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MIE plans dead meat? SUD ES H K I SSU N sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

THE HOPES of the farmer lobby Meat Industry Excellence Group (MIE) for a major restructure of the meat industry look to be coming off the rails The group has been asked to allow the big four processors to conclude their own discussions. However, MIE is not holding its breath for the four processors – Alliance, Silver Fern Farms, Anzco and Affco – to accept radical changes. MIE representatives attended the recent red meat sector conference in Auckland. Beef and Lamb chairman Mike Petersen, who spoke to the lobby group at the conference, says he encouraged them to wait. “It’s better for the talks between the four meat companies to come to a conclusion first,” he told Rural News. But MIE official Ross Hyland doesn’t expect the processors will go far enough. “We have said we are prepared to wait for the meat companies to conclude their talks,” he told Rural News. “But if what they come up with is not acceptable, we will push on. At this stage, we

don’t think the meat processors will go far enough and if that happens, there will be no let-up in our campaign.” Hyland says MIE is different from BLNZ and Federated Farmers, who deal with “all the fluffy industry stuff”. MIE’s focus is on the long term sustainability of the industry, he says. Among the meat companies there is no guarantee they will be able to find a workable solution. Cooperatives SFF and Alliance may bow to pressure from farmer shareholders and agree to work

together. However, privately owned Affco and Anzco are showing little appetite for a super meat company. With Anzco and Affco unlikely to play ball, Alliance and SFF will have no incentive to merge. One meat industry leader, who did not want to be named, says a merger of the four companies isn’t the only solution to get processors back into profitability. “The meat companies can collaborate in certain areas to lift efficiency and boost industry returns. But

collaboration doesn’t mean the four companies have to merge.” MIA chairman Bill Falconer told the conference forming a merger meat company will take time. He referred to the formation of Fonterra. “It took a huge amount of time to form Fonterra… many years and deals to make it happen. “The meat industry is much more complex and more time will be required.” – Maori go their own way. Page 3 @rural_news

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Maori doing their own thing SU DES H KISSU N sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

A MAORI initiative to gain greater control across the red meat value chain is going well, says consultant Victor Goldsmith. He says the Tuhono Whenua red meat coalition isn’t affiliated to Meat Industry Excellence (MIE), a farmer lobby seeking a super meat company. Goldsmith told the recent red meat sector conference in Auckland that no decision has been made on whether the coalition will work with MIE. MIE representatives met the coalition steering group for an “open and candid discussion”, he says. “They (MIE) don’t represent us and whether we work with them, no decision has

been made yet,” he told the conference. Goldsmith chairs a sheep and beef farm on the East Coast and is a member of the coalition steering group, working to get a group of East Coast Maori sheep and beef farmers to work together in a “coalition of the willing.” He says the coalition acts as “one farm and one family business”. He acknowledges it’s a challenge to get Maori red meat players to work together. The farms, working together on the East Coast, carry a total of 1.5 million head of stock. “It’s been difficult for us. Not everyone has committed fully to the concept yet,” he told the conference. But the initiative has been noticed by the major meat processors. The steering group has received calls from Talleys,

who own Affco, Alliance and Greenlea Meats. Goldsmith says there is a commitment to work together; whether it will be a Fonterra model or Zespri’s marketing model remains to be worked out. “If anything this project has got us together and we are talking.” Goldsmith says scale does matter. The two core issues for the coalition are participation and control. “The size of the prize is largely dictated by the scale of the collaboration. The more willing participants we can get into this coalition the better. These proposals do not trample on our mana as owners; they look to reinforce increased sustainable earnings.” @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

Corporate collaboration not easy! SU DES H KISSU N sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

COLLABORATION BY companies, even when the returns are high, can be very difficult, the meat industry has been warned. Sealord Fishing chief executive Graham Stuart told the recent red meat sector conference that trust issues are real. “On one hand you are asked to collaborate and on the other hand compete. Competition and collaboration can make very uneasy bedfellows.” Sealord, one of four major fishing companies, controls 75% of the industry. The others are Talleys, Sanford and Independent Fisheries. Talleys own Affco, one of the four major meat processors locked in talks to restructure the struggling red meat sector. Stuart gave examples of the four big fishing companies working together.

develop mutual understanding and The Deep Water Group partnership encourage information sharing. with MPI involves chief executives of In his presentation, ANZ rural econthree companies working on major policy matters like managing fish stocks. omist Con Williams floated a 80/20 model for the industry. A The companies also work super meat company processtogether on improving ing 80% of the stock would global sustainability creprovide much needed scale dentials and innovation. and improved efficiencies in But it stops there. While parts of the supply chain and Stuart wants to see the better linkages to farms, he companies collaborate fursays. ther, such as looking into He also touched on the sharing fishing trawlers, Graham Stuart costs of a meat industry the other companies aren’t restructure. Figures of $400m to $1.6 bilkeen. lion have been discussed in the industry. He believes competitors are suspiWilliams questioned how much of cious of each other. “They feel if we let competitors in our house, they will glean this is cash and how much is write-down information and reduce our competitive in asset values. There has been little discussion on the benefits, he says. “If the advantage.” benefits were avoiding the $150 million Stuart says collaboration will work loss last year, then the payback period if participants are clear about the goals, could be fairly short.” know when to lead and when to follow,

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CHINESE OFFICIALS from the equivalent of the NZ Food Safety Authority visited here last week trying to sort problems that led to some New Zealand meat exports being stranded on wharves in China. Officials from AQSIQ visited just days after Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy led an agricultural trade mission to China. There he met AQSIQ vice minister Wei Chuanzhong, inviting him to New Zealand to see “the systems we have in place and to assure the world our produce is high quality and safe”. Within days the Chinese dispatched officials to inspect our meat plants and to sort the verification issues. Unbeknown to New Zealand, China had changed the rules on the verification of meat shipments, leading to meat being held for a few days on their wharves. Guy told Rural News MPI was not to blame for what happened because “China had changed the rules. In an ideal world we would have been told, but this happens in any export market. We found out on a Thursday and because of our warm and professional relationship we were able to reach a resolution on Friday night. “We are working on an [understanding] with AQSIQ for our future relationship... and on a wider meat certification issue, which means we can get ultimately more meat into this market.” Guy says it was a “communication” issue and claims MPI have “beefed up” their capability in China. He says all MPI staff in the China market have a Chinese speaking research officer working with them who has good connections in the bureaucracy. Also, MFAT and NZTE, with MPI, help deal with inmarket issues.

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Dairying commits to unified action on water quality SUD ES H K I SSU N sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

THE DAIRY industry is joining forces with regional councils to tackle water quality. A scheme launched last week – ‘Sustainable dairying: water accord’ – lays out the dairy sector’s commitment to self-improvement. While not a ‘silver bullet’ to solve water quality issues in all dairying regions, the accord notably sets targets for excluding stock from waterways and wetlands. Targets are also set for each farm to have nutrient and riparian management plans, and for farms to comply with effluent management rules in their

respective regions. The accord, headed by DairyNZ, is backed by 15 regional councils, all milk processors, fertiliser companies, Irrigation New Zealand, Federated Farmers and the Government. DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle acknowledged the accord will not solve issues in all water catchments. But it will go a long way towards solving problems in most catchments, he says. “The accord addresses issues and seeks improvements that will result in good, tidy dairy farms around the country,” he told Rural News at the launch in Wellington. Mackle says getting 15 regional councils to back

the accord was crucial. “The 15 councils cover all the dairying regions. The councils will engage with the dairy sector to develop and implement programmes to meet our shared goals.” Federated Farmers’ dairy chairperson Willy Leferink says farmers are ready to play their part. The federation’s signature on the new accord represents farmers’ commitment to do all we can to protect the water quality in our streams and rivers, says Leferink, Farmers will also work on water quality projects at catchment and community level as regional councils set about putting policies in place over

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the next few years, he says. “As dairy farmers we have to lift our game on water quality. If we want to meet the aspirations we have as an industry, meet government expectations and earn the respect of the wider community, then farming sustainably is the way ahead.” Leferink urged the

news media to understand modern dairying. “Federated Farmers will make it possible for the media to get on-farm. I know the science of what we do can be hard for the media to portray, let alone when consents, policies and systems are added to the mix, but we need facts and not slogans in the public

domain.” Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy told the launch gathering there was a perception in some quarters of New Zealand media, and held by some political parties, that farmers don’t care about the environment, “that farmers are short term thinkers who care only about

profit, and that farmers are the main polluters of our waterways. As a farmer myself, and as the Minister for Primary Industries, I completely refute these perceptions. “Yes, there is a distinction between good and bad farmers. And yes, a few farmers do act in a way that is not sustainable. But there are a few ratbags in any business, across any sector. I believe most farmers are environmentalists, and want to leave the land in a better state than they found it.” The new accord and a new dairy industry strategy to improve environmental practices on farms were launched by Prime Minister John Key. @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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Better strategy needed It’s widely talked about in business circles that such an approach by New Zealand exposes it to the risk of non-tariff trade barriers, which the Chinese could impose at any moment. Arguably the latest delays to meat exports could be seen as one of these. However, White believes – given the somewhat ad hoc approach to the Chinese market – the risks of problems arising become greater. “We have a New Zealand-China strategy, but it doesn’t go far enough. It says we want to double two-way trade with China by 2015, grow tourism 60% and education by 20%. “On this basis, China will decide what we do and we need to have a much smarter view of where we are taking this. Are we just growing the volume of raw materials we are supplying out of New Zealand or are we trying to create value going forward and providing a

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A RESEARCH project at Lincoln University on ‘Doing Agribusiness in China’ shows that if New Zealand entrepreneurs are to succeed in that market they need to understand and work within the cultural parameters of that country. Xiaomeng (Sharon) Lucock, who was born in China and moved to New Zealand in 2002, is now a lecturer in agribusiness at Lincoln. A paper which she, Keith Woodford and Malcolm Cone recently published points out “major cultural differences” between the two countries. Lucock says the Chinese tend to “go with the flow” whereas western business partners typically expect to develop a contract and a plan and follow this to the end. On the other hand, she says Chinese see a contract or a plan as a “snapshot in time” and expect things to change to suit the situation. “One New Zealand entrepreneur who was developing a large scale horticultural operation in China was ‘invited to hop on board what would be an exciting train journey’. Although the destination was unclear, the people involved perceived themselves in ‘good space’ from which great potential could be realized.” Lucock says Chinese rarely resort to legal action when things go wrong and that China is a country “ruled by people – not law”. Chinese tend to defer to those in power and rely on kinship which is emphasised by Confucian teaching. Chinese rely on networks and patronage to establish good guanxi (relationships or connections, often long-term). “The key to establishing a good guanxi is to create interdependency. Where there is interdependency, there is security in the relationship. The New Zealanders’ business goal needs to be in line with the target the Chinese central or local government wants to achieve. This is because the influence of the authorities on businesses in China cannot be ignored. “On the personal level, it is important for the alignment to be such that it is in the best interest of each party for the other to succeed. It is through this symbiotic interdependency that a strong relationship or guanxi can be established.” Lucock says New Zealand business people also need to understand another side to Chinese business culture: Chinese have become more and more “material driven” and are eager for “quick success”. “Often Chinese officials are more interested in ‘projects’ which have a shorter time frame than ‘products’ which are longer term.”

THERE’S A level of reactiveness and a lack of detailed planning in New Zealand’s approach to the China market, says Tim White, chair of the NZ China Trade Association. White also heads up KPMG New Zealand’s China business, part of a global China operation within his organisation. His comments follow a week in which some New Zealand meat exports were held up on wharves in China, while a high level agricultural trade delegation visited there. White told Rural News New Zealand needs to be more planned in its approach to China. He notes that country is buying logs, meat and dairy products, but none of this is truly planned and this is creating nervousness.

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THE MINISTRY for Primary Industries is trialing a pioneering x-ray image transfer process at Australian airports that will enable the biosecurity screening of luggage before it arrives in New Zealand. This was announced by Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy at the opening of the ‘Biosecurity in New Zealand’ forum at Auckland University last Thursday, hosted by the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science. “A bag containing biosecurity risk items can now be matched with the passenger who will face further scrutiny by officials on landing,” Guy said. “In the longer term, x-ray image transfer could be applied to routes with higher biosecurity risk such as those in South East Asia, parts of Europe and the Pacific. “New Zealand is leading the game here. A number of coun-

tries, airport companies and airlines are watching these trials as the technology gets closer. “The system could provide another powerful tool for MPI to protect New Zealand from dangerous pests and diseases.” In answer to questions Guy said a trial at Melbourne airport is extremely exciting. “Of course it is a trial; we need to work through and collect all the data and make sure it will deliver what we expect it to deliver. If the trial is successful there is opportunity to roll it out in other countries.” Guy also said from time to time there is noise from certain political parties that numbers at the border have been slashed. “This is completely political spin. While the total number of staff has decreased since 2008, the decrease is about 1.9% per annum. The largest factor in this reduction was the global financial crisis which significantly reduced trade flows. “The biosecurity system is a responsive one. When fewer people and products come

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across the border, fewer people are required to check them. MPI are in the process, as trade volumes begin to increase again, of bolstering their staff. “This is why late last year we recruited 45 quarantine inspectors. In January we recruited another 11 and MPI are in the process of recruiting another 30 frontline quarantine inspectors. The MPI detector dog [service] has also expanded its operational capacity with 34 teams now active across the country.”

FORMER FONTERRA chairman Henry van der Heyden’s infamous “don’t trust the Chinese” line is right on the money, claims the chairman of a central North Island Maori Trust which tried to buy two dairy farms from the Chinese dairy giant Shanghai Pengxin. The two farms in question were originally owned by Allan Crafar, but were sold to the Chinese by the receivers for the Crafar farms. Te Hape B Trust has made several unsuccessful attempts to buy the farms. Its chair, Hardie Hardie Pene Pene, says when the trust was specifically invited by Shanghai Pengxin to put in another bid he was hopeful a deal could be done. But Pene has told Rural News the surprise outright rejection of their latest bid by the Chinese was “a kick in the guts for his people”. Te Hape B Trust is located near Bennydale, King Country. Pene says although the farms have been in private ownership for many years they have been a strategic target for his people, due to the fact their ancestor Rereahu had a pa site on the property. The lands were originally

owned by his people, but lost to them during the 1800s through land acquisition. Pene says on the basis of what’s happened he has concluded that Shanghai Pengxin did not act in good faith. “They invited us to put in an offer. They sent us an email that there had to be one offer and one offer only and it was not open to negotiation. So we then undertook valuations that they and Landcorp were well aware of. We also went onto the farms to do due diligence in January and February and we incurred quite a lot of expense which they were well aware of.” Pene now thinks it was really an academic exercise by Shanghai Pengxin to say that had invited Te Hape to make a bid. He says this is not a good look. “To me when you look back at Sir Henry van der Hayden’s comments ‘don’t trust them’ (the Chinese), he hit the nail on the head,” he says. Pene says their offer for the two farms was based on an independent valuation and they did not undercut this in any way in their bid. He says all he’s had from Shanghai Pengxin is an email saying basically ‘no deal’. @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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ZESPRI’S GOLD crop will be down about 45-50% this year, but there are positives to the season. That reduction is mostly due to about 70% of Gold growers grafting to the new Psaresistant cultivar G3, rather than to the effects of the vine-killing disease itself. Meanwhile, Green volumes will be the same as last year at 70 million trays. The impact of Psa on Green volumes has been “negligible”, says Simon Limmer, Zespri’s general manager of grower and government relations. About two years of full production are lost in the transition from the old Gold variety to the new G3, he says. Gold, at 13 million trays, this season is about 45-50% down on

last season and even further on the previous peak season. But this year should be the lowest volume year in the recovery phase. “Growers have had to cut the

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recovery and volumes start to grow again for next season. But we won’t recover back to previous volumes for a couple of seasons.” But the new variety, G3, is “looking really good”. “We’ve been lucky with the summer. The drought was disastrous for most of the primary sector. But for kiwifruit it had two positive effects: it countered Psa and it created high tasting kiwifruit – a vintage crop – so that’s helping in the marketplace. “And despite some of the challenges economically in places like Europe and despite the strong headwind from a strong New Zealand dollar, the markets are performing pretty well.” Market conditions, smaller volumes and good tasting fruit all translate into good returns, but “it is a bit early to conclude how the season is going to do”. The season closes in October-November.

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Customer driven change needed PA M TI PA pamelat@ruralnews.co.nz

The first premise of any industry is to produce what the customer wants; the meat industry is not doing that now, says Blue Sky Meats chairman Graham Cooney. Cooney called for a massive move away from the production-led industry to a market-led one, when announcing Blue Sky Meats loss of $3.8 million for the year ending March 31. The company deals in lamb and other sheepmeats, veal and goat cuts. He says simply changing the ownership structure will have little or no effect. “What we’ve had is an industry that responds to farmers’ requirements in terms of their feed,” Cooney told Rural News.

“So if you have a particularly dry season then everyone takes the attitude - both companies and most farmers - that the obvious place for the animals to go is to the meat works. If you have a growth season like the year before then farmers hold them back and put weight on. “In both cases, we are probably producing something that the market doesn’t want – either too heavy or too light. The first premise for any industry is we must produce what the consumer wants.” Farm management systems, either existing or under development, allow farmers to do different things in droughts than they used to. It is now possible to “get the right animal at the right time, to the right specification”.

“It’s a vertically integrated system where the customer communicates through the company directly to the farmers that produce for them. Some farmers might be producing lighter lambs, some heavier and the majority in the middle, so it’s not one particular type of animal for every market. “Some markets require different things. And so the companies and the people offshore that require the product and the producers all work as a group, which is not happening at the moment.” Asked how Blue Sky, in particular, would move towards that, Cooney says “we need specialist staff that work with the farmers”. But the resources of most meat companies now are directed to just procuring livestock and

More red ink for Blue Sky Blue Sky Meats has announced an after tax loss of $3.8m for the year ending March 31, 2013. This compares to a loss of about $449,000 in 2012 and a profit of $3.6m for the previous year. Cooney says this is the second loss in the company’s 27-year history and he hopes they will never be repeated in the New Zealand meat industry. In that period, international market prices for almost all items the company sells dropped at an alarming rate. EU challenges and the Northern Hemisphere recession lead to reduced demand and major uncertainty. In New Zealand animals continued to be processed and the products from these animals, while sitting in store, lost value at alarming rates. The prices paid to farmers dropped over the 2012 calendar year but that reduction was at a much slower rate than the market price reduction. The overall effect also increased the company’s costs, including interest and storage, which were 34.7% higher in June 2012 than in June 2011. Currency movements added to the difficulties. There were some positives. A strong balance sheet, purposely planned over many years to cover events such as this, has got the company through a disastrous year, Cooney says. Past investment in the Chinese market paid dividends, with that country now the largest country of destination for both volume and value.

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“we’ve got to survive first, make some profit”. Cooney believes the change will be led by the whole industry. “It’s not just farmers;

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Dairy intensification not all bad – vet leader peter burke peterb@ruralnews.co.nz

WIDESPREAD CONCERN about the welfare of fully housed cows in New Zealand is not wellfounded, says the chair of

the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Dr John Hellstrom. If such systems are good, animal health should improve, he says. In a paper delivered at the recent NZVA annual

conference in Palmerston North, Hellstrom argues that many large-herd cows kept outside all their lives suffer poor welfare at certain times of the year. For example, sacrifice paddocks don’t provide

good animal welfare especially when calving cows are not drafted out onto dry calving places. Hellstrom notes the current DairyNZ advice on sacrifice paddocks makes no reference to animal wel-

fare. “The provision for shade and shelter for outdoor grazing is still inadequate on many dairy farms. While the use of housing and stand-off pads is increasing, there are examples of poor animal welfare because some of these facilities are poorly designed or misused. Another potential animal welfare problem related to intensification is the risk of a skills gap developing between cow handlers and the increasingly complex welfare demands of intensive production systems.” In respect of overall animal health, Hellstrom says intensive systems should lead to an improvement, provided good management systems are in place. But he acknowledges a risk of disease spreading rapidly in an intensive operation. Intensive farming is relatively new to New Zealand and Hellstrom says we can learn from mistakes made in such places as Europe. Most cow housing now built in New Zealand is more sophisticated than has been traditional in Europe. Also of concern is lameness, resulting from a combination of the distance some cows have to walk and state of the races.

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AFTER AN overwhelming number of inquiries, a series of seminars to understand NAIT are being held by the Dairy Women’s Network nationwide this month. Chairwoman Michelle Wilson says managing calving is an exceptionally busy time. “Alongside birthing and caring for animals, it also requires new stock to be tagged, birth details entered into herd management software and often involves selling stock to other parties.” Farmers who don’t comply with NAIT regulations risk being penalised infringement fees. “A number of changes via the NAIT process came into effect at the end of 2012. The DWN has received an overwhelming number of enquiries for a workshop that explains the changes for dairy farmers in a lot more detail,” says Wilson. The day covers the NAIT process from start to finish, the role of herd management software and the transfer of data to NAIT, farmers’ obligations and accountability for using tags when moving stock for different purposes including culling, and the associated penalties for untagged animals. The workshops, open to all dairy farmers, started in Northland on Monday and finish on July 30 in Southland. Visit www.dwn.co.nz or phone 0800 396 748.

Rural News // july 16, 2013

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New Feds leader keen to learn peter burke peterb@ruralnews.co.nz

THE NEED to get skills to manage his staff prompted Hawkes Bay’s Will Foley to put himself on a Federated Farmers leadership course. Now, at 36, he’s the federation’s youngest provincial president. Foley manages four of his family’s farms in central Hawkes Bay, near Takapau. These include a hill country property with 5000 breeding ewes and three other farms, good winter performers. He was born on one of the farms. Leaving school Foley began veterinary studies but changed courses and completed a B Ag. After that he returned to the farm. “My grandfather had a contracting business in the 1940s which my father was still running so that was our main focus for five to six years. We had

the farms running in the background, but just looking after themselves, so to speak, so we were doing long hours on tractors – grain harvesting, hay and baleage and direct drilling. “In the early 2000s, we decided the contracting business was going well. But we had these farms that had a lot more potential so we decided to merge them into one business and try to crank them up and get them earning to their potential. I was working with my brother at that stage and he stayed focused on the contracting and I moved more to the farming side, which was certainly more my passion.” As he started to manage the farms, Foley realised he needed more skills and opted to put himself on one of the leadership courses Feds runs regularly. “I guess while we’d

always been Feds members, I hadn’t taken a lot of notice of what they got up to other than appreciating the results achieved on our behalf. I saw it as a chance to go to Wellington and learn. It was also beneficial learning what Feds got up to down there (Wellington) and it opened my eyes to something I enjoyed.” A couple of days after returning to Hawkes Bay from the course, Foley got a call from the provincial president Kevin Mitchell to come to a local meeting and talk about the course and what he was doing. By the time he left the meeting he’d been made local chairman of Meat and Fibre, taking over from Bruce Wills who was then national chair of Meat and Fibre. “I’ve been involved in the Hawkes Bay executive ever since. I have really enjoyed going down to the

conference and the council once a year and through this have learned more and more what Feds gets up to and does on members’ behalf.” Today Foley has plenty on his plate as the new provincial president. The region has been badly affected by drought, but is also in the midst of a debate about a new water scheme – the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme which would see a 91 million m3 reservoir constructed on the upper Makaroro River. The aim is to irrigate up to 30,000ha. Foley recognises while some favour the scheme, others are not so sure. He’s a fan of the concept, but needs to talk to many

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people including affected farmers before championing it. He acknowledges farmers will invest in the scheme if there is financial benefit and says current

sheep and beef farmers will have to change their farming systems if they do invest. He knows that at just 36 years he has a lot to learn from the old hands

at Feds, but is keen to test his ideas and gain experience. His philosophy is to enjoy the farming life in a way that is sustainable and profitable.

HortNZ president to leave HORTICULTURE NZ president Andrew Fenton is retiring from the role this month, after holding the role since Hort NZ was set up in 2005. Fenton says he’s proud of HortNZ’s achievements in the past eight years; now it is time for new leadership. “It has been a real team effort and we could not have achieved what we have without the strong support of our grower members. We started with a strong foundation established by the Fruitgrowers Federation and Vegfed and have built on that in a positive and powerful way for growers.” He will continue to serve on the board (his current term expires in 2015) to support the new president who will be elected by the eight grower board members following the annual meeting on July 30 in Wellington.

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Local government gets a solid workover a n d rew swallow andrews@ruralnews.co.nz

‘REFORM RATES’ came the plea from Federated Farmers’ local government spokesperson Katie

Milne at the federation’s national conference. “Government needs to build on its local government reforms and have another good look at the funding,” she said during

a plenary session dedicated to local government issues. Milne admitted she thought she’d got “the booby prize” in the local government portfolio

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68 district council plans, “on top of all the RMA work with regional plans.” In her own district, Westland, farmers face rate increases of 20-28% due to a council account-

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ing error over waste management. “Other ratepayers’ increases are much smaller. It will be appalling if farmers are forced to pay for a council cock-up for a service they get little benefit from.” Along with that particularly severe one-off hike came steep rates rises levied on farms nationwide, Milne said. MPI figures showed the average rates bill for a dairy farm last year was $14,738, up 29% since 2009, and for a sheep and beef farm $12,165, up 25%. “These are significant amounts when you consider them against farm working expenses and they keep going up…. The system of property value rates is fast becoming overwhelmed by the appetite for spending by local government.” Speaking immediately after Milne, Ashburton District mayor, and farmer, Angus McKay said he agreed with that sentiment, but argued farms are not unfairly targeted. In the Ashburton District, a farm worth $7.5m would pay $7348/year in rates, whereas a residential or business address of the same value would pay $12,011 or $27,112 respectively, he explained. Just over half Ashburton District Council’s $26.7m revenue is in rates,

which he acknowledged are a tax. The other three main income streams are fees and charges, investment income and central Government funding. The latter is mostly for road maintenance – a cause for concern for all councils, he said. “Councils need to receive sufficient Government funding to provide quality road networks for our communities.” Fellow farmer and mayor, Kelvin Coe, from neighbouring Selwyn District, echoed McKay’s road funding concerns. “It appears they’re taking funding out of the regions and putting it into roads of national significance.” However, he warned Fed’ to be careful what they wish for in rates reform, because rates based on ability to pay would effectively be a tax on profits. “I just hope someone’s done the sums to ensure you are going to be better off.” Peter Townsend, chief executive of Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, wrapped up the session, calling for a “much more astute governance model” in local government. Councillors should spend much less time in their roles – 15% of current hours he suggested – and focus on employing much better managers, he argued.

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WHY DO so many activities require consents, when there are already rules in place to govern the activities? asked Feds’ Grain section vice chairman, Hew Dalrymple, from the floor after the local government plenary session. “We need to get on and get the job done. Why do we need a permit to do things if they are already in the rules? “If someone does something that’s out of spec with those rules you give them a $100,000 fine so it’s really going to hurt them or they’ll go out of business.” Townsend said Dalrymple’s idea “has a lot of merit” and Coe conceded he heard where Dalrymple was coming from but warned not everybody plays by the rules and consents are a check they will do that.

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No trade-off on environment in reforms – Adams ANDREW SWALLOW andrews@ruralnews.co.nz

WE CAN have our cake and eat it when it comes to economic gains and environmental outcomes, Environment Minister Amy Adams believes. Speaking to Federated Farmers’ annual conference in Ashburton earlier this month Adams told delegates she does not accept there’s a trade-off between economic and environmental goals, particularly on water quality. “It’s an issue of time,” she said. “There are not many water quality issues that I’ve seen that can’t be got there in a win-win way if we give ourselves time. “If it takes five years, fabulous. But it’s more

likely to take 20 or 30 years, and we have to be realistic about that and encourage the community to see we are on the track and we’re all committed to it and we’re moving in the right direction, but we’re not going to do it by throwing a particular sector under the bus.” Despite what certain sections of the news media, and some of her Parliamentary ‘colleagues’ would have you believe, water quality is affected by many factors, of which farming is just one, she stressed. “If we think this is all about one sector, one pollution source, we’re dreaming…. Having said that, farming can’t pretend it’s not part of the solu-

tion either…. The whole community has to be part of this.” Earlier Adams had highlighted New Zealand’s abundant natural

resources, notably water. Just using water already harnessed 5% more efficiently would add $100m to the economy, and more storage schemes are a “no

brainer” economically and environmentally, she says. “We don’t have a water shortage problem, we have a shortage in the right place at the right time

problem.” Storage could harness winter surpluses for irrigation in summer, taking abstraction pressure off rivers and acqui-

Baby and the bathwater? ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Amy Adams told Feds’ annual conference that reform of the Resource Management Act has become her “baby” to fix. How to do that will be “really hard” – but it has to be done to clear what’s become a litigious log-jam preventing progress and an excessive cost to the economy. In the past two years, alone, over $800m of projects haven’t gone ahead because of the RMA process, not because they were bad ideas, but because they never got off the

ground because applicants “couldn’t work through the mire of the process.” “The biggest single problem with the RMA is trying to figure out what you can and can’t do. And all the cost is in trying to get an answer. I haven’t seen a farm, or a community, or a business, that minds working within what the rules are. They just want to know [what the rules are].” Adams fired off examples of RMA costs: Hort NZ’s estimate that its sector spent at least $30m on RMA compliance processes in the past

year; Meridian’s $9m and three years on an Otago wind farm application only to be told the location wasn’t suitable; the council that told a ratepayer that consent for a 4m extension of an existing household deck would cost him $7000. “[The council] said that’s how long it takes us. I suggested if that’s how long it takes, you need to look at your processes,” said Adams. “This is costing us every day. It costs us in job creation, in housing affordability, it costs us in economic growth, it costs us as communities…”

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fers. “Then we can really see some downstream – literally downstream – environmental benefits. So there’s huge potential here.” However, a problem is the lack of knowledge of current water use: consented volumes are known, but how much is actually being used, when and where, isn’t. “A big part of the solutions around the water reform package is getting much better water accounting.”

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Station’s sale opens doors vivie nn e h a lda ne

STUDENTS FROM Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre now have opportunity to work on the largescale beef and sheep farm Tautane Station, near Porangahau, in Hawke’s Bay. The 3368ha property, sold to Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc on May 17 and leased to Taratahi, had belonged to the Elworthy and Herrick families for 111 years. Taratahi education delivery manager Nigel Udy said, “It’s an iconic property with a huge history. We are thrilled to be partnered with Ngati Kahungunu… a strategic alliance… with a significant iwi.” Udy says Ngati Kahungunu Iwi and Taratahi share a vision to up-skill and educate the next generation to increase on-farm productivity for the sake of the national economy. “Both organisations value and respect land as a critical foundation for the health and wealth of our society and are committed to

ensuring the cultural importance of the land is respected.” Ngati Kahungunu chairman Rangi Manuel says “Tautane is a magnificent piece of land to have purchased and our people have reacted joyously to this news. Given that they are a government backed entity, we were keen to have Taratahi on board. We are at the start of a journey and anticipate having a good relationship with them.” Taratahi owns, manages or leases commercial dairy, sheep, beef and deer farms in Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Northland and Wairarapa. Leasing Tautane creates the scale and size needed for training, while providing a farming and learning environment, says Udy. Students get real-life farming experience on Taratahi’s properties on a rotational basis. “We are in the process of employing sufficient staff to manage the day to day operations of the property and to facilitate the training and learning that will

be occurring on the farm.” Udy estimates seven or more students would work and live at Tautane at any • 3368ha one time, for two weeks • 30,000 stock units. or longer. He expects • Sheep and cattle breeding and the normal rotation of finishing farm. students going to Tau• Property altitude ranges from sea tane would begin when level to about 290m above sea staff began seeing to level. day-to-day needs. • 12km sea boundary “Because it’s an older • Paua, crayfish and seal colony in style, traditional propthe area. erty, the infrastruc• Borders the coastal township of ture to accommodate Herbertville. large groups is already • Six major bush covenants on the in place.” property, including 130ha Cape At this stage, it was Turnagain. hard to tell what changes • Includes four-bedroom manager’s Taratahi would make. house, four cottages, stables. “We are still learning about • 718m2 wool-shed and variety of the property; it’s in good stockyards. shape and we’ll be looking to carry on with its management and improve anywhere that them an opportunity to learn by we can. However, now that it is a doing and reinforcing all the skills training facility, there will obvi- they’ve learned in a classroom environment.” ously be some changes. “30,000 stock units will keep @rural_news the young farmers busy and give facebook.com/ruralnews

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Aussies get new Ag minister AUSTRALIAN FARMERS have welcomed the appointment of Joel Fitzgibbon as the new Agriculture Minister. National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) chief executive Matt Linnegar says it’s positive to see an MP with a regional background promoted to the portfolio. Fitzgibbon represents the Hunter electorate in northern New South Wales. “While this region is perhaps best known for its horse studs and mining developments, it is also an agricultural region, particularly dairy, horticulture, cereal crops, wool, beef, lambs and pigs,” says Linnegar. “Farmers across the country will be pleased to see their new agriculture minister has this rural reach, and 17 years experience as an MP.” Fitzgibbon was appointed by new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last month after toppling Julia Gillard to regain the Labour Party leadership he lost three years ago. Fitzgibbons, a key Rudd backer, was shut out of the cabinet during most of Gillard’s tenure. He replaced Queensland Senator Joe Ludwig, a Gillard supporter, who resigned after the Labor caucus ballot, as did seven other ministers. Fitzgibbon paid tribute to Senator Ludwig’s work, particularly animal welfare assurance for the live export industry. He says the Federal Government’s support of the live trade remains solid. The Rudd Government also remains committed to A$420 million in concession loans to debt-laden farmers, as part of the Farm Finance package announced by Senator Ludwig in April. The loans are stalled because the Commonwealth wants the state governments to pay the administrative costs of the loans, while the states want the Commonwealth to pay. Fitzgibbon says he is determined to see the loans made. Linnegar says the NFF wants an early meeting with the new minister “at his earliest convenience” to discuss farmers’ immediate priorities such as advancing the Farm Finance package awaiting state and territory approval, and finalising free trade agreements with China, Japan and Korea. “We look forward to working with all federal parliamentarians on the NFF’s election priority of [moving farming up] the national agenda.” Farming’s importance has been “overshadowed in recent years by the resources boom”. “But now that the ‘dining boom’ is firmly on the horizon, ensuring agriculture is prepared requires sensible policy decisions to increase investment in innovation and R&D, to enhance farmers’ competitiveness and profitability, to build a stronger agricultural workforce, and to and ensure a balance between the needs of agriculture and the environment.”

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Youthful countries offer big potential THE AMERICANS are excited about a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement because those markets will be the areas of world population growth, says Craig Lynch from Beef+Lamb NZ. That’s why it is so important to get trade and technical barriers removed, the B+LNZ conference call heard. Markets like Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand have huge potential because they have young populations, whereas other markets including China are ageing. Lynch, who is B+LNZ general manager market development, says forecast world population growth from 7 billion to 9 bn by 2030 includes 58% of that growth will be in Asia. New Zealand is nicely positioned to take advantage. However, Lynch said growth in China had not finished and would sit high on the radar. Earlier Lynch said B+LNZ had a strong focus on north Asia including Taiwan, Korea, Japan and China. “Those markets are beef-centric and much of our focus is on grass-fed beef and the point of difference that sets us apart from our competitors,” he said. “Those competitors are largely the Americans who are grain-fed and Aus-

tralia who send in a mixture of grass- and grain-fed but they choose not to differentiate.” A raft of marketing activities targeted media, the trade and consumers. Digital media was important because of the strong awareness and use in Asia. New brand, marketing and a new colour was just being released in some markets and there was an emphasis on health with a grass-fed emphasis. Meanwhile retention of brand awareness is the focus in the UK. New Zealand achieved 86% recognition in a recent Omnibus survey in which participants are asked where lamb comes from. Our closest competitor there, the Welsh, achieved 53%. Germany is targeted because they are wealthy and renowned meat eaters. Store cooking demonstrations are used frequently and could typically see a 150-400% increase in sales. There is a genuine ‘wow’ factor from firsttime triers but they do not know how to prepare lamb. A public relations campaign is pushing articles and recipes in high quality online and print media. This year 118 articles have appeared printed – worth 760,000 Euros in paid advertising. High profile events are

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Brighter outlook UK LIVE auction prices for sheep are up 10% on last year, reflecting tight supply, following a tough winter and spring and late new season. New Zealand will be down in total slaughter, the UK will be back by 1.4 million and Australia is under pressure. “There are supply problems but we don’t want to go back to déjà vu where prices spiked too far, too quickly,” says B+LNZ manager emerging markets & strategic project, Nick Beeby. Meanwhile Craig Lynch says the US market is interesting – 85% of Texas is still affected by drought. Kill has been about 12% up in the last quarter on last year which has put pressure on pricing. Prior to that there was some record pricing – US$2.40 per pound – but that’s come off a bit. “You’ve still got a lot of feedlot liquidations going on there; in terms of the total herd it’s at a 72-year low. There are no real positive signs that the herd is being rebuilt. Clearly they are not going to have the production they had.” However he says traditionally the Americans only exported about 10%; now they are pushing 28%, targeting Asia.

sale at a show in the northern city of Kiel, attended by 3million. Lynch says in the market place the price is well back on what it was two years ago but confidence is returning.

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beef market trends

Market snapshot Meat c/kgCWT

North Island

South Island

Change c/kg

Last Week

Lamb - PM 16.0kg

5.21

5.05

Steer - P2 300kg

n/c

4.40

4.02

Bull - M2 300kg

n/c

4.35

3.97

Venison - AP 60kg

n/c

6.45

n/c

6.67

BEEF PRICES

$4.5 $3.5 Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

South Island 16.0kg M Lamb Price $6.5

$5.5 5yr Ave Last Year This Year

$4.5

$3.5 Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Last Year

4.40

4.18

5.19

5.14

5.61

4.35

4.30

PM - 16.0kg

5.21

5.16

5.63

P2 Cow - 230kg

n/c

3.60

3.50

PX - 19.0kg

5.23

5.18

5.65

M Cow - 200kg

n/c

3.47

3.40

PH - 22.0kg

5.24

5.19

5.66

Local Trade - 230kg

4.35

4.32

4.10

Mutton

MX1 - 21kg

n/c

2.95

3.40

P2 Steer - 300kg

4.02

4.00

SI Lamb

YM - 13.5kg

5.05

5.03

5.76

M2 Bull - 300kg

3.97

3.95

PM - 16.0kg

5.05

5.03

5.78

P2 Cow - 230kg

3.12

3.10

3.00

PX - 19.0kg

5.05

5.03

5.80

M Cow - 200kg

2.87

2.85

2.90

PH - 22.0kg

5.05

5.03

5.81

Local Trade - 230kg

4.07

4.05

4.10

n/c

2.73

3.20

Mutton

MX1 - 21kg

NZ Slaughter

Estimated Weekly Kill Change

3 Wks Ago

Cattle NI

-14%

33.4

38.8

34.0

36.7

-18%

Lamb NI

-8%

141

152

158

145

Cattle SI

19.4

23.7

16.9

15.1

-9%

129

141

132

135

Cattle NZ

-16%

Lamb SI

52.8

62.5

50.9

51.8

+3%

Lamb NZ

-8%

270

294

290

280

Bull NI

6.9

6.7

7.2

7.3

-28%

Bull SI

-55%

Mutton NZ

1.0

2.2

3.1

2.0

Str & Hfr NI

-7%

15.5

16.7

16.6

16.1

Str & Hfr SI

+19%

6.9

5.8

6.3

5.8

Cows NI

-29%

11.0

15.4

10.2

13.4

Cows SI

-27%

11.5

15.7

7.5

7.3

Last Year 5yr Ave

NZ Weekly Beef Kill

Last Year

1000s

$3.5 Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

$4.5

3 Wks Ago

Last Year 5yr Ave

Last Year This Year

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

This Year

Export Market Demand Change Apr

May

Change

Jun

Jul

Aug

Last Week

2 Wks Ago

Last Week

2 Wks Ago

Last Year 5yr Ave

UK Leg £/lb

n/c

1.82

1.40

1.75

NZ$/kg

-14

7.72

7.86

5.97

8.48

Demand Indicator - UK Leg Price Last Year 5yr Ave

95CL US$/lb

n/c

1.89

2.02

1.74

NZ$/kg

-2

5.33

5.35

5.55

5.14

Demand Indicator - US 95CL Beef

South Island 300kg Steer Price

2Wks Ago

Change

NZ Weekly Lamb Kill

900 750 600 450 300 150 0 Mar

Export Market Demand 5yr Ave Last Year This Year

Estimated Weekly Kill

2Wks Ago

0 Mar

$4.0

Last Year

4.35

North Island 300kg Bull Price

YM - 13.5kg

2 Wks Ago

4.40

NI Lamb

Last Week

n/c

40 $4.5

Change

c/kgCWT

n/c

1000s 5yr Ave Last Year This Year

2 Wks Ago

M2 Bull - 300kg

NZ Slaughter

$5.5

Change

Last Week

P2 Steer - 300kg

North Island 16.0kg M Lamb Price $6.5

LAMB PRICES

c/kgCWT NI

lamb market trends

£2.50

Last Year This Year

£2.00 £1.50 £1.00 Apr

$2.20

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

$4.0

$2.00 $3.5

Last Year

5yr Ave Last Year This Year

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

$1.80 Apr

May

Jun

Procurement Indicator

Jul

Aug

Sep

$7.5 $7.0

Change

3 Wks Ago

% Returned NI

+1%

81.6%

80.4%

77.45%

77.6%

% Returned SI

+0%

74.1%

73.8%

71.1%

71.4%

90% 5yr Ave Last Year This Year

$6.5 $6.0 Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

South Island 60kg Stag Price

$8.0 $7.5

Last Year 5yr Ave

Procurement Indicator - North I.

70% 60% Apr

Last Year This Year

Jun

Aug

Procurement Indicator - South I. Last Year This Year

$7.0 $6.5

Last Year

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

% Returned NI

+2%

68.4%

66.2%

96.2%

68.6%

% Returned SI

+2%

65.4%

63.6%

98.8%

68.4%

Last Year 5yr Ave

110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% Apr

Last Year This Year

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Procurement Indicator - South I. 105% 95% 85% 75% 65% 55% 45% Apr

Last Year This Year

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Last Week

2 Wks Ago

Last Year 5yr Ave

70%

Venison Prices

This Year

$6.0

3 Wks Ago

80%

5yr Ave

2Wks Ago

Procurement Indicator - North I. 2Wks Ago

North Island 60kg Stag Price

$8.0

Change

This Year

$3.0 Apr

Procurement Indicator

60% Apr

Jun

Change

Aug

Beef & venison prices are reported as gross (before normal levies & charges are deducted). Lamb & mutton prices are reported nett (after levies & charges are deducted). Note: Freight is paid in the North Island but not by all companies in the South Island.

NI Stag - 60kg

n/c

6.45

7.30

7.61

SI Stag - 60kg

n/c

6.67

7.30

7.90

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news

price watch WOOL PRICE WATCH

BEEF

DAIRY PRICE WATCH

Change

27-Jun

13-Jun

Last Year

Coarse Xbred Indic.

+26

4.69

4.43

4.16

Fine Xbred Indicator

+20

5.27

5.07

4.99

Lamb Indicator

+14

5.18

5.04

5.12

8.55

8.82

Export cattle prices continue seasonal lift

Indicators in NZ$

Farmgate prices for both export and local trade cattle have continued their seasonal lift over the past two weeks. Slaughter rates in both islands have declined markedly and companies have been competing harder to fill capacity. It is not unusual for company margins drop through June and early July but margins this year have dipped more than usual with US imported prices falling. Competition from companies is likely to level off over the next week or two however as capacity is shut down for maintenance and diverted to the bobby kill. 300kg export steer prices were mostly at $4.35$4.45/kg in the North Island last week. There were contracts operating at $4.50/kg and some straight traditionals are making this money on spot. In the South Island, local trade prices were $4.00- $4.10/kg last week. It was similar for export steer with prices ranging from $3.90 and up to $4.10/kg on bigger lines.

Mid Micron Indic.

Wool Indicator Trends

600

CXI

550

FXI

300 Jul

Sep

Nov

Jan

Mar

-47

5230

5277

3553

+95

5725

5631

3584

+92

6205

6113

3678

-161

5502

5663

4488

Dairy Prices Trends SMP But.

Jul

Sep

WMP Ched.

Nov

Jan

Mar

May

Whole Milk Powder Price (NZ$)

7,000 Last Year This Year

Last Year

6,000

This Year

5,000

400

4,000 300 Apr

3,000 May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Overseas Price Indicators Indicators in US$/kg Coarse Xbred Indicator

400

13-Jun

3.65

3.53

3.26

4.11

4.04

3.91

4.04

4.01

6.66

6.92

Lamb Indicator

Steady lift for farmgate lamb prices

27-Jun

Last Year

+13

Mid Micron Indicator

May

Indicators in US$/T

Jun

Jul

CXI

Change

Butter Skim Milk Powder Whole Milk Powder Cheddar

Wool Indicator in US$

Aug

Sep

Last 2 Wks

Prev. 2 Wks

Last Year

-13

4088

4100

2850

+100

4475

4375

2875

+100

4850

4750

2950

-100

4300

4400

3600

Dairy Prices in US$/Tonne

FXI

SMP .But

5,500

450

WMP .Ched

4,500

350

Lamb prices in both islands continued their measured lift through June and early July. Reports suggest that the lamb kill rates have been reasonable which has limited procurement competition given that companies have reduced capacity. With company margins for lamb above average at present, there is still room for further price upside. But companies will be reluctant to see the spot market move ahead of contract prices. Prices in the North Island headed above $3.30/kg (gross) last week. Prices in the South Island were $5.05/kg which is 10-15% below last year and 5yr average levels.

Apr

Overseas Price Indicators

Change

Fine Xbred Indicator

LAMB

3,500

300 2,500

250 Jul

Sep

Nov

Jan

Mar

Jul

May

Coarse Xbred Indictor in US$ 500 Last Year This Year

450 400 350 300

Store lamb demand remains subdued

250 Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

vs. NZ Dollar

Last Week 2 Wks Ago 4 Wks Ago Last Year

Apr

0.90

0.799

0.802

Euro

0.606

0.597

0.604

0.648

UK pound

0.520

0.510

0.512

0.517

0.75

Aus dollar

0.856

0.840

0.836

0.782

Japan yen

78.38

76.68

77.71

64.11

0.70 Apr

Dollar, low supplies push wool prices higher Low supplies through June have seen exporters struggle to meet shipping requirements so there has been added incentive to purchase at recent wool sales. The weaker NZ dollar has also been a positive influence over the last month. Prices lifted strongly for all wool types at the last sale of the season on June 27 with the South Island generally claiming stronger returns than the North.

Jeremy MacAvoy Ashburton

Last Year

0.60

This Year

0.56

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Peter Young Hawkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay

Aug

Sep

Mar

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

US Dollar

May

Sep

Last Year

0.85

0.779

0.64

Jan

This Year

0.782

Euro

Nov

Last Year

US dollar

0.68

Sep

Whole Milk Powder Price in US$/T

6,000 5,500 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500

CURRENCY WATCH

WOOL

Bill Hodgson Dunedin

Last Year

3,000

May

Coarse Xbred Indicator

500

Andrew Wood Palmerston North

Prev. 2 Wks

4,000

350

550

Based on the current North Island lamb schedule of $5.30/kg, the current store lamb price of $2.20-$2.25/kg is well under par. This shows the continued lack of strength in the market. A 32kg store male lamb at $2.22/kg is 42% of the schedule price. Last year it was 47% and the 5yr ave is 45%. This indicates that the current store price is undercooked by about 20c/kg. In the South Island prices are 30-35c/kg lower than usual. The store price was low in relation to the schedule during the drought but has not recovered since. The lack of strength in the store market, given the margins on offer, is a function of higher than usual supplies of lambs on the market over recent weeks, and a fundamental lack of demand as farmers have committed to other policies including dairy support and cropping.

Cheddar

Last 2 Wks

5,000

400

The US imported beef market has continued to soften in recent weeks. US imported beef prices for 95CL have dropped below US$1.90/lb and last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trading remained subdued as end users satisfied their demand for the Independence Day holiday. There is however potential for imported prices to be better supported in the near future. US cow slaughter has steadily declined through June and is now sitting in line with year ago levels. Pasture conditions in the US have improved markedly on average through May and June which has slowed the cow kill. Expectations are for the cow kill to run at or below year ago levels through to Sep/Oct given the early offload. Supplies from NZ and Australia will also decline seasonally into Jul & Aug. So while the supply side of the equation should help support prices, there is still a question mark over the demand side. Typically US demand picks up through Jul & Aug. But earlier this year there was a move towards the use of chicken and pork. If this trend continues, the upside for imported beef prices may be limited

Whole Milk Powder

6,000

450

Change

Butter Skim Milk Powder

7,000

500

Demand soft in US but prices set to stabilise

Indicators in NZ$/T

This Year

0.80

0.58 0.56 0.54 0.52 0.50 0.48 0.46 Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

UK Pound Last Year This Year

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

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18 agribusiness

francis wolfgram Finance Matters

NZ Dairy Market Product

GDT Auction 1 Mth 3 Mths Change in 2/07/2013 Change Change 2013 NZD/Tonne

Whole Milk Powder(WMP)

$6,107

-4.8%

-14.3%

47.5%

Skim Milk Powder(SMP)

$5,702

3.1%

-12.4%

33.6%

Butter Milk Powder(BMP)

$5,918

7.1%

0.0%

36.1%

CHEESE

$5,642

-10.2%

-3.4%

25.9%

Trade Weighted Index (GDT- TWI)

5,961

-3.6%

-12.4%

35.6%

US Agricultural Commodity Prices Price This Price Last Change Issue Issue

Commodity

Units

Live Cattle

USD/Kg

$2.694

$2.681

0.477%

Feeder Cattle

USD/Kg

$3.341

$3.239

3.144%

Lean Hogs

USD/Kg

$2.105

$2.148

-2.001%

Greasy Wool

USD/Kg

$10.470

0.000%

Corn

USD/ Bushel

$5.028

$5.478

-8.215%

Wheat

USD/ Bushel

$6.635

$7.010

-5.350%

DAIRY PRICES remained broadly stable in the Global Dairy Trade auction on July 2 as prices edged 0.7% higher on a trade-weighted basis. Looking at the one month and three month changes, of all the major product groups we cover whole milk powder is down the sharpest at -4.8% and -14.3% respectively. However it is interesting to note the whole milk powder remains up 47.5% over 2013 which is the biggest gainer in our product group. Butter milk powder remains the most stable performer with no price drops over one month, three month timeframes and up a strong 36.1% for 2013. Price volatility hitting the farmer directly could hopefully be a thing of the past as Fonterra’s guaranteed milk price (GMP) pilot for the 2013/14 season has been launched with a total of 328 farms having applied to supply 37 million kgMS. Fonterra’s director of commodity risk and trading, Bruce Turner, says the uptake by farmers is a positive result for the pilot and the co-op. CORN IS down over 8% in the fortnight as the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) acreage report released on June 28 stunned investors by estimating domestic corn sowings at 97.4m acres. This was 2.1m acres more than expected by analysts who had reckoned on extensive losses to a wet US spring. Wheat prices have also fallen sharply as disappointing US export data appear, with cargo inspections coming in at 15.2m bushels – down 32% week on week, and well below market expectations. Also, forecasts for rain on the dry US plains eased supply concerns for drought pressed winter wheat seedlings. Wholesale pork prices, a gauge of lean hog demand, fell over 2% last week, the first decline in weeks and the biggest slump since March, US Department of Agriculture data show. Hog prices are sharply down from $2.4492/kg reached on June 26 this year, the highest since at least October 1997. There’s a feeling in the market that hog prices have topped out and more price pressure will follow.

rural news agri shares index Code

Company

Prices as 8/07/2013

Prices as at 26/06/2013

Change

Change in 2013

ALF

Allied Farmers

$0.018

0.00%

-40.00%

ATM

A2 Corporation

$0.630

$0.620

1.61%

16.67%

DGL

Delegat’s Group

$4.070

$4.090

-0.49%

38.44%

HNZ

Heartland Bank

$0.83

$0.82

1.22%

22.06%

FSF

Fonterra Shareholders Fund

$7.380

$7.100

3.94%

4.19%

FFW

Foley Family Wines

$1.350

0.00%

12.50%

LIC

Livestock Improvement Corp.

$5.80

0.00%

7.41%

PGW

PGG Wrightson

$0.310

$0.290

6.90%

-32.61%

SAN

Sanford Limited

$4.700

$4.600

2.17%

10.59%

SEK

Seeka Kiwifruit Industries

$1.850

$1.800

2.78%

105.56%

TEN

Tenon Limited

$1.400

$1.010

38.61%

68.67%

WEL

Wool Equities

$1.600

0.00%

-3.03%

TUR

Turners & Growers

$0.120

0.00%

9.09%

RNAI

Index Total

30.058

29.218

2.87%

15.28%

THE RURAL News share index was relatively flat over the fortnight but Tenon was up at least 38%. The US is a large market for Tenon and being a wood products company the continued recovery in the US housing market is pushing up the company’s revenue expectations. PGG Wrightson is showing good strength, up 6.9% and has rebounded nicely off a low of 25 cents on May 31 this year after some management reshuffling. Fonterra Units are rising again up just under 4% as the flood of units from the farmers’ supply offer have been digested by the market. This table and information is in no way a recommendation to buy or sell any share but a list of New Zealand agrishares that have the highest dividends. Please consult your financial advisor before entering into any sharemarket investment.

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Just how good is MPI? THIS LATEST fiasco over meat shipments being held up on wharves in China raises the question of just how well the primary sector is being served by the Ministry for Primary Industry. All we are hearing from MPI over this issue, and the previous problems, is it was a complete surprise to them. Yet some people in the sector say it is no surprise whatsoever and that MPI is simply behind the eight ball. Isn’t it MPI’s job – together with MFAT – to develop strong links inside the bureaucracy of any country, especially China, and find out about any changes before they happen? That is clearly not happening, and there is a view among business people who have traded for years with China that our people are not ‘cutting the mustard’. We wonder how many MPI people are fluent Mandarin speakers and how many of these are on the ground in China and if so how long have they been there? Free trade agreements are only part of the story – the nice political fuzzies. The real action is in the technical area and on the face of it MPI appears to be lacking in this regard. The meat hoo-ha closely tails the biosecurity scare in which MPI took six weeks to discover that the hoof of an animal in a PKE shipment was that of a local sheep. Six weeks is outrageous; six hours, even six days maybe, but six weeks is hopeless. Add to this the failures of MPI’s FMD exercise and the Psa issue and it’s starting to look bad. There are also complaints about the arrogant way that MPI handles some issues. The DCD scare is a classic example. Have the constant restructurings bled the organisation of its institutional knowledge? New Zealand is at a crucial stage in its quest to develop new markets and protect our borders from catastrophic intrusions, but the organisation delegated to do this is missing-in-action. That’s not to say there aren’t good dedicated people in MPI, but recent results are worrying and do not instil much confidence in the wider primary sector. The first task of the new chief executive of MPI must surely be to build confidence and vastly improve the communications in the organisation.

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A MATE of the Hound had a giggle when he heard Associate Minister for Primary Industries and Minister for Women’s Affairs Jo Goodhew commenting on the Labour Party’s latest PC proposal to implement a quota to ensure 50% of its incoming MPs are female. Asked about Labour’s ‘man ban’ – as it has been dubbed – Goodhew told a radio interviewer that National’s woman MPs were in Parliament because they’d “beaten off men to get their position”. A rather unfortunate choice of words, your old mate suggests.

YOUR OLD mate hears Horizons Regional Council is causing consternation in more than the rural sector with parts of its controversial One Plan. Apparently, the Manawatu/Wanganui regional council has also upset spraying contractors in the region by engaging a non-registered agricultural chemical applicator to do all the council’s spraying – despite its own air plan insisting spray users, ie farmers and rural contractors, must have agchem registration. Sounds like a real-life case of “do as I say, not what I do” by Horizons.

A CALL by Canterbury Regional Water Management Committee asking for local feedback on its water plan caught this old mutt’s eye – particularly the acronym used. It has been rather appropriately named the ‘Regional Implementation Programme’ for water management – or RIP for short. The Hound hopes the RIP does not sound the death knell of farming and water use in Canterbury, especially with so many green fundamentalists and anti-farming groups accusing farming – dairying in particular – of taking all the region’s water and destroying its quality.

JUST WHEN the Hound thought PC-ness had gone completely mad with the Labour’s proposed ‘man ban’ on male MPs, now some do-gooders have suggested banning throwing a stick for your dog to fetch because it is dangerous. Clyde Rogers, senior vice-president of the Kennel Club, claims most responsible dog owners never threw sticks these days. “Dogs could easily injure themselves. I’d urge people to think carefully before they took a dog out and threw a stick around.”

YOUR CANINE crusader hears Fonterra has promptly got offside with locals in the Darfield region, despite a PR offensive while seeking consent to build its new factory in the region – the co-op promising to always use local contractors and support the town. But not a year later it has cancelled contracts with local hay and silage makers and outsourced it all to an outfit 100km away. It seems this decision by head office bean counters has affected the local factory, with its farm manager quitting in protest. Your old mate is not sure how smart a PR move – getting offside with locals – this was by Fonterra.

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Need to decipher truth from fiction

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the pot research to the field he couldn’t ON TELEVISION and radio, in find an ‘ideal’ ratio, and concluded newspapers or at farming field days, that “emphasis should be placed on more and more advertisements and providing sufficient, but not excessive, conversations are about alternatives levels of each basic cation to main stream agriculture: is there a rather than trying to better way to produce food by a more attain a favourable basic ‘holistic’ approach? cation saturation ratio Advocates of organic production which evidently does not are convinced they have the answers, exist”. despite much research showing no A review of the consistent evidence that organic food is better quality, nor that its production Albrecht research by scientists at the has less impact on the environment University of Queensland, than conventional methods. and published in the Soil This same debate is occurring Science Society of America Journal in in other countries and has recently 2007, reported that several of Albrecht’s been featured in the farming press in experiments were fundamentally South Africa. The Albrecht system, or flawed, the research did not support base cation saturation ratio (BCSR), the BCSR claims and that “the promotes the concept of maximum continued promotion of BCSR will plant growth occurring when an ‘ideal result in inefficient use of resources in soil’ with a balanced ratio between agriculture and horticulture”. exchangeable base cations (calcium In the South African 65%, magnesium Farmers’ Weekly at 10% and potassium the end of May, Dr 5%) is achieved. The Doug Edmeades goal of the original Research has (AgKnowledge) with research in the 1940s improved past colleagues from was to reduce luxury production Stellenbosch University uptake of potassium wrote that “the Albrecht in lucerne and Firman systems and system invariably results Bear and co-workers shown efficient in substantial increases proposed the ‘ideal soil’. ways of progress. in input costs which do not translate into At the same time, improved profitability”. William Albrecht, This is because the professor of soils at BCSR results in recommendations for the University of Missouri, suggested chemicals that are not needed while from his research in pots that plants overlooking some that are. “A recent require soils with high calcium case in point was a recommendation saturation for optimum growth. for a high rate of lime to correct the However, when Albrecht’s doctoral calcium:magnesium ratio on high pH research student Eugene McLean took

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soils containing free lime.” Proponents of the system do report increased yields, but “in the majority of cases yield increases are due to associated crop management practices”. Scientists search constantly for ways to achieve greater productivity from the land, reduce impact on the environment and increase quality of product. Between 1900 and 2000, population increased from 1.7 billion to 6.1 billion and yields increased from 5.5 GJ/ha to 26.1 – a 379% increase. Between 1900 and 1950, the use of phosphate-based fertilisers increased yields from 5.5 to 9.6 GJ/ha. But the green revolution of the 1960s – a combination of

short-strawed cultivars, irrigation, superphosphate, nitrogen, herbicides and pesticides – almost trebled yields from 9.6 to 26.1 GJ/ ha. To feed the 6 billion population at the 1950 level without the above increase would have required a doubling of current land. To feed them at the current better state of nutrition would require even more. Research has improved past production systems and shown efficient ways of progress. The sooner farmers start being rewarded for efficient production of high quality food – ie, meat and milk for least loss of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus – the better. New Zealand as a whole would benefit. • Jacqueline Rowarth is Professor of Agribusiness, The University of Waikato. Her attendance at the South African Large Herds Conference was supported by LIC.

THE WORLD ploughing championships are being held this week at Olds College near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. New Zealand’s two contestants say they’re well settled into the dormitories at Olds College and have had several chances to practice on stubble and grass grounds. Methven’s Murray Redmond is competing with a conventional plough and Malcolm Taylor from Putaruru with a reversible plough Temperatures are in the low 30oC and humidity is 85%. Mosquitos are numerous and plenty of repellent is needed. The ground is reported as sticky following heavy rain in the region including severe flooding in nearby Calgary. The ten days before the contest were forecast fine to help dry out the ploughing area.

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More ladders needed for new farming leaders GETTING THE right people onto farmingtype boards should rely on more than the toss of a coin. Future leaders should

be identified now and given opportunity to show latent skills, perhaps by taking on issues that are not popular. Some may have to go find a ladder.

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one in ‘jafa’ country – Ponsonby Road, Auckland!) mostly closed the doors and died. Then came the time when farming needed to be grooming future leaders. The reality is that though farming companies such as Alliance or Silver Fern Farms appear to have enough directors, long term the cupboard is bare. This should be a worry: finding replacements for our present leaders. Most of the incumbents are likely to hang on until they hit 70, allowing minimal time for the industry to start preparing.

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The inevitable fallout of men and women from the ‘baby boomer bulge’ is just around the corner. It could be an opportunity for a generation waiting for the call. The gutsy efforts of the Meat Industry Excellence group has supporters ideally placed, given time, to move quickly up the ladder. In recent weeks we have seen them in action. They are young, motivated and have a plan that reads well. How long they last, I suspect, will depend on funding. At this stage, the likelihood is they are paying their own way. I believe the next decade will see many new faces at boardroom tables; it’s important to ensure they include top performers. Former Silver Fern Farms chairmen Robbie Burnside and Reece Hart have accepted the challenge of developing the Burnside/ Hart Cooperative Education Trust, aimed at up-skill-

made in the boardroom and by those near the top. Being seen on the ladder is important and certainly much harder these days, with only minimal help available from organisations such as Federated Farmers or the now almost forgotten Electoral College which helped selection to the Meat and the Wool Boards. The most exciting feature of the Burnside Hart Trust is its scope. Although driven by Silver Fern Farms, its brief is to be available to all potential or up-and-coming farming leaders. At this stage, it is achieving that goal by attracting participants from throughout New Zealand. People are attending from a range of positions including some from southern meat processors. • John Stirling is a south Otago farmer who formerly was the agricultural editor for the Otago Daily Times.

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Mowing to drive pasture One of the more controversial workshop sessions at the recent South Island Dairy Event discussed the use of pre-graze mowing to try to boost cow intake and pasture quality. Andrew Swallow reports. ARE DAIRY farmers who mow in front of cows busy fools driving up cost, or are they taking the next step in efficient milk production off pasture? A workshop paper says research to

date has, generally, been inconclusive but recent refinement of the technique suggests it might be worth a revisit. “It works in the right place and is highly effective and profitable,” said

Graham Kerr, technical development manager of Agriseeds and a member of the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) management team. “But use it in the wrong place and it’s a cost, just

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like anything else.” Kerr and fellow speaker Brent Boyce, a farm consultant with Farmwise in the Nelson region, explained how pre-grazing mowing appears to have boosted cow intake, and in turn, milk production on LUDF in the past two seasons. Working back from milk production off the 160ha platform they calculate the herd, which has been pared back to 630 cows from a peak of nearly 700, was eating an extra 20-30MJ/cow/day of metabolisable energy. “The extra milksolids have come from a much slower decline from peak. Basically the cows are eating more,” Kerr commented. Part of that is because more grass was grown –21.8tDM/ha compared to 19.3tDM/ha on average, driven by an increase in nitrogen fertiliser from 200kgN/ha to 350kgN/ha. With the cut in herd size it’s raised pasture/cow availability from 4.6tDM to 5.6tDM. Pre-graze mowing helped the cows eat the extra grass and ensured postgrazing residuals were low enough that pasture quality in the next grazing round wasn’t compromised.

Kerr stresses mowing to the target post-graze height is critical. “Cows won’t graze below the mower.” In practice, despite LUDF’s best efforts to mow low, post-grazing residuals have crept up from 1500kgDM/ha to 1650kgDM/ha under the regime. “You might need to modify your mower and you might need to roll your paddocks to get low enough.” Without the need to make the cows chew covers down to a low residual – the mower’s already done it for them – the herd cleaned up paddocks faster, and moved on in 17-18 hours where historically they’d have been left 24 hours “to fix the post grazing residual”. As a consequence, the herd rotated around the farm faster: at one point they were down to a 16-day round. “If you want to pre-graze mow you need to have a surplus [by conventional calculations] because what happens is the grass disappears much faster in front of you.” How much is wasted isn’t known, but Kerr speculates it’s probably about 200kgDM/ha/grazing, and may not be any more than under conventional

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intake, not cost Besides increased milk output, Boyce pointed to a higher fat-to-protein ratio in the milk as evidence the easier eating benefitted the cows, though introducing a two-herd policy probably also contributed because of reduced cow stress. At a normalised payout of $6/kgMS

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he calculated the combination of fewer cows and more milk added nearly $100,000 to the farm’s profit (see table). “You shake the money-tree and $92 grand has fallen out of it.” While LUDF stopped mowing in February this season, he believes they

Past Two Seasons

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630

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Net of changes

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should have kept cutting later into autumn. A key benefit he believes is managing ‘the C word’ in dairy farming – clumps, caused by urine patches. Mowing spreads the clump so it is eaten, and ensures a uniform residual. To get a paddock to average seven clicks on the platemeter by grazing means pushing the herd to chew 90% of it even lower than that to compensate for the clumps, he points out. Pre-graze mowing is also useful to make cows harvest covers that have gone slightly beyond the normal pregraze target of 3000kgDM/ha, without resorting to shutting paddocks up for ensiling. “There’s nothing more annoying than making two week baleage!” Boyce and Kerr faced some pointed questions on the practice during the

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Collier heads NZIPIM EAST COAST AgFirst consultant Hilton Collier is the new president of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management, replacing Wayne Allan who’s completed the standard two-year term in the role. “Wayne has been a driving force in developing

NZIPIM’s new strategic plan and instrumental in its implementation,” says Collier, who says there’s an increasing need for NZIPIM and its members to play a leadership role within the primary industry, within and beyond the farm gate. “This includes posi-

tioning our farmers and growers to capture global market opportunities and ensure we have a highly profitable primary sector to levels New Zealand formerly enjoyed as one of the best standards of living in the OECD.” NZIPIM has 700 members including agribusiness

made, losses were up 307% in winter 2012, to just over a tonne/ha, suggesting the reduction in the first catchment was despite, rather than because of, the weather. “By reducing overland flow, the yields of sediment and nutrients carried in the flow were… reduced considerably,” says AgResearch Invermay-based scientist Ross Monaghan who is leading the Dairy NZ-funded work as part of the Pastoral 21 programme.

A NEW barley tops the table in the Foundation of Arable Research’s spring cereal cultivar guide, which was released electronically last week. Sanette, bred by Syngenta and marketed by Cropmark Seeds, is the standout – albeit on only one year’s trials data so far – says FAR project manager Rob Craigie.

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“It just did so well in the trials, autumn sown as well as spring sown,” he told Rural News. In Canterbury, its relative yield under irrigation is 112 and off dryland 107. That compares to 102 and 100 respectively for tried and tested stalwart as Tavern. “Tavern is hanging in there, but some of the other older ones are really dropping away now.” In spring wheat it is the tried and long-standing cultivars Raffles, on 107, and Morph on 106, which

still lead on yield, but as Craigie points out, end use is a key consideration. “CRWT151 stands out a bit, as does CRWT185 which is potentially a premium milling wheat and out yielded Conquest quite consistently so if it is accepted by the mills it will be quite interesting.” Hard copies of the 42-page guide will be mailed to growers shortly.

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Too much seed can cut persistence difference in survival. The researchers hypothesize that where SOWING RATE could there were differences it be a bigger driver of pasis because plants sown at ture persistance than culhigh seed rates are smaller tivar heritage, an ongoing making them more vunerDairyNZ study suggests. able at times of stress. Results from the first Chapman two years of a fivenotes this is in year trial in Northline with 1990s land, Waikato and work in New ZeaCanterbury indiland and Auscate higher seed tralia which rates are detrifound extra commental in times David Chapman petition from of stress, DairyNZ higher seed rates primary research resulted in higher morscientist David Chaptality when under stress, man explained at a field especially if stressed in the day on Fonterra’s Jordan Valley farm, Hikurangi, last first summer after seeding. “The ryegrass’ growth month [June 6]. strategy tends to be to Pastures were sown at compete strongly for light. seed rates ranging from It favours putting energy 6kg/ha to 30kg/ha in 2010 into getting leaf growth with markers used to at the expense of buildcheck plant survival. ing root structure so in cirIn Canterbury and cumstances of drought Waikato, plots sown at 6kg/ha to 18kg/ha survived it can fall over, especially when it has faced overgrazthe 2011/12 season better ing.” than those sown at 30kg/ While lower seed rate ha, especially in Waikato may aid pasture persiswhere plants sown at the tence, Chapman warns this lower seed rates were 15% can be undone by putting more likely to survive. However, in Northland pasture under too much a “champagne summer” in pressure. The trial includes AR37 2011-2012 saw no marked GA RE T H G I LLAT T

endophyte-treated diploids Alto and Grasslands Commando, and tetraploid Grasslands Halo, as well as standard endophyte diploid Nui. All of the grasses

performed similarly for a given seed rate. With the research due to run at least five years Chapman stresses findings to date are by no means

final. “We’re two years into it and its just starting to get interesting.” Results for the drought affected 2012-13 season are yet to be processed.

Painstaking Each of the plots at each site of the trial is divided into subplots with ten plants per subplot marked with a telephone wire loop. Every 2-3 months researchers have had to find each grass plant to check survival. Chapman says finding the barely visible wire was no mean feat for the researchers. “If you drove past and saw them on their knees in the paddock wondering what they were doing, now you know!” Random grass swathes were also measured for tiller length, tiller angle, maximum root length and total dry matter per plant.

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OVER 370,000ha of pasture was renewed in 2011/12 according to the first Statistics New Zealand Agricultural Census to collect such data, says the Pasture Renewal Charitable Trust. Based on 8mha of pasture in New Zealand, that’s a 4.7% renewal rate, with sheep and beef farms averaging 2.3% to dairy’s 8%. In total 156,000ha was renewed on sheep and beef farms, split 108,000ha in the South Island, 48,000ha in the North, while dairy’s 176,000ha was split 106,000ha in the North, 69,000 in the South. The remaining 38,000ha renewed was on other farm types such as arable or deer. Cultivation was used across 206,000ha, 54% of the area, with 173,000ha or 46% direct drilled. Questions in the five-yearly census were initiated by the Pasture Renewal Charitable Trust with support from MPI. PRCT chairman Murray Willocks says having the census as a tool to determine investment in New Zealand’s most valuable crop “is a real boost and provides the big picture of pasture renewal activity nationally.” He says there’s a real opportunity to increase farm profit by boosting annual pasture renewal rates. “The return of investment from pasture renewal is sound if establishment is done well followed by careful pasture management.”

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Cattle help could spell trouble DOGS WORKING cattle are always at risk but it goes hand in hand with owning a farm or working on one. No matter how careful we are, how clever our dog is, or how quiet the cattle, an expensive canine injury can happen in the blink of an eye. I was recently visiting friends who farm sheep and cattle in the Waikato on 600 acres of easy rolling hills. They do stockwork with two capable dogs, a Huntaway and a Heading dog. The neighbour, who leases land next door and oddly doesn’t have any working dogs, phoned and asked if they could bring their dogs and help him shift some cattle. Being obliging, good neighbours, they said yes. After he hung up I thought I’d offer some advice, something my friends may not have considered.

What if a dog was injured? It doesn’t take long for vet bills to reach hefty four figures when dealing with broken bones and serious injuries. Who would pay? And it might take weeks, maybe months, for the dog to heal so they wouldn’t have the dog power for their own work in the interim. What if a dog was killed? Many a dog has lost its life due to a wayward bovine. Would the neighbour cover the costs? A lot of farm dogs are covered by insurance, but a lot aren’t. I believe in this day and age any capable farm dog should be insured. Even if you are lucky enough to have a wad of money in your hand to buy a replacement dog, are you going to find one at short notice? If you’re happy with a mutt with no stop, that splits a mob,

leaves stock behind and is deaf, you’ll soon pick one up but trying to find an honest and capable dog is like searching for a hen with teeth. Even if you do fluke it and find one, will the dog work for you tomorrow? Will you remember its commands? Will it know the paddocks in time for shearing at the end of the week? The answer is no. When it is put like that, what would you do? While we are on the subject of shifting cattle, I’ll touch on cows with calves. Too many people

wind themselves, their dogs and the cattle into an unnecessary frenzy. From the moment the muster begins cows and calves become mismothered and a team of frothy mouthed exhausted dogs try to bully a panicking herd in the desired direction, generally the opposite direction to where the cows want to go. Back in my heyday I did stock-work from horseback with a working team of a handy Huntaway, a noisier Huntaway and a Heading dog; they were usually joined in summer by a young dog coming on. I soon discovered the best way to move cows and calves on my own was to ride to a vantage point and bark the Huntaways for a moment or two. Then we’d wait quietly for the cattle to mother up: moving them before-

Too close for comfort: this pup hasn’t learnt what’s a safe distance.

hand was asking for trouble. Once they’d done that I’d work only one Huntaway, keeping it well back and directing the cattle with non aggressive noise. Because the cows had their calves at foot and were being guided kindly

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by a controlled dog, everything stayed calm and they would walk anywhere. If I needed to ride among the cattle the dogs were commanded ‘outside’. The faster stock move the less control you have. Guide with your dogs

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FARMERS ARE being urged to deal with lame sheep faster after a Ministry and NZVA study of stock mobility at slaughter. Ministry for Primary Industry veterinarian and animal welfare advisor Richard Wild says lameness is a particular problem in older sheep and intervention is needed

a factor in increasing incidence. Some floor designs appear worse than others. Mobility scores were used to grade cases. “We measured things like the age of animals, how far they had been transported because that does exacerbate or cause lameness. We also looked to see whether there was any difference in lameness between breeds,” Wild told Rural News. “Some of the things

“What we are coming at is how do we deal with lame lambs turning up for slaughter and has the person in charge of these animals taken appropriate action… or

Lameness in lambs tends to be injury related, the study found.

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Overall, level of lameness was low probably reflecting the very dry season in most places. sooner rather than later if there’s a hint of a problem on farm. Earlier this month Wild presented a paper to the New Zealand Veterinary Association conference at Massey University outlining findings of NZVA and MPI monitoring of 10 meat processing plants from October to May this year. The paper suggests time in lairage before slaughter may be causing or exacerbating lameness, and holding animals on metal gratings may be

have they let them get to a really bad state. A lot of it’s around husbandry and stockmanship.” Wild says breeding also has a role in reducing incidence.

that came out of the survey were that in particular parts of the country lameness was more common than others. Not surprisingly lameness was more common in the South Island than the North Island. We certainly see more lameness in Merino-type sheep.” Overall, level of lameness was low probably reflecting the very dry season in most places. There is not a great deal of lameness in lambs and when there is it tends to be ‘injury related’, he says.

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Sheep Internal Parasites Treatment 2013 PRODUCT NAME

COMPANY NAME

AVAILABLE FROM

ACTIVE INGREDIENT

CONCENTRATION

INGREDIENT DOSE RATE

FORMULATED DOSE RATE

WITHHOLDING PERIOD (MEAT) DAYS

SAFETY MARGIN (DOSE RATE)

OVICIDAL

BAYMEC SHEEP HIMIN

Bayer NZ Ltd

Allied Farmers, CRT, Farmlands

Abamectin

1g/L

0.2mg/kg

1mL/5kg

BOMATAK • C.

Bayer NZ Ltd

All outlets

Oxfendazole

90.6g/L

4.5mg/kg

1mL/20kg

10x

YES

BOMATAK • C. MINERALISED

Bayer NZ Ltd

All outlets

Oxfendazole

90.6g/L

4.5mg/kg

1mL/20kg

YES

CONCUR SHEEP HIMIN

Bayer NZ Ltd

Allied Farmers, CRT, Farmlands

Oxfendazole, Levamisole

22.7g/L, 40g/L

4.5mg/kg, 7.5mg/kg

1mL/5kg

YES

DUELL SHEEP HIMIN

Bayer NZ Ltd

Allied Farmers, CRT, Farmlands

Albendazole, Levamisole

23.8g/L, 37.5g/L

4.75mg/kg, 7.5mg/kg

1mL/5kg

YES

DUELL TAPE HIMIN

Bayer NZ Ltd

Allied Farmers, CRT, Farmlands

Albendazole, Levamisole, 25g/L, 37.5g/L, 18.8g/L 5mg/kg, 7.5mg/kg, 3.75mg/ Praziquantel kg,

1mL/5kg

YES

EVOLVE SHEEP HIMIN

Bayer NZ Ltd

Allied Farmers, CRT, Farmlands

Abamectin, Levamisole, Oxfendazole

0.2mg/kg, 8mg/kg, 4.53mg/ kg

1mL/5kg

YES

EVOLVE TAPE HIMIN

Bayer NZ Ltd

Allied Farmers, CRT, Farmlands

Praziquantel, Albendazole, 19g/L, 25g/L, 40g/L, Levamisole, Abamectin 1g/L

3.8mg/kg, 5mg/kg, 8mg/kg, 0.2mg/kg

1mL/5kg

YES

MOXAM SHEEP

Bayer NZ Ltd

CRT, Farmlands

Moxidectin

2g/L

2mg/mL

1mL/10kg

10 days

10x

MOXAM SEL SHEEP

Bayer NZ Ltd

CRT, Farmlands

Moxidectin, Selenium

2g/L, 1mg/mL

2mg/mL

1mL/10kg

10 days

10x

SATURN SHEEP HIMIN

Bayer NZ Ltd

Allied Farmers, CRT, Farmlands

Levamisole, Abamectin

40g/L, 1g/L

7.5mg/kg 0.2mg/kg

1mL/5kg

ALLIANCE®

COOPERS

All major outlets

Oxfendazole Levamisole HCI Abamectin

45.3g/L 80g/L 2g/L

4.53mg/kg 8mg/kg 0.2mg/kg

1mL/10kg

YES

CONVERGE®

COOPERS

All major outlets

Levamisole HCI Abamectin

80g/L 2g/L

8mg/kg 0.2mg/kg

1mL/10kg

SCANDA®

COOPERS

All major outlets

Oxfendazole Levamisole HCI

45.3g/L 80g/L

4.53mg/kg 8mg/kg

1mL/10kg

YES

SCANDA® SELENISED

COOPERS

All major outlets

Oxfendazole Levamisole HCI

45.3g/L 80g/L

4.53mg/kg 8mg/kg

1mL/10kg

YES

ARREST

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Albendazole, Levamisole

23.8g/L, 37.5g/L

4.75mg/kg, 7.5mg/kg

1mL/5kg

YES

BIONIC HI MINERAL SHEEP CAPSULE

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Abamectin, Albendazole, Selenium, Cobalt

160mg, 4.62g, 26mg, 120mg

1.6mg/0.0462g/0.26mg/ 12mg Cobalt/day

1capsule 40-80kg liveweight

128

3 Capsules

YES

EXODUS LONG ACTING INJECTION

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Moxidectin

20g/L

1mg/kg liveweight

1mL/20kg liveweight

EXODUS SE

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Moxidectin Selenium

1mg/mL 0.5mg/mL

0.2mg/kg

1mL/5kg

10x

EXTENDER 100

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Albendazole

3.85g/capsule

0.5mg/kg/day

1 capsule 35-65kg

5 capsules

YES 1

EXTENDER JUNIOR SeCo

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Albendazole, Selenium, 2.24g Ab, 11.7mg Sel Cobalt 58mg Cob/cap.

0.5mg/kg/day

1 capsule 20-40kg

5 capsules

YES1

EXTENDER SeCo

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Albendazole, Selenium & Cobalt

ABZ 0.5mg/day Se 0.24mg/ 1 capsule day Co 1.18m/day 40-80kg

5 capsules

YES 1

FIRST DRENCH

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Albendazole, Levamisole, 25g/L, 37.5g/L, 18.8g/L 5mg/kg, 7.54mg/kg Praziquantel 3.75mg/kg

1mL/5kg

YES

GENESIS ORAL GENESIS HI MINERAL

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Abamectin

1g/L

0.2mg/kg

1mL/5kg

GENESIS INJECTION

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Abamectin

10g/L

0.2mg/kg

1ml/50kg

GENESIS INJECTION + B12 & SE

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Abamectin, SE & B12

10g/L

0.2mg/kg

1ml/50kg

GENESIS TAPE HI MINERAL

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Abamectin, Praziquantel

1g/L 18.8g/L

0.2mg/kg 3.75mg/kg

1m/5kg

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FLUKES Fascioia

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LUNGS

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OESPHAGOSTOMUM

LARGE INTESTINE

TRICHOSTRONGYLUS

BUNOSTOMUM

STRONGYLOIDES

COOPERIA

SMALL INTESTINE

NEMATODIRUS

TRICH. AXEI

OSTERTAGIA

PARASITE MATURITY

HAEMONCHUS

ABOMASUM

NOTE – The Rural News Sheep Internal Parasite Control Anthelmintic Survey is compiled from information supplied by animal health companies. Although the information has been checked by our independent animal health advisor, Rural News accepts no responsibility or liability for inaccuracies. THE EFFICACY CLASSIFICATIONS RELATE ONLY WHERE NO RESISTANCE IS PRESENT. If a concern exists please contact your veterinarian. COMMENTS:

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Contains minerals Cobalt, Copper, Iodine, Selenium, Zinc.

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= 95% to 100% efficacy. = 75% to 95% efficacy. = 50% to 75% efficacy. = No registered claim = Information not supplied = No data

NOTE 1: Sheep milk intended for human consumption or manufacture for human consumption must be discarded during treatment and for 35 days following last treatment. NOTE 2: Must not be used undiluted.

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Sheep Internal Parasites Treatment 2013 PRODUCT NAME

COMPANY NAME

AVAIL. FROM

ACTIVE INGREDIENT

CONCENTRATION

INGREDIENT DOSE RATE

FORMULATED DOSE RATE

WITHHOLD- SAFETY OVICIDAL ING PERIOD MARGIN (MEAT) DAYS (DOSE RATE)

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Veterinary outlets Veterinary outlets Veterinary outlets

Abamectin, Closantel Ivermectin, Oxfendazole, Levamisole, Praziquantel Ivermectin

1g/L 50g/L 1g/L Iver, 22.7g/L Oxf, 40g/L Le, 18.9g/L Prazi 0.08% w/v solution

0.2mg/kg 10mg/kg 0.2mg/kg Iver, 8mg/kgk Le, 4.5mg/kg Ox, 3.76 3.75m/kg Prazi 0.2mg/kg

1m/5kg

1ml/5kg

YES

1ml/4kg

20 x

IVOMEC MAXIMIZER CR CAPSULES LAMBS

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Ivermectin

80mg/capsule

0.02mg/kg/day

1 capsule 20-40kg

126

IVOMEC MAXIMIZER CR CAPSULES ADULT IVOMEC INJECTION

Merial Ancare

Ivermectin

160mg/capsule

0.2mg/kg/day

1 capsule 40-80kg

126

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets Veterinary outlets

Ivermectin

10g/L

0.02mg/kg

1ml per 50kg

LEVICARE

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Levamisole

40g/L

7.5mg/kg

3ml/16kg

MATRIX TAPE HI MINERAL

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Oxfendazole, Levamisole, Praziquantel

1g/L Iver, 22g/L Oxf, 40g/L Le, 18.9g/L Prazi

0.2mg/kg Iver, 8mg/kg Le, 4.5 mg/kg Ox, 3.76 3.75m/kg Pr

1ml per 5kg liveweight

YES

MATRIX Hi MINERAL

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Abamectin, Oxfendazole, Levamisole

1g/L Ab, 40g/L Le, 22.7g/L Ox

0.2mg/kg Ab, 8mg/kg Le, 4.5mg/kg Ox

1ml per 5kg liveweight

YES

OXFEN C PLUS

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Oxfendazole Levamisole

90.6g/L 150g/L

4.5mg/kgs 7.5mg/kg

1ml/20kg

YES

OXFEN OXFEN DBL STRENGTH

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Oxfendazole

22.65g/L 45.3g/L

5mg/kg

1ml/10kg

YES

TRIMOX HI-MINERAL

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Moxidectin, Albendazole, Levamisole, Selenium, Cobalt

1g/L Mox plus 40g/L Le HCI, 23.8 g/L Ab, with 0.5g/L Se and 2.2g/L Co

0.2mg/kg 4.76mg/kg 8mg/kg

1ml/5kg

SWITCH HI MIN

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Abamectin, Levamisole, Selenium, Cobalt

1g/L Ab, 40g/L Le, 0.5g/L Se, 2.2g/L Co

0.2mg/kg 8mg/kg

1ml/5kg

CYDECTIN PLUS TAPE

Zoetis

OTC, Moxidectin Veterinary Praziquantel outlets

1mg/mL 18.8mg/mL

0.2mg/kg liveweight 3.76mg/kg

1mL/5kg

> 5x

DECTOMAX INJECTABLE

Zoetis

Veterinary Doramectin Outlets

10mg/mL

0.2mg/kg

1mL/50kg liveweight

x15

EWEGUARD, EWEGUARD PLUS SE B12

Zoetis

OTC outlets Moxidectin Veterinarians and 6 and 1 vaccine

5g/L

0.2mg/kg liveweight

1mL/25kg liveweight

CYDECTIN INJECTION

Zoetis

OTC outlets Moxidectin Veterinarians

10g/L

0.2mg/kg liveweight

1mL/50kg liveweight

10x

Zoetis CYDECTIN LONG ACTING INJECTION FOR SHEEP

OTC outlets Moxidectin Veterinarians

20g/L

1mg/kg liveweight

1mL/20kg liveweight

CYDECTIN & VETDECTIN ORAL DRENCH

Zoetis

OTC outlets Moxidectin Veterinarians

1mg/mL

0.2mg/kg liveweight

1mL/5kg liveweight

>10x

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Zoetis

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10mg/mL 1mg/mL

2mg/kg 0.2mg/kg

1mL/5kg

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42 days haemonchus contortus control. Note 1. Effective against mature and immature liverfluke. ★★★ Contains 2.2g/L Cobalt, 0.5g/L Selenium ★★★

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HAEMONCHUS

ABOMASUM

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1. Effective against L3 stages. 2. Effective against inhibited (L4) stages. Also effective against BZ, Levamisole and Morantel resistant strains of Haemonchus, Ostertagia and Trichostrongylus Spp and BZ resistant Namatodirus also Itchmite. (Meat withholding period for goats is 14 days.) Plain and selenised available. Note 1.

★★★ ★★★

Aids in control of dags and blowfly strike in the breech area and reduces pasture contamination from worm eggs for at least 100 days. (120 days including worm prepatent period.) Also effective against strains of H.contortus, O.circumcinta and T.colubriformil resistant to BZ, levamisole and morantel anthelmintics and strains of T.axei and N.spathiger resistant to BN anthelmintics. Effective against itchmite and keds. 1. Effective against L3 stages. Milk 126 days.

Comment same as above (Ivomec Maximizer Cr Capsules Lambs) Also for use in cattle and pigs. Effective against itchmite. Effective against L3 stages. Also effective against inhibited L4 stage Ostertagia. Note 1.

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Also available with minerals (Cu, Co, Zn, I, Se) Oxfen Hi Mineral. Note 1.

= 95% to 100% efficacy. = 75% to 95% efficacy. = 50% to 75% efficacy. = No registered claim = Information not supplied = No data

Prevents reinfection with Ostertagia circumcincta for a minimum of 21 days and Haemonchus spp for 35 days.

Also available non mineralised.

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NOTE 1: Sheep milk intended for human consumption or manufacture for human consumption must be discarded during treatment and for 35 days following last treatment. NOTE 2: Must not be used undiluted.

1 Includes inhibited stages and BZ-resistant parasites. 2 1st, 2nd & 3rd Instars. 3 Aids in protection of blowfly strike. See label for details.

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Non-irritant injection. Prevents re-infection with Haemonchus contortus and Ostertagia circumcincta for at least 35 days and Trichostrongylus colubriformis for at least 7 days following a single subcutaneous injection. Use in sheep that have been vaccinated against footrot is not recommended. Effective against inhibited larvae of Haemonchus, Ostertagia and Trichostronglus.

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Additives: contain antigens of 5 clostridial diseases and cheesy gland. Available with or without selenium and with selenium and vitamin B12 (vet only). Prevents reinfection with Haemonchus contortus and Ostertagia circumcincta for a least 35 days and Trichostrongylus colubriformis for at least 7 days following a single subcutaneous injection. Use in sheep that have been vaccinated against footrot is not recommended. Recommended for use in adult sheep. Milk withholding period 49 days. Effective against inhibited stages of Haemonchus, Ostertagia and Trichostrongylus.

Prevents re-infection with Haemonchus contortus for 35 days and Ostertagia circumcincta for 21 days. Available with or without Selenium. Effective against inhibited larvae of Haemonchus, Ostertagia and Trichostrongylus. Milk intended for sale for human consumption must be discarded during treatment and for 35 days following the last treatment.

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New family of drench in a combination. Controls worms resistant to macrocyclic lactones (ML), levamisole/morantel (clear), benzimidazoles (white), and closantel based drenches and combinations of these. Also controls itch mite. Accurately dose young lambs < 15kg. Use drench guns with silicone “O” rings. Extremely toxic to horses.

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It’s time to evolve to a superior drench. MATRIX is the ultimate three way oral drench with unsurpassed efficacy against mixed infections of gastrointestinal parasites, including those with single or dual resistance to any of the three major drench families. Both sheep and cattle parasites are demonstrating varying levels of resistance to the commonly used drench families costing New Zealand agriculture an estimated $300m annually. Triple combination drenches are the ultimate tool for slowing this down.

MATRIX

Triple combination oral drench for sheep

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Triple combination oral drench for sheep or cattle

MATRIX C

Triple combination oral drench for cattle

For use in: Sheep of All AgeS INCludINg lAMBS

For use in: CATTle & Sheep of All AgeS

For use in: CATTle of All AgeS

Dose raTe: 1ml/5kg B.w

Dose raTe: 1ml/10kg B.w

Dose raTe: 1ml/20kg B.w

WiThholDing PerioDs:

MeaT: 14 dAyS Milk: 35 dAyS

MeaT: CATTle - 14 dAyS MeaT: Sheep - 21 dAyS

MeaT: 14 dAyS Milk: 35 dAyS

acTive ingreDienTs: ABAMeCTIN (1g/l), levAMISole

Milk: 35 dAyS

acTive ingreDienTs: ABAMeCTIN (4g/l), levAMISole

(40g/l), oXfeNdAZole (22.7g/l)

acTive ingreDienTs: ABAMeCTIN (2g/l), levAMISole

(160g/l), oXfeNdAZole (90.8g/l)

Minerals: AvAIlABle wITh oR wIThouT SeleNIuM

(80g/l), oXfeNdAZole (45.4g/l)

Minerals: SeleNIuM (2g/l), CoBAlT (8.8g/l)

(0.5g/l) ANd CoBAlT (2.2g/l)

Minerals: SeleNIuM (1g/l), CoBAlT (4.4g/l)

Pack sizes available: 1l, 5l, 10l & 20l

Pack sizes available: 1l, 5l, 10l, 20l & 50l

Pack sizes available: 5l, 10l & 20l

Choose MATRIX to help prevent resistance on your farm, now available with dose rates suitable for sheep and cattle.

PROUDLY AVAILABLE FROM YOUR LOCAL VET. A MERCK SHARP & DOHME AND SANOFI-AVENTIS COMPANY. MERIAL ANCARE. LEVEL 3, MERIAL BUILDING, OSTERLEY WAY, MANUKAU CITY, NEW ZEALAND | WWW.MERIALANCARE.CO.NZ | REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE ACVM ACT 1997 | NO’s A9544, A9390, A9545, A9418, A10132, A10131 | SEE WWW.NZFSA.GOVT.NZ/ACVM/ FOR REGISTRATION CONDITIONS | NZ-09-MAT-042

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New HQ ‘a celebration of progress’ NEW HEADQUARTERS opened by New Zealand-owned tractor and machinery firm Power Farming marks “outstanding success” despite some of the toughest economic conditions in memory. And it underscores the company’s confidence in farming. So said managing director Geoff Maber and chief executive Bruce Nixon at

the opening of the $2 million building at Morrinsville on July 2. Attending were dealers, farmers and rural contractors from near and far, and some major overseas suppliers, among them Francesco Carozza, vice-chairman, SAME Deutz-Fahr; Paul McHale, McHale Engineering, Ireland; and David Palmer, Kverneland Group. All

three companies supply Power Farming, now ranked as Australasia’s largest independently owned farm machinery supplier. Chief executive Bruce Nixon says the opening ceremony was a celebration of the phenomenal progress of the company over the last decade, and marked a line in the sand about where the group has

Among the guests at the opening of the new Power Farming headquarters in Morrinsville, was a team from Taupiri-based Gavins Contracting Services, which provides agricultural contracting and cropping services throughout the Waikato and South Auckland.

come from and where it’s going. “It’s a celebration of our progress as a company.” In 10 years NZ annual sales revenue has risen 75% to almost $400 million and Australian sales since 2001 have exceeded $180 million a year. Earlier this year the group opened a $20 million premises in Melbourne; it now has branches in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Power Farming is the largest independent importer and distributor of tractors and farm machinery in Australasia. It sells almost 3000 tractors annually here and in Australia, operates 14 wholly owned or joint venture retail centres in New Zealand and employs almost 400 people in the two countries. Growth has contin-

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ued despite market ups and downs, and the trend during the life of the company has been strongly upward. The passion and drive of managing director Geoff Maber has “unquestionably been a key element in our success,” Nixon told the gathering. “Another factor has been our drive into Australia: ten years ago, we were just getting established there, now it accounts for almost half our business. “And the third factor has been building a stable of high quality product brands that have enabled us to grow our position here in New Zealand and

in Australia.” New buildings, and major new brands such as SAME Deutz-Fahr and McHale, signal the group’s optimism and confidence in its future and its determination to increase its position as a key player, Nixon says. Geoff Maber told guests the future for agriculture in New Zealand is incredibly strong and farming is going to be one of the best industries to be involved with. “There is a rapidly growing middle class throughout the world and particularly in Asia, which is driving a rapidly increasing demand for the food

products and protein that the New Zealand farmer is producing. “New Zealand and Australian farmers are better positioned than any others to meet that demand because of their geographical proximity to Asia, and because they’re the most efficient growers in the world.” Maber says the high value products exported worldwide by companies such as Fonterra are a world away from the commodity once exported – such as frozen lamb carcases to the UK – and this adds much to the prospects of New Zealand farming.

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Hay-making wrapped up nicely

Mike (left) and Denis Heenan like everything about their Fusion II baler, from its stability on slopes to its drop floor and slick netwrap system.

dairy platform. If anything clogs there is a drop floor, operated from the cab. “I always get a few blockages but it is an operator problem, not the machine. The problem is usually the guy on the V-rake, creating lumps and throwing one row into another. The odd rock has got into the baler. It has a slip clutch so if you hit a rock, it starts slipping and you stop it and drop the floor.” The Fusion II has a fixed chamber that produces bales 1.25m2. The pressure is variable but Heenan always uses high pressure to produce dense bales. “We try to make them as heavy as we can. They’re at least 250kg of dry matter.” Heenan also likes the Fusion II’s netwrap system. “They’ve put a lot of thought into it and it’s very simple to use and to change rolls. There’s a self-greasing cartridge that takes care of most maintenance and the rest is easy to get at.” He can’t see any disadvantage in a combined baler/wrapper. “We consistently do 50 bales an hour. Some peoples say that’s the downfall of a combi wrapper but to do more than 50, you’d have to be flat out and what’s the life of the machine if you do that? Our priority is the quality of the grass and we don’t see the speed of wrapping as an issue. “A distinct advantage is having one less labour unit and one less tractor on the job. In addition, once you’ve finished the paddock you don’t have to go back.” The McHale Fusion II arrived last season from Power Farming Southland, who service the machine when needed – that’s not often. “We’ve only seen them for the winter service. Nothing’s gone wrong and we haven’t needed a call-out.”

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THE HEENAN family in Mossburn, Southland have several dairy farms that total 1600ha and support 1800 cows. Denis Heenan does the baling for the operation. The farms use a lot of pit silage but also need 7000 bales each season. That’s where the McHale Fusion II baler/wrapper comes in. “It’s a good, reliable bit of gear. My wife calls it ‘the mistress’ as I’m always with it and never home on a sunny day.” Baleage gives the family the flexibility to ensile the grass or crop when it’s at the highest quality. They also grow specialised crops such as lucerne, a red clover mix and whole crop barley, which all go through the McHale. Barley straw is also baled later in the season. The baler comes out of the shed in mid-October for the dairy platform. Last season it didn’t go back in again until midMay. “We wouldn’t normally do that but we had to last year as feed was short. It was wet stuff and the baler did well to bale it.” Heenan says the Fusion II is easy to operate. “It’s set up pretty simple and it’s a job I enjoy doing. I would definitely get another McHale.” Heenan pulls the McHale with a 165hp or 185hp tractor. “It’s a lot of weight and you need that power, especially on the hills. The low centre of gravity keeps it stable and it follows the contours well.” The baler has its own console in the cab, and Heenan has set up cameras so he can see what’s happening with the wrapper. The Fusion II has a 2.0m pick-up and the driver can choose whether or not to engage the knives. Heenan only uses knives for bales for the

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Swivel option adds flexibility ga re th g i l latt

WANTING TO avoid driving on hillsides while clearing surface drains, Kaiawa dairy farmer Paul Toft hit on an idea for an attachment to swivel his front loader bucket 23.5 degrees to left or right in the vertical plane. The Swivel Tach, as called in its commercial guise, was launched by Fieldmaster at National

Fieldays. Two hydraulic rams driven by an extra hydraulic system enable the movement while keeping the bucket steady under pressure. Toft says he was doing the job with a shovel and wondered if there was a way to do it with the loader. “Initially I just welded a couple of attachments to the side of the bucket but then I wanted to do the other side so it

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went from there.” Once he had the concept worked out in his head he advanced by trial and error to put together something that worked. An offer of $4000 worth of steel for $200 made the project possible. “I’d have never made it if it wasn’t for that.” At first he had no plans to commercialise the product – it was just a useful attachment for on-farm use. Then Fieldmaster spoke to him about commercialising it. Fieldmaster marketing manager Rachel Stock says the company’s chief engineer, Rudolf Vorschezang, told them about the loader. “We are always open to looking at new innovations.” The Swivel Tach is a face plate which mounts between the loader and the attachment and Toft says it works with all his existing implements. He has since found a wide range of uses for a tilting frontend loader bucket, including picking up hay bales on an incline and pouring precise amounts of meal and feed into bins and feed trailers. With a load capacity of 1 ton the unit is incredibly sturdy, he

says. And he and Fieldmaster engineers have tested it extensively. “It has been tested extensively on my working dairy farm and have found it capable of assisting with almost anything. “I can put a ton weight on and twist it easily, so if I’m driving along and I come to a slope I can just twist it to keep the load level.” Though sturdy the mount doesn’t add a lot of weight to the loader. “Four men can lift it easily. We had to carry it into

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the innovation tent [at Fieldays] because they couldn’t let machinery in there.” Because of the huge variety of front end loader widths and attachment mounts the Swivel Tach is built to customer’s order. “There are different loader widths so when dealers take an order they will take details and we will engineer the product to that.” Tel. 0800 500 275 www.fieldmaster.co.nz

WELLSFORD AGRICULTURAL contractor Steve Levet is the new president of Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ), succeeding John Hughes. The election was at the annual meeting at Cromwell in June. Southland’s David Kean, Southland, was elected vice-president. Said Levet, “I pay tribute to and thank John Hughes for the sterling service he’s given Rural Contractors NZ over the past six years on national council and the last four years as our president. John’s leadership and advocacy over this time has placed RCNZ in a strong position and attained important gains for the sector, including the recent changes in agricultural transport legislation.” Levet now looks forward to working with Kean and the new national board, “continuing RCNZ’s role as the leading advocate and strong representative of rural contractors engaged in a wide range of activities in the agricultural sector throughout the country. “Our association has some 450 member companies and represents about 2500-3000 workers in the sector. We need and intend to be a powerful and influential advocate for our members.” Levet says farming remains the engine of New Zealand’s economy and rural contractors are vital to keeping that engine running.

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A NEW wheeled version of Advantage Feeder’s NGF 1800 feeder can enhance a farmer’s management of supplementary feeding, says the company’s managing director Gerard Roney. Advantage last month launched the MGF 1800, a road legal, trailed version of its 1800L grain feeder. Roney says though the skid-mounted NGF 9 feeders were suitable to move short distances in paddocks, moving them any distance required a tractor. But the new feeder, hitched to a tractor, would suit even lease-block use. “With lease blocks a long way from your property you can put 1.2 tonne of feed in the feeder, take it out to the lease block, leave it for a week or two, then if need be bring it back and refill it. It’s allowed to be

towed at 60km/h in Australia.” The MGF 1800 is said to be notably durable because it has leaf spring suspension. “It means the trailer has good longevity, which is important because workers can treat them pretty tough at times.” The axle is positioned centrally to improve towing performance by reducing load on the towbar, a major consideration when towing a trailer rated at 1200kg payload. “A lot of meal feeder trailers have their wheels at the back, putting a lot of stress on the towbar.” Adjustable legs stabilise the load, and supplementary feeders can be hooked to the outside of the trailer for extra versatility.

WHEN THE people from Isuzu NZ, and the local dealer, Manawatu Isuzu and Commercial, suggested testing the Isuzu D-Max Ute, I anticipated an interesting ride. My memories of the old Rodeos were just that – a bucking ride. The advertising says it is the only ute made by a truck maker and so one assumes it may ride and handle like a truck. Not so. I was impressed by the ride comfort, handling and appointment of this good-looking machine. Tested in LS Crewcab form, the 4WD rig came with a 20-inch wheel and tyre package that set the silver ute off. With a 3L diesel engine making 130kW at 3600rpm and 380 Newton metres torque, mated to a good 5-speed manual gearbox. It isn’t the most powerful ute on the market, but it has a lineal and usable power output that suits the machine. Not peaky like some new engines, this one will pull happily from 1500rpm in fifth gear with no grinding of componentry or transmission snatch. Inside the cabin, the D-Max has good ergonomics, with all controls

falling readily to hand. There is plenty of storage in the cabin with a good sized glovebox and a large shelf above it. The steering wheel has radio function buttons as well as cruise control fitted. The stereo has six speakers including roof mounts, iPod and Bluetooth connectivity. Safety-wise this ute has six airbags, antilock braking, traction and stability control. Out back, the test rig sported a smart hard top cover that tilted up, or could be lifted to access the wellside. Put through its paces on and off road, the Isuzu acquitted itself well, given the road-orientated tyres. An uphill climb with a lip at the top proved the ute’s undoing, but it was

quite damp. Our companion vehicle with a clever traction control system and aggressive tyres managed the climb, but it shoveled a bit of stuff too. The D-Max didn’t disgrace itself, especially given the wheel and tyre combo! The ute proved sure-footed on the road, whether sealed or not. Where the road has been widened and the seal is uneven, I did notice some tramlining. We’d recently been in another model’s top range machine, a popular ute that was refurbished recently. We thought the overall ambience, performance and comfort of the D-Max was superior, as was the ride comfort, even with the big wheels.

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