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“Profits for meat companies have risen drastically and there’s no need to pay migrant workers below the median wage.”The meat processing sector employs between 18,000 to 23,000 workers at peak season but face a shortfall of about 5,000 workers. Most workers are paid between $28 to $30/hour. Carran says he hasn’t received full details of the agreement but hopes that pastoral care of migrant workers is enshrined in the deal. He says the meat processing sector should not follow down the path of the horticulture sector, where some employers have been accused of exploiting Pacific Island workers.
FIRST Union, which represent workers at plants supplying supermar kets and retailers, says it wasn’t con sulted. Union general secretary Dennis Maga says the agreement will under mine wages and conditions in key sec tors and would have never been agreed to if actual consultation had taken place.“We represent workers in three of the five industries for which sector agreements have been announced but there has been no consultation with us whatsoever,” he told Rural News
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MEAT SECTOR unions are crying foul over a plan to pay migrant workers less than the median wage for short work stints in processing plants. The ‘sector agreement’ unveiled by the Government will allow 320 migrants to work for $24/hour for seven months; the wage threshold will be updated each year to reflect changes in the median wage to maintain its rel ativeNewvalue.Zealand Meat workers Union general secretary Daryl Carran says, while he welcomes extra workers for the labour-strapped meat processing sector, he disagrees with the low wages on Carranoffer. says meat company prof its are rising dramatically and they can afford to pay migrant workers way more than “Despite$24/hour.risingshipping costs, meat processors are doing very well. Global prices are strong and profit per unit of cattle, lamb and mutton remain very high,” he told Rural News “We believe there’s no justification for paying migrant workers $24/hour.
“Given the lack of consultation on this proposal, it’s difficult to escape the conclusion that this a cheap labour stitch-up between the Government and businesses.”However, the Meat Industry Asso ciation (MIA), which represents meat processors, says the agreement should go a long way to addressing the signifi cant labour shortages in the meat pro cessing“Laboursector.shortages have been a sig nificant issue for the meat processing sector for some time, so this agreement is a welcome boost to our own domes tic recruitment efforts,” says MIA chief executive Sirma Karapeeva. “Without sufficient employees, processors cannot run plants to the desired capacity, fully process all prod ucts and capture the maximum value.” She says this not only deprives pro cessors and farmers of revenue but also rural communities and the New Zea land economy of income.
LANDSLIPS REMAIN the biggest problem for farmers in Rai Valley, Marlborough – a region which received 1,200mm of rain over six days. The region has 200 farming properties – made up of beef, sheep and dairy farmers and lifestyle blocks, and access is being slowly restored. This photo shows a landslip that hurled a house down the hill, landing it on the road.
Feds Marlborough Dairy chair Evan White told Rural News that people had made progress over the last 12 months, “only to go back to square one last week”. Full coverage,
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“Meat processors are predominantly based in the regions so enabling meat processors to operate at their desired capacity will provide additional money to the communities where they are located.”
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He added that DairyNZ and other HWEN partners continued to meet regularly with Government to dis cuss recommendations and “hear theirGroundswell’sviews”.
Earlier this year, HWEN rec ommended a farm-level, split-gas levy with built-in incentives to reduce emissions and recognisesequestrationcarbonfrom2025.tionswere raised about the viability of HWEN’s proposals when the Climate Change Commission in a report to the Gov ernment on its recommendations said farmers should not be paid for carbon absorption (sequestration) for on-farm vegetation.Cranston told Rural News that Groundswell stood by its information that the minister has been having con versations with industry leaders about scrapping the current HWEN proposal in favour of a completely new alterna tive. “Much of the commentary has missed the key point here,” he says. “We never stated that HWEN was scrapped, we said the minister was set to scrap Cranstonit.”says neither Shaw nor industry have denied having conver sations about developing an alterna tive“Thatoption.is Meanwhile,telling.”Groundswell has again criticised HWEN partners – including Beef+Lamb NZ and DairyNZ – over their credibility with, and poor advo cacy on behalf of, the farming sector.
Steve Cranston claims that the Government will replace the He Waka Eke Noa with a “cap and trade” scheme for agri culture.Acap and trade scheme – like the Emissions Trading Scheme — requires each emitter to purchase units to allow a specific quantity of greenhouse gases to be emitted. Emissions units can be traded.
“The fact is that industry leaders were consistently telling farmers that there were only two options, HWEN or the ETS backstop,” Cranston says. “It is now clear that they knew all along that other options were in play but continued to threaten farmers with the ETS backstop in an attempt to get HWEN over the line. This brings the credibility of our industry leadership into question.”
LOBBY GROUP Groundswell NZ is standing by its claim that the current primary sector agreement on agricul tural emissions via He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) will be dumped. emissions spokesman Steve Cran ston released a statement claiming that, “Government and industry lead ers have been quietly looking at alter native emission pricing options to the HWEN scheme for the past few months and now appear ready to pull the pin on HWEN”.
Climate Change Minister James Shaw “has finally conceded the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) agricultural emis sions scheme is terminally flawed and will scrap it”. the members of the HWEN Partner ship to confirm whether HWEN is dead and what alternatives they are now swell’sconsidering.claimsaying there are “no plans to scrap the He Waka Eke Noa agricultural emissions scheme”. However, he did not respond to claims that discussions about other options had been taking place.
“How can the minister claim full confidence in the current HWEN pro meetings took place to discuss alter native options,” Cranston told Rural News Meanwhile, He Waka Eke Noa chair Michael Ahie has also rejected Ground swell’s claim saying it remained on “The 11 primary sector and Māori agribusiness partners committed to the system they recom mended for pricing agricul tural emissions,” he says. “We know there is some unfounded speculation and conjecture out there about the process, how ever farmers, growers and all New Zealand ers can be confident He Waka Eke Noa is on Ahie says HWEN has had “positive and encour aging discussions with the Government” and all remain committed to the process
DAVID ANDERSON Climate Change Minister James Shaw has not responded to claims that discussions on other options have taken place.
DAIRYNZ CHAIR Jim van der Poel has come out swinging, accusing Groundswell of “circulating incor rect information” and “not getting the best outcome for farmers”. In a note last week to levypayers, van der Poel lambasted the lobby group for causing confusion and con cern in rural communities. “I assure you the HWEN process is still on track,” van der Poel told farmers.“The proposal submitted to Gov ernment continues to have the unani mous support of all 11 primary sector partners.”
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ment of factors associated with a scheme’s inde pendentMeanwhile,operation.”Bowkett says DIA officials, Clutha District Council and farmer representatives have agreed to establish a joint governance group to explore the costs, benefits and risks with user ownership versus WSE ownership of Clutha’s mixed use water schemes. “DIA intends developing a sound methodol ogy for the assessment of ownership options for mixed-use rural schemes that can be applied to schemes in other parts of New Zealand.”
“What has been the education pathway has clearly not been working with the lack in numbers of qualified staff so look at other ways of training nursing staff.”
RWNZ national president of Gill Naylor says a one-size-fits-all approach on health will not work for rural communities.
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RURAL WATER schemes, which primarily pro vide water for agricultural purposes, may be able to be directly owned and operated by their users. This would make them independent of one of the four big Water Services Entities (WSE) that are proposed to take over running all the coun try’s water services under the Government’s con troversial Three Waters Reforms. Hamiora Bowkett, executive director of Three Waters Reform at the Department of Internal Affairs, says the recommendation to carve out rural mixed-use water schemes was made by the Rural Supplies Technical Working Group earlier this year. This recommendation has now gained government approval. “This will require 75% of all users (farming and domestic) to agree to the proposal, and for the proposal to be informed by a robust assess
Bowkett says this will then be used to inform the legislative mechanisms to be provided for in the second Water Services Entities Bill, expected to be introduced later this year.
Rural water schemes, which primarily provide water for agricultural purposes, may be able to be directly owned and operated by their users.
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RURAL WOMEN New Zealand (RWNZ) is call ing for the Government to work with rural com munities on rural health. RWNZ national presi dent of Gill Naylor says rural communities need full resourcing based on their Naylorapproach“Aneeds.one-size-fits-allwillnotwork,”told Rural News RWNZ wants to see a fully resourced co-design programme with rural communities. Naylor says this would identify health and wellbeing needs of the community and develop a plan for servic ing those needs. Her comments come just two months after Health Minister Andrew Little agreed to have a rural health strategy in the Pae Ora Healthy Futures Bill, which passed into law last month. But Naylor points out that saying there will be a strategy isn’t enough. “There needs to be a plan in place to make the strategy work and ade quate resources in order to enable that plan to be implemented.”Shesaysalist of changes need to be implemented to help the sector, including changes to immigration policies for nurses, midwives, GPs and other health indus try Naylorstaff. believes that NZ needs to make resi dency and citizenship pathways look more attractive to these work ers. She adds also in need of urgent attention is the training to practice pipe line for nurses and nurs ing“Whatstudents.has been the education pathway has clearly not been working with the lack in numbers of qualified staff so look at other ways of training nursing staff.” She says one idea could be to move back into the hospitals with on-the-job training with a component of regular uni-based theory to com plement.Naylor would like the sector to be more real istic about salary scales and“Wepayment.willkeep losing staff overseas as salaries are not keeping up with international expecta tions.”
One thing that won’t work right now, Naylor believes, is increasing telehealth services. “Many rural commu nities do not have the digital capacity or access to reliable internet, and many don’t have cellu lar coverage. This is not to say that rural commu nities won’t take up the opportunity to use tele health, they just can’t access it, through no fault of their own.”
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Roads blocked, farms cut off, milk dumped due to floods
At the height of the floods, about eight dairy farms were under water, including a dairy shed. Technicians were flown in by a helicopter to fix the milkingWhiteplatform.saysmost dairy farms had electricity or generators and are milk ing cows once a day. He says access to farms by tankers and stock trucks was the main issue.Some farms had lost bales of feed in the flood but the overall feed situ ation was okay. Federated Farmers has been arrang ing delivery of emergency feed from Canterbury.
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MAJOR ROAD slips in upper South Island blocked access to 70 dairy farms, forcing farmers to dump milk. In Golden Bay, Fon terra milk tankers were still trying to reach around 40 farms in Collingwood late last week.As this edition of Rural News went to print, Fonterra staff were on the ground looking at access roads and tanker access to reach those farmers cut off by landslips trig gered by record rain. The news was, how ever, better for farmers in Rai Valley in Marlbor ough, one of the worst affectedFonterraregions.regional head Canterbury Tasman and Marlborough, Charles Fergusson, says the co-op started collecting milk off eight farms on the main road between Ren wick and Rai Valley last Wednesday.Ferguson says with a bit of luck, they were hopeful of reaching other farms in the Rai Valley and Canvastown area. “But there are still close to 40 farms in the Collingwood area that will likely remain cut off for a bit longer,” he told Rural News “In preparation for the state highways opening up again, we have people on the ground looking at access roads and tanker tracks on to farms. “We’re doing every thing we can to ensure we can start safely col lecting milk when those highways do open up and we will continue to keep in close contact with WakaFederatedKotahi.”Farm ers Golden Bay presi dent Cherrie Chubb says the most pressing issue is damage to some key roads.“There is a slip that has been affecting Birds Hill and restricting access to light vehicles only. “All farms on the Collingwood side of the slip are having to dump milk and fixing that sec tion of the road is a prior ity,” she told Rural News But Chubb says con ditions are beginning to improve. The Golden Bay region received almost 900mm of rain over six days. She says it’s under standably taking a while to dry“Weout.have had a few days now of fine weather, including some prolonged periods of sun. It’s warm and the grass is growing.”
Last week’s flooding led to slips in upper South Island blocking access to 70 dairy farms, forcing farmers to dump milk.
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Over in the Rai Valley, Marlborough, of the 43 dairy farms there, only nine had their milk picked up for most of last week.Marlborough has 200 properties – made up of beef, sheep and dairy farmers and lifestyle blocks. Last week’s flood ing was the second one to hit the region in 12 months.Federated Farmers Marlborough Dairy chair Evan White told Rural News that people had made progress over the last 12 months, “only to go back to square one last week”.White says farmers were either dumping milk or feeding it to bobby calves that could not be picked up by stock trans porters.The Rai Valley received 1,200mm of rain. White says many people in the region had never seen anything like it.
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Rural News that the Government keeps getting the process wrong.Hesays FWFPs should have been rolled out well in advance of the rules around winter grazing.
Call to defer new winter grazing regulations again
“We also deferred the commencement date of these regulations to enable farmers and coun cils time to prepare ahead for the 2023 winter-graz ingParkerseason.”claims that under the new regula tions, farmers are per mitted to undertake intensive winter graz ing if it complies with the default conditions set out in the regulations.
The current rules, developed as part of National HerrickingSouthland2022.sentapplyaityrangewinter,annualwhoterStandardsEnvironmentalforFreshwa2020,requirefarmersgrazelivestockonanforagecropoveranddonotmeetaofpermittedactivcriteria,toeithergaincertifiedFWFPortoforaresourceconfrom1NovemberFederatedFarmerswintergrazspokespersonJasontold
“Now thousands of farmers will now have to apply for a resource con sent for winter crops for next season, and the problem being farmers are making those deci sions right now and the regional councils do not have the resources to process the amount pos sibly needed therefore delaying precious time,” Herrick says. “I think the last three years have been proof enough that education over regulation has pro duced positive results on winter“So,grazing.therefore we ask, are regulations actually necessary?”B+LNZchief execu tive Sam McIvor believes a delay in the implemen tation of the rules won’t be at the expense of the environment.WhileParker hasn’t rejected the call for an extension yet, he points out that the Government has been working with councils, iwi and farming groups since early 2021 to make improvements to the intensive winter graz ing regulations as they are implemented.
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The sheer number of consents needed means some regional coun cils won’t be able to pro cess resource consents in time, especially as farm ers need to plan for next season’s forage crops now.Environment Minister David Parker told Rural News that, in a recent letter to him, several industry bodies raised concerns about the readi ness of directed“I’vecouncils.thereforeofficialsto work with relevant councils to get a full picture of coun cils’ readiness to imple ment the intensive winter grazing regulations,” says Parker.“Iexpect to receive advice on this shortly.”
“A resource consent will be required only if these conditions cannot be met.”Headds that the Government is working on certified FWFPs to allow farmers an alternative way to meet the conditions.
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THE GOVERNMENT is looking into farmer claims that regional councils aren’t ready to implement new inten sive winter grazing regu lations.Federated Farmers, DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) want the introduction of new regu lations delayed by a year to November 2023. They accuse the Gov ernment of failing to get its freshwater farm plans (FWFP) in place in time, meaning thousands of farmers will have to go down the expensive consenting process for winter grazing on farms.
Farmers excel despite the wet
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the farming sector has done a good job of taking their animals through what has been a challenging winter.
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Allen believes it is now a case of getting bobby calves killed and points out that, with Silver Fern Farms running a booking system, unless farmers book early they will end up having to hold stock longer on their farms.
“This is not so much a challenge for now, but more one for the summer.”Onapositive note, Allen says farmers have been pretty conscious about not pugging the paddocks like they might have done say a decade ago.He believes they have done really However,well.hesays there have been challenges about emptying efflu ent ponds on to saturated soils and running out of storage
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O’Connor says dairy farmers have been using stand-off pads, while some have constructed shelters and others have reduced stocking rates overInwinter.theWaikato, Agfirst farm consultant James Allen says the recent rains have made for chal lenging times for dairy farmers. He says farm ers have consistently told him this is probably the wettest it’s been for five or six years. Allen adds that the rain, along with recent frosts, is slowing down pasture growth and farmers are getting pretty frustrated and asking what will they do next. “They are just running out of options and prob ably the next few weeks are going to be the pinchpoint.”Allen says feed is start ing to get tight and this is a worry going forward. He says while crop yields were reasonable a lot of supplement did get used throughout the autumn. He reckons a situation could arise where there is virtually no supplement left in the cupboard.
AN ISSUE facing farmers around the country is killing space.James Allen told Rural News while there aren’t many cull cows going out in the Waikato, there are problems with booking space for bobby calves. He says there are still staffing problems at the works due to Covid and they still haven’t quite finished the lamb kill.
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DESPITE THE terribly wet weather, the Minister of Agriculture says farm ers have done a good job managing winter grazing thisDamienyear.
O’Connor says despite challenging conditions, the reports he’s had from around the country are positive. He says farmers seem to have fed their animals and protected their pas ture and “Whilesoils.there may be the odd exception, gen erally the farming sector has a done a spectacu larly good job of taking their animals through what has been a challeng ing winter,” he told Rural News
In 2021, Pāmu farms contributed 0.75m gross metric tons of carbon diox ide equivalent and sequestered around 0.33m metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
RISING SALES of dairy consumable products helped Skellerup deliver a record net profit of $48 million last financial year. The 19% jump in net profit came on the back of a 13% increase in rev enue, which reached $317m.Earnings before inter est and tax (EBIT) for the agri division topped $34m, up 10% on the pre vious year. Agri revenue was $110.6 million, up 8%. Skellerup chief exec utive David Mair says the result continues to underline the importance of the dairy consumable products that Skellerup design, manufacture and sell“Ourglobally.agri division is a world leader in the design and manufacture of essential consumables for the global dairy indus try and the design and manufacture of rubber footwear for farming and specialty applications including fire, forestry and electricity,” he says.
“We have also increased our technical resources and invested in additional capacity to provide the platform for further growth,” says Mair.The industrial division EBIT was $39 million, up 20%.Mair highlighted Skel lerup’s continuing invest ment in systems and people to deliver sustain able financial returns.
Outgoing Skellerup chair Liz Coutts says the strong financial position allows the company to continue growing returns for Ashareholders.finaldividend of 13c/share will be paid to shareholders in October, bringing the year’s total dividend to 20.5c/share.
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Pamu chief executive Mark Leslie says the state-owned farmer is committed to transparency around its emissions reduction journey.
PĀMU (LANDCORP Farming) says its journey to reduce its carbon output has begun with Toitū carbon reduce certifi cation across 20 of its farms.
The state-owned farmer says this is just one step on the company’s path to reducing its carbon emissions by 4% per year to 2024.
Skellerup increased sales of dairy rubberware and footwear in the US and New Zealand mar kets.The company claims that further productiv ity gains at its large NZ and China manufactur ing facilities helped offset the significant impact of increased raw material prices and freight cost.
“Having a consistent approach using best practices ensures we are holding ourselves to account and meeting our supplierBridgemanrequirements.”saysPāmu has been working to reduce its environmental impact over the course of several years.
Coutts will step down at Skellerup’s annual meeting on October 26 and will be succeeded by John Strowger.
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Pāmu manages 110 farms over 364,000 hectares, with revenue pri marily coming from dairy and live stockChieffarming.executive Mark Leslie says the state-owned farmer is committed to transparency around its emissions reduction journey.
“Our flagship initiatives include breeding animals with lower methane levels and shifting several dairy farms to organic farms. “We are also developing tailored emissions reductions plans for each farm and are undertaking a firm wide education programme to train our staff on how to identify emissions reduc tions opportunities,” Bridgeman adds.
Leslie claims the geographic diver sity of its farms and range of Pāmu’s stock enables them to trial mitigations and improvements under different con ditions.“There are some big challenges ahead, and we are starting to develop concrete plans to reduce our emis sions,” he says. “We also expect to have each of our farms certified by 2024.”
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“We are committed to being a sector leader when it comes to farm ing and environmental innovation and being a role-model for other agriculture businesses starting their carbon reduc tion journey,” he says.
“We regard invest ment in systems, process and people as critical to our future success. This requires not only invest ing in systems but ensur ing we carefully evaluate our performance, inject ing new people into our businesses to challenge and improve what we do.”
“The Toitū carbon reduce certifi cation provides us with a very robust measurement of our emissions, allow ing us to identify the best carbon reduction opportunities and measure our progress in reducing emissions,” says Pāmu sustainability manager Sam Bridgeman.“Itprovides a clear framework for continuing to measure and reduce our emissions on farm, across the organ isation,” Bridgeman told Rural News
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THERE ARE calls to adopt a newly proposed national telehealth pro gramme to better service rural health needs. It is also hoped that the new technology will help offset the current health workforce crises and eliminate decadeslong inequities in patient care.The brainchild of the New Zealand Telehealth Forum (NZTF), PASE – the Patient Anywhere Specialist Everywhere project – is a central ised model of care with a nationwide rostering system for specialist doc tors, GPs, nurses and health workers. It aims to deliver timely care to patients – regardless of location.Areport outlining PASE was recently pre sented to MPs and lead ing health officials from both Health NZ and the Maori Health Authority in the past few weeks. The concept is that of a cloud based, national booking system and shared health record. It uses information and anywheremedicaltechnologycommunicationstobringexpertiseandanytime –remotely.“PASE could help solve elements of the chronic health workforce shortage in Aotearoa,” says NZTF chair and rural hospital and ED specialist Dr Ruth Large.“With a centralized health system in Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority solutions such as the PASE model can make a real difference to the lives of health profes sionals, patients and their whānau.”Largesays
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The adoption of a newly proposed national telehealth programme is hoped will help deliver better service for rural health needs.
PASE would be cost-effective to estab lish, train for and run, providing a ‘win-win’ for health profession als and patients by pro viding quick, equitable and accurate treatment for patients. She adds it will also increase support infrastructure for health care providers – as well as boosting communica tions between families and medical teams. “While not a panacea for all specialist development,tosupportingofenableshortages,workforcePASEwouldmorespreadexistingservices,cliniciansaccessprofessionalcontinue to work where they live and enable colleagues to work at the top of their scope with specialist support.” New Zealand Tele health Leadership Group member Andrew Panck hurst says pilot telehealth projects carried out across New Zealand have shown the IT technology and know-how already exist to successfully roll out“ThePASE.PASE model would be an excellent fit for Aotearoa, supporting not just gaps in medical care but mental health, palliative and cancer care, even speech therapy and optometry.Wenow have the pros pect of a further potential health crisis looming in the form of Long Covid, which requires multiple pathological processes and specialty treatment.”
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Pankhurst believes a PASE system will allow patients everywhere to receive the levels of ningPASEturecoststonessinequities.”ordertelehealthconsideringwholeHealthHealthrequire.specialistmulti-disciplinarycarethey“It’svitalthatbothNZandtheMāoriAuthoritytakeasystemviewwhenanationalcaremodelintoavoidpotentialTheNZTFsaysabusicaseisnowneededdeterminetheexactandITinfrastrucrequiredtogetasystemupandrunhere.
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MPI is one of four government ministries who paid grant funding to Plunket in the 2020/21 financial year, including Ministry of Education, Ministry of Pacific Peoples and the Ministry for Social Development, according to the charity’s annual report.Story says MPI is among those providing Plun ket with grant funding because the success of New Zealand’s primary sector hinges on having resilient, thriving and sustainable rural communities.
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Plunket regional operations manager, Te Wai Pou namu (South Island), Maria van der Plas says the grant funding from MPI will go towards the day-today costs of running its community support services and injury prevention programme in rural areas of the South
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He says the funding for Plunket is one of 15 initia tives funded with the aim of improving the wellbeing of people in remote rural communities.
Matt Bolger, DCANZ is in a sense a part-time position, with his major role as Pro Vice Chancellor (chief executive) at Waikato University. It would be grossly unfair to cast Matt Bolger in the mould of his famous father – former Prime Minister Jim – because at just 42 he has an enviable CV and string of achievements.BorninWellington, Matt Bolger says he and the family spent time on their farm in Te Kuiti and also in Taranaki, where father Jim was born. When the former PM was appointed as Ambassador to the USA, Bolger went with his parents and studied at prestigious George town University in Washington DC. It was here that he completed degrees in international business, English literature and Japanese. He also studied in Japan.
Van der Plas adds that services take the form of injury prevention, home visits, new migrant play groups, coffee groups, exercise groups, dance and movement groups, as well as cultural groups.
“ParentingIsland.can be an exciting but challenging time – living in rural areas can mean isolation and limited access to support services,” she told Rural News
She says Plunket community service teams and volunteers work hard to provide support services to their local communities’ specific needs.
PLUNKET SAYS it is grateful for the recent round of funding it received from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). It was announced earlier this month that Plun ket would receive $100,000 in funding from MPI. This is in addition to $107,000 provided by MPI last year to “deliver community services to rural communities throughout the South Island,” says MPI director rural communities and farming sup port Nick “DespiteStory.the challenges of Covid-19, more than 3,000 parents, babies and children living in rural locations were reached through a mix of coffee and play groups, parent education programmes and in house help to vulnerable new families dealing with a number of issues,” Story told Rural News
“These services are incredibly valuable to our rural communities – they combat isolation, improve wellbeing, and ensure that rural whānau get the sup port they need.”
“When I finished my studies I was looking to stay and work for period in the USA before coming home to NZ,” Bolger told Rural News “I managed to get a job with Fonterra, which had just been formed and had set up a sales office in Harrisburg Pennsyl vania. I was getting on a plane or out on the road every day visiting customers or on the phones or with the supply chain team moving product from NZ around the States.”Ayear later, Bolger was back in Fonterra’s head office in Auckland where for five years he worked in a range of roles in strategy, then operations looking at commer cialising technology. Then he was posted to Chicago for another five years managing some global accounts to the US food sector. He was also running a number of Fonterra’s relationships with some of the global food compa nies that were headquartered in Chicago and who had sales teams all round the world. “That was an amazing time because I was working with some great people on the customer side, trying to create value for term and trying to create value for NZ.” Back in NZ at Fonterra, Bolger worked again on a wide variety of projects including environmental sustainability programmes, digital tools for farmers and different shareholding arrangements. His last year at Fonterra was spent working on its capital structure. His decision to take up the role of Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Waikato’s Manage ment School should come as no surprise. He says he’s always been passionate about education. “I have been fortunate to go to great universities in NZ and the USA and Japan,” he says. “The move to Waikato University was not planned, but wow it’s fantastic and an amazing new opportunity.”
A WORLD in geopoliti cal turmoil highlights the need for good, genuine relationships.That’sthe view of Matt Bolger, who’s just taken over as the new chair of DCANZ – the organisation that repre sents the nation’s dairy companies on matters such as trade access and other issues common to all companies.Hesays,in such diffi cult times, people often become protectionist and that can lead to trade, supply chain and physi cal disruptions. This is especially the case when dealing with a perishable product that has to be transported over long dis tances.Bolger says one of the reasons DCANZ has been successful as an organisa tion is because it has fos tered strong collaboration and relationships among its members. He says it has created a forum where discussions can take place and common ground is found – espe cially on issues such as international trade.
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Success in the face of world turmoil
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“When you look at how different sectors have come through the last couple of years with Covid and the supply chain disruptions, I think it [the dairy industry] has gone really well,” he told Rural News “There are still a lot of challenges out there, but in general I have been pretty impressed at the way the sector has con tinuedBolgeron.”says all indus tries – not just dairy –and the NZ Government have generally worked very well together and have been open and posi tive in their approach to trade. He says this needs to continue over the long haul because trade agree ments don’t happen over night.“They are built on a lot of things and take a helluva long time,” he adds.
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Federated Farmers says it is against the nationalisation of assets currently held by local entities.
FEDERATED FARMERS has called for the con troversial Three Waters Reform to be stopped before the legislation bill reaches its second read ing.In a submission to a parliamentary select com mittee, Federated Farm ers expressed concerns about the Water Ser vices Entities (WSE) Bill. If passed, the bill would establish four water ser vices entities in place of more than 70 local authorities that manage the country’s water sup plies, storm and waste water management sys tems.Federated Farmers argues that the bill should not proceed to a second reading in Parliament. “Many farmers are either self-suppliers or their water is supplied by private water schemes, meaning they should not be directly affected by the move to WSEs,” it says.
Fed Farmers calls for a halt to three waters reforms
The farmer lobby argues that numerous community ‘mixed use’ rural water supplies –such as human drink ing water and water for livestock or irriga tion, supplying water to farmhouses and lifestyle blocks – are owned or operated by local author ities.“The Government did not seem to have thought deeply about implications for these rural water sup pliers, until last Decem ber when it belatedly set up a Rural Water Supplies Working Group.” In June, that work ing group - the Rural Sup plies Technical Working Group - made 30 recom mendations in a report to the Department of Inter nalAmongAffairs. those recom mendations was that New Zealand’s 100 or so coun cil-owned rural water supply schemes be trans ferred to the four new cogoverned water entities. However it also added that there needed to be a pathway for some coun cil-owned, rural water supplies to revert to own ership by their users.
Federated Farmers say it agrees with the work ing group’s recommenda tions if the WSE bill is to proceed.Earlier this month, Federated Farmers national board member and local costlotwouldisedsupplies,ersdilutedthedemocracy.”seecouncilscarelocalstronglynificantcils?”awaynextanding,mittee.Faulknernics…sectorininsowhichaarelocalinouslynationalisationlobbycommitteeFaulknerspokespersongovernmentSandratoldtheselectthefarmerisagainsttheofprevilocalentities.“Webelievestronglykeepingthelocalingovernmentandwestronglyopposedtocentralisationagendaseemstobedrivingmuchpolicy,notjustwaterservices,butalsoRMAreform,healthreform,polytechthelistgoeson,”toldthecom“Willthelikesofroadwastemanagementbuildingconsentsbeforcentralisationfromlocalcounsheasked.“Manyfarmers,assigratepayersandrootedintheircommunities,stilldeeplyaboutourandwhattheyasanattackonlocalFaulknerarguesthatruralvoicewouldbeifservicesfarmrelyon,likewaterarecentralwhilelocalcouncilsbe“hollowedout”.“Thereseemtobeamorebureaucracyandassociatedwiththe entities’ multi-tiered governance arrangements and the various advisory groups and forums that will be set up to try and replicate what already have – local voice and accountability.”
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Chief executive Stephen Guerin says the result is a testament to the PGW team given the challenges the company faced during the year .
STEPHEN GUERIN says PGW is committed to wool and has hinted that the company is looking at ways of do things differently in this“Wespace.are looking at doing things differ ently and we’ve had some teams offshore recently talking to overseas suppliers in this space,” he told Rural News. “But nothing to announce at the moment.”
He says the company makes money out of its wool business but really struggles in the crossbred and strong wool market.
WOOL CHANGES?
PGW overcomes challenges to profit
DAVID ANDERSON
“However, inflation ary pressures on input costs will likely trans late into reduced on-farm profits, and exporters will still need to navigate high shipping costs and chal lenging logistics.”
– Peter Burke
IRELAND’S FIRST Ambassador to NZ, Peter Ryan, says relations between the two countries have never beenRyancloser.leaves NZ with a legacy, which covers trade, culture and com munity. His next posting is ambassa dor to Nigeria, where Ireland has one of its largest embassies in the world. In addition to physically establish ing the NZ embassy, Ryan has trav elled the length and breadth of the country many times, meeting people. He has been instrumental in setting up a range of business, cultural and community initiatives. These include promoting Irish business networks and supporting Irish/NZ cultural ties, and Ryan and his staff played a major role in repatriating Irish people back to Ireland during the Covid pandemic. During his four year stint in NZ, FTAs with both the UK and the EU were signed and Ireland even beat the All Blacks in an historic test series. Perhaps one of Ryan’s greatest achievements was growing and bring ing to the fore the links between Ire land and Maori and Pacifica people – along with all New Zealanders. One in six people in NZ have Irish heri tage.“Both our embassy here and the NZ one in Dublin, which were estab lished at the same time, would not have been able to hit the ground run ning as they did if it wasn’t for the wonderful respect that both countries hold mutually,” Ryan told Rural News “Like any treasure, you have to look after it and nurture it.”
Peter Ryan has been a dynamic, energetic individual, who in the space of four years has raised the profile of Ireland in NZ in many ways – espe cially in the field of agriculture, agri tech and culture. He says the highlight of his time in New Zealand has been seeing the coming together of community and business, taking a new and fresh out look for the future, which he hopes will strengthen even more the strong links between the two nations.
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“It (strong wool business) is becoming tougher and tougher. But we are committed to it and we are open to doing thingsGuerindifferently.”sayswool is part of PGW’s heri tage as its services people on sheep farms every“Weday.are investing in the infrastructure of our wool business and we will continue to do this. We are not getting out of wool.”
Despite these chal lenges, PGW’s net profit was $24.3m, up $1.6m or 7% and revenue lifted 12% to $952.7m. It declared a final dividend of 16 cents per share to be paid Oct 3. The full year dividend of 30 cents/ share is up from 28 cents in 2021.Guerin says PGW’s real estate business had also enjoyed a successful year – despite total sales being down in this area. “Whilst returns in the residential and lifestyle channels have been chal lenging, sale volumes of rural properties have beenGuerinstrong.”says the com pany expected contin ued solid performances in its rural real estate with favourable spring apprais als.PGW’s retail and water business reported an operating Ebitda of $52.5m, up $15m on the 2021 year. A big positive was the Fruitfed business, which was flourishing on the back of a very strong horticulture sector. However, PGW’s agency group – which incorporates the live stock, wool and real estate business – posted an operating Ebitda of $21.8m – down $3.3m. Guerin conceded much of this drop was in its strong wool business, as this sector is continu ing to PGWstruggle.believes a profit able outlook for most of the NZ agri sector looks likely to continue through the remainder of 2022 and into the year ahead.
RURAL SERVICES com pany PGG Wrightson (PGW) has blown away the Covid-inspired trials of the past couple of years to report a 20% lift in operating earnings for the 2022 year. The company claims it has steered itself through what it describes as a “challenging year on many“Likelevels”.allbusinesses we have had to navi gate managing Covid19 protocols, dealing with a high proportion of health-related staff absences, responding to supply chain challenges, and resourcing the busi ness in an extremely tight labourPGW’smarket.”operating earn ings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) were $67.2 million in the 12 months ended June 30 compared with $56m in the 2021 year. Chief executive Ste phen Guerin told Rural News the result was a tes tament to the PGW team given the ongoing chal lenging environment. He listed supply issues – both inward and out ward – weather events around the country, the lockdown in the north ern North Island in the second half of 2021 and labour shortages as some of the challenges the company faced during the“Theyear. price of getting product here (into NZ) has got more expensive,” Guerin explained. “The price of getting a con tainer out of the Asian market or American market used to be about US$3,000 a container and now that is nearer to issuesUS$21,000.”Hesayslogisticalarecontinuing to impact on the business, with some spring crop product that is supposed to be in the country still stuck in Malaysia. “It is not going to get here in time, so we are going to have to fly product in and that adds cost.”He says the company is carrying more inven tory to ensure it has product on hand for cus tomers.“Atthe end of June, bearing in mind June is the low point of our inventory cycle, we had $20 million more of inventory on hand.”
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IT IS often said there are three things that regularly impact on farmers, which they cannot control: the Government, interest rates and the Unfortunately,weather.inrecent times it is severe weather that has affected farmers and growers in the top-of-the-south, and to a lesser extent in the Far North District, with floods decimat ing these regions. More than a metre of rain fell over four days in parts of the Nelson region, while parts of Rai Valley in Marlborough recorded simi lar falls. In Tākaka, half a metre of rain fell in four days, while some areas in Northland recorded the same. This has left farmers and growers in these parts of the country with wrecked paddocks and crops, infrastructure and fencing dam aged, and road closures are impeding milk collections and stock movements. This couldn’t have happened at a worse time of year of the farming calendar, with lambing and calving under way. The clean-up will be challenging, difficult and hard work.
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Your canine crusader reckons vegan activists around the world will have choked on their mung beans reading about the secret behind the New Zealand athletes’ medal-winning success at the recent Commonwealth Games. Apparently it was all down to beef and lamb, with the Alliance Group as the official supplier to the New Zealand team for the games in Birmingham. Alliance’s Shane Kingston said the meat co-op supplied its ‘award-winning’ Pure South beef and lamb range and Lumina lamb for the protein-packed meals for the New Zealand athletes – as well as their entourage and delegates. “It’s no surprise our Commonwealth Games’ athletes turned to New Zealand beef and lamb to give them the boost they need,” he said. “Lean, red meat is nature’s power pack – delivering a lot, in a little.” And as the NZ team’s medal laden success shows – no one could argue with that! McFlop!
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The McPlant – a pea, rice, and potato mixture that mimicked the flavour and texture of beef – was hailed in marketing as a saviour to the impending climate disaster. However, the only disaster was financial and in early August – a mere six months after its launch –McDonald’s stopped producing the ‘animal-free’ burger, which used a fake beef patty from Beyond Meat. Apparently, it was rolled out in roughly 600 stores in February to gauge customer demand, but McDonald’s American customers voted with their feet.
“The Future Farm now sits outside our core business and while it is starting to generate a profit, it would require a lot more input and resources in the future to realise its full potential and really deliver for farmers as an extension tool,” the farmer-funded levy claims.
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This old mutt understands that MPI and agri industry bodies had to do a fair bit of scrambling to shoot down rumours circulating about China shutting its borders to NZ and Australian products over concerns about foot-and-mouth Thedisease.Australian Financial Review quoted a Chinese news report that Beijing had announced a temporary suspension of agricultural imports from both countries. “We are aware of the rumour. There does not appear to be anything behind it,” the Dairy Companies Association of NZ (DCANZ) said in a statement. Meanwhile, a representative from the meat sector described the claim as a “false alarm”. MPI also closed ranks with the industry with a spokesperson saying: “New Zealand exports to China are continuing as normal.” It is good to see a quick, solid and strong response from these outfits.
According to the local Rural Support Trust, most affected farmers’ needs are cen tred mainly around machinery required to get their farms back up and running, feed to replace supplies washed away in floodwaters and manpower to repair damage.
Your old mate notes that Beef+Lamb NZ has very quietly decided to cut its losses and quit the lease on the North Canterburybased hill country farm Lanercost.
Failure?
The Hound hears that international fast food chain McDonalds has quietly ended its brief and underwhelming experiment with plant burgers. After rolling out a patty made of vegetables in hundreds of its stores across the US in early 2022, the world’s most profitable burger chain has pulled the pin on the fake burger.
BLNZ’s ‘softly-softly’ decision to quit the 1,310ha property is a far cry from the exuberant and shout-from-the-roof-tops way it announced its decision to lease the property back in 2018. At that time, chief executive Sam McIvor told levypayer BLNZ was “putting your money where our mouth is”, while chair Andrew Morrison said the organisation would be “judged on performance”. Apparently the judge’s decision is in and it’s a big, fat fail!
Chinese whispers
Reach out!
Federated Farmers’ Feed Coordination Service allows anyone with feed or grazing available to list it, which can match it with a willing buyer in need. The Rural Support Trust is also a good place to go if you wish to help out. If you can help affected farmers in any way – even if it is just a message of sup port – please Meanwhile,do.for those farmers impacted by flooding, please reach out if you need help. PO Box 331100, Takapuna, Auckland 0740 Phone 09-307 0399
The resulting devastation has left many farmers dumping milk and others have lost hay and baleage supplies. According to Marl borough Federated Farmers dairy sector spokesman Evan White, around 70% of the dairy farms in the region have been affected by the recent flood. Some farmers are investi gating ways of sending their milking herds out of the area so they can still be milked. It is in times of adversity that farmers and the rural communities show their best. This is one of those times and many farmers in other parts of the country will be asking what they can do to help their flood affected colleagues.
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• Richard Parkes is principal of Christchurch based law firm CavellLeitch
Richard Parkes says farm succession plan needs to be transparent for all family members.
PASSING THE farm down to the next gener ation is ingrained in the psyche of many NZ farm ers, particularly inabilitygreatsuccessionvaluescantyears,smooth.child/childrenforcitytiestofarmcoupledaverageModestablycessioncompletingers.inter-generationalthosefarmPriortothe2000s,farmsucwasareasonstress-freeexercise.landvaluesandfarmincome,withmanyofthechildrenpreferringseektheiropportunielsewhereinthebigmadethepathwaythesucceedingfarmreasonablyOverthepast20however,signifiincreasesinfarmhaveledtofarmbecomingadealtrickier.Theforthesucceed
ing farm child to borrow any meaningful amounts of money against the farm to pay out the par ents and siblings has resulted in many parents having to face up to the prospect that a significant portion of the farm will need to be gifted to the succeeding farm child. Meanwhile, the non-farm children may have to wait for many years before they can receive any sort of inheritance.Theemergence of social media in this space is not making life any easier for parents either. Non-succeeding farm children, all over the country, are beginning to share their views on farm succession. In particular, their concerns that farm succession should be equal or very fair, and not heavily in favour of the succeeding farm child. This inability for par ents to be able to treat their children equally in almost all situations now is causing a great deal of anxiety for parents. In turn, this is causing pro crastination in the plan ning for farm succession. Furthermore, poten tial relationship prop erty issues/risks between the succeeding farm child and their partner/spouse can complicate the plans. No wonder the aver age age of farmers con tinues to creep up year on year. Now some 25% of farmers are now con sidering selling up as their preferred option for farm succession, whilst also alleviating their stress levels due to the ever-looming farming headwinds relating to cli mate change, rising farm costs and scarcity of farm labour.Farm succession plan ning in NZ is quickly becoming a very modern concept which is chang ing all the time. Farm ers need to keep up with the play if they wish to ensure a smooth transi tion within the family. Farmers can start the process by talking to their most trusted advi sors, usually their lawyer, accountant, bank man ager or farm advisor. There are also good farm succession coaches who can be very helpful for farming parents to get their planning underway. If farmers are hoping to pass the farm down to the next generation, they are going to need to for tify themselves. They also need to take great pro fessional advice, plan as early as possible with their children and keep an open dialogue going year-on-year.Thefarmsuccession plan needs to be trans parent for all family members and needs to keep moving. It is never tooThislate.decent plan ning and the setting of probable expectations amongst family mem bers will hopefully assist farming parents to suc cessfully implement farm succession, while ensur ing that the family con tinue to enjoy themselves together at Christmas.
RICHARD PARKES
Good farm succession crucial
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Competitions are held countrywide and these culminate in the annual NZ Ploughing Champi onships. Winners of the NZ event get to repre sent the country at the world finals, which are held in different countries around the globe every year.Over the years, NZ ploughmen have won three world champion shipRecently,titles. a success ful workshop was recently held about encouragedadjustments.haveafurrowmentsploughsthesethebyTeflon.mouldboardsmakingusingThiswasfollowedademonstrationoncorrectwaytoattachmouldboardstowithadjusters.Therearethreeadjustonanormaltwofarmplough,whilecompetitionploughcanasmanyaseightThegroupweretoassemble the adjusters and to find out how and why these worked in conjunction with the theaspectabletopressureincreaseallowsThesemouldboards.adjustmentsaploughmantoordecreasetheonthefurrowsbettermakesoilsuitforcropstogrow.Anotherimportantisthebalanceofplough,whetherit’s a two furrow or a reversible plough. A well ploughed paddock should not requireMorespraying.workshops are in the pipeline – including one on showing the art of ploughing a ‘perfect plot’. Anyone interested in finding out more about the ‘Ploughman’s Acad emy’ can email: Farmersa“manycompetitivefarmer•mans.academy@gmail.comploughJohnGuyisaWaikatowhobeganploughingmoonsago”asmemberoftheYoungClub.
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It’s important to remember that when clinical signs are seen, serious damage to the calf’s gut has already occurred, reducing the calves ability to absorb feed and liquids, and opening a way for other bugs to cause infection. Even when the disease is treate d, the gut does not fully recover for several weeks, and appetite may be suppressed. Longer term effects may include poorer milk production at first Baycoxlactation1TMCacts on intra-cellular stages during schizogony and gamogony (all stages). BaycoxTM C covers all developmental stages except oocysts and is effective against first-generation schizonts. Svensson C, Hultgren J. between housing,
EVER SINCE the inven tion of the plough, man has always made improvements to this unique farm implement. However, despite these improvements the implement’s use has remained the same – to prepare the soil for grow ingThefood.plough first arrived in New Zealand in 1820 – a single furrow, pulled by bullocks. It has since changed and devel oped into a multiple fur rowed implement, both conventional and revers ible. Over this time, the competition plough was born. In the 1950s, a group of enthusiastic farmers got together to form the New Zealand Ploughing Association.
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The plough first arrived in New Zealand in 1820 – a single furrow, pulled by bullocks. It has since changed and developed into a multiple furrowed implement. Over the years, NZ titles.championshipthreehaveploughmenwonworld
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“The same happened when the power went out and we weren’t in the house to realise there was no electricity. The app notified us straight away that the gateway and nodes were offline, so we immediately put a gener ator on the energisers.”
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WITH 390 paddocks to monitor across 2,000 hectares of rolling flats on the western banks of the Taieri River, Angus and Tara Barr have plenty of stock to manage. The couple and five full-time staff manage 4,000 Headwaters ewes and 250 Angus cows on “The Wandle” and finish a further 20,000 trade lambs and 1,000 cattle annually for Lone Star Farms. The properties are owned by monitor the consumption of closely.”Sheadds that the system allows the team to see a short straight away instead of waiting until there’s a few to do and spending half a day tidy ing“Itup.means we keep the fences going better and maintain higher voltages. The app is the number one way to look at it.”
resources.”ingtemsfuturebenetworkbeenandanditTru-Testbilities.offeredeveryfencestheyearusedmanenttakenit’sexplains.smallers,larsoutdon’tsystem.itoringuseadvantagephones.wasandandtorepresentativeswithinstallationAccordingimmediately.”toBarr,thewaseasy–DatamarsLivestockcomingTheWandletosetupactivatethenodesensurethesystemdownloadedtotheirHesaysanotheristheabilitytoTru-TestFenceMononanyfencing“Thatmeanswehavetoforkthousandsofdolfornewenergizwhichwouldn’tbeainvestment,”Barr“It’salsogoodthatsoportable.We’veanodeoffaperfencethatisn’tmuchatthistimeofandputitononeoftemporarycroppingthatgetsmovedday.”Hesaysthesystemunlimitedpossi“Irecommendthesystembecauseprovidespeaceofmind,becausethenodestheGatewayshavedesignedwithinasotherecouldopportunitiesinthetoaddmoresysformonitorlivestockandother
crops,ourgrazingtimeticularlymonitoringexplains.tricforhelpmonitoringtoensureslivestockvidesingtotainupcattlefromextractlambsofacrosstionallowerproperty.andsystemTestgess.businessmanNelson-basedTomSturTheBarrsusetheTru-FenceMonitoringtocontaincattleprimelambsontheAleader-folsystemofrotagrazingisusedthepastureareastheoperation,withgoinginfronttooptimalnutritionthepasture,andfollowingtomopanywormsandmainpasturequality.Tarasaystheabilitymonitorelectricfencviamobilephonepropeaceofmindforwelfareasitaquickresponseanyfaults.“Wepursuedafencesystemtomanagethepowerourextensiveelecfencesystem,”she“TheTru-Testfencesystemisparusefulatthisofyearwhenwe’rearound70%ofstockonbrassicawhichweneedto
Angus and Tara Barr use the Tru-Test Fence Monitoring system to contain cattle and prime lambs.
In addition to fodder beet, The Wandle grows kale and swedes for feed ing in winter with some rye corn. Irrigated areas have a mixture of rye grass and clover swards, lucerne and other forage crops, which are comple mented by fescue-cocks foot-clover mixes on the dryland country. Chicory is also grown as a spe cialist finishing crop for lambs from the NZ com posite Headwaters breed, to boost the flavour ing and level of Omega 3 fatty acids in their meat. The Barrs are cur rently running six ener gisers for electric fencing across 2,000 hectares and have set up 15 Tru-Test nodes 500 metres apart within line of sight. With good phone reception across 90% of the prop erty, accessing the app is not a “Itproblem.hasbeen work ing fine without any glitches,” Angus says. “The other day I was in town 100km away and a notification came up that four of the nodes had dropped voltage. I rang one of the guys, asked what had just changed, and he had it fixed in 10 minutes.”Hesays, otherwise it could’ve taken a few hours to pick up.
Stock monitored by phone
Barr says the system helps to narrow down the fault-finding as well, especially where the issue may be within a five or six paddock radius – it saves driving the whole fence“Weline.also have a lot of four and five-wire elec tric fences where we have a bit of a problem with grass growing up through them, that we spray out,” he adds.“The monitoring system doesn’t help with that but it does tell us if there’s a short so we can get onto it
Shelter a key necessity
In winter, as long as they remain well fed and have good body condi tion, their body metab olism produces enough heat for them to with stand cold or wet weather over prolonged peri ods. Breeds with thick coats or fleece are insu lated against heat losses; mature animals also instinctively seek shelter if it is Butavailable.evenmature live stock can be seriously affected if bad weather coincides with times when they are already under stress – for exam ple, immediately after shearing or in the last few weeks of pregnancy. The weather in the weeks leading up to lambing can be just as important as the weather during lamb ing in determining lamb survival rates. This is because the ewe experiences very high metabolic demands in late pregnancy, especially if carrying multiple lambs. She may also reduce her feed intake at this time and have to mobilise fat reserves to maintain her heat balance. If also exposed to cold, wet, windy weather, the ewe may come under significant thermal stress, and will shift resources away from her lambs in a bid to keep herself warm. So, while a wellfed ewe is considered ‘the best shelter a lamb can have’, protecting ewes from bad weather before lambing will contribute significantly to the chances of good lamb birth weights and survival.New-born lambs are challenged by exposure and the risk of starvation from the moment they areAborn.new-born lamb has to endure the stress of birth; some 17-27% of lamb losses are due to dystocia (difficult birth). Once born, a lamb has to increase its internal heat production markedly – by an estimated 15 times –to maintain its body tem perature.Thecolder the exter nal air temperature, the greater the immediate stress on the lamb. It’s important for a lamb’s survival for its mother to bond with it, lick it dry, and suckle it as soon as possible after birth. If the lamb is too cold or weak to suckle early in life, or if it is mismothered, its metabolic rate declines. It then becomes even weaker as its very limited body reserves are depleted.Ifalamb is wet from amniotic fluid and/or rain and snow, it will lose yet more heat through evap oration.Theambient temper ature experienced by a new-born lamb depends on the air temperature and also the windchill, which is directly deter mined by wind speed. The greater the windchill, the greater an animal’s heatAnyloss.type of shelter slows the wind speed and reduces windchill. Critical extra minutes of a lamb’s life may be gained, during which time a ewe could return to her lamb and get it to suckle, or a shep herd could intervene to help it Evensurvive.atvery mild tem peratures, a wet, hungry new-born lamb will be thermally stressed. But once on its feet and suck ling, a lamb can follow its mother, use her for shelter, and continue to suckle to replace heat losses.Multiple births usually result in lighter lambs. These lambs are partic ularly vulnerable to heat loss; they have lower fat reserves than heavier lambs, and a high sur face area to body weight, increasing heat loss. Lighter lambs are therefore also likely to maintain their suck ling drive for a shorter time than heavier lambs, reducing the time avail able for successful moth eringProvidingup. shelter for ewes known to be carry ing multiple lambs should therefore be a priority, both to protect the ewes before lambing, and to give the lambs a better chance of survival once born. Source Beef+Lamb NZ
Livestock can be seriously affected if bad weather coincides with times when they are already under stress – such as in the last few weeks of pregnancy.
MATURE GRAZING livestock are gener ally very well-adapted to maintain a comfortable body temperature regard less of the weather.
RURAL NEWS // AUGUST 30, 2022 18 ANIMAL HEALTH
We deliberately challenge our Romneys by farming them on unfertilised native hill country in order to provide the maximum selection pressure and expose ‘soft’ sheep. We aim to breed superior Romneys that produce the most from the least input.
days) have exceeded 36kg from a lambing % consistently above 150%.&GROWTHFERTILITYRATESURVIVAL • All sheep DNA and SIL recorded. • Ram hoggets have been eye muscle scanned since 1996. • Ewe hoggets have been mated (to Romney sires) for over 20 years. • Breeding programme puts an emphasis on worm resilience - lambs drenched only once prior to autumn. FE tolerance introduced more recently. • Scored for dags and feet shape. Sires DNA rated for footrot and cold tolerance. • We are ‘hands on’ breeders with a focus on detail and quality. • We take an uncompromising approach - sheep must constantly measure up. THE WOOL TO SURVIVE The one variable you can control to improve profit Woolover covers dramatically improve the survival of new born animals Woolover ANIMAL COVERS Ph 03-354 4123 • Cell 027-434 1606 • Email woolover@xtra.co.nz • web www.woolover.co.nz AVAILABLE THROUGH ALL LEADING STOCK AND STATION AGENTS AND VET SUPPLIES ® • If you can get to them you can save them • Cost effective and practical • Easy to fit • weightImprovesgain ULTRACOVER:CALF • Waterproof •••BreathableDurableCleanable
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Implant keeps dog’s optionsbreedingopen
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Suprelorin provides an alternative for dogs when permanent neutering may not be the best option.
“More owners want to be aware of and con sider all available options before making a final decision,” it says. “Supre lorin provides an alterna tive for dog owners who are concerned by sur gery or anaesthesia or are unsure if permanent neu tering is best for their pet and want to keep their options open.” The product works by suppressing testosterone production. Testosterone is vital to sperm produc tion and influences male dogNobehaviour.anaesthesia is required for the proce dure, and it can be done in clinic during a con sultation. About 6 weeks after the implant has been placed, sperm is no longer produced for at least the next 6 months and a male dog will not be able to mate success fully with a Meanwhile,bitch.male tes tosterone-driven behav iour like urine marking, roaming in search of inheat bitches and com petition and dominant conduct can also be addressed by using Supre lorin.While it is guaran teed to last for at least 6 months, the product is known to be effective for up to 18 months. The company says there are no side effects, and the dog will return to normal fertility about 2 months after testosterone levels returns to normal. A vet can easily moni tor the blood testoster one levels or other visual signs in the dog that will also signal the return of reproductive capacity. The implant is usually not removed. However, if you want to ensure unin terrupted infertility it is recommended to repeat the implant again after 6 months.Arecent New Zealand working dog trial showed that dogs with the implant experienced no changes in the working behaviour or demeanour and they lost all interest in the bitches (even those on heat). There was also no change in levels of aggression (although the dogs in the trial had no history of malecontraceptiveSuprelorin,toSuprelorinthatfuturefromthatmatings.heat,bitchesarateciatedownersFeedbackaggression).fromdogfoundtheyapprenothavingtosepthedogsfromtheduringperiodsofwhichavoidedmis-Theyalsolikedtheycouldstillbreedthedogsintheandallreportedtheywoulduseagain.Farmersareadvisedtalktotheirvetsaboutareversibleimplantfordogs.
AS SOMEONE who lost all his stock with FMD on December 2 1967, can I say just how easily this decease spreads. Within 24 hours of having one cow offcolour, half of the herd was lame and drib bling. We had FMD in the district and the ministry told us that birds had landed in a paddock of an infected farm and then landed in ours. On some farms it was vermin that carried it. I would stop all animal food (like pork) coming in from any country that has a FMD problem. I realise that it is heat treated, but can they guarantee that no birds or rats have come into contact with it before it is loaded on boat? If these coun tries, and the NZ government, are happy with exporting/importing such product then surely it would be no problem for them to give full insurance cover to all NZ farmers.Toconclude, it is not just the financial loss, which would be massive, but also the emotional side. Even though it is 55 years ago, I still regularly relive that day and shed a tear. Robert AshburtonSpencer stories from by following us at
Over the last 20 years ewes (including 2ths) have scanned between 190% and 215% despite droughts. Over the same period weaning weights (adj. 100
A TEMPORARY, revers ible option to control reproduction in dogs is now available in NZ. This comes in the form of a small implant placed under the male dog’s skin by a veterinar ian. It is called Supre lorin and is made by well-known international animal health company, with strong roots in New Zealand, Virbac. The company says it has introduced this option to provide dog owners more choice and freedom when it comes to reproduction matters.
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Upgraded for all 2023 Lexion harvesters
LEXION 8000/7000 features the enlarged APS Synflow Hybrid threshing system that delivers 10% more capacity than the previous 700 series. All Hybrid machines delivered to Australia are fitted with the segmented feed drum to further optimise the flow of material from the threshing unit to the Roto Plus rotors under extreme operating conditions.8000Terra Trac models can be fitted with 18,000 or 15,000 litre grain tanks, while 7000 TT models have the option 13,500 or 12,500 litreThebins.420mm and 330mm unloadingdiameteraugers can be fitted with a pivoting spout to allow precise control of the grain stream by up to 60cm, with operation via the CMotion multifunction controlMachineslever.for 2023 delivery will have a larger cab, featuring larger front and side windows, thinner A-pillars and a cantilevered mirror design to deliver a premium view of the header.Ontop of this, a 360degree wiper ensures a wide field of vision ahead, with other creature comforts including a 30l cooler, swivelling leather seat, footrests and 360degree LED minimisecalibrationthebasedincludeoptimisationthesteeringthehandpositioned1200secondmainandhigheraCEBISseesoptimisationoperatingUpgradeslighting.totheandmachinesystemsanew12-inchterminalwithhigherresolution,contrastdisplayhasthreeadjustabledisplayareas.A12-inchCEMISterminalcanbeontheright-sideofthecabifGPSPilotautomatedsystemisfitted.FunctionswithinCEMOSmachinesystem,anewdialog-systemthatguidesoperatorthroughtheprocesstograinloss.
cuttingingflowtiondeterminedatacutter-barunevenclosewhenmendsFloatcontrolledwithcontoursbarFlexthesensingcontrolledandcutter-barharvestinggraincropandbeltoperatorperformancefunctionsautomaticthatoptimiseandreducestress,controlspeed,reeltractionheightforoptimumflowandminimallossinallcropsandconditions.“Ingrainmode,theissetrigidcuttingheightisusingthebandsunderneathunit,”Claassays.“Inmode,thecutter-followsthegroundonskidscontactpressureviatheActivefunction.”ThecompanyrecomAutoFlexmodeharvestingcropstothegroundonsurfaces,withtheusingsensortocontinuouslythebestposiforoptimumcropandgroundtrack–aswellasthelowestheight. MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz All 2023-delivery Lexion 8000/7000 harvesters will come with a number of improvements. World’s most powerful variable speed clipper is here! handypiece Get your Repairs and Servicing done NOW! ■ Ideal for shearing sheep, alpacas, goats and cow tails. ■ Variable speed from 2600-3500 rpm. ■ Latest brushless motor technology means minimal heat build up ■ 1400gms means 100-200gms lighter than standard handpiece. ■ At 2800 rpm the 12-volt lithium battery will crutch 300-400 sheep or trim up to 400-500 cow’s tails. ■ Tough alloy switch box with auto rest fuse for overload or lockup – clips to belt. HELP US TO HELP YOU FOR THE NEW SEASON View in action go to www.handypiece.co.nz Freephone 0800 474 327 email: dave@handypiece.co.nz For more information call us on 06 370 Dealerswww.tulloch.nz0390located nationwide EASYCUT FRONT MOWER The EasyCut Front Mower is a versatile & innovative compact design. It includes all the benefits of a KRONE mower but with the additional flexibility of utilising either a pull type or push type headstock - either is available as an option, allowing optimal adaptability. Invest in longevity and quality. Invest in the best. Pictured: EasyCut F - Push Type KW Series Tedder Low maintenance, high quality and dependable. Produce exceptional results with the Krone machinery range. Swadro Rake
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flexible knife bars, tables and side belts that enable them to have flex/ movement up to 90mm upwards and 135mm downwards.Thisisclaimed to be ideal for harvesting crops that are close to the ground, such as pulses crops. These machines have several practical
CLAAS HAS announced several improvements for all 2023-delivery Lexion 8000/7000 harvesters. These include increased engine power, greater grain tank volume, a new cab and improved operator assistance systems. The Lexion 8800 now features a 16.2 litre, MAN D42 six-cylinder engine producing a maximum output of 700 hp. Meanwhile, the 8700, 7700 and 7600 models stick with the 12.5 litre, six-cylinder Perkins 2206 D engine, delivering 571, 524 or 461 hp,
withmaximumtoadjustssystemanpreventscreatescoolingfeaturingrequirementthatdriveanPower.CoolingequippedAllrespectively.enginesarewithDynamicandDynamicTheformerison-demand,variablecoolingsystemreducespowerby26hp,ahorizontalsystemthata‘curtain’thatdustfromrising.DynamicPowerisenginemanagementthatautomaticallypoweroutputfieldconditionsforfuelefficiency,savingsofupto10%.Releasedin2019,the
CEMOS Dialog and CEMOS Automatic are operated by touch and the rotary/push controls. Meanwhile, all threshing and cleaning settings can be accessed quickly using direct access buttons on the right-hand side of the operating armrest. On the header front, Claas has introduced a new optimisationmachinesystem that automatically adjusts the table length and reel position of its Vario variable cutter-bars. The new system uses sen sors in the feed channel and on the cabin roof to measure the position of the table length and the vertical and horizontal position of the reel. It is from here that the Cemos function automatically adjusts the settings for optimal performance. This is said to promote even crop flow and reduce the load on all components from the cutter-bar to the feeder housing and the primary and secondary separation systems. This results in improved throughput, efficiency and grain quality.Claas has also introduced the new canola knives and reel drive found on the Vario 1380, 1230 and 1080 models to its smaller models. This improves the cutting force by 50%thanks to the mechanical drives and integrated overload clutch. The new reel drive uses a hydraulic driveline instead of a chain drive, which makes it possible to utilise the full adjustment range of the table and pushes service intervals out to 500Thehours.new models also feature a pressuredependent reel height adjustment modelsandavailableworkingdraperitsnewClaasheight.toautomaticallyrecovered,requiredraisedreelspeedvolumesspeed.theautomaticallythatmatchesreelspeedtogroundIflargecropcausethereeltodecrease,theisautomaticallyuntilthereelspeedisthenthereellowersthepre-determinedForlargeroperators,hasareleaseda50-footversionofpopularConvioFlexfront,meaningwidthsareat15.3,13.8, 12.310.8metres.Allincorporate
LIGHTWEIGHT LITHIUM battery technology has revolutionised the convenience of portable jumpstarters, making them much more portable and con venient to carry in any vehicle. Projecta has combined this new battery construc tion with its ‘Rapid Recharge Technology’ (RRT), featuring lithium iron phosphate technology in the units’ batteries. This allows a unit to accept charge from the vehicle alternator, typically taking just 40 seconds to recover 100% of the depletion. This not only saves time but also increases con venience. Meanwhile, the LiFePO₄ batteries include a longer operational life of up to 1,800 battery cycles – typically around four times higher than competi tor Bothproducts.theIS920 and IS1220 models are suitable for use on a wide range of vehicles and at tempera tures as low as -20°C. 55Providing 900A peak amps and 240A clamp power, the IS920 can start four, six and eight-cylinder petrol engines of up to a 6-litre capacity. They also will have enough charge to jump a vehicle with a flat battery up to 14 times. The more powerful IS1220 with 1,200A peak amps and 400A clamp power provides even greater versatility. It is suitable for petrol engines of up to 7l capacity and on diesels as large as 4.5l. This unit holds enough charge to jump start a petrol engine up to 68 times or a diesel as many as 34 times. At the same time, the patented RRT always means it’s easy to keep the device fully charged.
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KVERNELAND HAS recently announced sev eral upgrades for its iXtrack T4 trailed sprayer range – including a clever a 24/36m dual format, steel boom, 25cm nozzle distance and the next generation boom height control system. In addition, the com pany claims to have taken precision spraying to the next level using its SpotSpray software. This is based on volumesingsbenefitssprayerandiXflow-Airingcontroldefinedareasandtiononallowsprescriptionpredefinedmaps,whichthesprayertoshutandoffincombinawiththesoftwareonlyspraydesignatedofthepaddock.Achievedviapresectionsintheterminal,workincombinationwithoriXflow-Eevenwithnormalsectionvalves,theincludecostsavbyreducingsprayandtheabilityto cover more hectares from a single tank fill. Meeting end user requests, the 24/36m dual format HSS steel boom provides the flexibility to work at either bout width, without having to unfold the whole boom assem bly.Standard nozzle spac ing is set at 50cm, but additional nozzle holders can be inserted to halve this distance to 25cm. This helps reduce spray drift, while also allowing easy selection of either spacing.TheBoom Guide, Pro Active automated boom height control function, uses ultrasonic sensors working in conjunction with the sprayer’s hydrau lic system. This is claimed to work in adverse con ditions and at higher speeds. The hybrid mode measures both the dis tance to the plant and the ground and is said to be useful when working in unevenCurrentcrops.iXtrack fea tures – like the iXclean Pro cleaning and rins ing system – will in future include new functions such as remote switch ing between filling, agi tation, spraying, diluting, priming, rinsing and tank cleaning. Turbo agitation while making headland U-turns, easier clean ing of the main tank and automated functions for double pump layouts are also included in the new function list. upgrades have been announced Kverneland for T4 sprayer range.
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“The first should be to look after yourself,” Jones says. “Remember the safety announcement they use on aeroplanes – if the cabin pressure drops, oxygen masks will appear – put your own mask on first before help ingJonesothers.”says the second priority should be to have strategies in place for alternative revenue streams should routine work diminish or dry up, citing the example of foot and mouth arriving in NZ, which would imme diately curtail movement around the country. She added that the third area for attention is to: ‘know your numbers’. “What it costs to undertake and complete a job and what price the job needs to be invoiced to the customer at.” Jones advised that it is imperative to keep talk ing to customers, let ting them know what was happening in the industry – particularly in the areas of major cost increases in key inputs they were being contracted to deliver.“Your customers need to understand that you have to charge a price that reflects your costs and allows you to make a reasonable margin,” she explained. “They all know that the world needs to be fed, no matter what global tensions are occur ring or tobindingisbyadvised.handshakebyyourselfvolatileanother,contractorsJones’KeithFarmersWaikatoevolving.”Federatedarablechair,Holmes,reinforcedcomments.“Farmersandruralneedonebutinthesetimesdon’tputatfinancialriskhavingatraditionaldeal,”he“Getthingsinwriting,makingsurethatthereaproper,legalandcontractinplaceprotectbothparties.”
A RECENT round of countrywide roadshows, organised by the Rural Contractors of New Zea land (RCNZ), set out to brief members on the challenges that lie ahead in these volatile times –as well as discuss strat to deal with of the impe tus has been driven by the massive increases in inputs Working in conjunction with Federated Farmers, the RCNZ has contracted NZX to deliver cost ref erence points for keys inputs for both organ isations’ members. This will allow contractors to look at operating costs in moreRCNZdetail.chief execu tive Andrew Olsen says this information will be available to members on the organisation’s web site. Initially, it will allow them to track fuel and fertiliser costs, with other key inputs added as time goes“Thison. will help with planning, in the knowl edge that our members are working with mean ingful independent data, which will be updated regularly and used as a discussion point with customers.”Alsospeaking at the roadshows was NZX head of insights Julia Jones, who says contractors are in a position where change is causing uncer tainty. She cautioned the audience not to become overwhelmed by what appears to be major changes in the sector and the way they may have to work around these. Jones expanded fur ther, by encouraging con tractors to remember what they really liked about their jobs. She pointed to a range of things – such as job flex ibility, the love of ‘heavy metal disease’, job sat isfaction and the wide range of people they worked with or met each day.She also spoke about the need for contractors to respond to issues that arose, which couldn’t be predicted and prioritising three key areas.
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BATTERY-POWERED KNAPSACKS 16L AR16 NEW AR 16L lithium ion battery powered knapsack. Four nozzles for a variety of 1.5L/minapplications.pump fitted. Battery base charger included. $320RRP SWISSMEX KNAPSACKS 5L SW319 $145RRP 7L SW320 $154RRP Pro 15L SW503 $271RRP KNAPSACKS 16L ASBBS-16A Apex lithium ion battery powered knapsack. 12V diaphragm pump. $425.70RRP PUMPS&GUNSSPRAYKNAPSACKS, Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. All prices are inclusive of GST. Freight charges are not included in any of the advertised prices. Photos are for illustrative purposes only.2 CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA.indd 2 10/8/2022 1:13 pm
AR 38L CROPPAK 12V3.8L/minpump AR30 $290RRP CROPPAK 12V8.3L/minpump AR60 $470RRP AR 100L CROPPAK 12V8.3L/minpump AR100 $520RRP 12V15.1L/minpump AR100/15 $570RRP NEW RANGE60L CROPPAK Shurflo6.8L/minpump US60S $648RRP 100L CROPPAK Shurflo6.8L/minpump US100S $696RRP Flojet15L/minpump US100A/15 $933RRP US100A/15US100SUS30S US60S 30L CROPPAK Shurflo6.8L/minpump US30S $623RRP PRO RANGE CROPPAK CROPPAK SPRAYERS Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. All prices are inclusive of GST. Freight charges are not included in any of the advertised prices. Photos are for illustrative purposes only.4 CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA.indd 4 10/8/2022 1:13 pm
US200F – TANK & FRAME 300L CROPPAK 15L/min pump & 10m hose reel US300F/15/HR $2,350RRP 15L/min pump US300F/15 $1,922RRP 200L CROPPAK 6.8L/min pump US200F $1,526RRP 15L/min pump US200F/15 $1,855RRP 15L/min pump & 10m hose reel US200F/15/HR $2,249RRP Easy to transport and manoeuvre, Croplands 12V powered sprayers are well suited for repeat, spot spray operations. US300F/15/HR FOR FULL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS, VISIT CROPLANDS.CO.NZ 5 CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA.indd 5 10/8/2022 1:13 pm
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1600L AGRIPAK 1600L linkage base unit with AR160 PTO-drive diaphragm pump. In-cab electric 3-section control unit, flushing and handwash tank. 1,000mm integrated hydraulic height adjuster. 30L chemical mixer fitted. 12m boom LM16/MHL12 $36,732RRP 15m boom LM16/MHL15 $37,606RRP 1300L AGRIPAK 1300L linkage base unit with AR160 PTO-drive diaphragm pump. In-cab electric 3-section control unit, flushing and handwash tank. 1,000mm integrated hydraulic height adjuster. 30L chemical mixer fitted. 12m boom LM13/MHL12 $30,706RRP 15m boom LM13/MHL15 $31,856RRPEXTRASOPTIONALPROAGRIPAKCustomise your Croplands AgriPak or AgriPak Pro linkage sprayer with our extensive selection of optional extras. HOSE REELS, BOOM SIZES, FENCE-LINE KITS, CHEMICAL MIXERS, AUTO RATE CONTROLLERS, GPS GUIDANCE FOR FULL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS, VISIT CROPLANDS.CO.NZ 11 CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA.indd 11 10/8/2022 1:14 pm
NOZZLESIN-CROP The best nozzles for best practice spraying Responsible spray application is a major goal in all agricultural areas. Get the best in-crop spraying results with Croplands range of broadacre nozzles. CROPLANDS NEW ZEALAND FREECALL 0800 106 898 FREEFAX 0800 117 711 sales@croplands.co.nz | facebook.com/Croplands | twitter.com/Croplands L/HA AT VARIOUS SPEEDS (KM/HR) BASED ON A 50CM NOZZLE SPACING BAR L/min/nozzle 4 6 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Yellow02 1.5 0.56 167 112 84 67 61 56 52 48 45 42 39 37 35 2.0 0.65 194 129 97 77 70 65 60 55 52 48 46 43 41 3.0 0.79 237 158 119 95 86 79 73 68 63 59 56 53 50 4.0 0.91 274 182 137 109 100 91 84 78 73 68 64 61 58 5.0 1.02 306 204 153 122 111 102 94 87 82 76 72 68 64 6.0 1.12 335 223 168 134 122 112 103 96 89 84 79 74 71 7.0 1.21 362 241 181 145 132 121 111 103 96 90 85 80 76 8.0 1.29 387 258 193 155 141 129 119 110 103 97 91 86 81 Lilac025 1.5 0.70 209 140 105 84 76 70 64 60 56 52 49 47 44 2.0 0.81 242 161 121 97 88 81 74 69 64 60 57 54 51 3.0 0.99 296 197 148 118 108 99 91 85 79 74 70 66 62 4.0 1.14 342 228 171 137 124 114 105 98 91 86 80 76 72 5.0 1.27 382 255 191 153 139 127 118 109 102 96 90 85 80 6.0 1.40 419 279 209 168 152 140 129 120 112 105 99 93 88 7.0 1.51 452 302 226 181 165 151 139 129 121 113 106 101 95 8.0 1.61 484 322 242 193 176 161 149 138 129 121 114 107 102 Blue03 1.5 0.84 251 167 126 100 91 84 77 72 67 63 59 56 53 2.0 0.97 290 193 145 116 105 97 89 83 77 73 68 64 61 3.0 1.18 355 237 178 142 129 118 109 101 95 89 84 79 75 4.0 1.37 410 273 205 164 149 137 126 117 109 103 96 91 86 5.0 1.53 459 306 229 183 167 153 141 131 122 115 108 102 97 6.0 1.68 503 335 251 201 183 168 155 144 134 126 118 112 106 7.0 1.81 543 362 271 217 197 181 167 155 145 136 128 121 114 8.0 1.93 580 387 290 232 211 193 179 166 155 145 137 129 122 Red04 1.5 1.12 335 223 168 134 122 112 103 96 89 84 79 74 71 2.0 1.29 387 258 193 155 141 129 119 110 103 97 91 86 81 3.0 1.58 474 316 237 189 172 158 146 135 126 118 111 105 100 4.0 1.82 547 365 273 219 199 182 168 156 146 137 129 122 115 5.0 2.04 612 408 306 245 222 204 188 175 163 153 144 136 129 6.0 2.23 670 447 335 268 244 223 206 191 179 167 158 149 141 7.0 2.41 724 482 362 289 263 241 223 207 193 181 170 161 152 8.0 2.58 774 516 387 309 281 258 238 221 206 193 182 172 163 CONTACT SALES & SUPPORT CROPLANDS HEAD OFFICE TEL +61 8 8359 9300 TECHNICAL SERVICE +61 8 8359AIXR9333 Air-induction Flat Fan Tip AIXR110***-VP • Standard in polymer • Low-pressure air-induction nozzle • Two piece with pre-orifice SINGLE NOZZLE $16.50RRPAIRMIX Air-induction Flat Fan Nozzle TDAM-110*** • Ideal pressure range: 1-6 bar • Uses: weed control and plant health • Up to 90% drift reduction SINGLE NOZZLE $14.30RRP YOURFINDDEALER CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA.indd 12 10/8/2022 1:14 pm
RL10 B35.901.16 B26.901.165MK2SW-LANCE-ASSY TURBO$202RRP 400 Turbo 400 with metal grip and protected lever, 50 bar (725 psi). B26.901.165MK2 SPOT$144RRPGUN Spot-gun, pistol type, 40 bar (580 psi). B35.901.16 RL10 Gun with 500mm steel lance, adjustable nozzle. RL10 $114RRP SWISSMEX Gun and extendable lance. SW-LANCE-ASSY 12V PUMPS 6.8L/min 7.4 bar (107 psi) SHU8000-574-189 $252RRP 15.1L/min 4 bar (58 psi) FL3521-139 $685RRP$420RRP 20L/min 6.2 bar (90 psi) SHU50593611D011 $3,263RRP MOTORISED PUMP 35L/min 40 bar AR30-5H AR Pump with motorpetrol-poweredHondafitted. PUMPSGUNSSPRAY& $92RRP FOR FULL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS, VISIT CROPLANDS.CO.NZ 3 CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA2.indd 3 16/8/2022 10:22 am
BT-1100 $11,756RRP 1100L TRAILPAK
BT-1500 $12,192RRP 1500L TRAILPAK
Base model 1100L trailed sprayer with galvanised chassis, leaf-spring single axle, PTO-drive 80L/min AR triple diaphragm pump (0–20 bar rated), ARUCM 5-manual tap control unit, 20L handwash tank and jockey wheel. PTO supplied.
LINKAGE&TRAILPAK SPRAYERS Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. All prices are inclusive of GST. Freight charges are not included in any of the advertised prices. Photos are for illustrative purposes only.8 CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA2.indd 8 16/8/2022 10:23 am
Base model 1500L trailed sprayer with galvanised chassis, leaf-spring single axle, PTO-drive 80L/min AR triple diaphragm pump (0–20 bar rated), ARUCM 5-manual tap control unit, 20L handwash tank and jockey wheel. PTO supplied.
6m boom, 10m hose reel UA300B/20S/6BX $6,501RRP Trailing 300L sprayer, 20L/min 12V pump, regulator kit, 10m of 10mm hose on handy hose reel with spray lance. 4m boom, 10m hose reel UA300B/20S/4BX $5,892RRP 300L TRAILPAK UA300B/20S/4BX TRAILPAK BOOM, PUMP, ELECTRIC AND AUTO SPRAY-RATE CONTROLLERS, FOAM MARKER, GPS AND EXTRA OPTIONS EXTRASOPTIONAL Customise your Croplands 1100L or 1500L TrailPak with our extensive selection of optional extras.
600L AGRIPAK 600L AgriPak linkage sprayer with flushing tank, handwash tank, AR80 liquid-fertiliser-ready pump, UCM 5-way controller. 6m boom LA600/MBX06 $6,660 RRP 600L AgriPak linkage sprayer with flushing tank. 8m boom LA600/MAX08 $7,956RRP 300L AGRIPAK 300L AgriPak linkage sprayer with flushing tank, handwash tank, AR80 liquid-fertiliser-ready pump, UCM 5-way controller. 4m boom LA300/MBX04 $6,084$5,693RRPRRP For more options open QR CODE. 6m boom LA300/MBX06 AGRIPAK 300L AGRIPAK LINKAGE WITH THE OPTIONAL 4M BOOM 600L AGRIPAK LINKAGE WITH OPTIONAL BOOM, HOSE REEL, ELECTRIC CONTROLS AND FOAM MARKER HOSE REELS, BOOM SIZES, FENCE-LINE KITS, CHEMICAL MIXERS, AUTO RATE CONTROLLERS, GPS GUIDANCE EXTRASOPTIONAL Customise your Croplands linkage sprayer with our extensive selection of optional extras. FOR FULL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS, VISIT CROPLANDS.CO.NZ 9 CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA2.indd 9 16/8/2022 10:24 am
800L AGRIPAK 800L AgriPak linkage sprayer with flushing tank, handwash tank, AR80 liquid-fertiliser-ready pump, UCM 5-way controller. 8m boom LA800/MAX08 $8,958RRP 10m boom with leveller LA800/MAX10 $9,590 RRP 1000L AGRIPAK 1000L AgriPak linkage sprayer with flushing tank, handwash tank, AR80 liquid-fertiliser-ready pump, UCM 5-way controller. 10m boom with leveller LAC1000/10M $12,342RRP 12m hydraulic boom LAC1000/12ML $14,637RRP AGRIPAK 800L AGRIPAK LINKAGE WITH THE OPTIONAL 8M BOOM LAC1000 AGRIPAK LINKAGE WITH 10M MANUAL-FOLD BOOM Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. All prices are inclusive of GST. Freight charges are not included in any of the advertised prices. Photos are for illustrative purposes only.10 LINKAGE SPRAYERS CRE0067_SpringCampaign2022_NZ_FA2.indd 10 16/8/2022 10:25 am
