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April 2012 Edition
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Crowd numbers topped close to 39,000 at this year’s Central Districts Field Days
Central Districts Field Days event manager Cheryl Riddell said crowd numbers were well up on the previous year. “It was fabulous weather for the field days,” said Ms Riddell. “And we had 542 exhibitors which is the biggest it’s ever been.” The newly introduced Taste of Central Districts marquee proved popular, giving field days visitors an opportunity to sample food and beverages from local producers “This was very successful and is something to build on,” said Ms Riddell. Several competitions were held during the three-day event. Blair Duncan, a civil engineer from Otago, won the 2012 National Excavator Operator competition. Manawatu police officer Sam Scott was runner-up, and last year’s winner Matthew Hareb from Taranaki placed third. Competitors from all over the central
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Cool summer impacts crop yields
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There may be surplus grass and plenty of hay around the region this year but the weather’s impact on crops has resulted in poor yields. “On the whole, yields are poor this year,” said Federated Farmers grain and seed vice-chairperson Hew Dalrymple. The devastating storm that hit Taranaki in March has affected around 90 percent of maize crops with entire paddocks in some areas flattened by gusts of wind that reached up to 140kmph. Mr Dalrymple said although a reasonable portion of the maize is still being harvested in the Taranaki, production figures will be down. A wet summer with lower than A wet spring and summer has impacted on crop yields this year average temperatures has also affected crops in the Manawatu and Rangitikei The wet summer also meant green feeds districts. were drowned out resulting in lower than average “Although the Manawatu and Rangitikei had no production. issues with wind, a cool season has put everything “It’s been a slow season right through,” said at least two, possibly three weeks later,” said Mr Mr Dalrymple. Dalrymple. “And there is always the risk of frost.” “All crops across the board have been Although the unseasonal weather could have a affected. downstream effect on winter crops and less stock “Naturally, low yields will impact financially.” feed grown this winter, the regular rainfall through Crops had a late start in spring as constant rain summer has seen more supplements on hand this delayed planting. year than usual.
“There’s been an excellent amount of hay and silage made,” said Manawatu/Rangitikei Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard. “That’s certainly a positive.” For dairy farmers the delay in harvesting maize also means grass will be sown later than usual. “We could be six to eight weeks later getting cows onto it,” said Mr Hoggard. “This also applies to sheep and beef farmers who will be facing the same challenges.”
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April 2012 Taranaki/Manawatu
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The alpaca are a different story with Maggie confessing to not being able to resist the long curly eyelashes — not to mention the fineness of their fibre which she uses for felting, blending and textile art.
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Sharon said friends soon learned of her cheesemaking passion after sampling her cheese and a couple of them asked her to show them the basics. This led to holding workshops on request. As a qualified teacher, Sharon is able to turn her cheese-making process into a day of fun for those attending her workshops. “I was hooked again — only this time for passing on my knowledge,” she said. “I want to be able to inspire people to make cheese at home on a regular basis for their family. “For me it’s about the resurrection of old skills.” “I’m sure that if I had been born 200 years earlier, I would have learnt this skill from my grandmother.” Sharon hopes that through her cheesemaking passion, the next generation will have a few more cheesemakers.
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An edible by Denise Gunn
Manawatu’s Edible Garden owner/manager Sarah Frater grew up on a farm and has always loved the outdoors.
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Nationwide focus on quad bike safety As part of its nationwide quad bike safety campaign, Department of Labour health and safety inspectors will again be visiting farms in an effort to reduce accidents. Last year 400 farms were visited during the autumn round of the campaign with nearly one third of those issued with a written warning or improvement notice. In the spring campaign almost one half of the 503 farms visited received written warning or improvement notices. Department of Labour central division general manager Ona de Rooy said inspectors also talk to farmers about the four key safety steps and provide them with copies of the Quad Bike Safety Guidelines. “Our hope is that we will see a sustained improvement from farmers,” said Ms de Rooy.
“Farms are workplaces and farmers must remember that they have a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of their staff.” According to Department of Labour statistics, an average of 850 people are injured each year and five people killed as a result of quad bike accidents. “We encourage farmers and their workers to go through a quad bike rider training course,” said Ms de Rooy. “This is the best way to ensure people learn the skills they need to ride safely.” In a joint effort to focus on the prevention of accidents through competency and training, FarmSafe in association with Agriculture ITO (AgITO), introduced the Quad Bike Farm Licence in August 2010. The Quad Bike Farm Licence consists of a practical training package covering safe quad bike riding practices.
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“The aim was to provide a robust method of ascertaining that not only have people undertaken training and been assessed against the standards, but also that participants are required to answer a set of questions designed to test their knowledge of the Department of Labour’s guidelines,” said FarmSafe national manager Grant Hadfield.
“This helps people understand what is seen as taking all practicable steps under the act and also what their responsibilities are.” The FarmSafe’s Quad Bike Farm Licence is issued after graduates successfully complete the training and assessment process.
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Lots of action at tractor pulls by Denise Gunn
each year at the Hawera A. & P. Show, the Southern Field Days, the Central Districts Field Days and Mystery Creek Field Days. The three classes held at these competitions include: standard for agricultural tractors with no modification; pre85 for restored machines; and modified. The top three placegetters in each of these sections qualify for the national finals held at Mystery Creek. “We have run two other non-qualifying events this year — Edendale and Reporoa,” said Mr Coy. “Next year will likely see Reporoa being included into the qualifying competitions, subject to AGM approval.” The TPNZ committee encourages anyone interested in tractor pulling to contact them and become involved. “Contracting can be very isolated when you are out there in the middle of a paddock by yourself, so it’s about building up the camaraderie and having fun,” said Mr Coy.
Tractor pulling is gaining in popularity in New Zealand with several competitions now held around the country
Tractor pulling is steadily gaining recognition in New Zealand with the formation of Tractor Pull New Zealand Inc (TPNZ) The motor sport, which is extremely popular in Europe, USA and Australia, tests the ability of machines and drivers to pull a computerised weight over a distance of 100 metres. TPNZ chairman Vaughan Coy said a revolutionary new sled, designed by Karel van Loo, introduced a new style of tractor pulling to New Zealand in 2008.
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Young farmer regional winner gearing up for Grand Final “I attempted to learn to shear sheep, touched up some finer points of fencing by competing in the Young Farmer regional fencing competition, and tried to keep up-to-date with my general knowledge.” “Some things went my way and I must have had a bit of luck,” said Brad. As eventual runner-up, Nigel Will from the Marton Club in the Rangitikei had racked up 46 points in the question buzzer rounds, Brad said he wasn’t very confident heading into the last round. “Going into the last couple of rounds it was neck and neck and I thought he’d just keep going, but I must have just managed to squeeze through.” The win has meant Brad and his partner Laura Kidd have had to put their international travel plans on hold. The couple were planning to travel to France mid-May but with the Grand Final being held in Dunedin the same month, will delay their trip until after the contest. Brad said he will be putting in a lot of extra study before the Grand Final as he knows he’s up against some tough competition. “They’ve all done well before too.” “I’ll be putting in a fair bit of work so I don’t get embarrassed at Grand Final,” he said. While preparing for the Grand Final, Brad also intends to have fun and learn skills along the way.
by Denise Gunn
This year’s Taranaki/ Manawatu regional winner of The National Bank Young Farmer Contest, Brad Lewis, is in his third season managing his family’s Horowhenua dairy farm The twenty-six-year old grew up on his family’s asparagus farm in the Horowhenua. During his high school years he became involved with the dairy industry through his work as a relief milker on several dairy farms in the district. After completing a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours at Lincoln University, Brad then took up a position on a dairy farm in Canterbury. Four years ago, Brad’s family got into dairy farming and he moved back to the Horowhenua to take up a managing position on the property. Brad’s family currently milk a total of 900 cows, with Brad milking 500 cows on 170 hectares between Levin and Foxton. An additional 120 hectares are used as a runoff to graze young stock and carry-over cows. The farm’s Friesian and crossbred mixed herd should produce 192,000
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Can phosphate requirements be reduced? Dr Bert Quin, fertiliser and soil fertility consultant
Farming today faces new pressures. On the one hand, good production levels are necessary for farm profitability. On the other hand, the levels of fertiliser input this requires can lead to nutrient enrichment of streams, rivers and lakes. What to do? We have to focus more on just what happens to fertiliser nutrients after application, and find out what loss mechanisms can be reduced. Ironically, with phosphate (P) we have problems at both ends of the spectrum. On many soils, and particularly the allophanic ash soils, P is ‘fixed’ onto aluminium (Al) on the surface of soil clay particles. These soils used to be called highly ‘P-retentive’. It is fashionable in some quarters today to say they have a ‘high P storage capacity’, but this is a misnomer. As your dictionary says, a store is somewhere you put something
until you need it, and can then take it out of. However the P fixed on clay particles, especially allophone, just gets stuck, retained, or fixed (any of these words are accurate), more and more tightly, more and more deeply under Al, over time. Even when you stop putting maintenance P on, the rate at which P is ‘desorbed’ into plant-available form is far, far too slow to maintain good production. ‘Stored’ indeed! The great Joe Karlovsky from MAF’s Ruakura Research Station calculated over 40 years ago that to maintain a
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Small, frequent applications of P would greatly reduce the risk of runoff, but at prohibitive cost. A far better solution is to find ways to reduce the amount of P that gets fixed in the soil, so we don’t have to put as much on in the first place. Very exciting research in this area is being done in several countries, with very promising results. In Vietnam for example, where I have been involved in research into improving fertiliser efficiency for eight years, the treatment of DAP with ‘anti-fixing’ additives has literally halved P requirements for rice grown on acid soils. Another option is to use part of the P in slow-release form such as RPR. The P from RPR is not soluble in water, so is far less prone to loss in run-off. This fact is recognized in Overseer. Another part of the solution is to apply fertiliser in fluidised form, so it quickly gets below the surface.
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Award-winners set sights on business growth by Denise Gunn
Having a good attitude, especially towards their livestock, is just one of the successful strategies of this year’s Manawatu/Rangitikei/Horowhenua Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year contest winners, Shaun and Liza Connor The couple, now into their third season 50% sharemilking for the Wyke Partnership near Shannon, have produced 85,000kg MS from their 242 crossbred herd over the past two seasons. “This year we are forecasting 96,000kg MS with only two and a half months to go,” said Shaun. “We take pride in our livestock and believe they perform at their best when their needs are met as fully as possible.” The Wyke partnership is the trading name of Massey University lecturer John Gardner and his family. The 83-hectare farm has been in the
Shaun and Liza Connor after receiving their award
Gardner family for several generations. A runoff, close to the farm, is also leased to graze young stock and to harvest pasture silage. Palm kernel is used to fill in gaps. Shaun and Liza first met while they were both working in Australia. Shaun was employed as a stockman on a large cattle station in Northern Territory while Australian-born Liza was working in the administration area of an aboriginal community. Liza had also worked as a remote area nurse in outback Australia and is currently a registered nurse at Palmerston North hospital. Prior to taking up their present sharemilking position, the couple were managing 1300 cows in Canterbury. “The seed of our business came from taking livestock (calves) as part of the wages,” said Shaun. “After all, it’s about determination.” This year was the second time the couple had entered the awards and found the analysis and judgement invaluable to the future of their farm business. “You can’t help but become more aware of your farm business when you have to present every
Manawatu/Rangitikei/Horowhenua Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year contest winners, Shaun and Liza Connor with their 15-month-old son Oliver on the farm
aspect to the judges,” he said. As well as taking out the regional Farmer of the Year category, the couple won the Westpac Business Performance; Naylor Lawrence Financial and Farm Records; and LIC Recording and Productivity merit awards this year. Working in the dairy industry has given Shaun and Liza a greater opportunity to be their own boss. “There’s a real pull-together attitude in the industry, perhaps personified by the Dairy Industry Awards and all the great sponsors that get behind them,” he said. “There is nowhere else where an industry co-operates and pulls together in the same way.”
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Shaun and Liza, with their 15-month old son Oliver and second child due in April, plan to stay on for a fourth season with the Wyke Partnership before looking for the next opportunity for business growth on their path towards eventual farm ownership. The couple are looking towards a 400600 cow position for 1 June 2013. “We will be sad to leave John and this farm but we must keep moving forward until we own our own land,” said Shaun. “Part of the motivation for entering the Dairy Industry Awards was to help us find this next step.” The New Zealand Dairy Awards final will be held in Auckland on May 12.
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out. He has also established his own registered stud, Rangi Holsteins. The entire Taylor family are involved with dairy farming and travel together to show their dairy cattle at several events in the North Island. Dwayne said the shows provide an opportunity for him to meet people, especially those with similar interests. The youth exchanges Dwayne has attended have also provided a chance for him to meet people and further his knowledge. Last year Dwayne was selected for the Romanac Victorian All Breeds Youth Camp. This annual trip sponsored by Trevor and Betty Jones, enabled Dwayne to attend the Victorian All Breeds Youth Camp in Australia. The week-long camp was held at the Melbourne Showgrounds and covered a variety of topics relating to health, safety, animal husbandry and showmanship. “I was the only Kiwi, the rest were Australian,” said Dwayne. More recently Dwayne returned from the Victorian Exchange where he attended the International Dairy Week (IDW). The IDW is the largest annual dairy cattle show and sale in the southern hemisphere. “The International Dairy Week was a
Taranaki dairy farm worker Dwayne Taylor competing at this year’s New Zealand Dairy Event in Feilding.
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Many spring calving herds generally produce only 30-35% of their milk after December, often due to low milk yields in the latter part of lactation and/or short lactations. This indicates there may be an opportunity to increase farm income through a combination of higher daily yields later on, and extending days in milk for another 20-40 days. The extra milk produced will increase farm profitability, as its value exceeds the marginal cost of producing it, as overheads have already been covered. There would also be a carry over benefit to the next lactation if feeding supplements also increase condition scores at drying off. There are an increasing range of supplements being offered to dairy farmers, of widely varying nutritional value and handling characteristics. These can be used effectively to reduce feed costs whether purchased on their own, in blends or meals, according to feed storage, handling and feeding facilities and equipment on individual farms. There are a number of potential pitfalls when purchasing and using unfamiliar feeds that need to be considered. High moisture feed prices should be converted to a dry matter and energy basis, and allowances made for losses in handling and storage, to gain a better understanding of their costs. Care needs to be exercised with many of the energy density predictions based on laboratory analyses, as these may be incorrect if based on inappropriate calibrations or calculations. Many of the supplements available are not complete feeds, being by-products of some food or other manufacturing process. Therefore, it is important to understand their nutritional
composition, to identify how best they can be included in a balanced ration. This will also help minimise any risks associated with feeding some high risk feeds, such as those containing high levels of rapidly degradable starch or sugar, which could lead to acidosis. Supplementary feeds can comprise a significant part of the daily ration, often exceeding 15% on a dry matter basis. The higher the proportion of supplements, which includes maize or whole crop silages, and the lower the proportion of pasture, then the more imbalanced rations can become. It is common to balance for protein, but less so for the major trace minerals and vitamins, which can significantly compromise production, health and fertility. Therefore, it is important to seek sound advice on the best products to avoid or correct any imbalances, which can easily be determined using a reliable feed rationing programme. If supplementary feeds are fed in troughs in paddocks, on feed pads or in barns, then appropriate mineral and if necessary vitamin balancers can be added to or mixed in with these. It is slightly more difficult to include minerals if feeding supplements in milking sheds, unless these have been blended and pelleted, as there may be risks of blockages or separation if inappropriate grades, ie too fine, of minerals have been used. This may be the case with mixes made on farm, added to which is the risk of inaccurate weighing and mixing. Therefore, it will generally be safer to use products specially formulated for this purpose.
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2012 game bird hunting season prospects A relatively wet summer and autumn has ensured most of the Taranaki region’s wetlands are well topped up with water and ready for the opening of the 2012 game bird hunting season, which begins at 6.30am on Saturday, May 5.
Mallard and grey duck Regular spring rainfall provided good conditions for brood rearing and sizeable clutches of mallard and grey duck were observed right through until late December. Good growing conditions over summer produced abundant food supplies for ducks leading to an excellent survival of the fledged juveniles. The traditional opening weekend pond shooting over decoys should be well worthwhile, but walk-up shooting along streams and rivers and on farm oxidation ponds will be a good alternative. Talk with local farmers about the location of river pools that are summer camp sites for mallards.
Paradise shelduck January 2012 counts of moulting paradise shelduck indicate that populations remain stable at good levels in the Waimarino, Whanganui and Taranaki ringplain areas, while numbers were lower than average in Whangamomona, Tahora, Okau, Ahititi and Mohakatino. But with 22,000 paradise shelduck counted at the 81 sites visited, there will be plenty of birds available for hunters.
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While shoveler duck are not common in Taranaki, a record 451 birds were counted on coastal dune lakes and ponds in the region during the national survey carried out in early August 2011. Hunters may encounter small numbers of these fast flying birds on coastal wetlands and they make good
eating despite their small size. Hunters must ensure they differentiate them from grey teal, which are fully protected.
Black swan Black swan are most common on coastal dune lakes and ponds. The local population is thought to consist of resident birds, plus a migratory component that flies to and from Farewell Spit. With a daily bag limit of one bird per hunter, swan is a good bonus bird for hunters.
Pukeko Pukeko are most common within Taranaki province. Seven years of driveby counts in the region have shown that the pukeko population remains stable, with habitat decreasing in some areas as a result of wetland drainage and increasing elsewhere due to the benefits of streamside riparian planting.
Pheasant and California quail Habitat has been much reduced for these species, but there are still areas where a mix of pine forest, native bush, gorse and barberry provide good hunting opportunities. A personal approach to farmers may result in access for hunting. Permits to hunt in Whanganui and Wellington coastal pine forests can also be obtained from the Whanganui office of Fish & Game. Taranaki Fish & Game Council wish all regional hunters a safe and successful season.
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Farming facing a lost generation by Bill Guest, Operations Director, Farmers of New Zealand
In a press release last week, the banks have now decided they believe farming is under threat of a lost generation, because young people are not turning to farming as a career. Banks are now planning to make available special financial loans to encourage emerging future farmers. No doubt this will include future sharemilkers In our agricultural history over the last hundred years, thousands of young men and women began their farming careers starting on wages. Those who chose the dairy industry worked on wages followed later on by 29%, 39% and 50/50 sharemilking agreements with dairy farm owners. It is generally accepted that sharemilking originated from the Scottish concept of share farming and was melded with the American share-cropping arrangement in the 1880s to produce an agreement which has led to the development and institutionalisation of sharemilking in the New Zealand dairy industry. In 1937, the Sharemilking Agreements Act was introduced by statute of Parliament. This lower order sharemilking Act allowed young men and women to be independent contractors, without having to own dairy cows to enter into the New Zealand dairy industry. Many over the years have purchased their own farms. The Sharemilking Agreements Order 2011 has been ratified by Parliament and while there have been some changes to dividend related payments, it is still, we believe, the best performance related employment agreement available for dairy farm owners today, when employing
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an employee in a farming management position. As the farm manager, the sharemilker is responsible for the employment of staff and the farm owner is not subject to concerns about staff employment, the involvement of statutory and annual holidays, sick leave and ACC payments. All this is the responsibility of the sharemilker. The farm owner still controls the farming business under a sharemilking agreement and he is comforted by the knowledge that if he has a good sharemilker and production increases, the remuneration for the farm owner and sharemilker reflects the benefit. Some dairy farmers pay their employee managers on a kilogram of milk solids basis. This is called a Walsh type of agreement. In doing so they run the risk of the IRD not accepting that the employees are deemed as independent contractors and have sought PAYE reimbursement payments from farmer employers, who have entered such contract agreements. There is a big difference between the
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