Northern Farming Lifestyles, July 2011

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The displays of huge tractors and equipment at field days are certainly very impressive, but often it is the more interesting looking smaller sites that get the most attention. A really good example was the ‘Possum Plucker’ being demonstrated outside the Department Of Conservation tent at the Northland Field Days this year.

This is an ingenious contraption that that can be back packed into the bush to remove fur from possums caught in bait stations and traps.

Possum fur has hollow fibres, which improves its insulation properties without increasing weight. It also combines well with merino wool and so ‘possino’ garments are becoming very popular at the top end of the fashion industry. In the past, possum skins suffered from low prices in Western countries due to the animal rights campaigns targeting caged animals on farms and culling seals etc in the wild. Countries like China have less concerns over those issues and this is driving possum skin prices up as well.

Now that possum fur prices are looking good, hundreds of possum plucking hunters have been heading off into the bush to cash in on the high prices being paid by exporters and New Zealand textile manufacturers. In a recent TV1 news item, one plucky trapper was reported to have collected $12,000 worth of fur in 7 days.

That sort of return is creating a lot of interest and now DOC is being pressured to open up more publicly owned land for trappers.

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and returns from possum based products earns New Zealand approximately one hundred million dollars a year. Textiles New Zealand CEO, Elizabeth Tennet, has been making the claim that if Government and local bodies provided more incentives and encouragement the industry returns from possum products would quickly double.

The TV1 report also had a DOC spokesman explaining how his department was in a bit of a dilemma. Possums are destroying native vegetation and wildlife and so eradication has been DOC’s primary objective. However, that goal has been not possible so far because they do not have the funds, manpower or technology to do it. And so the controversial poison 1080 is being used to lower possum numbers to less destructive levels.

Hunters are arguing that trapping would do much the same thing for free and yield a financial pay back for the country.

Tax payments from trapping, trading and manufacturing would then be available for possum proof sanctuaries that are saving native species threatened with extinction.

Needless to say, DOC spokespeople are not very comfortable about his proposal. They argue that National Parks and reserves were not created to become possum farms.

However, because eradication has proven to be ‘Mission Impossumble’, our Government is facing a lot of pressure to open up more land in areas with high unemployment. You never know, more trapping and less 1080 could one day make possums an affordable addition to the our dinner tables.

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Young Farmer of the Year winner After a tough contest twenty-five year-old Will Grayling from Ashburton won the title of national Bank Young Farmer of the Year and scooped himself a $62,000 prize package He took the title by seven points (306) from Waikato/Bay of Plenty representative Tim van de Molen (299).

Mr Grayling, who represented the Aorangi Region, manages a 1,600 cow dairy farm has a Masters of Applied Science from Lincoln University and was a first time contestant at ‘Grand Final’ level.

Nearly 800 people attended the televised Grand Final Evening Show at the Wairarapa College Auditorium on Saturday, July 2.

After having made some mistakes in the early question buzzer rounds Mr Grayling said he thought the chance to win was slipping away, however his allround performance secured him the overall win.

He said the three-day finale held in Masterton had been pretty challenging week, “there were some tough times, but I stuck in there. A lot of hard work

has gone into this and it’s great to get this result.’’

In addition to the $62,000 package, winning the AGMARDT Agri-business Challenge, with a presentation on colostrum, gained Mr Grayling a $15,000 scholarship and his Lincoln University Agrigrowth Challenge earned an additional industry related conference package valued of $8,000.

Runner up Tim van de Molen won the Isuzu Agri-sports Challenge earning himself the complimentary use of an Isuzu D-Max for 12 months.

East Coast’s Mike Croad won the Ravensdown Agri-skills Challenge and $14,000 worth Ravensdown products and services.

The evening show provided a chance to pay tribute to Jim Hopkings who after 20 years compared his final contest.

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The first day of August is a red-letter day on the calendar for rural supplies company Farmlands, as it opens the doors to a new store at Kamo The North Island’s largest rural co-operative retailer has embarked on a strategic growth plan with the sale of some stores, releasing expansion capital.

Heading up the Kamo operation is Business Manager, Nigel Parton.

“The feedback we have been getting about Farmlands bringing a new store to Kamo is all positive.

“I’ve been working in Farmlands Whangarei for the last 15 months and I am really looking forward to dealing with some of our familiar faces and doing business with our new local shareholders.”

Nigel has over 16 years’ experience in the rural industry and he has a great understanding of Northland farming practices and challenges.

In sales, Stewart Allen has been with Farmlands Whangarei since it opened seven years ago and has been an integral part of the team. His experience in agriculture is huge, covering farming sheep and cattle in Southland, and also growing seed crops. He then worked as a stockman on a station in Australia and as a stable hand in Japan. Dog trialling is just another one of Stewart’s keen interests.

Gary Brown joined Farmlands after a 24-year stint with LIC in Northland. He grew up locally on a farm at Towai and bought his first farm at Ararua and later bought a dairy farm at Kokopu.

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Country museum a Far North draw card Like his father, Win Matthews has been collecting gear for decades. People noticed, and neighbours and farmers around the Far North district contributed to the collection. Today Win has ended up with a 1,100-square-metre building at his farm, and a comprehensive display that reflects rural life from pioneering days through the war years.

Now in semi retirement from the farm, Win has more time for his interest. As a boy he rode his horse to Taipa, five kilometres away, to catch the bus to school. In those days there was only one house between home and the settlement.

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A descendant of the pioneering missionary Reverend Joseph Matthews of Kaitaia, Win’s great-great grandfather bought the property in the Taipa locality in 1839. Back then the river was used to move wool to Mangonui to be shipped out. The original farmhouse for the property was across the road near Aurere beach. Win and wife Lyn have been in their present location near the museum for the last 25 years.

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The Matthews Museum in its farm location

don’t want to scrap them,” says Win. The great majority of vintage cars are in running condition and include the Chevy 27 Tourer, which Win has owned for 47 years, and rarer makes like Nash and a Singer Roadster.

The farm machinery and equipment belongs to both dairy farming and stock farming. Many items such as the horse drawn hay rake demonstrate the crossover era between horse and engine power.

Stepping past the early 1900s gig you can view the more domestic side of farming life. Much of this memorabilia comes from the Matthews family, including pioneer photographs, A bike from a bygone era — Raleigh racing bike antique sewing machines, laundry washboards, butter churns, christening gowns, and “It became obsolete as telephone communications objects found in the area — adzes and Moa bones shifted so quickly.” and eggs.

The Matthews Vintage Collection is open all year, Along with music items and antique radios there with the Live Day over Labour Weekend when the is a pianola and a superb 1875 semi-grand piano. vehicles are driven outside for their parade. Win is The Kaitaia and Mangonui telephone exchange is a still restoring things in his ‘spare’ time, so perhaps more recent acquisition. “It represents what was a another shed will have to go up on the property to big source of employment in a rural area,” says Win. house this expanding collection.

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Cattle show in cyber space The traditional rural cattle show has taken on a new dimension — thanks to the Internet Matakohe miniature Hereford breeder, Janet Poole, says for many people, access to show venues is limited by time, distance and expense.

“An alternative is the virtual cattle show, held by exhibiting photos of animals via the Internet,” she said.

“The idea came about in October last year, just as the New Zealand agricultural shows were getting underway. Initially it was to be a national event for breeders of miniature Herefords, but interest was shown by Australian breeders so a transTasman show was proposed.

“Word got out via breeders’ websites and suddenly the show had become international. The judges were from Scotland and New Zealand.

“Miniature Herefords are full blood smaller replicas of the bigger animals.

They are not often in the public eye, although some were shown at a couple of northern districts’ shows last season,” said Janet.

“The virtual show was based on conventional schedules used at regular A and P shows, with the addition of a Scenic Class, an Entertainment Class and a Viewers’ Choice Class — the latter being conducted by poll vote.

“Entries came in from New Zealand, Australian and American breeders or owners, with a request for future such shows from many others, including from Scotland.

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the north to Oamaru in the south. A professional website was provided by the Australian Miniature Hereford Breeders Network.

“All the photos can be seen on its website at www.amhbn. com. A follow up article with photos is also being published in the American Miniature Hereford Breeders Association quarterly magazine.”

Mrs Poole added that if future entries increase substantially, it’s hoped to start a series of virtual shows at a regional level, followed by national and international events.

“We hope to obtain sponsors from the different countries taking part, who can supply prizes, putting this kind of show on a par with conventional ones.”

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As my old tutor used to ram into my head, “Plant predators and disease are symptoms of a faailing crop, not the cause”. It is natural to be healthy, not natural to be sick. We are brainwashed into believing that headaches are a lack of aspirin. We apply chemicals to fight preddatory and weed problems which is as foolish as applying makeuup to cover up pimples. It is about as foolish as smacking yourself over the head with a sledge hammer so that you don’t feel your toothache any more.

Don’t blame the black beetle. Like all predators, they are opportunists. They attack when the opportunity is right. If the predator was at fault the whole system would have imploded when the very first one raised its head. They were put there to weed out the weak so that only the fit will survive. You never see the wolves in North America take on the big Bull Moose, they seek out the weak. The Lions in Africa take out the stragglers from the herd of wildebeest they just feed on the injured or sick; this is natures check and balance, it is how nature evolved.

The soil is the plants rumen, end of story. Feed the plant via soil fertility and you will have a plant that can defend itself. Here in this country most of what we grow evolved from another hemisphere and in another environment. Therefore, in our acidic soils they will

always have difficulty manufacturing their full set of defences in the form of complete proteins unless we duplicate as near as possible those conditions it evolved in. When we put a man on the moon, he had to take his environment with him. The plant can’t do the same, so we must do it for him.

When the plant cannot produce complete proteins they accumulate amide nitrogen compounds, crude sugars and incomplete bio-chemical products. These trigger in the predator, be that black beetle or whatever, that this plant is dying and it is just the place to lay its eggs. This cycle of events is termed the Calvin Cycle and is the cycle that converts crude sugars into starches.

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National award winners For the first time ever, the Ballance Farm Environment Awards have named a national winner Southland farmers Grant and Bernadette Weller are the first holders of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy after being named national winners at Hastings on June 30.

The Wellers were chosen from eight other regional winners to take out the national title and the Gordon Stephenson Trophy.

The trophy, named after the Waotu farmer who started the Farm Environment Awards, will be presented annually in the future.

Lead judge, Professor Jacqueline Rowarth from the Institute of Natural Resources at Massey University, said picking an inaugural winner was no easy task, “but the Wellers had the ‘X-factor’,’’ she said.

Apart from commitment and the conviction clean green Grant and Bernadette Weller — and productive was possible on winners of the 2011 Ballance Farm Environment Awards a much wider scale Professor Rowart said judges were also looking for food produced from a great environment communications skills — for the couple by people who care passionately about who could express their vision for New the future.’’

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She said the Wellers spoke with a “The couple who could talk in rural clarity and vision which would serve them and urban areas, and go overseas with well in their future role of representing the message that New Zealand has great New Zealand.

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Water everywhere?

by Bob Cathcart

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The recent Government National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011 (NPS) recognises that water is our most precious resource, and it is not being well managed.

There has been ongoing disagreement over how much water needs to be left in streams to maintain in-stream values â&#x20AC;&#x201D; i.e. enough water to keep the stream and what lives in it healthy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and how to allocate water above that level.

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The NPS gives regional councils until 2030 to prepare water allocation plans for the hundreds of streams, lakes and

groundwater aquifers within Northland.

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Notes from the shed with Mark McKewen

Legal matters with Graham Day

This time of year is a very busy one for dairy farmers, particularly with calving under way. Throw in the wet weather and it’s difficult to say the least.

Effluent discharges — Who is to blame?

Nationally the sizes of fines for effluent discharges are skyrocketing.

With the NRC previously suggesting that one in four farms may be breaching effluent laws, and a Northland farmer recently receiving a $54,000 fine for discharges, it is worth considering for a moment if there is a chance you could be on the receiving end of a similar figure, regardless of your connection to the farm.

In the dairy there is usually something that needs attention, whether it is rubber ware that is being changed, machine tests and repairs or maintenance needed for the new season.

These are traditionally done at this time of year. However, it’s not always the most efficient way to maintain the milking machine as everything it needs to be done while dealers are also busy with new dairy installations and upgrades.

Blame has been laid on land owners, farm managers, farm workers, companies and sharemilkers.

Mark McKewen

To make this easier on our farmers and our service providers, Milfos is rolling out a programmed maintenance system called iCARE. The idea is that, like your car or tractor, proper scheduled maintenance will ensure the machine will perform properly and keep problems to a minimum.

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Everyone is different, and needs different services, for example you might like to change your own liners but need machines tested, pulsators and vacuum pumps serviced as well.

But what about everything else? All rubber/milk contact surfaces need replacing annually, this includes diaphragms of all kinds and yes, tri-clover and RJT seals as well. Cup removers need servicing. The list goes on.

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The Courts have consistently found that whoever is responsible for the discharge will be accountable. More than one person can be blamed.

In the Northland case referred to above the farm owner had claimed the farm manager was responsible.

The Court said that owners could not escape responsibly by hiding behind employment contracts.

Because an owner is responsible for the farm infrastructure, and also holds the resource consents, they will be in trouble if they allow a situation to continue without stepping in.

At the other end of the scale, farm managers and workers have been found liable for a long time. If a manager is aware of effluent discharges and does not take any action to fix it, they will be liable for failing to act.

Equally, a similar situation will arise if a worker knows the boss is discharging and is not assertive in trying to remedy the problem (however

difficult that may be). With so many farms breaking these laws you need to think carefully if you could be blamed if the inspectors arrive.

Farm owners and companies would be wise to analyse their resource consents and the infrastructure that is in place.

Workers and managers should review their employment contracts and find out what exactly their responsibilities are on the farm. If you have concerns, seek professional advice on these issues.

The cost of doing so now could be a fraction compared to those whopping fines.

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National Fieldays Report Alle Agwear A 14-year-old Hamilton girl has wowed the audiences and topped this year’s New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays’ Ag Art Wear competition with two wins and a second place.

Barely recognisable in their previous forms, designers transformed rural implements into artistic masterpieces.

Now in its 17th year, thousands of visitors watched the competition’s daily shows held over four-day events culminating in a sell-out finale on Friday afternoon.

Alle Peterkin, a local fourteen-year-old, took out the Avant Garde section with her inspiring piece ‘Semi Precious’ which was also was the ‘People’s Choice’ winner. The plastic hexagon-shaped design pumps water throughout the garment symbolising how precious the water is on the land.

Alle was also runner-up in the ‘Under 21’ category with her Dairy Fairy entry.

Runner up of the Avant Garde division was Katherine Morrison for her structurally intricate piece, ‘The Dance of the Wired and Woolly Fence Breaker’.

‘Arachnophobia’, a webbed wonder

by Corinne Heintze took the highly commended award.

The Under 21 category — similar to the Avant Garde section — asks designers to create something unique that challenges conventional design.

Laken Semmens won this section with her elegant dress ‘Just another “Mad Hatters” tea party’ made from tea bags.

An Australian entrant, Lachlan Sully, placed highly commended with his graceful piece, ‘Gone Fishin’.

Nina McBeth from Taupo won the NZ Landcare Trust category with her wild sika, deer hide, feathers and cow hide creation ‘Kohara Whakapaipai’ (Wilderness Jewels).

Runner up was Tracey Brown’s ‘Pingao Maiden’, while Bill and Rose Paul received highly commended with ‘Kokiri Aroha’.

Another Australian entrant, Betty Park, won the Designer Traditional section with ‘Jungle Jigsaw’. Runner up was awarded to Charlotte Lind with her wool inspired creation, ‘Fleeced’ while Colleen Mak received the highly commended award with her gun shell dress, ‘Shell We Dance?’

Judges of the Ag Art Wear competition were Marion Manson from ArtsPost, Jennifer Whitty a Senior Lecturer from Massey Institute of Design, Nardene Berry from NZ Landcare Trust and flourishing designer of the fashion label Love Lucy, Jenna McLachlan.

The 2011 winners were:

‘Kohara Whakapaipai’

Avant Garde Alle Peterkin — Semi Precious Katherine Morrison — The Dance of the Wired and Woolly Fence Breaker Corinne Heintz — Arachnophobia

Under 21 Laken Semmens — Just another ‘Mad Hatters’ Tea Party — Time for a Tea Break?

Alle Peterkin — Dairy Fairy Lachlan Sully — Gone Fishin’

Landcare Awareness Nina McBeth — Kohara Whakapaipai Tracey Brown — Pingao Maiden Bill and Rose Paul — Kokiri Aroha

Designer Traditional Betty Park — Jungle Jigsaw Charlotte Lind — Fleeced Colleen Mak — Shell We Dance?

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GORS RSE GONE IN A DA DAY AY Improve your land’s value in hours by removing gorse and other noxious weeds without chemical sprays Transforming paddocks from unusable eyesores into great looking areas that help pay for themselves is keeping Ken Borg’s company busy.

Ken has been in business since 1997 as a qualified builder and started All About Earth Moving 2005 to offer clients a range of land enhancement services.

The purchase of an $80,000 mulching attachment to his digger gave the company an edge and led the company into a whole new area of land clearing services.

The firm’s go-anywhere digger is able to clear acres of gorse, long grass and noxious weeds in a matter of hours.

“Land is expensive and so owners need to make every inch pay for itself,” says Ken. “Whether they want to increase grazing land for their cattle or increase the land’s resale value, removing unwanted shrubbery such as gorse can make a big difference.”

All About Earth Moving’s services really is a case of ‘no job too big’ as its machinery is able to access any gradient and plough into gorse the size of trees — and mulch it down to nothing.

“The mulcher is very powerful and can turn gorse into tiny fragments,” says Ken. “Getting good results is far quicker than spraying which can take months to kill gorse. Even after gorse is dead, it still sits on the land looking brown and horrible – it can take years to deteriorate and break down.

“Using the mulcher gives an instant result, the gorse is there one moment and gone the next.”

Mulching gorse saves on using expensive and dangerous chemical sprays too, says Ken. “There is a place for spraying gorse because we all know that this is a hardy weed that doesn’t die easily,” says Ken. “Gorse seeds can live in the ground for up to 50 years — so the best anyone can do is manage the problem.”

Ken recommends people save money by using a selective spray on gorse re-sprouting that may appear the following season after the machine has been over the land.

“Gorse can really choke up the land, so by removing it we give grass a chance to grow,” says Ken. “Of course, gorse may begin to sprout in time, so we recommend the land owner keep an eye on this and perform targeted spraying when required, normally the following season.

“This saves a fortune in chemicals and is better for the land. Mass spraying of large areas is not something I would recommend as it can also take out native bush that you are trying to keep.

“Mulching breaks up the gorse so it rots down and puts nutrients into the soil to promote grass growth, the mulch also stops soil run off when it rains.

Ken says real estate agents value the work his firm does as removing gorse increases the chances of land being sold.

“Real estate agents know we can make land far more attractive and sellable — after all — who wants to buy land covered in acres of gorse and other noxious weeds?

“What we can offer people is a very quick way to add value to their land. So it is a perfect solution for land owners who need to free land up for grazing live stock.”

Apart from gorse, All About Earth Moving can remove all sorts of noxious weeds on steep hills, including trees still standing in place down to ground level.

“Using track grips fitted to our digger means our machinery can go anywhere,” says Ken. ”And while long grass may not be such a big problem during winter, in summer it can be a fire hazard. We can remove it quickly and easily and give landowners peace of mind.”

Some people find it hard to understand what an effective job the company’s machinery can do.

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“On average 35 farmers come off their quad bikes every day,” said FarmSafe national manager, Grant Hadfield.

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“Participants also gain an understanding of industry guidelines and their responsibilities, demonstrate they have taken all practicable steps to minimise risk of quad bike injuries, set clear expectations about what is required for safe riding on their property and have a clear method of verifying employees’ training and assessment,” Mr Hadfield added.

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Admittedly, this worker is mechanical, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a welcome sight for many who first met this indefatigable rural stalwart in the mid-90s of last century. The latest edition of the Suzuki Farm Worker will be familiar to most farmers and contractors, but it is not quite the same.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new is a powerful 1300cc fuel injected motor matched to the fivespeed manual transmission and selectable 2WD/4WD and low range 4WD transfer case, giving plenty of grunt.

Underneath the new Farm Worker is what makes Suzukiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation in the offroad world for building robust vehicles.

A full chassis supports the cab and well side with leaf spring suspension on all four wheels.

Equipped standard with Maxxis Trepador tyres, the go-almost-anywhere vehicle will make demanding on-farm jobs a doddle.

A fully enclosed cab space offers true protection from the weather.

Available in three variations, the workhorse starts at just $16,990 for the Versatile edition, equipped with a canvas roof and lengthwise rear bench seats.

Slightly more expensive at $18,990, the Wellside model opens another door of opportunity with a double skinned gelcoated roof and rear bulkhead made from durable fibreglass.

The third version is the iconic Flat Deck. Designed and built in New Zealand,

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it is made from galvanised steel tubing and super tough plywood and the foldflat deck can double as a work station or carry-all surface.

With a price tag of just $22,500, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still well below comparative UTV type vehicles whilst offering so much more in all round performance and weather protection.

This is not a converted ATV, but rather a solid work vehicle with real carrying capacity and the ability to tow larger loads.

It boasts the largest deck in class with a 500kg maximum load rating â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a real plus when it comes to making one trip

count. Towing is easy due to the simple design of the towbar, meaning thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no issue with connecting and disconnecting trailers.

To make it really useful to the farmer, towing capacity is up to 500kg.

Seat belts are standard for the driver and passenger, along with easily adjusted seats, which means the cabin is comfortable for drivers of most sizes.

To add to the wearability of the seats, Suzuki offer some hard wearing covers made from a durable canvas that will keep the original vinyl seats in good condition and can be easily removed for cleaning.

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Brand New Suzuki Alto GLX Manual

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2011 Fiesta LX Diesel Demo

2011 Fiesta Zetec Auto Demo

The Fiesta makes a big impression. Maybe the best is the fuel economy at just 4.4 L/100 Km. Also features: ANCAP 5 Star Safety Rating - Dynamic Stability Control - Bluetooth Hands Free Compatibility - USB Input - Alloy Wheels - Electric Window and Mirrors - Air Conditioning

Stylish in Phantom Purple. Sexy and sporty from every angle. 6 speed PowerShift auto. Great fuel economy at 6.1 L/100 Km. Also features: ANCAP 5 Star Safety Rating - Dynamic Stability Control - Bluetooth Hands Free Compatibility - USB Input - Alloy Wheels - Sports Body Kit

$4,695

2011 FPV GS Demo Outstanding value for money. New RRP is $73,990 plus on road cost. 315 kW supercharged V8. Travelled 86 Km only. For those wanting to begin their FPV journey - your GS has arrived

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2011 Mazda 3 SP25 Hatch Auto

2011 Mazda 2 Sport Auto

2011 CX9 Ltd AWD Auto

Sports Hatch with all the extras. 2.5 Litre engine. Full body kit and Bose sound system. Includes 3 year free scheduled servicing.

Price is Including GST, Plus On Road Costs. Brand New!

Sporty little hatch with performance to match. Looks the part in Aluminium Silver. Includes 3 year free scheduled servicing.

Price is Including GST, Plus On Road Costs. Brand New!

Powerful and comfortable. Family 7 seater with all the extras. Full leather and Bose sound system. Includes 3 year free scheduled servicing.

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2009 Ford Focus

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Hard to find in such great condition. Sparkles in Jade Silver. 5 speed auto. A great choice for a family sedan.

The always popular Ford Focus. A great car packed with great features.

Many choices currently in stock to suit all budgets

New shape Mazda3 sedan. A sexy looking sedan with all the features you could want. Huge on safety and comfort.

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Pacific Motor Group Whangarei Cnr Dent and Carruth Streets Ph 09 430 4470

Suzuki Centre Dyer Street, Whangarei Ph 09 438 1812

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Perfectly Potty

It’s always good to have some potted container plants, but none more so than during the winter months when the days are often grey, wet or cold The beauty of potted plants is they can be moved around the garden according to the weather or planted especially to the season and placed in a situation best suited to the plants.

I love potted colour — it is so cheering by the entrance door — welcoming you home each day or welcoming your guests to your hospitality.

Pansies, violas, primulas and polyanthus are good winter colour for pots, but there are plenty of suitable plants to choose from — annual or perennials, plants and shrubs.

I like a splash of colour, so I usually choose seasonal annuals for my containers — although I do have a few standardised plants — a bit more expensive to initially buy, but are so impressive they are not only great talking points, but spectacular in their appearance.

Apart from providing the opportunity of being able to move containers around the garden, the other great thing about pots is that no matter how big or small your home is, there is always room on the terrace, balcony, entranceway, courtyard or patio for a plant or two and they can be transported, if and when you move, making them perfect for renters and leasers.

Make sure your container will do the job you want it to do. Drainage holes

When multi-planting, plant the biggest plants first and the shallower plants around it.

I have a potted acer as the main plant and change its appearance with seasonal annuals at its base. You could even plant bulbs or succulents around the base if you prefer.

Pebbles, shell, polished stones, marbles or other toppings such as driftwood or bark can all look stunning as a finishing touch not to mention also reducing weeds.

are essential for good plant growth.

Choose good quality potting mix — patio and tub mixes are best. A regular feed with either liquid or granulated fertiliser (slow release) will benefit the plants.

Choose colours and plants that will enhance your home and garden.

A handful of shingle or loose gravel in the bottom of your container will help increase drainage.

Do not overfill your pot; you want to leave a good few centimetres for watering (or shedding purposes).

Treat your potted plants much as your would clothing or home accessories — they compliment you home and garden — can be changed at a whim or by season — and can go a long way to personalising, or updating your home.

Go on — get potty and enjoy the versatility it brings to your home and garden. And don’t limit your container plants to flowers and shrubs — fruit trees and vegetables are just as trendy, look great and provide fresh seasonal produce year round.

Growing Tips • Pansies, violas and polyanthus enjoy a moist, well drained soil.

Use a quality potting mix that has a wetting agent and water storage granules added.

• Pansies will grow in full sun to filtered shade. Polyanthus and primulas will also grow in full sun but prefer shade, especially from the hot afternoon sun. Both dislike hot, exposed sunny situations.

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The answer lies in the soil

by Paul Campbell

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There are myriad animal food supplements emerging in todaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; world where science and technology are as much a part of farming as good old-fashioned grazing.

But at the end of the day, the answer really does â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lie in the soilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Additives popular in the market today include vinegar and extracts of seaweed.

But back at the basic level, a well balanced and fertile soil and good weather are required to produce the high quality feeds necessary for good farming.

New Zealand is fairly well placed in this regard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mainly due to the extensive application of aerial and ground distribution of fertilisers, replacing limited soil fertility in many areas.

A complete and balanced animal feed programme is pretty dependent on soil fertility as most of the deficiency or illness in animals can be traced back to soil deficiencies and also, the wrong application of fertiliser.

There is a good regime of soil testing available in New Zealand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; again, science taking a major role in improving farm productivity.

Soils are typically examined for characteristics like acids or alkalines, organic matter, or humus, as well as minerals including phosphates, sulphates, calcium, magnesium, potassium â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the list goes on.

This determines fertiliser needs and the end result is a good quality grazing that provides the bulk of stock requirements.

In fact top-dressing can pay off more than once as the trace elements are recycled several times in manure from stock going back into the soil.

Of course, New Zealand has its periods of drought, and supplementary feeds are a necessary commodity in most farming budgets, with palm kernel becoming a standby in recent years alongside hay and silage.

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Ask The Professionals

New financial adviser legislation came into effect on 1 July 2011.

Does it really help investors?

To become an AFA (Authorised Financial Adviser) you have to overcome certain competency hurdles.

There have been people out there giving advice who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass those hurdles, so in that sense, the AFA qualifications will weed out the least competent people in the field. You could argue that it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t weeded out enough, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a step in the right direction.

From an investorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective, the new AFA regulations are an improvement. t By using an AFA qualified adviser, investors have some confidence that that person is professional and meets appropriate standards of competence. t All AFAs are required to comply with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Code of Professional Conductâ&#x20AC;?. t Advisers will have to participate in regular industry training, and maintain a register to prove this, in order to maintain AFA status. t Investors now have a formal complaints process they can use if they think they have been given bad advice.

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The ETS Has Teeth

For those who get it wrong under ETS regime the assessment and penalty makes the Income Tax Act look tame.

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For example, a farmer in Northland has a 3.5 hectare pine forest planted pre-1990, aged 35 years.

Therefore is compulsorily under the ETS. The farmer takes advantage of the current high log prices and fells the forest for timber in 2011 without replanting.

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Plus the farmer has not paid 2,470 units to MAF

by May 31 following the deforestation and is charged $30 per unit as a late payment penalty.

Excluding interest the liability in the assessment is $183,490.

The farmer has 90 days to pay or 30 days to dispute the assessment.

Five years later MAF reviews the area using satellite imagery and notes that the area has been de-forested and is now in pasture.

You have only a short amount of time left to register exemptions or free credits for pre-1990 forests.

MAF issues the landowner with an assessment for a liability of 3,458 carbon units. At current prices the units would cost the farmer approximately

Above is for guidance only and landowners should seek professional assistance in relation to individual circumstances.

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IS YOUR FARM ON THE COAST? The development rights on your farm are dictated by zoning provisions in the District Plan. In Northland many farms are coastal. This means that they will often have coastal zoning in the District Plan rather than rural zoning. In the coastal zones, there are usually more restrictions on what you can do on your land because of the visibility of buildings and landscapes from the coast. By contrast, rural zones tend to be much more permissive in terms of using land and have less controls attaching to them.

Sometimes farmers are alarmed to ďŹ nd that even an outbuilding requires resource consent because the farm is in the coastal zone. So, how do the boundaries of the planning zones get set? District

Councils put out zoning proposals which are based on landscape assessments. Usually, the rule of thumb is that all of the land from the coast back up to the ďŹ rst ridge will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;coastalâ&#x20AC;?. Behind the ridge, â&#x20AC;&#x153;ruralâ&#x20AC;? zones will tend to apply.

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Fishing Hunting Read the paper online

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Kai Iwi Lakes fishing competition The Kai Iwi Lakes fishing competition was held last weekend on the 2nd and 3rd July, attracting 46 anglers from all over the north and as far south as Auckland. This competition is held over a day and a half, finishing with a barbecue and prize giving.

The trout were in an excellent and great condition with 57 fish weighed in for the whole weekend.

The results for this competition are as follows:

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Contestant

1st Prize

Junior Heaviest Trout

1.97kg, Sean Daniels, Bait Fishing

2nd Prize

Junior Heaviest Trout

1.89kg, Mackenzie Dalton, Jigging

3rd Prize

Junior Heaviest Trout

1.36kg, David Daniels, Bait Fishing

1st Prize

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1.82kg, John Leary, Bait Fishing

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2.05kg, Rosemary Allen, Bait Fishing

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2.31kg, Peter Macpherson

1st Prize

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2.14kg, Amber Barron

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Oven to 230° C / Gas 8. Put potatoes into salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Add eggs and boil till hard boiled and potatoes cooked. At the same time steam spinach in a colander above the pan. Steam 1 minute then remove and gently squeeze excess moisture. Drain potatoes, remove eggs, cool, then peel and quarter.

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FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND

Phone 09 439 5219 — Fax 09 439 5719 — P.O. Box 484, Whangarei, Northland email: newzealandfarmers@xtra.co.nz — www.newzealandfarmers.com

Agriculture — our nations foundation

by Ian Walker, President, Farmers of New Zealand

We all need to value our agriculture industries and use them as the foundation to move our nation forward — Ian Walker, President, Farmers of New Zealand Labour’s proposed capital gains tax is more for political effect than a truly courageous move to reform our economy.

Phil Goff is cynically playing with the fear of state asset sales rather than focussing on the real economic issues facing New Zealand.

It’s not the tax system at fault but years of wasted opportunity and poor fiscal spending. Governments are wealth wasters not wealth creators and Labour led governments have historically led the pack.

A retiring Helen Clark viewed the ‘Working for Families’ initiative as one of her key achievements. Placing the majority of New Zealanders on welfare and driving us towards the equivalent of a bankrupt Greek economy is hardly something to be proud of.

However, since the 1960s our nation has slipped down the economic rankings. Wage rates have not kept pace with similar first world countries and despite millions of dollars being poured into economic, social and education programmes, the socioeconomic gaps between rich and poor have ever widened.

The global effect experienced in the last couple of hundred years has rapidly driven technological advancement and innovation. In the 1800s a candle to light your home would cost the average worker a day’s toil, but innovation and technology has developed at such a rate that a similar amount of light costs you less than half a second of work time. Everything you desire or need has got cheaper and more accessible.

Because of this fact, inequality in the last two hundred years has declined worldwide and despite massive increases in population, so has poverty.

The reason the human being has progressed as a species is our ability to specialise, innovate and trade. Stone Age men spent days making their own tools and survived by gathering their own food. The noble savage was generally cold, hungry, ill and died young.

The current National led government is not quite as bad but they continue to follow the well trod path of political meddling rather than demonstrating a clear strategy for the future.

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The last time we had real economic leadership was probably as far back as 1870 when Julius Vogel borrowed 10 million pounds to build a rail network fundamental to building our nation.

Historically, New Zealand’s first world status was the result of pastoral technology and technological innovation like refrigerated shipping. Even today our farming practices, while no longer cheap, are the envy of the world.

Today we consume many ideas and innovations of others from all over the world and no one really understands how to build anything ourselves from scratch. We have gone from self sufficiency to agrarian, to industrial and now to a service-led economy. That’s consumerism and it’s good. Self-sufficiency is a road to poverty and the dark ages. Today only one per cent of the population works in agriculture and 75% offer services like hairdressing, restaurants, movies, radio and finance.

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Agrikid winners A northern regional team has won a national agricultural competition and are New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top AgriKids.

The AgriKidsNZ and TeenAg Grand Finals were held alongside the National Banks Young Farmer of the Year competition in Masterton earlier this month.

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Future Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 10 year old Zoe Cook, and 12-year-olds Benjamin Cook and David Olsen, from Helensville were first across the line in the AgriKids race-off.

All three were surprised, considering none of the team were farm kids, relying upon what they had learned on friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; farms.

The TeenAg competition was taken out by two teenage boys â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Gardyne (17) and Robert Gregory (16) from St Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College.

Known as `Team Waikaka,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the boys were surprised, but `pretty happyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with the win after they thought they had done badly in the initial preliminaries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put a wee bit of preparation in before we came, but we hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;preppedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for the right things,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Robert.

Both come from a farming background and entered because they both hope to be Young Farmer Contestants one day.

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Possum fur shortage The possum fur industry is worth millions and has environmental benefits, but trappers say they are running out of land to work.

The New Zealand Fur Council says that possum fur is a $100 million-a-year industry.

Currently trappers harvest two million possums each year and the council believes that with support from the Government, export growth could double in five years.

Chief executive of Textile NZ, Elizabeth Tennet says the possum industry is packed with potential. She supports the fur council’s call for fur harvesting to be integrated into pest control.

New Zealand is the only country in the world producing possum/merino products, but producers can’t get enough possum to meet demand.

The New Zealand possum industry is the latest to question the parliamentary report into the widespread use of 1080 poison to control possum numbers.

According to the New Zealand Fur Council and Textiles New Zealand, the report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, supporting the use of 1080 poison, failed to recognise commercial possuming was a mechanism for controlling the nation’s pest problem.

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Trials show fur harvesters can make money for themselves while reducing the cost of possum control to ratepayers and taxpayers.

Fur Council chairman, Steve Boot said the council was in talks with Department of Conservation and Animal Health Board, but needed a stronger commitment from them to work with the fur industry.

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PLUS GST

PLUS $500 SS POLARIS ACCESSORIES

Purchase any Polaris Sportsman 549cc and above, and you’ll get $1,000 worth of genuine Polaris accessories FREE!

$6685

*

PLUS GST

PLUS $500 POLARIS ACCESSORIES SS

*Conditions apply. See www.polarisindustries.co.nz for details. Offer ends 30/9/11 or while stocks last. Excludes fleet clients. Sportsman XP shown with over $1,000 worth of accessories.

*Conditions apply. See www.polarisindustries.co.nz for details.

Offer ends 30/9/11 or while stocks last. Shown with over $500 of accessories.

*Offer ends 30/9/11 or earlier if stocks run out. Excludes fleet clients.

Shown with more than $500 of accessories: brushguards, rack extenders, bags & gun scabbard kit.

ROUSE MOTORCYCLES

MAUNGATUROTO MOTORCYCLES LTD

KUMEU CHAINSAW & MOWER

HIKURANGI. PH: 0800 96 36 36.

MAUNGATUROTO. PH: (09) 431 8555.

HUAPAI. PH: (09) 412 8109. www.polarisindustries.co.nz