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DairyNZ is leading a seven-year research project that aims to breed cattle with less nitrogen in their urine with the aim to reduce sector-wide nitrate leaching by 20 per cent.

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Long-term prospects for New Zealand velvet in the major Asian markets are looking positive with an explosion in demand for consumer-ready velvet-based products in Korea. “Ten years ago this product category didn’t even exist,” says Deer Industry NZ Asia manager, Rhys Griffiths. “In the past six months, 23 new velvet-based healthy food products have been launched in Korea — the majority of them using New Zealand velvet. “Yuhan Pharmaceuticals, which signed a memorandum of understanding with DINZ last year, is now a major player in this market. Their impressive New Origin concept store/cafe in Seoul features recently launched products that contain New Zealand velvet and deer farm imagery on large video screens inside.” Mr Griffiths says the Chinese market for velvet has yet to make the leap into consumer-ready healthy food products, but many manufacturers are aware of what has happened in Korea and believe it can be repeated in China. “The main barrier is a lack of confidence in the path to market for consumer products based on New Zealand velvet. These products cost millions of dollars to develop and market, so manufacturers need to be convinced they are not infringing a rule or regulation along the way.” To provide confidence to potential customers, DINZ is working with some exporters and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise to commission a report by a respected Chinese regulatory expert on

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the pathway to market. This report will be provided to key manufacturers when it has been completed. “In the last three years to improve consumer safety, there has been a major tightening of the rules and regulations governing food and traditional medicines in China. This has included tighter standards for overseas suppliers. As a result, New Zealand velvet producers have had to create clean areas in their deer sheds and to meet tougher cold chain requirements. In China, velvet processors have had to make similar upgrades — some have built completely new factories.” A major new Chinese super ministry is being established that is expected to have regulatory oversight of the trade in traditional medicines and manufactured health foods. Until the new regulatory regime is operating, manufacturers will be uncertain about the rules that will apply to their operations. “A further unsettling factor has been the recent clamp down on importers for importing illegal products and for evading customs duties. Some smaller velvet importers have been prosecuted,” he says. “Larger, reputable importers say this will be a good thing in the longrun for the reputation of imported velvet and particularly for New Zealand. It will tidy up the industry.”

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Xanthea Nichols grew up on her family’s farm near Dargaville, Northland and as part of her Taratahi training programme experienced farming in Wairarapa.

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“I am loving it here working alongside the manager and owner. At home, my dad runs dairy grazers and does cropping on our 1,000 acre property. The farm has diversified over the years and included running sheep and bulls,” says Xanthea. Shawn also attended Taratahi when he was 16 years old, along with his friend Ronald. “When I was young, I would go out on the farm with dad and loved seeing him work the dogs and stock. When I was older and visiting Ronald in Ohakune, he told me to move a mob of sheep. I didn’t know what I was doing but succeeded, and decided I wanted to be a shepherd. “I did a Taratahi Taster Course and loved it. Last year I completed my level

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three and am studying level four drystock breeding — it has been an awesome experience. “I have learnt an incredible amount about the theory side of farming. My favourite thing is working the dogs, and I am breaking in a huntaway, and I have attended Anna Holland’s training courses. Anna has a brilliant training regime, and Lloyd Smith from the South Island is really good, and helps with dog trialling and has great bloodlines. I also have a heading dog and will get another huntaway in a few months.” Xanthea also entered in the Golden Shears event for the experience. “I learnt to shear through Taratahi, and in the future, I want to have time working in a shearing gang as part of gaining more knowledge and progressing through the industry. “The difference between Dargaville and the Wairarapa region is huge. It is a lot colder down south, but the other farmers in the area were really helpful and would check I was ok or if I needed any help. The district is a good place for training because there are many opportunities, especially as there are more sheep in this area. “The area has good soil, and we planted ryegrass and had a lot of plantain. In summer it does get dry and hot but the animals adapt, and there is a lot of shelter in the paddocks and plentiful water supply.”

Last year for her level four Xanthea received a $2,000 Westpac Scholarship, Jeff Farms $6,000 scholarship and recently a $4,000 Salvation Army scholarship. “My mum is also very supportive and proud of what I have accomplished. It certainly pays to apply for funding as it helps tremendously with costs. After this year I would like to gain large station experience and do my level five diploma. Ultimately I want to become a stock manager and pass my knowledge on to others. I would love to see more females in the industry, I thought it was going to be difficult to get a job, but employers are really encouraging. In the future, I would like to drive tractors in Canada or Scotland for experience and will probably return home eventually and take over my dad’s business and let him do what he wants. “You can go far in the industry working with the right people. “I don’t know where I would be if it wasn’t for my dad’s encouragement. I have drawn from his experience many times, and he has been a huge support and taught me the basics that gave me a good knowledge base. “He is intrigued by what I am discovering, and I am now passing new knowledge on to him in return for the years he has invested in me.”

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Budou-Senshin grape experts ‘Grape-master’ Tetsuya Higuchi from Yamanashi Japan is a third-generation specialist table grape grower, growing grapes here in New Zealand through the ‘Budou’ grape project. by Ann van Engelen

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vine before you can start harvesting quality grapes.” he says. Tetsuya still has his business in Japan producing approximately 16 different varieties. “The grapes come in all different types, shapes and colours. We grow them differently to most people in New Zealand, I planted my first grapes in Hawke’s Bay four years ago.” Tetsuya came to the region because he felt it was the right place to be successful. “I ‘could feel it in the air’ when I visited. The soil condition and climate is perfect and Hawke’s Bay is one of the best wine grape areas in the country; because it is hot in the day and cool at night — this combination produces beautiful fruit,” he says. “I found a local table grape grower and leased part of his property. We

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food is treated as a seasonal gift that you present to someone special. “For thousands of years Asian cultures have shown people they are important and appreciated by sending gifts of fruit. If you are going to give a gift it must be excellent, like our grapes,” says Tetsuya. “At times, we have two to three varieties and each has a different flavour and smell. For example, New York Muscat has red small sweet berries, White Diamond is aromatic, and Buffalo is black with an intense rich flavour and tangy dry skin. “I am looking at introducing more Japanese varieties and plan to get others exclusively grown by us as there is potential for ‘Budou’ grapes with export opportunities to Japan and other Asian countries. Less than one per cent of grape growers in New Zealand are producing table grapes — most are growing wine grapes. Company administrator, Yumeri Katsura, met Tetsuya through a mutual friend and now works full-time for Budou-Senshin Ltd. “I am also from Japan, but have lived in New Zealand for 20 years. I have a horticultural background and now help to manage the company here,” she says. Tetsuya spends half of the year in Hawkes Bay, whilst his wife and son manage the business in Japan. “We are looking for potential growers to embrace our wonderful project and create a new industry right here in New Zealand. “Others have tried to produce the seedless grapes, but few have succeeded.

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NEW LEASE OF LIFE by Denise Gunn

When a 12-year-old heading dog named Tod arrived at Tararua Vets in Pahiatua for his final visit, he gave vet nurse Natalie Smith a look like he wasn’t ready to go. Natalie called his owners and arranged a retirement home for Tod. Six years later, Natalie has rehomed retired working dogs all over the country through Retired Working Dogs (RWD) NZ.

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Philip Cox has been fostering working dogs for the past six years. He and his wife Karen live in rural Wairarapa, surrounded by farmland, river and hills. Philip said they foster dogs to give them a second chance after coming off the farm. When a dog arrives on the property, the couple tries to establish a routine around sleeping and feeding. “It’s important that it has a safe space and it isn’t threatened. Once you see their confidence increase, you can move forward with walks and socialising.” Philip says involvement with RWD has taught them much about dogs and people. “When you see the way some dogs have been treated, your heart goes out to them, and it’s so important to give them a safe place.” Manawatu-based Vicki Lim has had a soft spot for working dogs after meeting them in her capacity as a veterinary student. She has since fostered eight dogs. “They’re intelligent and affectionate and are able to match your lifestyle really well,” she said. “They tend to be very well-behaved and willing to please, which makes them really trainable. We’re extremely proud to be able to give these awesome dogs a loving home after years of hard work. “Doing this, we prevent the dogs from getting put down, and allow people to have some amazing companions for the rest of their days.” Natalie also fosters dogs and helps coordinate the foster network, assists with decision-making, and does some administration work for RWD. “There’s a whole team of people working behind the scenes on the day-today running and fundraising,” she said. “There’s a lot of transport involved too. Either we transport them, or they’re collected. Sometimes we’ll put a post up if it’s a long way and there are fantastic people out there who will offer to deliver dogs on their way somewhere.” Natalie works as a farm rep for Royal Canin, travelling all over the North Island allowing her to pick up and drop off dogs

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“We have testimonials from people with over fifty years of back problems and even have them in a number of schools in New Zealand for their special needs children” he told me, “the blood to the brain helps these kids and the results are excellent” What this means for the aging population is that it helps maintain the health of the brain as we all get older. Dave told me that he realised that, had he not tried the Teeter for himself he would still be suffering, “I would still be a miserable grumpy bugger, living with pain, that is why we do the shows, people need to try it for themselves” he told me “most people actually get off with the pain either gone or considerably less” he said “we let the tables do the talking”

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posture is one of the major cases of pain and is a major contributor to the deterioration of the body with age. A difference in leg length causes most of the hip and knee issues, as they continue to place uneven loads on the joints; similar to the wheels out of alignment on your car. Trying to correct posture is extremely difficult due to muscle memory, as it constantly pulls the muscles back to where they were. At a level of 40 degrees or more on the Teeter, the muscle groups open up and eventually come back into alignment, using the table daily, does not allow the muscle memory to pull them back out of alignment and slowly the muscles start to lose their memory and go with the flow, allowing the body to come back into correct posture. Then using the table once a day will ensure it is kept there.

De-Hydrated discs are less flexible, they are harder, more prone to injury, they interfere with nerve roots creating pain and ultimately the de-hydration causes degen eration. The Teeter Inversion table slowly and gently brings the hydration back into the discs, plumping them up. It separates the nerve roots far more effectively and This is pure logic, if a machine is out of returns quality of life alignment it does not last long, the only between the body and a Muscles: A lot of pain is muscular, when difference muscles are stressed they become tight machine is that the body is constantly which restricts the flow of blood and lymph repairing itself, however if the wear and through the muscles so toxins build up, tear on the body is greater than the body’s to repair itself, it is a slow decline. Co2 and Lactic Acid. Traction opens up the ability Teeter slowly brings the body out of its muscles, Rhythmic Traction, is a gentle The decline and allows the body to repair itself, rocking motion that stimulates circulation resulting in a far healthier life. and encourages blood flow through the muscles, which clears the lactic acid into If you are serious about investing in your your lymph system where it stimulates health and really sorting your issues out, lymph flow and deals with it. Most people come see us at one of our local roadshows, with serious neck issues see a large you have nothing to lose and chances are, a improvement after only one treatment. lot to gain.

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Bringing effluent into line Effluent storage on nineteen per cent of Waikato farms is classed as grossly undersized, and Waikato regional councillors have backed a plan aimed at bringing them in line. “It’s the old 80/20 rule. Over 80 per cent of farmers are investing in infrastructure to protect the environment — they’re doing the right thing. But their efforts, and the reputation of the dairy industry is being threatened by a minority of farms.” says council chair, Alan Livingston. “Regional council staff will be adopting a more risk-based monitoring programme, combining one-on-one site visits of high-risk farms with aerial inspections, which could include using satellite imagery, drones, fixed wing aircraft or helicopters.” Aerial operations will be carried out in a way that prevents animal disturbance and interference with normal farm operations. “We have some of the most accurate information we have ever had. Nineteen per cent of Waikato farms have less than seven days’ storage based on two milkings per day, and in many cases, they have a lot less. This means that a short spell of wet weather would make illegal discharges of dairy effluent likely,” said farming services manager, Nicole Botherway. “We have asked 432 of Waikato’s high-risk farms for plans to upgrade their storage, and in four years just 76 have done this. At this rate of change on-farm, it would take 27 years for them all to comply. “Their deliberate behaviour is not acceptable, so there needs to be an increased risk of getting caught breaching the Resource Management Act for them to change their behaviour and priorities.” Council regulatory staff have primarily been carrying out announced visits to farms, and aerial surveillance for compliance monitoring was stopped. “We are at a place where a significant portion of the farming population have or

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are attempting to improve their systems and working with them one-on-one has helped,” said resource use director, Chris McLay. “The way we currently do inspections cannot reliably detect non-compliance with the rules by those who have shown no attempt to improve their infrastructure, and there are some farmers who will not comply without us using other tools at our discretion. We have come to a point where we rely on the public or neighbours to make us aware of serious non-compliance occurring.” Over the past four years central government, auditors and other regional councils had queried Waikato’s decision to reduce its regulatory monitoring tools and expressed concern about the impact of this decision on compliance. Councillors agreed there was a need to speed up compliance and provide staff with more tools to achieve this. The Waikato Regional Plan Rules relating to dairy effluent can be found at waikatoregion.govt.nz/farmeffluent-rules.

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Last edition we saw that osteoarthritis (OA) is mostly caused by the loss of cartilage secreting cells called chondrocytes. Their job is to maintain cartilage. If chondrocytes are damaged or die, they are unable to repair cartilage. The result is that cartilage starts to break down. Eventually, whole patches of cartilage are lost causing a bone-onbone scenario. While cartilage has no nerves, bone certainly does! While bone-onbone causes pain, much of the pain comes from misdirected inflammation. White blood cells that patrol the joint capsule respond to cartilage loss by bringing in extra fluid and a cocktail of inflammatory chemicals in a vain attempt to repair the cartilage. The result is pain, stiffness and in some cases visible swelling. My approach is firstly to adopt a nutrient-dense anti-inflammatory diet. This is high in antioxidants, omega-3 and other foods that reduce inflammation. We then add four compounds from supplements. The first is omega-3 fish oil usually between 4,000 and 6,000mg daily.

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Chickens like to have a regular, quality food supply, and also enjoy good draught-free shelter, out of the rain and hot sun. If they are free-range, the shelter you provide can be something as simple as a hay shed, implement shed, or a treeline, as long as they have somewhere to lay those precious eggs for you. It is possible to partially free-range your hens by letting them out for the afternoon after they have ‘done their duty’, bringing them back into their house at night, to safety from predators. The house should be secure from all weathers, and provide next boxes as well as poles to roost on at night. If letting them out isn’t an option, your hen house can provide similar accommodation, and a connected run gives them a place to scratch and pick at the ground as chickens like do. A run can be as elaborate as a netting compound complete with a roof to keep wild birds or cats out, or as simple as some sticks of timber nailed together,

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Grazing stock in paddocks will often find shelter by huddling together, ducking for cover under or behind a treeline, or hide in a valley, but for other animals such as donkeys, horses or goats a small shelter needs to be provided. There are many options and sizes available in kitset form, and several New Zealand companies provide information on their wares. The kitset option provides a shelter as a flat pack unit with all parts included, and all you need to do is put it together in an afternoon, preferably in the position you need to use it! Depending on the size and the animals the shelter is for,

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Youth scholarship opportunity

In their second year, applications are now open for Silver Fern Farms Plate to Pasture Youth Scholarships. The scholarships award six young people around New Zealand $5,000 to assist with developing their careers and capabilities in the red meat sector. “The response to last year’s inaugural scholarships indicate a bright future for the red meat sector,” says Silver Fern Farms chief executive, Simon Limmer. “Silver Fern Farms welcomes applications from the industry’s emerging talent who want to contribute to a sustainable future for our red meat sector — from plate to pasture. We are excited to continue to support young people who want a future in the red meat industry.” Mr Limmer says last year the winners delivered outstanding ideas on a vast range of industry issues, from biosecurity challenges, exploring ways to sustainably add value to farming businesses, as well as challenging the industry to think big and be bold, with consumers in mind. “We look forward to seeing the range of ideas and fresh perspectives in the applications again this year. The scholarships support our vision: Inspirational Food created by Passionate People. They are an important opportunity for us to support our emerging

leaders to contribute to our industry.” Scholarship applications are open to people wanting to develop their career in the food or red meat industry with interests in red meat, food production, agriculture, food marketing, marketing and sales, research and development, food processing, cooking and food technology. “Through the scholarship process, shareholders in Silver Fern Farms cooperative engage with the applicants who require a shareholder to support their bid for a scholarship,” says Silver Fern Farms co-operative chair, Rob Hewett. “Silver Fern Farms is proud to support the future of farming and the communities where we live and work, by helping to create these new relationships. Recognising and rewarding excellence in our community is important to the co-operative.” Applications close at 5pm Friday August 24 2018. Visit silverfernfarms.com for full details.

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