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La Nina tantalisingly close Richard Rennie

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ARMERS and growers holding their breath for some La Nina generated rainfall may have to wait some time yet to receive anything of significance, as soil moisture levels teeter heading into late spring. WeatherWatch meteorologist and director Philip Duncan says the late stages of spring still offer the hope of some La Nina influence, but cautioned the event may not have the horsepower behind it many in dry East Coast regions wish for. A La Nina event typically accompanies increasing lowpressure activity out of the northern tropical regions, delivering heavy and sometimes cyclonic north easterly conditions to New Zealand. Duncan has long contended the extent of the latest La Nina event remains to be seen. So far, Australia Bureau of Meteorology modelling has December-January as La Nina’s peak, with the best chance of bringing northern rainmakers. “But we need to look at it as the silver lining for rainmaking, not the silver bullet,” he said. At present, much of the East Coast from Northland to South Canterbury has experienced well below average rainfall for the year-to-date. Duncan’s rainfall predictions for the coming two weeks do little to change this, with large highpressure systems continuing to butt against the East Coast in coming days. “Over the next 14 days to mid-

November, the eastern regions may only experience 10-30mm of cumulative rainfall. Meantime, the West Coast can expect up to 200mm over that period,” he said. The low-pressure systems that are bringing so much rainfall to the West Coast may, however, signal a shift in weather patterns that could play out better for eastern regions for the second part of November. Last year Australia’s bushfires were exacerbated by highpressure systems completely covering the country. However, this year those same highpressure systems were sitting lower. This enabled the rainmaking

low-pressure systems to deliver good rains to much of coastal and inland Australia, and across to NZ. “We are starting to also see an increase in lows to the north, it is not that solid line of blocking highs like it was a month or so ago. There are some breaks there, including lows to the north-east,” he said. These could prove invaluable in delivering heavy but isolated afternoon downpours in inland North Island regions closer to the ranges from early November onwards. NZ’s weather has been dominated by extremely intense and unseasonal high-pressure systems recording 1030-plus

hectopascals, levels typically found earlier in the year. “The downside is also NZ’s small size. We are so small compared to high-pressure systems that are often as big as Australia,” he said. “And, we are only just on the edge of the sub-tropics, it means we can get a lot of close calls for rainfall, which can be very frustrating if you are in a drought.” WeatherWatch’s IBM modelling has all the country warmer by about 1C on average over November. “It is these wind-flows from the north that are pushing our temperatures to above normal, a

lot of northerlies and sub-tropical conditions,” he said. Meantime, soil moisture levels remained very dry throughout most of NZ. “This does not surprise me much. Some places have had a rainfall deficit for the past two years now. Usually when you get one-metre down at this time of year the soil should be quite wet,” he said. NIWA’s seasonal climate outlook has confirmed the arrival of La Nina conditions, and expects rainfall to be “near normal” for the north of the North Island. NIWA expects the likelihood of sub-tropical rain events to increase over December-January.

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Feed supply a tale of two islands Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz BALEAGE contractors are flat out making the most of prime growing conditions in the lower North Island, but it’s a different story further south. Hawke’s Bay business Mike Kettle Contracting has been busy since late August. “Once it rained things shot away pretty quickly,” owner Mike Kettle said. He has 12 workers on the go right now and, as long as more rain arrives, he’s expecting them to be busy at least until after Christmas. Based out of Havelock North, Kettle says the 8mm of rain received last week was handy but the 50mm received about a week before that was “huge”. “It was just what we needed. Not that we need any more straight away though,” he said. Coupled with the warm temperatures, the rain is providing good grass growing conditions, which farmers and contractors are taking advantage of. He says most of the farmers his team works for will keep what’s made for themselves, to build up feed supplies that took a big hit as a result of the drought in the region earlier this year. “They won’t be selling it in a hurry. There’s more than a few empty barns out there that need filling,” he said. Kettle says he has noticed that store stock numbers are down in the region as some farmers were forced to destock because of the drought and resulting feed shortages. However, that’s not across the board as he’s aware of others, particularly those who have been farming for longer, who managed to get through without having to destock. “Experience is a big thing and if you’ve been around for a while you can sometimes have a better

PRIME TIME: Lower North Island baleage contractors expect to still be busy well after the festive period thanks to good grass growing conditions.

Nick Eames Eames Ag Contracting idea of what to expect,” he said. Manawatu’s Eames Ag Contracting is also extremely busy, although Nick Eames, who runs the business with his wife Vanessa, says they have not got onto a lot of their grass-based work yet, as they have plenty of

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other work to be going on with. The Cheltenham-based company, which has customers from Massey across to Marton, have been focused on land preparation, planting and cultivation of other crops, although Eames estimates they have got at least 1000 bales in front of them already that will need to get onto shortly. They also grow peas for McCain, as well as harvesting baleage, maize silage, barley, brassica crops and straw, on top of their own farming operation. He’s expecting they will be busy through to the end of April. “We’re pretty tapped out right now,” he said of his six or sevenstrong team. “Because we work across those areas we can get a bit of a jam, which we’ve got right now. “So, we’re not really taking on any new clients because we want

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to do the best for the ones we’ve got.” When they get into it, baleage will keep them busy until around mid-January and then they will move into hay, winter wheat and straw, which goes as far afield as Waikato and Taranaki. Growing conditions have been good in the region. “It’s been a kind winter and we’ve had a bit of rain in the last few days. We’re still behind in the overall rainfall for the year, but any rain at this time of year is good.” It’s not quite so positive further south. Ashburton-based Quigley Contracting is waiting on the weather for its baleage work to really kick in. Operations manager Rob Raisbeck says it’s been slower than usual for this time of year. “We’ve come out of a dry winter

and that’s been followed by a pretty dry spring so far,” he said. “It’s not dire but we have not had the rainfall we might have expected for this time of year, so it’s a bit of a wait and see. “We’ve had a bit of rain this past week, so hopefully things should start to pick up. Not a typical October though.” He says the weather has been warm enough, but the lack of moisture has held grass growth back. It’s also still relatively quiet for Southland baleage contractors. Johnny McEwan of Three Rivers Contracting in Wyndham says there has not been a lot of growth yet, so they have not had too much baleage to do, other than the odd job. He says that’s not entirely unexpected, as Southland growth is generally a bit later than the rest of the country.

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MPI implements new cattle export rules Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz IMMEDIATE changes will apply under a conditional prohibition for exporters looking to get 24,000 cattle out of pre-export quarantine and onto the water. This means three exporters, handling four shipments for the 24,000 cattle currently in quarantine, will need to resubmit their export applications to meet new requirements set by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Exporters will also have to obtain permission from the MPI director-general during the conditional ban, which runs from October 24 to November 30. MPI has regulated the new requirements for the safe transport of animals by sea following an independent review into the animal welfare assurances MPI receives from exporters. The review, led by Queen’s Counsel (QC) Mike Heron, found New Zealand had robust checks and balances in place to ensure the welfare of livestock transported by sea, but MPI could strengthen parts of the Animal Welfare Export Certificate (AWEC) process. “Our review found that while the system is robust, there are changes that can be made now to boost the

assurances MPI receives,” Heron said. A review working group, including MPI agriculture business unit members, representatives from the Animal Germplasm Trade Association and veterinarians experienced in live cattle exports by sea, also made additional recommendations. These include standardising certain aspects of planning and communication carried out by exporters, improving the rigour around developing and monitoring the competence of those working on the vessels and encouraging routine discussion between exporters and MPI about non-compliance to drive a culture of continuous improvement. MPI Director-General Ray Smith says the additional requirements have been introduced until the incoming government can make decisions about a wider policy review of the trade. Immediate changes include a Maritime NZ inspection of livestock carrier ships entering NZ to transport livestock; restricting stocking density on vessels to 90% of current limits to match new Australian standards, and increased requirements for voyage reporting, including daily veterinary reports during voyages.

Increased minimum fodder supplies will also be required to ensure at least 20% of feed is available for unplanned delays during the voyage. “We are working closely with exporters to ensure the new requirements are well understood,” Smith said. Smith says approval for AWECs will not be granted unless all requirements are met. MPI is considering longerterm changes suggested by the reviewers. These include more information in AWEC applications and reviewing current rules, guidance and regulations. “Advice will be provided soon to the incoming government on the wider policy review that started in 2019 and the independent reviewers’ report will help inform that,” Smith said. Included in the advice will be further consideration of lower density rates for shipments. The submission of the wider policy review to Minister Damien O’Connor was delayed because of the covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, exporters are working through the processes to get animals on the water. While some exporters are procuring cattle for future quarantining, Live Export

INTERIM: MPI Director-General Ray Smith says the additional requirements have been introduced until the incoming government can make decisions about a wider policy review of the trade. consultant Brent Wallace says there are no guarantees. “The priority is to get these (24,000) animals in quarantine on the water and they will take three to four weeks to clear,” he said. “Some exporters are procuring for future (export) orders but there are no guarantees at this stage.” Australian-based exporter Austrex confirmed it had cattle in quarantine with two shipments scheduled before the ban. “We are concentrating on getting these 12,000 cattle away now and are grateful the review

allows us to clear the quarantine,” an Austrex spokesperson said. “Meantime, we respect the review and on the back of that we are not buying more animals, we will wait and see what develops.” NZ-based exporter Dave Hayman says Genetics Development NZ has 5000 cattle in quarantine that he expects to go in the next couple of weeks. “Yes, we are still procuring, we have existing contracts we need to honour, we are continuing to work with farmers to get and test cattle for pre-export isolation,” he said.

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Labour shortage helps inflate PKE spot prices Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz COVID-19-RELATED labour issues on palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia have pushed palm kernel (PKE) prices to $347 a tonne on the New Zealand spot market. According to one major feed supplier, PKE prices for three, sixto-nine and 12 month contracts are $342/t, $341/t and $340/t respectively. Those prices do not include transport costs. PKE prices were around $262/t back in July when Federated Farmers dairy vice-chair Ben Moore bought on contract. He says buying PKE during winter on a six month contract was not unusual. He bought some more on Thursday at $335/t. He says the July purchase was a gamble,

but one that has paid off. “A lot of people do not contract the whole season straight away. This time around I probably should have, but you don’t know,” he said. The speed of the price increase surprised him. In a matter of days, prices had lifted $7-$8/t. “It’s just been going up and up. Is $335 the end of it or is it going to keep going?” he asked. He drew up this season’s budget back in April and budgeted on that price. There was also a lot of silage being made on farms over the past month and maize and other summer feed crops being planted. That silage should plug any feed deficits in those months after Christmas before those crops were ready to be fed out or harvested. It should also dilute the costs of any extra feed that has to be bought in.

“There’s probably more maize in the ground this year and I think after last year people are thinking ahead even more,” he said.

A lot of people do not contract the whole season straight away. This time around I probably should have, but you don’t know. Ben Moore Federated Farmers He says those farmers who suspected they might have a feed deficit this summer should seek

COSTLY: Palm kernel prices have jumped to $347/t due labour shortages, rising by $7-$8/t in a space of a week.

organisations such as DairyNZ which they paid levies to. “They are not there to judge, they are there to do a job,” he said. Federated Farmers board member Chris Lewis says the high PKE prices led to him slightly reduce his stock numbers. “I was buying PKE for $220/t delivered a couple of years ago and I was using a fair bit. It’s gotten so expensive now that

with current milk prices, it’s not economical to use it,” he said. “If you are buying off the stock market or contracting it at current prices you wouldn’t be feeding it to produce. You’ve gone past the break even (price).” He says farmers buying at the current prices would not be able to pay their way out of a feed deficit if there is another dry summer.

Farmlands reports decent profit despite covid-19 Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz FARMLANDS Co-operative has weathered a difficult 201920 financial year to report what is being hailed as a credible result. Its net profit for the year ended June 30 was $7 million down slightly on the $8.4m of year earlier on turnover of $2.6 billion ($2.7bn). Chair Rob Hewett says the $7m net profit was effectively a nil result given the co-operative was granted a $7m wage subsidy by the Government to help it through the covid-19 outbreak. He describes the financial result as “a very good outcome.” Up to March, when the

pandemic struck, business was tracking nicely, but in April revenue fell more than 30% with a marked decline continuing through the final quarter. “It was one of those years,” Hewett said. “Even as late as 10 March, when we were at the Wanaka Show, everything looked good but then things changed fast from there,” he said. Hewett says the wage subsidy certainly helped, but was one of several factors that aided the result. He says the support of the 72,000 shareholders, landlords, suppliers and the hard work and dedication of staff during the covid-19 lockdown were key. The rollout of the Click and

Collect online store during the lockdown and completion of the Braveheart business transformation programme also assisted. Chief executive Peter Reidie agreed. “The covid-19 Click and Collect online store is a true success story for our organisation and is testament to the Farmlands Cooperative spirit,” Reidie said. In one month, the online store brought in 10 times more revenue than the previous e-commerce site had generated in one year. “Without the response we initiated, including support of the wage subsidy, rent relief, staff remuneration sacrifice, supplier support and other austerity measures, Farmlands would have

incurred a substantial loss,” he said. “We are grateful for the assistance our stakeholders have provided us.” Monthly rebates, discounts and loyalty rewards paid out during the year totalled $91.1m compared to $92.8m a year earlier. Revenue was steady for the year under review at $1.1bn, the same as for the previous year. Hewett says given the pandemic and the acceptance of the Government wage subsidy, it was not appropriate to make a bonus rebate to members this year. It did not pay a bonus rebate in the previous year. “While the board knows this is

disappointing for shareholders, I am sure we all appreciate the unique nature of the climate we have traded in for the second half of our financial year, the heightened uncertainty this presents to the company and the need accordingly to preserve cash as much as possible until the outlook improves,” Hewett said. In the coming year Hewett says attention will be on consolidation, preserving cash, focusing on the short-term, while being flexible and responsive to opportunities. Agriculture remains a bright light especially dairy with the recent announcement of a higher milk payout, apples – which had plant proprietary protection – and beef.

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DOC summary reveals split views Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz HOW to protect biodiversity on private land looks like it’s becoming a contentious issue as the Government implements a new strategy to protect flora and fauna. The Government is consulting on a new Aotearoa NZ Biodiversity Strategy and a summary of the nearly 3000 submissions compiled by the Department of Conservation (DOC) makes its intent clear that it must address what is being called a “biodiversity crisis.” “This is a critical time, with recognition of the increasing number of threatened or endangered species and ecosystems, rising awareness of the importance of biodiversity and growing action in the area of nature conservation,” the summary authors said. But finding a way to determine, monitor and protect biodiversity on private land has polarised opinions judging by a summary of submissions compiled and released by DOC. Individual submitters and many councils stated that those goals can only be achieved with buy-in from landowners and that industry is seen as part of the solution. The complexity of the problem was illustrated by one submission, which stated that in the Auckland region 40% of indigenous ecosystems are identified as critically endangered, with 68% of those that remain found on private land. Respecting property rights was supported by industry and councils as a way to secure the cooperation of property owners, a view that was not universally shared by conservationists. “While some consider this principle key to obtaining buy-in from property owners and rights holders, a few said it would constrain the Aotearoa NZ Biodiversity Strategy,” they said. “One submitter said it must be balanced with another principle

BALANCE: Finding a way to determine, monitor and protect biodiversity on private land has polarised opinions judging by a summary of submissions compiled and released by the Department of Conservation.

that prioritises nature over economic interests.” A contentious proposal in the strategy is the mapping of significant natural areas on private land which require councils to identify, monitor and manage areas with significant indigenous biodiversity. Farmers fear this could see councils restrict land use and farm practices, broaden activities requiring resource consent and require the restoration of biodiversity. This increased role for councils and potential imposition on landowners had some support even though it was noted it would be complex, lengthy and expensive. “A few councils said it is important to identify priority species, ecosystems, and underprotected environments through this process, because many

ecosystems can be impossible to restore once they have been damaged,” they said. “One council said the idea of priority areas regardless of land tenure is critical, or New Zealand risks being unable to manage the areas that most need to be managed.” One submitter noted that mapping or defining sites has not prevented biodiversity loss in the past. “Rather, it is the ability to actively enforce the protection provided through regulatory measures in district plans, or to develop community understanding on why these areas are so important,” they said. Other measures can be more effective but require the willing engagement and involvement of landowners. “The same local government submitter said while there

is broad agreement that the inventory of sites is a critical first step in prioritising where resources should be directed, it must be recognised that mapping is expensive and beyond the ability of some territorial authorities and regional councils to fund and undertake in the required timeframe,” the summary authors said. Landowners pointed out that having rules that were too prescriptive could have a perverse outcome. “Many land-based submitters said that, in some cases, restricting land use development may increase the decline in biodiversity, as there will be reduced income from farm operations to spend on weed and pest control,” they said. Some submitters believed access to private property should be permitted where there is

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Fonterra to build with US co-op Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz FONTERRA will turbo-charge its foodservice sales revenue in the United States using a distribution partnership with the farmer-owned dairy co-operative Land O’Lakes, headquartered in Minnesota. Without disclosing the ambitious sales volumes, or naming its well-known targets, Fonterra says it expected to expand the reach into many more quick-service restaurants, cafes and bakeries. The Land O’Lakes partnership was an example of Fonterra’s new strategy to expand overseas without making major equity investments funded by debt, a method that lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Fonterra’s global foodservice director Paul Harvey says the US was both the largest dairy foodservice market in the world and the most competitive. The number one menu item was mac and cheese, which used massive volumes of cream. Land O’Lakes worked nationwide with all the major national and regional distributors and had a huge customer base, through which it would now represent complementary Fonterra products. Chief among those was Anchor UHT culinary cream, already made under licence by a thirdparty processor using US milk and Fonterra “black box” know-how. New Zealand-made cream cheese would be next, with its grass-fed provenance and different product characteristics from the typical US Kraft Philadelphia. Harvey says the relationship would grow into other cheeses and butters. “A big part in securing the partnership was our reputation for innovative dairy products and our commitment to food safety and quality,” he said.

A big part in securing the partnership was our reputation for innovative dairy products and our commitment to food safety and quality. Paul Harvey Fonterra

“While Fonterra has been in the US foodservice market for a number of years, breaking into it at any great scale requires a fresh approach.” Existing foodservice personnel at Fonterra Chicago had been placed elsewhere and new Anchor Foodservice Professionals chefs would not be needed because Land O’Lakes already has those. The co-op has 1000 members out of 1700 supply farms, made US$14 billion in revenue last year and has been going for 99 years. Land O’Lakes says it’s keen to access Fonterra’s higher performance products in foodservice to provide an expanded range of solutions to existing and new customers. That statement echoed Fonterra’s own foodservice strategy reset after the disruption of covid-19 shutdowns of restaurants and bars. “These food outlets are going to be the last businesses to return to normal,” Fonterra’s Asia and Pacific chief executive Judith Swales said on the telephone from recently derestricted Victoria. Covid-19 had accelerated trends already apparent in the market like more home cooking, outsourcing in food preparation, more home delivery and investment in digital and contactless technologies. Elements of the new strategy included new products, digital

EXPAND: Fonterra’s global foodservice director Paul Harvey says that while Fonterra has been in the US foodservice market for a number of years, breaking into it at any great scale requires a fresh approach.

transformation, sustainability stories, new markets and business channels, and diversification away from China, where 60% of Fonterra’s foodservice revenue comes. Anchor Food Professionals chefs were now presenting their ideas to customers using online forums. Fonterra was already well connected to the much larger centralised kitchens, which are being used by restaurants coping with greater table spacings and fewer staff members. A major part of the capital expenditure in NZ during the past five years has been on foodservice plants like mozzarella

at Clandeboye and cream cheese at Darfield. Following covid-19, throughput for that capacity must be rebuilt and that was already happening, Swales and Harvey said. Rather than concentrating its efforts in the very best products, which occupied about 20% of the available market, Fonterra foodservice would now open up to better categories in blends with non-dairy, such as butter spreads. It would continue to lead with sustainability and health and wellness claims where appropriate, because the NZ dairy industry had one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world.

Fonterra has a new foods leader FONTERRA’S new foodservice boss Paul Harvey has dairy farming roots in Waikato and returned to New Zealand in July after six years abroad, the last three based in Chicago. Appointed on February 1, Harvey tied up the details of the Land O’Lakes partnership before leaving covid-19 behind in the United States and quarantining here with his wife and four children. “I am so grateful to be back in NZ and to be leading the foodservice strategy refresh after nine years with Fonterra,” he told a media conference. He says covid-19 had considerably changed the way Fonterra’s in-market troops worked. Trade fairs and cooking demonstrations were not possible and virtual meetings had replaced travel. Land O’Lakes and Anchor Food Professionals had signed a five-year partnership agreement beginning on November 1, with options to extend. The plan to grow foodservice sales in the US would utilise unused quota and tariff access and be presented to US farmers as NZ contributing to the growth of their industry. The banner under which his division marched said “world-leading dairy experts delivering performance in the business of food”.

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Whineray climbs his first Fonterra peak Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz ONE thousand litres of milk a second are flowing into Fonterra’s processing plants at the height of the spring milk peak, chief operating officer Fraser Whineray says. The newly re-energised dairy industry senior executive has more gee-whiz statistics. The full flow is around 82 million litres a day, similar to last year, a farm pick-up every nine seconds, a tanker discharged every 22sec and a container door closed every three minutes. Those numbers are achieved by his 10,000-plus workforce in 30 plants nationwide, now all working round the clock to collect and process the milk intake. Former Mercury chief executive Whineray joined Fonterra seven months ago, in the middle of the covid-19 lockdown, and hasn’t yet been able to visit every NZ site, nor obviously the ones off-shore. Fortunately, he worked in the old Dairy Board as a post-graduate trainee after qualifying as a chemical engineer at Canterbury University and saw most aspects of the dairy industry, here and abroad. NZ’s pioneering work on the then-emerging whey

IMPRESSIVE: Former Mercury chief executive Fraser Whineray joined Fonterra seven months ago, and has some positive stats to showcase how that time was spent.

protein products captured his imagination. Fifteen years away from the industry in ascending executive roles whet his appetite for a return when predecessor Robert Spurway moved to Grain Corp in Australia. Whineray has a bigger task – NZ manufacturing, the global supply chain, sustainability, innovation, research and development, information technology, safety, quality and regulatory matters. The redistributed senior management team under chief

executive Miles Harrell has three offshore divisions – Judith Swales, Asia-Pacific; Kelvin Wickham, Africa, Middle East, Europe, North Asia and the Americas; and Tehhan Chow, Greater China. Operationally, Whineray leads the onshore remainder. Farmer ownership and exporting to fuel the economy from the platform on which he stands to “choreograph the company”. An unseen group is used to illustrate his point – Milk TestNZ

at Te Rapa does 25,000 samples a day from all over the country with 40 staff members and delivers farmers and Fonterra the results within 24 hours of collection. “When Air New Zealand cut flights because of covid the milk samples still had to get through, not just for payment of fat and protein, but for somatic cell counts, antibiotics and the like,” he said. “After my absence from the industry, it blew me away to see how few staff members did so much testing.” Perhaps the biggest challenge of his familiarisation period has been contingent planning for covid-19 effects as the season developed. “We need to know how to cover all the skilled roles, such as lab testing, tanker driving, processing, warehousing and distribution, under covid restrictions,” he said. “Covid has raised the need for seasonal labour and a stand-by workforce. “We are very pleased to be at the peak without covid in the community, although we are not out of the woods.” Fonterra maintains PPE and precautionary measures throughout the company – daily temperature scans are carried out on all staff members and visitors at head office, for example.

After my absence from the industry, it blew me away. Fraser Whineray Fonterra COO Barring the usual minor power outages and equipment breakdowns, peak processing has been smooth. “Well, it looks smooth on the outside, but there is a huge amount of work below the surface,” he said. Whineray is already planning for the winter shutdown next year, mainly plant refurbishments and repurposing, wastewater treatments and energy conversions like Te Awamutu’s recent changeover from coal to wood pellets. Although no one expects Fonterra’s peak demand to rise above mid-80ML/day, and for new facilities to be needed, technological changes and maintenance requirements continue. Hurrell introduced return on capital employed as a key performance measure for Fonterra and Whineray’s safe pair of hands to carry that ball.

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THE Fonterra Shareholders’ Council has concerns about the performance of the co-operative’s Falcon joint venture in China and the Australia and Chile businesses, the council’s 2020 annual report said. The performance committee of the council regularly questions the board of directors and it will continue to monitor these areas on behalf of farmer-shareholders, committee chair John Stevenson wrote. “The council and shareholders will be interested in receiving further information on the impact on owners’ capital of the decisions to invest in China Farms and Beingmate once the divestments are completed,” he said. While constitutionally the council is not consulted on business decisions, it is required to monitor and report on Fonterra’s financial performance against specified targets set by the board and its strategy. It also provides farmers with an objective, independent opinion, this year written by Northington Partners. The 2020 milk price was up 12% to $7.14/kg milksolids, total collection was steady at 1517m kg and Fonterra’s market share of milk was down from 80.8% to 80%. Normalised earnings before interest and tax were $879m, up 8%, earnings per share 24c and the return on capital was 6.7%. Average total shareholder return (change in share price plus dividends) since 2001 has been 4.1% annually and the average return on capital employed has been 5.8%. As part of the new strategy devised and published a year ago, Fonterra has targets for FY2022 and FY2024 respectively of 8.5% and 10% for ROC and 40c and 50c for EPS.

The council and shareholders will be interested in receiving further information on the impact on owners’ capital of the decisions to invest in China Farms and Beingmate once the divestments are completed. John Stevenson Fonterra Shareholders’ Council This financial year its statement of intent says it will maintain milk supply at 80%, make a ROC between 6% and 7%, have the EPS in the range 20c to 35c and bring the gearing ratio down to 36% to 40%. These goals are not ambitious and improve only slightly on the FY2020 achievements. The council has asked the board to include the movement in share price in its reports, perhaps compared with other market indices. In the past month, the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund units and the Fonterra Co-operative Group supply shares have increased in price 15%, from $3.98 to $4.62. FCG supply shares on issue at July 31 were 1.612 billion, of which 9.78% were dry shares. The FSF portion with a combination of wet and dry shares sold into the fund was 6.5%, well within the permitted size range of 7% to 12%. Among the possible reasons for the recent rise in prices could be confidence returning that Fonterra will pay dividends in future or that a new capital structure now under discussion may buy back FSF units or make them in some way more valuable. The 3% yield before tax potential of FSF units at $4.50 with a possible FY2021 dividend of 15c is considerably more than bank deposit interest.

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Farmers need to show their vulnerability KANE Brisco, who is in his seventh year 50:50 sharemilking at Ohangai near Hawera in South Taranaki, started his own social media page to get farmers talking. “One of the things I’ve noticed with farmers under pressure is that they withdraw into themselves. I’ve done it myself,” he said. “So, I think that as a farming community we need to be much more open to discussing the pressures we’re dealing with. “We need to get better as a community at genuinely finding out how people are doing. The common answer is often ‘yeah good’, no matter how people actually feel, so we need to combat that. “First, people have got to know that you’re not going to judge them. So, if you’re the leader of your business or team, you’ve got to lead by example and show your team that if you’re not feeling okay, you’ll talk about it. “We need more farmers showing that vulnerability because that gives other people permission to speak up as well.”

Kane says when you actually break down a farmer’s day – the movements they do and the loads they carry, the mobility required, the responsibilities and decision-making – there’s a lot that goes into farming that one often never thinks about, especially the strain on both body and mind. “I know for me in terms of managing work stress, the big thing is to just acknowledge how you’re feeling and be honest about anything that’s getting to you,” he said. “It’s important to let go of the little things – often we give little problems so much time and space that they start consuming us. That’s where talking to others really helps.” Kane says the need for more transparency when it comes to talking about the daily pressures of farming is what motivated him to create the Farm Fit NZ page, “to start the conversation”. “Since then, I’ve had people messaging me and telling me how they are and what their challenges are because they feel comfortable to do that with someone who is putting himself out there,” he said. “It’s helping more people in our local community to start those convos that are a bit harder to have. “I reckon there’s a 100% correlation between doing these things and how well you perform on-farm. It’s black-and-white to me. It’s part of becoming a better farmer. “My mantra is: let’s be proactive about our health and mental health. “We do it on-farm when we grow winter crops, because we know we’re going to need feed, but we don’t always do it with our own health. “Let’s talk about this stuff.”

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Wintering system research project gets under way Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz FINDING the ultimate loafing surface for cows is looming as a major challenge for a $3 million project to develop an alternative wintering system for southern dairy farmers. The project will utilise water, animal and farm-systems experts, engineers and farmers to design, approve and test a new off-paddock, uncovered system suitable for Southland winters. The selected method will be trialled for the 2022 winter at the Southern Dairy Hub research farm in Central Southland. DairyNZ’s manager of science and economics David McCall says an international search took them to Ireland where they saw potential in an open-top cubicle system, which would be the starting point for the New Zealand research. It satisfied most of the criteria of being cost competitive and having efficient feed and effluent collection systems, but the concrete surface was not ideal for cow comfort. A NZ system will also need to separate the feeding and effluent capture from the loafing areas. NZ farmers have used concrete and wood chip loafing areas, but McCall says while wood chips provide an excellent surface when

wet cows do not want to lie down, it is costly to replace. “The big innovation for loafing will be the surface, but we know it will be a challenge,” he said. McCall says they will look for surface options from outside the agricultural sector.

These designs will be accurately costed and assessed against fit for purpose criteria for environmental impact, cow comfort and health, working conditions, and international cost competitiveness. Tim Mackle DairyNZ The $3.2m project is led and cofunded by DairyNZ, with $1.75m coming from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFF Futures) fund. The project comes in response to public concern at the environmental impact and animal welfare concerns from wintering cows on crop, the main wintering

system used in Southland and South Otago. It also coincides with tougher new environmental rules and regulations for winter grazing, part of the Government’s Essential Freshwater policy. DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says the first of the three-stage project will select two concepts for uncovered wintering systems, which will undergo close scrutiny. “As well as being effective for the environment and animal wellbeing, the infrastructure needs to be good for people working in it and cost-effective for farmers,” Mackle said. The chosen systems will have to meet environmental and animal welfare standards and integrate with NZ’s pasture-based system. The second phase will see one design selected in consultation with farmers to then be trialled. The third phase will see the chosen wintering design tested at the Southern Dairy Hub from June 2022 and compared with the best of the hub’s current grazed winter crop systems. “These designs will be accurately costed and assessed against fit for purpose criteria for environmental impact, cow comfort and health, working conditions, and international cost competitiveness,” he said.

PROCESS: DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says the first of the three-stage project will select two concepts for uncovered wintering systems, which will undergo close scrutiny.

Mackle says the project could ultimately lead to new manufacturing opportunities which could supply other sectors and international markets. The project will also look at new innovation in infrastructure design and contract arrangements for harvesting and feeding forage supplements to reduce the need for expensive farm machinery. McCall says Irish dairy farmers no longer winter cattle on crop

and operate a system where contractors feed grass silage to cows kept off pasture. They have an adlib-feeding system which only needs replenishing every third day. Research in Ireland has found cows wintered in an open-air system eat more feed, carry extra fat and are better acclimatised when returned to pasture in the spring than those who are housed under cover.

More guidelines on freshwater policy coming Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz NEARLY two months after introducing its Essential Freshwater policy, the Government is still determining how some rules and regulations will be applied while reviewing specific aspects. A Ministry for the Environment (MfE) webinar this week focusing on farm practice, was light on detail and revealed officials are reviewing how to apply the rule limiting stock crossing an individual waterway to twice a month. Officials have previously announced reviews into the accuracy of the low-slope map which determines stock exclusion rules, as well as its application to extensive or lightly stocked farms. A week after releasing the policy the Government reversed pugging restrictions in gateways and around stock water troughs on intensively grazed paddocks after accepting they were impractical. The ministry’s chief adviser Bryan Smith told the webinar a

resolution to the mapping issues could be five months away. Work is also under way to develop a system so farmers can determine if a paddock has a mean 10-degree slope, a rule which permits intensive winter grazing. During the 45-minute presentation, the policies were summarised and some questions, mostly from regional councils, were answered. Asked what should be included in farm environment plans, Smith says they need to identify farming practices that are a risk to freshwater or freshwater ecology and include actions that mitigate, manage or reduce that risk. They also need to include regional council requirements. Smith says farmers need to have documentation detailing when existing stock exclusion fences were built if they are closer than three metres from a waterway. If built since stock exclusion rules were introduced, they may have to be moved. Farm scale maps cannot be used to determine slopes as part of stock exclusion rules, with Smith

saying the low-slope maps were created to simplify the decisionmaking process. Ministry analyst Henrietta Ansell says the rules requiring winter-grazed paddocks to be resown by a set date provide regulatory certainty and send a message that paddocks should not be left without vegetative cover which can lead to soil and nutrient runoff. Rules limiting pugging to a depth of 20cm and not covering more than 50% of a paddock are based on DairyNZ pugging guidelines. She says farmers can determine if they breach the rules by taking a random measurement of pugging depth and then establish the portion of the paddock that is pugged. The ministry is about to launch more detailed guidelines for the policy. The policy is based on three obligations: to stop further degradation which means limits to land use and stem the loss of wetlands and streams; show material water quality

improvement within five years; and reverse past damage within a generation. As part of that, new ways of measuring water quality have been included in the National Policy Statement and regional councils are being held to account for four values: ecosystem health, human contact, thriving species and food availability. Meantime, MfE is standing by its fencing cost estimates despite Fencing Contractors NZ saying those prices are about half the actual cost. In its regulatory impact assessment document, the ministry estimated average fencing costs of $5/metre for dairy, $14/m for sheep and beef and $20/m for deer farms on rolling land as part of the stock exclusion provision in the new freshwater regulations. In response to questions from the Farmers Weekly, MfE says those costs were based on the 2016 National Stock Exclusion Study and had input from fencing contractors, regional councils, the Department of Conservation, Landcare Research, AgResearch,

the Waihora Ellesmere Trust, QEII National Trust and the Landcare Trust. In a statement MfE says it has not seen the methodology used by the fencing industry to support their claims the costs were too light. Association board member Shane Beets told the Farmers Weekly that while fencing costs vary according to region, terrain, materials and individual businesses, the MfE costs are not realistic. “The figures quoted I would say are certainly unrepresentative of the reality in the industry. “It looks me that based on average figures, they would be at least half what the reality is.” MfE’s Essential Freshwater document released last month estimates 32,000km of waterways will have to be fenced under the new stock exclusion rules at an estimated cost of $773 million. The association also questioned where the material and staff would come from to erect the 32,000km of fencing required by the policy by 2025.

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Foresters keen on single ministry Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz A COMBINED agricultureforestry portfolio is one of the forestry industry’s hopes as the Government allocates ministers’ roles in the post-election shuffle. Forest Owners Association president Phil Taylor says given the central role forestry will continue to play for this country to meet its climate change obligations, and the role farmers can play in planting trees, it made sense to integrate the two. “In the past we have had an integrated ministry, but then it mainly had a pastoral focus, with forestry going to an associate minister. With the right, positive minister, an integrated ministry would make sense,” he said. While having had no indication yet what the Government may do, Taylor says Damien O’Connor has proven a sound minister for agriculture, and one who appreciated the links between farming and forestry. Taylor says the challenges New Zealand faces in trying to reduce its carbon emissions have not diminished in the past three years, if anything they had increased and meeting the Paris Accord using tree planting was still the best short-term approach. “Unless we plant more trees, we as a country will be required to spend more on carbon credits. This was central to Shane Jones wanting the one billion trees policy,” he said. The industry’s concern was that with a swing to a centre-left government there may be some loss of momentum around the project, with more controls on forestry making the sector a “sacrificial lamb” to appeal to the pastoral sector. “Leading up to the election

This government will have to be really careful about the sights it sets. If it does not want forestry, it will pay for the carbon. You can’t have your cake and eat it. Phil Taylor Forest Owners Association

CARBON SOAK: Phil Taylor says foresters are concerned the sector’s role may become more politicised in wake of the election result.

there was a lot of talk about the need to control afforestation to deal with unfounded fears of a loss of pastoral land,” he said. “This government will have to be really careful about the sights it sets. If it does not want forestry, it will pay for the carbon. You can’t have your cake and eat it.” Taylor says while the publicity from groups like 50 Shades of Green was a concern to him, he was heartened by the interest farmers were showing in farm forestry. “And it is not a case anymore of a farmer planting trees and seeing no income for 25 years. From year eight those trees can start to earn

income in carbon credit value,” he said. Increased extension and education were key areas foresters wanted to see the Government invest more in over coming months to help capitalise on the interest farmers have in planting. “Talk to grassroots farmers and they are interested, but it is just outside their comfort zone and they want advice on putting the right trees in the right places,” he said. “If there was one thing to appease the angst out there about forestry, it would be to get increased education among farmers.”

He also hoped there would not be interference on what sort of land trees could and could not be planted on. “We hope it does not devolve to a regional council level. We have worked out a national policy statement on plantation forestry, where forestry is a permitted activity on all but the most erodible land, so the question is why should forestry be controlled versus pastoral farming?” he asked. He believes many farmers would equally not wish to see their right to commit to forestry impeded by regional council involvement.

Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association chief executive Jon Tanner says at a trade level, whoever became minister for trade needed to double down on issues of processing subsidies and support offered by overseas governments to their processors. Those subsidies had meant NZ’s raw logs were traded at a premium, making establishing processing here more expensive on a playing field far from level. Tanner says Chinese demand pressure will only increase on NZ’s log supply in the near future, with Russia’s announcement it would be shutting its border to log exports to China. Meantime, Chinese companies with processed timber products now locked out of the United States with the trade war will be circling markets, including NZ, to dump products. Tanner says wood processors also suggest the Government install a manufacturing portfolio. “We have ministries for forestry and agriculture but nothing for manufacturing, which is the next step up the value chain,” he said.

Water storage consent process fast-tracked A WATER storage project is the first piece of infrastructure to be approved under the Government’s Fast Track Consenting Act. The Matawii Water Storage Reservoir, which will provide drinking water for Kaikohe and support Northland’s horticulture and agriculture sectors, is the first of a number of infrastructure projects earmarked for a speedy consenting process under the Act, which aims to accelerate New Zealand’s economic recovery from covid-19. The 750,000 cubic metre water reservoir in the upper catchment of the Kopenui Stream, east of Kaikohe, will be used to supply water for town supply (residential, commercial and industrial uses) and irrigation. Environment Minister David Parker says the project demonstrates the Government’s

commitment to regional investment. “Northland’s economy has been hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic,” he said. “The construction of the reservoir will have a positive effect on employment in the region, and the increased supply of water to the area will have the knock-on effect of assisting other investment prospects to help us build back stronger.” Te Tai Tokerau Water Trust, which is behind the project, estimates that the project could bring an increase in GDP of $9 million a year and an additional 60 full-time equivalent jobs – representing a 2% increase in employment in Kaikohe and its immediate surrounding area. The decision to approve the project was made by an expert consenting panel led by former

Environment Court chief justice Laurie Newhook. The decision was made in 55 days from the time the application was lodged with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), around half the time it takes for a similar consent to be granted under the Resource Management Act (RMA) consenting process. IrrigationNZ chief executive Vanessa Winning says getting approval for a project of this size shows what can be done if the Government, iwi, and industry work together with common goals. “This move also supports signals for positive changes to the RMA – something we would welcome to allow for more streamlined and fair investment,” she said. “We are heartened by this regional focus under the Fast

COMMON GOAL: IrrigationNZ chief executive Vanessa Winning says fasttracking the Matawii Water Storage Reservoir’s consent process shows what can be achieved when the Government, iwi and industry work together.

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RWNZ awards category winners Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz SEVEN category winners have been announced in the Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) 2020 business awards. Run in partnership with premier partner NZI, the annual awards showcase entrepreneurship by rural women. “The awards provide an opportunity to celebrate and showcase excellence in business and innovation by rural women,” RWNZ national president Fiona Gower said. “In deciding to continue with the awards this year we realised there has never been a better time to recognise and support women who own and operate rural businesses,” Gower said. NZI executive manager commercial underwriting Christina Chellew, who represented NZI as one of the judges on the panel, says this year saw an extremely high calibre of entrants. “The judges were highly impressed with the calibre of entrants in this year’s awards, especially in the innovation and resilience each has shown against the background of covid-19,” she said. “It was extremely difficult to select our category winners as there were so many incredible entrants.” Presentation of the awards to the seven category winners and the announcement of the overall supreme award winner will take place at an awards ceremony in Wellington on November 20. Category award winners The Creative Arts category, acknowledging a business that specialises in creative arts working in a rural environment or using raw materials went to Rebecca Tosswill for her Farmers Daughter Design Studio. Specialising in agri-business design, Farmers Daughter Design builds business brands in the back blocks of rural NZ. Tosswill owns and operates her studio from a sheep and beef farm in the Wairarapa hill country, where she supports and mentors rural women in business. She recognises how this contributes to creating strong, resilient and vibrant rural communities, while using her creative and design skills, and embracing her farming heritage and rural values to help others reach their potential. The Emerging Business category was won by Chelsea Millar of Grass Roots Media. Millar and her team draw on their rural roots to create and manage social media communications and campaigns for the food and fibre sector. Passionate about digital communications, Millar knows the importance of being nimble in creating each client’s social media strategy to reflect their business. Located in Manawatu but operating in the digital world, Grass Roots Media has flourished in making the agricultural sector

DESERVING: RWNZ president Fiona Gower says there has never been a better time than the present to recognise and support women who own and operate rural businesses.

more visible by opening online conversations about goings on in rural NZ. The Love of the Land, harnessing the potential of NZ’s land, environment or products of the land in creating a successful business enterprise was won by Sarah Higgins who owns and operates Higgins Shearing in Marlborough. A competitive and world record holding shearer, Higgins’ passion for shearing and commitment to producing quality results, while having fun doing it, is what makes her brand stand out. Higgins Shearing is firmly rooted in its local community where she assists in organising and sponsoring local shearing events and professional development for shearers and wool handlers. Higgins also mentors and supports upcoming women shearers, while making an outstanding contribution to the wool industry and shearing community. Kate Ivey Fitness took out the Rural Health and Wellbeing Excellence category recognising outstanding contribution to supporting the health and wellness of rural communities Ivey’s business was born out of her own struggle to consistently live a healthy lifestyle, despite

having qualifications and extensive experience in the health and fitness industry. Living on a South Canterbury high country station meant that she was quite some way from the nearest gym and she also realised that there were many other rural women exactly like her.

The judges were highly impressed with the calibre of entrants in this year’s awards, especially in the innovation and resilience each has shown against the background of covid-19. Christina Chellew NZI In 2017 Ivey launched DediKate, an online health and fitness community and app for NZ women. The community now has 1400 members with Ivey’s workouts streamed from her Mackenzie high country home location.

RURAL CHAMP: SMW Design’s Sue Wilson won the Rural Champion category, which is awarded to a person or business who goes above and beyond in supporting the rural sector or rural enterprise.

Henrietta Purvis was the innovation winner, a category that recognises an enterprise that challenges the status quo to bring something new to the market. North Otago-based Purvis Feeds grew out of Henrietta and husband Graeme’s shared love for horses, this and the inspirational find of an old chaff cutter under a tree on a farm, set them off on their business journey. Purvis is a hands-on business owner spending time on the books and in the cutting shed. Making the most of strong relationships with their lucerne and rapeseed growers means Purvis Feeds is now recognised as a leading brand of animal feed and the first brand in NZ to infuse premium lucerne chaff with coldpressed rapeseed oil to create a premium product. The Rural Champion winner, awarded to a person or business who goes above and beyond in supporting the rural sector or rural enterprise, went to Sue Wilson of SMW Design. Wilson has long been a champion for her rural community as a dedicated volunteer who embraces new projects and knows how to turn community dreams into reality. SMW Design works with rural businesses and community groups in initiating projects that

help to break down rural isolation including community events, fundraising initiatives, brand identity and design. Her business grew out of passion for her Wairoa community, where she also runs a sheep and beef trading operation with her husband and has several off-farm business interests. Lisa Brink’s The Baked Dane took out the Bountiful Table category for a rural business embracing diverse and unique natural resources to deliver exceptional foods or beverages. The Bake Dane creates Scandinavian-inspired baked goods with Lisa drawing her inspiration from her childhood in Denmark where she was surrounded by family and people who loved working with food. Brinks started The Baked Dane as a hobby while on maternity leave but her baked goods were so instantly popular that she has given away her day job and is now firmly ensconced in her kitchen in Horowhenua making delicious bread and crackers. The RWNZ Business Awards are sponsored by the Ministry for Primary Industries, Hynds Limited, Access Community Health, Jarden Partners Limited, Havana Coffee Works, the Public Trust Hall and the Ministry for Women.

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Shearer shortage as season starts Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz

CLOCK TICKING: The shearing industry urgently needs more shearers ahead of the main shearing season which starts in November.

TIME is running out for overseas shearers to be allowed into New Zealand to work ahead of the start of the shearing season in November. New Zealand Shearing Contractors Association (NZSCA) president Mark Barrowcliffe says the industry needs 40-60 more shearers to prevent worker shortages this season.

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He says they were hoping to get a border exemption for these shearers from the Immigration Minister, but this had been delayed because of the election. “We have contractors that have got names (and) passport numbers of all of the people in the UK who are sitting there ready to come – and are still keen to come – at the moment. But as every day goes by, there will be someone that drops off that list because they are thinking they are never going to get in here,” Barrowcliffe said. The Association has about 100 members, shearing about 70% of the sheep in NZ. The shearing season runs from November in the North Island and works its way south into late January in the lower half of the South Island. He says the window where these workers could enter NZ, go through the quarantine process and get to work was rapidly narrowing. Compounding the issue was Australia’s decision to open its borders. Among the first people on flights from NZ to Australia were NZ shearers heading to farms to shear sheep. “We would like to get a few in if we could, especially with Australia opening its border so we’re losing a few over there already, and that’s going to exacerbate the problem,” he said. Prior to covid-19, shearers would travel back and forth between NZ and Australia as work allowed. But this was now highly unlikely because of flight costs and quarantine rules. “It wouldn’t be practical and there lies the problem. There are enough shearers in the world, but because we’re a transient workforce, we need to cover the peaks whenever the peaks are happening.” The covid-19 induced travel restrictions had put a halt to it.

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Mark Barrowcliffe NZSCA president “We’re really at a pinch point where you are asking someone to come from the Northern Hemisphere and book a flight within a few days and try and get a quarantine slot in. It’s getting on the skin of the teeth,” he said. “The longer they don’t make a decision with our time factor getting quite tight, the decision will be made for us by the guys overseas, it will be impossible for them to come.” Training up people to work in the industry was not really an option because it took about two years for a new shearer to be able to work at a suitable standard. Barrowcliffe feared if there were staff shortages it could lead to shearers being overloaded with work, resulting in injuries. The Association is telling its members to try and front-foot this by getting farmers to be flexible if possible, with when they want shearers to come. Barrowcliffe says the industry was also unintentionally aided by the fall in sheep numbers from last season’s drought as some farmers reduced their capital stock. “We shouldn’t say it’s a good thing for us because it’s not, but for the problem of being understaffed, it’s probably the one shining light for us,” he said.

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 2, 2020

Synlait optimistic over share price Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz SYNLAIT’S share price is under pressure as the company works to achieve its growth ambitions, chair Graeme Milne acknowledged in the 2020 annual report. “The board remains confident that these investments will drive an improved return for shareholders over the long term,” he said. The key priorities were to fill the processing capacity of the Pokeno facility in northern Waikato, integrate Dairyworks and Talbot Forest Cheese and commission, and obtain product verification from the long-life facility at Dunsandel. “Synlait has a track record of delivering high returns on capital by investing in a differentiated value chain to meet customer needs, and we are confident that our recent investments will be no different,” he said. “We do have a strong and profitable business, but we acknowledge there are market headwinds and unused capacity that

will restrict our short-term financial performance until fully utilised.” Synlait’s share price has fallen from a peak of $9.50 a year ago to $5.40 currently, down 44%. It briefly bottomed out at $4.40 in mid-March because of the covid-19 outbreak and recovered to $7.50 in mid-April before slowly declining to the present position. Its current guidance for FY2021 is a net profit after tax similar to, or slightly improved on, the FY2020 $75 million, although that result was down 9% on FY2019. A further update will be provided with the half-year results in midMarch. Like its main customer, A2 Milk, Synlait has not paid a dividend since listing in 2013 while it ploughed all profits back into growing the company. Elsewhere in the annual report chief executive Leon Clement said the Pokeno site had removed single site and milk pool risk for the company. Facilities were built in front of the demand curve and complementary businesses were acquired, but the

foundations of a more diverse Synlait had been laid. Synlait is still waiting for the Supreme Court appeal decision regarding the development of the Pokeno site, but the company remained confident of a favourable outcome. “We consider it unlikely that an adverse decision would result in a materially negative impact on our ability to continue to operate at Pokeno.”

We do have a strong and profitable business, but we acknowledge there are market headwinds and unused capacity that will restrict our short-term financial performance until fully utilised. POSITIVE: Synlait’s share price has fallen from a peak of $9.50 a year ago to $5.40 currently, but chief executive Graeme Milne says they remain confident that investments will drive improved return.

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OPPORTUNITY: Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson says he is excited to share his insights from the world of kiwifruit with his PMA colleagues.

ZESPRI chief executive Dan Mathieson has been appointed to the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) board. The PMA is a trade organisation representing the global fresh produce and floral supply chain. Based in North America, it seeks to bring together the global produce community to help grow a healthier world and attract, develop and retain talent. Zespri chair Bruce Cameron says the appointment reflects both Mathieson’s ability to develop outstanding people and teams committed to delivering sustainable value and the growing global awareness of Zespri’s success. “The Zespri board and organisation is proud to congratulate Dan on his appointment to the PMA board and look forward to the contributions he’ll

make to the growth of the wider global produce sector,” he said. “We know he will add considerable value and we also look forward to the new perspectives and lessons he’ll bring to Zespri from his engagement with the wider global produce community.” Cameron says having a presence on the PMA board would help Zespri to continue broadening its relationships across the fresh produce sector, especially in the North American region which is an important growth market. “North America remains a key market for Zespri, and we’re really pleased at the continued strong consumer demand for fresh and healthy SunGold Kiwifruit on the back of some of our really strong and awardwinning campaigns and the hard

work being undertaken by the team,” Cameron said. Mathieson, who will join the board this month, says he is excited to share his insights from the world of kiwifruit with his new colleagues. “I’m looking forward to helping contribute to the PMA’s vision of growing a healthier world, which is closely aligned with our Zespri purpose of helping people, communities and the environment thrive through the goodness of kiwifruit,” he said. “There remains much uncertainty with the ongoing challenges associated with covid-19, and I think our industry has some valuable insights to share about how to handle this, including continuing to invest in relationships right across the supply chain to help meet the changing needs of our consumers.”

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IMPORTANT: Horticulture NZ’s natural resources and environment manager Michelle Sands says Horowhenua growers play a key role in NZ’s supply of fresh green vegetables.

Growers call for regulation change Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz COMMERCIAL vegetable growers in Horowhenua say they are disadvantaged by being treated the same as pastoral farmers under regional council regulations aimed at improving water quality. Growers and Horticulture NZ have been among those to present submissions to a panel considering Horizons (ManawatuWhanganui) Regional Council’s proposed Plan Change 2. Although growers and Hort NZ support the plan change’s goal of improving water quality in the region, they say treating commercial vegetable growing in the same way as pastoral farming fails to recognise the differences between the two and threatens

an industry crucial to NZ’s fresh green vegetable supply. Instead of being judged alongside pastoral farming, they favour an approach where those growers would have to comply with industry-based best practice standards and those growers not already meeting those would be provided with a timeframe and pathway to get up to speed. Horticulture NZ natural resources and environment manager Michelle Sands told the hearing that when the council’s One Plan was created it was based on the idea that all farming in the region was pastoral, not taking into account the differences between that type of farming and commercial vegetable growing. She says a tailored approach that provides a graduated pathway is needed for commercial vegetable growers, particularly in the

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vegetable growers to establish a similar controlled activity pathway based on realistic and industry appropriate nitrogen loss reduction targets. “No commercial growers were consulted with in the formation of the revisions included in proposed Plan Change 2 and no feedback from commercial vegetable growers was included ... after it was first shared prior to public notification,” he said. Clarke says the proposed plan change fails to recognise the differences between activities that are grouped together as “intensive farming land uses.” For example, no specific policy has been included that provides for commercial vegetable growers’ approach to nutrient management and the necessity for regular crop rotation. “Woodhaven requests that a new policy for commercial vegetable growing inside a water

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Horowhenua district, which will improve water quality while also ensuring those growers are not forced out of business. Horowhenua growers, who produce a significant amount of NZ’s green vegetables, are most at risk from the plan change. Levin’s Woodhaven Gardens director Jay Clarke is concerned that the proposed Plan Change 2 does not create equitable consenting pathways across sectors. He says vegetable growers will be subject to high costs to prepare and lodge an application for resource consent with a heavy burden of proof of environmental effects and the effectiveness of best practical option mitigations with no certainty of outcome. Horizons consulted with dairy and sheep and beef farmers to create an equitable pathway for their business, but Clarke says the council has not consulted with

WOODHAVEN Gardens has already spent plenty of time and money reducing its environmental footprint, in particular nitrogen and sediment loss. Director Jay Clarke says they first began experimenting with different growing methods about seven or eight years ago and rolled them on the ground in 2018. The suite of practices includes more gradual fertiliser delivery, utilising

GPS, growing maize as a nitrogen catch crop and retiring about 18% of low-yielding growing land. Clarke says they are continuing to learn as they go and there are still parts of the system that need work. The changes, which have included significant investment in precision agriculture, have cost about $4.5 million in capital expenditure so far, and another $2m

a year to run. They are not changes that growers can make overnight, which is why he says a consenting pathway is needed. Some of the changes made at Woodhaven, the 2020 Regional Supreme Winner at the Horizons Ballance Farm Environment Awards have only been possible because it’s a large-scale operation, so may be unrealistic for smaller growers.

management sub zone be added to the plan to set the scene for a separate rule regime for commercial vegetable growing,” he said. He says Environment Canterbury introduced a policy to its Land and Water Plan that recognised the particular constraints that apply to commercial vegetable growing operations, including the need to rotate crops to avoid soilborne diseases and for growing locations close to processing facilities. That policy requires growers to operate at good management practice and show how relevant nutrient loss reduction will be achieved. Clarke says commercial vegetable growers are already environmentally efficient in terms of nitrogen loss per hectare if the amount of food produced is taken into account, which is not recognised by the proposed plan change. He says if that is taken into account those growers far outstrip the amount that both dairy and sheep and beef farmers produce on the same amount of land. The one size fits all approach does not work across farming sectors. “We’ve got to have related regulations that match the farming systems,” Clarke says. He supports the aim of the proposed plan change, to improve water quality, but objects to the approach it takes to achieve that. “Woodhaven considers that the proposed mechanism puts mass vegetable production at risk through imposing consent processes that cannot guarantee security of operation far enough into the future,” he said. He says this lack of security undermines the confidence of commercial vegetable growers in their ability to operate sustainably.

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Children lead farm safety day MORE than one hundred children have taken part in a farm safety day in Otago, alongside industry leaders. The initiative, led by the Strath Taieri School student council, was hosted in partnership with the local community, Safer Farms and New Zealand Young Farmers on October 23. Hosted at Strath Taieri School in Middlemarch, Lee Stream School and Macraes Moonlight also came along to learn, with 112 children and 65 families in attendance. Strath Taieri teacher and student council leader Kate Martin says the idea started when a child had a minor incident during woodwork and wanted to learn more about first aid and how to be safe and be seen on the farm. The first half of the day for the primary school-aged children was first aid training from the New Zealand Police. For the second half of the day, they took part in eight on-farm modules. These included identifying blind spots around proper tractors, learning to load a trailer and strop it down safely, learning how to use fire extinguishers and dressing up in the proper equipment to ride a motorbike. With a local school family owning a transport company, the children were lucky enough to also watch and learn first-hand how long a stock truck takes to stop in a hurry and how to be safe around them. “They were shocked how far it takes to safely pull up if there were trailers and animals on board and how much of a distance that actually is,” Martin said. “In any farm community, if we have the younger people growing up switching on their ‘think safe brain’ and knowing how to speak up if they see something wrong, then we can’t go wrong,” she said. With no other events out there like this, she really enjoyed watching the students learn and says the practical, handson activities were extremely beneficial.

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“They’ll always remember this day. They may not remember all the writing, reading and maths lessons, but they remember days like this and if one thing sticks in their brain then I think we’ve done a pretty good job,” she said. With WorkSafe and the Rural Support Trust also on site talking to parents, she said the conversations the kids would take home would also be useful. New Zealand Young Farmers South Island territory manager Bridget Joicey says it was fun to support the event and help deliver such important messages through practical activities and in subtle ways.

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“It was really cool that the whole day was driven by the student council, not teachers, wanting to learn all about onfarm health and safety,” she said. “I am so proud to see children at such a young age knowing how critical it is to learn about this stuff and who are also so passionate about keeping everyone safe.” Safer Farms’ health, safety and wellbeing advocate Harriet Bremner says the main learning of the day was for children to understand to stop, think and make good decisions while out on the farm. “Being able to involve and engage with children directly

about how to keep safe on-farm in a hands-on perspective is such an important way for them to learn,” she said. “The fact they get to take these messages home to their parents and have conversations to help change cultures and behaviours towards health and safety is incredibly important, not just for getting everyone home safe at the end of the day, but also for creating safer on-farm environments for everyone.” Influencing the younger generation with on-farm safety, Bremner believed would instil passion for health and safety from a young age and create safer farms for future generations.

In any farm community, if we have the younger people growing up switching on their ‘think safe brain’ and knowing how to speak up if they see something wrong, then we can’t go wrong. Kate Martin Teacher

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Comvita sees double-digit sales growth COMVITA’S September quarter has produced double-digit revenue growth, strong margins and kept costs in line with expectations, chief executive David Banfield told its annual shareholders’ meeting. “Including the first quarter of 2021, we have now delivered nine consecutive profitable trading months,” Banfield said. “We’ve made a good start but there is still a long way to go. “We’re absolutely focused on delivery of our full-year 2021 result as we reduce inventory, stock-keeping-unit count and look to further simplify the business and free up cash in the process.” Comvita reported a $9.7 million net loss for the year ended June following a $27.7m loss the previous year. But underlying earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) in the second half of the latest year of $18.4m accounted for most of the underlying annual Ebitda of $19.1m. The company had 646 stock keeping units at June 30. Banfield said in August he wanted to reduce this by 200. He didn’t give an update on these numbers at the AGM. Banfield, who joined the company in January, reiterated he is targeting a 150 basis-point improvement in gross profit for the full year and mid-single digit revenue growth with a 20% Ebitda benefit. The company says gross margin in the year ended June was the highest in more than six years. Banfield is also targeting a $4m reduction in fixed costs before transformation expenses of $1.5

We’ve made a good start but there is still a long way to go. David Banfield Comvita CEO

PLAN: Comvita reduced debt to $15.5m from $89m in the year ended June. It is aiming to reduce debt to zero.

million. The company will make a material increase in marketing investment in North America and China of about $6m. Comvita reduced debt to $15.5m from $89m in the year ended June, helped by its $50m capital raising in May and June. It is aiming to reduce debt to zero. Banfield assured shareholders “we have changed a lot since January and are now focused on ensuring that this is a new beginning at Comvita” after “painful times.”

“Our transformation plan centres around an unrelenting consumer focus, enhanced digital capability and consumer engagement and, finally, enhanced focus on cash and efficiency,” he said. The coronavirus crisis has led to exponential growth in e-commerce with the US economy recording 10 years’ worth of forecasted e-commerce growth in three months, Banfield said. That has challenged Comvita to think 10 times bigger.

“We expect to see more competition due to digital, we see greater need for speed and action, and we see consumers actively searching brands that have an authentic link to their purpose,” he says. “We need to understand our consumers better and focus on activities that drive household penetration and that encourage existing customers to use our products even more regularly as part of their daily ritual.” Banfield says the company’s

success in China is key to delivering long-term value. The company bought out its Chinese joint-venture partner in the 2019 financial year. “The China market is the biggest honey market in the world, valued at $1.8 billion. Imported honey makes up around 12 percent of that total market,” he said. He says Comvita is the strong market leader in manuka honey in China. “We have our own subsidiary, we have over 200 people on the ground, we have (a) new leadership team complementing existing capability and have now integrated our China subsidiary into the group,” he said. Chair Brett Hewlett, who was Comvita’s chief executive between 2005 and 2015, told the meeting the company claimed $104,000 from the New Zealand government’s wage subsidy during the national lockdown. “This was done at the height of the ongoing economic uncertainty for the business. However, we intend to repay this wage subsidy once we return to reporting a profitable result,” Hewlett said. – BusinessDesk

Appetite for small apples growing MINIATURE apple company Rockit Global has defied supply chain and market challenges to celebrate its strongest season. Despite obstacles created by covid-19, the producers of the globally trademarked Rockit apple, who are currently shipping

GROWING: Rockit has doubled its social media following in China, exceeding all its targets for the year.

their final export containers for 2020, have met export volume and price targets that were set before the pandemic, with turnover up 25% year-on-year. Rockit Global, which last week released its latest 2020 season forecast to its grower partners, is

forecasting orchard gate returns of $1.84-$1.92 per standard tube equivalent. In conventional industry metrics these equate to returns of around $75 per carton and over $225,000 per hectare on mature orchards. Chair John Loughlin puts the

result down to the company’s reputation for excellence, its expansion into new markets and the development of compelling digital marketing campaigns. “To have attained such a robust result in a very challenging season is extremely encouraging,” he says. “Our approach has been to find ways into new channels and territories – launching Rockit into Kuwait and India this year – and to roll out a suite of marketing initiatives in our biggest consumer markets, speaking directly to our customers in China and the Middle East.” Those marketing campaigns saw 500 carefully chosen social media influencers work closely with Rockit to drive relatable content into the feeds of household shoppers – who were, by virtue of the pandemic, spending more time at home and shopping for groceries online. Rockit doubled its social media following in China, exceeding all its targets for the year. The company made a big play for the Indian market this year, getting Black Caps captain Kane Williamson on board before the Indian Premier League season. Williamson now carries the

HEARTENED: Rockit Global chair John Loughlin is encouraged by the company’s performance in what has been a challenging year.

Rockit insignia on his bat. India is the 28th country where Rockit is sold. The sweet miniature apples – a cross between a Gala and Gala Splendour, for which the company holds exclusive global rights – are grown in nine countries, including New Zealand. Loughlin says Rockit Global has much to look forward to next season, with the opening of its state of the art packhouse, coolstore and office facility in Hastings.

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As well as another wave of covid, the UK is also facing high levels of uncertainty around Brexit negotiations, in particular a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Put simply, Brexit is the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. If there is a ‘no deal’ Brexit, then UK exports to the EU will be penalised with higher tariffs.

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

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Do some research, what is a tariff?

2 The UK exports the majority of their lamb to the EU. Additional tariffs are likely to have an affect on demand, and this product will need to be redirected to another market. If there is an oversupply of lamb in the UK, what might this do to the demand for imported lamb i.e. NZ lamb exports to the UK? 3 How did the total volume of lamb exported to the UK in September compare with last year and the five-year average? 4 What hat month do exports usually peak?

MIDDLEMARCH FUTURE FARMERS CELEBRATE FARMING, IN A SCHOOLS HEALTH AND SAFETY DAY!

A farm health and safety day held in Middlemarch last Friday was hailed a huge success by the schools, community and industry groups involved. Strath Taieri School invited Lee Stream and Macraes Moonlight schools to join them in an educational farming day with the focus of over 100 children learning to use their ‘Think Safe Brains’. Strath Taieri teacher Kate Martin said that the idea came from a student who received a minor injury during woodwork and wanted to know more about how to stay safe on farm. New Zealand Young Farmers Bridget Joicey and Harriet Bremner from Safer Farms were also involved in running the event, backed by local support including parents who helped by supplying machinery for the day. The children participated in practical modules including learning to load and strop down a trailer and where the blind spots around tractors and stock trucks are. This was a pilot day and Bremner says they hope that many more schools around New Zealand will get to take part in a day like this because it is important that we are not just assuming children are safe. They need to be having conversations with their parents about health, safety and wellbeing to stay safe from a practical approach.

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STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 The children were sponsored to take home two books per family from the Gurt and Pops range by Worksafe NZ and FMG/Farmstrong, which target health, safety and wellbeing. Helping to keep the conversation going once the children got home.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CONTROL PHOSPHORUS RUNOFF? Common fertilisers like superphosphate contain phosphorus in a form that is highly water soluble and readily taken up by plants. This is a good thing, as phosphorus is an important nutrient for plant growth, but if we get rainfall soon after we apply phosphorus fertiliser, we might get water running off the surface of our paddocks (surface runoff) and this can take the phosphorus in the fertiliser granules with it.

The photos below show: Left; phosphorus fertiliser granules dyed blue and Right; after creating rainfall using a watering can, the blue dye (which represents the phosphorus in the fertiliser granule) runs off the surface of the pasture soil.

Firstly, our streams and rivers are very sensitive to even very small amounts of phosphorus. Phosphorus loss from paddocks can stimulate the growth of algae in waterways, which impacts on species that live in the water and also makes the water dangerous for people to swim in. Secondly, we want the phosphorus to stay in our agricultural soils to help grow plants. Any loss of this precious phosphorus resource is a waste of money. The easiest way to do this is to make sure we aren’t applying phosphorus fertilisers to wet soils or if rainfall is forecast that might generate surface runoff. We can do this by looking at a weather forecast and only applying phosphorus fertiliser when the risk of surface runoff is low.

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The Hendersons run stock that suits their properties terrain? What breeds of sheep and cattle do they run and why do these suit their lands typography?

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Bright future for top student William Robertson was recently named Massey University agriculture student of the year, capping off a busy and varied 12 months. Colin Williscroft reports.

HIS time last year William Robertson was about halfway through a six-month stint studying at Shanghai University in China, something he says was an eye-opening experience, although the decision to go there was a last minute one. He had earlier been on a three-week holiday to South East Asia, spending time in Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore, and was so taken by what he saw that he knew he had to take the next step. “I wanted to see the big one. I wanted to see what China was all about,” he said of New Zealand’s largest export market. On his first day back at Massey following the holiday, he walked into the university’s exchange office and started the paperwork that would make Shanghai become a reality. After arriving there in August last year, he began studying Mandarin, politics, finance and cuisine. Every weekend he could, he jumped on a train and visited rural villages to get another view of life there. After the exchange he was only back in New Zealand for five days before he was off again, selected to travel to Indonesia as part of a Prime Minister Scholarship to Asia, where he was part of a group of Massey and Lincoln students learning as much as they could about the country’s agriculture. Building on his Asian experiences about six weeks ago Robertson was one of 12 NZ-based students chosen to take part in a food and beverage supply chain virtual study tour of Shanghai, run by the North Asia Centre of Asia Pacific Excellence and Globalink Internships. He followed that up two weeks

MAN WITH A PLAN: Massey University agriculture student William Robertson is looking forward to kickstarting his ag career with Fonterra’s business development programme next year.

later by being part of a Massey team that placed second behind a team from Lincoln in the International Food Marketing Challenge that attracted entries from around the world. Teams had to develop a strategy and implementation plan for a Florida-based fresh produce distributor disrupted by ongoing covid-19 lockdowns. They had to work on managing the requirements of the distributor’s growers, as well as the ripple effects from the consumer market. After brainstorming ideas, he and fellow Massey students Alexandra Tomkins, Kazi Talaska and Euphemia Tan made a video explaining their approach, which they then had to present. Robertson says being named at Massey’s top agriculture student was a humbling experience and means a lot, especially given the close-knit nature of the group he’s been through university with and the high calibre of his peers. The award was not only about his academic results and achievements, as it was also selected on his contribution to the wellbeing of his fellow students. Chair of the Massey University

Young Farmers Club, the largest in the country with just under 250 members, he also served as agriculture liaison officer on the Massey Horticulture Society. His contribution to the young farmer’s club branch was recognised by being awarded the Sally Hobson Award for his work, which was voted on by club members. The breadth of achievements was highlighted by the student of the year selection committee. “William has put in an excellent performance this year in all criteria for the Massey Agriculture Student of the Year Award,” the committee said. “Not only has he represented Massey University agriculture and horticulture exceedingly well on the international and national stage, he was also one of the top students in his year group academically, and still found the time to play for the Massey University under-21 A rugby team for the three years he was at Massey. He also made time to help fellow students with their work and assist with promotional activities for the university.” With his bachelor of agri-

commerce studies coming to a close, Robertson is preparing to begin the Fonterra business development programme in early February. He says the wide-ranging two-year programme will give him a good understanding of the practicalities of primary sector business and will put him in a good position to take the next step to where he sees his working future lies, somewhere in the export market supply chain. “I’d like to be able to help farmers get the best value they can for what they produce,” he said. There must be something in the genes, as Robertson is the younger brother of current NZ Young Farmers competition champion James, and their pathways so far have been strikingly similar. After growing up on a 200-cow dairy farm in central Waikato, both attended Massey, won the university’s top agriculture student award, chaired its young farmers club and are, or will be, part of Fonterra’s graduate programme. For the younger Robertson, the thing he loves most about the primary sector is its people.

There’s something different about people that work in the primary sectors, though I’ve never been able to figure out what. A sense of honest humility, backed by huge pride in what they do. William Robertson Ag student “There’s something different about people that work in the primary sectors, though I’ve never been able to figure out what. A sense of honest humility, backed by huge pride in what they do,” he said. “Milking cows, shearing sheep or building fences may not sound great to some, but it’s what gets a lot of people up in the morning. “It’s really inspiring hearing people find their dream jobs in so many different areas when you are only just beginning to start your career.”

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Seaweed lowers methane output Hugh Stringleman spoke to the driving force behind an Australian start-up company using red seaweed in livestock feed to reduce methane outputs.

USTRALIAN startup company Sea Forest believes the introduction of seaweed supplements into livestock feeds may address two of the most significant challenges of our time – fighting climate change and generating more food with fewer resources. Sea Forest was founded in 2018 by former ethical fashion designer and now chief operating officer Sam Elsom and managing director Stephen Turner to cultivate, supply and commercialise Asparagopsis armata, the red seaweed native to Australian and New Zealand waters. Over five years, Australia’s CSIRO tested about 30 species of seaweed for their effects on reducing methane output in ruminant animals. While all species had some benefits, Asparagopsis was shown to dramatically reduce methane output at low feeding levels. Special substances containing bromine inhibit methane through the B12 enzyme in the final stages of digestion by gut microbes and divert energy into bodily metabolisation. It subsequently patented and pioneered a feed additive under the name FutureFeed to tackle climate change without an adverse effect on livestock productivity. FutureFeed may also provide farmers access to other income streams through carbon markets and provide access to premium niche markets through a low-carbon footprint and environmentally-friendly product, where markets and regulation allow. Sea Forest has a draft licence to grow FutureFeed Asparagopsis and develop markets. CSIRO claims if 10% of Australia’s livestock used the FutureFeed supplement, it would have the same positive climate effect as removing 100 million cars from the road.

ABUNDANT: Australian and NZ waters produce large volumes of Asparagopsis armata.

PIONEER: Sea Forest partner Sam Elsom had a former business life in ethical and sustainable clothing. Photos: Sea Forest Low doses of less than 1% of feed intake as dried and milled Asparagopsis have been shown to reduce methane by 90% in a cattle feedlot trial. CSIRO says producing enough Asparagopsis to feed about onethird of the feedlot and dairy cattle in Australia would take 25,000 dry tonnes a year. Selection and breeding of seaweed varieties for higher bioactivity could reduce the amount needed to be grown. But at seaweed production rates of 30-50t/ha, the requirement would be grown on 2000ha of seaweed farms as a mix of aquaculture and ocean beds similar to greenshell mussels. FutureFeed would also run a quality assurance and certification programme and charge a royalty of $1.50/kg to users of the seaweed. Elsom says seaweed harvesting was already a $12 billion a year global industry, but those already commercialised were mostly endemic to the northern

hemisphere and cannot be farmed here. Seaweeds help clean and de-acidify oceans through absorbing nutrients and CO2 and they grow up to 30 times faster than terrestrial plants with no outside inputs because the whole organism photosynthesises. Sea Forest has two 5.5ha land aquaculture sites and a 100ha marine lease at Triabunna, on the eastern coast of Tasmania. Earlier this year, it formed a partnership with Fonterra Brands Australia to trial the Asparagopsis supplements in five dairy cow herds in Tasmania. The 2000-cow trial was to establish the practicalities and economics and to make sure that residues do not affect food safety in milk. Sea Forest wanted the results to underpin prices in a seaweed market. It also has interest from potential customers A2 Milk and the Kingston superfine Merino wool company in Tasmania.

Kingston principal Simon Cameron says feeding his sheep the supplement will establish carbon neutrality for the wool and the high-quality garments made from it. Australian brand M.J. Bale purchased forward all the wool production and planned to market the carbon-neutral men’s suits. During the NZX Virtual Global Dairy Seminar he spoke at last month, Elsom said cattle and sheep seem to like the Asparagopsis feed supplement, perhaps because of the saltiness, and no additives like molasses are required. In a year’s time, Sea Forest expects to be producing 700 dry weight tonnes annually from its on-land facilities and a further 500t from its new marine farms. But it has forecast a build-up in demand from livestock farmers at least twice that volume in 2023. The aquaculture facilities consist of 100m and 200m highrate algal ponds under clear tunnel houses using filtered sea water drawn from the nearby shore and circulated by paddle wheels. This type of facility is used worldwide in the production of algae such as spirulina. Elsom says Sea Forest is also working with a world-leading seaweed research team at University of Waikato led by algal biologist Dr Marie Magnusson.

Sea Forest is first to market what is a completely natural way of greatly reducing methane output from livestock. Sam Elsom Sea Forest COO “We plan to be growing Asparagopsis in NZ by the beginning of next year,” she said. Suitable sites in both North and South Islands were being identified by Cawthron Institute in Nelson. Looking further forward, demand for the Australian and NZ anti-methanogen supplement from the United States and Europe would be huge when livestock trials showed the effectiveness. On-land cultivation techniques and expertise would be needed in northern hemisphere countries where Asparagopsis is not endemic. Sea Forest is rolling out a licence model and expects to have its first licensee in Western Australia early next year. “Sea Forest is first to market what is a completely natural way of greatly reducing methane output from livestock,” Elsom said.

MODEL: A smaller prototype of Sea Forest’s high-rate algal ponds in Tasmania.

HIGH-FLYING: Sea Forest’s shoreline facility at Triabunna on the Tasmanian coast, east of Hobart.

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EDITORIAL

Is a joint portfolio the answer?

OSTALGIA can be a good or a bad thing, depending on what you’re pining for. But sometimes people do try to fix things that aren’t broken and a return to the past is the best way forward. Forest owners reckon we need to go back to the future and bring forestry and agriculture into the same ministry once more. It makes sense on the face of it. Livestock farmers are being urged to grow more trees to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, improve freshwater and increase biodiversity. If they’re being told to integrate their farming systems, shouldn’t the ministry that oversees them be integrated as well? It’d make writing policy, solving issues and providing guidance far easier, surely? So, if we all agree that the future of New Zealand farming is a more diverse industry that has farmers looking for environmental gains, a variety of income streams and resilience, one ministry with a full comprehension of the challenges and rewards would surely be best. Having that one ministry that could understand how land use change or modification could impact the industry would hopefully make for better policy that will work for farmers looking to improve their environmental outcomes. Different ministries in the public service talk to one another now, obviously, but they can often give the impression that they’re pushing different narratives, whether that is intentional or not. Take the past three years as an example. Forestry Minister Shane Jones was unabashed in his pro-forestry approach, calling out the “allergic reaction” farmers in some regions had to the Billion Trees programme. He didn’t seem that concerned that whole farms were being sold into forestry. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor was far less acerbic, encouraging farmers to plant where it suited them. Maybe the sector would have bought into the programme better if there was one minister representing one ministry telling one story. The best way to communicate something is usually the simplest way.

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No one can control the weather IN THE Farmers Weekly’s October 19 edition, Jane Russell Bowen asked me two questions in relation to an earlier letter sent into the FW. 1. Why not plant in a gap in the weather? Most tasks on a farm depend on the weather. Farmers farm to the weather, not the calendar. Let’s look at last year, when most farmers in the Southland would’ve been planting crops and new grass. In October 2019 there was 176mm (62-year average 109.6mm) of rain, November saw 136mm (average 95.8mm) and December had 159mm (average 102.3mm). We did get a break in the weather in November, so decided to plant the kale. For the three weeks following planting, we had 18 days of rain.

This caked the ground and rotted the seed. Like most farmers who tried to plant in that window, we unfortunately did not get a crop, so had to replant this paddock costing us more time and money. My dad had another couple of sayings: “nature will provide” and “you make it, you will need it.” Last season crops were planted later than usual, meaning yields were back. The winter was not as harsh as normal and we even managed grass growth in August, which set us up with some grass cover going into what would be the wettest September the farm has ever recorded with 217.5mm (average 95.9mm). I did hear of a farmer near Riverton who had 280mm, and

another farmer at Tokanui had 250mm. 2. Why leave the ground bare, cold and wet for many months? In an ideal world, we would get our last season crop paddocks planted as early as possible, after the stock had finished them. Farmers do not want a paddock out of production any longer than necessary, but no one can control the weather. Ask any farmer, be it livestock or vegetable, and they will tell you that you need moisture and warmth for any plants to grow, and sometimes the warmth arrives later in the seasons than you have hoped for. We had our seed rep visit the other day, and she said she had clients that had plans to plant

“catch crops” this year, but due to the weather in September and early October had pulled the pin on that idea and were coming up with other plans. The plan here is to try and replant all the new grass by early November, with the idea that the first grazing will be about Christmas time – unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. But I have just looked at the isobar map and there is a great big high under Australia running from Hobart to Perth, hopefully heading in our direction, so just maybe this year the new grass will be planted by early November and the lambs will get a Christmas treat. Anita Erskine Papatotara

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Focus on farming succession Ben Speedy

AVING a worldclass agricultural sector is vital to New Zealand’s success. In a year none of us saw coming, with covid-19 alert levels and lockdowns, our primary industries have continued to help feed the world and bring much-needed income into the NZ economy. There’s comfort in being a food producing nation. Regardless of whatever else is happening, everyone still needs good quality nutrition. NZ is internationallyrenowned for high-quality food products, and our quick response to this year’s health challenges has kept our products in high demand. For example, demand for our kiwifruit grew this year and industry reports point to strengthening demand in the years ahead. However, challenges remain for the sector. NZ agriculture is amongst the most efficient in the world, but dealing with the impacts of climate change and minimising our environmental footprint are key challenges. With our borders still closed, we need to find new and creative ways to address the labour shortage for the impending picking seasons. Finding suitable pathways to attract and retrain Kiwis will be vital. But there’s another key challenge facing the farming sector that is perhaps less obvious and that’s the challenge of successful succession. We need to ensure that as the current cohort of farmers retire or move on, the transitions that follow are successful – our country is depending on it. Like any good business owner, all farmers and orchardists must have a plan for the future of their business. It’s never too early to start thinking about what’s next for your farm. When

it goes well, seeing the family farm change hands is exciting for both the seller and the buyer. Unfortunately, we’ve also seen the consequences when it doesn’t go well. Often, it’s because there hasn’t been a solid plan in place. This is why we’ve started a succession planning series with our long-time partner the Dairy Women’s Network because there’s a lot to consider when transferring farming assets from one generation to the next. We’re hosting workshops across the country to provide guidance and advice on effective succession planning – whether that’s passing the farm on to the next generation through an equity partnership, or selling it to an entirely independent third party. Generational succession is common in NZ because it generally offers the best result. It can also be the most challenging to get right. In our experience, there are some key things to think about when considering if the time’s ripe for the farm to change hands:

NZ is internationallyrenowned for highquality food products, and our quick response to this year’s health challenges has kept our products in high demand.

Every family and every business is different. However, following a structured process can help reduce the risk of undesirable outcomes. In our experience, the best place to start is to get everybody’s cards on the table by asking: what shape is the business in; how robust are the finances of

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the child/children wanting to buy; what are the seller’s future goals; and what role or level of involvement does the seller see themselves having in the business? By understanding everyone’s needs and expectations a plan can be worked through together. Sometimes involving a professional third party to act as a middle ground, such as the family accountant or lawyer, can be helpful too. If the farm hasn’t supported multiple families before, it can’t be expected to do so when the sale goes through. Plans must be made to ensure mum and dad are looked after in retirement – goodwill and mutual understanding don’t pay the bills. If there are non-farming family members who aren’t interested in taking over the family farm, it’s important to involve them in the conversations too. Transparency helps with setting expectations, the level of work required for the successor, what they may be entitled to and when they may get it. It also provides visibility on any plans, necessary or otherwise, for the future of the farm. We’ve seen successful examples where the successor has wanted financial

NOT EASY: Succesful succession is a challenge for the farming sector, ASB general manager for rural banking Ben Speedy says.

help, or buy-in, from the other siblings to leverage the family farm as equity to build the pie bigger. This has been a great way to involve the next generation as a whole and kept the unit tight and invested in the outcome. As with any successful business plan, the numbers must stack up. Treat the financial modelling as if you were buying a new business. Would you invest based on the numbers? Does the successor know how to be successful? Do they know what is involved in the both the farm and business’ daily requirements? If not, are they willing to put in the effort to learn? There’s no blueprint in how long it should or will take. Don’t rush it, take your time and do it right. Not every farm has a natural successor within the family and that’s where equity partnerships can come into play. There’s also the option to lease parts of the farm or the whole farm, depending on your situation. Interest rates are at historic

lows, making it more attractive to people thinking about buying into, or adding to their existing portfolio within the primary industries. The primary sector has always been important for New Zealand, now with borders all but closed to international tourists, our farmers and horticulturalists are more vital than ever to our country’s economy. Ensuring the intergenerational success has never been more important. For more information on the Dairy Women’s Network’s Succession Planning series visit: https://www.dwn.co.nz/events

Who am I? Ben Speedy is ASB’s general manager for rural banking.

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Wool is the future Alternative View

Alan Emerson

LET me start by saying this column is totally non-political. I instead intend to concentrate on an important product – wool. I came across several different initiatives recently which cemented my belief in the future of our strong wool industry. It started with The Dagman in Masterton. The company has over 500 local suppliers. They arrive at the farm, take your dags and pay you 10c a kilo. While that won’t buy you a new tractor, it does give a return and is getting wool out into the community as a natural product. Gav Fair sells wool for mulching in 200kg bags. They cost just $50. The wool is thick and moist. It mulches well around fruit trees, doesn’t blow away, the birds ignore it and it breaks down into the soil. As there are dag remains in the wool, it is also a slow release fertiliser. The wool mulch is a by-product of the powdered sheep manure. It is in huge demand from both hardware stores and garden centres. What I hadn’t realised is that as a result of covid-19, people are taking up gardening in droves and natural products appeal to their newfound interest. The Dagman has also purchased

a suction machine, called the Dagman Super Sucker, for cleaning out under woolsheds. It’s the only one of its type in NZ and will lead to new natural fertiliser products being developed in Masterton. Ranfurly farmer Eric Laurenson is using his own wool to carpet his homestead. And as a farmer and wool classer, he is a disciple for wool. For a start, he wants to bring townies out to his farm at shearing time so that they can see the process for themselves. Along with Carrfields Primary Wool subsidiary NZ Yarn, they have created a ‘farm fleece to farm floor carpet’ initiative – farmers can send their wool to NZ yarn with specifications and the carpet would be created for them. Carrfields Primary Wool chief executive Colin Mackenzie is enthusiastic about the project. “We’re doing more of this for heaps of farmers,” he said. “Farmers drop off eight or nine bales of greasy wool, which we turn into 200 metres of broadloom. That’s enough for three or four large houses. It works out at 50-60% of the wholesale price.” Another farmer initiative from Otago is a wool carding business near Rae’s Junction, called Tally Ho Wool Carding. Run by Barb and Stuart Peel, it produces 80 carded products, including natural and dyed wool. They process wool from the home farm, buy wool in and card to order. They also export carded wool to countries including Russia, Japan, Australia, Malaysia and England. The enterprise

has a total of six staff and the carding machines they use were manufactured in 1922 and 1951. As Barb explained, “they are noncomputerised and run on chains, sprockets and belts.” If she can find someone who is “passionate about wool, she is happy teaching them the ropes.” Barb suggested looking at the We Love Wool NZ Facebook page. It has over 4000 followers, with 75 joining in the last week alone. It is a most impressive vehicle that promotes NZ wool. We’re lucky having individuals that have decided to develop products and promote our wool. They need support. What I hadn’t realised was the carbon footprint of synthetic carpets. It is generated by the “extraction and processing of oil and gas into the different petrochemicals and plastics. The production of nylon fibre from crude oil is the largest source of embodied carbon emissions for most carpets.” My point is that petro-chemicalbased synthetic fibre production is unsustainable. The answer in respect to climate change is to use wool. The argument is appealing. It seems that on an almost daily basis we’re getting hit by the Wellington brigade vociferously claiming that farming pollutes. The counter to that is farmers produce wool, a natural, sustainable fibre. The problem is most politicians and the vast majority of bureaucrats wouldn’t have a clue. They clothe themselves in petroleum products and lounge

PERSONAL TOUCH: Ranfurly-based farmer Eric Laurenson and Lynsey MacIntosh use homegrown wool carpet their homestead.

about on synthetic carpets and pollute NZ far more than the agricultural sector does. The problem is considerable. Two-thirds of all textiles are now synthetic. Even washing them produces microplastics. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the average person ingests five grams of plastic each week – 5g equals a credit card. Synthetic fibres are a massive threat to our health, the ocean’s and the land. Getting that message out is a challenge for the wool industry, but it’s not difficult. As I’ve outlined, ordinary Kiwis are

promoting wool. It’s time for the industry to step up. It’s not hard. We’ve stopped oil and gas exploration and we are subsidising electric vehicles, while totally ignoring the environmental destruction and massive carbon footprint of the textile industry. There are sustainable products such as wool and silk available now.

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

Biodiversity is a natural occurrence on-farm From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

I READ a piece the other day by an earnest greenie calling our paddocks pastoral monocultures. They argued that we needed far greater biodiversity than a simple construct of ryegrass and clover. Oh, if it were that simple to keep just these two species cohabitating in a symbiotic relationship, my life would be far easier. And profitable. They reckoned we should be adding other species into our drills. Anyway, stung by the criticism of my verdant fields, I decided to go out there and get down on my hands and knees and have a close look to see what was actually there. Yes, there was the ryegrass, but in various places on the farm one could find a little cocksfoot, poa, browntop, sweet vernal, timothy, paspalum, Yorkshire fog, tall fescue, barley grass, crested

NOT SO SIMPLE: Ryegrass is a given on farms, but not limited to it.

dogstail, prairie grass, danthonia and several grasses I couldn’t recognise or time had erased from my memory. There was my beloved white clover but also plenty of subterranean, some suckling, a bit of red from plantings that started with a hiss and a roar but found it too hot here, and even a touch of trefoil. But what was this? There’s other stuff here as well. Once, I might have thought of plantain and chicory as weeds but have had love affairs with both over the past two to three decades and have been in-and-out of them, but plants keep popping up

all over the place. Then there are those other plants in my pastures I could call herbs or weeds, depending upon my inclination. Such great and evocative names. Shepherd’s purse, spurrey, dock, buttercup, dandelion, chickweed, storksbill – which gave one of my bulls a photosensitive reaction this winter – fathen, penny royal, speedwell, yarrow, hedge mustard and even a bit of fumitory. Plenty of others as well, but I didn’t know them and my notebook was starting to fill – such was the biodiversity of my plain, old pastures. Hold on. Is that thistle? Yes, it

is. And there’s plenty more where that came from. Scotch, nodding, wing, Californian (The Californians call them Canadian), a few marsh in a swampy area and the occasional variegated that I wait every spring to pop up their heads before attacking them with my grubber. Sadly, no melancholy thistles, which I have heard of and like just for their name. While noting the nasty things on my farm, don’t forget the stinging nettles, the blackberry that continues to try and take over my riparian strips and the solitary gorse plant, which I really should deal with too, but the surprise of seeing it here has stayed in my hand for now. My paddocks were now taking on the moniker of a mixed herbal ley without me even trying too hard. Boyed by this veritable abundance of biodiversity, I popped down to one of my creeks. The watercress I bring home to eat and give away was looking tasty, along with the puha plants along the edges. Big tuna swim in here and eat the koura if the little fellows don’t keep their eyes peeled. Also, a few varieties of the little native fish can be seen darting amongst the water plants no doubt eating the little snails

that carry the liver fluke that my stock can get if I’m not vigilant. Trees abound here after our continuous planting over 50 years. Exotic and native species and some several hundred different species. Good to see that on wellplanted farms, the carbon being sequestered exceeds the emissions being produced and maybe this will be recognised by the powers that be one day. I used to keep a record of every new bird sighting here and it got up to many scores of different species. Just the natives included fantails, waxeyes, kereru, moreporks, tuis, bellbirds, pukeko – although an immigrant from Australia a few hundred years ago – paradise ducks and kingfishers. I guess I could start having a look at the lichens, moulds, insects and even microbes, but by now I was starting to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of wildlife and diversity on my small sheep and beef farm. The next time someone suggests to you that a bit more biodiversity would be a good idea on your farm, hand them your own list.

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

Opinion

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Skill development the key to building a winning team Jack Keeys IT’S NOW a common expectation of farmers in New Zealand to demonstrate adaptability, innovation and best practice. And, it’s now well-known that farmers must have the skills of business executives to biologists, engineers to economists and veterinarians to policy analysts too. It’s also now anticipated, rather than a surprise, when our farmers are told they have to play by a new set of rules, whether dictated by a bank, a supplier, a council or a government. What’s concerning, however, is the industry attitudes and commentary that often come alongside this, such as “well, it’s about time those at the bottom caught up,” “we can’t wait for the laggards,” and “you either evolve, or you’re out”. But what does “out” actually mean? That the farmer is fined into bankruptcy? Or subject to losing their livelihood through a mortgagee sale? Or is lost through a challenge with mental health? I don’t see any of those results making our sector more

appealing, supportive or inclusive. As a sector, the perceptions of food and fibre industries are often controlled by those who may be struggling to adapt to change, or sometimes referred to as bad eggs. But letting these farmers slowly lose their battles as they struggle to implement change or new required practices will not have positive outcomes for agriculture’s financial, environmental or mental health statistics.

As the pace of change in farming continues to accelerate, so does the importance of supporting those on both ends of the spectrum.

NZ loves sport and most of the population have been either a player, coach, supporter, or combination of the three. When there is a rule change in the Rugby Union, the All Blacks spend significant time, effort

and resources supporting their players to adapt. Firstly, they acknowledge that rule changes will affect different players in different ways depending on their position and way of playing. Secondly, they work together as a team, combining both players and support staff to ensure that everyone can adapt and improve for the benefit of all. A penalty on the rugby field costs the whole team. The All Blacks wouldn’t leave the players to individually read the updated Rugby Union rule code, then show up to the game and hope they implement it. The All Blacks wouldn’t deliver a letter in the mail, hold a one-off meeting and expect that the player will now fully understand the changes. The All Blacks certainly wouldn’t leave players struggling on the field, letting down the whole team and putting those individuals at risk of losing their rugby career. Yet, the All Blacks are an elite group of athletes who perform to best practice standards, and, even in this circumstance, they would receive considerable support. If a farmer is completely unwilling to adapt to any form

TIME FOR CHANGE: As a sector, the perceptions of food and fibre industries are often controlled by those who may be struggling to adapt to change, or sometimes referred to as bad eggs, KPMG agrifood research and insights analyst Jack Keeys says.

of change, is knowingly causing harm to the industry’s reputation and won’t give any consideration to a social license to operate, then perhaps there isn’t a place for them in the sector. However, these types of individuals are few, if any at all in our sector. As the pace of change in farming continues to accelerate, so does the importance of supporting those on both ends of the spectrum. Information dissemination, knowledge transfer and skill development should be provided in a range of methods and formats even if this increases expense. If a first attempt at providing support doesn’t work, we should try a second, third and a fourth time. It’s relatively easy for a rural banker to become a rural insurer, a fertiliser rep to become a farm

consultant, and a business manager to pivot from one whole industry to another. Farmers, however, are often intrinsically connected to their farm businesses; it’s both their livelihoods and their way of life. Let’s change our conversation and the language we use when discussing the evolution of the food and fibre sector, and let’s choose to empower those who are struggling with change rather than dismissing them. It’s time to treat our sector as a team of 30,000 farmers, 150,000 employed support staff and 5,000,000 supporters – it feeds more people than the All Blacks.

Who am I? Jack Keeys is a KPMG agrifood research and insights analyst.

Game changer for the wool industry Simon Thomson HAS the Green Party gifted the wool industry the lifeline it needs? In 2008, a dreadlocked Nandor Tanczos brought the Waste Minimisation Act through Parliament, a piece of legislation which has transformed the landfill and recycling industries in New Zealand. This year the Product Stewardship component of that legislation was enabled, which makes manufacturers responsible for the end of life disposal of their products. In the example of a television, this would add the $50 it might cost to dismantle and reassimilate all its materials back into production cycles into the purchase price, rather than attempting to recover that cost at the end of its life. The first six priority products addressed by the legislation are: plastic packaging; tyres; electrical and electronic products (e-waste); agrichemicals and their containers; refrigerants; and farm plastics. In the seminal book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, the authors Michael Braungart and William McDonough describe remaking our industrial processes to manage a separation between biological nutrients and technical nutrients.

CHALLENGE: The wool industry has long struggled to muster convincing arguments as to why a consumer should buy its product, to the point that carpet sales representatives frequently refuse to endorse their products.

Technical nutrients are finite resources, like aluminium, where the primary energy is in extraction, and these need to be recycled and returned to the crucibles of manufacturing. Biological nutrients on the other hand are those which need to be returned to the earth, composted and become the fertility that grows the next generation of product. The wool industry has long struggled to muster convincing points as to why a consumer

should buy their product, to the point that carpet sales representatives frequently refuse to endorse their products. But how would Greenpeace market woollen carpets? They would ask where your carpets come from, they would show the oilfields of the Middle East versus the King Country’s green pastures, they would show an infant rolling around in an oil slick on the floor versus on a blanket of natural wool, they would show the inhalation of

plastic microfilaments into that infants lungs, they would show those microplastics entering the waterways, being consumed and bioaccumulating up through the food chain, and then they would show the end of life of that carpet. They would also show that synthetic carpet lying in a landfill, a thousand years from now, never to decay, a permanent blight on the living world, while they would show a woolen carpet going into an industrial composting facility, pure compost rolling out the other end, and that returning to a farm to grow the next carpet. For most of the millenia, since hominids gave up their fur, our ancestors have relied on plant and animal fibre to keep us warm, and no fibre has warmed us like wool. Wool has clothed us, given us blankets for the cold winters and rugs for floor coverings. Humankind has been in symbiosis with our plant and animal domesticates, and much of the complexity of the modern world would not have been possible without these relationships. It is time to forget this gross and absurd chapter of consuming the finite fossil resource just to replace what the living world provides us. It is important to recognise the moments to build bridges between those who seek to protect the natural world and

those that derive their livelihoods from the natural world to achieve our common goals. If the coarse wool industry were to recognise Product Stewardship as the gateway to a radical shift in consumer demand, lobbying the Green Party for both carpets and home insulation to become the next priority products to be addressed under the legislation, then the wool industry could return to the place it belongs. If the cost of dissecting a synthetic carpet into its various materials, and returning those materials to their manufacturers were included in its price, then it would level the playing field with woolen carpets. The industry could seek Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification to enjoy international recognition as a leader in a space where synthetics can never compete. This would give the industry a massive ecological, technical and marketing advantage over the tragedy that is synthetics.

Who am I? Simon Thomson has a 260ha drystock farm near Raglan, and is a Materials Technologist who has worked in research and development of high performance composites in the drone and yacht racing industries, and natural fibres and biopolymers within the agricultural industry.

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PARTNERSHIP: Pork and Ceri Hutchinson met in Wales but farm in eastern Taranaki. Photos: Colin Williscroft

A strong sense of community Kohuratahi farmer Daniel ‘Pork’ Hutchinson spent many years working in the UK and parts of mainland Europe and Australia, but for him there’s nowhere better than the eastern Taranaki farm he grew up on. Colin Williscroft reports.

ORK Hutchinson’s connection to the property where he and wife Ceri live, about 20 kilometres north-east of Whangamomona, runs deep. Born and bred on the property, he’s the third generation of his family to farm it.

Schooled locally, the Welsh black cattle breeder and local community stalwart spent his early years just down the road at Marco School, before his secondary school years at Stratford High. Growing up in the country he learned to be adaptable, being able to find practical but enjoyable things to do, including eeling, trapping possums and helping out on the farm where and when needed. After leaving school he went shearing, first cutting his teeth with local contractors like ‘Bush’ Irwin, Graham Fergus and Ronnie King before taking over the old Riley gang and working sheds in the area for about 20 years. Hutchinson went without a

HARDY: The Welsh black cattle are known as good foragers.

winter for more than a dozen years, alternating between NZ and shearing and fencing in England, Wales and Scotland for 13 seasons, while also spending five or six seasons shearing in Italy, with a stint in Belgium working out of portable trailers. A typical UK season revolved around three months doing the main shear, with sometimes another two or three months on export lambs, complemented by a couple of months’ fencing. Like many NZ shearers working overseas at the time, the money earned abroad meant he could put a little aside to buy a stake in his own farm. For Hutchinson, that was the place he knew best, the farm where he was raised, a place he

always planned to return to. He bought a 42% share in the home farm which helped his father Gavin buy a bigger farm at Mokau in 1995. The 283ha farm was then leased to his brother Clint for 10 years while Hutchinson continued shearing to help pay it off, before he and Ceri bought it outright in 2006. In 2006, they also leased 300ha off Peter Raven and his partner Deb at Mohakatino, northern Taranaki, which they farmed for seven years. They attribute leasing as a way to get ahead. The couple met in Wales in 1999 when he was contract shearing for Joe and Bronwen Tango in Bryneglwys, north Wales, who coincidentally owned the local pub where he stayed. This

is where, by chance, Ceri had decided to take her dad for his birthday that year. It was there that the couple met. Ceri arrived in NZ just after New Year’s Day 2000 and, with no experience, went straight to work rousing with a very social crew in Hutchinson’s shearing gang in an eight-stand shed at Mohakatino. Their first son Jed, who now lives in Dunedin, was born in 2001, followed by Max, 16, who has just left New Plymouth Boys’ High to work on the farm and has his eye on a farming future, and Gus 10, who attends Marco School. Ceri’s daughter Kayleigh and her husband Jason and their two children live in Hawera. Today, apart from the original

BIG JOB: Land bought last year has needed about six kilometres of new fencing pit in.

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FLOCK: The farm is home to about 2000 Romney ewes.

283ha property, the couple leased another 365ha next door for about seven years and last winter they managed to buy 275ha of it. That’s on top of another 275ha they bought about six years ago at Tahora, about 15 minutes up the road. The land bought last winter fulfilled a dream of his father and grandfather, providing 40ha of much-needed flat land, although it has required him to put in six kilometres of new fencing on land that is anything but flat. Overall, the properties are about 30% steep land, 60% hilly and the rest flat to easy. Farming in that part of the country can be challenging, with dry summers followed by wet winters but having grown up with it, Hutchinson knows what to expect. They run about 2000 Romney ewes and about 100 Welsh black breeding cows, along with their calves, which stay at foot until

weaning in March when they’re about six months of age. The goal is to keep the calves through to three years old, then they’re killed at a weight of about 300 kilograms, so they carry about 400 head of cattle over three age groups at any one time. Hutchinson was first attracted to Welsh Blacks after reading an article about them. He liked the look of what they offered, particularly their reputation for hardiness and that they are at home in hill country, a definite advantage in the Kohuratahi area, where the Hereford-Friesians Hutchinson used to run often struggled on the steeper parts of the farm. A native British breed descended from cattle of preRoman times, the black cattle have been bred in Wales for more than 1000 years and are known for an ability to convert rough feed into weight gain as well as a willingness to forage. Up until the early 1970s the breed was regarded as a dual purpose, suitable for both dairy and beef production, although Hutchinson focuses on the latter. The meat is recognised for its quality, rated highly for its tenderness, juiciness, taste and succulence, something Hutchinson attests to,

CHALLENGING: Much of the farm is either steep or hilly country.

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HANDY: Much of the flat land is near the house.

describing it as the best meat in the world. His cows calve on the flats and then spend the rest of the time in the hills. The breed is known for its mothering ability and calving ease, while their docility makes for easier handling. Hutchinson has rarely had to help one of his cows calve and has not had any metabolic problems. They started their Mauku Welsh Black herd in 2006 with 17 breeding cows, slowly building up numbers to where they are today. He also sells a couple of bulls a year. In 2016, the herd was part of the Welsh Black Cattle Breeders World Congress, where 46 international breeders visited 10 NZ operations over 16 days. There was another congress due to be held in Wales earlier this year, but covid put paid to that. As could be expected for someone who lives not far from the Forgotten World Highway in eastern Taranaki, Hutchinson enjoys having the bush on his doorstep and everything it brings. He was brought up hunting possums, goats and pigs in the area and still enjoys pig hunting. Far from feeling isolated the area comes with a lifestyle and strong sense of community that

he and Ceri love. “The community here is alive and kicking,” he said. “There’s no time to be bored. There’s always something to do.” In fact, it can be hard trying to fit everything in. Ceri runs a kindy for the little kids and works part-time at the school. It’s a great place to bring up kids and like rural communities around the country the local school is a real focal point of activities. There’s no cellphone coverage, so while the younger generation can access the internet through home connections, they can’t remotely, so instead appreciate the life that the local community and the surrounding area offers, although this is changing. That slice of life from days gone by has seen Whangamomona and the surrounding area develop into what was probably viewed as unlikely 20 years ago – an increasingly popular tourism destination. The couple have seen the area – and particularly Whangamomona – grow from a sleepy little town known for its self-proclaimed republic status to one that has become more known for its place on the tourism map. Annoyed that the Government decided the town was in the Manawatu/Whanganui region rather than Taranaki, Whangamomona declared itself a republic in 1989, electing its own president and offering those who visit the opportunity to stamp their passport as proof. There’s a charge for that passport stamp but the money gets poured back into the local community, with Marco School being a beneficiary. Tourism really began to take off through the emergence of Forgotten World Adventures (FWA), which kicked into gear just under 10 years ago. In true number eight wire tradition, FWA runs modified golf carts on the mothballed railway line between Stratford and Taumarunui. The 142km of railway, built by hand between 1901 and 1932, includes 24 tunnels and open air views of a rugged landscape you will struggle to find anywhere else. FWA tourist numbers have built steadily over the years, from just over 2300 to when it began in 2012

to more than 9000 today, with jet boat, helicopter and biking options now part of tour packages. Seeing the potential that brought to the area, and that those tourists need places to stay, the Hutchinsons decided to get involved. They bought the former Whanga garage house and renovated it into a self-contained, unhosted bed and breakfast run by Ceri.

The community here is alive and kicking. There’s no time to be bored. There’s always something to do. Pork Hutchinson Farmer They followed that up by buying the former Whangamomona butchery and renovating it into more B&B accommodation. The B&Bs not only provide other income streams to the farm, they allow the couple to meet new people and play a part in Whangamomona’s recent development. Hutchinson says treading between attracting the tourist dollar and maintaining the atmosphere that makes the place special can be a fine line, but it’s one that is working well. About 80% of the tourists who come to the area are from NZ, and are generally older rather than young people. He says there are a lot of campervans that travel the route and stop in Whangamomona, especially during the summer. That popularity among NZ tourists, rather than those from overseas, means the downturn being experienced by destinations favoured by international tourists is less likely to have an impact on those living and working in the forgotten world. Despite the foray into tourism, it’s farming that’s in Hutchinson’s blood and he keeps a close eye on what’s going on around him, the valley where he lives and works and the region as a whole. >> Video link: bit.ly/OFShutchinson

World

32 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 2, 2020

No ‘silver bullet’ bovine TB vaccine A DEPLOYABLE cattle TB vaccine must not be considered a silver bullet to eradicate the disease in herds, a world-renowned expert on bovine TB has warned. Field trials of a CattleBCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccine and diagnostic test to Differentiate Infected from Vaccinated Animals (DIVA) are due to get under way in England and Wales next year. More than a decade of research led by Professor Glyn Hewinson, Professor Martin Vordermeier and Dr Gareth Jones, along with a number of international scientific collaborators, has resulted in the development of a bovine TB DIVA skin test, called DST-F. There is no guarantee that the trials will be successful, according to Hewinson, former lead scientist for bovine TB at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha), now Sêr Cymru research chair at the Centre of Excellence for Bovine Tuberculosis for Wales at Aberystwyth University. But “significant progress” has been made, he says, and he is hopeful that a cattle vaccine and associated DIVA test will eventually add another important tool in the battle against bovine TB. “Vaccination on its own is not going to be the silver bullet,” Hewinson said. “However, it’s another tool that can be used to lower the TB transmission rates between animals. “The advantage with vaccination is that it reduces TB transmission rates between cattle and between wildlife and cattle. However, managing expectations is important because no vaccine is perfect.”

Because the CattleBCG vaccine will not be perfect, a sound diagnostic test will be required – in conjunction with the vaccine – that is able to detect infected animals that have been vaccinated. “The data suggests that some animals will be protected, but some may not – and you need to be able to identify those animals that haven’t been protected and become infected,” he said. To see the benefit of vaccination, the DIVA test will need to achieve a specificity greater than 99.85% so that it does not give “false positives”. The first stage (2021) of the four-year field trials will test this theory on about 300 cattle from five separate herds, which may increase to 2500, depending on specificity performance. The second stage (2022-24) will involve about 2000 cattle from seven separate herds in the high-risk area (HRA) – with about 1000 cattle vaccinated and 1000 used as a control – when both the DIVA test and BCG vaccine will be tested. “The next hurdle will be to see if the DIVA test is specific enough in the field in the numbers that are going to be used – and if it’s safe,” he said. “Then the field trials of the BCG vaccine and DIVA test will demonstrate what happens to much larger numbers of animals, in the real world.” In September, Apha launched a tender for interested contract research organisations to engage with farmers, identify suitable trial sites and develop detailed trial protocols, under the management of Apha.

PROCESS: The first stage of the four-year bovine TB vaccine field trials will begin in 2021.

The aim is to complete the trials by 2024 and then apply to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for marketing authorisations for both the CattleBCG vaccine and the DIVA test. If all goes well, a cattle vaccine could be deployed in the field by 2025. To enable trade in vaccinated cattle, Defra will have to validate the DIVA test and secure amendments to World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) standards. Defra says the outcome of the trials will determine where and how widely the CattleBCG vaccine is deployed. But it anticipates it would be best used in the HRA, targeting highrisk herds to maximise disease benefits. Previous field trials of cattle TB vaccines in Ethiopia and

New Zealand have delivered encouraging results, Hewinson noted. Bovine TB is endemic in cattle in some regions of Ethiopia, but one field trial in the country showed it can protect 60% of cattle from infection. A field trial in New Zealand showed more than 80% of animals were protected. “In Ethiopia, the animals were put into a completely infected herd and the duration of immunity seems to last longer because, I think, they were constantly being exposed to TB, which was topping up their immune response,” he said. “But what we really want to know is what happens in the UK – and that’s why you need to do field trials.” UK Farmers Weekly

The advantage with vaccination is that it reduces TB transmission rates between cattle and between wildlife and cattle. Professor Glyn Hewinson Wales at Aberystwyth University

UK dairy farms’ worker shortage challenge THE Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has warned a number of the UK’s largest dairy farms are set to go bust over the coming years after the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) rejected its calls to add dairy workers to the shortage occupation list (SOL). The SOL details occupations in which employers face a shortage of suitable labour and where it is sensible to fill those shortages with migrant workers. A survey carried out in 2016 by the RABDF found more than half of respondents employed staff from outside the UK in the previous five years – a 24% increase on 2014. Almost two-thirds said this was due to insufficient UK staff being available. “The points-based immigration system will give priority to those with the highest skills and greatest talents, with dairy workers not falling into these categories,” RABDF managing director Matt Knight said. “There are real concerns that

CONCERN: The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers’ managing director Matt Knight says there’s growing concern that some of the industry’s largest farms will struggle to continue operations due to their reliance on migrant workers.

post-2021, some of our largest, technically-advanced dairy farms could be lost due to their reliance on foreign labour. “The repercussions would be felt across the industry, with associated businesses such as feed companies and veterinary practices also affected, let alone

the impact on milk supply.” The MAC did, however, recommend butchers, butcher’s assistants, butchery managers, meat cutters and slaughtermen be added to the SOL. The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers welcomed the move.

“As global markets open to British meat with its high welfare standards and clear provenance, the demand for more skilled staff will increase,” the group said in a statement. The MAC also recommended other key food chain roles, such as food technologists and

maintenance engineers, be added to the SOL, but the Food and Drink Federation says the Government must remove or reduce the Immigration Skills Charge for shortage roles, as well as cutting visa fees and salary thresholds. UK Farmers Guardian

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Owhango 1729 Kawautahi Road Open Day

Kohaka Station • 992.0 ha total with approx 930 ha effective plus a neighbouring lease block of 51 ha • 7,900 SU's wintered made up by sheep, beef and deer • Very good dwellings include, main homestead, second house plus shepherds cottage • 2x woolsheds and sheep yards, 2x cattle yards, central satellite yards, large implement and hay sheds • Contour breakdown 100 ha rolling flats, 630 ha of medium to steep hills and the balance steeper hills • The farm fattens 200 cattle per year, fattens 45% of lambs and cuts 120 velvet stags • World class hunting & recreational playground

Tender closes Thursday 3rd December, 2020 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior) View Thu 5 Nov 11.00 - 2.00pm Thu 12 Nov 11.00 - 2.00pm Web pb.co.nz/TUR78597

Katie Walker M 027 757 7477

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Eketahuna 85496 State Highway 2

Cavelands 478 ha Cavelands is an intensive cattle finishing property located 10 km south of the rural township of Eketahuna and 25 km north of Masterton. The property has gone through an extensive development programme in recent years including subdivision, reticulated water and regrassing allowing the property to carry up to 1,000 head of cattle. An exceptional balance of contour featuring over 200 ha of cultivatable land well supported by 240 ha of easy to medium hill making up the effective area. Infrastructure includes covered cattle yards, extensive shedding, 30 ASHB cowshed and feedpad with three dwellings completing the package. If you are looking for a larger scale summersafe finishing property, Cavelands certainly warrants inspection.

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For Sale By Negotiation + GST (if any) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/PR77973

Jared Brock M 027 449 5496

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John Arends M 027 444 7380

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Kowhitirangi 1575 Kaniere Kowhitirangi Road

Hokitika Whites Road New Listing

New Listing

Vendor demands action! Our vendor instructions are very clear, they want this to be their last season on this property and will consider all genuine offers. • 105 ha dairy farm milking 230 cows on a low cost grass based system • Excellent free draining and productive soils, fertility and shape • Older 12 ASHB dairy shed, large concrete feedpad, numerous implement sheds, office/workshop, new fencing, extensive regrassing, split level 4 bedroom home • Options as milking platform, dairy support or cattle finishing

Dairy support or finishing Tender closes Tuesday 1st December, 2020 at 3.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/HKR79051

Gareth Cox M 021 250 9714

Well setup 73 ha dairy support property located at Kokatahi, 15 minutes inland from Hokitika. • Subdivided into 20 paddocks, excellent standard of fencing and lanes • Stock water supplied from well • Quality set of cattle yards and large stand off area/feed pad • 3 phase power supply Ideally suited to dairy support, beef finishing or as a larger lifestyle option.

Tender closes Tuesday 1st December, 2020 at 3.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/HKR73004

Gareth Cox M 021 250 9714

Ashburton 188 Adam Jackson Road Tender

Quality dairy - Quality irrigation - 202 ha • 202 ha • 54 bail modern rotory dairy shed with cup removers • Excellent shape with central lines system • Lateral move, pivot and long line irrigators • Mayfield Hinds Valette Irrigation Scheme (low cost water) • Three Homes, two of which are modern • Good shedding - new effluent system • Excellent farm looking for new owners to take to the next step • 2019/20 703 cows - 286,850 kgMS

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Tender closes Tuesday 1st December, 2020 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR79054

Chris Murdoch M 027 434 2545

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Lowcliffe 418 Pyes Road

Lowcliffe 1108 Isleworth Road Tender

Tender

Quality Mid Canterbury dairy farm • 258 ha irrigated dairy farm • Popular and sought after location • Centre pivot and Rotorainer irrigator • Four houses • 50 bail rotary dairy shed • Free draining fertile productive soils • Quality farm in popular coastal location giving short winters and warm but not excessively hot summers

Coastal dairy farm Tender closes Friday 4th December, 2020 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR78772

Rodger Letham M 027 433 3436

• 226 ha irrigated dairy farm • Temperate coastal climate • Centre pivot and Rotorainer irrigation • 60 bail rotary dairy shed • Three houses • Fertile Lismore soils not prone to pugging • Short winters and longer growing summers

Tender closes Friday 4th December, 2020 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR78776

Rodger Letham M 027 433 3436

Winchmore 676 Winchmore Lauriston Road Tender

'Winchmore Downs' • Highly profitable dairy farm • Quality ALIL/bore water & irrigation • Excellent pasture, soils, lanes & climate • Reliable proven production • Efficient 45 ASHB shed • Executive main home & three other homes • Dairy base proven low cost system • Sustainable best practice with low environmental footprint • For sale as three irrigated options - Total = 160.017 ha, Lot 1 = 140.4638 ha or Lot 2 = 19.5540 ha

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Tender closes Wednesday 2nd December, 2020 at 3.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR78820

Chris Murdoch M 027 434 2545

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Waitahuna West 1152 Waitahuna West Road New Listing

Premium sheep and beef property • 276.3977 ha easy rolling contour with shelterbelts and wood lots. • Homestead contains four bedrooms, office, three garages, rumpus room, open plan kitchen, dining and a separate lounge. Expansive mature surrounds • Farm infrastructure: tree stand shearing shed, lift and swing gates, large covered yards, separate sheep yards, steel cattleyards, implement shed and two large haybarns • Pasture and fencing: large areas regrassed and kms of fencing renewed during vendor's tenure. 48 paddocks serviced by a reticulated council water scheme (15 units). Soil tests very good Awatea - After 20 years of conscientious stewardship, the time has come for the current vendors to allow another farming family the opportunity to farm this top-quality farm. Situated between the thriving township of Lawrence and the dairying area of Clydevale, this area is known for being climatically reliable and producing premium livestock.

Deadline Sale closes Monday 30th November, 2020 at 12.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/DNR78707

Doug Warhurst M 027 466 0247

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Hillend 161 Roulston Road New Listing

Strong sheep/beef/deer opportunity • 498.5739 ha, freehold. Consisting of broad rolling tops to small and large gullies • Well-appointed 3 bedroom brick homestead with open planned kitchen/dining/living area, separate lounge • Farm buildings include 3 stand RB woolshed & covered yards, cattle yards, deer shed, implement shed & 2 hay barns • For good movement of animal and farming activities there are good farm lanes over the property • Property subdivided into 94 main paddocks (including 7 for the deer unit) and several gully blocks • Large area of pines have been harvested on the 229 ha block. A full replant is an option Selling Options:229 ha – mainly a forestry option 269 ha – sheep/beef/deer 498 ha – whole property Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 | pb.co.nz

Tender closes Thursday 3rd December, 2020 at 12.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/BAR79059

Patrick Bowden M 027 436 5161

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Doug Warhurst M 027 466 0247

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Oruanui 1450 Mapara Road

'Tau Ke' - A magnificent dairy farm

Calling all investors! If you are looking for a solid investment in the dairy industry with a sustainable return, look no further - Tau Ke - sure to deliver on all fronts. The farm comprises 446 hectares (more or less) of land for the Dairy Platform, 242 hectares of that is freehold and a further 204 hectares leased. The freehold dry stock area is 58 hectares with a further 148 hectares leased, therefore the return on your investment will be derived from a total of 654 hectares (more or less). Infrastructure is of a high standard from the modern 60-bale rotary shed with Waikato Milking System technology, auto cup removers, auto teat spray, ProTrack, and in-shed feed systems. Excellent work facilities, good accommodation and only six minutes from Taupo. This farm is priced to sell with huge potential, call today!

Asking Price $9,250,000 + GST (if any) View by appointment Stan Sickler 021 275 7826 stan.sickler@bayleys.co.nz

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Hawkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay Hawkston Road, Patoka

Patoka dairies provide enviable returns Located in the green belt of Hawke's Bay are three adjoining dairy farms which boast excellent fertility and contour. Buy either title or all three (799 hectares). Patoka One being 313 hectares, Patoka Two - 302 hectares and Patoka Three - 182 hectares. Consolidated production peaked at 699,377kgMS (2017/2018). With one 60-bail rotary and two 50-bail rotary sheds, a total of nine dwellings, five of which are modern homes, excellent calf rearing facilities and effluent ponds - these farms are well set up and ready to go. The free draining ash soils provide the perfect platform and with excellent pastures and water, these farms make good money. Financials available to genuinely interested parties. The vendors offer the going concern purchase of these farms with approximately 2,000 cows, plant and machinery.

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Tender (will not be sold prior) Closing 4pm, Wed 2 Dec 2020 17 Napier Road, Havelock North View by appointment Tony Rasmussen 027 429 2253 tony.rasmussen@bayleys.co.nz EASTERN REALTY LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Oparau 860 Okupata Road

Wellsford 400 Partridge Road Picturesque Auckland dairy farm A fantastic farm not to be missed, the location, productive pasture and size combines to offer a myriad of options close to Wellsford. This attractive 218.75 hectare dairy unit, is in four titles and is located only 9.4km from the sought-after farming district of Wellsford. Currently operating on a OAD system and milking 300 cows producing a three year average of 86,375kgMS. The farm is subdivided into 100 paddocks which are accessed by a well maintained central race system, making farm management a breeze. The housing consists of a four bedroom home and a second, three bedroom home.

Set Sale Date (unless sold prior) 2pm, Fri 27 Nov 2020 84 Walton Street, Whangarei View by appointment Catherine Stewart 027 356 5031 catherine.stewart@bayleys.co.nz MACKYS REAL ESTATE LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Scale with proud history This impressive 782ha (more or less) dry stock property comes to the market for the first time in over 80 years. With six titles spanning two main roads the future opportunity is vast, allowing for varying farm and forestry options to be implemented. Offering a mix of contour with an excellent balance of breeding/finishing land, a central laneway feeds out from the main stock facilities. Satellite yards are also strategically positioned while water is supplied from a large dam on the back country. Two homes on the farm assure all family or staff needs are met and infrastructure is extensive with the main woolshed having expansive under covered yards with unique bull selling complex attached.

Taihape 605 Mokai Road

56.4 hectare dairy unit

Ruapuke - 330ha clean hill country

bayleys.co.nz/2400276

SUCCESS REALTY LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Tokoroa 3069 Old Taupo Road Located just minutes from Tokoroa, this attractive farm offers proven productivity and quality infrastructure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ideal first farm or a perfect addition to compliment a larger dairying operation as highperformance dairy support. Currently milking approximately 160 cows, with production levels to 75,716 kgMS. The farm comes with quality improvements, including an excellent 18 aside dairy with inshed feeding, new lined effluent pond, ample shedding plus fourbedroom brick home. Contour is flat to gentle rolling in nature, complemented by quality fertile free draining soils.This prime property has been well farmed and comes to the market in great heart, with a simple farm layout and quality centrally located infrastructure making farm management a breeze. Call now.

Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 4pm, Wed 25 Nov 2020 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton View 11am-1pm Wed 4 Nov or by appointment Scott Macdonald 027 753 3854 scott.macdonald@bayleys.co.nz

Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 4pm, Thu 26 Nov 2020 65 Arawa Street, Matamata View 12-1pm Tue 3 Nov or by appointment Sam Troughton 027 480 0836 sam.troughton@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Located only 18kms off State Highway 1 and 7km from Taoroa Primary School, with exceptional vistas towards Mount Ruapehu and the Ruahine Ranges in the Mokai district. Ruapuke has been leased for a long time, and now offers a rare opportunity in this tightly held district. Run mainly as a sheep breeding operation, with the opportunity to finish most progeny, alongside flexible cattle options. Mainly easy to medium clean hill country is complemented with over 24 hectares of fertile free draining flats bounding the Rangitikei River. A permanent stream and large lagoons provide reliable stock water on the farm. Improvements include a three bedroom bungalow, four stand woolshed plus workshop/stable.

For Sale offers invited by (unless sold prior)

4pm, Thu 26 Nov 2020 View by appointment Pete Stratton 027 484 7078 peter.stratton@bayleys.co.nz BARTLEY REAL ESTATE LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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FARMERS WEEKLY – November 2, 2020

NEW LISTING

Scargill 1166 Scargill Valley Road

Bankside 2393 North Rakaia Road

Profitable beef finishing

Glenkari is a versatile and solid-performing 221.0682ha beef finishing unit, notable for its quality pastures, underpinning good growth-rates in bulls. It has a good mix of soil types ensuring a wellbalanced farm, easily managed through all seasons. This simple farming operation has been focused on profitability, setting a great platform to continue into the future. Complementing the aesthetically-pleasing, well-treed farmland is a well-maintained three-bedroom home, set in a sheltered, sunny position in established grounds. A full array of farm buildings, well water and good access through two road frontages, provides for a solid farming package. Close to amenities and an easy commute to Christchurch further enhances Glenkari's numerous attributes.

For Sale by Deadline Private Treaty (unless sold prior)

12pm, Thu 26 Nov 2020 3 Deans Avenue, Christchurch View by appointment Ben Turner 027 530 1400 ben.turner@bayleys.co.nz Peter Foley 021 754 737 peter.foley@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Great opportunity Situated just minutes from Rakaia with a combination of freehold and leasehold land. This approximately 92 hectare block would be a great addition to an existing farm to become a self-contained operation or it would be a great first farm. The property is currently being used as a support block to a dairy farm. The twobedroom residence has an updated kitchen, living and dining with the addition of a north-facing covered veranda. There are mature trees throughout the property that provide excellent shelter belts with the addition of some native planting. The low-cost water is applied to the paddocks by three pivots with the remainder in fixed grid. Well subdivided into 12 paddocks with a range of supporting infrastructure.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 26 Nov 2020 3 Deans Avenue, Christchurch View by appointment John Bailey 027 893 0234 john.bailey@bayleys.co.nz Craig Blackburn 027 489 7225 craig.blackburn@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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FOR SALE BY TENDER

GLENCREAG/CAMBERLEIGH FARM

NEW LISTING

A 972 hectare Strath Taieri Freehold property located 6kms north of Middlemarch

This sheep and beef breeding property lies on the Rock and Pillar Range with a mix of hill country and pasture some of which is irrigated by a private gravity fed system. Tender closing at 12.00pm, Friday 11th December unless sold prior. Viewings by appointment only and no agents.

Catlins Surrounds 9 Rewcastle Road Lifestyle investment opportunity

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Asking Price $5,750,000 + GST (if any) View by appointment Warwick Kerr 027 473 3130 warwick.kerr@bayleys.co.nz QUEENSTOWN & SOUTHERN NZ REALTY LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 2008

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The Whistling Frog Restaurant and Resort contains a multitude of dining, camping and lodging accommodation options for travelers, at this mid-point Catlin’s destination stopover, providing a complex for the new owners to further enhance unrealised income potential. This property will appeal to an adventure, rural lifestyle purchaser, including returning ex-Pats, families looking to work together and expand this operation over time and to diversify and grow existing tourism operations. With pure air, water, uncrowded beaches, surfing, kayaking and stunning scenery; the Whistling Frog complex is a “must consider” for those looking to purchase a growing business enterprise.

For further information please contact:

Neil Grant 027 464 3004 • Home 03 464 3494 • Email: neil_glencreag@xtra.co.nz

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FARMERS WEEKLY – November 2 2020

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Opportunity knocks 1232 Ngaroma Road, Matapara • • • • • •

278.53 hectares (approx) 219 hectare dairy platform 570 crossbred dairy cows Low nitrogen risk farm with low inputs 19 hectare pine forest ready to harvest Forestry share transferred to purchaser

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42 AS herringbone dairy shed Two comfortable homes Opportunity to improve production or diversify to beef farming Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted

rwteawamutu.co.nz/TEA23734 Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed REAA2008

Tender Closes 4.00pm, Wednesday 25 November at Ray White Te Awamutu, 223 Alexandra Street, unless sold prior. Price will be + GST (if any). View Thursdays 5, 12, 19 November, 12.00 - 2.00pm Howard Ashmore

027 438 8556

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Established Waikato Dairy 898 Ormsby Road, Pirongia This well established 98ha dairy farm in three titles enjoys good infrastructure and has consistently strong production from 280 cows. Strong pastures, an up to date effluent system and a good 24 aside dairy add appeal to this property. Two houses and a good range of support buildings complete this package. Located only minutes south of Pirongia, the contour, location and layout are sure to appeal. Price will be + GST (if any). Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

rwteawamutu.co.nz/TEA23768 Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed REAA2008

Tender Closes 1.00pm, Thursday 26 November at Ray White Te Awamutu, 223 Alexandra Street, may not be sold prior View Tuesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 November, 11.00am - 1.00pm

Noldy Rust

027 255 3047 Neville Kemp

027 271 9801

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FARMERS WEEKLY – November 2, 2020

HINERUA STATION - A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WITH OPTIONS TENDER to be held Wed 9 December 2020 at 2pm (plus GST if any) 684 LOOKOUT ROAD, ONGAONGA, HAWKE’S BAY

NEW LISTING

1131 hectares (more or less)

Sheep & beef finishing farm

Two dwellings

Hunting

Trout fishing

Forestry potential

A transformed, genuine hill country station located on the doorstep of the Ruahine Ranges in Central Hawke’s Bay, with great rainfall, there are a number of excellent options for a purchaser. Hinerua Station comprises of approximately 1131 hectares and is a mix of rolling hill country, steeper sidlings and some attractive native bush areas. Hinerua Station has undergone a huge transformation over the last three years as a sheep and beef breeding and finishing farm, it is a credit to the current owner. The two houses have had renovation work completed with the second home now fully double glazed and large deck extensions, both houses are five bedrooms. Both homes enjoy views and sunshine. This property offers an opportunity to continue farming as a sheep, beef unit or exploring the options of outdoor recreation with great hunting and trout fishing from the Tuki Tuki River which bounds the southern end of the property. There is also the option to consider trees for production or maybe carbon farming. Properties like this rarely become available, so here is your chance to be the next owner. For more information or to arrange a viewing call Mike or Warwick today.

Mike Heard 027 641 9007 mike.heard@colliers.com .

Warwick Searle 021 362 778 warwick@forestrysales.co.nz

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TENDER closing 5 November 2020 at 4pm with our office 1227 Ranolf Street, Rotorua 60 SCRIVENERS ROAD, LICHFIELD, PUTARURU

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BLUE-CHIP MEDICAL OCCUPIER INVESTMENT 16 ST ASAPH STREET & 66 STEWART STREET, CENTRAL CITY, CHRISTCHURCH

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CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD ANCHORED INVESTMENT

This 124 hectare dairy farm located in the renowned area of Lichfield. Milking 300 cows, wintered on production averaged over the last 3 years, 110,000 kg MS. Contour mainly easy rolling with some steeper sidling’s. The farm is well laid out with the dairy shed centrally located and raced to 45 paddocks with an ongoing refencing and re grassing programme. Also growing annually 11 hectares of maize. Farm water from bore. Farm buildings, older 30 aside herringbone shed in good order with feed pad. New above ground effluent system. Three barns used for calf rearing and implements. Main home is modern with 3 bedrooms, ensuite plus bathroom. Second home 4 bedroom older home with office, large living area, double car garaging. The farm can be purchased as a full going concern if required.

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Alan Duncan 027 478 6393 alan.duncan@colliers.com CRRLD Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

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The offering presents a rare opportunity to acquire a + Long term lease to CDHB fully occupied investment with two blue chip medical + Strategic CBD location based tenants on long lease terms in a prime central + Nearby hospital and health precinct city location. + Blue chip medical industry occupiers High quality tenant covenant is afforded to both occupiers namely Canterbury District Health Board + Built in fixed rent reviews + Net rental: c. $365,000 pa (CDHB) and the New Zealand Brain Research Institute (NZBR). The CDHB Government tenant covenant combined with a health sector research organisation in NZBRI provides outstanding security DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY Thursday 26 November 2020 at 4.00pm* of cashflow for investors. Long term leases to these high quality tenants provide a combined weighted JEREMY SPEIGHT CAMERON DARBY average lease term (WALT) of c .5.5 years. 027 655 5647 027 450 7902 *Unless sold prior

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WHAKAMARUMARU STATION TENDER to be held Wed 25 November 2020 at 2pm (plus GST if any) 1960 MATAPIRO ROAD, CROWNTHORPE, HAWKE’S BAY

NEW LISTING

1035 hectares (more or less)

Sheep/beef breeding/finishing

Good balance of contour

Historic homestead

All weather access

30 mins to Napier/Hastings

Exceptional contour and scale are key features of Whakamarumaru Station, comprising 1035ha historically run as a sheep and beef breeding/finishing unit. The majority of the farm contour is best described as easy rolling to medium hills with a portion of finishing flats. With environmental sustainability in mind any steeper marginal areas and most of the water ways have been fenced off and planted for many years. An ongoing passion to improve pastures and stock performance has seen a comprehensive cropping and regrassing program implemented over time across the property. A fully automated water system is pumped from a bore and is reticulated around the farm via a series of pumps, holding tanks and troughs in most paddocks. The six bedroom homestead was originally built in 1903 and has pride of place on an elevated site overlooking the station. There is also a tidy three-bedroom manager’s cottage plus a full complement of farm infrastructure including woolshed and covered sheep yards, cattle yards, hay barns, workshop and implement sheds all conveniently located. Having been tightly held for over 100 years this is an opportunity not to be missed for discerning purchasers wanting to invest in their future.

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TURN-KEY BUSINESS - OUTSTANDING PERFORMER- 722HA Taki Taki, 1791 Whangaehu Valley Road, Masterton Taki Taki is a hill country sheep breeding and bull finishing unit of exceptional quality. Situated a short 20min drive north of Masterton most of the land faces away from the drying north-west wind. Access is excellent with a metalled central track that feeds into well established lane ways. The effective area is 682ha with 93 main paddocks being made up of 19ha of flats, 69ha of mowable hill country and 594ha of well developed medium hills, parts steeper, with the balance being forestry and native bush. The current farming policy based off exceptional grass growth winters 4000 breeding ewes, 1650 ewe hogget replacements, 750 finishing lambs and 250 R1Y & 140 R2Y Friesian bulls. A very consistent fertiliser policy since the late 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shows with soil test results averaging pH 5.6 and P 35. Water supply is a robust combination of reticulation and dams, with back up capability. There is a 4 bedroom homestead, 3 bedroom managers house and a 3 bedroom cottage. 3 woolsheds (5 stand main with covered yards), cattle yards, 13 sets of sheep yards and a double access airstrip also support the farming operations. Taki Taki presents a turn-key opportunity for those who value high quality land, excellent infrastructure, great location and a property with a big high performance engine! Tender Closes 4pm, Thurs 3 Dec 2020. Address for Tender Delivery; NZR, Level 1, 16 Perry Street, Masterton 5810, or via email by arrangement.

WELL DEVELOPED GRASS FACTORY WITH APPEALING INFRASTRUCTURE Moaland, 425 Daggs Road, Alfredton, Wairarapa Moaland is a well-regarded easy to medium hill country sheep and beef unit, located 40 mins drive north of Masterton. Moaland is a very well set up and easy to run unit with quality improvements- the hard graft and development have been done. The five bedroom homestead is set amongst a tennis court & inground pool. The outbuildings include a very sound 2 bay lock up workshop and attached 3 bay shed. The woolshed features a 4 stand raised board with attached covered yards and a 1,000NP. There are 2 sets of satellite sheep yards placed at the ends of the laneways for easy stock movement and a set of cattle yards near the road. Moaland has had consistent fertiliser applications over many years with good Olsen P and pH levels. There is excellent natural water supply and most paddocks have access to the laneways. A unique feature is the popular tar-sealed airstrip which delivers non-farm income. This is a genuine hill country unit with enviable infrastructure that is well located, well laid out for easy management, producing renowned stock from good inputs with bonus non-farm income. Moaland is humming- this is an excellent opportunity to purchase a quality property ready to go! (There is an adjoining 126ha on the market with NZR that could be added to Moaland). Tender Closes 4pm, Thu 19 Nov 2020. NZR, Level 1, 16 Perry Street, Masterton.

722 hectares Video on website

nzr.nz/RX2537741 Blair Stevens AREINZ 027 527 7007 | blair@nzr.nz Dave Hutchison 027 286 9034 | dave@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

409 hectares Video on website

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PICTURESQUE SHEEP, BEEF & DAIRY 451 Table Flat Road, Apiti, Manawatu Currently operated as a mixed sheep/beef and 86ha dairy business - continue with the blend or re-deploy the flats as finishing country. Various purchase options include 218ha of sheep and beef country, with 40ha of flats and a three stand woolshed and the diary unit separately; full details online. Volcanic loess soils, almost 50:50 flat & hills with 3.5km of river boundary. Other improvements include 28as HB dairy, great sheds and two dwellings. The modern 5 bedroom plus office main home enjoys a dramatic panorama over the property and to the north. A separate 127ha also for sale over the road.

ONGARUE CONTENDER 2741 Ngakonui-Ongarue Road, Ongarue This classy and versatile deer, sheep & beef breeding/ finishing farm is on the market for the first time in 43 years. Its north facing aspect, free draining soils and mix of contour graduating from rolling to medium hills and into some steeper sidlingÂ´s make this farm a real contender. Approx. 200 ha of quality deer fencing with the balance conventional post and batten. An abundance of natural water and a good network of 4x4 tracks. Top Infrastructure include a 3-stand woolshed, deer shed, 2 cattle yards, a bike shed, near new satellite yards as well as immaculate 5 bedroom homestead amongst mature gardens.

305.4 hectares Video on website

nzr.nz/RX2530415 VIEW BY APPOINTMENT Tender Closes 11am, Mon 23 Nov 2020, NZR, 20 Kimbolton Road, Feilding. Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | peter@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

304 hectares TENDER

11am, Thu 10 Dec 2020 Jamie Proude AREINZ 027 448 5162 | 06 385 4466 jamie@nzr.nz Open Days 1pm, 4 & 11 Nov 2020 www.nzr.nz/RX2562730 NZR Central Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

BALANCED UNIT WITH QUALITY HOME 482 Table Flat Road, Apiti, Manawatu Quality volcanic loess soils are the key productive assets here, while a modern home provides superb creature comforts. The medium hills are complemented by 35ha of well subdivided flats, connected via a central laneway, all reticulated with spring sourced water. The eight year old, 5 bed plus office home, enjoys spectacular views over the district and beyond. 305ha for sale over the road, provides further scale options.

PERFORMANCE DRIVEN 87 Stewarts Loop Road, Taihape This attractive, versatile 359 ha farm with favourable contour opens up opportunities to a range of farming policies. Superbly located only 12 km north of Taihape and a stone throw from SH 1. Infrastructure includes a 4-bedroom home, 4-stand woolshed, a new 3 bay implement shed and an excellent cattle facility with all-weather load out as well as 3 sets of satellite sheep yards. Wintered 1800 in lamb sheep and 200 cattle. A well balanced farm with ample area of easy, flat to undulating contour giving the ability to winter/ summer crop. The property has undergone a pasture renewal policy over the last 2 years.

127.8 hectares Video on website

nzr.nz/RX2524361 VIEW BY APPOINTMENT Tender Closes 11am, Mon 23 Nov 2020, NZR, 20 Kimbolton Road, Feilding. Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | peter@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

359 hectares Tender

www.nzr/RX2143830 Tender Closes 11am, Thu 10 Dec 2020, NZR, 1 Goldfinch St, Ohakune. Jamie Proude AREINZ 027 448 5162 | 06 385 4466 jamie@nzr.nz NZR Central Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

RURAL | LIFESTYLE | RESIDENTIAL

TENDER

ROTORUA 2028 State Highway 5

TENDER Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold By Private Treaty) Closes 4.00pm, Friday 20 November

'Pukemara' 305 Hectares in Two Titles Favoured with instructions from the vendors we present this 305 hectare (more or less) dry-stock farm to the market. Situated some 25km south-east of Rotorua, the property is currently leased. Contours are a portion of easy, with the main part being undulating to medium hill. Infrastructure comprises of a main four bedroom, master with en-suite, dwelling in mature grounds, a second dwelling of three bedrooms, master with en-suite and an office, transported on some years ago. Sundry buildings include a three-stand wool shed with sheep yards. Cattle yards and several farm sheds. Water is via a bore pumped to storage tanks and gravity fed around the property. Given the close proximity to Rotorua, the port of Tauranga and several wood processing mills, this farm has a number of future options, to continue as a dry stock farm or alternatively be transformed into a carbon forest or any number of wood forests. There is also a four hectare bare land lifestyle block on a separate title (ID#ROT33082) which can be purchased separate to the farm.

VIEW 12.00-1.00pm, Wednesday 4 & 11 November

Graham Beaufill M 027 474 8073 E graham.beaufill@pggwrightson.co.nz

pggwre.co.nz/ROT32912

TENDER

PIOPIO, WAITOMO 1151 Mairoa Road 'Stony Bush' - 743ha, Dairy or Premium Grazing Approximately 690ha effective of easy rolling to stronger rolling contour, 60 bail rotary, calf sheds, implement sheds and feed pads. Five dwellings, good water, Mairoa ash soils and approximately 130 paddocks. Stock wintered – six-year average – 1050 cows, 685 beef, 320 dairy stock and carryover cows. Fantastic opportunity to purchase dairy or grazing unit at scale. To be Tendered with three options as follows: Option 1 – The entire farm / Option 2 – 456ha dairy shed and platform with grazing area / Option 3 – 287ha cattle grazing farm

TENDER

(Unless Sold By Private Treaty) Closes 11.00am, Wed 2 December PGGWRE, 57 Rora Street, Te Kui

VIEW 11.00-1.00pm

Monday 2, 9 & 16 November

Peter Wylie M 027 473 5855 E pwylie@pggwrightson.co.nz

pggwre.co.nz/TEK31339

TENDER

'Momona Farm' Location, Contour, Size 472ha ideal breeding and finishing farm in a sought after farming area 26km from Feilding. Features a very appealing balance of contour from extensive flats to rolling/medium to steeper hill. Two fourbedroom homes, a full range of farm buildings including stables. Good subdivision, water, pasture and farm access. An impressive property. PURCHASE OPTIONS: a) 472ha - (as above) b) 213ha - House, woolshed/yards, flats/medium hill c) 129ha - House, sheds, stables, easy/medium hill d) 129ha - Bare land, medium/steeper hill

Plus GST (if any) Closes 4.00pm Tuesday 24 November

VIEW By Appointment Only

Ian Ross M 027 235 4676 E iross@pggwrightson.co.nz

pggwre.co.nz/FDG33063

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

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AUCTION

Think Outside The Box

WAIKARETU, TUAKAU

181 Douglas Rd, Matamata It's rare to be presented with a proposition as exciting as this. Purchase 75 ha freehold & lease the adjoining 52 ha, then milk off the lot through a 2012 built 40 ASHB fitted with Pro-trac. This dairy farm has been under the same ownership for the past 18 years. Their operating model has proven to be very successful creating the corner stone of the family business enabling continued growth. Producing approx. 160,000kgs/ms. Reduce your risk by investing less capital per kg/ms. Our semi retiring clients have decided to downsize and take things a little easier. They are willing to consider all options ranging from going concern through to surrendering their winter milk contract. All discerning buyers need to follow this one up.

matamata.ljhooker.co.nz/H6BHR1

EXCLUSIVE

'Pairama Station' Auction

Thurs 26th Nov, 1pm Matamata Club (Unless sold prior)

___________________________________ View

Thurs 5th & 12th Nov, 11am - 12pm

___________________________________ Agent Rex Butterworth 021 348 276 Peter Begovich 027 476 5787 LJ Hooker Matamata 07 888 5677 Link Realty Ltd. Licensed Agent REAA 2008

In 1913, a young 17-year-old came north from Wellington to develop 1700 acres of scrub land. Three generations of his descendants have continued his dream and today Pairama Station is 867ha of extensively developed pasture with pockets of native bush. The five-stand two-storey woolshed, and concreted cattle and sheep yards is at the hub of the farming operation. The homestead was extensively renovated in 1985. The workers cottage is situated to capture the morning sun. Pairama is a turn key operation. Do not miss this opportunity to invest in this historic and well-managed station.

DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY

Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold Prior) Closes 4.00pm, Friday 11 December

VIEW By Appointment Only

Adrian van Mil M 027 473 3632 E avanmil@pggwrightson.co.nz

pggwre.co.nz/PUK32992 PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

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The Otiwhiti Westoe Farming company is a large progressive and high performing farming business farming around the Rangitikei district farming 1700ha of hill country and 400ha of inclusive finishing land. A position has become available for a Shepherd/General on the 1700ha, 1000ha effective Otiwhiti Station Block 16km inland from Hunterville. Otiwhiti Station winters 6000 sheep and 500 cattle. The role is 50% stock work and 50% general work.

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GOATS. 40 YEARS experience mustering feral cattle and feral goats anywhere in NZ. 50% owner (no costs). 50% musterer (all costs). Phone Kerry Coulter 027 494 4194. NAKI GOATS. Trucking goats to the works every week throughout the NI. Phone Michael and Clarice. 027 643 0403.

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Otiwhiti Station is the home of the Otiwhiti Agricultural Training School. This job role will involve working with and mentoring trainees.

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GOATS WANTED. All weights. All breeds. Prompt service. Payment on pick up. My on farm prices will not be beaten. Phone David Hutchings 07 895 8845 or 0274 519 249. Feral goats mustered on a 50/50 share basis.

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SALE TALK Two sows talking to each other. One said “have you heard from your boarfriend lately?” The other said “ got a litter from him last week”

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CAPITAL STOCK AND PLANT CLEARING SALE 2020 PRICING:

$110 - $150 PER KG

PALMERSTON 2ND SPRING CATTLE SALE

Our last Farmers Weekly publication for 2020 is the December 14. Our office will be closed from 5pm December 16 and will reopen on the January 5 for our first publication of 2021 on January 11.

A/C Hays Gap (ex RB Murray) 56 Nugget Point Road, Kaka Point (signposted from Kaka Point) Due to sale of property PGG Wrightson in conjunction with Peter Grellet Livestock have been instructed to sell the following. The order of the sale will be: Plant, Sheep then Cattle. Plant

Friday 6 November, 10am Palmerston Saleyards

• Allflex FM 1 Woolpress, Vanguard Hydraulic Woolpress, Wool Table, Fadge Holders, PEL100 E/F Unit

All cattle yarded overnight and sold over scales

Sheep

Comprising Approx:

Phone Ella 0800 8525 80 or email livestock@globalhq.co.nz

• 50 Angus/Gelbvieh X 2yr Steers • 150 Stabilizer 1yr Steers (top weights) • 285 Angus & Angus X 1yr Steers

BLACK C O L O U R MATTERS SUFFOLK – NO. 1 TERMINAL BREED THAT WILL GIVE YOUR LAMBS 100% BLACK COLOUR

• 25 Hereford 1yr Steers

• 6 South Suffolk MA Rams

• 10 Shorthorn 1yr Steers

Cattle - C10

• 20 Simmental X 1yr Steers

• 15 Hereford Friesian Yearling Steers

• 10 Beef X 1yr Steers

• 20 Simmental Pure Bred Heifers (depastured with Murray Grey Bull 6 Oct)

• 44 Hereford 1yr Heifers (suitable for breeding) • 30 Charolais X 1yr Heifers • 10 Shorthorn 1yr Heifers

That’s more money for you, proving that BLACK COLOUR DOES INDEED MATTER when using terminal sires

FOL UF K

Craig Dempster (PGG Wrightson Livestock) 027 432 3252 Peter Grellet (Peter Grellet Livestock) 027 222 4242

PERFOR

SEA

This sale represents a grand opportunity to purchase quality capital stock from an idyllic coastal property.

• 9 Simmental X 1yr Heifers Gerard Shea (PGG Wrightson Livestock) 027 442 5379 Don Roney (Rural Livestock Ltd) 027 435 7434

• 160 Simmental MA Cows with Charolais calves at foot. Male calves will be entire. (Depastured with a Charolais Bull from 6 Oct). Will be sorted into smaller lines and sold on a all counted basis

• Open Headed, Upstanding sheep • High Fertility – 5 year average 170% • Fine Wool Corriedales – 26.8 micron ram hogget average • Footrot Resistant – ALL rams tested • SIL recorded • Drought Resistant, Long Living and Fence Friendly • Proven Genetics and Quality Assured

WILFIELD CORRIEDALES

1213 West Coast Road, West Melton, Christchurch Contact Robin Wilson • robin.wilfield@xtra.co.nz • 021 1583866 www.wilfieldsheepstud.co.nz • www.facebook.com/Wilfield sheep stud

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PAKI-ITI SUFFOLK

NUMBERS TELL A STORY • Over 160 clients purchased/leased Paki-iti rams last year • 97% Paki-iti terminal sale rams fully SIL performance recorded • 500 Suffolk and Suftex rams sold and leased last year

PAKI-ITI SUFTEX

• 11 years of wintering ram hoggets on steep hill country • 100 years of breeding rams for the NZ sheep industry BUT BREEDING IS MORE THAN NUMBERS It is about longevity, structural soundness, constitution

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Visit to view our breeding programs

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

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FOR YOUR NEAREST SUFFOLK BREEDER VISIT

• 500 Perendale MA Ewes (Newhaven Bloodlines) with BF lambs at foot, lambing commenced 1 Sept onwards • Will be sorted into lines and sold on a all counted basis, lambs are untailed

• 60 Angus & Angus X 1yr Heifers (suitable for breeding)

BLACK COLOUR = 100% HYBRID VIGOR that’s more growth, more meat and more live lambs

• 200 Perendale 1 Shear MA Ewes with BF lambs at foot, lambing commenced 1 Sept onwards

• 30 Charolais X 1yr Steers

• 180 Angus & Angus X 1yr Heifers

BLACK COLOUR = PROVEN STORE PREMIUMS it’s real, just ask your stock agent

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Tuesday 10th November, 1.30pm

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WILTSHIRE

RAM SALE

Sale Date 20th November – Start 6pm Until 24th November – 8pm finish JW104684©

Ewe lambs fully moulting

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12.30pm, 25th November 2020 312 Tutaenui Road, R D 2, Marton

WESTMERE FARMING COMPANY LTD McCombie Border Leicester RD2 Ashburton 20 x top performance recorded SIL Videos & ram info will be available on AuctionsPlus for viewing

TERMINAL COOPWORTH ROMWORTH

CONTACT: Mark Copland 027 221 0506 Hugh Copland 021 831 148 Callum Dunnett 027 587 0131

NZ’s Virtual Saleyard UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Thursday, 5 November 2020 1.00pm - Waimai Romney 7.00pm - National Livestock - PER KG 7.30pm - National Livsetock - PER HEAD

Any queries on registering with AuctionsPlus Call Lisa on 027 255 4872

Thursday, 12 November 2020 1.00pm – South Island Spring Cattle Sale 1.00pm - Batley Beltex Ram Sale

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Friday, 13 November 2020 1.00pm - Ashgrove Coopworth & Suftex Ram Auction

SIL Recorded

Ed Sherriff 021 704 778 06 327 6591 edsherriff@farmside.co.nz

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FARMERS WEEKLY – November 2, 2020

Ryan Shannon PGG Wrightson 027 565 0979

“If one of our Romneys or Maternal Composites break out with facial eczema, we will refund your entire ram purchase.”

For more information go to bidr.co.nz or contact the team on 0800 TO BIDR

Will Jackson

Beltex

Romney • Composite • Perendale • Suffolk • FE testing for 35 years, and above FE Gold Standard for 8 years

x and Beltex Cross Rams Belte First Annual

• Romney sires tested at 0.7mg of Sporidesmin/kg of live weight and Maternal Composites 0.65mg

TWO TOOTH SALE

19 November 2020

Viewing from 11am, Sale starts 1.30pm ‘Rangiatea’, 571 Upper Downs Rd, Mt Somers, Mid Canterbury Purebreds (10) Suffolk Cross (22) Texel Cross (10) Perendale Cross (10) Cheviot Cross (3)

• Ewes run in commercial conditions under no drench policy • Modern and prolific ewes lambing between 140-150% on hard hill country • All rams guaranteed for soundness and structure for 2years

Callum Dunnett

027 587 0131

Simon Eddington

0275 908 612

Blair Gallagher John Tavendale 021 022 31522 027 432 1296 Hamish Gallagher 027 550 7906

Rams for sale in January 2021 by private treaty 0

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• Romney and Maternal Composites have a lifetime guarantee against FE

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Keith Abbott Waiteika Romney 027 463 9859 Ken Haywood Puketotara Romney 07 877 8586

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Goldstream Suffolks: This year’s offering includes sons of NZ Goldstream Suffolks: This year’s offering includes sons of NZ No.1, NZTW NZTW2119 2119 and ranked siressires in “Suffolk Across No.1, andNo.2, No.2,NZTW NZTW1786 1786 ranked in “Suffolk Across Flock”. They are also ranked No.1 & No.2 for Growth and No.1 & No.6 Flock”. They are also ranked No.1 & No.2 for Growth and No.1 & No.6 formeat. meat. Sale Sale Rams ourour best to date, withwith for Ramsaverage averageGenetic GeneticWorth Worthis is best to date, the top individual NZTW 2003, in flock. the top individual NZTW 2003, in flock. Goldstream Poll Dorset Goldstream Poll Dorset The sires of this year’s sale Rams have indexes of NZTW 2070 and NZTW The sires of this years’s sale Rams have indexes of NZTW 2070 and 1661. These 2019 born rams on offer have Growth and Meat figures NZTW 1661. These 2019 born rams on offer have Growth and Meat NZTW 1600, a top of a NZTW fiaverage gures average NZTWwith 1600. with top of2111. NZTW 2111 Goldstream Crossbreds: Suffolk x Poll Dorset

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FARMERS WEEKLY – November 2, 2020

Weaner Heifers Wanted NATIONWIDE Recorded Sires F12 + with Friesian sire 100kg plus J12 + with Jersey sire 80kg plus

Grazing or Lease Blocks Wanted Region: North Island south of Auckland Time: Mid-October onwards

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Bred out of our replacement stud Romney ewe hoggets (genetic gain) by robust and structurally sound high index Texel rams. Robust and meaty rams run under the same conditions as the Romneys and subject to the same strict culling standards. SUFTEX

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MARKET SNAPSHOT

Market Snapshot brought to you by the AgriHQ analysts.

Suz Bremner

Mel Croad

Nicola Dennis

Cattle

Reece Brick

Sarah Friel

Caitlin Pemberton

Sheep

BEEF

William Hickson

Deer

SHEEP MEAT

VENISON

Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

5.50

6.10

NI lamb (17kg)

7.10

7.20

8.85

NI Stag (60kg)

6.20

9.50

NI Bull (300kg)

5.45

6.10

NI mutton (20kg)

5.10

5.00

6.00

SI Stag (60kg)

6.20

6.65

9.50

NI Cow (200kg)

4.00

4.85

SI lamb (17kg)

7.00

8.60

SI Steer (300kg)

5.05

5.15

6.05

SI mutton (20kg)

5.00

4.90

6.00

SI Bull (300kg)

5.00

5.10

5.85

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

SI Cow (200kg)

3.80

3.90

4.55

UK CKT lamb leg

9.45

9.82

11.60

US imported 95CL bull

7.43

7.32

9.31

US domestic 90CL cow

7.43

6.40

7.70

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Last week Prior week

Last year

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

5.50

5.0

$/kg CW

4.00 South Island steer slaughter price

6.50 $/kg CW

Oct

(NZ$/kg)

Dairy

Aug 2020-21

Feb

Apr 2019-20

Jun

Aug 2020-21

Last week

Prior week

Last year

0.00

Last price*

768

787

Top 10 by Market Cap

400

380

Oct-19

Dec-19

Feb-20

Apr-20

Jun-20

Aug-20

Oct-20

405

3030

3000

400

SMP

2835

2830

2825

395

AMF

4140

4100

4050

Butter

3500

3460

3430

Milk Price

6.95

6.91

6.70

$/tonne

WMP

390 385 380

Oct-19

* price as at close of business on Thursday

Dec-19

Feb-20

Apr-20

Jun-20

Aug-20

Oct-20

WAIKATO PALM KERNEL 400

3100

350 $/tonne

3200

3000

314

DAP

vs 4 weeks ago

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

616

297

0.00

CANTERBURY FEED BARLEY Prior week

602

297

0.00

Oct-20

DAIRY FUTURES (US$/T)

602

0.00

390 Jun-20 Aug-20 Sept. 2021

Urea

30 micron lamb

$/tonne

6.00

Nearby contract

Aug 2020-21

Last year

0.00

410

Feb-20 Apr-20 Sept. 2020

Jun

Prior week

0.00

7.00

Dec-19

Apr 2019-20

Last week

0.00

CANTERBURY FEED WHEAT

6.50

NZ average (NZ$/t)

37 micron ewe

420

Oct-19

Feb

Fertiliser Super

7.50

5.50

Dec

FERTILISER

Grain

Data provided by

MILK PRICE FUTURES

US$/t

Dec 5-yr ave

Coarse xbred ind. Jun

2019-20

Oct

5-yr ave

4.50 Apr

7.0 5.0

WOOL

Feb

8.0

7.0

5.00

Dec

9.0

6.0

8.0

5.50

5-yr ave

$/kg MS

10.0

5.0

Oct

South Island stag slaughter price

11.0

6.0

6.00

4.00

7.0 5.0

9.0

4.50

8.0 6.0

South Island lamb slaughter price

5.00

9.0

7.0 6.0

Last year

10.0

8.0

6.00

Last week Prior week

North Island stag slaughter price

11.0

$/kg CW

6.50

$/kg CW

9.0 $/kg CW

North Island steer slaughter price

North Island lamb slaughter price

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Ingrid Usherwood

Company

YTD High

YTD Low

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd

36.99

37.89

21.1

Meridian Energy Limited (NS)

5.29

5.9

3.61

The a2 Milk Company Limited

14.86

21.74

13.8

Auckland International Airport Limited

7.06

9.21

4.26

Spark New Zealand Limited

4.55

5.09

3.445

Mercury NZ Limited (NS)

5.13

5.62

3.595

Ryman Healthcare Limited

13.8

17.18

6.61

Mainfreight Limited

53.5

55.5

Contact Energy Limited

7.45

8.15

4.54

Port of Tauranga Limited

7.35

8.14

4.9

Listed Agri Shares

5pm, close of market, Thursday

Company

YTD High

YTD Low

The a2 Milk Company Limited

14.86

21.74

13.8

Comvita Limited

3.25

4.97

1.66

Delegat Group Limited

14.74

15.08

6.39 3.41

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

4.6

4.72

Foley Wines Limited

1.82

2.13

1.35

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

0.78

0.9

0.68

Marlborough Wine Estates Group Limited

0.21

0.17

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

1.67

2.3

1.29

PGG Wrightson Limited

2.95

3.01

1.55

Sanford Limited (NS)

5.45

8.2

5.45

Scales Corporation Limited

5.04

5.35

3.3

Seeka Limited

3.98

4.74

3.4

Synlait Milk Limited (NS)

5.3

9.1

4.36

T&G Global Limited S&P/NZX Primary Sector Equity Index

2.7

2.93

2.35

15774

16959

12699

S&P/NZX 50 Index

12202

12544

8499

S&P/NZX 10 Index

12496

12861

9100

300 250

2900

Oct

Nov Dec Latest price

Jan

Feb 4 weeks ago

Mar

200

Oct-19

S&P/FW PRIMARY SECTOR EQUITY

Dec-19

Feb-20

Apr-20

Jun-20

Aug-20

Oct-20

15774

S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

12202

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

12496

FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – November 2, 2020

Pulse

WEATHER Soil Moisture

Overview Warmer than usual weather with sub-tropical connections are set to kick-off November. This is a real positive for dry northern New Zealand, as it encourages not only scattered afternoon downpours, but also the chance of some sub-tropical rain slowly feeding in at times. Compared to a year ago, this is a different weather pattern and should give a little more optimism for those worried about rain and water levels. Elsewhere around NZ this set-up also encourages warmer than average days and nights – a positive for pasture growth. We’re likely to see downpours through inland areas of both islands. Southland still gets a few cool changes, nothing too serious though.

Feed takes priority over buying cattle

30/11/2020

Source: NIWA Data

Highlights

Wind

Highlights/ Extremes

Temperature

A few ups and downs with the wind this week as highs and lows move around. Northerly quarter winds dominate though and that encourages more humidity. A brief southerly in Southland on Monday and again this coming weekend.

Most regions this week lean warmer than average both by day and by night. A brief cool blip for Southland and surrounds Monday then again this weekend. Otherwise, northerlies or sub-tropical winds for many parts of NZ will be milder.

14-day outlook

A chance for some rain in the upper North Island this week – watch this space as it’s not entirely locked in for everyone. The rainfall accumulation maps are worth keeping an eye on this week. Warmer than average for many regions too.

7-day rainfall forecast

Compared to 12 months ago, the highs streaming over northern NZ are more broken up. We’re now seeing better chances for showers, afternoon downpours and even patchy rain (Fun tip: rain lasts longer than 30 minutes and covers a larger area than “showers”). High-pressure is still pushing across NZ, as we’d expect in November, but it’s mixed in with rainmakers, weak lows from Aussie and afternoon downpours inland. This set-up sees fewer windy days too – also to be expected in November.

100

200

Mel Croad mel.croad@globalhq.co.nz

HE store cattle market is clearly lacking the spark of a year-ago. However, much of that can be attributed to softer cattle slaughter prices and that these prices are continuously under pressure. There is plenty of chat within the sector that store cattle are cheap buying. But even buyers in areas where grass growth rates are soaring don’t have the usual conviction to jump in and take advantage of these prices. Instead, many are looking back at events and pricing trends this time last year and through into early this year. Close to $1/kg came out of store cattle values between spring 2019 and FebruaryMarch this year, and that is potentially keeping bidders’ hands deep in their pockets. AgriHQ data continue to show that quality, well-conditioned cattle are still attracting an active buying bench, enabling prices to remain at expected levels. The lesser quality and dairy-cross cattle continue to struggle though, as buyers understand these represent a longer-term finishing option. Another feature of the store cattle market this season is the large number of light two-year cattle on the market. This is representative of many regions farming through drought for the first six months of 2020, which continues to have lingering repercussions on cattle in spring. Many of these cattle would have been lining up at processing plants, or close to it, rather than being recycled through the store pens at sale yards. It’s easy to connect the

dots and realise that if these cattle aren’t up to scratch weight-wise, then it is taking out a larger group of finishers that would otherwise be looking to re-enter the store market. AgriHQ data clearly show the heat has gone out of overall yearling cattle values relative to schedules through October. Demand, and therefore values, are not as strong as they were in August when a short-lived grass market took hold. Based on historical values, North Island yearling bull prices in the paddock are undercooked by about 30c/kg. In the South Island values are about 15c/kg below normal, suggesting that these currently represent good buying compared to historical levels. Yearling steer and heifer values are feeling the same pressure. Generally, yearling cattle have battled against much larger offerings this spring, which appears to have dampened values. If we apply that same method to two-year cattle, steers in the North and South Island are on average 10c/kg and 15c/kg stronger respectively than historical levels whereas two-year bull and heifer values are in line with historical averages. The firmer twoyear steer market could reflect a little more confidence in that space, based on the perception that these cattle represent a safer shorter-term option. Any way you look at it, there have been some notable changes to store cattle market trends for this spring. The general feeling of larger numbers on the market combined with strong memories of significant pricing downside last year have many readjusting their budgets and/or buying and selling policies. The need to replenish baleage stocks also appears to be taking priority over buying in more cattle in regions where feed is flush.

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The bulk of the rain in the days ahead is on the West Coast, but northern NZ does see a few showers and downpours. Higher humidity means we may be seeing some places exposed to isolated afternoon downpours and thunderstorms inland. Northern NZ will be very focused on the chance of rain this week, with some sub-tropical winds helping to encourage broken up areas of rain or showers. Keep an eye on those rainfall accumulation maps.

REDUCTION: Close to $1/ kg came out of store cattle values between spring 2019 and February-March this year.

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Farmers take online option to spring sales via virtual saleyard

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Farmers are going online to bid on livestock auctions this spring.

bids than those present at the sale, which our vendors greatly appreciate, of course.

Caitlin Rokela is National Territory Manager for New Zealand’s virtual saleyard, bidr. She says around half of this year’s spring bull sales were hosted as ‘hybrid live-streamed’ auctions, with the fully integrated onsite sale and the online platform, enabling farmers at remote locations to bid for stock alongside those physically at the sales.

“One of the highlights was the Morrison Farming Ezicalve Hereford bull sale, where online buyers purchased 15 per cent of the large catalogue, helping achieve a near total clearance. At the Rangatira Angus dispersal sale of stud yearling and two-year-old heifers more than a third of the catalogue attracted online bids, leading to online buyers prevailing across seven lots. Then, at our first hybrid livestreamed dairy sale, the Waiau Trust Elite In-Milk Cow sale in North Taranaki, online buyers joined from as far as Outram in Otago, Matamata and the Manawatu. At that sale 40 per cent of all lots received online bids, and the average maximum online bid was $4,027, compared

“This was a popular option for vendors to increase marketing potential and add another layer of exposure to their on-farm sales. We observed good uptake from buyers, who have become increasingly comfortable with bidding and buying online. In some sales, buyers online are tending to place higher

with the average on-farm bid of $3,456. “For that sale one particular online buyer from the Manawatu was motivated to secure stock for the season and originally intended to attend the sale in person. Since that was going to cost them $500 for a relief milker for the day, they decided to participate online instead, and add the $500 to their buying budget for the sale,” she said. Next on the calendar for bidr is the ram selling season, operating hybrid livestreaming auctions at sales around the country. Following that bidr will continue the circuit with stag sales starting in December. bidr is a wholly owned subsidiary of PGG Wrightson and is an open platform with eight livestock agencies accredited to trade livestock. Visit bidr.co.nz for more information.

SALE YARD WRAP

Weather tempers weaner market The weaner dairy-beef selling season is under way in the North Island and while it would be great to see a strong market for vendors, weather concerns are one factor keeping a lid on prices. Some markets were more buoyant than others as rain on eastern pastures gave it a bit of a boost, but demand has been limited in western areas of the North Island. Frankton already has three fairs under its belt and the prices held for the better types. However, at all fairs to date, vendors of off-types are meeting a tough crowd and prices are likely to fall short of covering rearing costs, which is of concern. NORTHLAND Kaikohe cattle • Yearling beef-cross bulls made $2.50-$2.55/kg • Beef-cross and dairy boner cows fetched $1.60-$1.65/kg • Angus-Friesian weaner bulls, 100kg, traded at $400 Around 400 cattle were penned at KAIKOHE last Wednesday, PGG Wrightson agent Vaughan Vujcich reported and rainfall for some areas encouraged more buyers to enter the market. Two-year Hereford steers made $2.65-$2.70/kg, with a limited number of beef-cross heifers at $2.55-$2.60/kg. Yearling beef-cross steers returned $2.70$2.80/kg, while yearling heifers had varied results though better types held at $2.40/kg to $2.60/kg.

COUNTIES Tuakau sales • Hereford-Friesian steers, 450kg, made $2.89/kg • Good Charolais steers, 315-341kg, sold well at $1005-$1076, $3.15-$3.20/kg • Angus-Friesian heifers, 558kg, fetched $2.83/kg • Boner cows firmed by 10c/kg, averaging $2.00/kg TUAKAU’s store cattle sale penned 660-head last week, PGG Wrightson agent Chris Elliott reported. Steers, 440620kg, traded at $2.73/kg to $2.89/kg, while good Angus and Charolais, 315-351kg, earned $2.95/kg to $3.20/kg. Others, 300-400kg, ranged from $2.50/kg to $2.80/kg, and 230-300kg, $740-$895. Hereford-Friesian weaners, 127-146kg, returned $540$600. Hereford service bulls, 500kg, reached $1800. AngusFriesian and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 420-558kg, traded at $2.71-$2.83/kg. A good pen of 310kg Hereford-Friesian made $2.86/kg, while, 220-400kg, ranged from $2.40/kg to $2.80/kg. Wednesday’s prime market was firm. Heavy steers made $2.85-$2.95/kg and medium $2.70-$2.84/kg. Heavy heifers managed $2.80-$2.90/kg, with light-medium, $2.71$2.80/kg. Good Friesian cows firmed to $1.90/kg to $2.19/kg, with medium boners, $1.75-$1.89/kg. New-season prime lambs fetched $140-$181 on Tuesday, and hoggets $110-$145. Heavy ewes were $120-$160, and light-medium, $60-$110.

WAIKATO Frankton cattle 27.10 • Specially advertised 2-year Charolais-Friesian steers, 478kg, fetched $3.03/kg • Well-marked yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 296-313kg, improved to $3.04-$3.11/kg • Fourteen three-quarter bred Angus heifers, 304kg, returned $2.73/kg A smaller yarding of 430 cattle was penned at FRANKTON for PGG Wrightson last Tuesday. More 2-year cattle were offered while yearling throughput dropped significantly. Better 2-year steers, 460-510kg, sold to good interest at $2.84-$2.96/kg with the balance, 363-423kg, mostly steady at $2.71-$2.79/kg. A consignment of Galloway-Friesian heifers, 356-365kg, held at $2.44-$2.47/kg, with the balance of heifers, 350-414kg, mostly steady at $2.74-$2.87/kg. Yearling Angus-Friesian steers, 278-425kg, eased to $2.71$2.82/kg and Hereford-Friesian, 366-417kg, sold similarly at $2.76-$2.81/kg. Friesian bulls, 323-352kg, held at $2.46-$2.49/kg. Just 59 prime cattle were offered. Hereford-Friesian steers, 506620kg, held at $2.83-$2.87/kg while same breed heifers, 456-516kg, matched them at $2.85-$2.86/kg. Frankton cattle 28.10 • Nine yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 301kg, pushed to $3.32/kg • Specially advertised yearling Simmental-Friesian heifers, 308344kg, fetched $2.84-$2.95/kg • Better yearling Hereford bulls, 419-446kg, realised $3.72-$3.86/kg A larger store cattle offering was presented by New Zealand Farmers Livestock at FRANKTON last Wednesday. Yearlings made up the majority and most sold to good demand. Two-year Hereford-dairy steers, 411-431kg, held at $2.65-$2.71/kg, as did Hereford-Friesian heifers, 365-438kg, $2.71-$2.76/kg.

Hereford bulls, 400-422kg, fetched $3.03/kg to $3.20/ kg. Yearling Angus-cross heifers, 183-215kg, varied from $2.45/kg to $2.79/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 211-233kg, realised $2.83-$2.93/kg and 300-310kg, $2.74-$2.83/kg. Friesian bulls, 300-347kg, returned $2.50-$2.59/kg, though 18 at 233kg pushed to $2.92/kg. Thirteen 3-year Angus cows with Angus calves-at-foot managed $1250 per unit. A reduced prime offering included a handful of steers, 506-614kg, which eased to $2.80-$2.83/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 475-536kg, improved to $2.80-$2.86/kg. Frankton dairy-beef weaner fair • Autumn-born weaner heifers, 135-154kg, mostly returned $494$575 • Autumn-born weaner bulls, 173-175kg, traded at $560-$590 • Quality weaner heifers held at $425-$440 Heavier and better quality calves sold on a steady market at the FRANKTON dairy-beef weaner fair last Thursday, while lighter and off-bred types eased. Weaner HerefordFriesian steers, 104kg, strengthened to $555. Heavier Friesian bulls above 117kg were steady at the top end of $430-$490, with lighter types mostly $330-$400. Top end dairy-beef bulls sold well and nice early spring-born Hereford-Friesian, 131-132kg, were sought after to achieve $650-$655. Read more in your LivestockEye.

BAY OF PLENTY Rangiuru cattle and sheep • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 421kg, earned $2.81/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 376-480kg, fetched $2.75$2.84/kg • Yearling Angus-Friesian steers, 322kg, made $3.26/kg • Prime Charolais steers, 638kg, traded for $2.98/kg • Hoggets made $100-$155, while the only ewes were $150 Buyers were mostly local at RANGIURU last Tuesday. Two-thirds of the 2-year steers were Hereford-Friesian, 394-455kg, that made $2.60-$2.68/kg. A good number of Angus heifers, 345kg, made $2.78/kg, but 436kg Limousin traded for $3.05/kg. This was eclipsed by Hereford bulls, 326-385kg, that made $3.12/kg to $3.37/kg. Most prime steers were dairy-beef over 575kg with plenty of variation in price. Quality was rewarded with $2.90$2.91/kg paid for the top pens. Boner cattle sold to healthy competition and one pen of Friesian & Friesian-cross, 500kg, made $2.70/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

KING COUNTRY Te Kuiti sheep and cattle • Three-year crossbred heifers, 535kg, earned $2.74/kg • Yearling Angus steers, 312kg, made $3.35/kg • Yearling crossbred heifers, 260-284kg, sold at $2.39/kg to $2.69/ kg • Medium store hoggets fetched $122 with light at $87-$114 A yarding of 300 cattle was met by a small bench of buyers at TE KUITI and two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 464-512kg, softened to $2.83-$2.88/kg while Angus- and Charolais-cross, 383-427kg, fetched $2.97-$2.95/kg. Prime hoggets firmed to $170, with medium $137-$147 and light $120, and heavy prime ewes made $170 with medium $134$138 and light $90-$120.

TARANAKI Taranaki cattle • Three-year Hereford-dairy steers, 434kg, made $2.74/kg • Yearling heifers mostly traded at $2.50/kg to $2.68/kg • Prime steers and heifers softened to $2.67-$2.68/kg • Friesian boner cows, 489kg, made $2.04/kg A lift in pasture growth helped improve competition at TARANAKI last Wednesday. Two-year steers sold well with the beef-dairy average at $2.76/kg, though the top end achieved $2.83-$2.92/kg. Better 2-year heifers fetched $2.57-$2.67/kg, with lesser types around the $2.30-$2.40/ kg mark. Most yearling steers reached $2.90/kg to $3.30/kg, and most bulls earned at least $2.47/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

HAWKE’S BAY Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep • Most store lambs firmed $6-$8 to $93-$120 • Capital stock 4-tooth Perendale ewes achieved $190 • Two-year exotic-cross steers, 400-478kg, made $3.01-$3.13/kg • Yearling Friesian bulls, 388-396kg, sold for $2.60-$2.64/kg • Yearling Angus-Hereford heifers, 304-333kg, traded at $2.79$2.83/kg Lamb volume dropped at STORTFORD LODGE last Wednesday, but a bigger bench of buyers meant prices firmed. The top line made $130. Cattle numbers were also down, and a hint of a grass market helped the lesser types, while better lines held or firmed. Annual draft 2-year beef-cross bulls, 507-513kg, held at $3.13-$3.16/kg and good Friesian, 478-497kg, returned $2.88-$2.95/kg. A line of 18 Hereford cows with calves-atfoot made $1800 per unit, and a small weaner section all sold for $400-$450. Read more in your LivestockEye.

MANAWATU Feilding prime cattle and sheep • Angus-Friesian bulls, 720-735kg, fetched $2.60-$2.61/kg • Very heavy hoggets made $179, while heavy lines returned $158$172 • The only new season lambs in the main pens made $128 At a Tuesday edition of the FEILDING prime sale ewes outnumbered the lambs and hoggets. Heavy and very good ewes made $164-$194 while good types were $123-$160. Most hoggets were medium-good at $135-$153. A small yarding of dairy heifers came forward but many had horns. Half were 452kg Friesian that made $1.82/kg and the remainder were 390-408kg Friesian-cross or Jersey-cross that earned $1.60-$1.65/kg. Some 420kg Friesian-cross cows fetched $1.72/kg. Just 20 calves were entered for the final calf sale of the season and good Hereford-Friesian bulls made $120-$160. Read more in your LivestockEye. Feilding store sale • Traditional 2-year steers, 495-565kg, were $3.20-$3.25/kg • Traditional yearling steers, 270-330kg, lifted to $3.45-$3.60/kg • Traditional yearling heifers, 275-330kg, made $2.90-$3.05/kg • Ewes with good lambs-at-foot were $106-$118 all counted • New season lambs averaged $112 Around 1600 steers and heifers mostly firmed. Two-year Angus steers, 420-495kg, went well at $3.30/kg, with wellpresented Hereford-Friesian at $2.90-$3.10/kg. Tidy lines of 2-year heifers of all breeds were around $2.80-$2.90/kg. Traditional yearling steers lifted, with 270-330kg at $3.45$3.60/kg. Only a few pens of 260-345kg Hereford-Friesian steers were mainly $3.00-$3.05/kg. Straight-beef yearling heifers circled $3/kg with the clean-marked dairy-beef lines 20c/kg weaker. It was a relatively steady market for the ewes with LAF, those with larger lambs making $106-$118, and the others at $80-$86 all counted. Heavy cuts of spring lambs went for $116-$131.50, moving to $105-$111 for the mediums and $96.5-$97.50 for the lightest. A few hoggets were available, mostly making $105-$113. Read more in your LivestockEye. Feilding bull and dairy-beef weaner fair • Yearling Friesian bulls, 210-330kg, lifted to $2.80-$3.05/kg • Autumn-born Hereford-Friesian bulls, 170-205kg, were $560-$630 • Weaner Friesian bulls, 100-120kg, made $400-$450 Older bulls made a guest appearance at the dairy-beef weaner fair at FEILDING last Thursday. A single, large pen of 440kg 2-year Friesian bulls were $2.95/kg. Yearling bulls lifted 20c/kg on the week before and made $2.80-$3.05/kg for Friesian, while 215-275kg Hereford-Friesian from the South Island made $3.00-$3.05/kg. Many mainly small pens of autumn-born beef-cross bulls were consistently $3.05$3.25/kg for 165-235kg. Similar autumn-born heifers were $470-$515 at 140165kg. The weaner Friesian bulls were frequently sold in large lines with the heaviest cuts, 120-135kg, at $460-$480. Few sold below $400. Read more in your LivestockEye.

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CONSERVATIVE BUYERS: Weaners at the first Feilding dairy-beef fair for the season met cautious bidding, but good quality sold well. Rongotea cattle • Two-year Hereford bulls, 565kg, made $2.92/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 347-575kg, earned $2.61/kg • Yearling Speckle Park bulls, 345kg, traded at $2.90/kg • Friesian boner cows, 528kg, sold at $1.82/kg A lift in pasture growth encouraged buyers at RONGOTEA last Wednesday, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported. Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 350kg, sold at $2.34/kg. Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 230-260kg, fetched up to $2.78/kg, with same breed heifers up to $2.73/kg. Weaner Hereford-Friesian bulls, 110kg, made $410, with 108-110kg steers and heifers at $330-$390.

CANTERBURY Canterbury Park cattle and sheep • Prime Angus steers, 525-665kg, returned $2.68-$2.70/kg • Prime Charolais steers, 545-620kg, fetched $2.76-$2.87/kg • Good to very heavy ewes were $140-$207 A sprinkling of prime new season lambs sold up to $148 at CANTERBURY PARK last Wednesday with $95-$129 typical of the balance. The top prime hoggets made $200$221 while heavy and medium lines fetched $141-$199. Most of the store lambs sold in two pens that made $76 or $95 with others $46-$87. The store cattle market was tough going but there were still some good prices posted. This included 2-year Charolais-cross heifers, 357kg, that made $2.72/kg, while 444kg steers were $2.52/kg. Two-year Angus steers, 317kg, performed best of the traditional pens at $2.44/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Coalgate cattle and sheep • Prime steers over 575kg made $2.67-$2.75/kg • Two-year Hereford and Galloway steers, 400-415kg, made $2.23$2.27/kg • Two pens of prime hoggets made $228 and $196

• Two pens of prime ewes made $249 and $197 New season store lambs sold well at COALGATE last Thursday. Over 200 made $102-$108 while most of the balance were $65-$89 in big pens. Those in the prime section made $108-$166. Close to half of the prime hoggets were $171-$179 with the remainder generally $140-$160. Lighter ewes made $105-$147 and good to heavy $150$186. Prime cattle were predominantly heifers. Close to half were over 480kg and earned $2.40-$2.49/kg. A large mixed quality yarding of store cattle sold to expectations given the dry conditions. Quality cattle performed well and included 329kg yearling Hereford-Friesian steers at $2.43/kg, but more often than not pens under 300kg sold for less than $2/ kg in both the 2-year and yearling sections. Read more in your LivestockEye.

SOUTH-CANTERBURY Temuka prime and boner cattle, all sheep • Most prime hoggets firmed to $143-$178 • Prime ewes held at $110-$179 for the majority • Prime Hereford-Friesian steers, 515-623kg, firmed to $2.57-$2.61/ kg • Good Friesian heifers, 475-517kg, achieved $2.44-$2.49/kg • Top Friesian cows, 492-765kg, firmed to $1.70-$1.80/kg A change of sale day meant sheep volume was low at TEMUKA last Tuesday. Hoggets and mixed-age ewes with mainly single lambs sold relative to type at $55-$66 all counted. A reasonable tally of cattle was offered. Longerterm traditional steers, 475-525kg, eased to $2.55-$2.60/ kg though shorter-term types reached $2.65/kg. Friesian, 480-498kg, returned $2.30-$2.36/kg. Heifer prices firmed as beef-dairy averaged 475kg and $2.46/kg, and boner Friesian, 470kg, $2.22/kg. Second cuts of Friesian cows returned $1.50-$1.67/kg though lesser types were down to $1.10-$1.20/kg. Kiwi-cross, 425-617kg sold well and varied from $1.52/kg to $1.80/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

Temuka store cattle • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 466-509kg, earned $2.19$2.26/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 410-466kg, were $2.12-$2.19/ kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 259kg, made $2.59/kg Volume was again high at TEMUKA last Thursday. Any pens of real quality were rare with many dairy-beef lines out of crossbred cows that passed on obvious Jersey traits. Most 2-year beef-cross heifers were in the range of 300400kg and $2.00-$2.10/kg with a few stretching to $2.26/ kg. A third of the heifers were dairy types, 356-402kg, that earned $1.68/kg to $1.82/kg. A few pens of Murray Greycross steers, 318-356kg, returned $2.51-$2.58/kg and were the only steers to exceed $800 on a per-head basis at $820-$895. Their sisters made $775-$835, $2.37-$2.43/kg. The remaining dairy-beef types in both the steer and heifer pens were selectively bought from $1.99/kg to $2.43/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

OTAGO Balclutha prime sheep • Heavy prime ewes strengthened to $150-$175 • Heavy prime hoggets held at $140-$170 There was a smaller yarding of prime hoggets at BALCLUTHA last Wednesday and medium returned $120$130 with light at $100. Medium prime ewes fetched $120$140 and light $80-$100.

SOUTHLAND Charlton sheep • Prime hoggets sold at $160-$170, with medium $140-$155 and light $115-$130 Prime ewes softened by around $5/head at CHARLTON last Wednesday with heavy types at $160-$176, medium $135-$150 and light $85-$115.

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