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Fonterra boosts earnings

While encouraged by the recent 4.9% lift in GDT, Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre said there is a need to

The bill that will help Fonterra move to a new capital structure has reached Parliament. ﬁbre opportunities available for farmers.

Options include fertility testing individual paddocks to better manage application rates and mixes and culling early to reduce feed costs – but also looking to reduce business risk, such as ensuring a stable workforce.

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twice the Consumer Price Index of 7.3%.As a comparison, sheep and beef inﬂation in the year to March hit a 40-year high of 10.2%.

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The dairy and meat industries will need to work together to solve the calf-rearing crisis.

Analysis by consultants AgFirst shows farm working expenses have risen 36% in just two years while in August Fonterra reduced its forecast payout by 25 cents following a string of negative GDT auction results.

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size of some increases has been inﬂated as contracted price agreements expire.

They could get higher as the electricity futures market forecasts an almost doubling in rates for the 2023 calendar year.

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It’s forecast midpoint is now $9.25/kg MS, down from $9.50/kg MS earlier in the season.

Ivan Lines of Agribusiness Consultants in Invercargill said costs and managing risk are the primary topic of conversation with his clients and he is adopting an approach last used when the dairy payout fell to $3.90/kg/MS.

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Compared to previous ﬁnancial squeezes, dairy farmers are in a strong position having reduced total dairy sector debt by about $5 billion.

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Dairy farmers are also being warned to brace for electricity price rises of over 30% this season as supply contracts are renewed.

“So long as the payout is above $9/kgMS that will be ﬁne, but it does mean a somewhat dark cloud on the horizon if the payout drops,” AgFirst economist Phil JourneauxAgFirst’ssaid.annual Financial Survey in July calculated a 2022-23 break-even point of $8.48/kg/MS to cover farm working expenses, debt servicing, drawings, depreciation and tax.

Costs put the squeeze on dairy

But dairy farm inﬂation in the year to June was 16.5%, more than

Cam Henderson was driven to consider solar due to the high energy costs his farm faced, but he warns against stepping into large schemes without good advice.

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Dr Victoria Hatton, PwC’s director of sustainability and climate change, says New Zealand risks missing out on the net carbon zero goals other countries and processors are working harder towards.

The two items facing the largest expenditure costs in the next year are expected to be feed, which is projected to have increased 19% in recent months, and fertiliser, up 30%.The

It calculated that farm working expenses had increased $1.56/kg/ MS between 2020-21 and 2022-23.

AIRY farmers are sharpening their pencils to protect their ﬁnancial margins from soaring costs and a milk price that is showing some volatility.

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“In the net-zero area the United Kingdom is leading the pack. Food producers like Danone and Nestlé, they have all set net-zero targets, and you have to be one to be a supplier to those businesses.”

Hatton said she fears covid-19 has left the industry, and NZ in general, with an attitude that has become siloed from where much of the rest of the world is heading.

Dr Victoria Hatton, PwC’s director for sustainability and climate change, said NZ risks confusing carbon neutral with carbon zero, and losing out to countries that have made carbon zero central to their food policies.

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further increases in emissions, and achieving reduction through offsetting, such as tree planting.

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This includes hydrocarbons from transport and farm vehicles, and fertiliser inputs and supplementary feeds, for example.

Net-zero means making changes to reduce carbon emissions to the lowest amount possible, using offsetting as the ﬁnal backstop.

TOO LATE: Dr Victoria Hatton, PwC’s director of sustainability and climate change, says New Zealand risks missing out on the net carbon zero goals other countries and processors are working harder towards.

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The company is measuring all emissions from suppliers throughout its supply chain, and focusing particularly on topselling items, of which pork and chicken are two.

Hatton is a keynote speaker at this year’s Agri-food Tech 2035 Oceania summit, to be held in Auckland on October 10-11.

She welcomed efforts to market “carbon neutral” beef in the US.

EW Zealand’s primary sector risks failing to meet expectationscustomerifitdoes not double down on achieving zero-carbon targets over the next ﬁve years.

Tesco, for example, has a declared goal of becoming carbon neutral in its own operations by 2035, and net zero across its entire supply chain by 2050.

She said it is important to understand the distinct difference between the two terms, with “carbon neutral” referring to no

Despite efforts coming around He Waka Eke Noa that will reduce methane emissions from livestock by 10% by 2035, NZ is otherwise nowhere near meeting such requirements, and has only a small window to get on board as an entire primary industry.

NZ is utilising forestry planting of both natives and exotics as a key plank in its carbon policy for offsetting.

However, she cautioned this would not gain traction in Europe, possibly jeopardising any potential within the newly signed free trade agreement there, which does contain conditions around sustainability and climate change commitment.

“An early mover advantage does exist. We missed it with the grass-

“There are other suppliers, out of Europe and United States, who have clearer net-zero carbon goals that has us as laggards. If we want to be suppliers of high quality milk and meat to discerning customers, we have to meet market and it will be net zero.”

She fears for the estimated $60 million to run He Waka Eke Noa, which in itself may take out only 5% of methane. The industry risks missing other opportunities to make more material gains, possibly for less investment.

MISSING THE BOAT: Food companies like Nestlé have set net-zero targets and New Zealand needs to escape the siloed attitude it has on emissions reductions or it will be left behind.

Hatton said removing all emissions from livestock here

Given the scale of the change, she believes NZ has only 18-24 months to more clearly deﬁne how the entire primary sector supply chain will achieve that.

An early mover advantage does exist. We missed it with the grass-fed beef proposition, we had been sitting on that for decades. We can’t miss this.

fed beef proposition, we had been sitting on that for decades. We can’t miss this.”

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will always be highly unlikely, but there has been a failure to delve deeper into farm systems’ supply and network chains to remove other emissions sources.

“And they have worked with suppliers to set up systems to allow those pork and chicken to become net-zero aligned.”

It does mean a somewhat dark cloud on the horizon if the payout drops.

major dairy exporting regions is steady, and even falling on occasion.Butconsumer dairy demand is growing and analysts’ forecast milk price for the current season ranges from $8.75/kg/MS to $10/ kg/MS.Westpac

Lines is also stressing the need to reduce business risk, by ensuring farmers have a stable workforce and develop a feed buffer.Many of the tactics being considered were used when the dairy payout fell to $3.90/kg/MS, but southern dairy farmers are in

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Costs and managing risk are now top of mind in conversations he is having with the dairy farming clients, not only about what costs they can eliminate, but how they can operate more efficiently.

This helps southern farmers have one of the highest returns on capital in NZ, based on the fact the capital invested is lower than many other regions.

Costs start to erode debt payment gains

From a perspective,risk-managementSouthlandhas New Zealand’s lowest deviation for average pasture growth.

Average growth in Southland is 13/tonnes/ha but most years ranges between 11.5 and 14.5 tonnes.“Consistent pasture production is a strength in Southland and it means that generally we are more grass-based than other regions, which is a distinct advantage when feed costs get out of hand.”

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long-term trend is towards lower milk“Demandsupply. is still steadily rising so lower milk production means higher prices and better margins, and we are seeing this around the world dairy exporting regions,” PennyRabobanksaid. senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins expects the Big-7 milk pool to return to growth in Q4 2022 after five consecutive year-on-year quarters of decline.

a better position than they were back then.

In the past four years average debt has fallen from about $21/kg/ MS to Lines$18/kg/MS.saidtypical farm working costs in Southland have increased 25% to 30% in the past two years, from between $4.80 to $5.20/kg/ MS in 2020-21 to an expected $6.30 and $6.40/kg/MS in 2022-23.

hold or increase the forecast milk price.Ifmargins are squeezed further by a falling milk price or input costs remain the same or rise further, farmers will have to reduce spending, he Economistssaid.have mixed views on the short-term milk price, but further out say there is little to fear in medium- and long-term

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Ivan Lines, a dairy consultant with Agribusiness Consultants in Invercargill, said farmers have cut their average debt by $3kg/MS in the past four years but in the past year costs, including interest, have risen by up to a third.

BATTEN DOWN: Ivan Lines says he is urging his Southland dairy farmer clients to take steps to reduce business risk.

While farmers will be watching costs, Lines said the dry autumn in Southland meant depleted supplementary feed stocks will to be replenished.

senior agri economist Nathan Penny said he believes dairy farmers will be compensated for rising structural costs and higher priced inputs because the

One area receiving special attention is the cost of fertiliser, with many farmers planning to undertake individual paddock fertility tests so the right fertiliser mix and application rates are applied as needed.

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Add interest costs and Lines estimates that takes average farm working costs for a typical Southland dairy farm to $7.40-$7.60/kg/MS.Inaddition,farmers have to also fund drawings, tax, plant and equipment replacement.

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ANZ agricultural economist Susan Kilsby has a more pessimistic outlook on world demand, citing volatility from global risks and uncertainty.

Those farmers that do budget, update it regularly – for example, if fertiliser prices go up or the milk price falls – so they know what those changes mean.

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“The only certainty is that global risks remain high and therefore we can expect a high degree of volatility in the global dairy markets as market information and sentiments tips the scales in either direction,” Kilsby said.

“Those farmers that do budget, update it regularly – for example, if fertiliser prices go up or the milk price falls – so they know what those changes mean.”

“The pantry is pretty bare at the moment.”Linessaid farmers not only need to prepare a budget but they need to regularly check their financial performance against it.

INANCIAL gains by Southland dairy farmers from reducing their debt in the past four years are being eroded by soaring costs.

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“If you haven’t done a budget, you don’t know how you are performing.”Linessaidbudgets need to be more than box-ticking exercises, but a living document that tracks current income and expenditure against what was forecast.

“Total dairy sector debt has declined by around 12% ($5 billion) since its peak level in 2018, reducing debt-servicing costs, and meaning farmers will be better positioned to deal with any potential future downturn in dairy prices,” it quoted the Reserve Bank as saying.

If the price drops further and input prices remain the same and there is hardly any margin

At that time, the industry was still expanding and farmers had accumulated a lot of debt as a result.

Those farmers who modify their systems according to the milk price tend to be worse off ﬁnancially compared to those who stay with one system and try to farm it as best they can, he said.“There’s evidence around that. We know that the farmers who focus on their top-level grazing management are the ones that can cope with things because they have the biggest proﬁt margin and the most robust farm systems.”

NERVOUS: DairyNZ solutions and development lead advisor Paul Bird says there is a lot of nervousness among farmers, though most have more cash on hand thanks to debt servicing.

Fonterra reduced its forecast by 25 cents in August following a string of negative GDT auction results. This saw its midpoint range fall from $9.50/kg MS to $9.25/kg MS.

caused farmers to switch to lower-input farm systems, he said he suspects there was a lift in supplement use last season due to the high milk price.

“There’s quite a bit of concern around input prices and where they are going, because I don’t think they are stable either,” he said.

McIntyre said farmers have set up their farm systems based on using inputs in the most efﬁcient manner possible relative to their costs.

“I think we’re more resilient as an industry now and we’ve certainly got some headwinds coming our way.”

They are not distracted by things outside their control, Bird said.

While it is too early to say whether the rise in costs has

“It’s not dire, but nervousness describes it. People aren’t in a bad way ﬁnancially because they have been betting a lot of money but it’s not that much more because of costs.”

Pasture remains the cheapest feed for dairy farmers and if the milk price falls further, it will become even more valuable.

The most recent 4.9% lift is encouraging but more will be needed to hold or increase the milk price, Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre said.

“Wherever we go, we see a one to two tonne difference of pasture per hectare between the top grazing managers and those that aren’t. It’s not easy and you have to have a lot of skill to get that.”

“Do I trade out some nitrogen for some palm kernel or for some maize, for example.

The massive jump in those costs in the past few years means farmers are re-examining their systems to see how they can get those efﬁciencies back.

“Think of it like America’s Cup racing. You’re not changing the direction you’re going in; it’s trimming the sales a little bit.”

According to the New Zealand Herald, on average, dairy farmers have repaid about $3 of bank debt per kg of milksolids in recent years.

Decisions loom as prices rise and farmers chase efﬁciencies

Fertiliser, fuel and feed prices, as well as labour and its availability, will be looked at by farmers as spring approaches.

Farmers are in a far better position to take a ﬁnancial loss than they were the last time the payout fell.

in the milk, farmers will likely make decisions around reducing costs by culling early rather than increasing or maintaining feed supply, McIntyre said.

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These will all drive their ability to purchase and harvest supplements and the price they will be paying for them. Once that ﬁgure is known, they will then make a call about how much they are prepared to either purchase or create, he said.

“That will help drive their decisions around if the milk price drops further and there’s little to no margin in the milk.”

Those systems centre on good grazing management, keeping costs down and trying to achieve as good a proﬁt margin as possible.

In July, the AgFirst annual Financial Survey calculated that farm working expenses of $5.95/ kg MS in 2022-2023 mean they would have increased 36% in two years. The biggest two items of expenditure are feed costs, projected to increase by 19%; and fertiliser expenditure, which is up 30%.

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But those decisions will face

GROW YOUR OWN: With feed and fertiliser costs going up, farmers will be reconsidering all aspects of the operation, including harvesting or buying-in supplements.

AIRY farmers are keeping a nervous eye on product prices after the recent fall in the milk price eroded the margin between proﬁt and loss.

much greater scrutiny this season.

DairyNZ solutions and development lead advisor Paul Bird said there is a lot of nervousness among farmers, though most have more cash on hand thanks to debt servicing.

He also urged farmers to monitor their budgets. He is convinced that those farmers who do this make 10% more proﬁt than those who do not.

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The energy demand and cost on his farm prompted him to install 55 kW solar panels ﬁve years ago in a partnership with local ﬁrm Kea Energy.Keaown and supplied the panels on land supplied by Henderson, who in turn receives discounted electricity to supply the farm dairy.

Meantime farmers and high-use businesses can expect to be locked into prices well above historical levels, with little sign of respite.

COSTLY: Cam Henderson was driven to consider solar due to the high energy costs his farm faced, but he warns against stepping into large schemes without good advice.

Power prices set to surge for farmers

“For us they are the most proﬁtable hectares on the farm,” he“Theresaid. is a big opportunity there for farmers to consider solar, but they do need to understand the value of the land they are offering. There are more parties looking at land to put into panels, but few people with the knowledge to advise farmers on this.”

In the 2020-2021 season the average irrigated Canterbury dairy farm’s operating expenses amounted to $5.25 per kilogram of milksolids. Irrigation costs including electricity were 31c/ kgMS, while additional electricity use was 9c/kgMS.

By DairyNZ estimates, the average NZ dairy unit is spending $20,000 a year on electricity, accounting for about 7% of the country’s energy use, and costing farmers on average 15c/kgMS.

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It is not until well into 2025 that prices show any indication of easing back to under 15c/kWh.

The Climate Change Commission has also acknowledged the complexity of the Resource Management Act in helping move energy sources, and difﬁculties dealing with it despite proposed changes which will take several years to feed into more streamlined processes.

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The issue of managing “dry year” base load power supply is also likely to continue to keep prices high.The Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment has acknowledged the issue, and the controversial Lake Onslow battery project is one possible solution.

“To supply the grid with power, you also only receive about half what you buy it for. The system is also not set up well for smaller suppliers who may want to provide power just for their local community.”Hesaidbattery technology to back up solar on the farm could also be a game changer to help farmers get further off the grid, with its associated line charges andHefees.said he is encouraged by a trial community electricity supply scheme running in Hawke’s Bay through the governmentsponsored energy company Ara Ake, which has solar panels installed on a farm that supplies multiple local dwellings with power.“Itis something NZ needs to consider – we are unlikely to see more hydro, no nuclear, and no one particularly likes wind farms, so it is likely to be solar, which needs a lot of land.”

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He said the practicalities of hooking into solar both to save on power costs and to earn income can be fraught.

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“To power our pumps by solar we needed to put in our own cables, it was not practical.

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There is a big opportunity there for farmers to consider solar, but they do need to understand the value of the land they are offering.

AIRY farmers will have to brace themselves for rises in electricity costs of over 50% this season, with irrigated Canterbury dairy units likely to be hit particularly hard.Tracey Gordon, Ruralco Energy sales manager, is cautioning farmers that they will be in for a shock when they renew electricity contracts, many of which would have been signed at signiﬁcantly lower prices during the covid lockdown in autumn 2020.

“We are seeing clients who had signed on for 8-9c/kWh looking at being on 12-13c/kWh in the Ashburton district. All the retailers are looking hard at the electricity futures pricing proﬁle, and it is not coming down,” Gordon said.

He completed his scholarship in 2019, looking at how technology could better harness farm energy sources to supply national energy needs.His225ha property relies heavily on pumped deep-well irrigation water, being too high to beneﬁt from the fortrypumps,shiftedforpart$1000/hawithofPlainscostlypumps,ofirrigationWaimakariri-sourcedscheme.Hesaidtherearestillanumberfarmersrelyingondeep-wellwhichareincreasinglytorun.“ButparticularlysinceCentralWaterschemestarted,alotdeep-wellpumpshavegone,theirhorrendousbillsofforpoweralone.It’sstillofourcoststructurehere,butmanyonschemesthefocushasfrompower.”Forthosestillongroundwaterhesaid,nowisthetimetotonegotiateashardastheycanabetterdealasenergycosts

Cam Henderson has a better understanding than most of the costs and complexities of the electricity pricing that farmers face.

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The electricity futures market has prices out for the 2023 calendar year surging even further to touch over 20c/kWh, before possibly easing back to 17.5c/kWh.

projects include seven solar sites, ﬁve wind sites and two geothermal. All the wind and solar sites are still subject to resource consent approval.

We are seeing clients who had signed on for 8-9c/kWh looking at being on 12-13c/kWh in the Ashburton district.

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There have been a ﬂurry of new generation projects announced in the past few months, but Gordon said there is caution in the market given many of the projects are still subject to resource management

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But Gordon said the longer-term prospects being imputed to prices are a symptom of an ongoing squeeze upon NZ’s electricity capacity, with multiple proposed projects continuing to be jammed up in resource consent processes.

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In all there were 63 yearling bulls for sale, half of which were the inaugural offering of Cruizy Calve Angus sires bred for calving ease and short gestation length.Thirty of the Cruizy Calve sires sold for an average of $2753 and a top price of $6500.

ONO Bavin expects to spend more time in his ofﬁce in the coming months dissecting accounts, quotes and budgets, looking for savings. The 50:50 sharemilker from Tussock Creek in Southland said the key to managing the squeezed margin between the milk price and cost of production is to be realistic with proposed cuts, and to constantly review budgets.

WAIRARAPA-BASED McFadzean Cattle Company topped the second week of yearling bull sales with $13,200 paid for Meat Maker 1451, purchased by Grassendale Genetics in Masterton, George and LuceTheWilliams.McFadzeans also sold Meat Maker 1438 for $11,500 to Washpool Partnership.

BOTTOM LINE: Southland sharemilker Jono Bavin is doing his sums, checking them twice in an e ort to nd savings as input costs mount.

The top price was $8200 for Craigmore 21348 and lot 15 made

wintercontractors,Agriculturefertiliser,grazing,young stock grazing – it’s all gone up.

Elsewhere in the catalogue $6200 was made three times and the average was $3990.

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Bavin said cash ﬂows in the coming year will be under pressure and meeting tax liabilities will need to be managed.

Craigmore Herefords, Ōhaupō, offered 113 bulls and sold 102, averaging $2866.

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Herefords, Waikaretu, had a top price of $11,000 for Kokonga Xcel 1100 and had a full clearance of 49 bulls with an average of $3718.

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In the Meat Maker and Super Angus categories 33 were sold and averaged $4827, which Johnie McFadzean said was a $250 lift on lastTotaranuiyear. Angus, Pahiatua, put up 85 bulls and sold 79 with an average of $3860, the top price being $9000 and also an $8000 sale.Waitangi Angus, Bay of Islands, sold 78 yearling bulls and had a top price of $6500 paid by local

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last season and also means supplement feed stocks need to be replenished, but Bavin said that will reduce his reliance on boughtinBavinfeed. intends to be more strategic with his fertiliser application by soil-testing every paddock.

farmers Roger and Becky Boese. Elsewhere in the catalogue $6200 was made three times and the average was $3990, vendor John Bayly said.

It also sold 38 Angus bulls at a slightly higher average price and 83 Jersey bulls in the low to mid $2000s.

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A dry autumn cost him up to 1000kg/MS in milk production

Bavin said successive high milk prices and ﬁxed priced contracts have delayed the impact of rising costs, but that has changed in recent months as contracts have lapsed and inﬂation soured.“Agriculture contractors, fertiliser, winter grazing, young stock grazing – it’s all gone up.”

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Heather Dell Angus, Rotorua, had a full clearance of 23 bulls with an average of $3204 and a top price of $8000 for Heather Dell Broadview S10.

He had palm kernel prices locked in last year at $300/tonne, but they are now $400/tonne, and animal breeding costs have gone up $3/ cow.Proposed cost cuts need to be

managed so there is not a ripple effect impacting other parts of the business.

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GLASS HALF FULL: Rabobank senior analyst Michael Harvey sees an upturn in output by the world’s seven major exporting regions in the nal quarter of the year – but says it is likely to still be below the longterm average through 2023.

EDIUM- and longterm supply and demand signals for world dairy trading appear to hold little fears for New Zealand’s elevated farmgate milk prices, say dairy analysts.

“I get a lot of pushback from farmers over this message and I agree that farming has become harder and more complicated.”Pennypointed to the strong competition for dairy land and resources from urban sprawl, horticulture, tree planting and water remediation.

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be below the long-term average through 2023,” senior analyst Michael Harvey said.

“At this stage, we see the supply side of the equation having the upper hand in the near term but this is likely to change as we move towards the end of the calendar year.“The only certainty is that global risks remain high and therefore we can expect a high degree of volatility in the global dairy markets as market information and sentiments tip the scales in either direction.”

Keall said European production spent its peak output months deeply in the red and it now faces a painful energy crisis.

“We see dairy farmers changing to cattle to avoid the

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But Rabobank expects the Big-7 milk pool to return to growth in Q4 2022 after ﬁve consecutive year-on-year quarters of“Thedecline.forecast growth rate exhibits weather risk, is against a weak comparable, and is likely to

“A favourable rate is more or less locked in at this point.”

“I tell our farmers they are going to get paid for these higher costs being laid on them.

“There$10.simply isn’t enough milk around to meet buyer needs and there is little sign of a swift recovery in production on the way,” Keall said.

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Rabobank is forecasting $9/kg for the New Zealand milk price in the current season.

“Those who can incorporate changes and do it more efﬁciently than their neighbours will see higher margins.

High returns to match rising dairy input costs

compliance and regulations,” he said.These factors tend to reduce milk supply: less nitrogen used, labour shortages, once-a-day milking.“Atthe same time, we see increased demand globally for dairy products, so that means higherGlobalprices.”milkproduction is still struggling to ﬁre on all cylinders, Rabobank senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins said.

The NZD exchange rate with the US dollar is favourable and ASB expects that Fonterra will have already hedged 70%-80% of its

Milk prices are high in the major exporting regions, but cost headwinds prevail. In Europe, supply growth during the northern hemisphere summer was stunted by adverse seasonal conditions and feed shortages, she said.

“Sluggish EU growth will keep the global supply response [to high dairy prices] in check,” Higgins said.China’s appetite for imported dairy foods has been affected by covid lockdowns, and the risk for further disruption remains.

World feed prices are high because of relatively low global grain inventories. Fuel prices are also high and fertiliser prices are 35% higher than a year ago, and unlikely to fall because Russia is a key“Ourplayer.forecast sees NZ production 1%-3% lower in 2022-23, on top of the chunky fall we saw last season.“Much has been made of the slowing global economy, but the growth outlook for NZ’s major trading partners over the next two years is only a bit below the historical average still and we continue to expect staples like dairy will weather the coming slowdown relatively well.”

drop in global milk supply will be sufﬁcient to offset the ongoing weakness in demand for dairy products,” Kilsby said.

Milk production in the seven major dairy exporting regions is steady, sometimes falling, and consumer demand for dairy is growing.Thecombination should underpin milk prices and reduce the risk of sudden or sustained decreases.Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny said he believes dairy farmers will get compensated for rising structural costs and higher-priced inputs because the long-term trend is towards lower milk“Demandsupply.is still steadily rising so lower milk production means higher prices and better margins, and we are seeing this around the world dairy exporting regions,” Penny said.

I tell our farmers they are going to get paid for these higher costs being laid on them. Farmers who can incorporate changes more efﬁciently will see higher margins.

Keall said very tight dairy supply, relatively resilient demand and the favourable exchange rate are a recipe for a strong farmgate milk price.ANZ agricultural economist Susan Kilsby has a more pessimistic outlook on world demand, which is being impacted by risks and uncertainties, and her milk price forecast is the lowest of the commentators’, at $8.75.“Itis not yet clear whether the

ASB dairy analyst Nat Keall has a very strong $10/kg forecast, right at the top of Fonterra’s range of $8.50 to

“The litany of constraints on global production over the short to medium term is lengthy and familiar: high input costs, logistical challenges, stafﬁng shortages, unfavourableunseasonablyweatherin key producing regions and difﬁculty navigating regulatory change.”

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New trio to head Wool Impact

He has been involved with the Strong Wool Action Group since his return to NZ in 2020.

“With skills across the agricultural sector including commercial, marketing, branding and export, we are conﬁdent this is the team to renew NZ’s strong wool sector,” Allen said.

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Wool Impact is jointly funded by the government, leading NZ meat companies and wool industry stakeholders.Overthecoming three years Wool Impact will transition from a Crown and industry supported model to a self-sustaining model combining wool grower and industry funding.

SFF orders automated lamb processor for meatworks

SFF chief executive Simon Limmer said the company is spending about $100m in capital expenditure this year, some of it on addressing staff shortages.

“Because we are so short of staff, whenever we automate or improve processing, staff can be redeployed to other tasks.”

“We have a story to tell about the beneﬁts of NZ strong wool, including high standards of animal welfare, environmental care and how natural ﬁbre supports the wellbeing of people in the home and at work,” Caughey said.Increasing demand for strong wool will build resilience for NZ sheep farmers who will not have to rely solely on meat prices.

It can process 600 carcases an hour.

The system being installed at Finegand uses advanced xray and vision technology to ﬁnd the optimal position for primal and further speciﬁc cuts on each individual carcase.

AN $11 million fully automated lamb processing system to be installed at Silver Fern Farms’ Finegand plant is seen as a small answer to addressing the labour shortages plaguing the meat industry.SFFhas signed an $11.2m contract with Dunedin engineering ﬁrm Scott Technology to deliver a new primal processing system, which will enable about 10 staff to be redeployed.

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ADD VALUE: Wool Impact chief executive Andy Caughey says through better connectivity with market needs, farmers will be able to better prepare wool that will add value on farm.

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ROBO DRESSER: The new processing system from Dunedin engineering rm Scott Technology will allow about 10 sta to be redeployed in an industry facing an acute labour shortage.

Caughey said representing wool as a responsible and sustainable ﬁbre is crucial to increasing the demand for strong wool and providing greater returns to NZ farmers.Asleading brands focus on circular product design, natural

McIsaac has a ﬁnance background within the agricultural sector, having worked in the ANZ commercial and agri team before spending seven years with the Ministry for Primary Industries Investment sector.thetalentedgrowthcredentialsexperienceinternationalAllenNZthroughendforandinandgovernment.strongacrossworkingmanagementprojectDirectorate.ProgrammesHebringsanalytical,contract,andrelationshipskills,experiencewitharangeofpartnersvalue-chainsandnetworkswithincentralAdirectorofAkaroaButcheryDeli,Fosterhasabackgroundmarketingandtextilesciencehasspent16yearsadvocatingthevirtuesofwoolfordifferentusesandmarketsegmentshervariousrolesattheMerinoCompany.WoolImpactchairMikesaidthenewteamhaswoolindustryandbusinessthatwillacceleratetheofthesector.“ThisisatrioofpassionateandindividualswhobelieveinpotentialofNZ’sstrongwool

Limmer said the new system will enhance quality and health and safety by removing much of the manual heavy cutting activity.Thesystem will be designed and built in Scott’s Dunedinbased meat processing centre of excellence, with delivery anticipated for late 2023.

Wool Impact, the $11.4 million entity tasked with driving collaboration and innovation to increase demand for New Zealand’s strong wool. The team will be led by chief executive Andy Caughey and supported by sector executives Gretchen Foster and Ross McIsaac.Theentity will ensure that NZ strong wool has desirable end-user appeal and is backed by on-farm and environmental performance credentials.Caugheyhas been representing NZ wool interests overseas since 1996, working with luxury, outdoor sportswear and lifestyle brands to link to demand-driven programmes through the value chain.Heis the founder of Armadillo Merino with previous roles including managing director at John Smedley and international marketing manager at the NZ Merino company.

Scott Technology CEO John Kippenberger said in the late 2000s it collaborated with SFF to develop an early iteration of automated lamb processing technology and is now installing the latest system.

with market needs, farmers will be able to better prepare wool to meet these needs, which will in turn add value on farm.”

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Mr Anderson says transporting an untagged animal is an offence and transporters could be liable unless the truck driver has a declaration from the supplier stating the animals are tagged and registered.Penalties in the NAIT Act recently increased to $100,000 for an individual and up to $200,000 for a body Biosecuritycorporate.NZhas also ramped up operations at our airports, Mr Anderson says, including additional screening of travellers and luggage from Indonesia, disinfecting footbaths, and digital and printed awareness campaigns.

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farmers that stock transport companies are checking for NAIT compliance.Biosecurity NZ Deputy Director General Stuart Anderson says NAIT is vital at all times – but even more so Althoughnow.the risk of the highly infectious FMD reaching New Zealand is low, Mr Anderson says MPI is focused on keeping it out. He is urging farmers, lifestyle block owners and the public to remain vigilant.“We’ve seen from outbreaks in other parts of the world that the virus spreads swiftly and can have a devastating impact. It takes a major mental toll on farmers, veterinarians, animal health officials and anyone involved in containing it.”

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is also working closely with other agencies and rural advisory groups, whose members include Federated Farmers and Dairy NZ, to keep

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easier it is to contain and control. For livestock owners, this means notifying your veterinarian or MPI if you are concerned about your animals, and keeping good records of animals, people, equipment and feed moving around the farm.”

Farmers needing support are encouraged to visit the ’Dealing with floods’ page on the MPI website.

Mr Kirk says farmers knew how important it was to act early and move stock to higher ground.“Without their quick thinking, the weather’s impact would have been catastrophic. Farmers were well prepared, but the long duration and intensity of the rain placed real pressure on farmers and communities,” Mr Kirk“Thesays.timing of the storm was terrible with lambing and calving underway. It’s been a tough time, but we’ve seen some real positives. There have been so many examples of people working together to help each otherRoadout.”closures hampered access to stock feed, medicine, vets and milk collection.

Farmers who require wellbeing support should contact:

MPI visited the Marlborough region to get first-hand knowledge of the impacts of the recent storm, and that will feed into the wellbeing support being made available for all primary industries.

NZ Young Farmers, GoHort, Inspiring the Future Aotearoa and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have teamed up to help inspire the next generation of food and fibre superstars.Inspiring Food and Fibre Futures in Schools will run between September 20 and November 17 in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland, to show students the range of exciting work in our food and fibreJuliasector.Umaga, Senior Workforce Adviser at MPI, says the events will connect students with sector role models who’ll talk about their jobs, including what excites and inspires them, and why the food and fibre sectors are soThere’svital. also a practical aspect to the event, with

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There is also additional screening of mail and cargo from Indonesia.

Support is available for farmers and growers who suffered flooded paddocks and damaged infrastructure.Extremeand prolonged rainfall in Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough, Taranaki and the Far North have led to some regions being classified as medium-scale adverse events, which unlocks government funding and other support.LocalRural Support Trusts and Mayoral Relief Funds have received $150,000 to help farmers and growers recover. The Top-of-the-South will receive $120,000 and the Far North $30,000.Thefunding includes wellbeing support and specialist technical advice for farmers, growers and other primary industry businesses.Othersupport available includes access to Enhanced Taskforce Green to help farmers and growers in the Tasman and Marlborough districts complete clean-up work on their properties, as well as income assistance and tax flexibility.

Risk of FMD raises importance of NAIT

He says climate change has made extreme weather events more frequent. “An immediate response is obviously needed, but we also need to think

about longer term adaptation and continue supporting local communities to rapidly recover.”

• Rural Support Trust on 0800 RURAL HELP or 0800 787 254

Farmers needing expert feed support to do a feed plan or to source supplementary feed should contact:

Mr Anderson says M.bovis and Covid-19 highlighted the importance of early detection and contact tracing – and it’s likewise for“TheFMD.sooner we can identify an infectious disease outbreak, the

In Golden Bay and parts of Marlborough, Mr Kirk says, farmers had no option but to dispose of milk.

For more information and the schedule, and to express your interest in being a role model, check out inspiringthefuture.org.nzwww.

• Beef + Lamb New Zealand: 0800 BEEFLAMB (0800 233 352)

• DairyNZ: 0800 4 DairyNZ (0800 432 479 69)

With foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia, the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme takes on even moreTheimportance.NAITscheme is a critical part of New Zealand’s ability to respond quickly to many biosecurity threats. It stipulates that all cattle and deer must be registered and fitted with a NAIT tag before the animal is 180 days old, or before it is moved off farm, whichever comes first.

“Role models can get involved in one or multiple days – whatever works for them. We’d love to hear from anyone who is passionate about their job, and would like to help towards inspiring the workforce of the future.”

An aerial photo by the Nelson/Marlborough Rescue Helicopter shows the extent of flooding in the area.

Some vineyards, especially along the Wairau River, also suffered from flooding, which has delayed seasonal work such as pruning and mulching.

Inspiring future food and fibre sector superstars

armers’ preparationsgoodand quick actions helped avoid a catastrophe when an “atmospheric river” hit parts of New Zealand, says MPI’s South Island Rural Community and Farming Support manager, Phil Kirk.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) recently reminded

students getting the opportunity to get stuck into farm“We’reactivities.calling for interest from role models across the food and fibre sector to get involved with the programme,” says“InterestsUmaga. in the sector will broaden their horizons, influence their subject choices, and help ensure the ongoing success of the sector.

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assessing the storm’s impact and help farmers and growers.

Raised Advantage Project, which compares the nutritional beneﬁts of pasture-fed NZ red meats with grain-ﬁnished beef and plant-based alternatives.

Because of labour constraints some products such as offals were sent to rendering instead of adding value and the companies estimated this may have been a loss as high as $200 per head of cattle at times.TheMIA estimates the loss overall for the industry as $600m.

for the meat industry meant that the volume of exports was down on the previous year and processors were not always able to maximise the value of meat“Strongproducts.global prices and a favourable New Zealand dollar have helped to mask the drop in volume and the impact of processing constraints and deliver the revenue values reported.”Exportswent to 108 different countries and while exporters remain very conscious of diversiﬁcation they cannot ignore the revenue China is providing for their shareholders, the MIA said.

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Since the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Paciﬁc Partnership in 2018, Japan’s purchasing of NZ beef has more than doubled in volume and was worth $324m last year, our thirdlargest market.

In its annual report, the MIA said beef export revenue was $4.6b or 42% of the total, sheepmeat $4.3b and co-products $2.1b.North America was the second-biggest destination, returning $2.6b, of which 56% wasTotalbeef.export revenue was up 20% on the previous ﬁnancial year, 2020-21, MIA chair Nathan Guy and chief executive Sirma Karapeeva

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HE red meat sector earned $11 billion in export revenue in the year ended June 30, 37% of which, or $4b, came from China, the Meat Industry Association has reported.

The United Kingdom took products worth $500m but chilled exports were the lowest for 20 years because of logistics challenges.

However,wrote.challenges

The MIA adopted the term “ﬁfth quarter” for what it previously called co-products -- casings, tripe, offals, tallow, meat meals, skins and hides.

NZ beef was fourth in volume for China, after Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

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In the US, our lamb was worth $18.52/kg FOB and that market overtook the UK as second-largest after China.

“Results from the research to date have concluded that red meat is probably a better source of protein for the body than highly processed plant-based products that are promoted as meat alternatives.”

Consumers are demanding higher standards of environmental care. There’s also a growing demand for sustainable products and a notable shift in the way brands behave, produce, package and distribute products.

Hides and skins earned $267m, tallow $269m, meat and bone meal $194m and prepared and preserved meats $255m.

Meat export revenue up 20% in FY2022

UK chilled lamb trade suffered a reduction of 52% and that was the lowest annual volume for 20 years.

China’s appetite for beef came in for special mention, the export revenue increasing by 46% to $1.9b.

Revenue from North America increased 27% compared with the year before and China’s share fell from 40% to 37% while its spending increased 13%.

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The volume of sheepmeat exports was down 10% and the lowest since 2011-12, however the value went up by 12% to $4.3b and the average FOB value for the year was $11.82/kg, up 24%.

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That $2b collection included tripe at $180m, casings at $194m and edible offals at $369m, up 23% on the year before.

In the dairy sector teams you can expect to see young Māori dairy industry leaders such as Farm4life founder Tangaroa Walker and Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award winner Quinn Morgan.

GAME: Farm4life founder Tangaroa Walker will be taking to the field to help encourage young Māori into the sector.

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The late John Luxton was an important figure in the dairy industry and held several leadership positions, including minister of agriculture and chair of DairyNZ. He was the last Pākehā Māori affairs minister.

The dairy sector has raised $40,000 in the lead-up to the event to support Tainui and Hauraki train young Māori in agriculture.

Other notable players will include DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle on the wing and Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard holding down the front row.

The John Luxton Memorial Event will feature local dairy farmers, sector leaders, MPs and a former All Black facing off in light-hearted but competitive rugby and netball games.

MORE: The memorial event will be held at Campbell Park, Morrinsville, on Saturday September 24, with netball starting at 1.30pm and rugby at 3pm.

He was also well known for his work in encouraging young Māori into the sector and his family has created a trust to support young Māori into agricultural jobs. Luxton’s son Richard and three of his grandchildren will be playing in the dairy sector’s sides.

Passing the ball to young Māori in agri recruitment drive

LEGACY: John Luxton, who died in November 2021, was known for his work in encouraging young Māori into the agricultural sector.

A dairy sector netball and rugby team, including local parents, children, grandchildren and others from rural communities will face off against parliamentary teams consisting of MPs and parliamentary advisors.

AIRYNZ is organising a memorial sports event with the aim of attracting young Māori into the dairy sector.

Notable players will include DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle on the wing and Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard holding down the front row.

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AgFirst consultant Bob Thomson believes Fonterra saw the writing on the wall when it made the decision and was merely reacting

to what consumers are saying to it. If they are not being collected, they have to have a use, and one possible solution is holding onto spring-born calves for ﬁnishing at 15-18

“That said, farmers are going to have to prepare and they may have to wait three, four or ﬁve days – whatever it is in the peak – to

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Pickup delays a sign of the future for bobby calf processing

SFF has been working with the dairy industry pre and post calving around the delays and what to expect, as well as ensuring farmers can hold onto their calves until a pickup can take place.

HE days of having bobby calves picked up from dairy farms on time may be a thing of the past –an unaffordable luxury as the meat sector battles widespread labour shortages.Thoselabour constraints have had an impact on Silver Fern Farms’ calf pickup, despite the success and popularity of its new booking app, SFF chief supply chain ofﬁcer Dan Boulton said.

“You want to make sure everything has a purpose and a value as opposed to it being a genuineExacerbatingby-product.”thisissue is the current state of the calf-rearing industry, which has seen good, rearable calves being put in the bobby pen because there is no market for them.

companies are going to have to wake up and get to grips with the fact they are going to have to start killing cattle like that.”

Even good quality Friesian bull calves were making only $50, he said.“We have this issue of ‘let’s reduce our bobby numbers or ﬁnd better avenues for calves born on dairy farms’ – and that’s great and I support that, but at the same time, we can’t ﬁnish every dairy calf in New Zealand because we don’t have enough pastoral land.”

get their calves away. Everyone’s going to have to carry some of that weight.”SFFrecognises the reputational risks bobby calves have for both beef and dairy, and supports Fonterra’s moves to reduce bobby numbers.AFonterra spokesperson said it does consider bobby calves and collection part of a value stream and is working with meat companies around solutions for pickup.Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre said to the cooperative’s credit, it has given farmers plenty of notiﬁcation about the change and he supports its aim, which is to prevent calves being euthanised on farms.

If that land is not available, farmers will have to reduce their cow herd size so there is enough feed to support these extra calves, he said.

Boulton said they are in talks with the dairy industry about potential solutions, including examining the viability of yearling beef and whether there is a market for that.

We have this issue of ‘let’s reduce our bobby numbers or ﬁnd better avenues for calves born on dairy farms’ ... but we can’t ﬁnish every dairy calf in New Zealand because we don’t have enough pastoral land.

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“Whether we had the app or used the ﬂag system, unfortunately the situation with the current constraints we wouldn’t have been able to pick up every single calf on the day.”

Next season will see more calves when Fonterra’s rules about all non-replacement calves entering a value stream come into effect in June.All of the meat companies have been working with Fonterra around how they will absorb the increase in numbers, he said.

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If they do not, and farmers have to hold these animals over for another winter, they will need double the size of land to support these cattle.

SET TO STAY: Farmers should no longer expect an immediate pickup of their calves because of labour shortages.

“Themonths.challenge there is that the meat industry doesn’t see value in animals with a 150kg200kg carcase weight. The whole payment system is geared around animals twice as big as that,” he said.There was also the question of land. If bobbies are to be raised, land is needed to raise them and the price these animals receive have to be competitive with whatever ﬁnishers receive for heavier cattle.

He said a solution for farmers using Jersey genetics is to use sexed semen for their replacement heifers and use male-generating

HE dairy and meat industries will need to work more closely if a permanent solution is to be found to ensure calf-rearers have a more viable future.

SFF will also work with genetics companies to create a more efﬁcient dairy-cross animal that meets their needs.

“When you translate that to a farm scenario, that’s a couple of hundred dollars a hectare.”

There are going to be compromises in both industries – dairy and beef.

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Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre said it has almost become a moot point what genetics farmers use to mate their cows

“Youwith.can waste a whole lot of money mating your cows with some fancy breed, but you may not get the returns if the weaner calf market stays as it is, especially with rearing costs as high as they are.”“Everything is really high for some really uncertain returns.”

“There needs to be change, we need to reduce our emissions as an industry and part of that is working with dairy a lot more closely.”

Also compounding the issue is the banning of live exports in early 2023, which will mean a home will have to be found for the 200,000 cattle that in the past have been shippedMcIntyreannually.fearsthese animals will end up as bobby calves because they cannot be ﬁnished.

ﬁnisher want to wasthem.purchaseThomsoninvolved

“Howup. do we get to a point where the dairy industry and the beef industry are working in harmony in terms of our replacements and deliver on our emissions goals?”

McIntyre rears 600 replacement and beef calves, leasing a drystock block to run these animals on.

VIABLE FUTURE: Calf-rearers need better protection if they are to remain a supply chain for both the beef and the dairy industries.

FINISHED: Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre says the banning of live exports in early 2023 will mean a home will have to be found for the 200,000 cattle NZ has in the past shipped annually. He fears these animals will end up as bobby calves because they cannot be nished.

Of the dairy industry’s three main breeds, Friesians and Kiwicross had the best growth rates, while Jersey calves were at the bottom of the preferred calves for ﬁnishing.

A number of rearers have exited the industry this season because the ﬁnancial risks involved in growing calves are outweighing the returns they would receive from ﬁnishers.

It would mean a shift away from using sexed semen for the replacement heifers and natural mating using bulls for the rest of the

“The price they pay there is they will have a lower breeding value, which most thinking beef farmers won’t be interested in.”

There is a huge difference in performance between the average and top bulls – such as a 15% increase in growth rates.

They need to be protected and become a sustainable part of the supply chain. The meat company is exploring ways to reduce the risks rearers face.

beef sexed semen for the rest of the herd.

“We are doing modelling at the moment around the costs to rear calves, what a rearing operation would need to see to be viable.

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Such a solution may mean compromises and concessions from both industries but will be necessary if rearers are to survive. They are locked into a boom-bust cycle that is simply not sustainable, Silver Fern Farms chief supply chain ofﬁcer Dan Boulton said.

SFF has launched a programme that will look at how margins can be shared more equally and how a model can be built that can better protect rearers. That model will include how the beef industry can better get its genetics into the dairy industry among its farmers’ non-replacement calves and setting up those systems, Boulton said.

at ways of improving the quality of dairy beef animals in the industry by identifying and enabling widespread use of superior bulls for dairy beef.

Boulton said there is no speciﬁc timeline for SFF’s programme, and it will depend on the energy and the effort of both sectors coming together.“There’s a lot of activity going on, but there’s no clear commercial pathway yet. I think in the next decade there’s going to be change, but it’s going to take leadership.

“We have a vested interest in that, as I’m sure does the dairy industry, who will want to see more calves reared to make sure we protect that part of the supply chain,” Boulton said.

“We can create a story around that and partner with rearers to be part of that supply chain so then they know they have work and supply year in, year out and they can invest in their part of the business.”Boulton said calves with Jersey genetics need a viable value stream that ideally has appeal to ﬁnishers and reduces bobby calf collection numbers.

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Heherd.suspected many farmers choose bulls because artiﬁcial insemination is time consuming when there are other jobs to be done on the farm.

AgFirst consultant Bob Thomson said toanimal’sincreasebeandispropositionwhattofarmersdairyhaveconsiderthevalueforthecalfwhatcandonetothisvaluemakea

Hawke’s Bay stock agent who was buying a quarter as many weaner calves from Waikato because so many of the farms had been converted to forestry.

Anecdotally, he heard of a

“That’s easier said than done,” he“Theresaid. are going to be compromises in both industries – dairy and beef. We just need to work together to work out a way not to forgo eating quality or push something into the beef industry that’s not sustainable from a productivity perspective.”

“We’re working actively with a number of dairy companies, we have done a lot of the modelling and we know pretty much how many of the calves can be reared in New Zealand before you start displacing land and other stock classes.”SFFistrying to understand all of those sensitivities and then look at what kinds of systems can be set

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“That could be something like a meat-extracted protein powder that is added to non-meat meals. It can become a proﬁtability driver for producers, enabling that extra proﬁt to provide more resources for putting back into the land.”

MIXED: Professor Michelle Colgrave says a blend of synthesised and conventional protein sources is quite possible in the near future to help meet protein demand.

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“Combining those technical platforms can be applied to things including algae. There is a whole range out there that could deliver more than just methane Thisreduction.”caninclude adopting some of the species common in other cultures, such as the seaweeds consumed by Japanese people. She sees farm systems in the

near future that may combine a variety of protein-producing platforms, possibly an inland ﬁshfarming operation also producing algae for protein running alongside a conventional drystock farm, for example.

traditional protein production systems are not capable of meeting that population’s needs – but emerging options can create some new opportunities for traditional protein producers.

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“And we may ﬁnd these other protein sources as production platforms are more tolerant to climate change than the conventional farm system.” She ruled out any binary arguments about alt-proteins replacing red meat, such is the anticipated growth in demand for protein.“Itisan

As we look to the future meat is becoming more of a premium product, and one challenge is to determine how do we create more value from the animal resources we have.

Professor Michelle Colgrave CSIRO Australia

Researchers are also looking harder at existing but underutilised plant species for

Professor Michelle Colgrave, lead researcher for CSIRO Australia’s future proteins team, is one of several global leaders addressing this year’s inaugural Agri-food-tech 2035 Oceania Summit, held in Auckland October 10-11.“Aswe look to the future meat is becoming more of a premium product, and one challenge is to determine how do we create more value from the animal resources we have,” Colgrave said.

New proteins may mix it up with old

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“There are examples of underutilised crops that have not been properly studied using modern techniques to better understand what they could offer, either as nutrition or in

extracts.”Colgrave’s

expertise includes proteomics, the technique of identifying key protein groups contained within organic material, usually using mass spectrometry.

“It is a case of ﬁnding out what else is out there to provide nutrition, including those used in regenerative farming.

their protein potential, given most of human nutrition currently comes from only ﬁve animals and 12 plant species.

‘and’ story, not an ‘or’ story.”Shecan even see a place for hybrid products that contain both conventional protein and alternative protein in their ingredients.Shepointed to likely amalgamations of conventional milk processors and synthesised milk startups as evidence of acceptance and opportunity being recognised by conventional protein processors.

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“The potential is there to continue to produce dairy out of a processing plant, but you also have the infrastructure there to utilise as an alternative revenue stream as well from synthesised dairy products.”

RARING TO DOE: DINZ chair Mandy Bell says the deer industry has come out of the Passion2Pro t programme motivated and engaged to take on the future.

DINZ chair Mandy Bell said on the market development side of P2P the venison companies made a major commitment to collaborate and improve the ways venison is marketed.“Thecollaboration with marketers sitting around the table for seven years and what they have done together in reviewing and developing markets and sharing the learnings has been signiﬁcant.

“While the targets provided direction, we were able to be ﬂexible and adjust to overcome hurdles along the way.

“Covid has been tough for the marketers, as it has been for farmers, but the recovering and new opportunities in US and China complement the most valuable market segments in Europe.

The deerengagemententhusiasticfromourfarmershasbeen the highlight.

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“We now have new permanent sales into Europe, growth in China and expanding opportunities in theTheUS.”P2P programme allowed for ﬂexibility and support, Bell said.

On farm, productivity improvement has been reﬂected in a 4% increase in national fawn survival rates and a 4kg lift in average carcase weights from 55kg to“The59kg.journey is still underway. I hope the team approach endures for the venison marketers and also that work continues on assisting deer farmers with their environmental and climate challenges,” Wills said.

embrace the changes that are being asked of them.

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Passion project bucks up deer proﬁtability

All we need now is the resources,” BellIndependentsaid. programme chair Bruce Wills acknowledged the “fabulous job” venison marketers have done pivoting to retail with prices well on the way to recovering from a covid-induced slump. No one foresaw the entire global food-service sector’s covid shutdown in 2020, which hit venison particularly hard, almost halving prices.

But he said P2P has seen the ﬁve venison marketing companies working together for the good of NZ deer farmers, and without P2P the industry would not have had the farmer network Advance Party programme, which has helped deer

farmers with the dissemination of new ideas and information.

DINZ chief executive Innes Moffat said a raft of resources were developed for deer farmers under P2P as well as methods to ensure adoption of new management techniques and technology that will stand farmers in good stead for the future

and improve productivity has set the deer farming industry on a positive track for the future.

Seven years and $14 million later, the industry is celebrating success with greater productivity on deer farms and the development of major new markets for venison.

Addressing a DINZ event in Parliament, Bell encouraged the government to look at the deer industry as a potential crucible to explore ways to help farmers

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“For me, the enthusiastic engagement from our deer farmers in P2P programmes has been the highlight.“Weare taking the enthusiasm that has been with us since day one of the programme through into our future work,” Innes said.

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“We’ve come out of P2P motivated and engaged. We’re small, we’re agile and we’re integrated.“Wehave the venison and velvet companies, as well as the Deer Farmers Association sitting at the table.“Our farmers are passionate about their animals and in taking their industry forward.”

“A base of collaboration has been created and there is more that we can do together to add value to venison.”Looking ahead, Bell said the New Zealand vision of Te Taiao is exciting, but to enable this vision to be achieved programmes are needed to build on the P2P learnings – “developing and understanding the how of delivery on farm, how to put integrated farm plans into action, how to make this easier for farmers”.

“Yes, change is needed, but we must never forget the people for who these changes have a major impact on their everyday lives.

“Thanks to P2P I believe we now have the skills to build the relationships and bridges needed to make these changes achievable.

The Passion2Proﬁt (P2P) programme, part of the government’s Primary Growth Partnership initiative and funded 50-50 by the Ministry for Primary Industries and Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ), aimed to convert the passion that farmers have for their deer into greater farm proﬁtability while also strengthening market access.

Bell concluded her address with a reminder that when talking about changes to farming practices it must not be forgotten that means changes for farmers, “ﬂesh and blood farming families, good people who are doing a great job, producing superb protein foods that are sought after in discerning markets worldwide”.

BACK WITH A VENISON: Independent programme chair Bruce Wills acknowledged the fabulous job venison marketers have done pivoting to retail with prices well on the way to recovering from a covid-induced slump.

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This extends the fruit’s picking and selling season while a shelf life that is longer than that of current

Informing New Zealand Beef’s Science Lead Dr Jason Archer said moving into the North Island allows Simmentals to be added to the programme and gives more capacity to analyse the breeds and bulls.“Itwill

Lochinvar Station near Taupō will become part of the Informing NZ Beef Genetics Programme, joining Pāmu’s Kepler Farm near Te Anau in Southland, which is an existing progeny test site.

We can supply overseas markets after sales of all other southern hemisphere product has ended.

Sweeter, juicier and more intense apricots

Angus cows will be artificially inseminated at Lochinver next January with Angus, Hereford and Simmental bulls used at the North Island farm.

NZ Summer Fresh has the master licence from Plant and Food and will manage the variety’s commercialisation and expansion.

Genetics programme jumps the Cook Strait

Commercial names for the three variations are still to be decided.

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Plant Food Research at Clyde in Central Otago has bred three variations of the new variety, labelled NZ Summer 2, 3 and 4, which variously mature earlier and later than current varieties and are also sweeter, juicier and have a more intense apricot taste.

NZ Summer Fresh is open to any orchardist wanting to grow the variety.

Stephen Darling NZ Summer Fresh

BEEF + Lamb NZ beef genetics programme is expanding into the North Island.

ROWERS hope a newly bred variety of apricot will re-energise consumer interest in the fruit while also enabling the growth of export markets.

Led by Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics with the support of the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures (SFF Futures), the

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The picking season for existing apricot varieties, Sundrop and Clutha Gold, runs from early January to early February.

attention has moved to other fruits.“This has the chance to strengthen the fruit through these exciting and new varieties.”

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The across-breed beef progeny test uses Angus, Hereford and now Simmental genetics to identify the performance of agreed-on traits.

improved beef genetics. In addition to developing a

seven-year programme aims to improve profitability and enhance sustainability through the development and adoption of

COMPARE-A-BULL: The expansion of the programme will ‘enable us to demonstrate the differences and similarities between the breeds’, says Informing New Zealand Beef’s Science Lead Dr Jason Archer.

GAME CHANGER: A newly bred apricot variety that is sweeter and juicier will also have a longer growing season.

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Its chair, Stephen Darling, said the new variety has the potential to reposition the fruit.

“We can supply overseas markets after sales of all other southern hemisphere product has ended,” heTosaid.get to this point has taken 20 years of breeding, selection and assessing.Darlingsaid validation of earlier findings is underway and it will take several more years of scaling up plantings and consumer tasting before the fruit is widely available. More than 50,000 trees have been planted by existing fruit growers in Central Otago, with some trial plantings in the North Island.Darling said the view is that the trees need harsh winters, but trials in the North Island will determine if that is the case.

Small volumes of fruit will be available next summer and will be used to validate earlier work and for consumer tasting.

The main purpose is to evaluate good bulls on the same base.

“As a sector within the fruit industry, apricots as a product have fallen out of favour, as

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Darling said Summer 4 matures earlier and will be available for picking before Christmas ,while Summer 2 and 3 ripen from early February to early March.

varieties will enable new export markets to be developed.

Neal Wallace NEWS Horticulture

beef genetic evaluation system, the programme will also create easy-to-use tools to enable the collection, management and analysis of data for use by farmers.

Staff reporter TECHNOLOGY Beef

enable us to demonstrate the differences and similarities between the breeds, along with the benefits of hybrid vigour, but the main purpose is to evaluate good bulls on the same base,” Archer said.

• $10.50 per head slaughter levy for dairy animals (increasing from $9.00 per head)

Hugh Stringleman NEWS Fonterra

The FY2023 upgraded earnings guidance is a result of continued improved prices and higher margins on non-reference products, particularly cheese and protein products like casein.

Analysts and investors want to be satisﬁed that Fonterra is executing its new strategy well and will also be looking for updates on full or partial sell-downs of the Chilean and Australian businesses.

ONTERRA has flashed into the yieldsstartvalueonlow,earnings,plusmilkindicatesforecastalongsideresults.yearfibeingupgradeprovidesaidshare,for22,resultsstockdeclaringguidanceincreaselimelightfinancialwitha50%inearningsforFY2023beforeitsresultsofFY2022.TwoweeksbeforeascheduledexchangereleaseofannualonThursday,SeptembertheforecastearningsguidanceFY2023wasraisedto45c-60caupfrom30c-45c.ChiefexecutiveMilesHurrellFonterrawasobligedtonewsofamaterialinexpectations,despiteonlysixweeksintothenewnancialyearandmorethanabeforetheactualFY2023Thesizeoftheupgradethecurrent$8.50to$10rangeforthemilkpriceFonterracanpayahighpriceandmake$800million-earnings.Inpreviousyearsofhighmilkpriceshavebeenleadingtoprofitsbeingmadelowinputpricesforaddedproducts.Hurrellwasaskedifthisistheofthepromisedearnings,andreturnoncapitaltargets

The targets include an average milk price between $6.50 and $7.50, operating proﬁt $850m to $950m and return on capital 9% to 10%.

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• $11.50 per head export levy on live cattle and deer (no change)

CEREAL MILK: Otis’s The Organic One has been made with oats grown in the heart of oatgrowing country in the South Island.

Notice of change to TB slaughter levy rate

A month ago, Fonterra updated the FY2022 earnings guidance towards the top end of a 25c to 35c range, which would result in a dividend payment around 20c for the full year.

amounts of beta glucan, the healthy soluble ﬁbre from the grain that helps the body maintain stable cholesterol

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The share market prices of Fonterra supply shares and shareholders’ fund units rose 4.5% after the news of the increased earnings

on forecast earnings,” Hurrell said.

“Three years ago if we had suggested to farmers we would have two years in a row of $9-plus milk prices, we would have been laughed at.

“We are ahead of our 2030 targets right now, but we said in the strategy that performance won’t be linear.

The Organic One has been made with organic oats grown in the heart of oatgrowing country in the South Island, at Lilybank Station at the top of Lake Tekapo and Avalon Farms in West Otago.With only three ingredients – oats, water and salt – Otis’s focus has been on using “lighter touch, lighter on land” farming principles.Co-founder Tim Ryan said the organic offering was intended to be part of the initial range.“We ﬁrst set out on our product development journey back in 2018 with grand intentions of an organic milk being part of our core range, however those intentions were quickly scuppered as there were a number of constraints.

Flexibility in product optimisation plays a big part, especially at the spring peak when Fonterra has processing capacity headroom for 85m-plus litres a day of milk collected.

Background

TRACKING: Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the co-operative is delivering its 2030 targets contained in last year’s new strategy.

included in the company’s big strategy reset a year ago.

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That is $13.7 billion in milk payments to farmers, underpinning national and regional economies.

Next week’s FY2022 results are expected to conﬁrm a ﬁnal milk price of about $9.30, which would be a near $2 improvement on the season before.

The FY2021 results included 34c earnings a share, from which directors paid 20c in dividends.

Stephen Stuart, Chief Executive, TBfree New Zealand Limited.

milk,” Ryan said.

• $5.50 per head slaughter levy for beef animal (no change)

There will be periods with tail winds, like now, and periods when things don’t go as well.

The TBfree Funders’ Agreement sets up a differential slaughter levy for the dairy and beef sectors to ensure that each industry is funding their share of the TBfree programme over the life of the programme.

“We are in a position of ﬂat or declining milk which gives us options for processing, whereas before we would have to get milk ﬂat out through the plants to cope with every 24 hours.”

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Reference products are milk powders, butter and anhydrous milk fat that go to make up the farm gate prices for milksolids.

Richardson from Avalon Farms and Johnny Wheeler from Lilybank Station in the Mackenzie Country, to put organic oat seed in the ground for our ﬁrst organic milk. Allan and Johnny really stepped up and helped educate us on ways in which we could viably grow lighttouch oat crops that still yielded well and produced a full nutritious

Fonterra also revised its forecast milk collection for 2022-23 season by 1% from 1510m kg milksolids to 1495m kgs, still a 1% improvement on last season’s 1478m kgs.

“Add in double-digit inﬂation and low unemployment and it shows just how much the game has changed.“Wehave never seen such conﬁdence in dairy markets previously.”Hurrellsaid world dairy prices are high and relatively stable, which enables Fonterra to pass on higher prices on consumer products and specialised ingredients.Flattodeclining milk production

The National Pest Management Plan for Bovine Tuberculosis is funded by agreement between Government, DairyNZ Inc, Beef + Lamb New Zealand Limited and TBfree NZ Ltd. Funding is through a combination of fixed funding and levies charged on the slaughter of cattle and the live export of cattle and deer.

The levy rates are reviewed each year, in accordance with an agreed formula, to ensure industry funding aligns with the agreement. Inputs to the formula include industry farm gate values and actual and anticipated slaughter volumes; changes to these metrics can mean industry contributions fluctuate year on year. This year dairy farm gate values have increased and anticipated slaughter rates are down, leading to a requirement to increase the dairy slaughter levy rate without increasing the overall funding of the TB Free programme.

Miles FonterraHurrell

production process so it met international organic standards, to ensure their

helped educate us on ways in which

Operating proﬁts were $600m and it appears the FY2022 outcome will be similar.

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is a big factor in strong world demand for dairy products.

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“The sustained period of favourable pricing relativities between our protein and cheese portfolios and whole milk powder is the positiveancouldperiodextendedforcontinuewereconditionsunprecedenteddriver.main“Ifthesetoafurtherthishaveadditionalimpact

New oat milk all organic, all New Zealand-grown

Contracted volumes of nonreference products are performing very well despite it being early in the“However,season. this upgraded guidance is a full year before we ﬁnalise the FY2023 accounts and markets change and we have to be adaptable and nimble to respond.

“Milk collections have reduced because of weather conditions in some parts of the country, causing a slow start, most recently the ﬂoods in the Far North and the upper South Island.”

“We have worked closely with experienced organic oat farmers, Allan

“We

OTIS Oat Milk has launched the ﬁrst organic oat milk made with 100% organic New Zealand oats.

“There will be periods with tail winds, like now, and periods when things don’t go as well.”

Lookingguidance.forwardto the FY2023 results, earnings around 52-53c a share (the mid-point of the current guidance) would allow directors to pay a dividend of 32c according to the dividend policy.

GRICULTURE Minister Damien O’Connor has intointroducedParliament a

The grandly named Dairy Industry themandatesupportingstrikecalculation.Manualafterbindingwillandthewillresisted:thepastconsultationMinistryAmendment(FonterraRestructuringCapitalRestructuring)(DIRA)BillfollowsofPrimaryIndustriesanddraftingoverthesixmonths.FonterrahasnotprevailedincaseoftwoinclusionsitIntermsofthebilltherebeanindependentchairofoftheMilkPricePanel(MPP),theCommerceCommissionhavethepowertoissuedirectionstoFonterrareviewsoftheMilkPriceandbasemilkpriceO’ConnorsaidthebillwillabalancebetweenFonterra’sshareholderforchangeandtakeopportunitytoimprove

Fonterra’s solid ﬁnancial performance in FY2022 and into FY2023 means the ﬂoodgates are unlikely to open, Jarden head of research Arie Dekker said.

A long-time Fonterra analyst, Dekker said he still has concerns about the $1 billion annual capital expenditure plan, aimed at improving sustainability, and its uncertain earnings effects.

sustainability,Long-termfair pricing in the domestic market and value creation in the dairy industry is part of the balance we are aiming for.

“Long-term sustainability, fair pricing in the domestic market and value creation in the dairy industry is part of the balance we are aiming for.

Fonterra shares gain conﬁdence

ﬂow through its nearly 10,000 farmer-shareholders into our rural communities.”Fonterrachair

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“The past two decades have seen new entrants bring competitive innovation to the industry and we want to see that continue.”Thebillhas what O’Connor called key risk mitigation measures, including increasing the ministerial appointees to the MPP from one to two, along with a chair independent of Fonterra.

It also provides support for liquidity and transparency in the farmer-only share market with a designated market maker and independent ﬁnancial markets analysis.Itrequires Fonterra to have a dividend and retentions policy, to support access to internal capital for“Itinnovation.isimportant the amendment bill proceeds quickly to give certainty to Fonterra, farmers and

“More detail of where it is investing to give conﬁdence in the earnings uplift and returns would

SOLID: The oodgates are unlikely to open, Jarden head of research Arie Dekker said.

NEW THINKING: Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the past two decades have seen new entrants bring competitive innovation to the industry ‘and we want to see that continue’.

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New Fonterra bill comes AParliamentto

Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill to help Fonterra move to a new capital structure.

the wider dairy sector,” O’Connor said.

Peter McBride is sure that agreement will be reached over the DIRA amendments, and that changes will make Fonterra more competitive and capital-efﬁcient. However, the implementation of the changes to its capital structure is already months behind what Fonterra originally proposed.

transparency in the industry.

The Jarden target price for FSF units is now $3.76, up from $3.62, and its estimated dividend for FY2023 is 30c.

the announcement of the capital structural changes in May 2012, that overhang is now looking overdone for FCG. FCG is currently trading at $2.75 and FSF at $3.40.

Arie JardenDekker

“The ﬁrst reading will take place later this month, and I expect the Select Committee stages of the legislative change process to take place this year.

DAIRY farmers might not seek to sell their excess supply shares when Fonterra changes its share standard from 1:1 shares to annual milksolids production to 1:3.

“The beneﬁts of a highperforming and efﬁcient Fonterra

be welcome,” he said.

“This will provide the opportunity for the dairy sector and public to provide further comment and input.

“The upcoming FY2022 result is such an opportunity and how the Chile divestment is proceeding and what are the internal review ﬁndings for Australia.”

More detail of where it is investing to give conﬁdence in the earnings uplift and returns would be welcome.

Hugh Stringleman NEWS Fonterra

Though the prices of Fonterra supply shares (FCG) and the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund (FSF) units have been weak since

The technical and practical support they have received has been invaluable, said Ruth.“Ryan MacArthur [On Farm Sustainability Manager for Silver Fern Farms] has provided tremendous support.”

“We are at a time when everyone needs to be responsible for their actions. This is farmers’ opportunity to show that we are doing that, and to demonstrate it in measurable ways.”

“The NZFAP Plus manual is very readable, relevant and helpful. There is a lot of information in it which could be overwhelming. We’ve looked to do it in sections rather than complete it all in one go.“To grow quality food requires quality farming practices from conception to consumption. NZFAP Plus gives farmers the opportunity to demonstrate they are producing food through good farm practices that New Zealand has been renowned for.”

Farm Assurance Plus puts farmers through their paces

“It’s about building our understanding of the way we farm and how we can do even better.“However, if it is really going to be meaningful, it needs to add up to a better business for us as well as a better end product for the consumer with the assurance of a robust audit programme behind“Withit.the amount of work involved, we are completing NZFAP Plus to create an opportunity to attract potential market opportunities that could be returned to us in a premium price structure.”

OING through the New Zealand Farm Assurance Plus programme is challenging but has been hugely worthwhile, say farmers Ruth and Mike Williams.

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The Farm Assurance Plus programme is ‘a great opportunity to upskill’, says Ruth Williams of Little Akaloa on Banks Peninsula.

along a ridge. The additional blocks go up to 700m, so there is a variety of terrain when gathering information.

“This isn’t about just ticking boxes for the sake of overseas consumers.

“The on-farm action – from water sampling to biodiversity monitoring and visual soil assessment – are all important.

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The second mind-shift has been habit change around how they record things.

Templates have been developed and some of the standards streamlined since they were part of the NZFAP Plus pilot group. Ruth said these changes have made the completion of the programme much easier.

The couple, along with their youngest son Joe, farm a 1200ha mixed sheep and beef breeding and finishing operation at Little Akaloa on Banks Peninsula. They participated in the New Zealand Farm Assurance Plus (NZFAP Plus) pilot and are now pursuing certification from the higherlevel voluntary sustainability standard.

“It really resonated with me. We have always tried to do the right thing for the right reasons for our property and I saw it as an opportunity to actually record that and be acknowledged for it.

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We are at a time when everyone needs to be responsible for their actions. This is farmers’ opportunity to show that we are doing that, and to demonstrate it in measurable ways.

“We have done a lot of production recording over the years but now we are starting to record the environmental side of things.“Itis a very comprehensive programme –that is what appealed to us. It has built on the strong foundation of NZFAP by covering people, environmental resources and biosecurity. It has helped us plan in regard to GHG emissions and be aware of changes inTheregulations.”Williams have been collating information and gathering substantive measurable aspects on-farm as part of the process. Ruth and Mike’s main Brockworth farm property, which has been in the Williams family since 1965, runs for 6km

“We joined a Red Meat Profit Partnership Action Group and Alan McDermott [Meat Processor Representative Director for RMPP] spoke by Zoom at one of our meetings about NZFAP Plus,” said Ruth.

Ruth said initially they wanted to use the NZFAP Plus process to get feedback as to how they were doing, but they found it involved a couple of mind-shifts.

“Firstly, it is a great opportunity to upskill and to recognise and learn what we need to do better.”

While progeny born this spring will continue to have a number of traits measured and recorded over the next two years, the trial is scaling down and there will be no new matings in 2023.

The low-input traits will continue to be measured at BLNZ Genetics’ central progeny test sites, but the focus will now shift to providing education and resources around low-input sheep production.

The research is also helping farmers with “know your number” emissions.

He attributed much of the success of the programme to Robert Peacock, who was willing to host the trial on Orari Gorge Station; the enthusiastic steering group; and the future-focused breeders who contributed rams.

Genes prove worth as trial winds down

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Since the programme began there has been a signiﬁcant increase in the number of ﬂocks now recording low-input traits.

Our focus will be on thinking about an animal for the future, better genetically, healthier with improved feed efﬁciency, easier to farm and all around better for the environment.

SUPER SHEEP: The project has enhanced breeding values for parasite resistance, tail length, bare points and the propensity to form dags.

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The trial was followed by both stud breeders and commercial farmers and this was reﬂected in

METHANE: Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics general manager Dan Brier says if there is one thing sheep farmers can do to reduce their farm emissions it is to work with the breeders who are selecting for low-methane sheep.

“In terms of knowledge around breeding, if there is one thing sheep farmers can do to reduce their farm emissions it is to work with the breeders who are selecting for low-methane sheep,” Brier said.

The project has enhanced breeding values for parasite resistance, tail length, bare points and the propensity to form dags.

Over the course of the programme, 35 stud ﬂocks contributed rams and committed to recording low-input traits.

“Most importantly, the programme has raised awareness of low-input traits and the opportunities available to farmers to produce food and ﬁbre with minimal inputs without compromising productivity,” Brier said.

“Our focus will be on thinking about an animal for the future, better genetically, healthier with improved feed efﬁciency, easier to

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The research – a low-input sheep progeny trial focused on better understanding the genetics of new traits – has also made a signiﬁcant contribution towards methane reduction in sheep ﬂocks.

Based on Orari Gorge Station in South Canterbury, the trial made a signiﬁcant contribution toward methane-reduction research by harnessing genomics to assess sires that produce lowmethane and feed-efﬁcient lambs.

GENES: The trial has helped raise awareness of how new genetics can affect sheep breeding in the future, Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics general manager Dan Brier says.

MORE: A nal eld day for the programme will be held at Orari Gorge Station. The date for this is yet to be set with details to be advised on B+LNZ’s events calendar.

He said drench resistance, climate change, rising costs and consumer demand for red meat produced with minimal inputs are all very real issues for sheep farmers and the Low-input Progeny Test has highlighted the potential for genetics to help address them.

HEEP progeny research has opportunitieshighlightedavailable for farmers to produce food and ﬁbre with minimal inputs and without compromising productivity.

farm and all around better for the environment.

Along the way, the three-year research programme co-funded by BLNZ and the Ministry for Primary Industries has been successful in raising awareness of how new genetics can affect sheep breeding in the future, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) Genetics general manager Dan Brier said.

“We will be supporting farmers wanting to incorporate low-input traits into their ﬂocks,” Brier said.

Brier cited dag scores as an example where the number of ﬂocks recording this trait has risen, in this case from 52 to 115.

“Trial results have been well picked up by commercial breeders, which is most pleasing.”

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“A huge amount of work has gone into the programme, particularly by the team at Orari Gorge Station who undertook much of the project’s extensive monitoring and measuring requirements.”

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Families who have owned and farmed their land since 1922 or earlier are encouraged to apply to get into the queue.

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It’s been a tough decision and we understand it may have a signiﬁcant impact on those families with older members.

attend,” Fitzgerald said.

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An event to honour the 2021 award recipients will now be held over the weekend of May 19-21, 2023.The delay will have a knockon effect, delaying the awards ceremony for the 2022 award recipients.“It’sbeen a tough decision as we understand that delaying the ceremony for some families by a year or more can have a signiﬁcant impact on those families with older members that would like to

“I started off doing Primary ITO when I first got introduced to farming, it got me up the ladder pretty quick. It helped get me to where I am today.”

There’s great news if you choose to enrol apprentices as the Government has extended MSD’s Apprenticeship Boost which offers financial support until the end of 2023.

“It is a chance for recipients to meet each other and formally receive their distinctive bronze plaque and certiﬁcate to display on their property,” Fitzgerald said.

HE Century Farm Awards annual event has been canned for this year.

whether applications are carried over into a following year.

SEALED: Those who have owned and worked their land for 100 years or more can apply to become a Century Farm.

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The committee more recently introduced a “ﬁrst in, ﬁrst served” policy and will use discretion on

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In the 17 years the programme has been run, more than 500 families haveEligiblejoined.families submit narratives of their farm history together with copies of related photographs and supporting documents, which are then archived at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, ensuring all records are kept in perpetuity. An awards dinner event in Lawrence each May honours the awardees.

After making the call to postpone in May due to covid concerns, the committee has now decided against holding an event later in the “Unfortunately,year. the committee was unable to ﬁnd a date later in the year that suited its sponsors and didn’t clash with other events at a busy time of year,” New Zealand Century Farm and Station Awards (NZCFSA) programme

• Literacy and numeracy support is available for those who need this support.

• Create a positive brand for your business, especially in a tight labour market. Why not set yourself apart from your competitors?

“The guys bring a lot of new skills to the business and we can improve the farm performance overall.”

• Build trust between yourself and your staff. The skills your staff learn are relevant to your business as all qualifications are developed for industry, by industry.

But don’t just take our word for it. Check out what some of our employers had to tell us about the value of training.

• Your staff are working at a recognised industry standard.

MAKING HISTORY: Farming families get together at the New Zealand Century Farm and Station Awards annual event at Lawrence in 2021.

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• A skilled team means more time for you to focus on the strategic priorities of your business (and to have more time for yourself and your family).

The programme was started in 2005 in Lawrence, Otago, with the aim of capturing and preserving family histories of early farming families and their descendants. Those who have owned and worked their land for 100 years or more can apply for a Century Farm, Century Station or Sesquicentennial (150-year) award.

Farm history awards are delayed again

Primary ITO encourages you to visit primaryito.ac.nz/valueoftraining to check out the videos of these teams (and more) sharing their on-job training experience and to get in touch.

The deadline for 2022 applications is November 30, 2022.

chair Eddie Fitzgerald said. He said the committee also took into consideration families being unable to attend with increased seasonal farming commitments.

Smith said that those considering a career in food and fibre will be joining a sector they can be proud of, as New Zealand export products are highly sought after.“New Zealand has a proud history of producing high quality, innovative, and world-class food and fibre products, with care for people and place remaining front of“Wemind.export most of what we produce, and our food is demanded and enjoyed in more than 130 countries around the world – for a small country at the bottom of the South Pacific, this is prettyThereimpressive.”willbeanumber of activations and experiences running alongside the hub during Fieldays.Thisincludes a Careers Trail for visitors to follow around the Fieldays event to showcase career options and vacancies, a speaker and engagement series and a jobs board where visitors can see available food and fibre roles.School groups that are interested in visiting Fieldays can receive the discounted entry price per student.

The videos will be showcased on the NZFMA website and shown at Fieldays at the end of November.

accredited.”Astheface of the campaign, Te Radar is presenting two videos to help provide more information about the benefits of locally produced stock feed and the FeedSafe NZ programme.

Aus kids uninformed about modern farming – survey

ACCREDITATION: Te Radar, who has partnered with the New Zealand Feed Manufacturers Association to promote better animal feed, says animal health is something he feels strongly about.

is their level of exposure to farms.Students who live on a farm or who visit a farm at least four times a year scored significantly higher than those who had never been to a farm.Cosby said it highlights the importance of including regular exposure to farming activities in agricultural programmes for Australian schools.

“Aside from his knowledge of and interest in farming, he is also the frontman of Fieldays TV, has hosted a panel at Fieldays events we’ve been part of, and is the MC of FMG Young Farmer of the Year. He is a much-loved and respected member of New Zealand’s agricultural community,” said Brooks.“Thekey purpose of our campaign with Te Radar is to help farmers and animal owners understand the importance of choosing officially accredited FeedSafe NZ feed, and how easily they can go about this by simply going online to our NZFMA website to check if the feed brand or manufacturer they use is

“If students are not being shown an accurate vision of modern agriculture, they are unlikely to recognise that agricultural jobs can be highly skilled, well paid and possibly located outside rural areas,” Cosby Importantly,said.the study showed one of the biggest factors affecting students’ agricultural knowledge

Agriculture is in a period of rapid technological advancement but modern farming practices are not being adequately portrayed to Australian students.

While agricultural knowledge is developed through both formal schooling and informal experiences, agriculture as a subject is not a mandatory inclusion in most Australian schools.Theexception to this is in New South Wales, where agriculture is part of the compulsory curriculum in Years 7 and 8.

over half of the secondary students understood that hormones are not given to chickens to make them grow (a practice that has been banned in Australia for more than 60“Today’syears). students are tomorrow’s consumers and their future purchasing decisions will be shaped by their understanding of things like animal welfare, environmental sustainability and healthy eating practices,” Cosby said.

from a partnership between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Fieldays, the hub is an engaging platform for attendees to learn about food and fibre career pathways and consider joining a thriving sector.Education providers and sector groups will team up to showcase the industries that have led New Zealand’s recovery from the global pandemic.MPIdirector-general Ray Smith said primary industries have grown despite the covid-19 pandemic, with annual export revenue reaching more than $52.2 billion in the year to June 30.This growth highlights the need for skilled food and fibre workers.

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Fieldays chief executive Peter Nation said that the hub is an important part of its mission to advance agriculture.

essential part of that,” he said.

THE New Zealand Feed Manufacturers Association (NZFMA) has partnered with comedian Te Radar to promote FeedSafe NZ-accredited animal feed.Alifestyle block owner with a passion for farming, Te Radar was excited by the opportunity to help raise awareness for the FeedSafe NZ accreditation, so stock and animal owners can have confidence that what they are buying and feeding their animals is of the highest quality.

“No matter what animals you’re feeding – whether you’re farming cows for a living, or maybe just have some backyard chooks – you want them to live well and be healthy. What you feed them is an

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NZFMA executive director Michael Brooks said having Te Radar front the organisation’s latest campaign is incredibly valuable as he is an authentic ambassador who resonates with their agricultural audience.

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has identified a lack of agricultural knowledge among Australian school students, highlighting a need for better agricultural education programmes.Inthelargest survey of its kind to date, CQU’s Agri-tech Education and Extension research team, led by Dr Amy Cosby, surveyed more than 5000 primary and secondary students across Australia about their knowledge of agriculture.

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Cosby said the study also highlights the need for a formal framework to assess students’ agricultural literacy, similar to what is in place in the United States under the National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes.

“With such a key sector contributing to the New Zealand economy and the wellbeing of our rural communities, it’s important we have the necessary workforce to meet the demand,” Smith said.

The hub will help sow the seed, helping people realise that opportunities within the sector reach beyond the farmgate.

“Animal health and welfare is something I feel strongly about, so the opportunity to partner with the NZFMA to help spread the word about their quality assurance programme was a natural fit for me,” Te Radar said.

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Primary sector careers showcased at hub

awareness of agricultural careers is also limited, with many only able to recognise traditional roles such as a “farmer” and “beekeeper” as jobs in Cosbyagriculture.saidthisis likely a contributing factor to the industry’s current skilled workforce shortage.

“Virtual experiences and online resources are important, but nothing beats exposing students to agricultural workplaces in real life and to people who work in these careers,” she said.

Most students surveyed were able to recognise that some fruits and vegetables grow better in certain parts of the world, and just

“The absence of an agricultural literacy framework in Australian schools is a significant deficit and limits the capacity for comprehensive assessment of the agricultural education that is taking place,” Cosby said.

NOT CULTIVATING FARMERS: Dr Amy Cosby, head of the CQU’s Agri-tech Education and Extension research team, says a lack of knowledge about modern farming is likely a contributing factor to the shortage of skilled workers in the sector.

The study found many students regard agriculture as a lowtech industry, with four in five primary students and three in five secondary students believing commercial milking of dairy cows occurs by hand, rather than machine.“Agriculture is in a period of rapid technological advancement but modern farming practices are not being adequately portrayed to Australian students,” Cosby said. The study showed student

Te Radar will also be part of the FeedSafe stand at Fieldays, host a feed-related panel discussion on Fieldays TV and feature in a print campaign.

“If we are what we eat, and for many of us that includes animals and what they produce, then what animals eat should also be something we care about.

If we are what we eat, and for many of us that includes animals and what they produce, then what animals eat should also be something we care about.

“As the southern hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, we have a duty to help future-proof the sector through educating people on where the opportunities lie in food and fibre.”

THE depth and breadth of job prospects in New Zealand’s food and fibre sector will be showcased at this year’s Fieldays at the Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub.Created

CONNECTIVITY: Farmax CEO Gavin McEwen congratulates Emerging Rural Professional of the Year Blake Gunn.

Emerging Rural Professional of the Year prize includes funds to put towards a research project, professional development courses or overseas study tours. Gunn plans to use Agricom’s global network to view some international forage systems ﬁrst-hand or attend the international grasslands congress where topical scientiﬁc papers are published.JoFiner, chief executive of NZIPIM, said Gunn is a very deserving winner and “we see him as a great ambassador for rural professionals and our industry”.

Theaward.”Farmax

WANING: Over the past 18 months very few cases of M bovis have been found, compared to the earlier years of the eradication effort.

BLAKE Gunn has been named Farmax Emerging Rural Professional of the Year for 2022.

It is not unexpected that we have found another infected property and we can expect to ﬁnd more.

“With high levels of background and network surveillance being undertaken and very few new active conﬁrmed properties, we can be optimistic that good progress has been made towards eradication and that we are in the tail end of the disease outbreak,” Andrew said.

Gunn is a forage systems specialist for Agricom, which involves providing regional territory managers with support, along with the latest learning and research. He also works to increase connectivity between rural professionals, from fertiliser specialists to regional councils, and catchment groups to industry organisations.Asaliaisonbetween Agricom’s plant breeders and the sales team, he spends “a lot of time behind the lawnmower and collecting data”, but he knows that is the hard groundwork that needs to be done to show how its products work.Gunn’s win was announced during the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management’s (NZIPIM) National Conference Awards Dinner in Hamilton on August 29.

He said farmers should remain vigilant and ensure they are recording animal movements.

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Farmax for supporting this award, and not just me, but all of the other applicants. It gives you a bit of conﬁdence in that what you are doing is actually a key part of the industry going forward. We all have our part to play,” Gunn said.

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In making their ﬁnal decision, the judges noted Gunn’s passion for the industry and his awareness of the need for industry collaboration and a more synergistic approach to supporting farm“I’mbusinesses.verygrateful for the team at

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It gives you a bit of conﬁdence in that what you are doing is actually a key part of the industry going forward. We all have our part to play.

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NEW active property –just the second this year – has been conﬁrmed with Mycoplasma bovis.

said it is “not unexpected that we have found another infected property at this stage of the eradication effort and we can expect to ﬁnd more”.

“We are investigating how this property became infected and what the infection source is likely to be, including undertaking genomic analysis.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) M bovis programme said the new confirmed property, in Mid Canterbury, was identified through routine testing. There are now three confirmed active infected properties in the country, which is at the tail end of the outbreak.

The programme is carrying out cattle-movement tracing as is standard practice when a property is conﬁrmed to be infected.

“It’s great to see a number of keen educated young professionals coming through the industry and willing to put themselves out there and promote themselves through this

“Farmers can take heart that while we may ﬁnd further infection, we are undertaking a signiﬁcant amount of surveillance, which shows the disease is not widespread.

The judges were impressed with the calibre of entries and said they found it difﬁcult to separate the outstanding candidates.

Over the past 18 months very few cases of M bovis have been found, compared to the earlier years of the eradication effort.

“NAIT is our number one tool to quickly trace animals and ﬁnd infection quickly, and when it is not accurate it can cause delays.”

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At the height of the disease outbreak, in 2018-2019, there were up to 40 infected properties at any oneNowtime.there are just three, all in Mid Canterbury, including the Five Star beef Andrewfeedlot.saidthe programme was moving in on “the last remaining pockets of infection, and we can be optimistic that we are nearing our goal of eradication”.

“We believe this is a recent infection and it has been caught early,” Andrew said.

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Andrew said ﬁnding new infected properties during the current phase of the eradication is expected, and the programme remains on course to make New Zealand the ﬁrst country in the world to eradicate M bovis.

New Mycoplasma bovis case found in Mid Canty

He said the eradication programme continues to follow up trace animals and risk events, taking every opportunity to undertake surveillance testing to be sure there is no undetected infection in the national herd.

There have been a total of 275 infected properties to date, 205 in the South Island and 70 in the NorthAddingIsland.tothe three current conﬁrmed infected properties, there are 23 properties under Notice of Direction with 80 properties under active surveillance.Atotalof$229.2 million has been paid in compensation across 2780 claims, with 13 claims currently being progressed.

POCKETS: M bovis director Simon Andrew says evidence indicates the eradication programme is homing in on the last remaining pockets of infection.

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YOU CAN HAVE A GO AT SCOURING YOUR OWN WOOL Do some research 1. What does a wool classer do? 2. Wool classers sometimes also work as wool valuers. What is a wool valuer’s job? 3. Like shearers wool classers are paid based on their experience and also the type of classing. What are they usually paid in NZ? What is classing?wool Fill your bootsScouring is the process of preparing and washing a batch of raw sheep’s wool to remove impurities such as grease, dirt and suint. Follow this link to learn a simple process to scour raw wool yourself. 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ksPPt_w4Hc What type of sheep is the wool in the video from? Do some research on this breed. What is their country of origin and what are their main characteristics? 2 What is suint? What creates suint? 3 Why do we scour wool? 4 How many things do you have/use that are made of wool? (these could be in your house, in your wardrobe, in your classroom) 1 Why are sheep shorn? 2 What is crutching? 3 What does a presser do? STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 What is the average wage for a shearer with up to three years experience here in NZ? How does this compare to the other countries mentioned? 2 Which country/countries has the highest pay for an experienced shearer? How much more is this than their NZ counterpart? 3 What is a significant difference between many of the other countries compared to NZ? (Hint; think about climates and associated seasons) 4 Why can shearers work almost year round here in NZ? To see how pay rates stack up against other countries follow this link: other-shearing-nations/how-does-nzs-rates-compare-to-https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/ 1 What do Kurt and his wife Alisa farm? 2 What breed of sheep do they carry? 3 When do they shear? NZ shearers are some of the best in the world but how do our pay rates compare to other countries? IN EARLY JUNE SHEARING PAY RATES WERE LIFTED IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASE IN THE COST OF LIVING IN NZ 27 AginED

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you think could fund the research needed to improve the density of wool insulation so that wall cavities do not need to be thicker than standard? 6 Do you think that Kurts idea of mandating the use of wool insulation and carpets in new schools, hospitals and government buildings would work well? Explain why you

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Are you a parent or teacher and want to receive AginED every week directly to your email inbox? Send us an email to sign up at agined@agrihq.co.nz Volume 123 I September 19th, 2022 I email:agined@agrihq.co.nz I www.farmersweekly.co.nz/agined Using the total wool export graphs from 2019-2022 answer the following questions: 1 What month/s and year were export volumes at their highest? 2 What month/s and year were export volumes at their lowest? 3 What month/s and year were returns at their highest? 4 What month/s and year were returns at their lowest? STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 What do you think caused the decline in exports seen in April-June 2020? 2 Looking at both graphs, have prices improved or decreased since 2019? 3 Have total exports increased, decreased or held at relatively static levels? 4 What is the difference (in tonnes) between the lowest and highest total exports? It is hard to fault wool for all sorts of reasons. It is a great fibre for clothing as it insulates but also breathes. Its fire retardant as well as insulative qualities make it a great option for furnishings, carpets, and insulation within homes. Add to this the environmental upsides to using wool and it seems like a no brainer. However, cost is a barrier for a good portion of people and sometimes this limits the ability to buy wool products over other options. Follow this link to read about Kurt Houton who is a farmer and builder from Waitomo. lo20heP2QAMG3KegaEKJQXhML9NBmogd=IwAR0HdWfokZ5MXkQyMJidvyAKifCRlooking-wool-both-ends-pipeline?fbclinews/waitomo-farmer-and-builder-https://www.pggwrightson.co.nz/ Kurt champions wool and its value within the building industry and shares his views as both a consumer and producer of wool.

YOURSELF: 1 How much wool do Kurt and Alisa produce collectively from their ewes and lambs? 2 What are the benefits of using wool insulation within buildings? 3 What are the current drawbacks of using wool insulation within buildings? 4 How does Kurt think these issues can be resolved? 5 Who

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And she reckons we have 18-24 months to get the house in order if we want to be suppliers of high-quality milk and meat to discerning customers.

The NZ farming fraternity should oppose every ill-considered bureaucratic proposed rule and regulation, with acceptance only on peer review.

So what are some of these regulations Andrew wants farmers to embrace? Three Waters rears its ugly head, being racebased and undemocratic; new sow crate rules show utter hypocrisy whereby New Zealand pork producers must abide by new regulations but any imported pork can be reared unhindered; new climate change regulations reward carbon sequestration yet gross NZ and global emissions increase unabated.

In the short term that’s probably true, but further down the track, will we miss out on the value others are chasing right now?

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S NEW ZEALAND’S farming sector argues about how to price its greenhouse gas emissions, PwC’s director of sustainability and climate change warns we’ll be left behind the rest of the world if we don’t act soon.The professional services business has ofﬁces in 155 countries, giving it a pretty good view of global trends and challenges.DrVictoria Hatton says NZ is looking increasingly siloed in its thinking and, despite having a head start in the sustainable farming game, we’re being overtaken by the European Union and UnitedThere,Kingdom.thelikes of Nestlé and Danone have moved on from challenging carbonequivalence metrics and are simply getting on with meeting consumer demand.

ANDREW Luddington writes in Opinion that New Zealand farmers should embrace change and accept all government regulations without opposition.

PwC thinks we’ll miss out on a lot of value, despite the head start we’ve been given by the excellent farming systems we’ve built over decades.

Only 5% of Nestlé’s total greenhouse gases come from its own operations. In contrast, 95% come from the supply chain, from activities like farming or shipping.

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term performance ahead of long-term resilience.Thereis, understandably, a fear of the upfront costs involved in making changes to farm businesses to meet the market, especially in a time of volatile markets and steeply rising input costs.

Fonterra sells dairy products to Nestlé, so the NZ co-op’s sustainability push is about more than social licence, it’s about good business.Interestingly, in recent commentary Jarden voiced concerns about that investment in sustainability, saying more detail is needed on the speciﬁcs of the spend.

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Regulations to shun, not embrace

But it’s important to take a hard look at the opportunity cost.

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Maybe the time for talking is over and it’s time for action.

Nestlé has a goal of becoming net-zero by 2050, not just in its own operations, but right throughout the supply chain, which includes farmers.

Siloed thinking is holding New Zealand back

He cites his experience in the United Kingdom, where farmers are still very proﬁtable working with the rules and regulations. He doesn’t mention the huge subsidies consigned to UK farmers by the UK and European Union. Even unfarmed land earns big money.

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We have just had a winter blast middle

Maintaining the status quo is a decision, one that closes the door on other opportunities.Whatmight we be missing out on by dithering on emissions pricing and sectorwide sustainability targets?

With the UK recording 41.7degC, this shows the Brits just aren’t doing enough on the climate change front. Indeed, until we all demand a reduction in world fossil fuel use, such as the billions of tonnes of coal China burns, the demise of this globe is imminent.

That’s the job of market watchers, of course, but it does highlight another issue food processors face when trying to build a business that’s sustainable in the long-term.Fromasocial and environmental perspective, sustainability is a cost of entry. If you want to sell to Nestlé, you need to tick the boxes. If you want your food in Tesco, you need to pass the test they’ve implemented – one that their customers demand.Butwhile Europe and the UK are getting on with the job, in NZ the path can often be blocked by the quarterly demands of shareholders, who often clamour for short-

Some think they may be wrong, that the world will always need more and more food and if we reduce production slightly it’ll be made up by worse producers.

She says net-zero is the goal for these businesses, whereas here carbon-neutral, a less robust equation, is often the target.

And let’s remember that the NZ primary sector earned $50 billion of the $68bn/year total export revenue for the past two years, NZ being the ONLY OECD country where primary industries earn more than half of total export earnings.

Hatton says that while we argue among ourselves about the path forward, our relevance in the high-value food world diminishes.

emissions being just as high as if they were entered in the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Farmers are frustrated: we are seen as bad because we contribute 48% of NZ’s emissions. But we are not. We already have worldleading low emissions per unit of food output and we can further improve if our least-efficient farms adapt to match our most efficient.

Initial allocations of emissions units could be based on product emissions averages, thereby not pitting sheep farms against dairy farms, for example. Farmers with lower emissions than the average will have emissions units they can sell and those above the average will be incentivised to improve their management to reduce emissions or face the cost of buying emissions units.

Former chair of the Dairy Companies’ Association of NZ and former special agricultural trade envoy

Cap and Trade offers a throughwayimpasse

HEN the Titanic went down, no one saw the iceberg.

In line with the 2015 Paris Agreement to meet both the growing food needs of the world while minimising emissions, logic says NZ should be increasing

the price. But HWEN dropped this option before undertaking robust analysis – primarily because of some concerns about the initial allocation of emissions units.

Where to set the cap is a big decision that inevitably will be a government decision. If all the key principles behind HWEN are adhered to, especially the risk of emissions leakage, efficient farmers should have confidence that the cap will not undermine our farm businesses. Unfortunately this would not be the case for organic or regen production systems that are typically less efficient and have higher emissions per kilogram of food produced.

The model used to price our emissions domestically does not recognise methane as a cyclic gas, not even at an industry level, despite all industry leaders professing to support such an approach, and we are therefore required to pay for every unit of methane we emit, at a price which will rise depending on factors entirely beyond what farmers control. In fact, beyond 2028 there is nothing preventing the emissions price for pastoral

Our leadership cannot justify blithely conducting the band on the deck of the Titanic while our ship steams towards destruction. We deserve better, and we should expect it.

The authors of the Waka Adrift open letter

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He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) was formed so NZ could help achieve net global emissions reductions while maintaining farm profitability and land use flexibility. And rewarding early adopters. This acknowledges that cutting food output in NZ and having it replaced with higher emissions output somewhere else in the world (emissions leakage) is Thewrong.originally proposed single gas processor-imposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) obligation was flawed because individual farmers would not receive a clear price signal or reward for their reduction efforts – resulting in a low likelihood of actually achieving emissions reductions.

Malcolm Bailey

The Processor Hybrid option was similarly flawed and fortunately was rejected by farmers after

When the Titanic went down, no one saw the iceberg

consultation.Alotofpeople

A new way forward is required, otherwise there is a real risk of farmers having the ETS imposed – which will not be good for anybody.

In my view ...

TO MARKET: Cap and Trade would remove the need for a levy and all the costs and potential unfairness of redistributing levy income, Malcolm Bailey says.

Initial allocations of emissions units could be based on product emissions averages, thereby not pitting sheep farms against dairy farms, for example.

For the average farmer, whether sheep and beef or dairy, a decrease in their economic farm surplus is modelled as a near certainty, the only variable being time. While extensive farm systems see a relatively rapid erosion of their profitability (24% likely seeing a decrease in profit of 20% by 2030), more intensive farm systems follow a similar trajectory albeit at a slower pace. Even allowing for mitigating technologies or qualifying eligible sequestration, which themselves come at a substantial cost, there is little prospect of rising profitability under an emissions pricing system such as the one HWEN proposes. What this means in combination with rapidly afforestationescalatingincentives should be plainly obvious for anyone in the crow’s nest to see.

is clear: we are willing enough to embark on this journey, but we need to arrive safely at our destination, therefore the charted course needs to change urgently. We will play our part on climate change, but to do that we must be viable, profitable and equipped with the requisite tools to cut methane sustainably.

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food output. But ignorance and emotion rather than logic are driving this debate.

The message to our leaders

To be clear, reducing emissions worldwide is something we must do. There is a very strong correlation between the level of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere, rising average global temperatures and the hard-to-ignore damaging weather outcomes we are experiencing.Worldwide, CO2 is the main problem, not biogenic methane. NZ agriculture’s methane reduction targets are not scientifically robust and are grossly inflated.

So is it time to re-think this? Cap and Trade would remove the need for a levy and all the costs and complexities and potential unfairness of administering the levy income and re-distributing it. The FLL proposal is based on the government gathering revenue from farmers and then recycling it all into initiatives aimed at reducing agricultural emissions. The problem is that, according to the Treasury, at least 20% will disappear in government administration processes. Without the output rebate approach, the FLL will be raising a lot more revenue than necessary (a bit like taxing gross income rather than net) and thereby seeing a lot more farmer money go down this black hole.There is serious doubt about how more R+D money can be effectively used. We have spent about $200 million on emissions reduction research in the past decade without much to show for it. We already have ways of

here is that human oversight can turn a challenge into a catastrophe with relative ease, all while the band plays on. What many of us within the pastoral sector are now desperately trying to achieve is that at the very least the band stop playing on He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) and the Waka’s captains take stock of the sea of icebergs they are bearing down on at breakneck speed.

do are merely hoping to be lucky enough to procure a life-jacket – though industry modelling highlights very clearly that there are not enough life jackets to go around. Some farmers will sink, and in fact beyond 2030 we really have no idea how many because any information to this effect either doesn’t exist or has not been made public.

have worked hard to develop the current HWEN Farm Level Levy (FLL) proposal. If the proposal isn’t finding favour, what has to be changed? There are two key principles that should help guide the way forward: focus

on efficiency and market-based solutions.Threeburning issues remain with the FLL: How will emissions prices be set and by who; how should the critical marginal incentive for emissions behaviour change be affordably delivered; and, through what mechanism should farm sequestration be recognised?TheClimate Change Commission, in its report on the HWEN recommendations, addressed two of these issues. It recommended a levy high enough to deliver a marginal price incentive, with affordability concerns managed via outputbased allocation. It also recommended adjusting the ETS to recognise a greater range of farm Trade”thanmarketshavegovernment,government,price.aShawClimateThissequestration.leavespricesetting.ChangeMinisterJameshasnotedthatthelevylacksmarketmechanismtodetermineIfnothingchanges,theorappointeesofthewilldecidethis.Welearntfromthepastthatarefarmoretrustworthygovernments.“Capandistheobviouswaytoset

Noa Farm Level Levy proposal hasn’t hit the mark with many people. The government isn’t sure about it and many of New Zealand’s leading farmers made their concerns clear in the Farmers Weekly of August 29, in their open letter “Waka adrift – Farmers urgent call for change”.

Too few of the passengers understand that their ship is destined to sink, and those that

HE He Waka Eke

So back to Cap and Trade.

The concept of recycling levy money to “incentivise” emissions reductions on farms is troubling. It penalises early adopters and looks like the dreaded marketdistorting subsidy regime of the European Common Agricultural Policy. And the questionable idea of recycling levy money to fund tree-planting will not be needed if the ETS eligibility criteria are widened.Theother concern is administration of the FLL scheme. The government partners seem inclined to build a very costly bespoke database. Industry partners, along with farm accountants, believe the Inland Revenue Department database and existing farm accounting software can be adapted to deliver what is needed. This approach would also work for determining emissions for cap and trade.

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Her crew were enthralled with her newness and her scale; their confidence in her infallibility was supreme and, ultimately, supremely fatal for most of the lives she carried on board.Thelesson

funding promising R+D, so do not need the FLL for this.

Unlike the Titanic’s captain, our leaders are well aware of the destruction that lies ahead, although instead of sounding the alarm they continue to pontificate that deviation from the course is not an option, accepting as they do this that sinking their own ship is preferable to being sunk by the government. But for those on board the point must surely be moot, as the iceberg draws ever closer.Itisimpossible in the New Zealand context to be both successful and uneconomic for very long as, unlike our overseas counterparts, our farmers are completely trade-exposed and have little security beyond their own balance sheets. For this reason, profitability is a fundamental cornerstone of what any pricing mechanism must protect, and without it, there is no future in farming.

The most prominent person to have strongly supported a republic was Prime Minister Jim Bolger. He even talked about it with the Queen, who politely refrained from having his head cut off.

The reason for the protest is that to counter climate change in the Netherlands, the government has decreed that about 20% of farms will have to close down. That’s 11,200 properties. Another 17,600 farmers must reduce the number of animals they farm. That means 20% of farms close completely and a further 30% have to cut production.Thefarms taken out of production will become nature reserves. A sum of €25b was committed for compensation, and an additional €24b has since been needed.Theissue isn’t methane but nitrogen and ammonia, the latter coming mainly from housed animals.

products behind the United States.

One of the few things I was any good at in school.

the passion to do something and food production is an easy target. They obviously forget the fact that you don’t have to fight but you do have to eat.

History of New Zealand, which is an excellent read.

king of a country on the opposite side of the Earth down here? In these modern enlightened times, no one should defer to another just because of their birth status.

No one seems to be talking about the global footprint of the Ukrainian war. It is massive. The United Nations tells us that “the Ukrainian war risks putting global targets on climate change out of reach”.Itisestimated emissions from the military equal “hundreds of millions of tonnes of C02 a year”. In addition, to counter the cut in Russian gas the Germans are burning coal with all the GHG emissions that creates.

S YOU may have noticed by now, I’ve always been interested in history.

to Queen Elizabeth II. I can’t now.

He was advocating that we move to become a republic by 2001. He denied his beliefs were fashioned by his Irish Catholic heritage, but he would, wouldn’t he?The Queen might not have taken his head, but Jenny Shipley did or at least slipped a dagger in between his shoulder blades, so he didn’t go any further with guiding this country towards republics,ofnationsrepublicanism.Ofthe56CommonwealthwhowereallonceparttheBritishEmpire,36arenowfivehavetheirown

RECENTLY wrote about the financial crisis in Sri Lanka caused by the country going organic. It was encouraged to do so by what were described as the “elite greens”, which included the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Because of the fascinating history of these royal plotting, murdering, pillaging, warmongering kings and queens of England and Great Britain, I suppose I was a monarchist.

Remembering the day the Queen stopped at Hatuma

The most prominent person to have strongly supported a republic was Prime Minister Jim Bolger. He even talked about it with the Queen, who politely refrained from having his head cut off.

But in recent decades thinking about New Zealand’s place in the world, I’ve strayed more towards a republican way of thinking.

But like me, you can catch up by reading Michael King’s Penguin

The news cycle over the past 10 days has been dominated by the

What’s more remarkable is that they are all farmed on a country of 41,500km2, about 15% the size of New Zealand. Last year the Dutch agricultural sector earned over €100b. That’s $160b. Putting that in perspective, NZ exported $53.3b.Their population is three and a half times that of NZ at 17.5 million.TheNetherlands is currently in severe conflict over climate change and the mitigation options being promoted.Tensofthousands of farmers have taken to the streets, blocking motorways, setting hay bales on fire, dumping manure in public places and blocking supermarket distribution centres.

In those history classes we were taught mainly English history and in particular all about the Tudors, but very little if any New Zealand history.Thishas been rightly rectified in the curriculum in recent times, which is as it should be.

I received a large amount of feedback, thank you, with several pointing to the current situation in the Netherlands.

The protests have become violent in some areas with police shooting at farmers.

From the ridge

They’re the world’s second largest exporter of agricultural

Of interest is that many in the Netherlands blame the “green billionaires” of the WEF for encouraging the greening of food supply.They say the WEF is trying to reset the global food system in a way that will create an international cost of living crisis and spark unrest. It was also suggested that many in the WEF have heavily invested in lab-grown meats.Ibelieve the debates have just started.Onthe positive side polls have shown that 77% of Dutch citizens support the farmers, who now have a viable political party. The problem is the next general election isn’t due until March 2025, although with the current impasse there could be a snap election at an earlier date.

a crisis now, with McKinsey telling us there will be a food deficit that represents a year’s worth of nutritional intake for up to 250 million people.

Why should a person through an accident of birth be the queen or

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What I find ridiculous is that because we can’t control the foibles of human conflict we feel

The reason for the cuts in food production in the Netherlands is to help mitigate global warming, which is fine, but there are some massive inconsistencies in the argument.Forastart, the Netherlands is a highly industrialised country. Cutting back on nitrogen emissions from animals won’t achieve much in the overall course of Also,events.as we know, the Paris Agreement specifically protects food production so why you would encourage industrial expansion at the expense of food production is beyond me.

What relevance does someone who lives in a castle in England have to those of us living here in the South Shouldn’tPacific?ourhead of state be someone who actually lives here, a resident president?

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POLITICAL TRACTION: Widespread protests by farmers have roiled the Netherlands since the government decreed that 20% of the country’s farms must close down in a bid to control emissions.Photo:Wikimedia Commons

I could rattle off the names of the Anglo-Saxon kings with Aethelred the Unready being a particular favourite due to his wonderful name then all the way from William the Conqueror down

Steve Wyn-Harris

Alan Emerson Semi-retired Wairarapa farmer and dath.emerson@gmail.combusinessman:

Closing down farms to create reserves will achieve nothing except to encourage a change in government.

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death of Queen Elizabeth II and the elevation of Charles III after a 73-year apprenticeship for the role. Hopefully, he has inherited his parent’s longevity genes and not those from some of his earlier forebears and has a decent crack at the He’sjob.made a good start in the

LIMELIGHT: For the late Queen’s royal tour of New Zealand in 1953 the Hatuma Limeworks scraped a hill and picked out a message in oil drum lids.

I discovered there’s a major conflict brewing there involving climate change and how the agricultural sector needs to adapt. We could learn from the shambles. What I hadn’t realised was the size of the Dutch food producing sector. They have about 100 million chickens, 11.4 million pigs, 3.8 million cattle, 850,000 sheep and 480,000 dairy goats.

monarch and just 15 of us have the British monarch as our head of Barbadosstate. became a republic earlier this year and Australian PM Anthony Albanese has gone as far as appointing a minister for the republic, signalling they may be moving in that direction.

There are valuable lessons for NZ, the first being that closing down farms to create reserves will achieve nothing except to encourage a change in government.Themostimportant lesson, however, is that there will be an international food crisis. McKinsey believes it will immediately affect 250 million people. I believe that is conservative.Thereisawar in Ukraine, a severe drought in China and the US, flooding in Pakistan and the Dutch folly, all putting massive pressure on international food production.Thatmeans we should be doing what we do best and that is to provide high quality, sustainable food and not get sidetracked into putting emotion above facts.

Central Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer: swyn@xtra.co.nz

There’s a complete lack of commentary on the coming loss of There’sfood.

Angeles.Forthis

Jane and I were watching some of that media coverage of the Queen’s death and both agreed what a remarkable woman she had been to have done that job for 70 years.Ipointed out that she did also enjoy a life of privilege and wealth and Jane, who has sat through numerous episodes of The Crown television series, remonstrated and reckoned I was bordering on treason talking about the dead Queen.Itold her about some of my republican thoughts and she got evenHowever,tetchier.I’ve thought more on the subject and shifted to a neutral position in the middle of the

The UK carries the cost of the monarchy, and we just have to front for the governor-general.

I am on record as saying that sequestration within HWEN is not going to happen. That has made me less than popular with some industry leaders who have put a big stake in the ground on this one. However, and quite simply, the government is not going to have two different official sequestration systems, one within the ETS and one within HWEN, and each with its own set of rules. The government will not want to be associated with any sequestration system that is not UNFCCC issueHowever,compliant.puttingthataside,thenotionof a

The only exception might be if it could be shown that there was a new and dedicated pestcontrol programme on pre-1990 forests, thereby increasing the sequestration above what would

I think the volume of coverage is a bit over the top, but I’m not forced to watch or listen to it. I also think the public holiday to mark her death is unnecessary.

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Within the ETS, and for situations where the sequestration is to be counted by NZ in its reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the sequestration has to be something that is in addition to “business as usual”. This means with indigenous vegetation, for example, that any regeneration needs to have commenced post-1990. Otherwise the sequestration is regarded as “business as usual”.

At an official level, carbon offsets in NZ operate through the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Within this scheme, emitters purchase credits that have been allocated by the government to other people as a reward for sequestering carbon, typically through carbon forestry.

This raises a key point. There are many situations where sequestration is “real” but it is not UNFCCC compliant. This is because that sequestration is simply a case of nature taking its natural course as a consequence of pre-1990 decisions and actions.

As just one example, Nestlé has committed publicly that, one way or another, its KitKat products will

My parting comment to those who think there are simple solutions to these carbon-credit conundrums is that, whenever someone thinks there is a simple solution to a climate-change or greenhouse-gas issue, then the chances are that the problem has not been understood.

Our system of government works well, so the old maxim “If it’s not broke don’t fix it” applies.

Keith Woodford MD at AgriFood kbwoodford@gmail.comSystems

FLY NEUTRAL: Air NZ operates an optional system where travellers are invited to purchase carbon offsets for their journey.Photo:Wikimedia Commons

They also sent me a newspaper clipping that said that on the Queen’s 1953 visit, her train stopped at that spot so that she and the entourage could have a quiet lunch while viewing our pretty valley and Joe’s sign.

The braided trail

The current price for those credits, set by supply and demand in the market place, is about $85 per tonne of carbon.

ARBON offsets are fundamental to New Zealand’s greenhousegas policies. However, not all offsets are created equal. That sets the scene for all sorts of games to be played, with winners and losers. This is further complicated by marketing ploys that can lack transparency as to what is actually being bought and sold, and where the credits have comeUnderstandingfrom. something about carbon offsets is fundamental to understanding the current drivers of forestry in New Zealand. Offset rules also lie at the heart of whether sequestration credits have official status.

to be possible, the supplying farmers must be sequestering considerable carbon to offset the inevitable greenhouse gases emitted first during the pastoral process, followed by emissions during the transportation of the animals to the slaughter facility, followed by overseas transportation of the packaged product to its overseas destination subsequent to processing by SFF.

SFF refers to their beef project as “insetting” rather than “offsetting”, because there are no purchases of offsets from outside the integrated farm-to-plate business. The big unanswered question is how has the sequestration been calculated?

Here in New Zealand, questions can also be asked whether most of the carbon being sequestered in post-1990 exotic forests is really “additional”. Most of these trees were planted in the 1990s at a time when nobody was factoring carbon credits into investment decisions. However, rules are rules, even if not always logical, and these forests have indeed been accepted as UNFCCC compliant.Thereare also intriguing parallels between the CarbonCrop methodology and some aspects of the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) proposals put forward to the government by rural industry groups. The HWEN proposal is that farm-level sequestration that does not fit within the ETS should be eligible within HWEN.

voluntary scheme for indigenous sequestration, particularly for existing regeneration and with the credits sold internationally through a voluntary scheme, will be very interesting to farmers. Only time will tell what price can be obtained for these noncompliant credits, which despite being internationally noncompliant by UNFCCC rules, are indeed genuine sequestration.

A fundamental issue to reflect upon is that wherever there are conflicting criteria by which carbon credits can be earned, there is great scope for confusion, together with marketing games that can be played.

The allocated emissions were 411kg and the cost of offsetting these was $9.98. So that equates to a cost of $24.28 per tonne compared to the ETS price of around $85.00. So where is Air NZ getting its cheap offsets from?

My starting example is Air NZ, which operates an optional system where travellers are invited to purchase carbon offsets for their air journey.

Would there really be a new tree somewhere on the planet sequestering carbon, or an older tree actually sequestering more carbon, as a consequence of Nestlé buying these carbon credits? Or would those trees just be sequestering what they were always going to sequester?

businesses that wish to claim carbon neutrality as part of their marketing stance prefer to purchase these cheaper units if they can get away with it.

I failed to get a clear answer from their website, beyond the statement that they purchase the credits from an international group called Climate Impact Partners (CIP). On the CIP website, I then found lots of public relations statements about how CIP is a group with integrity, but I failed to find anything specific as to where the credits might be coming from.

There’s more history happened out there than one could have imagined.

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This issue of sequestration that is ‘real’ but not UNFCCC

Air NZ says that 75% of the Fly Neutral funds that it collects from flyers are allocated to New Zealand biodiversity projects. However, Air NZ also says these biodiversity projects do not count towards carbon offsets. The unstated reason is that these projects sequester minimal carbon.Thiswould seem to mean that not all of the $9.98 for that Brisbane trip would have been used for offsets, implying that the

otherwise occur.

ThereHmmm!isalso uncertainty as to the accuracy of the 411kg of emissions. I asked the same travel question on the Toitū Envirocare website, which is a subsidiary company of Crown Research Institute Landcare Research, and their calculator came up with 766kg of AndifemissionsasneedsschemeperspectiveAccordingly,emissions.mycurrentabouttheAirNZisthatitisopaqueandquestioning.IamscepticaltotheextentofreducedelsewhereontheplanetIhadoptedintothisscheme.fortherecord,Ididnotoptin on my last flight to Brisbane. My next exploration was to see how Silver Fern Farms (SFF) achieves carbon neutrality under its “Net Zero Beef” programme for grass-fed Angus beef, marketed initially in New York and Los

The founder of Carbonz is Finn Ross, part of the Ross family who founded vodka company 42Below. The Ross family now owns Lake Hāwea Station, which has been widely reported as having gone beyond carbon neutrality to now being carbon positive. Presumably this was using the CarbonCrop methodology. There are large numbers of international companies that now need to find these or other carbon offsets to justify their marketing claims.

However, there are other carbon units that are available at much lower prices. Not surprisingly,

Many people learn from experience that when it comes to buying articles on the cheap, you usually end up getting no more than what you pay for. If the units are cheap, then it is fairly certain that they are not of the same standard as the official units.

At the Air NZ website, I decided to calculate emission data per person for a flight from Christchurch to Brisbane and return. It is a trip I have done many times.

purchase price for the offsets that were purchased would have been considerably less than $24.98 per tonne.

role and will likely be better than we expected.

Finally, following last week’s column the Hatuma Limeworks sent me a photo also taken from the spot where the jigger driver had been 132 years earlier.

The founder of the company, Joe Topp, had his bulldozers scrape off the turf and then very skilfully, using oil drum lids, had emblazoned on the hillside: “Welcome to your Majesty Hatuma Lime Co. Ltd.”

Not all carbon offsets are created equal

Wherever there are conflicting criteria by which carbon credits can be earned, there is great scope for confusion, together with marketing games that can be played.

debate that will inevitably occur.

compliant appears to lie at the heart of an offsetting scheme being promoted in New Zealand by recently formed and allied companies CarbonCrop and Carbonz.Ihavebeen getting inquiries from farmers about unsolicited approaches from these allied companies saying that pre-1990 forests on their farms might be capable of earning credits under a CarbonCrop certification system. Carbonz would then sell the CarbonCrop credits to international companies that wish to offset their own emissions, with this offsetting typically being for the purpose of marketing claims.

be carbon neutral by 2025. The complication relates to whether an offset, if it comes from pre-1990 forests, actually leads to any more carbon being sequestered. KitKat purchasers may get a warm feeling from believing the chocolate they are consuming is carbon neutral, but is that really the case?

It also excited him to get his foot in the door of what is an environmentally sustainable alternative to cows.

The only existing infrastructure on the farm was an old milking shed built by a previous owner, Pat McQuarrie, who infamously dropped flour bombs on a softball game between South Africa and New Zealand in 1978.

It convinced him that milking sheep on the farm was a viable option.“Itticked a lot of boxes,” he says. But he wanted to be sure.

With his parents nearing retirement age and wanting to step back from running their 67ha farm, James and Stacey started the process of purchasing the farm from them and looking at different farming options.

The ewes were mated so the animals could be milked once the new shed was built according to schedule. They were due to lamb at the end of July.

It also allowed him to adjust from cows to sheep and work out the nuances that come with milking a different animal.

While he waited for its completion Wallace used a mobile milker for the first 10 days, and left the lambs on their mum.

“It’s a sunrise industry and when I started chatting with them, I had a lot of confidence in what they were trying to achieve,” Wallace says.“It’s really friendly on the environment, we enjoy doing it and it’s something the kids can do asWallacewell.” spent 20 years as a bovine dairy farmer, working his way up through the industry from dairy assistant to equity farm ownership on a dairy farm near Methven.

The shed has since been extended to 40-a-side, milking 800 ewes and ewe hoggets this season on 45ha.

“It’s just a nice industry to be in.”

It’s his supply number on the roadside entrance to his 67ha farm near Pukekohe in South Auckland.“Numbers one, two and three are the Spring Sheep [operated] farms and we’re the first of the private ones,” he says.

“What could have been a terrible series of events actually worked out pretty good. We saw it as a sign we were heading in the right direction,” Wallace says.

Spring Sheep are also on hand to provide advice if there are any issues.

“We’re in the middle of lambing right now, and we’re working 40-hour weeks at the peak of lambing. That tells you a lot.”

Wallace convinced the Ministry for Primary Industries to allow people onto the farm to build the shed, saying it would cause an animal welfare issue if construction were delayed.Thecontractor who built the shed had all of his other jobs put on hold because of the lockdown

No regrets switching to ovine milking

He attempted to do the same in 1981 during a Waikato-South Africa game, causing the game to be called off. He inspired Marx Jones to pilot the plane that dropped flour bombs on Eden Park during the 1981 All BlackSpringbok tour.

It turned out to be fortuitous.

“We really enjoyed the chicken farm but I missed milking and missed pasture. We explored different avenues and options – this farm is too small for cows – but we didn’t really want to go back to cows to be honest.”

His advice for others thinking of converting to sheep milking is to seek advice and work out how to adapt the system to a farm’s specific circumstances.

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Construction on the new 30-a-side herringbone shed started on April 3 and was finished in early August.

“It was our way of trialling it with as minimal investment as we possibly could.”

Once committed, Wallace purchased a Zealandia ewe flock from Spring Sheep.

He sold the farm and used the funds to purchase an indoor broiler chicken farm at Patumahoe, and operated it for five years.

and was able to fully commit to building the shed so long as he followed covid protocols and worked alone.

“The first year was hard with so many learning curves and working out systems to put in place, while the second year you’re thinking, ‘This is so damn easy’ – and you start to realise how uncomplicated it really Production-wise,is.” he aims for about 50kg milk solids per ewe per year, totalling 40,000kg MS across the flock.

He had also been following the progress of the then fledgling sheep-milking industry and had been in periodic discussions with the Spring Sheep Milking Co at the Fieldays and when it held open days.The company was able to generate its own data on its progress based on its three company-owned starter farms, showing the genetic gain it was able to achieve in a short period of time in terms of creating a milking sheep suitable for New Zealand farm conditions.

Wallace also had part ownership in a nearby dairy goat farm, and in 2019 he used a retrofitted old

After 20 years of working with cows and chickens, a South Auckland farmer was able to explore his abiding interest in sheep milking and launch his own ovine dairy operation. Gerald Piddock spoke to James Wallace, who says he hasn’t looked back.

Now into his fourth season milking, it’s a choice he has not regretted. It provides the ideal work-life balance for him, wife Stacey and their four children.

16-a-side herringbone shed on that farm and milked sheep for a season as a test run, running a small flock alongside the goats.

UNCOMPLICATED: ‘It’s just a nice industry to be in,’ James Wallace says of his life as a sheep dairy farmer.

It’s really friendly on the environment, we enjoy doing it and it’s something the kids can do as well.

It does not sound like much, but at a payout of $14.70/kg MS and with five sheep equalling one cow from a stocking rate perspective, it adds up, he says.

AMES Wallace is proud that his farm is number four in the Spring Sheep Milking Co.

SUNRISE INDUSTRY: James Wallace is in his fourth season milking sheep on his 67ha farm in South Auckland.

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Then covid-19 hit New Zealand and the country went into its first lockdown in March.

But building a milking parlour on his parents’ farm needed to be done from scratch, and planning began in January 2020.

The machine’s low level of energy consumption and safety add to its usability and ability to be adapted to a wide range of weed control applications.

with a need to get more energy lower down into the base to hit them in the growing zone, rather than just the leaf. Hitting the grasses before they are tillered appears to be most effective.

a portfolio of options being studied under AgResearch’s resistance programme. Other projects include more work on microwave use, virtual paddocks to control stock access to weed-infested areas, bio-controls for weeds and RNAaltering technology.

It has proved effective on seedlings of wireweed, fat hen, redroot, black nightshade, common speedwell, shepherd’s purse and thistles.

It could include having a rechargeable handset not dissimilar to an electric drill in configuration.

“We have been doing surveys for four years and have found resistance as high as 45% in Waikato maize crops, while the number of weeds showing resistance has increased 50% in four years to 19, that we know of,” heJamessays. says the resistance level surprised even seasoned experts like himself who expected to detect only about 5% resistance.

OR more than a century, agronomists have entertained the idea of shocking weeds into submission using electricity. The first patent for the tech was issued in the 1890s for electric weed killers, large, lethal monstrosities as dangerous to their operators as to the weeds targeted.

“It is similar energy levels to an electric fence but multiple times a second. It will jolt you, like an electric fence, but it is not as dangerous as if you were shocked by household mains,” says Bloomer.Theconventional electric weeding approach essentially boils the plant’s tissue, bursting the cells. Bloomer’s method doesn’t appear to work the same way, though he is still researching possible mechanisms.

But work by Massey University PhD student Dan Bloomer in conjunction with Professor Kerry Harrington of Massey has proven weed control using very small doses of electricity is possible and safe across a wide range of weed types found in New Zealand crops andBloomer’spastures.work fits under AgResearch’s wider project investigating weed resistance in NZ, a problem lead scientist Trevor James says is increasing at a rate beyond expectations.

“It is ground based, and not weather dependent and can be attached to robots that can operate at night, giving it a very wide range of operability.”

The use of electricity has continued in places around the world, including organic operations, but Bloomer says the energy intensity of the equipment is high, and there is still operator risk.

As herbicide resistance creeps as high as 45% in some crops, an AgResearch and Massey University study has revealed that zapping weeds with an electric shock may prove a valuable option to help keep herbicides viable. Richard Rennie spoke to AgResearch weed scientist Trevor James and Massey PhD student Dan Bloomer about shocking weeds.

With enough power you can kill anything. But you need to be able to do it with a low level of power, that’s the trick.

After a lull in electric shock treatment for weeds there was a surge in interest through the 1970s and ’80s. However, the launch of glyphosate saw interest subside as weed wiper methods were taken up.

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“If you were to look at the energy consumed in diesel terms, microwave technology uses about 2000 litres a hectare, steam and flame about 200 litres, ploughing 5-30 litres, herbicide 20 litres, and this machine about 30 millilitres a hectare.”Themachine – which is subject to its developer’s IP – can deliver a low level of electric current at a pulse rate of microseconds to targeted weeds.

He says the electric tech is one of

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“What we like about it is the ability to use it when scouting for resistant weed populations. I have visited farmers doing enormous amounts of work to get rid of resistant weeds, digging up large areas of arable land at great cost andVineyardsloss.” have been an

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“With enough power you can kill anything. But you need to be able to do it with a low level of power, that’s the Treatmenttrick.”time amounts to fractions of a second, with more time spent moving between weeds than on Bloomerthem.says he can see the potential for the kit to be used in robotic technology. He says it is a contrast to much of the tech developed now that involves attaching age-old methods like sprayers or cultivators to robotic machines.“Thereality is a robot would consume more power moving between weeds than the zapper itself.”James says there are two reasons Bloomer’s machine has potential.

early source of resistant weed development and are limited in their ability to use herbicides.

Working with custom technology akin to electric fence energisers, Bloomer trialled high-voltage, low-energy equipment that uses less than 1% of the energy other technology consumes.

“This sort of technology would mean they can extend their use of herbicides and control the weeds,” says James.

ZAPPED: PhD researcher Dan Bloomer says electrical treatment of weeds provides a low-input means of control that can also help stall herbicide resistance.

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Deadline Sale A rare opportunity • 302 ha breeding, finishing or forestry block • Renown for its ability to hang on well in the dry spells • Impressive array of improvements including 2006, four bedroom brick home in a lovely established setting. Three stand woolshed with an 800 np, 2 x three bay implement sheds, eight bay haybarn, 10 m x 15 m barn and three sets of cattle yards • Well fenced to compliment the contour and subdivided into 45 •paddocksGreataccess with tarseal road around the majority of the property 4 2 Deadline Sale closes Thursday 6th October, 2022 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/OMR107444 Merv Dalziel M 027 439 5823 Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 pb.co.nz Proud to be here 35

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A rare opportunity to secure a highly fertile farm with the added advantage of location and infrastructure, allowing a wide range of possible land uses to be explored.

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LK0113135© LONG ESTABLISHED 3 DIGIT CLOSED HERD IN-MILK AUCTION – 40 YEARS LIC A2 BREEDING OWNER MILKED A/c V JENSON Date: Friday 23rd September 2022 Address: 730 Waihi Whangamata Road, Waihi S/N 75912 Start Time: 11:00am Machinery – Cows after conclusion of Machinery will be available for online bidding COMPRISING: 160 X FRIESIAN & FRIESIAN CROSS IN-MILK/CTPDETAILS:COWS • BW 152 PW 187 RA 90% • Herd tested 13th September 2022 • Milk solid 355m/s & 174 SCC 9yr AVG • Friesian 60% Crossbred 40% • BVD tested, Lepto Vaccinated, TB Status C10 AUCTIONEERS NOTES: Friesian + Friesian Cross mixed aged in-milk herd. LIC sex semen A2. 40 year closed herd. Quiet, well conditioned capacity cows from challenging rolling contoured farm. System 2-3 low cost system – very quiet, well managed & milked by owner. MACHINERY: Honda XR50 Motorbike, Claas Mower 2500, Topper, Transport Tray, Tru Test Wand, Spendimo Mower, Tokoroa Engineering Self-Steering Meal Trough, 2x Meal Trough Towable, 1x Silage Fork, 1x Silage Bale Fork, 1x Rata Grabs, Electric Fence Reels & Standards, Yard Scraper, Milk Bar Feeders (Various), 1 Tonne Silage Bucket and Miscellaneous items PAYMENT TERMS: Payment to be made within 14 days of the sale –7th October 2022. Delivery Date: 23rd September 2022. CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENT: Pat Sheely 027 496 Vaughanpat.sheely@carrfields.co.nz0153OURVENDOR:Jensen0272759006VIEWOURCATALOGUEAT www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz LK0113164© REGISTEREDFridayHEREFORDSBEXLEYYEARLINGBULLSALE3715StateHighway3AwakinoGorge,Mokau30thSeptember2022StartTime:12:00noon&UNREGISTEREDBULLSCOMPRISING: 50 x 1yr Hereford Bulls 16 x 1yr Angus Bulls 2 x 2yr Registered Speckle Park Bulls DETAILS: We specialise in growing top yearlings, well grown to suit heifer mating, cow mating or beef cow mating OUR VENDORS: Colin & Carol King 06 752 NZCARRFIELDSccking@farmside.co.nz9863LIVESTOCKAGENT:GrantRoss0211748403FARMERSLIVESTOCKAGENT:BrentBougen0272104698VIEWOURCATALOGUEAT www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz LK0113169© 7th ANNUAL YOUNG IN-MILK COW AUCTION A/c TROY STEVENSON 437 Patiki Road Pihama, South Taranaki Friday 7th October 2022 Start Time: 11:30am Undercover Gourmet BBQ lunch provided will be available for online bidding COMPRISING: 160 x Young Friesian & Friesian Cross in-milk cows BW230 PW291 Herd test data DETAILS:available • TBC10 – MBovis not detected and BVD negative • All cows in-milk, milked twice daily in rotary shed • Herd tested 16/9 • Strict selection policy all young cows mainly 2–5yr-olds sourced locally in Taranaki including CRL heifers from the Werder farming AUCTIONEERS NOTES: All cows personally guaranteed by our vendors offering 1-week trial. Cows purchased to supply calf milk then offered for auction. Buy with confidence. We totally recommend and have received very good comments from previous buyers. PAYMENT/DELIVERY TERMS: Payment due 20th January 2023 and delivery immediate. OUR VENDOR: Troy Stevenson 027 469 7636 CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENTS: Brent Espin 027 551 daniel.crowley@carrfields.co.nzDanielbrent.espin@carrfields.co.nz3660Crowley0272153609TimHurley0274146756tim.hurley@carrfields.co.nzVIEWOURCATALOGUEAT www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz LK0113104© IN-MILK CROSSBRED & FRIESIANAUCTIONHERD A/c C & C ROBERTSON 622 Puketarata Road, Otorohanga Friday 30th September 2022 Start Time: 11:30am Undercover luncheon provided will be available for online bidding COMPRISING: 300 x In-milk Crossbreed to Friesian Cows DETAILS: More details to follow once confirmed AUCTIONEERS NOTES: These cows are farmed on rolling to steeper country and commenced calving from 15th July. Mainly grass fed with home grown maize & PKE to fill gaps. All cows will be on once a day leading up to sale day and will shift extremely well. PAYMENT TERMS: Within 14 days of the sale DELIVERY DATE: Sale day and the week following the sale SPECIAL TERMS & CONDITIONS Guaranteed sound in all four quarters CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK AGENT: Jack Kiernan 027 823 2373 VIEW OUR CATALOGUE AT www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz SIMMENTALS CLEA R VIEW ShaneTARANAKI&KylieMcDonald 2nd Annual On-Farm Simmental Yearling Bulls 17 Owner bred 1yr Bulls Vendors: Shane & Kylie McDonald 027 244 2404 Neko McDonald 027 429 8674 Daniel Crowley 027 215 3609 Friday 30th2022September 84 Clearview Road RD 3 New Plymouth 6.00pm (Under cover, HospitalityComplimentaryprovided) Wanted!! 350 top Frsn or FrsnX herd and young stock mid July calving, must be well recorded with good history and production call Brent Espin Ph 027 551 3660

Carrfields are agents for multiple Live Export Companies and have all the latest shipment opportunities at their fingertips. Don’t miss out on these opportunities!competitive VIEW OUR CATALOGUE AT www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz We have strong enquiries for all Classes & Breeds of Dairy Stock. Contact your local Carrfields agent for more details or call Paul Kane Ph 027 286 9279 National Dairy & Live Export Coordinator LK0113181© TIMPERLEA ANGU S 24 29THYEARLINGTOPBULLSFORSALESEPTEMBER Enquiries to Marie 027 338 1658 HerefordsHerepuruStation 53 years of breeding Priscilla, Bill, Cheyne & Shannon Paki 027 322 252 or 027 948 5345 Email:ANNUALherepurustation.ltd@outlook.comONFARMSALE40 two-year-old bulls for sale Bred for low birth weight, calving ease and quiet temperament. T.B and BVD clear and vaccinated. Wednesday 28th September at 11.30am Cnr Manawahe & Herepuru Rds, Manawahe, RD4, Whakatane LK0113106© 42 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 19, 2022 Livestock42

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Call Peter Heddell on 027 436 1388 35 Rugged 2-year-old Bulls Monday October 3rd – 1.30pm Open Day to view bulls: Tuesday September 27th from 1.00pm to 3.00pm Sandown 445 Deans Road, SH 72, Darfield Video of bulls on Glen R Angus Annual Bull Sale LK0113133© On-farm Auction & online LK0112892© Ph 03 614 3759 Email shrimptons@farmside.co.nz www.shrimptonshillherefords.co.nzLot1,2022supportingmeattheneed “Our bulls will give you MORE DAYS IN MILK, so why use long gestation Herefords?” 180 R2 Registered Short Gestation Herefords at auction Exclusive supplier of SGL Hereford semen to LIC Bull Sale Date: September 28, 2022 – 12pm Sale Venue: 427 Cannington Road, Cave Sale catalogues are available early September from: John and Liz McKerchar, Shrimpton’s Hill Herefords, Cave, South Canterbury Alan & Catherine Donaldson P: (07) 896 6714 E: agcsdonaldson@gmail.com www.pukenuiangus.co.nz Find us on Facebook BULL SALE ANGUS MONDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 2022 AT 1:30PM ON-FARM BULL SALE VENUE: 303 River Road, SH 43, Taumarunui All sale bulls are BVD/Lepto/10 in 1 vaccinated. 25 CALVING EASE Bulls FOR SALE BLACK RIDGE ANGUS STUD On-Farm Bull Sale Monday 26th September 2022, 11am Offering 30 quality Yearling Angus Bulls SIRE BULLS: Te Mania Buff 314, Stokman South Dakota N226, Murchison Powerhouse N282, Black Ridge Hero Q004, Kaharau Jonah P343 On Farm 675 Taringamotu e:InspectionPaddockTAUMARUNUIRdviewingfrom9amwelcome:DEAN&TERESASHERSONp:078967211m:0276902033blackridgeangus@outlook.comLikeandFindusonFacebook TAUMARUNUI YEARLING BULL SALE DAY Calving Ease Bulls • Monday 26th September • Black Ridge 11.00 AM • Puke-Nui 1.30PM YEARLING BULL & HEIFER SALE A QUALITY SELECTION OF 30 IMPRESSIVE YEARLING BULLS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT & EARLY GESTATION + HEIFERS WHICH ARE SOLD IN LOTS. NON-TRANSFERRABLE THURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2022 12 NOON, 662 RANGITATAU EAST ROAD, WANGANUI DON’T MISS OUT – ENQUIRIES TO: LINDSAY JOHNSTONE 027 445 3211 MARIA JOHNSTONE 027 610 5348 OR YOUR LOCAL LIVESTOCK AGENT LK0112762© Melbury Murray Grey StudMelbury Murray Grey Stud Stud & commercial Murray Grey Yearling bull sale through Bidr and PGG Wrightson All sales on line @ 7.30pm 6th October 2022 Victor Schikker (PGW) 025 908 061 • Simon Eddington (PGW) 027 590 8612 Jo Hallenstein 027 683 8111 • Produced from stud and capital stock for calving ease and low birth weight calves-ideal for heifer mating • BVD tested clear, fully BVD & 7-in-1 vaccinated • Bred for good temperament LK0113172© 44 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 19, 2022 Livestock44

DEREK HAYWARD M: 027 226 6686 E: derek.premier@farmside.co.nzLive-streamAuction 29 SEPTEMBER 2022, 12 NOON 400 Brunskill Road, Cambridge 25 SPECKLE PARK BULLS & 10 MURRAY GREY BULLS Speckle Park & Murray Grey Bull Sale Auctioneer Kelly Higgins 027 600 2374 • Stud Stock Services Bruce Orr 027 492 2122 2021 Yearling prices ranged BETWEEN $1800 - $2400 Average Weight BETWEEN 400kg - 500kg Low Birth Weight SUITABLE FOR HEIFERS AND COWS 115 YEARS OF BREEDING Fastest growing breed in the world HIGH MARBLING AND HIGH YEILDING BEST TASTING BEEF Low Birth Weight SUITABLE FOR HEIFERS AND COWS ALL BULLS PEDIGREE AND PERFORMANCE RECORDED FRIDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 1.00PM at 45 Maungahina Road, off Castle Point Road, Masterton, NZ SALE WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED VIA BIDR • CONTACT CARRFIELDS LIVESTOCK 25 x Registered Hereford Yearlings • 25 x Registered Speckle Park Yearlings facebook.com/maungahina E: mark.maungahina@xtra.co.nz MAUNGAHINA.CO.NZ Maungahinastud ESTB. 1907 SPECKLE PARK HEREFORD Photos of sale bulls available online at WWW.MAUNGAHINA.CO.NZ Y earling B ull S ale Wednesday 21st September 2022 100 REGISTERED BULLS SELL! 40 COMMERCIAL HEIFERS SELL! * Fertility tested * Carcass Scanned * HD50K’d for parentage and higher accuracy * Very good temperment * Grown well to breed heifers or cows * C10, BVD tested and Vaccinated CALL FOR A CATALOGUE OR TO VIEW BULLS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE Mark, Sherrie and Jake Stokman Phone 07 333 2446 Mark 027 640 4028, Sherrie 027 499 7692, Jake 027 787 4008 Email: SaleFacebook:mtkiwi@farmside.co.nzStokmanAngusFarmLocation:1708TeKopiaRoad,WaikiteValleyRotorua 2022 STOKMAN ANGUS YEARLING SALE THE STOKMAN BULL . . . Can’t make it on Sale Day? We work with BIDR, so you can bid from a location convenient to you. Average EBV’s on our Sale Bulls NZAverageBreed Calv Ease +6.1 +1.8 Gestation Lgth -6.3 -4.3 Birth Weight +2.8 +4.1 200 Day +50 +42 600 Day +117 +101 Cow Wt +90 +88 IMF +1.8 +1.1 $PRO +165 +112 45 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 19, 2022Livestock 45

And therein lay a large area of concern earlier in the season – while schedules were healthy enough, the queues at the processors were bigger than the lines waiting to see the Queen resting in state, and with little end in sight to the dilemma many were diverted to the saleyards. But, even with high volume and difﬁculties getting space, demand stayed solid through the busy period, and as a result prices continued to improve, in line with schedules.Nearlyathird of that total tally were offered in one fell swoop at the end of May but the market already had an upwards momentum, and despite concerns of supply outstripping demand, the average per kilogram price paid for Friesian cows lifted a further 13c/kg to reach $1.62/kg.

meat company procedures where they opted out of dealing with thirdAddingparties.”tothe tallies was the return of some lines as those bought earlier in the season were enticed back in by strong market prices.While few went directly to the processors, summer through Canterbury had provided plenty of grazing, especially the rougher feed that cows can do well on, and many of the cows found themselves grazing such paddocks, Fox said.

That was, however, a 40c/kg premium on the previous year, so those in the market were cautiously optimistic of a good season, as long as space could be found.

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That did prove to be the peak for auction pricing, though, as over recent weeks averages of $2.14$2.23/kg have been posted, but to reach those levels was something of a phenomenon and easily made this boner cow season the most successful ever recorded.

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“The main driver obviously was space issues but also changes to

kg.That related to a $4.90-$5.10/ kgCW average schedule by then with contracts higher, which has held through to now.

At that stage, the South Island manufacturing cow schedule averaged $3.55/kgCW and pressure was being put on it as more supply came on.

HE cull cow season is winding down as dairy farmers put the bulk of calving behind them and turn their full attention to milking.Thishas meant a decline in the number of boner dairy cows and heifers coming to market and therefore a good time to reﬂect on the busy season that has been.

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Cull cows made their way through the saleyards in record numbers this year as processing delays and an extended grazing season kept stock on pasture longer. Demand stayed solid, though, with vendors getting agreeable returns in the yards.

Entries this year were nothing short of massive – through the main selling period from late April to early June a total of 4560 boner cattle spent time in the Temuka saleyards.Thiswas the highest volume ever to come through Temuka in that period, challenged only by 2014 when 3980 were penned.

While schedules were healthy enough, the queues at the processors were bigger than the lines waiting to see the Queen resting in state.

At that April point this year, boner Friesian cows were averaging $1.33/kg, which was

The Temuka saleyards have always been the home of the cull cow, putting through tallies other yards could only imagine, and this season set new records as the highest volume was sold, and continues to be, for any given year.PGG Wrightson dairy livestock manager Barry Fox reﬂected on the high volume and reasoning behind it.

That certainly was not the end of the upwards climb, though, as schedule pricing increases were only just getting started and auction prices matched them each step of the way, buffered also by premiums on contract prices.

Most weeks from late May to mid-August saw increases of 5-10c/kg and by late August averages had reached $2.35-$2.36/

relatively standard and acceptable pricing for the market.

Frankton | September 14 | 769 cattle $/kg or $/hd

Prime beef-cross heifers, 472-531kg 3.31-3.50

9 | 1223 sheep $/kg or $/hd 4-tooth Romney ewes & lambs, terminal-cross lambs, docked 136 Store male lambs, short-wool, good 161 Store ewe lambs, woolly, heavy 173-176 Prime lambs, all 174-248

Taupo September cattle or $/hd

Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 191kg 4.08

Prime lambs, all 158-200

Boner cows 930-1090

$/kg or $/hd

Yearling steers, 323kg 186-221kg Friesian bulls, 270-314kg

Belgian Blue-cross

Yearling dairy-beef heifers, 250-350kg 3.09-3.46

3.49-3.57

Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 200-309kg 3.41-3.55

Kaikohe | September 14

Prime beef-cross steers, tops, 555-571kg 3.50-3.70

2-year beef-cross bulls, 316-432kg 910-1445

Aut-born yearling heifers, 350-383kg 1100-1220

2-year beef-cross steers 3.25-3.30

Yearling Friesian bulls, 200-237kg 3.60-3.71

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Prime dairy-beef steers, 655kg

Tuakau | September 8 | 400 cattle

$/kg or $/hd

Frankton | September 13 | 919 cattle

2-year dairy-beef steers, 360-440kg 3.29-3.52

Aut-born yearling dairy-beef steers, 140kg 690

2-year dairy-beef steers 3.4

2-year dairy-beef heifers, 435-490kg 3.23-3.39

2.09-2.18 Prime lambs, all 135-190 Matawhero |

2-year dairy-beef steers, 300-400kg 3.15-3.31

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2-year dairy-beef heifers, 350-450kg 3.18-3.46

$/kg

$/kg or $/hd

Yearling Friesian bulls, 232-308kg 860-1080

Yearling beef-cross steers, 269-286kg 3.78-3.82

Rangiuru | September 13 | 319 cattle, 105 sheep $/kg or $/hd

Prime heifers, 430-600kg 3.38-3.59

Weaner heifers, 87-115kg 450-490

3.20-3.39

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The old-season lamb market took a notable downturn as supply dwindles to a limited volume of males, fine-wool types and ewe lambs not required for replacements. Long-term lambs are looked upon with reservation as processors will commence checking teeth from October 1 and any that have cut them will be duly discounted. As the old-season supply comes to a close, buyers now have a wait until new-season lambs start coming forward. Earlier mobs through Hawke’s Bay are nearing that time, though many will have a one-way ticket to the processors. Docking is now the focus and new-season lambs should start to appear in Hawke’s Bay and Manawatū in decent volume from mid-October.

Weaner dairy-beef steers, small 430-520

Prime heifers, 503kg 3.28

Aut-born weaner dairy-beef heifers, 105-156kg 550-605

Prime lambs, medium 164-190

Mixed-age cows, in-calf 2.20-2.25

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Prime dairy-beef steers, 500-624kg 3.50-3.51

$/kg or $/hd

Yearling traditional heifers, 217-235kg 780-800

Boner cows, 400-650kg 1.89-2.57

Tuakau | September 14 | 330 cattle

Aut-born yearling crossbred bulls, 279-326kg 700-1000

Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 210-216kg 3.86-3.94

Yearling Hereford bulls, 192-227kg 4.04-4.19

3.56-3.73

Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 200-259kg 850-1000

Yearling dairy-beef steers, 217-235kg

2-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 362-405kg

3.79-4.06

Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 205-218kg 3.24-3.34

Prime steers, 533-768kg 3.30-3.46

Prime lambs, heavy 198-221

3.71

Yearling dairy-beef heifers, 225kg average 3.15

Boner Friesian cows, 438-554kg September

Weaner beef-cross bulls, 120-130kg 550-610

Tuakau | September 12 | 650 sheep $/kg or $/hd

Prime steers, 630-750kg 3.52-3.67

Store lambs, all 132-140

Yearling dairy-beef heifers, 194-230kg

3.72 Yearling Angus heifers,

3.86-4.06 Yearling

Aut-born weaner dairy-beef steers, 129-175kg 600-740

Yearling Angus-Fresian steers, 244-349kg 3.51-3.73

Yearling dairy-beef steers, 300-400kg 3.39-4.17

$/kg or $/hd

2-year traditional heifers, 370-432kg 3.31-3.38

Wellsford | September 12 | 1106 cattle

Aut-born weaner Friesian bulls, 124-137kg 615-665

2-year Angus steers, 440-495kg

2-year dairy-beef steers, 400-500kg 3.37-3.58

$/kg or $/hd

2-year traditional heifers 3.15-3.20

Prime ewes, all 148-222

Pukekohe | September 10

Yearling Angus-cross steers, 233-253kg 910-970

Prime ewes, heavy 186-223

2-year dairy-beef steers, 400kg+ 3.33-3.53

2-year Angus steers, 430-571kg 3.60-3.78

Prime lambs, very heavy 243-256

cows & calves, per unit 1700

2-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 360kg, one line 1200

5-year Romney ewes & lambs, Suftex lambs, tails 130-148

Friesian bulls, 285kg average 3.45

Romney ewes & lambs, terminal-cross lambs, docked 144-146.50

Prime ewes, very heavy 202-224

Feilding | September 9 | 1717 cattle, 4491 sheep $/kg or $/hd

Yearling

Mixed-age Angus-Hereford

2-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 398-563kg 3.41-3.56

Yearling Angus steers, 172-251kg 880-1135

Prime ewes, all 131-198

Stortford Lodge September 12 1269 sheep

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3-year plus steers, 511-627kg 3.33-3.52

Lodge | September 14 | 959 cattle, 3687 sheep $/kg or

Prime ewes, heavy 184-190

3-year plus traditional steers, 537-595kg 3.67-6.75

2-year mainly Angus steers, top line $3.85/kg, 430-536kg 3.58-3.70

Store ewe lambs, heavy 187-206

Prime

Prime lambs, heavy 210-233

Stortford $/hd

lambs, all 145-218 Store cryptorchid lambs, all 134-195 Store ewe lambs, all 110-180

2-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 351-578kg 3.42-3.50

Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 193-216kg 650-735

Yearling Angus steers, 308-370kg 3.81-4.00

Hereford-Friesian steers, 251-294kg 3.89-4.06

2-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 315-374kg 3.35-3.63

Yearling traditional heifers, 192-213kg 730-825

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2-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 355-409kg 3.30-3.42

$/kg or $/hd

Yearling Angus heifers, 301kg 1000

Store cryptorchid lambs, good 150.50-164.50

Yearling

Dannevirke September sheep $/kg or $/hd

good

heifers, 219-289kg 3.39-3.58

Yearling dairy-beef steers, 255kg average 3.41

Prime ewes, good to very 161-181

Store ewe lambs, good 157-175

Mixed-age

Romney ewes & lambs, terminal-cross lambs, tails 124-143 Store lambs, average price 166 Feilding | September 12 $/kg or $/hd Boner Friesian cows, 477-578kg 2.24-2.35 Boner Friesian heifers, 410-453kg 2.75-2.85 Prime ewes, very good 171-181 Prime male lambs, very heavy 226-257 Prime mixed-sex lambs, very heavy 236-256 TAUPŌ TURNS ON THE SUN: In between snow and very cold days the Taupō monthly cattle sale was held under blue skies. REPORTS INSIGHT LIVESTOCK Subscribe from only $35* per agrihq.co.nz/livestock-reportsmonth Make easierdecisionsyour Understand your opportunities and barriers with this weekly snapshot of store and slaughter prices, and international market trends. * Prices are GST exclusive

Yearling Hereford-Friesian

2-year Friesian bulls, one line, 499kg 2120

Mixed-age ewes & lambs 120-135

Hereford-Friesian bulls, medium 80-150

$/kg or $/hd

Prime traditional bulls, 555-670kg 3.10-3.24

2-year beef-cross steers, 371-595kg 3.10-3.26

Mixed-age ewes & lambs 100-125

Rongotea | September 13

Friesian bulls, good 102-140

Mixed-age Composite ewes & lambs 136-138

Prime lambs, good-heavy 220-297

2-year beef-cross heifers, 301-442kg 2.60-3.00

Lorneville | September 13

Friesian bulls 80-110

Hereford-Friesian heifers 20-70 Beef-cross heifers 60

Prime ewes, all 100-220

Yearling beef-cross heifers, 200-340kg 2.21-3.68

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$/kg or $/hd

Yearling Friesian steers, 229-241kg 2.84-2.86

Rongotea | September 13

2-year beef-cross bulls, 350-520kg 3.09-3.48

Yearling beef-cross bulls, 196-381kg 2.20-3.50

Yearling dairy-beef steers, 260-323kg 2.64-3.24

Manfeild Park | September 12 | 315 cattle

Hereford-Friesian bulls, medium to good 80-200

Boner dairy-cross cows, 460-568kg 2.11-2.48

Weaner traditional heifers, 145-168kg 530-605

Yearling beef-cross steers, 225-282kg 740-865

Weaner dairy-beef steers, 165-185kg 525-625

Store lambs 70-170

$/kg or $/hd

Feeder Calves | Sept 8 - Sept 13

Beef-cross bulls 55-120

Coalgate | September 8 | 231 cattle, 2130 sheep

Prime ewes 60-180

Friesian bulls, all 40-150

Beef-cross bulls, all 100-165

Prime traditional cows, 560-880kg 2.42-2.59

Prime lambs 140-218

Charlton | September 8 | 291 sheep

Hereford-Friesian heifers, good 85-120

Prime lambs, medium-good 161-253

Dairy-beef heifers, medium 30-40

Prime traditional bulls, 775-895kg 2.78-2.98

Simmental-cross bulls, good 200-250

Hereford-Friesian bulls 40-125

Store lambs 70-150

Boner Friesian cows, 535-557kg 2.34-2.50

Balclutha | September 14 | 230 sheep $/kg or $/hd

Prime dairy-beef heifers, 495-585kg 3.36-3.48

$/kg or $/hd

Prime lambs 72-192

Prime beef-cross heifers, 499-595kg 3.60-3.74

$/kg or $/hd

Store Merino mixed-sex lambs 110-114

Canterbury Park | September 13 | 131 cattle, 2554 sheep

Simmental-cross heifers, good 120

Prime steers, 447kg 3.15

Prime beef-cross steers, 565-595kg 3.75-3.85

Hereford-Friesian heifers, all 30-70

Store lambs, medium 152-156

Prime ewes, average 140

Store lambs, medium-good 120-150

Yearling beef-cross heifers, 263kg 840

$/kg or $/hd

Prime lambs, all 150-300

Prime Angus steers, 464-480kg 3.50-3.56

Prime ewes, medium-good 128-190

Hereford-Friesian bulls, good 170-220

Friesian bulls, medium 80-85

Reporoa | September 8 | 529 cattle

$/kg or $/hd

TURANGANUI ROMNEYS “The team behind the sheep” Michael Warren 06 307 7841 or 0274 465 312 Guy Warren 027 848 0164 William Warren 027 824 9327 Kieran Brown Ron LettMike WarrenGuy Warren Jayden Hume William Warren TURANGANUI ROMNEYS RD 2 Featherston 5772 LK0112680© 50 AgriHQ Trends FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 19, 2022 Markets50 AgriHQ market trends Sheep Meat Slaughter price (NZ$/kg CW)Last weekPrior week North Island lamb (18kg) 9.559.35 North Island mutton (25kg) 6.106.60 South Island lamb (18kg) 9.509.25 South Island mutton (25kg) 6.106.75 Export markets (NZ$/kg) China lamb flaps 14.2912.82 Wool (NZ$/kg) Two weeks agoPrior week Coarse crossbred ind. 2.622.73 37 micron ewe 2.752.70 30 micron lamb Beef Slaughter price (NZ$/kg CW)Last weekLast month North Island P2 steer (300kg)6.806.25 North Island M2 bull (300kg) 6.406.15 North Island M cow (200kg) 4.904.60 South Island P2 steer (300kg)6.506.10 South Island M2 bull (300kg) 6.255.90 South Island M cow (200kg) 4.904.90 Export markets (NZ$/kg) US imported 95CL bull 9.499.01 US domestic 90CL cow 9.788.68 Venison Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)Last weekPrior week North Island AP stag (60kg) 8.406.45 South Island AP stag (60kg) 8.456.65 NZFertiliseraverage (NZ$/t) Last weekPrior week DAP 17941135 Super 509342 Urea 1340844 Urea (Coated) 1389NZExportsLogExports (thous. Tonnes)Last monthLast year China 1,288,5912,090,535 Rest of world 194,701215,888 Carbon price (NZ$/tonne)Last weekLast year NZU 84.064.0 Cattle Sheep DeerFertiliserForestry Steer slaughter price ($/kgCW) Lamb slaughter price ($/kgCW) Australia lamb exports (Jun - Aug, thous. tonnes) Stag Slaughter price ($/kgCW) Australia beef exports (Jun - Aug, thous. tonnes) Data provided by 7.06.56.05.5 Sep Nov Jan MarMay Jul North Island South Island 10.09.59.08.58.07.5 Sep Nov Jan MarMay Jul North Island South Island 706050403020100 China Japan S. Korea RestAsiaof US Other Last year This year 2520151050 AsiaChina)(xcl. China Mid. East US Other Last year This year 9.08.58.07.57.06.56.0 Sep Nov Jan MarMay Jul North Island South Island

Foley Wines Limited 1.381.571.37

Scales Corporation Limited 4.85.594.07

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Greenfern Industries Limited 0.1540.250.089

NZ King Salmon Investments Limited 0.2351.380.187

Synlait Milk Limited (NS) 3.53.553.04

S&P/NZX Primary Sector Equity Index 129941429311724 Index 116581315010588

Delegat Group Limited 1114.4510

Agri shares GrainDairy Dairy Futures (US$/t) Nearby contractLast price* Prior week4 weeks prior WMP 363535203410 SMP 420042704150 AMF 619062005800 Butter 600060005400 Milk Price 9.319.319.31 * price as at close of business on Wednesday Data provided by Canterbury feed wheat ($/tonne) 5pm, WednesdayMilk price futures ($/kgMS) Canterbury feed barley ($/tonne) Waikato palm kernel ($/tonne)WMP futures - vs four weeks ago (US$/tonne) 10.009.509.008.508.007.507.00May-21 Jul-21 Sep-21 Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22 May-22 MS$/kg Sept. 2021 Sept. 2022 S&P/NZX 10 INDEX 11315 S&P/FW SECTORPRIMARYEQUITY 12994 S&P/NZX 50 INDEX 1165811.010.09.08.07.0 Sep Nov Jan MarMay Jul Sep Sep-2022 Sep-2023 700650600550500450400350 Sep Nov Jan MarMay Jul Sep 700650600550500450400350 Sep Nov Jan MarMay Jul Sep 400038003600340032003000 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Latest price 4 weeks ago 550500450400350300 Sep Nov Jan MarMay Jul Sep

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS) 3.43.782.75

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ArborGen Holdings Limited 0.230.270.205

T&G Global Limited 2.73.012.6

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS) 1.341.731.3

Seeka Limited 3.85.363.8

S&P/NZX 50

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The a2 Milk Company Limited 6.326.584.2

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of market

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Comvita Limited 3.383.782.98

Sanford Limited (NS) 4.285.074.03

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N UNSETTLED start to last week with cold southwesterlies moving in Monday-Tuesday. This was in line with predictions from weather models. Some snow occurred about the ranges of both Islands, though for the Central Plateau this would have been above 700 or so meters, keeping ski fields happy for a little longer yet.

Rain moved through Canterbury on Tuesday evening and overnight, delivering a tolerable 10-15mm. Considering – as can be seen in the rainfall map, which is from Tuesday morning last week – Canterbury has been a little dry lately, this rain would have been welcome.

The first half of this week looks to see northerly airflows over the country and

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Inland parts of the South Island Canterbury southwards saw some snow to 300m or maybe even 200m in spots, but it was mostly brief, thankfully.

The West Coast of the South Island has seen a few more sunshine hours than usual.

a few fronts moving in from the Tasman. Western regions are going to see rain or showers. It should be drier and warmer in theTheeast.second half of this week looks to be a bit of a mixed bag but wintry outbreaks

do not look to be on the cards. Western and northern parts of the country will trend wetter than in the east again, but not overly so. High pressure looks like it will be more of a feature for the second half of this week than low pressure.

Wintry outbreaks not lurking in this week’s mixed Weatherbag ruralweather.co.nz Observed rainfall 9am 28/08/2022 to 13/09/20229amDeficit13/09/2022 Observed daily average bright sunshine 29/08/2022 to 12/09/2022 Last 15 days rainSoil moisture Last 15 days sun

Apart from the excitement that the first half of the week produced, the second half was notably calmer thanks to high pressure – but this did mean frosts.

The North Island’s weather has been fairly average, perhaps a little wet in the east compared to normal thanks to an easterly airflow last weekend. Fronts coming in from the Tasman have kept western regions a bit cloudier, keeping sunshine hours lower than elsewhere, but this has been near enough to normal compared to the historical average.

Farmers Weekly NZ September 19 2022

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