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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

DECEMBER

INTEREST

PLAN 365

Education

Plan365 Nutrition

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Farmlands staff profile – Rod Cranswick

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Stocking fillers for the farm that has everything

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Farmlands 5 Minutes with Juliet Maclean

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Slow-growing game birds require tailored nutrition

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Life-long learning crucial to success in modern agriculture

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Sweet tooth sets rider on winning career path

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Complex factors at work in growing youngstock

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‘Bit of study’ goes a long way for Ange McFetridge

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Winners of the 2017 Tom Cranswick Memorial Awards

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Many risks in relying on water to trap ammonia

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Trials demonstrate yield benefits in fodder beet

Training key to improving farm safety

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Watch for outbreaks of pests in forage brassica

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Benefits of IPM proved in forage brassica trials

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From the CEO

Plan365 Animal Management

High AGM turnout vote of confidence in future

Plan365 Horticulture

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Warren Parker has one eye on the past, the other on the future

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Murray Donald believes community central to co-op’s success

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Nikki Davies-Colley – voice of experience on Farmlands’ Board

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FARMLANDS STAFF PROFILE Rod Cranswick Q: What is your current role at Farmlands?

A: I am a member of the Real Estate Team in Masterton, the first Farmlands Real Estate office in the North Island, concentrating mainly on selling Rural and Lifestyle.

Q: What do you enjoy about your job?

A: I enjoy taking prospective purchasers over vendors’ farms, being part of the discussions that evolve and achieving the best result for our vendor.

Q: The Tom Cranswick Memorial Awards are named after your father – what’s a favourite memory you have of him?

A: My father was a very determined and driven person who only thought of achieving success. He was very competitive and did not accept the word “No�. A favourite memory was his delight as new breeders when we were first and second in the Meat and Wool Cup at the Hawke’s Bay Show with two Angus yearling bulls.

Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?

A: We certainly enjoy time with our family and especially our grandchildren.

Having just built a new house, much of our spare time has gone into landscaping and planting. Golf, tennis, cycling, hunting and fishing have gone on the backburner recently. Having leased our 84ha finishing farm, I have retained a small South Suffolk stud – 10 ewes.

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Welcome to our final issue of The Farmlander for 2017. Your shareholder magazine takes a break for the holiday period, with the first issue of 2018 arriving in time for February.

On 7th November, Chairman Lachie Johnstone, members of the Farmlands team and I travelled to the Farmlands Eskdale School and Community Hall for the 54th Farmlands Annual General Meeting. It was a symbolic venue – in December 1962 the same location held the first North Island meeting of what would become our co-operative. It was a privilege to meet the families of some of those original shareholders, who still have a vested interest in their co-operative.

The turnout at this year’s AGM was extremely high, with more than 120 shareholders in attendance. There was a positive mood in the hall, with everyone eager to see us get stuck in to the next part of our journey.

The turnaround of our financial performance was well received – moving from a $9.0 million loss to a $5.4 million profit. I reiterated that people will always come first at Farmlands – we were formed by communities and we continue to serve those communities to this day. Our ongoing goal is to be the rural hub of the local communities we support, not simply through the supplies and services they need to grow.

Most importantly, I was honest to our shareholders in attendance.

In reviewing the year, we would be remiss if we left the impression we have got everything right. The most challenging task to reinvent our co-operative is taking our people on the journey, particularly as our performance demands some challenging decisions from us.

The future of Farmlands is bright, because we are creating a co-operative that is durable and flexible and above all else a genuine partnership with our shareholders, helping their businesses succeed. We will become a great co-operative by realising our strategies and upholding the values that make our team proud Farmlanders. We will continue to identify the areas that will provide value to our shareholders, no matter where they are in the country.

And most importantly, we will do it all – Together.

On behalf of everyone here at Farmlands, I wish you and your family a happy and safe Christmas and New Year. Thank you for continuing to choose your co-operative.

Kind regards,

Peter Reidie

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EDUCATION

5 minutes with Juliet Maclean Juliet Maclean chairs the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust.

What is the role of the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust?

The trust was set up this year to initially manage the New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarships and the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme. The Trust will consider including new leadership development opportunities in the future too. I am also Chair of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust. The role of the Nuffield and Kellogg programmes is to develop effective and innovative leaders who can influence positive outcomes for the future of New Zealand agribusiness and rural communities.

in 2002. I’m a farmer, I’ve been a farmer

It also gives them the opportunity to

my whole career and it has been very

develop their own leadership skills

beneficial to have the opportunity

and build a network that can help

to do both of these programmes. I

them influence good outcomes for

have lived in Northland, the Waikato

their businesses and communities.

and in Canterbury. I was originally a

What is the particular value

sheep and beef farmer. Most recently

of these programmes?

I ran the dairy farms for Synlait Farms and was a co-founder of Synlait.

I believe this experience is really beneficial in helping me consider how to best structure and lead both organisations to achieve effective outcomes for all those involved.

What are the aims of the two programmes?

Nuffield has a broad focus on encouraging innovation, on sharing global knowledge and on developing

What experience do you bring to that role?

leadership. Successful applicants

I had the opportunity to pursue a Nuffield scholarship in 2001. I also had the opportunity to complete the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme

studying an aspect of the primary

spend up to 6 months global travel sector and then, equipped with those learnings, come home to share knowledge to improve the

Both the Nuffield and Kellogg programmes are really valuable for individuals who have either come to education and personal development later in their careers or who haven’t had the time and flexibility to pursue mid-career personal development and education. To be able to extract themselves from the day-to-day running of their businesses and focus purely on a research topic that interests them, as well as gaining all the intrinsic aspects of building their leadership skills, is really a privileged position. To have that focus for a period of time, outside of their ‘day job’ is, I believe, really valuable.

productivity and sustainability of the

What advice do you have for

New Zealand sector. We award five

prospective applicants?

Nuffield scholarships each year.

There is more information on the

We run two Kellogg Rural Leadership

websites (www.nuffieldscholar.org

Programmes each year, with 24

and www.kellogg.org.nz). I would

participants in each. It’s a residential

encourage prospective applicants

programme with three phases, two of

to not only talk to the management

those at Lincoln and one in Wellington.

of those organisations but also to

It draws people from right across

past scholars. People who do this

the sectors, from executive level to

gain first-hand feedback on the

people who are very much at the

opportunities the programmes present,

forefront of farming and growing in

and how to best prepare themselves

New Zealand. It helps participants

for a successful application. Past

to understand more about the

scholars and those who work with

different sectors that are important

past scholars are the most convincing

to New Zealand’s primary industry.

advocates for the programmes.

| Juliet Maclean is herself a Nuffield and Kellogg alumna.

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| Zac Johnston (left) and Nick Simpson are two of this year's five Tom Cranswick Award winners.

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EDUCATION

PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY Be it in the classroom or out in the field, life-long learning is crucial to a successful career in modern agriculture.

The agriculture industry that Lincoln University students Nick Simpson and Zac Johnston hope will provide them with a career is not the industry of their grandparents. Data from the Ministry for Primary Industries shows that in 2012, an estimated 44 percent of employees in the sector had formal, post-school qualifications. By 2025, it’s anticipated this will need to increase to 62 percent to make the most of the increasingly sophisticated technology available to farming.

In contrast, 65 percent of boys entering farming in the 1930s had left school at primary level; in 1945, still only 72 percent had some secondary education. Lincoln College produced its first graduate with a degree in agriculture in 1913; in 1936 the college had only 33 students at diploma level and 14 in the Bachelor of Agricultural Science course. In 2007, about 4,500 students were enrolled there, many of them in subjects covering land use and resource management.

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The trajectory has been similar at Massey University.

When teaching began at the then Massey Agricultural College in 1928, there were 85 students, nine of whom were studying for degrees, the rest for diplomas. In 2007 Massey offered 150 qualifications across sciences, education, business, humanities and social sciences.

This rise in education levels has been in lock step with a rising need for farmers to be better educated to cope with the complexities of modern farming. Some see this as reducing opportunities in the sector but Juliet Maclean, who chairs the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust, disagrees.

“I think the range of possibilities for people to develop careers at all levels and accumulate assets and have a successful influence in the primary sector is enormous. I think it’s actually greater than it’s ever been,” she says.

Her comments echo those of Dr. William Rolleston, then National President of Federated Farmers, to a conference at Lincoln University last year. In a speech addressing the question of where the next generation of farmers would come from, he said there was “no doubt”

there would be more opportunity in the sector for the technically minded and tertiary educated. “Farming will rely less on intuition and more on critical thinking as well as data and information processing,” he says.

Nick and Zac are two of this year’s Tom Cranswick Memorial Award recipients, which Farmlands has organised and funded since 2003. Shareholders, their children and the children of staff engaged in study related to the primary sector can apply for one of the five $2,000 grants.

The award is in honour of Tom Cranswick, a founding Director and Board member until 1985, including 20 years as Chairman. The other three recipients this year are Emily Fraser, Rory Harrigan and Courtney Bragg.

Given the commitment required to make the cut for the award, it’s no surprise that all five are enthusiastic about their studies. They also all agree that completing their current course of study will not mark the end of their learning.

Nick has just completed his second year of study towards a Bachelor of Agricultural Science. He says he has seen first-hand that university is not for everyone but

| Nathan Ebbett won a Tom Cranswick Memorial Award in 2009. He is now Chief Operations Officer for a large arable farming operation in northern NSW.

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“training is key, you want to be continuously learning”.

Zac is also 2 years into a degree at Lincoln. He readily admits he “never really tried too hard” at school, “but when you get to university you’re aligning your academic strengths and your areas of interest. You’re studying what you’re interested in so it comes a lot easier.”

For Emily, 1 year into a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree at Massey University in Palmerston North, learning by experience works best for her but “there is a lot that doesn’t get taught out on the farm, especially in the science side of things”. Coursework in the university’s labs fills the gap – “That’s where we learn a lot more than we would out on the farm and on the job.”

Rory is finishing a 2-year cadetship at training farm Smedley Station and next year will begin 2 years of study at Lincoln University. For him, education is a pathway. “Education played a fairly decent role in my acceptance into Smedley and then Smedley’s been a really good learning opportunity. I’m looking forward to getting more of that out of Lincoln,” he says.

Courtney has spent 3 years studying towards a Bachelor of Management Studies majoring in agribusiness at the University of Waikato and hopes to continue her studies next year at honours level. For her, “the courses I am taking really help you to know everything that is going on, that you are up to date”. Her studies provide another avenue into agriculture, adding to “the practical experience I get just being out on the farm with my brother and dad”.

Scholarships such as the Tom Cranswick help financially but another advantage they bring is the networks they help

“

My advice ... would be to work out where you want to be, then map out a path to get there.

| Tom Cranswick alumna Annaliese Goettler advises prospective students to keep their options open so they can make the most of opportunities.

His advice? “Informally I treat every day as a school day,” he says, “with my eyes and ears open as I experience new roles and circumstances. Education has been crucial to my success and has given me the wide network I now have.

“My advice to someone weighing up education options would be to work out where you want to be, then map out a path to get there. Have a crack and don’t be afraid to put yourself out of your comfort zone. Once you make a decision, commit to it and work hard.”

students build. This year’s recipients join a long list of alumni furthering their careers around New Zealand and around the globe – what advice is there for those coming behind?

Simon Horne was a 2013 recipient. He joined the FMG Graduate Programme after university and is still there, “learning the ropes out in the field”. Get stuck in is his advice. “It’s not the initial education, it’s the ongoing, always trying to reach the next step but enjoying it at the same time. Education doesn’t have to be sitting in the classroom, it can be out on the farm doing the practical side of things – whatever works best for that individual.”

Nathan Ebbett won the award in 2009 while at Lincoln University. He graduated from there with a Diploma in Agriculture and a Diploma in Farm Management and headed to Australia for seasonal work in the arable sector, coming home to the family farm in Pahiatua through the winters. He is now Chief Operations Officer for a large arable farming operation near Moree, in northern NSW.

Jemima Snook (2014 recipient) finished a Bachelor of Commerce degree last year at Lincoln University, majoring in farm management and accountancy. She then spent 6 weeks in Indonesia as part of a Lincoln University trip studying agribusiness and trade opportunities.

On her return she took up a graduate position with accountancy firm BDO in Christchurch, where she

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works in its specialist agribusiness team. When The Farmlander spoke to her, she was just back from Europe, having attended the Youth Ag Summit in Brussels.

“Don’t be afraid to mix up your degree,” she tells those contemplating university studies. “If you like two areas, see if you can combine them. I liked ag and I also liked accounting so I looked at whether I could combine them and it turned out that it worked really well.

“There are a lot of options these days and I think the people who come out with the best degrees haven’t just done one major but they’ve done two or looked at two different areas. There’s a whole range of jobs out there that want you to have more than one set of skills and I think the more skills you can get during university, the more opportunities you’re going to see as you go through.”

Annaliese Goettler (2016 recipient) echoes that advice.

The now part-time student is in her final year of a Bachelor of Management Studies (Agribusiness) at the University of Waikato and is working as a Product Manager/Marketing Coordinator for AgriHealth NZ. “Have a long-term career goal for once you finish study,” she says, “but make sure it is written in pencil, not in pen. Opportunities will arise that you had never

‘Bit of study’ goes a long way

considered and if you are narrowly focused on a specific goal you will miss them. It is so important to be flexible and jump on opportunities as they come up.”

For all these current and former students, one truth is constant – If they are to have a successful career in agriculture, they will need to remain committed to life-long learning and to keeping up with the demands of a rapidly changing sector.

Juliet Maclean of the Rural Leadership Trust remembers back to the start of her own career in agriculture, as a sheep and beef farmer in Northland, the Waikato and Canterbury.

“When I started my career I was primarily focused on the livestock, the pastures, in some cases leading a team and profitability. Those were the four key pillars.

“Now the expectation is that a senior manager in a large business like that might have a budget of $5 million and they are expected to be the GM of the environment, the GM of HR, the GM of finance, the GM of sustainability, the GM of pasture and livestock – a huge range of really complicated business units all wound into one,” she says.

“The same goes for owner operators of farms, they need a broad range of skills, even if the scale isn't so great.”

“That complexity is overwhelming for some people and how often do you hear people say, oh farming is not what it used to be. And the reality is, it’s not. That doesn’t mean that it is any more or less attractive. What it is going to be in 10 years is not what it is now either. And so the pace

Ange McFetridge is proof positive of two things – that it’s never too late to start studying and that you never know where that study will take you.

Ange lives in Dannevirke with husband Peter and their two children, Claire and Robbie. She and Peter run hoggets and heifers on a support block for a larger farm in Martinborough but she has less and less time for that. She’s currently involved in course development for the Southern Institute of Technology’s online Diploma in Agribusiness and is also contracted to the School Trustees Association. Alongside that, she and colleague Phil Morrison have just finished a project for the University of Missouri helping Ukraine develop a better regulatory system for its agriculture sector.

Ange was nearly 30 when she and Peter took up the reins as assistant managers on training farm Smedley Station in Hawke’s Bay. She had gone straight into work from high school, eventually supervising a bovine Tb programme in the central North Island and Tararua regions.

“When we went to Smedley I decided that to fill in my time, upskill and to have some deadlines I would try a bit of study,” she says. A Bachelor of Business through the Open Polytechnic followed but that was just a springboard to Massey University’s Executive MBA course. That led to her studying under Professor

of change and the demands that creates are huge.”

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Hamish Gow the market orientation of New Zealand red meat farmers and how it affected farm profitability.

Ange credits the MBA with teaching her valuable critical analysis tools, ridding her of a lot of bias and pushing her to study outside her comfort level.

Next came a Masters of Agricommerce to increase her research credits. Looking around for a project, Ange learned that FarmIQ, a farm management software program developed

by Silver Fern Farms, Landcorp and Tru-Test in partnership with the Government, was faltering. “Their marketing had stalled, sales had stalled, they had this amazing product but still only a small number of farmers who were really that keen on it. So they really wanted to find out why,” she says.

To help lift uptake, Ange researched what kind of farm management product would interest farmers. “It was as much about trying to identify what kinds of problems we were trying to solve,” she says. “We started out with a customer of one and really got to know them and who they were, what was it that they were trying to achieve, what were the most painful things in their lives that we could use technology to try and solve.”

Her research told her that the original FarmIQ program was excellent for farmers who were “super users” with a “high pain threshold for adopting new technology”.

Meanwhile, though, “there were a whole heap of farmers out there who just wanted a really simple solution to solve one or two quite specific problems.”

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Ange spent 17 months on that project. Professor Gow credits her with helping to turn around FarmIQ. The secret? That it’s no point just shouting louder at farmers in the hope they will come around, “any solution needs to be easy to adopt”, he says.

For Ange, education has meant access to “people and places and knowledge that I simply couldn’t have had otherwise”. Included in that is the “fantastic network of people” she gained from her participation in the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme in 2015.

“There have been a lot of people who have helped me, from colleagues to farmers, Professor Gow and Dr. Brennon Wood and scholarships such as the ADB Williams Trust in Dannevirke.”

Ange is passionate about the benefits education can bring to the wider farming community. “I know from the MBA research I did that the farmers who are becoming more and more profitable are the ones who are really out there and prepared to learn, coupled with sound practical skills. So I think education, whether it be through an institution or whether it be through joining farm discussion groups or whatever it is, when people learn and apply things then generally their outcomes improve.”

Go out and be an explorer is her advice. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that being an expert in a certain area might be great but by crikey there’s a lot to learn from being a really good explorer as well. Increase your knowledge and I think, in New Zealand, increase your network as well.”

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Dreams and schemes Recipients of the 2017 Tom Cranswick Memorial Awards were announced at the Farmlands' AGM. The five $2,000 grants are organised and funded by Farmlands in honour of Tom Cranswick, a founding Director and Board member.

NICK SIMPSON is 2 years into a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Lincoln University. He is shepherding for the summer before returning to Lincoln next year. Farm ownership is his long-term goal but he plans to travel after university before finding employment in farm consultancy.

EMILY FRASER is 1 year into a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Massey University. Once that is completed, her plan is to find employment on a farm to build up her practical knowledge before moving long-term into the seed and fertiliser sector or nutrition.

ZAC JOHNSTON is from North Otago, “born and bred” on a sheep and beef farm, and is 2 years into a Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture) at Lincoln University. His long-term dream is farm ownership. “I love farming as a career, every aspect of it, particularly the hands-on, outdoors part.”

He’s keeping his options open though “because a lot can change in 2 years at university as you get more specific in your papers”. That’s particularly the case with his course of study – “My core subjects are all science but you’ve still got the opportunity to go into the commerce and management sides as well.”

She agrees on the importance of formal education to achieving her goals but also on the need for “out and about learning by experience – that’s the kind of learning I find the most beneficial”.

Education has been “pretty important” to him achieving his goals so far and has become easier to commit to as he has got further into it. “You’re studying what you’re interested in so it comes a lot easier.”

If he hadn’t enrolled at university, “to be honest I don’t think I would have pushed myself, university just opens your eyes to so many different options”.

One of those options is farm consultancy. The attraction there is the opportunities to keep learning.

“You’re not restricted to one farm type or system, you’re continuously learning from the people you’re meeting.”

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Her advice to those considering tertiary study is to give it a go. “I didn’t come to university with much of a plan but now I am here it has opened my eyes to other opportunities and other paths I can take.”

Emily took 2 years off after high school. The accomplished equestrian travelled to Europe and rode horses there for 6 months before returning home and working in a racing stable.

“Horses are definitely my main hobby but I want a career outside that.”

He is maintaining a broad focus in his studies at Lincoln so as not to close off future options – “There’s a lot of jobs that come out of my course so I’m just keeping it open at this stage.”

His advice to those considering tertiary education? “It’s only a few years and it can set you up for the rest of your life really. I hope to think you can then jump the pay packet in the long term and find yourself better jobs.”

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COURTNEY BRAGG has spent 3 years studying towards a Bachelor of Management Studies majoring in agribusiness at the University of Waikato and hopes to continue her studies next year at honours level.

A move into policy development appeals to her, “working with the farmers to make sure the policies are reasonable, compliant, something that is going to really benefit the farmers as well as be the kind of regulations that do need to come in”.

Born and raised in the Bay of Plenty on a dairy farm and kiwifruit orchard, Courtney enjoys returning to the family farm as much as possible “but for now it’s really cool to get out of my comfort zone”.

She sees tertiary education as “100 percent needed” for what she plans to do, but her advice to others is not to rush into it. “I took a year out after high school because there were so many things I could do that I didn’t really know what to do,” she says.

“At high school you’re so busy doing all sorts of things like sport and all that. When I had my year off I was at home quite a bit and helping out around the farm and that gave me a new appreciation for it. So have a look around and don’t rush into it.”

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RORY HARRIGAN got hooked on agriculture after growing up on a lifestyle block near Feilding.

He is finishing a 2-year cadetship at training farm Smedley Station and next year will begin 2 years of study at Lincoln University.

He wants his own farm one day “but that’s a long way off. In the medium term I’d like to get into a role in sheep and beef farming after university.”

He credits Smedley Station with giving him “really good, hands-on skills but also good theoretical knowledge to accompany that" by exposing him to the workings of a sheep, beef and deer farm that exists in both a commercial and training environment.

Education got him into Smedley, and now that experience has opened doors for him at Lincoln. “I’ve always had in my mind that it would be beneficial to go to university to get great exposure to different things and learn a bit more,” he says.

His advice to others is to “just get out there and meet different people and explore different options within agriculture. You need to put yourself out there a bit.

“I think it’s always worth being educated on different options around you because that can help you make a more informed decision, whether it’s on-farm or anything really. If you’ve got a bit of knowledge to accompany what you’re doing, it’s always going to help.”

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Training key part of drive to improve farm safety Learning is a key component of being able to apply knowledge to solving everyday problems. That’s why education on identifying and managing risk is important to help keep you and your family healthy and safe at home and work on your farm.

As the workplace health and safety regulator, WorkSafe’s focus is to ensure people are protected from harm at work so they go home healthy and safe. One of the ways we do this is through education.

WorkSafe has been working with industry organisations to support their efforts in the educational space. Like us, they want to help their farmers develop appropriate safety systems in their workplaces.

Hats off to these organisations and their farmers, who have shown a real commitment to improving how they do things. Over the past 18 months or so, since the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 came into effect, we have noticed a real buzz in rural New Zealand about health and safety.

There is now more of an understanding about the legislation’s intent and that farmers need to identify and manage their workplace risks. That requires ensuring that in addition to knowing what the risks are, workers are adequately trained and educated.

What we are seeing is that industry is making health and safety considerations part of normal business planning – it’s now common to hear farmers talk about keeping workers healthy and safe as part and parcel of a sound and profitable business.

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| WorkSafe has observed growing understanding among farmers of the need to identify and manage their workplace risks.

There are some great initiatives WorkSafe is or has been involved with, and which we are keen to continue to support. These include:

There are also initiatives targeting

• DairyNZ’s Safety Sorted workshops and more recently Horticulture New Zealand’s online learning tool, both of which are based on WorkSafe’s Safer Farms tool.

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• Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s health and safety workshops, which have far surpassed their original numbers and are still in demand.

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• DairyNZ’s Farm Tune programme, based on lean management and which all workers attend to collectively work at improving production through collaboration and communication. Better communication means less harm.

• The Agri-Women’s Development Trust’s module on developing a farm safety culture as a way of doing better business.

children, to get them thinking more about safety on farms.

For example, DairyNZ’s Rosie’s children can play that draws their attention to health and safety.

WorkSafe’s Farm Safety programme for children, launched through youth years ago, has been into 450 rural and semi-rural schools to test their knowledge about safety around chemicals, poisons, firearms, animals and vehicles, to name a few.

These children and their friends not only live and play on farms but are potential farmers of the future, so embedding an understanding of health and safety at an early age will reap benefits down the track.

For more guidance and information go to www.worksafe.govt.nz Article supplied by WorkSafe New Zealand.

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High AGM turnout vote of confidence in future A return to profit and a return to the spiritual home of Farmlands in the North Island drew a record turnout of over 120 shareholders to the co-operative’s AGM, held on 7th November in the Farmlands Eskdale Hall in Hawke’s Bay.

The hall hosted the first meeting of what would eventually become Farmlands in December 1962. Out of that meeting came the Economic Trading Society, the brainchild of local farmers that wanted to harness their buying power to get a better deal on rural supplies.

Board Chairman Lachie Johnstone sees the high turnout as a vote of great confidence in the steps Farmlands had taken to return to profitability. “It shows shareholders are interested in where their co-operative is heading after last year’s loss and this year’s profit,” he says. “It shows they see the steps we have taken as the right steps.”

Lachie thanked Chief Executive Peter Reidie and all the Farmlands team for the hard work that had delivered the profit turnaround, as well as thanking shareholders for their continued support. He also thanked outgoing Board members Don McFarlane and Tony O’Boyle and Company Secretary Stephen Higgs for their service to the co-operative.

Lachie welcomed to the Board new members Murray Donald and Warren Parker, and returning Director Nikki Davies-Colley.

| Board Chairman Lachie Johnstone presents winning Melbourne Cup sweepstake shareholder David Dean with his prize, a trip for two to Melbourne and accommodation valued at $3,000.

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One eye on the past, the other on the future The co-operative ethos of Farmlands is stitched into the family history of new Board member Warren Parker – his father-in-law, Doug Edgecombe, was one of the earliest members of the then Farmlands Trading Society when it was formed in Hawke’s Bay in 1962.

“He often spoke about the reasons the society was set up,” Warren says of his now deceased fatherin-law. “We inherited that from him and became shareholders.”

That “wonderful” history is part of what motivated Warren to stand for election to the Farmlands’ Board.

Another motivation was the company’s scale, significance and influence in the rural sector while remaining a cooperative. “I believe that’s important.

I agree with the co-op philosophy that ensures its members secure the best possible benefit whilst also ensuring long-term viability.”

Warren recently stepped down as Chief Executive of Scion, the New Zealand Forest Research Institute.

This closed a 20-year career as a senior executive, including being Chief Operating Officer of AgResearch and Chief Executive of Landcare Research. Earlier he was Professor of Agribusiness and Resource Management at Massey University.

up to speed” but he says that as part of the election process he spoke to a large number of shareholders “so I’ve got a good sense from them about what they expect”.

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Many people walk into their Farmlands store and are looking for some added-value information.

Key among those expectations, he says, is that Farmlands “continues to provide excellent value to its members

His passion for agriculture and forestry led him into these various roles and he sees the experience gained as “highly relevant” to helping farmers and growers anticipate the future and prepare for it.

and has outstanding staff that can

“The primary sector, particularly agriculture and horticulture, are going through a transition phase as we confront environmental limits,” he says, “and that means traditional ways of doing things have to be repurposed and redesigned. But that also creates opportunities for companies like Farmlands to provide leadership in product technology and services that will help farmers and growers meet those challenges.”

– but it doesn’t substitute for the

Warren will take time as a new Board member to “listen and learn and come

assisting Maori develop their pastoral,

provide the technical services required”.

“People do look for that expertise. Yes, online services will grow – there’s a convenience factor for customers and it can help minimise your inventory fact that many people walk into their Farmlands store and are looking for some added-value information to support their product purchase.

“I think that can be and is a point of difference.”

The rapidly growing Maori economy will be another focus for Warren in his new role. “Farmlands can contribute to and benefit from this,” he says. “My knowledge of tikanga and experience in forestry and orchard assets can assist.”

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Roots in the community central to co-op’s future One thing new Farmlands' Board member Murray Donald has learned in over 20 years as a director of agriculture-focused organisations is that you can’t cut your way to success.

“I’ve seen farmers throughout New Zealand do it at various times in the economic cycle but sooner or later you have to invest in new technology, a new crop, a new pasture species, a new apple variety – whatever it might be,” he says.

Which is why Murray sees Farmlands’ extensive network of stores as one of its greatest assets and not a liability. “That nationwide footprint gives Farmlands a huge opportunity to be a really strong, integral part of rural communities,” he says.

He sees similarities with FMG, on whose Board he previously served.

For a time the rural insurer was closing offices in smaller towns but then reversed that approach.

For Murray there was a realisation that “you’ve got to deepen that service and advice offering to retain a customer and make that a sticky customer, one that gets real value from you as a service provider”.

His FMG experience is what drew Murray to stand for election to the Farmlands' Board. “We wanted to grow FMG and that required upskilling a lot of people, changing computer systems, a whole business transformation really … and I see that as the sort of journey that Farmlands is on, having come through a merger of two organisations.”

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| Being alongside its customers in their communities is central to Murray Donald’s vision for Farmlands.

communities is central to Murray’s vision for Farmlands. “As farmers and growers we’re in the food chain, we’re right at the start of it. The degree of compliance – environmental, food safety, animal welfare, you name it – is increasing exponentially so farmers are going to need more support to meet those hurdles.

“Farming generally can be a fairly lonely activity so I think it’s important for the rural wellbeing to have those connections at a local level so you can get that support. It may be that Farmlands in the future is there as a service provider of technology, advising on compliance, helping

you meet all those regulatory requirements,” he says.

If the Farmlands store becomes “last man standing” in some rural towns, “what other service offerings could you put around that as a bit of a hub,” Murray says.

“It wouldn’t be good for the business to say to the Gores and Taumarunuis that you can do it all online, it will be outside your gate in the morning, hope you can read the label and understand the safety data sheet and do all the compliance and good luck Jack. My gut tells me that’s not a sustainable business model.”

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Re-election ensures voice of experience still heard Unfinished business and a need for continuity prompted Nikki DaviesColley to stand for re-election to the Farmlands’ Board.

Nikki has extensive governance experience and a background in agriculture and forestry as well as small business and corporate management. She was part of the establishment Board after the 2011 merger of Farmlands and CRT. She was re-elected to the Board in 2014 and again last month.

“We have had several new directors in the last 12 months,” Nikki says, “so the need to ensure continuity and retain institutional knowledge as we go through a refreshment and succession programme for the Board made me feel that one more term would be

appropriate. I still feel I’ve got ideas and a commitment to the company and can bring that experience to the Board.

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“This is a hugely complex business with the various divisions and so it takes a while for any director to get up to speed. If you have a whole lot of new directors, the balance of knowledge is different.”

“I have a particular passion for people

Nikki believes her institutional knowledge and involvement as a director in change programmes at other organisations give her insights she can bring to Board discussions on the cooperative’s Braveheart transformation programme, “particularly around supporting people through the change”.

do well. Being Chair of the People

Braveheart is a 3-year programme aimed at uniting Farmlands as “one business”, which means one culture,

of Nikki’s hopes for her new term on

and one single view of its customers and shareholders. It kicked off this year. and making sure we’ve got good people processes and policies,” Nikki says. “Safety, training and development and career pathways are important in organisations that and Performance Sub-Committee means I can bring experience from other businesses I am involved with – I chair the People and Safety Committee at Landcorp, for example.”

Being part of a successful delivery of the Braveheart programme is one the Board. What would that success look like? “Staff having better systems to better service our customers and shareholders, delivering them the right product at the right time and price,” she says. “Also that our people can see clear links between performance pay, their job satisfaction and linking that to how our customers are right at the middle of everything we do.”

Strong staff engagement is at the heart of Nikki’s vision for Farmlands.

“The strength of the co-op is about working together and that’s not just together as shareholders, it’s working together with our staff in particular.

They’re our conduit to our customers and shareholders so making sure we understand what our shareholders and customers want and making sure we deliver it through engaged people who feel valued in the organisation, that’s my personal vision.”

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CHILLER ADVICE WORTH LISTENING TO. As we head into summer it’s worth noting that over a quarter of FMG’s milk claims are due to chiller failure, with these claims peaking in December and January. The combination of near full vats and high air temperatures is a tricky combination that puts extra stress on chillers.

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Depending on tanker pick-up timings, moving your milking times to earlier in the morning may help.

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Ensure milk coolers are working and that milk enters the vat at the required temperature, preventing extra work for the chiller. Consider installing a cooler and vat monitoring system that can notify you if temperatures are concerning.

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Emergency response plan essential when storing fuel Farmers have a legal obligation in relation to storage of fuel on farms. Farmers are required to safely store and handle fuel, so as to ensure it is not a source of pollution to the environment or a source of harm to your family, your employees and yourself.

with these requirements. If you require any assistance, please contact your local Farmlands Fuel Territory Manager or phone the Farmlands Fuel Customer Services team on 0800 666 626.

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Safe storage of fuel also makes financial sense, as there is no value in paying for fuel wasted through leaks, drips or spills.

What to do in an emergency In the case of a spill or leakage of fuel, the prime concern is the safety of any persons near the emergency.

The immediate action is to stop the spillage or leakage if safe to do so.

Once this is done, stop the product escaping to drains or waterways, clean up (if safe to do so) and contact your Regional/District Council regarding disposal of contaminated material.

Emergency response plan Where there is a total of 1,000 litres of petrol/diesel stored on a farm, the person in charge must provide an emergency response plan. An emergency response plan includes all information required to respond to an emergency involving petrol and/or diesel.

There is a responsibility under health and safety legislation to test emergency response plans yearly and keep these records for 2 years. The plan must also be tested within 3 months of a change to the installation or personnel.

The team at Farmlands Fuel is happy to provide any information or assistance required to ensure all farmers comply | Safe storage of fuel is a legal obligation, and it makes financial sense as well.

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TAUMARUNUI Taumarunui recently became the sixth Farmlands store to receive a HeART of the Community makeover from Mr G. The huge mural depicts one of the many river steamers that frequented the Whanganui and Ongarue rivers during the early 1900s. The river steamers were used for transporting people,

livestock and supplies to the surrounding districts.

Ruapehu District Mayor Don Cameron expressed his thanks to Farmlands and Mr G for the mural dedicated to the community of Taumarunui. “The mural is very important for everyone but particularly important for Taumarunui,” he says. “We’re extremely proud and very lucky to have this.”

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It was an honour to “connect with the people

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of Taumarunui and hear their stories

Mr G says it was an honour to connect with the people of Taumarunui and hear their stories.

“This river is so significant and important, it is an absolute privilege to paint it and capture the

The design for each HeART of the Community artwork is created with help from the community and Farmlands staff – and for Taumarunui it was the Whanganui River that had special significance. This significance shines through in the mural.

The 290 kilometre Whanganui River is the second longest river in the North Island, after the Waikato. The river has spectacular scenery in its middle reaches, north of Pipiriki, where it passes through a series of narrow gorges set amidst lush native forest.

beauty,” he says. “This is what we love.”

To follow the HeART of the Community journey, check out the Farmlands Facebook page, Instagram or www.heartofthecommunity.co.nz

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The Whanganui River made headlines recently when it was announced that former minister Dame Tariana Turia and educator Turama Hawira will act as the “human faces” of the river to ensure its rights are protected. This followed the world-first decision made earlier this year, which granted the Whanganui River its own legal identity, giving it the same rights as a person.

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Farmlands' support kicks off busy rugby season Rugby is a major part of New Zealand’s identity and with more than 66,000 shareholders, it is safe to say it is a major part of Farmlands as well.

In a few short months, another season of Investec Super Rugby kicks off. Farmlands will again play a major part in the rugby schedule, with two games confirmed in the heart of rural New Zealand.

For the third consecutive year, the Farmlands Cup will be contested between the BNZ Crusaders and the Pulse Energy Highlanders. Next year the event returns to where it all started – Fred Booth Park in Waimumu.

For the uninitiated, the game will be played in a paddock owned by local farmer Fred Booth. It is grassroots rugby in every sense of the word

Farmlands Cup, Pulse Energy Highlanders vs BNZ Crusaders Fred Booth Park, Waimumu Thursday 16th February Kick-off 6.00pm.

Shareholder exclusive tickets available online from 8th January. Visit www.farmlands.co.nz for more details.

Farmlands Rural Legends Shield, Gallagher Chiefs vs Blues Rugby Park, Te Kuiti Friday 2nd February Kick-off 4.00pm Tickets available from selected Farmlands stores via in-store promotion, pre-sales available from 1st December.

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| The BNZ Crusaders beat the Pulse Energy Highlanders 50-33 in this year's Farmlands Cup, played in Darfield.

and with Waimumu’s Southern Field Days just across the road, it makes not only for an entertaining game but also an amazing atmosphere.

The 2017 edition in Darfield was taken out by the BNZ Crusaders 50-33, after the inaugural event finished in a 19-19 stalemate. Farmlands shareholders can see in-person if the Highlanders can even the score by purchasing presale tickets online from 15th January.

Another match earlier this year was Grassroots Game Day in Waverley, with the Hurricanes beating the BNZ Crusaders 33-27. In 2018 rural rugby will return to Te Kuiti, with the Gallagher Chiefs facing the Blues on 2nd February for the Rural Legends Shield.

Te Kuiti was chosen as it is the home of one of New Zealand’s greatest grassroots heroes. Shareholders

can see the latest generation of rugby legends up close by taking advantage of exclusive in-store promotions at selected stores, along with exclusive pre-sale tickets.

Our support of Investec Super Rugby does not finish when the players head back to the big smoke. Super Rugby players have turned out at the Farmlands sites of multiple field days to thrill young shareholders.

Farmlands is also a proud sponsor of the Gallagher Chiefs, Hurricanes, BNZ Crusaders and the Pulse Energy Highlanders – who are also sponsored

by Challenge service stations, which are wholly supplied by Farmlands Fuel.

As your co-operative, it makes sense for us to support your national sport and the 2018 season promises to be bigger and better than ever.

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Articles in the Plan 365 section allow Farmlands suppliers to share best practice and the latest advances in rural technology, NUTRITION to help shareholders with their farming needs all year round.

Stocking fillers for the farm that has everything Thinking what to buy a loved one for Christmas can be difficult but fortunately Farmlands Nutrition has rethought a classic carol for those with partners who love farm animals.

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: One drum of fungicide to help control facial eczema fungi in the paddocks where the alpacas live.

The fungicide can be applied with a sprayer fitted to a quad bike for greater flexibility and independence.

Two bags of Meat Bird Crumble for the ducks – its high protein levels help support good weight gain.

Three bags of Little Pig Tucker Pellets for the weaner pigs we bought to cultivate the bottom paddock before resowing in the autumn.

Four bags of Low GI Sport to provide slow-release energy to my performance horse while competing over the summer.

Five kilogram block of Horslyx Respiratory for my old horse to help alleviate his laboured breathing – it contains a powerful cocktail of ingredients that can really make a difference.

place a good clean over the festive break – including the horse float that keeps going off to pony club.

Nine bags of MultiNuts to help

Six bags of Peck’n’Lay to take advantage of the December offer.

see the sheep and cattle through the summer if the threatened

Seven milking goats for sale on the Farmlands noticeboard. From the milk I will make soft cheese for family and friends. The joy that learning a new craft and self-sufficiency bring lasts much longer than the Christmas festivities.

Eight 50g sachets of Virkon so that my true love can give the

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hot, dry spell materialises.

Ten kilograms of NRM Rabbit Pellets with cycostat for the new kits, which can be vulnerable to coccidiosis.

are going to start cycling before the planned start of mating as yearlings.

Twelve tonnes of pellets for the dairy herd that have been milking so well but can drop off quickly as warmer weather hits pasture growth.

For more ideas, take a wander through the feed section of your local Farmlands store and ask the team for ideas.

calf feed for the late-born heifers that

*Farmlands Nutrition accepts no responsibility if anyone reacts badly to finding any of the above items under their Christmas tree and expect that over time they will come to appreciate the thought and insight that has gone into your decision.

need help to reach target weights if they

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Slow-growing game birds require tailored nutrition All animal species need a balanced diet for health, welfare and productivity but what constitutes a balanced diet changes as an animal grows, matures and goes through different physiological stages.

Grower and Peck‘n’Lay, can be combined or used individually with other sources of proteinrich raw materials such as meat and bone meal for a wide range of poultry or game birds.

Meat Bird Crumble provide a good

For example, egg-laying chicken breeds require high levels of protein and energy as chicks. As the pullet grows, the optimum amount of energy and protein in the diet decreases and then increases again once the hen starts to lay. Macro mineral requirements also vary with age and stage of production.

Over or underfeeding of these key nutrients can affect bone integrity, shell quality and/or animal performance.

NRM Meat Bird Crumble is designed for young growing birds and is ideal for chickens, turkeys, ducks and pheasant.

For small game birds such as quail, Meat Bird Crumble can be combined with meat and bone meal, which provides additional protein to help meet the high requirements of these birds.

Offer both feeds as required until the birds have reached full adult weight.

At that point their protein requirements reduce. NRM Pullet Grower is then ideal for the larger bird species as it provides essential nutrients but will not result in excessive weight gain. For small birds such as quail, Meat Bird Crumble can be offered in conjunction with rolled small grains. For non-breeding mature birds, NRM Pullet Grower is a suitable all-round maintenance feed.

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Although commercial breeds of chickens have been selected over many years for improved production, there has been less intensive selective breeding of game birds.

These birds generally gain weight more slowly or produce fewer eggs than commercial poultry species.

As a result, the optimum diets for game birds may be different to that of the high-producing breeds.

The NRM Lifestyle range, which includes Meat Bird Crumble, Pullet

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In breeding birds, calcium requirements increase significantly due to the production of shells for eggs. A combination of Peck‘n’Lay mash and

balance between the calcium and protein requirements of these birds.

These can be offered separately, allowing the birds to select the appropriate combination to meet their free access to shell grit at all times.

All the poultry feeds in the NRM Lifestyle range contain added macro and trace minerals and vitamins to ensure that the requirements of the bird for these essential nutrients are met. In addition, our feeds are formulated to provide the fundamental “building blocks” of protein (known as amino acids) in the appropriate ratios to support muscle growth and egg production. The amount of protein relative to the amount of energy supplied by nutrients such as carbohydrates and fats is carefully controlled so birds do not become too skinny or too fat.

For more information, contact your NRM Nutrition Specialist or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

Article supplied by NRM.

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Sweet tooth sets rider on winning career path referring to my own sweets, I felt no guilt having the occasional sample of the molasses, and also decided very early on that NRM’s sweet feed was quite tasty. Hence, the start of an enduring relationship.”

Grand Prix dressage rider Vanessa Way first tasted national success in eventing, riding her horse Kungfu Boy to win the Young Rider title and the Swarbrick Trophy at the 1993 New Zealand Three Day Eventing Championships.

When Vanessa was 17 she attended the Stratford thoroughbred sales, where she bought her first horse, former racehorse Kungfu Boy.

For Vanessa, the highlights of her career include winning New Zealand Horse of the Year twice at Grand Prix level, winning the New Zealand National Grand Prix once, and winning every other title at Horse of the Year and Nationals on her various horses. Last year she won the Horse of the Year Trophy for gaining the highest points of any rider throughout the show.

Vanessa’s association with equine feed company NRM came about while she was working as an Air New Zealand flight attendant around the year 2000. On one of her routes she met a representative of NRM, a meeting that eventually led to the company agreeing to become a sponsor.

For Vanessa though, an association with the company’s products goes back much further, and like her riding career is indirectly the result of her sweet tooth.

“The opportunity to learn to ride, train and compete on ponies was offered to me by the neighbourhood pony breeder,” recalls Vanessa, who is from Taranaki. “After she caught me several times sharing my lollies with her ponies, she offered me an apprenticeship of sorts, on the understanding that I promise to refrain from sharing my treats.

“As I assumed that she was only

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“With now precisely measured helpings of NRM feeds, along with zoodles of hard work, fun and love, I turned him from a rough-coated, scabby-nosed has-been into a sleekly copper-coated, white-blazed champion,” she says. “Together we won numerous eventing competitions, most notably the 1994 Under 21 Bell Tea Young Rider Horse Trials.

“I continued as an event rider until enduring two rather traumatic incidents in 1998. At the Bell Tea event that year, my then horse partner Roman Abbey fell at the 13th jump (water hazard), breaking his neck and dying instantly, leaving me with three cracks in my spine.

“Very soon after, my next horse suffered an aneurysm while we were out hacking, rearing up, throwing me to the ground, and again dying on the spot, centimetres short of crushing me.

It was time to redirect my career to the area of my greatest talent and passion, the discipline of dressage,” she says.

Vanessa is a member of the New Zealand Dressage High Performance Squad on her Grand Prix mount NRM Arvan.

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| Vanessa and her Grand Prix horse NRM Arvan.

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Complex factors at work in growing youngstock Liveweight targets for replacement heifers are well known and well researched: 30, 60 and 90 percent of mature liveweight at 6 months, 15 months and 22 months. It is also widely accepted that for economics and efficiency, replacement heifers must calve at 2 years of age and to do so, heifers need to be at optimum fertility in time for first breeding at 15 months.

What may be less well known is that fertility increases up to the third oestrus cycle after the onset of puberty; therefore heifers should ideally have reached puberty and be cycling at least 6 weeks prior to first mating for optimum early breeding success.

Research studies also show that smaller heifers at calving produce less milk in their first lactation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but this is dependent on when the reduction in growth takes place. It is the heifers that are bigger at calving because they grew faster post-mating that produce more milk during their first lactation (about 0.25kgMS/kg liveweight) than smaller herd mates.

The onset of puberty in heifers is related to liveweight, not age.

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If only life were that simple.

Fatty Udder Syndrome The mammary gland undergoes three distinct stages of development during heifer growth. In early life (up to 4 months or so) and from puberty throughout the first pregnancy, the mammary tissue develops faster than

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| Research shows smaller heifers at calving produce less milk in their first lactation.

other body tissues (allometric growth).

But in between these two periods (5-11 months of age) the mammary tissue develops at the same rate as all other body tissues (isometric growth). This second period is the key stage. Heifers that grow too fast during this phase are thought to lay down more fatty tissue in the udder at the expense of milk synthetic tissue.

Frame, not fat About 75 to 80 percent of frame size is put on before 12 months of age (DairyCo, UK data). The most critical time for frame growth is between weaning and puberty. Heifer growth in grams per day during this period should be the same as the average mature liveweight of the herd in kilograms. If the average mature weight of the herd is 450kg, grow your heifers at 450g/ day; if the mature average liveweight is 600kg, grow your heifers at 600g/day.

How can Crystalyx Forage Plus help?

Numerous studies have confirmed

that heifers gain weight faster when supplemented with Crystalyx at grass, but they are also leaner (lower BCS) than control heifers on grass alone.

A study by Agresearch with 319 R2 dairy heifers split into four mobs (two control and two fed Crystalyx Forage Plus) also confirmed significantly higher pregnancy rates in the Crystalyx-fed heifers over the controls (95 percent average pregnancy rate in the control mobs; 100 percent in both Crystalyxfed mobs). The Crystalyx-fed mobs on average were also 4 days further in-calf than the control mobs at the time of pregnancy diagnosis, suggesting an earlier and stronger oestrus cycle when the bulls were turned in. Crystalyx intakes averaged 133g/heifer/day throughout the trial.

For more information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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Many risks in relying on water to trap ammonia Urea has the highest nitrogen content of all solid nitrogenous fertilisers in common use but when it is applied to soil, urease enzymes convert it to an acid that quickly breaks down into carbon dioxide and ammonia. The ammonia will escape into the atmosphere unless it reacts with water to form ammonium.

Post-application rainfall or irrigation – 5mm to 10mm within eight hours of application – is the most significant factor in ensuring the ammonia does not escape. Other factors influencing volatilisation including soil pH, whether soil is moist from dew or rain before application, or whether the urea is broadcast or knifed in.

“Most irrigators are easily capable of applying enough water,” Ballance Science Extension Officer Aimee Dawson says. “Pivots are usually set up to deliver 10 to 15mm every 2 to 3 days and Roto Rainers around 40 to 50mm every 8 to 14 days.”

As Aimee points out, though, there are some variables in irrigation. “For example, if a warm wind arrives, can you be certain of how much water you are losing through evapotranspiration?

“Also, if you want to apply nitrogen after grazing, you’ll have to line up grazing, urea application and irrigation application.”

As a remedy, Ballance has developed SustaiN, which has been shown to halve nitrogen losses to air from ammonia volatilisation compared with urea. It works by protecting the urea with an Agrotain™ coating that slows the action of urease

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| Rain or irrigation helps ensure ammonia does not escape to the atmosphere.

enzymes, extending the window for rain or irrigation to arrive.

“As the cost difference between urea and SustaiN is fairly minimal, you need to weigh up whether it is worth the risk to stick with urea,” Aimee says.

Another point to consider is whether there are any other nutrient deficiencies limiting the potential of your applied nitrogen. Urea can be tricky to blend but SustaiN has been incorporated into several products to conveniently deliver two or more

PhaSedN, PhaSedN Quick Start and SustaiN Ammo combine SustaiN with sulphur and perform well compared with traditional alternatives such as SOA. “With SOA you get minimal volatilisation losses but it contains much less nitrogen than SustaiN Ammo or products in the PhaSedN range.”

There is no one-size-fits-all solution.

“Ultimately, the decision needs to be made in the context of your farm, your infrastructure, your budget and your management needs,” Aimee says.

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Trials demonstrate yield benefits in fodder beet Growing a successful fodder beet is a challenging prospect.

Attention to detail from paddock preparation, crop establishment, nutrient management and weed control is critical to achieving a high-yielding crop.

Foliar diseases including rust, powdery mildew and cercospora leaf spot have become increasingly prevalent in fodder beet crops over the past few years. Apart from being unsightly, foliar diseases reduce leaf retention and their palatability and affect yield.

From last season, Bayer Crop Science’s fungicide Escolta® has been available as an option for controlling foliar diseases in fodder beet crops.

During the development trials, the disease control and crop greening

effects from fungicide treatments in fodder beet were readily obvious.

However, it was still not clear if this brought yield benefits to farmers.

the leaf and bulb measurements in

To answer this question, Bayer Crop Science last season put down farmer block trials with its beet fungicide, Escolta. Some 18 block trials were completed in commercially grown farmer beet crops from the lower North Island through to Southland.

All the trial blocks received standard farmer management except for Escolta treatments – strips were left untreated or received two applications of Escolta. The trials were yield assessed by independent crop assessment companies using industry standard methods. Yields were assessed as a combination of

in increased yields in fodder beet

tonnes of dry matter per hectare.

From the trial assessments, the Escolta treatments clearly resulted crops. In many of the trials the Escolta treatments were visually obvious, with less disease present, increased greening and heavier crops.

Over the 18 trials, the two applications of Escolta demonstrated outstanding yield benefits of 15 percent, which equated to an average yield increase of 3 tonnes of dry matter per hectare.

Using a value of 20c per kilogram of dry matter, this returns a $600 per hectare advantage over the untreated.

For more information on these trials go to www.hardtobeet.co.nz Escolta treatments should commence after the crop has covered in. Crops should be regularly monitored for the first sign of disease. The first application should be made immediately first disease infections are seen in the crop, with a second application 3-4 weeks later. Best results are seen if Escolta is used protectively, so don’t wait for significant disease to be present before applying the first Escolta application. The Escolta rate is 350ml/ha and can be ground or aerially applied. Escolta is available in a 5-litre pack.

For more information on foliar diseases in beet crops, contact your local Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

Escolta® is a registered trademark of the Bayer Group.

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| In this trial, the strip on the left was untreated and that on the right received two applications of Escolta.

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FORAGE AND ARABLE

Watch for outbreaks of pests in forage brassica Insect pests cause damage that may significantly reduce the potential of your forage brassica crop. These pests can affect yield by reducing plant population or damaging leaf tissue and growing points, which restricts plant development and provides infection sites for disease or transmission of virus.

Forage quality and palatability may also be affected. Forage brassicas are most vulnerable during the establishment phase, but continue to be at risk throughout the growing season.

Pest populations and subsequent damage can develop rapidly in forage brassicas – the decline from a great crop to a replant can be just 3-4 days.

Crops should be walked regularly during establishment to ensure issues are identified as soon as possible. Key things to observe include any damage to seedlings and the presence of both insect pests and their natural enemies.

| Walk forage brassica crops regularly to identify pest outbreaks such as cabbage grey aphid.

The key insect pests of brassicas in New Zealand are springtail, diamondback moth, white butterfly and aphids. Other notables include leaf miner, Nysius and cutworm. The AgPest website (www.agpest.co.nz) is a great resource for familiarising yourself with these pests and their impact.

Ideally your crop will host a population of beneficial insects such as ladybirds, hoverfly, lacewings and parasitic wasps. These are worth protecting by adopting an integrated pest management (IPM) approach and using insecticides with minimal impact on beneficial insects, such as Sparta™ and Transform™ from Dow AgroSciences.

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Sparta and Transform have excellent environmental and toxicology profiles, providing a high level of safety for both ground and aerial-based applicators.

Only minimal protective equipment is required when applying. Use of a face shield or goggles is recommended when measuring and mixing.

Sparta works by contact and ingestion to provide “best in class” control of key pests in forage brassicas including springtail, leaf miner, diamondback moth, white butterfly and looper caterpillars. Translaminar activity ensures good control of insects feeding on the underside of leaves.

Transform is a systemic insecticide that provides fast knockdown and residual control of both green peach aphid and cabbage grey aphid. Transform can

be applied as a stand-alone product if aphids are the only pest needing treatment, or included as a tank partner with Sparta if leaf miner and caterpillar pests are also present.

No IPM-compatible option is available for forage brassicas exposed to high pressure from Nysius or cutworm.

Cutworm can be controlled using Cobalt™ Advanced, a latex microencapsulated formulation that reduces operator exposure particularly to the odour related to this older chemistry.

For reliable control of high populations of Nysius, apply Lorsban™ 50EC. For more information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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FORAGE AND ARABLE

Benefits of IPM proved in forage brassica trials A 3-year Sustainable Farming Fund project has proven the benefit of pest control programmes that use beneficial insects in conjunction with targeted chemistry.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes involve monitoring pest and beneficial insect populations to inform pest management decisions.

If insecticides are required, the ones that are the least disruptive to the beneficial populations are used.

The project was led by Abie Horrocks of Plant & Food Research and compared conventional insecticide practices with an IPM programme that monitored pest and beneficial insect populations. It was demonstrated that by looking through crops for both pests and beneficial insects and making insecticide decisions

based on those findings, there was a drop in insecticide use and cost.

Savings of up to $35 per hectare were achieved, with less chemical use in the IPM side of the trial compared with the conventional paddocks. Yields from both sides of the paddock were consistent across trials in spite of the extra insecticide applied in some conventional areas.

Feedback from farmers who participated in the project was very positive, with many seeing the benefits of the IPM approach.

One of the farmers said, “I have learned how to identify more beneficial insects than I could before. I have been showing pretty much anyone else who is interested. This has given me confidence to not apply insecticides in situations where, in the

past, I would have applied a spray.”

Another farmer commented, “I found the monitoring very useful to help make a decision on which insecticides to use. Prior to this trial my decisions were more focused on what pest insects were in the crop and what the cheapest effective control method was. Now I am looking in reverse to this with regards to what can I ‘save’ to help with control, for example ladybirds.”

Both farmers said they would not go back to assessing pest pressure without considering biological control agents and that selectivity of the insecticides was now an important consideration.

Chemistry used on the IPM side of the trials included Exirel® insecticide, which was used to target the key caterpillar pests cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae), diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) and European leaf miner (Scaptomyza flava). It targets the pests and is nondisruptive to key beneficial insects.

The IPM strategy development and demonstration for forage and seed brassicas was funded through the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Farming Fund, Forage Innovations Ltd, DuPont (New Zealand) Ltd and the Foundation for Arable Research, with support from Plant & Food Research, farmers, industry advisers and DairyNZ. For more information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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| This photo, courtesy of Plant & Food Research, shows a parasitic wasp (left) and hoverfly larvae parasitising and feeding on aphids.

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Flavouring helps ensure cows drink enough water A lack of water in a cow’s diet can result in reduced milk yield, loss of body condition, loss of appetite and in extreme cases death of the cow.

Water is an essential component of the animal’s diet, affecting growth and development. There is a direct correlation between water intake and the production of milk and meat.

To give you an idea of the importance of adequate, accessible, palatable drinking water, grazing animals drink two to three times the volume of food they eat each day. Conversely, sick animals tend to eat less and drink more in order to compensate for dehydration, elevated body temperature or stress.

Summer can be a particularly stressful time for animals, especially dairy cows. With increased ambient temperatures, stress associated with walking, standing in the shed waiting to be milked and the demands from lactation, water becomes an essential input the cow will hunt down in order to prevent dehydration.

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water troughs as the delivery vehicle.

Unpalatable water can easily be fixed through use of an inline dispenser by adding masking and flavouring agents.

Water maintains four key bodily functions. Two of these are to help eliminate waste products of digestion and metabolism and to regulate blood osmotic pressure. Experience shows the addition of trace elements to drinking water can have an immediate and marked beneficial effect on stock wellbeing and productivity.

It is imperative for the farmer to put a plan in place to address the bitter taste of naturally present contaminants such as iron and manganese, along with water hardness, that turn cows off water. So too with additives such as magnesium, zinc or bloat oil – all of these can reduce animals’ water intake. Therefore it is important to have an overall plan when installing an inline system.

Inline water dispensers such as the Dosatron can be easily installed and operated on most farms. They provide a mechanism for farmers to correct deficiencies and animal health issues through harnessing the drinking

On top of the summer stressors mentioned, many parts of the country are now dosing zinc sulphate to assist with the control of facial eczema.

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Caramillo provides a two-pronged approach – it is both a masking and flavouring agent that disguises the smell as well as the taste of unpleasant water. It encourages cows to drink and therefore maintain an intake level of water for survival, health and production.

Products such as Caramillo cannot and will not address fundamental issues of contamination so if there are issues that affect animal health or production, the quality of the water should be investigated and tested.

For more information, contact your Farmlands Technical Field Officer or the friendly team at your local Farmlands store.

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Help at hand to boost dry matter, lift colour A few final hurdles always pop up in the final stages of growing horticulture crops such as kiwifruit and pipfruit. Some of these relate to crop presentation (i.e. colour), crop taste and crop storability.

Now that dry matter plays a significant role in how much a grower gets paid for their kiwifruit, it is important to consider foliar applications of potassium. It is widely known that a relationship exists between applications of foliar potassium and dry matter content.

A combination of soil-applied and foliar potassium is now standard among many kiwifruit growers for increasing dry matter of fruit. Growers should not underestimate the importance of supplementary foliar potassium throughout the growing period and in the final pre-harvest stages of kiwifruit.

Biolchim NZ has developed some specific tools for kiwifruit and pipfruit growers to assist through these stages. K-Bomber Kiwi formulation is designed for the New Zealand kiwifruit industry. The formulation contains a high concentration of potassium and when applied at the right phenological stage, it can assist with dry matter, brix and colouration of fruit.

K-Bomber Kiwi is fully soluble and ready for nutrient assimilation into the plant despite its high concentration of potassium. Quick penetration into the leaf is ensured by the action of the potassium citrate and EDTA it contains.

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SunRed differs from common ethylenereleasing ripening enhancers because it is based on natural ingredients.

Applying the product at the right time is therefore important to obtain optimal results. SunRed improves coloration and ripening of all fruits on the plant, including those less exposed to sunlight. This increases uniformity of maturation, thereby reducing the number of picks. It also enhances fruit skin coloration and sugar content, or brix, without altering fruit storability because, unlike hormone-based products, it does not affect flesh firmness.

can be an issue and can negatively affect harvest yields and packouts.

SunRed assists the colouring phase of fruit, thereby lifting yields generally by 5-15 percent. Fruit that is struggling to achieve that final burst of colour can instead make the cut and go into an export box.

Farmlands’ Whakatu pipfruit technical advisers observed positive fruit colour responses to SunRed last season, particularly on later-season varieties.

SunRed is a bio-enhancer of fruit ripening and colouring. It increases the coloured area on the fruit skin

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World-class dairy farm on a grand scale 2,700 dairy cows with 1,100,000kgMS (budgeted for 2017/2018 season). Three 60-bail rotary dairy sheds, pack house dry storage complex and 11 dwellings. 1,014.8 hectares â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 480 hectares flat, 400 hectares gentle rolling to rolling and 135 hectares of medium hill country. Located in Mercer, Waikato, approximately 56km south of Auckland International Airport. 15 titles, boundary change plans in progress for 3 dairy farms, one additional lot with major buildings and 11 lifestyle lots of various sizes. Tender closing 2pm, Thursday 25 January 2018 (unless sold by private treaty).

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• Located in Te Awamutu, Waikato • Dairy farm of 140.2 hectares (more or less) in 3 titles • 3 homes • Modern 36-aside herringbone dairy unit • New Waikato super 4 swing over plant • Cup removers and in-shed feeding system • Large 3-bay implement/calf shed • 330 cows producing 152,000kgMS Tender closing 2pm, Thursday 14 December 2017.

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Property ID: DU2545

Mount McKay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1,189 hectares Mount McKay in Middlemarch is only 80km from Dunedin city and takes 2 ewes per hectare plus hoggets. New homestead built in 2013 and the original home provides a second accommodation option (currently rented). Well watered by Rocklands rural scheme. Top Merino wool sales, wool weights, carcass size and Merino hoggets wintered for spring contracts are increasing.

Half-bred ewes carried with wether lambs sold prime before the winter along with 25 to 35 cattle. Tender closing 12 noon, Thursday 7 December 2017 (unless sold by private treaty).

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Edendale Farm

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266 hectare sheep and beef property. Woolshed with covered yards and excellent cattle yards. Approximately 200 hectares deer fenced with deer handling shed and yards. Central lanes over most of the property, clean pasture, water troughs fed from a gravity water system and patches of native bush. 4-bedroom home and separate 2-bedroom cottage. Established orchard with citrus, apple and stonefruit trees. 2,200 stock units with room to expand. 25 minute drive to Motueka and 30 minutes to Kaiteriteri Beach. Buyer enquiry over $4,250,000 plus GST (if any).

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Pine Bush dairy farm

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The Vendors are ‘calling time’ on their 254 hectare (subject to survey) dairy farm which they converted in 1992. Well established and set up unit in excellent heart, with a proven record of reliable production. 40-aside herringbone cow shed with circular yards and a new effluent consent until April 2026. Double-sided concrete feed pad plus additional stand-off pad. 4-bedroom manager’s home plus an additional 4-bedroom home for staff accommodation. Excellent fertiliser and re-grassing history.

Several woodlots included in the sale. Price on application.

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Lifestyle, entertainment and accommodation Built in 2010, the main residence (650m2) comprises 7 bedrooms, 3 living rooms and entertainers’ kitchen with butler’s pantry, games room, office and massive patio/BBQ area plus internally accessed 6-car garage with loft hobby room/studio. The second home has been stylishly upgraded with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, and is listed on accommodation websites providing additional income. Large concrete-floored workshop/additional garaging and sleep-out/studio and several well fenced paddocks 2km to the centre of Mosgiel. Buyer enquiry around $1,900,000.

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Kevin Duggan Lifestyle / Rural 027 534 3042 kevin.duggan@farmlands.co.nz

Boundary indicative only Property ID: MT1031

Location, scale and consistency Reliable dairy country located in the well respected dairy district of Lichfield. The 280 hectare farm milks around 750 cows with production approximately 290,000kgMS produced with inputs.

Plenty of paddocks available for grass harvesting or cropping.

Farm buildings include a 54-bail rotary dairy with a Waikato milking plant and automatic cup removers, 750-cow feed pad with attached dairy yard with flood wash, and a 10-bay implement shed. Two 3-bedroom homes plus a 2-bedroom single man’s accommodation. Price by negotiation.

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Property ID: DU2539

Lifestyle farm producing good income This property would make a great first farm or an owner operator.

Milking 170 dairy cows (2017/2018 season) and an Open Country supplier. Tidy 3-bedroom home with open-plan living. Farm buildings include an excellent 30-aside herringbone shed and a 6-bay shed. 74 hectare platform, with the balance used for calf rearing or heifer and bull calves plus 6 hectares of fodder beet for winter to be planted. Subdivided into 67 paddocks with good tracks. Estimated production 2017/2018 to be 80,000kgMS from 170 cows, herd can be bought at valuation. $2,790,000 plus GST.

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Milton dream lifestyle

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48.7 hectares located only 13km from Milton. Architecturally designed 3 double-bedroom home plus office, master with en suite, underfloor central heating with dual burner (diesel or wood). 2-stand woolshed with covered yards, 3-bay shed, 2-bay shed and a cow shed converted into a shop. Well fenced and subdivided into 29 paddocks, with 8 units of water from the local scheme to troughs through the farm and to the house. Vendors have specialised in alpacas, llamas, farm tours and selling fibre and garments through the shop. $1,395,000 plus GST.

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