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FULL PAGE advertisements in recent editions of this and other newspapers by national grid operator Transpower (back page, Rural News, July 3) have sparked a strong reaction from landowners’ representatives. Some were left spitting by the letterstyle statement signed by Transpower chief executive Patrick Strange, while others – such as Western Bay of Plenty dairy, kiwifruit and avocado farmer Steve Bailey – say at least Transpower is now publicising and communicating the issue. But Bailey still doesn’t agree with Transpower’s assertion that the Government’s ‘national policy statement on electricity transmission’ requires

buffer corridors to be written into district plans. “This is a sledgehammer approach to a small communications issue,” he told Rural News. “The whole thing is a money-goround. Why go with such a heavyhanded approach that is going to involve a huge amount of cost for all parties?” Bailey says it’s unnecessary because existing legislation, as spelt out in the New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice for Electrical Safe Distances 2001 (NZECP34), provides the protections Transpower is seeking. “If Transpower are finding people

breaching the Electricity Act they should go to the appropriate enforcement agency and get them to enforce it.” By submitting that buffer corridors be written into district plans wherever it has infrastructure (Rural News, June 19) Transpower is seeking to pass that enforcement responsibility and cost on to district councils and, in turn, ratepayers, says Bailey. If councils adopt Transpower’s submission, landowners with powerlines crossing their properties will face further restrictions and costs due to consenting processes, despite having

hosted national grid infrastructure rent-free for decades. “At some point we need to be recognised,” says Bailey. To date, he’s not had so much as a letter from Transpower. “It would be nice to have a communication from them. We get them from Transfield Services, their subcontractor, but nothing from Transpower. Don’t they realise their business operates largely on the goodwill of landowners?” Strange’s claim that “we are working closely with landowners” also rings hollow with South Canterbury farmer Jeremy Talbot, who had a six year run-in to page 3

The ‘quadcopter’ was one of the many technological innovations demonstrated at last week’s BLNZ science day for farmers at Massey University. This fast, small ‘unmanned aerial vehicle’ is capable of taking high quality pictures to show, among many things, which parts of a paddock are growing better than others and thus greatly assist farmers in accurately assessing their feed budgets. But while it may look like the ideal toy for boys of any age, it’s a little more expensive than the gadgets down at your local hobby shop. The starting price is around $10,000 and it goes up depending on the quality of the camera. More from the conference on page 4 and in subsequent issues of Rural News.

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NZ wool to be focus of global media Growers besiege marketers

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NEW ZEALAND wool will have the focus of global media when the Prince of Wales visits in November. The Prince and Duchess of Cornwell will take part in events in the Campaign for Wool NZ, this country’s branch of the global organisation convened by the Prince to highlight the benefits of wool. Campaign for Wool NZ chairman Stephen Fookes says Prince Charles will launch some “exciting developments” at a Wool Expo in Auckland at the start of his visit. A further event focusing on the environmental and sustainable attributes of wool will be held when the Prince visits the South Island to look at the effects of the Christchurch earthquake . “It is focusing on the opportunities for the built environment and ways wool can contribute to helping the rebuild and the New Zealand economy,” Fookes says. “They’ll be inter-

PHONES HAVE been ringing constantly since Wools of New Zealand sent out at the end of June 12,000 letters to wool growers outlining plans for a new grower-led sales and marketing company. “I would say 95% of the callers are positive,” says Wools of New Zealand director Mark Shadbolt. “The driver is their concern about the state of the wool industry and the way prices have risen rapidly and declined rapidly over the last two seasons. “That highlights why we as growers need to do something in connection with the market. They are concerned and they are keen for something to be done on their behalf.” Shadbolt announced the planned strong wools venture at the Federated Farmers conference. He said it would be a very different model from others proposed in the past, but similar to the successful merino model. While inviting participation from all 12,000 New Zealand growers, he said they were prepared to start with a “very low threshold”. Shadbolt told Rural News he could not elaborate because of legal issues until the prospectus was registered which would hopefully be in the first week of September. Then they would be able to divulge the minimum entry number and their objectives for capital raising.

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and the Prince. An interesting spin-off, Fookes says, is “because of the significance of the visit, the whole industry has been working closely together to put a constructive presentation to the Prince and accompanying global media.” Campaign for Wool NZ will also roll out strategies next month for the Australasian market to create awareness the value of wool including fun activities such as blogging and competitions. The campaign recognises it needs to do more in the local market as most of its activities have been in the Northern Hemisphere “where 90% of the global population lives.” These have included promotions such as ‘I love wool, Italy’ and ‘I love wool, France’. “Part of the (Australiasian) strategy promotes wider use of wool than just carpets.” The Campaign for Wool is in its second year and is a coalition, headed by the Prince of Wales, of key organisations and workforces in the wool industry, united by the common goal to educate consumers on the value, benefits and versatility of wool.

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4 news Tragedy waiting to happen focus on crime prevention, says Feds’ outgoing rural security spokesman David Rose, who stood down from the national board at the June annual meeting. Rose says farmers must report all incidents. They often just wrote off six or seven sheep being stolen, but it could help police solve part of a bigger puzzle. Feds’ Gisborne/Wairoa president Hamish Cave reiterated that farmers, others living in the rural districts and stock agents must report anything suspicious. “It’s all about giving information to the police to put the puzzle together.” Stock agents could be particularly helpful as they know the farmers and what numbers they have in stock and land. “They probably have the best understanding of people’s activities. They, as everybody else, have a role to play in reporting unusual activities or unusual trading of stock.” Cave says there’s been a big upsurge in rustling, mainly of sheep because they are easier to bundle into a car boot at night. “There’s a variety of reasons, some for home consumption right through to commercial selling. There’s been an upsurge because of the price of meat in supermarkets. Families are finding it more and

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A TRAGEDY may occur before stock rustling gets the attention it deserves, says Federated Farmers new spokeswoman on rural security Katie Milne. Farmers are being urged to report all stock thefts in a bid to get more police focus. “It’s a big worry with people creeping around at night blatantly stealing property,” Milne told Rural News. “I hope it doesn’t end up in a really bad tragedy late at night before something changes and the behaviour is stopped. I keep worrying that will be what it takes before it’s taken more seriously.” Milne was voted onto the Feds national body in June and she has personally confronted armed poachers on her West Coast farm. Milne says police probably do take stock rustling seriously, but have low numbers and trouble pinning the crime on somebody. “They are off and gone like robber’s dogs.” The police commissioner or deputy commissioner will be tackled about stock rustling when one of them attends the Feds’ board meeting in August. It’s a good time to raise the issue because of their increased

more difficult to make ends meet… tough times bring tough measures.” Cave says boats and diving gear can be seized with fisheries prosecutions. But with stock rustling the fines and prosecutions seem light, and there appear to be no powers to confiscate equipment such as motor vehicles, motorbikes or utes. A Federated Farmers discussion on rustling at the annual meeting heard that one man awaiting charges for stock thefts appeared to be “back in business” with his Hilux, dogs and mobile phone. Cave says his region has nine oneman police stations covering big areas of rural land. “Because stock rustling is not highly reported it does not get the attention of police. If every animal that went missing was reported, the police would probably get more resources from government to deal with the problem.” Drink driving and domestic violence now get good resources because they are high-profile. Milne told the Feds’ conference that in countries such as Canada the driver of a vehicle carrying stock had to produce proof of ownership to police. “That’s evolved from way back when they just used to shoot cattle rustlers.”

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THE KIWIFRUIT, avocado, poultry and eggs, and tomato industries have come to the party on government industry agreements (GIAs) for biosecurity, MPI directorgeneral Wayne McNee told Rural News. The ministry wants all primary industry groups to sign memorandums of understanding on the GIAs to pave the way for joint decision making and cost sharing for biosecurity. The Government wants to start the GIAs by July 1 next year. GIAs are touted as one

of the answers to recommendations in the independent Sapere report released late June on the biosecurity failures which led to Psa. The report said MPI needed to improve its connectedness with industry and research organisations. McNee says it is clear the former MAF and industry weren’t working together to identify biosecurity risks. “The kiwifruit industry was aware of the heightened risk as a result of the Psa outbreak in Italy, as was Plant and Food [Research] some time

before the outbreak here, and our people weren’t as aware as they should have been. “Clearly they weren’t communicating effectively so government industry agreements are part of a process of working through and identifying risks together and making sure rules are in place to mitigate the risks as much as possible.” None of the major pastoral industries have yet signed up although a meeting was held with Federated Farmers earlier in the year which included Beef+Lamb, DairyNZ and others.

“We are talking to all industries; some have been quicker to sign than others,” says McNee. “Our goal is to have agreements with all of the industries.” He says cost sharing was a sticking point. “It is less so now the Government has committed to no more than 50% of the costs being borne by industry. That commitment was made earlier this year and I think it has helped get people to the table to sign up.” McNee says he commissioned the Sapere report to look at the way MAF made decisions on import health standards

and the border processes for kiwifruit products. The review found some major shortcomings during 2007-2010. “I commissioned the report to look at the way we could improve; it’s made six recommendations and we will be implementing all of those,” McNee says. An MPI committee is considering a controversial recommendation that MPI looks at prioritising biosecurity resources towards more economically significant industries and away from smaller ones, McNee says. “Within a within a

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Wildlife and welfare marketing musts Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Lincoln seminar is becoming a fixture in the winter conference calendar for those in the central South Island. Andrew Swallow reports from this year’s event. WHAT ARE you doing to promote animal welfare, biodiversity and wildlife on your farm? These are powerful selling points “coming on the radar” in the world’s

premium markets New Zealand needs to target, says Lincoln University’s Professor Caroline Saunders. Though her comments were made to Beef

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huge. This one could hit you overnight. How Sir Henry [van der Heyden’s induced] cows didn’t end up on the front page of [the UK newspaper] The Sun I don’t know. We were very lucky.” Our industries need to be ready to explain practices such as winter shearing or tail docking, if they’re to continue, says Saunders. While we know they’re done largely for welfare reasons, to consumers they appear cruel. Do they know about flystrike? Be respectful and explain why [you do these things].” Welfare and wildlife requirements are encompassed in the increasingly widespread international audit process of Global GAP, which now has at least 100,000 accredited producers, she points out. “Uruguay’s got a lot of its meat compliant and we haven’t.... Just think about this wildlife policy. It might come and bite you

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“THINK ABOUT how you can feed your sheep more: that’s the best return on investment you can make for you, your family, your future.” That was the timely headline message Agresearch senior scientist Julie Everett-Hincks presented to the Lincoln seminar. Speaking on lamb survival, Hincks stressed the need to ramp up feed for multiple-bearing ewes as lambing approaches. Farmers too often blame losses on bad weather at lambing when, in reality, bad weather in the run-up to the drop has a much greater impact. “It’s all about the ewes’ energy balance,” she stresses. Ewes in poor condition or hungry give birth to weak lambs less able to withstand the cold, she explains. Such ewes also take longer to deliver the lamb and are poorer mothers. “Low condition

ewes had lower maternal behaviour scores, so body condition score is really important.” When you put a hand on a ewe’s back, if you can feel any corrugation, then she should be put straight into the low-condition mob and given feed priority. Splitting out triplet bearing ewes in the closing stages of pregnancy is essential. “If you don’t identify them they’re treated as twins and if you do that they lose condition over late pregnancy.” Fed as they should be, with 3.5kg of high quality drymatter feed/head/day from a cover of 1500kgDM/ha or more, condition can be maintained. Hincks presented compelling evidence from Landcorp’s Mararoa Station, Southland, showing the success of that. By allocating just an extra 7kg

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drymatter/triplet-bearing ewe in those last days of pregnancy, an extra 3.5kg of lamb was raised on average. “That’s the best return on investment I’ve ever seen.” With stud breeders’ flocks already scanning as high as 230% and producing as many triplets as twins, such performance will be seen in commercial flocks in as little as six years. If feeding isn’t improved, losses will be massive. “What I think is a fat ewe and you think is a fat ewe are completely different. It’s about changing our perceptions,” stressed Hincks. Converting such scanning

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NZ needs to target top end markets SUDES H K ISSU N

MEAT INDUSTRY Association chairman Bill Falconer says New Zealand’s future does not lie in feeding the masses. Instead, our food sector should

Our size and scale of operation are constraints, he says. “I believe, for example, that China, Indonesia and India are markets with exciting potential for New Zealand. “But within them, New

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international markets – to those who are prepared to pay a premium for the best.” Already New Zealand’s best lamb cuts are regarded as expensive luxury meats, and we need it to stay that way, he adds. But what constitutes best varies from market to market. China is the secondlargest market for New

China is the second-largest market for New Zealand sheep meat by volume. target the top end of traditional and emerging markets with value-added products. Our customers should be prepared to pay a premium for the best. Speaking last month at the New Zealand Institute of Food and Science Technology conference in Hamilton, Falconer expressed frustration at media references to New Zealand’s future lying in the opportunity to feed an expanding and increasingly hungry global population.

Zealand has to find its niches. The real contribution we can make to feeding an expanding world population is through leveraging our technological and scientific experience and achievement, not in feeding the masses. “As a driver of the New Zealand economy, we must see our food industries as making their strongest contribution by maximising added-value in supplying and marketing to the top end of our new, as well as our traditional,

Time to lift our game FOOD, SCIENCE and technology provides the platform to understanding market preferences, says Bill Falconer. “But in today’s world it goes well beyond using taste panels to work out what is ‘nice’ – though that is still part of the exercise,” he says. “Rather, the challenge now is to identify what lies behind the preferred characteristics, and then to determine what the farmer has to do to breed and nurture stock to

manifest them. “Here food science and technology is focussed on genetics, and forage and supplemental feed management, and then best farm management practice with the objective of breeding stock ‘fit for purpose’, when the market wants it, whether the market is Britain, Germany, China or wherever.” Falconer says to extract premium returns from its markets, New Zealand must be prepared to

invest in science and technology at a higher level. This is not to say that science and technology has been lacking to date. “On the contrary our reputation for on-farm productivity and food safety in particular has been built on agricultural and food science and technology internationally recognised as world leading. “Consumers in premium markets are now saying we must lift our game.”

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10 news Intensification will raise issues P ETER BU R KE

THE TREND towards greater intensification of farming is set to raise a new set of animal welfare issues, says the chairman of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Dr John Hellstrom. He told Rural News this is a global trend

as more ‘adventurous and entrepreneurial’ approaches are taken to reduce the cost of production per animal. We are seeing it in the dairy industry in New Zealand, and it’s happening in the sheep and beef sector. “I was interested to visit an intensive sheep milk facility some months

ago. If you are going to rear sheep to produce milk you’ve got to do the same sort of things you do with dairying – that is, take the lambs away from the ewes as soon as possible and get the ewes into a milking routine. “In this place the 500 or so lambs were housed inside and fed milk supplement. But when

you have this number of animals housed in such close proximity you’ve got the risk of disease buildup and other welfare and environmental issues.” Hellstrom says a lot of innovation will be needed to get on top the issues arising with this type of production system. Though goats and sheep are milked overseas, these

tend to be less intensive operations than those envisaged in New Zealand. Farmers must also deal with public perceptions of their systems. The public are more actively interested in animal welfare and management, but many urban myths and misunderstandings need addressing.

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ANIMAL WELFARE officers will have a new regional focus under MPI restructuring and be expected build networks with others in that district who work with animals. MPI director of compliance Dean Baigent says instead of officers being based in, say, Tauranga, where there are few welfare issues, and flying to assignments elsewhere, they will be based in the regions they cover. “The philosophy is that in each district we have a stable set of officers supported by investigators,” he told the Federated Farmers conference. “What happened previously was the officer living in, say, Taumaranui had no relationship with stock and station agents and no relationship with saleyards – no requirements to build a relationship. They’d get a call from a call centre and fly to wherever it was in the country.” The new structure reflected the greater integration, efficiency and productivity required by the Government. Baigent said MPI was also responsible for compliance legislation regarding food, fish, biosecurity, hazardous substances, animal products and compounds, veterinary medicines, indigenous foresty, NAIT and the emissions trading audit scheme. “We have to get efficiencies out of that. We are going to integrate the investigation part, the management part and leave the inspectorate part where the animal welfare guys sit with their areas of expertise…. “Don’t misread that you are suddenly going to have a lot of fishery officers going onto farms, that is not going to be the case.” Baigent says analysis shows the animal welfare spikes were in Waikato, Taranaki, Southland and Canterbury. “If I move an animal welfare officer from Auckland to Southland my expectation is they will first and foremost try to grow a network of people there who are working in that space.” That included the SPCA, stock and station agents and vets. MPI had a $350,000 contract with SPCA to provide some services in the primary industry. He did not want the organisation taking over primary industry animal welfare work. But for intervention for a stressed cow, SPCA would be the first responder. A prosecutor would be based in most districts to speed up some processes.

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news 11 Big holes in biosecurity safety net – report PAM TIPA

A MAF committee set up in 2008 specifically to identify emerging biosecurity risks never discussed a virulent strain of Psa devastating kiwifruit vines offshore. And a MAF risk analysis team responsible for monitoring offshore developments was “unaware pollen imports were even taking place”. These are just some of the failings identified in an independent review of Psa-V by Sapere research group which looked at import and border controls. MAF had no strategic view of risks to the kiwifruit industry, failed to response adequately, and relationships between it, industry organisations and

scientific researchers were “ineffective”. But industry organisations must also play their part in being vigilant, the report says, The PSA-V outbreak will cost the industry $410 million and for orchardists “the pathway back to a profitable enterprise is uncertain”. Zespri also came in for criticism, the report saying the company should have actively examined existing import requirements after seeing the impact of Psa on Italian orchards in 2009/10. Zespri made a number of “optimistic assumptions” about New Zealand’s biosecurity regime. “Agricultural and horticultural sectors in New Zealand derive immense

The Sapere Report is critical of failings at both MAF and Zespri for allowing Psa into New Zealand.

value from remaining pest-free so should be investing their own resources in maintaining this status – particularly by monitoring emerging risks,” the report says. However Sapere identified that import requirements for kiwifruit pollen were “inadequate” and based on a scientific review that was

“unnecessarily definitive” in discounting pollen as a disease vector. MAF’s response to finding that live Psa could be detected on pollen was “sub-standard” and it missed opportunities to track consignments. A process to develop kiwifruit pollen import requirements was “deficient”. A formal risk analy-

sis should have been done and the industry consulted before allowing the first pollen imports into the country. “The resulting lack of industry awareness may have compounded the consequences of having inadequate import conditions in place….” For nursery stock, MAF should have at least

considered prohibiting imports from Psa-infected areas, the report says. And when it found out its quarantine testing regime for symptomless plants was unreliable, it was “not sufficiently proactive” and did not track down plants that had already been released. The report says there was a “lack of connectedness between MAF and key stakeholders”, and “a lack of concern or urgency from the kiwifruit industry”. “MAF had opportunity to revisit the appropriateness of its import requirements when a virulent strain of Psa emerged in Italy,” the report says. “By 2009/10 there had been an observable and marked change in the risk

PUTTING FOOD on the table for kiwifruit growers hardest hit by Psa will hopefully be the outcome of a new policy announced late June by the Government, says the growers organisation. The new ‘primary sector recovery policy’ will result in biosecurity incursions being declared adverse events similar to climatic events and natural disasters. New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc (NZKGI) president Neil Trebilco says there are certain “adverse events” provisions they wanted to access for growers but a biosecurity event didn’t come within previous regulations. “One of the key ones we wanted to access is effectively a benefit for growers

who want to remain on their orchard but no longer have any money simply to put food on their tables. “If a grower lost part of an income and maybe is able to struggle along, it won’t help them. But it will help growers who may not have any funds and no means to buy groceries. It’s the equivalent of a benefit.” However growers on the breadline won’t be able to access that yet. The new policy means adverse event provisions can now be applied to biosecurity incursions in general – but the next step is to have Psa declared an adverse event. Trebilco is confident that will happen as the Government changed the policy because of Psa and following representations from NZKGI since last September.

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profile of Psa….” Unlike its traditional spread Psa was having a severe affect on Italian orchards and impacting gold kiwifruit for the first time. By May 2010 Australia had reacted to the Italian outbreak by requiring all pollen imports to be tested for the disease. The report says the reaction to the emerging threat of Psa was fragmented and delayed. Different MAF staff managing Psa risk for specific goods lead to a “reactive and fragmented assessment of the risks of Psa across individual pathways”. For example the risks for kiwifruit were well managed, but those for pollen were never assessed.

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12 news Farms step up effluent management SUDES H K ISSU N

EFFLUENT MANAGEMENT on dairy farms is improving. A national snapshot, to be released in November, will show the 2011-12 season’s significant non-compliance dropping below 10% from 11% in 2010-11 and 16% in 2009-10. Fonterra is collating regional council figures for the final report of the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord. Fonterra’s general manager sustainability John Hutchings says the results will show a concerted effort by stakeholders paying dividends. “The results will show the trend over the previous two seasons sustained last season, which has just finished,” he told Rural News.

Farmers are also spending heavily on effluent ponds and storage. In Canterbury last season 300 Fonterra suppliers upgraded their effluent systems. Hutchings says there is definitely a change in attitude among farmers. “Farmers have stepped up effluent management in recent years, realising it is a source of nutrients for grass.” Fonterra runs an ‘every farm every year’ scheme whereby assessors visit its 10,400 suppliers annually. Instead of focusing only on milk quality, the assessors look at effluent management infrastructure on each farm. Farmers in breach of regional council rules are referred to sustainable dairy advisors who advise and help these farmers to

Fonterra’s John Hutchings says the improved results shows that farmers on the whole are making a concerted effort to improve their effluent management.

comply fully. The co-op has also threatened to stop picking milk from suppliers who constantly flout effluent management rules. However, it has never carried out its threat. Hutchings says Fonterra’s threat has been enough to spur suppliers into action. “In most cases threats are enough and effluentrelated are issues were

resolved within two or three days.” But he admits recent prosecution of farmers by some regional councils is disappointing. However, Hutchings remains confident stakeholders are striving to keep breaches and subsequent prosecutions down. In Northland, farmer Graham Owen Fox was last week fined $24,000

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owned by Fonterra director Colin Armer was fined $72,000 plus costs. In October 2010, the farm’s effluent irrigation system failed, resulting in dairy effluent ponding in a paddock, which then flowed across land and into a stream near Maketu. Last week the proprietors of Orete 2 & Other Blocks Incorporated, Waihau Bay, East Coast, was ordered to pay $45,000 for allowing effluent waste to flow over land and into the Waiare Stream. Galatea farmer Eric John Steiner was fined $25,000 plus costs and his son Michael Eric Steiner was fined $15,000 plus costs for the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent that flowed eventually to a tributary of the Horomanga River, near Galatea.

New accord THE DAIRY industry will announce a new Sustainable Dairy Water Accord in November. It will replace the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord, which ended on May 31, the completion of the 2011-12 season. Fonterra general manager sustainability John Hutchings says the new accord will have input from environmental groups, iwi, regional councils, DairyNZ, dairy processors, Federated Farmers and DairyNZ. He’s confident the new accord will improve effluent management in the industry. Farmers are keen to make effluent a resource, not a problem, he says.

Compliance climbs IN CANTERBURY, effluent compliance continues to improve. Preliminary effluent compliance figures from Environment Canterbury for 2011-12 show 70% of dairy farmers fully comply with effluent management regulations. This is up 5% percent on last year. Canterbury Dairy Effluent Group (CDEG) representative Ron Pellow says the results of increased awareness are showing year on year. “One of the key focuses of CDEG has been to improve awareness of effluent

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Plough for profit not for fun P ETER BU R KE

FEILDING farm consultant says many farmers feed animals well, but don’t make any money out of it. Gary Massicks told Rural News at a recent BLNZ field day on winter cropping at Waiouru Station that he’s seen instances of farmers growing a winter crop and not knowing exactly why they did it. This supports a view that farmers and commercial growers indulge in ‘recreational cultivation’ – they spend a lot of time on the tractor for little monetary gain. “It costs a hell’uva lot to establish a crop so it’s important they make money out of it,” Massicks says. “Farmers often overstock and feel they have to feed all their animals. “It must be looked at on a case-by-case situation, but sometimes they might be better off to reduce their stocking rate by 5% and have 10% better performance. I’ve noticed that in the last few years when people were pushing stocking rates and perfor-

mance was compromised. They’d be better off a little under-stocked and getting better animal performance.” In terms of crops, Massicks says farmers must know what they are going to do with their winter crop and whether they are going to make any money out of it. “The focus should be, ‘do they know how much crop they’ve got, which animals they are going to feed it to and what their utilization is going to be?’ Are they going to grow or just maintain the animals or have they got animals going backwards [on these crops]?” he says. Massicks says a cropping programme should be driven by the feed budget and by a plan. He says some farmers have neither and just tend to be production driven. “[Any] crop must fit the feed budget and [a farmer’s] plan. It’s important they don’t cut corners because this will compromise the yield of the crop. They also need to then make sure they get good utilisation of feed.” At the field day, Mas-

sicks drew attention to another unusual issue likely face sheep farmers in the coming months. “This winter many ewes are carrying more condition than they normally would. But the heavier the animals, the more feed they need to drive them or if you like

to keep alive every day. So there’s a problem if the ewe goes in heavy, doesn’t get fed well and comes out skinny or light because it will not be able to produce enough milk to feed its lambs.” He says it’s important farmers feed their ewes well to avoid problems.

“For a ewe feeding twins they are not going to produce enough milk…. If they’re not going to be offered enough feed to maintain body weight then produce enough milk to keep those two lambs alive – well what’s the point.” More from the Waiouru Station field day pages 23-24.

Gary Massicks suggests many farmers indulge in ‘recreational cultivation’where they spend long hours on the tractor for little monetary gain.

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14 world Canada’s meat producers score win over US SUDES H K ISSU N

CANADIAN BEEF and pork producers are celebrating a victory over the US on country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The World Trade Organisation last month ruled a US meat labelling program unfairly discriminated against Canada and Mexico. The ruling, following an appeal by the US, will force US authorities to bring the scheme in line

with global trade rules. Canadian Cattlemen’s Association president Martin Unrau says by upholding the part of the panel ruling that confirmed the discriminatory nature of COOL, the WTO’s final decision has provided an important victory for its members. Unrau is hopeful the US will amend the COOL legislation to eliminate the discrimination. “This is the result that we have been seeking.

US country of origin labelling requirements on pork and beef has been ruled as discriminatory by the World Trade Organisation.

The CCA will be working with its US counterparts to... eliminate discrimination of Canadian cattle in the US market.” COOL has affected billions of dollars of commerce in cattle and beef products since it was implemented in 2008, he says. At a cost of $30-50 per head, the current impact of COOL on Canadian producers is about $183 million per year. Canadian Pork Council second vice-president Florian Possberg says the way the law was set up and applied was “very discriminatory”. Whole countryof-origin labelling was a nontariff trade

barrier and that part has to be dropped, Possberg says. “It’s just not fair according to WTO and we agree.” Under US law in force since March 2009, food processors must identify the nations from which cattle, hogs and some fresh produce originate. The legislation has its roots in the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (‘mad cow’ disease) in a Canadian-bred animal in 2003. Canada and Mexico say the provisions impose unjust costs on their exports, reducing their competitiveness. The WTO appeals body agrees. But the ruling is not all bad news for the US. The appeals body also found COOL achieves a legitimate policy objective by telling consumers about the food they eat.

US trade representative Ron Kirk says he is “pleased” with the ruling as it affirms the right of the US to “adopt labelling requirements that provide information to American consumers about the meat they buy.” But US beef farmers say it is clear COOL violates WTO rules. National

Cattlemen’s Beef Association vice president Bob McCan says the trade battle jeopardises their strong trade relationship with Canada and Mexico. US cattlemen deserve a government that fights for and protects our opportunities, he says. “We need a government that demands WTO

compliance by our trade partners and ensures the US is abiding by these same guidelines. We are committed to working with this administration and Congress to find a permanent solution to this issue in order to bring the US back into compliance. It is critical the United States leads by example.”

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A CENTURIES-OLD Spanish farming system is being considered by researchers looking to revitalise marginal land in the Western Australian wheatbelt. The Dehesa system, an alternative option for the use of soils with poor suitability for cropping, is a farming method that combines remnant oak forests, occasional cereal crops, pastures and livestock. State Department of Agriculture research officer Imma Farre, who grew up in Spain, is about to start a small field trial to test whether holm or evergreen oak trees can be grown at the Wongan Hills research station, 190km northeast of Perth. The holm oak seeds have come from the Kings Park Botanical Gardens, where Farre said they had grown well. Evergreen oaks tolerate drought once established, due to their deep roots, recorded at depths of 20m. “The oak trees are important to fill the autumn/winter feed gap in Spain by producing acorns which are highly nutritious for animals…. This year we’ll see how they establish and survive and next year we hope to plant a few more hectares in an alley farming system.” The Dehesa system traditionally uses

grasses and legumes between trees as the primary fodder source, while intercropping is done with barley or wheat. Farre says the system uses a low stocking rate, typically two-four sheep equivalents per hectare. “The system traditionally uses an indigenous pig breed – the Iberian pig – to graze the acorns, [producing] a highly desired gourmet product with a distinct flavor. “More rough areas also incorporate merino sheep now being crossbred with meat sheep from France and Germany, and goats; the best areas also use indigenous cattle.” Farre says there are many similarities between the Spanish Iberian Peninsula and Western Australia. “Western Australian soils are acidic, like those in western Spain where the Dehesa exists, but Western Australian soils may be deeper than the Spanish soils and Western Australia is probably at the lower end of the rainfall scale of Dehesa farming,” she says. “Dehesa farming is suitable for Mediterranean climates, like Western Australia’s, where there is a desire to combine nature conservation with a sustainable agricultural system.”

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Ag training faces reboot SUE EDMONDS

QUALIFICATIONS AND training for the myriad components of the ‘agriculture sector’ have multiplied since 1992 when the new national qualifications, including those run by the AgITO, were set up. Along the way the original concept, whereby the skills and knowledge contained in a specific qualification’s components would be clear to everyone, including employers, has become blurred. While most of the components of training are still guided by the wording of NZQA approved unit standards, the individual quirks of human nature and the complexities of

funding have caused the number of different qualifications to balloon out to about 170 certificates and diplomas just for agriculture. About 85 are supervised by the AgITO, and cover such diverse groupings as wool, pastoral (a huge collection), rural servicing, rural resale, water, equine and a clump covering pork, poultry and apiculture. The rest are usually referred to as ‘local qualifications’, taught by private providers, polytechnics and offshoots of the major industry components. And it’s not just happened in agriculture. Last year the Minister of Tertiary Education ordered a full review of qualifica-

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which will specify what those achieving the qualification will be able to do, will know and what they will be capable of being.” This will give employers a much clearer view of how qualifications will relate to employee capabilities, during training and on recruitment. The new qualifications will change their names from ‘national certificate/ diploma’ to ‘New Zealand certificate/diploma’. Individual training organisations may be able to adjust their programmes to suit regional, etc, differences, but graduate outcomes must be the same. Current completion for TRoQ is May 31, 2014.

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

 

 

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 

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

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

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 

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 

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

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 



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



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

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 

 



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



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  



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

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 

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

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  

 

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   

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 

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 



 

 





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   

 

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



 

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

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 





 

Beef Market Trends

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90%



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80%

   

  













 

       

70%

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60% 

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  

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 

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

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  

  



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

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 

 

 

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

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

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 

  

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Rural News // july 17, 2012 

Beef  NZ dollar keeps a lid on prices The NZ dollar is bouncing around US80c which is keeping a lid on farmgate prices. There is upward pressure with the North Island cattle kill sliding, but further cuts to capacity are on the agenda as NZ drops to more realistic winter kill rates. 300kg cwt bulls were $4.30/kg on average last week while prime steer was just shy of $4.20/kg. Local trade prices remained steady on $4.10/kg, although there is a firming undertone as a shortage of local trade cattle looms. Any lifts in local trade prices will help drive prime steer prices as competition ramps up between exporters and local trade operators for prime cattle. In the South Island, prices for local trade cattle are at a premium to export cattle with $4.10/kg paid on average last week. There are few bulls being slaughtered and prices have tended to hold just below $4.00/kg while prime steer is firm on $4.00/kg. NZ bull kill spirals downwards The NZ cattle kill fell 9% the week ending June 30 to 48,900 head. The largest fall was in the South Island, where 2,800 fewer cattle (-21%) were killed than the week prior. The North Island cattle kill was down 1,900 head or 5%. The most noticeable fall was in the number of bulls heading to slaughter. The NZ bull kill plummeted 19% or 2,200 head in just one week, as it slides towards seasonal lows in late winter/spring. The large drop in bull slaughter will put the heat on US beef importers who will have to compete for the limited supply. Forward orders have not been a favourable option as of late, leaving many US beef importers buying hand to mouth.

Lamb Plants reasonably full On average, 16kg cwt lamb in the North Island remained steady on $5.61/kg (net) last week. It was believed some processors would pay large premiums to try and close the gap between spot prices and contract prices, however plants have been reasonably full albeit on reduced capacity so there has been little incentive to do so. In the South Island, 16kg cwt lamb was $5.87/kg (net) last week. The lamb kill is creeping back but capacity is also diminishing as many plants have dropped shifts or are shut for maintenance while it’s seasonally quiet. Lamb prices are likely to remain subdued while capacity is low, the overseas markets are lacklustre and the kiwi dollar soars against major trading currencies such as the Euro and Sterling.

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Mutton kill larger than expected The mutton kill in the North Island has gathered momentum as farmers offload their dry ewes after scanning. With more numbers available for slaughter, mutton prices have slowly crept up as competition between meat processors has increased. The South Island mutton kill is also increasing gradually. It was originally thought this season’s NZ mutton slaughter would fall 32.6% on last season’s inflated levels to 2.96 million, however season to date slaughter has already passed 3 million.

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Rural News // July 17, 2012

20 opinion editorial

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ETS common sense! THE GOVERNMENT has acted sensibly and prudently by deferring the agriculture sector’s entry into the controversial Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). This is despite claims to the contrary made by the usual array of left wing politicians and environmental do-gooders. Why would we want to unfairly penalise New Zealand’s agriculture sector – and one of the few sectors with the ability to help the country out of the current economic hole – by imposing taxes when our international competitors are not doing the same? How does handicapping New Zealand’s main economic driver reduce international greenhouse gases? Surely all that will do is shift the production of these agricultural greenhouse gases from New Zealand to another country? Federated Farmers, Fonterra, Beef + Lamb NZ and other agricultural bodies are understandably delighted by the Government’s move. The sector has always argued that it’s crazy for New Zealand producers to be hit with the costs of an ETS when they have no way of mitigating these and when other farmers around the world are not being penalised accordingly. Meanwhile, critics and environmental doomsayers are not so happy and are making claims about farmers being subsidised and getting a free ride – pure bunkum. The ETS revision only delays agricultural biological emissions – methane and nitrous oxide from livestock and soils. Fact is all New Zealand farms and orchards have been in the ETS since July 1, 2010. The cost impact of the ETS on dairy, horticulture, sheep, beef and deer farmers is conservatively estimated to be a minimum of $106 million a year. Fonterra estimates each of its dairy farmer suppliers directly pays $3700 a year in carbon costs for fuel and energy, plus their share of the carbon costs being paid by Fonterra for processing emissions (about $38.8 million per annum). Beef + Lamb NZ, Meat Industry Association and Deer Industry New Zealand calculate the individual cost on sheep, beef and deer farms of the ETS, to be $2000 per annum (about $27.8 million per year). Meanwhile HortNZ estimates the ETS would add industry costs of at least $40 million per year. These costs compare to the average household only paying additional ETS related costs of about $133 per a year. The agriculture sector is playing its part in paying for and reducing its carbon emissions; it’s time uniformed critics and commentators acknowledged and recognised this.

“I’ve just hung a protest banner on the pylon in the front paddock!”

the hound Say it again, Jim! THE HOUND reckons former agriculture minister and long-time lefty Jim Anderton should be up for a New Year honour after a recent performance on TV1’s Q&A debating climate change and the ETS. “There are thousands of young farming families in New Zealand that are putting their best endeavours into making their streams on their farms fenced off and planted and making sure their farms are in better shape environmentally than anything they inherited from their parents and grandparents.” Good stuff, Jim!

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Meanwhile back on planet Labour/Green ANYONE WHO thinks the Labour and Green parties are over their pathological hatred of the agricultural sector should follow the Hound in looking at both parties’ response to the Government’s sensible decision to delay agriculture’s entry into the ETS until other countries do the same or the technology is available to help farmers mitigate biological emissions. With friends like the Greens and Labour, farmers don’t need any enemies.

Really? THE NEWS is out that actors Jessica Chastain and Woody Harrelson have officially been named PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarians of 2012. The Hollywood stars are both committed to living a meatfree lifestyle. Previous PETA Sexiest Vegetarians of the year include Russell Brand, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig and Carrie Underwood. However, the Hound reckons the term sexy vegetarian is a bit of an oxymoron – like military intelligence or political honesty. For starters how can pastey, unhealthy looking, stick insects – as most vegetarians tend to be – ever be classed as sexy?

Diplomatic stupidity?

Pork’s poor timing

SPEAKING OF useless politicians and the ETS, the Hound giggled at what one of Winston’s cling-ons and former North Shore mayor Andrew Williams – famous for urinating on trees as well as drinking and texting – had to say about the ETS. Williams issued a selfimportant media release in early July castigating the ETS scheme that started in Australia on July 1. Hmmm, your canine crusader didn’t have the heart to tell the former leaky mayor that NZ First’s ETS policy is about as irrelevant to Australians as it is to New Zealanders!

THIS OLD mutt reckons meat industry executives could be forgiven for feeling they needed to be in two places at once yesterday (July 16): Queenstown for the Red Meat Sector Conference and Wellington for NZ Pork’s Conference. Okay, so pork isn’t a red meat, but the clash was unfortunate and surely could have been avoided. What’s the betting most opted for the southern scenery and maybe a quick pre-conference schuss down the ski slopes?

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Rural News // july 17, 2012

opinion 21 Cooperatives play vital part in NZ RAM S EY MARGOLI S

FINANCIAL CO-OPs, unfashionable in Europe until 2007, have since leapt into favour following the global financial crisis, says the general manager of the European Association of Cooperative Banks, Hervé Guider. Guider was guest speaker at the June 22, Wellington, co-op research conference ‘Building a Better World – The Role of Cooperatives and Mutuals in Economy and Society’;

Cooperative and mutual businesses play a significant role in the New Zealand economy with $39.6 billion combined revenues in 2010/11 from the top 40 NZ cooperatives and mutuals. A strengthening trend to cooperatives here is seen in $4.4 billion higher revenues than in 2009/10. Fonterra, for instance, with 10,500 farmer-members, has annual revenue of $19.8 billion and is New Zealand’s only truly global business.

Cooperative and mutual businesses play a significant role in the New Zealand economy it attracted overseas and local academics and business people. Though until 2007 financial co-ops were seen as old fashioned, five years later their value and role in helping cushion the global financial malaise had placed them in a different light, Guider said. The event was organised by the New Zealand Association for the Study of Cooperatives and Mutuals, a new grouping chaired by Victoria University head of school of economics and finance Prof Morris Altman, and the former chief executive of the Cooperative Bank, Girol Karacaoglu. The conference was one of several New Zealand celebrations of the 2012 UN International Year of Cooperatives. New Zealand is widely respected for its cooperatives, which include the dairy giant Fonterra.

The three Foodstuffs cooperatives (Auckland, Wellington and South Island) have a combined turnover of $8 billion, together the third-largest business in the country. Dunedin meat processing cooperative Silver Fern Farms is fifth with $1.8 billion and 7500 jobs, and the Invercargill co-op Alliance Group, is sixth largest with revenues of $1.3 billion and 5600 jobs. These six New Zealand co-ops are in the Global 300 list of the world’s largest cooperatives. The big rural lender Netherlandsbased Rabobank is the world’s largest rural bank and a major sector lender in New Zealand. With at least NZ$1 billion in assets, Rabobank’s AA credit rating is up there with both the Governments of New Zealand and Australia. There are 32 Rabobank branches

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in New Zealand and 250 employees, almost half in regional locations Collectively, New Zealand cooperatives and mutuals provide at least 43,000 New Zealanders with jobs, not all in the rural heartland. Vehicle repair shop co-op Capricorn Society has members in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa – truly a

tri-nations cooperative – and a turnover of at least $1 billion. And Co-operative Bank, founded in 1928 and now with 137,000 members, has the largest number of members of all New Zealand cooperatives. Collectively cooperatives contribute 3% of New Zealand’s GDP. On a global footing,

cooperatives worldwide are owned by 1 billion people and employ at least 100 million. The biggest 300 cooperatives have a combined turnover of $NZ1.9 trillion and are as large as Spain, the world’s ninth-largest economy. • Ramsey Margolis is executive director of the New Zealand Cooperatives Association.

Ramsey Margolis

Rural News // July 17, 2012

22 opinion

Pressure will keep mounting on farming J O HN STIR LING

DAIRY FARMERS have to accept they are the target of a rapidly increasing number of evangelistic environmentalists. Recently appointed Otago Federated farmers president Stephen Korteweg does not believe environmentalists will go away just because they are ignored. The pressure from these people along with tacit support from government and local bodies will inevitably mean increased requirements costs for those wanting to keep farming. There will be little mercy shown those believed to be polluters. Unfortunately there is a perception, especially by some urban folk that dairy farmers are ruthless, wealthy and uncaring,

intent on making money before looking after the environment. Much of this resentment is obviously driven by the tall poppy syndrome, delighting in using the catchy ‘dirty dairy’ expression wherever possible. Dairy farmers know they have to lift their game and are already putting in systems to overcome problems of effluent disposal especially in the winter. This is a huge problem in the south where more wintering barns are being built. In many instances, including Korteweg’s own, it was usually sounder economics to invest in a wintering barn than buy more land. Getting bigger only meant the problem was still there but increased in size. Among the key issues

facing Federated Farmers are the environment, water quality and animal welfare. Already advocates for these groups are voicing their demands, which if put into practice will knock back farm production and in some cases force changes to land use. Few councils have significant farmer-friendly numbers, so it is important to have Federated Farmers with their policy advisors available to step in and make sense of unworkable plans. This work is undertaken on behalf of members as well as non-members. It is important to persuade as many non-members as possible to join the federation and help offset costs. However farmers still have to make an effort with some farm practices, such as leaving dead or dying

Recently appointed Otago Federated Farmers president Stephen Korteweg says environmentalists will not just go away because farmers ignore them.

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did. I also bought a 16ha neighbouring block and pushed the cow numbers up to 120. It was 1979 and I was 21.” He said for the next 30 years the concentration has been on expansion with the purchase of more land and intensification. The Korteweg operation now has 180ha milking 600 cows. Recently there has been involvement in an equity partnership in Southland, milking 500 cows on 150ha. The aim was to put in place a system that works so well at Kaitangata, where a rotary milking had been installed along with a state of the art wintering barn. The barn was the centre-piece of the environmental management plan. “We looked at every type of barn available throughout New Zealand and Holland, and came up

with the present design which ticked all the boxes. We figured the cost of $750,000 will be more than recovered in about five years.” He said this was based on milking longer, recycling nutrients and the general wellbeing of the cows. At this stage 400 of the cows were sheltered and 220 wintered off-farm. Three ponds have been built with another planned if all cows are wintered on the Korteweg farm. Three years ago Stephen and Rhonda Korteweg won the Otago section of the 2009 Ballance Environment Award. Their two sons are keen to be dairymen and Blake will be sharemilking this season. “We’ve been keen to see them get a trade and see the world before settling down. We don’t want them to be clones of me.”

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Cropping know-how lifts livestock output

Waioruru farmer Ron Frew.

“Kale follows swedes because you can’t grow then in the same place year after year. The whole programme is integrated.” The feed grain is another source of income, as are dairy grazers and hay, he adds. “So instead of being just sheep and beef I have five sources of income.” Sheep and cattle are on crop during the coldest months: July, August and into September when pasture is “locked up” to grow grass for lambing early October. Frew’s commercial vegetable growing background kicks in to produce consistently high yielding fodder crops. Crops mean ewes are always in good condition which helps combat the climate, and means they have no trouble fattening lambs. But even then, and with shelter belts, snow can be a real killer on the station. “Two years ago I lost 1000 lambs in three days. We did 100% lambing that year. You can scan 170% but the docking percentage will be totally dependent on the weather.” Current average is 130%.

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24 management Animal health angles WHILE WINTER crops can be of real benefit, utilising them needs careful management, Taihape veterinarian, Anthony Oswald, stressed to the field day. Cattle and sheep accustomed to grass need to be transitioned onto brassicas to allow rumens time to adjust to the different feed. Failure to do this adequately can cause a string of animal health issues, including bloat, SMCO toxicity (aka “red water”), acidiosis and nitrate toxicity. “It’s important to make sure that they are not really hungry when they go onto a crop.” A paddock or area of grass they can go back onto off the crop is a good idea initially too. With cattle in particular, don’t just put them on crop and forget about them, he adds. “You need to check them regularly. They need a ready source of fibre such as hay or baleage or straw. This fills the gut so they can’t gorge on the crop. “Sometimes we are worried about crops that have too low a protein content so in those sort of cases we can use good quality baleage such as lucerne hay to build up the protein.” Oswald believes there’s opportunity for more use of winter crops to increase winter stock rates and assist pasture renewal, but it’s not going to be for all farms: some are just too steep. “The other thing to look at is profit. There is no point in going through a cropping programme if you are not going to make any more money or produce any more product.”

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GET THE calculator out and don’t leave it to guesswork when planning winter feed crops for next year. That was a key message to come out of a Beef + Lamb New Zealand field day on Waiouru Station earlier this month (see p23). “Sometimes farmers will say I’m going to sow 10has of crop and the stock class is then going to have to fit that,” explained PGG Wrightson Seeds’ specialist Charlotte Westwood. “Instead, they should be saying I have 2000 ewes to winter, therefore I have

“It’s about the need to plan: how much area you need to grow; and how to grow the best yielding crop.” Charlotte Westwood

demand for X amount of dry matter per head per day over a given period. “It’s about the need to plan: how much area you need to grow; and how to grow the best yielding crop,” she stressed. Westwood’s other key message is, having grown a crop, accurately determine the amount of feed using quadrant samples tested for drymatter. There’s no point “eye-

balling” crops to determine yield because few, if any, people can do it accurately. “There are book values out there for the crops, but they are unreliable, especially for kale because it’s quite variable with dry matter percentage… there can up to a 2 or 3 % dry matter difference.” If the book value percentage is higher than actual drymatter, and farmers are unaware of this, they’ll end up underfeeding stock, she warns. “You must send a sample away to do a dry matter assessment. And while sending it away have

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Vets spar at winter roadshows We all love a good contest between heavyweights. A lot of us would love to see Sonny Bill and Shane Cameron go toeto-toe, but for various reasons it’s unlikely to happen. At The Veterinary Centre, Oamaru, we have just finished a series of sheep and beef winter

roadshows, featuring several expert speakers, notably in the area of parasite management. Interestingly, they didn’t always agree, particularly at the first couple of “rounds”. It wasn’t SBW and the Mountain Man Cameron but the debate certainly re-invigorated the need for farmers to

actively engage with stock production and sustainable parasite management issues each year. The underlying message is there is no one right or wrong recipe to achieve balance between production objectives and sustainable practice, and many of the attendees confessed afterwards to enjoying the veterinary heavyweights sparing for technical points on certain issues. The roadshow had six

“rounds”: Hyde, Palmerston, Five Forks, Omarama, Kurow and Waihoa Forks (Waimate). Putting the programme together I was aware it was fairly traditional: lamb survival, sustainable parasite management, revisiting sheep lameness, sudden death syndromes and beef cow reproduction; so I was pleasantly surprised by record crowds. The topics have generated more post roadshow discussion and action than ever before. Hyde hall meetings have become somewhat legendary in our practice. There was snow on the ground and a bone chilling southerly rattling the tin roof: an unlikely setting for a full house, but they crammed in from far and wide to hear and contribute to the discussion.

in brief FMD eradication aim MORE THAN 100 nations have backed a new UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) strategy to stamp out foot and mouth disease (FMD). “Foot-and-mouth disease is not a priority in many countries, but when it strikes, the damage is enormous, ranging from losses in production to the culling of animals and trade bans,” says OIE director-general Bernard Vallat. Ultimately, the aim is to see the virus eradicated. Currently 66 of 178 OIE member countries are free from FMD and outbreaks cause an estimated annual global loss of US$5 billion.

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Apparently the debate on the “issues” went on long after we’d left! Trevor Cook, national wormwise spokesman and respected sheep and beef vet consultant from Feilding, showed sobering evidence of triple drench failure in many properties throughout New Zealand. The challenge is to drench test and make the results the starting point for sound, sustainable worm control strategy. Simon Laming, senior veterinarian with The Veterinary Centre, Oamaru, gave a punchy summary of New Zealand trial work demonstrating production costs of internal parasitism in sheep and cattle. “Sure, if you remove all of the worms for the longest time you’ll get production gains…but it’s not that simple anymore,” he told audiences. “We have to get a bit smarter about how we apply drenches so that they continue to deliver the production benefits for many years to come.” Trevor worked through a scenario showing a drench that was 92% effective would lead to an annual loss of $20,000 in a 2000 ewe flock compared with more effective controls. The alarming thing about drench resistance is that you cannot easily see such effects. By the time you notice it, it has probably been affecting

How will you manage the worm challenge to this spring’s lamb crop?

production for years. Both speakers exchanged good practical ways in which existing drench families can be protected and supported, such as exit drenching lambs or hoggets with a novel active in mid to late autumn. If we keep hammering triple drenches without heed to principles of refugia, exit drenching, stock rotation, quarantine practices, minimal or selective use of long acting products, clean pasture and cropping to lengthen drench interval, for some it could be less than five years. To summarise, the take home messages were: Know what drenches work on the farm in order to a) assess if existing practice is sustainable and b) what are the best drenches for the future. We are already booking reduction tests for next season.

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Pasture ploys to beat parasites GARET H GILLATT

BETTER PASTURE management and planning could slash losses to internal parasites and help preserve valuable controls for the future. That was a headline message from Northland vet Mark Anderson to a recent Beef + Lamb New Zealand Wormwise conference in Hellensville. Worms cost sheep and beef farmers $200-$300 million/ year in lost production with drenches adding $50 million/ year to input costs. Anderson says there are a large number of controls which could be better deployed and warns costs could skyrocket if there’s an over-reliance on anthelmintics. If all roundworms on a sheep and beef farm develop immunity to all drenches then virtually overnight lambing percentage will be back 23-25% and wool production down 10-11%. “And this is something that could really happen on some properties,” he warned. Understanding “how worms work” helps combat the problem. Roundworms have a six stage lifecycle: adult; egg; and four larval stages only two of which are inside the sheep. Anderson says the stages when the parasite is on pasture are the ones farmers think about least, yet this is where they have the most potential to reduce impact on stock. Worms like warm, moist conditions and consequently tend to live at the base of plants – the same place as you’ll find facial eczema spores. The parasites are only a danger to stock when consumed in the third larval stage – eaten at any other stage of development they’re digested by stomach acids. Preventing grazing too low with susceptible stock such as lambs will minimise the larvae eaten, and then more tolerant classes of stock, such as ewes or cattle, can be used to clean up. “A worm isn’t going to do much damage if it’s been eaten by a ewe... And cattle worms come from a different strain to sheep worms so any sheep worm larvae that makes its way into a cow’s stomach will just be dissolved by the cow’s stomach acids.” Avoid putting lambs back onto lambing paddocks, and try to avoid putting sheep in warm damp paddocks in autumn, he adds. Hawkes Bay vet, Richard Lee, says try to avoid putting lambs on to new, and hence clean, pasture just after drenching.

Don’t stretch drench gap STRATEGIC DRENCHING within manufacturers’ guideline intervals could lead to 10% more lambs and heavier kill weights, says Hawkes Bay vet and Focus Genetics sales and marketing manager Richard Lee. What’s more, in what’s effectively a u-turn from traditional advice to stretch intervals to minimise drench use and hence resistance, he believes this more frequent dose strategy is the best anti-resistance policy. Worm burdens start rising from lambing and by autumn can hit dramatic levels, often at about tupping, he explains. While ewes are relatively tolerant of the challenge, it can still reduce their lambing potential by 10%, he warns. Meanwhile growth of any lambs still on the farm by that stage will be hammered by such high challenges. Lee says the best thing to do is drench regularly, every 28-30 days, to make sure worm burdens never reach such levels. The key with such regular treatments is to avoid drenching all animals. “All your stock are individuals so you should treat them as such... Drench your tail-enders because they are likely to be the ones that are most susceptible to worms.”

“Lambs won’t be able to build up an immunity to the worms... All you’re going to be left with are worms that are resistant to drench from the very beginning,” he warns. While Anderson admits the steps are easy for vets to talk about they are much harder to put in place and take some planning. He recommends an annual pasture use plan is prepared and while weather rarely works in farmers’ favour, just having some form of plan in place will help. If you only think about it the day before shifting the sheep, you’re likely to find you run out of options.

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taInuI group holdIngs ltd

“MY EWES WERE CLEANER ANd HEALTHIER ANd THE LAMBS REACHEd TARGET WEIGHTS FASTER USING BIONIC.”

WaIKato

CraIg WIggIns oueroa statIon haWKes BaY

PROUDLY AVAILABLE FROM YOUR LOCAL VETERINARY CLINIC. Merial is a Sanofi company. MERIAL NZ LTD. LEVEL 3, MERIAL BUILDING, OSTERLEY WAY, MANUKAU CITY, NEW ZEALAND | WWW.MERIALANCARE.CO.NZ | REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE ACVM ACT 1997 NO A9646 | SEE WWW.NZFSA.GOVT.NZ/ACVM/ FOR REGISTRATION CONDITIONS | NZ-12-BIO-037

MAL-BIO Testimonials 14 x 544mm.indd 1

Rural News // july 17, 2012

TAPEWORMS Moniezia

FLUKES Fascioia

NASAL BOT Oestrus ovis

LUNGS DICTYOCAULUS

TRICHURIS

CHABERTIA

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:

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ IMMATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★

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

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Contains minerals Cobalt, Copper, Selenium, Zinc.

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

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

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★★★ ★★★ Contains minerals Cobalt, Copper, Selenium, Zinc. ★★★ Highly effective tapeworm drench for lambs.

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KEY TO SURVEY: ★★★ ★★ ★ Blank N/S N/D

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

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

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ IMMATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★

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

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.

Contains minerals Cobalt, Copper, Iodine, Selenium, Zinc. ★★★ Contains minerals Cobalt, Copper, Iodine, Selenium, Zinc. High effective tapeworm drench for lambs. ★★★

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

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

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

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ IMMATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ MATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ IMMATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★

★★★ COOPERS ALLIANCE is a triple combination oral drench for cattle and sheep. ALLIANCE contains: 25mg Cobalt ★★★ and 5mg Selenium per 5mL dose. Note 1.

COOPERS CONVERGE is a dual combination oral drench for cattle and sheep. CONVERGE contains:25mg Cobalt and 5mg Selenium per 5mL. Note 1.

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★★★ COOPERS SCANDA is a dual combination oral drench for cattle and sheep. Note 1. ★★★

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★★★ COOPERS SCANDA Selenised is a dual combination oral drench for cattle and sheep. SCANDA Selenised contains: ★★★ 2mg Cobalt, 6mg Zinc and 5mg Selenium per 5mL dose. Note 1.

★★★ ★★ ★★

★★★ ★★★ Also contains: Copper 2.1g/L, Selenium 0.5g/L, Zinc 0.55g/L, Cobalt 0.25g/L ★★★

Also contains: Copper 2.1/gL, Selenium 0.5g/L, Zinc 0.55g/L, Cobalt 0.25g/L

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MATURE IMMATURE MATURE IMMATURE

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Adult liver fluke at standard dose rate combination drench. Arrest Hi Mineral also has additives (Se, Co, Copper, Cobalt). Note 1.

“WE GET INCREASEd WOOL WEIGHTS ANd STAPLE LENGTHS USING BIONIC CAPSULES.” BYron KIrK laKe ColerIdge statIon CanterBurY

“WITH ONLY ONE CHANCE TO SET THE EWES UP FOR THE YEAR, WE USE BIONIC CAPSULES.” haMIsh neal noKoMaI statIon southland

“BY USING BIONIC WE ENSURE OPTIMAL 2 TOOTH MATING WEIGHTS ANd GET OLd EWES ANd LAMBS ON THE TRUCk FASTER.” Matt totMan rIhIa land CoMpanY taIhape

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11/07/12 3:22 PM

30 Rural News // July 17, 2012

Sheep Internal Parasites Treatment 2012 PRODUCT NAME

COMPANY NAME

AVAIL. FROM

EXODUS LONG ACTING INJECTION

Merial Ancare

EXODUS SE

ACTIVE INGREDIENT

CONCENTRATION

INGREDIENT DOSE RATE

FORMULATED DOSE RATE

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

Veterinary Moxidectin outlets

20g/L

1mg/kg liveweight

1mL/20kg liveweight

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, Cobalt

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

0.5mg/kg/day

1 capsule 20-40kg

5 capsules

YES1

EXTENDER SeCo

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Albendazole, Selenium & Cobalt

4.62g Alb cap, 24mg Se, 118mg Co

ABZ 0.5mg/day Se 0.24mg/day Co 1.18m/day

1 capsule 40-80kg

5 capsules

YES 1

FIRST DRENCH

Merial Ancare

Veterinary outlets

Albendazole, Levamisole, Praziquantel

25g/L, 37.5g/L, 18.8g/L

5mg/kg, 7.54mg/kg 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

Merial Ancare GENESIS ULTRA HI MINERAL IVER MATRIX TAPE HI Merial Ancare MINERAL Merial Ancare IVOMEC LIQUID FOR SHEEP AND GOATS

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

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

Ivermectin, 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/5kg 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

n O I T C u d O r SWITCH On P e C n a T S I S e r f SWITCH Of combination ve dual ti a rn e lt a l u rf e w o p e h T

available only at 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 A9970. ®SWITCH IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK Of MERIAL LTD. SEE WWW.NZfSA.GOVT.NZ/ACVM/ fOR REGISTRATION CONDITIONS. ©COPYRIGHT 2009 MERIAL LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NZ-08-SWI-206

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Rural News // july 17, 2012

TAPEWORMS Moniezia

FLUKES Fascioia

NASAL BOT Oestrus ovis

DICTYOCAULUS

LUNGS

TRICHURIS

CHABERTIA

OESPHAGOSTOMUM

LARGE INTESTINE

TRICHOSTRONGYLUS

BUNOSTOMUM

STRONGYLOIDES

COOPERIA

NEMATODIRUS

SMALL INTESTINE

TRICH. AXEI

OSTERTAGIA

PARASITE MATURITY

HAEMONCHUS

ABOMASUM

COMMENTS:

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ IMMATURE ★★★ ★★★

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Hi Mineral additives: Iodine, Selenium, Cobalt, Copper, Zinc. Note 1. Prevents reinfection with Ostertagia circumcincta for a minimum of 21 days and Haemonchus spp for 35 days.

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2 2

1. Gives continuous protection against all major species of worms for at least 100 days (120 days including worm prepatented 2 period. 2. Efficacy not yet established.

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2 2

1. Gives continuous protection against all major species of worms for at least 100 days and treats and prevents selenium and cobalt deficiency. 2. Efficacy not yet established.

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2 2

Gives continuous protection against all major species of worms for at least 100 days (120 days including worm prepatented period) and treats and prevents selenium deficiency. 2. Efficacy not yet established.

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0.1ml per 5kg. Milk. Note 1.

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★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★

0.1ml per 5kg. Milk. Note 1. Genesis Injection B12 + Se contains 2mg/ml Vitamin B12 and 4mg/mL Selenium.

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ IMMATURE ★★★ ★★★

★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★

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ND ND

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ IMMATURE ★★★ ★★★

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★★★ ★★★ Milk. Note 1. First Drench Hi Mineral - each 10ml ★★★ containing 5mg Selenium, 2.5mg Cobalt and 21mg Copper.

★★★

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ND ND ND IMMATURE 1★★★ 1★★★ 1★★★ 1★★★ ND

1★★★

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KEY TO SURVEY:

Hi Mineral additives: Iodine, Selenium, Cobalt, Copper, Zinc. Note 1. ★★★ ★★ ★ Blank N/S N/D

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

★★★ Additives: Iodine, Selenium, Cobalt, Copper, Zinc. Note 1. ★★★

42 days haemonchus contortus control. Note 1. Effective against mature and immature liverfluke.

★★★ ★★

★★★ Contains 2.2g/L Cobalt, 0.5g/L Selenium ★★★

1★★★

MATURE ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ 1 IMMATURE 1★★★ 1★★★

Injection site is high on the neck, at the base of the ear. Prevents re-infection with Haemonchus contortus for 91 days, Ostertagia circumcincta for 112 days & Trichostrongylus colubriformis for 42 days. Effective against inibited larvae of Haemonchus. Ostertagia and Trichostrongylus.

★★★

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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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★★★ Contains 2.2g/L Cobalt, 0.5g/L Selenium ★★★

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Minerals (Cu, I, Co, Zn, Se) Milk 24 hours.

★★

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.

★★

Also contains 0.8g/L Selenium

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Also available with minerals (Cu, Co, Zn, I, Se) Oxfen Hi Mineral. Note 1. Prevents reinfection with Ostertagia circumcincta for a minimum of 21 days and Haemonchus spp for 35 days.

2 2

Also available non mineralised.

THE ULTIMaTE 3 waY DRENCH

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

MATRIX MInIdose

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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Sheep Internal Parasites Treatment 2012 PRODUCT NAME

COMPANY NAME

AVAILABLE FROM

ACTIVE INGREDIENT

CONCENTRATION

INGREDIENT DOSE RATE

FORMULATED DOSE RATE

WITHHOLDING PERIOD (MEAT) DAYS

SAFETY OVICIDAL MARGIN (DOSE RATE)

Pfizer Animal CYDECTIN PLUS FLUKE ORAL SOLUTION FOR SHEEP Health

OTC, Veterinary outlets

Moxidectin Triclabendazole

1mg/mL 50mg/mL

0.2mg/kg 10mg/kg liveweight

1mL/5kg

> 5x

CYDECTIN PLUS TAPE

Pfizer Animal Health

OTC, Veterinary outlets

Moxidectin Praziquantel

1mg/mL 18.8mg/mL

0.2mg/kg liveweight 3.76mg/kg

1mL/5kg

> 5x

DECTOMAX INJECTABLE

Pfizer Animal Health

Veterinary Outlets

Doramectin

10mg/mL

0.2mg/kg

1mL/50kg bwt

x15

EWEGUARD, EWEGUARD PLUS SE B12, EWEGUARD PLUS SELENIUM

Pfizer Animal Health

OTC outlets Veterinarians

Moxidectin and 6 and 1 vaccine

5g/L

0.2mg/kg liveweight

1mL/25kg liveweight

CYDECTIN INJECTION

Pfizer Animal Health

OTC outlets Veterinarians

Moxidectin

10g/L

0.2mg/kg liveweight

1mL/50kg liveweight

10x

CYDECTIN LONG ACTING INJECTION FOR SHEEP

Pfizer Animal Health

OTC outlets Veterinarians

Moxidectin

20g/L

1mg/kg liveweight

1mL/20kg liveweight

CYDECTIN & VETDECTIN ORAL DRENCH

Pfizer Animal Health

OTC outlets Veterinarians

Moxidectin

1mg/mL

0.2mg/kg liveweight

1mL/5kg liveweight

>10x

STARTECT

Pfizer Animal Health

Veterinarians

Derquantel, Abamectin

10mg/mL 1mg/mL

2mg/kg 0.2mg/kg

1mL/5kg

14 days meat 3x 35 days milk

COMBITAPE

Novartis NZ Ltd

PGGW and Vets

Ricobendazole, Levamisole HCL, Praziquantel

20.0g/L, 37.5g/L 18.8g/L

4.0mg/kg 7.5mg/kg 3.75mg/kg

1mL/5kg (1)

3-5x

YES

FASINEX 10

Novartis NZ Ltd

PGGW and Vets

Triclabendazole

100g/L

10mg/kg

1mL/10kg

18x

LEVIBEN

Novartis NZ Ltd

PGGW and Vets

Ricobendazole Levamisole HCI

20g/L 37.5g/L

4mg/kg 7.5mg/kg

1mL/5kg (1)

YES

RYCOBEN SHEEP & LAMB Novartis NZ Ltd

PGGW and Vets

Ricobendazole

20g/L

4mg/kg

1mL/5kg

YES

RYCOMECTIN

Novartis NZ Ltd

PGGW and Vets

Abamectin

0.8% w/v

0.2mg/kg

1mL/4kg

RYCOZOLE

Novartis NZ Ltd

PGGW and Vets

Levamisole HCI

40g/L

8mg/kg

1mL/5kg

ZOLVIX

Novartis NZ Ltd

PGGW and Vets

Monepantel

25g/L

2.5mg/kg

1mL/10kg

>10

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Prevents reinfection with Haemonchus contortus for 35 days and Teladorsagia (Ostertagia) circumcincta for at least 21 days following a single dose. 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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LUNGS

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OESPHAGOSTOMUM

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TRICH. AXEI

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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.

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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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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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(1) Increase dose rate to 1ml/4kg for control of adult liver fluke. Highly effective tapeworm drench. Note 1.

KEY TO SURVEY: HHH HH H Blank N/S N/D

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

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Highly effecitve against all stages of liver fluke, early immature, immature, and mature.

1. Increase dose rate to 1ml per 4kg for control of adult liver fluke. 2. Also available in Mineralised and Mineralised Plus versions = Leviben Plus Selenium. Note 1. 1. Increase dose rate of 1ml per kg for control of adult liver fluke. 2. Selenised version available = Rycoben Sheep and Lamb Plus Selenium. Note 1.

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Do not use on animals under 6 weeks of age. Mineralised selenised version available. Note 1.

MATURE HHH HHH IMMATURE HHH HHH

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Also available in Mineralised and Mineralised Plus Selenium versions. Minerals: Copper, Cobalt, Zinc, Iodine = Rycozole Mineralised = and Rycozole Mineralised Plus Selenium.

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Only member of the AAD drench family – the first new drench family for more than 25 years.

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34 machinery & products

Telehandler sports farmingspecific features FARMING IS clearly in view in the design of AGCO’s new Massey Ferguson MF 9400 series telehandlers. Such features as a boom-float function for floor scraping or uneven

surfaces, a curved rear window (patented), and a short and wide chassis, distinguish this farm materials-handling machine. The boom-float function engages as required,

and the option of boom suspension looks set for popularity – protecting the machine and operator from jarring, particularly during transport. The series has two models: MF 9407 (100hp)

and MF 9407 S (130hp) – both ‘clean sheet’ design with new technology and features “from the axles upwards,” says MF’s general marketing manager James Lang. “The design offers the

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and manoeuvrable. The short, wide chassis (2.87m wheelbase) provides stability, while the laterally, side-mounted engine offers access for service.” Land says the “completely new” boom design and mounting pivot, and powerful new hydraulics, make the series ideal for purpose. A newly designed boom and mounting further optimise loading efficiency. The boom configuration has a low rear pivot point for a clear view of the rear righthand side; up to 190L/ min closed-centre load sensing (CCLS) hydraulics with proportional joystick control and boom float and boom suspension option. MF offers a hoice of tool carriages to fit existing attachments from a wide range of manufacturers. Both models are powered by Perkins 4-cyl. Engines mounted laterally and to the side, giving good access for cooling and servicing, the maker says. A cooling pack, which

folds up for cleaning, is mounted at the front of the engine compartment, above the hydraulic pumps and the fan can be reversed for cleaning. Four-wheel steering is standard and dual-range hydrostatic transmission gives true 40km/h road speed. Both models take wide tyres. The patented, curved side and rear window (no can pillar) in the MF 9400’s new cab, coupled with its low (1.75m) boommounting position means no restrictions to views to the rear right side. Air conditioning and pneumatic seat suspension are standard. The hydrostatic gearbox (4-speed) is a new one and allows 40km/h top speed. It has two mechanical gears with electric selection, and a two-speed splitter for each speed. A new 190 litres/min closed centre, load-sensing (CCLS) hydraulic pump provides best in class flowrates, MF says. www.masseyferguson. com.au.

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Don 027 433 2212 or Danny 027 443 4777

Transpread • 1-4 – 12 tonne. (8.5-tonne shown) • Horticultural, agricultural + row crop • Electronic auto steer option • New twin floor option • Stainless steel bins

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machinery & products 35

Tag reader fits palm, pocket or tool belt A NEW electronic handheld tag reader from Leader Products fits

record any stock going on and off a property at any time.

It can be used in yards or races – ideal for out-and-about use at remote yards. snugly in palm or pocket and suits close-quarters work, reading tags up to 200mm away, says the New Zealand company’s sales and marketing spokesman Murray Jacob. Leader Products’ I-Read runs off a compact 9V battery and is small enough to slip into a tool belt. “There’s a big convenience factor in a reader that allows a farmer to

“The reader suits close-quarters work. It can be used in yards or races – ideal for out-andabout use at remote yards, though it’s not intended for an open paddock environment.” The I-Read scans up to 2045 cattle per session, counts how many animals have been scanned and can download the data to a computer via a USB drive in txt or Excel format.

The high-visibility screen displays number of animals read, tag type and RFID number. The unit is compatible with all common RFID tags. Software downloads free from the Leader Products site give extra functionality. Made from hard plastic, the I-Read withstands knocks – even being dropped on a concrete floor, Jacob says. It is “weatherproof but not waterproof” and like most electronics requires the protection of a clear plastic bag if rain is promising. Tel. 0800 242 824 www.leaderproducts. co.nz

Leader Products Murray Jacob says the new electronic tag reader fits into the palm or pocket and suits closequarters work.

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36 machinery & products

Trailed sprayer suits large jobs LARGE TANK capacity and various fit-out options on Silvan’s new Broadacre Fieldmaster trailed sprayer make this suitable for large orchardists, farmers and contractors, the

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company says. Silvan business manager Hayden Mills told Rural News this unit can be set up different ways with a large variety of components. That results from customers saying they needed a bigger sprayer to suit larger properties and more complicated jobs. Hence the 1000L and 2000L tanks and options for bolting-on numerous components and/or switching gear to enable the sprayers to suit a number of tasks.

For example, boom options can range from a 6m field boom to a 12-15m hydraulic folding boom. Users may also choose to attach a manual or electrically controlled pump, both capable of 121L/ minute at 2000kPa. In fact the pump is powerful enough to handle a broadcast sprayer, which orchard owners can supply instead of the boom sprayer. Mills says the sprayer is equally capable of handling agricultural sprays or liquid nitrogen. And it can mix urea and

Hayden Mills is pictured with Silvan’s new Broadacre Fieldmaster trailed sprayer at this year’s National Fieldays.

water for spraying. “There’s plenty of room at the front of the sprayer to take a water transfer pump,” says Mills. “The transfer station will take water from the bottom of the tank and blow it back in to help mix

any solid fertilisers you put into the liquid.” Single and tandemaxle models are available, depending on users’ needs to limit impact on paddocks. But, says Mills, with a dry weight of only 440kg its impact should

not be great. The sprayer was launched early this year. Since then modifications – requested by customers – have included extra valves and electronic controls. Tel. 07 849 6030 www.silavan.com.au

No more tatty notebooks needed A HAND-HELD ‘Archer’ computer in the Donalds range is the centrepiece of Te Pari Products’ FastEID system, claimed “the first true replacement for the traditional farmer’s notebook”.

It captures EID or visual data on the spot. This system will pull stock weight in from a weigh scale via Bluetooth (no wires or cables required), and can also be used to record animal

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data such as dam, sire, sex, colour, etc. This simplifies tasks such as matching cows and calves and recording birth weights in the field, Te Pari says. “The FastEID and Archer are rock-solid and field-ready. They’re made to handle any conditions a farmer will work in. “You define what information you want to capture. And the prompts are

user-definable, meaning you use terms that make sense for your operation. Save your settings: one for calving, another for weaning or shipping.” Power comes from a lithium-ion battery lasting six-eight hours. Scanned data is stored in a protected memory – no problem if the battery doesn’t last the day. Other features: A quick-edit feature

allows the user to add extra notes after a scan, e.g. correct ear tag number as sighted. Easy data upload to any database – fast transfer to a computer then into any program. Many mobile printer options, e.g. print 25 x 50mm labels for blood or wool samples. Weatherproof as-is and drop-proof. Tel. 0800 837 274 www.tepari.com

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Scarer jangles the wits out of birds THE CANTERBURYdeveloped Jangler bird scarer whose prototype made news three years ago in Rural News is now on sale. A.B. Annand says its ‘version 4’ Jangler will work reliably and effectively for long periods, guarding seeding crops. Growers, merchants and trial farm managers can opt to buy machines outright or lease to own over three years. Jangler project man-

ager Leanne Doherty says enhancements trialled in 36 machines at sites in Manawatu and Canterbury over the 2011/12 cropping season have made the Jangler more reliable and easier to operate and service. The Jangler is a solarpowered box that jangles a long wire — up 600 metres long — with an assortment of visually and acoustically disruptive “jangly bits” hanging along its length.

NEW TO Croplands at National Fieldays was the 2000L and 3000L trailed Colt broadacre sprayer with fresh water flushing. The main spray tank has a deep, centrally positioned sump and platforms both sides for access to the filling lids. Running gear is tandem, with each wheel independently sprung, giving a smooth ride good for boom stability. Pumping is by Annovi-Reverberi 135L/min triple-diaphragm pump (pressure 0-20 bar), resistant to harsh chemicals and fertilisers. Three-section electric controls include master on/off switch, electric proportional pressure adjustment and in-cab switch box. The suction filter (self-cleaning) handles 200L/m. Options include broadcasting nozzles, hydraulic-folding 8-15m X-style booms and Croplands new U-shaped 16m and 18m Bargam booms. Croplands chemical suction probe allows filling without heavy lifting by the operator. www.croplands.com.au

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When the wire is jerked these items pop up out of the crop in random order, frightening birds such that they fly off. Janglers run through the crop in parallel lines up to 600m long x 48m apart. The device in April 2011 took the top Innovation Prize at the 2011 South Island Agricultural

DON’T PUT IT OFF!! Visit your local New Holland Dealer TODAY to plan a Winter Service programme for your harvesting equipment and tractor. Our technicians work to New Holland checklists to produce a detailed inspection that covers at least: • 120 points on combine harvesters • 100 points on forage harvesters • 101 points on tractors • 60 points on big balers • 50 points on round balers

Field Days. It is claimed more costeffective than conventional netting, and more convenient, in that the wires can easily be lowered to the ground to allow irrigators or other plant to cross. A.B. Annand operates from Osterley trial farm on 28ha near Lincoln and

contracts hundreds of hectares of vegetable seed production with farmers in Canterbury and Oregon, USA. All but a tiny fraction of this production is exported. Annand Company has customers in at least 20 countries. A brief video shows the Jangler in action. www.thejangler.co.nz

Following the success of last year’s Winter Service Programme, we are again offering an Off Season maintenance and service plan for 2012. Some would say that the success of next season starts now. As we all know, scheduled maintenance is a critical part of your operation. Without it you run the risk of not only seasonal downtime, but this could also result in a number of associated costs such as parts price increases, emergency airfreight costs and call out fees... the list goes on. New Holland would like to do our best to help you manage your off season maintenance, We will keep you informed 100% with any work that we feel needs to be carried out, so, in other words, there will be NO SURPRISES! Don’t wait, book today to ensure you take advantage of our service programmes and specials to ensure that you have a trouble-free next season.

Complete the care of your harvesting and tractor equipment and prolong its working life by using New Holland lubricants. These products meet the uncompromising quality standards set by New Holland. MS1249

KAIKOHE Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (09) 405 2269 - sales, WHANGAREI Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (09) 438 4719, PUKEKOHE Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (09) 237 0104, MORRINSVILLE Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (07) 889 8505, TE AWAMUTU Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (07) 872 0232, TE PUKE/WHAKATANE R & R Tractors Ph (07) 573 9107, NEW PLYMOUTH Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (06) 757 5582, HAWERA Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (06) 278 6159, GISBORNE Norwood Farm Machinery Centre (06) 867 9865, TAUPO PSL Agri Ph (07) 378 2673, HASTINGS Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (06) 876 7034, PALMERSTON NORTH Norwood Farm Machinery Centre (06) 351 2799, MASTERTON Norwood Farm Machinery Centre (06) 377 3184, BLENHEIM Williams Service Centre (1990) Ltd Ph (03) 578 1021, NELSON N S Rogers Ltd Ph (03) 528 9212, WESTPORT Westland Farmers Ph (03) 788 8050, CHRISTCHURCH Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (03) 349 5089, ASHBURTON Gluyas Motors Ltd Ph (03) 307 5800, TIMARU Johnson Gluyas Tractors 2009 Ltd Ph (03) 688 1133, MOSGIEL Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (03) 489 7754, GORE Southland Tractors Ltd Ph (03) 208 8333, INVERCARGILL Southland Tractors Ltd Ph (03) 235 8741, PARTS AND SERVICE: MATAMATA Murray Wilcox Ltd Ph (07) 888 7139, PUTARURU Putaruru Tractor Services Ph (07) 883 7544, ROTORUA PSL Agri Ph (07) 343 6081, STRATFORD Norwood Farm Machinery Centre Ph (06) 765 6139, ROXBURGH Robb’s Garage Ltd ph (03) 446 8129

Rural News // July 17, 2012

38 motoring / rural trader Chrysler 300 drives into NZ THE NEW Chrysler 300 launched in New Zealand this month in three model variants – the 300 Limited, 300C and 300C Luxury. Each is available with either a 3.6L V6 Pentastar engine with 8-speed transmission or a VM Motori 3.0L turbo diesel with 5-speed auto. “The 2012 Chrysler 300 is built on the idea that luxury feels better earned – that those who worked hard to achieve their place in the world should demand as much as is demanded of them; this is the mandate from Chrysler Group LLC and the basis on which we formulated the Driven by the Driven campaign for our New Zealand audience.” said Todd Groves, head of Chrysler brand, Sime Darby Automobiles NZ Ltd.” Standard highlights across the line up start with the entry level 300 Limited priced from $57,990 in petrol and $62,990 in diesel and offering standard features like 18 inch aluminium wheels, power heated mirrors, adaptive bi-xenon headlamps, dual chrome exhaust tips and an 8.4inch interactive media centre, Bluetooth capabilities, leather wrapped steering wheel and acoustic enhancements. Chrysler’s mid-range offering in the 300C has extra features and is priced at $62,990 in petrol and $67,990 in diesel. Upgrades include Garmin navigation, heated and ventilated seats with leather heated/cooled cup holders, Smartbeam headlamps and rain sensing wipers. The 300C ‘luxury’ has premium nappa leather-wrapped interior trim, 9-speaker sound system, platinum chrome accents to the seven vein grille, door handles front/rear fascia accents and touring suspension with 20 inch polished aluminium wheels. Price is from $67,990 in petrol and $73,990 in diesel.

Electric FARM 4X4 Low Maintenance Cost Demo from authorised dealers

Exciting three-wheeler CAN-AM’S Spyder RT Roadster threewheeler, unlike a conventional trike, has two front wheels and a single chain-driven rear wheel. It is classed as a car and may be driven on a car licence. The Spyder is powered by a Rotax V-twin liquid-cooled motor developing 100hp. It has ABS braking on all three wheels and an inbuilt computer which automatically adjusts speed and traction if

there is a sudden change of direction or if it is cornering incorrectly, putting machine and driver at risk. “The Can-Am Roadster comes with a heap of options and accessories,” says Hamilton agent Boyd Motorcycles spokesman Gary Morgan. Visit the website for fascinating viewing. Or telephone for a CD by return mail. www.brp.com

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