Canterbury Farming, June 2014 by Integrity Community Media

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June 2014

Canterbury farming identity honoured by Queen by Kelly M. Phillips

An urgent phone message from the Prime Minister’s office left Douglas Archbold wondering if something had gone wrong. The call turned out to be good news instead. He and his wife Jill had just returned from a two month cruise around Africa and they were greeted with the news that he had been nominated for a Queen’s Service Medal for services to farming and the community. Mr Archbold has spent most of his life being involved in charities and organisations meant to help farmers communicate with the government. Two congratulatory letters arrived from both Prime Minister John Key and Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae. “I don’t know who promoted me but whoever it was, I’m over the moon,” he said. He grew up on a 730 ha sheep and beef farm near Cheviot. The location was isolated and he began school through a correspondence course. He said he was so overwhelmed when he ﬁnally started public school that he burst into tears upon seeing the other children. The shyness later faded and Mr Archbold said he loves meeting new people and sharing stories. He attended Christchurch Boys’ High School

as a boarder and was mentored by Sir John Graham who taught at the school. After high school he returned to work at the family farm, later completing courses in dispute resolution at Massey University which he credited with helping him work with farmers. His community service began in Cheviot when he joined Young Farmers and became involved in local sports clubs and civic activities. He was president of the local golf club, played rugby for the town league, served as treasurer at the Anglican church, and was the region’s representative for Federated Farmers. He said he took inspiration from his father who had been president of the local A&P Association and chairman of the school committee and his mother who helped found the Cheviot Museum. His deep family connection to the town dated back to his great-grandfather, John Sinclair who settled there in 1865. He stood to represent North Canterbury Sheep and Wool at a time when lamb prices were low and the beef industry was struggling. In 1992 he was elected to the Hurunui district council and he remained active in the farming

community until a farming accident in 1999 left him with a broken neck and a conviction that his days of farming were over. By that time, his son had become a successful architect and his daughter was a practising veterinarian and actuary which meant there was no one to take over the farm. Within the next two years he sold the farm and settled in Christchurch with his wife. He described the transition from the farm to town as extremely emotional. “I was 57 years old and I didn’t have a clue what I was going to do with myself,” he said. “I worked at building apartments and went from being self-employed to taking orders.” In no time however, he found new ways of helping others. He volunteered with the Red Cross, joined the Riccarton Community Watch, helped fellow members of the Old Boys’ Rugby Club mark the fields at Hagley Park and became a Rotarian. He is also actively serving as chairperson of the North Canterbury Rural Support Trust and recently joined the Dairy Farmer Wellness and Wellbeing Programme which focusses on reducing stress and building

Mr Archbold is surrounded by family portraits and certificates of recognition for his volunteer work

support networks for dairy farmers. After years of concerning himself with the wellbeing of others, Mr Archbold has ﬁnally received his own thank

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June 2014

Breeding a better sheep

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by Kelly M. Phillips

Synlait has recently combined the management of its ingredient and nutritional sales teams to streamline service to its clients according to managing director Dr John Penno. Dr Penno said the changes to the senior team structure will increase accountability and reduce operating complexity. “Over the past year we have made significant business development progress particularly with our tier one multinational customers. We are increasingly selling a range

The efforts of scientists to map the ovine genome has provided a better understanding of factors contributing to disease and overall fitness in New Zealand sheep.

of products to them and we need to provide a single point of contact to better manage these relationships,” he said. A new role of general manager sales will be ﬁlled by Mike Lee. Mr Lee has 15 years in the dairy industry with experience in business development and Mike Lee has been named general manager sales for Synlait

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sales covering New Zealand, Asia and Europe. He has three years’ experience as the general manager of ingredient sales with Synlait. The second new position of regional sales manager China-nutritionals will be taken up by Dr Tony McKenna. “Tony has over 12 years’ experience in the China market, four years of which have been while working at Synlait Milk, and this appointment will allow us to put even greater focus on developing our infant formula and nutritional business,” Dr Penno said. “Synlait Milk is in the ﬁnal stages of completing construction of a $27 million dry blending and consumer packaging facility, and expects to be granted registration to export ﬁnished infant formula into China following the approval of its risk management plan by the Ministry for Primary Industries.”

AgResearch principal scientist John McEwan was one of the authors of a recent paper on the subject published in the journal Science. The paper comes after eight years of research performed with the co-operation of eight different countries, 26 institutions and 73 authors. “The international effort produced a very high quality assembly of the sheep genome. Associated work has identiﬁed more than 30

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million DNA variants and because of the assembly, we know the order of all those variants as well,” McEwan said. He said the research had lead to the creation of low, medium and now high density ovine SNP chips. The term SNP stands for single nucleotide polymorphisms and the chip is commercially available through a product known as the 50K SNP chip. According to research company Pfizer, all 50,000 markers contained in the chip are used to predict breeding values for economically important traits in sheep. “As a result, we have implemented genomic selection in sheep, and New Zealand has been world-leading in this regard. It has also meant that the pace of discovery of gene variants affecting production and disease traits has advanced much more rapidly internationally,” Mr McEwan said. Some of the major traits available for study are resistance to parasites, number of lambs born and meat yield. The use of low and medium density chips will generate an estimated $200 million for the New Zealand industry over the next 15 years.

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June 2014

Test to aid in manuka quality assurance by Kelly M. Phillips

A new three-in-one test will give manuka honey producers in Canterbury a way to quickly verify their product content and earn top dollars in the export market. The test, called the Manuka Suite, was developed by Hill Laboratories and is performed by a machine called the Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography or UPLC. Hill Laboratories marketing manager Martin Brock said the old tests had to be conducted on three separate machines and would take several days to provide the results. “Previously the separate tests cost $105 each but they now cost $70 for all three,” he said. “The newly introduced technology and methodology allow us to run our honey testing at a lower cost than before and so we are able to pass these savings on to the customer in the form of lower prices,” said Hill Laboratories client services manager Jill Rumney. According to the company, producers need to undertake specific tests to verify the honey’s chemical content in order to sell it for a price indicative of the manuka level. Mr Brock said this is because beekeepers are paid according to the honey’s Unique Manuka Factor or UMF content. Manuka honey usually carries a high concentration

industry with exports of honey estimated to be around $120 million annually. According to MPI, New Zealand produced 18,000 tonnes of honey for the 2012–13 season with manuka being a signiﬁcant portion of the total. In New Zealand, the term UMF was trademarked by the Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association or UMFHA. This organisation conducts audits on registered producers to make sure their honey has the

UMF content it advertises. It has also teamed up with the Food and Environmental Research Agency or FERA in the United Kingdom to provide testing services in that region. In the UK a 500g container of manuka honey retails for about $90. It is so popular there that the grocery chain Tesco has resorted to putting security tags on the jars due to a rise in theft. Initial tests conducted by UMFHA revealed that some

products being marketed as manuka honey did not contain the UMF content advertised and others had been mixed or diluted with non-manuka honey. In the interest of protecting New Zealand’s reputation as the major producer of manuka products abroad, MPI formed a discussion group of industry leaders to work toward the implementation of labelling standards. Results are expected toward the end of June.

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of a chemical known as Methylglyoxal or MGO which is thought to make it an effective antibacterial agent. Producers of the honey rate its MGO content by the UMF. In addition to MGO content, the Manuka Suite also tests for Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) which can predict future MGO levels and Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) which is present in most honeys and can increase with the age and heat treatment of honey. “There is currently only one mandatory honey test in New Zealand — the Tutin test, and

this is required because of health code reasons,” said Mr Brock. Due to the lack of mandatory labelling and testing in manuka production, legal issues have arisen in countries where the honey is imported. The Ministry for Primary Industries is in the process of developing honey labelling guidelines and said they will set out what constitutes manuka honey, and identify what statements and claims are appropriate for manuka honey labels. The goal is to provide greater clarity for consumers and the

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June 2014

O’Connor Comments with Damien O’Connor

From the Minister Nathan Guy, Minister for Primary Industries

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The recent increase in the Official Cash Rate by the Reserve Bank Governor is another blow to the primary sector and most hard working Kiwis. Those who have not ﬁxed their interest rates will pay considerably more on mortgages and debt across the country of about $50 billion for farming and $120 billion for houses to reduce possible inﬂation. The inflation that the National Government and Reserve Bank Governor are concerned about is being driven by economic activity from the earthquake in Christchurch and the demand for houses in Auckland where migration has outstripped new house construction. The dairy industry has also enjoyed good returns but forecasts predict reductions in payouts and farmers will reduce spending. The single lever of interest rate hikes to reduce our ability

to spend is a blunt and outdated method to manage an economy. Especially when an economy like ours is so dependent on exporting and risky biological production subject to drought, storms and biosecurity threats. That is why Labour is proposing to use Variable Savings Rates to better manage inﬂation. By taking money out of circulation and into savings demand for goods and services should be reduced. At the moment the theory is that erasing the interest rate will reduce the ability of people to spend. The problem is that those who have borrowed money for farming and business pay more in interest for the same income. To make matters worse the Kiwi dollar increases in value

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The Ministry for Primary Industries has recently released Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries 2014, (SOPI 2014), which is an annual report that provides a snapshot and forecast for our major primary sectors over the next four years. Yet again, SOPI makes great reading for New Zealand’s primary industries and our economy. The report shows that primary sector exports will reach record levels of $37.7b in the year to June 2014 — this is around $1.3b more than previously forecast. Export prices increased across most sectors for the year to June 2014. Both dairy and forestry sectors stood out with good increases in both price and production. Meat and wool exports have broken $8b and are expected to increase by 22 per cent over the ﬁve years to 2018. These results are all helped by Government programmes such as the Primary Growth Partnership, Sustainable Farming Fund, and the Irrigation Acceleration Fund which all deliver long-term value to the sector, and the New Zealand economy. Farmers need to be acknowledged for producing a quality product that ends up in markets all around the world. Because of farmers’ hard work in growing exports, the Government is able to pay for schools, hospitals, and roads. Of course, this is all great progress towards the Government’s goal of doubling exports to $64b by 2025. It’s important to remember that behind all these numbers are a strong workforce and dedicated support services. And for the ﬁrst time, we now have a great snapshot of what the makeup of this workforce will look like in 2025. A few weeks ago, together with Beef + Lamb and DairyNZ, I launched The Future capability

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June 2014

A Green Perspective with Steffan Browning, Green Party spokesperson on Agriculture

Retaining 100% Pure brand Two weeks ago the Green Party released its Climate Protection Plan policy paper. This leading approach to achieving positive change to human controlled greenhouse gases emissions acknowledges the need for New Zealand to stay in front with our clean green 100% Pure brand. This brand is used to market primary production and tourism throughout the world. A sustainable economy can only be based on a sustainable environment and for us as an exporting nation our reputation as a provider of safe food produced sustainably, must be protected and strengthened. While setting a carbon price of $25 per tonne on CO2 equivalent emissions for all sectors except agriculture in part, with just dairy at $12.50 per tonne, the noisiest criticism has come from some in the farming sector. In setting the Plan, the recent difﬁculties in sheep and beef were recognised along with the fact that emissions for that sector hadn’t climbed in the post-1990 period, and just dairy was included for now at its reduced rate. An independent Climate Commission will determine when and how the rest of agriculture will join. As commodity prices ebb and flow especially dairy,

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definitely averaging down as our international tradable market share shrinks, New Zealand increasingly will need its point of difference to compete. New Zealand’s best value international customers have long been identified as those seeking safe, healthy, animal welfare friendly, GE Free, organic where possible, and fairly and sustainably produced food. Doing our bit around greenhouse gas emissions and climate change is becoming increasingly important. Those that squeal are not facing the facts and choose to inflate the impact of even the $12.50 price which will lower the average farm payout by just eight cents/ kg of milk solids. The impact is an average 2% drop on current profit, which could be considered an investment for future profitability, and there will also be a helpful set of complementary measures to accelerate technological change required by farmers, businesses and consumers to adapt to lowcarbon futures. These include government supporting affordable renewable energy, biofuel development, and efficient transport, a

Green Investment Bank for low carbon resource efficient projects, and Green Farms and Forestry. The criticisms don’t consider the claw back of some of the carbon tax costs achievable from carbon credits and rebates from the Green Farms and Forestry certification system for on-farm mitigation of agriculture emissions and other environmental improvements. These can include carbon credits from various plantings including for riparian strips, biodiversity and erosion control. The Farm certification scheme will include planting and fencing riparian strips, effluent management including bio digesters, synthetic fertiliser management, and deintensifying, all features that will also help the great New Zealand brand, clean Green 100% Pure — all features that will help sell New Zealand products internationally while we meet our responsibility to our children and future generations. Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time. Our plan is that New Zealand is carbon neutral by 2050. The lead has been taken.

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It did get noticed I was thrilled to learn that Doug Archbold was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours. I have no doubt he will be very humble about it and say that he is one of many, he did it because he needed to, and a raft of other ‘down plays’ but the reality is that he was recognised as was the Support Trust that he puts so much time and effort into. I am a huge advocate of getting the message out to the people about depression and how to see it in yourself and in others. Doug has been a tower of strength in that regard, and with others such as Lynda Murchison from Federated farmers and Kerry Maw from Rural Women New Zealand pushing it as well we can only hope that we are helping to turn the ship around for as many people as possible. While I can provide the vehicle for the message, it is people such as them who are hands on and get face to face with those who need help.

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but endeavour to provide a fair outcome of the dispute. A survey of the workings of a number of Tribunals revealed that in general the parties have been satisﬁed with the functioning of the Disputes Tribunal. Parties also expressed satisfaction with the way they were treated in the process and the time it took to resolve the dispute. In addition most of the adjudicators are now legally qualiﬁed which should give participants confidence that there is a proper legal basis for the decision. Not every cloud has a silver lining. If a party to a dispute is successful in obtaining a ruling in their favour from the Disputes Tribunal, enforcement of the order has to be through the District Court which is not always satisfactory. Each of the larger District Courts has a Collections Unit

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This was despite a tough fiscal budget which included both spending cuts and tax rises. This may impact near-term economic activity given that following its release, consumer confidence measures fell significantly. US equities managed reasonable returns helped by strong first quarter earnings with positive earnings surprises being the strongest in several years. European equities also made gains although these were largely negated by the stronger New Zealand dollar. New Zealand equities NZ equities have also been higher over the last quarter. But having already delivered (in just four months) a level of return equal to our expectations for the whole year, it was unsurprising that the market eased back during the last month. Positive earnings surprises continue to be delivered which, along with generally strong earnings forecasts, are supportive of our market. The recent listing of Genesis Energy went very well, with investors sitting on healthy gains and we have a steady pipeline of new IPOs coming into the NZ market this year. Fixed interest market Looking at the fixed interest market, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy tightening has contributed to recent increases in short-term interest rates, with the Official Cash Rate (OCR) now 3.25%. Further increases are expected,

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Airflow switched direction for much of May. In comparison with the previous months which had seen more easterly flow than usual, May brought more westerlies. Rainfall was around 60% of normal in Mid Canterbury, and 60-80% in North and South Canterbury. The number of days with rain was reduced. Sunshine hours were 10–20% above normal. Temperatures were a little warmer than normal overall, with fewer frosts. A number of mild days with

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Learning from the Aussies Are farm environmental plans going to make a difference and can we learn from the Great Barrier Reef experience? From 2017 nearly all farmers are going to have to complete a farm environmental plan (FEP) on every property. The plans were originally designed as a risk identiﬁcation and then action plan to reduce and manage the risks identiﬁed. Their value is in awareness, promoting thinking and modifying behaviours to include critical environmental factors in everyday decisions made on the farm. If they are to be successful, they must also be linked to a catchment plan to drive change. An action plan for the catchment will be linked to the critical issue in that catchment. This will enable the farm plan to drill down to actions that will make a difference to the issue. Without this co-ordinating link each individual farm plan and the actions it creates risks spending resources in the wrong direction. So by requiring FEP as a compliance indicator, are we putting the cart before the horse or are we simply proposing to use FEP in the wrong way? With their sometimes subjective

nature and variance from farm to farm, can they ever meet a compliance role? They are being used successfully across many irrigation schemes to identify risk on-farm and drive change and in this role they have huge value. With their proposed widespread use across all farm types and regions is the value of them going to be watered down to a tick box exercise simply because of the sheer volume of FEPs? They must be used in a way that targets the speciﬁc problems that a property is contributing to and integrate with a catchment/ area plan of the environmental issues. In Queensland they have been used very successfully to make improvements on farms in the catchments that fed into the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland is the largest living structure on the planet. It is incredibly rich and diverse, stretching 2,300 kilometres and includes some 3,000 coral reefs, 600 continental islands, 300 coral cays and about 150 inshore

mangrove islands. The reef has an overarching 25-year strategic management plan which guides all actions within the reef and catchments feeding the reef. The water quality feeding into the reef has dramatically deteriorated over the past 150 years and the plan aims to address that using very specific catchment based approaches. The main risks to the reef are from sediment, fertilisers, pesticides and other chemicals. These are not only the fault of agriculture, with urbanisation and mining also having a large impact on the reef. In the plan it talks of actions, mechanisms and partnerships to build on existing Government policies and industry and community initiatives to assist in halting and reversing the decline in the quality of water entering the reef. The partnership approach has worked particularly well. The strategic plan identifies the issues, the catchment identifies what needs to be tackled in that area and the industry provides the expertise and engagement. This is, however, all underpinned

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by some substantial industry and government funding to address what is considered to be an international treasure. In New Zealand we also consider our waterways to be treasures. So the message here is to have a soundly thought out strategic plan backed by substantial funding to drive the programme and the structure to make sure that the funds achieve what they are there to do. Within the Great Barrier Reef programme there are checks and balances in place to ensure that the funds reach where they are targeted, for instance the administration cost is limited to a set ratio of the total fund. In Canterbury, the CWMS helps provide a strategic approach but the links and the funding are not there. Industry is beginning to pick up on the implementation of farm plans but the catchment based approach has not been fully embraced yet. We need to look across the ditch to see what has worked and what hasn’t and how all parties are integrated into achieving the targets set out in the strategic plan. Importantly the partnership approach with actions on the ground, not farming to numbers, is making a difference. The numbers can be used to monitor and guide the actions but it is a culture of continuous improvement and awareness that is the most necessary ingredient to change. The water quality limit setting process has introduced uncertainty to the business environment. No one is arguing that there needs to be water quality improvements and that farmers are contributing but the

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As I noted in May, there have been a significant number of rainfall events that have exceeded field capacity and reached saturation since February. This is unusual and out of the norm — while Canterbury can throw up difficult harvest conditions in February and March, to have saturated soil moisture conditions is unusual at this time of the year (February — March). These conditions continued on through April and early May with eight (8) rainfall events that raised soil moisture above field capacity and reaching saturation on one occasion. This on a Lismore shallow stony silt loam. See Graph 1 Given Lismore and similar soil types (Eyre, Rakaia, shallow Templeton and the like) cover vast areas of the mid plains, the soil moisture record shows there has been significant drainage in the last 3½ months. It has to go somewhere and the upside — yes there is an upside to all this — the excess rainfall ends up in the groundwater system. Sometimes immediately, sometimes more slowly. Those in the lower plains will know what I mean.

In many places in the lower plains there is ‘groundwater flooding’ — the shallow, water table aquifer is so full it expresses itself at the soil surface. Water lays about for much longer than normal because groundwater is not like a river with an open ended outfall. Groundwater moves much more slowly and the surface water or saturated soils will take much longer to drain. The upside is that groundwater will be plentiful in the spring, which incidentally is just over two months away. And NIWA and other climate scientists are still predicting an

El Nino spring, typically dry with warm westerly winds. So we will need the groundwater, especially the deeper groundwater. As water levels in observation bore M36/1926 in the mid-plains shows, groundwater is being recharged and a pretty rapid rate. See Graph 2 There is no reason to expect recharge will not continue its rise, especially given the drainage in May and the recent June rainfall is a couple of months from reaching this 80m aquifer. This could result in groundwater levels not reached in this aquifer since the earlymid 90s and mid-80s.

Interesting isn’t it given all the debate about groundwater, allocation, limits, restrictions etc that the ‘worm has turned’ — an idiom that describes something that ‘one says or believes which has always been weak (and/or obedient) starts to behave more conﬁdently or take control’. So it is for groundwater — we now have a ‘wet’ cycle and the belief that groundwater is fully or evenly allocated is not the case. If managed dynamically there is heaps more available when we get into cycles like the mid-80s, mid-90s and early to mid-2010s. We just need to be adaptable. Roll on spring.

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of total disinterest in offering better prices. Daily consumption has been continuing to run at 55,000+ cubic metres per day. However, New Zealand suppliers mostly, have been sending 65,000 cubic metres per day although this is now starting to reduce. The current prices together with an awful run of weather in New Zealand, are combining to result in significant production drops. Meanwhile, the Canterbury domestic market comprising a range of sawmills generally focussed on the production of framing grade lumber, have just kept chugging along. Prices have remained stable to slightly firm and many are reporting a steady order book. Once again these local mills have proven they are the sustainable backbone to our industry. Some local mills have also focussed on the Australian market for their sales. Their enthusiasm is waning in the face of an anti export foreign exchange rate and a market constrained on volume and price. The Aussie market is very important to us and will be for a long time to come. However this market is also facing some domestic challenges with new house starts, generally on a decline and competition for volume and price often fierce. It is certainly good to finally see mild weakness in both the Australian and United States exchange rates. Our trading banks seem pretty confident this current weakness is a small

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back-breaking pace of work paid off. By 1913 construction began on two 66 kilovolt power lines, each 100 kilometres long, to funnel power from the station to the city of Christchurch. Working in tandem with the power station crews, the linesmen completed their task in 1914. In November that year a very proud Prime Minister Massey cut the ribbon on what was one of the largest and most successful civil works of its era. Three 1500 kilowatt turbines spun up for the ﬁrst time. Following World War One the Lake Coleridge scheme was upgraded to produce even more power. A series of new turbine

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Auction shows it’s strength as season ends June 30 will signal the completion of the (current) 2013–14 wool selling season and with that a reflection of what were the major drivers of another difficult, yet rewarding, 12 months for wool growers. From the broader wool trade perspective the season has brought with it the usual challenges of matching supply and demand in order to turn a profit and retain shareholder support, and a few surprises as probably one of the most competitive seasons on record with wool brokers and traders battling for market share from the ever diminishing wool clip due, in the main, to significant land use change affecting all sheep breeds. Market prices throughout the year varied with fluctuating demand and after a slow beginning at levels below 500 cents clean for crossbred fleece

things turned for the better and prices soared to beyond 600 cents clean by the end of October. As is usual after a sudden and steep climb in market prices, there was a correction once exporters had filled their immediate shipment requirements and the market eased to stabilise around the low to early 500 cents range by early December, but gradually lifted to around 580 at time of writing. It would appear that there has been good solid enquiry during the past few months from processors and manufacturers who require steady supply of New Zealand wool and, now

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New Zealand Groundspread Fertiliser Association

Fert Conference breaks new ground The Annual Conference of New Zealand Groundspread Fertilisers Association will be held from July 6–9, 2014. This year the conference will be held at the Copthorne Waitangi Hotel and Resort in the Bay of Islands. The Copthorne Waitangi is just two minutes north of Paihia and located within the Waitangi National Trust Reserve. Within walking distance is the Treaty House, Waitangi golf course and Paihia Town Centre. The historic Bay of Islands is the site of the ﬁrst European settlement in New Zealand where the history and culture of the past and the present entwine. More than 170 New Zealand Groundspread Fertilisers Association members and

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Hoof Print

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that were not trimmed. The trimmed cows were less likely to go lame than the non-trimmed cows. Let me explain why this is evidence. When we trim we do so according to the Dutch method. In this method we trim the outer claw thinner so it will be closer to the same height as the inner claw. We do this because the outer claw will carry more weight than the inner claw if it is higher, so by trimming the outer claw we transfer the excess weight back to the inner claw so they both carry the same amount of weight. This means that if the outer claw is trimmed thinner it would be more vulnerable to stone bruising. So, if it is more vulnerable, why is it less likely to become lame? According to the stone bruise theory it should be more likely to become lame.

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If those red spots came from stones then would it not be unusual that the same pattern keeps occurring? It happens too often to be a coincidence. Do you also notice that often the opposite foot has the same haemorrhage pattern but in mirror image? There are not many cows that have no haemorrhage at all in the hoof — even among the ones which are in the cow shed ﬁrst and go straight back to the paddock. I agree that with some cows you really have to look for it, but most cows have some haemorrhage — even beef cows that don’t see any stones because they never go on a track or hardly go into cattle yards. Secondly, here is another piece of evidence. We did a trial a few years ago where we trimmed 1,500 cows and we compared them to 1,500 cows

Bruising on a hoof in a typical pattern area

It doesn’t really make sense, does it? Next month I would like to look at how tracks impact on lameness, if it is not the stones that are causing the problems. Until then, just keep sending

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Soil Matters with Peter Burton Why tweaking the old doesn’t work We read with interest the results of pasture and farm performance at Lincoln University and the Ruakura Research Station when fertiliser nitrogen inputs are reduced.

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enable 10m³ to be available at the commencement of each milking • the sump not overflowing or ponding • capacity at all times to provide three days reserve storage • effluent irrigators that operate at all times within the parameter of their application rates. In its latest decision the Environment Court concluded that: ‘Mr Woolley and the various farming identities with which he operates are having considerable problems meeting modern environmental standards’. The court was not satisfied the conditions of consent and the requirements of the RMA could be met with the existing effluent storage system. The court decided it was essential to make a permanent enforcement order that there be no restocking of the farm for the 2014–15 milking season until a new effluent system (with specific parameters) was approved and installed. In the event that no effluent system was approved and installed by July 30, 2014, and the farm

was restocked in breach of the order of the certiﬁcation reports indicating on-going problems with the operation, then the council could apply to the court to de-stock the farm or cancel its resource consent. This response reinforces that the courts have extensive powers to enforce breaches of the RMA and tailor enforcement solutions to suit individual cases. Further developments are awaited with interest. Meanwhile, Mr Woolley has a mammoth task ahead to achieve compliance with the recent enforcement order. Until a new effluent management system is installed, and in order to avoid further prosecutions for breach, he will need to implement an extremely high level of site management and potentially remove excess effluent from the farm in extreme weather conditions. It is possible that significantly reducing stock numbers on the farm, or even ceasing operation and surrendering resource consent might yet prove to be more viable options.

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The Future Farming Centre (FFC) at the BHU, Lincoln University is focussed on developing and researching non-chemical and integrated management and farming systems to help sustain the future of farming. They have a very nicely produced quarterly email bulletin that you can subscribe to for free (see below). The bulletin has well written topical articles and research summaries. Dr Charles Merfield heads the centre and has already had success with work on crop covers for pesticide free tomato potato psyllid (TPP) protection. One of the striking finds of his research was that the crop covers provide highly effective control of potato blight disease in addition to insect pests. Mesh crop covers can be ordered through www.bhu.co.nz at this stage for home gardens through to small commercial grower sizes.The psyllid can be a tricky pest to control even with sprays and the availability of this nonchemical approach is a good step forward. Other work is looking at further development of a Danish thermal weeding technique of ‘intra-row soil thermal weeding’. The method has been to use steam to heat soil in a narrow band for each crop row to be subsequently sown in. Fuel is saved by concentrating on the row area itself while typical cultivation can easily be used for weed management between the rows. The top five or so centimetres can be cleared of viable weed seeds leaving a crop row weed free for the whole growing season — any deeper unaffected weed seeds won’t get their chance until the soil is cultivated again.

Dr Merfield seeks to replicate the European results but with a hopefully simpler and more fuel efficient approach of recycling hot air rather than using steam. There’s still a few nuts to crack in getting a prototype developed. The MAF Sustainable Farming Fund and HorticultureNZ supported initial research into that and now the FFC is looking to take the research further into the field. The FFC contributes (as do I) to the teaching of organic horticulture at the BHU Organic Training College at the University. There are one or two year part-time course options there and also the option of distance learning (which includes a five day block course at Lincoln for the practical components hard to learn by correspondence). The courses are suitable right from beginner home gardeners through to experienced growers seeking to gain master skills in all aspects of organic and sustainable growing. Options

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You wouldn’t believe it, our fourth highest performing industry (in value of exports) has been deemed by one national Fairfax publication as a virtual basket case. It advises opposition political parties that Government support for forestry is a complete waste of effort. So what are the readers of the Sunday Star Times supposed to believe — swap trees for cows? I suggest editors wise up. Get reporters into the bush and processing plants, to the wharves and have a good look at prices currently being offered for our logs and a variety of products. Sure, onshore processing is up against it, having to match export prices with those offered abroad, particularly by China. It makes little sense transporting and shipping out timber in log form when cut lumber, and other processed products, takes up half the space and adds value. Some processing plants and mills have closed shop or gone into receivership but industry stakeholders have come up with suggestions how this can be turned around. Predictions are that exports could exceed $6 billion this year, nudging third place in export tables. Mainstream media should get its collective head around what is involved apart from just growing trees on mostly marginal land. At long last political parties (led by Labour and the Greens) are publicly recognising forestry as a vital industry and in need of some support to maximise values. So let’s get down to some facts and ﬁgures. From ground preparation, planting, tending and harvesting to transport and processing employs directly and indirectly

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percentage of New Zealand’s forestry estate is registered under the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme, meaning forests are grown on a rotational basis. Trees are harvested and then replanted. It’s called sustainability of products. Some earlier plantings are well into a third rotation. Where plantations have gone through pruning and thinning regimes the residue forms the nutrients for following rotations. So what portion of trees, other than what’s left on cutover sites, is commercially extracted? Most of the trunk, known as stems in the trade, are selected into grades and cut to various lengths but this still leaves the tops (tree head), branches, offcuts (slovens) and reject logs. More recently some of this residue is being processed into chip fuel for boilers, as it is more acceptable by regional authorities than other fuels, such as coal and diesel, for clean burning low greenhouse gas emissions. With new technological development it is possible much of the remaining residue left on harvest landings and skidsites can be converted to liquid fuels so is potentially another income for forest owners as well as leaving cleaner cutover areas. The forest industry is not asking for subsidies. It just wants central government to work with the industry and get behind attempts to promote and establish profitable onshore processing plants. Suggestions had been made how this could be achieved. So those hell bent on converting some marginal and dry boney land into dairying may be kicking themselves in the future.

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After 15 years as a correspondent with Canterbury Farming this is Jim Childerstone’s ﬁnal column for the publication. Jim’s forthright opinions have been appreciated by both the publishers and readers of Canterbury Farming. Those wanting to contact Jim can email him on jimchilderstone@xtra.co.nz.

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Ace lays cards on the table Speculation as to the properties and abilities of the new Polaris Ace has been rife since the first images of this nimble little machine emerged from the United States. Was it going to handle like a tiny version of the sporty RZR 900? Would its full roll-over protection system make it a winner on the farm? Would quad riders be able to easily adapt to a seating arrangement and control layout more familiar in a family sedan? All these questions have now been answered, with the Ace landing four wheels on the ground at the recent Mystery Creek Fieldays. In addition to this timely exposure, we’ve had the chance to take a spin in the little double-overhead-cam ﬁrecracker, and the results have been surprising to say the least. There’s no question that the safety issue — a huge ‘elephant in the room’ when discussing off-road machines has been addressed here in spades. The full cage, side intrusion bars and mesh combine to make this little vehicle safer than most others which share it’s diminutive footprint. Power too, is hardly lacking, with 32 horses on tap — more than you get from some full-size UTVs. The Ace revs high, but delivers

smooth acceleration on the ﬂat and ample torque for the rough stuff, boasting over 600kg of towing grunt as well. No, the big surprise here is the market who should seriously — as in right now, today — go and take a spin in an Ace. There’s no doubt that farmers are a tough breed, but many have been working the land for decades now and the rigours of throwing a leg over the quad saddle, then leaning into the turns all day is no picnic. Anyone with a bad back, or prone to aches and pains must take a seat in the Ace, because it’s comfy, the suspension is forgiving, there’s no need to throw your weight around, and there’s a roll cage to grab onto to help get in and out. So safety — a big tick, and OSH will be more than happy with that ROPS. With ample load space and towing power, the Ace can do a lot of what bigger UTVs do, but with a smaller footprint. And for ride comfort, especially on long days — this is something new which deserves attention.

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Europe was the original home of the hot hatchback — a class defined by cars like the Peugeot 205 turbo, the original Golf GTI and the Renault Clio sport. Front-drive, compact ﬁrecrackers with plenty of get up and go, designed to put a smile on drivers’ faces for a fraction of the cost of a supercar. But the original crop of hot hatches were surpassed by two things — the desire for better comfort and safety was one. The rise of Japanese auto dominance was the other, as the torch was passed to rivals like Honda’s CR-X and Civic Type R for a new generation. Now things have come full circle with the arrival of the new Euro-spec Honda Civic, a car which seamlessly blends the best of the hot hatch’s European roots with a forwardlooking Japanese aesthetic, and the engineering knowhow of Honda’s development labs. The result is a handsome beast, with design cues taken from previous classics (note that CR-X like split rear glass) and a pleasantly surprising combination of fun and practicality for 21st-century drivers. On the road, the Euro Civic commands attention with its distinctive looks and that retrofuturist rear light bar. But it’s the balance and poise of the little

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Agmech 15m3 silage wagon - spring axles - side delivery - demoed - $65,000

Agromaster 18 run disc drill - twin box both tow & e point hitch - $19,990

FarmTech 9 tine chisel plow - well made $8,800

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Iris KS300P fert spreader 4 wheeler to pull - 300kgs stainless spinner - $1,195

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Big features come with small footprint Nobody questions the engineering know-how of German automotive companies — the powerhouses of innovation such as Mercedes Benz and BMW, who set the bar high for their global competitors. It has famously been said that to know what features will be standard on your car in 20 year’s time, you should look at this year’s Mercedes S-Class. The same has held true in other areas of engineering achievement as well, thanks to industry leaders like Deutz Fahr, tractor manufacturers hailing from Cologne, Germany. How ahead of the game are Deutz Fahr? Well, it’s one indication that the man who founded the original Deutz company, Nikolaus Otto, was the inventor of the four stroke engine. That’s quite a pedigree,

and it’s one which Deutz Fahr are keeping up with, introducing a host of new features to this year’s radical 110–130 hp 5 Series tractors. Those who know the ‘5 Series’ as a plush, executivelevel BMW may be not too far short on this comparison. Deutz Fahr’s 5 Series aims to put high output, low emission technology into a smaller package, taking the top line of tractor tech from high-horsepower machines and making it accessible to the average farmer. A smaller size — especially in this particular bracket - means more versatility

for the prominent dairying sector in New Zealand. A look at the numbers tells the tale in a meticulously Teutonic fashion. There are three 5 Series models, with 100, 120 and 130hp respectively, all powered by an eco-conscious common rail turbo diesel, incorporating a very efﬁcient intercooler system for more punch and less ‘thirst’. This includes a catalytic converter system which does not need the addition of AdBlue or Go Clear emission control additives — even under tough Euro regulations.

Tractor drivers can expect an easier day’s work with Deutz Fahr’s new automatic transmission system as well — with a host of levers now condensed down to a single shifter, just like in an automatic or CVT road car. The box is a synchromesh ﬁve with dual ranges, rendering a total of ten forward and reverse speeds. That’s certainly one for every application, from highway transit to pulling the heaviest harrows through thick soil. Special attention has also been given to the versatile

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Pre-Owned Machinery Cont… Price Discs Tandem Hyd Wheel, A-Line, hydraulic wheel control, �� $6,500W Giltrap MSX160 Super Sila, 16m³, sold as traded, needs some tidy up work done ��$6,500W Gallagnani G3200 baler, Rotocut, done approximately 10,000 bales, very good farmers machine ��$5,950W Sam 4.75t Tandem, tandem axle, needs tidy up, ��$5,950W Claas 260 Mower, heavy duty mower, 6 disc, hydraulic lift, no inner shoe for easy cutting ��$5,795W UFO 3400, trailing mower, reconditioned last year, strong reliable drum mower�� $5,350C Haybob 300, tidy tedder rake , approx� 3 seasons use �� $4,500C Hustler Sl-350 Three Poi, Hustler Sl350 linkage heavy duty chain feeder, self loading forks, very easy to use ��$3,950W Endurotech SPRD7000 Tandem Axle, proven brand on the West Coast, holds half tonne bag of urea, simple drive engagement, lid included, well below new price ��$3,690W UFO Mower, UFO 2070, new belt, new blades��$2,950W Hustler Mega Soft Hands C, the heavy duty model, equalizer, handles round & square bales, MX hitch��$2,490W Weed Sprayer, Sprayrite, 3pt linkage, vineyard sprayer�� $2,295M Under Vine Sweeper, single row sweeper�� $2,200M Brend Rotary Slasher, heavy duty 1�8m�� $1,800M ATV Spreader, C-Dit 300, side discharge chute �� $1,100M 2009 VBC Leaf PRU �� $3,500M Can-Am quad bike, Can-am outlander, very tidy�� $5,995M Berti Mulcher, 2m wide, heavy duty, tidy �� $4,995M Trimax Warlord, 2�1m with twin rollers �� $2,500M Sam Spreader, needs tidy up, ��$2,150W James, 3pt linkage bale tipper �� $1,100C Endurotech 4000, proven brand Causemag spreader, lid��$1,120W 13 Tine Cultivator, repainted, very tidy�� $750M Giltrap Super M90-80X, side feed, tandem axle, Hydraulic drive, stainless steel sides, elevator bars straight �� Being PreparedW Claas Disco 250 Mower, 6 disc mower, hydraulic lift �� Being PreparedW Vaderstad CR650 Carrier, trailed disc cultivator �� ArrivingC Combines / Forage New Holland FX58, 355W grassfront, serviced and ready to go ��WAS $135,000 NOW $99,995C Balers Case LBX 333, year 2010, 1 owner with approx� 42,000 bales, Rotorcut, 3x3 bale size��$109,995C Case LBX432 Rotorcut, 4x3 baler, tidy and well serviced, year 2007, 82,000 bales��$69,995C Case LBX 431, another tidy one with only 52,000 bale count, 4x3 bale ��$49,995C Massey Ferguson 185 Series 1, money spent, 74,200 bales ��WAS $36,995 NOW $23,000C Welger RP420, only 1,900 bales by 1 owner ��$43,995C Spreaders Spreader CDIT 300, side discharge chute �� $1,100M Bogballe Spreader L2 Plus, 2008, precision spread, large capacity, accuracy, in cab computer��$6,500W Endurotech 7000, tandem axle, proven brand on the West Coast, holds half tonne bag of urea, simple drive engagement, lid included, well below new price ��$3,690W Sam, needs tidy up ��$2,150W Sprayers Silvan Sprayer, Silvan 2 row G3 sprayer, 2,000L, new controller �� $17,000M C-Dax Spray Unit, C-Dax Goldline, 1,100L, 12m hydraulic boom, foam marker, electric controls, induction probe, hose and hand gun ��$8,995W G2 Grape Sprayer, Silvan 2 row, 2,000 litre �� $6,000M Silvan 800L Linkage sprayer, 6m Galvanised boom, hose real and gun��$2,750W C-Dax Sprayer, 600L linkage sprayer, near new Hustler 6m heavy duty DuroBoom��$2,950W Silvan Sprayer, 600 litre, 3pt linkage, under vine �� $2,100M Misc Wheels/Tyres Duals, TRS, Snap-lock duals, good rubber��$4,500W 20.8 Duals, Cobra Duals, 520/85R38, Alliance radial tyres, 85% rubber still remains, save on new ��$4,750W All Prices Exclude Gst

M - MARL BOROU G H - TAS MAN CHRISTCHURCH 03 349 5089

726 Main South Road, CHCH

AGRICULTURE

James Blackler 0274 794 374

Agricultural Equipment

MARLBOROUGH - TASMAN , WEST COAST, CHRISTCHURCH

Henley Street, Westport

Cyril Murray 027 432 5640

www.norwood.co.nz/christchurch e: salesch@norwood.co.nz

WEST COAST 03 788 9050

Farm Machinery Centre

Rennie Barnes 027 433 7714

Angus Hewetson 021 228 4517

Gordon Storer 021 891 253

www.norwood.co.nz/westcoast

MARLBOROUGH - TASMAN 03 578 1021

Craig Soster 027 371 7171

e: saleswc@norwood.co.nz

Sales - Graeme Morgan 0274 473 781

12 Nelson Street, Blenheim www.norwood.co.nz/marlborough-tasman e: salesmt@norwood.co.nz

REGIONAL MANAGER JASON PRENDERGAST 027 433 4272