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AN AWARD winning, environmentally-focused farmer is calling for a full review into the people and process behind the Ministry for the Envi-

ronment’s (MfE) Fresh Water National Policy Statement and the methods used by Environment Minister David Parker. North Otago farmer – and vocal critic of the newly imposed freshwater regulations —

Jane Smith specifically wants a full examination behind the legislation for winter grazing practices and land use categorised solely on slope. She believes this is necessary in order to reveal to the lack of adherence to procedure behind the

Outstanding in her field! Twenty-eight year old Laura Keenan recently picked up the 2020 Kate Sheppard Memorial Award for her PhD research into yield prediction tools for a national forage database. Keenan’s research is part of the Hill Country Futures Project aimed at collating both published and nonpublished data around non-traditional forages – either as mixes or monocultures in pasture. She is looking specifically at plantain as well as white and red clover. “Essentially there will be a whole lot more information for farmers around alternative forages to perennial ryegrass and white clover.” See more about this research project and Keenan’s impressive background on page 30.

rushed regulation. Smith has accused Environment Minister David Parker of “skipping procedure and leaping laws” to get his regulations passed into law just before Parliament rose for the general election. “There is a black box investigation required to reveal the lack of scrutiny, consultation and procedural integrity during this unnervingly swift process,” she told Rural News. “This needs to be brought out into daylight, for what I suggest is effectively an abuse of legislative power.” While Smith is opposed to the regulations and has publicly referred to them as “barely fit for human consumption”, it is the process that she is challenging – rather than the outcome itself. “This is one man’s attempt to claim a personal legacy and it goes against everything that a supposedly incorrupt democracy stands for,” she claims. Smith has sifted through over 100 pages of Official Information Act (OIA) information and suggests that Parker may have gone beyond his ministerial mandate. “It is no coincidence that a lot of this OIA material has been highly redacted by the minister himself. This is a sad indictment on democracy,” she adds. Smith suggests that this freshwater “debacle” mirrors the pattern of events throughout the recent RMA Reform Bill where conveniently short timeframes meant no contrary views were able to be aired. Meanwhile, Smith believes there is also a serious conflict of interest issue, with animal rights activist Rowan Taylor who is a senior policy analyst for MfE and is leading the ministry’s submissions to influence plan changes at regional level. “I am appalled that an animal liberation vegan, who is publicly opposed to livestock farming, is essentially being paid by the taxpayer to be an internal activist,” she says. – See full story pages 6 and 7.

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Clock ticking on EU meat deal SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

TRADE EXPERTS are warning that time is running out to secure the future of New Zealand red meat exports to the European Union. With the NZ Government rejecting a proposal to split the current quotas between the EU and the UK, talks are continuing with urgency between the three parties. Trade consultant Stephen Jacobi told Rural News that time is certainly running out to do a deal before the end of year. “The risk of commercial disruption to our trade in Europe is growing. “Even if no satisfactory deal is reached before the end of the year we will need to continue to seek redress next year. “It’s worth bearing in mind too that other trading partners are also affected by this action on the part of the EU and the UK.” In 2019, NZ exported $800 million

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade deputy secretary Vangelis Vitalis says MFAT is ramping up its engagement and lobbying.

worth of sheepmeat to the EU under an annual quota of 225,000 tonnes as part of a deal signed in 1995. NZ also holds quotas for beef and dairy exports. The UK is no longer a member of the EU and rules for the new UK-EU relationship, including trade, starts on January 1, 2021. The NZ Govern-

ment hopes to have an agreement in place with both London and Brussels by then. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade deputy secretary Vangelis Vitalis told a recent Beef+Lamb NZ seminar that the issue is preoccupying his team. “We are continuing to work with

colleagues in Brussels and London,” Vitalis told the webinar. He points out that the legal rights around quotas were negotiated in good faith and any changes will require NZ’s agreement. “At the moment we don’t agree with what London and Brussels are pursuing,” he says. The EU and UK are proposing a split quota, which is strongly opposed by NZ. Jacobi says a split is unacceptable and calls into question the legality of the agreement reached between NZ and the EU in the Uruguay Round. “The matter is already before the WTO. If we can’t get satisfaction there is the option to take this to dispute settlement. Thankfully the EU has subscribed to the ‘Multiparty interim appeal arbitration arrangement’ (MPIA) in the WTO.” Vitalis says NZ is asking urgent questions. “The clock is ticking down on the transition period and we are ramping up our engagement and lobbying.”

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11th hour visa relaxations welcomed, but more needed NATS WILL LET MORE WORKERS IN

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AN ‘11TH hour’ relaxation of border restrictions by the Government has been welcomed by the agri sector, but the wider industry is calling for more exemptions. Late last month, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi announced he would grant time-limited border exceptions for up to 210 agricultural and horticultural machinery operators, 30 veterinarians and 570 deep sea fishing crew. Faafoi said class exceptions had been established for border entry for a limited number of veterinarians, deep sea fishing crew, as well as agricultural and horticultural machinery operators. He said the latest exceptions are for up to 30 veterinarians, 570 deep sea fishing crew, and 210 agricultural and horticultural mobile plant operators, but these exceptions will be time-limited. Faafoi’s announcement appears to signal a change of tune from the Government, which had previously claimed unem-

NATIONAL’S BORDER policy will deliver long-term workforce certainty to the primary sector, claims National’s Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett. He says the party’s border policy will safely allow more skilled and essential workers in. “National realises that New Zealand needs to grow its way out of this economic crisis,” Bennett adds. “This means we need a plan to get essential workers back into the country. National will support the primary sector and provide the long-term workforce security it needs.”

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ployed New Zealanders should be used to fill any labour gaps. “There are not enough New Zealanders to fill current needs for livestock veterinarians, especially in isolated areas. Training to be a vet takes years so these vacancies cannot be filled quickly. Vets provide significant benefits to our economy and communities, by ensuring biosecurity and food safety requirements and supporting animal welfare,” Faafoi said. “Agricultural and hor-

ticultural mobile plant operators are employed across regional New Zealand to operate highlyspecialised machinery. Their skills are required urgently to avoid the loss of crop and animal feed that will soon be ready for harvest.” Rural Contractors NZ says around 700 skilled machinery operators are needed each season. It’s estimated that rural contractors still needed to find nearly 400. However, RCNZ president David Kean has welcomed the

news of the exemptions. “The decision to allow up to 210 skilled foreign machinery operators to come into New Zealand for the spring/summer season will show its benefits across the entire rural sector,” he added. “It does come at the 11th hour but we appreciate Covid-19 does need to be strictly managed for all New Zealanders and we will make it work from here.” Federated Farmers has also welcomed the decision to “slightly loosen”

border entry restrictions to allow in certain specialised staff crucial to the agriculture sector. Immigration and employment spokesman, Chris Lewis, said although farmers and contractors had hoped a higher number of exceptions would be granted, the announcement was a step in the right direction. “We would have liked to see more, but it will take the pressure off contractors and, indirectly, farmers.” However, Lewis said

farmers were still concerned that the border controls meant New Zealand had a shortfall of up to 150 experienced shearers. “If that doesn’t change we are heading for some pretty serious animal welfare issues as hotter temperatures arrive.” Meanwhile, Horticulture NZ has welcomed the easing of immigration rules around seasonal workers, which was also announced by Faafoi. Horticulture New Zealand has welcomed the Government’s latest immigration changes, saying they offer support to stranded backpackers and RSE workers as well

as the New Zealand horticulture industry at a critical time. “The changes provide stranded backpackers and RSE workers with certainty and options, while acknowledging the importance of the RSE scheme to horticulture and the Pacific,” HortNZ chief executive Mike Chapman says. “At the same time, we welcome the expansion of the Supplementary Seasonal Employment visa, which will allow people on expiring working holiday visas to work in the horticulture and wine industry, where there are not enough New Zealanders available.”

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She has unfinished business SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

FORMER FONTERRA director Nicola Shadbolt says she has unfinished business on the co-operative’s board. The Manawatu farmer is one of the six candidates vying for two board seats. Shadbolt was endorsed by the board for another three-year term in 2018, but an independent panel rejected her candidacy, so her work was cut short. Rules, which have since changed, dictated that a candidate rejected by the panel may not contest the director election that year. A rule change now gives farmers the ultimate say on whether incumbent directors get re-elected. Shadbolt told Rural News that a number of people had contacted her about making a comeback. Their concern was that the board was light on science and innovation skills as well as that strategic, global under-

Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt is one of six candidates vying for the two vacant board seats on the dairy co-op this year.

standing, and they valued her absolute commitment to the cooperative model. “That’s why I have put my hat back in the ring,” she says. Shadbolt feels there is work to be done to strengthen the co-op. “It takes two to tango, the Shareholders Council

and the board,” she says. Shadbolt also believes a post-Covid world is very different and Fonterra would need to realign its strategic direction. “Post-Covid there are huge opportunities in the nutritional space. “We just need to be

clever in what we do as a global food company.” The other five candidates for Fonterra board elections are sitting director Brent Goldsack, former Agriculture Minister Nathan Guy, lawyer Cathy Quinn, who narrowly missed out last year, Hamilton-based

financial analyst Annabel Cotton and corporate farmer Mike O’Connor. Guy, O’Connor and Quinn were recommended by the independent selection panel after their assessment process. Shadbolt and Cotton are non-assessed candidates and are standing with the written support of 35 farmer shareholders. Guy says his relationships with bureaucrats in Wellington will help the co-op’s farmers immensely. With the agriculture sector facing more legislation around sustainable farming practices, Guy says his knowledge of “how Wellington works” will be helpful. “I have long term relationships across the whole Parliament and also with senior officials and let’s face it, they are ones who write policy,” Guy told Rural News. “Conversations and coffee chats with Wellington bureaucrats will ensure Fonterra and its farmers voices are heard

SHEEP MILK DEMAND SOARS SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

SHEEP MILK company Maui Milk is looking for new farmer suppliers as demand soars. The company has taken on four new independent suppliers in Waikato this season to complement milk from its own farms.

Maui Milk general manager operations Peter Gatley says the company needs a lot more milk to satisfy demand from Danone for its Karicare brand sheep infant formula. One of the new conversions is a greenfield site development on a sheep farm; others involve fitting out existing herringbone sheds on dairy farms.

sufficient scale for sheep milking. They have a lot of milking infrastructure suitable for dairy and sheep – topography, fertility, small paddocks, races, water and effluent system,” he told Rural News. See the full story in the next issue (October 20)

Gatley says the dairy farm conversion model, located within an hour’s drive of the powder plant at Innovation Park, is expected to be the backbone of industry growth. He points out that there are 3800 dairy farms in the Waikato, with most able to incorporate sheep milking. “Even the smaller ones have

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as policies are developed.” Guy, who retires from Parliament at next week’s general elections, served as a National MP for 15 years and as Minister for Primary Industries for five years. He wants to be part of NZ’s largest company. Guy is now the joint owner and managing director of Kereru Farm that began supplying the Levin Dairy Co-op in 1933 and has grown to milk 1400 cows. He is also a director of Horowhenua Kapiti Rugby Football Union.

The candidates start a roadshow to meet and answer questions from Fonterra shareholders on October 19. Two seats are up for grabs, chairman John Monaghan is retiring at this year’s annual meeting to be held on November 5. Voting packs will be sent out to farmers next week. Voting closes 10.30am on November 3 and results will be announced later in the day. @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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Critic calls for a major investigation into freshwater reforms AWARD WINNING, environmentally-focused farmer Jane Smith wonders whether she’s farming in North Otago or North Korea. She is calling for a full review into the pro-

cess behind Ministry for the Environment’s (MfE) Fresh Water National Policy Statement – particularly around the recent legislation for winter grazing practices and land use categorised solely on

slope. “The public have been sold a sanitised version of the truth and are going to pay an unacceptable price for what I suggest is effectively an abuse of legislative power,” she

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outcome is a dog’s breakfast, then the process was probably even worse.” Smith says the blame for the ‘dog’s breakfast’ water reforms can be laid solely at the feet of Environment Minister David Parker. “This is one man’s attempt to claim a personal legacy and it goes against everything that a supposedly incorrupt democracy stands for,” she adds. Smith has sifted through over 100 pages of Official Information Act (OIA) information and suggests that Parker may have gone beyond his ministerial mandate. “It is no coincidence that a lot of this OIA material has been highly redacted by the minister himself – this is a sad indictment on democracy.” She suggests that the freshwater “debacle” mirrors the pattern of events throughout the recent RMA Reform Bill, where conveniently short timeframes meant no contrary views were able to be aired. “You can see the power that the minister had over decisions during the RMA Reform Bill process,” Smith told Rural News. “It was noted by MfE itself that: ‘there are risks to proceeding with this change to primary legislation without formal consultation that cannot be adequately mitigated by means of future consultation on a supporting NES’”. She adds that a June 11, 2020 MfE Depart-

mental Report evaluating changes introduced via Supplementary Order Paper 517 noted that the freshwater planning proposals only partially meet the quality assessment criteria. ‘Proposals could have been consulted on. Given the significance of water, this limited consultation is considered to be significant. While there is an opportunity for these groups to engage through the select committee process for the Bill, this is not on its own considered sufficient to cover the approach to consultation prior to Cabinet decisions.’ Smith believes the “kicker” is that this now provides power to the minister (from 30 June 2020) to “call-in” any plan proposals or consents where the matter could be of “national significance”. “This is the pathway in which Parker has given himself additional powers to effectively trump council decisions. The extent of his interference in council plan changes has become frightening obvious, the more OIA and LGOIMA (Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act) you read.” Smith is also concerned about the level of intrusion that she is seeing in her own backyard in Otago. She believes Parker’s modus operandi will influence plan changes in other regions – even before he pulls out his council ‘callin’ trump card.

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Changes just don’t add up JANE SMITH claims that farmers find it particularly nauseating hearing David Parker, Damien O’Connor and the Green Party’s James Shaw anecdotal claims stating, “This is our licence to operate with our global trading partners and will attract added-value premiums”. “This lacks any metric or rationale,” says Smith. “We are creating our own hurdles at a rate higher than any other primary producer in the world. For every dollar spent on food worldwide, the farmer receives on average, less than 10 cents.” This is a topic of discussion Smith often has with offshore peers around the Global Farmer Roundtable. Meanwhile, Smith believes the suggestion that farmers need a $50 million election hand-

CONFLICTED? MEANWHILE, JANE Smith believes she has uncovered a serious conflict of interest issue, with animal rights activist Rowan Taylor – a MfE senior policy analyst for MfE leading the ministry’s submissions to influence plan changes at regional level. “I am appalled that an animal liberation, vegan who is publicly opposed to livestock farming is essentially being paid by the taxpayer to be an internal activist,” she says.

out to ‘transition to more sustainable farming practices’ is offensive and belittling – both to the farming sector and urban taxpayers who will have to pay for this. “Any fool can see that the best long term strategy is to get the farming sector to fund their own good practice journey through a catchmentbased approach – in their own time and at their own cost,” she says. “In our own modest sheep and beef opera-

tion, we have spent over $350,000 during the past 10 years on environmental initiatives including trees, fencing and proactive land exclusion simply because we want to.” “The inconvenient truth for Parker is that this is exactly what the farming sector is already undertaking, without a cent of burden on the taxpayer. However, this more practical timeframe does not fit into his aspirational goal of being anointed as New Zea-

Jane Smith claims that despite Environment Minister David Parker establishing four advisory groups it appears that no economic analysis of the proposals was ever prepared.

land’s freshwater godfather.” Smith adds that the Government’s own Treasury department recommended that MfE did not

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myriad of rate increases, while annual GDP falls by $6 billion by 2050.” She adds that despite Parker establishing four advisory groups: the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG), Kahui Wai Maori, the Regional Sector Water subgroup and the Freshwater Leaders’ Group – it appears that no economic analysis of the proposals was ever prepared. “Notwithstanding that this was an underpinning theme in many of the 17,500 submissions.” Smith claims a tough freshwater legacy appears to have driven the final policy. “Proving that this country is being governed by emotion, opinion polls and leaders that want their photo on the cover of Time magazine,” she concludes.

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Alliance faces court over subsidy DAVID ANDERSON

SELF-PROCLAIMED ‘POLITICAL operative’ Simon Lusk is taking the Alliance Group to court in a bid to force the meat company to pay back the wage subsidy it claimed during the Covid lockdown earlier in the year. “Alliance Group’s failure to completely repay the wage subsidy is disgraceful,” Lusk said in a recent post on the Kiwiblog website. He claims the wage subsidy was only for companies that had an actual or projected fall in revenue of more than 30%. “This was necessary to support those businesses that were forced to shut down or alter their business practices substantially during the Covid lockdown in the autumn,” Lusk says. “Alliance Group

DUMB CALL! BACK IN June, when criticism of meat companies taking the wage subsidy was first raised, it was labelled “ill-informed and stupid” by the union. National secretary of the NZ Meatworkers Union Daryl Carran told Rural News that the wage subsidy was a ‘no brainer’. He said it meant many millions of dollars paid out to workers and their families during the crisis. “Without it, hundreds even thousands of meat workers would have been laid off, swelling the queues at foodbanks and WINZ offices around the country,” Carran told Rural News. “It was absolutely crucial to the industry’s future that these people are retained in the sector.” Carran said the union worked closely with meat companies and the Meat Industry Association when preparing their applications for the subsidy. “Without [the subsidy] these people would have been given early season termination notices and ended up on the dole, which many would not have qualified for if they had a spouse who works as well.”

appears not to fit this criteria. They were an essential service that continued to operate during the lockdown.” Lusk on his own web-

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Alliance Group chief executive David Surveyor says the co-op has been in “ongoing discussions” with the Ministry of Social Development over the application of the wage subsidy.

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details also emerged about his relationship with discredited former National MP Jamie Lee Ross. Lusk claims that Alliance paying back some of its subsidy is “incomprehensible”. The farmerowned cooperative has returned $17m of the $34.3 million it claimed wage subsidy.

Alliance chief executive David Surveyor says that throughout the process, they have been in “ongoing discussions” with the Ministry of Social Development over the application of the wage subsidy. “We said at the outset we would return any funds not used to pay people and can confirm

we have since returned $17 million of the wage subsidy.” Lusk says Alliance either had a fall in revenue of more than 30%, in which case they are entitled to keep the entire amount, or they have not had a fall in revenue of more than 30%, in which case they should “pay back the entire amount”. “That is why I have sought leave of the court to bring a private prosecution against the nonexecutive directors of Alliance Group. I want an impartial adjudication of Alliance’s actions, on the public record and for all to see.” Lusk says he wants the courts to adjudicate. “Let directors of Alliance front up in court and put on the public record their justification for retaining any part of the wage subsidy.”

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FARMER-OWNED COOPERATIVE Alliance Group says it has already returned $17 million of the $34.3 million it claimed from the Covid19 wage subsidy. In a statement to Rural News, Alliance chairman Murray Taggart said the co-op had been “open and upfront” about the wage subsidy. “We have been in ongoing discussions with the Ministry of Social Development about the application of the subsidy and stated from the outset that we would return any funds not used to pay people. In line with that commitment, we have returned $17 million of the subsidy.” Taggart said the company’s application for the wage subsidy was supported and endorsed by

the New Zealand Meat Workers Union. “From the beginning, we have applied the subsidy to the right people in the right way,” he added. Taggart said Alliance predominantly processes sheep and the nature of its processing means it was more severely affected by the Covid19 operating restrictions than other companies. “The support from the Government has meant we were able to maintain the employment of our people and ensure their earnings were not impacted during the Covid-19 lockdown,” he added. “We were also able to continue paying those people with underlying health conditions or aged over 70 who were unable to work during the lockdown and those on standby to cover absenteeism.”

Alliance chair Murray Taggart says the co-op had been “open and upfront” about the wage subsidy.

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Water regs wash away farmer confidence DAVID ANDERSON

GOVERNMENT POLICIES and the ongoing fallout from Covid-19 are being blamed for a continuing drop in farmer confidence. According to the latest Rabobank Farmer Confidence Survey, New Zealand farmer confidence remains deep in negative territory, with significantly more farmers pessimistic than optimistic about the year ahead. “After staging a strong

recovery last quarter from historic lows recorded early in the year, New Zealand farmer confidence has reversed course again, sliding deeper into negative territory,” says Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris. The quarterly survey – taken during September – found farmer confidence across NZ fell to -32% down from -26% previously. It also discovered that more farmers are now expecting the

rural economy to deteriorate during the next 12 months. It points out that the chief contributor to the lower confidence reading was markedly lower sheep and beef farmer sentiment, negating higher confidence levels reported among both dairy farmers and horticulturalists. Rabobank says this negative sentiment is driven by lingering concerns over government policy and the on-going impacts of

Covid-19. “More than half of all sheep and beef farmers with a pessimistic outlook cited government policy as a key reason for concern, with many likely to be worried about the potential for freshwater regulations announced in late May to negatively impact their operations,” Charteris added. While sheep and beef farmers were more pessimistic, the survey found dairy farmers and horticulturalists more upbeat

Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris says farmers with a pessimistic outlook cited government policy as a key reason.

about the fortunes of the agricultural economy. Improving demand was the key reason for optimism among both dairy farmers and growers – cited by 45% of dairy farmers and 92% of horticulturalists who had a positive outlook on the year ahead.

However, while confidence in the broader economy lifted among dairy farmers and growers, Charteris said there were still more farmers in both those sectors adopting a pessimistic stance over an optimistic one. “As with their sheep and beef counterparts,

pessimistic dairy farmers cited government policy and Covid-19 as the most two most pressing concerns for the ag economy, while horticulturalists identified overseas markets as their major source of apprehension.” @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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site diversification. “Synlait is focused on building a sustainable, diverse and recurring earnings base that comes from multiple customers, sites, markets and categories,” he says. “Our strategy to create a strong, diverse company is more relevant than ever given the uncertain world ahead. Our team delivered a strong result in an exceptional year.” Synlait chair Graeme Milne claims the company’s performance was resilient when viewed against the back-

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Your vote, your choice With this year’s general election less than two weeks away – on Saturday October 17 – Rural News publishes the political parties’ responses to a questionnaire asking them how they propose to tackle issues we see as important to rural people and primary industries. We quizzed five political parties – Act, the Greens, National, Labour and NZ First – on a range of issues including freshwater management, irrigation, trade, tax, employment and biosecurity (see box for all the questions). We also asked the primary sector industry bodies what they consider must be the priorities in the primary sector for a newly elected government. Our coverage also includes a summary of the different parties’ agriculture policies. This is now all outlined in this special Rural News Election 2020 feature over pages 12-27.

Questions 1

What is your party’s position regarding the new freshwater regulations?

Did your party vote for these new regulations? Why? Why not?

Are there any changes or modifications your party would make to these new freshwater rules?

4 Does your party support any kind of tax on water?

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Does your party support irrigation projects? If not, why? If so, what projects would you support?

6 The primary industries are crying out for more and better trained peopxle at all levels. What are your party’s policies to encourage getting more people in agriculture?

What is your party’s policy on immigration – especially regarding migrant workers in the agriculture sector and the regions?

8 If Covid travel restrictions continue, what is your party’s view on allowing in overseas workers in areas such as dairying, pig farming, agricultural contracting and shearing?

9 What is your party’s policy around state farmer Landcorp?

10 What changes, if any, would your party make in relation to agriculture’s role in the current ETS scheme?

11 Did your party vote for or against the current ETS? Why? Why not?

12 What taxation changes, if any, does your party plan to implement?

13 Biosecurity – what are your party’s policies around preventing biosecurity breaches at the border?

14 Would your party make any changes to the role and functions of MPI?

15 What are your party’s policies on the future role, if any, of the following? Live sheep/cattle exports Regenerative agriculture Genetic modification Country of Origin labelling

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National’s responses 1

National will repeal or review nine of these regulations. These are: standards for intensive winter grazing; nitrogen fertiliser cap; nitrogen bottom-line; slope and fencing rules; land use change rules; Freshwater Farm Plans; standoff pads; wetland fencing and water metering.

communities about the possibilities for growth

The Minister set these regulations and so there was no vote in Parliament. National strongly disagrees with Labour’s blanket approach to freshwater regulations. The rules don’t take into account farming practices that have been builtup in specific regions, recognising their climatic conditions and productive capacity. We believe that regional variations need to be taken into account and we would look to give different parts of the country autonomy to recognise specific local farming practices.

We will take a three-pronged focus looking at rural, urban, and environmental outcomes. National wants a water storage strategy and model that allows us to unlock our economic potential and safeguard our rural communities. National believes there needs to be a balance between environmental, economic and social outcomes resulting from water storage projects. Throughout the country there are a number of projects that have been in progress or have been designed. We would encourage communities to develop their proposals to see what value they could bring to those communities and we would be open in discussion with those

National wants to encourage more New Zealanders to get involved in the primary sector and will ensure more training and pathways for people to pursue these careers. The first step to encouraging the next generation of farmers is to ensure that agriculture is valued and respected in our communities. We are supportive of initiatives at school level which encourage students to undertake careers in the primary sector. We want to support skills-based and tertiary education opportunities for the next generation of farmers. We will establish a fast tracked visa for primary sector workers to ensure our primary sector businesses can get access to the workers they need in a timely manner. The Primary Sector Visa will provide a pathway for migrants that may not meet the strict rules around essential skills but have the experience and ability to add a great deal to the farming sector. National will increase capacity to managed isolation and create a pathway for these skilled workers to enter the country safely, while investigating the potential for independent contracted agencies to do the quarantining. National will evaluate Landcorp to assess its effectiveness and direction for future generations, and its ability to assist new farmers into farm ownership.

10 National has consistently argued that agriculture should only be included in the ETS when scientific and practical solutions are

available to farmers. National will continue to work with the He Waka Eke Noa framework, we would only introduce agricultural emissions pricing if we viewed that farmers had technological solutions available to reduce agricultural emissions and trading partners were taking similar action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

National voted against the most recent changes to the ETS. Why? Recent changes to the ETS will increase costs on businesses at a time that we need them to be as productive as possible for the New Zealand economy. We do not believe that agricultural emissions should be introduced to the ETS until farmers have the technological solutions available to reduce emissions while still maintaining productivity.

12 National will let Kiwis keep more of what they earn by lifting the bottom tax threshold from $14,000 to $20,000, the middle threshold from $48,000 to $64,000 and the top threshold from $70,000 to $90,000. National will double the depreciation rate for businesses that invest in new plant, equipment and machinery over the next twelve months.

National’s agriculture spokesman David Bennett.

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14 All Government departments develop over time and we will be working with MPI to meet the challenges a Government department faces.

13 National will ramp up the

15 What are your party’s policies on

immediate fine to those caught sneaking risk items across the border from $400 to $1000 and will also give biosecurity officers the ability to deport non-New Zealand citizens or residents who knowingly break the law by bringing in risk items. Importers will also be liable for knowingly signing false documents like

the future role, if any, of the following? Live sheep/cattle exports: We welcome recent announcements of a transitional process where MPI’s director-general will be able to approve shipments under required conditions that may result from the current review.

Regenerative agriculture: There is a need for a strong definition and effective price signals for regenerative agriculture to develop further as a policy basis. Genetic modification: National would make significant changes to the out of date Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act, ensuring we have regulation that is proportionate to risk. Country of Origin labelling: We support efforts to provide consumers with greater access to information and we voted in favour of the Consumer’s Right to Know (Country of Origin) Food Act in 2018.

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The Green’s responses 1

The Green Party supports the revised National Policy Statement and freshwater standards. We are proposing a $287 million Healthy Farming and Food Fund to support practical onfarm changes, on top of the $700 million the Government has already allocated to sustainable land and water management.

ers to swim in clean rivers and we know many in rural communities want this too. The rules are based on the best science available about what’s safe for swimming, aquatic life and food gathering.

4 2

The Green Party voted for these regulations because it is the birth-right of all New Zealand-

Introduce a 1 mg/l standard for dissolved inorganic nitrogen. The Green Party supports a fair and sustainable allocation system that recognises rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and

them and the species that live in them. It’s led to increasing nitrate pollution in groundwater because of large scale intensification

is developed with water users, stakeholders and mana whenua. This would include charging a fair price for commercial water use.

5 The Green Party supports smaller scale, on-farm and community water storage and irrigation. We do not support taxpayer subsidies for large scale irrigation that enables industrial dairy farming in unsuitable areas. Irrigation has disrupted the natural flow of many rivers, harming

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The Green Party supports a managed re-opening of the borders when it is safe. We welcome people who want to bring their skills and make a home here. We should also be

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13 Biosecurity needs to be properly resourced to prevent breaches, and when something does slip through, to contain and eliminate introduced pest species or harmful microbes before they become established.

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major changes as a priority. ted to working with the farming sector through the He Waka Eke Noa partnership programme to develop an alternative emissions pricing system, instead of the ETS.

11 The ETS was not working to reduce emissions from sectors like transport and energy, so needed fixing. Climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity and all countries need to do their part. The ETS is one tool to help do that.

12 The Green Party 10 Agriculture is the only sector of the economy that does not face an emissions price. The Green Party is commit-

is proposing a 1% tax on net wealth over $1 million (not including mortgaged assets) and two new income tax brack-

15 What are your party’s policies on the future role, if any, of the following? Live sheep/cattle exports Live sheep and cattle exports should be banned. Regenerative agriculture The Green Party will kick-start a regenerative farming transition with $297 million of sector support funding over the next three years. Genetic modification The Green Party opposes GE outside of laboratories. Country of Origin labelling We strongly support this because Kiwis want to know they’re buying local food.

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ACT’s responses skilled migration to fill skilled roles such as those in agriculture that you mentioned. For the border and permitting overseas workers ACT believes that we need to be smarter and treating countries proportionate to risk. Many of our pacific neighbours don’t have any active cases of Covid and shouldn’t be treated the same was as someone from the US or Victoria. Tax policy: A temporary GST cut from 15% to 10% and a permanent middle-income tax cut to the 30% bracket cutting

it down to 17.5%. This will stimulate demand quickly and in a sustained manner getting the economy going again. On the ETS, ACT was the only party to oppose the Zero Carbon Act. The law is overly bureaucratic and costly. It gives massive power over the economy to the Climate Change Minister. ACT believes New Zealand must play its part on climate change. But any response must be simple to administer, politically durable, and effective. We would replace

TRADE, LABOUR AND ETS NZ’S MEAT sector wants to work with the incoming government on trade liberalisation, tackling non-tariff barriers and opening new markets for its products. Meat Industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva says the new government must prioritise and take a strong leadership role on trade. “It must also ensure that New Zealand’s current sheepmeat and beef access into the UK and EU is not eroded post-Brexit.” Karapeeva says there remains a sustained labour shortfall on meat processing, marketing and exporting roles. She says meat sector migrant workers are currently affected by the standdown requirement, where they have to leave New Zealand for one year after three years working here. “This not only impacts business confidence and planning, but the

employment of existing workers in the industry may be jeopardised without sufficient migrant workers to fulfil certain tasks such as halal processing.” Karapeeva says the meat industry wants a “practical and pragmatic solution” to ensure that migrant halal workers and a small number of other workers who are already part of New Zealand communities and are employed in the industry can remain in New Zealand. The meat industry also wants to see limits on the amount of offsetting available to fossil fuel emitters under the Emissions Trading Scheme. “Without limitations, productive sheep and beef lamb will be replaced with forestry for carbon farming, reducing livestock production and affecting the viability of processing plants and jobs,” Karapeeva adds.

ACT’s agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron.

tional competitors and trading partners. We would allow farmers to use innovative technologies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions

the Zero Carbon Act and Emissions Trading Scheme with a transparent and simple carbon price linked to that charged by our interna-

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AT THE time the freshwater regulations were enacted, ACT said we should put a pause on the freshwater regulations when NZ was about to go into a recession and that the farmers who got us through the lockdown shouldn’t be rewarded with more stringent regulations that will cost jobs and add to pressures on rural communities. ACT doesn’t support new taxes. Adding water taxes would further stress the lives and livelihoods of our rural communities. We are a nation of migrants and need more

specifically regarding changes to MPI. However, ACT would implement a Regulatory Reset and cut existing ineffectual regulations and ensure new regulations were of a high-quality. We would require every regulator to publicly justify every major regulation already on their books and quantify its costs and benefits. If it is not clearly beneficial, it would be abolished. ACT would restrain the Government’s power to force new legislation through Parliament and automatically repeal all new regulations 10 years after they were passed, unless they are reviewed and actively re-introduced.

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Labour’s responses 1

seas consumers want greater assurances that the food and fibre they buy is produced in a sustainable way. It makes both economic and environmental sense.

ployed New Zealanders access training and work opportunities in the primary sector. Some of this funding went towards Opportunity Grows Here – a website and marketing campaign to attract New Zealanders into food and fibre jobs. As part of our Review of Vocational Education, one of the first Centres of Vocational Excellence being rolled out is for the primary sector. These centres of excellence will be instrumental in generating ideas and innovation to fill skills shortages.

3 We have already made adjust-

7 Labour will work with the primary

ments and where the regulations are impractical or unclear we will continue to make adjustments. The intent is very clear – to clean up our waterways.

sector to identify where there is genuine and justified need for critical and skilled workers and adjust the border exception settings to ensure their entry path is streamlined and remains safe. We will ensure people with unique experience and technical or specialist skills that are not readily obtainable in New Zealand can enter the country safely.

Labour is committed to cleaning up our waterways. Our national direction on freshwater management delivers on our commitment to stop further degradation, show material improvements within five years and restore our waterways to health within a generation.

2 Yes. Because our high-value over-

4 We’re committing to no new taxes for the next three years.

5 There are currently 17 water storage projects, totalling $94.3 million, being considered or confirmed with PGF funding. As part of the COVID-19 re-orientation PGF cabinet agreed an additional $100m investment in water storage, providing jobs and economic activity in the short term and enabling greater sustainable land productivity. This funding is made up of $60 million to extend existing schemes, $30 million for new projects and $10 million to identify future areas for investment.

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sibilities. We set up the portfolio-based entities we have today: Fisheries New Zealand, Forestry New Zealand, Biosecurity New Zealand and New Zealand Food Safety. This model is working well.

15 We have been reviewing live

Labour’s agriculture spokesman Damien O’Connor.

sions. We need to tackle climate change, all together - and that includes farmers. The transition will be gradual so we all have time to adapt.

• Closing tax loopholes to make multinational corporations pay their fair share

13 We have invested $28.4 million

9 Pamu is an asset that is even more important as we look to draw on the resilience of our primary sector during Covid to help our economy recover. They have the mass to innovate and try things to improve the value of our exports on behalf of all farmers.

10 Labour is committed to ensuring a just transition to a low carbon-economy. In 2013, agriculture was responsible for nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse emis-

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11 Yes. 12 The Labour Party would introduce a new top tax rate of 39% for income earned above $180,000. Our policy on this won’t change over the term. Our three tax policies are: • A new top income tax rate of 39% - only affecting income over $180,000 • A freeze on fuel tax increases and no new taxes for the entire term

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ACT aims for less rules DAVID ANDERSON

ACT SAYS it wants to see a more co-operative approach between government and the rural sector. If it gets to be part of any governing coalition, the party is promising to acknowledge environmental efforts of the rural sector before imposing ‘heavyhanded’ regulations. ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron says climate policies should be based on sound science. “There has to be acknowledgment of the fundamental differences between methane from livestock (a short-lived greenhouse gas) and carbon dioxide (a near permanent greenhouse gas),” he adds. “Water policies should be tailored to local conditions, rather than imposing a one-size-fits-all solution that imposes massive costs for little benefit in many cases.” In relation to climate change, Cameron says ACT would repeal the Zero Carbon Act and introduce a ‘no-nonsense’ climate change plan, which ties NZ’s carbon price to the prices paid by our top five trading partners. The party is also promising to stop forestry subsidies, which it believes is seeing good farming land being turned into trees.

“The Government’s tree planting subsidy of up to $4,000 per hectare is unfairly tilting the playing field towards forestry and creating perverse incentives,” Cameron says. “Subsidies have given large forestry investors an unfair advantage which is driving small farmers out. The policy of large-scale afforestation is a threat to jobs, families and rural communities.” ACT also wants to completely overhaul David Parker’s unpopular freshwater regulations, which were recently passed into law. “The freshwater reforms impose impractical measures on farmers, will cap a property’s ability to perform to its potential, increase debt levels and lower future earning potential,” Cameron claims. The party’s policy specifically targets the mandatory three-metre setbacks across all low slope land parcels and it will also allow regional councils and communities to set their own freshwater management limits. “Limits and management interventions should be catchment-based, as opposed to being determined by a onesize-fits-all approach set in Wellington,” Cameron says. @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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A NATIONAL-LED government would revamp many of the unpopular freshwater reforms and put a halt on agriculture been dragged in the ETS by 2022, says the National leader. “When we form the next government, our pledge is to ensure that our agricultural policy focuses on allowing farmers the opportunity to farm their way to better outcomes, rather than being regulated into oblivion,” Judith Collins said when launching the party’s agriculture policy last month. In regard to water, National says it would repeal or review nine of the new water regulations introduced in August – including the water grazing and low

National leader Judith Collins says the party would repeal or review nine of the new water regulations introduced in August.

slope requirements. It will also promote water storage options. The party is also promising to stop the introduction of agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme by 2022 and make seven changes to the Zero Carbon Bill – including a review of the methane target. “The Paris Agreement also aims to achieve low greenhouse gas development ‘In a manner that does not threaten food production’. This part is

omitted from the legislation. National would insert this key Paris Agreement element into our climate change legislation.” The party also plans to repeal the RMA and replace it with an Environmental Standards Act and Planning and Development Act. National’s other key aspects to its agriculture policy include allowing skilled workers and Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)

workers to enter New Zealand and creating a fast-tracked primary sector visa. It also promises to review the treatment of forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme and remove the exemption that streamlines the process for forestry applications in the Overseas Investment Office test. National says NZ needs practical land use rules and sensible environmental regulation that recognises farmers as stewards of our outdoor environment. “Kiwi farmers know their markets and understand how to respond to market signals,” Collins says. “National will take a science-based approach to environmental regulation recognising the great work farmers have already done.”

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James Shaw says the Greens will levy nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers and phase in stronger freshwater standards.

Greens push regen ag DAVID ANDERSON

FARMERS WILL be encouraged to farm in a more ‘climate-friendly’ fashion and face fertiliser and water taxes if the Green Party makes it into government. Green co-leader James Shaw says any credible climate action must support people in the farming sector to transition to more sustainable practices. “Our policy supports farmers to be part of the solution to the climate crisis, by offering grants, loans and other resources to support the transition to lowemissions farming,” he says. The Green’s ag policy – set out in its ‘Farming for the Future Plan’— includes a $297m fund to help farmers and growers to transition to ‘sustainable regenerative practices’. The Greens also want to levy nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers and phase in stronger limits in the National Environmental Standard for Freshwater Management. The party will also ban the import and use of PKE as a supplementary feed. “For decades, successive governments

have treated farms like factories, not precious ecosystems,” Shaw claims. “They’ve encouraged dirty, intensive agriculture that hurts our planet. Prioritising quantity over quality has polluted our water, hurt our land and animals and contributed to the climate crisis. “Our vision recognises the environmental impacts of our reliance on harmful artificial fertilisers and imported supplementary feed and incentivises people to move away from using these products and practises,” Shaw adds. The Greens also want to encourage New Zealanders to buy ‘ethically and Kiwi-made’, by overhauling the certification and labelling for sustainably-grown and organic products and extend country-of-origin labelling. The party says it will promote buying local with funding for urban food gardens and community agriculture. “If we think ahead and act now, New Zealand can have a thriving, sustainable regenerative farming sector which ensures we all have what we need and are protecting our precious environment,” Shaw concluded.

Labour pledges to help co-fund farm environmental plans SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

THE LABOUR Party says it will provide funding to help farmers with implementing farm environmental plans. Following up the launch of its agricultural policy, the party announced an initial funding of $50 million to support integrated farm planning. Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern says it will create “a single planning framework that will reduce costs for every farmer and grower, reduce the burden of compliance and help our agri-sector get greater economic returns for their products”. “A single farm plan will help them to capture all of their compliance requirements in one place, achieve their economic goals and support the transition to a clean, green carbon neutral New Zealand,” she claims. Agriculture spokesperson Damien

Jacinda Ardern claims a single farm plan will help farmers to capture all of their compliance requirements in one place.

O’Connor points out that it will cost farmers and growers between $5,000 and $10,000 for each property to develop an integrated farm plan. “We will create a cost-sharing agreement with industry that will ensure every farmer and grower pays less for their compliance. “Cohesive national farm plans that adopt a whole of farm approach will ensure that we stay ahead of the curve internationally when it comes to good farming practice.”

However, there is very little detail in the policy of exactly when the $50 million funding will come through and how much each farmer would receive. With more than 12,000 dairy farmers, 25,000 sheep and beef farmers and 7000 growers around the country, it works out at less than $1,000 for each farm. One of the first farm plan templates to be rolled out will seek to replace the consent process for intensive winter grazing.

Labour says it will work with the regional councils and the industry to design a template that makes applying for intensive winter grazing consent much easier or, over time, supersedes the need for the consent process. “Our primary sector is a huge part of our economy and our brand, and will be vital in our economic recovery from Covid-19, which is why we need to work with them and support the industry,” O’Connor said.

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Greater govt recognition for ag sector FEDERATED FARMER’S president Andrew Hoggard says the agricultural sector’s performance and its ability to generate export income has become much more important since Covid19 hit. New Zealand’s goods exports have held up remarkably well since February, thanks in large part to agriculture. “But we cannot take this for granted. International tourism seems unlikely to be back any time soon,” Hoggard says. “So, agriculture will have to continue doing more of the heavy lifting if we’re to continue to pay our way in the world.” He says the next government needs to recognise this and make sure its policies contribute to a good business environ-

ment to enable agriculture to thrive, not just survive. Andrew Hoggard says Federated Farmer’s key priorities are: Water: A balanced approach to freshwater management. That needs an urgent review of the new freshwater regulations and changes to those that are unworkable and impractical; financing support for coordination of landowner-led, catchment scale engagement and extension programmes; and significant improvement to our environmental monitoring and reporting. Climate change: Ensure NZ’s biogenic emission reduction targets are based on zero carbon equivalence in stopping additional global warming (i.e. 10% methane reduction by

Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard says the next government needs to ensure its policies enables agriculture to thrive.

2050); ensure any pricing mechanism applied to agricultural emissions only be applied when part of a broader framework to support on-farm

practice change, set at the margin and only to extent necessary to incentivise uptake of economically viable opportunities that contribute to lower

global emissions. Resource management reform: Should aim at increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving both environmental and economic outcomes. Should retain the effects-based approach and balancing economic, environmental, social and cultural wellbeing. Infrastructure: High quality, reliable, fit-forpurpose rural infrastructure that supports agriculture’s contribution to the national economy and thriving rural communities. This means more funding for maintaining and improving rural roads and bridges, targeted investment improving mobile phone coverage and quality of internet connections; investment in water storage that ensures smarter use of water and avail-

ability during dry periods; support for small-scale renewable electricity for more reliable rural electricity supply; and respect for the rights of landowners hosting infrastructure, including compensation for takings and impairments. Employment and skills: In the short-term a relaxation of restrictions to allow for employment of skilled and capable migrants, including those needed for short-term highly specialised roles. In the longer term, a focused effort on developing skills and training programmes that are informed by and adapted to industry needs; integrate with industry-led attraction and retention programmes; better provide for and recognise flexible on-the-job training qualifications. Also need to ensure that

employing staff does not become too costly and risky, especially for small employers. Economic fundamentals: Further short-term stimulus in the form of a mix of infrastructure spending and temporary tax cuts. Looking ahead, a stronger focus on improving the business environment through keeping government spending under control and keeping debt and the tax burden down. We need a credible road map to a return to sustainable fiscal policy avoiding increases to existing taxes or imposing new taxes. “With the right mix of policies, we can get a better business environment for agriculture that will boost the economy and deliver for all New Zealanders,” Hoggard concludes.

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NZ First’s response 1

We accept the direction of travel. However, as originally drafted, they contain some unworkable and impractical details around resowing dates, pugging definition and the accuracy of mapping. We

are actively engaged with the Minister to resolve these issues.

range to extract maximum value. The reality is agriculture does have environmental to address and we do need to ensure best practice at scale.

Yes. The New Zealand food provenance story is an essential foundation of positioning our products at the very top of the consumer

Giving regional councils more dis-

Accord and we have international obligations to meet. Ultimately a fair price on carbon is required to provide the commercial incentives to reduce emissions across all sectors.

cretion around sowing dates to allow for weather, amend pugging criteria, improve mapping and adopt certified farm environment plans as opposed to resource consenting.

12 We have committed

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blocked this from happening within the 2017 coalition negotiations. Yes, absolutely. The PGF has funded 35 water storage projects to date. Expansion of precision irrigation through water storage is the biggest opportunity in our primary industries. We need to do a national stocktake to proactively identify the opportunities. Areas particularly in the Hawkes Bay, Central Otago, Marlborough and Northland present major potential. We have been staunch advocates for the rejuvenation of both Telford and Taratahi. There has been major funding into ‘Go Dairy’ and investment into free vocational training. New Zealand First would like to see the reinstatement of the Farm Cadets scheme. New Zealanders first. We need to do more to attract and train kiwis into the sector.

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14 No plans for structural change.

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We have pushed successfully for a freeing up of essential workers for ag contracting, shearing remains in active discussion. We are supportive where there are genuine skills shortages and must be done alongside more effort in training New Zealanders.

We are against the sale of Landcorp as a state asset. We wish to leverage Landcorp’s balance sheet to progress our New Zealand First Farms policy to assist new farmers into farm ownership.

10 We are supportive of the He Waka Eke Noa initiative that allows the sector to work with Government to find a fair entry into the ETS.

11 Yes. Why? Because National/Act signed us up to the Paris

policies on the future role, if any, of the following? Live sheep/cattle exports We await the findings of the Heron review in regard the general standards of transportation of cattle. In principal we support the live breeding cattle trade. Regenerative agriculture We are against defining the term ‘Regenerative’ at present as this becomes complex and bureaucratic and potentially undermines our traditional farming systems which by international standards are already regenerative. Genetic modification Our GE free status is not something that should be traded away lightly as New Zealand’s provenance brand is incredibly important. Country of Origin labelling We supported the Country of Origin bill that has gone through the Parliament.

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A delicate rebalancing act Global summary A delicate rebalancing of supply and demand is on the horizon. Milk production growth across the global Big-7 dairy exporters will collide with a recalibration of retail, foodservice, and export dairy demand. Price rebounds in Q2

have encountered some resistance, except for categories in regions with strong government support, which highlights the fragile nature of a market recovery. For most of the world, economic growth will likely return to a growth

mode in 2021. This will hardly lift the economy to the level seen preCovid-19. The pressure on domestic demand is unlikely to go away quickly. Much depends on the effectiveness of government stimulus packages. Still, the resilience in dairy

product demand has been undeniable, demonstrating the nutritional importance of dairy in diets across the globe.

EU EU milk deliveries in 1H 2020 finished 1.2% or 984,000 MT above last year, with June up by 1.7% YOY. The strongerthan-anticipated growth was supported by a strengthening in milk deliveries of 1.8% YOY (353,000 MT) from countries outside of the EU’s Big-7 milk producing countries, like Spain (+3.1% YOY) and Belgium (+3.8%). Milk deliveries from the Big-7 increased by 1% YOY or 631,000 mt. Rabobank anticipates YOY Q3 and Q4 increases in milk deliveries of 1.1% and 0.7%, respectively. EU-average farmgate milk

prices remain above EUR 32.00/100kg. Farmgate milk prices declined by EUR 1.63/100kg (-4.8%) in April to an average of EUR 32.52/100kg in July.

US US milk producers have been on a price

rollercoaster for much of 2020. The US All Milk price fell by 31% from January to May and rebounded by 51% from May’s USD 13.60/cwt to July’s USD 20.50/cwt. The August All Milk price will decline as the underlying cheese price declined by 33% through the month.

With production controls lifted and favourable pricing, July US milk production increased by 1.5% YOY, following Q2’s meagre 0.5% gain due to a 0.5% YOY contraction in May. Rabobank expects milk production to increase 1.5% YOY in 2H 2020,

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followed by quarterly gains of 1.0% YOY to 1.8% through 2021.

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in Q2, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), after falling during Feb-Mar. China’s

official data indicates that milk production growth continues to surprise on the upside July’s output jumped by 12.7% YOY growth, surging by nearly 8% in 1H 2020, driven by renewed herd expansion. Rabobank lifts milk production growth estimate/forecast to 5% YOY in 1H and 6% YOY in 2H 2020, reflecting a stronger Q2 growth, supported by herd expansion from 2019.

Half-year results by China’s dairy processors revealed a mixed bag, with consumption volume beating expectations. Q2 sales recovery was visible, with the largest players gaining market share over smaller players. Profitability was squeezed due to the Q1 lockdowns, aggressive promotions, donations, and the cost of drying local milk. Milk prices started to recover as processing demand strengthened

Australia Australian milk production in June was 4.1% higher year-on-year. This brings a close to the 2019/20 season, with national production down marginally to 8.775m litres. The spring flush will peak in October and Australia is on track for its best flush in three seasons. Rabobank forecasts milk production to expand by 2.8% in 2020/21, bringing national milk production back

above 9bn litres. Rabobank’s farmgate milk price forecast is at AU$ 6.30/kgMS for 2020/21. This is broadly in line with the previous report. Official farmgate milk prices range between AU$ 6.20/kgMS and AU$ 7.20/kgMS, which are mostly profitable and supportive of milk supply growth.

NZ Milk is flowing for the 2020/21 season

(beginning 1 June 2020). Higher milk collections for June (+2%) and July (+5%) have enhanced the seasonal trough volumes. Export volumes for the three months to July 2020 were lower by 2% on the prior year period. Our base case scenario is that New Zealand’s milk production for the 2020/21 season (ending 31 May 2021) will range between flat growth to a modest lift of 2% compared to the prior

season. Fonterra have held their 2020/21 farmgate milk price forecast range steady at NZ$ 5.90/kgMS to NZ$ 6.90/ kgMS. Fonterra’s higherend forecast range offers a profitable milk price for most farmers. Rabobank forecasts the farmgate milk price to be 6.35/kgMS, based on global commodity price expectations across the remainder of the 2020/21 season.

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Don’t game the system ALMOST INVARIABLY every general election is described as the most important one ever. The fact is every election is important! Under our electoral MMP system it is too hard to predict with any certainty the final make-up of the next government, despite what the pre-election polls may indicate. For all its flaws, MMP makes picking a final result less predictable – especially when voters believe they can ‘game’ the make-up of a potential government. While voters mistakenly think they can dictate what type of coalition will be formed by who they vote for, that is not the case – it’s always the politicians who actually make this decision. A good example of this was after the 2017 general election. How many voters – especially in rural NZ – who chose to support NZ First expected that party to go into coalition with Labour? One would guess, by the evaporation of electoral support for Winston Peters and his band of misfits, not too many. There is already talk of some National supporters who hate the thought of the Greens being anywhere near government, contemplating giving their party vote to Labour. Good luck with that strategy. If the Greens do make it back into parliament, even if it does not need their numbers, Labour is highly likely to form a coalition with them. That electoral approach makes about as much sense as a staunch Labour supporter voting National to keep ACT out of power! This shows precisely why it is an absolute folly for voters to game the system. Despite having MMP since 1996 and this being the 8th election we have voted under this system, many voters still fail to understand exactly how it actually works. Under MMP it is the party vote that is your most important choice. This is the box you should tick for the political party you want to win. If you support the red team – party vote red. If you support the blue guys – party vote blue. The same goes if you support another colour – be it green, black or yellow! However, when voters think they can cleverly forecast a final electoral outcome and potential coalition by playing around with their party vote is when things come horribly unstuck. Just ask those National supporters who backed NZ First last election. Lastly, whichever way you choose to vote, make sure you do actually vote.

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YOUR OLD mate hears plenty of ill-informed comment from farming critics and other anti-farming types in this country about how farmers are always getting handouts or somehow bludging off the state. This is especially high whenever there is an adverse weather event, such as a drought or a flood, and some kind of government assistance is offered to the rural sector. However, the actual facts around farmers in different countries benefitting from the state make fascinating reading. According to official figures, farmers in the Nordic countries seem to benefit the most from subsidies as a share of farm income with Norway at 61%, Iceland at 59% and Switzerland at 55%. The next highest are Korea at 52% and Japan at 48%. The E.U. pays 20%, the U.S. 10%, Canada 9%, Brazil 3% and Australia 2%. Meanwhile, New Zealand farmers earn 0% in government subsidies!

A MATE of the Hound’s is very suspicious about the motives around professional political muck-raker and “third party campaign” strategist Simon Lusk’s plans to take a private prosecution to force the Alliance Group to pay back all the Covid wage subsidy it claimed earlier in the year. Lusk – who is associated with such wonderful political types as Jamie Lee Ross, Cameron ‘Whaleoil’ Slater and NZ First (all of whom are likely, thankfully, to be wiped off the political map after the election) – is not known for taking on campaigns for free. Yours truly understands that Lusk’s recent closeness to NZ First and that party’s linkages to the Talley Group – which owns and controls Affco – suggests his hit-job on the Alliance Group may not just be on his own account as Lusk claims it to be. The adage of ‘follow the money’ could be well worth watching in this case.

YOUR CANINE crusader understands that the farmer’s favourite politician – Environment Minister David Parker – not content with implementing his impractical and unworkable winter grazing and low slope rules in the recent freshwater reforms, now has his grubby little mitts all over water issues in the Otago region. Apparently, MfE has made a submission on the proposed new water in Otago seeking more stringent provisions than the notified plan. According to experts, there is no technical report to support this approach and that this is most unusual. Critics of the move wonder whether Parker’s grievance is because the hopeless Marion Hobbs (a former Labour Environment Minister), a friend of his, was recently deposed as chair of the Otago Regional Council.

THIS OLD mutt understands that former Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has landed himself a new gig back in his native Netherlands. He scarpered from the NZ dairy co-operative in late 2018 – after a disastrous $196 million loss – and pocketed $43m in salary and incentive payments during his 7-year tenure at Fonterra. Now he’s gone back into business, setting up a management consulting business with Paul Roedig, who was director of brand and strategy at Fonterra from 2012 to 2015. Spierings has been widely criticised for leading Fonterra into a strategy that many blamed for the poor financial performance of 2018-2019. Apparently, he told a local Dutch newspaper he wasn’t looking for another job. I guess when you have ‘earned’ $43m over 7 years, you probably don’t really need to work again. Nice for some!

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It’s the economy, stupid! THIS IS a call to action to all farmers who have worked on through Covid-19 difficulties, supporting the economy and contributing to recovery. Your efforts have been noticed. Agriculture is being regarded more highly than it was at the beginning of the year. We have heard repeatedly that the primary sector is vital for economic recovery. But at the same time, regulations are increasing and misunderstandings are rife. This is a call to make it clear that what is being suggested by environ-

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Jacqueline Rowarth

nomic Survey for the 2018/2019 season indicate that for farmers in the top 25% of performance, a 20% decrease in cow numbers would reduce milk solids by 27% and profit per hectare by 50%. These data are supported by the modelling that was done by DairyNZ for the Essential Freshwater sub-

mission: reducing stock numbers means a reduction in milk production and a reduction in contribution to the economy. Australian data comparing dryland sheep operations reported that regenerative operations on average contributed a quarter of a million Australian dollars per year

less than conventional operations. People more concerned about the environment than the economy can be reassured that New Zealand farmers are good and getting better all the time. Our indicators per unit of production, including organic matter, are better than

time to constrain what we are doing – so, do the calculations on stock numbers, and let’s get the information out there. • Dr Jacqueline Rowarth is a farmer-elected director for DairyNZ and Ravensdown. The analysis is from publicly available data and the comments are her own. jsrowarth@gmail.com

Lincoln University dairy farm did reduce stock (by 26%) and inputs and make more money… it was not typical when reductions started. A high stocking rate (4.3 when the regional average was

Some media have questioned the statements with ‘surely if they could, they would – farmers aren’t stupid?’ mentalists will limit our ability to contribute to economic recovery. This is a call to change in dialogue from ‘cost to us’ to ‘contribution to New Zealand’. So, this is a call to calculate what dropping your stocking rate by 20% would mean to your bottom line. Why? Because of the ongoing statements that farmers can ‘get rid of 20% of animals and make more money while being better for the environment’. Some media have questioned the statements with ‘surely if they could, they would – farmers aren’t stupid?’ We know that people in charge of businesses worth millions of dollars live and breathe their responsibilities; we do the calculations all the time – based on pay outs, schedules, interest rates and grass growth. Of course, we aren’t stupid. But apparently the environmentalists and activists think we are. The misconception has come from specific examples being applied to New Zealand in general. “A Lincoln University farm has shown how a typical Canterbury dairy farm can maintain profitability with fewer cows, reduced nitrogen fertiliser use, and reduced supplementary feed.” While it is true that

other developed countries. Our economy might be better as well – but won’t be if the primary sector contribution is halved. People in Wellington, most of whom don’t run businesses and have no experience of the complexities of farming, need our help. Now is not the

3.3) has been reduced to what is now the average stocking rate for the region (3.4). It is more ‘typical’ now – but removing more stock could jeopardise economic viability. Calculations by another group on the Canterbury Plains indicate that a reduction of 6% would mean no funds for reinvestment in technology or environmental improvement. There are also statements that ‘farmers who cut chemical inputs, introduce longer grazing rotations, and milk once a day can see an increase in organic matter in soil, which makes farms more resilient to drought’. This pushes towards ‘regenerative agriculture’ and, again, data are not presented with no clue given about the starting point for ‘more’. New Zealand soils have, on average, two to three times more organic matter than America or Australia where regenerative agriculture has been promoted. Furthermore, the New Zealand system is geared towards pasture utilisation and pasture quality. Longer grazing rotations jeopardise optimal pasture quality. Using your starting point, what would a decrease in stocking rate mean? Publicly available data from the DairyNZ Eco-

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How the primary sector can lead NZ’s recovery JANE FRASER-JONES

THE COVID-19 lockdown brought a brutal clarity to New Zealand’s economy and laid bare the importance of our primary sector.

News stories throughout the lockdown showed selfless workers isolating together to ensure supermarkets were open, drivers making heroically long round-trips to ensure milk was delivered

on time, and a resilient primary sector that kept producing. With this election marking another milestone in our Covid-19 recovery, the question will now be how busi-

nesses across the country can replicate this resilience, and how the primary sector will adapt to and lead the country’s recovery. We are seeing a shift in sustainable business prac-

tices across the board. Survey results suggest customer expectations are a driving force in this change. When asked why sustainability issues were important to their businesses, 65% of respon-

dents voted for customer expectations, closely followed by reputation (60%). Interestingly, only 36% of businesses thought sustainability was an important factor to remain competitive. The reputation aspect is interesting. Managing reputation risk is a slippery issue. In organisations, it’s often everyone’s and no-one’s responsibility. Building brand and reputation resilience is more than a communications or risk issue. A holistic approach to brand and reputation management can differentiate an organisation and create competitive advantage, enabling leaders to better sense threats, seize opportunities and shape outcomes. While businesses recognise that consumers demand sustainable business practices, only 21% of respondents said their business operations have actually been impacted by this demand, although over half (53%) of the businesses surveyed noted that while they have not been impacted to date, they expect to be in the future. When asked what impact climate change was having on their business, 42% said that it was having no impact. However, 26% said it was affecting the cost of inputs. With the importance of the primary sector in no doubt, the question for political parties in this

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election is how to deliver policy that proactively encourages sustainable business practices in a way that elevates – rather than stifles – the contribution this sector makes to the country. Another key concern for the primary sector is water reform. Water placed third when businesses were asked to rank infrastructure types with the most potential to contribute to New Zealand’s business growth. Transport was first, followed by telecommunications, with energy (electricity and gas) ranked least important. More than half of the businesses surveyed thought the Three Waters sector should be subject to greater commercial discipline and user charges. Reform in the sector will likely impact or disrupt local authorities’ delivery, and potentially signal the most profound change in local government arrangements in a generation. With the primary sector leading our Covid-19 recovery, political parties would do well to consider what policy settings will best enable success in the short and long term. Balance will be key in forming these policies, with sustainability, commercial discipline and reputation all at play. • Jane Fraser-Jones is a partner - Corporate Finance Deloitte New Zealand

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Hort’s priorities for a newlyelected government MIKE CHAPMAN

THE BIGGEST challenge facing horticulture is labour and we will – as a collective sector – ask the new government to focus attention in this area. As a result of Covid, many New Zealanders need to develop new skills and take on positions in essential industries such as horticulture – industries that are pivotal to the country’s economic and social recovery. This is no easy task. The new government will need to complete the reform of the education and training system so that it reflects post-Covid requirements for flexible

delivery and the fostering of innovation. While New Zealand’s border challenges may currently appear stark, the horticulture industry believes they can be managed in such a way to protect the health of New Zealanders while also ensuring the country can prosper economically, through access to skills and labour that can only be obtained from overseas. At the same time that the government needs to partner with industries such as horticulture to help get New Zealanders displaced by Covid into work and new careers, the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme

The hort sector says the biggest challenge facing it is labour and wants the new government to focus attention in this area.

must be expanded and put on a firmer footing to give growers and investors more certainty. The scheme needs to

be expanded to support horticulture’s continued growth, which in turn provides more employment opportunities for

New Zealanders. The next challenge facing horticulture is freshwater. While HortNZ welcomed the

current Government’s pragmatic approach to achieving freshwater quality outcomes, the whole of the country urgently needs significant investment in commercially viable water storage schemes – for urban supply, growing fruit and vegetables and improving freshwater quality by enhancing river and stream flows. The current Government has announced it wants to provide financial support to farmers and growers, as they develop and implement their Farm Environment Plans. Any new government must also recognise that Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) audits are

more than sufficient to validate Farm Environment Plans and identify areas for further work. There is no need for expensive consultant sign off. At the same time, support for sediment control and wetland development is needed to match and support growers’ own investment. Horticulture is wellplaced to play a critical role in New Zealand’s post-Covid economic and social recovery. What is needed are central and local government settings, decisions and partnerships that support that role. • Mike Chapman is chief executive of HortNZ

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Breeding beef to reduce N leaching BEN AND Yvonne Lee weren’t born into farming but have taken it up with vigour. They run Bluestone Herefords, 30 minutes inland from Timaru, on 600ha of tussock and rolling foothills, ranging from 300-550 metres altitude. The South Canterbury farm will mate about 300 cows this season. Yvonne, once a police officer, manages the farm day-to-day while Ben, formerly a lawyer, runs an animal health firm in Timaru. As stud owners, their cattle genetics are based squarely on client demand, typified by a growing call for cattle with low nitrogen output. Three years ago, the Lees began working with CRV Ambreed on genetic improvements to reduce farming’s environmental impact. Studies into N flows show about 20% of nitrogen in urine ends up being leached into groundwater and some also ends up as the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. CRV Ambreed’s programme breeds dairy bulls whose daughters have reduced urinary nitrogen. Specifically, they use the concentration of urea nitrogen in milk (Milk Urea Nitrogen – MUN) as the predictor of urinary nitrogen. This is because the MUN-uri-

Bluestone Hereford’s Yvonne Lee is pleased the stud initiated genetic improvements to reduce farming’s environmental impact.

nary nitrogen relationship has been widely reported in scientific literature: high MUN translates to high urinary nitrogen. Lincoln University researchers recently reported that cows with genetics for low MUN excrete less urinary nitrogen and that these low MUN cows have more nitrogen (protein) in their milk and faeces. It’s a win-win for farmers and the Lees wanted to be part of this

gain. Even though milk urea is difficult to measure in beef cattle, urea spreads quite evenly between three pools in the animals – milk, blood, and urine. Therefore, Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) levels are expected to give the same information as MUN levels. CRV Ambreed’s research measured the BUN levels in Bluestone Herefords and it performed a genetic analysis

to see if there were differences between animals for the genetics of BUN. Bluestone Herefords now included the BUN breeding value in their breeding programme. Yvonne says Bluestone Herefords data suggests that animals do differ genetically for BUN. Further, animals with breeding values that are low for BUN tend to have higher breeding values for 400day, 600-day and maternal liveweight traits.

“This indicates that animals with low BUN may be partitioning dietary nitrogen from the urea pools (milk, blood, and urine) and into growth, a real win-win situation. We are very pleased with this outcome and further trials are underway,” she says. At the next Bluestone Herefords Bull sale, on October 7, there will be five bulls whose breeding values for BUN are significantly below average and

these will be marketed as the ‘green bulls’ Yvonne is pleased the stud initiated this project three years ago and looks forward to delivering this as an additional tool to maintain the sustainability of NZ pastoral farming. Ben says it’s noticeable that low BUN genetics is improving feed efficiency. “A low BUN animal will use the protein it receives in a more effi-

cient manner because less is going into urine and more is going into meat.” He says they targeted dairy clients from the outset, aiming for low birthweight and short gestation, then breeding out horns from progeny of dairy animals. “We keep looking for what our customers will want in 10 or 20 years’ time, so that’s why we’ve moved into this environmental space.” The Lees have been providing CRV Ambreed with Hereford semen for the past seven years and they try to offer their customers new products each year. This year, all of Bluestone Herefords’ semen for the Fertabull product is homozygous polled, ensuring the resulting progeny will be born without horns. “And in future it might be all low-BUN as long as it keeps all the other characteristics,” Ben adds. He’s confident there won’t be a genetic tradeoff in pursuing low BUN. “A heavy, short-gestation calf isn’t any good, but a low birthweight, well-growing, good carcase, short-gestation animal is good. So, you’ve got to try and get all the elements together, not just focus on one aspect.”

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Sheep numbers drop on the back of drought and Covid SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

A DOUBLE whammy – drought and Covid-19 – has caused a 2.3% drop in sheep numbers, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (BLNZ) annual stock number survey. NZ’s total sheep number at June 30, 2020 stood at 26.21 million, compared to 26.82m the previous year. Estimated lamb crop is expected to dip 4.2%. For comparison, in June 1990, total sheep numbers stood at 57.85m. The survey notes that over the last year supplementary feed usage increased accordingly, as farmers used expensive feed in order to maintain the condition of their livestock. Covid-19 also reduced demand for stock as international trade was disrupted, sale yards were unable to operate, and processing capacity was restricted under social distancing requirements, causing delays of up to six weeks. BLNZ Economic Service chief economist Andrew Burtt says drought meant that farmers decided to have fewer hoggets, weaner cattle, and cows mated, which will have impacts on future stock numbers. “The impact of the combined decisions to destock younger animals this year will be fewer stock in future years,” said Burtt. “Capital breeding

stock may have been retained this year, but the effects of the disruption in 2019-20 will be felt for at least a couple of years.” According to the survey, the breeding ewe flock was unchanged: regional differences were due to drought, although farmer optimism for good returns held up. However, hogget numbers dropped 8% to 8.4 million, largely due to decreased numbers in East Coast and Marlborough/Canterbury due to feed shortages from the dry conditions and substitution with dairy winter grazing. Ewe condition during mating was poor to average due to lower overall feed availability. Ewe pregnancy scanning results were 5-10% lower due to dry conditions and feed shortages. BLNZ says this reduces the potential lambing percentage achievable. It says these factors are likely to cause the forecast decrease in the lamb crop of 980,000 head compared with spring 2019. This season fewer ewe hoggets were mated, leading to a lower expected lamb crop from hoggets. There is also a warning that climatic conditions leading into spring, and any adverse weather events, may impact this change further. The number of beef cattle was unchanged at an estimated 3.89 million

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Award winner aims to put farmers in the clover A CONTINUING HIGH ACHIEVER

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THIS YEAR’S Kate Sheppard Memorial Award recipient will support research to ultimately help New Zealand farmers choose forages for best production and drought resistance. Twenty-eight year old Laura Keenan picked up the 2020 award for her PhD research into yield prediction tools for a national forage database. Named in honour of the women’s suffrage pioneer Kate Sheppard, the award aims to support a woman in further education, study, research or training, in areas which are of value to New Zealand. Keenan’s research is part of the Hill Country Futures Project aimed at collating both published and non-published data around non-traditional forages – either as mixes or monocultures in pasture. She is looking specifically at plantain as well as white and red clover. “That’s all I could fit into my PhD, but my colleagues at Lincoln University are working on other species so that

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there is a full data set,” she told Rural News. “Essentially there will be a whole lot more information for farmers around alternative forages to perennial ryegrass and white clover.” Keenan acknowledges that red and white clover have been around for a long time, and plantains have been getting a lot of traction recently, particularly on dairy farms.

However, she believes what’s been missing is a lot of collaboration in getting data out to the industry. “That’s where my project is great because it’s working in a collaborative fashion with the Crown Research Institutes, with the educational institutes like Massey and Lincoln and then also working with commercial companies to

compile national datasets,” she explains. “They have a whole lot of reliability because there is so much data sitting behind them. But they haven’t been collaborated in a way which is really farmer-friendly so that’s what I’m trying to do – gather all that data into one place so that farmers can have some reliability about the decisions that they’re making.”

The project is looking primarily at sheep and beef and dairy systems, throughout all regions and environments. Keenan says the data will be “ground-truthed” against abiotic factors such as climate and water. “When you’re thinking about farming and the different things you can do to enhance the farm bottom line, forages

RAISED IN Southland, Laura Keenan graduated with Honours in Agricultural Science from Lincoln University in 2014. She worked as an environmental consultant in Canterbury for three years and then joined seed company Agricom, as territory manager for the Western North Island, based in Palmerston North. She started her three-year PhD programme in June, dividing her time between Lincoln and her home, which is now a farm near Feilding. Keenan is a member of the Central Districts NZIPIM branch and was named that organisation’s Emerging Rural Professional of the year in 2017. She used that prize package to successfully complete a Kellogg Rural Leadership Program in 2019. Keenan is also on the New Zealand Grassland Association executive committee and is one of the founders of the Women in Agribusiness initiative. “I am privileged and humbled to receive the award (Kate Sheppard), which takes the form of a $3000 grant,” she told Rural News. Trust chair Karena Brown said it was very pleased to be able to assist talented women achieve their dreams. “Given the importance of food production around the world, the research being undertaken by this year’s recipient will be very important not only to New Zealand but to overseas as well. We are sure that Kate Sheppard would be proud to lend her name to such a worthwhile area of study.”

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Tailor vaccines At a recent Beef + Lamb NZ Farming for Profit workshop in Canterbury, StockCare vet Chris Mulvaney outlined factors farmers should consider when putting together a vaccination programme with their animal health providers. A STANDARD five-in-one pre-lamb vaccination will cover lambs for blood poisoning at birth and tetanus at tailing. However, protection against pulpy kidney (a clostridial bacteria) tends to run out between tailing and weaning. Best practice is to give lambs a 5-in-1 sensitiser at weaning and a booster four weeks later. Ewes will need an annual booster two to three weeks before lambing. Mulvaney says the pulpy kidney risk is associated with the ingestion of very high-quality feed (lucerne, clover, herbs) when the pulpy kidney bacteria can rapidly mul-

tiply in the intestines. Ewes and lambs on typical ryegrass type pastures are at a much lower risk so the lack of adequate protection is not an issue. There are four strains of pulpy kidney bacteria (A, B, C & D) and another clostridial bacteria (sordellii) has been implicated as a cause of sudden death as well. Five-in-1 vaccines only protect against strain D. It is very difficult to diagnose which bacteria or strain is the cause of sudden deaths. If farmers are seeing sudden deaths in lambs and/or ewes despite 5-in-1 vaccination they may need to review their cur-

rent programme. Mulvaney says unexpected sudden deaths in sheep grazing high-quality forages may be due to red gut, bloat or clostridial disease. Red gut and bloat are relatively easy to diagnose. If deaths are not caused by one of these, they are most likely due to clostridia. A recent study in Wairarapa showed 13% of lambs were not getting enough colostrum. If they are not getting enough colostrum they are not getting enough antibodies to protect them. Lambs need to have colostrum within the first 12 hours so giving twoday old lambs colostrum

is a waste of time. Mulvaney says farmers need to ensure every ewe is vaccinated correctly. In terms of preventing sudden death in ewes and lamb, which have been vaccinated with the standard 5-in-1, if there is some suspicion that the deaths might be related to clostridial disease, he suggests vaccination options based on knowing what type of sheep are dying and when they are dying. Lambs dying between tailing and weaning Vaccinate the ewes two to three weeks prelamb and this should provide the lambs with some protection.

A one-size-fits-all vaccination programme does not suit different sheep systems, which all have different vaccine requirements.

Five-in-1 sensitiser in lambs at tailing and a booster four weeks later. Make sure all the lambs are older than about four weeks. This programme will only increase protection against strain D. Sensitise lambs at tailing and give a booster four weeks later. This will protect against the other pulpy kidney strains and sordellii.

Lambs dying after weaning despite 5-in-1 vaccination All clostridial vaccines protect against pulpy kidney for up to 12 weeks so another booster 5-in-1 booster may help, but again this will only protect against strain D. Vaccinate lambs at weaning and four weeks later with a clostridial vaccine.

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Potential animal welfare crisis looming SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

A LOCAL vet recruitment agency says the vet shortage situation in the country is getting more dire by the day. Julie South, of VetStaff, says that while the Government’s recent decision to let overseas

vets into the country for work is a step in the right direction, it’s nowhere near enough to cover the current shortage. “They need to allow almost ten times that many in to ease the animal welfare and human stress and mental health issues the shortage is causing,” she told Rural

News. The Government recently gave the green light for 30 overseas vets to obtain special working visas. South describes the shortage of veterinarians as a two-edged sword: it not only affects the overworked veterinarians and their colleagues, but also

causes issues on-farm for farmers and farm managers. She says the majority of farmers and farm managers have the welfare of their stock at heart, so they’re hurting too when their animals are distressed. “For example, we’re in spring and this is one of

the busiest times on-farm for lambing, calving, and foaling,” she says. “Veterinarians are needed for all of those situations. It’s not like a farmer or manager can tell a cow to stop calving because there aren’t enough veterinarians right now to perform an emergency caesarean. VetStaff’s Julie South says the recent government decision to let 30 overseas vets into the country is nowhere near enough to cover the current shortage.

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Hi-tech combination aims to improve spraying days MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

SAID TO “glide like an eagle” – read silky smooth and always under control – Hustler Equipment has recently introduced the new Applic8R and Eagle boom sprayer combination. Taking on-board Hustler’s revised green and white colour scheme, the new sprayer series in available in 680, 890 and 1150 litre capacities – leading to the LX680, LX 890 and LX1150 model numbers. All linkage mounted and complimented by 890 and 1150 litre front tank options, which can effectively double spraying capacity. The low-profile main tank is housed in a galvanised steel frame that incorporates a skid plate to protect key componentry. The moulded tank features a deep sump to allow complete emptying and use on sloping land at low tank levels. While up top, a 455mm diameter lid

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incorporates a spill ring and an integrated sieve. Standard equipment includes an 18l clean water tank for hand washing, alongside an integrated toolbox. Options include a 100l flushing tank and the 20l ErgoMax induction hopper, installed in the side panels – for effec-

tive pre-mixing of powders, chemicals and fertilisers at waist height. It also includes a smart sluice and container rinse function. Filling can be carried out via the upper opening or the CoupleUp, 2-inch suction port on the side of the machine. A calibrated sight gauge gives

a visual indication of tank level, while the drain plug is activated from the top side of the sprayer. The MixMax agitation system, standard on the 890 and 1150 models, incorporates a venturi system for thorough mixing and tank agitation. The latter is easily adjusted to keep powders in suspension or reduced to stop excessive foaming. The sprayers are fitted with a 110 litres/min Comet pump, located at the rear of the machine, allowing the use of a longer PTO shaft. This, in turn, reduces universal joint angles and also allows the pump to be run when the sprayer is on the ground. A three-section ARAG control system takes care of flow and pressure requirements. Moving to the new EagleTech boom system, now available up to 14 metres working width, the layout features yaw, vertical and individual suspension. It also incorporates hydraulic boom dampeners on the self-levelling

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JCB releases new loader range MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED for a June Fieldays release, which was stymied by the Covid crisis, JCB has recently unveiled its third generation Loadall telescopic handlers. Boasting a new cab and a host of improvements, the new series comprises six models with lift capacities from 3.2 to 5.6 tonnes and a maximum reach of 6 to 9 metres. CLAAS Harvest

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Keeping tails clean now’s a ‘Switch’ MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

ANY DAIRY farmer who has taken a smack in the face from a dungencrusted cow’s tail on a frosty morning will know the feeling and wonder how to stop it happening again. With tail docking banned since October 2018, tail trimming has become more popular.

commercialisation are happening. It was also an entrant in the Fieldays Innovation Awards and recently took out a James Dyson design award. Featuring clipper blades that mimic the profile of a cow’s tail, so trimming more area each pass than a traditional flat trimmer. With the outer blade oscillating over an inner fixed blade, there is reduced risk of injury to

Switch, is the only device that is ergonomically designed to trim cows’ tails – as well as reduce the risk of repetitive strain injury in users. However, frustrations still abound as traditional clippers are not particularly suited to removing dags or matted hair. Firstly, because these were probably designed for removing wool from a sheep’s back; secondly, because they are quite heavy. Lisa Newman, a farmer’s daughter from New Plymouth and a student at Massey University, was very familiar with the problem. So she set out to design a dedicated trimmer that was suited to the conformation of the cow and also friendly for the operator. Extensive initial research within the dairy industry, which also involved speaking with veterinarians and animal care specialists, confirmed the need. But she also went on to look at a wide range of animal sizes, alongside shed design and working environments. Newman’s design, Switch, is the only device that is ergonomically designed to trim cows’ tails – as well as reduce the risk of repetitive strain injury in users. Currently a design concept, it is at a stage where discussions with potential manufacturers regarding

the animal and the user. Power is provided by an 18 volt/1.5Ah lithium-ion battery that testing suggests should have a 2-hour run time. Weighing in at 1.5kg, that weight is counterbalanced to take away the potential for RSI. Meanwhile, the cutting head is inclined at 40 degrees to keep the user’s wrist in a more natural position. The on/off switch is situated on the top face of the unit, allowing users to use the device in any position that feels more comfortable. “Regular tail trimming helps promote better animal health and well being by keeping the animals’ cleaner at the back end and especially around the udder and teats,” Newman explains. “It also helps reduce the risk of an animal from losing a part of its tail, as blood vessels become constricted by dried faecal matter and can result in self-docking.” She says Switch is effective and easy to use. “I also hope it will encourage farmers to move to tail trimming, rather than continue with the illegal practice of tail docking.” www.lisamarieedesigns.org @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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RANGE EXPANDED CLAAS HAS released another two new maize front attachments for its Jaguar harvesters. These join the 7.5 m ORBIS 750 and 6 m 600 SD standard diameter units released earlier this year. With a working width of 6 m, the new ORBIS 600 is equipped with large-diameter discs and is ideal for use in medium to tall maize crops. Meanwhile, the ORBIS 450 has a 4.5m working width and rounds out the lower end of the range. All models have the proven ‘V-shaped’ crop flow for optimal reliability, especially in variable harvesting conditions. They also feature newly designed fingers ahead of the knives to reduce crop losses and points which can be removed for harvesting laid maize. A new tilting frame concept ensures a centred feed of the crop to design the Jaguar’s the way. rollers, which professional advice,pre-compression – depending on field conditions thenext mounting Q–- allows Over the five to ten from where it has back-fired angle of the tilting frame can beyears, set towhat two different changes posido you badly. Forwere example, in wet conditions, cutting angle and of foreseethe to keep relevant Qtions. - If you approached front attachment if the front grow youreven business? bythe someone looking to can startbe maintained the forage into thestrive soil. to We will a wheels business,ofwhat wouldharvester sink

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Like a red rag to a bull! MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

FIRSTLY, I feel I must declare a little bias here. If a truck is painted the same colour as a Welsh rugby jersey it’s going to have to be good. Let’s also confirm that the new Jeep Gladiator is a truck, not a ute. First impressions – it’s big! Not RAM 2500 big. However, at 5.6 metres long, it’s 300mm longer than a Ford Ranger. Its 3090mm wheelbase is also 300mm longer than that of a Hilux. This latter point has the effect of putting the load tray behind the centre line of the rear axle, which in turns promotes better weight distribution and a less choppy ride. Based around the Jeep Wrangler JL, but with a 787mm longer frame and a 492mm longer wheelbase, the Rubicon-spec machine we lived with for a week certainly grew on you. Jumping up into the cabin could be a stretch for the vertically-challenged, but so is getting on a large horse. Once in, the saddle leather clad seats offered great support and, like the steering wheel, are heated – an unexpected bonus on a winter morning. Adjustment was ample and combined with tilt and telescopic steering wheel a good driving position could be found. The only real criticism was a small place to rest the left foot, restricted by a transmission tunnel “bump” in the foot well, and made worse if you wear work boots. Motive power is taken care of by the V6 – a naturally aspirated and thirsty 3.6-litre Pentastar engine. This pushes out 209kW power and 346Nm torque, and in turn is mated to a ZF-sourced 8-speed automatic transmission. It is responsive, delightfully smooth and best left to its own devices. Two versions are available, the well specified Overland and the upgraded Rubicon that was our red steed. Over-

land gets Jeep’s SelecTrac Active On-Demand 4x4 system, 18-inch alloys, keyless entry and a removable hard top roof. Add in a bunch of safety features like LED daytime running lights, full speed forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control and stop, blind spot monitor and rear cross path detection and the Gladiator is right up there. Options include a roll-up tonneau cover, spray-in bed liners and a host of outdoor activity fittings. Gladiator Rubicon takes things a step further with the Rock-Trac Active On-demand 4x4 system featuring 4-Lo, with Select Speed Control. This automatically holds the vehicle at a preset between 1 and 8km/h in very difficult terrain. In addition, Tru-Lok front and rear locking differentials keep things moving and a front sway bar disconnect function keeps the wheels planted to terra firma. With tough stuff in mind, 2-inch Fox dampers are fitted fore and aft, while a forward-facing trail camera gives a view of the terrain ahead. While both versions feature skid plates to protect the fuel tank, transfer case and the transmission oil pan, the up-spec Rubicon also gets 32-inch BF Goodrich off-road tyres mounted on 17-inch alloys, black fender flares and a steel rear bumper assembly. During our week with the Gladiator, its size is quickly forgotten – although not in the case of the domestic manager, who refused to climb up into the cab. We enjoyed the relaxed driving style, the surprisingly comfortable drive and, of course, the admiring glances – no doubt brought on by the Welsh Dragon Red paint job. Is the Gladiator a suitable choice for a working vehicle? Probably not. With a braked towing capacity of only 2721kg and a carrying capacity of only 620kg, it falls quite a way behind most of the

one tonne utes out there. But remember where we started – this isn’t a ute. So, if you want to “attack” the outdoors, maybe with the roof and

doors off, or drive something different with looks as rugged as John Wayne, Gladiator might be the choice for you – in red, of course!

The new Jeep Gladiator is a truck – not a ute!

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FLEXIBAR Flexibar includes all the safety and convenience features of the Quadbar with the added advantages of: • A flexible joint that allows the bar to flex rearwards in the event of contact with an overhead obstacle • The joint facilitates some sideways flexibility before locking and becoming more of a traditional crush protection device

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• In the event of a rearwards flip there is negligible movement from the flexible joint • The top section of the Flexibar can also be easily removed for transportation inside a vehicle.

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2020 has been and will continue to be a challenging year. Being an importer supporting the local market, we have seen longer than normal international lead-times due to fewer ships on the water, causing bottlenecks of containers at most international ports. Airfreight has also been disrupted due to fewer active aircraft, with Australian sourced product being greatly affected by the significant reductions in trans-Tasman flights.

Despite all this, Power Farming has kept you growing and as we move into spring will continue to keep you growing via our local dealer network, who in turn are supported by our New Zealand owned and operated distribution centre located right here in Aotearoa.

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GRAMMER MAXIMO® BASIC MECHANICAL SUSPENSION SEAT DF-0.900.0842.9/20

In order for a seat with mechanical suspension to be truly comfortable, it must be precisely adjusted to the user’s weight. In the Maximo® Basic, this is accomplished with an easy-touse lever. Ideal for drivers of standard tractors, this seat model comes with suspension travel of 100 mm, a fore/ aft isolator, and three-position height adjustment to ensure a comfortable ride. Was $1599.95

GRAMMER MAXIMO® COMFORT AIR SUSPENSION SEAT DF-0.900.0842.8/20

An integrated 12-volt air compressor makes it extremely easy to adjust the height of the Maximo® Comfort by raising or lowering a lever. Extra-wide, voluminous cushions add to the feeling of comfort while a lumbar support greatly reduces the risk of damage to spinal disks.

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AIR FILTERS

Donaldson Filtration Best Practices

CLEAN Pros

• Cost effective

Cons

• Each time the air intake system is serviced, it is exposed to the chance of introducing contamination • The filter warranty is no longer valid • The dirt holding capacity of a filter is reduced 20-40 percent with each cleaning attempt

Note: If you decide to clean and re-use air filter elements, use an approved filter washing service who will warrant their cleaning service. DISCLAIMER: Prices are based on recommended retails, exclude GST and are valid to 31 January 2021. Additional freight charges may apply. If in any doubt contact your local dealer for assistance when selecting the correct part for your model and application. Items shown are sample images only.

REPLACE Pros

• Manufacturer recommendation for best engine protection • Maintains manufacturer warranty standards • Less chance of contamination if manufacturer service schedule is adhered to • Best engine life and fuel efficiency

Cons

• More expensive than cleaning

Note: By following the manufacturers maintenance schedule, or by restriction measurement, you will get the best out of your filter elements.

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PLOUGH

We have the parts for machines that bear the Kverneland name

Your Power Farming Dealership is there to ensure you are operating at maximum potential by supplying the parts you need. As Kverneland’s official importer to the New Zealand market, Power Farming has direct access to the parts that support all brands within the Kverneland family. To earn the right to bear the Kverneland name, Kverneland parts are manufactured to extremely high standards and specifications. Quality parts will always work and fit as intended and will keep your

machine running at maximum performance. Do not compromise quality with cheap alternative solutions. Remember Original Kverneland parts are the best solution in achieving maximum output from your Kverneland branded investment. Your Power Farming parts specialist has access to all the Kverneland parts you need so give us a call for more information. Keeping you growing is in our DNA!

POINT & SHARE

REVERSIBLE POINT & SHARE KIT 16”

MOULDBOARD

KV-A133559530

25895

ONE COMPLETE LIFECYCLE *

*Based on average soil conditions

Suitable for KVERNELAND Reversible Ploughs with body no. 8-9-28-34

+GST

Thanks to our unique heat treatment processes, our steel guarantees long lasting mouldboards with money.

KNOCK-ON POINT & SHARE KIT 16”

CROSS SECTION OF A MOULDBOARD

KV-A133559932

•

ONE COMPLETE LIFECYCLE *

29750

*Based on average soil conditions

Suitable for KVERNELAND Reversible Ploughs with body no. 8-9-28-34

•

+GST

PLOUGH

MOULDBOARD RH # 28 KV-KK08322894

36350

+GST

MOULDBOARD LH # 28 KV-KK08322994

36350

SHOP INSTORE OR ONLINE

+GST

www.partsdirect.farm

MOULDBOARD RH # 8 KV-KK07328694

33195

+GST

MOULDBOARD LH # 8 KV-KK07328794

33195

+GST

DISCLAIMER: Prices are based on recommended retails, exclude GST and are valid to 31 January 2021. Additional freight charges may apply. If in any doubt contact your local dealer for assistance when selecting the correct part for your model and application. Items shown are sample images only.

PROFI-LINE GRASS GEAR MOWERS

The cutterbar uses round discs that make the Profi-Line range of mowers less susceptible to stone impact.

CUTTING DISC KV-KT5513300094

17295

+GST

PROFIT SPRING

KNIFE LH (126MM)

15550

$ 95 +GST

KV-KT5518800086

KNIFE RH (126MM)

KV-KT5611090001

+GST

All items listed above suitable for Kverneland 2832F, 3332FT, 3336FT, 5095M, 5087MN, 53100MT mowers.

KV-KT5611040001

$ 95 +GST

TEDDER

TEDDER SPRING TINE (10MM) KV-A131393586

2295

TINE FIXING SET KV-A131835230

2095

+GST

TINE SAFETY DEVICE KV-VF06565406

1550

+GST

All items listed above suitable for Kverneland 8590C, 85112C, 85140C tedders.

RAKES

TEDDER SPRING TINE (10MM) KV-VF16642899.88

50 +GST

TINE FIXING SET KV-A131491730

95 +GST

TINE SAFETY DEVICE KV-VF06564420

1550

+GST

All items listed above suitable for Kverneland 9584C, 9590C HYDRO, 95130C, 95130C PRO, 97150C rakes.

Profi-line Performance Promise • 2 year full warranty on profi-line products • Authorised start-up session by Kverneland specialist team DISCLAIMER: Prices are based on recommended retails, exclude GST and are valid to 31 January 2021. Additional freight charges may apply. If in any doubt contact your local dealer for assistance when selecting the correct part for your model and application. Items shown are sample images only.

• Free winter pre-service inspection • Starter kit, maintenance kit and service kits • Guaranteed 24 hour parts availability

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BALERS CHAIN KITS

Chain kits consist of genuine DiamondÂ® brand chain as used by McHale. This is a great opportunity to give your baler a chain overhaul and be ready for the season ahead. MH-CHAINKIT-1 UP TO S/N 702493

Fits MCHALE F540/F550/F560

204995

+GST

MH-CHAINKIT-2 FROM S/N 702494

Fits MCHALE F540/F550/F560

MH-CHAINKIT-3

214995

+GST

224995

Fits MCHALE Fusion 1

+GST

MH-CHAINKIT-4

UP TO S/N 659000 (FUSION 3) UP TO S/N 656740 (FUSION 3 PLUS) Fits MCHALE Fusion 2, Fusion 3 (CamTrack pick-up only) and Fusion 3 Plus (Cam-Track pick-up only)

NOW AVAILABLE 400g Castrol grease cartridges to suit McHale greasing systems. Enquire now at your nearest Power Farming or McHale dealer.

229995

+GST

MH-CHAINKIT-5

FROM S/N 659001 (FUSION 3) FROM S/N 656741 (FUSION 3 PLUS) Fits MCHALE Fusion 3, Fusion 3 (CamTrack pick-up only) and Fusion 3 Plus (Cam-Track pick-up only)

229995

+GST

MH-CHAINKIT-6

FROM S/N 800100 - 805000 Fits MCHALE V660 (without optional Top Cleaning Auger fitted)

164995

+GST

MH-CHAINKIT-7

FROM S/N 800100 - 805000 Fits MCHALE V660 (with optional Top Cleaning Auger fitted)

164995

+GST

MH-CHAINKIT-14

UP TO S/N 900339 (without optional Top Cleaning Auger fitted) Fits MCHALE Fusion VARIO (Cam-Track pickup only)

174995

+GST

MH-CHAINKIT-15

UP TO S/N 900339 (with optional Top Cleaning Auger fitted) Fits MCHALE Fusion VARIO (Cam-Track pick-up only)

MH-CHAINKIT-16

174995

SHOP INSTORE OR ONLINE

www.partsdirect.farm

+GST

FROM S/N 900340 (with optional Top Cleaning Auger fitted)

Fits MCHALE Fusion VARIO (Cam-Track pick-up only)

174995

+GST

MIXER WAGONS

Keep your Wagon working with Castrol

OIL RESERVOIR 3QT (SQUARE) JL-AAB-008-00022

18350

Service your auger gearboxes using Castrol Alphasyn EP220 oil. Available at your local Jaylor dealer.

+GST

OIL RESERVOIR 3QT (ROUNDED) JL-AAA-008-00091

25695

+GST

FEED WAGONS

CONVEYOR CHAIN ASSY – 6FT 41” JL-AAB-006-00087

COMPLETE JOINER LINK KIT JL-AAB-006-00023

356595

COMPLETE JOINER HALF LINK KIT

10295

+GST

All items listed above suitable for most JAYLOR 4000 & 5000 series.

JL-AAB-006-00024

10295

+GST

FEED WAGONS

SINGLE KNIFE

Including bolts/nuts, JL-AAB-005-00018

21995

ANGLING BLADE / AUGER TIP

KIT OF 10 KNIVES

Including bolts/nuts. JL-AAA-005-00226

+GST

Weld on JL-AAA-005-00085

188950

+GST

All items listed above suitable for most JAYLOR 4000 & 5000 series. DISCLAIMER: Prices are based on recommended retails, exclude GST and are valid to 31 January 2021. Additional freight charges may apply. If in any doubt contact your local dealer for assistance when selecting the correct part for your model and application. Items shown are sample images only.

VERTICAL KNIFE C/W FASTENERS Weld on JL-AAA-005-00225

15850

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+GST

32495

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+GST

LK30 FUEL FILTER

ENGINE OIL FILTER

KI-84612-4316-0

KI-E6201-32443

1995

Lifestyle Range

$ 50 +GST

+GST

OUTER AIR FILTER KI-E6300-11081

6750

+GST

INNER AIR FILTER KI-E6300-11091

2450

IGNITION KEY (SET OF 2)

HYDRAULIC OIL FILTER

KI-T2545-41151

1650

+GST

KI-T2185-38031

7795

+GST

FAN BELT

FUEL CAP

KI-E6300-72532

1850

KI-T2540-54821

95 +GST

DK551

IGNITION KEY (SET OF 2) KI-T4620-75191

$ ENGINE OIL FILTER KI-E6201-32443

+GST

FUEL CAP

(up to s/n EA12 00052) KI-T2540-54821

2495

50 +GST

+GST

FUEL CAP ASSY

+GST

50 +GST

(From s/n EA12 00053) KI-T2611-54825

5295

FUEL FILTER

+GST

KI-T4682-43172

4750

+GST

OUTER AIR FILTER KI-TC26-1225A

FAN BELT

8695

KI-E6305-72533

+GST

INNER AIR FILTER (OPTION ONLY) KI-E7230-11091

HYDRAULIC OIL FILTER

SHOP INSTORE OR ONLINE

95 +GST

www.partsdirect.farm

KI-T5710-38031

5550

+GST

1995

+GST

MCCORMICK AND LANDINI

Supporting What We Sold MCCORMICK

LEFT HAND DOOR GLASS MI-SG9006

34995

+GST

RIGHT HAND DOOR GLASS MI-SG9005

34995

REAR WINDOW GLASS MI-SG9007

35450

+GST

All items listed above suitable for most McCormick CX, MC, MTX, ZTX series tractors.

ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP ASSY MI-ULPK0041

36895

+GST

Suitable for most McCormick CX, MC series tractors with Tier 2 or Tier 3 engines.

MANUAL FUEL LIFT PUMP MI-ULPK0036

9295

CAB FILTER MC-248124A2

7450

+GST

Suitable for most McCormick MC (POWER 6) series tractors with Tier 1 engines.

+GST

Suitable for most McCormick CX, MC, MTX, ZTX series tractors built prior to restyled cab (2009).

LANDINI

TIE ROD END ASSY LA-3559817M91

34095

+GST

Suitable for most Landini ATLAS, GHIBLI, GLOBALFARM, POWERFARM, VISION, 60 series tractors.

MANUAL FUEL LIFT PUMP MI-ULPK0034

HYDRAULIC PUMP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HIGH FLOW

ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP ASSY

137695

LA-3661228M91

MI-ULPK0041

36895

+GST

Suitable for most Landini ATLAS, GHIBLI, GLOBALFARM, GLOBUS, POWERFARM series tractors.

Suitable for most Landini POWERMONDIAL, REX, TECHNOFARM, TREKKER, VIGNETI, VISION, 60 series tractors with Tier 2 or Tier 3 engines.

BRAKE & PTO SAFETY SWITCH

EURO HITCH SPECIAL MI-CP00

LA-3532018M91

Was $126.95

95 +GST

Suitable for most Landini ATLAS, GHIBLI, GLOBUS, MYTHOS, REX, TREKKER, VIGNETI, VISION, 60 series tractors with Tier 1 engines.

11495

95 +GST

Suitable for most Landini ADVANTAGE, ATLAS, BLIZZARD, GHIBLI, GLOBUS, LEGEND, MISTRAL, MYTHOS, REX, TREKKER, VIGNETI, VISION, 60, 70, 80 series tractors.

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+GST

MI-CP00-B Was $142.50

12995

+GST

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GRASS MOWER

TEDDER

ROTARY TEDDER TINE

LH MOWER BLADE $ 95 KR-0009520430KR +GST

ROTARY TEDDER TINE CCW MI-4104311680KR

KR-0009568151KR

RH MOWER BLADE KR-0009520420KR $ 95 +GST

1495

+GST

MI-4104311750KR

1495

+GST

2 2

SUITABLE FOR MOST KRONE AFA, AFL, AM, AMT, EASYCUT, BIG M SERIES MOWER

RAKES

ROTARY TEDDER TINE MI-150862KR $ 95

ROTARY RAKE TINE

TEDDER TINE FIXATION ASSY MI-150094KN $ 95

SUITABLE FOR A RANGE OF CLAAS LINER SERIES RAKES

RH MOWER BLADE $ 95 MI-001398893KR +GST

+GST

KR-0009554830KR

1195

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST FELLA TH SERIES AND MASSEY FERGUSON SERIES TEDDERS

LH MOWER BLADE $ 95 MI-55903210KR +GST

ROTARY TEDDER TINE CCW

RH MOWER BLADE MI-55903310KR $ 95 +GST

MI-58740600KR

1495

+GST

ROTARY TEDDER TINE CW

SUITABLE FOR MOST KUHN FC, GMD SERIES MOWERS

MI-58740700KR

2 2

SUITABLE FOR MOST POTTINGER NOVA, NOVAALPIN, NOVACAT, NOVADISC SERIES MOWERS

BALER / LOADER WAGON PICK UP TINE

+GST

COMPLETE TINE FIXATION ASSY MI-160305KN $ 95

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST FELLA TS SERIES RAKES

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST OLDER KRONE SWADRO SERIES RAKES

ROTARY RAKE TINE MI-436031KR$ 95

MI-58525700KN

ROTARY RAKE TINE MI-160111KR$ 95

+GST

COMPLETE TINE FIXATION ASSY

RH MOWER BLADE MI-434970KR $ 95 +GST

+GST

ROTARY RAKE TINE MI-002684050KR$ 95

1496

LH MOWER BLADE $ 95 MI-434969KR +GST

+GST

ABOVE SUITABLE FOR MOST LELY LOTUS SERIES TEDDERS

SUITABLE FOR MOST CLAAS VOLTO SERIES TEDDERS

LH MOWER BLADE $ 95 MI-001398883KR +GST

+GST

ROTARY TEDDER TINE CW

TEDDER TINE FIXATION ASSY MI-0009191561KN $ 95

SUITABLE FOR MOST CLAAS COUGAR, DIRECT DISC, DISCO SERIES MOWERS

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+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST KUHN GF SERIES TEDDERS

SUITABLE FOR MOST POTTINGER EUROTOP / TOP SERIES RAKES

PICK UP TINE

MI-CC25176N

MI-436151N

MI-0008483810KR

1295

$ 50 +GST

+GST

$ 50 +GST SUITABLE FOR MOST POTTINGER EUROPROFI, FARO, JUMBO, SILOPROFI, TORRO LOADER WAGONS

SUITABLE FOR MOST CLAAS QUADRANT, ROLLANT VARIANT SERIES BALER

SUITABLE FOR MOST JOHN DEERE F 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 SERIES BALERS

PICK UP TINE

SILAGE KNIFE

MI-87010630N

MI-SM52103

MI-80131673N

$ 50 +GST

$ 50

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST CASE RB, RBX, SB AND NEW HOLLAND 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, BR SERIES BALERS

SHOP INSTORE OR ONLINE

SUITABLE FOR MOST STRAUTMANN GIGA VITESSE, MEGA VITESSE, SUPER VITESSE LOADER WAGONS

www.partsdirect.farm

4750

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST OLDER SCHUITEMAKER RAPIDE SERIES WITH 5MM BLADES

CULTIVATION DISCS 12.5” (318MM) X 3MM PLAIN DISC

432MM X 5MM SCALLOPED DISC

MI-11353-L

12.5” (318MM) X 3MM FLUTED TURBO DISC

95 +GST

MI-22035-L

DISC BOLT M12X26MM

MI-XL-041

MI-451371-L

+GST

MI-451372-L

MI-461262KR

MI-CP50

45X12MM S-TINE & POINT

MI-PF300102

+GST

$ 95

+GST

GOLIATH TINE ASSY (150X14MM) C/W POINT $ 95

+GST

MI-PF301922

2295

32X12MM S-TINE & POINT

6350

SUITABLE FOR MOST VADERSTAD RAPID SERIES SEED DRILL

2095

32X10MM S-TINE & POINT

+GST

DISC BOLT M12X26MM

SUITABLE FOR MOST AMAZONE CATROS, CENTAUR DISC HARROWS

POINTS

6350

410MM X 5MM CONICAL SEED DISC BLADE

20” (510MM X 4MM SCALLOPED DISC BLADE $ 95 MI-78201966-L

+GST

410MM X 5MM FLAT SEED DISC BLADE

18” (460MM) X 4MM SCALLOPED DISC BLADE $ 95 MI-XL-043

SUITABLE FOR MOST VADERSTAD CARRIER SERIES DISC HARROWS

+GST

18” (460MM) X 4MM PLAIN DISC BLADE

+GST

$ 95

MI-461262KR

4450

SUITABLE FOR MOST DUNCAN ENVIRO SEED DRILLS

6350

MI-466947-L

+GST

MI-22002-L

+GST

450MM X 5MM SCALLOPED DISC

SUITABLE FOR MOST DUNCAN RENOVATOR SEED DRILLS

15” (380MM) X 4MM PLAIN DISC

5795

MI-459608-L

421

+GST

4195

MI-PF300802

+GST

Introducing our new Grass and Cultivation Catalogue 100%

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BALERS

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BALERS

KRONE

GRASS AND CULTIVATION KR Series Pick Up Tine

CATALOGUE

MCHALE

Suitable for Krone KR 130S, 10-16S. MI-009382750N

F5 Series Pick Up Tine

Suitable for Krone VP 1500, 1800. MI-009381481N

F5 Series Pick Up Tine

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale F540, F550, F560, F5400, F5500, F5600.

MH-CTN00025

MH-CTN00008

F5 Series Chopping Knife

F5 Series Chopping Knife Blank

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale F540, F550, F560, F5400, F5500, F5600.

FUSION Series Pick Up Band

FUSION Series Chopping Knife

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

SHOP INSTORE OR ONLINE

Suitable for McHale F5400, F5500, F5600

M12 MH-CEL00766 M18 MH-CEL00767 M30 MH-CEL00768

FUSION Series Pick Up Band

FUSION Series Pick Up Tine

MH-CTN00008

MH-CTP00456

F5 Series Proximity Sensor

MH-CEL00215

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

(Cam-less Pick Up) 3, Suitable for McHale FUSION VARIO. FUSION 3 PLUS, FUSION

MH-CTP00456

F540, Suitable for most McHale F550, F560, F5400, F5500, F5600.

FUSION Series Pick Up Tine

MH-CEL00017

(Cam-less Pick Up) Suitable for McHale F5600.

MH-CTP00048

F5 Series Universal Sensor 3.6m

MH-CZE00143

Suitable for McHale F450, F550, F560, F5400, F5500, F5600.

F5600.

(Cam-Track Pick Up) F550, Suitable for McHale F540, F560, F5400, F5500, F5600.

MH-CKN00014

F5 Series Magnet Blue Wheel 33x16

P ESTO ONSolution

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale F540, F550, F560, F5400, F5500,

MH-CKN00014

(Cam-Less Pick Up) 3, Suitable for McHale FUSION VARIO. FUSION 3 PLUS, FUSION

MH-CTN00025

FUSION Series Chopping Knife Blank

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

MH-CZE00143

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

3, Suitable for McHale FUSION VARIO. FUSION 3 PLUS, FUSION

MH-CEL00215

MH-CBE00320

FUSION Series Kit FUSION Series Kit Dispenser Gears 64% Dispenser Gears 70%

F5 Series Pick Up Band

(Cam-Less Pick Up) Suitable for McHale F5600.

Suitable for McHale FUSION Vario.

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

MH-CTP00048

FUSION Series Short Belt

Suitable for McHale FUSION Vario.

MH-CBE00184

for your local dealer any doubt, contact your model and DISCLAIMER: If in the correct part for assistance when selecting descriptions and item numbers are application. OEM names, images only. Items shown are sample used as reference only.

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

FUSION Series Transmitter Even/ Gear Cover

MH-ADP00020

FUSION Series Transmitter Odd/ Gear Cover

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale V640, V660.

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

MH-CKN00011

MH-CEL00230

MH-CTN00008

MH-CTP00456

MH-ADP00085

FUSION Series Knife – Cut & Hold

V6 Series Pick Up Band

V6 Series Pick Up Tine

V6 Series Chopping Knife

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale V640, V660.

MH-ACT00061

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MH-ADP00019

MH-CEL00222

V6 Series Pick Up Band

MH-CEL00017

FUSION Series Kit Dispenser Gears 32%

FUSION Series Receiver Assy

V6 Series Pick Up Tine

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PPLUS, FUSION VARIO.

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

MH-CEL00221

FUSION Series Knife Kit – Cut & Hold

(Cam-less Pick Up) Suitable for McHale V640, V660.

M12 MH-CEL00766 M18 MH-CEL00767 M30 MH-CEL00768

FUSION Series Kit Dispenser Gears 55%

Suitable for McHale FUSION, 3 FUSION 2, FUSION 3, FUSION PLUS, FUSION VARIO.

MH-ADP00018

FUSION Series Magnet Blue Wheel 33x16

FUSION Series Proximity Sensor

FUSION Series Universal Sensor 3.6m

FUSION Series Single Belt

VARIO PACK Series Pick Up Tine

MH-CKN00014

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(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale V640, V660.

(Cam-Less Pick Up) Suitable for McHale V640, V660.

MH-CTP00048

MH-CTN00025

V6 Series Single Belt

V6 Series Chopping Knife Blank

(Cam-Track Pick Up) Suitable for McHale V640, V660.

Suitable for McHale FUSION Vario.

MH-CZE00143

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Our new Grass and Cultivation catalogue. Your ultimate guide to finding wearing parts for most makes and models of machinery. Contact your local dealership for more information, or visit partsdirect.farm

SHOP INSTORE OR ONLINE www.partsdirect.farm

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SIMBA GREAT PLAINS

P ESTO ON n Solutio

Supporting What We Sold PRO-EDGE POINT 100MM SB-812-425C

6695

POINT 4” BOURGAULT KNOCK ON MI-P14597-L

5595

896

MI-820-542C-L

14795

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS 2B, 3B, S2, S3, 23C SERIES DISC HARROWS

POINT ADAPTOR

MI-P14446-L

14250

MI-P00226-L

1001

SB-603-100V

9850

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS ST-BAR, EXPRESS, SL SERIES CULTIVATORS AND DISC HARROWS

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS 3B, S3, 23C SERIES DISC HARROWS

RH DISC ARM BEARING UNIT

DISC BEARING

MI-P08370-L

115

39095

+GST

GREASE SEAL (ORIGINAL LEATHER TYPE)

26” (660MM) X 6MM SCALLOPED DISC BLADE MI-P00280-L

13195

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS 1B, 2B, MK1, S1, S2, 12C, 23C SERIES DISC HARROWS

MI-601-013S-L

20795

39095

+GST

MI-601-027V-L

MI-P00220-L

8895

+GST

MI-P00282-L

14795

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS DTX, EXPRESS, SL, SLD SERIES DISC HARROWS

20” (510MM) X 6MM SCALLOPED DISC BLADE

ROLLER BEARING ASSY (SEALED NON-GREASABLE) MI-822-328C-L

37995

6895

+GST

20” (510MM) X 5MM SOIL RAZOR DISC BLADE

MI-P05431-L

22150

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS 1B, 2B, 3B, MK1, S1, S2, S3, 12C, 23C, 34C SERIES DISC HARROWS

11595

+GST

ROLLER BEARING ASSY (GREASABLE)

MI-820-534C-L

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS 2B, 3B, S2, S3, 23C, 34C SERIES DISC HARROWS

MI-DBS201

28” (710MM) X 6MM SCALLOPED DISC BLADE

+GST

HUB BEARING & SEAL KIT

GREASE SEAL (RUBBER LIP TYPE) $

+GST

LH DISC ARM BEARING UNIT

SB-P00220

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS 12C SERIES DISC HARROWS

MI-601-012S-L

7895

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS EXPRESS, SL, SLD SERIES DISC HARROWS

+GST

MI-P00221-L

24” (610MM) SCALLOPED DISC BLADE

+GST

24” (610MM) X 8MM SCALLOPED DISC BLADE

DISC BEARING ASSY REAR (ROUND AXLE)

+GST

22” (560MM) X 5MM SOIL RAZOR DISC BLADE

MI-P00216-L

+GST

DISC BEARING ASSY (ROUND AXLE)

+GST

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS CULTIPRESS CULTIVATORS, DTX, EXPRESS, SL, SLD SERIES DISC HARROWS & DD RING ROLLERS

SUITABLE FOR MOST SIMBA GREAT PLAINS DTX, EXPRESS, SL SERIES DISC HARROWS

INDENT SPECIAL PRICING • 20% thicker for longer durability • Made from heat treated Boron steel • Small cutaways improve the wheels ability to shatter or fissure hard, dry soil effectively • Other versions available for DD LITE rollers used on Simba Great Plains machines • Small cutaways improve traction for enhanced poor weather performance

710mm x 6mm Press Ring Half MI-PRR-710

610MM X 6MM PRESS RING HALF MI-PRR-610

Contact your local Power Farming dealer for more information

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C HRISTMAS CORNER PUSH/PEDAL TRACTORS

DEUTZ-FAHR AGROKID 230 PUSH TRACTOR KR-M03D041

DEUTZ-FAHR 5D PUSH TRACTOR C/W TRAILER KR-M03D077

8995

10995

+GST

(Age 1+)

DEUTZ-FAHR 5120 C/W FRONT END LOADER

249

MI-M03D071

+GST

19995

(Age 1+)

DEUTZ-FAHR 5120 MI-M03D042

DEUTZ-FAHR 5115 C/W FRONT END LOADER AND TRAILER

95 +GST

KR-M03D043

(Age 2+)

DEUTZ-FAHR 7250TTV KR-M03D045

301

25995

95 +GST

(Age 3+)

DEUTZ-FAHR 7250TTV C/W FRONT END LOADER

95 +GST

+GST

(Age 3+)

DEUTZ-FAHR GO KART

314

KR-M03D046

+GST

24995

MI-M03D057

+GST

(Age 3+) TRAILERS

ROLLYKID TRAILER KR-R12172

ACCESSORIES

ROLLY KIPPER II TRAILER

ROLLY STEERING WHEEL MI-X38600001580

1695

MI-R12886

5195

7995

+GST

DEUTZ-FAHR MEGA TIP TRAILER KR-M03D039

MI-21201500080

MI-M03D050

+GST

16195

+GST

ROLLY STEERING WHEEL & HORN

+GST

DEUTZ-FAHR SLURRY TANKER C/W SPRAY NOZZLE

20050

1995

+GST

ROLLY STEERING WHEEL WITH SOUND MI-R40920

4750

+GST

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BARE-CO & RAM MOUNTS

ESTO ONSolution

OUR MOST POPULAR KIT

½” DOUBLE ACTING QUICK RELEASE COUPLER KIT

½” DOUBLE ACTING SLEEVE BREAKAWAY KIT $ 96 B3743 +GST

B17

159

*cannot be connected while under pressure

½” DOUBLE ACTING SLEEVE BREAKAWAY KIT

5928

STANDARD HYDRAULIC TOP LINK – CAT 1 B8107

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22874

B5061

+GST

STANDARD HYDRAULIC TOP LINK – CAT 2

279

93 +GST

B8111

Adjustment Range: 520mm to 710mm ¾” Eyelets 9/16” UNF (UN O-Ring) Port Size Max Pushing Force: 29419N (3000kg) Max Pulling Force: 19613N (2000kg) Note: Does not include Anti-Creep Valve

STANDARD HYDRAULIC TOP LINK – CAT 3 B8112

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+GST

*This kit can be connected while under pressure

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B8113

+GST

Adjustment Range: 700mm to 910mm 1.1/4” Eyelets 3/8” BSP Port Size Max Pushing Force: 98570N (10000kg) Max Pulling Force: 73928N (7500kg) Note: Includes Anti-Creep Valve

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+GST

Adjustment Range: 620mm to 890mm 1” Eyelets 3/8” BSP Port Size Max Pushing Force: 61100N (6200kg) Max Pulling Force: 42260N (4200kg) Note: Includes Anti-Creep Valve

STANDARD HYDRAULIC TOP LINK – CAT 3 (QUICK HITCH)

77314

54386

81313

+GST

Adjustment Range: 700mm to 910mm 1.1/4” Eyelets 3/8” BSP Port Size Max Pushing Force: 98570N (10000kg) Max Pulling Force: 73928N (7500kg) Note: Includes Anti-Creep Valve

RAM® | NOW STOCKING B SIZE

RAM® X-GRIP® PHONE HOLDER (UP TO 3.25” WIDE)

• 1” diameter ball • Holds up to 2lbs • Ideal for phones, cameras and cup holders

MI-RAM-HOL-UN7BU

10550

+GST

RAM® TWIST-LOCK™ DOUBLE SUCTION CUP BASE C/W BALL

RAM® RECTANGULAR PLATE ADAPTOR – 4 HOLE

RAM® SHORT SOCKET ARM (60MM)

MI-RAM-B-189B-202U

MI-RAM-B-347U

MI-RAM-B-201U-A

11595

2095

+GST

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+GST

5195

+GST

THE GREAT GREASE GUN PROMO

IS BACK! PREMIUM HEAVY DUTY GREASE CARTRIDGES 24 X 450GM CARTRIDGES

RETAIL $180.00 +GST

BUY 24 CARTRIDGES (2 BOXES) & GET A $ FREE GREASE GUN*

14995

+GST

WORTH $35+GST

WE HAVE HELPED TO REDUCE OVER 150,000KG OF CO2 BY USING *Terms and conditions apply. While stocks last.

Depend on RAM® to bring value to your operations with a wide range or mounting solutions built specifically with agriculture in mind

C SIZE

• 1.5” diameter ball • Holds up to 4lbs • Ideal for tablets and small monitors RAM® TWIST-LOCK™ TRIPLE SUCTION CUP BASE C/W EXTENSION & ROUND PLATE MOUNT MI-RAP-365-101U

235

RAM® X-GRIP® TABLET HOLDER (9” – 10”) MI-RAM-HOL-UN9U

18995

+GST

RAM® RECTANGULAR BASE (2” X 2.5”)

RAM® MEDIUM SOCKET ARM (145MM)

MI-RAM-202U-225

MI-RAM-201U

3895

5795

+GST

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