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right and left mob sides — used when working close to stock. “I also cover other skills that I have found invaluable, like to calmly walk up to within an inch of a sheep’s nose — this gives dogs the confidence to get close and to not be afraid, as well as not rushing in and biting at every opportunity. Stock respect confident dogs.” ‘Careful’ is a command Anna uses to go from a gallop to a trot, from trot to walk, to a very slow walk — saving the stop command for stopping only. She says most people overuse a dog’s stop. “I also explain how I teach a dog ‘casting sides’ and how to ‘run’ a fenceline, which is really handy in both small

and large paddocks and invaluable for teaching a dog ‘distance’. It is a great confidence booster for training a dog to run ‘blind’ when he can’t see any stock.” “For those who attend my clinics I guarantee they will go away inspired and with a few new dog training tricks, as well as a greater understanding of their dogs.” The next clinics will be in Feilding on March 26, Wellsford on April 2, Morrinsville on April 5 and Taupo on April 9. Cost is $100 per person and booking is essential as places are limited. For more information go to annaholland. co.nz or phone 06 212 4848.

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pup, I was totally hooked on rearing and training working dogs.” Anna mated Rod to her Heading bitch, Patricia, and that first litter was the beginning of a lifelong passion for breeding sheepdogs. “Back in those days it was a definite handicap being a woman in the sheep farming industry, however I shepherded for 25 years before trying my hand at other things, but I kept my bitches, bred the odd litter, trained a few pups and helped friends on their farms from time to time.” She also started writing columns for farming publications about the care and training of working farm dogs, and due to the popularity of the columns, Anna wondered if a more hands-on and personal approach would work, hence the Teaching People Dog Training clinics evolved. In the eight years she has been holding the clinics, Anna has presented

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A HARDY BREED Shirley Jenkins is the secretary and herd registrar of the Welsh Black Cattle Society of New Zealand and she and husband Bruce moved into Welsh Black cattle in 1980 as an alternative type of stock for their 600 acres of rolling land, now reduced to 200 acres.

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performance of traditional dairy breeds, they are now essentially a beef animal.” Shirley says they grow well and the stock handle all weather and are versatile for grazing hard country and land with rough feed, and they are a good size for lifestyle block owners. The meat has good flavour with nice marbling. “The cattle are bred all around the country and there is a polled strain as well as the horned ones. They are a good breed for anything really.” Last year the Welsh Black Cattle World Congress was held in New Zealand with 46 people visiting from across the world, including, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Wales. “They are still popular in Wales and have been cross bred with an exotic cow but the farmers there are going back to the original now. A Canadian visitor said they are great for the snow conditions where they live,”

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Better grass, better animals New pasture is more attractive to grazing animals and easier to manage during late spring and early summer, and getting the right mix in autumn sowing simply means smoother farm life ahead. Because new pastures are grazed more uniformly, it’s easier for farmers to control the quantity of residual dry matter when animals are moved. The optimum post-grazing residual means optimum ME regrowth and increased animal performance at the next productive grazing. New pastures consistently produce an average of 0.5 more megajoules of ME/kg DM — on top of the extra dry matter produced by a new pasture. This is due to a higher proportion of desirable species that are later and more uniform flowering with a leafier sward and fewer seed heads produced Most new perennial ryegrass cultivars are available with new endophytes developed to solve particular problems in different regions. The endophyte occurring naturally in New Zealand ryegrass pastures — ‘standard’ or ‘wild’ endophyte — makes its host ryegrass plants resistant to some insect pests.

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machine maintenance and the running costs of owning their own machines. “Spraying crops and crop planting and protection is also what we do. We plant whatever summer crops a farmer needs such as turnips and we are able to spread the effluent on the paddocks prior to planting to feed the soil.” He says regrassing is generally done in autumn and this may be a big year with how dry the season has been. “Although there is an initial outlay for the farm, it is good for them to get a contractor in if they are unable to do the job themselves because getting the job done even though it has been a hard year, can prevent loss in the long run by having crops established on time. “Through spring farmers often don’t

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adds the effects of grazing to estimate the growth of young animals on that pasture. Measuring the nutritive value of a pasture can be done by direct laboratory assessment or by indirect visual assessment. Laboratory measurements include metabolisable energy (ME), digestibility, fibre and protein. How much do animals eat and why? What drives potential intake? The potential feed intake of animals is determined by physiological state (eg pregnancy, lactation, sex) and genetics. The animals’ health and the feed offered determine whether the potential is reached. Intake is influenced by the amount of pasture offered to the animal, commonly estimated as pasture cover, pre-and post-grazing dry matter yield or height The more that is offered, the more

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Ron’s company has recently taken delivery of a shipment of Sechura Reactive Phosphate Rock — and he was at the Port of Tauranga in February to see 2000 tonnes of it discharged for Kiwi Fertiliser from the MV Lolland. “This RPR fertiliser is the gold standard — the real McCoy of RPR. Its natural phosphorus is not acidified before it is spread on to pasture. “It is tested prior to loading in Peru and is above the minimum 10 per cent phosphorus and 30 per cent citric soluble criteria set for New Zealand RPR standards,” says Ron. “The shipment has arrived at the perfect time for autumn top dressing applications.” Because it is extracted from the ancient seabed in the Sechura region of Peru it also contains a lot of calcium, magnesium, sulphur and minor trace nutrients, which are all readily available to plants through the actions of soil life. Although the Sechura is not altered in anyway, Kiwi Fertiliser does add Brimstone 90 — an elemental sulphur — before application to the product to increase phosphorus plant availability. Reduced leaching “The RPR still has all of the colloidal clay attached to it.” Because it is a fine, sandlike substance, Ron says the risk of leaching into waterways is reduced by up to 80 to 90 per cent. The MV. Lolland spent 22 days at sea to bring the product from Peru to Tauranga and the Sechura RPR was discharged in 26 hours from her holds by a giant grab that can hold the equivalent of a full truck-and-trailer load of

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What direction do you choose? A little over four years ago I left the farm after 10 years of farming on the biological trail. Some people thought that to go in that direction you were brave, and others thought you were just plain stupid. There is still a very strong feeling that to take away the dependance of high usage of nitrogen, and more recently palm kernel, would be devastating to many farmers. To even contemplate moving into organics for them would be inconceivable. While regulations stay as they are then these farmers can rest easy and carry on managing their business unchanged. However, whether we like it or not, there is a wind of change blowing and early adopters to this change may well be better prepared for the storm that will inevitably arrive. We may well find that the way that the majority of farms are run will change over the next 5 years.

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New Zealand’s primary sector is the undisputed powerhouse of our economy, set to generate close to $48 billion of export revenue in 2017. Our produce feeds close to 40 million people, making our output of dairy, beef, lamb and arable crops vital, not just to our own economic survival, but to the day-to-day survival of whole nations. The dairy industry especially is poised to surge this year as the global economic environment begins to look more favourable. But playing on the world stage means staying ahead of the game in terms of best practices, and this vital part of the primary sector is working through a raft of farm by farm infrastructure changes to boost the quality of our finished product, and hence its desirability on the open market. Dairy farmers already face strict environmental restrictions, imposed by local council bodies, with regard to the treatment, storage and usage of effluent. Part of the force driving change toward better practices in this regard is the perception of, and interaction with, the wider public — a public relations and image push which prioritises cleaner waterways and an understanding that the industry is working hard to decrease its environmental footprint. Great success in this overhaul of

effluent containment and reuse as fertiliser is often under-reported, but with the application of science and an investment in new tech, farms are becoming cleaner and greener than ever. To keep up with the expectations of the global market, the dairy industry has been extremely pro-active in self regulation. Measures such as ensuring better, healthier water supplies have come not from without but from within, with initiatives for water purity spearheaded by industry giant Fonterra seeing new standards propagated and enforced, making diary sheds more hygienic places. To further ensure the quality of milk at collection, the next phase of the compliance programme to come into effect looks to centre around milk chiller plant and equipment. New rules set to come into play in 2018 will require a faster cooldown for milk, direct from the cow to the pre-chiller

to the vat. This may require an overhaul of some of the nation’s ‘fleet’ of chillers, and the appropriation of new tech such as ice banks, improved heat exchangers and pre-cooling add-ons. The upshot

of all this investment, however, will be a more robust brand image for New Zealand’s dairy products — something which will bring tangible gains and more leverage at the trading table.

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Last month we talked about preventative trimming. This month I want to go a step further and talk about lame cows. Remember how we said that the outer claw is often higher than the inner claw? That means that the outer claw will carry a greater part of the weight. When it carries more weight the live tissue inside that outer claw is under more stress than the inner claw. When a cow gets laminitis (a disease in the foot that damages the blood vessels of the claw and weakens the live tissue), the outer claw will suffer more because of this extra stress. So when we trim this claw preventatively, we spread the weight evenly over the two claws and the effects of the disease will be minimised. If a cow got to the point where the outer claw became too badly affected and ended up lame, then we need to go further. If this claw suffered more because of the extra pressure, then the logical thing to do for this cow is to minimise the pressure as much as we can. We lower that claw even further so that the outer claw ends up being lower than the smaller claw. In this case the inner claw will end up taking a bigger part of the weight. You may ask now how that can help a cow because the inner claw is going to be overstressed and will end up going lame. That would be true if the outer claw had to deal with this extra pressure for a long time, like two or three months. But because the outer claw will grow back in time it is not an issue. Having trimmed the outer claw thinner the live tissue inside this claw is getting rest and can heal up again. Taking the pressure off the wound is the key to overcoming lameness and most people know this. We often see lame cows that have been trimmed by a staff member, where the wound has been dug out. The philosophy is that you take the weight away from the wound and spread it out over the rest of that claw. That is

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important are fats. Some fats are inflammatory and worsen arthritis. Some are anti-inflammatory and reduce the inflammatory part of arthritis. Others are relatively neutral. Animal fats are high in arachidonic acid which increases inflammatory eicosanoids and tend to push the body to an inflammatory state. This is especially true for grain-fed meat and dairy. Fortunately our predominantly grass-fed meat and dairy has a more neutral impact on inflammation. As a rule I would use lean meat cuts and moderate dairy fats. Next time we look at omega-3 and 6 and see the importance of maintaining a low ratio of omega-6 to 3. If you have arthritis you should work to a personalised programme for best results. John Arts (B.Soc.Sci, Dip Tch, Adv. Dip.Nut.Med) is a nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health Ltd. For personalised advice, contact John on 0800 423559 or email john@abundant.co.nz. Join his full weekly newsletter at www.abundant. co.nz.

Part two: I was recently contacted by someone with osteoarthritis in her hands, feet and hips. After detailed analysis we made some changes to her diet and supplement programme. She was taking a supplement which combined fish oil and various antioxidants. While this product had many beneficial ingredients, the amount of active omega-3 was lower than I recommend. We added my stabilised fish oil at 6,000mg daily and higher doses of my chondroitin/glucosamine/ curcumin supplement. The results have been excellent. Her joints have much improved and she is especially thrilled with her feet, as these were starting to cause real problems. The key to improved joint health is being prepared to experiment and use a process of elimination. In this case she was taking omega-3 — we just changed the doses. She was taking a joint supplement — what we did was to use different doses and combinations. There are many diet changes that can help arthritis. By far the most

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