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Spring in farm sales FARM sales in the Southern Farmer region showed life in the prime spring-early summer selling season in 2013 compared with the same period in 2012, according to estate agents.

Geelong agent Michael Stewart said there was no doubt that demand for farms was stronger. “Lifestyle farms are ticking over well and there has been increased demand for cropping country and more life in grazing farm demand, too,� the Charles Stewart and Company agent said.

Mr Stewart said the 2012 drought through much of the Western District had greatly restricted demand well into 2013, but in spring the ďŹ rm had sold a good number of all types of farms. “There is certainly no boom because we are coming off a low base,â€? he said.

But Mr Stewart had seen strong enquiry from overseas interests ranging from Malaysia, SingaS REDUCE SE OU GREENH SION IS GAS EM

pore, and China to New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Warragul agent Bruno Persico, of Alex Scott and Staff, said that Gippsland’s farm market was starting to move but was still tough. “Most of the listings we made in 2013 are still sitting there,� he told Southern Farmer. “For a while we had people buying farms who just wanted to park their money but that market has dried up totally.�

One sale Mr Persico noted was a 60-hectare property at Drouin South sold to a dairy farmer for $1.4m – realising the equivalent of $23,300 per ha.

He also had an 80ha dairy farm on his books for $1.8m.

Mr Persico suggested that this latter farm was an option for an existing dairy farmer because of its 100cow carrying capacity.

While $18,500 to $21,000 per ha was realistically achievable for properties with few improvements, Mr Persico

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was conďŹ dent a 39ha farm at well-held Ellinbank, south of Warragul, would achieve around $25,000 per ha. “The property was inherited and the owner has spent the last ďŹ ve years re-fencing the farm and renovating the house,â€? Mr Persico said.

Nick Myer from Elders in Melbourne said that there were increasing signs of optimism in the rural property market.

Buyer conďŹ dence had returned significantly since late spring last year. “The level of enquiry has certainly improved in this period compared with the previous year,â€?

Mr Myer said.

Mr Myer said enquiry for rural lifestyle properties had picked up in all areas in Victoria’s south.

At the same time interest in commercial-scale farms remained reasonably stable.

But there was clear scope for an expansion in interest given Australian agriculture’s and horticulture’s potential in improving Asia’s food security.

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BLIGHTY (NSW) Holstein breeder Meg Campbell (above right) was shy of presenting her cattle at last month’s International Dairy Week national youth show in Tatura until a telephone call from Cardinia-based fellow breeder John Gairdiner in December convinced her otherwise. It was a change-of-heart that brought the eye of Girgarre Jersey breeder and show judge Pat Nicholson (centre) to Meg’s heifer, Avonlea Crackholm Dorinda-IMP-ET, at Tatura showgrounds on January 20 – and show grand championship honors. Meg and her cattle competed against 190 entries in the ABS Australia/Ridley Dairy Feeds' All Breeds national show.

The 17-year-old works full-time on her family's 300-cow southern Riverina farm and has pursued her interest in dairying from the age of 14 when she bought five frozen embryos from Canada. Kialla's Emma Castle (left) took home the reserve grand championship ribbon also with a Holstein heifer, Carisa Sanchez Piper.

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February, 2014

WARRAGUL rodeo will be held at Logan Park, Howitt Street, Warragul at 6pm on February 1.

There will be eight main events and four junior events, a beasts versus bikes challenge, rides, games etc.

Proceeds will support the local hospital, Helimed and Riding for the Disabled. More information: www.warragulrodeo.org.au.

FOSTER/LEONGATHA forage planning for dairy farmers will focus on producing more home-grown pastures and crops and will be held in early February 2014 running from 10am to 2.30pm each day.

Please indicate interest by calling Frank Mickan (03) 5624 2259 or email. frank.mickan@depi.vic.gov.au.

CHESTNUTS AUSTRALIA will hold an information day in Beechworth on Saturday, February 8 from 9am to 5pm.

Email admin@chestnutsaustralia.com.au or call Tanya Edwards on (03) 5751 1466 for information.

LINDENOW/ LEONGATHA farm chemical refresher knowledge course will be delivered

by E-ssential Ag Training at Lindenow on February 12 and Leongatha on February 13 from 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: $200.

Call 0428 322 146 or email enquiry@essentialagtraining.com. au for information.

FOSTER show has put out a call for niche farmers to exhibit truffles, snails, bees, rabbits and other small farm products at the show on February 22.

Participation will be free for smallholders joining the display.

Call Robbie Davidson (03) 5185 1341 or email karandrea@skymesh. com.au for information.

GEELONG will host the 2014 Australian Dairy Conference to be held on February 26 and 27 at Deakin University’s Waterfront Campus.

The conference includes pre- and postconference tours to local dairy farms and other attractions.

For more information about the conference program, speakers and presenters go to www. australiandairyconference.com.au.

RED HILL’S 2014 show will be held on March 22.

Call Dianne Baxter

LOST ART: Rundle and Rundle hand-made Windsor chairs will feature at Kyneton’s ‘lost trades’ fair in March.

(03) 5989 2357, email redhillshow@hotkey. net.au or go to www. redhillshow.org for information.

BENDIGO will host an international policy and technical workshop on soil change from March 24 to 27.

Four representatives from one of the most important soil science think tanks in the world – Dr Luca Montanarella (Italy), Dr Helaina Black (UK), Dr Dominique Arrouays (France) and Dr Neil McKenzie (Australia) – will speak at the workshop.

The four are members of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils.

They will join Australian and other international experts at the ‘Soil Change Matters’ workshop at the Capital Theatre.

The event will have a particular focus on agricultural landuse and how the work of soil scientists around the globe is playing out in the paddocks.

Go to www.soilmatters.org for information.

KYNETON Museum will hold a ‘lost trades fair’ in the museum’s gardens from 10am to 4pm from March 14 to 16.

The aim of the fair is to showcase traditional ‘lost trades’ such as coopering, chairmaking, leadlighting, blacksmithing and hedgelaying.

This event aims to bring together people who still have these skills and reinvigorate awareness of the value of these trades and crafts in today’s environment.

Go to www.rundleandrundle.com.au for more information.

GIPPSLAND will host a ‘Discover Agriculture’ program in Gippsland from May 18 to 23.

The six-day tour includes 21 places at a cost of $330 per student.

The program is available to Victorian students in years 9 to 12.

E m a i l R o g e r Tyshing at rogert@ruralskills.com.au for information.

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Holsteins hold the high ground Daughter joins dairy enterprise

By DAVID PALMER

ate a top notch dairy farm.

Nicole moved in year 10 to Leongatha High School so that she could enrol in its agriculture course, which she topped in years 11 and 12.

She then studied for a diploma in agriculture at Warragul TAFE and had a number of dairy farm work placements.

As with any livestock enterprise, breeding and feeding go hand in hand.

Like most dairy herds, 98 per cent of the Harveys’ calves are AI-bred Holsteins.

For some reason in the last couple of years they seemed to be getting less heifers from standard semen.

“So we were going to try sex-selected semen this year until I read a couple of articles about poor conception rates,” Mr Harvey said.

“If you get 50 per cent you are doing pretty well, apparently.”

Currently the Harveys’ cows are in calf to four sires which the father and daughter management team has determined will suit them best.

QUIET TIME: Linda and Neil Harvey and a group of their Harvey Hill Holstein heifers on their Poowong farm in Gippsland.

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POOWONG couple Neil and Linda Harvey are clearly delighted that their daughter Nicole is determined not just to carry on but to take the family’s dairy herd to the next level as a Holstein stud.

The Harveys currently milk about 100 Holsteins on their 75-hectare (185 acre) Settlement Road dairy farm.

The herd is in the top 10 per cent of Holstein herds in Australia for the Australian Selection Index (ASI) so Neil Harvey reckons “we must be doing something right”.

The Harveys formed Harvey Hill Holsteins as a partnership last season and bought a 45ha neighboring farm to enable Nicole to carry on dairying on a bigger scale when they retire.

“If you don’t help the young they will not get anywhere much,” Mr Harvey said.

“In the past 12 to 15 years it has become virtually impossible for young people to break into the dairy industry.

“You have to have some family backing to get started.”

Three years ago Nicole married Mark Gurney who is responsible for half of Victoria as area manager for Kubota Tractors.

Two years ago the farm next door came on the market with the Harveys given the first opportunity to buy it.

One of the children of the late neighbors told Mr Harvey that their mother had said that the Harveys should be given first offer if ever the farm was to be sold.

“That was lovely,” Mr Harvey said.

Married three years next month, the Gurneys now live on the new farm and have a daughter who is almost one.

Because it was leased, the property had run down but they plan to increase the herd size from the current 100 or so.

The farm has a separate 4ha title and a planning permit to build a house so the family is hoping to reduce debt by selling the small block.

“It has a creek running through it and hopefully it will appeal to someone,” Mrs Harvey said.

Mr Harvey said the 40ha minimum for a building permit was unfortunate and particularly for those people who had bought 8-12ha blocks as retirement farms and had never secured a building permit.

Mrs Harvey’s parents bought their Settlement Road farm in 1948 and she and Mr Harvey bought it from them in 1980, two years after they married.

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February, 2014

Mindsets shape dairy direction THE past year was a sobering one for people in dairying and businesses serving the dairy industry.

A late but very beneficial spring, a higher milk price and a forecast of summer rain have turned the tables.

However, many farms

carry a significant financial liability from the past 12 months. The violent volatility in our industry is relatively new, but predicted to become the ‘norm’.

Clearly the general mode of operation from previous prosperity and

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viability, and can impact, offering greatest opportunity to improve.

We will be recording a significantly increased amount of data from our clients this year to help identify these limitations.

We are negotiating with a US company to modify software that has proven valuable in predicting lactation potential and the impacts of metabolic disease on that potential.

Our goal here is a tool to highlight health events and their negative financial impacts more accurately.

From this data we can prioritise limitations to profit within the arena of our power to improve.

Improvement is no longer an option.

A recent newsletter from eFeedLink entitled ‘Too much debt, not enough grass: The limits of Australia and New Zealand’s dairy abundance’, had a similar counterpart in Rabobank’s dairy report.

Essentially, northern hemisphere dairy industries have closed the gap between our low cost grazing based system and their high cost confinement systems, through higher productivity.

They are now com-

By JOHN LYNE Dairytech dairy production specialist petitive on world markets without subsidy.

Both these international articles confirm my comments in December’s article that litres drive profit.

We lag dramatically in production per cow (dilution of fixed costs) against our northern hemisphere colleagues.

Mike Hutjens, professor emeritus of animal science at the University of Illinios, and visitor to Australia in 2013, has listed a number of issues and their impact on dairy business viability.

None of them are new, however, it is time we reviewed these limitations/ bottlenecks and set some goals for improvement.

Number 1: Milk production per cow (litres drive profit). 1kg DM feed produces 2+ litres after maintenance has been met.

Higher feed intake equates to higher profit.

At 20c/kg DM average over the ration, we produce (at current milk price) 80 cents of milk

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We developed a new yeast-based feed additive through trial work in 2012 that impacts this, feed efficiency and fertility.

Number 3: Feed efficiency. This is highly correlated to total feed intake – dilution of fixed maintenance energy cost.

We run a calculator on our monthly ration analysis.

It is simply litres divided by kilograms of DM intake.

Our goal is 1.6 to 1.7 depending on herd stage of lactation.

This figure is directly related to milk income over feed cost (profit).

See #1, and December’s article.

Number 4: Fertility. In a study cited in January’s

article, fertility was #1 in the separation in profitability between farms in a study that has recorded data for over 20 years on a large number of farms.

Figures cited are $2/day for cows open beyond 120 days-in-milk.

This cost can blowout to $5 to $7/day as days open elevate.

The negative impact of poor fertility is due to low feed conversion efficiency as a result of longer daysin-milk.

Seasonal calving herds highlight this; high production and feed efficiency during low days-in-milk.

Sale of excess livestock also impacts total farm income.

Number 5: Calf rearing programs.

Heifer calves should double their birth weight by weaning.

They need two per cent of body weight as milk solids.

Higher milk solids intakes delay grain intakes and weaning.

Calves weaned early due to rapidly achieving double birth weight, reduce rearing costs, produce 500+ litres more in lactation and have improved immunity.

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Farmer flags hopes enza outbreaks were in intensive housing systems operated by big producers.

“The last two outbreaks in 2012 and 2013 were in very large ‘free range’ flocks so the risks of avian influenza on free range farms should be discussed in the context of the size of the flock and the stocking density.”

Despite claims to the contrary by vested interests, the model code of practice for the Welfare of Animals – Domestic Poultry, does impose a maximum outdoor stocking density of 1500 hens per hectare on free range egg farms.

“Higher densities referred to in the appendix relate only to chickens raised for meat.”

garnered most attention.

The International Year of Family Farming aims to stimulate policies for the sustainable development of family farms, communal units and cooperatives.

Mr Westwood said one example of the problems generated by the dominance of corporate farming was the vulnerability of egg farms to outbreaks of avian influenza, or bird flu.

“Statements by politicians and others about the outbreaks were factually incorrect,” Mr Westwood said.

“A comparative analysis on the number of avian influenza outbreaks in Australia between 1976 and 2013 demonstrates that most avian influ-

FARMERS hope that government and consumers will recognise the benefits that agriculture provides to the nation and the community, says Grantville farmer and Freeranger Eggs’ Phil Westwood.

The United Nations has called 2014 the International Year of Family Farming.

The UN says that family farms are important for sustainable food production and the achievement of food security.

Mr Westwood said that farmers across Australia would show politicians in Canberra and in all state parliaments that family farms were a greater benefit to the country than corporate giants which usually

Mindset shapes dairy business From page 6

Number 6: Age at first calving.

23 to 24 months is essential for economic reasons.

Beyond this age feed costs can blowout by up to $2/day, and no return on investment in heifers.

Number 7: Feed additives.

This is an area Mike Hutjens spoke on during his Australian visit last year.

His list is common in our industry:Rumensin, yeast products, silage inoculants, macro and trace minerals, rumen buffers and biotin.

We use and recommend all the above.

The economic responses are well documented, but frequently are only seen as “costs”.

Number 8: Optimum mineral nutrition.

Like the above, macro and trace minerals are essential for health and production.

This includes growing heifers and dry cows.

There is a growing body of research, particularly highlighting the needs of these two groups, for mineral nutrition correlating it to whole-of-life production/profit.

Number 9: Lameness.

The two major causes in our system are rumen pH and hoof nutrition.

I mentioned rumen pH in #2, our new yeast-based feed additive.

We run biotin in all our premixes with many years of supportive evidence on its benefit to lameness.

This list of course contains nothing new.

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But the pair will not commit to the long-term use of a new sire until they see his progeny. “I don’t want to knock genetics representatives but they know damn well not to come in and tell me what bulls to use because some reps are only there to sell you the bulls that they will make the most money from,� Mr Harvey said.

From the current offering Mr Harvey said that Buddha – or Bushlea Perfector Bold-etto, to give him his full name, from Genetics Australia – showed potential. “As well there is a young genomic bull that Nicole is trying out this year,� Mr Harvey said.

Some of the best bulls the family has used for breeding were from the Southwind line.

Mr Harvey said he had tried two Canadian bulls not only without success but with potentially poor managerial outcomes for the herd. “The first Canadian bull would kick your head off given half a chance and then the second pro-

duced really big calves, Mr Harvey said. “I’ve never seen calves so big and I remember one weighed 83 kilograms at three days old. “The cow calved alright by herself but never got in calf again.�

Mr Harvey said that it did not matter how good the sires – it was important to see how progeny performed under Australian conditions.

In South Gippsland that often means dealing with rain coming horizontally across the hills, Mr Harvey said.

With 1150 to 1250 millimetres of annual rainfall in the region quite a lot of it takes that trajectory.

But with two or three in the herd aged 12 years old or more and quite a few others close to reaching their teens, the herd’s survival skills are of the top order.

In an on-farm Holstein challenge run in conjunction with the Bass Coast summer show at Wonthaggi a few years ago the Harveys won champion female with a 12-year-old cow and

several ďŹ rsts and seconds as well in a ďŹ eld of about 120.

The top cow, Winnie, went in the joints shortly afterwards. “We originally said she’d die on the property, but eventually you have to be cruel to be kind and we shipped her off,� Mr Harvey said.

Nicole took over rearing the calves in 2013 – there were 70 last year - which used to be Mrs Harvey’s job.

Apart from replacements for the herd, surplus heifers will be available for the export market and a few of the bigger bull calves were steered and will be grown out.

At the end of January, Mr and Mrs Harvey were due to visit India for a few weeks (see page 9), leaving Nicole and husband Mark to milk the herd and look after the farm.

Nicole has run the farm before but only when the herd has been dried off. “This time it will give her a good feel for full on dairying,� Mr Harvey said.

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Saturday, February 15 X 10.30am Starting out in pigs This presentation is aimed at those interested in farming pigs as a hobby or small commercial enterprise. The presentation will include information on the legalities of pig ownership and cover the requirements for basic housing, feeding and husbandry.

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SPEAKERS: Commercial beekeepers representing the Victorian Apiarists’ Association.

X 3.30pm Putting an end to Hendra – an update on the Hendra virus This presentation is a must for horse owners wanting to know more about the Hendra virus and the possibilities for its spread further south and into Victoria.

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SPEAKER: Amanda Macartney, Equine Specialist Representative – Victoria, Zoetis Pty Ltd. Sunday, February 16 X 10.30am Say ‘goodbye’ to fertiliser costs – worms are the answer David draws on the experiences of his own trials (conducted in conjunction with Alan Savoury’s cell grazing techniques) involving the introduction of worms to pastures and believes that beef and dairy farmers, for the approximate cost of one year’s traditional fertiliser application, need never buy fertiliser again.

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X 12.30pm Sustainable farm forestry This presentation will outline how to develop and maintain a permanent multi-age, multi-species forest for timber production.

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Telstra lights up farming expo the devices they can use and the amazing potential of the Connected Home on the NBN. “Telstra services on NBN Co’s fixed wireless network will put fast internet speeds, internet-delivered TV shows and movies and new applications within reach of local residents and businesses,” Mr Tinker said.

“It will also provide the bandwidth needed to get households online using a growing range of connected computers, games consoles, tablets and smartphones,” he said.

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“Fast broadband also means customers can use the internet to overcome geographic barriers,” Mr Tinker said.

“For some it will open up new opportunities to work remotely from home while for others it will make distance education and streaming lectures online practical when they can’t be on campus.”

Customers in a wide range of areas around Shepparton,

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Telstra area general manager Steve Tinker said with the possibility of more than 5200 customers in the area able to access Telstra services on NBN Co’s fixed wireless network, the expo is a great chance for customers to see the equipment they will need to access NBN Co’s fixed wireless network,

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apprehended using one of our security systems. “That is the best feeling and that is why we do it,� he said.

Mr McKenzie added that he trials all the cameras to ensure they all work and he has now ventured into LED torches as a result of requests from his farming customers who asked if he could help them out with “some decent light�. “It’s all about sourcing products to help the rural sector. “Sometimes it’s the simple things that work. “We just feel like we are helping everyone – locals looking after locals,� he said.

500 metres, which can be seen at this year’s Seymour Alternative Farming Expo at site 413.

The security system enables you to log into it and check your property while you are not there, with some cameras able to take photos of those who come and go. “If you are away for three days, the camera will give you the photos of who has been there,�

Mr McKenzie said. “The remote cameras are our biggest seller. “They are battery operated and take a 12 mega pixel motionactivated picture. “The best thing is when I hear back from a customer who bought one of our cameras and they tell me that they now have a person in court that was

For more information visit www.extendsecurity.com.au or phone 0415 989 954.

BROKEN River Ingredients prides itself on crafting its natural, wholesome and wholegrain products along the ‘banks of the Broken’ in North East Victoria.

Broken River Ingredients quality assurance manager Anthony Murphy said the company source Australian grown produce to manufacture its ‘back to basic’ ingredients

with “a twist of originality�. “There are no additives and no preservatives - the way all ingredients used to be,� Mr Murphy said. “Our product list is full to the brim of seeds, grains and stone ground flours with gluten free and organic options available. “Some products are mainstream and used by many, while others are considered to

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The Shepparton-based business sells easy and affordable security systems around North east Victoria and the Goulburn Valley that are simple to operate and that are easy to access even when you are away from your property.

Extend Security owner Craig McKenzie said after working in the industry overseas, he never thought he would see the need for it in Australia, however, he felt there was a need to look after families and their properties by giving them the tools to protect their property and livestock. “I realised that no one was

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It’s A Trap is making feral headway IT’S A Trap carries a range of traps for feral animals so that ongoing headway can be made against feral animals all over the country.

The retailer’s principal Robin Wawn said the feral management battle must largely be fought property-by-property.

To that end, It’s A Trap will be at the Seymour Expo on stand G3 near gate three at the Edward Street entrance.

On display will be traps, deterrents and lures to reduce pest animal problems.

“The alternative of no action means being over-run,� Ms Wawn said. “When enough individuals take action, serious headway against feral animals can be made. “The people of Canberra have virtually eradicated the Indian Myna. “They took action of mass trapping of this murderous pest with around 40,000 euthanased to date. “They bought their Myna traps and neighbour by neighbour, collectively wiped out these ferals.

“Native birds then returned to trees and nesting hollows,� she said.

Like Canberrans, Landcare groups get it with many running feral animal trapping programs. “But Australia excels at native animal extinctions,� Ms Wawn said. “The once-widespread barred bandicoot’s national population fell to 40 animals thanks to introduced foxes and cats, before a last-second captive protective breeding program began. “So a lot more people have to

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get it and take action; the scale and immense damage to native animal populations by 20m killer feral cats across Australia, each eating six to ten native birds and animals daily is immense,� she said.

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Recharge keeps deep cycle batteries going for years bought Recharge to maintain serious banks of batteries, storing power from off grid alternative generating systems like wind turbines, photovoltaic cells and diesel generators. “We get the best results with those big deep cycle lighting batteries because they are particularly good batteries with good lead in them,� Mr Anselmi said.

He said a two litre container of Recharge is about right for operators of most lighting systems and they will be on special at the Seymour Expo for $230. “Normally they cost $380 each

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Mr Anselmi said sulphation was a major problem with leadacid batteries. “All batteries sulphate.� “You buy them with sulphation and they only get worse until they die. “But Recharge will dissolve those sulphur ions back into the electrolyte so they hold a charge again. “The battery regains its capacity, corrosion of lead plates is stopped and battery life is significantly increased in most cases,� he said.

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RECHARGE, a life enhancer for all lead acid batteries, has extended battery life for a Queensland farmer’s vehicle batteries by up to eight years.

Recharge Battery Revitalizer’s Gerard Anselmi, who will be at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo again this year on site 13, said that Claremont farmer Shane Perry reported that most of his Recharge treated batteries had lasted between four and six years.

And on one of his bulldozers the battery was still performing well after eight years.

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YUMMY: While meat will be a feature of chef Mario Letizia’s demonstrations, he will also indluge with ‘all things chocolate’.

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ACCOMPLISHED chef Mario Letizia will offer practical, and tasty cooking dishes during three daily demonstrations throughout expo, keen to show nothing has to go to waste when dealing with meats.

Mario said that with a Sicilian dad and Vietnamese mother he was born to cook, and he has done so from London to Germany, for everyone from the royals to celebrities.

For the past 12 years he has built up the reputation of his Letizia’s restaurant in Shepparton, and can’t wait to get busy at the expo.

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Friday, February 14 Morning session: 11am

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Each tank comes complete with a 40 millimetre super seal brass outlet, a 40 metre gate valve, a 90 metre overflow cap and a 500 millimetre leaf strainer.

With 16 years’ experience in the industry and a desire to produce quality products to the rural and domestic market, Mr Penhall said Riverina Poly offers excellent customer service, efficient delivery with customer satisfaction guaranteed.

The company has a professional delivery procedure with a truck and trailer combination capable of delivering four 22,500 litre tanks in one delivery.

“Our pricing is complete with tank, fittings, delivery and GST upfront, with no add-ons,” Mr Penhall said.

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Specialising in the manufacture of 22,500 litre (5000 gallon) tanks made at the company’s state-ofthe-art manufacturing facility in Corowa, Mr Penhall said Riverina Poly tanks are thicker at the base because the pressure at the bottom of the tank is greater.

“With my experience in plumbing and water storage tanks, I believe you cannot go

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than $100, portable solar panels from $50 and solar pumps and wind turbines.

The company are also the central Victorian agent for Polymate trailers.

“We offer honest advice, fully fitted prices using top-quality brand names like Trina, Simax, SMA and Think Power - all with Australian offices and warehouses,” Mr Schloeffol said.

“We do not pressure you to sign, we give you a fully fitted price, we do all the paperwork, we organise an independent electrical inspector to check over the installation who will issue a certificate of electrical safety.”

You can talk to Mr Schloeffol at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo at site 274.

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Mr Schloeffol said the gate openers are made for do-it-yourself installation with no electrician required.

The gate openers can be fitted in about one hour and a range of options are available for purchase including key pads, push button openers, photo beams and electronic lock look for our demonstration trailer featuring single and double gate systems.

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Established in 2002, Custom Solar Solutions manufactures the highest quality, Australian designed auto-gates to suit a variety of applications from rural farm gates to factory gates.

Co-owner John Schloeffol said he is proud to be representing Letron Auto Gates which are solar powered and suitable for any home, farm or business.

“Once only available to the trade, Custom Solar Solutions has secured the rights to sell these products direct to the public, which means large savings for you with a single swing gate unit starting from only $995,” Mr Schloeffol said.

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Building Lectures Program Saturday 15 Feb, 2014

Sunday 16 Feb, 2014

Residential and Commercial Solar Systems

Accessing Rural Water Supplies

Benefits of Earth Building & the problems associated with energy rating

Stephen Gemmill - Goulburn Murray Water g-mwater.com.au Site# 168

John Williamson - Sunpower Solar sunpowersolar.net.au Site# GI 14 10.45am

How to run your wood heater more efficiently

Enjoy Power Independence

Greg Parker-Hill - Pivot Stove pivotstove.com.au Site# 53 11.30am

Environmental Sustainability with a sewerage waste water system

Owner Builders, When is a building permit required and building in bush fire prone areas

Dianne Hall - A&A Worm Farm Waste Systems wormfarm.com.au Site# 356 12.15pm

1.00pm

Barry Nicholl - Mitchell Shire Council mitchellshire.vic.gov.au Site# 361 A

2.30pm

3.15pm

Greg Parker-Hill - Pivot Stove pivotstove.com.au Site# 53

Eddie Greco / Veli Markovic - The Green Power Company greenpowerco.com.au Site# G 9

Enjoy Power Independence

Energy efficient windows and bushfire solutions

Residential and Commercial Solar Systems

Tony Paarhammer - Paarhammer Windows paarhammer.com.au Site# 357

John Williamson - Sunpower Solar sunpowersolar.net.au Site# GI 14

Energy saving solutions for Dairy Farmers

Environmental Sustainability with a sewerage waste water system

Building in Fireprone Areas

Tony Smith – Sunergy Solar Water Wind sunergysolar.com.au Site# 196

Dianne Hall - A&A Worm Farm Waste Systems wormfarm.com.au Site# 356

Benefits of Earth Building & the problems associated with energy rating

Residential and Commercial Solar Systems

Building in Fireprone Areas

Is an off grid or battery backup power system right for me?

Alex Caughey - CFA Hume Region cfa.vic.gov.au Site# EB 26

Tony Smith – Sunergy Solar Water Wind sunergysolar.com.au Site# 196

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Tony Paarhammer - Paarhammer Windows paarhammer.com.au Site# 357

John Williamson - Sunpower Solar sunpowersolar.net.au Site# GI 14

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Alex Caughey - CFA Hume Region cfa.vic.gov.au Site# EB 26

Confessions of a solar seller fella – what the industry doesn’t want you to know Tony Smith – Sunergy Solar Water Wind sunergysolar.com.au Site# 196

Tips on communicating better with your builder Sara Reid – Department of Justice justice.vic.gov.au

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4D Flavours Pty Ltd .................................................Q A & A Kracht Dist - Water Purifiers .........................49 A & A Worm Farm Waste Systems ......................356 A & M Tools .......................................................387/8 A Amendola Leather .............................................CA AAA Quality Socks ...................................G/H/I/J/K/L AAI Limited (Apia) ............................................ EB 60 Advanced Therapy Spas (Aust) P/L ...............EB 3/4 Adventure Blinds ......................................................V Agri Topics Round Table Workshop ..................... AZ Agricultural Society Lectures ...............................100 Agrisolutions Pty. Ltd. ....................................... AZ 5 Alinad Australia P/L .......................................... EB 45 All About Scrapbooking, Melton ...........................CA All Frame Steel .....................................................197 All Fun Amusements .............................195/95A/95B All Things Country...................................... 130/130A Allclear Leafguard & Gutter.............................. EB 16 Alpaca Display .....................................................112 Alternative Growing Solutions Pty Ltd .................. G6 Aqualex Gutter Protection Pty Ltd ........................ N6 Aqualife Industries .................................................45 Aquamax Australia Rural Water Solutions ....... EB 27 Atel/AusNac.........................................................G12 Ausina Natural Products .......................................FM Aus-Sharp ..............................................................15 Aussie Bush Hats .................................................409 Aussie Shade & Hot Houses ...............................188 Australian Miniature Horse Society Inc.............OVAL Australian Native Farm Forestry Nursery .............279 Australian Tea House ............................................FM Australis Simulation- V8 Supercar Simulator.......373 Avenel Primary School .........................................193 Avon Products .................................................. EB 35 BA Pumps & Sprayers ..................................189/190 Baby Change Facilities ..........................................57 Bacchus Marsh Seedling Farm P/L ..................404/5 Bamboo Creations .................................................26 Barry Bennett ....................................................... SW Beattie Farms P/L ................................................. SW Bee-Jay Machinery Pty. Ltd. ...............................245 Beion Distribution & Marketing .....................EB 77/8 Bellsouth ..............................................................153 Belpard Australia Pty Ltd ...............................7/29/68 Bendigo Clothing P/L ...........................................407 Bendigo Hat Shop P/L .........................................169 Bendigo Woodturners Inc. ................................ 362H Bertoli Farm Machinery ............................ 366/7/9/70 Billy The Bean ....................................................... XY BJ Enterprises & Marketing ........................EB 32/75 Black Sheep Tucker ........................................... FC 9 Bling With A Zing .................................................209 Breast Cancer Cushions .......................................CA Brindabella Quilting Systems ...............................CA Bruck Textiles .......................................................293 Brudari Hills English Leicester Sheep Stud ......... SW Bunyip Saddlery..................................................G10 Bush Bar...........................................................FC 8A Bushman Tanks.................................................246/7 Butchers Shop .................................................. 152A Buttons N More .....................................................CA Buzz Icecream .................................................. 362A BWR Machinery.......................................... 113/4/5/6 Callipari Wines/Ned Kelly Red ..............................FM CamperLED Australia....................................... EB 87 Cancer Council Victoria Seymour Group ........ EB 53 Central Victorian Baked Potatoes ..........................22 CFA................................................................EB 25/6 Chainsaw Carving Competition ...........................178 Chick Pea .......................................................... 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AZ 23 Conquest Pools.............................................343/344 Coolabah Water .....................................................31 Coolagolite ............................................................CA Coopers Direct ..............................................EB 47/8 Corry Marketing .........................................EB 84/5/6 Country Fair Poffertjes P/L ............................... FC 11

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AZ 18 Discount Cable Ties .............................................291 Ditmar Pty Ltd .................................................. EB 19 Dog Master Trainers ......................................... EB 57 Don Constable & Julie Brown..............................250 Dorper Sheep Marquee .........................................87 Doug’s Mobile Welding..........................................88 Dr Tens Pain Relief ........................................... EB 52 Duckfeet Australia .........................................EB 28/9 Earth Garden Pty Ltd ....................................EB 21/2 Eastern Hill Cricket Club Inc. .................................32 Easybeads ............................................................CA Easydrive Post Co. ...............................................128 Easyklip/Crunchy Seeds................................... 158A Eddie’s Sunglasses .........................................GI 2/5 Emo’s Leather Goods ....................................GI 8/11 Enduro Tags Steinfort Agvet ............................ AZ 15 Enviro 2100 Pty Ltd .......................................... AZ 11 Enviropro Alternatives Pty Ltd..............................361 Enviroshop ....................................................EB 30/1 Envisage Furniture ............................................402/3 Eurolux Australia Pty Ltd ...................................35/36 Everhard Ind.........................................................332 Exotic Licorice & Candy .........................................30 Expert Real Estate.........................................EB 63/4 Extend Security Pty Ltd........................................413 FAB Desserts (Aus) Colombo ..............................166 Fantastic Products ......................................GI 6/9/13 Farm & Rural Lifestyle Seminars......................... 90D Farm Pro..............................................................66/7 Farm Tender ..................................................... AZ 14 Farming Secrets ............................................... AZ 10 Farmtech Machinery Pty Ltd ................................243 First Aid .........................................................159/160 Fix Engineering ................................................ AZ 20 Flatmagic Tyre Sealant.............................................T Flexi-Craft Moulds .................................................CA Fodder Solutions Seymour ................................. 90C Four Seasons Gutter Protection ...................... EB 23 Frank & Lorraine Smit ..........................................149 Fuji Clean Australia Pty. Ltd. ...............................333 Future Pure Water ..................................................69 G.W. 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AZ 6/7 Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE .......................355 Goulburn-Murray Water ....................................167/8 Grand Ridge Brewery ........................................... G5 Grass Roots Publishing .......................................148 Gutter Protection Sales .................................... EB 67 GV 4 x 4 .............................................................248/9 GV Gem Mineral & Craft Group ......................... 57A Hardwood Mills ................................................. 373B Hayes Products....................................................163 Hay-Sayvah Hay Feeders .................................285/6 Health Hit............................................................ FC 5 Heartland Log Structures ...............................363/4/5 Hen Safe Doors ....................................................292 Heritage Tanks ..................................................70/81 Hevin Distributors...................................................33 Hi Water Concrete Tanks ....................................47/8 Hidow Australia P/L ........................................... GI 10 High Street Vacuums & Electrical ....................... G13

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HNS Imports.........................................................273 Home Touches ..................................................281/2 Homestar Promotions P/L................................GI 4/7 Hose Factory ..................................................266/7/8 I Like It Direct Pty Ltd ..........................................2/25 Ian Fox Renard Blonde Cattle ...............................CP Icon - Septech ......................................................375 iHealth Saunas ..............................................EB 61/2 In The Kitchen .............................................EB 79/80 Independant Builders Network ......................... 362B Independent Phoenix Trader ................................CA Irrewarra Natural Icecream ............................... 262A It’s A Trap! .............................................................G3 J & M Brain Safety Wear ..........................................3 Jay & S Tools..................................................235/6/7 JB Caravans ................................ 318A/19A/22A/23A Jetmaster (VIC) P/L ...........................................52/53 John Sanderson Machinery ............. 125/6/7/134/5/6 Joma Alpaca’s......................................................143 JTS Agricultural ......................................................14 Just Sweets ...........................................................CA Kanga Loaders Global Pty Ltd ................... 71/2/9/80 Karas Clothing......................................................217 Katie’s Patchwork Packs .......................................CA Keilor Obedience Dog Training Centre.............OVAL Ken Muston Automotive ....................................386/9 Khouri Workwear .............................................. 317A Kiddies Food Kutters & Safety Food Peeler ......362F King Valley Pies .....................................................FM Kingsman Collection ....................................GI 16/19 Kioti Tractors .............................................. 131/131A Kitchen Gadgets ............................................... 209A Konigs Shepparton ...........................................89/90 Kool Az Led Lights ........................................258/267 Kooyong Furniture ............................................64/65 Laucke Mills .........................................................140 Lavor Wash ..........................................................414 LD, IA, ME & CW Stevenson ................................ SW Leichts C.I.A. ........................................................374 Leonie’s Photographic Images ............................A/B Letizia’s Restaurant ........................................... 152A Light My Fire .................................................... EB 82 Lizard Moleskin Jeans ...................................... 362C Luanda Datavac ............................................... EB 59 Lucas Mill P/L ....................................................382/3 Lucindale Engineering ......................................277/8 Lumenaus Solar & Wind Pty Ltd ....................... 354A Lyal Eales Stores...............................................230/1 M & R Scarcella.....................................................FM Magic Pens............................................................CA Magnum Welders ..........................................161/162 Maine-Park ............................................................CP Mansfield Tools ......................................................21 Market Place Crafts ................................................37 Mary Grant ............................................................CA Mega Cheap Hardware .............................. 75/6/92/3 Merribrook White Dorpers .....................................87 Metalcorp Steel .................................................104/5 Metalform - Tow and Farm ...........................93B/C/D Metalscape ....................................................353/360 Michael’s Trailers...............................................380/1 Midway Sales Tractors & Machinery.... 260/1/2/3/4/5 Miso Chic ..............................................................CA Miss Gypsy Whitemoon Fortune Teller ............. 362E Mitchell Shire Council ....................................... 361A Mohair Australia Ltd ......................................... AZ 17 Morris Outside.................................................EB 5/6 MR Graphics .................................................... EB 33 Mr Pure Water ................................................... 316A Mulberry Lane .......................................................CA Mulcra Downs ......................................................119 N.M.I.T. ....................................................... AZ 24/5/6 Nargun Den Speckle Park ...................................118 National Machinery P/L ..............................287/8/303 Neil Beer Seymour ............................................191/2 Newstyle Direct P/L ........................................9/16/23 Norton Gates Pty Ltd .............................................54 Now That’s A Knife ............................................39/40 Nutrisoil .........................................................399/400 Off-Grid Energy Australia ..............................EB 68/9 O’Loghlin Wiltshire Horn Sheep Stud.................. SW Onahead ...............................................................G7 Oppi Innovations ..................................................... 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Ozway Small Engines & Machinery.......................44 P.D & L.J Mangles Riverview Belgian Blues .........CP Paarhammer P/L ...............................................350/7 Paper Magic ..........................................................CA Para Park Co-Operative Game Reserve Ltd ..........42 Pat Kearins Pty. Ltd .................................... 210/210A Pellenc Australia Pty Ltd ......................................133 Penfold Home Improvements ................................34 Pergunyah Perendale Stud .................................. SW Peter Hodge Camel Hire ......................................309 Petz Name Aust........................................................8 Pink Robin .............................................................CA Pioneer Water Tanks ............................... 324A/325A Pivot Stoves & Heating Company .........................53 Poly Fence & Yards ..............................................290 Post ‘N’ Rail .......................................................345/6 Poultry Pavillion ................................................. 177A Pure Indulgence ............................................... FC 13 Quay’s Outdoor Catering.......................................19 Quilters Barn .........................................................CA Radtke Catering .....................................................63 Raine Marketing ............................................EB 36/7 Rat Zapper Victoria ..............................................255 Ravenswood British Whites ..................................CP Rawleighs Healthcare ............................................18 Rechange Battery Revitaliser .................................12 Red River Stockyards ............................. 304/5/6/7/8 Redback Storage Systems` .........................EB 55/6 Redgum Farm Rustic Furniture..............................83 Regional Roof Restorations ...................................24 Reptile Awareness Displays of Australia........... 362H Rhino Water Tanks P/L ......................... 319/20/21/22 Richard Renato Service ....................................215/6 Richvalley Cordials................................................FM Ride on Mower Sales ............................... 316/7/24/5 Rising Sun Buggies .............................................204 Riverina Poly ..................................................232/3/4 Riversdale Irises ....................................................FM Robin & Pat Evans ........................................EB 14/5 Romsey Engineering Services..........................95/96 Ross Draper ..........................................................CP Rural Product Marketing ................................181/2/4 Rustic & Country Decor ..............................EB 70/71 Rustic Hyde Skincare Australia......................... 362D Safety Boots & Work Gear ................................202/3 Salami Shack ..................................................... EB 2 Samm & The Bear .................................................. W Self Serve Slush’s ............................................... 60A Seven Hills Tallarook ............................................O/P Seymour Ag Supplies ...................... 106/7/8/9/10/11 Seymour Football Netball Club........................... 59B Seymour Mowers & Motorbikes ................ 294/5/6/7 Seymour Playgroup Inc. ........................................57 Seymour Police ................................................ EB 46 Seymour Poultry Club Inc. ................................ 177A Seymour Puckapunyal Community Radio ......... 32A Seymour Rural Equipment...............................90A/B Shady Characters Australia P/L ........................172/3 Shepparton Mower & Marine P/L .......... 256/7/268/9 Shipka Pty Ltd - The Kiosk ................................. 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SW Stickerish Allsorts ...................................................41 Stihl Shop Seymour ..........................................170/1 Stinchcombe Engineering .....................................50 Strath Valley Wiltshire Stud .................................. SW Strong Wool Breeders Assoc Ltd ........................ SW Sue’s Stitches .......................................................CA Sunergy Solar P/L ................................................196 Sun-Power Auto Gates......................................223/4 Sunpower Solar ................................................ GI 14

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Sunstream Pumps ...............................................225 Super Axe..........................................................382/3 Super Stim ...................................................... EB 11 Supreme Caravans P/L .....................................OVAL Swagman Tours ............................................259/266 Swim Inn Pool Shop ............................................359 T & F Imports ......................................... 338/9/40/41 Taltarni Vineyards .............................................. GI 22 Tangled Garden Book Co P/L ..............................199 Taylex Industries P/L ...................................EB 50/51 Tecalemit .................................................... 138/138A Telstra Country Wide ...............................410A/B/C/D The Fudge Factory .................................................46 The Greek Wrap Company ................................ FC 6 The Green Power Co. ...........................................G9 The Orange Lady .................................................... P The Pain Man .........................................................28 The Strawberries & Pancake Van ........................401 The Ultimate Hayfeeder .......................................177 The Weekly Times ..............................73/73A/78/78A Think Livestock ......................................................94 Three Beans Coffee ...............................................62 Timberland ........................................................ 373C Timboon Fine Ice Cream .................................... 93A Timms Direct ........................................................142 Tin Press...............................................................141 Town & Country Farmer ................................... EB 34 Traditional Chinese Massage............................ 247A Traditional Lemonade Stand .............................. FC 4 Tree Preservation Australia ................................ AZ 4 Tree Project ...................................................... AZ 12 Tri Nature ........................................................... GI 18 Triffid Park.............................................................408 True Blue Puncture Goo ............................ 406/406A Trufficulture Pty Ltd ...............................................G4 Truffles Continental Foods ................................. FC 7 Twin Needles .........................................................CA Twins Pantry ..................................................... EB 76 Twist Potato Mooroopna .................................. FC 12 Ultimate Solar.......................................................157 Ultra Bond ............................................................280 Under The Branches - Solar Light Project ............ N3 Under the Mulberry Treet ......................................CA Urthly Organics .....................................................FM Vic Breeder Group- Square Meaters ...................120 Victorian Apiarists’ Association ..................... AZ 21/2 Victorian Farmers Federation........................EB 65/6 Victorian Pumps & Cleaning Equipment P/L.......139 Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk ............416 Vin Rowe Farm Machinery ......................... 229/229A Violet Town Rural & Hardware ................. 121/2/3/3A Vision Mart .............................................................51 Vitec Australia...................................................... 94A W & P Pumps & Dairy Services ...........................241 W.B. Hunter ......................................................97/8/9 Wales Rural ..................................................54/55/56 Walk West.............................................................242 Warratina Lavender Farm.................................. 248A Water4Life Pty Ltd ................................................342 Waterstore Poly Tanks............................ 200/1/18/19 Weedwakka ............................................................17 Whirrakee Woodware.............................................. U Willbrook Farm Services ................................... 393A Wobble-Tee ..........................................................410 Wood Wizz Machinery .........................................178 Yarra Glen Mower & Tractor Centre .......................82 Yarralea Limousin Stud .........................................CP ZEN Energy Systems ............................................ N5 Zoro Deli ................................................................FM

ADVICE FOR EXPO VISITORS: Southern Farmer has taken every step to ensure that the information in the exhibitors’ listing and site map is correct at the time of printing. Visitors are advised to contact Seymour Alternative Farming Expo organising committee on 5799 1211 or visit www.seymour-expo.com to confirm that this information is still current and correct.

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And he said unless you are building or using concrete tanks, you are wasting your time and money.

“With just about any other material sunlight is a killer, for drinking temperatures, water quality and tank longevity,” Mr Miller said.

“Concrete tanks are there for a lifetime providing fresh cool water.

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“This will not happen with a concrete tank.

“Concrete tanks will survive a bushfire, not like plastic and metal tanks as seen in recent bushfire news footage,” he said.

Hi Water Concrete Tanks are available in a variety of sizes ranging from 22,500 litres to 118,000 litres and are available for in-ground or above ground applications, with either concrete tops, silo roofs or open tops.

“Our tanks are suited to industrial, rural and residential applications, for example hobby farms, water storage, cellars, shelters, water conservation,

milk chilling, water treatment, fire fighting, security and many other applications,” Mr Miller said.

“And all Hi Water tanks are made using the highest quality materials, exceeding the requirements of Australian standards.”

The company also undertakes tank repairs and is always available to give quotes, and are willing to travel all over Victoria and New South Wales.

For every concrete tank ordered at the Seymour Expo, Hi Water Tanks will give you a Hi-Jet submersible or above ground pump valued at $1200.

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Big pole and wire bill prompted move to solar A QUOTE of $17,000 to supply electricity to the middle of his two kilometre long farm, ‘Equidistant’ between Colac, Cobden and Camperdown, prompted Robert Armitt to investigate less expensive options.

That led him to investigate solar panel powered pump sets in the $6000 to $10,000 range in China.

Mr Armitt said that less than half a decade later, they are much cheaper again and he will be displaying Sunstream Solar Pumps in the $2000

to $5000 range at this year’s Seymour Expo on site 225.

The demonstration unit will be operating in a section of bore casing.

Mr Armitt said he sold two basic types - centrifugal pumps moving 50,000 litres per day against a five metre head and screw pumps operating from a 100 metre head and lifting 10,000 litres per day.

“As well, I’m hoping to get hold of another screw type operating to a head of 150 metres,” Mr Armitt said.

“One screw model with a 60 metre head capability and 10,000 litres per

day capacity is proving popular as a trouble-free replacement for windmills.

“Occupational Health and Safety concerns with farmers or plumbers servicing windmill towers about 30 metres high has made their retention much more problematic,” he said.

He added that the availability and cost of spares was a hindrance to them continuing in service.

Mr Armitt said the smallest in the Sunstream range, producing 5000 litres per day, required one standard panel of 250 watts - the equivalent of six horsepower.

The Chinese-made pumps come with a two-

year guarantee, but Mr Armitt added that he has had his running without any problems for the past three years.

The solar panels are guaranteed to still produce 90 per cent of their power output after 10 years and 85 per cent after 20 years.

A new item Mr Armitt will display at Seymour is the Ezview tank level indicator.

Made in Ballarat where Mr Armitt runs his business, the external part of the indicator goes down level with the float inside the tank.

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industry sectors and discuss the value of compost products, methodologies and techniques to agriculture. z Machinery and implement forum – aimed at small holding owners who are contemplating the purchase of equipment. This forum will involve a panel of machinery dealers who will talk about purchase options without the sales hype. z Permaculture forum – spanning four sessions, this forum will cover a comprehensive explanation of permaculture, sustainable farm forestry, whole farm planning using permaculture design and how creative earthworks can be used to achieve maximum water infiltration and growing potential.

z Beekeeping z Starting a pig enterprise z An update on the Hendra virus.

The seminar programs will begin at 10.30am each day and will be held in the seminar theatrette, located adjacent to the Ag Zone exhibition marquee.

The workshops that will be presented will focus on key handling, management and health issues relating to cattle, sheep, poultry, pigs, Boer goats and alpacas.

The workshops and demonstration programs will be delivered by top local veterinarians, livestock breeders and experts from Victoria’s Department of Environment and Primary Industries.

Other topics the program will cover include: z Keeping geese z Control of capeweed and Paterson’s curse z Hints on how to promote your on-farm enterprise z Grazing and cropping without fertilisers z Livestock selection for small holdings z Worm farming

Highlights of the 2014 program will include: z Cattle – presentations to include ear tagging, marking of calves, cow health, artificial insemination and calving management. z Sheep – management and husbandry issues associated with running a small flock. z Poultry – a discussion on diseases that affect poultry in

Victoria. z On-farm diseases – a session on the diseases and illnesses that cause livestock mortality in Victoria. z Boer goats – a focus on basic husbandry requirements and tips on marketing. z Pigs – advice on starting a small pig enterprise including stock selection and the essential husbandry and management issues associated with it. z Alpacas – a comprehensive look at the basics from shearing and vaccinations to feeding and parasite control. Breeding basis and the delivery of cria are topics also covered. z Pastures – a presentation on the management of pastures on small holdings.

All workshops will start at 10.30am each day and will be presented adjacent to the Cattle Pavilion and next to the Metalcorp demonstration yards.

Admission to the seminars and workshops is free.

For a full program of seminars and workshops visit www. seymour-expo.com.au.

Hay all year round at Gaffys IF you are in need of hay at any time of the year, Gaffys can help you out.

Ardmona- based Gaffys grow hay by the Goulburn River near Mooroopna and the company also is an agricultural machinery operator, offering tractor hire and excavation services.

Gaffys co-owner Michael Gaffy said the company offers a wide range of products and services including powered John Deere or Hoppers. “The lucerne is grown under centre pivot and we pride ourselves on producing a top grade hay,� Mr Gaffy said.

“Our hay is harvested with a Massey Ferguson windrower fitted with a unique double roller conditioner, which enables the hay to cure earlier than normal, thereby keeping its color and nutritional value,� he said.

A number of thoroughbred breeding and training stables in

the Euroa/Nagambie area use Gaffys hay and it is also sold into areas of Melbourne.

To inspect samples of Gaffys products you can visit them at Site 133 at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo.

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New to the program this year are a number of open forums and panel discussions that have been included to heighten audience involvement and interaction with the various industry experts including: z Compost forum – a panel of three representatives from the composting industry will provide an overview of their respective

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Harlequin minis on display ONE of the first breeders to take the plunge into Harlequin mini meat sheep will have them on display at this year’s Seymour Alternative Farming Expo.

Sandy Simpkins, stud owner of Mulcra Downs Stud in Murrayville is breeding the Harlequin Minis that have been developed as a result of a miniature gene discovered in South African Persian sheep that were imported into Australia in 2000 and mated to a White Dorper hybrid ram.

The resulting progeny was half size sheep that are polled with a variety of colors.

Several different bloodlines have been used to maintain genetic diversity and in 2012 there were three separate lines of Minis within the Genelink breeding group.

According to Dennis Russell from Genelink who works with Ms Simpkins with the Minis “swapping rams�, the White Dorper influence

has given a good muscling on a small sheep that can produce lamb carcasses of 18 kilograms (kg) in about five months. “The Minis are also clean shedding with no shearing or crutching required,� Mr Russell said. “Most grow a type of short wool or down in winter and shed it in spring. “They have a good temperament and they respond to a little hand feeding,� he said.

Small groups from the source flock are now in Victoria, NSW, Western Australia and Queensland, with inquiries coming from small farm owners and organic vineyards.

Mini sheep are not currently registered with a breed society, pedigree tracked or recorded. “We recommend that purchasers of our sheep begin the process of pedigree recording for future use, as a breed society will be organised when flock numbers reach critical

mass,� Mr Russell said.

Ms Simpkins said that ewes are able to breed all year round and can have up to two pregnancies per year. “Growth is also quite good – at about 40kg - and will fit into the light trade lamb category at about 18kg to 20kg,� Ms Simpkins said. “All our wether lambs not used for the sale table have been included in shipments of Dorper cross lambs to the works and have made the same grid prices as the others. “They also have great potential for private sales as lawn mowers, for meat and spit lambs,� she said.

She added that the Minis are easy to handle, which is ideal for hobby farmers and sheep enthusiasts, low maintenance and produce the same amount of meat, or more, per hectare as other lamb breeds.

For more information visit www. genelinksheep.com.au.

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THE timber craftsmen at Envisage Furniture boast that they custom make furniture for people who appreciate quality craftsmanship with the natural beauty and warmth only found in timber.

The founders of Shepparton-based Envisage Furniture, Mathew Irwin and Chris Willis, are two very talented timber craftsmen who put all their creative energy and passion for quality, handcrafted timber furniture into every piece they create. “Our passion and creative energy is embedded in the cabinet making and joinery practices of the past and present,�

Mr Willis said. “We have an in-depth knowledge of the timber working industry, so we are able to use the best structural joints in each piece of furniture to create not only a beautiful piece of timber furniture, but a structural piece of furniture that will last for generations.�

The company design and create custom made timber furniture from solid timbers in the Goulburn Valley and also source a wide range of timbers from Australia and overseas to capture the “right look� for their customers.

They also personally deliver to Victoria and some areas of NSW or they will arrange freight for other areas. “Our team of professional craftsmen sit

down and design each piece,� Mr Willis said. “The design process can work in a few different ways. “The most efficient is being able to talk to you in person. “One of our team can sit down with you and design your piece of furniture based on the size and style you have in mind. “Within our showroom, we have a range of beautiful furniture along with numerous photos of pieces we have created in the past, these can help you get those ideas flowing and it also shows what is possible. “We can also work with your design,� he said.

The range of timber products the team at Envisage Furniture have produced has grown over the years and continues to grow from tables to chairs, to feature walls and restoration pieces, with some of their work on display at this year’s Seymour Alternative Farming Expo. “Our goal is to produce uniquely individual pieces of furniture, introducing the natural beauty of solid timber into the modern environment,� Mr Willis said. “We pride ourselves on our customer service and work hard to achieve the highest goals.�

For more information visit www.envisagefurniture.com.au.

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ANOTHER year has flown by with everything gearing up for another fantastic range of displays at the 2014 Seymour Expo of which Heritage Tanks are a proud sponsor.

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displaying their tanks for those looking to secure their own water supply.

David and Helen Kennett of Pinjarra Alpaca Stud visited the Heritage Tanks site at last year’s expo after having previously purchased two 110,000 litre Heritage water tanks for their Strathbogie property.

After a wet winter came a summer of almost no rain, which nearly depleted their supply through stock and domestic use.

They knew they needed to add more storage to ‘drought proof’ their property so they added a third storage tank from Heritage Tanks.

Heritage Tanks is a manufacturer of rural, domestic and commercial rainwater tanks that can help with increasing your water storage for future events of prolonged dry spells to sustain your family and/or livelihoods.

You can save and store ‘overflowing’ winter rain for fire events, or to reuse in manufacturing or for crop preparation, such as spraying.

Heritage Tanks can provide 55,000 litres to 375,000 litre tanks for domestic use.

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Midway takes on Branson tractors

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MIDWAY Sales has complemented its well-regarded stable of Chinese tractors and dozers by adding Korean tractor brand Branson to its stable.

Midway’s Scott Spring-Brown said that the company holds a strong position in the market segment where lifestyle farmers are looking for great value Chinese machines.

“To meet the needs of commercial users and lifestyle farmers looking for that little bit extra, we saw the opportunity

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to join forces with Branson,” Mr Spring-Brown said.

Founded more than 40 years ago, he said Branson Tractors were sold worldwide and were in the same league as world class Korean products such as Samsung/LG phones and televisions and Hyundai/Kia cars.

“We are impressed with the build quality and high-end features and they have plenty of weight, which makes them perform very well in practice,” he added.

A comprehensive line-up has models for all kinds of applications.

There are 20 kilowatt (kW) manual and hydro transmission models in the 00 series.

They are nimble yet capable sub compacts, ideal for smaller lifestyle properties and commercial applications requiring a smaller size such as orchards and vineyards.

The 20R series includes versatile compacts ranging from 26 to 41kW.

ROPS models are available in 26kW, 30kW and 41kW configurations and a cabin model develops 40kW. At the top of the range is the 6640C utility tractor that comes standard with cab and a 50kW rating.

Mr Spring-Brown said the Branson range has the backing of an industry- leading four-year warranty and nationwide service agents.

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Whitlands Engineering clocks up 20 years in business FAMILY owned country Victorian company Whitlands Engineering is celebrating its 20th year in business.

The company specialises in designing and building domesticsized hydraulic wood splitters and industrial firewood processing machines.

But 20 years ago, it started with one machine - the Superaxe.

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Mr Burder’s design featured a vertical configuration meaning that the operator could stand up straight while working.

An innovative log lifter on the side cut out even more effort.

Trialling the first prototype attracted lots of attention from neighbors and family and it wasn’t long before the first order was in.

By five years, the business

had taken on its first employees - a bookkeeper, a field day representative and three to help in the workshop.

Fifteen years on and those first five employees are still with the company.

As the company grew, the laws around farm safety evolved also.

The change in WorkCover laws in 2009 forced pivotal changes for wood splitters and Whitlands Engineering introduced a new range of machines in response.

The new Aussie Chopper range set the benchmark for safety, efficiency and ease-of-use and was quickly adopted as the machine of choice for hire and rental companies, arborists and

firewood production businesses.

Small changes in the Superaxe design further cemented the company as a leader in innovative design.

The company has overcome increasing competition from Asian imports, increasing steel prices, drought and the global financial crisis.

Every machine is still built from scratch in the Whitlands workshop and shipped directly to the buyer and all machines are still grounded in the company design philosophy: ergonomic, built to last, productive, safe and efficient.

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We would never have known that alpaca meat could be eaten (and we would never eat our pet alpaca) but we do eat our home-grown lambs so the butcher shop/cooking demos are a great place to learn new things.

Every single item in the trailer prize will be worth more than its dollar value to us; the trailer and crate, the water tank with firefighting pump and hoses, the Stihl products and probably my two favorites, the spot sprayer tank, which is just what I need for the four-wheeler to make my least-favorite but totally necessary dreaded task of killing weeds more pleasurable and my number

one favorite, that log splitter.

Our home is heated in winter by a wood heater and our entertaining area has a self-built pizza oven that we fire up every Saturday night so we burn a lot of wood.

I was excited to read that CraftAlive would be there as I attended the one held in Shepparton last year and enjoyed that.

Being a country-girl at heart, I enjoy crafts and cooking, so there were times during the day when Peter went and looked at some blokey things and I went in search of inspiration at CraftAlive.

I always return home from the expo motivated and inspired to try something new, save for something for next year and try something new in the garden (plus I haven’t spent the $20 voucher from the Farm Store yet).

It is a credit to the expo staff that it is such a great event to attend.

It has a great, friendly atmosphere with vendors all too willing to help those of us who want to get the best of both worlds by enjoying a slower-paced lifestyle when we get home from work.

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into a small hobby farm and are proud to have a pet alpaca, more than sheep (and have had lambs born each year), chickens, a puppy and we have also fostered a neighbour’s calf.

We are also foster carers with Berry Street and have always wanted to share our home, the garden, open space and animals with lots of children and know that it will always give them fond memories to look back on.

We are extremely waterwise and water all of our garden by hand (no taps or hoses connected outside) and that includes a huge collection of more than 120 roses plus several fruit trees, table-grape vines and 12 olive trees - all established in the past five years.

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It was hot, but those glorious water-misting fans, the pavilions and plenty of spots to stop and rest made for an enjoyable day out in the heat (plus we knew the ice-cream vans would be there).

For us, attending the expo is like going to the show as adults, but the showbags are better.

Each year we have collected a free native tree or shrub from the Mitchell Shire and planted it onto our property.

We make it a day out, not only because we know it is good value, but to specifically seek out specific stall holders for products and information.

Two years ago we purchased a chicken tractor at the expo so we could buy some chickens (which we did) and we have had a regular supply of eggs and fertiliser for family and friends ever since.

This year we had a shopping list.

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BULL AND ON-FARM SALES

Page 12, Southern Farmer

February, 2014

Agent to judge Beef Week heifers RETIRED stud stock agent John Horne (pictured right) will judge the 64 entries – a dozen

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With almost 50 years experience in the livestock agency field, Mr Horne – a respected former stock agent from Dubbo, NSW – brings a broad range of talents to his task.

He will determine 10 finalists and from them champion and reserve champion pens of 10 registered heifers born in 2012.

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$4500 in prize money.

The finalists and the championship winners will be announced at a special dinner in Bendigo on February 7.

In the first heifer challenge in 2012, the champion was Eloora Shorthorns, Bulart, with Rockwood Charolais from Ladysmith, NSW, reserve champion.

Last year the champion was Riga Angus, Mansfield, with the reserve award going to Yavenvale Herefords, Adelong.

Mr Horne started his agency career in 1965 with four years at Melbourne’s Newmarket saleyards and then at Echuca with Younghusband.

He then worked with AML, travelling throughout Victoria for 15 years.

He moved to Dubbo in 1985 and after 12 months at the Dubbo saleyards he joined Elders’ stud stock team.

The period that followed saw dramatic change in the way studs sold cattle.

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Those herds from which stock will be offered include: BONIAN LIMOUSINS, Bungaree. James O’Brien.

February 17 at 2.30pm. Great Southern Limousin Sale, Clifton selling complex, Hamilton. Bonian is one of four vendors offering 60 bulls, 40 elite females and genetic packages. Contact 0409 181 089 or go to www.bonianlimousins.com.au.

GLENDAN PARK Hereford stud, Barfold, via Kyneton. Trovatello family. First on-property sale, February 21. Offering 35 rising two year old horned and polled bulls. Performance recorded, semen and pestivirus tested. Contact (03) 5423 4240 or email info@glendanpark.com.au.

BANQUET ANGUS, Mortlake. Steven and Noelene Branson. February 27. Offering 125 bulls, MN2 accredited, sons of Banquet Belief A387. Contact (03) 5599 2764 or email banquetangus@westvic.com.au.

SOUTH BOOROOK Hereford stud, Mortlake. Peter Allen. February 28, 11am, dispersal sale.

CHAROLAIS GROUP BREEDERS SALE Whittlesea Showground, March 5. Offering 45 led and unled bulls, females, semen and embryo packages (including one heifer for charity). Contact Sapphire Halliday 0447 117 676.

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Offering 55 registered bulls, 10 unjoined females.

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ANVIL ANGUS, Acheron, March 12. Offering 55 HBR bulls representing sires Anvil Enforcer E183, Anvil Endless E160, Sitz Tradition, Coonamble Z3, HA Program and Mohnen Long Distance. Ian Bates, 0418 367 209; Steven Handbury 0427 262 823.

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Prestige Hereford herd for dispersal

By DAVID RIZZOLI ONE of the oldest and most prestigious beef cattle studs in Australia, South Boorook, will after 75 years be dispersed on Friday, February 28.

Founded by the late Jim ‘J.R’ Allen south of Mortlake in 1939, South Boorook Hereford stud cattle have exerted a vast influence on the Hereford breed and the Australian beef industry as a whole.

The Allen family will now concentrate on commercial beef production.

Jim’s son and the stud’s current principal, Peter Allen, said that the sale of 152 females and 35 bulls would give cattle producers a once-in-alifetime opportunity to buy quality seed stock with a background of diligent attention to performance recording for 59 years.

Jim Allen was a pioneer in performance recording when in 1958, weights and average daily gains and ratios were listed for each bull, in that year’s sale catalogue. Also in 1958, the stud started recording weaning weights and ratios for all female calves, to aid the selection of replacement heifers.

“This,” Mr Allen said, “was in fact selection for milking ability.”

Peter Allen says that the installation of state of the art mainframe computers in 1980, on which all performance records are maintained, ensures accuracy and makes better use of figures and remarks collected over 50 years.

The computer keeps a record of service and calving dates, calving ease, 200-day ratio, weaning ratio, joined weight and ratio, frame score and ratio, a 20-point character classing form for each animal and group breed

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varied and influential clientele who have returned year after year to buy.

Leading these is the Galway family, Stuarts Creek, Roma, Queensland, who in over 50 years have purchased around 130 bulls for well over a million dollars, including the top priced bull at most sales.

Naturally Victorian stud breeders are well represented too.

Tim Hutton, Cheviot Hills, Penshurst, has purchased over 85 bulls since 1989; Donald Calvert, Hopkins Hill, Caramut, 30 since 1991 and Brendan Fitzgerald, Cammais Hereford stud, Casterton, 20 bulls and 19 heifers including one for the $22,000 top price at the 2007 sale.

Andrew Kippel, Sugarloaf Creek Hereford stud, has purchased 112 heifers and four bulls and Geoff and Di Notman, Mount Widderin, Skipton, have bought 14 bulls, some of which sired their record breaking weaner calf price of $1012 a head at

Hamilton in 2011.

Other notable return buyers in recent years have been Kevin Stark, Bilink Bonnie, Casterton; Booroola Estate, Yea; Onalim Nominees, Hansonville; M.T.Sullivan and Sons and Shallum and Garry Marshall, Jarrawood.

From 1978 to 2011, South Boorook spent over $700,000 on new sires.

Peter Allen says “apart from being of a standard demanded at South Boorook all these bulls are the longest and tallest to be found in Australia, while maintaining thickness and muscle with good color and hair”.

“A bull is not a bull if he can’t look over a gate,” JR once said.

South Boorook will disperse 90 four to eight year old cows, 42 three year old heifers, 20 two year old heifers, all PTIC, and 35 bulls on February 28 from 11am.

For information call (03) 5599 2092 or 0427 992 082 or email south boorook@bigpond.com.

ROYAL AUDIENCE: South Boorook founder Jim Allen (right) discusses Herefords at Sydney’s 1971 Royal Easter Show with the Duke of Edinburgh (centre).

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NATIONALS’ Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie has voiced her support for the Victorian Government’s application for a cattle grazing trial in the Victorian Alpine National Park. ‘‘Graziers have taken cattle into and across the mountains of Victoria’s Alpine regions as far back as the 1820s,’’ she said.

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The stud’s most influential early sire was Vern Milton, bred by British genetics genius Dick de Quincey, imported as a five months old calf.

He was followed by Vern Australia sired by Vern star Vern Robert.

Tarrington Keep On (imp) followed these two, carrying as he did, five crosses of Vern Robert.

On the female side, South Boorook was founded on Golf Hill blood, together with other quality Australian females and 18 females imported from England.

From the outset, selection for milking ability has been vital and only the best milking strains have been retained in the herd.

South Boorook has been a pioneer in a number of other ways too.

For example, Jim Allen was the first in Australia to erect a purpose-built sale barn for his inaugural onproperty bull sale.

The writer was privileged, as a young stock agent based at nearby Lake Bolac, to attend that sale and witness one of the very first on-property stud bull sales to be held anywhere in Australia.

And JR did it in style.

Prior to the sale, all the bulls were paraded on carefully graded turf and a leading judge awarded first, second and third prize sashes.

During the February sales, a sprinkler system on the roof, keeps the barn cool.

Following early sales, in a marquee set up on the lawn, JR entertained buyers and visitors with a banquet, followed by films of his most recent buying trip overseas.

The stud’s influence on the Hereford breed in Australia can be seen in the

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February, 2014

Te Mania shows cutting edge TE Mania Angus Beef Week display at its Mortlake headquartersthis year will include a record number of its autumn onproperty bull sale team, along with reference sires, a catalogue of 55 stud females to be offered at the bull sale and stock from its breeding herd.

In the words of Te Mania Angus director Tom Gubbins, it will be “a complete one-stop shop for cutting edge Angus genetics”.

“This year 1000 com-

‘One-stop shop for Angus genetics’ mercial cows will be offered through AuctionsPlus, in the Team Te Mania online commercial female sale, on the eve of our March 5 sale,” Mr Gubbins said.

“At the sale we have catalogued 155 bulls as well as 55 stud females, who have sons in the sale, PTIC to calve in spring.

“The females will be sold on the Helmsman sys-

tem finishing 30 minutes after the bull sale.

“The bull sale will again be a video auction under cover, with bulls penned outside.

“The bull catalogue features 15 sons of super sire Tuwharetoa Regent D145 sons, and 13 from the $91,000 bull Te Mania Emperor E343.

“Regent is currently the highest long-fed

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“Te Mania Emperor sold for a then Australian record price at our 2011 autumn on-property sale and he currently ranks in the top one per cent of the breed for seven traits.

“He is being used widely throughout the industry, as well as via semen sales to Chile, New Zealand, Britain and Europe.”

Sires used in the breeding program at Te Mania Angus focus on sound structure and are commercially orientated to provide breeders with next-generation genetics.

“That is reflected in the sire list for the 2014 catalogue and its diverse range of largely homebred sires with excellent temperament, including Te Mania Flame F565, Festivity F327, and Fitzpatrick F528,” Mr Gubbins said.

“Increasingly the success of the Te Mania Angus gene pool is being achieved with homebred bulls and a cow herd run strictly under commercial conditions.

“That has helped us reverse the genetic flow;

SIRE POWER: Angus Monarch Flame F565 heads Te Mania’s sire list for the 2014 sale catalogue.

instead of importing genetics we are now exporting them with growing success.

“We have always been focused on breeding Australian bulls for Australian conditions – with good temperament – something for which our cattle have long been recognised.

“Our genetics are exported to some of the industry’s traditional powerhouse regions, and now through live export, to some of the more rapidlyemerging world markets.”

In 2013, Te Mania Angus exported 120 stud heifers to China, 93 bulls to Russia and 29 to Kazakhstan and to expanding global semen markets.

Team Te Mania members have also exported more than 400 breeding heifers to Russia and China.

The Te Mania Angus story started in 1928 in New Zealand and the same bloodline has been in Australia since 1971.

Now under the management of Tom and Lucy Gubbins, and Hamish and Amanda McFarlane, Te Mania Angus includes a herd of 1600 breeding cows at Mortlake, 400 recipients for the embryo transfer program at Mansfield in Victoria’s high country and up to 80 lease sires at Connewarre.

From 1971 Mr Gubbins’ parents and the stud’s Australian founders, Andrew and Mary Gubbins, helped to pioneer objective measurement in the Australian beef cattle industry and performance recording has since been a corner-

stone of Te Mania Angus.

The herd now has more than double the number of trait leaders in Angus Group Breedplan than any other Australian stud.

Its genetic program is also computer-analysed and matched for best possible joinings.

Mr Gubbins said that by using the data from each animal, recorded on Breedplan, the program was able to select sire candidates from Australia and occasionally overseas for an out-cross sire best suited to the Te Mania Angus herd and its aim of breeding Australian bulls.

He said once potential candidates are identified, the stud uses Total Genetic Research Management, to pick the most suitable matches.

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