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MORE SCIENCE and technology, more trees and fewer livestock is the prescription that the Climate Change Commission has offered up in its draft report on how to reduce greenhouse gases in the agriculture sector.

The report covers all aspect of New Zealand society and includes agriculture.

In the 200 page chronicle, the Climate Commission sets out a plan for NZ to meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2050. It is a draft report, based on the commission’s own research and submissions from a wide range of organisations and individuals. It is now out for consultation before a final report is prepared by the end of May. Commission chair Rod Carr says to achieve the Government’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050, there needs to be transformational and lasting change across society and the economy. He says the Government must act now and pick up the pace.

Carr says the targets will not be met unless there is strong and decisive action to drive low emissions technology and behavioural change across all sectors.

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Carr told Rural News that agriculture has a large role to play in reducing emissions and farming needs to become even more efficient. He says while improvements have been made in the last few decades, more must happen.

“I think the ask of agriculture is similar to all New Zealanders, it is ambitious and realistic,” he says.

Carr told Rural News that under the current policies, NZ will not meet the targets and that between now and 2035. However, he believes some policies and support can be put in place to achieve a 13% reduction in biogenic methane by 2030 and a 20% reduction by 2035. But he concedes that further action will be needed to meet the 2050 target.

• See more pages 4-5 Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr says agriculture has a large role to play in reducing emissions and farming needs to become even more efficient.

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DON’T RULE out another lift in Fonterra’s milk price with global dairy prices on a roll, say commentators.

Fonterra lifted its forecast farmgate milk range, last week, by 20 cents, settling on a midpoint of $7.20/kgMS. However, some banks are already pencilling in between $7.40 and $7.50 for this season.

Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions are continuing their golden run- last week’s GDT price index recorded its sixth consecutive increase.

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WAIKATO DAIRY farmer George Moss says New Zealand’s dairy industry must keep innovating or risk losing the mantle of being the world’s most emissions efficient.

He says it’s nice to know that NZ dairy is ahead of the pack with the lowest carbon footprint but we need to go further.

Moss was commenting on new research that shows NZ dairy farmers have the world’s lowest carbon footprint – at half the emissions of other international producers.

AgResearch analysis released last month confirmed NZ retains its outstanding position in low-emission dairy milk production, with an onfarm carbon footprint 46% less than the average of 18 countries studied.

Moss, who is also a dairy climate change ambassador, uses the America’s Cup analogy to describe the climate change battle.

Waikato dairy farmer George Moss says NZ’s dairy industry must keep innovating or risk losing the mantle of being the world’s most emissions efficient.

“Yes, we are the holders of the cup now but if we don’t keep innovating and be smart, our competitors will take it off us,” he told Rural News.

Moss says international markets for our milk expect NZ to do the right thing when it comes to climate change.

“We also have an obligation to the NZ society to do the right thing,’ he says.

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“The AgResearch report was a pleasant acknowledgment of our efficiency, the Climate Change Commission document was sobering for all NZ of the challenge ahead,’ says Moss.

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New Zealand is the most efficient producer at 0.74 kg CO2e/kg FPCM (fat and protein corrected milk) – which is 46% less than the average of the countries studied. The average is 1.37kg CO2e/kg FPCM. Moss concedes that NZ’s pasturebased farming and genetic improvements are important components.

“Grass-based farms and sophisticated animal breeding are key components to our low carbon footprint but there is more we need to do as we play our part in addressing climate change,” he says.

“We are world-leading at emissions efficient milk production, but we must continue to adapt and adopt new technology and knowledge.

“Our global competitors are never far behind, plus we know it is the right thing to do for our environment, our consumers and humanity as a whole.”

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we are seeing in prices over all contract periods for the rest of the season,” he says.

BNZ is also forecasting a $7.40/ kgMS milk price and senior economist Doug Steel agrees with Fonterra that with New Zealand through this season’s peak, the impact of any changes in global market dynamics is reducing.

He doesn’t expect other factors like NZ weather conditions, expected challenges from further waves of COVID, and increasing milk produc-

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“Assuming these risk factors don’t overly disrupt things – which is our base case – current product price momentum suggests a milk price in the top half of Fonterra’s newly minted range,” says Steel.

He expects all eyes to be on the upcoming auctions to see how things track into season’s end. One potential fly in the ointment is a stronger NZ dollar.

“We wonder if Fonterra’s effective NZD/USD exchange rate for 2020/21 may be a little higher than

around the mid-60s that we currently assume. A stronger NZD is a headwind for domestic milk prices.

But with assumed hedging activities we see this as having a more chilling effect on next season’s milk price rather than the current season,” says Steel.

Westpac had lifted its forecast farmgate price to $7.50/kgMS ahead of Fonterra’s latest price revision.

Senior agri economist Nathan Penny says the ongoing price firmness is consistent with its recent milk price revisions and further price rises and built in.

“Our forecast is at the top of Fonterra’s updated forecast range.

In contrast to our forecast for global dairy prices to gain further, it appears that the midpoint of Fonterra’s forecast range assumes that prices recede over the remainder of the season.”

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the lift in the farmgate milk price range is a result of strong demand.

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ONE ISSUE that has been picked out of the Climate Change Commis-

sion report is a reference to reducing stock numbers by 15%.

Some environmental activists are claiming that the dairy industry has

being given a free pass to pollute. Rodd Carr does not see it that way.

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with land-use change, the de-intensification as a result of the water regulations, and some of the opportunities to get more production from the residual 85% of flocks means that we will be able to produce as much milk and meat as we produce today but with fewer animals.

“That raises the question that do few fewer animals create more methane so you don’t really get the reduction – the answer this does not appear to be the case.”

Carr says selective breeding of sheep to develop a trait that produces an animal with lower emissions is realistic. He believes that the farmers understand the concept of breeding for different traits and have been very good at it over many years.

Carr also points to how the sheep industry has responded to price pressure over the years.

He says farmers have figured out how to manage with relatively limited numbers and have done a stunning job in breeding specific traits into their flocks.

But he notes that research along similar lines in the dairy industry is only just beginning and he wonders why.

“We have to say, how do we accelerate breeding sheep and feed that result in lower methane emissions,” he told Rural News. “That hasn’t been the objective for the last 20 years, but if we make that a key objective for the next 20 years – then I have every reason to believe that we will find better practices and can apply them widely.”

Carr believes that once farmers see and understand these new farm practices they will now, as in the past, adapt quickly to the changes.

“There needs to be investment in education and support to let farmers know and understand what those choices are,” he says.

Carr says the lack of independent advice is an issue for farmers and one he says was raised by farmers in the initial consultation when preparing this draft report. He says farmers expressed concern at the number of consultants and sales reps all offering options, which left them totally confused about what to do.

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Technology and its role THE REPORT places a lot of emphasis on science and technology.

It notes the advances being made in developing methane inhibitors and vaccines, which would help to significantly reduce emissions in the ag sector. But it quickly adds that such technologies are not yet available.

The report says farmers need to take up new technology as it becomes available, but Rod Carr has a caveat on that. “We must ensure that the rural broadband initiative is resourced and prioritised so that farmers have access to data and information to support decision making and the ability to practise precision agriculture,” he told Rural News.

Carr also suggests that priorities for science funding need to be made to ensure climate change related science is undertaken to meet the emissions targets.

“We need to make sure that if we have good science we roll it out,” he explains. “There is temptation for the science community to be looking for the next best thing, whereas we know the real benefits come when the last good thing is adopted widely.

“It’s not only publicising the science; it’s about having people out there with farmers, getting mud on their boots and working out specific solutions for individual farms,” he adds.

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that means because we don’t want to tell farmers what they need,” Carr explained. “We want farmers to say what they need to adopt good practices and get good advice.”

He adds that during consultation phase, the commission would be interested in hearing

more on this subject from farmers.

Carr expects there will be some land use change with a small shift to horticulture and forestry – both exotic and native.

However, he warns while forests have a role to play, NZ can’t ‘plant itself out of climate change’.

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AS WELL as discussing in great detail the ways to achieve the 2050 emission targets, the report issues a warning about the risk to the primary sector if it does nothing.

It is similar to the narrative associated with the new freshwater regulations.

Incidentally, these (the freshwater regulations) are also seen as another driver to lowering

emissions.

The report warns that NZ may even lose market access to global markets, which are seeking lower emission products.

“We are vulnerable to consumer preference which means if consumers just decide that they don’t like your things because they perceive them as in some way tainted, that is a real problem – regardless of

whether it’s true or not,” Carr told Rural News.

“Then there is the risk of regulatory exclusion – where some countries have imposed real economic costs on their own producers to reduce their emissions and are unlikely to allow cheap, nasty imported products to compete with them.

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consumer preferences and regulators barriers give you really good reasons about why we need to take this stuff seriously,” he says.

Carr also adds that banks and financial institutions are very much tuned into the impacts of climate change and this is reflected in their lending policies. He says the cost and availability of credit may be linked one’s carbon footprint and farming practices.

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Move to mitigate illegal kiwifruit growing in China PETER BURKE peterb@ruralnews.co.nz

ZESPRI IS reworking a proposal to seek approval from growers to conduct a trial to grow Zespri Gold 3 in China.

The move is designed to mitigate the fallout from the illegal growing of Gold 3 in China.

About this time last year, Haoyu Gao – who was a kiwifruit grower in New Zealand – illegally

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Capital restructure raises questions SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

A FORMER Fonterra leader says the co-operative must finalise its strategy before reviewing capital structure.

Simon Couper, who chaired Fonterra Shareholders Council but resigned after expressing concerns about the co-op’s capital structure in 2012, told Rural News that “strategy needs to come before structure”.

“The strategy needs to be absolutely focused on our core strategic

advantage and the processing of New Zealand milk,” Couper says.

His comments come as Fonterra’s farmer shareholders start deliberating on the future shape of the co-operative.

Fonterra’s last capital structure review ran into trouble when a plan for a partial public listing was rejected by farmers who feared they would lose control.

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Former Shareholders Council chair Simon Couper says “strategy needs to come before structure”.

which allows outside investors to buy units and qualify for dividends.

But these investors have no ownership or voting rights in the co-op.

An online survey, sent out last month by new chairman Peter McBride, signalled the start of the farmer consultation process.

The survey, with nine main questions, aims to gauge the mood of farmers. The first question is how farmers feel about a potential change to the co-op’s capital structure.

Last month’s email, with the online survey, to farmer shareholders from McBride is the

first opportunity for the 10,000 Fonterra shareholders to engage in the process.

The co-op’s board and management have been discussing potential capital structure changes behind closed doors for the past few months.

McBride says the board has been leading a review of its capital structure “to ensure it best supports our strategy and long-term vision for our co-op”.

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This is a 34-point jump from the July 2020 survey, when a net 28.6% considered them bad – the lowest level of farmer confidence in the 12 years the six-monthly survey had been conducted.

“Looking ahead, a net 43.8% expect general economic conditions to worsen over the next 12 months. That sound a bit grim, but just six months ago 58.7% of survey respondents expected a deteriorating economy,” Feds president and commerce spokesperson Andrew Hoggard says.

“I think farmers, like other New Zealanders, are feeling buoyed by the way we’ve handled the pandemic despite the torpedo to international tourism. The agricultural sector is willing and able to maintain production so long as regulatory and other stumbling blocks don’t trip us up.”

The January survey showed the three greatest current concerns for farmers are regulation and compliance (chosen by 18.0% of respondents), followed by freshwater policy (16.7%), and climate change policy (13.6%).

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NZ welcomes UK, but must ‘walk the talk’ free trade.

He says the UK’s application to join CPTPP is another great sign of its interest in advancing global trade liberalisation. But he says the real test of UK trade leadership comes from how it honours its existing commitments and what it is prepared to put on the table in negotiations.

“Despite the UK’s strong statements of ambition, including for a high-quality UK-NZ FTA, we are yet to see it remedy concerns about

But the chairman of Dairy Companies Association (DCANZ) Malcolm Bailey says, while he welcomes the intent of the UK to join the group, he wants the New Zealand Government to send a strong message to the UK about how it must honour its commitment to global trade. In other words, walk the talk.

Bailey says before being admitted as the first nation outside the trans-Pacific region to benefit from CPTTP, the UK must fully embrace

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Damien O’Connor says New Zealand has always supported the expansion of the CPTPP.

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NZ GOVT BACKS EXPANSION TRADE AND Export Growth Minister Damien O’Connor says New Zealand has always supported the expansion of the CPTPP. He says it’s good to see that the UK intends to take the formal step shortly to start this process.

“The challenges facing the global trade and economic environment have been compounded by Covid-19. NZ sees the CPTPP objective of maintaining and growing open, rules-based trade, as more important than ever.

“We believe the CPTPP can provide leadership in our region and beyond to drive post-Covid economic and trade recovery. The UK’s move to join the CPTPP underlines the agreement’s importance in this regard.”

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needs to convert its statements of commitment to leadership in global trade liberalisation to meaningful action.

Meanwhile, the DCANZ chair’s comments have been echoed by the National Party’s trade spokesman Todd Muller, who says it is time to address the eye-watering gap between the UK rhetoric on free trade and its current approach to NZ. “We have just started the third round of negotiations with the UK for a wider ranging and ambi-

lines, the next step will be for all CPTPP members to discuss the United Kingdom’s request and establish a working group to negotiate UK accession to the agreement.

O’Connor says NZ launched trade negotiations with the UK in June 2020 and is working to achieve an ambitious, comprehensive and inclusive bilateral Free Trade Agreement.

“Both sides see a conclusion of a high quality, comprehensive and futurefocused FTA as a valuable steppingstone towards the UK joining the CPTPP,” he says.

The United Kingdom is New Zealand’s sixth largest trading partner, with two-way trade of almost NZ$6 billion in 2019.

The CPTPP is an 11-member trade agreement involving New Zealand, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

tious FTA between our two nations. One of the key negotiating points, as it is with all our export markets, is for our dairy, sheep and beef exporters to avoid paying huge tariffs to access British consumers,” Muller says.

“Since 1973 we have had significant meat and dairy low tariff quotas for both the UK and the EU. Despite enormous protests, these have been split with the UK leaving Brexit, thereby reducing the quota potential significantly.”

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is also a “seismic gap” between how the UK treats their farmers and how we support our own, with British farmers being subsidised to the tune of US$3.3 billion a year while NZ farmers get no subsidies.

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New MP promises SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz

ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron believes the farming community has been let down over the years by both Labour and National.

FARMERS AREN’T being acknowledged by the Government on their work done on sustainability and ACT MP Mark Cameron wants to change that over the next three years.

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farmer hopes to be a voice for the farming and rural communities in Wellington.

Cameron, ranked 8th on ACT List, is one the party’s 10 MPs and its spokesman on primary industries, regional economic development and biosecurity.

With partner Jodie Booth, Cameron milks 300 cows and is a Fonterra supplier.

He makes one thing clear; ACT isn’t averse to doing the right things when it comes to freshwater, climate change and global warming.

“We are all on board with all of it, but what we are saying is that farmers and regional forestry have the right tools in the kit to address these issues,” he told Rural News.

He points out that

regional council in Southland and Canterbury are working with farmers at the farmgate around pugging, soil erosion, nitrate leaching and water quality.

“All the conversations are taking place at a regional level,” he says.

“Then the central government comes into the conversation and starts throwing all these arbitrary compliances that farmers can’t practically implement at the farmgate level.

“So, for me personally, there should be fair and honest conversations about how we can fix the problems but apply them at a practical level.”

Cameron points out that farmers aren’t villains. He says they have been a lauded part of society for a long time.

“Farmers were part of society that everyone looked up to, I mean Covid proved that…we just kept trucking on while the economy was suffering and our tourism businesses were hit hard.

“But we’re not getting rewarded for that; we are getting more red tape, more compliance,” he claims.

“About 43% of farmers are awake at night because we are worried about what will happen next year, whether it’s around freshwater, climate change or carbon pricing.”

Cameron believes the farming community has been let down by both Labour and National. He says Labour, while wellintentioned, isn’t listening to farmers, while National is failing to bat

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for farmers.

Cameron says Labour’s adversarial

NO BLANK CHEQUES ACT MP Mark Cameron says the wool sector must map its own path out of its current doldrums.

The Government should have a limited role and not be constantly writing blank cheques.

He says New Zealand has the best strong wool fibre in the world, with a low environmental footprint.

“Our environmental impacts are considerably smaller than they have ever been – we have gone from 70 million sheep to under 27 million,” he told Rural News.

“And we’re still producing the best meat and the best wool in the world. We’ve got to find a way through a limited role of the Government to help these guys get out of the doldrums,” Cameron says.

“We have this wonderful industry (sheep) so why haven’t we found ways to promote the industry and grow it?”

Cameron says he’s willing to work with the farmers and industry on how they can do better.

“We can help out, but it’s not for the Government to constantly write blank cheques out,” he adds. “The best thing is promoting yourself, industry should lead industry because they are so bloody good at it.”

on the Government but adds that it’s not his job to be belligerent.

“My job to shore up conversation and bring experience that I don’t believe the Agriculture Minister has,” he says.

“I think he’s well intentioned, Minister Parker (David Parker)

is well intentioned, but I think their language is wrong and the simple fact is that what they are proposing isn’t practicable.

We need pragmatism.”

Cameron says farmers are “bloody good’ at looking after the environment.

He gives the exam-

ple of a local sheep and beef farmer who has put in 27,000 riparian plants on his farm to prevent soil erosion and preserve freshwater.

“But the Government doesn’t recognise the farmers’ hard work when it comes to carbon offsetting,” Cameron claims.

“We are saying, why are we having these conversations around carbon emissions…this farmer has already fenced off part of his land into the QEII Trust, but you won’t acknowledge it.”

Cameron believes the Government is continuously looking to be adver-

sarial rather than saying ‘hey you have done a bloody good job, keep doing it’.

“That’s what I will do for the next three years, challenge them when they need to be challenged and support them when they come up cracking good ideas.”

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Something for NZ to celebrate JESSICA MARSHALL jessica@ruralnews.co.nz

NATIONAL’S AGRICULURE spokesman David Bennett says the Government should take note of new research confirming the New Zealand dairy industry’s low carbon emission profile.

The research, commissioned by DairyNZ and produced by state-owned AgResearch, shows NZ dairy farmers have the world’s lowest carbon footprint – at half the emissions of other international producers.

The report says NZ retains its outstanding position in low-emission dairy milk production, with an on-farm carbon footprint 46% less than the average of 18 countries studied.

The research analysed 55% of global milk production, including major milk producing countries and was peer-reviewed by an international specialist in Ireland.

Bennett says the research needs to be part of future government policy and decision making.

“The Government should celebrate, rather than decry, the excellent work our dairy farmers do, and work with them to maintain this world leadership,” Bennett says.

“I congratulate our dairy farmers for their excellence and expect this to be recognised in future Government policy decisions.”

DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says the research plays a key part in understanding how New Zealand dairy farms stack up and informs how farmers can be even more efficient.

“New Zealand’s dairy sector is committed to remaining the most efficient producer of low emissions milk in the world. Our focus as a sector is sustaining our success as consumers and communities increasingly seek sustainably produced food,” says Mackle.

“New Zealand dairy farmers’ hard work and investment over decades has contributed to this world-leading status. Our grass-based, outdoor grazing system is unique globally and is critical to our success.”

“We need Government support as we adopt new knowledge, practices and technology,” he says.

The research compares carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions per kilogram of milk (fat and protein corrected milk).

Dr Andre Mazzetto, who co-led the research, says New Zealand is known internationally for its low carbon footprint and the research supports this.

“There is still potential to improve and achieve lower emissions as other countries also advance their dairy sectors.”

National’s agriculture spokesman David Bennett says this research needs to be part of future government policy and decision making.

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Local methane inhibitor trial science company DSM, has reduced methane emissions from cows by over 30% in non-pasturebased farming systems in Europe.

Fonterra chief science & technology officer Jeremy Hill says the co-operative wants to validate how Bovaer could

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Two weeks ago, DSM announced between 27% and 40% methane reductions in a trial conducted with the Dutch dairy giant Friesland Campina, Wageningen Dairy Campus and three Dutch feedmills.

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“And in December, we reported on the largest and most extensive trial on methane inhibitors for beef...during the trial itself we saved nearly 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide emissions,” van-Nieuwland says.

While results from initial studies overseas have shown promise in nonpasture-based farms, more research is needed to understand the level of methane reduction that can be achieved on New Zealand farms.

Van-Nieuwland says testing is now underway with Fonterra to confirm this for New Zealand.

Asked about the cost of Bovaer, van-Nieuwland says successful methane mitigation solutions need to be cost-effective and easily adopted by farmers, and able to be counted against NZ’s greenhouse gas inventory.

“Commercial viability of the product will depend on the value to farmers of methane reduction and the ease of using the product compared to other potential mitigation strategies,” he explains.

“We are well aware of these considerations, and we believe we are on track to deliver against those.”

New Zealand dairy farms are acknowledged as having the lowest carbon footprint in the world among major milk producers. Recent analysis done by AgResearch, released last month, showed that New Zealand retains its outstanding position in low-emission dairy milk production, with an on-farm carbon footprint 46% less than the average of 18 coun-

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ACCORDING TO DSM, Bovaer is a feed additive for cows and other cattle and ruminants – such as sheep and goats.

The product has been researched and developed over ten years by DSM. The company claims that just a quarter teaspoon of Bovaer per cow per day reduces enteric methane emission by approximately 30%.

DSM has filed the feed ingredient for commercial registration under the trade name Bovaer around the world. It is also working with partners from the dairy and beef value chain to prepare for the product’s market introduction.

Jeremy Hill says Fonterra wants to see how Bovaer could work in NZ cows that are predominantly grass fed.

tries studied.

Fonterra admits that biological emissions from cows are a major contributor to the country’s

overall emissions.

Fonterra group director Farm Source Richard Allen says that finding a solution to the methane

challenge requires more than just the hard graft farmers are putting in.

“We need to find a breakthrough in reducing emissions from cows and Bovaer could provide exactly that. This work with DSM is an exciting opportunity for the co-op.”

Nieuwland says DSM is proud to be in collaboration with Fonterra.

“Both companies have worked together for many years, and it’s a pleasure to extend this to the field of sustainability and climate change,” he says.

“With Fonterra, we have an important partner to potentially commercialise Bovaer in New Zealand and globally. We look forward to combining our expertise and passion.”

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Rural vet crisis deepens JESSICA MARSHALL jessica@ruralnews.co.nz

CALLS ARE being made for the Government to declare veterinarians as critical workers to help solve the current rural vet shortage.

Julie South, whose company VetStaff specialises in recruiting vets, says getting more overseas vets into New Zealand is the best solution.

She says that despite the Government’s decision to grant exemptions to 30 large/production animal veterinarians in September 2020, the shortage is still severe.

“For example, one clinic in Canterbury is a ‘five vet clinic’. Right now, they’re trying to get by on two vets,” South told Rural News.

“This puts a huge burden on everyone.”

She reckons that one of the major problems is that the majority of New Zealand vets are companion animal vets, for cats and dogs.

“So, straight away, this means there are fewer production animal vets available to work in the rural areas.”

However, South believes there is no immediate solution to the problem without bringing overseas vets into the country.

“In the longer term, uptraining and upskilling veterinary nurses and veterinary technicians to be able to do more…will help.

“But that’s not an immediate fix, although it is a step in the right direction.”

She says that doubling intake at Massey University – the country’s only

Photo: Paul Sutherland Photography

Julie South (inset) believes there is no immediate solution to the problem without bringing overseas vets into the country.

vet programme – is not an immediate fix either.

“Even if Massey took, say, 400 students in 2022 so that 200 could graduate, the benefit of that isn’t going to be felt until the end of this decade –

because it takes five years of study plus three years before veterinarians are fully able to work unsupervised.”

New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) chief executive Kevin

Bryant says the current shortage is not sustainable for the profession.

He says that extended hours and increased workloads have led to the current shortage with the physical and mental

health of their veterinarians, contributing to burn out.

“In some instances, this has led to veterinarians exiting the profession, thus creating a larger shortage,” Bryant

explains.

He says that in the long term, NZVA is concerned that animal welfare may be compromised and that there will be an impact on farmers who can’t get the advice they need.

“In the short term, veterinarians are stretching to meet the need,” he says.

Bryant told Rural News that the situation has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the border restrictions imposed because of it.

NZVA data indicates that New Zealand needs an additional 120 veterinarians on top of the 30 who have already been granted entry into the country.

“We would also like the Government to streamline the approval process,” Bryant says.

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Ag outlook positive, but risks abound – report DAVID ANDERSON

NEW ZEALAND’S ag sector is “travelling astoundingly well” amid global turbulence and is poised for a profitable 2021, according to Rabobank’s outlook for the coming year.

In the bank’s annual flagship report, Agribusiness Outlook 2021, it says while the outlook for the year is “bristling with risk”, and bumps

astoundingly well.”

However, she warns that while New Zealand agriculture is well placed, there are potential bumps ahead in the coming year.

“2021 brings more uncertainty than most years and there are a number of potential bumps which may need to be navigated in the year ahead,” Higgins explains.

“The pandemic in the US and the EU will prob-

agri industry should also keep a close eye on relations between Australia and China following their recent fallout.

“Provided New Zealand does stay on good terms with China, it will

be in a strong position to pick up market share if China further curtails access to its markets to Australian beef, sheep and seafood and/or extends restrictions to Australian dairy.”

Rabobank’s Emma Higgins says amidst significant global turbulence, NZ agricultural producers are poised to enjoy a fifth consecutive year of general profitability in 2021.

“New Zealand seems well placed to manage these tensions, but this will become harder if China becomes more strident in its actions in the region and/or the US continues to push back.” are anticipated throughout the coming months, most agricultural sectors can expect to see average to above-average pricing, manageable cost inflation and production holding up well.

Report co-author, Rabobank senior dairy analyst Emma Higgins, says amidst significant global turbulence, New Zealand agricultural producers are poised to enjoy a fifth consecutive year of general profitability in 2021.

“The Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage in many regions around the globe, the finer points of the messy Britain and the EU divorce are now in full swing, and tensions in the US remain high following an acrimonious transfer of power to the new Biden administration,” she explains.

“More frequent use of market intervention is a further factor creating global instability as are ongoing trade wars, which have distorted the direction and price of traded goods.”

Higgins says while New Zealand agriculture had been unable to completely avoid the discomfort caused by this turbulence, the sector has done well.

“Given the extent of the turbulence, and compared to most other peers, New Zealand agriculture is travelling

ably not start to look materially better until quarter two, while the current spike of infections in key Asian markets is now looming as a major threat for New Zealand agricultural exporters.”

She points out that other risks – such as the threat of Chinese dairy destocking, labour shortages in the horticulture sector and the impacts on the animal protein sector of China’s pig herd recovery and a much stronger New Zealand dollar in 2021 – pose threats to the agri-sector.

Meanwhile, Higgins says developments in the Chinese market shaped as the key watch factor for New Zealand agriculture in 2021.

“In the 12 months to November 2020, the share of New Zealand ag exports to this market came in at 31% in value terms and, as a result, what happens in China in 2021 will be vital to shaping the year for New Zealand ag.”

She adds that maintaining strong relations with China will be crucial for the sector.

“New Zealand seems well placed to manage these tensions, but this will become harder if China becomes more strident in its actions in the region and/or the US continues to push back.”

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Kiwi research on infant milk powder colour goes global A WINTEC science student Rehana Ponnal has had research published in the International Dairy Journal late last year, a big accomplishment for an undergraduate student.

Done while Poonal was on a work placement at Fonterra, the research tested the effectiveness of using a colorimeter to measure the colour of baby milk powder.

Poonal worked on the research with a number of other scientists, and the journal entry, published in September last year, gives positive results of their findings. As a result of the research, Fonterra is procuring a colorimeter to continue their testing.

“Colour is measured because it’s an important

aspect of a product. It’s the first thing you perceive. If milk powder was brown for instance, you wouldn’t buy it,” she says.

Using a colorimeter to measure the colour of the milk powder addresses consistency issues that arise out of using more subjective measures like colour charts.

“Using a colour chart relies on people’s perception of colour. The colorimeter on the other hand gives a reading for a certain colour based on the data of that colour – using this method, something is either that colour, or it’s not. There’s no reliance on individual perception, which can be problematic.”

Poonal adds that

Wintec science student Rehana Ponnal’s research has been published in the International Dairy Journal.

“there are so many things that affect colour reporting, including how long

you keep the sample for, even the colour on the charts can be inconsistent

for a multitude of reasons.”

Using the colorimeter would not only be more reliable but more efficient as a measurement tool.

“The current process takes longer as several people’s opinions are required to confirm the colour of a sample.

With a colorimeter, you just insert the sample and it gives an instant reading. It’s more reliable and more financially beneficial as there’s less time wasted.”

Jackie Wood, a Senior Research Scientist at Fonterra who Poonal completed her internship with, echoes Poonal’s words.

“At Fonterra we are constantly looking for

ways to measure our products in the most reliable and cost-effective way.

“During her internship, Poonal carried out measurements on different infant formulas, milk powders and butter to provide information for these products. She also looked at the cost effectiveness of the using the instrument compared to the current way we access colour of our product.

“It’s an important part of what we do so that we can guarantee the safety and quality of our final products in a time efficient and cost-effective way.”

Wood says working with Poonal was great, describing her as a very

knowledgeable person and worked well independently.

Wood adds that “research carried out by scientific staff at Fonterra is often published in journals, but it is rarer for research carried out by students to be published.”

After completing an Engineering degree in Biomedical Science, Poonal moved to New Zealand in 2017 as an international student to fulfil her passion of studying food science.

Rhys Jones, one of Poonal’s tutors in her Applied Science degree, says Poonal was their “top graduating Bachelor of Technology student in 2019 and was an excellent student.”

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East Coast Farm expo set to go Live to Will co-founder Elle Perriam is one of the star guest speakers at the fastapproaching 2021 East Coast Farming Expo in Wairoa. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

The 2021 East Coast Farming Expo is a two-day mid-week gathering for sheep and beef producers with a focus on farming smarter.

It’s held annually at the Wairoa A&P Showgrounds and includes exhibits, outdoor demonstrations and seminars. It’s a chance for farmers to talk one-one-one with industry innovators and leaders and has become a key go-to for the region’s farmers, as well as attracting some from further afield.

THE COUNTDOWN is on for the fast-approaching East Coast Farming Expo and everything is ramping up.

Expo event director Sue Wilson has again pulled together an impressive list of exhibitors, speakers and functions for the popular annual gathering.

“I am really impressed once again with the support we have from the business community,” she says.

“We have another top-quality line-up of speakers, a great array of exhibitors and fascinating seminars covering topics that are relevant for our East Coast sheep and beef farmers.”

Mental health awareness speakers, Farm Fit NZ’s Kane-O Brisco and Will to Live co-founder Elle Perriam are primed and ready. Kane-O is known for his straight talking. The dairy farm-

What’s on WHAT: East Coast Farming Expo for sheep and beef farmers on the East Coast WHEN: February 24-25, 2021 WHERE: Wairoa A&P Showgrounds More info and tickets: www.eastcoastexpo.co.nz .

ing dad of three from the Taranaki kick started a bootcamp exercise programme for farmers in 2019 and things have expanded from there.

“Five or six years ago the payout was low, and a lot were struggling . . . including us. Once I got myself right, I knew there would be a tonne of other farmers the same as me and that was the juice that got the engine started,” he says.

Brisco has nearly 5,000 followers on Facebook and his grounded messaging hit a cord with many.

“It has to be grass

roots to get through.”

He will speak at Pāmusponsored Cuppa with Kane-O on Wednesday (February 24).

Elle’s journey began when her partner, a farm worker, took his own life in 2017, which set in motion a drive that continues to get support from all sorts of people, organisations and businesses.

She is the guest speaker at the Rural Women New Zealand Agri-Women’s Luncheon on Thursday (February

25). Her story is well-documented, but it still surprises her how strongly it continues to resonate with so many. Her nationwide tour in 2019 was a huge success and she is now on a mission to create a fund so farmers can access private counsellors when they need it.

Both luncheon events are free with general admission but do require attendees to register online.

The Bayleys Muster on Wednesday (February 24)

is the perfect opportunity to tune in to an informative discussion around regenerative agriculture – myth or money-maker?

Meanwhile, a rolling maul of 40-minute seminars each day includes the likes of technology entrepreneur Melissa Clarke Reynolds, Dairy NZ board member Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, livestock breeding specialist Aimee Charteris, chairman of Wools of NZ James Parsons, and chair of New Zealand Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

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New to the event is Lloyd Smith from Pup Pen to Paddock fame who will be doing demonstrations both days and on hand to talk one-on-one with people. He is one of New Zealand’s best known and hugely successful dog trialists.

A Beef + Lamb NZ workshop will help farmers discover genetics fit for individual purpose, including basic principles of assessing genetic merit and how to use these to find the best animals to

improve their own herd or flock performance.

“The Expo is a great opportunity to have a day off the farm but still work on your business,” Wilson says.

“It is a chance to bring your staff with you and get their input into ideas that could help your farming operations while learning new things. You can find everything you need at the expo and the best part is you don’t have to drive all the way to Mystery Creek to get access to the best.”

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Set for another profitable year NZ AGRICULTURE is set for what looks likely to be a generally profitable season in 2020/21, with most sectors seeing average to above-average pricing, manageable cost inflation, and production holding up well.

This would extend the run of generally profitable years for NZ agriculture into a fifth consecutive season. Agriculture, like air travel, can throw up

nasty surprises. But NZ is, at the very least, giving itself the best chance to get through all this in good shape and adjusting to thrive in a new marketplace in the next decade.

Dairy

COMMODITY MARKETS have started the new year off with a bang, with all dairy products lifting across

the board. Rabobank forecast a farmgate milk price for the 2020/21 season of NZ$ 7.00/ kgMS, landing squarely in the middle of Fonterra’s forecast range of NZ$ 6.70/kgMS and NZ$ 7.30/ kgMS. This is well above breakeven for most New Zealand dairy farmers and assumes Chinese import demand remains steady at current levels across

the first half of 2021. We anticipate price settings for the 2021/22 season will remain favourable, providing firm footing for another season of a profitable milk price.

New Zealand dairy farmer fortunes for 2021 will rest on the continued strength of Chinese import demand.

Rabobank estimates that Chinese milk production for 2021 will grow by 6% compared to 2020 slightly outpacing demand growth.

Beef

RABOBANK EXPECTS farmgate prices to operate marginally below the five year average throughout the majority of 2021 due to continuing foodservice restrictions, strong competition from South America, and a high NZ dollar.

However, the ongoing impact of African swine fever (ASF), combined with robust demand for manufacturing beef and tight Australian supplies, should ensure pricing doesn’t slide significantly below 2020 pricing levels.

Returns for higher value

cuts predominately sold through foodservice channels will remain compromised for at least the first half of 2021.

The recent advent of the new highly infectious variant of Covid 19 has forced many countries to extend and/or strengthen lockdown measures,

including restricting restaurant, bar, and café activity.

The silver lining is that sales through quick service restaurants offering takeaway and drive through services generally perform relatively well during and after lockdowns. This will help underpin solid demand, particularly from the US, for New Zealandmanufacturing beef.

China’s heathy demand for export beef will continue to provide market opportunities for New Zealand exporters but will also come with challenges.

Sheepmeat

RABOBANK EXPECTS farmgate prices to drop from the record levels experienced over the last two seasons, due to some key market challenges,

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Content supplied by Rabobank - Growing a Better New Zealand Together ers selling lambs later in the season. Robust retail sales and strong Chinese demand will provide a healthy pricing floor, supporting solid export returns in 2021.

but anticipates prices to hold slightly above the long-term (five-year) average, with several factors still providing some optimism for 2021.

Reduced foodservice activity, combined with weak economic conditions in key markets, particularly the EU and US, will continue to impact demand for higher-value lamb cuts, pushing aver-

age export returns below 2019/20 levels.

At this stage, foodservice sales are anticipated to improve towards the end of 2021 as Covid19-vaccines and containment measures take effect.

This could lead to a lift in overall export returns in the second half of the year, creating opportunities for farm-

Horticulture

2021 LOOKS set to be characterised by labour shortages, more investment into permanent crops and production, and rising demand for

quality produce, alongside changes to land use and regulation.

In 2020, New Zealand’s horticulture sector rose to the challenges of Covid-19, and, in response to strong demand for many of our key exports, the sector shipped record volumes last year (see chart).

Moving into 2021, China’s economy is showing signs of recovery, which is important for New Zealand exporters. But a recovery on the consuming side of the economy is required to see demand at least hold or continue

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At 9% above 2020 levels, this will act as

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22 OPINION EDITORIAL

EDNA

Blubbering start!

CLIMATE CHANGE Commission chair Rod Carr’s foolish and ham-fisted comment comparing NZ’s farming sector to the country’s defunct whaling industry was an appalling way for him to kick off the consultation period of his organisation’s draft carbon emissions budget.

It is a pity Carr has now blotted his copybook with farmers.

When appointed Climate Commission chair last year, he sounded much more reasonable and measured—even telling the Newsroom website: “In the agricultural sector, there is no or little denial of climate change…In the agricultural sector there is a growing awareness of the need for change, but also a concern about what is the nature of the change that is needed. I think the agricultural sector is highly innovative, I don’t think they’re in denial. For my money, New Zealand should be substantially increasing its investment in agriculture research.”

The throwaway line also detracts from the Climate Change Commission’s report, which suggests more science and technology, more trees and less livestock is the prescription offered on how to reduce greenhouse gases in the agriculture sector.

It is going to be a tough ask. As Beef+ Lamb NZ’s Sam McIvor says, the sector needs more detail to understand the assumptions, methodologies and science used by the commission to underpin some of its advice.

He is correct when he says the advice of a 15% reduction in sheep, cattle and dairy livestock numbers within the next nine years needs proper analysis of the social and economic impacts of land-use change on communities and the science behind the methane targets.

The roadmap set out by the commission for the agriculture sector to reduce its carbon footprint is ambitious and challenging. It is not at all helpful, when asking the sector to take on such a tough challenge, for the chair of the Climate Change Commission to liken NZ farming it to a morally reprehensible industry such as whaling.

Carr’s ridiculous, insulting and stupid whaling analogy about the country’s agriculture sector only goes to prove that he is tone deaf.

It is not a smart or productive way to get farmers – who both the commission and the country need – onside in an effort to reduce NZ’s overall carbon emissions.

At the very least, he should retract and apologise for the silly remark.

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THE HOUND Sage advice!

According to news reports, possibly the world’s biggest nerd – Microsoft founder Bill Gates – now owns the most farmland of anyone in the United States. The tech mogul, who let’s face it, would have been mercilessly bullied at school, and the fourth richest person in the world with a net worth of US$121 billion, has built up a massive agriculture portfolio across the US. He owns 108,853 hectares of land in Washington, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. His largest holdings include 27,952 hectares in Louisiana. Your old mate suggests, going by this, the old saying that “the meek shall inherit the earth” should have instead been “the geeks shall inherit the earth”!

Parkinson’s Law

No change

Fat chance!

A mate of the Hound reckons he’s recently discovered Parkinson’s Law and believes it explains much about bureaucracy and the workings of government that simply don’t make sense to a practical farmer. “We recently ‘entertained’ an employee from the Ministry for the Environment, who is/was part of the Freshwater f*** up,” he explained. “This person asked what I thought of the Freshwater Policy. I was able, with a broad sweep of my arm to say: ‘this is what you have classified as low slope, which now by law needs to be fenced off to stop intensive farming’”. He believes Parkinson’s Law applies in this case because if you give someone a timeframe and a limited budget to get a job done, they will get that job done for better or worse – which may be ok in a government bureaucracy, but not so good, or practical – in the real world.

Your canine crusader suggests hopes for a change in some of the anti-farming government policies will not be helped by the clear dearth of farming experience and lack of rural knowledge in the ranks of the current Labour administration. This has been made abundantly clear by its choice of chair and deputy of the primary production select committee. The Hound reckons that while Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor remains the only member of the current Government with any actual farming background and understanding and have his work cut now with the addition of the huge trade portfolio to manage. Meanwhile, O’Connor will get bugger all real world advice from the new chair of the primary production select committee Jo Luxton, a former playcentre teacher, or her deputy, former union delegate, and newbie MP Steph Lewis. God help us!

Your old mate reckons that the chances of the strong wool sector being revived by the latest iteration of so-called sector saviour group SWAG is about as likely as Donald Trump being remembered as the greatest US president ever. The reality is the crossbred wool has been on an unending, downward price trajectory for the past 20 years. In fact, strong wool prices have slumped in the last decade alone, from around $6.50/ kg in 2011 to less than $2 per kg today. This means that for most sheep farmers it actually costs them more to shear their flocks than what the actual wool cheques bring in. This old mutt would like to know just what SWAG are going to do different that has not already been canvased in the past 20 years, which has seen more than $80 million poured into reports and action plans to raise the value of NZ’s coarse wool? Sadly, the answer is SFA.

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OPINION 23

Impact of irrigation on the soil SOIL ORGANIC matter was a hot topic for environmentalists, ecologists and primary producers in 2020.

It is likely to remain at the centre of debate this year as well.

All parties agree it is an important factor of soil quality; the arguments are about how to look after it.

Soil organic matter is increased or decreased by management. Because farmers and growers rarely alter one factor of management in isolation, the drivers of an effect on soil organic matter after a change in management can be difficult to identify.

Irrigation is an example and both decreases in soil organic matter and increases have been reported.

First principles can assist in teasing out what is happening. Irrigation is applied to overcome a soil moisture deficit and allow plants to keep photosynthesising and growing.

Roots will also keep growing, and plant litter will continue to arrive at the soil surface, providing food for soil organisms.

Maintaining soil moisture means that the soil organisms – including worms, insects, fungi and bacteria – will continue to live and respire.

One theory explaining a decrease in soil organic matter under irrigation is that water stimulates (microbial) soil respiration – the micro-organisms are mineralising the organic matter, releasing energy, carbon dioxide and nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur, and so multiplying themselves at the expense of the organic matter.

Another theory is that the increase in plant growth is accompanied by increased harvest and removal of both carbon and nitrogen, resulting in progressive nitrogen limitation.

This, in turn, restricts carbon fixation (photosynthesis and hence growth is restricted) and so limits the capacity to sustain the soil organic matter which is constantly being respired by the soil organisms.

Maintaining soil moisture means that the soil organisms – including worms, insects, fungi and bacteria – will continue to live and respire.

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Jacqueline Rowarth Adding nitrogen to replace the extra that has been removed overcomes the restriction.

Professor Tony Parsons, now retired from Massey University, has been able to isolate the different drivers and show how the dynamic interaction between soil moisture and nitrogen affects both production and soil organic matter.

He has also shown that irrigation reduces nitrogen loss to the environment, even when the nitrogen fertiliser is increased, because under irrigation the plants keep growing and taking up the nitrogen.

In the case of pasture plants, the pasture is harvested by the animals and removed in the product by tanker and stock truck.

Under irrigation and with fertiliser (such as on the Canterbury Plains, where increases in soil organic matter have been recorded after a change from sheep grazing to dairying), the soil moves to a new equilibrium in carbon capture from the atmosphere. As long as the greater rate of supply is sustained, there will be a larger pool of soil organic matter sequestered.

Each tonne of soil carbon will be associated with 80-100kg of nitrogen (as well as approximately 20kg of phosphorus and 14kg of sulphur), hence the importance of fertiliser addition.

Once a new irrigation and fertiliser regime has been in place for 10-20 years, it is likely that accumulation will reach equilibrium with mineralisation. But if the conditions that resulted in the increase in soil organic matter are changed, the equilibrium will again alter, and the ecosystem will move to a new dynamic equilibrium where inputs equal out-

puts.

This change could be restrictions in irrigation or in use of nitrogen fer-

tiliser.

All parties, whether from an environmental or production perspec-

tive, agree that organic matter is an important component of soil quality. Increasing temperatures and drought mean that current soil organic matter is at risk of depletion – soil organisms continue to function after plants have stopped growing.

Irrigation, therefore,

has an important part to play in soil quality in some parts of the country. The opportunity lies in managing New Zealand’s relatively abundant supplies of renewable freshwater through precision irrigation to benefit both the environment and food production. The challenge will continue to

be achieving agreement on what constitutes ‘benefit’.

• Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Adjunct Professor Lincoln University, has a PhD in soil science. She is also a farmer-elected director of DairyNZ and Ravensdown.

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24 OPINION AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNMENT DEAR MINISTERS Nash and Shaw, The Climate Change Commission (CCC) has presented a report with a lot of rhetoric about the importance of reducing gross emissions.

However, it heavily relies on forest planting to offset emissions, while we delay tackling transport, yet again. There is no mechanism suggested to limit the surge in exotic afforestation

unleashed by higher carbon prices under the ETS. The Government is very happy at the unexpected low cost of the actions proposed by the CCC. Late last year, Te Uru Rakau released the report Economic Impacts of Forestry in NZ by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC).

This report maintains that forestry is a better land use than sheep and beef farming on our hill pastures,

Dave Read says the Climate Change Commission report heavily relies on forest planting to offset emissions.

producing more direct employment and a better economic outcome for NZ.

This report is deeply flawed.

The acting director general of Te Uru Rakau

has refused to withdraw this report, so I have taken a case to the Ombudsman.

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Here is a summary.

Points 1 & 2 together mean that the reality is that sheep and beef farming generates more direct employment per 1,000ha, not less.

In brief: 1) It ignores standard practice by StatsNZ when allocating categories. For instance, it includes among forestry direct employees silviculture workers, but excludes shearers from sheep and beef.

2) In reaching its headline employment conclusions, it assumes that one third of pastureland that is in tussock is suitable for afforestation, despite our on-going efforts to eliminate wilding pines on this land.

3) Despite Te Uru Rakau calling for a time series

of data PwC choose only 2018, a year of record high log prices, for its economic comparison.

4) It ignores the fact that expanding the forest estate will not increase on-shore economic activity to the same level as at present.

Our limited domestic market and history of reduction of on-shore processing, mean any expansion will only increase whole log exports.

5) In the version of the report that I obtained, it references Stats NZ tables that do not exist.

I am happy to supply the documents that support my assertions or discuss this issue further.

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26 MANAGEMENT

Study looks into economic impact of self-shedding sheep Massey University’s sheep team is examining the economic impact and the production consequences of crossbreeding with Wiltshires to a fully shedding flock…

COARSE WOOL sheep farmers are struggling with the cost of shearing in relation to the value of the wool clip.

Recent sale premiums of up to 15 cents per kg liveweight for shorn lambs over woolly lambs, further illustrates this anomaly. Many sheep farmers are considering if changing to a self-shedding flock, such as a Wiltshire, is a better way forward.

However, the cost of purchasing purebred Wiltshire’s and the limited numbers available means this is not a viable option. Although there are examples of farmers successfully changing to Wiltshires, by continual crossing, there is a general lack of accurate recorded information on the costs and benefits from doing so.

Massey University’s sheep team, led by Professor Steve Morris, has begun a long-term study to address this lack of information. The project has two aspects. Firstly, to model the profitability of such a change and, secondly, to undertake a multi-year flock study recording production and performance as a flock is graded up from a Romney to Wiltshire flock.

Modelling has indicated that, in the long-term, a change to a selfshedding flock will be profitable.

However, the model is limited by lack of objective data in regard to production data over the transition period.

Some of assumptions were based on anecdotal industry data, or trial data from more than 20 years ago. The modelling suggests that the coarse wool greasy price would have to exceed $4.15/kg to break even on the costs of shearing in many farming scenarios.

The project started in March 2020, with 400 Romney ewes bred to Wiltshire rams and a comparable group of ewes bred to Romney rams. The project is being undertaken at Massey University’s Riverside farm 10km north of Masterton.

Lambing started on August 17 and lambs were weaned on 26 November. The Wiltshire cross lambs grew at 262 grams/day to average 29kg at weaning. Meanwhile, the Romney lambs grew at 255 grams/day to weigh 28.8kg at weaning.

Lamb losses recorded from birth (including born dead) to docking were 12% in the Wiltshire cross and 14% in the Romney bred lambs The Wiltshire cross ewe lambs were given a shedding score on a scale of 1 (no shedding) to 5 (fully shed) at weaning

on 26 November and fewer than 2% showed any signs of shedding around the neck region.

Growth of the Wiltshire cross ewe lambs from weaning on 26 November to 21 January was 155 g/ day to reach a liveweight of 36.6kg and are on target for mating liveweights of 45kg in late April. The comparable group of Romneys weighed 35.7kg.

A second shedding score taken on 21 January 2021, indicated an average score of 0.32 – with around 40% showing early signs of part shedding on the belly and neck region. Wiltshire cross lambs had a dag score of 0.84 while the Romneys had a dag score of 0.97 on a scale of 0 (no dags) to 5 (very daggy).

Ewe lambs from this first breeding will be bred to Wiltshire rams in late April 2021 to generate three quarter (F2) Wiltshire lambs in August 2021. The trial then continues with 7/8s or F3 Wiltshire lambs born in 2022 and 15/16s (F4) born in 2023. At each lambing these lambs will be compared to the base Romney flock at Riverside farm.

An open field day is planned for mid May 2021. The project team would be interested to hear from farmers who have Wiltshire sheep on their farms.

This trial is funded by the L. A. Alexander Trust and the Massey University Foundation • For more information email: s.t.morris@massey.ac.nz @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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Wool-less Wiltshires prove popular A SEEMINGLY neverending plunge in strong wool prices is proving to be a boon for a sheep breed that doesn’t produce the increasingly worthless fibre – the Wiltshire.

This growing attention on the breed was on display at North Canterbury-based Mt Cass Station’s recent inaugural Wiltshire ram and ewe sale held in January. The sale attracted a big crowd from around the country, with buyers competing strongly for the 3444 Wiltshires on offer, reflecting the growing interest in the low-input, shedding sheep.

This interest led to spirited bidding with the top rams selling for $4,000, while full-shedding two-tooth ewes made up to $375. The average price for Mt Cass’s full-shedding two-

All lines sold strongly, with Mt Cass Wiltshire ewe lambs averaging $210 – with the top lines making $270.

Mt Cass two-tooth Wiltshire ewes sold for $375 to a gallery of willing buyers.

tooth ewes was $347.

Alongside the Mt Cass rams, lambs, two-tooth and annual draft ewes for sale, were two-tooth ewes from Harts Creek farm at Leeston and two-tooth ewes and lambs from Waitui Holdings in the

Marlborough Sounds.

All lines sold strongly, with Mt Cass Wiltshire ewe lambs averaging $210 – with the top lines making $270. Annual draft ewes averaged $230.

Meanwhile, all Mt Cass’s 48 rams sold – with an

average price of $1,670.

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“Stock is being trucked to new homes from Kerikeri in Northland to North Otago and we are delighted with three significant volume sales into the North Island.”

Mt Cass Station covers 1800ha of hill country near Waipara, where the Wiltshires, with their inherent internal parasite resistance and resilience, come into their own in the farm’s low-input, organic system. The sheep don’t need shearing, dagging or crutching and they don’t get flystrike, which results in significant savings in shearing, labour and

agrichemical costs.

The station’s Wiltshire stud was started to meet a growing demand for the genetics, with its shareholders saying there has been growing interest in Wiltshires from farmers frustrated by on-going depressed wool prices and the work associated with wool production.

They claim the introduction of Wiltshire genetics and progression to a no-shear flock is quite rapid. Within a couple of generations crutching, dipping and flystrike is eliminated and within three to four generations so too is shearing.

While Wiltshires don’t produce wool, they are good meat producers.

Mt Cass weans 135-145% off the hill country, with 40% of its lamb crop sold prime pre-Christmas at 16.5-17.5kg carcass weight.

RURAL NEWS // FEBRUARY 9, 2021

28 ANIMAL HEALTH

High FE spore counts recorded Facial eczema (FE) spore counts in some parts of the country are particularly high for this time of year and Beef + Lamb New Zealand is urging farmers to be extra vigilant.

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for biosecurity and animal welfare.

He advises that these strategies could include avoiding hard grazing, moving stock onto available “clean” forage crops such as chicory or plantain, dosing sheep and cattle with zinc oxide boluses or drenches, or adding zinc oxide to cattle water troughs.

Halliday says FE is caused by the spores of the fungus Pithomyces chartarum (which grows on litter at the base of pasture) and affects more than just an animal’s face.

The spores release a toxin which can damage the liver and bile ducts.

In some cases, the bile ducts may become partly or completely blocked.

The liver damage results in photosensitivity and sunburn which are the clinical signs of the disease.

The fungus is ubiquitous, but when temperature and moisture levels are high, the fungus grows rapidly, releasing huge numbers of toxic spores.

“While FE spore monitoring has just begun for the 2021 season, nationally they are nearly twice as high as they were in January in the previ-

ous three years, indicating that if these climatic conditions continue, this could be shaping up for bad year for FE,” Halliday explains.

He urges farmers to keep a close eye on stock, looking out for signs of discomfort, photosensitivity and skin lesions.

“For every animal with clinical signs of FE – which are obvious skin lesions – there will be many more with sub-clinical disease, which is the invisible on-going liver damage that can cause major productivity losses, especially at mating, lambing and calving.”

Halliday advises that weekly regional spore counts are available on the Gribbles Facial Eczema website, which has been co-funded by B+LNZ. Many vets also have a spore count service.

He adds that spore counts now also feature in B+LNZ’s weekly e. Diaries, as well the organisation has a number of resources to help farmers understand and manage FE in both the short and long-term.

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Mastitis can jump from cow to cow – claim Hawke’s Bay dairy farmer Rose Galloway rejects any suggestion that mastitis in cows isn’t contagious (page 18, Rural News Jan 12). A trained nurse, Galloway and her family milk 550 cows near Norsewood and says mastitis is caused by pathogens entering the cow’s udder through the teat canal and can pass onto other cows. She explains: MASTITIS IN dairy cows is an infectious condition as a result of pathogens entering the udder through the teat canal.

Depending on the bacteria involved, the infection may be contagious and affect other cows in the herd as a result of transfer from cow to cow by milk contamination during the milking process.

Please listen to Dr Pamela Ruegg’s Global Dairy Expo 2020 presentation or read her papers on mastitis online to help with an understanding of the condition we refer to as mastitis. Ruegg refers to contagious bac-

teria Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae and also to the especially nasty form of mastitis that they experience with Mycoplasma bovis.

Staphylococcus aureus would be the most common of the contagious bacteria we see easily transferred from cow to cow as a result of an infected cow being milked and passing the bacteria onto the next 5-6 cows using the milk contaminated cluster.

Many dairy farmers now wear gloves during milking to help prevent this bacterial contamination from occurring.

It is a clever bacteria that lives deep and high in the udder and results in infectious downloads from time-to-time – sometimes only lasting a few hours. It can be hard to find as it doesn’t always create a hard swollen quarter and may be intermittent in a cow.

Treatment drugs do not reliably deal to this infection and cows, especially older ones, often have to be culled.

Other mastitis causing bacteria, such as Strep. uberis and E. coli are more an environmental problem due to dirty exit areas and laneways and muddy paddocks and

may be coupled with an ineffective teatspray. It is fair to say that a stressed, hard-working cow will be most vulnerable to udder pathogens especially if her immune system is down due to calving or mating.

We now milk our persistently high somatic cell count (SCC) and newly recovered from mastitis cows last to prevent cross infection. This works well and is simple to manage and we now record an average annual SCC levels at 100,000 and below.

Cows at herd test (we do four tests per year) with less than 200,000

Dairy farmer Rose Galloway rejects any suggestion that mastitis in cows isn’t contagious.

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Tracking system saves transport operator time and money MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

SOUTHLAND BASED Herbert’s Transport is a rural transport company that operates a mixed fleet of around 50 vehicles – including livestock, bulk trucks, spreaders, whey trucks and trailers.

Alongside carting products from the dairy giant Fonterra, they also carry gravel, cement, coal, operate vacuum trucks

“Through the app on my phone, I can quickly check the status of all divisions of vehicles through the easy-to-use overview,” he explains.

“So, if a farmer asks about our ETA, I can easily check the truck location on the app and let them know.”

Hutton says this saves time for both the farmers, who can better manage exactly when they need to meet trucks at the gate

Extensive research led to the installation of Teletrac Navman’s GPS-based fleet tracking system. Alongside streamlining operations, the system has also delivered large cost and time savings. as well as run a fleet of modern tractors, slurry spreaders and muck spreaders. As a business that supports the overall agriculture industry, like many farmers, Herbert’s has a similar focus on increased efficiency to keep up with demand and support overall productivity.

This led the company to look for an easy-to-use tracking system to provide an overview of the status and location of all their fleet. It also wanted other features like service alerts and electronic Road User Charge reconciliation – to help eliminate time consuming manual processes and better serve their rural customers.

Extensive research led to the installation of Teletrac Navman’s GPS-based fleet tracking system.

Alongside streamlining operations, the system has also delivered large cost and time savings.

Managing director Scott Hutton says having a full overview of where all the vehicles in his fleet are and what they’re doing, translates into better communication with their farming customers, less admin time and a well-maintained fleet.

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He adds that servicing rural areas also means operators need to be on top of Road User Charges (RUC) to ensure they don’t get caught without a licence or lose out on rebates – the latter has a significant impact on a company’s bottom line.

Herbert Transport is using electronic RUC monitoring for both its diesel fleet vehicles and independent trailers. Because it automates RUC licencing and rebates, it calculates each distance travelled on private roads to provide correct rebates.

Hutton says previously managing the RUC on independent trailers was impractical and time-consuming. It only needed one broken wire or a driver with multiple trailers to manually enter the wrong RUC details, and it would affect the data – causing headaches down the line.

He says, combined with the auto purchasing technology, the system saves the Herbert’s team at least a couple of hours a week in administration time.

“When submitting the rebates for private roads,

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THEY SAY beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Now while the Tuatara UTV won’t ever win a beauty pageant, it certainly looks the part – much like a military vehicle and something driven by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Having come across a vehicle on a trip to China, Geoff Hill and partner Qingnei Pang established Tuatara Machinery Limited in 2017. Their aim was to customise the UTV to specifically suit New Zealand conditions and beyond.

Fast forward, and the Tuatara of today – named after an ancient lizard that can live for up to 100 years— is aimed at farmers, foresters, hunters, contractors and utility workers who need a vehicle that can deal with extreme terrain.

Featuring an all-steel construction, the UTV is often compared with the iconic Willy’s Jeep or Land Rover Defender.

Hill admits that the overall design has followed a simplistic approach, meaning that maintenance and repairs are easily accomplished in the field or at a local garage, with parts readily available and competitively priced.

At the heart of the machine is a three-cylinder, water-cooled Chery

The Tuatara’s development came in direct response to customers who found that ATV-derived UTVs weren’t up to the job in extreme conditions.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020: ISSUE 719 www.ruralnews.co.nz

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NEW NORTHLAND Field Days president John Phillips is urging people to come and support the three-day event next month.

He says organisers have taken onboard feedback from visitors and are changing things for the 2021 event.

One major change is a bigger market area for vendors to display and sell their stuff.

Phillips says a slight decline in numbers over the years has been a concern.

“People told us that it was the same old things, so we are trying to make some changes,” he told Rural News.

The market area had 20 confirmed exhibitors at the end of last month (January) with more bookings expected in the weeks leading up to the event.

“The market area is shaping up to be fabulous with lots of different market-type exhibitors lining up,” he says.

Other highlights include tractor pull, for which Phillips is urging

Northland Field Days president John Phillips is urging people to come and support the three-day event, which is being held from March 4-6 in Dargaville.

more entries, food stalls, stronghold cutting horse demonstrations and for the first time, a US-style barbecue competition.

Car’s Crazy Critter Animal Farm will be around to mingle with the crowd and Chelsea Marriner of Ultimate Canines will be demonstrating her dog training

skills, with two demonstrations planned each day.

Phillips says public support is crucial for the event.

He points out that the Northland Field Days is run by a group of about 15 volunteers and only one paid staff member.

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ploughed back into community projects and charities in the Northland region.

Phillips thanked the exhibitors – including tractor dealers, car companies, milk machine suppliers and farming implement manufacturers – for their continued support.

“All sponsors and exhibitors are part and parcel of the event…without them there’s no field days.

“We urge everyone to come along and support all the exhibitors.”

Phillips says during planning the for the 2021 event, they were unsure of how it will pan out

– given the uncertainty around Covid-19.

“But we are pleased to be able to say that the majority of our exhibitors from 2020 are returning this year and we also have plenty of new exhibitors coming as well,” he says.

“Obviously, there are some businesses that

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“But the Northland Field Days hopes that in time, they will re-build their businesses and will return to exhibiting.” @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews

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NEXT MONTH’S Northland Field Days will be a “whole different ballgame” thanks to Covid-19, says organising committee president John Phillips.

With three weeks before the gates open at Dargaville, organisers are wary of another major community outbreak.

Phillips points out that last year’s event was the only event of its kind in the North Island as Covid forced authorities to impose ban on large gatherings.

“It’s definitely a whole different ballgame. This was the last field days before life became difficult,” Phillips

“It’s definitely a whole different ballgame.” told Rural News.

“While the possibility of another outbreak of Covid that could cause events to be cancelled again is always in the back of our minds, we have simply had to just carry on as usual with our preparations and hope for the best.”

Organisers are working closely with Northland Regional Council on the issue.

The three-day event will have Covid-19 tracer posters up all over the event site.

Every exhibitor is required to have a hand sanitising station set up on their site. This is not only for themselves but for any one from the general public who comes onto their site if they wish to use it.

The event will also provide special parking for the disabled. A special area has been allocated within the event site.

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JOHN PHILLIPS is a Dargaville dairy farmer and took over as Northland Field Days president three months ago.

He has served on the Northland Field Days committee for over 20 years.

For seven years, Phillips ran the tractor pull competition and served as a groundsman for the last two years.

His 200ha dairy farm, milking 400 cows, is a short drive from the field days site.

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Phillips feeds his cows grass, supplemented by home-grown maize silage and turnips.

Water is sourced from a borehole and two dams on the farm, although one of dams is now dry.

Town water supply is available at the two houses on farm; town supply water is also sued to wash the milk shed.

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WATER SUPPLY during the Northland Field Days is always top of mind for organisers.

Organising committee president John Philips says last year a crippling drought and water restrictions forced them to seek assistance from Fonterra.

The dairy co-operative carted water from its milk processing site to the field days.

Phillips says they are keeping a close eye on the situation again this year.

“While there are water restrictions in place, water is always a tricky issue for us,” he told Rural News.

“If water restrictions are imposed before the event, then we’ll look at ways we can truck in water to the grounds.”

The Northland Regional Council says bouts of timely rainfall mean this summer has been ‘kinder’ to many Northlanders than last year’s prolonged drought.

However, with much of summer and autumn still to come, authorities say it’s still sensible to save water where possible.

Colin Dall, the Northland Regional Council’s group manager regula-

tory services, says when viewed as a whole, the weather around the region, to date, was collectively what could loosely be called a ‘typical’ Northland summer in terms of overall rainfall.

“Coming into this summer, spring was drier than usual,” he explained. “As was the first official month of summer, December, with western areas and Kaitaia receiving around 30% of typical rainfall, and the east coast receiving around 10%”.

The regional council’s water & waste monitoring manager Alison McHugh says Northlanders on tank supplies need to be especially mindful about conserving water.

“Aside from the obvious financial cost of buying in the water people need, tank refills also have potential environmental costs,” she says. “This puts pressure on supplies in other areas, reducing water in streams and rivers and potentially affecting aquatic habitats.”

Similarly, those who sourced their water from groundwater supplies had a similar role to play as ‘not all aquifers are created equal’.

McHugh says, regionally, aquifer levels are

PLENTY OF CONSENTS GRANTED COLIN DALL says district councils taking water for public water supply and farmers irrigating pasture are among the region’s biggest users, requiring hundreds of thousands of litres daily.

Of the several hundred people or organisations which do have regional council resource consents in Northland, some holders had already had to cease their takes due to rivers reaching low flows, that was not uncommon over summer.

“The regional council has also recently started engaging with other water users in areas where river and groundwater flows are likely to reach low flow limits in the near future. Again, this is common during summer,” he told Rural News.

Dall says if necessary, the regional council can impose formal water rationing and/or water shortage directions as tools for managing water takes in dry catchments. However, this is not something it has had to resort to this summer thus far.

He says the region’s district councils had already proactively introduced water use restrictions in susceptible areas in recent weeks, including both the Kaipara and in the Far North.

lower than usual – again largely the legacy of last year’s prolonged drought – and were being monitored closely by the regional council.

“Typically aquifer levels decline over summer and reach their lowest levels in autumn

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FOR THE first time, visitors to next month’s Northland Field Days can enjoy one of the country’s top dog shows.

Chelsea Marriner and her team from Ultimate Canines will be making their debut at the threeday event.

Organisers say two shows are planned each day.

“There will some amazing dog training skills on display,” they say.

Marriner says her trained dogs have performed for numerous events nationwide, including several very

prestigious ones.

“We have had excellent reviews from all our past performances, from a huge range of audiences, event staff and events.

“We regularly receive return invites, and we have also been invited to perform internationally.”

Marriner says her team of team of working dogs perform a variety of tricks which are “humorous, unusual and very clever”.

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SWEET LIFE AT HOME CHELSEA MARRINER says her dogs are all trained for tricks and agility using positive reinforcement.

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NORTHLAND FIELD DAYS 7

Bill’s legacy lives on!

FOUNDING DIRECTOR of a top local farm machinery manufacturer has died, leaving behind a legacy based on strength and reliability – personal traits that live on in his company and the products it builds.

Bill McIntosh and his brother Bryant founded McIntosh Brothers in 1951, starting as jobbing engineers around Palmerston North. In the ensuing years, the company grew into a leading manufacturer and exporter of farm machinery and the Manawatu’s largest crane hire company.

The well-known McIntosh Farm Machinery range of farm gear, in blue livery, is among the strongest in the market and is now exported to various offshore markets. The McIntosh brothers got started in the farm machinery market by making sheep showers and stock crates for

trucks. The stock crates necessitated a crane, so the brothers built their own on a Commer TS3 truck, then a second and a third –the beginnings of the crane part of the McIntosh cranes business.

In 1973, they displayed the first forage wagon at the national field days, generating great interest among farmers.

Those were early days in the development of feeder wagons in New Zealand, but they are now a core product line for McIntosh Farm Machinery and a common sight on NZ farms.

Before Bill passed away early this year, he was the oldest of three generations of the McIntosh clan working in the business, which has grown substantially since 1951.

Possessing an incredible work ethic, Bill didn’t retire until health issues forced him

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RURAL NEWS // FEBRUARY 9, 2021

8 NORTHLAND FIELD DAYS

NZ tractor industry remains optimistic for 2021 MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

NEW ZEALAND tractor sales finished 2020 on a strong note, with Decem-

ber sales up 18.4 % on 2019.

Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president Kyle Baxter says while 2020 posed

challenges for the industry, the current mood of the organisation’s members is positive.

Overall, tractor sales for 2020 were down 15.3%

compared with 2019.

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Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president Kyle Baxter says while 2020 posed challenges for the industry, the current mood is positive.

However, some segments remained stronger than others during 2020, particularly lifestyle tractors (20-30HP), where sales volumes were very similar to 2019. Meanwhile, tractors sold in the viticulture and horticultural sectors, typically 80 to 100HP, saw a reduction of about 5% compared to 2019’s record breaking year.

Hardest hit was the 140-375Hp range, traditionally sold into the arable and dry stock farming sector, with a 20% reduction compared to 2019.

“This HP segment accounts for a lot of the tractors sold to contractors and hire fleets, which

were affected by the general uncertainties around the pandemic,” Baxter explained.

“These guys also experienced further uncertainty in obtaining sufficient workers through the spring and summer season to operate their machines, with a consequential reduction in the yearly sales volumes of larger tractors.”

Looking forward, he says TAMA members are reporting demand for tractors and equipment steadily building, with customers securing machines for Spring/ Summer 2021.

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supply chain across Europe, America and Asia,” Baxter adds.

“Our members are doing everything they can to ensure machines arrive on time for the season ahead.

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The manual operation gives the user greater control over slight adjustments and creates a quiet operation for improved stock flow. A bonus is its affordability and durability, offering years of maintenance-free use.

The Combi Clamp can also be tailored to suit many farming operations, with a wide variety of optional extras – including three-way drafting, wheel and weigh gear attachments.

“I’m very pleased with the Combi Clamp set up,” says user Les Scott.

“Since August, we have been drenching, dagging, tagging and doing pre lamb work with ewes.

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pany’s cattle handling equipment is user friendly. The system comes with an auto catch head bail, with a durable range that suits all types of New Zealand beef cattle. The basic crush comes standard with practical features for safety and ease of access to the animal. There’s also a choice of vet and vetless models with parallel squeeze option, which all feature the auto head yoke. This can also be alternatively purchased as a standalone unit to be incorporated into existing systems.

During product development, the company put a significant effort into reducing rattling noise, making the crush pleasant to use for operators and keeping cattle calm and relaxed. It says this results in the most common feedback, that the product is clearly designed by a farmer who understands livestock.

Combi Clamp will be attending all three regional field day events.

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Sprayers offer advanced crop protection MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

KVERNELAND IS set to expand its product offering, with the addition of a full range of mounted and trailed sprayers being rolled out over the coming months.

This includes linkage-mounted iXter A and iXter B models, with additional capacity offered alongside the option of the 1,100-litre iXtra front tank. There is also an extensive line-up of iXtrack trailed models comprising T3, T4 and T6 versions.

Across these sprayer ranges, buyers can choose technology to suit their budgets and operational requirements.

This includes individual nozzle control, auto section control, iXclean tank washing, priming/purging functions and boom line

recirculation.

The iXtrack T3, T4 and T6 trailed models, with tank capacities from 2,600 litres to 7,400 litres, can be configured with steel or aluminium booms extending from 18-40 metre working widths. These include twin-fold aluminium HAS and steel HSS structures from 24-30m, with wider options met using a three-part folding steel boom from 32-40m.

Boom performance comes from a suspended parallelogram rear frame.

This serves to mount the boom assembly and deliver excellent performance, while working height is controlled by a choice of Boom Guide ultrasonic control systems.

The top-end Boom Guide Pro Active uses three levelling sensors on the central boom sec-

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tion, allowing faster reaction to change of ground terrain via a central slope correction cylinder. Wider booms, of 24 to 36m working widths, can be equipped with five ultrasonic sensors.

This has two outer sensors at the wider working width and one outer

sensor when operating at 24m. All iXtrack models are fully ISOBUS compatible.

Kverneland’s iXspray hardware and software allows operators to use intuitive touchscreen and smart electronics to manage individual nozzle control or boom sec-

tions, boom line recirculation, and one-touch boom, spray line and tank cleaning processes. IsoMatch Grip adds further control options, with up to 44 fully customisable functions available from a single joystick.

It ErgoDrive headland management system

allows the boom to raise/ lower – and axle steering to be managed – by a single button press on the joystick.

Nozzle control includes pneumatic or electric operation, which suits those using GPS for automatic section control and auto start/stop at

headlands.

Individual nozzle control is available with iXflow E, which also offers remote App control of nozzles when outside the cab, to simplify pattern testing and checking nozzle flow.

The tractor-mounted iXter A models offer a general purpose-style machine with tank capacities from 800-1,200 litres and booms spanning 12-21m. The more sophisticated iXter B is available with 1,0001,800 litre tank capacities and booms ranging from 15-30m.

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NORTHLAND FIELD DAYS 11

Cane family on the ‘Case’ ALL BLACK captain Sam Cane has a reputation for tenacity and getting the hard work done.

It’s a trait that must run in the family genes when you look at the farming career of his parents, who farm at Reporoa on the Central Plateau.

Malcolm and Kathy Cane farm 390ha – of which 146ha is leased to a dairy farmer – running about 1000 deer stags and 500 hinds, plus about 500 mixed-sex weaners.

Starting out as teenager, Malcolm began a hay-carting business,

moving about 100,000 bales each season, contract fencing in the offseason and doing an 18-month stint working for a local dairy farmer.

After seven seasons of hay-carting and fencing, then age 22, he was able to make a down-payment on an 80ha block in the area.

Back then, bankers were pessimistic about farming and there was little to spare.

“We had fifty grand and 50 deer and still had to go to about three banks because interest rates were about 19%,”

says Malcolm.

Even 10 years later, the Canes had not fully stocked their 80ha, so alongside their own stock, they grazed animals for others, while still maintaining the off-farm fencing business to keep ahead of the struggle.

Now, around 30 years on, having experienced the ups and downs of the venison meat and velvet markets and keen to spread risk, the Canes went into partnership in a hunting block in the Paeroa mountain range known as Broadview Hunting estate.

As a side-line to the trophy hunting and selling velvet to New Zealand agents, Kathy also produces and distributes Canes Deer Velvet, a business built up gradually over the past 20 years, producing about five tonnes a year, as capsules and raw product.

Malcolm’s father, Laurie – a Reporoa dairy farmer – only ever had Case Internationals, so he got started with the brand too, using a small International with a hay sweep. After about 15 years of running a tight ship, Malcolm bought

two Case IHs: a 115 and a Puma 165 from Giltrap.

Malcolm Cane prizes his tractors because they offer a degree of farming independence, like his own hay-baling gear, that literally allows him to ‘make hay when the sun shines’. Producing 1500 baleage wraps a year with a Kuhn baler, the ability to cut hay on demand – usually up to five times a year – is priceless for the

deer, as they tend to be picky eaters.

“Deer are that fussy that we cut the lucerne every 30 days. If it’s left any longer it’s not very palatable for them,” he says.

Case IH and Giltrap Agrizone recently loaned the Canes a new Puma 165 CVT in a sponsorship arrangement in conjunction with their All Black son Sam, who remains a

farm boy at heart despite being a professional rugby player.

Malcolm says while he probably won’t use all the electronic features in his new Puma cab, he’s enjoying many of its features and it’s a nice smooth ride.

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New generation large, square balers MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz

THE NEW generation Kuhn SB series large square balers are said to deliver high capacity and high bale weights combined with more driver convenience.

At its heart, driveline upgrades makes the balers extremely robust and durable.

Meanwhile, a choice of four double-knotter models and three bale sizes offer a solution for every producer in all crop conditions.

The SB series consists of four models: SB 890, SB 1270 X, SB 1290, and SB 1290 iD, producing 80 x 90cm, 120 x 70cm, and 120 x 90cm bales, respectively. The SB 890, SB 1270 X and SB 1290 perform in all crop conditions. The SB 1290 iD provides high bale den-

sities and is particularly suited to efficient logistics in shipping situations.

The SB series balers feature an improved crop intake system, starting with a newly-designed crop guard, a torque increase on the rotor and feeder fork driveline to ensure up to 15% higher intake capacity.

The KUHN patented torque regulation system on all models keeps the balance between capacity and density. This uses a crank angle position sensor and plunger rod load pins to measure the total machine load, throughout the complete plunger cycle.

The new design offers good accessibility for daily inspection and maintenance. While on the safety front, the knotter deck is equipped with solid stairs and a safety

The new generation Kuhn SB series large square balers are said to deliver high capacity and high bale weights combined with more driver convenience.

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Bays: 2 x 3.6m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.0 – 2.4m

MAILER SPECIAL

5,400

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,000

Bays: 2 x 4.5m Depth: 7.0m (2 x 3.5m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

2 Bay Lean-to

Bays: 2 x 4.0m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

S H E D S ,

B A R N S

&

S H E D S ,

S T A B L E S

&

S T A B L E S

MAILER SPECIAL

6,297

$ Design Meets New Consent Exemption

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,100

EA+GST

6,897

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,100

Want to know more about Goldpine Farm Buildings?

Jump on to www.goldpine.co.nz

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Bays: 2 x 4.5m Depth: 9.0m (2 x 4.5m) Height: 4.2 – 3.6m

S H E D S ,

S T A B L E S

MAILER SPECIAL

MAILER SPECIAL

$

B A R N S

2 Bay Gable

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

8,297

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,700

B A R N S

&

S T A B L E S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

Give us a call on 0800 2 GOLDPINE

B A R N S

COLOURSTEEL ADD $300

2 Bay Lean-to

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

S H E D S ,

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

MAILER SPECIAL

10,397

$

EA+GST

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

MAILER SPECIAL

EA+GST

INCL. Spouting & flashings

3,497

$

EA+GST

ROOF ONLY

The Bluff

EA+GST

B A R N S

Bays: 2 x 3.6m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

EA+GST

Bays: 2 x 3.0m Depth: 4.0m (1 x 4.0m) Height: 2.8 – 2.4m

S H E D S ,

2 Bay Gable

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

COLOURSTEEL ADD $2,000

*WIN YOUR SHED FOR FREE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Orders must be placed, with a non refundable deposit & a valid completed entry form by 5.30pm on 26th February 2021.

Max. value of “WIN YOUR SHED FOR FREE” is $10,000 excl. GST. Draw will take place on 8th March 2021. All prices exclusive of GST and are from 1st – 26th February 2021 only, while stocks last. Sheds must be delivered prior to 31st March 2020. Sheds are compliant to the 1170 building code requirements. Offer valid on these Standard Kitset Sheds only and for payments made via a Goldpine account. These shed offers are not available in conjunction with any other shed offer. Prices are for South Island stores only. Recommended Retail Prices (RRPs) and savings vary between regions in the South Island. Photographs are for illustrative purposes only.

Ange Childs

Graeme Fairless

Diane Edwards

Wayne Randle

Jim Hedley

Jerry Philip

Andy Dingfelder

Graham Cooke

Lisa Turner & Stu Wilson

Gene Bryant

Earl Woods

Shed Winner 2008 Gore

Shed Winner 2009 Feilding

Shed Winner 2009 Invercargill

Shed Winner 2010 Christchurch

Shed Winner 2010 Masterton

Shed Winner 2010 Amberley

Shed Winner 2011 Hastings

Shed Winner 2011 Amberley

Shed Winner 2011 Wanganui

Shed Winner 2011 Richmond

Shed Winner 2011 Waihi

Stephen Rodgers

Gary Dennison

Mike Priebe

Aly Youngman

Beth & Ron Richardson

David Hayes

Lyn Andrew

Rebecca Boyd

Tony Brown

Shed Winner 2012 Timaru

Tim Waller

Mark Lupton

Shed Winner 2011 Cromwell

Shed Winner 2012 Waihi

Shed Winner 2013 Culverden

Shed Winner 2013 Te Awamutu

Shed Winner 2013 Ashburton

Shed Winner 2013 Katikati

Shed Winner 2014 Invercargill

Shed Winner 2015 Mossburn

Shed Winner 2015 Morrinsville

Shed Winner 2016 Putaruru

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Benn Fanderlinden & Louise Mason Shed Winner 2016 Richmond

Ken McNeur

Bruce Berkahn

Dale Cooper

Michael Sims

Frank & Jan McIsaac

Aaron Begg

Shed Winner 2017 Havelock North

Shed Winner 2017 Bulls

Shed Winner 2018 Waimiha

Shed Winner Feb 2019 Greymouth

Shed Winner Sep 2019 Putaruru

Shed Winner Feb 2020 Tapawera

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3 Bay Lean-to

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NEW DESIGN!

3 Bay Lean-to

Bays: 3 x 4.2m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 4.0 – 3.4m

Bays: 3 x 3.6m Depth: 3.6m (1 x 3.6m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

The Abel Tasman B A R N S

&

MAILER SPECIAL

8,900

S T A B L E S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

MAILER SPECIAL

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

EA+GST

6,197

$

$

EA+GST

S H E D S ,

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,400

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,000

3 Bay Lean-to

Bays: 3 x 4.5m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

3 Bay Lean-to

B A R N S

&

S T A B L E S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

9,197

$ Design Meets New Consent Exemption

COLOURSTEEL ADD

EA+GST

MAILER SPECIAL

3 Bay Lean-to

The Tekapo

Bays: 3 x 3.6m Depth: 7.0m (2 x 3.5m) Height: 3.7 – 3.0m

S H E D S ,

8,200

$

3 Bay, 6m Deep Shed For Under $7k!

&

S T A B L E S

MAILER SPECIAL

9,997

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,600

$1,600

B A R N S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

MAILER SPECIAL

EA+GST

S H E D S ,

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

EA+GST

Bays: 3 x 3.6 Depth: 7.0m (2 x 3.5m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m m

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,900

3 Bay Gable

Bays: 3 x 4.5m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 4.2 – 3.6m

S H E D S ,

B A R N S

&

S T A B L E S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

11,497

EA+GST

MAILER SPECIAL

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,900

3 Bay Lean-to

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

Bays: 3 x 4.5m Depth: 9.0m (2 x 4.5m) Height: 3.9 – 3.0m

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

INCL. PA door, roller door & internal wall

3 Bay Lean-to

m

The Sounds S H E D S ,

STRONGBUILT® TERMS & CONDITIONS: 10% deposit is required. Freight included is within a 30km radius of any Goldpine store. Prices based on very high wind zone, 1.0 kPa snow loading and 300 kPa soil loading. (Richmond and Blenheim store plans based on high wind zone, 0.75kPa snow loading). STRONGBUILT® Sheds come in easy to construct kitset form.

EA+GST

12,897

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,100

NED’S SHEDS® TERMS & CONDITIONS: $500 deposit is required. Freight is not included, prices are ex nearest Goldpine store. Prices based on very high wind zone, 0.9 kPa snow loading and 300 kPa soil loading. Neds’ Sheds® come in easy to construct kitset form.

S T A B L E S

MAILER SPECIAL

EA+GST

6,900

&

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

MAILER SPECIAL

$

B A R N S

Bays: 3 x 3.6m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

COLOURSTEEL ADD $2,300

These prices include plans, PS1, H5 treated poles, SG8 verified timber (rafters, purlins and girts), cladding as specified and all fixings required. Spouting, clearlight, flashings and gates etc are at extra cost unless stated.

Photographs are for illustrative purposes only.

Sheds come in easy to construct kitset form.

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10,897

$

EA+GST

3 Bay Lean-to

Bays: 3 x 3.6 Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.0 – 2.4m

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4 Bay Lean-to

Bays: 4 x 4.2m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 4.0 – 3.4m The Coaster MAILER SPECIAL

4 Bay, 7m Deep Shed For Under $10.5k!

EA+GST

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,900

NEW DESIGN!

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

4 Bay Lean-to

S H E D S ,

B A R N S

&

S T A B L E S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

Bays: 4 x 3.6 Depth: 7.0m (2 x 3.5m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m m

MAILER SPECIAL

11,497

$

EA+GST

11,300

$ Design Meets New Consent Exemption

COLOURSTEEL ADD $2,000

4 Bay Lean-to

Bays: 4 x 4.0m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

11,197

$

EA+GST

MAILER SPECIAL

COLOURSTEEL ADD $1,900

4 Bay Lean-to

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

B A R N S

&

Bays: 4 x 3.6m Depth: 7.0m (2 x 3.5m) Height: 3.7 – 3.0m

S T A B L E S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

12,597

$ Design Meets New Consent Exemption

EA+GST

MAILER SPECIAL

The Buller MAILER SPECIAL

10,300

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD

COLOURSTEEL ADD $2,100

4 Bay Gable

S H E D S ,

&

S T A B L E S

MAILER SPECIAL

18,297

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD $2,900

$2,100

LIFESTYLE BARNS

B A R N S

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

Bays: 4 x 4.5m Depth: 9.0m (2 x 4.5m) Height: 4.2 – 3.6m

EA+GST

S H E D S ,

4 Bay Lean-to

EA+GST

Bays: 4 x 4.5m Depth: 6.0m (2 x 3.0m) Height: 3.6 – 3.0m

Jersey Lifestyle Barn

Bays: 3 x 4.5m Depth: 9.0m (2 x 4.5m) Height: 3.7 – 5.2 – 3.7m INCL. PA door, flashings, spouting, 3 x roller doors

Hereford Lifestyle Barn

B A R N S

&

S T A B L E S

MAILER SPECIAL

MAILER SPECIAL

17,697

$

COLOURSTEEL ADD $3,000

23,397

$ PACKAGE DEAL!

INCL. PA door, flashings, spouting, 2 x roller doors

EA+GST

Bays: 3 x 3.5 Depth: 7.0m (2 x 3.5m) Height: 3.0 – 4.6 – 3.0m

S H E D S ,

BUILT TOUGH. STAND TOUGH.

m

EA+GST

PACKAGE DEAL!

COLOURSTEEL ADD $4,400

Does your new farm building need consent?

Single storey

110m2 floor area or less

In a rural zone

Located in a high wind zone

If you ticked these boxes, you may not require consent!

Some Goldpine single-storey pole sheds and hay barns in rural zones will no longer require consent. Head to www.goldpine.co.nz to find out what this means for your new farm building.

Goldpine Stores

Design Meets New Consent Exemption

Give us a call on 0800 2 GOLDPINE

RICHMOND 62 Gladstone Rd Ph: (03) 544 0199

BLENHEIM 18 Bomford St Ph: (03) 577 7136

AMBERLEY 240 Carters Rd Ph: (03) 314 9932

CHRISTCHURCH 196 Springs Rd Ph: (03) 349 4790

RAKAIA South Town Belt Ph: (03) 302 7291

ASHBURTON 472 West St Ph: (03) 307 8609

Jump on to www.goldpine.co.nz

TIMARU 16 Martin St Ph: (03) 688 2166

OAMARU 6 Industrial Pl Ph: (03) 433 2129

CROMWELL 75 Barry Ave Ph: (03) 445 3028

MOSGIEL 25 McGlashan St Ph: (03) 489 3345

GORE 94 Hokonui Dr Ph: (03) 208 0108

INVERCARGILL 25 Wallacetown-Lorneville Hwy Ph: (03) 235 8672

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