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slice of farming from days gone by will be on show at the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club’s wheat and wheels rally near Ashburton next month. The rally on April 13-14, will be held at Peter Butterick’s Wakanui farm, and organisers have gone to great lengths to show old machines harvesting wheat and potatoes. They have also invited the owners of some of the district’s state-of-the-art big tractors to bring their machines along as a comparison. Mr Butterick is no stranger to big events on his farm, and the rally is expected to attract several thousand visitors if the weather plays ball. Organisers hope plenty of people who attend the national ploughing champs at Lincoln the weekend before will stick around in the district to come to the wheat and wheels rally. Mr Butterick’s Christys Road farm was the site of the world tractor challenge in 2006 and 10 loading bays used for that massive effort (when 1836 tractors were on site) still remain. They will be used by the vintage and classic machines coming to the rally. The event marks the club’s 30th anniversary. Organiser John Hall said a special paddock of wheat had been sown late for the rally and Cates grain and seed rep Paul Winter was doing his best to keep it from ripening too early. A poor yield is also wanted as the old machines would not be able to cope with the crops farmers grow today. The 14ha has been sprayed

with fungicide to try and delay its development, but that has been tricky with the warm and sunny weather. Also in action at the rally will be old potato harvesters, some originally drawn by horses. Mr Hall said the modern tractor display would be the largest display of pivot tractors ever seen in New Zealand. He said many old harvesters had been scrapped so it would be a chance for restored machines to be seen in action and for people to see how farming times had changed. “These new tractors get through a vast amount of work, compared to the old ones. “We will have old vintage tractors but we have invited farmers with the big ones to bring them along just to parade them. They will not work, it would take up too much land.” The rally will also celebrate 110 years of Ford vehicles, with Ford cars and tractors in the lineup, plus military vehicles and other classic and vintage vehicles, and chaff cutting displays. An entertainment arena constructed of 500 hay bales will also house food stalls. “It is a good excuse for everyone who owns an old vehicle to get it out of the shed.” Mr Hall said vintage machinery enthusiasts from around Mid Canterbury would be attending, as well as those from further afield. Tractor owners in Takaka planned to take a week to travel here.

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their operations. The 1973 John Deere, built in the United States, was among the first of a new breed of tractors and considered a big machine at the time it arrived in New Zealand for the Harts in 1975. The 11.5 tonne tractor made light work of the rolling South Canterbury farmland, pulling wider farm implements and generally improving the whole farm’s productivity. The 240hp dual-wheel beast is considered small now, with machines twice its size commonplace on big farms in the district. But in 1975 it was power personified. "It really proved its worth and the four wheel drive was great on the rolling country in Waimate. It was an extremely modern tractor in the day, and shortly after everyone was getting into four wheel drives." On the flat land near Methven, it was the farm’s main workhorse from 1985 until only a couple of years ago. It has all the creature comforts including sound-proof cab, stereo, air conditioning and full hydraulics. Don says while smaller tractors could tow implements 4m wide, the powerful John Deere tows implements 10m wide, making short work of big paddocks. Being able to chew through work quickly in sometimes small windows of time is crucial. The John Deere pivot now has a back-up role

on the Hart farm, after the family bought a new dual-wheel 360hp John Deere a couple of years ago. Don says the older tractor is still in good working order though technological progress between the two machines is obvious. "I don’t want to part with it. The value of machines in the agricultural sector is low, but it is worth more to me as sentimental value." Don’s hard-working tractor will be on show at the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club’s 30th anniversary wheat and wheels rally on April 13-14. While the event will celebrate farm machines of yesteryear, organisers have also invited the owners of the most modern pivot tractors to attend. Don will drive his John Deere from Methven to the rally in Wakanui; it has a top speed of around 35km/h. The other important machine on the Hart farm is a bright yellow fixed-wing Airtractor, spotted by eagle eyes in skies around Mid Canterbury and all over the South Island. Don, a keen pilot since the age of 17, started the aerial topdressing business Skyfarmers in Waimate and brought the operation to Mid Canterbury when they moved to Methven. The farm has its own 800m runway. Son Duncan is now in the pilot’s seat, with Don lending a helping hand.

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ethven farmer Don Hart has a soft spot for his 40-year-old John Deere pivot tractor. The farm workhorse was amongst the first big pivot tractors in operation in the South Island in the mid-1970s and while it has been superseded by bigger and better models, it remains an important machine on the Hart family’s intensive arable farm just out of Methven. The 1973 240hp John Deere cuts quickly through farm work and is one of several machines that shape life on the Hart property. Don and Sandy Hart have lived on the Methven highway since 1985. The farm stands out not only because a fixed-wing aerial topdressing plant and its hangar are visible from the busy road, but because the Harts have stuck with growing wheat, grasses, peas and radish seed crops, and finishing lambs, while others around them have turned to dairying. Don’s sons have stepped into bigger roles on the farm, Andrew running the arable side and Duncan the aviation topdressing business started by Don when the family farmed in Waimate. Don remains actively involved, helping on the farm and flying when needed, and running a healthy soil business helping other farmers take a biological approach to

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Water - the big issue I

t’s been a very busy first month for me as Minister for Primary Industries with some big issues to deal with, in particular water – or lack of it. This summer has been extremely dry for most of New Zealand and especially in the North Island. It’s a tough time for many farmers, which is why I’ve declared a medium-scale drought in Northland. By the time this article goes to print it is likely to have been extended to other areas. What this means is that extra Government funding is now available to co-ordinate support through local organisations like the Rural Support Trusts. They are able to sit down at the kitchen table with farmers and give practical guidance and support. In extreme cases there will also be Rural Assistance Payments available to farmers in severe hardship.w Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Federated Farmers, DairyNZ and the Ministry for Primary Industries are all providing good

support to farmers with things like feed co-ordination services. It’s important to note that support is available from Government agencies in all regions, even without a drought declaration. Farmers should contact IRD if they need help or flexibility with making tax payments, and standard assistance is available from the Ministry of Social Development. Farmers have been taking practical steps to deal with the dry, such as destocking and switching to once a day milking. Most farmers are resilient and are prepared for dry spells, but it’s important to ask for help when needed. Personally I’ve visited several farms around the North Island recently to see the dry conditions for myself. I’ve also visited the sites of potential irrigation projects in Central Hawke’s and in Canterbury, which could help in future dry spells like this one. As a country New Zealand doesn’t have a shortage of water, it’s just that it often falls

in the wrong places at the wrong times. This is why the Government has signalled around $400 million towards regional-scale schemes to encourage third-party capital investment. A few weeks ago I announced that experienced director Alison Paterson would oversee the establishment of a new Crown company to invest in these projects. The new company will be established on July 1 and will act as a bridging investor for regional projects, with $80 million to be set aside in Budget 2013. Done properly, this has the potential to deliver a major boost to our primary industries and support many new jobs. If current proposals are advanced there could be another 420,000 hectares of irrigated land available over time. I’m also working closely with Environment Minister Amy Adams on water reform, which you can expect to hear more about very soon.

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ural New Zealand is full of enterprising women, if the finalists of Rural Women New Zealand’s Enterprising Rural Women Awards in recent years are anything to go by. These inspiring women have established and successfully run companies ranging from forestry logging trucks to livestock computer software to woollen baby clothing to bra manufacturers, and even dog-sled harness manufacturers. You’d have to admit, that’s a pretty diverse range of successful businesses run by some very impressive and enterprising women. It takes a fair amount of inspirational courage, determination, and sheer hard work to find your niche and set up any company. Add to that the particular challenges of doing so in a rural setting – isolated location, access to broadband, diďŹƒculty finding suppliers, marketing,

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Farming – it’s R

ecent publicity highlighting the prevalence of suicide in the farming community is nothing new. Alarmingly the problem seems to be increasing across the nation. Across all 34 OECD countries, suicide among young males in New Zealand is the highest. Statistics show that on average in rural communities, 16 persons per 100,000 commit suicide each year. The comparable figure across urbanised New Zealand is 11 persons per 100,000. Why should this be the case? The answer is far from simple. More often than not the outcome is caused by a combination of factors, some within, but many outside the control of the rural operator. Fifty years of active involvement in the farming industry leaves me with several observations. On a national scale the lack of understanding of urban dwellers in respect to New Zealand’s reliance on the rural sector to build the prosperity of the nation, has led

to an unfortunate “them and us” situation among many. This manifests itself in various ways from snide remarks across the bar, to misguided interference by ill-informed media personnel attempting to highlight a particular farming practice (often without researching the reasons). The bigger the centre of population the worse the scenario in my view. Thankfully in Ashburton the interaction of rural and urban persons has significantly improved over the past 50 years to today’s relevant cordiality. I well remember when a farmer’s new car was the topic of much resentment in town. Today as I watch urban dwellers delivering their children to school and pre-school, manoeuvring their spacious 4WDs, the gap has closed completely. Many acknowledge that the farming industry has put them in this situation. Without a doubt one of the most common contributing factors to depression (and suicide) is financial pressure. Recent figures highlight a disturbing increase

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in suicide caused by marital (or partnership) break-up, accounting for many cases. I’m certainly no expert on moralistic values and don’t intend to provide answers. Suffice to say that in my 70 odd years there has been a real decline in acceptable behavioural standards and a noted change in the meaning of commitment. Entering the farming industry has always been a huge financial challenge, certainly not for the faint hearted. Risk taking is a necessary part of the scenario, with ultimate success so dependent on nature and international factors. Timing is pivotal! Many of my schoolmates and peers were forced to exit farming and other industries in the downturn of the 1980s. This was often not a consequence of poor work ethic, mismanagement or incompetence. Factors way beyond the control of farmers themselves formed a pot pourri of measures that simply could not be tolerated. Doubling of interest rates on borrowing almost overnight, sharemarket crash

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never been easy repercussions, failure of banking institutions, product price collapse etc were all among a myriad of contributing issues. Success or failure is often about nothing more than timing. All businesses need to borrow to expand and over the years banks have bordered on irresponsibility with their largesse. I find it interesting as an investor rather than a new borrower, that our bank is almost disinterested in our custom. Certainly no great gift Christmas hamper like a number of heavy borrowing acquaintances! Like all children, I was given many gems of advice by my parents. Probably as a result of family circumstances early last century, the most useful was “always look after your equity”. It certainly came into play when valuations plummeted 40 per cent within weeks after expanding our farm size in 1984. That piece of advice is just as relevant today, and is not limited to business. Note the reported increase in family violence as Christmas credit card debts start to bite. Stress

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is often self-inflicted. Statistics have long proven that one of the best means of coping with stress and depression is communication. The advent of technological communication tools has left many unable to converse freely in a group situation – so much easier to send a text or email! Far less personal than in a situation where facial expression and voice inflections can add so much emphasis and sincerity to advice. I would strongly encourage those rural persons struggling to cope with their present situation, be it work issues, family issues, financial issues or whatever concerns they have, to share their burdens. Commendable initiatives are in place via Federated Farmers, Rural Women, Dairy Women’s Network, Rural Support Trust (0800 787254), among others who all operate with utmost confidentiality to assist. The demise of Federated Farmers branch meetings, community activities associated with rural halls, closing of country churches

and even the demise of the dog dosing strip has lessened opportunities to share real concerns. A problem shared is a problem halved. Whatever the occupation there will always be good days and bad – but not many occupations bring people so close to nature. Life in a 40 hour-a-week job never appealed to me. Given my time over again I would change very little. The satisfaction of a wellshorn sheep, a high yielding crop, a good wool clip or lambing percentage was well worth the effort. The challenge of adapting to nature, the thrill of water pouring from 50 metres underground in 1969. Working with animals and watching them respond to kindness. Being part of a community. The reward of physical labour, planning and commitment, not necessarily in dollar terms but job satisfaction, are difficult to quantify. With today’s communication tools you need not be on your own.

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hat a difference trees make to our lives; the long hot summer days make us appreciate them even more. Lunch under a shady tree or out in the bright heat? There’s no comparison. Ashburton is home to many beautiful old trees such as those along Oak Grove, the ones between the railway line and East Street, in the domain and near the college. Many of these lovely old trees are “registered” or “heritage” trees: that is, they are registered on the District Plan and marked on a LIM report. This gives them some form of protection against development: the tree cannot be felled without a resource consent and there can be no excavation within 10 metres of the tree. The Council undertakes to do any work that is needed on the trees, such as pruning. Currently there are 73 sites within Ashburton District with registered trees. Some sites have more than one specimen, such as the trees on public land at Barrhill village. How does a tree become a “registered tree”? David Askin, manager of the Parks and Recreation department at Ashburton District Council, says that people are welcome to write

to the council to nominate what they consider to be a particularly notable or historically valuable tree. The tree will be assessed against nine criteria: its heritage/historic value; scientific/botanical value; the importance of the tree’s position in the landscape; its cultural, social or spiritual value or if it is commemorating a personal sacrifice; size; age; form and condition; suitability in relation to setting or site conditions; and its functional value (such as whether it is valuable for shelter, shade, soil stabilisation etc). Points are allocated on a scale from zero to 32; for instance under heritage/historic, eight points are given for a tree that has “local area/ community significance”; 16 points for “early settler plantings or trees associated with historic/heritage buildings or places or important historic events” and 32 points for “trees commemorating important regional or national historic events or planted by historic identities”. Under the age criteria two points are given for a tree 5 to 50 years old and 16 points for one that is 150 years or over. In rural areas on the plains, trees are not in great abundance but where they are found they

are highly valued for shade, shelter, a home for insects and birds, as repositories of native biodiversity and as beautiful elements within our landscape. The foothills still have considerable areas of original native forest, some of which are protected by the Department of Conservation, and many other trees and patches of native remnants are on private land. David Askin says he would welcome more nominations of notable trees from rural areas. Both native and exotic trees have high value in the rural landscape and should be protected. The Queen Elizabeth II National Trust covenants protect some remnants of native forest but QEII local representative Rob Smith says the Trust no longer recommends “life of tree” covenants. He suggests that landowners with trees they would like to protect should fence them off from stock, make sure there is no cultivation around them and to make no changes to the existing drainage regime. Members of the public are welcome to nominate trees on public land (such as roadsides) that they think are worthy of the council’s protection.

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anadian Doug Kennedy, 74, is one very happy man. Attending the Golden Shears in Masterton recently has been a dream come true for him. “It’s been on my bucket list for years and I can’t believe I’m here,â€? he enthuses. “I’ve just left temperatures of 20 below and a metre of snow, so I’m happy to be in New Zealand on many levels.â€? Doug knows what he’s watching too. He’s been shearing and teaching the craft for decades in his home state of Ontario. A teacher of elementary school children (9-13 years olds) by profession, he was literally forced into learning how to shear when his father died and he was left as a 20-year-old with a 125 strong flock of large Suolk ewes to shear. It was a small farm of 50 acres that he had been raised on and he wanted to make it work, in honour of his father. Being self-taught, his shearing method is novel, if not a bit unorthodox. He shears equally well with both hands, a trait which has worked perfectly for him when he took on the teaching of students at the shearing school near his home town, Thamesford, a rural based township of just over 8000 people. “Shearing students can watch what I do with either my left or right arm and see the mirror image to copy. It makes for very flexible learning.â€?

Doug also did some competitive shearing too in his younger days, mainly at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. “I loved the competition, rubbing shoulders with people aiming at excellence. It’s good stu.â€? He says one notable feature of the intake at the shearing school in recent years is the increasing number of females learning to shear. Last intake, 75 per cent were women, he said. It’s a mixed bag of sheep that Doug has been involved with in Ontario. There are the large Suolks, along with Rambouillet (French Merino), and the Dorsets which dominate the English breeds there. Asked if he had a favourite sheep breed, he laughed saying the best ones to shear would be ones without legs or heads “they just get in the way.â€? Following the Golden Shears, Doug is heading to the South Island of New Zealand with two other bucket list ambitions. He wants to see the merino sheep of the high country and also to visit earthquake damaged Christchurch city. “Because of my interest in sheep and shearing, I have always a close aďŹƒnity to New Zealand without ever visiting until now. When I watched what happened to Christchurch, I was surprised how visibly moved I was for that poor city.â€?

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restaurant chains and boasting its own retail outlet stores, Grand Farm also has strong plans for growth.â€? China also promised significant growth opportunities for Alliance Group, he said. “With the reduction in taris, and the growth in population, New Zealand has become an important supplier of protein to China. As distribution and logistics improve, higher valued cuts including chilled lamb will evolve and there is already interest in some of these product types.â€? As part of their first visit to New Zealand, the Chinese Government oďŹƒcials hope to learn more about the partnership between Alliance Group and Grand Farm, said Mr Brown. Alliance Group has been working in China since the mid-1990s and is now the largest exporter of New Zealand lamb to the country. The co-operative began exporting to traders in Dalian in the mid-1990s and has been working with Grand Farm, since 2000. Grand Farm is the best known distributor and marketer of top quality red meat in Northern China. Alliance Group is a co-operative owned by about 5000 farmer shareholders and is the world’s largest processor and exporter of sheepmeat.

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11 Contributed by Irrigation NZ

Mid-Central Canterbury in national spotlight T

he recent Campbell Live story about the Selwyn River showed North Canterbury Fish & Game with John Campbell on an aerial tour pointing out irrigated paddocks contrasting with dry riverbed. Pictures paint a thousand words but don’t tell the whole story. The emotive scenes of dead fish and dry river beds offered up as proof of complete degradation and desolation are hard to come back from, but as irrigators we are easy targets unless we respond. Prime time television, reliant on ratings for income, and the perception of balance to keep the audience, target the urban middle class that are easy to convince with a 10-minute bite. Tugging at the heartstrings is easy television but actually finding a balance in real life to deliver our hopes and dreams for the next generation is not so simple. IrrigationNZ was invited to present an alternative view and CEO Andrew Curtis, accompanied by Selwyn farmer John Sunknell, countered with messages of efficient irrigation and measures in place to minimise effects. Unlike the 10-minute sound bite, Irrigation NZ, John and many others like him are actively engaged in the long-term conversations and deliberations on how to address the issues that confront our region. As farmers, our activities can impact on water quality and quantity but alternately we can improve the environment. More than any other industry group we need to pull together and come up with pro-active solutions. Constructive and collaborative remedies will always be more successful than regulatory responses. Water is officially back in the headlines and as farmers we need to be prepared for public scrutiny. Mid and Central Canterbury have returned to the national spotlight with the Water Conservation Order covering the Rakaia River lifted, and the recent $1.7 million Government funding to support Central Plains Water (CPW). CPW construction could start as early as September with ‘first water’ being delivered for the 2014/15 irrigation season. The introduction of alpine water via CPW will be part of the solution to help restore lowland streams and lakes. The positives of this story need to be told. With a thriving economy, the right policy framework, signals and support from industry, innovative and effective solutions

will be found to improve the environment. It is not Kiwi nature to brag about achievements and what we do but maybe it is time for some balanced and reasoned promotion of agriculture. One way is to get involved in the processes aimed at delivering a more sustainable environment. Last month, we emphasised the value of ‘user groups’ to represent irrigator interests and act as a conduit and advocate with regulatory bodies. Stepping up to engage and offer solutions with decision-makers and other parties is critical. IrrigationNZ cannot stress enough how important this is to the future of our industry. The water quality limit setting process is the most obvious example and every farmer in Canterbury will be affected, so you need to get involved. Hearings for the Proposed Land and Water Regional Plan, which will set the regional policy framework, began last month. The first of the 10 sub regional plans, Selwyn Waihora, to be notified through the Zone Committee (ZC) process is drawing to a close. In late March the ZC will recommend to commissioners water quality and quantity regimes. All industry organisations are involved informing both the ZC and Environment Canterbury staff on implications and possibilities of how proposed limits could be managed. These are difficult problems to solve with a balancing act to achieve economic prosperity for the region and also meet stringent environmental limits. Importantly the cultural aspects, which are based on values not that different to the general population’s, are part of helping to shape those recommendations. Our Maori community as citizens, business people and farmers have the same aspirations. The limits will have impacts but the key will be allowing time to digest and change. This time must reflect the 150 years that has led us to this point. The water quality objectives proposed will decide how our environment will look in the future but how they are managed and transitioned will decide the social and economic implications. Any social and economic cost to individuals and the region must be minimised and industry is working hard to this end. Getting the big picture right will lead to good news stories in the future.

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ave you ever left a bowl or bucket out in the rain and watched your dog or cat drinking from the soft rainwater the next morning? Plants love rainwater water too – there is something about it. Last winter we set up a rainwater tank as a project with some friends who were visiting. It has been such a bonus this summer to connect the hose to the tank fitting and water the garden with warm soft rainwater through a soaker hose system. The plants love it. It was great to be able to source a locally made RX Plastics tank. We set it up on some posts and built a frame for it to sit on so the water could be gravity fed onto the garden. The black plastic tank filled with water stores heat from the sun so it also creates a mini micro climate and additional sheltered area in our permaculture garden in which to grow a citrus tree or other more exotic plants. You can hardly see the black plastic tank in the garden already as the buddleias have taken off around it and there are clouds of monarch butterflies flying above on a sunny day. For a number of years we have had several 200 litre open barrels under the downpipes at several locations so water can be bucketed out onto container plants or overflow onto the garden alongside. It is interesting to watch how they fill so quickly with only a gentle shower overnight and to listen to the water trickling in off the roof as you lie in bed. The barrel on the veranda has been a saviour for us when we have had power cuts or snow as our water is pumped from a well so no electricity means no water. When collecting rainwater it’s crucial to ensure that the roof, guttering, pipes and other features do not contaminate the water before it goes into the storage tank. Water from roofs can be contaminated by decaying vegetable matter such as leaves, faecal matter from birds, possums and rats; and dead birds and animals. To reduce the risk of contamination set up leaf screens and/or guards over the gutters. These are available from your hardware store and relatively cheap and easy to install.

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12/03/2013 11:15:56 a.m.

13 Contributed by Sheryl Stivens, Eco efficiency Co-ordinator Mastagard Ashburton

a rainwater barrel Collecting and using rainwater

Rainwater is a free, perpetually-renewing water supply. Installing a rainwater tank is relatively simple and inexpensive, and the benefits are ongoing.

Is it for me? Even if you’re connected to the town supply or have your own well, you may want to consider using rainwater for your garden or lawns. By doing this, you can reduce your demand on mains water supply and avoid the summer water restrictions by having your own independent water supply as well as give your garden a treat with soft rainwater.

How do you collect and use rainwater? In principle, a rainwater collection system is simple: rainwater is collected from your roof and stored in a tank until you need it. Exactly how you set the system up will depend on how much rainwater you need and what you want to use it for. To collect rainwater for watering the garden, you might not need anything more complex than a 44-gallon drum or a 200 litre rain barrel with a tap or connection to a soak hose. Generally, systems for outdoor use only rely on gravity with no need for pumps.

How big?

The size of tank you’ll need depends on your rainfall; on what you intend to use the water for, and whether you have access to mains water supply. You don’t need to have a huge tank to make a difference – even a rain barrel will reduce your outdoor water use and provide water in an emergency. You can set up several small 200 litre water barrels or a larger tank. For garden watering, you can install one or several 200-litre rain barrels or a rainwater tank (500 litres or more).

Costs A basic rainwater collection tank is easy to install and can be relatively inexpensive. Costs vary depending on the tank material, and installation and delivery requirements. Check your local hardware store or contact the rainwater barrel supplier. Black Barrel Solutions in Christchurch supply recycled 200 litre black plastic barrels along with all the high quality fittings you need to set them up for approximately $150.

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14 Contributed by Dr Tony Davoren

If it’s not sticky when wet, it’s not clay

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s we head into the last days of summer and begin autumn at the end of the week we are just a few days away from the South Island Agricultural Field Days. Coffee with a couple of different clients lately raised the subject of the clay under our topsoil – is it really clay? It got me thinking about the often heard comment about the yellow-brown clay most of you have underlying that dark black topsoil (I hope). Most of the soils on the Canterbury Plains are derived from wind-blown fine sand or silt (loess) or alluvial material laid down by rivers in flood. The finest material (clays) are held in suspension and travel the furthest in the flood waters from the mountains – so they have ended up at the bottom of the plains – ask the Irwell and Leeston farmers

about clay soils. So the vast majority of the soils as we/you know them are silt loam soils – obvious by the names you all know them. Like Lismore silt loam, Templeton silt loam, Wakanui silt loam, Chertsey silt loam etc. The topsoil is not in question in this discussion – seems everyone knows they have a loam soil. It is that pesky yellow brown material that sits between the topsoil and the gravels underneath that has become synonymous with the term “clay”. So is it clay? No, it is not clay. I don’t get enough room to write a book about all the Canterbury soils, so let’s just consider the common of soil types, the Lismore shallow silt loam – the Lismore series of soils cover a bit more than 180,000ha between the area south of the Rangitata River north to the area north of the Waimakariri (a fair

Table 1 Soil Type Lismore shallow silt loam

way ahead of the second place-getter as I recall the Waimakariri Series at 91,000ha). Typically the soil profile will be described, see Table 1. Soil Bureau (now Landcare Research) once had a bevy of pedologists (soil scientists) and New Zealand is indeed fortunate for the work they carried out characterising our soils – including measuring how much stones, sand, silt and clay is in the soil layers. For the Lismore shallow silt loam, the layers in the table above would typically have stones, sand, silt and clay proportions, see Table 2. The “clay” layer has very low clay content and the clay types are illites and hydrous micas. These are not swelling type clays and are less sticky than swelling clays. The yellow brown “clay” layer is predominantly

silt and rather than feeling sticky when wet will have a silky feel to it – and sometimes even a little gritty (depending on how much sand is in the layer). Oh, and just a little aside – ploughing this material up is not a great idea. It has yet to weather into something useful for plants, has little or no organic matter and therefore little or no value for crop growth. For the South Island Agricultural Field Days (March 20-22) we have made the soil our theme. Come and check out what the “clay” and what a true clay soil really feels like. Look for us at site 469, somewhere on a corner. It might “look like clay”, it might “go hard like clay”, but until you get it wet and in between your fingers it probably isn’t clay.

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15 Contributed by The Good Life

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othing very exciting has happened lately – we’ve had no muck-ups of any sort. As always there is something to do, but Tom and I haven’t mucked it up. Maybe we are learning - only took just over two years but that’s not bad. At this point we are feeding out to the cows as everything is a wee bit dry at the moment. We can’t water or should I say irrigate our paddocks as we don’t have water rights for that. We’re glad that we only have four cows and three sheep otherwise we may have to get rid of them. It always makes me laugh when I say I had to feed out before coming to town. The look on people’s faces is “how good am I” and “I’ve really taken to farming”. I wait for a while before saying how many cows I have. I think some people think it is quite a few more than what we have got.

When I tell told it is only four cows and three sheep they then find it really funny. Our next important job is to oil the road as it is so dusty with all the trucks at the moment. Yes, it’s okay, we have council consent to do it. I did the paperwork and it’s all good. Some days I used to wonder why I hung the washing out. The dust that comes through the hedge is amazing. I’ve even had to keep windows closed on the south side of the house - I don’t like dusting at all. My windows are disgusting and I will not be cleaning them until we have been out and done the road. That should be a laugh; I may have to help this time to get it done. Last time our neighbours helped but they are all busy at the moment. So maybe just Tom, me and the kids. I wonder how many arguments will go down before we start. How ever it happens, it will make a huge difference when done.

I know that people in town will think that it’s not good for the environment doing this but we have to out in the country if you have a shingle road right at your gate. It is not that much oil really but it makes a huge difference. When living in town we got cross with the neighbour lighting their fire and the smoke blowing onto your washing. But it wasn’t every day that your washing smelt of smoke whereas with the road it is all day that dust blows through. I have had four trucks not cars go down the road this morning while writing this and it’s not even 8.30am. Luckily today it’s blowing into the neighbour’s paddock, only a little is coming my way. I have still put the washing out - what can I do? Putting it in the drier is not the best as the power bill is high enough at the moment. The garden is coming along really well, as Tom has had the digger in again - we have cleared the back garden ready to fix the fence

along the roadside. While doing this the whole lot went in a moment of madness (which in this house can comes regularly.) We started just taking out the plants that were in the way, now there are only the trees left and dirt. It took all day, and happened to be one of those hot ones. For now we will plant it in lawn and plant some more trees to replace a few that didn’t the digger and chainsaw Tom had. Tom, as you can see, likes chainsaws and diggers very much but tends to do a lot of damage really fast when he gets started. I will admit that I decided some trees should come out but a few more came out when I decided to go inside to check on what the kids where doing. Mind you it does look nicer than before. A bit bare that’s all. Photos show what we can do in a day, no fixing this.

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16 Contributed by Jenny Paterson, Provide it

Getting it right for the horse T

he average recreational or show rider spends thousands on the horse, more thousands on the saddle, and many more thousands on the horse-truck or float. Yet the idea of investing some resources in the construction of a good Dry Lot doesn’t go down at all. Yet this is the one asset that will ensure you achieve the real results you’re after. If you’re one of those fortunate people who never have any problems keeping your horse on the pasture you have then by all means don’t change a thing. But if you are in that growing category of horse owners whose horse is often nok OK, who spends a constant stream of money on various treatments, has endless trouble fitting saddles, whose horse is somehow not the horse they originally purchased, who has lost confidence due to their horse doing scary things or who gets to the show and their horse disappoints them, then the answer lies in getting complete control of the diet by eliminating the culprit which is the forced consumption of unsuitable grass. Wild horses are never confined behind fences and forced to eat the unbalanced re-growth grass. Wild horses trickle feed all day long on low nutrient density grasses and bushes growing on predominantly unfertile country. What do we stuff down their gobs? High production grasses and legumes meant for rapid weight gain and milk production, plus kilograms

of other high nutrient density feeds and top them off with high carbohydrate molassed grains. Are we mad? The horses in the picture haven’t had any green grass since last winter. They live on the Dry Lot in the background on ad lib hay and a small daily feed containing premium minerals to ensure they don’t lack anything. They don’t need any extra salt, or any extra magnesium because they are not eating anything that unbalances them. They are extremely chilled out and contented ‘lovely to be around’. We feel safe riding them. They are the same all year round. We hardly ever notice the mares coming into season. Funny there is no longer any need for various treatments. More and more people are doing it, building a Dry Lot that is. If you have a horse that is prone to head-flicking or laminitis then a good Dry Lot is an absolute necessity. (Please note I am not talking about all horses this way, I am talking about your riding horses and ponies. Broodmares and foals have different requirements for instance. By the way a good Dry Lot is not a stable or a yard. They are far too small. A good Dry Lot is a safe strip or area where the horse can make choices to stand behind shelter or shade, to eat or lie down. Where he can trickle feed on a constant supply of suitable hay. Your pasture grass will have a chance to grow to better length. Then you can allow appropriate access

to this grass as you see fit, depending on the weather, season, how he is and so on. A good Dry Lot pays for itself over and over, not only in a reduction in ‘maintenance costs’ of the horse but in vastly increased safety around and enjoyment of your horse.

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17 Horsing around for a good cause

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ete Langford, not unlike James Bond, is a man on an ambitious and sometimes dangerous mission. But instead of travelling in super-cars, speedboats and helicopters, all Pete will be using to complete his mission are two horses, Ed a seven-year-old gelding, and Maddie, a slightly younger mare, creating Team Equs. Originally from Doncaster, England, Pete moved to New Zealand a little more than nine years ago, but living the Kiwi dream soon took an unfortunate detour, which saw Pete lose his business and Northland home. His home renovation business took a major hit during the recession, and the bank moved in to sell his home under a mortgagee sale. It took the advice of a good friend to turn a bad situation into a positive one, when she suggested to Pete that with no employment ties and no mortgage repayments, he was free to live out his dreams and ambitions. That ambition has led to Pete embarking on the greatest challenge of his life to date, travelling the length of New Zealand, from Bluff to Cape Reinga on horseback, through the rugged back country.

The trek will consist of 2500 KM through some of New Zealand’s harshest and most beautiful terrains. From rugged sub-alpine barren mountains of the south, to the lush semi-tropical wilderness of the north, the trek is certainly not for the faint of heart. Not only will Pete be living out a dream, but he is also raising donations towards New Zealand’s air emergency services. The trek began early in the morning on November 11 from the famous sign post at Bluff. Pete soon discovered that anything can happen on the trail, and due to some minor problems, Ed was exchanged for a new horse named Cloud, and Maddie replaced by TwoShoes. But where there are challenges, there is also triumph. Fifty days and 583 KM later, the harshness of the ride was taking its toll on the horses and finances. Pete made a quick trip home and after some generous sponsorship offers were made, Pete returned to Barossa Station where Cloud and Two-Shoes were keen to continue with the trek. One of Pete’s more dramatic encounters

PHOTOS PETE LANGFORD The man himself.

happened recently on theRakaia River, where he and his horse accidentally rode into quicksand which was hidden by the shale and rock. Peter and his horses fortunately managed to climb out relatively unscathed. This journey continued for “10 days in the wilderness, almost!” as Pete wrote in his blog. “Getting from Lake Coleridge to Grassmere started out well enough, until I realised I had just spent the last hour following the wrong creek up a dead end!” These trials are becoming a familiar occurrence for Team Equs as they navigate the treacherous backcountry. In the past two weeks alone Pete has encountered what he describes as “the gnarliest riding I have done, ever…” A particular incident he described would send shivers up even the most confident of horsemen’s spines. On the journey to Grassmere along a steep track Team Equs “rounded a corner to find a 3 to 4 metre drop where the original track had been washed out…” The new track, being a near vertical bank was scattered with “tree roots backfilled with soil for

Two-Shoes escaping the Rakaia River quicksand.

steps and, just to make it more lively, two very tight switch-backs whilst coming down”. If this wasn’t bad enough he tells of a 30-metre drop awaiting him should either Pete or his horse lose footing. “I wasn’t happy, in fact for the first time I was frightened for the safety of the horses, and one misstep would spell disaster of the terminal kind.” With a nine-hour back-track the only other option, Pete ‘and the horses continued on the possibly fatal track with all of the skill they had. After some kind words on Pete’s behalf and some “equine gymnastics” on the horses,’ Team Equs made it safely down the slope and on to Grassmere. Today Pete continues north through the South Island, where he travels west of Hanmer and is pushing through the Rainbow Valley as he heads through Marlborough on his way to the Picton Ferry. To follow Pete on his journey, offer some words of encouragement and assistance, or to donate to the fundraising efforts to support New Zealand’s air emergency services, visit www.freewitheveryhorse.com.

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By Bruce Wills, National President of Federated Farmers

Dollar versus drought D

rought is a low point for any farmer and passing drizzle on the day Hawke’s Bay requested drought be declared seemed like nature’s way of pulling a practical joke. Our farm joins others as far afield as Northland and the West Coast that are in or fast approaching drought. If you want the economic bill, ANZ puts it at $1 billion and counting. With anything affecting farmland there is a lot of interest and comment. Some of it has been supportive, some regretfully not. What I can say is that the days of farmer welfare are long gone. It surprises many to discover the biggest thing farmers welcome from an official declaration is psychological. A declaration confirms events have spiralled well beyond your control as a farmer so it is okay to ask for farm advisory and counselling services; largely delivered by the Rural Support Trusts.

This is about speeding recovery and helping families to cope with huge business and personal stress. An official declaration tells the banks just how bad things are and if farmers keep their banks fully informed, I am confident the banks will work with them in return. It also means that Inland Revenue has discretion on things like income equalisation, but you are not excused any tax obligations. Rural assistance payments can also be available in genuine hardship cases. Like all farmers, we adapt to our everchanging climate and on our farm that includes building 60 dams over the past five years. With no water I am digging them deeper to increase storage when it does eventually rain. But given how tough things are, it makes me shake my head at the New Zealand dollar. Driving to Wellington from the Hawke’s Bay I noticed the condition of livestock seemed to

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Dairy feed systems now available WDZ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ďůĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂů ƐŝƚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ Ă ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚĂŝůŽƌͲŵĂĚĞ ƚŽ ƐƵŝƚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ŝŶŝƟĂů ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞƌƚƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽƌŵĂůůLJ ǀŝƐŝƚ LJŽƵƌ ƐŝƚĞ ƚŽ ĂƐĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ KŶĐĞ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĨƵůůLJ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ Ă ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƐƵŝƚ LJŽƵƌ ƚĂŝůŽƌĞĚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͘

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hƉŽŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ WDZ ŝŶ ĐŽŶũƵŶĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƌƐ͕ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ĨƵůů ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ͘ WDZ ĐĂŶ ƋƵŽƚĞ͕ ƐƵƉƉůLJ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĂůů Ă ǀĂƐƚ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĂŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƌLJ͘ tĞ ǁŝůů ĐĂƚĞƌ

WDZ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ĚƌLJŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ ƚŽ ƐƵŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ͘ tĞ ƐƵƉƉůLJ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĂůů Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĚƌLJŝŶŐ ŇŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĞƌĂƟŽŶ ƐŝůŽƐ͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ƐƵƉƉůLJ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ŚƵŵŝĚŝƚLJ ďƵƌŶĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĞdžŝƐƟŶŐ ƐŝůŽƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌLJŝŶŐ ƐŚĞĚƐ͘ KƵƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƐƚŽŵŝnjĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂƚǁĂůŬƐ ĂŶĚ

ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ůĂĚĚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐĞĚ ĚƌĂŐ ĐŚĂŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞǀĂƚŽƌ ƐŝnjĞƐ͘ WDZ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ '^/͛Ɛ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĚĂŝƌLJ ĨĞĞĚ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĨƵůů ĚĂŝƌLJ ĨĞĞĚ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŝůŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞĚ ƚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ͗ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐŝůŽ͕ ĂƵŐĞƌ͕ ƌŽůůĞƌ ŵŝůů ĂŶĚ ŇĞdž ŇŽ ĐŽƌĞůĞƐƐ ĂƵŐĞƌ͘ 'ƌĂŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐŝůŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϱ ƚŽŶ ƚŽ ϭϬϬϬ ƚŽŶ͘ ^ƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ƌŽƚĂƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌƌŝŶŐďŽŶĞ ĚĂŝƌLJ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ KƵƌ Ăŝŵ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉůLJ Ăůů ŽĨ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶLJ ŐƌĂŝŶ ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ͘

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South Island Agricultural Field Days

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With more than 400 exhibitors signed up so far, the “However space is now at a premium and we’re 2013 South Island Agricultural Field Days to be held Ĺ?ŜǀĞĆ?Ć&#x;Ĺ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ žŽÇ€Äž ƚŽ Ä‚ ĹŻÄ‚ĆŒĹ?ÄžĆŒ Ć?Ĺ?ƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻĹ˝Ç Ć? at Lincoln University Farm March 20-22 promises to ĆľĆ? ƚŽ žĂĹ?ŜƚĂĹ?Ĺś ŽƾĆŒ ĞžƉŚĂĆ?Ĺ?Ć? ŽŜ ĚĞžŽŜĆ?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?Í•Í&#x; be one of the most successful in the 60 year history ZĹ?Ä?ĹšÄ‚ĆŒÄš Ć?ĂLJĆ?͘ of the event. ĚĞÄ?Ĺ?Ć?Ĺ?ŽŜ ŽŜ ƚŚĞ ĹśÄžÇ ĹŻĹ˝Ä?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ä‚ŜŜŽƾŜÄ?ĞĚ dĹšÄžĆŒÄž Ĺ?Ć? ĂĚĚĞĚ Ć?Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ÄŽÄ?Ä‚ĹśÄ?Äž ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĎĞůĚ ĚĂLJĆ? ƚŚĹ?Ć? next month. year in that it will be the last one staged on the This year there has been increased interest from present Lincoln site. the North Island as well as solid interest from other The South Island Agricultural Field Days takes place parts of the South Island, including Otago/Southland on the 35 hectare Lincoln University farm. and the Top of the South, as well as two exhibitors from Australia. The event concentrates on focusing on Ĺ˝Ć‰Ć‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšƾŜĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ƚŽ Ç€Ĺ?ÄžÇ ĹľÄ‚Ä?ĹšĹ?ŜĞĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ? The theme for the 2013 Field Days is AgĆ?ƚĂƚĞ ĂŜĚ ƚŽ ĆŒÄžĹ?ŜĨŽĆŒÄ?Äž ƚŚĞ ĆŒÄžĹŻÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?ĹšĹ?Ɖ Ä?ÄžĆšÇ ÄžÄžĹś dÄžÄ?ĹšŜŽůŽĹ?LJ͕ ĹšĹ?Ĺ?ŚůĹ?Ĺ?ĹšĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ ĨÄ‚Ä?Ćš ƚŚĂƚ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľĹ?ĹśĹ? ĹśĹ˝Ç Ä¨Ä‚ĆŒĹľÄžĆŒĆ?Í• Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?Ä?Äž Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ç€Ĺ?ÄšÄžĆŒĆ?Í• Ć?Ä?Ĺ?ĞŜĆ&#x;Ć?ĆšĆ? ĂŜĚ ƚĞÄ?ŚŜĹ?Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ Ć?ĆľĆ?ƚĂĹ?ĹśĆ? Ä‚ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŻÄš ƉŽƉƾůÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ žŽĆŒÄž ƚŚĂŜ Ć?Ĺ?dž ĂŜĚ Ä‚ experts. half billion people. It is the only agricultural show in New Zealand to The SIAFD will be held at the Lincoln University ĨÄžÄ‚ĆšĆľĆŒÄž Ć?Ĺ?ĚĞͲÄ?LJͲĆ?Ĺ?ĚĞ ĚĞžŽŜĆ?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?Í• Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ď´ĎŹ ƚŽ Ď­ĎŹĎŹ &Ä‚ĆŒĹľÍ• Ä?Ĺ˝ĆŒĹśÄžĆŒ ŽĨ ^ŚĂŜĚĆ? ZÄš ĂŜĚ ĹŻĹŻÄžĆ?ĹľÄžĆŒÄž :ƾŜÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ tractors, headers, mowers, seed drills and other ZÄš ŽŜ ƚŚĞ ώϏͲώώŜÄš DÄ‚ĆŒÄ?Ĺš ĎŽĎŹĎ­ĎŻÍ˜ machines being put through their paces each day. This event has more than 400 exhibitors over 35 Íž ƉŽĹ?Ŝƚ ŽĨ ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśÄ?Äž ĨŽĆŒ ĆľĆ? Ĺ?Ć? ƚŚĂƚ ŽƾĆŒ ĨŽÄ?ĆľĆ? ŽŜ ŚĞÄ?ĆšÄ‚ĆŒÄžĆ? Ä‚ĆŠĆŒÄ‚Ä?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? Ä?ÄžĆšÇ ÄžÄžĹś ĎŽĎŹÍ•ĎŹĎŹĎŹ ĂŜĚ ώϹ͕ϏϏϏ ĚĞžŽŜĆ?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ç€Ĺ?ĚĞĆ? ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝Ć‰Ć‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšƾŜĹ?ƚLJ ĨŽĆŒ ŽƾĆŒ visitors over the course of three days. Ć?ÄžÄ?ĆšĹ˝ĆŒ ƚŽ Ć?ĹšĹ˝Ç EÄžÇ ÄžÄ‚ĹŻÄ‚ĹśÄšÍ›Ć? Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?Ä?ƾůĆšĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹŻ Ĺ?ŜŜŽÇ€Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ dŚĞ ĎĞůĚ ĚĂLJĆ? Ä‚ĆŒÄž ŽƉĞŜ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƾÄ?ĹŻĹ?Ä? ĨĆŒŽž Ď´Ä‚Ĺľ ƚŽ Ĺ?Ĺś Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;ŽŜÍ•Í&#x; Ä?ŚĂĹ?ĆŒĹľÄ‚Ĺś ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^/ & Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? 5pm 20-22nd March 2013. Ä?ŽžžĹ?ƊĞĞ ZĹ?Ä?ĹšÄ‚ĆŒÄš tÄžĆ?ĆšÄ‚Ç Ä‚Ç‡ Ć?ĂLJĆ?͘

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ZĞĐŽǀĞƌLJ ŽĨ ǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ƟŵďĞƌ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂŶ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƚŽ ƵŶůŽĂĚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƌ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ůĂŶĚŽǁŶĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ŽŶĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘ ƟŵďĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ Žƌ ĂƌĞ dŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝͲƚĞŶƐŝůĞ ĂůƵŵŝŶŝƵŵ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƐĂǁŵŝůůƐ ǁĞŝŐŚ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ϯϬϬŬŐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƟŵďĞƌ͘ ƚŽǁĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐĂƌ͘ DĂƌůďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ Įƌŵ ZŝŵƵ KƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂǁ ŐƵĂƌĚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵƐĞĚ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƉŽƌƚĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶŬ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ ƐĂǁŵŝůů ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů &ŝĞůĚ ĂLJƐ ŝŶ >ŝŶĐŽůŶ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĚĞ͘ ŝŶ DĂƌĐŚ͘ 'ƌĞŐ ƐĂLJƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐ ŵŝůů ŝƐ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌ ƐĂǁŵŝůů ŝƐ ZŝŵƵΖƐ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ 'ƌĞŐ ^ƵƌŐĞŶŽƌ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐĂǁŵŝůůĞƌ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƐĂLJƐ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ĚĂLJƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ Žī ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŚLJĚƌĂƵůŝĐ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĨŽƌ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ ĂƐ Ă ƐƚĂƟŽŶĂƌLJ ŵŝůů Ăƚ Ă ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ƐŝƚĞ͕ Žƌ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ZŝŵƵ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƐĂǁŵŝůůŝŶŐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĞĂƐŝůLJ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽƚĞ ƐŝƚĞƐ ďLJ ϰt ͕ ϭϵϲϯ͕ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĞŐ ^ƵƌŐĞŶŽƌ ƐĂLJƐ ƚŚĞLJ ďĞŐĂŶ ƋƵĂĚ ďŝŬĞ Žƌ ďLJ ŚĂŶĚ͘ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƉŽƌƚĂďůĞ ƐĂǁŵŝůůƐ dŚĞ ƐĂǁŵŝůůƐ ĂƌĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĞĚ ďLJ ĞŶŐŝŶĞƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŶĞĞĚ ϲϬŚƉ͕ ĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚƵƉ͘ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌƵŐŐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝĂďůĞ ƐĂǁŵŝůů ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŝŶ ƌĞŵŽƚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ 'ƌĞŐ ƐĂLJƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƌƚĂďůĞ ŵŝůůƐ ĂƌĞ ĞdžƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ 'ƌĞŐ ƐĂLJƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞ ŬĞLJ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ ĞĂƐLJ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ƟŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ZŝŵƵ ŵŝůů ƚĂŬĞƐ ŽŶĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ϭϱ

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Proper grain sampling and analysing In any supply chain, businesses must be based ŽŶ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ ďƵLJĞƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ΖŐƌĂŝŶ ĐŚĂŝŶ͕͛ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ŵƵƐƚ ĨŽƌŐĞ links with merchants or end-users. However, ƐƵƉƉůLJŝŶŐ ŐƌĂŝŶ ƚŽ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĞĂƐLJ͘ 'ƌĂŝŶ ŝƐ ŝŶŚĞƌĞŶƚůLJ ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ become ever more stringent. Failure to meet ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĨĂĐĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ ĚĞĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ Žƌ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ƌĞũĞĐƟŽŶ͘

handheld combine harvester to combat this. dŚĞ ƐĂŵƉůĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĂŶĂůLJƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ content using a moisture meter. DŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ŵĞƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŐƌĂŝŶ ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŽ represent the bulk. This helps the grower:

ͻ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ĚƌLJŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ ĐŽƐƚƐ DƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƐƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐĂǀĞĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ĚĂƚĂ ŽďƚĂŝŶĞĚ ďLJ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞůůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ďƵLJĞƌ ŽĨ ͻ ƐƚŽƌĞ ŐƌĂŝŶ Ăƚ ŽƉƟŵƵŵ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ grain match each other well. Achieving this (<14%) to avoid spoilage ĚĞƉĞŶĚƐ ŽŶ ĂĚŽƉƟŶŐ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ͻ DĂdžŝŵŝƐĞ ĐƌŽƉ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ͘ ŽƐƚůLJ ƌĞũĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŐƌĂŝŶ ƐĂŵƉůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ Žī Žƌ ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀŽŝĚĞĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŵĞƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ŝŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ďƵůŬ ŐƌĂŝŶ ŵĞĞƚƐ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚ͘ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ͕ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ͕ ŐƌĂŝŶ ŚĂŶĚůĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝůůĞƌƐ in New Zealand do not have set standards to ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐ͖ ĨŽůůŽǁ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂŝŶ ƚĞƐƟŶŐ͘ ͻ WĞƌĨŽƌŵ ĂŶLJ ĐŚĞĐŬƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƚĞƌ DŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƵƐĞ͘ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐƐ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂŝŶ ďƵLJĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůůĞƌƐ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶ Ăůů ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚƐ͘ ,ŝŐŚ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĐĂŶ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝŶ ƐƉŽŝůĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐƵƌ ĚĞĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƌĞũĞĐƟŽŶ͘

ͻ hƐĞ Ă ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ƐĂŵƉůĞ͘ ZĞŵŽǀĞ ĐŚĂī͕ straw, immature grains etc.

ͻ DŝŶŝŵŝƐĞ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ƐĂŵƉůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ƐĂŵƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ĐŽŶĚĞŶƐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐ ĞŶƐƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ on grain or meter. LJŽƵƌ ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚĞĚ ŐƌĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ͻ dĞƐƚ Ăƚ Ă ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ŝĚĞĂůůLJ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŵĞĞƚ ŵŽƐƚ ďƵLJĞƌƐ͛ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ 20±2o ͘ /ƚ Ăůů ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵĞƌ ͻ ůĞĂŶ ŵĞƚĞƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƵƐĞ͘ ZĞŵŽǀĞ ĂŶLJ ǁŚŽůĞ Žƌ ŶĞĞĚƐ Ă ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ƐĂŵƉůĞ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚ ground grains. ƚĂŬĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂĚĚŽĐŬ͘ ŝĚ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐǁĞĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ LJŽƵƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ ͻ ZĞŐƵůĂƌůLJ ĐŚĞĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ leads to incorrect moisture readings! ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ŬŶŽǁŶ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ && ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ >ƚĚ ŽīĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ DŝŶŝďĂƩ content.

Whole Grain Moisture and Protein Analysis

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Portable Grain Moisture Meters

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ADF - making milking twice as easy Installing ADF in his new herringbone dairy shed was a “no brainerâ€? according to dairy farmer Mark Williams when he converted his sheep farm to dairy in July 2012. Mark and wife Kelsey own a 100 ha, 600 Friesian cow dairy farm, as well as an 80 ha cropping farm, in Burnham, Canterbury. dŚĞ & ͞ĂƾƚŽžÄ‚Ć&#x;Ä? ÄšĹ?ƉƉĹ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ ŇƾĆ?ĹšĹ?ĹśĹ?Íż Ć?LJĆ?ƚĞž Ä‚Ĺ?ĹľĆ? ƚŽ ĆŒÄžÄšĆľÄ?Äž žĂĆ?Ć&#x;Ć&#x;Ć? ĂŜĚ Ĺ?ĆšĆ? Ć?Ć‰ĆŒÄžÄ‚Äš Ä‚žŽŜĹ?Ć?Ćš ƚŚĞ ĹšÄžĆŒÄš Ä?LJ ĂƾƚŽžÄ‚Ć&#x;Ä?ĂůůLJ Ć?Ć‰ĆŒÄ‚Ç‡Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂƚĆ? Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄž ƚŚĞ Ä?ƾƉĆ? Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ć?Ć&#x;ĹŻĹŻ ŽŜ ƚŚĞ ĆľÄšÄšÄžĆŒÍ• ÄšĹ?ĆŒÄžÄ?ƚůLJ Ä‚ĹŒÄžĆŒ ĹľĹ?ĹŻĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ?Í• Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄž ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂƚ Ä?ĂŜĂů Ĺ?Ć? Ć?Ć&#x;ĹŻĹŻ Ĺ˝Ć‰ÄžĹśÍ˜ ĹŒÄžĆŒ ĆŒÄžžŽÇ€Ä‚ĹŻ ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ ĹŻĹ?ĹśÄžĆŒ Ĺ?Ć? ĂƾƚŽžÄ‚Ć&#x;Ä?ĂůůLJ ĆŒĹ?ĹśĆ?ĞĚ͘ tĹ?ƚŚĹ?Ĺś ŽŜůLJ ĎŽĎŹ seconds from the end of milking, the cluster is ready for the next cow. It was over the breakfast table that Mark ÄŽĆŒĆ?Ćš ĹŻÄžÄ‚ĆŒĹśÄžÄš Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš & Ç ĹšÄžĹś Ä‚ ĨĆŒĹ?ĞŜĚ handed him an ADF brochure. Mark then called ADF who took him to see a farm with the system installed just down the road. “The farmer spoke highly of his ADF system so I took the bank manager for a look. He said ‘why don’t all dairy farmers have this?’ so from that point it was let’s do it, let’s go.â€? &ĆŒŽž Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƚĂůůĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ĺ?Ĺś :ƾůLJ ĎŽĎŹĎ­ĎŽ DÄ‚ĆŒĹŹ ŚĂĆ?Ŝ͛ƚ

looked back. “Our cell counts average around 120,000 and we’re only having to ĚĞĂů Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ŽŜÄž Ä?Ä‚Ć?Äž ŽĨ žĂĆ?Ć&#x;Ć&#x;Ć? Ä‚ Ç ÄžÄžĹŹÍ˜ / Ä‚ĆŠĆŒĹ?Ä?ƾƚĞ ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ć?ĆľÄ?Ä?ÄžĆ?Ć? ƚŽ &͘ ÍžKĆľĆŒ Ć?ƚĂč ůŽǀĞ & ĆšŽŽ Í´ Ć?Ĺ˝ žƾÄ?Ĺš ƚŚĂƚ they’ve said they wouldn’t milk again in a shed without ADF! That’s because it makes their life so much easier. Manual teat spraying would be a problem where Ç Äž Ä‚ĆŒÄž Í´ Ĺ?ƚ͛Ć? Ç Ĺ?ŜĚLJ Ä‚ ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ć&#x;žĞ Ć?Ĺ˝ Ĺ?Ćš Ç Ĺ˝ĆľĹŻÄš Ä?ĹŻĹ˝Ç Ĺ?Ĺś Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ÄšĹ?ĆŒÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? ĆŒĹ?Ć?ĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂƚ being missed and you’d end up using more Ä?ŚĞžĹ?Ä?Ä‚ĹŻĆ?͘ dŚĞ ĂƾƚŽžÄ‚Ć&#x;Ä? ÄšĹ?ƉƉĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚ĹŒÄžĆŒ milking ensures the teat is fully coated. And ŚĂǀĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ Ä?ƾƉĆ? ĆŒĹ?ĹśĆ?ĞĚ Ä‚ĹŒÄžĆŒ ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ ĹľĹ?ĹŻĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ? ĞŜĆ?ĆľĆŒÄžĆ? ƚŚĂƚ Ĺ?Ĩ ĆšĹšÄžĆŒÄž Ĺ?Ć? ĂŜLJ žĂĆ?Ć&#x;Ć&#x;Ć? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ ĹšÄžĆŒÄš ƚŚĂƚ Ä?ĆŒĹ˝Ć?Ć?ͲÄ?ŽŜƚĂžĹ?ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ĚŽĞĆ?Ŝ͛ƚ happen. ADF has made our milking twice as easy. It’s brilliant. Installing it is the best thing I’ve done.â€? Visit ADF at South Island Field Days, site 784, 20-22 March 2013. To arrange a visit to LJŽƾĆŒ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľ ĂŜĚ ĆŒÄžÄ?ÄžĹ?ǀĞ Ä‚ ŜŽ Ĺ˝Ä?ĹŻĹ?Ĺ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ĨĆŒÄžÄž quote, call ADF on 0800 233 645 or visit &ĹľĹ?ĹŻĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ?͘Ä?Žž ĨŽĆŒ ĨƾĆŒĆšĹšÄžĆŒ Ĺ?ŜĨŽĆŒĹľÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ͘

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Mark Williams in his ADFinstalled milking shed .

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Variable rate irrigation equals water savings Producing very high yield grain crops is dependent on ŐĞƫŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ DĞƚŚǀĞŶ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ƌĂŝŐĞ ĂŶĚ ZŽnj DĂĐŬĞŶnjŝĞ ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞ ƌĂƚĞ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ;sZ/Ϳ ŝƐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ĂŐ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă reality. dŚĞ DĂĐŬĞŶnjŝĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ LJŝĞůĚƐ ŽĨ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϭϱ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ Ă ŚĞĐƚĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ LJĞĂƌ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚ ǁŚĞĂƚ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ KƌĂƚŽƌ͘ ^ŽǁŶ ƐůŝŐŚƚůLJ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƵƐƵĂů ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ǁŚĞĂƚƐ ŽŶ DĂƌĐŚ Ϯϱ͕ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͛Ɛ KƌĂƚŽƌ ĐƌŽƉ ǁĂƐ ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚĞĚ ŽŶ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ ϯ Ăƚ ϭϰ͘ϵ ƚŽŶŶĞƐͬŚĂ͘ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ sZ/ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ ŽŶ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƉŝǀŽƚ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƉůĞ͛Ɛ ϮϬϬŚĂ ĂƌĂďůĞ ĨĂƌŵ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚ ϯϯϬŚĂ͕ ϭϮϬϬͲĐŽǁ ĚĂŝƌLJ ĨĂƌŵ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ϱϬͲϱϬ ĞƋƵŝƚLJ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů ďůĂŶŬĞƚ ƌĂƚĞ ƐƉƌĂLJ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ͘

ƚŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĚĞƉƚŚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀĂƌŝĞĚ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŚĞŝƌ ĞdžĂĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŝǀŽƚ͕ ĐƌŽƉƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƚĞĚ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞdžĂĐƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ƌŽƉ ǀĂƌŝĂďŝůŝƚLJ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ŐƌĞĂƚůLJ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ĂƐ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ǀĂƌŝĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĮŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌŝŶŐ ƐŽŝů ƚLJƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĂƌŝĂƟŽŶ ŽŐƌ ŐƌĂƉ Ă ŚLJ ĂƉ Ś ͘ ŝŶ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƉŽŐƌĂƉŚLJ͘ ƐŽŝ Žŝů ů sZ/ ŚĂƐ ĞůŝŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀŝĞƐƚ ƐŽŝů ƚLJƉĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ ŚĂƐ ĚƌŝǀĞŶ LJŝĞůĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ͘ Ě ďLJ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ŽĨ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĐĂŶ ŽŌĞŶ ďĞ ƐĂǀĞĚ ďLJ ŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŶƐ Ŷ ƵƐŝŶŐ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ sZ/ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ĚƌĂŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ Ž ďĞ Ğ ƵŶƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ő ĂƉƉůŝĞĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŝƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ĞůŝŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ Ă ƚ ĂŶ ƚ ĂŶLJ ŵĂŶͲŵĂĚĞ ĚƌĂŝŶĂŐĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵ͘ ĞŶƚ Ŷƚ Dƌ DĂĐŬĞŶnjŝĞ ƐĂŝĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĐŚĞĂƉ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ ƌŶ ŝŶ Ŷ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƉĂLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ Ă ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ LJĞĂƌ͘

͞dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ŽĨ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƚ ;ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞ ƌĂƚĞ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶͿ͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐĂǀŝŶŐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Ϯϰ ĂŶĚ ϱϬ ƉĞƌ ĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ Ě Ě ĂǀĞƌĂŐŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ϯϭ ƉĞƌ ĐĞŶƚ͘ Ƶƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůLJ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚƌŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ sZ/ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͕ ŚĂƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ĂŶ ŽŶůŝŶĞ LJŝĞůĚ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂLJƐ͘ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚŽƌ ƚŽŽů ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĂƐƐĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŽĨ sZ/ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚŽƌ ͞tŚĞŶ ƟŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƟŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŽŶƐ ĐŽŵĞ ŽŶ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ͘ĐŽ͘Ŷnjͬ ǁŝůů ĂůůŽǁ ƵƐ ƚŽ ĐĂƌƌLJ ŽŶ ůŽŶŐĞƌ͘͟ ƐĂǀĞ͘ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞůLJ LJŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞŝŶ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚ ǁŚĞĂƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŝƐ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ƚĞĂŵ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͕ ĂƐ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ƉĞŶĂůƚLJ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƚĞŝŶ ůĞǀĞůƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ >ŝŶĐŽůŶ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϬ ƉĞƌ ĐĞŶƚ͘ WƵƫŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ďŝŐŐĞƌ &ŝĞůĚ ĂLJƐ͘ dŚĞ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ƐŝƚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶ ĐƌŽƉ ŚĞůƉƐ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞŝŶ ůĞǀĞůƐ ĚŽǁŶ͘ Ɛ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ sZ/ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŵĂƌƋƵĞĞ͕ ƐŝƚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ϴϭ͘

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The do’s and dont’s of insuring your farm Farmers are now becoming more aware of the importance of having the correct insurance covers in place to protect their business. If any were not aware, recent events in Canterbury have highlighted the need to have adequate insurance cover in place and to have professional independent advice in arranging and discussing those covers. Farmers can incur loss in a varied number of Ç Ä‚Ç‡Ć?Í• ŇŽŽÄšÍ• ÄŽĆŒÄžÍ• Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹŹÄšĹ˝Ç Ĺś ŽĨ ƉƾžĆ‰Ć?Í• Ć?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ç‡Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ć?ƚŽÄ?ĹŹÍ• ĆšĹšÄžĹŒÍ• ƚŚĞ ĹŻĹ?Ć?Ćš Ĺ?ŽĞĆ? ŽŜ͘ /Ćš Ĺ?Ć? Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšÄ‚ĹśĆš ƚŚĂƚ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľÄžĆŒĆ? Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄž ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ç€Ä‚ĆŒĹ?ŽƾĆ? ŽƉĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? ĂǀĂĹ?ĹŻÄ‚Ä?ĹŻÄž ŽŜ ƚŚĞ ĹľÄ‚ĆŒĹŹÄžĆš ĂŜĚ ƚŽ ĹŹĹśĹ˝Ç Ç ĹšĹ?Ä?Ĺš ŽƉĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ä?ÄžĆ?Ćš Ć?ĆľĹ?ĆšĆ? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ĺ˝Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?͘ &Ĺ˝ĆŒ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƚĂŜÄ?Äž Ä‚ Ä?ĆŒĹ˝Ć‰ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľÄžĆŒ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ ŚĂǀĞ ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆš Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž ŜĞĞĚĆ? ĂŜĚ ĆŒĹ?Ć?ĹŹĆ? ĨĆŒŽž ƚŚŽĆ?Äž ŽĨ Ä‚ ĚĂĹ?ĆŒÇ‡ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľÄžĆŒÍ˜ Ĺ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆš insurance companies have their individual Ć?ĆšĆŒÄžĹśĹ?ƚŚĆ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆš ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ˝Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? Í´ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ŽŜÄž Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄžĆŒ Ä?ÄžĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä?ÄžĆŠÄžĆŒ Ä‚Ćš ĚĂĹ?ĆŒÇ‡ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľĆ? than others. ^ŽžÄž Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄžĆŒĆ? ŽčÄžĆŒ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?Ä?ÄžĆ? ÄšĹ?ĆŒÄžÄ?Ćš ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľÄžĆŒÍ• ĹšĹ˝Ç ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒ Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻĆ?Ćš Ć?ŽžÄžĆ&#x;žĞĆ? ƚŚĞLJ žĂLJ Ä‚Ć‰Ć‰ÄžÄ‚ĆŒ Ä?ĹšÄžÄ‚Ć‰ÄžĆŒ Ĺ?Ćš Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Ä?Äž Ĺ˝ĹŒÄžĹś Ä‚Ćš ƚŚĞ Ć‰ĆŒĹ?Ä?Äž ŽĨ ĆŒÄžÄšĆľÄ?ĞĚ Ä?Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Ğ͘ / ĆŒÄžÄ?Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ žĞĞĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? Ä‚ ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľÄžĆŒ ĆŒÄžÄ?ĞŜƚůLJ Ç ĹšĹ˝ Ç Ä‚Ć? Ć?ĹšÄ‚ĆŒÄž ĹľĹ?ĹŻĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ?͘ ,Äž ŚĂĚ Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš he thought was a good priced product, however ŽŜ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ? ŽƾĆŒ Ç Ä‚Ç‡ ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš ĹšĹ?Ć? Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?ÄžĆ? ĂŜĚ

reading his policy document it turned out he did ŜŽĆš ŚĂǀĞ ĂŜLJ Ä?Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒ ĨŽĆŒ ĹľĹ?ĹŻĹŹ Ä?ŽŜƚĂžĹ?ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ĂŜĚ ĆŒÄžĆ?ƾůƚĂŜƚ ĎŜĞĆ?͘ ,Äž Ç Ä‚Ć? ƚŽƚĂůůLJ ƾŜÄ‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄž ŽĨ ƚŚĹ?Ć? as he advised the insurance company he was ĚĞĂůĹ?ĹśĹ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ Ć?ƉĞÄ?Ĺ?ÄŽÄ?ĂůůLJ ĆŒÄžĆ‹ĆľĹ?ĆŒÄžÄš ƚŚĂƚ Ä?Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒÍ˜ ,Äž Ç Ä‚Ć? ŜŽĆš Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ć?ĞĚ͘ &Ä‚ĆŒĹľÄžĆŒĆ? ĹŹĹśĹ˝Ç Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš ĨÄ‚ĆŒĹľĹ?ĹśĹ?Í• ƚŚĂƚ Ĺ?Ć? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĹŻĹ?ǀĞůĹ?ĹšŽŽÄšÍ• Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻĆ?Ćš ƚŚĞLJ Ĺ˝ĹŒÄžĹś ĆŒÄžĹŻÇ‡ ŽŜ Ć?ƚŽÄ?ĹŹ agents and accountants for their advice, žĂŜLJ Ć?Ć&#x;ĹŻĹŻ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞLJ Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä‚Ä?ĹŻÄž ƚŽ Ä‚ĆŒĆŒÄ‚ĹśĹ?Äž ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ own insurance programme. With the varied Ä?ŚĂŜĹ?ÄžĆ? ĹśĹ˝Ç ĹšĹ?ĆŤĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž ĹľÄ‚ĆŒĹŹÄžĆš ƚŚĞ ĆŒŽůÄž ŽĨ Ä‚Ĺś Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž Ä?ĆŒŽŏÄžĆŒ Ĺ?Ć? Ä?ÄžÄ?ŽžĹ?ĹśĹ? žŽĆŒÄž Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšÄ‚ĹśĆšÍ˜ dŚĞLJ Ä‚ĆŒÄž ŏĞƉƚ ƾƉͲĆšŽͲĚĂƚĞ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ various changes that the insurance industry is ƾŜÄšÄžĆŒĹ?Ĺ˝Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Í• Ä‚ Ĺ?ŽŽÄš ŜƾžÄ?ÄžĆŒ ŽĨ Ä?ĆŒŽŏÄžĆŒĆ? Ä?ŽžÄž ĨĆŒŽž Ä‚Ĺś Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž Ä?Ä‚Ä?ĹŹĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄš Ć?Ĺ˝ Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄž ŽĨ dealing with insurance claims and various issues that some claims cause. This is an important Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆš Ä‚Ć? žŽĆ?Ćš Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž Ä?ŽžĆ‰Ä‚ĹśĹ?ÄžĆ? ŚĂǀĞ Ć?ƚĂč ĚĞĂůĹ?ĹśĹ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ĚĂLJͲ ĆšŽͲĚĂLJ Ä?ĹŻÄ‚Ĺ?ĹľĆ? ƚŚĂƚ Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Ä?Äž very inexperienced and can give misleading Ĺ?ŜĨŽĆŒĹľÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ͘ ĆŒĆŒÄ‚ĹśĹ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? LJŽƾĆŒ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž Ĺ?Ć? ŽŜÄž ƚŚĹ?ĹśĹ? Í´ Ç ĹšÄžĹś LJŽƾ ŚĂǀĞ Ĺ?Ć?Ć?ƾĞĆ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ä‚Ĺś Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž company over a claim you want to have an insurance professional on your side. /ĹśĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž Ä?ĆŒŽŏÄžĆŒĆ? Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ŽƾĆš ĂŜĚ Ç€Ĺ?Ć?Ĺ?Ćš ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ

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Exhibitors site numbers Frizzell Agricultural Electronics Ltd 834-835 Gallagher CRT Lane Gallagher CRT Village 'ĂůůĂŐŚĞƌ ͬ ůůŇĞdž ͬ &ĂƌŵƋƵŝƉ Zd >ĂŶĞ 'ĂƌLJ ŽĐŬƌĂŵ ,LJƵŶĚĂŝ ϲϭϰͲϲϭϲ Θ ϲϲϰͲϲϲϲ ' &Ăƌŵ dĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĞƐ E >ƚĚ ϱϭϴ Generac All About Fencing Area Generator Place 908 'ĞŽī ,ĂŵƉƚŽŶ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ >ƚĚ ϯϮϭ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ,ĞŶƌLJ Θ Ž >ƚĚ ϱϲϱ 'ŝďďͲ'ƌŽ ϲϱ 'ŝůƚƌĂƉ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ >ƚĚ ϱϬϰͲϱϬϲ 'ůŽďĂů ^ƵƌǀĞLJ >ƚĚ ĂŶĚ >ĞŝĐĂ Ő ϰϮϰ 'ŽůĚƉŝŶĞ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ ϴϭϬ 'ŽƵŐŚ ŐƌŝƚĞĐŚ >ƚĚ ϳϱϲͲϳϱϳ Θ ϳϴϭͲϳϴϮ 'ŽƵŐŚ 'ƌŽƵƉ ϰϬϬͲϰϬϭ 'W^Ͳŝƚ >ŝŵŝƚĞĚ ϵϱϭ 'ƵƩĞƌ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶnj ϳϬϴ ,ĂŶŚĂŵ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ϵϱϮ ,ĂŶƐĞŶ WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ Zd >ĂŶĞ ,ĂƌĐŽƵƌƚƐ ZƵƌĂů ϵϱϯ ,ĂƌĚŝ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ WƚLJ >ƚĚ ϳϯ ΘϭϮϱ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ϵϬϵ ,ĞĂůƚŚLJ ^ŽŝůƐ ϱϭͲϱϮ ,ĞĂǀLJ ŝĞƐĞů WĂƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ >ƚĚ ϵϱϰ ,ĞĐƚŽŶ WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ϮϬϬϳ >ƚĚ ϰϮϳ ,ĞŝŶŝŐĞƌ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ ,ĞƌĚ ,ŽŵĞƐ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ >ƚĚ ϭϮ ,ŽŶĚĂ DŽƚŽƌĐLJĐůĞƐ ϴϭϭͲϴϭϮ ,ŽƉŬŝŶƐ &ĂƌŵŝŶŐ 'ƌŽƵƉ >ƚĚ ϴϮϱͲϴϮϲ ,ƵďďĂƌĚƐ DĂĐŚŝŶĞƌLJ :s/ Ϯϳϰ ,ƵŵĞƐ WŝƉĞůŝŶĞ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ Zd >ĂŶĞ ,ƵŵĞƐ WŝƉĞůŝŶĞ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ Zd >ĂŶĞ ,ƵƐƋǀĂƌŶĂ E >ƚĚ ϱϮϯ ,LJĚƌĂƋƵŝƉ ;ϮϬϬϬ E >ƚĚͿ ϰϲϳ ,LJĚƌĂƵůŝĐ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ Θ ŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ϵϱϬ ,LJĚƌŽ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ >ƚĚ ϰϲϵ ,LJĚƌŽĐŽŵ ϱϬ ,LJĚƌŽŇŽǁ ŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ >ƚĚ ϱϲϲͲϱϲϳ ,LJŶĚƐ WŝƉĞ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ >ƚĚ ϱϮϮ / ^ Ăŵ >ŝŶŝŶŐ ϰϳϬ / ^ &Ăƌŵ DĂĐŚŝŶĞƌLJ Ϯϳϱ /ůĞ ĚĞ &ƌĂŶĐĞ E ϳ ŚĂƌŽůůĂŝƐ ^ŚĞĞƉ E ϲϳϯ Θ ϲϳϰ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ^ƚĂŝŶůĞƐƐ Θ ĞƐŝŐŶ >ƚĚ ϵϳϰ /ŶƚĞƌďůŽĐ ϵϳϯ /ŶǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ >ƚĚ ϵϭϯ /ƉůĞdž Zd >ĂŶĞ /ƌŽŶŵĂŶ ϰdžϰ ;dĞƌƌĂƋƵŝƉ E >ƚĚͿ ϵϱϱ /ƌƌŝͲDĂdž >ƚĚ ϳϳϳ ΘϳϱϮ :ĂŵĞƐ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ >ƚĚ ϰϮϲ : E dƌĂĚĞƌƐ ϵϬϱ :: >ƚĚ ϰϬϮͲϰϬϱ Θ ϰϱϮͲϰϱϱ :ŽŚŶ ĞĞƌĞ >ŝŵŝƚĞĚ ϯϬϯͲϯϬϱ Θ ϯϱϯͲϯϱϱ :ŽŚŶĞ͛Ɛ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ >ƚĚ ϭϱ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ 'ůƵLJĂƐ dƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ ϮϬϬϵ >ƚĚ ϱϬ :ƵƐƚ ,ŽƌƐĞ Ŷ͛ ƌŽƵŶĚ ϵϳϮ <ĂǁĂƐĂŬŝ DŽƚŽƌĐLJĐůĞ ŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ ϲϱϴ <ĞĂ dƌĂŝůĞƌƐ ϰϲϱ <ĞŝƚŚ ,ĂLJ ,ŽŵĞƐ >ƚĚ ϲϬ <ĞƌƌŝĐŬ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ >ƚĚ ϵϳϭ <ůŝƉƚĂŶŬ >ƚĚ ϵϳϬ <^E sŝƐƵĂů ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ϵϲϵ

>ĂůůĞŵĂŶĚ ϭϵ WŽůĂƌŝƐ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ ϳϰϮͲϳϰϯ WŽƌƚĞƌ 'ƌŽƵƉ ϵϴϱͲϵϴϵ >ĂŶĚĞdž >ƚĚ ϵϲϴ WŽǁĞƌ &ĂƌŵŝŶŐ ϮϬϮͲϮϬϱ Θ ϮϱϮͲϮϱϱ >ĂŶĚƉŽǁĞƌ E >ƚĚ ϮϬϲͲϮϭϮ Θ ϮϱϲͲϮϲϮ WWW /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ ϵϲϮ >ĞŵĂĐŽŶ >ƚĚ ϰϭϲ WƌĂƩůĞLJ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ >ƚĚ ϱϳϬͲϱϳϭ >/ Ϯϳϴ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ &ĂƌŵŝŶŐ ϴ >ŝĨĞŐƵĂƌĚ WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐͲ ŐͲdĞĐŚ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ >ƚĚ ϵϬϮ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ϴϭ >ŝůLJĮĞůĚƐ Dƚ ^ŽŵĞƌƐ ϵϮϭ WƌĞŵŝĞƌ dƌƵĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ dƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ ϵϬϬ WƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ƌŽŬĞƌƐ ϳϱϴ >ŝŶĐŽůŶ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ Ϯϲϳ WƌŽƐŽů >ƚĚ ϰϳϭ Living Earth Ltd 479 Purina Pet-care CRT Village >ŽĐŚŝĞů ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ϴϬϬͲϴϬϭ ZĂďŽďĂŶŬ E >ƚĚ ϭϭϱ >ŽĐŬǁŽŽ Ě ϲϭͲϲϮ ZĂŝŶĞƌ /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ >ƚĚ ϲϱϬͲϲϱϮ >LJŶĚŽŶ ,ĂƌƌŽǁƐ ϲϲϬ ZĂƚĂ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ 'ƌŽƵƉ ϵϬϳ Θ ϵϬϲ DĂŝŶůĂŶĚ ^ƚŽĐŬĨĞĞĚƐ >ƚĚ ϵϱϵ ZĂǀĞŶƐĚŽǁŶ ϲϭϵͲϲϮϭ DĂůǀĞƌŶ >ŝŽŶƐ ϱϲϴ ZĂLJ DĂLJŶĞ ,ŽƐĞ Θ &ŝƫŶŐƐ >ƚĚ ϱϮϰͲϱϮϱ Θ ϱϳϰͲϱϳϱ Z WĞƚƌŽůĞƵŵ >ƚĚ ϯϲϲ DĂƚƌŝdž DĞĚŝĂƟŽŶ >ƚĚ ϲϯ Z ϭ >ŝŵŝƚĞĚ ϯϭϳͲϯϭϴ͕ ϯϲϳͲϯϲϴ DĐ ĂƌƚŚLJ ŽŶƚƌĂĐƟŶŐ >ƚĚ ϭϭϳͲϭϭϴ Z ^ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ >ƚĚ ϵ DĐDŝůůĂŶ ƌŝůůŝŶŐ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ϳϲϰͲϳϲϱ Θ ϳϴϵ ZĞĂĚ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů >ƚĚ ϰϳϮ DĐDƵůůĂŶ ŶƚĞƌƉƌŝƐĞƐ >ƚĚ ϵϲϳ Z > 'ƌŽƵƉ ʹ ZĂŬĂŝĂ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ >ƚĚ DĐEĞŝůů WƵŵƉŝŶŐ Ϯϳϯ ϴϬϲͲϴϬϳ Θ ϴϯϭͲϴϯϮ DĞƌŝĚŝĂŶ ŶĞƌŐLJ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ ZĞƉĐŽ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ ZĞƉŽƌŽĂ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ϰϮϮ DĞƚĂů &Žƌŵ dŽǁ ĂŶĚ &Ăƌŵ ϯϭϲ ZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ WŽƐƚĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ůů ďŽƵƚ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƌĞĂ DŝůĞƐ dŽLJŽƚĂ Ϯϲϰ Θ Ϯϭϰ ZŝŵƵ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ >ƚĚ ϵϲϭ DŽĚĞů ĂƌŶ >ƚĚ ϵϲϲ ZŝǀĞƌĚŽǁŶ ^ƚĞĞů WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ϴϬϮͲϴϬϯ DŽƌƌŝĮĞůĚ dƵŶŶĞů ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ϰϮϱ ZŽďĞƌƚƐŽŶ DĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ϯϲϬͲϯϲϭ Θ ϯϱϲͲϯϱϳ Dƌ ŽĂƚƐ Zd >ĂŶĞ Dd dƌĂĐƚŽƌ Ž ZŽůůĞƐƚŽŶ >ŝŽŶƐ ϰϬϲ 358 ZŽƚĂŚŽůĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚƐ >ƚĚ ϰϳϳ DƵƌƌĂLJ /ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ ůƚĚ ϳϬͲϳϮ Θ ϭϮϮͲϭϮϰ ZŽƚŽǁŝƉĞƌ >ƚĚ ϵϲϬ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŶŝŵĂů /ĚĞŶĮĮĐĂƟŽŶ Θ dƌĂĐŝŶŐ ϯϭͲϯϮ ZƵƌĂů džĐŚĂŶŐĞ E >ƚĚ ϱϯ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ dƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ >ŝŵŝƚĞĚ ϱϰͲϱϱ͕ ϭϬϰͲϭϬϱ ZƵƌĂů WƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ϰϲ EĞǁďůĞ dŝŵďĞƌ /dD ϳϮϳ ZƵƌĂů tŽŵĞŶ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ ϰϮ EĞǁůĂŶĚƐ 'ƌŽƵƉ >ƚĚ ϳϮϴ Rurtec Ltd C35 EŐĂŚŝǁŝ &ĂƌŵƐ >ƚĚ ϵϭϲ Zy WůĂƐƟĐƐ >ƚĚ ϱϮϬͲϱϮϭ EŝƚƌŽƐŽů Ͳ ZƵƌĂů ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ >ƚĚ ϮϮ ^ĂŵĞŶ ;E Ϳ >ƚĚ ϯϬ EŽ Ƶůů tŽƌŬǁĞĂƌ ϵϲϱ ^ĐĂŶŶĞůů ,ĂLJ ƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ϯϲϮ EZD ϵϲϰ ^ĐŚŽƵƚĞŶ DĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ ϮϬϬͲϮϬϭ EƵ&Ăƌŵ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ ^ĞďĐŽ ϰϮϭ EƵƚƌŝƚĞĐŚ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ ^ĞĞĚ &ŽƌĐĞ >ƚĚ ϲϯ E ŽĞƌ 'ŽĂƚ ƌĞĞĚĞƌƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϰϴϬͲϰϴϭ ^ĞůǁLJŶ ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ŽƵŶĐŝů ϰϭ E ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ^ƵƉƉůŝĞƌƐ >ƚĚ ϵϬϭ ^ĞŵĞdž E >ŝŵŝƚĞĚ ϯͲϰ E &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ zŽƵŶŐ &ĂƌŵĞƌƐ ůƵďƐ ;/ŶĐͿ ϯϱϵ Shoof CRT Village E WŽůŝĐĞ ϰϭϭ ^ŚƵnjŝ E >ƚĚ ϱϵ E & WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ Ͳ ŚƌŝƐƟĞ ůů ďŽƵƚ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƌĞĂ ^ŝĞŵĞŶƐ ;E Ϳ >ŝŵŝƚĞĚ Ϯϳ KŵŶŝ^d Z ϲϴ ^/>Ͳ >> ϮϬ KŶĨĂƌŵ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ϲϰ ^ŝůǀĂŶ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ ϲϮϱͲϲϮϲ KƌĂƌŝ /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ϳϳϲ Θϳϱϭ ^ŝůǀĞƌ &ĞƌŶ &ĂƌŵƐ >ŝŵŝƚĞĚ ϰϭϳͲϰϭϴ KƌĂƌŝ EƵƌƐĞƌLJ ϰϮϴ ^ŝůǀĞƐƚĞƌ DŽƚŽƌ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ ;/ƐƵnjƵͿ ϳϭϳ Orica CRT Village ^ŝŵƉůĞ ^ŚĞůƚĞƌ ϳϳϱ KƌŝĐĂͲ&Ăƌŵ'ƵĂƌĚ ϵϴϮͲϵϴϰ ^ŝŵƉůŝĐŝƚLJ /ŵƉŽƌƚƐ ;E Ϳ >ƚĚ ϳϱϰ Θϳϳϵ KƌŝŶŐŝ >ƚĚ ϮϯͲϮϰ ^ŬĞůůĞƌƵƉ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ OSKA CRT Village ^ŬLJǁŽƌŬƐ ĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌLJ ;ϮϬϬϰͿ >ƚĚ ϰϬ KƵƚŐƌŽ ŝŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů Ϯϭ ^ŵĂƌƚ &Ăƌŵ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ ϳϵͲϴϬ KǀŝƐ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ >ƚĚ ϭϯͲϭϰ ^ŵŝƚŚ ƩĂĐŚŵĞŶƚƐ >ƚĚ Zd >ĂŶĞ W > ĞƌƌLJ Θ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞƐ ϱϳ ^ŽůŽ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ ůů ďŽƵƚ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƌĞĂ W ^ DĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ϰϳϴ ^ŽůŽ E Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ Paslode - Stockade All About Fencing Area ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ tŽŽĚƐ EƵƌƐĞƌLJ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ WĂƵů tŝůŬŝŶƐ dƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ >ƚĚ ϭϮϬͲϭϮϭ Southfuels 578 WĞƌŵĂƉŝŶĞ ůů ďŽƵƚ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƌĞĂ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐĞĚ ^ƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƐ ;<ŝǁŝƐƉĂŶͿ ϳϮϱͲϳϮϲ WĞƌŵďƌĂŶĚ ^/ >ƚĚ ϰϭϵͲϰϮϬ ^ƉƌĂLJƚĞĐŚ E Ͳ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ŝƌ͕ dƌĂŝůďůĂnjĞƌ WĞƚĞƌ DƵŶƌŽ ŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂůƐ >ƚĚ ϲϲϭͲϲϲϮ All About Fencing Area W'' tƌŝŐŚƚƐŽŶ >ƚĚ ϱϳϮͲϱϳϯ ^ƚĂůůŝŽŶ ͬ < > Zd >ĂŶĞ WůĂĐĞŵĂŬĞƌƐ &Ăƌŵ ^ŚĞĚƐ Zd >ĂŶĞ ^ƚĞĞů Θ dƵďĞ Ͳ ,ƵƌƌŝĐĂŶĞ ůů ďŽƵƚ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƌĞĂ WůĂŝŶƐ /ƌƌŝŐĂƚŽƌƐ ϱϭϵ ^ƚĞƉ &ŽƌǁĂƌĚ KƌƚŚŽƟĐƐ ϯϴ WůĂŝŶƐ WƌŝĚĞ >ƚĚ ϭϬϮͲϭϬϯ ^ƟŚů ůů ďŽƵƚ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƌĞĂ WůĂŶƚ Θ &ŽŽĚ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ >ƚĚ ϭϬ ^d/,> ^ŚŽƉ &ŽƐƚĞƌƐ ϲϳϮ Plasback CRT Lane Stoney Creek CRT Village WůƵĐŬƐ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ >ƚĚ ϱϮϲͲϱϮϳ Θ ϱϳϲͲϱϳϳ Strainrite All About Fencing Area WDZ 'ƌĂŝŶ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ ϳϰϬͲϳϰϭ ^ƚƌĂŝŶƌŝƚĞ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ Zd sŝůůĂŐĞ ^ƚƌĞĂŵ>ŝŶĞ &ĞĞĚŝŶŐ >ƚĚ ϰϳϲ WŽůĂƌ ƌŝŐŚƚ >ƚĚ ϵϲϯ

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South Island Agricultural Field Days

From Coca-Cola to the South Island Agricultural Field Days It’s a long way from keeping an eye on the use of Coca ŽůĂ ǀĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ ĨĂƌŵ systems at the South Island Agricultural Field Days.

/ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŝů ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ͕ ĞŋƵĞŶƚ ƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ͛ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ designed to assist farmers.

As farm management technology advanced and ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂŶ ĞǀĞƌLJĚĂLJ ŶĞĐĞƐƐŝƚLJ͕ DĂƐƚĞƌƚŽŶ Įƌŵ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ďƌŽŬĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ at the forefront of the manufacture of remote monitoring equipment.

ƚ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů &ŝĞůĚ ĂLJƐ͕ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJŝŶŐ Ă ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƚŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ 'W^ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐƉĞĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ ůŝŵŝƚƐ ĂƌĞ ďƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƵŵƉ ŝƐ ƐŚƵƚ Žī ĂŶĚ Ă ƚĞdžƚ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ ĂůĞƌƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵĞƌ͘

dŚĞ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ǁĂƐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ managing director Peter Munn in 1990.

ďĂƐĞ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŶĮŐƵƌĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ƌĞŵŽƚĞ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJ͘

hŶƟů ϮϬϬϬ ŝƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƌĞůĞƐƐ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ ǀĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞǁ ƚŽ ďĞ the largest wireless network of its type in the world with 60,000 vending machines online. EŽǁ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ͕ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ monitors telemetry equipment – machines which ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƚ ĚĂƚĂ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞŵŽƚĞ sources – using GSM cellular networks and the Iridium satellite network.

The compact, solar-powered and weather resistant ǁŝƌĞůĞƐƐ ůŽŶŐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ƌĞŵŽƚĞƐ ĐĂŶ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ areas from one system and do not usually require towers or radio repeaters to run. South Island Agricultural Field Days provides ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ǀŝĞǁ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƌĞŝŶĨŽƌĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ͕ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƌƐ͕ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ĞdžƉĞƌƚƐ͘

dŚĞ ǁŝƌĞůĞƐƐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ĐƵƐƚŽŵŝƐĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ >ŝŶĐŽůŶ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ &Ăƌŵ͕ ϮϬŬŵ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ƵƐĞĨƵů ŝŶ ĨĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƚLJ ĨƌŽŵ ŚƌŝƐƚĐŚƵƌĐŚ͕ ŽŶ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬͲϮϮ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ƌĞŵŽƚĞ ƵŶĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ϯϴϬ ĞdžŚŝďŝƚŽƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϯϱͲŚĞĐƚĂƌĞ ƐŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϮϬ͕ϬϬϬ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ƌĞůŝĂďůĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƐƵƉƉůLJ͘ ĂŶĚ Ϯϱ͕ϬϬϬ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ͘

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Effluent systems address environmental issues With the environment at the top of the rural news these days, there is a need for farmers, especially those in dairying, to look ĨŽƌ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͕ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ĞŋƵĞŶƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ systems. This is the focus for Hynds Pipe Systems’ exhibits at the South Island Agricultural Field Days at Lincoln. Η ŋƵĞŶƚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ investment for dairy farmers," Hynds southern rural technical sales manager David Nichols says. "However, they provide a comprehensive ĂŶĚ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ĞŋƵĞŶƚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĨŽƌ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘

ΗKƵƌ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ĚĂŝƌLJ ĨĂƌŵƐ ƚŽ ĨƵƚƵƌĞͲƉƌŽŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞŋƵĞŶƚ storage systems," he says. ,LJŶĚƐ ĞŋƵĞŶƚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽŶ several Environment Southland awards.

ĐůĂLJͲďĂƐĞĚ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͘

compacted GAP 40 base is put down for the ŇŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŶŬ ŇĂŶŐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ƐƚĞĞůͲƌĞŝŶĨŽƌĐĞĚ ,LJŶĚƐ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ĞŋƵĞŶƚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϮ͕ϱϬϬͲůŝƚƌĞ ƚĂŶŬƐ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŵĂůů ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŇŽŽƌ ŝƐ ƉŽƵƌĞĚ͘ ĚĂŝƌLJ ĨĂƌŵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϰͲŵŝůůŝŽŶͲůŝƚƌĞ ͚DĞŐĂƉŽŶĚ͛͘ dŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐĞĂůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽƵƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ǁĂƚĞƌƟŐŚƚ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ͘ The systems feature standard panel heights

and are designed to be easily transported and David Nichols says the concrete ponds are ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ƐƵŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂǀĞůͲďĂƐĞĚ ƐŽŝůƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ installed. ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĐůĂLJ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉŽŶĚ ĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌ Ă ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƐŝƐƚ ƵƉůŝŌ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƚŚĂŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ ůŝŶĞƌƐ͘ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞͲĐĂƐƚ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ensures consistency and quality while The concrete ponds are also earthquake ŵŝŶŝŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŝŶͲƐŝƚƵ ǁŽƌŬ͘ resistant and not subject to cracking and leaking as well as being easier to clean than Once the tank area has been excavated, a

The Hynds ponds include systems to allow ƚŚĞ ĮƫŶŐ ŽĨ ƉŽŽů ĨĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƉĂŶĞůƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĞƚ the NZ Fencing Safety Act. ΗtĞ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĞŶũŽLJ ŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ĚĂLJƐ͕Η David Nichols says. "It’s a great chance for farmers to get a closer look at how our systems work."

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Drilling excellence in Mid Canterbury For some crop farmers and contractors, the ͞tĞ ĐĂŶ ďƵŝůĚ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ěƌŝůů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ůĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŚĞƌĞ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ďĂĐŬ ĚŽŽƌ ŝŶ DŝĚ ǁŝĚƚŚ͕ ƚŽ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Žƌ ŶŽƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ĨĞƌƟůŝƐĞƌ ďŽdž͕ ĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌLJ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͘ tĞ Ăƚ ůůĞŶ ƵƐƚŽŵ ƌŝůůƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐĞĐƟĐŝĚĞ ďŽdž͕ ĐƌĂŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ůĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘ DĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ Ăŝƌ ƐĞĞĚĞƌ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ ͞tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂŶLJ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚƌŝůůƐ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ͘ KƵƌ ĚƌŝůůƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚƌŝůůƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ĂĚũƵƐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂŶƟŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚLJƉĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĞĞĚ͘ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚŝƌĞĐƚ Ěƌŝůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƉƌŝĐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ͕ ŽĨ ĂŶLJ ƐŝnjĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ Ă Ěƌŝůů ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ͞/ƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŽƵŐŚ͘ ƌŝůůƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶ ƵƌŽƉĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂŶĚůĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽŶLJ ƐŽŝůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĂŝŐ͛Ɛ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ĂǀĞ ůůĞŶ͛Ɛ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽĚŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ͞/͛ŵ ǀĞƌLJ ƉƌŽƵĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ Ă EĞǁ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ Ěƌŝůů ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĨĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂůĂŶĚ ŵĂĚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƐŚďƵƌƚŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƟŶŐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͘ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝůůƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ,Ğ ƐĂǁ Ă ŶŝĐŚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ We take ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƌŽƵŐŚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽǁͲĐŽƐƚ͕ ĚƵƌĂďůĞ͕ ƐŝŵƉůĞ into serious ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ƐĞĞĚ ƚĂŬĞ Žī͘ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ Ăŝƌ ƐĞĞĚĞƌ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ ͞ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ /͛ŵ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ consideration Ěƌŝůů͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŽ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĚƌŝůůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ any factors that ϮϬϬϮ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƌLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶ DŝĚ ĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌLJ ĞǀĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ͘ /ƚ will provide a farmer or contractor in all aspects ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ cost effective, low ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ͘ ĨĞĞůƐ ƉƌĞƩLJ ĚĂƌŶ ŐŽŽĚ͘͟ maintenance ƌĂŝŐ ůůĞŶ ŝƐ K ŽĨ ůůĞŶ ůůĞŶ ƵƐƚŽŵ ƌŝůůƐ ĂƌĞ ďƵŝůƚ ƚŽ and long ƵƐƚŽŵ ƌŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ͖ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ lasting product. ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ͕ ƐŝĚĞͲďLJͲƐŝĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ ŝƐ ĐůŽƐĞůLJ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ Ěƌŝůů ǁŝůů ĞdžĐĞĞĚ ĐůŝĞŶƚ ĐŚĞĐŬĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚĂī ŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĞdžƉĞƌƚƐ Ăƚ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŝnjĞ Žƌ ŵŽĚĞů Žƌ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŽ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŝů͘ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ĨĞĞů ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘ ͞tĞ ƚĂŬĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶLJ DŝĚ ĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌLJ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽǁĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĨĂĐƚŽƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ĐŽƐƚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͕ ůŽǁ ƉƌŽƵĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƐŚďƵƌƚŽŶ͕ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ůŽŶŐ ůĂƐƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ͕͟ ƌĂŝŐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJ ƐƵƉƉůLJŝŶŐ Ă ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ůůĞŶ ƐĂLJƐ͘ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉůLJ tĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŽƵƌ ĚƌŝůůƐ ƵƐŝŶŐ ĨŽƵƌ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ͖ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJ͕ ƐŝŵƉůŝĐŝƚLJ͕ ĚƵƌĂďŝůŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ďƌŝŶŐƐ͘

Testimonial ĂǀŝĚ ůĂƌŬ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƌĂďůĞ ĨĂƌŵĞƌ͕ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĐĞƌĞĂůƐ͕ ƉĞĂƐ͕ ƌLJĞŐƌĂƐƐ͕ ĐůŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ ƐĞĞĚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĨĂƌŵŝŶŐ ďƌĞĞĚŝŶŐ ĞǁĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƩĞŶŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĚŝŶŐ ůĂŵďƐ͘ ,Ğ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ Ă WͲ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ Ɛŝdž ŵĞƚƌĞ Ěƌŝůů ĨƌŽŵ ůůĞŶ ƵƐƚŽŵ ƌŝůůƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ͘ tŚĞŶ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ Ă ŶĞǁ Ěƌŝůů͕ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůLJ ŚĞ ĐŚŽƐĞ ůůĞŶ ƵƐƚŽŵ ƌŝůůƐ͘ ͞tĞ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ĐůŽƐĞůLJ Ăƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ air drills and chose the ůůĞŶ Ěƌŝůů ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůLJ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ǀĞƌLJ ƌŽďƵƐƚ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŝĐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ Ěƌŝůů ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐ͕͟ ĂǀŝĚ ƐĂŝĚ͘

ĚĞŶƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƌĂƚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂůƚĞƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐĂď͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ Ěƌŝůů ŽŶ Ă ƚƌĂĐƚŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ Zd< ƵƚŽ ^ƚĞĞƌ ƐŽ ǁĞ ŬŶŽǁ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ ŚŽǁ ďŝŐ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŝƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ĞůŝŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĂŶLJ ŽǀĞƌůĂƉ ƐŽ ǁŚĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽŶũƵŶĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Z ^ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ͕ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ƉƌĞĐŝƐĞůLJ ĂƉƉůLJ ƚŚĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƐĞĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĮĞůĚ͘ Ɛ ĂŶ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŝŶ ƐŽǁŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƌLJĞŐƌĂƐƐ ƐĞĞĚ ĐƌŽƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ ŝŶ ϮϱŚĂ ƉĂĚĚŽĐŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ϮϱϬŬŐ ŽĨ ƐĞĞĚ͕ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĮĞůĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ϰ Žƌ ϱŬŐ ŽĨ ƐĞĞĚ ůĞŌ͘ ͞dŚĞ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŝƐ ǀĞƌLJ ŐŽŽĚ͕ Ăůů ƉůĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ E ƉƌŽĮůĞ ĐƵƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĮƫŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůů ůĂŝĚ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŝŶƚ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŝƐ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ŵLJ ǀŝĞǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĞƋƵĂů ŽĨ ĂŶLJ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĞĚ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ͕͟ ĂǀŝĚ ƐĂŝĚ͘

dŚĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ͕ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ and performance of ƚŚĞ Ěƌŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĞdžĐĞĞĚĞĚ ĂǀŝĚ͛Ɛ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ͞dŚĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŵĞ ŝƐ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ƌƵďďĞƌ ďůŽĐŬ ŽƐĐŝůůĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵůƚĞƌƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ there is no mechanical ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ŐƌĞĂƚůLJ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ĐŽƐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ěƌŝůů͘ ͞ ĞŝŶŐ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ Z ^ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ controller and Accord electric feed rollers has ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ / ĐĂŶ ĐĂůŝďƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ Ěƌŝůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞĚ and once the controller has determined the

KǀĞƌĂůů ĂǀŝĚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ůůĞŶ ƵƐƚŽŵ ƌŝůůƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ͕ ĞdžĐĞĞĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ and performance ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ David Clark

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2013 Programme Day 1 Wednesday 20 March 8am Gates open 9am :ƵĚŐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŝͲ/ŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞƐ͘ 10am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŽǁĞƌƐ 10.30am dĂƐŵĂŶ zŽƵŶŐ &ĂƌŵĞƌƐ &ĞŶĐŝŶŐ ŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ĞŵŽ ƌĞĂ ϰ 10.30am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ dĞĚĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ZĂŬĞƐ 11am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ tƌĂƉƉĞƌƐ 11.30am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ^ŝůĂŐĞ &ĞĞĚĞƌƐ 12pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŝƌĞĐƚ ƌŝůůƐ 2pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ WůŽƵŐŚƐ ĂŶĚ WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƵůƟǀĂƚŽƌƐ 2.30pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵůƟǀĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ^ĞĞĚ ƌŝůůƐ 3pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵŝƐĐĞůůĂŶĞŽƵƐ ŝƚĞŵƐ 3pm ŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŝͲ/ŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ ǁĂƌĚƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĸĐĞ 5pm 'ĂƚĞƐ ĐůŽƐĞ

Day 2 Thursday 21 March 8am

Gates open

10am

ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŽǁĞƌƐ

Day 3 Friday 22 March

10.30am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ dĞĚĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ZĂŬĞƐ 11am

ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ tƌĂƉƉĞƌƐ

11.30am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ^ŝůĂŐĞ &ĞĞĚĞƌƐ 12pm

ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŝƌĞĐƚ ƌŝůůƐ

2pm

ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ WůŽƵŐŚƐ ĂŶĚ WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƵůƟǀĂƚŽƌƐ

2.30pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵůƟǀĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ^ĞĞĚ ƌŝůůƐ 3pm

ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵŝƐĐĞůůĂŶĞŽƵƐ ŝƚĞŵƐ

5pm

'ĂƚĞƐ ĐůŽƐĞ

Tasman Young Farmers Fencing Competition

8am Gates open 10am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŽǁĞƌƐ 10am ZƵƌĂů EĞǁƐ 'ƌŽƵƉ ĞƐƚ ^ŝƚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ 10.30am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ dĞĚĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ZĂŬĞƐ 11am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ tƌĂƉƉĞƌƐ 11.30am ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ^ŝůĂŐĞ &ĞĞĚĞƌƐ 12pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŝƌĞĐƚ ƌŝůůƐ 2pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ WůŽƵŐŚƐ ĂŶĚ WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƵůƟǀĂƚŽƌƐ 2.30pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵůƟǀĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ^ĞĞĚ ƌŝůůƐ 3pm ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵŝƐĐĞůůĂŶĞŽƵƐ ŝƚĞŵƐ 3.30pm DĐ<ĂLJ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĂůĚƐŽŶͬ Žď DĐ ůĞĂƌLJ zĂŵĂŚĂ ĚƌĂǁ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ 'ϭϬϬ zĂŵĂŚĂ DŽƚŽƌĐLJĐůĞ͘ WƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝů sĂŶ Ğƌ <ůƵŶĚĞƌƚ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů dƌŽƉŚLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƚ ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͘ WƌĞƐĞŶƚĞƌ dŝĂ sĂŶ Ğƌ <ůƵŶĚĞƌƚ 55..00 00 p pm m 'ĂĂƚĞ ƚ Ɛ Đů ĐůŽƐ ŽƐĞ Ž ŽŶ Ŷ ƚŚ ƚ Ğ ϮϮϬϬϭϯ ϭϯ &ŝĞůĚ Ě ĂĂLJƐ LJƐ 5.00pm 'ĂƚĞƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϯ &ŝĞůĚ ĂLJƐ

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Help Farmers in one of NZ’s most affluent farming markets make informed decisions about your products and services.

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Guardian Farming

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February 2013

GUARDIAN FARMING

Dairy women in the spotlight Page 2-4

Discover the good life

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The monthly magazine for the Mid Canterbury farmer, packed to the brim with the latest news, profiles and comments from local farming personalities including everything that is relative to the industry. The circulation area for Guardian Farming covers the entire Mid-Canterbury and Selwyn District. Guardian Farming is delivered to every RD box holder in the circulation area, plus all Ashburton Guardian subscribers. Over 10,000 households and farms.

The magazine for all South Island dairy farmers. A free monthly publication packed with interesting and informative news, views and essential dairy related reading. The circulation area for Dairy Focus covers the entire Mid-Canterbury rural district, plus every dairy farm, South Island wide. Dairy Focus has a targeted delivery to all RD box holders in the Mid-Canterbury district plus every dairy farm South Island wide. Over 7,500 households and farms.

For further information contact Desme Daniels Sales Manager Ashburton Guardian

ONLINE.co.nz

Phone: 03 307 7974 Mobile: 027 468 8186 Email: desme.d@theguardian.co.nz

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