operating with 3 full-day workshops run over three months. Equips and supports women involved in sheep and beef and dairy sub-optimal staff farming to lift business performance. numbers. Locations and dates (3 modules): But looking • Pahiatua: 17 Sept, 22 Oct & 12 Nov out over the • Maramarua: 17 Sept, 22 Oct & 12 Nov coming year, the • Darfield: 23rd Sept, 28th Oct & 18th Nov dairy sector can • Napier: 23rd Sept, 28th Oct & 18th Nov expect a mixed • Waipawa: 24th Sept, 29th Oct & 19th Nov • Milton: 14th Oct, 4th Nov & 25th Nov market response, • Winton: 15th Sept, 5th Nov & 26th Nov depending upon • Cheviot: 14th Oct, 4th Nov & 25th Nov product type. • Culverdon: 15th Oct, 5th Nov & 26th Nov ANZ points to Website: To register visit www.awdt.org.nz/programmes a roller coaster Contact: keri@awdt.org.nz for more info ride for cheese in the past few AWDT Future Focus months, with early Programme designed for farming partnerships to plan their business together. Two full-day workshop delivered over tumbling prices two months. reversing after the Locations and dates (2 modules): US Government • Oamaru: 13 Oct & 3 Nov announced it • Rangiroa: 14 Oct & 4 Nov would be buying • Feilding: 20 Oct & 17 Nov dairy products to • Dannevirke: 21 Oct & 18 Nov distribute to needy • Te Awamutu: 20 Oct & 24 Nov households. While • Napier: 28 Oct & 23 Nov • Winton: 10 Nov & 1 Dec a government• Milton: 11 Nov & 2 Dec driven initiative, Website: To register visit www.awdt.org.nz/programmes it has rippled Contact: keri@awdt.org.nz for more info positively through global dairy Wednesday 21/10/2020 – Thursday 22/10/2020 cheese markets. NZGSTA Annual Conference 2020 This has also Where: Crowne Plaza, Queenstown. This conference is open to members and there are helped to balance registrations available for non members, as well as daily the hit taken in the and/or social registrations. Partners are welcome and food service sector encouraged to attend. Delegates rate will apply at the hotel on products highly over Labour Weekend so good chance to enjoy a relaxing dependent on weekend after the conference. cheese, like pizzas Registrations and conference programme can be and hamburgers. downloaded from our website https://www.nzgsta.co.nz/ Meantime, nzgsta-conference-2020/ butter has had some patchy Should your important event be listed here? months, and Phone 0800 85 25 80 or email adcopy@globalhq.co.nz consumers opting

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PROTEIN PLUS: High-value red meat products are tending to be hit harder by covid economics, while essential proteins remain in demand, says Susan Kilsby.

for home-made over store-bought bakery goods has failed to stop a softening of market prices. Consumers have also given a priority to protein over fat, with firmer protein prices reflecting demand for essential type products like infant formula. Kilsby said infant formula is benefitting from consumers stockpiling products, and while still a luxury product, buying on quality was regarded as a necessity by many Chinese consumers. Overall, ANZ has the dairy market positioned better than expected to be, with relatively good price stability. But it cautions with 90% of the season ahead “massive risks” remain in how the season will pan out. The farmgate prices for lambs being supported by procurement premiums is beginning to finally reflect the signalled easing in prices being reflected in markets. The report cautions the slide is coming across all cuts, even lower priced ones sold in China where even the lower grade cuts are still expensive in relative terms. The ANZ’s predictions for lamb prices to ease down echo concerns raised weeks ago by AgriHQ analyst Mel Croad. “A number of processors are already signalling downside in printed schedules, if anything, we may have already seen the peak in lamb prices, despite supplies still remaining low,” Croad said. ANZ continues to take a dim view of wool’s prospects, labelling the returns “dismal,” with little prospect of improvement in the coming 12 months as supply chains remain clogged and enduser demand remains weak. Fine wool products haven’t

been immune from covid’s impact either, with expectations lowered demand for products, like suits, is likely to continue as more of the office world works from home. Like dairying, beef has a jumble of market signals playing through this season, with high-end cuts particularly affected by covid imposed economising and a slide in high-end food service sales.

We are also seeing the health side of products helping sales, with people looking for food that may be healthy, or help the immune system, like kiwifruit and velvet doing well. Susan Kilsby ANZ agri-economist However, lower grade cuts are proving easier to sell, with NZ bull beef demand being underpinned by continuing good sales of hamburgers in the US, which require lower fat kiwi beef to be blended into them. The potential for schedules to lift in coming months will be depressed by the difficulty of selling high-value cuts, limiting processors’ ability to lift prices, as would normally occur. Some upward movement in beef schedules is anticipated heading into spring when supply is typically lower.

Venison has also struggled as a high-value cut and prospects are likely to remain challenging with buyers shying away from forward commitments and logistics of chilled trade to Europe a challenge. However, domestic sales are helping soak some of the product up through supermarkets. Kilsby said there is a split developing between high-value protein product and lower value essential commodity product globally. “We are also seeing the health side of products helping sales, with people looking for food that may be healthy, or help the immune system, like kiwifruit and velvet doing well,” she said. NZ’s continuing strong construction sector is helping prop up forestry prices, but the in-market log prices remain 12% below their five-year average. A bumpy, long road to recovery is anticipated for logs, fed in part by the slide in demand for Chinese manufactured woodbased products, including pallets used for shipping manufactured products. Fruit exports remain positive, with Zespri’s kiwifruit sales remaining robust, including a 40% lift in Japanese fruit returns yearon-year for three months to June. A reduction in market uncertainty has narrowed payout ranges. The apple sector’s returns are also ahead of last year, and export prices in June remained stronger than last year for many varieties, but newer varieties have continued to command a 16% premium over traditional varieties and overall exports are ahead in volume and value terms.

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INCREASE: Milling wheat has seen a good increase in total tonnes harvested with the amount of milling wheat still stored on-farm but contracted matching the increase in the amount of wheat harvested. Photo: Annette Scott

2020 harvest shows increased yields Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz THE Arable Industry Marketing Initiative (AIMI) survey of cereal areas and volumes report for the harvest season 2020 shows yields are up on less area sown. The final harvest data has yields up by 17% compared to last season for a reduced number of hectares, down 6% with an overall 10% increase in tonnage harvested compared to 2019. Growers are reporting good weather conditions for autumn and winter sowings with good crop establishment in most regions. Plantings and intentions are similar to last season except for malting barley, down 10%, milling oats up 32% and feed oats down 14%. Unsold stocks of feed wheat are up by 27,600 tonnes compared to this time last year, while unsold

feed barley stocks are down 6,200t year-on-year. Unsold milling oats is also down on last year. Feed barley saw an increase in the total amount of product sold though there was a shift towards the spot market with more sold on-spot than contracted. Following two years of buoyant supply, feed barley also saw a reduction in the total amount of product available for this season. Both feed barley and feed wheat have seen an increase in the amount of product unsold at this stage of the season, which has been reflected with anecdotal evidence of dairy farmers not yet wanting to buy feed grains for the coming season. Milling wheat has seen a good increase in total tonnes harvested with the amount of milling wheat still stored on-farm but contracted, matching the increase in the amount of wheat harvested.

New Zealand self-sufficiency in milling grains in 2025 is a work in progress and remains the focus for growers, arable industry grains vice-chair Brian Leadley said.

This is a great initiative and although there is a lot of work to do to achieve this goal, it is already showing good results. Brian Leadley Arable industry grains vice-chair “This is a great initiative and although there is a lot of work to do to achieve this goal, it is already showing good results,” he said. Leadley said a programme

is now starting that aims to lift awareness of feed grains and the benefit it offers to sheep, beef and dairy sectors. On the international scene, Australian wheat and barley prices have remained relatively stagnant in recent weeks with concerns of farmers having stores of last season’s grain still unsold as this season’s harvest approaches. However, there has been some support from the increased level of production risk for the coming harvest as winter rainfalls have been described as underwhelming in some regions. Soil moisture over the entire country is not looking promising for good crop production with only small pockets of growing areas being above average for this time of the year. This combined with winter wheat yields being reduced out of Europe should encourage global prices to increase as Australia

approaches its next harvest. It’s a similar story in the barley market with prices remaining stagnant for most of the past two months. After significant rainfall across most of the EU, there is now a more positive outlook for their summer crops but it’s expected there will be negative effects on some winter crop yields. Winter wheat harvest is still underway in parts of the EU and yield reductions are becoming more apparent. The entire EU wheat yield forecast is looking to be 3.6% below the five-year average with the current average forecast sitting at 5.34t/ha. Wheat crops in areas of central EU haven’t recovered from dry spells during the growing season, but Germany and Poland have benefited from late season rainfall to fill out grain crops, resulting in increased yields.

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Worsfold steps down after 30 years Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz MORE than 30 years of service and commitment was recognised when long-standing United Wheatgrowers board member Syd Worsfold stepped down at the annual meeting in Ashburton. Chair Brian Leadley said Worsfold’s knowledge, experience and commitment is highly valued in the industry that for many years has encouraged him to continue. “He has talked about retirement for a while and we have talked him out of it but the time has come when we can’t talk him out any longer,” Leadley said. Worsfold was elected to the electoral committee in 1986, serving four years before stepping up to the board, where over the past three decades he has held many positions including finance management, vice chair and chair. He is also responsible for setting up QAgrainz, the industry’s quality assurance scheme that now has more than 800 growers registered. Worsfold has grown his last wheat crop so in retiring as a grower, it is appropriate he retires from the board. “I have been around longer than I probably should have been but I’ve always thought experience is good around the table,” he said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed the time.” He recalled the meetings of the earlier days. “Everyone sat around the table

in suits and ties. There were just four directors. It was a terrific load on the chair,” he said. “The best part has been the people I have met, growers and in the industry, and the liaison we have had with end users, millers and bakers. “Now, the industry can sit around the table and work problems out together.” This season will be the first in 50 years the Canterbury cropping farmer will not be growing a paddock of wheat. “My son put me on the sideline after I tripped over the anvil in the workshop and ended up in hospital for a back operation,” he said. “But I’m not down and out. I’ll still be in the background to help out, here for the board and on the farm.” He leaves the organisation in good heart after what Leadley reported as one of the best growing seasons ever with some exceptionally good quality, highyielding crops. On the other hand, the wheat growers’ insurance scheme was put to the test with the 105 claims lodged this season, as many as the scheme has ever experienced. Most claims were from the November hailstorm that ripped through Canterbury with several claims also lodged after the South Canterbury floods, topped off with a few fires in what was a hot, dry summer. “We are thrilled to have the

insurance scheme to provide some help with the financial impact on businesses from such events,” Leadley said. UWG is negotiating with insurance provider FMG for the 2021 harvest crop. “Given the high loss for the scheme this season, budgeted at $1.5 million, our hope is not to have an increase in the levy,” he said. “To achieve this we certainly will not be able to lift the cover value this season.” Growers pay an insurance levy of $3.75 a tonne for cover to a value of $225 a tonne. “We acknowledge this may not cover full production cost or be sufficient risk cover for some so I remind growers that crop insurers offer top up cover for wheat crops for those wanting to take that option,” he said. “But remember, you still receive full benefits of the UWG scheme so do not take full cover for wheat.” Leadley said QAgrainz continues to audit all growers once every three years as a minimum requirement of the grain buyers. It continues to be a costeffective way to provide a high standard quality assurance scheme. Given the impact of covid-19 this year an online audit process has been implemented with farmers being asked to supply electronic records and

photographic evidence. “The thought is to run this as a trial with the view and hope that it proves a practical process for the future,” he said. “It may not be for all farmers but there will be good support to help everyone with this.” Covid-19 also forced the cancellation of the organisation’s annual wheat competition. “This is disappointing, particularly given the good results from this harvest. We would have loved the opportunity to promote this success,” he said. Self-sufficiency in milling wheat in 2025 is a

work in progress and remains the focus for growers. “This is a great initiative and although there is a lot of work to do to achieve this goal it is already showing good results,” Leadley said. A programme is now starting that aims to lift awareness of feed grains and the benefit they offer the sheep, beef and dairy sectors.

TAKEN ROOT: Syd Worsfold says he might have been there too long but has enjoyed every one of his 30 years as a United Wheatgrowers director.

Industry-led approach to vocational training THE new Food and Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) is expected to improve vocational education for the primary sector by taking an industry-led approach. The CoVE will be established by a consortium involving 54 organisations across the food and fibre sector. Consortium chair Jeremy Baker says that shows an unprecedented level of collaboration

within the food and fibre sector. “This is a decisive step forward in the partnership between the food and fibre sectors and Government,” he said. “The Food and Fibre CoVE will be learner-focused, led by industry and enabled by Government.” Baker says the intention is to create excellence by focusing on the success of learners, industry, and education.

“The food and fibre sectors are the backbone of communities nationwide, as well as New Zealand’s economy. “For these reasons, we need to maintain our international reputation for high quality and sustainable food and fibre exports,” he said. “This success depends on our people, their capabilities, innovation and teamwork.” He says building on the sector’s

contribution will require a skilled workforce. “A new range of skills will be essential to take advantage of future opportunities and meet future challenges,” Baker said. “All members of the Food and Fibre CoVE are excited to get started, helping build an education and training system that is responsive and fit-forpurpose.”

The CoVE Consortium, formed from the Food and Fibre Skills Establishment Group, is a collaboration of organisations including industry associations, tertiary providers, Maori, employers, employees and standard setting bodies. The CoVE will be hosted by the NZ Institute of Skills and Technology through its subsidiary, the Eastern Institute of Technology, in Hawke’s Bay.

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Volume 23 I September 6, 2020 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I www.farmersweekly.co.nz 1

Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz

2 Find and watch the OnFarm Story of James Annabell “We took a bit of a punt” and read the accompanying article “Honey business finds sweet spot”. 3 Where is Egmont honey mainly based? 4 Where did James first start working in the honey industry?

STRETCH YOURSELF: 1

A chemical called methylglyoxal gives Manuka honey its major antibacterial qualities? What is methylglyoxal?

2 Manuka flowers for only a short amount of time, how long is this? How does James and his company make the most of the short season? (e.g. How do they transport their hives to the right places?)

In your paper Wool is such an amazing commodity and yet in recent years it has had very little value here in NZ. A wool strategy group has just been set up with an aim of reviving the sector. Do you think that NZ should be trying to market and make more products using wool? Would consumers both in NZ and off-shore be interested in these? How can we produce wool products in an equitable fashion, so that they could be affordable for more consumers here in NZ? Send us your thoughts and ideas to: agined@globalhq.co.nz

3 How long does manuka honey take to mature? 4 With consumers looking for products that boost immunity, good health and vitality, alongside a desire for naturally based beauty products. Do you think that NZ has an opportunity to lead the way with manuka based products? How do you think we could do this? What do you think are the main barriers (if any) that could impinge on creating greater industry? 5 Who regulates products that are labelled “Manuka”, what are the regulations in NZ?

Ewes with lambs-at-foot at Feilding Sale

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Go the AgriHQ market snapshot page

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2 What was the South Island mutton price last week? 3 How is this tracking compared to year-ago levels?

STRETCH YOURSELF: This table shows the ewes with lambs-at-foot at the Feilding sheep sale. Ewes and lambs are typically sold ‘all-counted’, this means the price is per head. For example at $109 per head, the total for a ewe with one lamb-at-foot would be $218, or $327 for a ewe with twin lambs.

Do some research.- what are some characteristics of Romney and Coopworth sheep?

2 Why do you think the crossbred ewes and lambs at the bottom of the table were cheaper than the straight Romney’s at the top? Hint: Think about breeding and quality. 3 If 46 Coopworth-cross ewes with 65 lambs-atfoot sold for $102 all-counted, what would the total value of this pen be?

With little value in wool these days, how do you think this has changed breeding of sheep in New Zealand?

2 If you were a sheep farmer, what characteristics would you like your flock of sheep to have? Aoidea Blossom

Apiarist Colony

Apiary

Drone

Beehive

Flowers

Honeycomb

Manuka

Methylglyoxal

Pollinate

Propolis

Queen

Sting

Swarm

Wax

Honey Nectar

Royal jelly Worker

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Meat industry veteran bows out Lyn Jaffray has seen the best and the worst of times in farming during more than 50 years working in the meat and livestock industries. The China market manager for Silver Fern Farms spoke to Neal Wallace as he prepares for retirement.

YN Jaffray well remembers the point when his job selling New Zealand export meat changed. It was 1997 and low production due to a tough winter had forced China to scour the globe looking for alternative sources of lamb flaps. They approached NZ and Jaffray, sales manager for PPCS at the time, was on the next flight to China. Unbeknown to him, it started a 23-year relationship with the China market. He came away from what was the first of an estimated 60 visits he has made to China with three lasting impressions. The first was that China was developing a growing taste and demand for protein; that Chinese want to be treated with respect by those wanting to do business with them; and it takes time to cement relationships with them. Until the entry of China on the global protein market, salesmen like Jaffray were largely quibbling over a few cents a pound to secure sales.

I started working when I was very young without a curriculum vitae straight out of school.

China’s arrival was a game changer due to its appetite for meat and the prices it was prepared to pay. Jaffray is retiring after 48 years working for Silver Fern Farms (SFF), previously known as PPCS, and an additional five years as a livestock drafter with Reid Farmers Ltd working in Otago.

BIG OPPORTUNITY: China’s arrival was a game changer due to its appetite for meat and the prices it was prepared to pay.

“I started working when I was very young without a curriculum vitae straight out of school,” he said. One thing he was good at was rugby, playing 23 matches, including seven tests, for the All Blacks between 1972 and 1979. When selected for the 1978 grand slam tour of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, Jaffray had to ask then PPCS manager Ian Jenkinson, a renown tough task master who liked cars but not rugby, for time off work. The request was initially rejected but Jaffray convinced a change of heart by saying farmers generally loved rugby and having an All Black on staff would benefit the company. His first job on leaving school was as a stock agent for Reid Farmers based in Palmerston servicing farmers in East Otago. He later shifted to PPCS as a prime stock buyer in the same area before transferring to South Canterbury. In 1980, then-chief executive Stewart Barnett offered him a sales job in head office in Dunedin, specifically selling beef to the United States. Jaffray says at that stage NZ meat exporters were price takers. Jaffray saw potential in growing markets for quality, prime beef cuts and over time saw the introduction of the Dubai Beef Quality programme which targeted the Dubai food service sector with beef that met strict production criteria. It was the precursor to the launch of the SFF Reserve Beef programme and later an Angus beef programme with McDonalds NZ. On his first sales visit to China in 1997, Jaffray learnt what it takes to do business in China. Jaffray says you earn the trust of Chinese customers by showing respect to them and their culture,

END OF AN ERA: SFF’s China market manager Lyn Jaffray is retiring after 48 years on the job.

having integrity, strong brands, a story and a point of difference. By 2008, NZ was also selling animal by-products to China in what was largely a commodity market, but four years later

demand for other cuts started to grow fuelled by urbanisation and growing disposable income. In 2008, PPCS’ annual sales into China were $28 million. Today it is over $850 million. “They get the volume because they pay the best price, are loyal to our brand and value long-term relationships,” he said. “It’s big tonnage, it is a seriously large volume business.” Jaffray says people should not underestimate China’s influence on the global meat trade. Because of that volume, exporters are able to leverage global prices paid by other markets. “China gives us leverage not only through price and volume but because other buyers are aware of China’s influence,” he said. For example, NZ has been reliant on the United Kingdom as a destination for lamb legs, but now that China is also a customer it has given NZ price leverage. Jaffray says our relationship with China enabled NZ to weather the global financial crisis better than most other countries.

Other than China, Jaffray has for 20 years been heavily involved in developing chilled trade with the Middle East, creating a key market for SFF. Jaffray has worked for five PPCS and SFF chief executives, seen the most bitter competition for livestock, the impact of surplus processing capacity and the difficulty of making sales when the NZ dollar was trading at US85c. He has seen PPCS turnover rise from $25 million in 1972 to $2.5 billion as SFF last year and witnessed SFF tinkering on the edge of financial collapse and the subsequent spectacular recovery which involved establishing a 50:50 partnership with Chinese food company Shanghai Maling. He has also seen first-hand in China the benefits of the company’s plate to pasture quality branded meat programme which has provided the story and point of difference in growing sales in the market. But one thing has never left Jaffray. “I love the thrill of completing a deal,” he said.

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Mating with sterile males cuts a female’s lifespan Researchers at Otago University’s Anatomy department have made a discovery that may have big implications for the livestock industry, as Neal Wallace found out.

NIVERSITY of Otago research has revealed that mating female animals with sterile males early in life increases female growth and subsequent reproductive output but reduces the lifespan of females. The research, conducted jointly by the University of Otago and UNSW Sydney, has been published in the American science journal PNAS, and provides insight into how males influence their mate’s health, growth and fertility. Lead author Michael Garratt from Otago University’s Department of Anatomy says while the findings have implications for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and understanding different aspects of reproduction and maternal health, it also has relevance to the livestock breeding industry. His research results show that infertile male mice caused females they were paired with to grow bigger but to live shorter lives. When those females were mated

with fertile mice later in life, they produced more offspring. Conversely, mating with fertile mice over the same period had the opposite effect. While this initial research was specific for mice, Garratt says it could be applicable to other species including agricultural livestock. It is still not known exactly what cues cause this reaction in mice and Garratt says those factors could differ between species. Many sheep and cattle breeders have discovered their own techniques to make ewes and cows cycle, such as keeping males and females together or apart at specific times. Garratt says more research is needed to identify these techniques and to show if the response of mice can be replicated in larger animals. Such cues could include previous exposure to seminal fluid or male pheromones. He is keen to collaborate with agricultural researchers to investigate this theory. The findings are evidence that

males influence their mates’ lifespan, growth and health. “Until now, most of these effects were thought to be due to pregnancy, giving birth and caring for the young after birth,” Garratt said.

This research is significant because it provides evidence that there are long-term consequences of social interactions between males and females. Michael Garratt Researcher “This research is significant because it provides evidence that there are long-term consequences of social interactions between males and females, regardless of pregnancy and lactation that cause effects which permeate across the entire life-cycle.”

Garratt says it is known these effects occur in some insects, but it was not known whether it extended to mammals that live for years, not months. “It could have important implications for artificial insemination in livestock and possibly even for human IVF,” he said. Professor Rob Brooks from the University of New South Wales Sydney says one of the most surprising findings is that mating with sterile males early in life increased later reproductive output among female mice, while mating with fertile males over the same period had the opposite effect. “This suggests there are differing responses to specific aspects of mating and fertilisation which can push and pull subsequent reproductive output in different directions,” he said. “What we do not know is whether human mating behaviour prepares women for later reproduction in the kind of unexpected ways that our study of mice shows.

LIFESPAN: Michael Garratt’s research results show that infertile male mice caused females they were paired with to grow bigger but to live shorter lives.

“We do know that some pregnancy complications like pre-eclampsia are affected by the amount of pregnancy-free sex that the parents had before conceiving.” Garratt says there are important differences in the way mice and humans respond to mating. “For example, mice go through pseudopregnancy after mating with sterile mice, while humans do not, so there is a clear physiological response to mating in mice that may not be translatable to humans,” he said.

NZ animal tech could help humans Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz

ECHNOLOGY developed in New Zealand to monitor and analyse animal health is being considered for collecting data and tracking more than 30 different human diseases. Founder and managing director of Dunedin parasitology company Techion Greg Mirams says researchers around the world are looking to adapt its point of care disease information system which was developed for use with his FECPAK animal parasite diagnostic system. “As the world emerges from the shadow of the covid-19 pandemic, there is growing recognition that technology will play a critical role in the future approach to disease management,” Mirams said. “Health authorities need to act quickly and be agile and that requires access to live, reliable point of care disease information that can quickly be analysed and linked to experts and health agencies.” Mirams says this technology allows him to access information 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world where he has FECPAK kits operative and can see the area’s parasite status. “It’s not just a matter of what we are imaging but the ability to capture images and related data from the field and store it in the

As the world emerges from the shadow of the covid-19 pandemic, there is growing recognition that technology will play a critical role in the future approach to disease management.

NEW USE: Founder and managing director of Dunedin parasitology company Techion Greg Mirams says there is growing recognition that technology will play a critical role in the future approach to disease management.

cloud, then analyse and share it with relevant experts to have a live data-based disease status,” he said. “We can do that with human diseases.” For farmers, the Techion developed platform takes data collected by FECPAK testing kits to tell if disease is present and allows them to identify which animals are impacted, what may have caused the problem and what drugs can be used to deal with it. “As an online technology, Techion’s unique digital platform aggregates and analyses disease related data by locality, region or country,” Mirams said.

Greg Mirams Techion

“This enables the collation and geo-mapping of disease outbreaks and big data analysis of conditions which trigger outbreaks.” Designed to be deployed in the field for use on farms is one reason public health researchers are interested in the technology for use with human disease management. Initially, it is being looked at for tropical diseases (a group known as neglected tropical diseases NTD) in developing countries, such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium. By operating remotely, linked to the cloud and using artificial intelligence, it provides medical

experts with a live database that can be geo-mapped and connected to relevant experts and decision makers. Further work with Techion’s platform for use in the human NTD area is underway through collaboration with the Swiss Tropical Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and other related institutions. Mirams says further validation work that could broaden the platforms under which it operates is underway in collaboration with Cornell University in the United States and Ghent University in Belgium. Recently, Professor Jakob Zinsstag-Klopfenstein from

Swiss TPH spent three months in NZ and spent time at Techion providing technical input on how to use the FECPAK platform for disease management. He concluded it could have applications for more than 30 diseases, and would accelerate their control and access to care. Mirams says the technology appears to have limited use dealing with the covid-19 pandemic due to the nature of the virus. While still primarily an agricultural-based company, Mirams says uses for his FECPAK system are becoming more diverse. He is working with a US city that wants to use the technology to analyse parasite levels in biosolid municipal waste before it is recycled as fertiliser.

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EDITORIAL Working together is the way forward

F THERE’S a theme running through this week’s newspaper, it’s the need for collaboration. After years of fragmentation the wool sector has finally realised that things will be better together. Working together builds innovation. It pools resources and gives a sector the scale it needs to make things happen. It gives credibility to a sector. After presenting a strategy for the future of the wool industry a group has now been set up to implement it. It looks to be one that draws on the best of the industry and it will have to. Because one of the drawbacks of contributing to a larger vision is that smaller interests may be left behind or left outside. For the strong wool sector to thrive again it needs to be inclusive, collaborative and bold. The meat industry is also calling for more collaboration as it looks to navigate the fastchanging world. An inaugural report from Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association states that red meat production is facing unprecedented challenges, what with covid-19, drought and feed issues across a lot of the country. Farmers know that they produce some of the tastiest and most sustainable protein in the world. But sometimes the message has been diluted as various processors and marketers look to outdo the other one. Supply chains could also be improved through working together more, perhaps. Taste Pure Nature has shown us that a singular brand story for NZ meat can help spread the word to conscious consumers. The way that challenges also throws up opportunities. Now’s the time to tell the world that the food produced here is good for health, good for the planet and good for the people who work to produce it. This theme of collaboration is one that the nation’s leaders could also buy into. Farmers understand the need to continually improve how they produce food, but they’re feeling left out of the discussion about how best to improve things, like water quality. We’re better together and if we collaborate to agree on a goal and the path to it, we’ll probably find we get there much faster.

Bryan Gibson

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So-called pests are actually resources THE article “Pests Can Make Value-added Food” was interesting and timely relative to ‘Minister for the Environment’ Eugenie Sage’s obsession with killing-towaste the Himalayan tahr and the 1080 blitzes on National Parks like Fiordland and Nelson Lakes. The problem is the culture based on ideological grounds which years ago – in the late 1950s – a visiting ecologist Dr William Graf described as “anti-exotic wild animal phobia.” The Department of Conservation’s bureaucrats and Ministers usually aligned to the extreme Forest and Bird, have nourished that ideological phobia. There should be no place for the words pest or control in any discussion on wild animals. Instead, the words should be replaced respectively by resource and

management. And replace kill with harvest. If numbers by credible science are judged to be excessive of the carrying capacity, then numbers should be harvested. It is simply a matter of constructive attitude instead of mindless, unscientific dogma stereotyping all wild animals. The pest doctrine was spawned almost a century ago with the 1930 Deer Menace Conference, which gave rise to the extermination edict. Ideological die-hards might argue that deer, possums and other wild animals introduced are not in the interests of indigenous biodiversity. Biodiversity can become a select, narrow-minded judgement. All humans were introduced by way of migration. Pastoral farming, an asset, is founded on introduced

species – sheep, cattle and, yes, deer which graze on introduced pasture species. Our gardens are planted with introduced species from petunias to pansies, peas, potatoes and parsnips. Horticulture has apples, avocados, apricots and more. American wildlife authorities rarely, if at all, talk of control. Instead, they constructively and rationally talk of management. We live in a 21st century ecosystem. The argument for indigenous biodiversity has been distorted by ecofundamentalists to be akin to a flat earth syndrome and returning New Zealand to 500AD. Possums are a resource. A Landcare Research scientist told DOC in 1994 that even the exaggerated fictitious 70 million possum figure would only browse 15% of the national forests’ daily foliage

production. The notion that possums spread bovine TB has been largely debunked. In 2016, Agriculture Minister Nathan Guy told Parliament 9830 possums were autopsied and not one had TB. Possum fur is worth about 30 times crossbred wool. Possum meat was once used in a Te Puke pet food plant based on a lucrative export market to Japan. But when the Japanese authorities saw a TV programme revealing NZ’s 1080 blitzes, the export market was cancelled. Possums are a resource to be managed. The article by Richard Rennie will, hopefully, assist for wild animals to be seen as valued species and resources to be constructively managed. Tony Orman Marlborough

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Rollercoaster year for farmers Bernadette Hunt

020 started out seeming like a bad dream, coming out of a dreadful spring, into a rubbish summer, and then being hit with floods. Little did we know that it was only the beginning. Covid-19 followed (and just won’t sod off), concerns over feed pressure escalated, stress built once again over winter grazing, with the threat of environmentalists taking photos – and then the Action for Healthy Waterways regulations hit the ground. And still the roller coaster continues – relief over promised rule changes, disbelief at the inadequacy of said changes, promises of more changes, followed by continuous uncertainty. No wonder we all feel like we’re in the spin cycle of a washing machine. I know that my own emotions fluctuate wildly: one day highly motivated to communicate the absurdity of the rules, but also vehemently angry that I’m having to dedicate so much time to it; another day I’m fearful for our farming future and deeply upset that we are constantly having to justify our existence; then I’m uplifted by positive feedback from a farmer for what I’m doing on behalf of Feds, or from seeing the way farmers are drawing together through all of this. The anger and stress over the crazy suite of new freshwater legislation is palpable. Farmers all over the country are desperate to show that depth of feeling through direct action. And fair enough. We played the game by the rules. We engaged in the consultation process constructively, despite the insulting lack of practicality in the proposals and information available alongside them –

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evidence of the absence of truly representative farming voices at the table. We provided an enormous weight of evidence in our submissions and at the public meetings – practical examples of why the rules were not fit for purpose and suggested alternatives. So, the final version of the rules which have landed are an absolute slap in the face. Clearly, the time and effort we put into the consultation process, during the busiest month on the farming calendar, was a complete waste of effort. If anything, it appears the Government used information we provided against us to make the rules impossible to meet. Because if they wanted implementable rules, they had plenty of information that these rules were not the way to go. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. This Government doesn’t appear to value the opinion of the farming sector. Throughout this process, farming groups have been completely shut out. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor spends more time arguing with farmers about why their views are wrong than he does listening to our concerns.

UNITED FRONT: Federated Farmers’ Southland vice-president Bernadette Hunt encourages more farmers to become members in an effort to strengthen their voice in the fight against the new freshwater regulations.

You can be sure that Feds is keeping the pressure up and we’re not scared of the direct action that farmers are calling for, if that’s what it will take.

And now we’ve heard O’Connor say Feds couldn’t be trusted to be at the table (a totally disingenuous, throwaway comment, which he knew was not true), and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated that it was her understanding farming groups were included. What an absolute load of rubbish. It is on public record that Federated Farmers has been excluded from

key discussions. And where is Environment Minister David Parker? He’s ultimately responsible for this mess, and he’s nowhere to be seen. The Government is now in damage control. Urban New Zealanders know, now more than ever, that NZ is reliant on the rural economy to recover from covid-19. We’ve had lots of support from townies for our cause. They may not understand the detail, but they are picking up on the anger and the impracticality of the rules. That has the Government running scared and scrambling to minimize the fallout. We have the looming general election to thank for that, and we need to keep the pressure up – because if this Government is returned to power in October, they won’t care what we have to say after that.

You can be sure that Feds is keeping the pressure up and we’re not scared of the direct action that farmers are calling for, if that’s what it will take. Stick with us, keep sharing your stories, don’t be scared to share your emotions about the impact of this, but keep your chin up and lean on those around you through those tough days.

Who am I? Bernadette Hunt is Federated Farmers’ Southland vice-president.

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Uninformed vet critics shouldn’t get air-time Alternative View

Alan Emerson

LET me start by saying my life to date has been involved with the rural sector. I’m extremely proud of the fact and wouldn’t have it any other way. Let me add by saying I’ve dealt with many vets over the years and never found a dud. Any hour of the day and in all weathers, if you have an issue, they’re there. Now we have our national media, in the current case a taxpayer funded organisation in the form of Radio NZ, promoting a non-event story about rural vets being compromised over reporting animal cruelty by farmers. A quote from mechanical engineer and anti-Southland winter grazing campaigner Angus Robson left me stumped. Robson claimed vets were “often compromised because reporting a farmer (for animal cruelty) could affect their vet business”. My first and honest question would be to ask how in God’s name he would know? Has he interviewed a cross section of rural vets? Has he gone into rural communities and seen for himself? Has he done any analysis of vet’s businesses? The answer I’d suggest would be an emphatic no to all questions but he still gets headlines. It also brings up some

additional and offensive issues. For a start, he paints vets as cowards afraid to do the right thing. Then he alludes there’s a rural mafia poised to act when someone suggests a law was broken, for whatever reason. The simple fact is that rural communities are just as concerned about animal cruelty as anyone else, I’d suggest more so. Not that either Robson or RNZ could give a fig. Not to be outdone, Alison Dewes rides into the fray a little like Don Quixote’s Sancho Panza.

The simple fact is that rural communities are just as concerned about animal cruelty as anyone else, I’d suggest more so.

We hear on RNZ that “a vet who is also a farmer has come out in support of claims rural vets sometimes turn a blind eye to animal welfare issues because they are scared of how their communities will react to it”. I have several questions. For a start how does she know? As a practicing vet, did she experience the problem and, if so, where and when? Can she also tell me a rural community who pressured both the vet and their families because of reporting cruelty? Finally, could she outline her farming operation if she is now described as a farmer. The reason I’m so annoyed with

Robson, Dewes and RNZ is that rural communities are special. We don’t punish families for the misdeeds of a parent. Just think about it. Rural communities have doctors. Has a doctor ever been harassed because of him or her reporting abuse? Rural communities also have police. Will a policeperson’s family be castigated if the local cop locks an offender up? There are also ministers and priests. Have they or their families ever been punished because they’ve reported any malfeasance? Unsurprisingly, we also have teachers. Will a teacher’s family suffer if that teacher voices concern over a pupil’s welfare? The answer in all cases is a resounding no as it is with vets. Another reason I’m irritated is because no one I know of in rural NZ wants to see animal cruelty, least of all vets. In addition, what neither Robson, Dewes or RNZ seem to realise is that vets have a strict code of conduct. They can and will be held to account if they don’t report cruelty. In researching this article, I’ve spoken to a lot of vets and farmers. For a start, convince me of the size of the problem. Other than a couple of high-profile cases that were prosecuted, and rightly so, there is no evidence of a major issue. The MPI Animal Welfare and NAIT compliance reports tell me animal cruelty by farmers isn’t a major issue. Having said that, any animal cruelty is abhorrent. Vets I’ve spoken to tell me that farmers inform them of suspected cases of animal cruelty, which

EVIDENCE: The MPI Animal Welfare and NAIT compliance reports establish that animal cruelty by farmers isn’t a major issue.

they’ve handled with farmer support. Further, if a vet sees a problem they report it. It is also important to acknowledge that vets are professionals with regards to animal welfare. Those driving around the provinces with cameras aren’t. So, what’s the problem? There isn’t one. Dewes tells us that reporting animal cruelty shouldn’t be a vet’s responsibility. One could respectfully ask why. Vets are the experts and it’s pure rubbish to suggest they’re frightened to report an incident. Would she prefer an army of bureaucrats consisting of 23-year-old graduates with a

lifetime’s experience in animal cruelty issues driving around the provinces handing out offence notices at whim? I can just imagine them having a ball during the Hawke’s Bay drought and exacerbating the mental health issues of the farmers there. Finally, on the SPCA website you can read of 6500 cases of dog cruelty in urban NZ. Maybe Robson, Dewes and RNZ could investigate that and get off their anti-farming bandwagons.

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

A drought was on the cards From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

IT’S THE beginning of September and the rush for me of lambing is abating and docking is about to start, but I’ve been thinking of the drought and the things I did and the things I didn’t do that perhaps I should have. A debrief is always useful because those learnings will be needed in the future. It will happen again. In my district, we are wellversed with droughts so while we didn’t have any more rainfall

than others, it was easier than, say those farmers west of SH50, who shouldn’t expect a summer and then an autumn drought because of their usual higher summer rainfalls so they had a far tougher time of it. It seems like a long time ago already, but I have learnt from past droughts to take photos. Once it’s green again and there is a bank of feed, it’s surprising how quickly you forget how grim it was. These days with everyone with a cell phone in their pocket posting on social media, there is ample record online. Here’s a photo (pictured) from mid-February. When I took it, we were having a good old-fashioned Hawke’s Bay drought. The stud two-tooths had just been shorn and had a pick of snap dried feed, which sheep do surprising well on. The quality is okay until it gets rain on it and

PLAN AHEAD: You cannot avoid the cost and the production losses of a drought. But you can limit them and determine when they fall.

then it deteriorates rapidly. As it turned out, this was as good as they had for the next two to three months. I don’t feed out and, unlike many, didn’t resort to hard feeding. My stock has never been trained for it and at the time of the photo, although NIWA had predicted more of the same right through until May, I thought I’d be right.

Not hard feeding was probably the one thing I didn’t do that I should have. Others who did reported good results. However, my sheep scanned well, and other management decisions ultimately led to a good recovery. It has been six years since our last drought, which is the longest interval between droughts I’ve experienced. Combined with great

farming returns, it has been the easiest and most profitable period of farming I’ve had. However, during my nearly four decades farming with nine droughts under my belt, on average we have a drought every fourth year. So, this one was due. Because of the nasty droughts in the 1980s and ‘90s, my farming

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 7, 2020

Decades of dietary advice misguided Allan Barber

FOR at least the past 40 years, international health guidelines have recommended minimising intake of unsaturated fats contained in red meat, dairy, cocoa and palm oil in a mistaken attempt to improve public health, particularly in first world countries. Heart disease skyrocketed to become the leading cause of death by 1950 and scientists hypothesise the cause to be dietary fat, particularly the saturated variety. Although there have been sceptics who did not believe this apparently irrefutable scientific conclusion, they have been unable to inspire a rational debate of the facts, because the hypothesis was adopted by public health institutions (WHO, USDA, American Heart Association and others) before it had been properly tested. Any attempt to challenge them resulted in public reactions of anger and accusations of sacrilege, remembering this was many years before the internet and social media enabled the instant spread of online vitriol. As is the case today, the problem was compounded by the media taking a position and refusing to present the counterargument. I have been interested in this topic for quite some time because

policies had changed and adapted. I didn’t farm those ones particularly well but learnt each time from the experience. That is what those of you who have had a difficult time this year must do to make the next episode a better occurrence. I used to have 80% capital stock and that ratio is now closer to 60%. The 40% trading stock at balance date are all Friesian bulls and are my first port of call in terms of destocking. I’ve learnt not to be greedy or unduly optimistic about what might happen, and are they promptly quit, if need be. There is no sentimentality with this class of stock. If they have to go, they go. My decision-making to quit these fellows is driven by my feed budgeting model and that has been a feature of my farming systems since the late 1980s. I was a B+LNZ monitor farmer in the early 2000s and a big focus here was on decision-making driven by accurate feed budgeting. At that point only 10-15% of sheep and beef farmers consistently feed budgeted.

ancestors have been eating for centuries can’t be all bad for us, while the true damage is much more likely to be caused by high carbohydrate foods, sugar-laden snacks and fizzy drinks. Equally, to be fair, I must accept the detrimental impact on my waistline of persisting with bread, pasta, wine and beer. Less than a month ago, the Journal of the American College of

Cardiology published a scientific review based on the most recent trials, concluding there was no evidence cutting saturated fats from the diet would help people live longer, while eating more meat and dairy could help avoid strokes. In July, 2020 Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke wrote in the Canberra Times “A flawed dietary guideline, which we have obediently and blindly followed for 40 years, is literally killing us. We’ve been encouraged to eat less fat and consume more carbs and yet we’ve never been fatter, our teeth never more rotten, and type 2 diabetes and its complications never more prevalent.” The JACC review specifically references the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological study of 135,000 people across 18 high, medium and low income countries on five continents which conclusively demonstrates the lower risk of death from a high unsaturated fat diet, as well as a neutral likelihood of heart disease. Another relevant trial was the Sydney Diet Heart Study published in 1978, which was conducted because of an epidemic of deaths from heart disease in Australia in the late 60s and early 70s, peaking at 55% of all deaths compared with 27% today. Preliminary figures showed a 50% higher mortality rate for people on a diet using vegetable oil and margarine than those on a butter, meat and three vegetable diet, but funds dried up before deaths from heart disease could be separated from total deaths. It was another 30 years before a full analysis of the data was to prove deaths from heart disease showed an identical pattern. Also,

I’m told that it is not a lot higher now but remains a key element of my and others’ decision-making. My feed demand in November was 24kg/ha/day as I quit the last of my two-year-old bulls, more than half of my terminal lambs to the works and all cast for age ewes. It was still 16kg/ha/day in January and by then my feed budget was warning to rapidly destock, and by April it was down to 8kg/ha/day. Still much higher than the zero-growth rate from the pastures but the last of summer crops plugged some of the gap and dropping liveweight off the ewes, the balance. I was able to restock with bulls at the end of June and have been around 17kg/DM/ha through the last of the winter. Feed budgeting is a useful tool in stressful times like this and forces decisions that need to be made. It also gives you confidence to restock at the appropriate time. If you are not doing it, talk to a farm consultant. It was very apparent that wellfertilised farms were the last ones into the drought and the first ones

out. It is becoming fashionable not to put on fertiliser. Don’t fool yourself that this is anything more than a short-term financial gain. Keep your phosphate, potassium and sulphur at optimum levels to grow the clover to fix all that free nitrogen in the air and grow grass. Don’t piss around with trace elements if these three are not already right. Most years, I don’t need to use nitrogen other than on new grasses and green feed crops. But this year, I may have only used 35 units of nitrogen over my whole farm at the end of May but have seen the best response from nitrogen ever. It is the cheapest form of supplementary feed, keep it well away from waterways and use the resulting feed wisely. It’s a no brainer. Protect your new grass paddocks by not grazing them until they have had a good recovery. Otherwise you have wasted a large amount of establishment money. Buy good animal genetics. It will repay you handsomely. You cannot avoid the cost

I believe red meat and dairy are unfairly vilified, while personally I have neither an increase in cholesterol nor a heightened risk of heart disease. Suddenly, last week I received an article from The Australian called How Dairy and Fat Could Save Your Life, and I was also lent The Big Fat Surprise (Why butter, meat and cheese belong in a healthy diet), an authoritative book based on thousands of scientific studies and hundreds of interviews by New York author and journalist Nina Teicholz. These two publications confirmed what I had always believed intuitively – what our

We’ve been encouraged to eat less fat and consume more carbs and yet we’ve never been fatter, our teeth never more rotten, and type 2 diabetes and its complications never more prevalent. Dr James Muecke

STUDY: A decade-long trial documenting women on a low-fat diet, failed to validate the benefits of the diet, show weight loss or any reduction in their risk for heart disease and cancer.

when the control or high fat group changed of their own accord to the low fat diet, their chances of dying increased. According to Teicholz, red meat, butter, whole milk, creamy cheeses, sausages and bacon have not been found to cause obesity, diabetes, or heart disease, nor are genetics to blame. The single biggest factor is increased intake of sugar and refined carbohydrates. In 1993, the Women’s Health Initiative trial enrolled 49,000 women to validate the benefits of the low-fat diet, but after a decade of eating more grains, fruit and vegetables while reducing meat and fat intake, the women failed to lose weight or see any reduction in their risk for heart disease and cancer. This was the largest ever trial of the low-fat diet and it failed to prove any benefit at all. Nevertheless, government institutions appear cautious or unwilling to reconsider their long-held positions on dietary guidelines. The USA is in the process of updating its guidelines, but apparently will not consider the JACC paper or any other controlled studies on saturated fats, so it has already made its mind up.

and the production losses of a drought. But you can limit them and determine when they fall. It is better to take the pain earlier and avoid shifting that pain and grief into the next financial year and season. Finally, droughts and all the other weather extremes take an emotional toll on everyone. As a sector, we are much better at talking about the wellbeing of people than we once were. There are well-known tools and resources for assisting folk with stress and more than likely lives have been saved because of this. Well done to everyone who has contributed to this important element of this latest event. Record all the things you did well and, just as importantly, the things that you didn’t. Put it away for the next inevitable weather extreme and trust me, you will handle it better next time.

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

Australia’s Federal Health Minister has provided A$2.5 million to review the guidelines, but the National Medical Health Research Council has not stated which of the relevant studies will be considered; however the recommendations will be based on the body of evidence, not on individual trials. In New Zealand, the Ministry of Health guidelines, last reviewed in 2016, specify a healthy diet as consisting of fruit and vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy products and a catch-all category that includes legumes, fish, eggs, poultry and lastly red meat with the fat removed. The evidence suggests low fat dairy contains more carbohydrates than whole fat, while a certain amount of fat on red meat is beneficial. Given the many years of health institutions espousing the benefits of the low-fat diet, I won’t hold my breath for a major change in the official stance.

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

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36 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 7, 2020

Don’t just follow the sheep James Wilkes UNCERTAINTY is everywhere. Many industries and sectors are reeling from the dramatic impact of covid-19. Strategists are out in force helping business owners and executives work out the ‘where to next?’. Sometimes the answers for the future have been seeded in the past. Take the New Zealand cashmere industry for example. In the mid 1980s it was being touted as the next big thing. So what happened? Simple, the missing ingredient was a market or perhaps more accurately a coherent marketing strategy. Cashmere has always been viewed as a premium product and discerning buyers have always been there. With that point established it begs the question: is now the time? Every industry has its champions, especially in the beginning. They are critical because without them even the best ideas can falter before seeing the light of day. Two such champions are Otagobased farmers David and Robyn Shaw. They believe NZ is perfectly positioned to produce world-class cashmere fibre. They also believe this premium, luxury fibre can offer excellent benefits to farmers and have proved it. Equally, this amazing fibre offers incredible value to consumers, particularly those seeking to differentiate themselves with tasteful consumption of high-end, sustainable luxury. Shouty conspicuous brands don’t enjoy the traction they once did. Consumer behaviour is changing and so are once endemic fashion trends. It’s not quite so cool to be seen wearing products that are out of sync with today’s human challenges. For example, fast fashion is likely to face headwinds because it is out of step with the big issues of our time. In 2018, McKinsey and Company suggested, “In fashion, the shift to new ownership models is driven by growing consumer desire for variety, sustainability and affordability, and sources suggest that the resale market, for instance, could be bigger than fast fashion within 10 years.” Tomorrow’s clothing will require environmental, ethical and sustainable credentials to win the hearts and minds of consumers. Products will need to be durable and last for more than one season. Throw-away is yesterday. High-end lifestyle fashion companies like NZ’s Untouched World are already pioneering paths to the new consumer frontiers. Untouched World understands today’s ethical consumers want beautiful, easy-to-wear, easy care fashion that will last for years. It also understands sustainability and environmental concerns are very real and here to stay. It’s a disruption moment that will catch many brands snoozing.

IDEAL: Pastoral farming needs new strings to its bow and a super-premium fibre would meet this requirement perfectly.

Trying to ethics wash fashion offerings is doomed to failure. This is where NZ could and should be; a lifestyle clothing powerhouse and cashmere sits very nicely in the mix with Merino. NZ needs more companies like Allbirds and Icebreaker. So – awesome, tick – this all sounds exciting. Many would say it’s a no brainer but the irony in 2020 is demand for cashmere fibre is running ahead of supply. Cashmere is profitable too, with prices for top grade fibre reaching $150 a kilogram. Famously known as white gold, once worn, a customer never forgets the experience. The product is beautiful to touch, it is extremely lightweight to wear, warm and long-lasting. NZ Cashmere’s farm in Clinton produces fibre as fine as 13 microns. It represents the best of the best fibre available anywhere in the world. For context, only one to two kilograms of Chinese fibre in every 100 kilograms produced reaches this penultimate grade and China doesn’t have the environmental credentials of NZ. In fact, the opposite is closer to reality. The Chinese cashmere industry faces significant impacts and constraints from environmental limits originating from climate change. These issues and weaknesses are likely to play out in the minds of consumers as supply chains become increasingly transparent. Consumer decisions will be driven by evidence of provenance, authenticity and planet-friendly. These critical elements will become key differentiators for fibre marketers and premium retailers. Again, NZ is beautifully positioned to strongly differentiate on climate-friendly credentials and the latest

regenerative initiatives will help marketers enhance that position further. And the premium story isn’t just for cashmere consumers. It plays out very well for farmers too. Shaw says conservative gross margins of more than $200 a stock unit are possible, if the forage input is counted. Goats graze differently, eat different pasture components and are complementary to sheep and beef. Pastoral farming needs new strings to its bow and a superpremium fibre would meet this requirement perfectly. Even more so, if it can be grown in different geographical and topographical ranges than Merinos. Cashmere represents just such an opportunity and is an attractive and practical choice. Another significant benefit to farmers are the accrued benefits and knowledge stemming from almost 50 years of breeding goats for cashmere. As a result, farmers working with NZ Cashmere have access to advanced, world-class genetics. The Dtreo system being used by NZ Cashmere is backed by an innovative and dedicated recording system developed specifically for cashmere goats by renowned NZ science and technology firm AbacusBio. NZ Cashmere is partnering with Woolyarns to make high-quality yarns and Untouched World will turn them into beautiful, high-value garments. Both these enterprises are leaders in their respective fields and share common values around the future of fibre. They are also intrinsically NZ firms that champion produce from NZ farmers. That means the story comes from the country’s heartland. It will resonate with consumers and once woven together, the stories of each enterprise reinforce

the strength of the cashmere opportunity. These initiatives are important to NZ’s future. They provide much-needed innovation in the food and fibre sector and offer a clear path to the creation of highvalue exports. They also represent opportunities to increase productivity across the supply chain and by doing so will create high-paying jobs in agricultural production, textile manufacturing, fashion design and marketing. These are the jobs NZ wants and needs to secure its future. Most great ideas need large doses of perseverance and resilience to bring the entrepreneur’s vision to life. They also need some luck and timing. The Shaws’ stubborn commitment to cashmere fibre over the last three decades shows a couple with real belief and passion in an idea that to all intents and purposes is now perfectly suited to its time. Cashmere is a luxury fibre with a ready and waiting market. That market is estimated to be worth US$3.1 billion by 2022. Most NZ farmers hardly recognise the potential goats offer. To put the number into context, the NZ Merino Company has been talking up the fine wool industry and rightly so. The total value of wool exports in 2019 was $550 million. Wine produced $1.7 billion and kiwifruit brought home returns of $1.86b. What could cashmere be worth? If NZ could capture 10% of the global cashmere market in the next decade that would equate to $450m a year. Not a bad contribution to the country’s export receipts and GDP. In 1988, NZ goat farming peaked at about 1.34 million goats so it was well on its way back then. In those days the market was nowhere near as lucrative as it could be today but reaching those

markets remains a challenge. Successfully taking advantage of this cashmere opportunity will require Government support, farmer buy-in, serious investment and industry-wide commitment. The Shaws have put in the hard yards and now they need support. Building an industry is not an individual pursuit, it is a team effort. Again, this is an area where NZ has more than demonstrated what it can achieve. It is a country that revels in underdog status and famously underpromises and overdelivers. The old objections to goat farming no longer hold up. Times are changing. We’re seeing more regenerative options than ever before. There are Wiltshire shedding sheep and there is plenty of talk around carbon farming and transitioning to value. Ironically, out of the many innovations doing the rounds there are arguably none with the immediate potential of cashmere. It is an industry that ticks every box and comes with an accelerated path to generating premium returns in export markets. Farming cashmere offers farmers diversification, environmental solutions and a ticket away from price-driven commodity markets. About 70% of the world’s cashmere production comes from China and cashmere enterprises there are near their limits. Knock, knock, it certainly looks and sounds like the timing is perfect. Manufacturers are waiting, designers are waiting and customers are waiting. Perhaps, it’s time to look past the sheep and climb onto the goat’s back. A similar approach worked before.

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EU lamb demand bouncing back ITALIAN shoppers’ appetite for British lamb has grown this year despite the country enduring one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks, according to the latest upbeat UK export figures. More lamb has been sent to Italy in the first six months of this year than in the same period in 2019. Overall, exports to Europe between January and June have fallen by 13% to 38,570 tonnes, but with the lamb trade riding high the total value of the shipments remained above yearearlier levels.

We responded by focusing more on social media advertising and the retail sector, such as French-language recipe videos and marketing with supermarkets in Italy.

It was worth £191.1 million (NZ$378.7m) compared to £187.4m (NZ$371.4m) for the first half of 2019. Welsh levy board Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) said that strong figures for the month of June showed that lamb exports were bouncing back strongly from

covid-related disruption as hotels and restaurants re-open, and that a new marketing strategy had helped ride out the challenging period. HCC export development executive Deanna Jones said: “In many countries the food service sector is an important consumer of Welsh lamb. “We responded by focusing more on social media advertising and the retail sector, such as French-language recipe videos and marketing with supermarkets in Italy.” The continuing growth in the lamb trade in some countries outside Europe, which have been targeted for strategic investment by HCC over the past three years, is also pleasing, she said. “The fear with any major trade disruption, such as we have seen this year, is that progress that was being made in smaller but growing markets might stall,” Jones said. “However, there has been continued significant growth in lamb exports to Canada, Hong Kong and several countries in the Middle East.” The news comes as the chief of New Zealand’s red meat lobby group warned the country will not tolerate moves by the EU and UK to split import quotas between them, after the UK completes its exit from the trading bloc.

POSITIVE: Welsh levy board Hybu Cig Cymru said that strong figures for the month of June showed that lamb exports were bouncing back strongly from covid-related disruption.

This would split market access rights and reduce the country’s ability to respond to commercial opportunities, said Meat Industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva.

Instead, the UK should commit to a free trade agreement that gives NZ comprehensive access to the UK and the EU, she said. The UK remains the third largest export destination for

lamb from New Zealand, despite taking reduced amounts in recent years, with the trade worth about NZ$500m (£249m) a year. UK Farmers Weekly

US covid-19 farm subsidies to hit record high FARMERS in the United States are set to benefit from the biggest ever subsidy support package after a second coronavirus relief fund was revealed. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said that an additional $14billion (NZ$ 20.7bn) of funds would be unveiled in the next few weeks, bringing coronavirus spending to $34bn (NZ$50.4bn) in total. This will be a record for payment support for farmers in a single year, according to US agricultural outlet Successful Farming. Funding will be distributed through a second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which gives direct financial support to farmers and ranchers who have seen covid-linked price declines. Livestock producers in the US have been hit hard by persistent closures of abattoirs, which has caused a backlog of animals for slaughter and led some retailers to ration meat sales. Arable farmers have seen longer-term falls in commodity prices due to the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China, which has affected sales of maize and soya, although

IMPRESSIVE: The price smashed the previous record of 220,000 guineas.

COVID DISRUPTION: Livestock producers in the US have been hit hard by persistent closures of abattoirs, which resulted in some retailers rationing meat sales.

trade between the two nations has picked up recently. Rural voters were a key demographic that helped to propel Donald Trump to the White House in 2016 and analysts say retaining their support will be essential if he is to secure a second term this November. The first round of CFAP did enough to keep farmers spending on machinery, with

John Deere recently reaching a record share price after it unveiled better-than-expected sales figures for the first part of the year. However, the American National Farmers Union said that large farms had received a disproportionate amount of the cash, with the bottom 10% of farms by size receiving just 0.26% of the money. UK Farmers Weekly

World’s most expensive sheep A WORLD record sheep price of 350,000gns (about NZ$729k) has been set by a ram lamb from the Cheshire-based Sportsmans flock of the Boden and Davies team at Lanark, Scotland. Sportsmans Double Diamond was sold in a three-way split between Hugh and Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn flock, Muirkirk, the Proctors flock, Lancashire, and Messrs Teward’s New View flock, Darlington. The price smashed the previous record of 220,000gns made by

Graham Morrison’s Deveronvale Perfection at the same Lanark fixture in 2009. The record breaker is by last year’s Lanark champion, Garngour Craftsman, which was bought by Charlie Boden last August for 65,000gns after taking the red ticket. Double Diamond is out of a Sportsmans ewe by the 32,000gns Plasucha Big Gun. His index is 280, making him a top 1% animal. UK Farmers Weekly

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UK farmers face harvest turmoil DAMAGE to crops brought by Storm Francis has added further misery to a difficult growing season but analysts have warned imports may place a cap on domestic price rises. Weather has played havoc with harvest 2020, with some farmers still to get under way and others seeing huge variations in yields and quality across the country. Many are also facing a jump in production costs. Nottinghamshire farmer John Charles-Jones says he would be harvesting only a fraction of the usual grain tonnage after losing his oilseed rape crop and waterlogged soils from September until early spring meant he was unable to drill any wheat. “The barley prospects are dismal and we are expecting a very low yield. Even if the weather picks up again soon, we will probably at best still end up with only 30% of our usual harvest tonnage,” he said. Charles-Jones says it would be the latest harvest in the farm’s history and estimated they had doubled their cultivation costs on a significant chunk of the operation. More than three-quarters of growers have incurred additional expenses this year, according to a survey of 66 UK farmers undertaken in April by the Small Robot Company as part of a Government consultation on food security. Half had to carry out additional cultivations and more than a third said unused chemistry for winter crops was affecting cashflow. Farmers had also faced rising costs from buying additional chemistry for spring crops, increased seed rates and hiring extra labour or contractors to deal with the compressed working window. While domestic prices had lifted in response to a smaller harvest, Openfield analyst Cecilia Pryce reminded farmers the UK market did not operate in isolation from the rest of the world and ports could import as well as they export. According to the Met Office, heavy rainfall is becoming more common and since 1998, the UK has seen seven of the 10 wettest years on record.

Winters in the UK for the most recent decade have been on average 12% wetter than those from 1961-1990, while summers have been wetter by 13%. In south west Lancashire, wheat and barley grower Paul Martland was concerned by a real risk of not being able to harvest crops and called for help from the Government. He says they were in an area reliant on efficient drainage, but persistent rain meant the ditches were full. “The weather was never like this 10 years ago and I think there is a case for perhaps a bolt-on to the Basic Payment for arable farmers in areas known to be vulnerable who are going to lose this year’s crop,” Martland said. UK Farmers Guardian

VULNERABLE: Farmers across the UK have seen harvest delayed by the difficult weather.

Soil treatment slashes phosphate fertiliser bills FARMERS can slash their phosphorus fertiliser bills and benefit the environment thanks to a new product that converts unavailable phosphate into a crop-available form. Many high calcium or high pH soils might appear to have adequate P indexes, but most of this essential nutrient is bound up as insoluble calcium phosphate and is not available to the crop, says Agrovista’s head of soil Chris Martin. “Phosphorus is critical for crop growth, playing a key role in cell biochemical functions and cell division,” he said. “It is required in relatively large quantities during important plant development phases such as seed germination and rooting, as well as flowering and seed production.” Applying bagged fertiliser can help meet demands, but this can be expensive and inefficient. “Depending on soil type and pH, as much as 90% of P applied in this form can become insoluble and locked up, often

within days,” Martin said. “If you can make use of what’s already in the soil, you can make significant reductions in both inputs and costs. “By applying Phosphorus Liberator, growers can free up significant amounts of P, reducing fertiliser bills and improving efficiency from applied phosphate fertilisers and manures.” The product contains carboxylic acid, which solubilise calcium phosphate. This keeps the phosphate in solution, making it available for uptake through plant roots, he explains. Treatment is easy as it can be applied through a conventional sprayer pre-drilling or tankmixed with a wide range of preemergence herbicides at rates tailored to soil P levels and crop need. Assessments carried out on a range of crops this season have reinforced earlier work demonstrating the value of Phosphorus Liberator. Last autumn, oilseed rape

PROVEN: Assessments carried out on a range of crops have reinforced earlier work demonstrating the value of Phosphorus Liberator.

plots treated at 10 litres/ha had twice the root weight compared with those treated with diammonium phosphate alone at 165 kg/ha, thanks to a 61% uplift in plant numbers and a 31% increase in individual plant root weights. In winter wheat, a crop assessment conducted in Suffolk in January 2020 showed a dramatic increase in rooting. The effect was still evident the following April. Tiller assessment showed the treated plots (5 litres/ha

and 10 litres/ha respectively) had 1.56 and 1.62 tillers per plant excluding the main stem, compared with 1.13 for the untreated. Where compound P had also been used, the figures were 1.84, 1.88 and 1.34 tillers respectively. Martin points out that spring beans showed an even bigger increase overall. Plant numbers rose by 69% and foliar and root weights by 133% and 122%, respectively when treated with the product. UK Farmers Weekly

Study says trees ‘more valuable than sheep’

EQUAL: Soil quality beneath grassland is as good as beneath woodland, says NSA chief executive Phil Stocker.

NEW research which claims sheep farmers would be better off afforesting their land has been slammed as ‘fundamentally flawed’ by the National Sheep Association (NSA). The University of Sheffield study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, suggested sheep farmers could earn enough money growing trees and selling carbon offsetting certificates to move away from subsidy. The authors found farmers with at least 25

hectares of land could turn a profit if they allowed it to naturally regenerate into native woodland and were paid as little as £3 (NZ$5.92) per tonne of CO2. If farmers were paid £15 (NZ$29.59) per tonne of CO2, forests of any size would make a profit. According to the research, increasing the UK’s tree cover from 8-12% would absorb 10% of the country’s emissions. But NSA chief executive Phil Stocker pointed out land management had to be multi-functional, not

focused on carbon alone. “It is really easy for scientists to justify the planting of forests through a carbon calculation, because it is easy to measure how much carbon is in a tree and then apply an offset value,” Stocker said. “But our sheep farmers are managing one of our most precious resources – grassland – while also producing nutritious food. “Grassland builds and stores soil carbon, with recent research from

Rothamsted showing soil quality is as good beneath grassland as woodland – creates wildlife habitats, enables people to improve their mental and physical well-being and it avoids wildfires with their huge environmental consequences. “I appreciate trees as much as anyone, but to introduce policies to destroy grasslands by creating forests is shortsighted in the least,” he said. UK Farmers Guardian

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RAMS FOR SALE TWO ROMNEY X Brookbank Romney stud, FE tolerant. Enquiries phone 06 329 6790. WILTSHIRE & SHIRE® Meat rams. Low input. www.wiltshire-rams.co.nz 03 225 5283. For only $2.10 + gst per word you can book a word only ad in the Classifieds. Phone Debbie on 0800 85 25 80 to book in.

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YEARLING BULL & HEIFER SALE

ON OFFER: 26 yearling bulls • 30 yearling heifers

Karamu, 662 Rangitatau East Rd, Bulls Wanganui have Low Birth

Weight & Early Gestation

On offer: Call Ella 25 yearling bulls ENQUIRIES 0800 85 25 80 30 yearling heifers, which will be sold in lots

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89 YEARLING BULLS Tuesday 15th September, 12 noon on farm, Pahiatua

• C10 Status • BVD tested & vaccinated • Carcase scanned

TO:

Daimien & Tally 06 376 8400, 021 430 710 Mark Crooks, PGW, 027 590 1452

Lindsay Johnstone 027 445 3211

 All cattle BVD & EBL tested Maria Johnstone 027 610 5348  All cattle electric fence trained  TB status C10 or Contact your local agent  Vet inspected  Quiet temperament

TOTARANUI

19 R1 bulls for MA cow mating, 70 specialist low birth weight bulls averaging 1.4 for birth weight ebv, against a national average of 4.3. Many of these bulls are in the top 5% of the breed (Australasia wide) for (low) birth weight, making their ease of calving fantastic, meaning more live calves and more live heifers.

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98 YEARLING

ANGUS BULLS

th ber 2020 Tuesday 15 SeptemBidr Auction

and at 12 noon on farm of Islands y Ba i, Waitang

To advertise Phone Ella Holland 0800 85 25 80 or email livestock@globalhq.co.nz

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Enquiries and Inspection Welcomed: Please contact John & Joss Bayly, Waitangi Angus Ph 09 402 7552, Bay of Islands Email jbayly@xtra.co.nz

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Full Traceability and Strict Biosecurity Policies.

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Contact Robin Blackwell 06 762 4805 • mangaotea@xtra.co.nz

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48 TWO-YEAR BULLS 110 YEARLING BULLS Hybrid auction on MIKE CRANSTONE 0800 EZICALVE PGGW - KEITH WILSHER 027 596 5143

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Herepuru Station Herefords Annual on farm Bull Sale Wednesday 23rd September at 11.30am Corner of Manawahe & Herepuru Roads Manawahe, RD4 Whakatane

Link Dairy All Breeds Bull Sale September 14th @ 7pm on Bidr

Comprises: • 4 x 2 Year Jerseys. BW’s to 283 • 4 x 2 Year Holstein Friesians • 1 x 2 Year Ayrshire • 24 x 1 Year Jerseys. BW’s to 312 • 5 x 1 Year Holstein Friesians. BW’s to 245 • 1 x 1 year Ayrshire • 1 x 1 Year FJx Bw 247

LOT 2

Lot 20, 2020 supporting meat the need

On Farm Bull Sale – 30th September 2020 at Midday LOT 3

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170 R2 Registered Herefords Bred for high calving ease and short gestation

September 16th @ 7pm on Bidr

Exclusive supplier of SGL Hereford semen to LIC SALE VENUE: 427 Cannington Rd, Cave

Comprises: Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn, Limousin and Simmental Buy Bulls online straight off the farm All relevant information including 3GP’s, photos,EBV’s, liveweights and footnotes.

Sale catalogues are available early September from: John and Liz McKerchar, Shrimpton's Hill Herefords Cave, South Canterbury | Ph 03 6143759 Email shrimptons@farmside.co.nz | Web www.shrimptonshillherefords.co.nz

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Open Day 16th September 2-4pm

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40 2year old bulls

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Contact Priscilla, Bill or Shannon Paki 07 322 2362 or 027 322 2352

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For enquiries, please contact:

Matt Gibbs 027 555 2307 - PGG Wrightson Barry Fox 027 439 3317 - PGG Wrightson Andy Cunningham 027 566 8243 - PGG Wrightson Peter Jackson 021 922 462 - NZ Farmers’ Livestock Ltd Jim Hazlett 027 462 0128 - Hazlett Callum Dunnett 027 587 0131 - Carrfields Snow Buckley 027 561 4652 - Peter Walsh and Associates Mick Withers 027 473 0817 - Rural Livestock Ltd

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170 Registered and Purebred 1 year and 2 year

29TH ANNUAL SALE

Sale Agents: Ross Riddell 0272 111 112 Nigel Riddell 0274 343 153

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Lot 14: BLEDISLOE Q315

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ANNUAL BULL SALE

IDAY THE 29thBULL OF M AY 12 noon ANNUALFRYEARLING Bulls For Heifer Mating STEAKHOUSE P225 TRADEMARK P211 THIS & HEIFER SALE

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6: MAGIC Q358 Lot 7: MAGIC Q338 FRIDAY 18th LotOF SEPTEMBER 12.30PM SIRES

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Phone Ella Holland 0800 85 25 80 or email livestock@globalhq.co.nz

THE CHOICE IS 38 BULLS INCLUDING

BULL SALE WILL BE ON FARM AS WELL AS AN ONLINE AUCTION BULL SALE WILL BE ON FARM AS WELL AS AN ONLINE AUCTION RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH HALLMARK P203 STEAKHOUSE P202 B IDR THROUGH RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY B IDR PLEASE GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GET IN TOUCH FOR7533 MORE INFORMATION NEILKJESTRUP KJESTRUP0606372 372 2838 RODKJESTRUP KJESTRUP06 06372 372 NEIL 2838 ROD 7533 06 372 2838 ROD KJESTRUP 06 372 7533 Check us NEIL out onKJESTRUP fb.com/kayjayangus

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40 TWO-YEAR-OLD BULLS 80 YEARLING BULLS

12 noon, Tuesday September 22nd

SIRE:

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Lot 4: BIGMAC Q328

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COMPRISING: • 40 R3yr Hereford Bulls • 80 R2yr Hereford Bulls • 90 R2yr Angus Bulls • 130 R2yr Jersey Bulls • 30 R1yr Recorded Jersey Bulls

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Lot 7: MAGIC Q338

24 BULLS AND 14 WELL GROWN HEIFERS READY FOR MATING

DETAILS: • TB tested, BVD tested, and inoculated • Mycoplasma Bovis not detected property • Bull quality is exceptional and only suitable healthy bulls offered • All NAIT movements fully transparent

ANNUAL YEARLING BULL SALE TWIN OAKS ANGUS STUD

BULL SALE WILL BE ON FARM AS WELL AS AN ONLINE AUCTION BULL SALE WILL BE ON FARM AS WELL AS AN ONLINE AUCTION RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH B IDR RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH B IDR A/c Roger & Susan Hayward PLEASE GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GET IN TOUCH FOR7533 MORE INFORMATION NEILKJESTRUP KJESTRUP0606372 372 2838 RODKJESTRUP KJESTRUP06 06372 372 NEIL 2838 ROD 7533 06 372 2838 ROD KJESTRUP 06 372 7533 Check us NEIL out onKJESTRUP fb.com/kayjayangus fb.com/kayjayagnus Check us out on

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3rd Annual Hill Country Bull Auction A/c Piquet Hill Farms On Wednesday 16th September 2020 at 887 Te Akau Road, Te Akau Start time: 11.00am

ON FARM Also available to bid on Auctionsplus as well as on farm

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Bull quality is exceptional and in good health. Our vendors have supplied service bulls to dairy farmers for numerous years and fully understand the requirements farmers expect for their service bulls. Bulls are farmed on hill country so will shift extremely well.

Thursday 24th September 2020 163 Clemett Rd, Te Akau Start time: 1.00pm COMPRISING OF: 45 R1 Bulls Bred for performance, maternal production. The Catalogue has a mix of bulls with over 95% suitable for heifer mating.

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CONTACT: VENDORS: Roger & Susan 07 828 2131 PGGW AGENT: Richard Johnston 027 444 3570 CARRFIELDS AGENT: Callum Dunnett 027 587 0131

PAYMENT TERMS: Payment is due on 12th January 2021 LEASE OPTION: Bid to buy or lease, your choice 35% of knockdown price on all 2yr & 3yr bulls 40% of knockdown price on all 1yr bulls

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SIRE:

Contact your local Carrfields Agents for details and photos. CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENT: Jack Kiernan 027 823 2373

www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz

KAIRAUMATI POLLED HEREFORDS SALE 17TH SEPTEMBER 2020

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2020, 1PM 839 VALLEY ROAD, HASTINGS

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YEARLING SALE: 25 BULLS

12.30pm – 68 NGATAIPUA RD, TURUA, THAMES Sale will be live on also PMS – PMS 173 C

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27 RSG 20 MTH BULLS 24 1-YEAR BULLS Contact Roy or Kaye Ward 021 128 7174 Dave Stuart 027 224 1049 Cam Heggie 027 501 8182

Bulls born and bred on the top of the Coromandel

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Glen R Angus

Specialist Bulls recommended for heifer mating

Annual Bull Sale

It is well recognised that calving ease and fertility are major drivers of profit and this is especially relevant for heifers. Higher calving ease means more live calves on the ground. Calving difficulty costs money in labour time, veterinary fees and delayed rebreeding for the heifer. In addition, loss of one calf costs more than the profit from 20kg of growth across a group of 25 animals. Mahuta Herefords and Angus Studs run by John and Mary Allen specialise in breeding bulls for heifer mating. While the focus is on beef heifers, there are bulls with calving ease EBVs in the top 1% for calving ease ebvs and these are suitable for dairy heifers. Repeat clients are evidence of the success of this program.

35 Rugged 2-year-old Bulls

John says “using a high calving ease bull gives you peace of mind in calving 2-year-old heifers”.

Monday October 5th – 1.30pm

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Open Day to view bulls: Tuesday September 22nd from 2.00pm Sandown 445 Deans Road, SH 72, Darfield

John places emphasis on breeding bulls which will increase profits for their clients. These are bulls with sound structure and higher calving ease, higher growth, and fertility. Most bulls also have negative gestation.

Call Peter Heddell on 027 436 1388

Bulls are semen tested before the sale and vaccinated for BVD. LK0103173©

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TU ES DAY 22n d S EPT, 2020 - 12 N OON L O W E R HE RE N G A W E RO A D , W A V E RL E Y

“The beef breed for every need” Owner Bred - Closed Herd 50 2yr Hereford Bulls 14 1yr Hereford Bulls 4 Hereford/Speckle Park X 1yr Bulls

GENUINE

HOME-BRED 50 YE CELEBRATING BEEF BULLS HEREFORD BULLS FOR TH

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

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

NZ FARMERS LIVESTOCK Jeremy Newell: 027 664 8832 Tim Hurley: 027 445 1167

PGG WRIGHTSON Mark Neil: 027 742 8580 GroWTH & meAT Ryan Shannon: 027 565 0979

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June 7th 2012 at 12pm

Romney and Border Leicester www.tetaumata.co.nz Rams

To view our bull sale catalogue & pictures of sale lots go to:

free DelIVerY

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Friday 25 September at 1pm

POLL HEREFORDS Est. 1962

2019 2TH Border Leicester Rams

Phone us to discuss your Romney and Border Leicester ram requirements

Alistair & Eileen McWilliam Ph 06 372 7861 www.tetaumata.co.nz Te Taumata Genetics

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60 lots comprising Speckle Park and Hereford Yearlings

Top quality bulls bred for NZ Farmers ● ● BVD Tested Clear, BVD and 10 in 1 Vaccinated ● Calving ease, moderate birth weight bulls suitable to mate 1 or 2 year olds or cows ● Breedplan Recorded ● TB Status C10 ● Herd completely free of known genetic defects ● Only proven NZ bred bulls used in last 10 years ● Renowned for great temperament ● Three year comprehensive guarantee

3rd Annual Yearling Bull Sale mark.maungahina@xtra.co.nz | www.maungahina.co.nz +64 27 415 8696

Monday 21st September 2020

Enquiries and inspection welcome. Contact

Kevin or Megan FRIEL ph: (06) 376 4543 625 Jackson Road, Kumeroa

kev.meg.co@xtra.co.nz

www.mtmableangus.co.nz

Te Whanga Calving Ease Sires.

56th Annual Hereford Bull Sale Wednesday 23rd September, 12noon ON FARM - LUNCHEON PROVIDED 660 Ngaroma Rd, 26km off SH3, Sth East of Te Awamutu.

36 TOP YEARLING BULLS & 62 2-YEAR OLD BULLS Sound bulls with exceptional temperament • Full EBV details in catalogue. Selection of Short Gestation & Low Birth weights. Bulls ideal for Beef & Dairy. • Free delivery 80kms.

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

2020 MONDAY 14 SEPT SALE DATE 10.00

44 stud bulls 11 commercial 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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STORE LAMBS 1YR FRSN BULLS 180-260kg 420-500kg R2YR BULLS 2YR HEIFERS 370-420kg 500-600kg 2YR STEERS 32-42kg

HEIFER MATING Think Mahuta – Herefords & Angus

GOING GOING GONE!

15th Annual Service Bull Sale Thursday 24th September Commences 11.30am Beef Bulls Approx. 1pm Dairy Bulls 300 McDonald Mine Road Huntly 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. Online bidding is available if you are unable to make it to the sale. Full details in main ads to come.

Call Ella

0800 85 25 80 livestock@globalhq.co.nz

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

For further information: Bill Sweeney - 027 451 5310

Annual Yearling Bull Sale Friday 18th September 2020 Offering: 60 Hereford bulls & 10 Angus bulls

These bulls are well grown [500kg], have high calving ease EBVs [top 5%] and many above average growth.

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BLNZ recommend specialist bulls for yearling heifer mating and troublefree calving sets a heifer up to produce a good weaner.

Contact: John Allen 09 233 3097 or 027 440 7504 jvmeallen@xtra.co.nz

TOP GENETICS ON OFFER YEARLING & 2 YEAR OLD HEIFER DISPERSAL SALE

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with Farmers Weekly PHONE ELLA HOLLAND 0800 85 25 80

MONDAY 28th of SEPTEMBER 2020, 11am at COVENTRY STATION, GISBORNE SALE CATALOGUE AVAILABLE NOW on www.rangatiraangus.co.nz VIEWING SUNDAY 27th of SEPTEMBER between 1pm & 4pm or by appointment

AA INSPECTED

The sale will simultaneously be LIVE STREAMED ONLINE with remote bidding available through bidr.co.nz.

HEIFER’S SIRES PICTURED BELOW

Waitawheta Angus Bull Sale On Farm Annual 1YR Angus Bull Sale 16th September - 86A Thames Road, Paeroa - 12noon KAHARAU OUTLANDER 632 as a 2 YEAR OLD NEW ZEALAND’S HIGHEST PRICED 2 YEAR OLD BULL 2018

Waitawheta Angus have been selling yearling Angus bulls by auction for over 30 years.

TURIROA MAVERICK L945 PURCHASED IN 2017

30 yearling bulls selected for yearling heifer mating from a top calving ease herd.

Please contact us if you would like to view the cattle or receive a sale catalogue. Charlie & Susie Dowding P: 06 8623876 M: 027 4 752 798

E: cdowding@xtra.co.nz

Alastair MacPherson P: 06 8628077

We are proud to stream this sale live via our live auction hybrid platform on MyLiveStock, providing farmers with a real-time sale-yard experience and access to easy and instant bidding.

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Fowler Farms Ltd

Contact: Alistair & Pat Sharpe 07 863 7954 or 021 054 7862 Kevin Fathers 0272 799 800 - Brent Bougen 027 210 4698

10TH ANNUAL SERVICE BULL SALE

10yr + No

10 Yr CLOSED BIDDING ONLINE BLE AVA I L A

Held on farm and undercover at 470 Wilford Road, Hurleyville, South Taranaki Tuesday 15th September 2020 at 11.00am ORDER OF SALE: • 60 Hereford 2 & 3 Yr • 50 Angus 2 & 3 Yr • 35 Murray Grey 2 & 3 Yr • 35 Red Devon 2 & 3 Yr

30 Angus 1YR Bulls

HEREFORD

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9th Annual Bull Sale - Monday 21st September 2020

• 20 Jersey 3 Yr • 110 Jersey 2 Yr • 30 Jersey 1 Yr (300kg+) • 50 Jersey Autumn Born

1358 Buckland Road - Cambridge - Undercover - 12 Noon

60 Grass fed Hereford Yearling Bulls - Approx 470kg l/w ave. Suitable for cows. BW & LW provided, TB C10, EBL Free, BVD Negative, Double vaccinated.

• Grazing available at vendors risk until 20th November 2020 Deferred payment until 20th NOVEMBER 2020

COMPLIMENTARY BBQ LUNCH PROVIDED $50 cash back on any bulls taken on week of sale 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.

NZ FARMERS LIVESTOCK Grant Hobbs 027 477 7406 Daniel Hornby 027 552 3514

Brent Espin 027 551 3660 Steve Quinnell 027 278 3837

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Bernie & Irene Fowler 06 273 4400 or 027 201 2552

Bred for medium birth weight, calving ease and temperament. Birth weights available. All bull purchasers enter a draw for 2 x lots of 30 native trees from Cambrilea Riparian Services. Light luncheon & drinks provided. Signposted from Mobil Karapiro, SH1. ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE VIA MYLIVESTOCK. FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT: VENDORS: HELEN & CHARLIE LEA - 07 827 6868 OR 021 833 221. info@ratanuifarm.co.nz BRENT BOUGEN - 027 210 4698 GARETH PRICE - 0274 777 310 ANDREW FINDLAY - 027 273 4808

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SALE TALK

PRELIMINARY NOTICE

MORRINSVILLE STORE CATTLE FAIR

PRELIMINARY NOTICE

THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2020 12 Noon Start

VALDA ROSE HEREFORD BULL SALE

Entries to date include: 40 WF, Hfd X & Ang. X 2Yr Steers 40 WF, Hfd X & Ang. X 2Yr Heifers 130 WF & Hfd X 1Yr Steers 60 Ang. & Ang. X 1Yr Steers 35 Top Sim. X 1Yr Heifers 18 ¾ Hfd 1Yr Heifers 100 WF & Hfd X 1Yr Heifers 30 Ang. & Ang. X 1Yr Heifers 25 WF Autumn Weaner Bulls

1ST ANNUAL SALE 60 Hutchinson Road, Walton Tuesday 15th September 2020 12 x Registered 2Yr Hereford Bulls 18 x Registered 1Yr Hereford Bulls weight Bulls Contact: Chris Martelletti 0274 973 802 Contact: Brent Bougen 0272 104 698

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Exceptionally quiet and very good low birth

Further entries are being taken

Teacher: “If I gave you 2 cats and another 2 cats and another 2, how many would you have?” Johnny: “Seven.” Teacher: “No, listen carefully... If I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?” Johnny: “Seven.” Teacher: “Let me put it to you differently. If I gave you two apples, and another two apples and another two, how many would you have?” Johnny: “Six.” Teacher: “Good. Now if I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?” Johnny: “Seven!” Teacher: “Johnny, where in the heck do you get seven from?!” Johnny: “Because I’ve already got a freaking cat!”

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! If you’ve got a joke you want to share with the Farming community (it must be something you’d share with your grandmother...) then email us at: saletalk@globalhq.co.nz with Sale Talk in the subject line and we’ll print it and credit it to you. Conditions apply

NZ Farmers Livestock Stud Stock Contact: NZFL Agent: Gareth Price 027 477 7310

Monday 14th September 2020. Starts 11.30am. On farm at 105 Tahaia Bush Road, Otorohanga (signposted from State Highway 3 South of Otorohanga) Comprising: • 140 2yr Jersey Bulls

UPCOMING AUCTIONS Stratford Saleyards Wednesday 16th September 2020 12 noon start 800 Cattle. Full details to follow.

Wednesday, 9 September 2020 7.00pm – Canes Deer Hind Sale

Special Entry Account W & K Petersen F/T Annual Draft 140 x Empty 2yr Heifers, ideal for the breeding job, comprising: 90 x MT Hereford/Friesian heifers 40 x MT Angus/Friesian heifers 10 x MT Red/White Hereford/X heifers Quiet hill-country heifers, true to breed Live weight range 350kg to 420kg approx. Sold in lines of 10.

Key: Dairy THAMES VALLEY GENETIC LEADERS HIGH BW JERSEY BULL SALE

Vendor Ross Tetley-Jones 027 454 3909 or 07 873 0622

Friday 18th September, 11.30am Paeroa Saleyards Comprising:

All intending online purchasers must be registered on bidr in advance of the sale date. For help signing up, contact the team on 0800 86 2437, or contact Caitlin Rokela, National Territory Manager on 027 405 6156 for any other queries. Trading online with confidence during COVID-19 www.bidr.co.nz

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5 Recorded 2yr Bulls

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40 Recorded 1yr Bulls

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4 Recorded XBred bulls

Average BW 272 - Top BW 310. Most bulls A2 tested with details in catalogue. Our 3 vendors have supplied numerous bulls to the AI industry (Crescent & Little River) over many years including Crescent Misty-ET still sitting near the top at BW 336. A lot of bulls on offer are bred from or closely related to these highly regarded cow families who have supplied these AI sires. The bulls are well grown, owner bred and reared on their farms so tick all the health security boxes.

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Friday, 11 September 2020 11.00am – Heather Dell Angus Yearling Bull Sale 1.00pm – Black Bear Angus For further information go to bidr.co.nz or contact the team on 0800 TO BIDR

All enquiries: Wium Mostert 027 473 5856 or 07 871 9188

This sale will be hosted by bidr as a HYBRID auction, online bidding and a livestream of the sale available on the day, as well as the normal on-farm format.

Thursday, 10 September 2020 12.30pm – Maranui Herefords Annual Bull Sale 2.00 pm – McFadzean Cattle Co. Yearling Bull Sale 7.00pm – National Livestock – PER KG 7.30pm – National Livestock – PER HEAD

Further enquiries contact Stephen Sutton 0274 423 207

• 30 2yr Angus Bulls One line of very well bred Angus bulls. 70 years of breeding background. TB, EBL, BVD tested clear. These bulls are always in suitable mating condition & are farmed on rolling country, idea for dairy cow & heifer mating. All bulls have had two vaccinations plus one booster for BVD. Free grazing on vendors property until October 20th 2020, or 50kms transport subsidy if purchased bulls taken from sale venue to purchasers property on the day after the sale. Purchasers must have NAIT number on sale day. A great opportunity to purchase genuine, clean one vendor farmed bulls.

Tuesday, 8 September 2020 12.00pm – Kokonga Herefords Annual Bull Sale

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These G3 tested bulls are ideal for keeping replacements from for either yourself or for sale.

59TH NATIONAL FRIESIAN BULL SALE Tuesday 22nd September, 11.00am Te Awamutu Saleyards, Paterangi Road Comprising 66 Bulls • 26 2yr Recorded Friesian Bulls • 14 18mnth Recorded Friesian Bulls • 26 1yr Recorded Friesian Bulls • Plus - 117 Straws of semen BWs to 210 Dam top production to 966kg/ms These bulls have been G3(DNA) profiled so their offspring can be fully recorded as replacement heifers. This offering is very well bred from high type herds doing exceptional production. Bulls are predominately owner bred and reared and will come forward in excellent order. These bulls give you different options at AI time and enable farmers to produce a lot more valuable Friesian recorded heifer calves. BVD tested and vaccinated. Catalogues giving all details available online at agonline@pggwrightson.co.nz Further enquiries: Andrew Reyland 027 223 7092

You can purchase with confidence from this outstanding offering. BVD tested and vaccinated.

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3 2yr Recorded Jersey Bulls

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32 1yr Recorded Jersey Bulls

BWs to 337 - Dams production to 800 MS This year’s lineup of well bred and presented Jersey bulls are backed by many generations of high quality female bloodlines and sired by the best type and production bulls currently available. Heifer calves bred by this year’s offering can be kept as replacements with confidence. Included in the sale this year are 12 from the Williams family who have supplied dozens of bulls to AI centres. Bulls have been BVD tested and vaccinated. Farmers requiring well recorded high genetic value bulls should attend this sale. Catalogues giving all details available online at agonline@pggwrightson.co.nz Further enquiries: Andrew Reyland 027 223 7092

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On farm Tuesday 15th September @12pm Contact: Mike Phillips • M: 027 404 5943 Paradise Valley Murray Greys 375 Turitea Rd, RD 3, Otorohanga 3973 PGG Wrightson Agent Andy Transom • M: 027 596 5142

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25 Yearling bulls and 20 in-calf Autumn 2021 calving 2yr heifers

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FARMERS WEEKLY – September 7, 2020

HILL COUNTRY BORN AND BRED

Stokman Angus Yearling Bull and Heifer Sale 100 Registered Bulls 40 Commercial Yearling Angus Heifers

Annual Spring Bull Sale

Wednesday 16 September 2020

Hillcroft bulls: born and bred on our closed breeding unit. No bulls have been leased.

selected for heifer mating

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New Sires: Kahurau 589 (AB), Storth Oaks K137, Seven Hills 102/15

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75 ANGUS 2 YR OLDS 24 WELL GROWN ANGUS YEARLINGS 38 LOW BIRTH ANGUS YEARLINGS

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On bull farm: 820 Waiterimu Road – east of Huntly • Monday 21st September 11.30am Enquiries welcome – call for a catalogue or view online www.angusnz.com FB hillcroftangus • www.hillcroftangus.co.nz

Malcolm & Fraser Crawford: Matahuru Rd, Ohinewai • Malcolm Ph 07 828 5709; Fraser Ph 07 828 5755, 0272 85 95 87

Calving Ease

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Birth Weight

+3.15

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400 Day

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Self Replacing +146

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Angus Pure

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* Fertility and semen tested * HD50K Genomic tested for better EBV accuracy * All Bulls carcass scanned * BVD tested and vaccinated * EBV recorded, C10 TB status * Well grown, suitable for heifers or cows * Quiet dispositions

Call for a catalogue or view on www.angusnz.com PGG Wrightson Cam Heggie 027 501 8182 Sam Wright 027 247 9035 Pete Henderson 027 475 4895 Central Livestock: Shane Scott 027 495 6031

THIRD ANNUAL YEARLING SALE

Mark & Sherrie Stokman 07 3332446 Mark 027 640 4028 Sherrie 027 499 7692 mtkiwi@farmside.co.nz Like us on facebook: StokmanAngusFarm

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Thursday 10 September 2020 at 2pm | 216 Wiltons Road, Carterton All agents and farmers welcome

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For more information or a catalogue contact us: John McFadzean 06 372 7045 | Johnie McFadzean 06 379 7401 / 027 429 5777 Andrew Jennings PGG Wrightson 027 594 6820

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YEARLING SPECKLE PARK BULL SALE 1st October 2020, 12pm 400 Brunskill Road, Cambridge

SPRING BULL SALE 45 YEARLING BULLS

TUESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2020 1PM AT 43 FINLAY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE SELLING AGENTS: PGG WRIGHTSON Andy Transom 0275 965 142 Cam Heggie 0275 018 182

Bulls available for viewing from 11am on sale day or by prior arrangement by contacting

20 BULLS, 5 PUREBRED HEIFERS, 8 SPECKLE SIRED CROSSBRED HEIFERS IN TWO LOTS OF 4.

Sam Le Cren M: 027 474 9989 E: sam@takapoto.co.nz

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All bulls are: • Performance recorded • Genomics tested to improve accuracy of EBVs

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On farm bull sale plus online sale at bidr Sign up at www.bidr.co.nz Monday 14th September 2020, at 12.30pm

Craigmore Hereford bulls carry the Hereford Blue tag.

On A/C D.B & S.E Henderson At the stud property: 429 Rukuhia Road, RD 2, Ohaupo 104 Registered Well Grown Bulls

For further information or inspection, please contact: Vendors: David 021 166 1389 or the selling agents: PGG Wrightson: Vaughn Larsen 027 801 4599, Cam Heggie 027 501 8182

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SHEEP MEAT

VENISON

Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

5.70

5.65

6.00

NI lamb (17kg)

7.25

8.55

NI Stag (60kg)

6.20

9.10

NI Bull (300kg)

5.55

5.65

NI mutton (20kg)

4.90

4.95

5.55

SI Stag (60kg)

6.55

6.45

9.10

NI Cow (200kg)

4.15

4.50

SI lamb (17kg)

6.95

8.30

SI Steer (300kg)

5.15

5.85

SI mutton (20kg)

4.65

5.60

SI Bull (300kg)

5.10

5.40

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

SI Cow (200kg)

3.95

4.30

UK CKT lamb leg

9.69

9.73

10.11

US imported 95CL bull

8.14

8.07

8.23

US domestic 90CL cow

7.53

7.81

Last week Prior week

Last year

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

North Island steer slaughter price

$/kg CW

6.50

5.50

5.0

$/kg CW

South Island steer slaughter price

6.50

8.0 7.0

5.0

Oct

5.00

WOOL

4.50

(NZ$/kg) Dec

Feb

5-yr ave

Apr

Jun

2018-19

Dairy

Aug 2019-20

Feb

Apr 2018-19

Jun

Oct

Dec

Feb

Apr

Jun

Aug

2018-19

2019-20

Fertiliser

Aug 2019-20

FERTILISER Last week

Prior week

Last year

1.92

1.88

2.96

NZ average (NZ$/t)

Last week

Prior week

Last year

Urea

578

572

616

294

314

750

787

37 micron ewe

1.80

1.85

Super

30 micron lamb

1.90

DAP

Grain

Data provided by

MILK PRICE FUTURES

Top 10 by Market Cap

CANTERBURY FEED WHEAT

Company

YTD High

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd

36.21

37.89

YTD Low 21.1

The a2 Milk Company Limited

18.79

21.74

13.8

Meridian Energy Limited (NS)

5.04

5.8

3.61

9.21

4.26

430

7.50

420

7.00

410

Spark New Zealand Limited

4.855

5.09

3.445

Mercury NZ Limited (NS)

5.3

5.62

3.595

400

Ryman Healthcare Limited

17.18

6.61

Port of Tauranga Limited

7.37

8.14

4.9

Mainfreight Limited

47.9

48.73

Contact Energy Limited

6.5

7.74

4.54

$/tonne

8.00

6.50 6.00 Oct-19

Dec-19 Feb-20 Sept. 2020

Apr-20

Jun-20 Sept. 2021

Nearby contract

Last price*

380

Aug-20

DAIRY FUTURES (US$/T)

Aug-19

Oct-19

Dec-19

Feb-20

Apr-20

Jun-20

CANTERBURY FEED BARLEY Prior week

vs 4 weeks ago

405

400

SMP

2825

2780

2620

395

AMF

3975

4000

4050

Butter

3690

3650

Milk Price

7.22

7.23

$/tonne

WMP

390 385 380

Aug-19

* price as at close of business on Thursday

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

Oct-19

Dec-19

Feb-20

Apr-20

Jun-20

WAIKATO PALM KERNEL

3000

$/tonne

2850 2800

5pm, close of market, Thursday

Company

YTD High

YTD Low

The a2 Milk Company Limited

18.79

21.74

13.8

Comvita Limited

3.35

4.97

1.66

Delegat Group Limited

14.5

15.08

6.39

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

4.02

4.06

3.41

Foley Wines Limited

2.05

2.13

1.35

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

0.73

0.9

0.68

Marlborough Wine Estates Group Limited

0.185

0.21

0.176

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

1.76

2.3

1.29

PGG Wrightson Limited

2.71

3.01

1.55

Sanford Limited (NS)

5.84

8.2

5.5

Scales Corporation Limited

4.9

5.35

3.3

Seeka Limited

4.04

4.74

3.4

Synlait Milk Limited (NS)

6.28

9.1

4.36

S&P/NZX Primary Sector Equity Index

350

2900

Listed Agri Shares

T&G Global Limited

400

2950

2750

Auckland International Airport Limited

390

5.50

US$/t

Dec 5-yr ave

Coarse xbred ind. Oct

South Island stag slaughter price

5-yr ave

5.50

4.00

Last year

6.0

6.00 $/kg CW

South Island lamb slaughter price

9.0

4.00

12.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0

Last week Prior week

North Island stag slaughter price

7.0 6.0

5.00

12.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0

8.0

6.00

4.50

$/kg MS

North Island lamb slaughter price

9.0

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Ingrid Usherwood

2.78

2.93

2.35

16368

16959

12699

S&P/NZX 50 Index

12055

12094

8499

S&P/NZX 10 Index

12571

12701

9100

300 250

Jul

Au g Sep Latest price

Oct

Nov 4 weeks ago

Dec

200

Aug-19

S&P/FW PRIMARY SECTOR EQUITY

Oct-19

Dec-19

Feb-20

Apr-20

Jun-20

16368

S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

12055

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

12571

FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 7, 2020

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WEATHER Soil Moisture

Overview High pressure kicks off the second week of September, bringing light winds to both main islands, cool nights and pleasant afternoons. As this high slowly departs to our east around Wednesday, it will encourage a milder nor’west flow. Also on Wednesday, our next cold front moves into the South Island (mostly bringing rain to the West Coast). Towards Thursday/end of the week we get a North Island/South Island split – where the NI is still under the departing high (so milder) and the South Island has a colder change after that front (and some rain in the dry east too).This weekend a chance of rain for many regions (from the north and west), then westerlies return for week three of September.

La Nina – a last ditch chance for lamb?

03/09/2020

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Source: NIWA Data

Highlights

Temperature

Wind Light winds start this week due to high pressure, then many places get a NW wind for a time. The South Island will get cooler southerly quarter winds briefly later this week, then mild northerly quarter winds as we go into the weekend.

Highlights/ Extremes

Spring ups and downs this week. High pressure brings cool nights and pleasant days. The southern cold front will drop temps in the south briefly later this week, but the north looks fairly untouched by it. Mild subtropical winds going into the weekend.

14-day outlook

This week kicks off with high pressure then by mid-week that high is departing slowly to the east, allowing a cold front to slowly move up the South Island. This weekend a low in the Tasman Sea has a chance of forming, bringing some rain into northern NZ for a time, then sliding down the western half of the nation. Next week, at this stage, looks to see more spring-like westerlies.

Not a lot of highlights this week, but heavy rain for the West Coast (especially south of Hokitika). Canterbury should get some wet weather. And a chance of sub-tropical winds and northern rain this weekend.

7-day rainfall forecast

100

200

BREWING La Nina weather pattern may be what the doctor ordered for regions still concerned about dry conditions. However, if it develops like expected in Australia, there could be an added bonus for NZ lamb producers too. Australian meteorologists are on high alert for a La Nina weather event to develop through spring. The probability of this developing in Australia has jumped to 70% – three times more likely than normal – and chances are NZ will follow suit. A La Nina typically brings more rain to eastern regions of Australia, which would leave these farming regions well set-up for 2021. This year started out wet for much of the country, but the likes of Queensland have started to dry out since. Herd and flock rebuilding springs to mind whenever Australian farmers receive useful rain at optimal times of the season. Many have made some headway this year after successive droughts, but spring rains would be the icing on the cake.

400

Rain is a bit broken at the moment due to the uptick in high pressure but the West Coast leans wetter than average – and we expect some rain to spillover into dry Canterbury areas too. The North Island is patchy – some dry, some lean more towards average in the west.

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SILVER LINING: Any reduced competition from Australia in our export markets combined with a potential slowdown in production here may be enough to spark some life into the lamb trade.

“Consistency, palatability, high growth rates.”

“ANCALF’S GUARANTEED CURD IS KEY FOR HEALTHY GAINS” JOANNE LEIGH, TOP NOTCH CALVES, TIRAU.

The last significant La Nina event in Australia was in 2010, bringing with it significant flooding and damage. According to historical AgriHQ reports, La Nina shaped the supply of Australian lambs into processors through the back end of 2010. Good feed levels meant farmers were under little pressure, farming lambs to heavier weights while taking advantage of the improved feed conditions. By December 2010, the tighter supplies became significant, reducing Australian exports and leading to stronger pricing in export markets. As export values increased, NZ farmgate lamb prices benefited. Interestingly back in 2010, Australia’s exposure to the global lamb market was limited to 40% of annual production or 150,000 tonnes. Australian lamb exports this year have lifted to 70% of total production, meaning export volumes have nearly doubled in the last 10 years. The La Nina event that gripped Australia 10 years ago was significant in that it reduced Australian lamb exports enough to underpin a lift in global prices, despite them being a relatively small player. Global markets are now accustomed to relying on an increasing volume of lamb from Australia.

If there’s one person who knows more about rearing calves, Joanne Leigh of Top Notch Calves would be top of the list. With over 3000 hungry autumn calves to feed and more than 6000 to rear in spring, there’s a lot on the line and there’s no room for risk. From the moment calves arrive there’s a strict process to be followed. They get a health check, a salmonella vaccination and are fed electrolytes. The following morning the calves are fed warm milk and graded on drinking ability in pens of 22. The calves are fed 4 litres once a day – which works out about 600 grams of CMR per calf. Joanne explains:

ANCALF™ THE WORD ON THE FARM

Consistency is really important for rearing healthy calves, from keeping them in the same pens, same people handling them, same feeding time and same milk. “Calves need to be treated like babies and should be fed warm milk – they don’t like change, it upsets their stomachs. When we feed them a Calf Milk Replacer, we prefer Ancalf because it’s as close to cow’s milk as possible – especially in relation to fat and protein percentages. We also looking for a product that contains all the mineral and vitamins calves need, plus a coccidiostat. The calves love Ancalf and we get the high growth rates we need. So always compare the price to the quality of product.”

To find out how you can benefit with Ancalf this spring go to NZAGBIZ.CO.NZ/WORDONTHEFARM or call 0800 809 011 today

SALE YARD WRAP

Spring brings out store cattle In 1999, ANZ’s Andy Woolfield came up with the ANZ Bank sheep drive for the Cancer Society, and it has been perfected over two very successful decades. This year, 301 sheep and one heifer calf were put forward for the drive, raising an impressive $41,700. NORTHLAND Wellsford store cattle sale • Two-year Angus-Friesian and Friesian steers, 338-374kg, traded at $2.41-$2.43/kg • Yearling Shorthorn-cross steers, 226kg, earned $3.32/kg • Ten yearling Angus-cross steers, 255kg, managed $2.96/kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 200kg, fetched $3.15/kg • Autumn-born weaner Hereford-Friesian steers, 109-122kg, realised $500-$520 WELLSFORD kicked back off with a mixed quality yarding of just under 380 head last Monday. Three 2-year Galloway steers, 373kg, topped their section at $2.73/ kg. Yearling cattle made up most of the offering. AngusFriesian steers, 249kg, fetched $750, $3.01/kg, while 166208kg traded at $545-$590. Hereford-Friesian sold in two bands and top cuts, 265-280kg, returned $2.83-$2.93/kg, while 235-239kg managed $3.17-$3.24/kg. Ten Shorthorncross heifers, 205kg, returned $2.93/kg with Speckle Parkcross, 186-188kg, at $3.33-$3.35/kg. Hereford-Friesian bulls, 250-287kg, varied at $2.18/kg to $2.38/kg. Autumn-born weaner Hereford-Friesian heifers, 113114kg, earned $400. Read more in your LivestockEye. Kaikohe sale • Yearling Hereford-Friesian and Angus steers made $3.10/kg to $3.35/kg • Yearling Charolais and Simmental-cross heifers earned $2.75$2.85/kg • Autumn-born Hereford weaner steers traded at $610 There were about 500 head at KAIKOHE last Wednesday, PGG Wrightson agent Vaughan Vujcich reported. Quality types sold well, while lesser types were required to meet the market. Better 2yr beef steers made $2.85-$2.90/kg, while less desirable types sold down to $2.30/kg to $2.50/ kg. Two-year beef-cross bulls fetched $2.40-$2.50/kg with 2yr traditional and exotic-cross heifers at $2.75-$2.80/kg. Beef-cross boner cows were bought for $2.35-$2.45/kg with empty cows at $2.00-$2.10/kg.

COUNTIES Tuakau sales • Hereford-Friesian steers, 478kg, made $3.13/kg • Autumn-born steers, 128-131kg, sold strongly at $650-$655 • Prime Charolais heifers, 625kg, realised $3.06/kg • Heavy prime lambs returned $150-$212 Around 725 store cattle sold on a strong market at TUAKAU last Thursday, PGG Wrightson agent Chris Elliott reported. Steers, 300-495kg, earned $2.70/kg to $3.25/kg, depending on breed and condition. Yearling steers, 280kg, returned $940. Friesian bulls, 374kg, fetched $2.78-$2.85/ kg. Heifers, 300-500kg, traded at $2.70/kg to $3.05/kg. Good Hereford-Friesian yearlings, 175-246kg, managed $650-$775 and 110kg, $450. Steers eased around 5c/kg on Wednesday, with heavier types making $2.90/kg to $3.08/ kg and medium, $2.78-$2.90/kg. Good exotic heifers, 543625kg, earned $3.05-$3.06/kg, with other heavy types at $2.88-$2.98/kg. Well-conditioned Friesian cows managed $2.00/kg to $2.37/kg, lighter cows sold down to $1.55/ kg. Jersey service bulls, 483kg, realised $3.31/kg. Medium prime lambs made $130-$148 on Monday, with good stores at $110-$130 and light-medium, $70-$105. Heavy ewes fetched $120-$158.

WAIKATO Frankton cattle sale 01.09 • Better 2-year beef-dairy steers, 401-480kg, improved to $3.12$3.18/kg • Two-year traditional heifers, 348-410kg, were consistent at $2.79$2.82/kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 232-268kg, pushed to $3.36$3.45/kg An increased store cattle yarding of 631 head was penned by PGG Wrightson at FRANKTON last Tuesday and featured more 2-year and yearling cattle. Two-year beef-dairy steers, 362-468kg, held at $2.86-$2.99/kg with heifers of the same breed and 280-394kg also steady at $2.75-$2.87/kg. The remainder of yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 189-300kg, improved to $3.15-$3.24/kg. Same bred heifers, 204-210kg, fetched $2.75-$2.76/kg. Friesian bulls, 212-290kg, improved

to $2.83-$2.91/kg. Hereford, 185kg, earned $2.81/kg with Hereford-Friesian, 191kg, $2.98/kg. Autumn-born weaner Friesian bulls, 113-126kg, fetched $460-$525. An increased prime offering included some top Hereford-Friesian steers, 641-701kg, which improved to $3.04-$3.06/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Frankton cattle sale 02.09 • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 399-404kg, softened to $2.77$2.86/kg • Two-year Friesian bulls, 275-322kg, improved to $2.65-$2.73/kg • Better yearling beef-dairy steers, 258-260kg, lifted to $3.42-$3.49/ kg Store cattle throughput lifted to 370 for New Zealand Farmers Livestock at FRANKTON last Wednesday, with mixed results based on quality. Most 2-year beef-dairy heifers, 271-322kg, held at $2.80-$2.96/kg, though some lines eased with 332-390kg back to $2.70-$2.79/kg and 295-297kg, $2.64-2.66/kg. Yearling Angus-cross heifers, 177-315kg, returned $2.68-$2.78/kg, and Hereford-dairy, 192-300kg, $2.50-$2.68/kg. All yearling bulls, 281-321kg, improved to $2.80-$2.88/kg. Top autumn-born weaner Hereford-Friesian bulls, 127kg, lifted to $580 with the balance, 110-125kg, $500. All heifers, 128-145kg, softened to $470-$490. Prime heifers held with all 417-500kg at $2.86$2.96/kg. All steers, 542-543kg, were steady at $2.98-$3.01/ kg. Boner Friesian heifers, 512kg, sold well at $2.83/kg while same breed cows, 540-618kg, eased to $2.07-$2.10/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Waikato feeder calf sales FRANKTON and TIRAU totalled nearly 1900 calves last week with the bulk sold at Frankton. Friesian bull prices came back with tops down $30-$40 at $60-$120. Medium calves made $40-$50. Good Hereford-Friesian held at $190-$330, but the balance eased with medium $120-$175 and small, $60-$80. Those with red factor were further discounted by $40-$65, though Speckle Parkcross and Simmental-cross sold well at $200-$245 and $325 respectively. Heifer prices were more consistent as Hereford-Friesian held for all types. Good sold for $110-$170, medium $80-$100 and small $10-$60. Good Angus-cross held at $80-$110, while medium firmed to $60-$75. Small calves sold for $10-$30. Read more in your LivestockEye.

BAY OF PLENTY Rangiuru cattle and sheep • Two-year Angus-cross steers, 396kg, earned $3.26/kg • Two-year Angus steers, 332kg, achieved $3.22/kg • Prime Angus and Charolais-cross steers, 673-686kg, made $3.16$3.18/kg • The sheep tally exceeded 300 and lambs sold for $75-$138 There was a sizable gallery keeping an eye on proceedings at RANGIURU last Tuesday. Dairy-beef types dominated both the store steer and heifer pens. Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 391-483kg, earned the most in the range of $2.83/kg to $3.07/kg while heifers, 435-514kg, consistently made $2.83-$2.86/kg. A small line of Anguscross heifers, 442kg, made $2.92/kg. A very respectable range of $3.29/kg to $3.53/kg covered most of the yearling steers at 210-266kg. The prime section was very small at 39 heads. Five Hereford-Friesian heifers, 568kg, made $2.69/ kg while heavy 648kg Limousin cows made $2.25/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

POVERTY BAY Matawhero cattle sale • Two-year traditional steers, 360-415kg, averaged $3.21/kg • Two-year traditional heifers of similar weight averaged $2.60/kg • Yearling Angus steers, 200kg plus, varied from $3.50/kg to $3.85/ kg • Top yearling Angus heifers, 215-220kg, made $3.05-$3.14/kg • Yearling Friesian bulls, 215-235kg, returned $3.02/kg MATAWHERO offered up just over 2300 store cattle on the first day of spring last Tuesday. North Island buyers absorbed most of the tally, though some vendors had to meet the market. Lighter types were harder to shift, and 2-year Angus steers, 300-370kg, sold for $3.07-$3.17/ kg, while heifers, 290-325kg, made $2.73-$2.80/kg. A consignment of later-born Angus yearlings brought the

average weight for this section down. Steers, 145-170kg, sold for $510-$670, $3.52/kg to $3.94/kg, while heifers, 175185kg, sold for $500-$510, $2.76-$2.86/kg. Bulls of the same age and breed were hard to move and made $470-$540. Read more in your LivestockEye. Matawhero sheep • Better store ewe lambs fetched $130 with medium $90-$107.50 and light $63-$75 • Ewes with lambs-at-foot traded at $76 all-counted • A handful of prime ewes sold at $144-$152 There were around 800 head of store lambs at MATAWHERO last Friday. Better male lambs sold for $110$128.50 with the bottom end at $86.50. The top end of prime lambs reached $179-$230 with medium $154-$162 and light $136-$149. Read more in your LivestockEye.

TARANAKI Taranaki cattle • Well-recorded in-milk Friesian and Friesian-cross dairy cows sold well at $2000 • Five two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 466kg, made $3.15/kg • Top end yearling heifers fetched $3.00/kg to $3.20/kg • Autumn-born Hereford-Friesian weaners traded at $455-$540 • Top boner cows earned $2.47/kg Results were mixed at TARANAKI last Wednesday. Better 3-year steers made $3.11-$3.20/kg, with anything of poor colour or horns at $2.92-$3.01/kg. Two-year HerefordFriesian steers were steady with most at around $3.00/kg, while crossbreds sold in a range of $2.70/kg to $2.90/kg. The better 2-year heifers achieved $2.60-$2.70/kg. Average yearling dairy-beef steers fetched $3.16/kg, with Friesian at $2.67/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

HAWKE’S BAY Stortford Lodge prime cattle and sheep • Top male lambs held at $185-$195 • Heavy mixed-sex lambs managed steady to improved returns at $147-$168 • Heavy to very-heavy ewe lambs held at $146.50-$165.50 • Heavy ewes improved to $158-$165 • Medium to good ewes held at $111-$125.50 A good spread of buyers meant demand was solid throughout the sheep offering at STORTFORD LODGE last Monday. Lamb numbers reduced slightly to 618 and heavy to very-heavy males held at $140.50-$179. Medium-good mixed-sex also held at $124.50-$127. The ewe tally almost doubled on the previous sale at 868 and strong demand improved results for most. The top pen of the day pushed to $196. The top end of very-good ewes improved to $140$147.50 and lighter types returned $90-$102.50. There were no cattle presented. Read more in your LivestockEye. Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep • Two-year Hereford heifers, vetted-in-calf to a Hereford bull, made $1190 • Two-year traditional steers, 325-425kg, held at $3.19/kg • Two-year Friesian bulls, 473-478kg, eased to $2.92-$2.95/kg • Top line of Romney ewe lambs sold for breeding at $165 • Heavy male lambs sold for $136-$162.50 The cattle market needed some grass growth to spark competition at STORTFORD LODGE last Wednesday, while ewe lambs sold on a steady to firm market. Cattle entries tallied 450 though results varied. One consistent section was the two-year heifers as most weighed 380-440kg and sold for $2.68-$2.79/kg for beef-cross and beef-dairy. Yearling volume was low and featured 27 beef-cross heifers, 234kg, $635, and Simmental-cross, 214-246kg, $640-$700. A small yarding of ewes with lambs-at-foot sold on a softer market at $109-$114 all counted. Ewe lamb sold well, as heavy lines made $123-$148 and good held at $114-$134. Read more in your LivestockEye.

MANAWATU Feilding prime cattle and sheep • The highest price of the day went to a Friesian-cross heifer at $2.53/kg • Friesian heifers, 397-485kg, made $2.22/kg to $2.36/kg • Just 200 prime ewes mostly earned $125-$150 The push to offload last season lamb’s continued at

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SOUTH-CANTERBURY Temuka prime and boner cattle; all sheep • Traditional steers, 520-590kg, made $3.01-$3.06/kg • Hereford-Friesian steers, 520-620kg, earned $2.95-$3.03/kg • Hereford-Friesian steers, 470-500kg, fetched $2.79-$2.89/kg • Angus-cross heifers, 537kg, traded for $2.90/kg • Charolais heifers, 560-610kg, achieved $2.94-$2.95/kg Prime lambs numbered just over 200 at TEMUKA last Monday. The top pen made $200 while three-quarters of the remainder traded for $151-$190. Ewe volume was also low, and most made $120-$190. Prices firmed for forward store lambs and the best earned $128-$136, while lighter types provided the bulk of tally at $80-$119. In the cattle pens Friesian cows, 565-792kg, sold for $1.98-$2.05/kg while Friesian and Kiwi-cross, 450-520kg, traded at $1.84-$1.92/kg. Angus and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 480-578kg, managed $2.76-$2.81/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

GOOD CAUSE: The ANZ Bank sheep drive for the Cancer Society held at the Matawhero sale yards was a huge success. Pictured from left are ANZ coordinators Derek Craven, Andy Woolfield, Ema Riri and Michelle Hawea. Photo: Trevor Brown

FEILDING last Monday with over 6000 penned. Very-heavy lambs earned $177-$197. Heavy lambs contributed half the tally and sold for $161-$177, while medium-good lambs earned $141-$159. Friesian cows were generally heavier than previous weeks. The majority weighed 500-630kg and were priced at $1.96-$2.06/kg with a handful slightly higher at $2.10-$2.20/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Manfeild Park calf sale End of season pulled both tallies and prices back at MANFEILD PARK last Monday. Good Friesian bulls dropped $20 to $60-$80 and medium made $30-$40. Hereford-Friesian sold up to $110-$140 and medium $65-$90, with values similar for Angus-Friesian bulls and heifers. Hereford-Friesian heifer prices were stronger at $150-$190 and medium $85-$120. Other beef-cross made $100-$105. Read more in your LivestockEye. Feilding store sale • Traditional 2-year steers, 420kg plus, made $3.15-$3.30/kg • Good-quality 2-year heifers, 350kg plus, were $2.85-$3.00/kg • Yearling Angus steers averaged $3.65/kg, 280kg • Almost all ewes with LAF made $100-$110 all counted • Ewe lambs averaged $125 Big yardings continued at Feilding for the cattle, number just under 1500 head. Most sections were steady or a little weaker. Good 2-year steers were $3.15/kg plus, but the remainder eased to $2.80-$2.95/kg. Two-year bulls, 390kg plus, held at $2.90-$3.05/kg. A good-quality two-year heifer yarding mostly sold for $2.85-$3.00/kg for all breeds. Well-presented 275-315kg Hereford-Friesian yearling steers made $3.25-$3.30/kg. Yearling Friesian bulls were $2.90-$3.05/kg at all weights. A mixed-quality yearling heifer selection rarely made more than $2.70/kg. Slightly less than 3000 store lambs had a solid sale. Forward male lambs were $145-$155, mediums were $115-$135, while a few light pens made $85-$100. Mixed-sex and ewe lambs began at $135-$150 for heavier cuts, $115-$130 through the mediums while the rest were $85-$100. A big yarding of ewes with lambs-at-foot sold to expectations. The majority were solid-quality ewes with undocked terminal lambs, and these made $104-$111 all counted. Pens with medium ewes or smaller lambs made $91-$101 all counted, while some mixed-bred types were down at $76-$81.50 all counted. Read more in your LivestockEye. Rongotea cattle • Two-year Hereford-cross bulls, 407kg, made $2.43/kg • Top end Angus-cross heifers, 310-510kg, achieved $2.76/kg • Weaner Friesian bulls traded at $350-$550, with Hereford Friesian $380-$450 • Weaner Hereford-Friesian steers, 158kg, earned $640

• Friesian boner cows, 440kg, sold at $1.84/kg Cattle pens were almost full to capacity at RONGOTEA last Wednesday, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported. Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers varied with the best able to reach $2.85/kg, and Angus-cross, 457kg, managed $2.82/kg. Two-year HerefordFriesian heifers, 280-375kg, made $2.21/kg to $2.45/kg. Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 264-275kg, sold at $1.82/ kg to $2.46/kg, with Angus-cross up to $2.54/kg. Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 240kg, traded at $2.21/kg, with Angus-cross selling up to $2.90/kg.

CANTERBURY Canterbury Park cattle and sheep • Two-year Hereford steers, 406-501kg, made $2.89-$3.00/kg • Two-year Charolais-Hereford heifers, 255-281kg, earned $2.92$3.00/kg • Store Corriedale-cross ewe lambs made $109-$138 • Heavy prime lambs earned $170-$204, with medium types $151$169 • Heavy ewes made $150-$171 with the majority $120-$149 A very large store cattle yarding was offered at CANTERBURY PARK last Tuesday. Two-year dairy-beef steers ranged from $2.67-$2.76/kg while Simmental-cross, 335-413kg, made $2.69/kg to $3.01/kg. Yearling steers sold for a consistent $2.77-$2.85/kg with few exceptions. Yearling heifers of quality sold to expectations, but off-types suffered. Angus-Hereford, 201-222kg, fetched $2.57-$2.65/ kg but others varied from $1.49/kg to $1.74/kg. The strength of recent sales attracted plenty of prime steer entries. The highest yielding traditional steers, 581-675kg, made $3.15$3.17/kg, while other steers above 600kg frequently made $2.95-$3.05/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Coalgate cattle and sheep • Prime Angus steers, 554-600kg, were $3.10/kg • Prime Charolais-cross heifers, 531-535kg, earned $3.00/kg • Prime Angus heifers, 525-545kg, fetched $2.90-$2.98/kg • 160 ewes with 180 lambs-at-foot made $88-$94 all counted The prime cattle pens were busier than usual at COALGATE last Thursday. Beef or dairy-beef steers, 450500kg, made $2.80/kg to $2.94/kg and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 464-594kg, $2.84-$2.92/kg. The lion’s share of the boner cows was 530-620kg Friesian that fetched $1.97$2.07/kg. The best prime lambs made $185-$195 with $160-$178 typical of heavy pens. Light-medium lambs lifted to $142-$159. A limited number of prime ewes were evenly spread out from $110-$170 though a few pens earned up to $200. Store lamb volume was also low with the tops $120-$136 and the remainder $93-$119. Read more in your LivestockEye.

Temuka store cattle • Two-year Charolais-cross steers, 285-346kg, made $3.02-$3.05/kg • Two-year dairy-beef steers, 400-525kg, mostly made $2.85-$2.95/ kg • Yearling Hereford steers, 209kg, made $3.30/kg • Yearling Charolais-Friesian steers, 263-310kg, made $2.91-$3.00/ kg The first store cattle sale of spring at TEMUKA offered up the biggest yarding since June. The 2-year section sold well and Angus-cross and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 348395kg, fetched $2.53-$2.62/kg, although red coloured pens of similar weight were $2.33-$2.39/kg. Yearling cattle were more variable. Angus and Angus-Hereford steers, 221-251kg, earned $3.35-$3.41/kg while Hereford-Friesian, 231-340kg, sold in the range of $2.47-$2.60/kg. Simmental-Hereford, 293342kg, provided the only real excitement amongst the yearling heifers and earned $2.86-$2.92/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

OTAGO Balclutha sheep • Heavy prime lambs made $170 and light $130 • Romney ewes, scanned-in-lamb with singles, sold for $1 There was a small yarding of prime ewes at BALCLUTHA last Wednesday, heavy types firmed to $170 with small types down to $90. A small yarding of 93 store lambs had the top end at $123 while the bottom end sold down to $50.

SOUTHLAND Lorneville cattle and sheep sale • Two-year beef-cross heifers, 394kg, fetched $2.41/kg • Yearling Friesian steers, 252-283kg, earned $2.38/kg to $2.50/kg • Prime lambs were steady with heavy at $145-$159, medium $130-$138 and light $123-$129 • Mixed-age ewes sold well at $191 Prime cattle at LORNEVILLE last Tuesday consisted of dairy heifers, where 410-440kg sold at $2.10-$2.20/kg and 400-500kg cows made $1.60/kg to $1.80/kg. Good-quality types were solid in the store pens. Two-year beef-cross and Charolais-cross steers, 390-498kg, fetched $2.69-$2.74/kg. Yearling Hereford-cross steers earned $2.67/kg to $2.95/ kg. Heavy prime ewes eased to $128-$136, with light to medium at $80-$110. Medium to good quality two-tooths were bought for $80-$105. Charlton sheep • Heavy prime lambs made $167, with medium at $140-$150 and light $115 • Local trade rams sold at $50-$70 • Ewes with lambs-at-foot traded at $102 all-counted Prime ewes sold on a firm market at CHARLTON last Thursday, with heavy types at $172 and light to medium $78-$100. The top end of store lambs earned $120, while light to medium types struggled at $45-$70.

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EW forces shaping the future of UK beef imports are realising potential opportunities for New Zealand beef, according to Rabobank’s Beef Quarterly Report. With the UK a high-value market for NZ beef, and free-trade negotiations well advanced, NZ producers should be keeping a close watch on developments for potential additional export opportunities, Rabobank animal proteins analyst Blake Holgate said. But while new post-Brexit trade deals are set to play a key role in determining the future of UK beef imports, local consumer preferences and non-tariff barriers will also heavily influence who supplies beef to this lucrative market in 2021 and beyond. With trade negotiations between the EU and UK intensifying, Holgate said it is currently difficult to predict the outcome. “Both parties have stated a clear desire to conclude a deal during the transition period which ends on December 31, but time is short, and there is a long list of issues to resolve,” he said. The result of these trade negotiations will be particularly significant for Irish beef producers. “Ireland is the major supplier of beef to the UK, representing 70% of total UK beef imports in 2019, and is currently one of a select number of major beef exporters to the EU-27, who are granted tariff-rate quotas which allow them to import certain quantities of beef at reduced or zero tariff rates. “Once the Brexit transition finishes, these quotas will be divided between the EU and the UK, affording existing EU suppliers access to the UK at reduced tariff rates,” he said. “However, if the EU and the UK fail to agree on future trade terms, it’s likely tariffs will remain high for most imported beef products and this would put Irish beef in a vulnerable position.”

OPTIONS: Rabobank’s Blake Holgate says Brexit potentially opens opportunities for NZ as the UK government pursues new trade deals with countries outside the EU.

If the NZ beef industry can do this, it is likely to find itself in a privileged position compared to some of its competitors. Blake Holgate Rabobank Holgate said this potentially opens opportunities for NZ as the UK government pursues new trade deals with countries outside the EU, including NZ and Australia. While the ongoing trade negotiations will be pivotal, these alone will not determine who ultimately supplies the UK beef market. “Consumer preferences for locallysourced product and non-tariff barriers, such as entrenched existing market relationships between food retailers and processors and purchasing standards, will also play a major role,” he said. For NZ this means the industry must

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continue ensuring it can demonstrate that NZ beef is produced to the highest food safety, animal welfare and environmental standards. “If the NZ beef industry can do this, it is likely to find itself in a privileged position compared to some of its competitors. “However, if it’s unable to maintain these standards, it could find it increasingly difficult to get product on UK supermarket shelves,” Holgate said. NZ Beef exports performed solidly over the last quarter, largely underpinned by demand from the US for manufactured beef. But Holgate said NZ export returns are starting to feel the impact of challenging market conditions with average returns for the month down 2% year-on-year. Export returns for beef exported to China have been weakening consistently since April with average returns from China down 12% during July. As a result, NZ exporters are directing increasing volumes of exports into the US market and away from China.

ACROSS THE RAILS SUZ BREMNER

Stock drive raises $41.7k for Cancer Society IF YOU want to see how rural style fundraising is done, check out what the East Coast of the North Island is able to achieve in support of the Cancer Society – by holding a good old fashioned stock drive. In 1999, ANZ’s Andy Woolfield came up with the ANZ Bank sheep drive for the Cancer Society, and it has been perfected over 22 very successful years. Woolfield recently retired from organising but left a well-oiled machine in his wake, which is supported each year by a large contingent of very generous coordinators, vendors, buyers, transport companies and stock agent companies. It reached its pinnacle last year when the drive raised over $50,000, and while this year fell short of that level, considering everything that has been thrown at farmers in 2020, the $41,700 raised was considered to be as much of a success as 2019. ANZ Bank’s Ema Riri was one of the coordinators and says it is a privilege to be involved. “The East Coast farming community gets behind it every year and that’s what makes it a great success,” she said. “It is a big team effort that has been perfected over 22 years and I would love to see other regions take on the challenge.” Donated stock is transported to the Matawhero sale yards on the last sheep sale day in August. PGG Wrightson are the selling agents for the fundraiser and, along with Carrfields and transport companies Farmers Transport Ltd and Robb Bros Ltd, work at ground level to transport, draft and sell the stock. Jamie Hayward from PGG Wrightson says the support from the wider East Coast community is nothing short of outstanding. “Everyone gets behind the event – both sellers and buyers,” Hayward said. “One local is a big supporter – this year he donated 40 lambs which sold for $200. Buyers also play their part as those lambs on today’s market would have made $160, so it is a team effort.” This year, 301 sheep and one heifer calf were put forward for the drive, with other donations made as well. suz.bremner@globalhq.co.nz

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• The ultimate sheep conveyor with high volume throughput, saving time and labour • Hydraulic control of speed and direction (optional) • Deep V design for best restraint of sheep • Available in 3.2m and 4.1m • Optional: walkways. transport kit, hydraulic width control • Made in New Zealand

Stockman Vetless Cattle Crush

PRICED FROM

.00 +GST

Shee

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

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

Optional ramp clamp, transport kit available.

29,995 DRAWN

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16

SCALE

FH 20 - L

SHEET NO.

.00

SHEET SIZE

N.T.S.

1 OF 1

+GST

Sheep Weigh Crate/ Portable Sheep Ramp Sheep / Calf Ramp Farmhand Sheep Panel Weigh Scale Combo Farmhand Sheep Portable Sheep Ramp Sheep / Calf Ramp Pen Sheep Weigh Crate/

Weigh Scale Combo

Sheep Weigh Crate

• Manual weighing and 3Yard way drafting Sheep Panel • Alloy, lightweight, transportable -Sheeted • Mounts on toSheep any existing loadbars Yard Panel

-Sheeted

Sheep Yard Panel (Railed and Sheeted) Sheep Yard Panel

Sheep• Race Gate pens Farmhand Sheep Panel Ideal docking -Railed and Sheeted • Railed - 3m W x 1m H • Available in 1.5m, 2m, 2.5m, 3m Sheep Yard Panel Sheep Race • Quick, easy pinGate together yard Farmhand Sheep Panel • Heavy Duty 40x40mm RHS frame -Railed Sheeted panel for a variety of uses • Kitset easy pin and together system • Use for sheep/calves/goats

Woolshed Lift and Swing Gates

1,995

Sheep Weigh Crate/ Portable PenSheep Panel Ramp Sheep Farmhand Sheep Panel Weigh Scale Combo

FROM

179

Wool Fadge Draft Module Sheep Draft Module $ Holder .00Sheep EACH +GST Adjustable Sides V-Sides

209

OR 4

699

.00 .00 $Woolshed .00 Lift andFadge Holder $ Sheep Draft Sheep Draft Module Woolshed Lift and Wool Module Module Portable Sheep SheepFOR Draft Module Sheep Draft +GST +GST +GST Swing Gates Adjustable Sides V-Sides Sides Shee Swing V-Sides Loading RampGates Woolshed Lift and Wool Adjustable Fadge Holder

Woolaway Lift & Portable Sheep Swing Gates Loading Ramp

WoolshedSheep/ Lift and Farmhand Swing Gates Calf Ramp

Swing Gates Sheep Draft Wool Fadge Draft Module Sheep Draft Module Sheep Adjustable Sides V-Sides V-Sides Module Holder • 3-way draft • 3110mm L x 600mm W

FROM

895.00

+GST

695.00

+GST

2,595.00

+GST

195.00

+GST

V-Sid

Sheep Management Sheep Management Sheep Management 30 Head30Sheep Yard 150 150 Head Sheep Head Sheep Yard Yard Head Sheep Yard

Rechargeable Sheep Shears

150 Head Sheep Yard 150 Head Sheep Yard

30 Head Sheep Yard 30 Head Sheep Yard

• Includes adjustable sides draft module • Includes adjustable sides draftmodule module • Includes adjustable sides draft • Includes adjustable sides draft module

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

4,595.00

+GST

260Sheep Head Sheep 260 Conveyors Head Yard Yard Sheep Express 260260 Head Sheep Head Sheep Yard Yard S

• Includes adjustable sides draft module

S S

S S S

14,995

10,995.00

1450Sheep Head Yard Sheep Yard 1450 Head 2 Bugle Sheep 1450 Head SheepYard Yard 180m

DescripƟon Code FARMHAND FULLY SHEETED SHEEP PANEL 1.5M FHSPS15 DescripƟon CodeHALF RAIL/SHEETED Price QtySHEEP PANEL Total 2.0M FARMHAND FHSPRS20 FARMHAND FULLY SHEETED SHEEP PANEL 1.5M FHSPS15FULLY$ SHEETED 229.00 SHEEP 2 PANEL $458.00 FARMHAND 2.0M FHSPS20 FARMHAND HALF RAIL/SHEETED SHEEP PANEL 2.0MFARMHAND FHSPRS20 $ 259.00 23 $5,957.00 HALF RAIL/SHEETED SHEEP PANEL 2.5M FHSPRS25 FARMHAND FULLY SHEETED SHEEP PANEL 2.0M FHSPS20FULLY$ SHEETED 299.00 SHEEP 3 PANEL $897.00 FARMHAND 2.5M FHSPS25 FARMHAND HALF RAIL/SHEETED SHEEP PANEL 2.5MFARMHAND FHSPRS25 $ MESH 349.00GATE1SLIDING$349.00 SHEEP FHSGSLIDE DescripƟon Code Price Qty Total FARMHAND FULLY SHEETED SHEEP PANEL 2.5M FHSPS25 $ 359.00 2 $718.00 STANDARD FHSGSTD20 FARMHAND FULLY SHEETED SHEEPFARMHAND PANEL 1.5MSHEEP GATE FHSPS15 $ 2.0M 229.00 2 $458.00 FARMHAND SHEEP MESH GATE SLIDING FHSGSLIDE $ 349.00 1 $349.00 FARMHAND STANDARD$ 2.5M FHSGSTD25 FARMHAND HALF RAIL/SHEETED SHEEP PANEL SHEEP 2.0M GATE FHSPRS20 259.00 23 $5,957.00 FARMHAND SHEEP GATE STANDARD 2.0M FHSGSTD20 $ 439.00 3 $1,317.00 SHEEP DRAFT MODULE ADJUSTABLE-SIDES NY003 FARMHAND FULLY SHEETED SHEEPFARMQUIP PANEL 2.0M FHSPS20 $ 299.00 3 $897.00 FARMHAND SHEEP GATE STANDARD 2.5M FHSGSTD25 $ 459.00 4 $1,836.00 YARD PANEL PINS FH07 FARMHAND HALF ADJUSTABLE-SIDES RAIL/SHEETED SHEEP FHSPRS25 $ $3,595.00 349.00 1 $349.00 FARMQUIP SHEEP DRAFT MODULE NY003 2.5M$ 3,595.00 1 SHEEP YARD U-BOW FHSPU S FARMHAND FULLY SHEETED SHEEPFARMHAND PANEL FHSPS25 $718.00 YARD PINS FH072.5M $ 5.00 82 $ 359.00 $410.00 2 Total FARMHAND SHEEP MESH GATE SLIDING FHSGSLIDE $ 349.00 $349.00 FARMHAND SHEEP YARD U-BOW FHSPU $ 109.00 1 $109.00 1 FARMHAND SHEEP GATE STANDARD 2.0M FHSGSTD20 $$15,995.00 439.00 3 $1,317.00 Total OpƟonal FARMHAND SHEEP GATE STANDARD 2.5M Extras FHSGSTD25 $ 459.00 4 $1,836.00 FARMQUIP SHEEP DRAFT MODULE V-SIDES NY004 $ 3,595.00 1 $3,595.00 OpƟonal Extras FARMQUIP SHEEP DRAFT MODULE ADJUSTABLE-SIDES NY003 FARMHAND GROUND SPIKES FH013 YARD PINS FH07 $ 5.00 82 $410.00 FARMQUIP SHEEP DRAFT MODULE V-SIDES NY004 $ 2,595.00 FARMHAND PERMANENT SHEEP YARD POST FHSPOST FARMHAND FHSPU $ 109.00 1 $109.00 FARMHAND GROUND SPIKES SHEEP YARD U-BOW FH013 $ 15.00 SHEEP RACE ANTI BACKING FLAP FHSBF Total $15,995.00 FARMHAND PERMANENT SHEEP YARD POST FHSPOST $ 49.00 SHEEP RACE ANTI BACKING FLAP FHSBF $ 79.00 OpƟonal Extras FARMQUIP SHEEP DRAFT MODULE V-SIDES NY004 $ 2,595.00 FARMHAND GROUND SPIKES FH013 $ 15.00 FARMHAND PERMANENT SHEEP YARD POST FHSPOST $ 49.00 SHEEP RACE ANTI BACKING FLAP FHSBF $ 79.00

• Includes adjustable sides draft module

RED ---------- 1500 BLUE ---------- 2000 GREEN ------ 2500 CYAN --------- 3000 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO S-SHEETED PANEL FARMQUIP AND SHALL NOT BE

+GST

FREEPHONE 0800 843 024

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO

FARMQUIP Sam AND SHALL NOT BE DRAWN R SHEET SIZE

FARMQUIP DATE SHEEPYARD SYSTEMSSCALE

REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE EXCEPT WHEN SUCH USER FREEPHONE PLAN No. POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP.

0800 843 024

SY 260

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO FARMQUIP AND SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE EXCEPT WHEN SUCH USER PLAN No. POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP.

FARMQUIP DATE SHEEPYARD SYSTEMSSCALE

1:75

SY 260

1 OF 1

FARMQUIP DATE SHEEPYARD SYSTEMSSCALE

FREEPHONE 0800 843 024

DRAWN

REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR 21/05/18 ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE EXCEPT WHEN SUCH USER PLAN No. POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP. SHEET NO.

DRAWN

SHEET NO.

SY 260

Total $458.00 $5,957.00 $897.00 $349.00 $718.00 $349.00 $1,317.00 $1,836.00 $3,595.00 $410.00 $109.00 $15,995.00

$ 2,595.00 $ 15.00 $ 49.00 $ 79.00

RED ---------- 1500 BLUE ---------- 2000 GREEN ------ 2500 CYAN --------- 3000 S-SHEETED PANEL

.00

Price Qty $ 229.00 2 $ 259.00 23 $ 299.00 3 $ 349.00 1 $ 359.00 2 $ 349.00 1 $ 439.00 3 $ 459.00 4 $ 3,595.00 1 $ 5.00 82 $ 109.00 1

SHEET NO.

Sam R SHEET SIZE 21/05/18

1:75

1 OF 1

9,995

.00 +GST

Sam R SHEET SIZE

21/05/18

1:75

1 OF 1

p Sheep / Calf Ramp Farmhand Sheep

Pen Panel Farmhand Round Hay Feeder • Large bale, 2m diameter • 15 head positions

Farmhand Heavy Duty Round Feeder

Farmhand Lifestyler Farmhand Lifestyler Hay Feeder Hay Feeder

• Large bale, 2m diameter • 1200mm high • 9 head positions

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

AVAILABLE AT FARMLANDS NATIONWIDE

595.00

+GST

$ PLUS FREIGHT

695.00

Sheep Draft Module Sheep Draft Module AdjustableSheep/Calf Sides Small V-Sides Large Round Bale Cradle Feeder

Bale Cradle Feeder

• 2250 W x 1780 L x 1200 H • Drop down sides for calves

1195.00

+GST

$ PLUS FREIGHT

895.00

+GST

PLUS FREIGHT

Large Square Bale Cradle Feeder

Farmhand Rectangular Hay Bale Feeder

• 2900L x 1500W x 1080 H

• Fits 2 large bales

$ PLUS FREIGHT

69.00

+GST

PLUS FREIGHT

995.00

+GST

$ PLUS FREIGHT

995.00

FREIGHT +GST PLUS

Stockman Vetless Cattle Crush

Stockman Vet Cattle Crush with Squeeze

Stockman Vet Crush • Designed for medium to large farms and herds • Stockman heavy duty headbail • Hot-dipped galvanised • Extra heavy duty 75 x 50 base frame • Split-side gates on both sides

• Quiet locking system and slam latches on both gates • Heavy duty steel floor • Includes rear handle for headbail operation • Vet access • V5 • Made in New Zealand

Stockman Vet Crush

Stockman Vetless Cattle Crush Stockman Vetless Crush • Designed for medium to large farms and herds • Made in New Zealand • VL2 model

*Scales sold separately

12,995

.00 +GST

Optional offside draft handle $395.00+ GST. Side squezze $2,595.00+ GST.

• Add side gates to existing timber yards with a headbail and sliding gate to make up an affordable handling area 46 Head Plan with Curved Tub

PRICED FROM

1,095

+GST

Optional offside draft handle $395.00 + GST

Stockman Vetless Stockman Vetless S Stockman Vet Crus with double Crush C Cattle Crush Cattle side squeeze

Stockman Yard Crush Gates 26 Head Plan

10,995

.00

• Designed for medium to large farms and herds • Extra heavy duty 75 x 50 base frame • Split-side gates on both sides 89 Head Plan 68 Head • Plan Split gates on both sides • VL5 model • Made in New Zealand

.00 +GST PER SIDE

14,995

.00 +GST

Optional offside draft handle $395.00 + GST 102 Head Plan

100 Head Plan

Stockman Vet Crush 160 Head Plan

260 Head Plan

350 Head Plan

500 Head Plan

• Able to move easily between farms or cattle yards. • Unique electric winching mechanism easily lifts and lowers crush into position • All the features of our standard Stockman Cattle Crush • Road ready Tandem axle trailer unit • Toolbox for storage of accessories • (excludes scales and EID, and ORC)

• • • • •

Heavy Duty Cattle Loading Ramp Inbuilt trailer unit ready for road transport Hot dipped galvanised frame with catwalk Light bar and lights (excludes ORC)

26 Head Plan

46 Head

26 Head Plan

46 Head Pla

100 Head Plan

4 100 Head Plan

Weight gain at the touch of a finger. Touch Screen Weigh Scales and Readers

TW-1

Weigh Scale

TW-3

Weigh Scale

TWR-1

Weigh Scale & Reader

TWR-5

Weigh Scale & Reader

Simple to operate touch screen weigh scales and EID Readers. Talk to your local Territory Manager for specials on Weighing and EID combos.

0800 731 500 www.gallagher.com

Not all cattle yards are the same. Stockman cattle yards are designed to give the farmer the best quality product, combined with the best working design.

Farmhand Vetless Cattle Crush Farmhand Vet Crush

Farmhand Vetless Farmhand Farmhand Vetless Cattle Crush FarmhandVet Vet Crush Crush Cattle Crush • • • • • • • •

• Economical crush for weighing and handling • Farmhand walkthrough headbail • 50 x 50 x 4 base frame • One piece gates on both sides • Hot dip galvanised • Heavy duty steel floor • Single sliding entry door

5,195.00

Economical crush for weighing and handling Farmhand walkthrough headbail 50 x 75 x 4 base frame One piece gates on both sides Hot dip galvanised Heavy duty steel floor Single sliding entry door Vet access gates

Farmhand Vetless Cattle Crush Farmhan

+GST

6,295.00

+GST

Optional offside draft handle $495.00+ GST

Farmhand Vetless Cattle Headbail Crush Farmhand VetSliding Crush Headbail Stockman Gate Farmhand Headbail Farmhand Stockman Headbail Stockman Sliding GateStockman

Farmhand Headbail Farmhand Headbail Farmhand Handler Farmhand Walkthrough Swingbail Walkthrough Swingbail

hand Vetless Crush With walkthrough

Handler

Farmhan

Farmhand Handler With swingbail/headbail - Swing Headbail

• Great for lifestyle blocks headbail or small farms needing Farmhand Vetless Cattle Crush Farmhand Vet Crush • Great for lifestyle blocks or small an economical cattle farms needing an economical cattle handling area • Headbail and railed sides

2,995

handling area • Fixed sides only

2,795

Farmhand Handler $ .00

Farmhand .00 Handler - Swing Headbail +GST

+GST

Add side gate for $400.00+ GST

Farmhand Handler

Farmhand Handler - Swing Headbail

Farmhand Yard Panels Farmhand Cattle Yard Farmhand Slam - Bundle ofCalf 10 Mate Auto Calf Weigh Crate Latches Gates - Single Draft

h Crate

Drafter Yard Panels Farmhand Cattle Yard Farmhand Slam • Weighs calves upFarmhand to 120kg - Bundle of 10 Latches Gates Calf mate Auto Calf Weigh Crate Farmhand Calf Panels

Calf Weigh Crate - 3-Way Draft • Weighs calves up to 120kg Calf Weigh

Crate

- Single Draft

• Weighs calves up to 120kg

Calf Weigh Crate

Drafter

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

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

Calf Mate Auto

- Single Draft CattleDrafter Farmhand Vetless Crush Farmhand Vet Crush • Weighs calves up to 120kg

Farmhand Curved Force Tub $

2,995 11,995 Calf Dehorning Bail Force Tub Farmhand Curved $

.00

+GST

Calf Dehorning Bail • Also weigh using

+GST

Farmhand Ramp Calf.00 Dehorning Bail EACHLoading 179 +GST

.00 699 Farmhand Loading Ramp

OR 4 $ FOR

+GST

Shelter Shed Calf Pen

Stockman Sliding Gate

Calf Dehorning Bail Headbail • Includes mounting brackets Stockman Sliding Gate Stockman Headbail Farmhand600mm Headbail Farmhand load bars Post to post Walkthrough Swingbail

n Vetless Cattle Crush

1,195.00

+GST

- Post to rail - Rail to rail

GREAT VALUE

895.00

Farmhand Cattle Yard Farmhand Slam 6 Latches Gates

+GST

3,995.00

+GST

Farmhand Yard Panels

- Bundle of 10

5 3

Farmhand Vetless Cattle Crush Farmhand Vet Crush

Farmhand 10 Head Yard Farmhand 10 Head Yard

Farmhand Farmhand Farmhand 12m Round Horse Stockman Sliding Gate Stockman Headbail Headbail Farmhand HeadbailHeadbail Farmhand Swingbail Headbail Farmhand Headbail Farmhand Headbail Stockman Sliding Gate Stockman Headbail Walkthrough Swingbail Swingbail Walkthrough Walkthrough

Farmhand 10 Head Yard

Pens

Farmhand 25 Head

• Round pens include 2100mm W • 12, 15, 18 & 20 meter round pens x 5 rail panels and 1 high top gate • Kitset easy pin together system

Farmhand 20 Head Yard

PRICED FROM

3,990

$ Farmhand 25.00 Head Yard +GST

$ $ .00 Farmhand Yard 1,395.0020 Head 895 +GST

+GST

Farmha

Optional ground spikes $15.00 each

Farmhand 10 Head Yard Farmhand 10 Head Yard

Farmhand 20 Head HeadYard Yard Farmhand 20

• Farmhand sliding gate • Hot dipped galvanised • Kit set delivered to main depot

Farmhand Slam Slam Farmhand Yard Panels Farmhand Farmhand Cattle YardYard Farmhand Yard Panels Farmhand Cattle • 7-rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep • 7-rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep - Bundle of 10 - Bundle of 10 Latches • Farmhand walkthrough headbail • Farmhand walkthrough headbail Gates Latches Gates

Farmhand 25 Head Yard

Farmhand 20 Head Yard (Approximately 10 head yard size, depending on animal size)

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

.00 $6,795.00 4,995 Loading RampRamp Farmhand Curved Force Tub TubFarmhand Farmhand Loading Farmhand Curved Force +GST

(FH10-1)

+GST

Farmhand 32 Farmhand 3220 Head Farmhand HeadYard Yard

(FH20)

Head Yard HeadFarmhand Yard 2512mtr Farmhand Farmhand Horse Pen 12mtr Ho

Farmhand 32 Head Yard

Farmhand 80 Head eYard en Farmhand 12mtr Hors P

• • • • •

(Approximately 32 head yard size, depending on animal size)

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

(Approximately 32 head yard size, depending on animal size) DRAWN

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16

SCALE

FH - 32 R

SHEET NO.

S/G

*Excludes loadingA3ramp

S/G

H/B

S/G

BLUE ---------- 1800 *Excludes loading ramp GREEN -------- 2100

S/G

Farmhand 32 Head Yard

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

S/G

• • • • •

Farmha

S/G

SHEET SIZE

N.T.S.

H/B

25 H/B

1 OF 1

Farmhand Yard Panels Farmhand Farmhand Loading .00 .00 $FarmhandCurved $ +GSTHead Yard +GST 32 Farmhand 12mtr Horse Pen (FH32) Bundle of 10 Force Tub ) Yard Pane Farmhand Ramp Curved(FH80Farmhand

9,995

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

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

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

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16

SCALE

FH - 32 R

18,995

DRAWN

SHEET NO.

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

SHEET SIZE

N.T.S.

1 OF 1

FH - 32 R

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO FARMQUIP AND SHALL NOT BE SHEET SIZE REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN BLUE ---------- 1800 OR IN PART OR USED FOR ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE GREEN -------- 2100 N.T.S. EXCEPT WHEN SUCH USER 1 OF 1 POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP.

DRAWN

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16 WHOLE

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

SCALE

SHEET NO.

FH - 32 R

M. Z

DRAWN DATE

SCALE

SHEET SIZE

SHEET NO.

31-05-16

N.T.S.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO

FH 80 - L

1 OF 1

THIS DRAWING IS PROPRIETARY TO

REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED INSHALL NOT BE FARMQUIP AND 31-05-16 REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR WHOLE OR IN PART OR USED FOR DESIGN ANY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE N.T.S.OR MANUFACTURE WHEN SUCH EXCEPT USERWHEN SUCH USER POSSESSES DIRECT WRITTEN 1 OF 1DIRECT WRITTEN POSSESSES AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP. AUTHORISATION FROM FARMQUIP.

DATE

SCALE ANY

M. Z

DRAWN

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN FARMQUIP AND SHALL NOT BE DRAWN M. Z SHEET SIZE

EXCEPT SHEET NO.

DRAWN

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16

DATE

FHFH- 80 32- LR

SHEET SIZE

SCALE

SHEET NO.

N.T.S.

31-05-16

SHEET 1 OFNO. 1

N.T.S.

1 OF 1

Farmhand Curved Farmhand Yard Panels Farmhand BundleRamp of 10 Force Tub Farmhand Loading Farmhand Curved FRP Catwalk Grating E Bundle of 10 and LoadingRamp HIL Force SWTub TOCKS rmhand Yard Panels Farmh Add loading ramp for $3,195.00 + GST (Plus freight)

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

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

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

ed Curv Far LAST Force Tub

Force Tub mhand • 3.2m diameter curved tub • Partially sheeted to provide visual barrier • Man gate access • Safety latching system • Hot dip galvanised • Easily incorporated into any Farmhand yard BLUE ---------- 1800 GREEN -------- 2100 system

Farmhand Curved Force Tub $

2,295.00

+GST PLUS FREIGHT

31-05-16

SHEET NO.

FH - 32 R

Fa Bundle of 10

1 OF 1

Ramp

M. Z

DATE

31-05-16

SHEET NO.

SHEET SIZE

N.T.S.

• Adjustable height ramp

DRAWN

SCALE

FH - 32 R

M. Z

DATE

SCALE

• Sheet size 2405 x 915mm

DRAWN

SHEET SIZE

N.T.S.

1 OF 1

Farmhand Yard Panels Farmhand Loading Bundle of 10 Ramp $

329.00

+GST PER SHEET

3,295.00

+GST PLUS FREIGHT

Rural Mincer T12

Rural Mincer T22

• Make mince from home • Stainless steel body • 750W motor

• Make mince from home • Stainless steel body • 850W motor

Rural Sausage Filler 7L

Rural Meat Saw • Designed to give the home butcher a professional finish • Easy to clean • 3/4HP enclosed motor • 2 year warranty on parts

• Make sausages at home

BullmaxBullmax GreaseGrease Gun Bullmax Earth Auger Bullmax Earth Auger BullmaxBullmax Post Driver Gun Earth Auger Post 18V Driver Bullmax Earth Auger One manBullmax earth auger Use for Y Posts, Earth Pegs, Two man earth auger portable Grease Gun Use for Y Posts, Earth Pegs, 18V portable Grease Gun Vineyard Posts, Ground Pegs with Spare Battery Vineyard Posts, Ground Pegs with Spare Battery

495

One man earth auger

.00

+GST

Two man earth auger

795

.00

+GST

Bullmax Petrol Bullmax Electric .00 .00 .00 .00 995 995 Compressor 349 349 799799 Compressor 899899 .00 BMPD-65-2 .00 BMPD-65-2

BMGG-18V-1.3 BMGG-18V-1.3

BMEA-52-2 BMEA-52-2

petrol engine • 20 CFM • Tank capacity – 91 litres

795 795

BMG-3000

1,595 1,595

BMG-3000

BMEA-68-1BMEA-68-1

2195

• 15.9 CFM • Tank capacity – 91 litres

.00 +GST

BMC-P-385

• Kitset, easy bolt together design, quick to install • Comes with steel colour cladding for roof and 3 sides • Heavy duty 50 x 50 RHS galvanised steel frame • Lower walls clad with 18mm plywood insert • 3000mm W x 3000mm D x 2200mm H

2,195

BMC-P-385

1295

+GST

.00 +GST

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

PortablePortable petrol 385 FAD385 FAD petrol

BMC-E-320

ShelterShed

BullmaxBullmax Generator Generator Bullmax Compressor Bullmax Compressor • 5.5HP USA Kohler CompressorBullmax •Bullmax 3.0 Compressor HP commercial electric Kohler 4-Stroke Portable Portable electric 320 FAD 320 FAD Kohler Petrol 4-Stroke Petrol electric

295

.00

.00 +GST

EW N PRODUCT

2,995.00

+GST

KITSET + FREIGHT

Promotional offers valid until 30 September 2020. 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.

FREE

GIANT COOLER BAG*

CYDECTIN® POUR ON GUNPACK 17L | 1000328

GALLAGHER WIRE STRAINER | 1002360

1,899.00

| 1001519, 1001314

179.95

$ .29

SAVE

$295.00

GRISPORT VENICE SLIP-ON SAFETY BOOT

SAVE

$0.70

PROMAX WATER TANK 1,000L

| 1019250

189.95

| 1036081

199.00

SAVE

$49.50

$30.00

SAVE

$40.00

GALLAGHER S10 SOLAR FENCE ENERGIZER

| 1041029

PROFENCE TITE GRIP NETTING 8/90/30 OR 8/80/30 X 100M

699.00 SAVE

$229.00

FAR_09676

= Choices Rewards Points earned. * Terms and Conditions apply. Prices include GST. Savings and Discounts based on normal retail price. While stocks last.

Prices valid from 1st – 30th September 2020.

GALLAGHER THREE-WAY AUTO DRAFTER, TW1 SCALE AND LEAD-ON RACE COMBO 6,999 | 1009322, 1022924, 1040350

DELFAST 4.00MM CORDLESS POST STAPLER WITH 2 X 2V LI-ION BATTERIES AND CHARGER

214 | 1000458 ^A0073

1,999 | 1007333

999 | 1040363

.95

CYDECTIN® SELENI DRENCH FOR SHEEP

PROMAX MIST GREEN WATER TANK 30,000L

.00

.95