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The vacant land where St Mary’s Church hall once stood belongs to the church. A community meeting held in April gathered people’s thoughts and visions for a garden. It followed a conversation between St Mary’s Church Parish, Taranaki Enviroschools and Sustainable Taranaki.
Alice said a ceremony took place that involved a number of school students and community members. “High school
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During the last working bee, more garden beds were created. A school holiday programme also saw the addition of a worm farm.
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Former produce bins donated by Pak’nSave have been repurposed to become raised planters. The first day of planting took place on Friday, July 1. “Our planting for Puanga.”
“We’ve had a combination of working bees and workshops. We regularly have school groups and members of the community working in the garden. People can call in to weed and deliver materials any time.
Hawera High School students, community members and IDEA Services regularly attend working bees at the garden
The site received a double blessing. Kaumātua Sandy Parata from local iwi performed the first. A second blessing with the wider community was carried out by Reverend Shirley-Anne Flynn of St Mary’s Church.
“The garden is about sharing and providing people with skills they can apply at home or teach their whānau. We are working together for the wellbeing of everyone.”
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In May, the first working bee drew pupils from Tawhiti School, Hāwera High School and community members. Alice said close to 70 children helped with various“Bunningstasks.Warehouse Hāwera supplied the timber and supported tamariki to build the planters and the front fence.”
student Bon Richardson began the proceedings with a karakia.”
In just four months, a bare section next to St Mary’s Church in Hāwera has been transformed into a bustling community garden.
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Plants for the garden were donated by a local retired minister and avid horticulturalist David Self. Donations have been ongoing with seedlings gifted by Peter and Lynne Newell of Garden Edge in Hāwera.
A kai cupboard for sharing produce with the community is about to be built on the 700 square metre site too.
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“It’s about creating community and bringing back that sense of community and those connections we have lost. It’s about creating food and a bountiful garden, but it’s also about building friendships, learning from one another, and passing on knowledge.”
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“Following a composting workshop, there are now material sorting bins where people can deliver organic materials such as cardboard, coffee grounds, lawn clippings, egg shells and manure.”
South Taranaki community garden coordinator Alice Arnold of Sustainable Taranaki said the meeting’s outcome was to create a community project. Assistance from the Tindall Foundation helped to get the project underway.
As a fit, experienced tramper, who is at ease in the outdoors, Mitch wasn’t daunted by the move from pruning to possum trapping.
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Following a 40-year career in horticulture, Taranaki gardener Mitch Graham has joined the team at Towards Predator-Free Taranaki.
Former head gardener Mitch Graham is enjoying the switch from Tūpare Gardens to predator control
“I’ve had the opportunity to go to places like Little Barrier Island and Fiordland and see what success looks like with predator control. So I thought, I can do this.
“The level of fitness is similar. I guess I was doing CrossFit in the garden, whereas here I’m doing more power walking.”
“The opportunity came up, and I thought do I want to sink my teeth into something else for the next eight years or so until I retire.
“I’m learning a heck of a lot about pests and technology and traps, and knowing how these predators operate — that’s been a big learning curve.”
“I realised yes, I want to take on something that the whole country is behind and is really going to make a difference. I’m not really in a position to stop the glaciers melting, but I can certainly get out there and give our flora and fauna a big chance of winning the battle against these pests.”
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Each trap on the barrier is equipped with wireless nodes. Mitch and the team remotely monitor what is happening with the traps and if anything has been caught.
“We’re stoked to have him on board. He has a genuine passion for our environment and shares our commitment to removing predators and helping our native species thrive.”
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He loves his new job, though. His new position enables him to get out into the Pukeiti rainforest on the edge of the Kaitake Range, looking after close to 800 traps that form the barrier. The Zero Possum project aims to eradicate possums completely from the 4,500ha area, which covers Pukeiti down to the coast.
The past 16 years have seen Mitch working as head gardener of New Plymouth’s Tūpare Gardens. When the opportunity came up to help give Taranaki’s native species a fighting chance against predators, he grabbed it.
“I’m amazed by how skilled and knowledgeable the staff in the PredatorFree and wider Council Environment Services team are,” said Mitch.
Mitch will work with the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki field staff, focussing mainly on the Kaitake Zero Possum project.
Mitch admits it wasn’t an easy decision as he had been instrumental in transforming Tūpare into a worldclass“I’dgarden.belying if I said I don’t miss it because it was such a part of me for such a long time.”
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The couple bought the original 300ha from Glennis’s parents, Jack and June Curtis, in 2002. Glennis grew up on the property while Walter lived down the road on a sheep and beef farm in Pokohura.
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“In earlier years, hundreds of lambs were lost to pigs. The Pease boys are all keen hunters and have got the pig numbers pretty low now. It’s about 120 odd per cent lambing, depending on how many the wild pigs get.”
“Cows and calves are kept on the better country until bulls are pulled out.
“The R3 heifers are mated to Hereford bulls from Riverlee Stud, owned by Glennis’s brother and sister-in-law, Murray and Fiona Curtis.
Rabone, who live on the Mangare block with their three children.
A farm view towards Mount Taranaki
alter, Glennis and their four children farm the property, which covers more than 2,000ha near Whangamomona. Half of their farm is in native bush, 250ha is easier fattening country, and the rest is rugged and steep.
Earthmoving contract work around Whangamomona, Pohokura and Matau districts keeps Walter employed full-time. However, he also helps on the farm too, particularly during mustering, shearing andWalterdocking.said their Romney/Perendale ewes are left to themselves over lambing, but wild pigs have been a signficant problem in the past.
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A further 1,700ha, the Mangare Road farm, was purchased from the Harre family in 2012. This year an additional 80ha was sold to the couple by the Forsyth family. Walter and Glennis employ a stock manager and his wife, Greg and Leanne
Male lambs and cull ewe lambs are all processed through AFFCO. Their Hereford/ Friesian/Angus cross cows calve behind wires on the easier country, and all calves are tagged at birth.
All mixed-aged cows go to a Simmental bull, and all the progeny are sold store on-farm at 15 to 18 months of age.
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Opening the farm gate of their east Taranaki hill country farm has enabled the Pease family to share their piece of paradise with horse-trekkers, mountain bikers, trail bike riders and hikers.
The farming operation is a team effort between the Pease and Rabone families. “All kids help out on the farm. All hands are on deck, and everyone does their
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The new woolshed is also proving handy as the catering venue with the business enterprise Glennis has“Ourestablished.daughter Kate came up with the idea of running a horse-trekking business after some visitors kept saying how awesome the tracks and scenery were,” saidWalterGlennis.completed another six kilometres of new tracks to join their two properties up, and the family set up Forgotten Ridge Trails.
“We wouldn’t have got to where we are without help from great neighbours, friends and family.”
“We whipped up a few signs out of some old tōtora lying around, got Walter’s sister Bronwyn Muir, who owns On Farm Safety, to come up with a health and safety plan and started spreading the word,” said Glennis.
During the past 12 years, farm improvements have included covered yards, cattle yards, implement sheds and a five-stand woolshed. Close to two kilometres of new conventional fencing is usually completed annually.
bit, either in the woolshed at shearing or mustering and docking. The farm wouldn’t run as well as it does without this. Everyone comes together.
“We are lucky to have such a great partnership with Greg and Leanne. It’s a fantastic lifestyle to be able to bring the kids up on a farm and even better when you can work alongside them. That’s important to both Walter and I, and Greg and Leanne too.
Local dog trial enthusiasts, particularly the Murphy family, also help out at docking by mustering the back of the farm.
“We have about 90 per cent calving, depending on how many cows get gravity sickness over the winter,” he said.
From left: Glennis and Walter with their four children, Reuben, Sam, Kate and Darren
“This summer, we had 87 horses through. Some stay in the musterers hut over the back, and others at the woolshed. With over 50km of track through farmland and bush, there’s enough to keep them busy for a couple of Theirdays.”first annual trail bike ride drew more than 200 riders. “We’ve had nothing but great feedback from the public so far. Common sense on a farm always helps.”
From left: Walter, Darren, Rueben and Sam shearing with Kate rousing
“They also flick us the odd dog that they no longer require,” said Walter. “We love to have people coming out to do the trails, and it gives us great pleasure to share what we have.”
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“We rear around 40 to 50 Herefordcross beef calves each year and sell them on at 18 months old. These are sold through the Stratford saleyards. We reared 150 calves, including Jersey bulls,
“The cows go to the runoff in winter as it’s a bit drier down in Toko. We have nothing on the home farm over the winter, just youngstock on the hill block.
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“I didn’t get the right marks at school to pursue a career as a vet but was always really keen to be a farmer, so I wasn’t tooOnbothered.”leavingsecondary school, Bradley worked as a farm assistant on a property where some of his former schoolmates also worked.
last season and sold some four-day-old Friesian bulls as well as rearing some through to on-sell at 100kgs.”
The combination of an average annual rainfall of 1,500mm and swamp land on the farm’s flat areas presents challenges. However, strategic fencing around drains and wetlands makes farm management easier.
Operating as a closed unit dairy farm, the 117ha Douglas property calves a herd of 223 Friesian and Jersey cows on a 63ha milking platform. Calves and Hereford beef stock graze on a 54ha hill block on the back of the home farm. Another 52ha in Toko is used as a runoff and support block.
Growing up in a sharemilking family steered Bradley Bullot’s career direction towards dairy farming.
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s a youngster, Bradley had his heart set on becoming a veterinarian, although farming remained firmly in the back of his mind.
When the opportunity to start a plumbing and drainlaying apprenticeship came up, Bradley decided to sign up. He completed the five-year apprenticeship in 2019.“Ithought it would be quite good to do something to fall back on. It’s helpful on the farm too.” The 27-year-old is now 2IC on an eastern Taranaki dairy farm
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belonging to his wife Melissa’s parents, Dawson and Donna Coupe.
“I went to two different farming jobs when I left school. The first was up Mangorei Road and then out at Oakura. I learnt a lot.”
“We milk on the flats, and the steeper country out the back is used for the drystock and youngstock,” said Bradley.
Brad is 2IC on the 117ha dairy unit
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Among Bradley’s goals is to achieve an ideal work-life balance, to spend quality time with his young son Beauden, and eventually reach farm ownership.
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“We want to own our own farm one day, so we are taking the steps to get there financially.”
“I just like farming in general, especially calving, because you get to see what you’ve done for the past 12 months, and
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“We live in a valley, so we get quite cold frosts during the winter and early spring periods. In summer, we get up to 35°C sometimes. We don’t get a lot of wind as it’s quite sheltered in the valley.”
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Hay and silage are cut on the runoff. Meal and molasses are fed to the cows in the shed. During the past season, the herd produced 114,950kgMS.
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Bradley joined Inglewood Young Farmers at 18. On moving to eastern Taranaki six years ago, he became a member of Central Taranaki Young Farmers. At the last AGM in October 2021, Bradley was elected clubAlongchairman.withtwo other Taranaki finalists, Bradley represented the region in the 2022 Taranaki/Manawatū Young Farmer of the Year regional final. It was Bradley’s second competition, and he recommends other members give it a go.
“Even if you think you don’t know a lot, just get out there and give your district competition a go. You will learn
“I’ve been a member of Central for the past six years. I enjoy meeting people with similar interests and learning stuff. You learn skills that you don’t learn on the farm. I’ve learnt things from different people when going on farm walks too.”
“For 214 cows, that’s about 537kgMS per cow or 1,824kgMS per ha,” saidStudiesBradley.have continued with Bradley recently completing a Primary ITO level five livestock management production course.
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On arrival in New Zealand, Nick entered the dairy industry as a farm assistant near Whanganui. In 2017 he took up a herd manager position on a Rangitīkei farm. It was while working in this job that he won the 2019 Manawatū Dairy Trainee of the Year“Thataward.was the fuel I needed to keep the desire on achieving my goals and keep the fire burning with how much I love doing what I’ve been doing for the last years.” Brett Edgcombe. Nick is now in his second year as farm manager for the Butlers. Nick enjoys a round of golf and playing basketball BY DENISE GUNN
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“A big influence was my dad, who works on the business side of agriculture in the Philippines,” said Nick.
A move to Taranaki followed as Nick began working as assistant farm manager on a Hāwera farm, managed by sharemilker
Agriculture always topped Nick’s list of career choices, and he narrowed this down to dairying farming. Nick holds a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness from Xavier University in the Philippines.
Winning the Taranaki Dairy Manager of the Year title gave Nick the confidence to keep moving forward.
Off-farm Nick can be found playing basketball or golf. The 27-year-old is also a Surfing for Farmers member in Opunake.
Farming is a way of life for Nick
Also, I encountered an accident where I almost lost my pinky finger just by being tired and not thinking straight while I’m on the “Throughjob. bad experiences come good learnings, and I managed to get myself back up and am now enjoying the fruit of my hard work and resilience.
Sometimes conditions are too much, sometimes it’s perfect, sometimes we feel like it’s a bit short and we need more.”
“The lifestyle of being outside is one of the things I enjoy about farming. My goal now is to save as much equity as I can and use that to start contract milking or lower order sharemilking.”
In the past, Nick experienced racism and bullying by co-workers.
He plans to work another year as manager, strengthening his skills in preparation for higher-level farming. “Ideally, this will be contract milking or lower-order sharemilking.”
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“The New Zealand dairy industry has so much to offer, but the most exciting part of it is being able to work outside and enjoy what Mother Nature has to offer.
Taranaki Dairy Manager of the Year, Nick Besinga Nick with his partner Vivien Noel
“That really made a big mark in my heart, thinking if I should pursue farming.
“I owe it all to my employers, Geoff and Mary, for being patient to me, helping me become who I am today as a manager, and as a person.”
“Lastly, struggling to get my residency for the last seven years has been really difficult. Still, this year, I just received it. I’m proud to say that I am finally close to becoming a Kiwi or citizen of New Zealand.”
As his career has continued to progress for the past seven years, so has Nick’s knowledge through connecting with others involved in the dairy industry.
“Farming for me is not just a job; it’s a way of life. Just being outdoors and the simple lifestyles it offers to people is amazing.”
“I would like to inspire my fellow countrymen to get out of their comfort zone and join programmes like the New Zealand Dairy Industry Association (NZDIA).
Nick said managing the farm is a big job, but he has been looking forward to this since the day he first started as a dairy farmer.
At some point in life many adults settle down, buy or build a new home and then start a family. If you have children under five, then this one is for you.
If you don’t mind having a bare patch of soil in one corner of the garden, make an area for toy diggers, trucks, plastic digging tools and containers, which are a fun way for children to make their own miniature versions of earthworks. Add in a bit of water and some old playdough moulds to expand creative play. Alternatively, make a small sand pit for similar activities and some sandcastles. Don’t forget those buckets and spades or old plastic kitchenware you no longer need. Cover up the play areas when not in use with a piece of plywood or tarp to prevent pets from using the area as a toilet.
We all know children love to explore. As many parents learn, having eyes in the back of their heads becomes second nature, especially with toddlers. Keeping them safe in the garden while letting them explore and play can be challenging. Here are some ideas to try out and keep the little ones safe and entertained:
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get involved and add their bit of colour to the collection. Another option is to use a wide, shallow pot with a drainage hole at the bottom. Place where more rocks can be added or swapped with friends. Gather pieces of driftwood and mark out a place for seashells collected from the beach during the summer holidays by the children. Patterns can be made of any shape or form, further encouraging imagination, creativity and fine motor skills.
Sensory garden
Gather up some river stones or buy a small bag of them. Use non-toxic paint and encourage little ones and older children to decorate them, then make a special corner in the garden where they can be placed. Parents and grandparents can
Pet rock and seashell gardens
Using non-toxic plants, this is the place for children to touch, smell, hear, taste and see. Touch: lamb’s ear, succulents and snapdragons. Smell: sweetpeas, lavender and lemon balm. Hear: corn and grasses rustling against each other in the breeze. Taste: cherry tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, basil, sugar snap peas and rosemary. See: colourful flowers such as sunflowers, pansies, daffodils and red Swiss Chard.
These are just a few ways to create a safe, fun environment for your children. Also, try a sensory table, a place for water play, a fairy garden or even one for your child’s favourite dinosaurs. The only limit is your imagination. For more ideas, look online at inspirational gardening sites.
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“Our ethos is to create and build connections while encouraging partnerships and innovation. Ultimately, we want to make it easier for marae chefs and restaurants to source good food locally, simultaneously connecting users to the makers,” said Grant.
The innovative and Māori-led agrifood sector business aims to help elevate small businesses and producers while creating meaningful connections with food. Phase one of Kāuta’s development was to invite suppliers and buyers to register on its website.
“Kāuta is a culturally innovative business, which fits well into the region’s strong agrifood sector. Their work, not just on business innovation, but also on sustainability, aligns them well with the region’s vision to be a world-leading agrifood hub.”
Manaakitanga — to support and celebrate Māori food and beverage suppliers
Kāuta chef and funder Grant Kitchen with a kai product as part of a Kāuta joint venture with Gillard Honey
Kāuta, a one-stop search engine for Māori kai across New Zealand, has launched phase one of its platform.
Kotahitanga — supporting the movement towards kait motukhake (food sovereignty) for Aotearoa
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Funded by chefs Rewi Spraggon (Ngati Hine, Te Waiohua, Te Kawerau a Maki, Ngati Maniapoto) and Grant Kitchen (Tuwharetoa — Ngati Hikairo, Ngati Kahungunu ki Pukehou), Kāuta offers customers with an easy-to-follow free search engine to find food. Search results can be filtered to physical stores to visit or suppliers with an online store.
Now taking the platform nationwide, Kāuta encourages business to get on Māoriboard. verified food and beverage businesses or restaurants looking for an innovative way to connect to new customers can register via kauta.co.nz/register.
Kāuta follows three core values, enabling registrations from all verified Māori businesses:
Created in the Manawatū, Kāuta’s vision is to encourage a strong and sustainable Māori supply chain where farmers and producers will be recognised for their Kāutawork.Limited is supported by the Central Economic Development Agency (CEDA), receiving advice and valuable connections from CEDA’s business advisory team. The agency’s specialists work closely with local businesses to provide support, guidance and connections to capability training andMāoriopportunities.business growth adviser Kat Wade of the CEDA said Kāuta aligns well in achieving the big goals for the Manawatū region.
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However, these cells are vulnerable to destructive processes brought about by trauma, such as sports injury or disease processes, especially oxidative damage. It means that cells and cell structures have been damaged by free radicals. The body’s response to this is our antioxidant defence systems to neutralise free radicals before they can cause damage.
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Natural Areas or SNAs are a case in point. On the ground, farmers have
“Similarly, a smart council could pick on a core issue, carbon afforestation, and safeguard productive land by allowing the planting of carbon forests only on hilly, marginal terrain,” says Richard. “Wellington’s rules about carbon would be followed, but the huge asset which is our productive land would be safeguarded.”
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often preserved native bush, wetlands and other natural areas out of genuine environmental respect and because such areas do not make good crop and pasture land. There’s simply no will to damage them, and when such areas were mapped before, in the 1990s, very few were found to have been damaged.
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A practical approach would be for councils to talk to farmers about not having to pay rates on parts of their land sectioned off for environmental protection and reach a compromise. However, a theoretical, authoritarian top-down approach has only brought antagonism and protest.
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After six months, he said the pain had completely gone and he no longer needed pain medication. Now a year later — he is still pain-free.
bone on bone can only be repaired by surgery, the discomfort from in ammation and cartilage loss can respond very well to nutritional therapy.
“My latest Bettaflex formula with more chondroitin and over double the Curcumin is based on the latest research into joint-support compounds.
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“A smart council would administer governmental legislation like the Resource Management Act’s successor, and their own District Plan, more as a door than a wall,” he says. “Councils are closer to the people affected than the government, and the way they apply the rules makes a huge
“Thedifference.issueis that Wellington-sourced solutions to rural problems often come from the realm of pure theory. They work on paper but not in practice. By comparison, many fit-for-purpose systems in the farming world evolved from the ground up, in ways that seem odd in theory but work very well in practice,” saysSignificantRichard.
I recently spoke with a client I have been helping with knee Osteoarthritis (OA) for nearly two years. When we rst spoke, he needed to take pain relief just to walk for exercise.
Over-regulation of the rural industry is a contentious point across the nation, but how can a smart local council balance Wellington’s lawmaking with practical solutions that aren’t arduous to farmers?
It’s a matter of bridging the gap between theory and application, says Richard Alspach, who has a background in farming and local governance.
The normal dose is 2 daily but I recommend a double dose for 1-3 bottles to saturate joint tissue.”
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A smart council is needed to judiciously apply government regulations in a way which enables rather than frustrates farmers, says Richard Alspach
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“The greatest source of discomfort in OA is in ammation in the joint capsule.” correct levels can support healthy cartilage function and cartilage repair processes.
The most important joint support compound is high-grade chondroitin sulphate. Research suggests at least 800mg daily. I like to start most clients on an intensive programme delivering 1,600mg of both chondroitin and glucosamine and 400mg of a high potency curcumin extract. That combined with therapeutic doses of omega-3 sh oil, can make a real difference.
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The greatest source of discomfort in OA is in ammation in the joint capsule resulting in pain, swelling and, in some cases, heat and redness. While
Curcumin from turmeric helps to balance immune function to support joint Researchhealth. indicates that chondroitin is highly effective at 800mg daily.
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Any successful programme to improve joints affected by OA should address the underlying disease process. OA is a disease characterised by cartilage loss due to mechanical and biochemical processes. The major process is the loss of cartilage caused by progressive damage to specialised cells called chondrocytes. These cells live in the matrix of cartilage and are responsible for maintaining and repairing cartilage by secreting new cartilage where required.
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In the US, in 1921, John Macready piloted USAAC Curtiss JN4 to spread lead arsenate in Ohio to eliminate Catalpa sphinx caterpillars. Later, in 1924 the US attempted to commercialise aerial topdressing for insecticides andInfungicides.1926the idea was suggested separately by Len Daniell from Wairere and John Lambert from Hunterville. Len indicated his interest in aerial topdressing to the government, then wrote to Henry Ford in the US asking him to consider designing a suitable aeroplane. John wrote to his local MP.
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The first known aerial application in New Zealand was in 1906. However, it was not in an aeroplane. John Chaytor took flight in a mobile tethered hot air balloon in Wairau, Marlborough and threw seed upon his Marshlands family farm. Following his death in 1920, his son, Edward Chaytor, continued the idea.
In developing the idea, aerodromes were cast aside, and airstrips or flat areas were favoured for landing. Trucks would follow the aircraft to make refilling easier and minimised time greatly.
It wasn’t until 1941, that New Zealand saw the fruition of the idea. Alan Prichard
In 1949 lime application also showed the same restriction the Waikato trial had seen. It was temporarily solved by adding superphosphate to the hoppers first to
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The first companies in 1949 to offer this service were Gisborne Aerial Topdressing, Airwork, James Aviation and Southern Scenic Airstrips.
The first official trials happened in 1948 at Ōhakea using a New Zealand Air Force Grumman Avenger. It spread fertiliser, and the results showed that granular fertiliser was best applied using thisFurthertechnique.trials were done using the Grumman Avenger in Waikato, with disappointing results from superphosphate becoming compacted from airframe vibration. The flowrestricting effect was stymied when they used granular fertiliser.
The horizons broadened. By 1952, the Civil Aviation Department created safety specifications for aerial topdressing to adhere to. In 1958 New Zealand had 73 commercial companies offering aerial topdressing, a cheaper alternative to doing it by hand.
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The New Zealand Airforce trialled aerial topdressing in the 1940s using Grumman Avengers before it was handed to commercial operators to develop further
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The post-second world war timing was an advantage. Many men returning from the war could pilot the aeroplanes. There was a surplus of De Havilland Tiger Moths, used for training, which could carry a fertiliser load of 272 kilograms. In time other aircraft, such as the Piper Cub, would be used.
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sowed lupin seeds from his aircraft by throwing them out the window of his plane over Ninety Mile Beach, Northland. Technically, dropping anything from an aeroplane was considered illegal until 1947, when the government allowed test aerial sowing at Ōmarama in the Mackenzie Basin.
New Zealand is well placed to use this technology with our large dairy processing base that is highly reliant on coal. Fonterra has modified several of its factories by replacing coal burners with wood pellet burning furnaces. Our sawmills already provide a perfect example of carbon neutrality. They dry all their timber with furnaces fuelled by their own waste.
So let’s keep the cycle going.
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As farmers face looming on-farm emissions payments, exotic forestry is a solution that will provide them with an offset and income that can diversify their farm profits. There will always be a need for the essential crop that is pine to support all the primary sectors with ability to export their products. More export products will mean more pine to wrap it in.
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Like farming, forestry is a wealth creator. It produces an essential product. In our case, pine is the raw material needed for the massive nation-wide programme of new house building, and the biofuels needed for sectors like dairy, as it transitions away from its reliance on coal for drying milk powder. Technicians around the world are working on ways which wood derivatives can replace coal and oil-based plastics.
Paper, cardboard and biofuel products are indispensable in our world of primary exports. Pine pallets are essential in our primary sectors for stacking everything from sacks of milk power and frozen goods, to boxes for wine, bins for apples and crates for onions and kiwifruit. The biggest sawmill in Canterbury produces 1,000 pallets a day for stacking goods. It’s taking orders from all over New Zealand and they are running at full capacity. Pine is everywhere helping all our export products hit the markets overseas.
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New Zealand has many regional timber success stories already with its export ports, good rail links for timber cartage and sawmills contributing to our local economies and the housing boom. Biofuels are poised to provide a renewable energy source for many sectors and will reinvigorate local markets for wood residues making many crops of pine that were previously thought not fit for harvest; suddenly profitable. The Industry
The dairy and tree crop sectors have much to be gained from a shared vision of a carbon neutral future. By 2050, all primary sector processing is expected to be carbon-neutral. Pine will help them get there.
Transformation Plan for the forestry sector by MPI is providing some clarity and direction for this emerging future of fibre.
Erica Kinder, SNI Wood Council CEO, can be contacted for more information.
The Southern North Island Wood Council provides a collective voice for the forestry sector in Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Tararua and Wellington. Members have a common interest in ensuring the long-term success of the sector. Membership is open to any company or individual with an interest in the local wood industry.
Erica Kinder, SNI Wood Council CEO, can be contacted for more information.
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The collaboration between Waitomo Group and Hiringa Energy shows interest in creating the required infrastructure. The companies have four green hydrogen refuelling stations under construction. Check out other initiatives on the New Zealand Hydrogen website.
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It has tasked itself to reduce carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2030 for its construction and farming machinery. The organisation is focussed on becoming carbon neutral by 2050, following Japan’s focus on becoming net-zero and assisting other countries in achieving the same.
indicated a faster refuel time and longer range within the automotive industry compared to its electrically-charged alternative. It is a highly flammable element, as are the fossil fuel, petrol andThediesel.next downside is that the infrastructure for it isn’t ready in New Zealand yet. However, this obstacle is
The 2025 release gives New Zealand time to establish better availability options. Kubota may have thought ahead regarding infrastructure because it plans to create electric-powered mini excavators and compact tractors.
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The 2023 prototype will provide further detail to give you more scope on this developing technology. Your options are simple. Invest in the hydrogenpowered tractor, wait for the electric alternative or stick to traditional choices alreadyKubotaavailable.has additional initiatives promoting food and water sustainability. Its technologies and products support abundant and quality food production and improve water recycling, treatment and supply systems worldwide, as it has achieved in Japan.
Kubota is leading the world by developing the first hydrogen-powered fuel cell tractor and aims to provide the final product by 2025.
The company found a solution in hydrogen power and is working to create both medium and large-sized fuel cell tractors with a prototype anticipated for 2023. It will be between 50 and 100Thehorsepower.tractor offers positives and negatives for potential buyers to weigh up. One negative is its predicted price that exceeds popular diesel-powered options by 40 per
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However,cent.the initial cost could reward you when paying the much-debated emissions pricing schemes enforced upon the agricultural sector. Operating a zeroemissions machine could minimise the outgoing expenses without adding to the greenhouse gas issue.
being solved through various projects and studies from companies, local councils, universities and GNS Science.
With low emissions a current topic, zero-emission agricultural machinery could widen options for farmers aiming to live up to the government’s lowemissions targets. It is not only rural New Zealanders pitching in. Japanese agricultural company Kubota is pursuing a more sustainable future.
A positive is that hydrogen is a sustainable fuel. It has already
Kubota is branching off from its traditional tractors and developing a hydrogen-powered version as a zero-emission option
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Low-till involves drilling seeds into the land. It reduces erosion, improves water penetration depth and promotes organic matter to remain.
studies. Biomass is further promoted, adding nutrients to your soil.
Soil is a living system of its own. Take care of it by preventing soil compaction; hopefully, it will reward you with a good yield.
is that it will rid the land of weeds and promote water, light and nutrients. Modern tool designs are specifically engineered to offer alleviation to compacted soils.
Soil health affects a number of factors. It has an intermingling impact on society and the environment. If tended to properly, it can benefit health through the end product, whether it be milk, meat or produce and the economy. In agriculture, soil compaction affects water run-off, practices and the sustainability of yourSoilyield.compaction happens when pressure is applied to the ground damaging the soil structure and particles. The effect creates density and an absence of air pockets. On top, water cannot go through the soil, and the land is unusable. It can happen from heavy machinery andDon’tlivestock.stress. You can prevent soil compaction with tillage techniques to restore and maintain your soil to a healthy level. The use of subsoilers and rippers can help. The benefit of tillage techniques
There are ways to reduce this effect, and various companies are working on how to best design tracks and tyres to decrease soil compaction and disturbance. Control traffic on your property to reduce soil compaction. It can be achieved in various ways, from low-till and no-till methods, by only tilling what is necessary.
Robust subsoilers should restore the affected ground to workable conditions and can be used for long-term soil compaction areas. Make sure it works to a critical length, so the soil is better prepared.
The problem with using machines for tillage is it can increase soil compaction. Four-wheel drives cause less compaction than the two-wheel drive alternative because weight is more evenly distributed.
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No-till methods only till the surrounding seed trench. and tilling ceases from there. This technique is cost-effective, so you won’t have to pay out as much on running your tractor. It also shows positive results within two to five years, according to some
With all that in mind, hopefully, you can fight off soil compaction issues and the best technique for your farm. Soil compaction can be alleviated so your farm remains healthy and can grow and produce to the best of its ability. In solving this issue, it promotes sustainability and allows you to continue having a healthy yield each year.
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“In time, AgYields will also provide guidelines for standardising future data collection and enhancing New Zealand’s livestock and crop production systems.”
The database includes both peerreviewed published data as well
Mhairi Sutherland, programme leader for Hill Country Futures, an $8.1 million programme co-funded by Beef
+ Lamb New Zealand, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, PGG Wrightson Seeds and Seed Force New Zealand, says AgYields will be an important tool for hill country farmers.
“Individual farms need local data on different species to inform feed budgeting programmes and make appropriate species selections for different environments.
The information is to help people to select more resilient pasture and cropAgYieldssystems.is a central repository for all pasture and crop yield data and growth rate information collected in New Zealand. Led by Professor Derrick Moot of Lincoln University, the software development of AgYields was funded by TR Ellett Trust and the populating of data by the Hill Country Futures Partnership programme.
Individuals and organisations are also being invited to contribute their data to enhance the utility of the repository. For more information, go to agyields.co.nz.
Professor Derrick Moot of Lincoln University discussing pasture growth with farmers
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“Accessing data about a range of species will help farmers select appropriate species to address climate change challenges and work within environmental regulations.”
“Measuring yield and growth rates for pastures and crops is vital for the prosperity of New Zealand’s agricultural sector.
“Hill Country Futures is focussed on future-proofing the profitability, sustainability and wellbeing of New Zealand’s hill country farmers, their farm systems, the environment and rural communities. AgYields will play an important role in helping us meet this goal.
In July this year, the new national AgYields forage database was launched to help farmers see which pastures and crops have been grown in their districts and how much they grew.
Data is being collected from a number of research and farm locations and will be entered into the database.
“This data is expensive to collect and is often stored across a range of electronic and physical platforms, making it difficult to access easily. For the first time, the AgYields website consolidates this data into a publicly accessible resource.
as unpublished data. It references data source, location, soil type, basic management practices and dominantScientistsspecies.canlink yield and flowering data with meteorological information. It will generate information for pasture and crop growth forecasting and predicting the impacts of drought on growth and development to inform regional decision-making.
“AgYields will help farmers, rural professionals, students and scientists make key decisions around pasture planning,” says Professor Moot.
Crop and pasture database
“All too often, data is lost or forgotten. Having a central repository means better decisions and smarter use of future investments.”
Dr Suzi Keeling, sector science strategy manager at Beef + Lamb New Zealand, says AgYields provides a valuable resource for farmers, researchers and rural professionals.
The addition of biological inoculants to a balanced soil plus other ingredients including fish and kelp activate and enhance a thriving biology. Encourage microbial interaction with roots to develop synthesis to draw down atmospheric nitrogen into the soil.
Albrecht-Kinsey Soil Program via Perry Lab Audit and specialist advice will direct the farmer to build soil to balance which is essential for clover growth and beneficial biological development . Establish soil balance to enable clover to dominate the pasture sward.
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Activate an Animal Health Enhancement plan. Supplement animals with trace elements and biological enhancers, to give them enhanced immunity to stress and disease. Balance feed to reduce protein and add methane inhibiters into feed. Respect the biological environment needed in the rumen to encourage the best feed utilisation.
Seed, feed and activate a diverse interactive pasture sward, harmonious to the enhanced biological soil Differentecosystem.pasture species encourage and sustain different biology and will create a more sustainable balanced growing feed throughout the season.
Develop and phase in a strategic seasonal pasture management plan. The different and diverse range of pasture plants and herbs will enable a longer rotation length without affecting quality production. Strategic seasonal pasture management will also protect the soil from the effects of overgrazing.
Set up a production and financial comparative monitoring plan. Compare previous production and costs to projected outcomes.
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Although initial steps target replacement of synthetic nitrogen, this system also targets reduction of phosphate leaching and the negating of other pollutants in our rivers including sediment and e coli while also assisting with climate challenges and overall animal and human health.
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Gradually reduce synthetic nitrogen applications. Demontration farms in their first year are achieving up to 60% reduction of synthetic nitrogen applications with an increase in pasture grown.
Demonstration farms in their first year are achieving up to 60% reduction of synthetic nitrogen applications with an increase in pasture grown.
Continue to feed and activate a thriving diverse biological ecosystem. Continue 6 monthly soil monitoring with applications of solid biological friendly fertiliser and liquid biological additives, activators and feeders. Take regular effluent tests with pH monitoring and respect the biology in the pond by keeping biological killers out.
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The results may not be instant. They may take several years, but if the biology in the soil has been nurtured, the results
Between 1983 and 2007 the total nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers applied went from 913,724 tonnes to 1,885,774 tonnes, doubling in 24 years. In 2017, urea tonnage went to 820,000, doubling in a few years. That is 345,000kg of nitrogen from urea alone. This much nitrogen requires about 700,000 tonnes of lime to counter the increase in acidity, as nitrogen strips calcium from the soil. That makes the total annual shortfall 700,000 tonnes of calcium or the equivalent of 2m tonnes of Sourceslime.of calcium other than lime include Dolomite and various phosphate products. Dolomite is a favoured product that contains necessary magnesium that will be depressed if calcium is applied without it. Acidic phosphates are not conducive to good microbial life, particularly fungi. One of fungi’s functions is to hold calcium in the soil. Without fungi, 98-100% of added calcium can be lost.
Do not confuse the terms calcium, lime and pH. The primary objective of food production is to produce pro table nutrient dense food for human consumption. Even with satisfactory pH, calcium needs to be supplied for microbe and plant health. In the short term, improving calcium levels in the soil to 68% of the base saturation (on a PAL soil test) will result in better crop and animal health, quality and production. Medium term, the application of less fertiliser and nitrogen, can result. Think of calcium as an important fertiliser and not as something we periodically add to regulate soil pH, which is a measurement of hydrogen.
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In 1983 Massey University research suggested 1.8m tonnes of lime were required on New Zealand soils each year. Just 1.3m tonnes are applied annually. Lime tonnage has not increased since 1981, while applications of other nutrients have increased markedly.
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can be in excess of any application you will have made. Some soil test calcium gures have multiplied by nine times the starting gure with modest inputs of calcium over a ve-year period. The key is the biology. With salt fertilisers having a negative effect on soil microbes, most NZ farms will not capture the full bene t of lime applied in the traditional way; more so if boron is not added, but more on that later.
Unfortunately, NZ authorities do not acknowledge the difference between calcium in the soil and the availability or not of calcium to plants. If calcium was considered de cient, the chances are agricultural lime may be applied in a bid to correct the levels. If the pH was satisfactory, then lime may not be applied at all. The reality is quite different. You may not need to apply large amounts of lime, but you do need to apply calcium, not necessarily as lime.
Dr William Albrecht (USA) demonstrated the effect of calcium versus pH, when he drilled soybeans with equal amounts of calcium as calcium hydroxide (alkaline), calcium nitrate (neutral) or calcium chloride (acidic). The crop yields were the same independent of pH. I.e. the results were superior to soybeans grown without calcium.
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In a controversial statement in late August, Steve Cranston, a spokesperson for farming protest group Groundswell NZ, suggested that climate change minister James Shaw had determined the scheme ‘terminally“Industryflawed’.leaders, Māori and the government have been collaborating on HWEN for the past two years, but all that time and expense has come to nought,” said Mr “GovernmentCranston.and industry leaders have been quietly looking at alternative emission pricing options to the HWEN scheme for the past few months and now appear ready to pull the pin on HWEN.” Shaw and his allies in government strongly refuted this claim, even if he himself was aware of the controversy surrounding carbon sequestration.
Part of this unravelling of a cohesive path to HWEN implementation comes from a flawed interpretation of carbon science and the insistence by some climate change authorities that farmers should not be recognised for their role in growing green, carbon-absorbing life.
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‘He Waka Eke Noa chair Kelly Forster recently conceded that it was the minister James Shaw who vetoed farmers’ right to receive full recognition for carbon they sequester on their farms. Up until this point, we had been told it was the International Panel on Climate Change guidelines which prohibited this from happening.”
While dairy farms will undoubtedly also be heavily affected, recently, red
Amid talk of taxing ruminant emissions, lawmakers like James Shaw have lost sight of the carbon sequestering role of pasture and feed crops, say critics of He Waka Eke Noa
However, the Climate Change Commission disagreed, saying in a report to the government of its own recommendations that this carbon sequestration should not be counted.
Opponents of the He Waka Eke Noa climate change mitigation strategy say that it could be on the political chopping block, amid arguments that carbon locked up by agriculture will not be counted against ruminant emissions.
“We will be the first country in the world to have agricultural emissions pricing, but the detail of it is, of course, incredibly contentious,” said the minister in mid Still,September.Cranson remained adamant, saying that Shaw could not deny that
sector producers banded together to petition their levy organisation and Federated Farmers to drop support of “It’sHWEN.an affront that the Meat Industry Association, red meat processors, Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb NZ have supported the proposal delivered to the government, when B+LNZ’s own modelling states that this would see a significant number of farms exiting red meat production,” says the missive from this group.
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Earlier this year, HEWN recommended that the best path to reducing carbon emissions on farms was a split-level one, which would include a recognition of the amount of carbon sequestered on farms. It makes sense, as cattle and other livestock do not exist in isolation. They are symbiotic with the plants that make up their food. Simply put, gaseous emissions from livestock come from plants being digested, and those plants must be replaced for the animal to stay alive in the future. It’s a cycle.
‘Farmers deserve full credit for carbon sequestration,’ said Groundswell in a recent statement.
Sequestration unrecognised on dairy farms
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