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The top 20 finalist steaks, selected from more than 300 entrants, went under an intense taste testing by judges. The judging panel included BMX World Champion and Beef + Lamb iron maiden Sarah Walker, New Zealand listener food columnist Lauraine Jacobs, Wharekauhau Estate executive chef and Beef + Lamb ambassador chef Marc Soper, and head judge Graham Hawkes. Now into its 13th year, the competition celebrates the hard work and dedication of New Zealand beef farmers. Judge Lauraine Jacobs said it was a privilege to be involved in the judging of New Zealand’s top steak. “We judged each sirloin steak on aroma, juiciness, tenderness, texture and of course, taste. “The quality of the beef I tasted this evening was simply exceptional and is a true testament to the skill of our producers.” The Camerons, who farm Ngaputahi Station, took home the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin Grand Champion shield and $5,000 prize
money. Their win has also earned them a place in the history books. The father and son team are the first entrants to win both the Steak of Origin, and the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards (Glammies) which they won in 2008. Land Meats won the Processor of Grand Champion award. The Best of breed — European went to Tony Partridge from Leeston (Simmental), processed at Ashburton Meat Processors; Best of breed — British was awarded to Forbes and Angus Cameron (Angus), processed at Land Meat; Best of breed — Crossbreed and other was won by Tom Savage from Gisborne (Hereford/Shorthorn), processed at Land Meat. The Best of Brand — Retail went to Chef’s Choice (AngusPure) (Angus) — Rangitatau Trust, and the Supreme Brand Champion title was awarded to Countdown North Island. Nero Restaurant in Palmerston North won the Manawatu Beef Dish of the Year, judged by close to 1,000 local diners over the past three weeks.
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A programme of preventative treatment with Rotagen Combo, the natural calf scour product, is a good option for protecting valuable replacement heifer calves which may be exposed to a viral or bacterial infection resulting in infectious scours. Rotagen Combo is part of an economical rearing strategy to protect calves and help them perform at their best over their lifetime. It is a registered animal remedy unique in New Zealand. Similar products are widely used overseas as growth promotants in calves and piglets
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with very good results. It is made from the dried egg yolk from hens that have been vaccinated with specific antigens. The hyper immune status of these hens achieve results in very high levels of antibodies in the yolk of the eggs, which provide a passive immunity to specific infection in the gut of the calf. The main cause of neonatal calf scours is rotavirus, a viral disease picked up from carrier cows following calving. A simple programme of treating calves at birth with a preventative drench of Rotagen Combo once a day for five days will help prevent clinical cases of rotavirus. The key to a successful regime is treating all the heifer replacement calves and any others being kept. The other important aspect of infectious scour control is to reduce the environmental contamination of viruses that may be in the environment. An effective policy should be developed with staff for calf pens before the season begins.
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Soil Matters with Peter Burton Dolomite — the only magnesium you’ll need When a milking cow in spring runs short on magnesium, the cost incurred isn’t difficult to calculate. and the most effective way is ensuring there is enough of it in every mouthful of pasture eaten. The level of magnesium in dolomite treated pasture regularly lies between 0.22–0.25%, sufficient to meet the requirements of fully-fed high producing animals. It’s not at the expense of other essential elements. When cows are unwell in spring it is seldom due to just a lack of magnesium. It’s nearly always a calcium and magnesium imbalance. Too much of one and too little of the other, with each animal’s requirements being different. Dolomite contains both magnesium and calcium at the ratio required for plant uptake and the two are released at the same rate, with the speed being dictated by plant demand — the reason for a little going a long way. There’s another aspect often overlooked and that is the cow’s requirement for extra energy in spring, particularly when it’s cold, wet and windy. Whether it’s because magnesium helps with the availability of phosphorus (an essential element in the formation of plant sugars), or the fact that it’s an ancient seabed deposit carrying a wide range of trace elements, is not clear. However, a single application of bulk dolomite in autumn is remarkably effective in reducing the number and severity of animals requiring treatment in spring. No system is ever completely foolproof, but dolomite applied annually at 200–230kg/ha, providing 23–25kg/ Mg/ha is sufficient to meet the annual magnesium requirements of high producing farms. As astute farmers have known for decades, it provides
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In a worst case situation she dies, and the cost is the value of the animal and her production during the coming season. Should she die prior to calving, there’s also the value of the calf. Because the problem becomes increasingly prevalent and severe as cows age, it is often the more valuable animals affected, and there is a dollar value on their lost breeding potential. Two other things are worth bearing in mind. Animals exhibiting clinical signs are only the tip of the iceberg. For every animal requiring treatment there will be a number of others producing at lower than their potential. Even when treated animals recover, their season’s production will be adversely affected. But the issue most talked about is the cost in human time when an animal requires assistance. Time and frustration, and as one farmer recently stated, “it’s a complete waste — in all ways.” Milking cows are remarkably robust animals, able to survive and produce well on a wide range of diets. So if you are treating cows suffering calcium/magnesium imbalance and deficiencies in spring as a regular activity, their diet is obviously a long way from that necessary for best performance. The worst of the problem can be corrected simply, easily, and at low cost with an annual application of dolomite to pasture. The transformation that takes place after an application of 200–230kg/ha of dolomite means that dolomite clients are a very loyal group. Because grazing ruminants are unable to adequately store magnesium, adequate intake is required every day,
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“Sulphation is a major problem with lead-acid batteries and the less they’re used the worse it is. All batteries sulphate — you buy them with sulphation and they only get worse till they die. “A RECHARGE treatment will dissolve those sulphur ions back into the electrolyte to hold the charge again. The battery regains its capacity and stops corrosion of lead plates. “A lot of farmers in our RECHARGE Conditioning Programme are getting eight to ten years from most batteries and some are getting a heck of a lot more by simply dosing them early, treating them every two to three years and keeping them charged. “Yes you can treat sealed batteries simply by drilling into each cell — treating and re-sealing with silicone, sikaflex or a plastic bung. Recharge is also great for deep cycle batteries like forklifts, golf carts, scissor hoists and lighting system batteries.” Recharge is available from Farmlands and Auto-One stores and will also be featured at the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek in June at the new site — K-25. For more information go to website www.recharge.net.nz and follow us on Facebook.
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Ready to take on the world by Andy Bryenton
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Drought – World Wide Problem
by John K Morris CEO of Agrissentials
I’m writing this article from Fresno, California, where we have just landed our first container load of Rok Solid full spectrum fertiliser. Our USA project Manager is Rick Broderson, a born & bred Californian who has lived in New Zealand for the past 30 years managing his own business. Rick has a real passion for what Agrissentials are doing for farmers and their soils. Fresno is in the “food bowl” area of California producing meat, milk, fruit, vegetables, nuts, grapes and many other crops, but one other thing they have in common with New Zealand is the lack of rain when you need it. Just north of Fresno is the San Luis Reservoir, a huge manmade lake which provides irrigation to many farmers, but through lack of rain this winter, the lake is short of the water needed to irrigate the new season crops, so everybody here is praying for rain; their livelihoods depend upon it. Rick & I are talking to many farmers and they all admit that over the past few years their soils have struggled to hold water, with reservoir water
coming onto their properties, not holding, but running straight off to be pumped back into the San Luis Dam — all at a cost. Agrissentials see a huge opportunity here in California, by bringing water retention quality back to the soil with our multi-mineral, microbial rich fertilisers. The answer lies between the micro organisms and a full array of natural minerals. The micro organisms are the first creatures to dine at the mineral table converting the minerals to a plant available form. When they do this, they wrap the minerals in humus, so that the minerals don’t leach from the soil. The humus produced has water retention capacity, holding both mineral and water to be passed onto the plant as required. This is the natural system and it carries the potential to regenerate top soil, increasing the carbon content or cc rating of the soil. Agrissentials recognises soil as the engine room of the farm, the more carbon
An Agrissentials’ customer (left) showing the effects of using Agrissentials best on earth fertilisers during the dry period
produced, the higher the cc rating of the engine room (or soil). The continued use of synthetic minerals and their high solubility is burning out the carbon content of the soil and destroying the microbial life. This results in erosion of soils (Re: Dr Morgan Williams report New Zealand Government in 2004 stating that top soils were eroding at between 300–400 million tonnes per year) — straight down the rivers and into the sea. Agrissentials can remedy this situation with their multi mineral, microbial rich fertilisers. These two ingredients work together to restore and regenerate soils, increasing mineral and water retention, soil carbon content, drainage capacity and top soil depth, which all contribute to the cc rating of the farm’s engine room. Soil, food and water are what farming is all about and it all begins in the soil. Agrissentials are offering farmers the opportunity to start a new relationship with their farm and that relationship begins in the soil. So with rules, regulations, licensing and compliance coming into farming Agrissentials offer you, the farmer, the opportunity to make a change for good, working with Mother Nature for a better, more prosperous farm and a strong future. Make a call today to Agrissentials and join the move towards better healthier, production and a bio diverse environment. Agrissentials best on earth fertilisers are proud to be celebrating 20 years partnership with New Zealand farmers in producing cost effective, productive, sustainable & healthy soils that are great for the budget & the environment. If you would like a FREE INFO PACK freephone 0800 THE KEY that’s 0800 843 539 today or you can contact your friendly representative Ben Tippins (North Manawatu) 021 738 601 or Lyn Woodcock (South Manawatu/Wairarapa) 021 0204 3028 to find out how we can make your farm more successful. As pioneers of the volcanic rock based fertilisers in New Zealand, we would like to say thank you & share these birthday gifts with you: Nationwide 50% OFF FREIGHT FREE DEALS on bulk units of Rok Solid, Roketlime & Oceans 100 (Valid 1st–31st of May 2015).
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Dairy resilience is key
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by Paul Campbell
The need for the country’s dairy farmers to have a sound strategy to progress from year to year is vital, according to DairyNZ’s principal scientist Dr John Roche. “The only constant in the future will be volatility and farmers must set their businesses to be able to absorb the uncertainties that come with that if they are going to survive volatile times,” he says. “Historically, the old adage was that the difference between a good farmer and a bad farmer was time. In other words, all farmers do the same thing eventually; the big difference is the timing of their actions. “From an operational perspective, this is still true. However, increasingly I see the difference between successful businesses and those that struggle through challenging times is that one has a plan and the other manages day to day.” Mr Roche uses a rugby adage, ‘forwards win matches; backs decide by how much’. “Your strategic plan is the forward pack of a dairy farming business, securing the business in the set piece and ensuring the team will not be
caught unawares by a poor climate year or a low milk price, while the tactical management (the backs) determines by how much we win the game. “The need for system resilience is more important than ever before because future milk production will be set against a backdrop of increased farm business uncertainty.” F u n d a m e n t a l l y, resilient systems must: • be profitable every year and not just when milk price is high • have a low production-cost base to insulate the dairy farm business from price shocks • and allow farms to generate sufficient funds in better times to exploit opportunities in lean years, when other businesses can’t capitalise. “Resilient systems still have sufficient tactical flexibility to overcome unanticipated events that can lower short term profitability.”
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