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WINTRY SPRING: Snow blanketed Maniototo in Otago last week.

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Snow in the thick of lambing

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HE full impact of the wintry blast that struck Central Otago last week will not be known until ewes and lambs come off the hills for tailing.

Federated Farmers Central Otago high country chair Andrew Paterson says while the storm was well forecast, there is only so much farmers lambing in the high country can do.

copped up to 30 centimetres of snow, right in the middle of lambing.

While it is not unusual to get a spring snowfall, it normally arrives the first weekend of October and farmers plan the ram going out around that traditional snowfall weekend.

“This time we had the snow the last weekend of September and we thought it was done and dusted, but then this snow arrived and unfortunately it’s now very bad timing,” he said.

“It’s starting to clear quite quickly, so it’s good that it’s not

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looking to hang around too long and it will be a case of really not knowing just what the losses will be for a bit yet.”

Residents in Maniototo in Central Otago woke last Tuesday morning to 20cm of snow on the flats and and up to 35cm on the hills, but most of it was gone by mid-morning Andrew Sutherland from Benmore Station in the Mackenzie Basin says farmers endured two rough nights but fortunately the snow melted quickly.

“It’s typical of spring,” Sutherland said.

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“On the flats you can bring the stud ewes and maybe highervalue stock and twins into covered yards, but there’s only so much you can do when lambing several thousand ewes when it snows in the high country,” Paterson said.

“There will definitely be a higher number of lamb losses this year as a result of this snow, some farmers (were) hit harder than others, but to just what extent, we won’t know until they come in for tailing.”

Paterson says in parts of the northern Manuherikia and Ida valleys in Central Otago, farmers

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anterbury dairy farmers Dinuka and Nadeeka Gamage believe vaccination against Covid-19 is vital to help protect their family, staff and business.

The 2021 Canterbury/North Otago Share Farmers of the Year contract milk 980 cows for Dairy Holdings Ltd at Ealing near Ashburton, where they employ three fulltime staff.

“Getting vaccinated is important, especially for rural communities. The vaccine is part of our plan to shield our business from the virus,” Dinuka said.

“All five of us, and our 15-year-old son, have had the first dose of the vaccine. We’re booked in to have our second dose this month.”

The Gamages are from Sri Lanka and their staff come from India and Argentina. Until the borders reopen, they remain cut off from their whānau.

“We’re like many people working in New Zealand’s primary sector, we haven’t seen our families overseas for a long time,” he said.

“The more people we can get fully vaccinated, the sooner borders will hopefully reopen to allow travel and help ease workforce issues.”

It’s a sentiment echoed by Federated Farmers. The industry organisation is encouraging all farmers to support their staff to get vaccinated.

“I know farmers have been flat tack with calving and lambing, and now mating is starting on dairy farms. But there’s nothing more important than the health of your family, your staff and their families,” Federated Farmers employment spokesperson Chris Lewis said.

“If your nearest urban centre has a walk-in vaccination centre, or a GP clinic is willing

Dinuka and Nadeeka Gamage with sons Anu, 15, and Thejan, 10, on their dairy farm in Canterbury.

to take a short-notice booking, you might even send in a staff member with a few dollars to pick up a morning or afternoon tea shout for the rest of the team.”

Lockdowns and limits on gathering sizes have forced the cancellation of events such as field days, discussion groups, sporting fixtures and A&P shows.

“We all need social connections. In rural New Zealand we often work on our own or within small teams, more so now with current staff shortages, so social and networking opportunities are a lifeline for our mental health and wellbeing,” Rural Women New Zealand president Gill Naylor said.

“High vaccination rates are one of the tools that will enable restrictions to be eased.”

The primary sector’s largest employers have been part of workplace pilots to make it easier for workers to be vaccinated.

Dairy co-operative Fonterra employs more than 12,000 people across its NZ

manufacturing sites, distribution centres, offices and Farm Source stores.

“We’ve administered more than 7 500 vaccines to our employees,” Fonterra’s director of global quality and safety Greg McCollough said in early October.

“Vaccinations were available onsite at most of our workplaces. Where there were too few employees at any one office or site, those people were given time to go to workplaces where the vaccination clinics were happening.”

“We made it as easy as possible for people who work on our sites to have vaccinations.”

The dairy co-op’s vaccination drive is part of sector-wide efforts to prevent disruptions during the busy spring period, when milk production peaks.

“Keeping milk collection and processing going is crucial for our farmers, the welfare of animals and to continue getting milk on the table for New Zealanders,” he said.

The meat processing industry is NZ’s largest manufacturing sector and directly employs more than 25,000 people.

As summer looms on the horizon, it’s vital the sector’s processing capacity isn’t affected by positive cases of Covid-19.

Some processors have offered onsite vaccinations.

In September, Alliance Group’s Smithfield plant in Timaru hosted night clinics, in partnership with Arowhenua Whānau Services (AWS), as part of its ongoing drive to provide easy access to Covid-19 vaccinations for staff.

The plant’s vaccination support programme began in June when it hosted a trial clinic for South Canterbury District Health Board (DHB).

“Our focus has been on making it as easy as possible for all of our people to get the vaccine.

“These night clinics provide easy access to vaccinations for workers who might usually be asleep during normal clinic or GP hours,” Alliance Group Smithfield plant manager Karen Morris said.

High vaccination rates will enable horticulture businesses to operate efficiently again and source workers to harvest crops.

“We’re approaching the busy summer season where our workforce doubles to harvest strawberries and seasonal vegetables. High vaccination rates will ensure people can move freely to where they are needed to pick crops,” Vegetables New Zealand general manager Antony Heywood said.

Vaccinations are free and one of the most powerful tools against Covid-19.

Family comes first RAY SMITH For those yet to be vaccinated, please take the opportunity to do so - for the sake of your family, friends, communities and businesses.

In the past few years my wife and I experienced some health problems.

Thankfully we are now both very well, but it was important for both of us to get the vaccine.

We also have two young children. Getting vaccinated was a simple step to help keep them safe.

Since Covid-19 arrived here last year, I’ve seen just how much hard work the primary sector has put in to keep operating and provide food for Kiwis and our overseas consumers.

The Ministry for Primary Industries continues to work closely with people across the sector to manage our way through issues.

At the core of that work has been keeping people safe and preventing the spread of Covid-19. I’m proud of what we’ve done together.

Now, as the Delta variant raises new challenges, it’s vital we continue to protect people in rural New Zealand and across the primary sector.

That means a big push to get as many people vaccinated as possible.

I want to acknowledge the many farmers, growers and businesses across NZ who’ve been allowing staff time to go and get vaccinated.

I’ve heard many stories of farmers, growers and businesses making special arrangements for their workers. It is great to see people prioritising protecting their staff and communities.

I know that operating a business brings its own challenges and it can take time to travel and get a vaccine in some locations, but initiatives are under way to ensure

MPI director-general Ray Smith with his wife Ilona and sons.

everyone gets an opportunity that suits them.

So, if you see a pop-up vaccine site at your local Farmlands or a mobile vaccine bus, please take the chance to

provide protection to yourself and your family.

• Ray Smith is the director-general of the Ministry for Primary Industries.

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Keep the supply chain humming MILES HURRELL Our dairy co-operative stretches the length and breadth of New Zealand, with offices, manufacturing sites and distribution centres from Whangarei to Invercargill.

Many of these sites are based in rural communities and that’s a really big reason we partnered with the Ministry of Health to rollout a workplace vaccination programme.

Having our employees vaccinated is one of the ways we can protect our people and operations from Covid-19 and ensure we can keep collecting and processing our farmer owners’ milk. We’ve administered more than 7500 vaccinations through our workplace vaccination programme and we’re really pleased to see the uptake.

Covid-19 means extra precautions for our employees, including wearing PPE, making sure shift changeovers are done without

contact, keeping distance from colleagues and not mixing in staff canteens and the like.

“We’ve administered more than 7500 vaccinations through our workplace vaccination programme and we’re really pleased to see the uptake.”

This is really restrictive for our people, but they know their work is critical to the NZ economy and our customers, and that’s a big part of why they are prepared to go the extra mile to get our milk processed and off to our markets.

That said, the more people who get vaccinated across NZ, the sooner we can eventually ease those restrictions on our people.

The health and wellbeing of people is important to us and we know initiatives like vaccinations have an exponential effect – by protecting our employees, we’re also helping to keep their families, friends and the wider communities safe. In turn, as the people in the community get vaccinated, they’re helping to protect each other including our employees.

Rural communities will know that keeping our milk collection and processing

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell gets his jab.

going is crucial for our farmers, the welfare of our animals, the economy and to getting milk on the table for New Zealanders. Vaccination is a really important

part of keeping this supply chain humming.

• Miles Hurrell is the chief executive of Fonterra.

Getting the jab is good for NZ and business NADINE TUNLEY My advice to all New Zealanders is simple: Get vaccinated so we can conquer Covid-19 and get New Zealand moving again.

The horticulture industry is proud of the way that it continued to grow fresh, healthy fruit and vegetables for NZ’s supermarket shelves during the lockdowns. We did this while safeguarding the health of workers and the rest of NZ through stringent health and safety measures.

Growers saw the Government’s Covid protocols as minimum requirements. They were fully aware of the privilege horticulture had been afforded to keep operating, even though the supply of fresh fruit and vegetables to our supermarkets is obviously an essential service.

Growers are viewing the need for as many New Zealanders as possible to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in a similar light. Many growers are liaising with health authorities to set up pop-up vaccination centres to make it easy for their workers to get vaccinated.

This approach is proving successful, with

some of the bigger horticulture employers reporting vaccination rates of up to 95% fully vaccinated.

This speaks to the horticulture industry’s commitment to health and wellbeing, through the world class fruit and vegetables that are grown in NZ. Covid-19 has created new challenges and those challenges are here to stay. Our industry is looking to its track record of innovation and food safety for ways to ensure the industry’s ongoing success in the Covid-19-affected world. That success is

also important to the success of NZ and the continued health of the country’s economy.

Demand for NZ’s fruit and vegetables, here and overseas, has increased during the pandemic.

I am sure that being able to meet that demand has led to people in our industry being quick to get vaccinated, as well as adhere to the new health and safety requirements that are also here to stay.

The world is not through Covid-19 yet but there are some positive signs, the vaccine being the chief one. Having as high as possible vaccination rates will help the world and NZ conquer Covid-19 and get moving again.

• Nadine Tunley is the chief executive of Horticulture New Zealand.

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Sector mulls vaccination options Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz THE meat industry wants mandatory vaccination of processing staff against covid-19, but says it requires Government help to make that happen.

Meat Industry Association (MIA) chief executive Sirma Karapeeva says the industry is high-risk and the Government should extend the same protection to it as the recently announced mandatory vaccination for health and education sector employees.

“At present, our industry is unable to make vaccination a mandatory requirement for employees,” Karapeeva said.

“Although processors could look at making vaccination a health and safety requirement at plants, this is a difficult and complex process and would require companies to undertake an assessment of the different risks of vaccinated people versus unvaccinated people.”

Karapeeva says meat companies operate under protocols to ensure continued operations do not compromise people’s safety or spread covid, including physical distancing, personal hygiene, increased cleaning, contact tracing, temperature checks and the use of personal protective equipment.

The association supports the use of rapid antigen tests so a proportion of workers can be tested each day, which will also enable a rapid response should an outbreak occur.

Dairy Companies Association (DCANZ) chief executive Kimberly Crewther says given the covid health risk potentially impacts all workplaces, the association is seeking greater Government guidance on mandatory vaccination, but in the meantime individual companies are making their own decisions based on health and safety policies.

“At the present time, dairy companies are strongly encouraging their people to get vaccinated,” Crewther said.

“DCANZ has noted with interest the Government’s extension of mandatory vaccination for the healthcare and education workforces, including to ensure that vulnerable people in these settings are protected.

RECOMMENDED: Dairy Companies Association chief executive Kimberly Crewther says dairy companies are strongly encouraging their people to get vaccinated, while it seeks greater Government guidance on mandatory vaccination.

Due to a lack of accessibility in rural NZ, it is no surprise that rural populations are lagging in vaccination rates.

Dr Grant Davidson NZ Rural General Practice Network “DCANZ members have been quick to implement existing Government mandates and will continue to support the implementation of government requirements to minimise health risks for their employees.”

Fonterra is encouraging staff to be vaccinated but is not making it mandatory.

“Therefore, the vaccine passport wouldn’t be mandatory in our workplaces,” a spokesperson said.

Dairy and meat companies have provided on-site vaccinations, offered incentives and partnered with health providers to promote clinics to lift low vaccination rates, especially for Māori employees.

The NZ Shearing Contractors Association is discussing how it can encourage vaccination among its workforce, which employs large numbers of Māori.

“On the surface, given the majority of our people are Tangata Whenua, it is perhaps something we could be able to do,” executive director Phil Holden said.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says in a statement that other sectors are seeking mandatory vaccination of staff.

“Other workforces beyond those already announced continue to be under consideration for mandatory vaccination,” Hipkins said.

The Rural GP Network reports vaccination rates among rural people are 11% lower than urban, and 10% lower for Māori than urban.

Nationally, as at October 11, 68% of New Zealanders have had their first vaccine and 48% their second.

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Associate Professor Garry Nixon notes vaccination rates are even worse for those living in remote rural areas, at 19% below metropolitan and even lower for Māori.

“This is further evidence that a concerted effort needs to be made to improve access to vaccination for Māori communities, including those outside the major centres,” Nixon said.

NZ Rural General Practice Network chief executive Dr Grant Davidson says the inequities in rural vaccination rates is concerning.

“What is most concerning is that it confirms that the

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productive rural backbone of our country is significantly at risk,” Davidson said.

“Due to a lack of accessibility in rural NZ, it is no surprise that rural populations are lagging in vaccination rates.”

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) deputy director-general of covid-19 response Andrew McConnell says exporters have protocols to prevent covid infecting food and food packaging.

MPI has met with the sector to ensure supply chains remain open and solicit suggestions on how to drive vaccinations in rural areas.

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Wool merger vote prep under way Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz WOOLS of New Zealand (WNZ) and Primary Wool Co-operative (PWC) are calling on farmers to tune into the final push to promote the proposed operations merger of the two major wool entities.

Wool growing as a business has been tough going in recent times but come November that could all change.

Shareholders of both entities are encouraged to register for a series of online meetings ahead of a vote on the proposed merger of operations between WNZ and PWC-owned CP Wool.

Under the proposed merger the grower-owned export and marketing company WNZ and PWC will remain the shareholding vehicles while a new entity will jointly own the combined trading business of WNZ and CP Wool.

WNZ and CP Wool directors and staff will discuss the proposal and what it means for farmers at three online meetings before the PWC annual meeting on November 4 and a WNZ special meeting on November 5.

The online meetings will conclude a series of communications with growers over the past year about the strategy and process to merge the operations of both wool companies.

Voting papers will be sent out to shareholders in the coming days.

WNZ chair James Parsons says it makes absolute sense to merge the operations.

“Growers have been asking for consolidation and now they will get the chance to have their say,” Parsons said.

“Together WNZ and CP Wool can deliver the market vision and supply scale required to make a real difference.

“This merger will give us greater presence in the market and seamless service and logistics to

STRONGER: PWC chair Richard Young says execution of the strategy relies on WNZ and CP Wool joining forces to enable the creation of a stronger global business with increased scale and horsepower.

This merger needs to happen because it will give us the financial strength to deliver business growth.

Richard Young PWC the farm gate.”

It will also act as a launchpad for NZ to better realise the full potential of wool.

“To date, we have communicated the strategy and why we believe this is a good idea, but these voter meetings will share the details around the deal structure,” he said.

“It is really important (for) grower shareholders (to) sign-up for a meeting so they can make an

informed vote.”

PWC chair Richard Young urges farmers to register for a meeting.

Young is also chair of CP Wool, which is now 100% owned by PWC that in the proposed merger will combine with WNZ to become one trading entity under the brand Wools of New Zealand.

“It is vital farmers are fully informed ahead of the vote,” Young said.

“This merger needs to happen because it will give us the financial strength that can be deployed to deliver business growth and demand-creation activities for woollen consumer products, setting us up for success.”

Young says the merger will mark the start of an exciting new chapter for the wool sector.

“This is structural change that will act as a launchpad for NZ to truly realise the full potential of wool,” he said.

“There’s been too much fragmentation for too long, woolgrowers have been in the doldrums for long enough, we need to reimagine what the future can be and strategise the pathway to get there.”

The successful execution of the strategy relies on WNZ and CP Wool joining forces to enable the creation of a stronger global business with increased scale and horsepower.

“Ultimately, this merger aims to improve returns for our growers and increase the value of the business and shareholders’ investment,” he said.

“Our strength apart has been good but together we can change the game.”

Formed by a group of farmers in Hawke’s Bay in 1974, the Primary Wool Co-operative has grown to 1400 shareholders spread right across NZ.

Wools of NZ is a 100% NZ grower-owned supply, sales and export marketing company with 730 grower shareholders representing 14.5 million kilograms of annual strong wool production.

The first of the pre-vote series of online meetings is on October 28 with two further meetings scheduled on November 1 and November 3.

The PWC online annual meeting is November 4 and the WNZ special online meeting is November 5.

Attendees are required to register their interest for the online meetings via email to: danicia.nixon@woolsnz.com or by phone on 03 595 2513.

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Foodservice likely key growth engine Gerald Piddock gerald.piddock@globalhq.co.nz FONTERRA’S foodservice business is expected to become the cooperative’s growth engine in the near future after cracking $3 billion in annual revenue.

The business Anchor Food Professionals (AFP) reached the figure as a result of its rolling annual 12-month sales.

It is defined as out-of-home food consumption, with the bulk of this revenue coming out of its China market.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says he expected the area to be the biggest earner for the co-operative in the near future as its ingredients business slowly declines “Growth in this area will become a key growth engine for us in the next decade,” Hurrell said in a webinar.

Worldwide, the foodservice market is worth US$2.3 trilliondollar market.

Hurrell says the milestone played into its goal of trying to add more value to New Zealand milk.

It was also part of its growth strategy in its business reset announced in late September when it revealed its annual result.

“We see the foodservice business growing at around 50% around the next decade,” he said.

“It’s a fantastic story in the way that we have come from a fledgling business in the early days to a $3 billion business.”

Fonterra’s director of global foodservice Paul Harvey says the co-operative was starting to see the fruits of its foodservice model after small beginnings in 2013.

That model took a different approach with its customers to better understand their needs, which at that time was a new concept.

“If you look at the success in those early years, it was about having a clear, focused strategy,” Harvey said.

That strategy came down to being focused on what the applications were for those products that its customers made.

“Pizza, pasta, coffee, burgers – as simple as it sounds, those are

significant parts of our customers’ businesses around the world and then starting to offer new solutions and services beyond just the product,” he said.

He says its mozzarella cheese innovation and supporting the growing tea macchiato trend in Asia are examples of this.

Portfolio expansion was something Fonterra would continue to focus on, despite the challenges from covid, which included being more agile to meet the needs from customers.

“Even in covid times, I am pleased to say we have launched more product in the last 12 months than we have in the earlier three to four years,” he said.

It is a very high-returning, value-add part of Fonterra’s business and will play a key role in its business reset revealed in September.

“The combination of more value from current customers and new value from new customers is why we have confidence in the next five years and then beyond to 2030,” he said.

He sees Southeast Asia with

BOOMING: Fonterra’s foodservice business Anchor Food Professionals has topped $3 billion in revenue.

Growth in this area will become a key growth engine for us in the next decade.

Miles Hurrell Fonterra its 650 million population and growing urbanisation and growth in the middle class as a key market for its foodservice business going into 2030.

Hurrell says the combination of Fonterra’s scale, innovation,

global reach and its grass-based sustainability story gave it a unique proposition for these customers.

It was also the reason why its foodservice area had been successful to date.

“To support our co-op’s growth to 2030, we intend to invest about $1 billion in moving milk into higher value products and increase our R&D budget by 50%,” Hurrell said.

“These investments will enable further product innovation in the foodservice channel, among other things, and help put us on track to meet our next foodservice target of becoming a $5 billion annual revenue business.”

More opportunities in Southeast Asia

FOUNDATION: Fonterra global foodservice director Paul Harvey says the foodservice opportunities were in Southeast Asia, where Fonterra would be guided by its success in China.

FONTERRA’S foodservice revenue comes principally from China and countries in the Asia-Pacific region of the globe, chief executive Miles Hurrell says.

Growth in annual revenue from $1 billion to $3b over eight years was very much a China story, where bakeries, quick-service restaurants, cafés and pizza parlours multiplied rapidly.

In the 2021 financial year, foodservice sales in China accounted for $1.7b and in the Asia-Pacific region about $950 million.

Global foodservice director Paul Harvey says other regions had great growth potential, where urbanisation and the expansion of the middle class created the demand for out-of-home eating.

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In the forecasts that formed part of Fonterra’s extended strategy until 2030, foodservice is expected to become the largest divisional contribution, close to $500m in the $1.3b total.

The $370m contribution of foodservice to the FY21 earnings before interest and tax was 35% of the co-operative’s total, slightly behind that of ingredients.

In the forecasts that formed part of Fonterra’s extended strategy until 2030, foodservice is expected to become the largest divisional contribution, close to $500m in the $1.3b total.

Harvey says the foodservice opportunities were in Southeast Asia, where Fonterra would be guided by its success in China.

The world’s largest foodservice market, the United States, would be tackled with partnerships like the one begun with Land O’Lakes a year ago.

Harvey says Fonterra foodservice already had good market shares in New Zealand and Australia, although opportunities existed to showcase new products.

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Mixed response to emissions plan Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz INDUSTRY good organisations Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and DairyNZ have broadly welcomed the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan discussion document, but meat processor Silver Fern Farms (SFF) says a lack of detail is a lost opportunity.

The document, which will evolve into a plan that will set the direction for climate action through to 2035, says current mid-range projections would see agricultural reductions of 6.5% for biogenic methane and 3.1% for long-lived gases by 2030, relative to 2017 levels.

It says NZ’s food and fibre sectors are already some of the most emissions-efficient producers in the world, but they need support to become even more sustainable and meet our targets.

“The sector has already committed to doing its part to meet our 2030 biogenic methane target,” it said.

“This will require widespread changes in farm practice, new technology and more investment.”

The document identifies pricing, extension and research and development as opportunities for the agricultural sector.

It says the He Waka Eke Noa Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership will bring in a farmlevel pricing scheme by 2025, which will encourage farmers to reduce their emissions through currently available practices.

The document says extension and effective advisory services will help farmers and growers gain knowledge and resources to measure, manage and reduce their emissions, while investment in research and development of technology, such as methane inhibitors and a methane vaccine, will also be vital.

“Using new technologies, farmers could contribute to more ambitious goals, without needing costly offset mechanisms or substantial change in land use,” the document said.

“These actions are expected to have a bigger impact in later emissions budgets as farm practice changes and new technologies become available, but the work needs to begin now to unlock these opportunities.”

B+LNZ chief executive Sam McIvor says the discussion paper contains a slight shift in how the Government is talking about the role of carbon-only exotic forestry in addressing climate change.

“We welcome the Government’s recognition that fossil fuel emissions must be reduced, rather than continually offset, to ensure a fair, equitable and efficient transition to a low-emissions economy,” McIvor said.

“The discussion document indicates any decision on changing the ETS rules would come by the end of 2022. We’re concerned that’s not fast enough given the scale and pace of land conversion happening.

“What we need is urgent action to adjust the ETS to limit the amount of carbon forestry offsets available to fossil fuel emitters. New Zealand is the only country with a regulatory ETS that currently allows 100% carbon forestry offsetting. We will be putting forward potential policy solutions as part of this process.”

DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says the document recognises that NZ dairy farmers have the world’s lowest carbon footprint and reinforces agriculture’s need for R&D and extension investment to be even more sustainable and meet government targets.

“The approach endorses He Waka Eke Noa – the primary sector, government and Māori partnership – as a key pathway for farmers and growers to play our part in reducing emissions alongside all Kiwis,” Mackle said.

“It’s positive to see the Government recognising the importance of He Waka Eke Noa. The partnership is achieving milestones to measure, manage and reduce emissions.

“But we also need adaptable regulations so farmers can start

HAVE YOUR SAY: Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the discussion document is not a draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan, rather an opportunity to hear feedback on what should be included in the plan the Government will publish next year.

What we need is urgent action to adjust the ETS to limit the amount of carbon forestry offsets available to fossil fuel emitters.

Sam McIvor B+LNZ using new technologies as they become available. We’re lagging behind other countries in the tools to fight climate change right now, because the flexibility is not there.”

SFF chief executive Simon Limmer says more detail is needed on many of the agriculture-related proposals in the document, but the company is reassured to see an emerging focus on nature-based solutions and

encouraged further investment into how nature-positive farming techniques can be supported and rapidly scaled.

However, he says unfortunately the document failed to provide a signal on how the Government will scale-up its investment into methane reduction and help best prepare the sector for emissions pricing post-2025.

“The lack of detail and apparent ambition to bolster investment in methane reduction is a lost opportunity. It is our most difficult emissions challenge and requires an immediate and game-changing investment into R&D and technology,” Limmer said.

“Making these investments now will enable a scaled-up industryGovernment partnership to best position New Zealand to not only hit our 2030 targets, but to create a world-leading future farming system, underpinned by naturepositive pastoral agriculture.”

He says SFF supports an indication of government action to curb rapid conversion of sheep

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and beef land to fast-growing forestry, but says this work must be fast-tracked given the rapidly increasing price of carbon.

Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the discussion document is not a draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan, rather an opportunity to hear feedback on what should be included in the plan the Government will publish next year.

He says that plan will set out future policy and regulatory change, as well as actions that can be taken by businesses, towns and cities and every community.

“It will also set out how we make the transition in an inclusive and equitable way. The consultation marks the next phase in this work,” Shaw said.

The discussion document, Te hau mārohi ki anamata – Transitioning to a low-emissions and climate-resilient future, is available on the Ministry for the Environment website.

Consultation on it is open until 11.59pm, November 24.

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Tallying your GHG number is easy as Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz ALTHOUGH there is good progress being made on primary sector climate action partnership He Waka Eke Noa, more farmers need to get involved, Meat Industry Processor Working Group chair Grant Bunting says.

“There’s some good progress being made, however, we find some farmers haven’t heard of He Waka Eke Noa let alone know about the goals,” Bunting said.

“We recognise there’s a lot going on in the farming space, but we need farmers to engage in this process, so we have a say in the future of the agriculture industry.

“This is not about having a soft option for agriculture; we are simply seeking to have a process that’s fairer.”

Ohakea farmer Richard Waugh says finding out your greenhouse gas (GHG) number was relatively easy.

Waugh and wife Rochelle, along with his father Sam and mother Helen, farm three properties in

Manawatū, having recently added a 300ha property at Opiki to their existing 580ha farms at Ohakea and Stanway.

We recognise there’s a lot going on in the farming space, but we need farmers to engage in this process.

Grant Bunting Meat Industry Processor Working Group The family finishes 3000 cattle a year through what they describe as a simple operation that follows the grass curve. They start and finish their farming year with 1500 cattle, bringing cattle on and off throughout the year.

Waugh says finding out the farms’ GHG numbers using

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“The process is not too hard – you just need to walk through the various sections, which includes information about your farm size, stock numbers grazed on and off farm, fertiliser applications and forest and shrubland areas,” Waugh said.

Armed with a set of last year’s accounts, fertiliser records and a farm map, the process took him about 25 minutes.

Once all the information is inputted, the calculator provides the farm’s GHG emission numbers for nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide, as well as letting you know how much you’ve offset through sequestration.

As a comparison, he also tried the Aim Calculator, which required much less information and gave a different result. He felt it was too simplistic for his operation.

After trialing both calculators, Waugh had a number of questions, including wanting to know more about the information and assumptions that are driving the calculators behind the scenes, the level of confidence that could be taken from the numbers, and whether the numbers you get are affected by the year-end balance date.

The B+LNZ calculator is being enhanced to include benchmarking so farmers can compare their results to other similar farm types in the vicinity, although Waugh didn’t think he’d find that useful because the family operation is different from others nearby.

He says getting two quite different results from two different calculators is a concern, but he expects that over time tools like the calculators will evolve as the science and understanding of them improves.

“We all need to understand what’s going on, but I don’t think

DOING THE NUMBERS: Ohakea farmer Richard Waugh completing his greenhouse gas calculations.

that the science is there at the moment,” he said.

“There’s a lot of grey areas but I suppose you’ve got to start somewhere.

“Everyone’s got to learn about what they’re doing, make a better job of what they do, understand things better.”

Waugh does not know many other farmers who have used calculators like the B+LNZ one to find out their GHG number, despite every NZ farmer needing to know their number by the end of next year if they want to avoid agriculture being brought into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

“Farmers are going to have to be part of the process at some point.

They are going to have to saddle up and we do need more people involved,” he said.

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He says expectations that rules might change does not help that.

Bunting says with the Government wanting agriculture to demonstrate it is engaged in the emissions reduction process and the goals set by He Waka Eke Noa, it needs farmers to use calculators like the Beef + Lamb one and find their numbers by the end of next year.

“Towards the end of the year, the industry groups will be talking to farmers about what the pricing mechanism for an alternative scheme to the ETS would look like,” Bunting said.

Meat processors around the country are working together to encourage farmers to find out their numbers. They have set up a landing web page farmers can use to access the B+LNZ calculator at www.ghgnumber.co.nz

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Farmers urged to be proactive Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz IF SHEEP and beef farmers want to have any influence over how future regulations around greenhouse gases (GHG) might hit them in the back pocket, they need to get on board with initiatives aimed at limiting that, a Central Hawke’s Bay farmer says.

Daniel Dooney attended a workshop run by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and Silver Fern Farms that focused on helping farmers get to know the emissions profile of their farm.

The Waipukurau event was one of 59 held around the country during the past fortnight.

The workshops took farmers through a process to ‘know their numbers’ by using B+LNZ’s GHG calculator.

They also provided technical assistance and templates so farmers could develop action plans to manage GHG emissions.

Dooney says he had been interested for a while in seeing how his farm stacked up.

He said using the Beef + Lamb calculator was relatively straight forward.

He says the number arrived at by the end of the process was relatively basic at this stage, but he expects the system will be finetuned over time.

However, he says there were advantages to farmers just going through the process.

“Doing the numbers yourself, you start to get your head around things and if it does get more intricate, you’ve got a base knowledge to start with,” he said.

He says although every farm is different, the workshops provided a good opportunity to hear from others about their approaches.

“There’s likes in every farm as well, for instance with trees, types of trees, places where trees are planted and how they affect the farm system,” he said.

“You can definitely learn from other peoples’ experiences.”

He says farmers need to get on board with the idea if they don’t want more government regulations to deal with.

OWNERSHIP: Corina Jordan says the know your numbers workshops helped farmers to understand their own ‘why’ in terms of climate response.

I wasn’t really aware just how important it is for us to front-foot this.

Daniel Dooney Farmer “If we’re not proactive and start to work things out for ourselves the Government is going to come in and take over and probably just put a tax on per kilo of meat produced.

“I’m not sure how fair that would be,” he said.

“With our farm we’ve got native plantings, a lot of willows and poplars for erosion and pine trees.

“But then there’s others who have no trees on their properties sequestering nothing but we’d be paying the same toll, which is a bit unfair.

“I’m keen to stop that from

happening if we can.

“If we don’t get into it and get involved I’d hate to see what’s going to happen. We’ll end up with another tax to deal with.

“The more numbers that we can create, the more it will show the Government that we can make it happen.

“I wasn’t really aware just how important it is for us to front-foot this.

“The Government has given us an opportunity, it’s saying ‘get together and see what you can do’.

“I didn’t really realise just how important it is that we do that.”

B+LNZ North Island general manager Corina Jordan says the workshops helped farmers to understand their own ‘why’ in terms of climate response.

“So it really means something to them; whether that’s because they want to build a more resilient business, understand the implications of future policy on-farm, or whether they want to unlock market opportunities

and meet the expectations of consumers,” Jordan said.

She says farmers left the workshops knowing their numbers, including carbon sequestration opportunities, and with a written plan to future-proof their farming business.

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer says the company was delighted with the high level of farmer interest in the workshops.

“The great thing about the workshop approach is that it focuses on empowering farmers via practical tools and advice to inform the decisions they are making every day to manage their farms,” Limmer said.

“Our ability to proactively respond to climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy will ensure we are aligned with consumer expectations in-market and can deliver best value back through the farm gate.”

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these workshops, B+LNZ will hold others in the future for farmers who were unable to make the ones held recently, or who were not SFF suppliers.

Interested farmers should contact their local B+LNZ extension manager for details.

What’s the target?

To provide an alternative option to agriculture going into the Emissions Trading Scheme, the following targets have to be met: • By end of 2021, 25% of NZ farmers know their annual total on-farm greenhouse gas emissions and have a written plan in place to measure and manage their emissions • By the end of 2022, 100% of NZ farmers know their annual total on-farm emissions • By January 1, 2025, all farmers need to have a plan to monitor and manage their emissions.

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Partnership to upskill students CANTERBURY secondary school students are set to get hands-on with food and fibre careers.

In a new initiative launched

by Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor, the Secondary Schools Employer Partnerships (SSEP) will showcase the breadth of food and fibre careers to secondary school students.

SSEP Canterbury is a collaboration between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and SmartNZ, a charitable trust that connects youth and employers by creating pathways from education to employment.

SSEPs are a formal relationship between secondary schools and local employers from a range of industries.

Employers work with teachers to contextualise student learning at a Year 9 and 10 level.

“We want and need young minds to be lit up by the breadth of food and fibre sector careers on offer in Canterbury,” O’Connor said.

SSEP provides a “real-world” application of the curriculum and exposes students to a wide range of career pathways.

The programme involves learning both inside and outside the classroom.

“These range from working on-farm to carrying out important research and innovation, to providing professional services that give vital support to the sector,” he said.

O’Connor says Canterbury is one of New Zealand’s key food and fibre producing hubs.

“The next generation of sector innovators will be a

Government’s 10-year food and fibre sector roadmap, aimed at accelerating NZ’s economic recovery from covid-19.

“We launched Fit for a Better World to boost productivity, sustainability and jobs, and delivering the roadmap requires the right people and fresh thinking,” he said.

“By reaching young people in secondary schools through the SSEPs we can show youth and their families the huge range of exciting career pathways on offer and pique their interest in rewarding and life-long careers in our food and fibre sector.”

Schools describe SSEP as creating transformational change in the way that students are learning.

In 2021, more than 40 schools across the Waikato region are participating in SSEP including mainstream, special character and Kura Kaupapa Māori.

SSEP supports the NZ educational and learning priority (NELP) objective to collaborate industries and employers to ensure learners have the skills, knowledge and pathways to succeed in work.

key part of the region’s future success,” he said.

The SSEP Canterbury is based on an initiative first rolled out in 2016 by SmartNZ in the Waikato region.

SmartNZ-Waikato is now an award-winning partnership programme raising student aspirations, resulting in higher achievement, retention and better transitions to career pathways.

To date, more than 10,000 Waikato students and 250 local employers have been involved in the initiative.

The partnerships are threeyear formal relationships between secondary schools and local employers who link in with the secondary school curriculums.

“The programme provides extensive resources for teachers, employers and others that are tailored to individual school learning objectives, Kaupapa, and local employment opportunities,” he said.

SSEP Canterbury will contribute to delivering on the Fit for a Better World – Accelerating our Economic Potential roadmap, the

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the programme is to provide real-world application of the school curriculum and expose students to a wide range of career opportunities.

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New tools for arable compliance Staff reporter THE Foundation for Arable Research has released a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculator and a related planning module for arable farmers.

Agricultural GHG emissions targets are being phased in under He Waka Eke Noa and the two new tools will help arable farmers comply.

FAR senior researcher environment Turi McFarlane says knowing their farm emissions number and having a plan focused on how to manage emissions is new territory for many farmers.

“At FAR, we were determined to make the process as easy as possible for our growers, which is why we developed E-Check, a spreadsheetbased GHG calculator and the GHG farm planning module,” McFarlane said.

“E-Check and the GHG module go hand-in-hand and will allow growers to meet their reporting and planning obligations using existing data and without great effort or expense.”

E-Check, developed by fellow FAR researcher Dirk Wallace, has been designed entirely with the arable industry in mind.

“We needed a simple emissions calculator for arable that allowed growers to know their emissions

numbers with minimal inputs and time,” McFarlane said.

He says E-Check is a DIY tool that uses easy to access information around farm size, fertiliser applied and stocking units on and off to calculate the farm’s GHG ‘number’.

Once growers have identified their number, they can move on to completing a written management plan using FAR’s GHG planning module.

The layout of the module is similar to FAR’s farm environment plan (FEP) templates and the module will form part of a FEP or integrated farm plan.

Like the FEP template, the GHG module leads growers through a process of assessing risks and identifying mitigations.

“Once the risks and management practices that contribute to GHG emissions and carbon storage on-farm have been assessed, growers can move on to the next steps; identifying opportunities for improvement, developing an action plan and pulling together documents to support the plan and provide evidence that changes are happening,” he said.

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Processors look to decarbonise Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz THREE of the country’s largest meat companies are upgrading technology to cut carbon emissions.

Alliance has announced investment in three South Island plants, Anzco to its Canterbury works and Silver Fern Farms to the Pareora works near Timaru.

Alliance will receive co-funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) to reduce reliance on coal fired plants at its Lorneville, Mataura and Smithfield plants.

Chief executive David Surveyor says as part of the decarbonisation project, Alliance will install an electrode boiler to reduce the use of existing coalfired boilers at its Lorneville plant near Invercargill, saving 11,739 tonnes of carbon a year.

The co-operative will also replace its main coal-fired boiler at the Mataura plant with a hightemperature heat pump system and small diesel boiler used at peak demand, saving 6401t of carbon and improving the air quality for local residents.

In the third project, Alliance will capture waste heat from the refrigeration plant at Smithfield to replace coal use for process heat, saving 3811t of carbon per annum.

The emissions savings are the equivalent of taking more than 8000 average-sized passenger cars off the road.

“In 2019, Alliance Group set a goal of ending the use of coal at our plants within 10 years,” Surveyor said.

“We have been tracking the carbon emissions from our plants, examining other fuel options across our network and rolling out a range of energy-saving projects.”

Silver Fern Farms has received $1 million in co-funding from the Government Investment in

SUPPORT: Anzco Foods has received Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry funding to assist the installation of a high temperature heat pump to replace coal-fired boilers at its Canterbury plant.

The work we are doing to reduce the environmental impact of our processing operations is just one of the ways we’re making sure we do the right thing by our customers, who increasingly want to know that their red meat is sustainably produced.

Simon Limmer Silver Fern Farms Decarbonising Industry (GIDI) fund for a $2.6 million heat pump conversion project at its Pareora site.

Chief executive Simon Limmer

says this is the third successful project under the GIDI fund, part of a plan to end coal use by 2030.

“The work we are doing to

reduce the environmental impact of our processing operations is just one of the ways we’re making sure we do the right thing by our customers, who increasingly want to know that their red meat is sustainably produced,” Limmer said.

He says SFF is launching a net carbon zero beef product into the US later this year, part of wider on-farm sustainability projects.

Anzco Foods has also received GIDI funding to assist the installation of a high temperature heat pump to replace coal-fired boilers at its Canterbury plant.

Chief executive Peter Conley says the Government funding represents a third of the cost and

will advance the planned project by four years.

“In addition, it will mean Anzco can evaluate and install this technology across its other New Zealand operational sites earlier than initially planned,” Conley said.

The new 1MW hightemperature heat pump will be installed at the end of this year to the beef plant’s refrigeration system to provide energy-efficient hot water generation.

Conley says it will reduce the emissions from the beef processing plant by 2930t of CO2 a year, accounting for 13% of the site’s entire stationary emissions footprint and cut coal use by 17%.

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Initiative targets parasite problems Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz CLIMATE change, drench effectiveness and consumer demand have all compelled the parasite management programme Wormwise to shift focus and ramp up efforts to stave off growing parasite resistance in sheep and cattle.

A new action plan mapping out the future direction of the Beef + Lamb NZ-funded programme has been released, as more farmers list parasite resistance as their number one farm management challenge.

While funded through B+LNZ levy input, the programme has been operating for over 15 years as a partnership with MPI, Agcarm, NZ Veterinary Association and other industry players.

But B+LNZ general manager of farming excellence Dan Brier says there have been some major shifts in parasite resistance and how farmers have to deal with it since the programme’s inception.

“Parasite resistance appears to be getting worse. We have been very fortunate in that we have had drenches that have proven to

be very effective, but resistance is becoming more of a problem,” Brier said.

He says the review of Wormwise had highlighted a gap between advice available to farmers and what they were practicing onfarm.

Parasite resistance appears to be getting worse.

Dan Brier B+LNZ And while drenches had proven effective to date, a decline in their effectiveness means other management techniques needed to be better communicated.

These included increasing farmer understanding of refugia areas on farm, mixing grazing species to control parasite levels and incorporating parasitetolerant genetics into flocks and herds.

NZ farmers also faced the challenge of climate change

making conditions more conducive to a wider range of parasites and there was low likelihood of new drench types being released.

“And looking overseas, our customers are wanting us to produce with less chemical input.

The EU has just changed some rules around drench prescription to make it more restrictive for farmers to use,” he said.

The review had found Wormwise was moving in the right direction, but there was scope to do significantly more. Part of the issue was manpower, with the initiative lacking a manager and instead running through input from the member parties.

“So, we will be looking to have a programme manager in place, someone who can be a cheerleader for Wormwise and able to also help with finding more funding and communicating to farmers,” he said.

Brier says there was no single worm species that was an overriding problem, rather a range that also tended to be worse in the North Island given the longer, warmer growing season there.

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PRIORITY: B+LNZ general manager of farming excellence Dan Brier says the Wormwise programme has more issues to address thanks to climate change, consumer perceptions and greater parasite resistance.

long been encouraged to farmers as a tool for gauging drench resistance, particularly in sheep.

He says it would be a big step to see advances in the technology behind FECs, particularly in making them quicker in analysing and delivering results to farmers to act upon.

“Tests that are easier for farmers to use, cost-effective and more accurate are needed. Ideally, data collected from increased testing would be able to be captured and aggregated to provide regional and national monitoring capability,” he said.

Key contributors to Wormwise have until the end of the year to provide input identifying parts of the programme they want to be involved in.

resistant to the ivermectin class of drench is Cooperia in North Island beef cattle.

Work to develop alternatives to drenching includes the B+LNZ Genetics low-input sheep progeny trial in South Canterbury aimed to identify sheep capable of good production with minimal inputs and intervention.

“There are also some science gaps there, which the action plan aims to fill. This includes testing methods and understanding better how resistance happens in some regions. The challenge is in helping people understand and make changes on-farm, remembering that drenching is just a small part of what is done,” he said.

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Angus finishes season with $18k yearling Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz STERN Angus yearling bull Stern 20100 made $18,000, paid by Kane Farms, at the on-farm and online sale in Totara Valley, South Canterbury.

Born in the middle of September last year, he was sired

by Te Mania 16463 out of Stern P132 and has good calving ease, gestation length, birth weight and growth rate EBVs, plus $179 on the AngusPure index.

Stern offered 39 bulls on October 13 and sold them all, averaging $5200.

Nearby Kakahu Angus, Geraldine, put up 53 yearling

bulls on October 7 and sold 51 with a sale average of $4038 and a trop price of $11,200 paid by Surrey Hills Station.

On the same day Glanworth Angus, Pahiatua, part of the Waigroup Angus, had a full clearance of 32, with an average of $3500 and a top price of $6800.

Torrisdale Murray Greys, at Winton in Southland, offered 41 yearling bulls and sold 39, averaging $3305 with a top price of $8100.

Back to South Canterbury, and Meadowslea Angus at Fairlie sold 55 of 62 yearling bulls, averaging $2580,and 33 of 34 two-year-olds, averaging $3500.

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A&P show disruptions continue Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz A GROWING number of A&P shows are being cancelled entirely or reformatted so that only certain sections are held with the public excluded due to covid-19 restrictions.

The country’s biggest show, Christchurch’s NZ Agricultural Show, is one of the latest to cancel.

Organisers say the decision to cancel what would have been the 158th event was difficult but is in the best interests of stakeholders.

“We strongly believe the show plays an important role in New Zealand. Because of this, we will be working behind the scenes to deliver the NZ Ag Show in 2022 under what we understand to be the new normal,” organisers said.

The neighbouring Ellesmere show has been reformatted to celebrate its 150th event.

Show Day 2021 will now be an exhibitor/competitor only show for certain sections. No members or public will be able to attend.

Sections continuing under strict regulations include horses, sheep, pet lambs, district and open dog trials, wool, grain and seed, clydesdales, donkeys, dairy and beef cattle, goats, poultry, wood

PULL THE PLUG: Christchurch’s NZ Agricultural Show is one of the latest to cancel what would have been the 158th event.

chopping, alpacas and highland dancing.

Sections cancelled include shearing, cooking, handcrafts, art, flowers, school classes, wearable arts, Selwyn’s Got Talent and the Top Team Challenge. There will also be no trade sites, displays, entertainment or food stalls.

It’s a similar situation just down the road in Ashburton, where the A&P association has decided not to run a full show.

Its 2021 show will not have any

trade sites, market sites, food sites, bars or entertainment.

The show is only for exhibitors or competitors, not members of the public Sections include equestrian, show jumping, sheep, dog trials, wool, shearing, alpacas, highland dancing.

Sections cancelled are pet lambs, student classes, poultry, goats, grain and seed, and the pet parade.

Further south, a final decision

on the West Otago show is to be made on October 31, while the Wyndham show is cancelled.

The 2021 Marlborough show will be held under Level 2, but only for the equestrian, sheep dog trials, shearing, chopping, creative handcraft and gift sheep (a Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter fundraiser) sections.

In the North Island, the country’s oldest show, the Bay of Islands Pastoral and Industrial Show, is cancelled, as is the Central Hawke’s Bay show.

The Gisborne show is also cancelled, but at the time of writing the equestrian section is still going ahead.

The Waverley A&P Association had hoped to celebrate its 100th show this year, but decided to cancel because of ongoing covid restrictions.

“While this is a huge disappointment for us all, we look forward to bringing you a celebration worthy of the 100th show next year,” the association said.

Other North Island shows that have been cancelled during the last week include Egmont and Cambridge.

Whanganui A&P Show organisers have decided that in

While this is a huge disappointment for us all, we look forward to bringing you a celebration worthy of the 100th show next year.

Waverley A&P Association order to run sections of this year’s show, it will stage events at two different venues.

All show jumping and show hunter classes will be at the Whanganui racecourse, while showing classes will be at Macnab Domain (Horrocks Park) in Upokongaro.

The showing schedule will be available on evoevents.co.nz, with the jumping schedule to follow.

Shows that had cancelled earlier include Hawke’s Bay, Waikato, Wairarapa, Clevedon, Matamata, Paeroa, Waihi, Manawatū and Rangiora.

More shows are expected to be either cancelled or reformatted, with the general public excluded.

Storage project needed clearer pathway Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz DETAILS behind the cancellation of the Wairarapa community water storage project have been made public.

In her final newsletter to stakeholders, outgoing chief executive Robyn Wells said under the terms of its funding Wairarapa Water Ltd (WWL) could not share many of the reasons behind the shelving of the Wakamoekau Community Water Storage

Scheme Project in September until it had negotiated the settlement of its loan agreements, which has now been done.

She says the cancellation occurred because of a growing disconnect between the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s (GWRC) Natural Resources Plan planning framework and the need for community water storage of scale as a strategic response to climate change in Wairarapa.

“The board of WWL could not recommend proceeding until

the key planning frameworks were fit for purpose and the politics, funding and delivery arrangements could be realigned to support the priority water resilience solutions signalled in the Wairarapa Water Resilience Strategy adopted by GWRC in 2021 – storage being one of them.”

Wells says the only practical consenting pathway for the project was through a board of inquiry (BOI) which would have extended the time needed to fulfil the financial conditions of

the scheme and cost significantly more than originally envisioned.

A new budget prepared to take into account those changes estimated a required increase of more than 50%, or $7.8 million, on the initial budget of more than $14m.

“After testing the appetite of our funders to support such an increase in budget and considering the significant uncertainties even with a BOI approach, WWL concluded that it would be prudent to cease

the project until a much clearer development pathway emerged.

“To say we were bitterly disappointed is an understatement and we strongly feel that this is a real lost opportunity for the Wairarapa community, who had indicated 85% support for the project.”

Wells hopes that the work done on the project during the last two years will be taken up by another party before the community goodwill and expectations are gone.

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E350 turns to sustainability Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz NORTHLAND’S provincial extension programme for the pastoral industries, E350, finishes next June and the organisers are looking at what comes next for the network.

Building environmental sustainability within agriculture has been one of three main planks in E350, project manager Luke Beehre says.

For the past 18 months E350 has facilitated discussions among farm consultants and Northland representatives of industry organisations about He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN), regional regulations and central government legislation.

Rural professionals have a big part to play in the transition to more sustainability, both in their own understanding and their influence on farmers.

Beehre says E350 and the regional development agency Northland Inc have demonstrated ability to foster collaboration within the primary sector in the province for a common purpose.

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GET READY: E350 project director Luke Beehre says pastoral farmers and their rural professionals must get to grips with environmental sustainability.

at farmers, so how do rural professionals decide what is important enough to take to their farmers’ kitchen tables to equip and empower them?” Beehre asked.

“Change is not coming, it’s here now, driven by the expectations of society.

“Our customers say, ‘we want products that have these qualities’,

so as a sector how do we best respond?”

While some regulations may look far away, exclusion fencing and land-use changes are not going to happen quickly and may need several seasons or years to introduce.

Beehre was adamant that the environmental sustainability focus was within the spirit and

structure of E350 and its design for provincial extension.

“We can take the work of the Northland Agricultural Research Farm, for example, and give it much greater reach,” he said.

He says rural professionals were aware of farmer fatigue with regulatory change and that the structure of E350 was a way of multiplying effectiveness in messages, resources and consultation.

Northland Regional Council land management officers and policy drafters spoke to over 50 rural professionals during a webinar about work in progress on implementing the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater.

These include freshwater farm plans, limits on intensification, caps on nitrogen use and livestock exclusion rules.

Northland’s sustainable dairy adviser for Fonterra, Helen Moodie, summarised the work being undertaken through HWEN. She says it was an alternative to livestock and fertiliser emissions being priced through the Emissions Trading Scheme in a one-size-fits-all manner.

“There isn’t a choice over having pricing or not, but pay at the processor level or design something that will work better for the pastoral sector,” Moodie said.

“Doing nothing is not an option.”

HWEN is an opportunity to get methane treated differently to other greenhouse gases and to get revenue generated returned to the sector to reduce emissions.

“This is not about pricing our farmers to oblivion, but incentivising change to maintain a sustainable pastoral sector,” she said.

Moodie says more details on a proposed pricing framework to incentivise reduction of GHG emissions should be released before the end of the year.

Farmer consultation meetings are proposed for February.

She urged farm advisors to familiarise themselves and help their clients get prepared for GHG emissions pricing from 2025.

“We can meet the emission reduction commitments and still have profitable farm businesses … but only if we start the change now,” she said.

GoodYarn gets $100k financial boost Staff reporter THE Good Programmes Trust, home of mental health workshop GoodYarn, has received a $100,000 boost from Trinity Lands.

GoodYarn helps participants to know the signs and symptoms of common mental illnesses, build confidence to identify it, talk about it, and know how and where to get help.

It’s unique in its peer-led approach and original focus on the rural community and more than 10,000 people have now been part of a workshop.

Announcing the funding at the Trinity Lands annual staff awards dinner, chief executive Peter McBride said: “We know the importance of good mental

health and we love what the GoodYarn workshop does to help ordinary Kiwis.”

Good Programmes trustee Igor Gerritsen spoke to the nearly 100 staff and guests gathered for the awards.

“Mental Health is a community issue and we all play a part in looking after each other,” Gerritsen said.

“It’s great to see a growing awareness of the things we can do to look after ourselves.

“By improving our understanding and ability to talk about mental health and knowing where to go for help, GoodYarn is a great resource to keep people away from the edge of the cliff.”

Gerritsen has been involved in the wellbeing of the rural and workplace community in the Bay

of Plenty for a decade.

“I love what GoodYarn is doing and it’s a privilege to work with a great team to make the GoodYarn workshop available in organisations and communities across New Zealand,” he said.

“There’s no greater joy than living your life on purpose, doing things to the best of your ability, not just for yourself but for a greater purpose.

“We’re very thankful that Trinity Lands has joined the Good Friends Community.”

McBride acknowledged his staff for their contribution to the success of the dairy farming and kiwifruit business, as well as announcing several other funding offers for community initiatives in Waikato and Bay of Plenty.

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SUNFLOWERS look set to add a colourful income for New Zealand cropping farmers.

New research conducted by the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) has revealed sunflowers producing hi-oleic oil could provide additional income for growers as a summer rotational crop.

FAR has concluded a three-year project looking at crop options to raise profitability and provide alternative land uses.

The project, which received $90,000 from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFFF) fund, identified high-oleic varieties of sunflowers as a promising crop.

FAR general manager business operations Ivan Lawrie says the research shows New Zealand has the conditions for successful sunflower crops, with yield potential of more than 4.5 tonnes per hectare.

“What’s more, consumer demand is strong for hi-oleic sunflower oil, which is a topquality oil with a higher smoke point than regular sunflower oil and many sought-after health attributes, including low saturated fat content and high monounsaturated fat,” Lawrie said.

The project focused on sunflower agronomy over the past two years, working with Pure Oil NZ to provide grower contracts and to extract the oil from the seed.

of the optical and sonic devices currently available to deter birds, but Lawrie says further work is required in this area.”

Sunflowers have the advantage of growing at a time of year when there is limited competition from other crops.

The plants also require minimal chemicals or fertilisers to grow.

“The cost per hectare to grow the crop is reasonably low and once the plants are established they’re pretty much self-sufficient until they’re ripe and ready to harvest,” he said.

“In addition, as a deep-rooting plant, sunflowers provide good soil aeration and soil conditioning for the next crop in the rotation.

“Sunflowers have proven to be a good predecessor crop for wheat, for example.”

Nothing goes to waste in the processing of sunflower seeds.

“Once you’ve crushed the seed and extracted the oil, the remains are also very good as animal feed products for both the equine and general feed markets,” he said.

Proximity to processing plants is key.

“Our trials have mostly been conducted in Mid and North Canterbury because that’s where the oil crushing plant is based,” he said.

“But we are increasingly getting calls from growers in other regions, including the North Island, who are keen to give it a go.”

However, Lawrie says they would need to factor in the cost of freight to get their sunflowers processed.

The high-oleic sunflower oil produced so far by the more than 20 growers involved in the project is used by snack manufacturers to make high-quality potato chips.

The sunflower oil can also be purchased in its extra virgin form from supermarkets across NZ under The Good Oil brand.

While demand is currently domestic, Lawrie says there is potential to create exports if volumes can be increased.

MPI director of investment programmes Steve Penno says the project has produced valuable information for NZ growers who might be interested in adding a new crop to their growing schedule.

“One of the aims of our Fit for a Better World vision is to create new high-value products,” Penno said.

“The more options our growers have to fill the gaps during offpeak growing seasons, the better.”

He says with low inputs and easy-care growing needs, sunflowers could be an ideal spring option to complement the oilseed rape currently grown in South Canterbury.

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Celebrate success of women in dairy industry

SAVE THE DATE: Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell speaks at the 2021 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year award gala dinner. The next recipient will be announced at the Dairy Women’s Network conference in Invercargill in April.

Staff reporter NOMINATIONS are open for the Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year award, which sees women dedicated to the future of New Zealand’s dairy industry recognised and celebrated nationwide.

Women are encouraged to nominate their rural role models before March when finalists will be put before a judging panel comprised of Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) trustee Sophie Stanley, 2020 Dairy Woman of the Year Ash-Leigh Campbell and representatives from Fonterra, Global Women and Ballance Agri-Nutrients.

The recipient will be announced at a gala dinner at the DWN conference in Invercargill in April.

“The Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year award is a prestigious award recognising the hard mahi and leadership that women contribute to this very important sector,” Stanley said.

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“While the last two years have thrown us uncertainty in many ways, we have seen so many examples of women stepping up and leading themselves, their peers and the industry through these challenging times.

“Leadership has never been more important, and we encourage all women in the sector to consider self-nominating or nominating a peer who you think has demonstrated the leadership qualities we need for the future.”

“No other award in New Zealand specifically recognises the capability and success of women in the dairy industry and we are proud to sponsor it,” Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell said.

“In these challenging times it’s more important than ever to recognise the outstanding women who are passionate about dairying, who are leaders in their communities and who work to be positive role models, bringing good people together to achieve good things and enabling the next generation of farmers to succeed.”

Previous award recipients are encouraging those in the industry to remember the new opportunities and pathways that the award creates for other women in dairy, when making or agreeing to a nomination.

The 2022 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year will receive a scholarship of up to $20,000 to undertake a development programme, professional and business coaching, a learning experience, or a combination of all three.

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Farmers eye Fonterra Chile assets SPECULATION is rife over who might buy Fonterra’s assets in Chile and while the devastating impact of climate change and political uncertainty may weigh on the price, local farmers seem to be keen.

Fonterra said last month it’s looking to sell its Chilean assets and might float its Australian business in an initial public offering return. It also said it will look to return $1 billion of capital to shareholders.

The head of the Chilean dairy producers’ union Fedeleche Marcos Winkler told a Chilean radio station the sale represents an enormous opportunity for the sector.

“We are hopeful it can be bought by the farmers themselves,” Winkler said.

“We are working hard to see if we can raise the necessary funds to buy it. The development of the country needs to be through cooperatives.”

Fonterra declined to comment on whether it was negotiating with any parties.

Fonterra’s investment in Chile dates back to 1986 when the New Zealand Dairy Board bought a 51% stake in Soprole. Prolesur was created in 1990 as part of a restructuring.

The two units were merged into one earlier this year and combined they are Chile’s secondlargest milk processor with a 20.7% market share, according to Fedeleche.

The largest is the Colún cooperative, with 29.5% of the market while Nestlé has 17.9%.

Fonterra owns 99.9% of the company but has said the operations do not require any New Zealand-sourced milk or expertise.

It has not yet named an investment bank for the operation and also declined to comment on a possible valuation.

One financial entity estimates it could be worth US$800 million, while another said it would be around 15-to-20 times earnings, which would put its value at about US$400m to $600m.

“Here in Chile there’s a lot of speculation about how much it’s worth, who could buy it, but the real question is what is the real challenge,” said one farmer.

“The real challenge is that the company that comes in has to be willing to work with farmers to confront climate change. This reduces the number of people

HISTORY: Fonterra’s investment in Chile dates back to 1986 when the New Zealand Dairy Board bought a 51% stake in Soprole.

We are working hard to see if we can raise the necessary funds to buy it. The development of the country needs to be through cooperatives.

Marcos Winkler Fedeleche who might be interested,” he said.

“Whoever buys the company will need resources for this.”

Huge swathes of the country – including rich agricultural areas – are grappling with the impact of a decade of drought.

The latest data from the country’s weather service shows that the area where he farms – a key dairy area – shows rainfall is currently down 45.6% on the year while another major dairy area has a 38.7% deficit. Rainfall was already low.

He says the real question is how well is Soprole prepared to confront the new challenge of climate change.

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Economist Jorge Fantuzzi, a partner at financial consulting and management firm FK Economics, agreed the drought was a major issue given the challenges for the dairy sector.

However, he says “on the other hand – and perhaps equally important – is the politicaleconomic issue”.

Chile is currently redrafting its constitution after a raft of social protests began in late 2019 that saw millions take to the streets.

Tensions only abated after the Government promised to elect a constitutional assembly to rewrite a constitution that dated back to 1980 when military dictator Augusto Pinochet was in power.

“The level of uncertainty is enormous,” Fantuzzi said .

“It is leading investors to leave rather than enter. Finding a buyer of this magnitude will be difficult given the economic, political context.”

Also, Chile will hold general elections in November and 35-year-old leftist Gabriel Boric, a former student leader, is currently leading the polls.

His swift rise in the polls is part of a shift left across many Latin American countries and is adding to the uncertainty as Chile

has long been seen as one of the most market-friendly countries in the region by international corporations and investment firms.

Fantuzzi has no doubt, however, that Soprole is attractive.

“This is a company that is extremely important in Chile,” he said pointing to its historic capital, relationship with suppliers and highly recognised brand.

Fonterra noted in its annual report that its Latin America business is predominantly the consumer business in Chile.

“The performance improved significantly on the prior year with ebit lifting 79% to $75 million,” it said.

However, Fantuzzi says the drought and the economicpolitical backdrop may mean “there is less willingness to pay” and the “price isn’t what it would have been 10 years ago”.

Other analysts agree interest will be high.

“There could be a number of interested candidates both inside and outside of Chile,” Monica Ganley, principal for Quarterra Consulting & Advisory in Buenos Aires, said.

The company is an “interesting target, particularly for anyone wanting to get their feet wet in

Latin America”.

Regarding possible buyers, Fantuzzi says an existing producer, such as Nestlé, would run into difficulties because of rules around free-market competition.

He noted there are already issues with market concentration given there are three large producers.

Fantuzzi says given the size of the operation, the regulator would need to be consulted and it is unlikely to approve any increase in concentration in the market.

As a result, he says, a buyer could be an international company that doesn’t have a presence in Chile, or Chilean or international investors that aren’t in the sector but want to take advantage of what Soprole has to offer to have a new business.

Meanwhile, Soprole says it is business as usual.

“We know the future could include a new shareholder.

However, Soprole will continue to strengthen its leadership in Chile,” board president Hugo Covarrubias said.

“The company will continue its strategic, organisation and operational activities to maintain the position it has in the market.”

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Programme focused on sustainability Staff reporter SHEEP, beef and deer farmers can now prove their sustainability credentials with the launch of a new quality assurance standard.

New Zealand Farm Assurance Plus (NZFAP Plus), which builds on the existing NZ Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP), includes a focus on people, farm, natural resources and biodiversity.

NZ Farm Assurance Inc chair Nick Beeby says NZFAP Plus is the culmination of three years of work in response to expectations from customers, consumers and government.

“NZFAP Plus is about demonstrating and communicating to New Zealand and an international audience that the New Zealand red meat and wool sectors are farming sustainably and ethically,” Beeby said.

“It is a platform to create more sustainable and prosperous farming businesses by understanding resources and supporting continuous improvement through the

adoption of appropriate practices.”

NZFAP Plus was initially developed by the Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP), a Primary Growth Partnership programme involving the Ministry for Primary Industries, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, six meat processors and two major banks.

“Meat processing companies have worked collaboratively to build a programme that will ensure New Zealand farmers retain their domestic social licence to operate and market access globally by demonstrating environmental custodianship,” he said.

NZFAI general manager Megan Mounsey-Smith says the programme has been piloted with 30 farmers and feedback has been positive.

“Many of those in the pilot were already doing some or most of the work and it was simply a matter of recording and providing evidence to support their management practices,” Mounsey-Smith said.

“While NZFAP Plus aligns with some new regulations, it does not

replace or supersede regulations.

The new programme is an entirely voluntary standard that has been developed to support access to markets internationally. It is very much market-driven with consumers increasingly wanting to know where their food is coming from and how it is being produced. NZFAP Plus helps address these concerns.

“We encourage those farmers interested in finding out more about NZFAP Plus to get in touch with their meat or wool processing company.”

Southland sheep and beef farmer Jason Miller, who was involved in the NZFAP Plus pilot, says the programme aligns with the future direction of travel for the sector.

“NZFAP Plus delivers you a template that provides a robust quantitative approach, combined with high levels of integrity, to deliver highly sustainable farming systems,” Miller said.

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To take part in the programme, farmers need to have completed NZFAP, the foundation programme.

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In the winter of 2017, traipsing around a mall in Hamilton, she was on a mission to find a coat.

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OPPORTUNIIY: Velma and Beverley owner Claire Williamson says wool is an amazing resource and farmers aren’t making enough money from it.

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along the way, but I think what I managed to do well was I just got stuck in. I looked at what money I needed to get things up and running and looked at what skills I already had that I could use and outsourced where I needed,” she said.

Wanting to have some security in the first stages of her venture, she decided to pre-sell her first garments. While she knew she needed to sell around 10 to 15 to make the monetary side of things viable, she didn’t know what to expect when she hit ‘go’ on the presales.

Social media was her main vehicle to promote the business and it didn’t disappoint. She was blown away by the first wave of support. A post on the popular NZ-made products Facebook page, now called Chooice, saw orders start flying out the door and the Velma and Beverley brand

reach all corners of the country.

“I’d taken some photos of myself in the coats out on the family farm and posted them on the Chooice page. I didn’t think much of it and went off to do something else.

I had no reception out on the farm, but when I came back, I was flooded with messages and orders.

It was incredible,” she said.

Looking back now, she says she would do a lot differently. From figuring out how many designs to have, choosing size ranges, pricing and dealing with the various parts of the supply chain, she’s learnt a lot in just two years of business.

“This was my first foray into an industry that I’d had no exposure to before. I’d never done online retail or retail full stop. In hindsight, I tried to start too big too quickly. If I had to do it again, I’d stick with one design and work up,” she said.

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FAMILY TRAIT: Claire Williamson credits her passion for wool to her mother.

Having everything based here has always been important to me because it’s about supporting our farmers and Kiwi businesses.

Claire Williamson Velma and Beverley broking firm in the Waikato, where she specialises in helping first-time buyers into their first homes, builds and investments.

Her business partners have been a huge source of support and advice as she’s carved her path in the online retail space and she has sought help from others in the industry to help guide her.

“Much of the woollen fabric sourced in NZ is often sent offshore to be spun and woven before being brought back into the country. So having everything based here has always been important to me because it’s about supporting our farmers and Kiwi businesses,” she said.

Having an NZ-based supply chain has been an essential element of the business from the start. Wool is sourced directly from the farm gate at Palliser Ridge Station, spun by Woolyarns in Lower Hutt and woven at InterWeave in Auckland before going to the sewer.

“My family and my mum especially have been a huge source of support and inspiration.

My mum is one of the main reasons I started this business,” she said.

“I think my advice to anyone who’s got a business idea is to make sure you have a market and just start. I knew next to nothing about this industry before I started Velma and Beverley, but you learn as you go.”

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Velvetleaf alert issued Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz CROPPING farmers are being urged to monitor their crops for velvetleaf following the detection of the weed pest in imported seed.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the velvetleaf management programme steering group put out the call after velvetleaf seed was found in imported radish seed.

Federated Farmers arable industry group vice-chair seeds David Birkett says the detection at the border is a timely reminder for all farmers growing seed crops from imported seed to monitor their crops for weeds.

Velvetleaf is a serious cropping weed that can affect many arable crops.

It is reported as causing up to 70% reduction in crop yields overseas.

“We don’t want any more weeds; we have enough challenges now with weeds and pests in our crops,” Birkett said.

“Merchants, growers,

How to identify velvetleaf • Velvetleaf is an annual broadleaved weed that grows between 0.5m and 2.5m tall.

• It has buttery-yellow flowers about 3cm across. It flowers from spring through autumn.

• Leaves are large and heartshaped and are velvety to the touch.

• The plant has distinctive seedpods, with 12-5 segments in a cup-like ring. Each seedpod is about 2.5cm in diameter.

agronomists need to be on the case and closely monitor crops.”

With radish seed planting getting under way this month, Birkett urges anyone spotting anything suspicious coming up in their crops not to be afraid to report it.

“We should be able to manage this quite effectively in our cropping systems,” he said.

“The last velvetleaf in fodder beet didn’t create a major outbreak and we expect in the cropping programme with radish, particularly in the hybrid row seed crops this will be manageable.

“In the open pollinated seed it could be a little harder to spot, keeping a close eye out will be key.”

Birkett applauded MPI for the early detection.

“It shows biosecurity at the border is working pretty well,” he said.

MPI says it was a low-level velvetleaf contamination found as part of MPI’s standard border inspection of four imported radish seed lines.

Affected lines have either been returned to the country of origin or had the velvetleaf seed dressed out.

Lines that were dressed out were resampled and inspected before receiving biosecurity clearance.

However, radish seed growers sowing imported seed are being encouraged to take a precautionary approach and watch their crops this season for any signs of velvetleaf.

MPI reports that its seed importation and inspection process is one of the most rigorous in the world and that the risk associated with these imported

DESTRUCTIVE: Velvetleaf is a serious weed that can affect many arable crops, with reports of it causing up to 70% reduction in crop yields.

Photo: Trevor James/AgResearch

We should be able to manage this quite effectively in our cropping systems.

David Birkett Federated Farmers seed lines is no higher than in any other year.

It is also noted that it is never possible to achieve zero risk.

This means a reality of trade is that there is always a chance contaminant seeds occur at very low levels – this is true for every consignment released at the border, every day of the year.

“The recent interceptions are

a timely reminder that all parts of the biosecurity system are important, including post-border surveillance,” MPI said.

“We wish to remind growers and contractors that they play a critical role in the post-border part of the biosecurity system, because they can contribute to general surveillance and can operate good biosecurity practices.

“In particular, they can keep an eye out for velvetleaf and any other seed or weed that looks unusual.”

MPI and the velvetleaf management programme steering group recommend farmers carry out careful on-farm checks of crops and paddocks, keeping an eye out for velvetleaf and work closely with merchant

agronomists, seed reps and crop inspectors to monitor crops.

Take photos and report any suspected sightings of velvetleaf to MPI on 0800 80 99 66. You’ll receive support and advice on the next steps to take.

Protect your property by making sure all machinery entering and leaving your farm is free of contaminants.

This includes paying attention to all harvesting equipment, visitors’ vehicles and footwear hygiene.

You can follow the guidelines set out by the Keep it Clean Machinery Hygiene Guidelines and Logbook.

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Even split on ag economy outlook Staff reporter THE latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found an even split between farmers expecting agriculture’s economic outlook to improve and those who think it will worsen.

The quarterly survey of 450 people, completed in early September, found that net farmer confidence across the nation fell to a net zero reading, down from a 13% lift in the last quarter.

The number of farmers expecting the rural economy to improve in the next 12 months was down from 32% to 23%, while the number expecting the rural economy to deteriorate rose from 19-23%.

Those expecting similar conditions lifted from 47-52%.

Rabobank NZ chief executive Todd Charteris says while there were plenty of strong factors supporting farmer optimism, a host of concerns were also gnawing away at farmer confidence.

“While demand for New Zealand’s key agricultural commodities remains strong, and commodity prices are holding up well, lingering farmer anxiety over government policy remains a key source of farmer concern with close to three-quarters of farmers expecting conditions to worsen citing this as a reason for their pessimistic outlook,” Charteris said.

Government policy and rising input costs were the key factors cited by farmers holding a pessimistic outlook for the rural economy while rising commodity prices was the key reason nominated by farmers with a positive outlook.

Farmers’ expectations of their own farm business performance were marginally down on last quarter but remain at net positive levels overall.

Dairy farmers are now significantly less positive about the prospects for their own businesses while sheep and beef farmers and growers are marginally more positive.

Investment intentions were marginally higher this quarter

PAYING MORE: A spike in the cost of inputs such as fertiliser is being blamed on farmer confidence falling to an even split between those who expect the economic outlook to improve and those who think it will get worse.

Whether it’s the recent spike in fertiliser costs, the ongoing impact of labour shortages, or general supply chain challenges, it’s clear that farmers are now feeling significantly more input cost pressure than they have over recent seasons.

Todd Charteris Rabobank with sheep and beef farmers recording the strongest appetite for investment.

The survey also found rising input costs were a key source of farmer apprehension, with this cited by more than a third of pessimistic farmers – the highest level recorded in the survey at any stage across the last decade.

“Whether it’s the recent spike in fertiliser costs, the ongoing impact of labour shortages, or general supply chain challenges, it’s clear that farmers are now feeling significantly more input cost pressure than they have over recent seasons,” Charteris said.

“In addition, farmers identified overseas markets and global shipping disruptions as key sources of concern.”

All sector groups were more pessimistic about the prospects for the agri economy, with dairy farmers recording the biggest fall.

“While the forecast farm gate milk price for the 2021-22 season remains healthy, dairy farmers have had plenty to contend with over recent months, including largely unfavourable weather conditions, challenges sourcing labour and time-consuming consultation meetings on a raft of environmental regulations,” he said.

“On top of this, we’ve seen a general downward pricing trend in GDT auctions since our last survey in June, and all these factors have combined together to drive dairy

farmer sentiment lower.

“As a result, only one-infive dairy producers is now expecting the performance of the agricultural economy to improve in the next 12 months, well back on the 35% expecting improved conditions last quarter.”

The survey found farmers’ expectations for their own farm business performance in the year ahead was marginally lower than in the last quarter. Fewer farmers expected their business to perform better and more expected that business performance to deteriorate, with those categories changing from 32-28% and 2832% respectively.

The survey found dairy farmers were significantly less optimistic about the prospects for their own operations. In contrast, sheep and beef farmers and growers were feeling marginally more positive.

“While sheep and beef farmers hold many of the same concerns as their counterparts in the dairy industry, they’ve been buoyed by record pricing for beef and lamb products of late,” he said.

“And with strong pricing forecast to hold over coming months, we’ve seen a slight uptick in the number of sheep and beef farmers expecting the performance of their business to improve over the next 12 months.”

Confidence in the horticulture industry was back in positive territory, with more growers expecting conditions to improve over the next 12 months than those expecting conditions to worsen.

Charteris says the ongoing strong demand from overseas markets was likely to have helped lift that confidence as well as the Government’s decision to allow vaccinated seasonal workers to travel to NZ from the Pacific without having to go through managed isolation from October.

The survey also showed a marginal lift in on-farm investment intentions, with those expecting to increase their investment over the next 12 months up from 24-25%. Eleven percent intended to decrease investment with the balance keeping it the same.

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New research from the Riddet Institute indicates there are differences in meat quality relating to health and digestion, depending on how the animal is raised. A research team led by Dr Lovedeep Kaur and Dr Mike Boland from Massey University’s Manawatū campus, has compared pasture-raised New Zealand beef to grain-finished beef, and a plant-based alternative.

They found differences in the fat content of the beef, potentially leading to better health outcomes.

You can watch a video of Dr Lovedeep Kaur discussing the research and read the full article here at https://www.riddet.ac.nz/new-study-highlightsdifferences-in-new-zealand-beef/

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2 What are PUFA’s? What are the benefits of these?

3 Why do we want long-chain omega-3 PUFA’s in our diets? Why do we want to limit the intake of long chain saturated fatty acids (SFA’s)?

4 What were the findings from this study for plant based alternatives? Based on their findings are these considered to be of good nutritional benefit to humans?

5 Do some research, can you find any other studies that back up this research or alternatively disagree with these findings.

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2 Is this a similar trend for EU carbon prices?

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Hello AginED readers!

I hope that you are all managing to find some sort of normality in this interesting world we are currently living in and have taken on board some of the tips from the previous columns that I have written, as they do really help.

You are all at an age where you are trying to find your way in the world, figure out where you belong, what you want to do with your life and generally, how you fit into this ever-changing world around you.

Suicide. It is a word that can make us feel all sorts of different things, depending on our own personal associations with the word itself.

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• Threats of suicide.

• Previous attempts at suicide.

• Talking about death and wanting to die.

• Making final arrangements - giving away treasured possessions.

Maybe it hasn’t been discussed a lot or maybe you have had to confront it face on with the devastating loss of someone you love.

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• Withdrawal from relationships and activities; isolation from others.

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• Statements of hopelessness, helplessness or worthlessness.

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• High-risk behaviour (drugtaking, dangerous driving)

• Changes in sleep pattern, such as insomnia or oversleeping • Restlessness.

• Irritability, tearfulness.

• Feeling worthless.

• Poor concentration.

• Decreased energy, feeling tired • Obsessive behavior, for example, preoccupation with music, stories and games that have a death theme; withdrawal from social contact and activities.

• Saying life's not worth living or indicating thoughts of suicide.

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• Changes in mood, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, not caring about appearance.

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• Sad, anxious or bored mood.

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• Reduction in academic or work performance.

• The urgency of action and the speeding up of activities.

• Sudden lift of spirits after a period of depression

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This is not a topic that should be taken lightly but it is so important that we talk about it. New Zealand has extremely high rates of suicide in the Western World and we must continue to get better at talking about how we are feeling.

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26 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – October 18, 2021

Covid’s ‘no walk in the park’ It’s been more than a year and a half since Robyn Pannett caught covid-19 and it’s still affecting her today. She spoke to Colin Williscroft about its impact on her health and why farmers and others in the rural community need to get vaccinated.

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OBYN Pannett caught covid at the World Hereford Conference in March last year.

It hasn’t completely

gone away.

The Millers Flat farmer and marriage celebrant does not know the exact date of her exposure to the virus but what she does know was that at some point, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

She says it was probably four or five days before she started to feel the effects of the virus.

“At the beginning I started to feel generally a bit off. It was like getting a cold or a fluey feeling,” Pannett said.

“Then I lost my sense of smell and taste and started to get really, really fatigued.”

That was followed by a cough, gastric symptoms, a headache, lack of appetite and a shortness of breath.

“It was very frightening because what we were hearing at the time was mainly coming from overseas.

“They were talking about people getting really short of breath, having to go on to respirators – and dying.

“I didn’t know whether my breathing would suddenly get much worse. It was really frightening.”

Pannett isolated at home as, at that time, managed isolation was not part of the response.

“I was at home with just my family to look out for me. It was pretty scary,” she said.

“We got some tape and we put it down two metres away from the bedroom. No one was allowed to cross that line.

“I was lucky enough to have a bedroom with an en-suite and I lived down there for two weeks.

“I was so short of breath I wouldn’t have been able to walk any further than that anyway.

“I wasn’t eating much but

food was delivered to a chair at a halfway point and when they were gone I would creep out and get it.

“We just did our best.”

Pannett says it took about five days from the time she started basically insisting to be tested, to having one done to receiving the result.

After that she was contacted daily by a public health nurse to see how she was doing.

Although deemed noncontagious after a couple of weeks, Pannett says she was unwell for a long time afterwards.

“I was really sick for about two weeks and although I slowly improved after that, even four or five months later I was still quite sick in terms of fatigue and brain fog,” she said.

“I struggled with shortness of breath and distorted sense of taste and smell.

“Fast-forward to now and I still have a distorted sense of taste and smell. I don’t know if that will ever come right.

“I also still have a degree of fatigue. It’s not severe but it’s still there.

“I’m mostly recovered but it’s been a pretty awful experience.”

Pannett has since been diagnosed as having long covid, the term used to describe those whose symptoms persist long after they were considered as being acute.

Despite having some natural immunity from being infected, Pannett got vaccinated as soon as she could.

“I absolutely do not want a second bout,” she said.

She firmly encourages everyone who can to get vaccinated.

“I think people probably misunderstand and think it’s just like a little bit of the flu,” she said.

“When I talk to people and tell them about what it was like, the majority are really surprised to

ADVOCATE: Robyn Pannett, who is still living with the after effects of covid-19, urges everyone who can to get vaccinated.

hear just how sick people get.

“It’s not a walk in the park.”

She says no one would want to be responsible for passing the virus on to others if they could have prevented it, especially if it was to someone elderly or susceptible and it resulted in their death.

“Even if it’s not your fault because you didn’t know you had the virus, you don’t want to have to live with that.”

Pannett says more can be done to boost vaccination rates in rural communities.

“Health staff are doing a fantastic job but I think our rural vaccination levels need a bit of a push,” she said.

“We need to look at how they

are being delivered and what can be done better.

“Some of it comes down to availability. As well as appointments, we need people to be able to walk into clinics, so if it’s a rainy day they can think ‘right, I can spare an hour, I’ll go and get the vaccine done’.

“But I’d urge everyone to go anyway.

“We also need to try and get (vaccination) teams into some of the smaller, isolated areas.”

That includes providing vaccination opportunities at places where rural people come together, like sale yards and rugby games.

She says a change in attitude might also help.

Sometimes we don’t like to be told what to do by authorities but we need to get over ourselves.

Robyn Pannett Farmer “Sometimes we don’t like to be told what to do by authorities but we need to get over ourselves,” she said.

“We need to realise that this is bigger than anyone’s own individual issues and that it has to be done for the good of everyone.”

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Growers move to address nutrient loss Last year’s announcement the vegetable sector would receive $4.7 million from MPI to better understand nutrient loss and management was welcomed by growers. A year on, a baseline survey has provided insights on how growers regard nutrient loss and how they see it being improved. Richard Rennie reports.

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HE baseline survey taken to kick-off the $7.5 million Sustainable Vegetable System (SVS) project has revealed growers rank nutrient loss highly in their day-to-day operations, with 69% saying it gained “significant” attention in daily operation.

This puts it only slightly behind the main focus for growers, which is on their operation’s profitability and equal to health and safety concerns.

Over half (57%) of the growers surveyed were also aware that nitrogen (N) leaching had a significant effect upon the environment and over twothirds recognised effective environmental management was a key issue for the horticultural sector.

Potatoes NZ has been instrumental in drawing the project’s focus around all vegetable types.

Chief executive Chris Claridge says he was glad for the support funding from Vegetable Research & Innovation and Horticulture New Zealand, with the potato ledproject benefiting all vegetable rotations.

The four-year SVS project will determine the impact of rotated vegetable crops on nutrient losses.

The research project has three main goals: to determine the level of recognition N loss receives from growers; quantify the current fertiliser management practices; and identify any barriers to changing fertiliser and nutrient management methods.

Despite recognising the significance of N losses, there are still a number of growers ambivalent about the magnitude of the problem.

Fertiliser advice remains largely reliant upon the “tried and true”, or personal historical knowledge for 58% of growers, close to fertiliser reps as another source for 55% of growers and the bulk of growers are measuring N during soil testing.

When managing N loss, over 70% of growers are using side dressings and slow-release fertilisers, along with calibration of their spreaders to control losses.

Despite this, growers are not entirely convinced on the practical realities around reduction of N losses, with only 30% believing N losses can be reduced without also reducing the profitability of their operation.

Of those that do believe N loss reductions are possible, over half believe they can slice as much as 20% off their losses.

The survey also revealed some growers feel N testing remains either too complicated or difficult, or they still need convincing it should be part of their operation.

The need for having suitable tools to rely upon was a key concern and an area where the SVS project will help.

The SVS project has nine commercial sites around the country monitoring nutrient losses in the field, including Canterbury, Hawke’s Bay and Horowhenua. The focus is on high-volume crops, including

INSIGHT: Potatoes NZ chief executive Chris Claridge says the survey has provided an insight into how growers view nitrogen losses.

onions, brassicas, squash, carrots and leafy greens.

Claridge says a better understanding of how growers understand and test for N will determine how the field findings will translate into tools for them to use.

This will be either through more accurate Overseer inputs and N loss coefficients, or through an industry developed grower tool or application.

He says key goals from the SVS

project will now be clearer from the survey results, with one of the main objectives being to reduce the impact of vegetable growing on the environment, including water and retaining growers’ ability to continue to operate through an overarching national programme, along with regional and farm programmes.

“We are very conscious about our licence to operate from a regulatory and consumer viewpoint,” he said.

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EDITORIAL

All eyes on our GHG journey

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GRICULTURE has been given just a light mention in the Government’s discussion document for its Emissions Reduction Plan.

The sections on transport, building and construction and other sectors are broad and intense.

The reason for that, of course, is that agriculture has an agreement to come up with its own plan to reduce emissions – He Waka Eke Noa. The Government says this plan will fill in the gaps in the overall emissions reduction strategy.

So, not much has changed for farming with this new document’s release.

Farmers need to know their greenhouse gas number and the industry needs to produce a plan that will meet the targets already set.

And that imperative is not just Government-mandated.

Increasingly, it is the market that is driving this change.

The companies that sell our food internationally are aware of this and are putting in place assurance programmes and marketing plans to capitalise on the value this movement can achieve.

Silver Fern Farms, for instance, will be selling carbon zero beef into the United States by the end of the year. The co-operative has also launched a regenerative system that suppliers can join.

The usual suspects are already criticising the Government’s plan for being soft on the farming sector. They say its discussion document ignores agricultural emissions and won’t get New Zealand where it needs to be.

Many everyday New Zealanders will also be waiting to see how food producers will contribute to the effort they’re being asked to make in the way they live their lives.

Transport, energy consumption and construction will change in the future as we move to a low-carbon economy. Farming must do its bit too.

It’s a privilege to be able to control the path forward and the agriculture sector needs to make sure it meets the targets and the expectations of New Zealanders and consumers around the world.

The alternative would leave farmers figuring out a prescriptive rule book written for them by someone else.

Bryan Gibson

LETTERS

Shooting down double standards WHAT a thoughtful letter Laurie Collins of the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust wrote in your October 11 issue.

A good farmer takes care of his stock and is deeply interested in animal welfare.

He never overstocks, because that is undermining animal health.

So too does the wild game manager and that is widely practiced in countries such as in Europe and North and South America.

Collins’ letter rightly called to heel the call by Federated Farmers and NZDA to shoot hinds without any months specified.

To leave the hind’s offspring, a newborn animal which she will have well hidden, to die a slow death by starvation is repugnant and frankly sick.

Interestingly, it was pointed out that an estimate of New Zealand’s wild deer population

put it at 250,000. That was some 20 years ago, not by the Department of Conservation but by Landcare Research.

Frankly DoC would be incapable of accurately assessing a wild animal population judging by its ludicrous exaggerated 70 million possums it bandied around for decades.

Even if one doubled the 250,000 wild deer to allow for some increase in the 20 years since the survey, it pales in comparison to some 6.3m dairy cows.

NZ must find a philosophy which provides for a lot more than just thoughtlessly and often cruelly killing wild animals and leaving meat to rot on the mountain side.

Poison campaigns as run by DoC is cruelty in the extreme.

The agonising death from 1080 may take up to two days (48 hours) or longer.

Brodifacoum is even worse.

“Brodifacoum caused death as early as six days and all experimental animals were dead by 15 days,” says a scientific paper.

Yet both toxins are used extensively by DoC, Ospri and regional councils.

Wild animals have feelings just like farm stock. There should not be double standards.

Well said, Collins of the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust.

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Money, the forever band aid solution NO WONDER purveyors of carbon credits are offering their wares with religious fervour.

A few centuries ago, the Catholic church promised

forgiveness of sins for financial payment. The practice was known as granting indulgences. You paid your money and poof, the sin went away – and presumably the sinner, suitably absolved, could carry on his wicked ways knowing that the magic of money would make it all good with his maker.

Seems the idea is still alive and well, as Alan Emerson highlights in his opinion piece (October 11).

“You have major polluters buying or leasing farmland to grow trees to mitigate their carbon footprint” rather than “reducing their carbon footprint by stopping burning coal”.

Invoking medieval mysticism beats seeing the wood for the trees, it seems.

Rebecca Glover Waiuku

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Let’s do our bit Rural New Zealanders and those working in the primary sector play a vital role in our response to covid-19 and it’s important they take the opportunity to get vaccinated against the virus, says Agriculture, Trade and Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor.

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WANT to thank rural New Zealanders for their commitment and hard work since covid-19 arrived on our shores. You’ve underpinned the strength of our economy. Your efforts have ensured that Kiwis are fed and the steps you’ve taken to operate safely have helped prevent the spread of the virus.

There’s now another big way rural folks can help and that’s to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

It will benefit those both near to you and far away as we begin to reconnect with the world.

Your efforts have ensured that Kiwis are fed and the steps you’ve taken to operate safely have helped prevent the spread of the virus.

To that end, we’ve been working closely with primary sector groups and organisations to boost the opportunities for people working and living in rural areas to access the vaccine.

This includes: • Bringing the vaccine to people in remote places via mobile pop-up and drive-through

clinics, marae, community halls, medical practices and pharmacies.

• Mobile clinics visiting farms.

• Larger rural workplaces working with local DHBs and workplace vaccination providers to run convenient, on-site vaccination clinics • Companies allowing staff to attend off-site clinics during paid working hours.

• Workplace incentives and prizes to encourage staff to get vaccinated.

• Sector organisations assisting busy farmers to encourage their staff to get vaccinated.

• Improving the telephone booking service for rural communities with poor internet access.

You can find out about where to get a vaccine in your area by phoning 0800 28 29 26 or visiting the websites BookMyVaccine.nz or Healthpoint.co.nz The covid-19 vaccine is safe and it’s free.

If you’re an employer, there’s a new business toolkit on www. covid19.govt.nz, which provides comprehensive information on how workplaces can support their staff, suppliers and customers get vaccinated.

The way to stop the Delta variant in its tracks is for people to be vaccinated.

Simply, the more people

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who are vaccinated the more opportunity we have ahead of us.

Before taking the next steps in opening up to the world, we’re aiming to get our vaccination rate as high as possible. We reckon above 90% is totally doable.

We’ve all got an important role in making this happen.

As I write, over 58% of our eligible population is fully vaccinated, with around 82% having had at least one shot.

Since Delta arrived, the rate of vaccination in New Zealand has

BIG PICTURE: Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor says the more people who are vaccinated, the more opportunity we have ahead of us as the world reopens.

been among the fastest in the world. We are well on track to having every eligible person fully vaccinated by the end of the year.

Let’s do our bit and maintain the momentum.

And finally, if you think there are any barriers to rural people accessing their vaccinations, then please do let me know. You can email d.oconnor@ministers.govt. nz

Who am I? Damien O’Connor is the minister of trade, agriculture and rural communities.

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There are those and there are us Michael Howie WHEN I started as a stud breeder, I was told I didn’t have the necessary pedigree to be a stud breeder. This is interesting, I thought, having been born into one of New Zealand’s topperforming sport and academic families. Forty-five years later and having retired from farming, I now realise that pedigree is not lineage but the school one attended.

Fortunately our studs are now based in Otago, where people don’t care what school one attended and people are not interested either. Is this the reason stud breeders from other provinces tend to ignore the Otago stud scene?

I was on a national stud tour one year and the gentleman standing next to me stated that “there are those and there are us”.

A few years ago, the people in the top 20 employment positions in the country and the secondary high schools they attended were presented. Only one had attended an ‘elite’ school.

I attended a unique primary school, which was looked down on by others, and in 1968 a group of parents removed their children from the school. I learnt humility and humanity. I can converse

with the rich and the poor. There are pupils from that primary school that have excelled in NZ and Australia. So with my family I have always been surrounded by successful people. In my first term at high school, pupils from my primary school topped all six third form classes.

Recently an American human resource consultant inferred that the top 10% of successful people achieve by adhering to simple basics: telephone manners; treating all people at all levels with respect; manners; people skills; and body language.

The president of one of NZ’s stud societies visited every registered stud pertaining to the breed he presided over.

Some members failed to see the significance. The visits had a profound effect, for it made those who felt they were not ‘class’ enough feel they accepted. I was an integral member of two clubs that became leaders in their field.

Both operated on the foundation stone of inclusion.

I read recently that this is an inclusive power, meaning the more we empower everyone, the stronger we get collectively.

Today in the stud world we are confronted with the term “daddy’s poor little rich boys”. At a stud sale

recently I noted that the private school boys sat in one section and the rest of us in another section.

Also of concern are those in the stock and station industry who appear to like to be seen with those from the elite schools. Are they trying to elevate their selfimportance? It also applies to other businesses.

The vominated sadism of Rogernomics engraved the belief that for farm ownership farming ability is irrelevant as wealth and power is paramount. That was when the ballot scheme disappeared. Such was designed to bring farm ownership to top farm managers. Exclusion.

Twelve years ago Burger King brought out a lamb burger. It is the best burger I have ever eaten. I put it to a breeders meeting that the mutton industry should be getting behind them with promotion. I distinctly remember the blank disinterested faces in front of me.

There was no discussion and they moved onto the next item.

At the age group dispersal of our Suffolk Stud we fed our guests with lamb burgers. It must have been a dream that there would be publicity doing such. It was Mike Moore who first promoted the lamb burger. That fell flat on its face. He didn’t attend an elite

school, just NZ’s wealthiest school and went on to be one of NZ’s most prominent political figures on the world stage.

Recently I had a person from Cavalier Carpets in my house evaluating my wool carpet. They have gone all wool carpets only.

I asked if the wool industry had made an effort to help in the promotion of their product.

Remember the days when it was how many jugs one could buy for a kilo of wool?

I never thought I would be pleased to be out of the stud industry. It hurts. We got second to top price at an Auckland wool sale for full length, coarse hogget wool. My high school junior boys 80-metre hurdle record, 57 years later, is still the school’s fastest.

At one stage I held the thirdhighest price for fat lambs at public auction in NZ. Produced an Angus bull that at one stage had the highest 600-day weight gain figures for a NZ-born Angus bull. And in the past decade I sold 16 sheep stud sires, coached an age group sports team ranked bottom in the South Island and 15 months later won the South Island Tournament title, with five players nominated for the NZ age group team. I have also published a novel dealing with a first 15-player

rugby team coming to terms with the suicide of their star player. But it is of no relevance when one did not attend an ‘elite’ school.

I’ll leave you this to think about.

In my final sixth form (Year 12) mathematics exam, before the national university entrance exam, I was confronted with a 10mark question.

I worked the answer out in my head and wrote such on the paper.

My answer was correct, but the teacher scored it 0. I went to the teacher and complained.

“Oh that fly-by-night guess, which you fluked correctly?”

“I worked it out in my head.”

“Michael, I am not a naive, gullible fool. Where on this blank piece of paper do you show me how you got from the question to the answer? There is no proof that this is anything other than a wild guess. Now get back to your chair and sit down.”

Apply to EBVs, carbon credits and emissions (or is it the moon entering a wobble stage?), covid deaths, inflation figures, America Cup (does America know it exists?)

– the list goes on.

Who am I? Michael Howie is a retired stud breeder from Canterbury.

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Leave water quality decisions to farmers Alternative View

Alan Emerson

THE Ministry for the Environment (MfE) is currently seeking feedback on the implementation phase of its freshwater reforms.

It is largely about farm plans, about how they should be developed, administered and policed. I received two submissions; one from an environmental group and the other from Federated Farmers.

On the environmental side, I had an email last week telling me that “leading environmental groups’ joint submission on farm plans” was available to all.

The “leading environmental groups” were the Environmental Defense Society (EDS), Forest and Bird (F&B), Greenpeace, Choose Clean Water and Fish and Game (F&G).

While I’d give F&B and the EDS some credibility, I certainly wouldn’t flatter the others with that description.

Why that’s important is that the organisations go on to tell us that “because these groups have joined forces it’s expected that the submission will have considerable influence on the outcome”.

I found that laughable.

Choose Clean Water first came to my attention, with Marnie Pricket running an anti-farming roadshow sponsored by the

tourism industry. The size and scale of the organisation isn’t mentioned, which I found surprising.

My views on Greenpeace are well known. Suffice to say that I consider their strength as their ability to milk donations. Anyone believing that assessment is harsh should go to their website.

In the preamble to the joint submission they claim 35,000 donors and “many tens of thousands of supporters”. How would they know?

We then have F&G, who I honestly believed were trying to work with the farming industry for mutually beneficial outcomes. I must have been mistaken.

I was also interested to read that F&G’s previous chief executive, and a person I’d describe as antifarming, Martin Taylor, is now on the West Coast F&G Council.

I found it a little surprising because last I heard Taylor was living in Wellington, so how he came to represent the fishing and hunting interests of the people of South Westland is beyond me.

Irrespective, I can’t take F&G seriously when it comes to discussions on farm plans.

So my sincere belief is that the EDS and F&B should have presented their own submissions and not aligned themselves with those groups with little credibility on practical environmental stewardship.

Having read their joint submission, I found it incredibly prescriptive and excessively bureaucratic.

It was a typically Wellingtoncentric approach, with little acknowledgement of life on the

farm or of farmers’ commitment to protect the environment.

I was subsequently heartened to read Federated Farmers’ submission. Radically, to the Wellington bureaucracy, Feds want a system that is “reasonable, practical and affordable”.

They support the concept of freshwater plans, but demand certainty and transparency and believe the current regulations are “unworkable and impractical”.

Feds are also concerned with the potential for over regulation and the risks associated with haste.

Both of those concerns are real. While I accept the need for a clean, green environment, we’ve seen many situations of hasty legislation that haven’t worked and the original freshwater regulations are a case in point.

As the prophet said, “do it once and do it right”.

I also strongly believe that the bureaucratic one-size-fits-all doesn’t work when it comes to farming.

The Wairarapa is vastly different to Southland or Waikato and there are huge variations within the Wairarapa.

Feds want a comprehensive regulatory impact analysis, as do I. Too often we have the civil service backed by politicians believing they are casting their pearls to the swine. That approach isn’t accepted in the provinces and doesn’t work.

It’s also been suggested that farm planning needs an army of advisors and auditors to be effective.

For a start, many farmers have been doing farm plans for years

MISMATCH: Alan Emerson says as the primary sector faces ongoing regulations and reforms, it’s important to note that the bureaucratic one-size-fits-all doesn’t work when it comes to farming.

For a start, many farmers have been doing farm plans for years and while I accept the need for an auditing process, I don’t agree with the concept that farmers need their hand held every step of the way.

and while I accept the need for an auditing process, I don’t agree with the concept that farmers need their hand held every step of the way.

In addition, there needs to be a robust and independent appeal process as Feds have pointed out.

In summary, we all want a clean and sustainable environment. The difference is between a centrist we-know-better, one-size-fitsall approach and a practical, workable and affordable solution.

Why that is so important is that currently primary production is the only game in town. We don’t have an international tourism industry or international students.

Correspondingly, agricultural exports are forecast to hit a record $49.1 billion in the year to June 2022. It is an absolute credit to the sector not that I’ve heard congratulatory statements from anyone.

Instead, we hear that farmers are environmental vandals. We’re not.

That we need books of rules and regulations and an army of bureaucrats to enforce them. We don’t.

What we do need is a sensible, practical, science-based environmental system that can be discussed factually and unemotively.

I live in hope.

Your View Alan Emerson is a semi-retired Wairarapa farmer and businessman: dath.emerson@gmail.com

More than enough pests to go around From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

I’VE been thinking about writing about the growing pest problem and in particular feral deer for a while now. The deer here are starting to be problematic when establishing trees and yet I live in a district a long way from proper bush and is reasonably intensively farmed easy hill country, with people and houses all over the place.

Then I get distracted by 10 fallow deer running through my young pines, don’t look where I should be looking and end up breaking my collarbone.

Next, I read an interesting piece in Farmers Weekly (September 27) by Neal Wallace about the “burgeoning game animal and feral pest problem”

around the country.

And in last week’s Farmers Weekly there was a letter by Laurie Collins from the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust in response to Neal’s piece.

I established pine trees 30 years ago and my biggest pest threat was hares. You must be rigorous with them, otherwise they wreak havoc with the young trees. I like seeing hares around but not near young, establishing trees. Deer were non-existent.

Instead of pine trees this year, I’ve retired another waterway and at great cost and effort have planted 6500 natives to make the world a better place.

I haven’t done this to feed pests.

Between myself and two or three keen shooters, we have taken out 70-80 hares this winter on this modest-sized farm.

And there are still a few out there and more will eventually flood back in.

Rabbits don’t usually trouble my pine plantings but they made a start on the natives, so we have been shooting in that area and in the end, I had to do some poisoning for the first time ever.

EXPENSIVE PROBLEM: Steve WynHarris says that the growing pest population in NZ is costing farmers and disrupting their on-farm efforts, so the only solution is to get rid of them.

Rabbits are also becoming worse than ever.

And then there is this mob of deer a little way off from the natives and seemingly intent on wrecking my three-year-old pine trees. It would be devastating if they got into the new native block for a night.

Seems the hunting lobby reads this column as I’ve had several

offers of help, but the hare cullers have first dibs. They’ve made three visits and have seen them, but not been able to get safe shots away.

Fallow deer are elusive bastards.

With the amount of forestry, carbon, natives and riparian strips going in all over the place, we are creating ideal habitats for feral deer and the problem is only going to become worse.

They are also pricks when they find your crops as well.

The only good thing is at least I’m not dealing with wallabies and pigs like many of you.

Collins made reasonable points about not shooting hinds with newborn fawns and leaving them to die from an animal welfare perspective, which is fair enough, but I’d advocate shooting the fawn as well then. He objects to deer being called pests or vermin and we should show them more respect.

Collins of course is looking at deer from his recreational perspective and farmers, landowners, the DoC and environmentalists most certainly see them as problematic and as pests. Encouraging us to leave

potential trophy stags to mate with hinds in the autumn is not going to find many supporters dealing with these bloody things.

Of course, he wants ‘a game management system’ to protect this resource, but this is not a solution that helps anyone trying to establish trees.

It looks like there are various factions in the hunting community as Collins has a go at the Game Council and the NZ Deerstalkers Association, so there are differing views within the hunting lobby.

It would seem to me that there are enough deer out there that landowners and hunters can work together on this to get on top of the problem.

Personally, I’d like to see deer, rabbits, hares, possums, rats, mice, mustelids and the like eradicated from these lands as proposed by Predator-Free NZ, but easier said than done.

Your View Steve Wyn-Harris is a Central Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer. swyn@xtra.co.nz

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Regen ag is more than a fad Meaty Matters

Allan Barber

THE term regenerative agriculture has been around for some time, but it seems to have gathered huge momentum in the past year, to the point where a number of farmers probably see the concept as a conspiracy theory designed to turn standard farming practice on its head. This group thinks regenerative farming means no tilling, no fertiliser, essentially akin to organic farming, with all its extra costs and certification standards.

Beef +Lamb New Zealand’s general manager of market development Nick Beeby says research it carried out was specifically designed to assess consumer attitudes to the regenerative concept and believes the findings offer NZ a great basis for comparing and contrasting our farming methods with those of other producing countries, providing the ideal platform to tell our story.

Regenerative has fast become the acceptable form of farming because it represents sustainable practice in the face of climate change. According to Eat Lancet and the United Nations Food System Summit, regenerative agriculture is the acceptable future face of livestock production.

The practical nature of regenerative farming actually stands in stark contrast to organics, which are seen as restrictive and prescriptive, more concerned with specifying the standards for permitted inputs.

Regenerative agriculture is very much farmer-led, concerned with outputs. But there is a danger major retailers and manufacturers jumping on the regenerative bandwagon; making claims for their products’ sustainability credentials could end up being seen as virtue signalling and ‘greenwashing’.

NZ’s grass-fed livestock regime puts us in prime position to claim the regenerative halo position way out in front of more industrialised agricultural producers, especially the United States, where the regenerative concept has the greatest influence. Our sustainability credentials are underpinned by the He Waka Eke Noa climate change partnership and, more specifically in the case of the red meat sector, by the farm assurance programmes NZFAP and NZFAP Plus. These will ultimately ensure all sheep and beef farms can measure inputs and outputs and farm to an agreed set of standards, which will form the basis of regenerative farming the NZ way.

While NZFAP Plus aligns with certain regulations, it is a voluntary standard that has been developed to support access to international markets. It is very much market-driven because consumers want to know where their food comes from and how it is produced. The programme’s focus is on the natural resources of soil and water, farm practices, people and biodiversity, which are seen as the key areas of interest for customers, consumers, government and global health organisations.

NZ’s grass-fed livestock regime puts us in prime position to claim the regenerative halo position way out in front of more industrialised agricultural producers, especially the United States, where the regenerative concept has the greatest influence.

The research project carried out by Alpha Foods on behalf of B+LNZ and NZ Winegrowers concludes, based on an indepth scan of the market and 133 interviews with ‘conscious

VALUE: Allan Barber says while the primary sector is yet to agree on the value of regen agriculture, there’s definitely merit to its growing popularity that could see New Zealand lead the way in a more environmentallyaware consumerdriven market.

foodies’ in the US, Germany and China, that there is potential for NZ producers to make a serious regenerative claim and to capture value as a result. One standout conclusion of the research shows it is not so much the consumers who are looking for food or primary products that can satisfy regenerative claims, but the big brands like McDonald’s, Danone, PepsiCo and large meat processors JBS and Cargill. These companies must believe they can source sufficient regenerative product, as well as convince consumers of the benefits to them.

Meat exporters are generally supportive of the research findings, although they sit at different points on the continuum between total buy-in and a degree of scepticism.

Silver Fern Farms and Alliance sit firmly at the positive end of the scale.

According to the company’s general manager of supply chain Dan Boulton, “this report confirms our view there is a strong market opportunity for regenerative agriculture. Analysis with our own customers has indicated many would be willing to pay more for natural grass-fed red meat from a verified regenerative farming system and we want to make sure that our farmers can access this premium in the future”.

Alliance’s Shane Kingston says “it aligns with what Alliance is hearing from our customers and

consumers in our markets such as North America, who increasingly want to know where their food is coming from and how it is being produced. They view the natural and sustainable way we farm as broadly consistent with regenerative agriculture principles. Antibiotic-free grassfed lamb in North America has never been so popular.

The challenge for us as a food company is to now translate that into capturing value for our farmers and New Zealand”.

Anzco general manager of marketing Rick Walker and Mark de Lautour, who holds an equivalent role at Affco, sit at the more sceptical end of the continuum. While they both support the idea of incentivising farmers to adopt regenerative practices where possible, they question how much consumers really care about the detail and whether they will be willing to pay a premium for regeneratively farmed product.

Walker sees regen as essentially an American trend, with no sign of it on the radar in China, although by his estimation it may only be a viable branded marketing concept in the US for possibly less than 1% of the market. In his opinion, we need to tell our customers how we farm, but there is unlikely to be any premium in it for our farmers.

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to undertake major adaptation of their farming methods, except where they fail to meet accepted standards.

De Lautour is adamant the consumers are not interested in the details of regenerative farming, but are looking for guiltfree meat because, assuming it meets the taste and value test, their main interest is in animal welfare. He believes it is more important to test the proposition of NZ producing the best food with the lowest carbon footprint.

This would be backed by health and safety, animal welfare, environmental performance and grass-fed farming practices.

Neither company sees value in selectively branded programmes because this ‘green halo effect’ should cover all NZ production, earning an overall premium for trust.

While the companies are not in total agreement, there is no doubt there is a premium to be earned from a trusted reputation for farming to a defined set of environmental standards.

Regenerative agriculture could well be the umbrella which encapsulates all these aspects to NZ’s benefit.

Your View Allan Barber is a meat industry commentator: allan@barberstrategic. co.nz, http://allanbarber.wordpress. com

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Waihi 729 Waihi Whangamata Road Deadline Sale

No rainbow chasing - the Gold has been found!

• Extremely rare opportunity to invest in a market-leading horticulture business located in the beautiful surrounds of Whangarei • Approx 36.3 ha of land in seven titles this diverse orchard has been carefully and innovatively designed to produce sustainable fruit of the highest quality • 16.17 ha of covered and uncovered Kiwifruit Sun Gold and Hayward • 8.85 ha of covered hydroponic berry fruit including Raspberry, Blueberry, Blackberry and Solberry • The property includes three dwellings, substantial plant and infrastructure and a significant water supply from a storage lake

Auction

Retiring Vendors - Intend to meet market Deadline Sale closes Thursday 11th November, 2021 at 2.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/WHR95344

Kevin Billington M 027 433 9667 Ian Morgan M 027 492 5878

Putaruru 645 Overdale Road

• 77 ha dairy unit located seven minutes north east of Waihi township • Contour of farm is gentle rolling to rolling with some steeper sidlings with approx 2.6 ha planted in native bush • Milking 170 cows, with a three year average of 78,130 kgMS • Farm buildings include a 16 ASHB with in-shed feed system, implement shed, two bay calf shed and tractor shed • The homestead has four bedrooms, one bathroom, a large kitchen and open plan living and dining area • This property offers an excellent opportunity for those purchasers looking in a desirable and affordable dairy farming district • Our instructions are this property will be sold

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Ian Morgan M 027 492 5878 Chelly Aitchison M 022 697 8779

Tahuna 203 Waiti Road Tender

• 125 ha dairy unit in three titles, minutes from Tirau and Putaruru and close proximity to Matamata and Cambridge • Contour is rolling with steeper areas subdivided into approx 70 paddocks • 40 ASHB with in-shed meal feeder, Klip Tank, five bay calf shed, three bay tractor shed and 1/2 round hay barn • Four bedroom home in nice surrounds plus a two bedroom cottage • Great first farm opportunity or ideal for grazing replacement dairy stock or beef animals • This farm is genuinely on the market to be sold

Auction 1.00pm, Thu 11th Nov, 2021, (unless sold prior), Property Brokers, 78 Studholme Street, Morrinsville 3300 View Thu 21 Oct 11.00 - 12.00pm Thu 28 Oct 11.00 - 12.00pm Web pb.co.nz/MAR93582

Auction

Ticks the boxes Tender closes 2.00pm, Wed 17th Nov, 2021 (unless sold prior), Farmlands, 9/13 Rolfe Way, Putaruru View Tue 19 Oct 11.00 - 12.00pm Tue 26 Oct 11.00 - 12.00pm Web pb.co.nz/MAR92584

Ian Morgan M 027 492 5878 Chelly Aitchison M 022 697 8779

This 114 ha dairy farm has plenty to offer. Flat to rolling contour with mainly ash soils, this property is well raced and fenced. An excellent 30 ASHB shed with meal feeding system, silo and small feed pad off shed. Good array of farm buildings. A new 85,000l sandtrap and ponds for effluent. Currently autumn calving, production average 110,000 kgMS last three years, supplying Open Country Dairy. Great bore water - 32mm loopline around farm. The main home is a lovely four-bedroom brick home and the second dwelling is a three-bedroom brick home with sleepout. This property is a must see!

Auction 12.00pm, Thu 28th Oct, 2021, (unless sold prior), Property Brokers, 78 Studholme Street, Morrinsville View Wed 20 Oct 1.00 - 2.00pm Web pb.co.nz/MOR92471

Peter Lissington M 027 430 8770 Chelly Aitchison M 022 697 8779

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Tauhei 334 Seifert Road

Maihiihi 167 Paewhenua Road Auction

Vendor has moved on This 88 ha irrigated dairy farm of consolidated peat is being offered for sale. Milking 300 cows with a three year average production of 113,594 kgMS, this is a perfect one man unit. Farm buildings include a 22 ASHB cowshed, 180 cow concrete feed pad, 200 tonne silage bunker, fert or PKE bin, four bay calf shed, two hay barns plus a four bay concrete floor workshop at the rear of the main house. The main home has lovely open plan living, four bedrooms plus games room and office spanning two levels that was fully renovated in 2017. The second dwelling is a three bedroom farm cottage. This farm is a tidy dairy unit located in an affordable dairy farming district in a great location

Tender

Stoneycreek Auction 12.00pm, Thu 28th Oct, 2021, (unless sold prior), Property Brokers, 78 Studholme Street, Morrinsville 3300 View Wed 20 Oct 11.00 - 12.00pm Web pb.co.nz/MOR02957

Peter Lissington M 027 430 8770 Chelly Aitchison M 022 697 8779

Kinleith 491 A-C State Highway 30

• 127 ha dairy unit - milking platform 110 ha (approx.)

• Four titles - farm split by Paewhenua Road. Stock tunnel • 26 ASHB, three dwellings - all compliant with Tenancy Act • 97,000 kgMS average from 310 cows • Good fertility, clean pastures, three water supplies • Mixed contour - flat, and easy, to steeper - 15/20 C/O's on nondairy land • 26 km south-east of Te Awamutu • A good "working" dairy farm in a great community • Titles can be purchased separately for 123 ha dairy (see HMR96461) and 4.2 ha lifestyle (see HML96462)

Young dairy - 333 ha

Situated midway between Rotorua and Tokoroa (20 minute drive time) and across the road from the Upper Atiamuri primary school, with three modern homes making it an attractive work place for young families.

A self contained property, milks 550 cows, and carries 210 replacement heifers.

Available as a going concern.

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John Sisley M 027 475 9808

Kai Iwi 68 Smith Road Open Day

This young dairy farm has only been cleared from pine forest for 11-12 years.

Tender closes 4.00pm, Fri 5th Nov, 2021 (unless sold prior), Property Brokers, 138 Arawata Street, Te Awamutu View Tue 19 Oct 12.00 - 1.00pm Tue 26 Oct 12.00 - 1.00pm Web pb.co.nz/HMR95892

Deadline Sale

Kinross - 149.48 ha Deadline Sale closes Monday 15th November, 2021 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior) View Thu 28 Oct 11.00 - 12.15pm Web pb.co.nz/TOR96295

Paul O'Sullivan M 027 496 4417

Situated in an area with a view to the sea, is a well presented property with a three bedroom home on an elevated site.

The property is mainly flat to rolling contour with some steeper faces. It is currently run as a bull unit. It has been divided into approximately 30 well fenced paddocks, that are supplied with water from the Kai Iwi water scheme, along with some dams.

A good set of covered cattle yards, along with a six bay implement shed with three lockable bays to compliment the property.

Deadline Sale closes Wednesday 27th October, 2021 at 2.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/MTR93434

Doug Glasgow M 027 204 8640

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Gisborne, Tolaga Bay, 387 Kiore Road Auction

Arataha - first farm or more acreage Auction 12.00pm, Thu 11th Nov, 2021, 66 Reads Quay, Gisborne View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/GIR87306

• 657 acres or (266 ha more or less) • Strong stock water • Good farm improvements • Great balance of contour • Three bedroom family home • Two bedroom cottage

Tom Lane M 021 058 7018

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Central Hawke's Bay 71 Pukeora Scenic Road, Waipukurau Tender

Islington 260 ha (STS) finishing property virtually on the town boundary of Waipukurau. An easy 40 min commute north to Hastings. Flat - easy contour with some steeper limestone hills overlooking the township that provide for some outstanding house sites. Excellent water from permanent limestone springs. English specimen trees along a central lane through the property provide for a park like setting. The character four bedroom homestead that can be purchased separately is set in a mature country garden. The property is presently being utilized as a cattle finishing unit. Islington is being offered to the market for the first time in three generations.

Purchasing options include:260 ha (STS) Entire property 258 ha (STS) Bareland 2 ha (STS) Homestead Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 | pb.co.nz

Tender closes 2.00pm, Thu 9th Dec, 2021, Property Brokers, 98 Ruataniwha Street, Waipukurau View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/WR88370

Pat Portas M 027 447 0612

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Matemateaonga 2560 Rawhitiroa Road Tender

Gleniti - 652 ha Located in the Mangamingi farming district 25 km from Eltham & 80 km from New Plymouth. Gleniti has had recent investment in fertility & fencing, coupled with a cropping/regrassing program on the flats. Infrastructure is very good including a five stand woolshed and covered yards (1000 np), large cattle yards and two sets of satellite sheep yards.

Subdivided into over 50 main paddocks with good natural water throughout, Gleniti is renowned for producing high quality progeny as a sheep & beef breeding & semi-finishing operation. The main dwelling is a 1970's three bedroom + office home with modern kitchen & open plan living. Gleniti provides well developed flats and cultivatable area totaling 70 ha currently in superior pastures or forage crops, the remaining effective area (590 ha total) is a mix of medium to steeper hill. A well apportioned hill country farm located in a sought after location with reliable rainfall, this property provides an excellent mid-scale dry stock opportunity.

Tender closes 2.00pm, Fri 19th Nov, 2021, to be submitted to Property Brokers, 51 Taupo Quay, Whanganui View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/PR96857

Jared Brock M 027 449 5496

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Greg O'Byrne M 027 598 3000

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Pahiatua 57 Hinemoa Valley Road Tender

Township - 71 ha Located in the Hinemoa Valley which is under 10 minutes drive from Pahiatua Township is a 71 ha dairy farm that caters to all sectors of the agricultural market. Regularly producing 75,000 kgMS, milking 160 -170 cows, the property boasts superior soils, modern pasture species, quality farm infrastructure and a comfortable family home. Township is well apportioned with farming infrastructure including a 16 ASHB cowshed complete with modern plant and 200 cow round yard. Further infrastructure includes a three bay lockable shed and four bay implement / hayshed. A three bedroom home which is set in mature grounds provides ample accommodation or future sell down opportunities. Currently being run as a grass only operation, the property is well suited to continue as an entry level dairy operation, support or finishing property in an ideal location with the bonus of multiple titles providing options.

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Tender closes 2.00pm, Wed 10th Nov, 2021, Property Brokers, 129 Main Street, Pahiatua View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/PR95276

Jared Brock M 027 449 5496

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John Arends M 027 444 7380

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Pahiatua 108 Pukewhai Road Tender

Quality soils & infrastructure - 130 ha Located under 10 minutes drive from Pahiatua and under 40 minutes from Palmerston North, Pukewhai Road is an 87 ha dairy unit and 43 ha support property which features some of the Tararua Districts most sought after soil types. Regularly producing between 120,000 to 130,000 kgMS, the property features modern pasture species, superior farm infrastructure and a comfortable family home.

Improvements include a 2015 built 20 ASHB shed, 280 cow feed pad plus concrete feed storage, excellent shedding and a composting wintering barn. The dwelling features four bedrooms and extensive decking, all set in mature well kept grounds.

These properties will suit a range of agricultural sectors with purchase options to suit the most discerning buyers.

Tender closes 2.00pm, Thu 4th Nov, 2021, to be submitted to Property Brokers, 129 Main Street, Pahiatua View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/PR96059

Jared Brock M 027 449 5496

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John Arends M 027 444 7380

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Tinui 4552 Masterton Castlepoint Road Tender

Forbrae - 1,391 ha Forbrae is located in the heart of the Tinui farming district 35 minutes from Masterton & 15 minutes from Castlepoint Beach. Forbrae has been through a development program over the last six years with investment in fertility, fencing, an extensive laneway system & pasture renewal. Infrastructure is very good including a four stand woolshed (550 np), large cattle yards and three sets of main sheep yards, airstrip with 200t fertiliser bin & all weather access. Subdivided into over 100 main paddocks with reticulated water throughout, Forbrae is a turn-key sheep & beef breeding & semi-finishing operation. Three dwellings with two on separate titles provide multiple sale options or ample accommodation for a larger family farming operation. Forbrae provides well developed silt flats totalling 100 ha currently in superior pastures, the remaining effective area (800 ha total) a mix of medium to steeper hill, the ineffective area is a mix of silver cultured pines, manuka scrub & native bush.

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Tender closes 2.00pm, Thu 11th Nov, 2021, to be submitted to Property Brokers, 203 Chapel Street, Masterton View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/MR96742

Jared Brock M 027 449 5496

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Tony McKenna M 027 901 0246

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Hororata 1108 Te Pirita Road

First Class Canterbury Dairy and Dairy Support Farming Portfolio Property Brokers is privileged to offer to the market this large scale fully selfcontained dairy operation consisting of two well developed dairy farms plus dairy support unit based in the highly regarded Central Canterbury region.

Providing an outstanding opportunity for both owner/operators or investors seeking to acquire individual assets or the complete portfolio. Highly desired location, first class infrastructure backed up by reliable and efficient scheme irrigation water, these properties offer the complete package.

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Annanbrae Dairy Farm – 729 Terrace Road, Bankside – 164ha

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Te Pirita Dairy Farm – 699-791 Te Pirita Road, Te Pirita – 191ha

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Te Pirita Dairy Support – 1108 Te Pirita Road, Te Pirita – 259ha

Properties are available individually or in any combination, including options for going concern with livestock, plant and machinery available at valuation.

For more information about these properties please contact:

Chris Murdoch Rural Sales Consultant M 027 434 2545

Gareth Cox Rural Sales Consultant M 021 250 9714

Hororata 791/699 Te Pirita Road

Te Pirita dairy support Well established 259 ha dairy support property located in close proximity to both milking platforms.

Currently providing full support requirements for two dairy platforms including winter grazing, young stock grazing and some silage production. Irrigated via Central Plains Water Scheme and applied via three centre pivot irrigators. Well laid out property with reticulated stock water scheme with Dosatron combined with central lane providing ease of management.

Tidy three bedroom brick homestead set in established grounds complemented by a full range of outbuildings and cattle yards. A strategic asset of any dairy farm business, providing assured access to grazing and biosecurity.

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Chris Murdoch M 027 434 2545 Gareth Cox M 021 250 9714

Bankside 729 Terrace Road Tender

Modern 191 ha dairy platform converted in 2013 to the highest of standards. Milking 700 cows with average production over the past three seasons of 323,241 kgMS. Farming improvements include a high spec 54 bail rotary dairy shed with 700 cow capacity yard, in shed meal feeding system, automatic cup removers and protrack automatic drafting system. Irrigation water supplied by Central Plains Water Scheme and applied via centre pivots. Good standard of housing including modern four bedroom brick homestead plus two additional three bedroom staff houses.

Well laid out modern dairy platform with proven performance.

Tender closes 3.00pm, Mon 15th Nov, 2021 (unless sold prior), Property Brokers office, 217 West Street, Ashburton 7700 View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR97321

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Annanbrae dairy farm Tender closes 3.00pm, Mon 15th Nov, 2021 (unless sold prior), Property Brokers office, 217 Ward Street, Ashburton 7700 View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR97326

Chris Murdoch M 027 434 2545 Gareth Cox M 021 250 9714

Well established 164 ha dairy platform milking 630 cows with average production for the past three seasons of 292,760 kgMS. Excellent infrastructure featuring 50 bail rotary dairy shed with meal feeding system and protrack automatic drafting plus full range of shedding. Irrigation water supplied by Central Plains Water Scheme and applied via two centre pivots. Executive homestead set on elevated site plus three additional staff houses in sheltered grounds. This farm ticks all the boxes - location, scale, quality soils, infrastructure and proven performance.

Tender closes 3.00pm, Mon 15th Nov, 2021 (unless sold prior), Property Brokers office, 217 West Street, Ashburton 7700 View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR97184

Chris Murdoch M 027 434 2545 Gareth Cox M 021 250 9714

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Hinds 662 Isleworth Road

Seadown 139 Phar Lap Road Tender

Well located dairy unit- 210ha Located in the favoured Hinds District approximately 6.5 km south of Hinds, 20 minutes to Ashburton and 40 minutes to Timaru. This Mid Plains property has a lot to boast about. Milking 800 cows each year for the past four years with production figures from 364,249 to 393,975 kgMS. Pivot irrigation, one rotorainer doing four day return and some K-line in the corners. The irrigation is sourced from ground water. A 21 year old rotary dairy shed with Waikato plant, ACR, meal feeders with new snap chiller, plate cooler and platform ware strip in past two seasons. 750-800 circular yard.

Improvements include excellent farm buildings and the magnificent 400 m2 four bedroom home.

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Fairview Holstein Farms Tender closes 3.00pm, Wed 3rd Nov, 2021 (unless sold prior), Property Brokers, 217 West Street, Ashburton View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/AR96127

Chris Murdoch M 027 434 2545

Pleasant Point 87 Monument Road

This 415 ha self-contained dairy farm, family owned, and with a winter milking contract, an approximately 130 ha milking platform, and is a well- established operation with a 36 bail rotary dairy shed, free stall barn, plenty of sheds and four homes. The property has approximately 180 ha irrigated via guns with the balance of the Phar Lap Road block dry land and used for growing winter crops, maize and dairy support along with a run-off block on Hedley Road is irrigated via two pivots and a further block in Seaforth Road irrigated via a gun. All three blocks have good soils and fertility in a great location. This farm has lots of positive features and is well positioned for the future.

Monument Road Farm 397.42 ha

Tim Meehan M 027 222 9983

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McNally Road dairy farm Deadline Sale closes Thursday 11th November, 2021 at 2.00pm, (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/TMR97305

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Michael Richardson M 027 228 7027

Windsor 187 McNally Road Deadline Sale

A fantastic opportunity to buy an irrigated dairy farm with a difference. The vendors are currently milking 660 cows and running all younger stock on farm, but with current environmental rules there are now very good options with forestry and carbon. This will give very good returns both financially and environmentally. With two homes, plus a tiny home, a 60 bail dairy shed well set up, DeLaval plant with automatic cup removers and All Pro system.

Don't delay, enquire today. Price plus GST (if any)

Tender closes 2.00pm, Thu 21st Oct, 2021 (unless sold prior) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/TMR92343

This 257 ha property is well located in the Windsor area 20 km west of Oamaru in the quality farming district of North Otago. The attributes of reliable irrigation, quality soils and sound infrastructure, combine to provide a solid productive dairy property.

The 60 bail rotary dairy shed has good cow flow with ACR's, Reid plant and a feed system with silos, crusher and auger. 680 cows producing in excess of 300,000 kgMS average per season. There are good calf rearing facilities and sufficient implement sheds for a property of this scale as well as plenty of accommodation with four dwellings. The tracks, fencing, stock water system with Dosatron and irrigation are all of a good standard.

Tender closes 4.00pm, Tue 9th Nov, 2021 View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/OMR80617

Merv Dalziel M 027 439 5823 Barry Meikle M 027 436 5131

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Duntroon 5221 Kurow-Duntroon Road

Spar Bush 855 Argyle-Otahuti Road

Premium Waitaki orchard

Profitability and location

A unique property in the heart of the Waitaki Valley North Otago is For Sale By Negotiation View By appointment this 34 ha stone fruit orchard. With nearly 30,000 fruit trees on Web pb.co.nz/OMR93574 premium soils with reliable water this orchard has multiple fruit varieties including apricots nectarines, plums, peaches, and cherries.

With three well-appointed homes this fully self-contained orchard and business has the enviable ability to produce value added products on site . Include a road-side shop and developed markets and your income streams are established. This property will be sold as a going concern with all the infrastructure in place and a business that is ready to be taken to the next level.

Ross Robertson M 021 023 27220

Situated in the heart of Central Southland for genuine sale is this top quality dairy farm showing consistent production performance, strong profitability and simplicity of management. Rectangular in shape with good road frontage on flat to easy contour the farm has a five year production average of 160,000 kgMS from 320 cows.

The farm has a high percentage of new grass with excellent fertility and a well formed wide central lane. Buildings comprise a large three bedroom family home, separate self-contained unit, 26 ASHB cowshed with in shed feeding, ACR's and efficient cow flow plus a full range of farm shedding including a standoff pad. Act now, inspections highly recommended

For Sale From $4,950,000 + GST (if any) View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/IR94527

Wayne Clarke M 027 432 5768 John Hay M 027 435 0138

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The spring edition of Bayleys Country could sprout your new rural opportunity.

As soil temperatures rise, so do rural property enquiry levels – so check out the 131 farm, specialty and lifestyle options in Country now to be ahead of the buyer curve.

Country also digs into New Zealand’s agritech sector, follows the sheep dairying path, discovers the magic of black garlic and gives a snapshot of recent farm and lifestyle sales so you can see what’s happening in the market nationwide.

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FARM, SPECIALTY AND LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES FOR SALE ISSUE 2 – 2021

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NEW LISTING

Whakamaru 342 Kaahu Road

The next step to ownership

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The main home overlooks the farm across the Mangakino basin on this 211ha (more or less) dairy farm. In three titles the farm provides loads of character rolling in nature, fertile soils, and well maintained races. The target this year is 130,000 milk solids from 330 cows. Young stock plus a few extras grazed on farm, the previous owners had milked up to 500 cows. A good 36 bale milking shed sits centre of farm with in-shed feed system and lined effluent pond this well appointed dairy farm requires little capital expenditure. Considering a sheep milking operation? There is an operating two stand wool shed with night pens close to the milking shed. Other improvements include a half round haybarn, a four bay calf shed and a second home. This is a great sized farm for as a first farm with potential. Centrally located Whakamaru is well serviced by main highways.

Auction (unless sold prior) 2pm, Tue 9 Nov 2021 The Monarch Room, 1133 Hinemaru Street, Rotorua View 12-1pm Wed 20 Oct & Wed 27 Oct or by appointment Ben Hickson 021 433 283 ben.hickson@bayleys.co.nz

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Galatea 75 Mangamate Road

Entry level with scale

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This 66ha (more or less) property with a further 51ha (more or less) of long term lease land presents a great opportunity for first farm ownership with scale. This is a must-see property. Milking 330 cows for a three year average of 163,000 milk solids. A 36 aside cowshed built in 2016 has ACR’s, computerised plant wash system, milk cooling chiller and feed pad with water fill station. The land is flat and well subdivided into 46 paddocks with ring race making the furthest walk 20 minutes from the shed. Fully irrigated there is ample supply of water providing insurance for those dryer summers. Other improvements include two calf rearing sheds and a large implement shed with concrete floor. The main home has attached garage with bedsit, the second dwelling three bedrooms with modern interior. A well developed farm with modern improvements.

Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 1pm, Fri 5 Nov 2021 247 Cameron Road, Tauranga View 12-1pm Tue 19 Oct Ben Hickson 021 433 283 ben.hickson@bayleys.co.nz

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Galatea 1035 Troutbeck Road

Turnkey investment with strong bottom line Bayleys are privileged to bring this business opportunity to the market, comprising a portfolio of three dairy properties with a total of 503ha (more or less) of flat fertile land producing 745,000 kilograms of milk solids from an average of 1,750 cows. Two of the three dairies are autumn calving and taking advantage of the winter milk premium. The properties have excellent infrastructure, including three herringbone dairies. In addition, partial irrigation of the milking platform reduces climatic challenges in the advent of dry weather, coupled together with a proven feed management plan, further reducing the variability in production. The business is well positioned to continue generating a strong bottom line and is being offered as a turnkey package. Everything in place including the current management and staff, ensuring a seamless transition to the new owner.

Price by Negotiation View by appointment Phil Badger 027 357 5704 phil.badger@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Wairoa 89 McDonald Road, Tuai

629 hectare summer safe farming Located 41km west of Wairoa township, next to Te Urewera is Rosskeen Station, an extremely well developed 629ha breeding and finishing property which boasts excellent contour and fertility to fully maximise the return in this summer safe farming environment. The current owner has completed 15km of new fencing since purchased in 2015. With an excellent four stand woolshed, covered yards, implement sheds, on farm airstrip and 75 tonne fertiliser bin this is a turnkey operation, and a genuine 6,000 quality stock units. A real feature of the property is the elevated homestead with magnificent views up and down the valley. A must view for those wanting a reliable and productive property with scale, and the added benefit of all the hunting and fishing Te Urewera and Lake Waikaremoana have to offer. View by appointment.

Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 4pm, Mon 15 Nov 2021 17 Napier Road, Havelock North Tony Rasmussen 027 429 2253 tony.rasmussen@bayleys.co.nz Stephen Thomson 027 450 6531 stephen.thomson@bayleys.co.nz

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Bideford 366 Mangarei Road

Earlyhurst

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25 minutes northeast of Masterton Earlyhurst is for sale for the second time in its history. Faithfully farmed for over 100 years, with a long and consistent fertiliser history. The homestead has 6 bedrooms, main with ensuite, open plan family dining, kitchen, formal sitting room. 15-metre swimming pool, established grounds and tennis court. Contour is rolling to medium hill country with pockets of river flats. Earlyhurst has a reputation for excellent production averaging 140% lambing. Extremely well subdivided with 100 paddocks and five sets of yards, making it a very easy property to run, with the council road acting as a central laneway for a considerable portion of the property. Four stand woolshed, covered yards (1000 NP) and implement sheds. Earlyhurst represents a rare opportunity to purchase an established sheep & beef farm of size and scale. An efficient, low input property

Tender (will not be sold prior) Closing 4pm, Tue 16 Nov 2021 186 Chapel Street, Masterton View by appointment Lindsay Watts 027 246 2542 lindsay.watts@bayleys.co.nz Andrew Smith 027 760 8208 a.smith@bayleys.co.nz

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Martinborough 1300 White Rock Road

Well poised on Wine Country's edge

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With its proximity to Wellington and set in one of New Zealand’s premier wine growing areas, Birch Hill Station offers a range of options from its traditional pastoral sheep and beef base with potential for tourism and wine.

The 1579ha property only 10 minutes from Martinborough offers a balance of flat rolling and medium hill country.

All fences are conventional and permanent. Management is simplified by exceptional paddock layout, holding paddocks complemented by the laneway system. Six stand woolshed plus a 2,000 head covered yard with three sets of cattleyards and four sets of sheep yards throughout the station. Character four bedroom homestead, three bedroom house, shearers quarters renovated to a high standard suitable for a tourist operation.

Opportunities to purchase properties of this calibre are rare. Birch Hill’s location & scale are its greatest attributes.

Tender (will not be sold prior) Closing 4pm, Tue 23 Nov 2021 186 Chapel Street, Masterton View by appointment Lindsay Watts 027 246 2542 lindsay.watts@bayleys.co.nz Andrew Smith 027 760 8208 a.smith@bayleys.co.nz

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Morrinsville 472 Valintine Road

Tauwhare 130 Scotsman Valley Road

53ha, 28ha or both!

The golden triangle

This well-located dairy unit has multiple options to consider with flat contour and reliable peat soils. Currently the 53.5ha (more or less) unit is operated in conjunction with 28ha (more or less) of land, which is being sold separately. The prospect of a boutique dairy, support/cropping units or in its current format will resonate with many. Dairy infrastructure is situated on the larger block with a tidy 20 ASHB shed and a good array of shedding, a four bedroom home with garaging is also an asset. The 28ha block offers a great lifestyle with a tidy three bedroom home, a simplistic farm layout allows easy access and would be a great maize or support block. The opportunity to fulfil multiple requirements should be considered!

Auction (unless sold prior) 11am, Thu 4 Nov 2021 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton View 12-1pm Tue 19 Oct & Tue 26 Oct or by appointment Scott Macdonald 027 753 3854 scott.macdonald@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Seldom does the opportunity arise for a quality 76ha dairy farm within two titles. The predominantly flat farm is well appointed with a 30ASHB, large covered feed pad and extensive shedding.

Average production is 135,134kgMS from the 350 well indexed jersey herd. Grass silage is made on with water sourced from a reliable bore. The modern effluent system pumps underground covering 39ha. The healthy pastures reflect regular fertilizer applications with premium loam soils ensuring steady production.

Two dwellings complete this outstanding package with the character homestead positioned on an elevated site. Located 12 minutes to Cambridge, 15 to Morrinsville and 25 to Hamilton. This is a rare opportunity to purchase a quality land holding

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Raglan 3734 State Highway 23

Te Awamutu 893 Otorohanga Road

Supreme Raglan farm This pristine 79ha (more or less) farm epitomises the perfect country idyll. Just minutes from Raglan, in two titles with the subdivision process underway for a third, there are multiple options to be considered. The land is currently used for grazing, fattening and cropping. An architecturally inspired home with rustic elements, offers plenty of space for the family while a separate one-bedroom cottage provides further accommodation.

Infrastructure includes a 6-bay gable shed with stables, a stock yard and multiple storage sheds nearby. The environmental aspects makes this high-quality property a very desirable acquisition.

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Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 2pm, Wed 3 Nov 2021 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton View 12-1pm Wed 20 Oct or by appointment Scott Macdonald 027 753 3854 scott.macdonald@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Central location with options This well presented dairy farm is perfectly suited for a family operation and comprises 79.78ha (more or less). Supplying Fonterra with a production of 90,955kgMS from 200 cows.

Complementing the 18ASHB and 300 cow capacity yard is excellent implement and calf shedding. Soils comprise Punui silt loam and Maeroa ash with flat to rolling contour. Water is sourced from a bore plus consented irrigation from Waikato Regional Council. Privately set down a long tree lined drive the main homestead offers spacious and sun filled living areas that flow seamlessly to the outdoor living space and pool. Situated in a highly regarded farming area less than 15 minutes to Otorohanga and Te Awamutu, 34km to Cambridge and 45km to Hamilton.

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Auction (unless sold prior) 11am, Thu 18 Nov 2021 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton Phone for viewing times Peter Kelly 027 432 4278 peter.kelly@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 4pm, Tue 16 Nov 2021 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton Phone for viewing times Peter Kelly 027 432 4278 peter.kelly@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LIMITED, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Otane 509 Te Kura Road Contour, location and opportunity This centrally located 140-hectare property offers a great balance of contour, infrastructure, and scope for further development.

With a good mix of flats, easy rolling and medium-steep clean hill country, the block offers the potential for a variety of stock and cropping policy. Held in five titles and having significant road frontage, the potential may also exist for diversification or further development. Water supply includes the Papanui Stream, which is supported by reticulated well water to troughs and facilities, and spring-fed dams in the hills. Infrastructure includes a three bedroom home, three-stand woolshed, hay barns, sheep and cattle yards. The property offers excellent proximity to services in both Central Hawke's Bay and Hastings.

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Tender (will not be sold prior) Closing 4pm, Thu 11 Nov 2021 17 Napier Road, Havelock North View by appointment Kris August 027 248 9266 kris.august@bayleys.co.nz Tim Wynne-Lewis 027 488 9719 tim.wynne-lewis@bayleys.co.nz EASTERN REALTY LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

bayleys.co.nz/2852730

Picturesque coastal farm Located in a superb coastal setting is this picturesque and productive 591.2547ha sheep and beef farm. It is well-subdivided and has a full complement of farm infrastructure and two very good homes. This traditionally-farmed hill country property has a good balance of aspect and well-regarded, healthy stock country, particularly suitable for fine wool. Around 20ha of winterfeed is grown on the flats and there is around 32ha of forestry. This exceptionally well-presented farm presents a unique opportunity to build on the current sheep and beef model and expand by increasing fertiliser/re-grassing and further subdivision. Close to Cheviot for amenities and Gore Bay for recreation, this is a fantastic farming opportunity and an enviable lifestyle.

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12pm, Mon 8 Nov 2021 3 Deans Avenue, Chch View by appointment Ben Turner 027 530 1400 ben.turner@bayleys.co.nz Peter Foley 021 754 737 peter.foley@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Sheffield 411 Waianiwaniwa Road Choose your own adventure Weekend retreat, farming operation or rental income, this versatile 178 hectare property located in the foothills near Darfield presents a range of exciting possibilities. Located a short drive from Springfield village and within a stone’s throw of an array of recreational pursuits, the outdoor enthusiast has access to ski fields, lakes, rivers, hiking, trekking, boating, fishing and hunting. In recent times, this versatile property has been well utilised to run sheep and beef as well as operating as dairy support. The land is almost completely deer fenced and equipped with deer yard and woolshed plus sheep yards. A three-bedroom cottage offers comfortable living with plenty of scope to enhance and add value, with an array of sheds surrounding the house.

bayleys.co.nz/5516251

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Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 4 Nov 2021 3 Deans Avenue, Chch Phone for viewing times Ben Turner 027 530 1400 ben.turner@bayleys.co.nz Craig Blackburn 027 489 7225 craig.blackburn@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

'Gift Farm' Situated just 40 minutes from Christchurch CBD, 'Gift Farm', is a rarely-found opportunity to invest in a solid dairy operation, well set-up and performing strongly. The farm maintains consistent performance with 340,000kgMS budgeted for this season an ‘A’ grade audit report, superbly well equipped with a 54-bail rotary cowshed, inline feeding, and a variety of outbuildings and sheds.

At 188.1370 hectares, the property is fully irrigated with water supplied from two wells. Low-cost of production combined with solid herd performance ensures an efficient operation. Housing includes a five-bedroom brick residence, a modern threebedroom brick home and two further staff houses.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 4 Nov 2021 3 Deans Avenue, Christchurch Phone for viewing times Ben Turner 027 530 1400 ben.turner@bayleys.co.nz Craig Blackburn 027 489 7225 craig.blackburn@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

bayleys.co.nz/5516189

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Mangawhai

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Auction (unless sold prior) 12pm, Wed 1 Dec 2021 84 Walton Street, Whangarei View by appointment Catherine Stewart 027 356 5031 catherine.stewart@bayleys.co.nz MACKYS REAL ESTATE LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Location with proven production This 220 hectare (more or less) dairy unit, 13km north of Mangawhai will be sought after, featuring immaculate infrastructure, quality spring water, proven production with a picturesque and appealing outlook. Currently, 440 cows are milked though an excellent 30 bail rotary cowshed and producing 128,866kgMS from the 2020/21 season with the best production being 131,150kgMS. The farm is in six titles and subject to title being issued. Plus GST (if any).

bayleys.co.nz/1020653

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Ashburton 897 Buckleys Road, Seafield Location, soil and water Comprising 322 hectares (more or less), this substantial dairy unit is split into two blocks, located roughly 2km apart of which approximately 310 hectares is irrigated.

The "platform" consists of approximately 218 hectares and is irrigated via three rotorainers with all the infrastructure. The "runoff" is irrigated via a pivot and K-line in the corners.

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Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 4 Nov 2021 201 West Street, Ashburton View by appointment Jon McAuliffe 027 432 7769 jon.mcauliffe@bayleys.co.nz

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Seldom does a property in this location become available. Call now to secure an appointment to view.

This 132.7 hectare dairy farm comes with two homes and tidy infrastructure, making for a smooth dairy operation. Consistently producing around 100,000kgs of milk solids from approximately 120 effective hectares. There is also the option to purchase as going concern. View 11am-12pm 21 Oct.

Tender (unless sold prior) Closing 12pm, Thu 4 Nov 2021 1092 Fenton Street, Rotorua Phil Badger 027 357 5704 phil.badger@bayleys.co.nz

bayleys.co.nz/5516347

bayleys.co.nz/2450769

Currently milking approximately 750 cows through a 60-bail rotary shed, the modern set up includes automatic cup removal, inshed feeding, drafting gates and a 600-cow capacity yard.

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Bay of Plenty mature Green Kiwifruit Orchard 90 Mystery Valley Road, Paengaroa It is hard to find mature producing kiwifruit orchards available for purchase anywhere in the Bay of Plenty, let alone a title area of 7.253ha just on 20km from Te Puke and 8.5km from Paengaroa.

This Orchard has been maintained under professional management to a no short cuts high standard that has been fully producing off 3.9 canopy hectares (more or less). The way that Kiwifruit in general has performed in recent times leaves little room for doubt about the investment opportunity on offer here.

Mature shelter belts separate the kiwifruit into three blocks with a fully automatic frost fan placed in the center of the orchard. All are there to give absentee owners peace of mind.

Included on the property is a tidy medium sized 3-bay implement shed with roller doors and land conveniently set aside for servicing and loadout.

Run as an arms-length investment carrying on under the proven off site type management structure or manage using your own systems. Either way it is available now to be secured for next season.

Viewing is by appointment only and it would be prudent to register your interest now in order that you can be kept fully informed.

To be Auctioned in Te Puke Golf Club, Paengaroa, on 03 November at 11:00am unless sold prior.

Licensed Real Estate Agents (REAA 2008) Ted Peacocke 027 492 9190 Jennifer 027 485 6062 admin@peacockes.net

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Kevin Deane Real Estate

Gordonton 652 Woodlands Road 140.47ha

Put yourself in the picture Here it is, 140ha of totally useable land at the super popular locality of Gordonton.

Currently dairying but equally would make for an awesome maize block or support unit for heifer grazing. A great range of infrastructure in place; your inspection is highly recommended as properties of this scale and in this location on the open market are a rare commodity.

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Auction Thursday 11 November at 11:00am on site (unless sold prior)

Matamata 969 Piakonui Road Matamata Dairy Unit

View Monday 18, 25 Oct, 1, 8 Nov at 11-12Noon www.harcourts.co.nz/ML4556

With a superb range of dairy infrastructure in place plus two homes this well-tended 90ha (84.9ha FH plus 4.7ha LH) is a must see.

Whilst all on an Autumn calve regime the options exist with regards to settlement date, purchasing cows and machinery, leasing the 22ha seller’s run-off just down the road etc.

Call me today or pop out to an open day and let’s discuss your preferred option – There is a deal to be done here and with buyer demand strong it’s the early bird that gets the worm!

Kevin Deane M 021 907 902

Deadline Thursday 25th November (unless sold prior) View Wed 20, 27 Oct, 10 Nov at 11-12Noon www.harcourts.co.nz/ML4558

Kevin Deane M 021 907 902

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Open Day: Fri 22nd October 11.00-1.00pm

BLUE CHIP DAIRY SUPPORT/FINISHING

546 Ngutunui Road, Otorohanga 300 Cows, 100,000 solids, Realistic Vendor

Motivation to sell is high and fortunately for the astute dairy farm buyer our vendors price expectation is realistic. If you’re looking for a tidy 300 cow farming operation in the Waikato capable of producing in excess of 1000,000kg/ms with the bonus of quality on farm infrastructure and housing, look no further.

• Total Land Area: 157.0180 hectares • 31 aside Herringbone Cowshed • In-shed feed system • Excellent calf rearing facilities • Quality four bedroom home and second three bedroom home A farm with character, sound environmental practices and a proven track record of production through a diversity of different farming models. This farm must be viewed to really appreciate what is on offer. Situated in a desirable location, handy to both Otorohanga and Te Awamutu with Hamilton not all that far away either, when it comes to value for money we challenge you to find better for around $30,000/ha. Phone Kerry to find out more about how you can take the next step to farm ownership at a price that wont break the bank.

Dannevirke 30 superb hectares (74 acres), flat, fertile, all effective, central all weather raceway. Strong pastures. Presently dairy support dairy grazing and supplement production.

Excellent building sites, 50km from Palmerston North. Two titles with separate access.

Craig Boyden M: 027 443 2738 O: 06 374 4105 E: craigb@forfarms.co.nz

This is a gem of a property!

Viewing by appointment. www.forfarms.co.nz - ID FF3272

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Offers Over $980,000

For Sale By Negotiation www.harcourts.co.nz/OH9334

Kerry Harty 027 294 6215

kjharty@harcourts.co.nz

Rural Blue Ribbon Realty Ltd mreinz Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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RANGATEA - A FULLY INTEGRATED DAIRY BUSINESS OF SUPREME CLASS 1972 Lake Ferry Road, Pirinoa, South Wairarapa

nzr.nz/RX2930905 Blair Stevens AREINZ 027 527 7007 | blair@nzr.nz Dave Hutchison 027 286 9034 | dave@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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This fully self-contained, high-quality dairy unit really is one of a kind, situated just a 15 minute drive to Martinborough and featuring outstanding improvements, soils, fertility and balance. Rangatea consists of a 160ha dairy farm (148ha platform) with140ha´s of irrigation and a 176ha (150ha effective) runoff which sit either side of Lake Ferry Rd, joined via underpass. The dairy unit´s last three years production has averaged 215,000kgms from 500 cows at 430kgms/cow. Irrigation is provided via a robust river take and applied mainly through three well maintained centre pivots. All dairy young stock are grazed on the runoff and all supplements are made on farm. Improvements on the property are significant and include a fully renovated four-bedroom homestead and two very tidy three-bedroom homes. The dairy shed is a 40 aside herringbone with Protrack and heat detection booth. The effluent pond is fully lined and very recently consented. Both blocks have multiple calf / storage / implement sheds. The soils on both blocks are high quality - including deep alluvial silt loams with extensive drainage on the dairy unit and maize quality on the run off. Wairarapa dairy farms don´t come much better than this - if you are seeking a quality investment opportunity don´t delay.

Tender Closes 4pm, Wed 17 Nov 2021. Address for Tenders: NZR, Level 1, 16 Perry Street, Masterton 5810, or email by arrangement.

336 hectares Tender

OUTSTANDING TAMAIHU - THE ULTIMATE PACKAGE - 337HA Tamaihu, 317 Te Ore Ore Bideford Road, Te Ore Ore, Masterton This standout 337ha (incl 27ha of lease) finishing and breeding unit is situated minutes from downtown Masterton. With over 80ha of cultivatable flats surrounded by fertile medium hill country this farm has real grunt, enabling a mix of farm systems to be run. An all weather central race provides for excellent access and stock movement. The stock water supply is resilient with reticulated and/or dam water in all paddocks along with an exclusive limestone spring supply. The Gold award winning, 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom homestead was built in 2017 and is perfectly sited in an elevated position with stunning views back across the valley to the East.

Other improvements include a 3 stand woolshed and covered yards, multiple implement sheds, cattle yards, upmarket killing house with walk in chiller and the bonus of your own lime quarry. An outstanding Glamping Tent development adds an additional income source to this unique property. Further development/ subdivision options may also exist. Tamaihu is a very rare opportunity, literally on Masterton´s door step, offering buyers an enviable choice of land use options with outstanding improvements, great balance and further development potential. Call us now to view this exceptional property!

Tender Closes 4pm, Thu 18 Nov 2021. Address for Tenders: NZR, Level 1, 16 Perry Street, Masterton 5810, or email by arrangement.

337 hectares Tender

nzr.nz/RX2899269 Dave Hutchison 027 286 9034 | dave@nzr.nz Blair Stevens AREINZ 027 527 7007 | blair@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN 438 Omahina Road, Waverley A top class in contour, scale, soil & climate. It doesn´t get much better than this. This 664-ha trophy finishing farm could be regarded as a once in a life time opportunity to secure a property of this calibre which seldom become available in an area that is historically held for generations. The balanced contour, quality free draining soils and temperate climate are a recipe for success, giving options galore to many diverse land uses. Approx. 336 ha of flat to undulating land giving this farm suitability to a variety of cropping, horticultural and intensive farming systems. A long history of the annual fertiliser programme is evident with impressive Olsen P levels. Subdivided into 97 paddocks, laneways with quality conventional fencing throughout, including 80 ha fully deer fenced and an excellent reticulated water scheme delivering water to all paddocks. Infrastructure includes 3 dwellings, two woolsheds, deer handling shed & cattle yards all with all-weather access and an airstrip with a 38-tonne fertiliser bin. Farming practice have achieved stella production results from 2400 capital breeding ewes plus replacements as well as 260 mixed age cattle, all finished to excellent slaughter weights. Shelter is provided by numerous native trees plus 74 ha of strategically planted fully tendered Radiata Pine plantations, aged 6 - 28 years. Future registration to the ETS, can give the new owners a potential lucrative cash return from both carbon and timber.

MOTONUI STATION - SCALE WITH FINISHING COUNTRY 637 Atua Rd, Elsthorpe, Hawke’s Bay Motonui Station is a well located Central Hawke´s Bay breeding and finishing property with scale. The 751 ha property incorporates approx. 115 ha of flat/easy country with the balance being easy to medium plus some steeper.

Situated near the strong Elsthorpe community, 30km from Waipawa and 50km south of Hastings. For recreation, Kairakau beach is close by. Motonui can be accessed from the main entrance on Atua Road and Kairakau Road to the north, adding operational flexibility.

On-farm access and workability are strengths with laneway systems and quality farm tracks. The main access / laneway runs from the front to close to the back of the property and is metalled to the central sheep and cattle yards. Infrastructure includes; two separate reticulated water systems, 4 stand woolshed, two sets of cattle and sheep yards and a range of other farm shedding. Accommodation is well catered for by a well positioned 3 bedroom homestead and a three bedroom cottage.

664 hectares Tender

nzr.nz/RX2558626 Tender closing 11am, Tue 23 Nov 2021 NZR, 1Goldfinch Street, Ohakune Jamie Proude AREINZ 027 448 5162 | jamie@nzr.nz Open Days 11am - Guided Tour 19&20th, 24th, 26&27th Oct 21 NZR Central Ltd | Licensed REAA 2008

751 hectares Tender (+GST if any)

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Tender Closes 12pm Thurs 11 Nov 2021, NZR, 6 Ossian Street, Ahuriri, Napier.

Duncan McKinnon 021 241 9073 | duncan@nzr.nz Hawkes Bay Real Estate Ltd | Licensed REAA 2008

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Accelerating success.

Sheep/Beef/Deer/Finishing

Windermere

For Sale By Tender closing Thurs 4 November 2021 at 2pm (plus GST if any) 604 & 623 Mangleton Road, Kereru, Hastings, Hawke’s Bay

Land Area: 145 ha (more or less)

Various purchase options

Sheep/Beef/ Deer/ Finishing

Four bedroom home

Recreational playground

colliers.co.nz/p-NZL67016551

Windermere is a highly productive farm in the green belt of Hawke’s Bay with excellent contour and the recreational benefits of the picturesque river boundary and surrounding Ruahine Ranges.

Comprising approximately 145ha in two parcels of 75ha and 70ha potential purchasers have the option to purchase either parcel separately or the entire property.

Currently run as a sheep and beef finishing unit and due to the easy contour, a large portion of the property is suited to an intensive cropping and regrassing programme with a couple of paddocks currently in lucerne.

Opportunities such as this are hard to find and with various purchase options, interested parties should enquire today to avoid disappointment.

Hadley Brown 027 442 3539 hadley.brown@colliers.com

CRHB Limited Licensed REAA 2008

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TARADALE 313 Te Waitere Road, Taharoa, Te Kuiti Taradale presents the opportunity to secure a large scale sheep and beef breeding operation. This easy hill country is in an area that is renowned for it´s quality livestock production. A total of 653 ha with two family homes and two wool sheds. Farm is divided into 100 plus main paddocks traditional post and batten fencing, and some electric. A reticulated water system to majority of the farm. Taradale is 62 kms from Te Kuiti.

Deadline Sale Closing 11am, Thu 11 November 2021, NZR, 1 Goldfinch St, Ohakune

653 hectares Deadline Sale

nzr.nz/RX2734693 Alan Blackburn 06 385 4466 | 027 203 9112 alan@nzr.nz Gary Scott 06 385 4466 | 027 484 4933 gary@nzr.nz NZR Central Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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Riverslea Dairies 245.9148ha

Southland

Located in the reliable Wyndham district is this well presented flat, terraced property situated alongside the Mataura River. The excellent balance of soils have great fertility and is good early growing country, giving you a head start to the season.

Supported by a quality, fully automated 54 bail rotary shed with all the bells and whistles including a separate stand-off pad consented for 250 cows. Cows all wear GEA cowscouts for optimal farm management. Currently milking a herd of 610 and averaging 273,847kg MS over the last three seasons. A modern effluent system with green wash in place is easy to manage. Well equipped with four housing options and many other supporting sheds.

A character farm with a beautiful variety of planted shelter throughout, with all waterways fenced to a high standard.

Ref: CC20413

Deadline Private Treaty Closing Wednesday 24th November at 12pm (unless sold prior)

Paula Laughton 027 533 1268 paula@countryandco.nz

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Pip Ryan 027 432 5770 philip@countryandco.nz

Licensed under the REAA 2008

EXCELLENT RETURNS ON YOUR INVESTMENT

Located in the central heart of the Taranaki, this chicken broiler farm offers a solid business income and may be the perfect opportunity to make the change and embrace a unique country lifestyle.

Set on 5.0425ha (approx. 12.5 acres) and enjoying stunning open rural views the property is only a short drive to good schooling and community hubs and 15km (approx.) to New Plymouth with all that has to offer.

The 3-bedroom family home is very comfortable and has recently been fully refurbished. A separate double garage has an adjoining rumpus/games room for the family to spread out.

All of the 8 broiler units have been well maintained, fully upgraded and automated to a high standard. An array of support buildings including implement shed, office, feed silos, generators and other assets make this a very attractive property. Recent improvements to the operation include natural energy and water harvesting facilities that have received recognition and environmental awards.

Currently operated as an investment with one full-time manager plus a further full-time labour unit, the property and business includes all necessary equipment required day to day along with training and assistance for new operators.

An extremely profitable business showing exceptional returns – don’t delay, enquire now.

www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/rural/listing/3210321089

0204 051 0527 ross@countrywiderealestatesales.co.nz Licensed REAA 2008

Geoff Pridham

027 232 1516 geoffp@abcbusiness.co.nz www.abcbusiness.co.nz

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DEADLINE SALE

TENDER

Established Free Range Chicken Farm

4.328 ha

Matamata The chicken growing industry has a history of consistency. In these uncertain times consistency is gold. Consumers are increasingly focused on ethically grown, traceable foods that favourably compare to their alternatives. Free range chicken has always stacked up well when bench marked against other meats.

This turn-key property is particularly well set up and is showing good returns. The land and buildings will be sold with all the necessary resource consents in place including a renewable Growers contract with Tegal. The farm and house are on separate parcels of land each with their own title.

matamata.ljhooker.co.nz/HZNHR1

For Sale by Tender Closes Thurs 4th Nov, 3pm (unless sold prior) ___________________________________ View

By Appointment Only ___________________________________ Agent Peter Begovich 027 476 5787 Rex Butterworth 021 348 276 LJ Hooker Matamata 07 888 5677 Link Realty Ltd. Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Ducks And Dry Stock

177.189 ha

Morrinsville Hedging your bets is possibly the safest way forward. Here you will be able to achieve that at scale. This impressive, versatile block is located partway between Morrinsville and Hamilton. The farm includes 2 first class, 6 year old Duck growing sheds that are consistently yielding good returns.

The balance of the 177 hectares has been professionally developed as a heifer grazing property. It is extremely well subdivided, has an excellent water system, duck ponds, forestry (carbon credits), a great range of support buildings, three bedroom home and awesome cattle handling facilities.

A very attractive block that incorporates a balanced mix of contour.

matamata.ljhooker.co.nz/HZYHR1

Deadline Sale Closes Thurs 4th Nov, 3pm (unless sold prior) ___________________________________ View

By Appointment Only ___________________________________ Agent Rex Butterworth 021 348 276 Peter Begovich 027 476 5787 LJ Hooker Matamata 07 888 5677 Link Realty Ltd. Licensed Agent REAA 2008

NEW LISTING

0 Sandhills Road 21 Grayden Road Kaitaia Morrinsville

109 Hectares Sandhills Road

• 81 hectares flat to easy rolling contour ha approx. of flat easy grazing land with power at the • 109 220 cows heifers on,to calves on 77,000m/s and natural water ponds in most of the approx 18 • road 24 aside HB Protrac system & stock • paddocks 250 cow feed padyard. There is the potential for the addition bore & development ofconcern early season orchards or • of Can bewater purchased as a going with sandy peat soils for your coastal • horticulture Tidy 3 bedroom home and and sandy sleepout lifestyle subdivision. A short walk over the sand • residential 6 km to Morrinsville the mighty 90 Mile Beach for fishing, surfing or • dunes Offersto above GV $4,120,000 plus GST. Pick an elevated • diving.

By appointment only site for your dream home with panoramic sea views.

Price is plus GST (if any).

kaitaia.ljhooker.co.nz/GUKGEE

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Morrinsville For Sale Set Date of Sale Closes Sale

by Deadline 2nd4pm Friday 29 October 2021 (unless sold prior) November 2021 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ View www.morrinsville.ljhooker.co.

By Appointment ___________________________________ nz/EE0GEW ___________________________________ Agent Agent Gerard Ponsonby Terry Court 021 754 233 027 454 4808

LJ Hooker Morrinsville (07) 889 8015 LJ Hooker Kaitaia 09 408 1241 Licensed Agent REAA Licensed Agent REA 20082008

Central Waikato Realty(2010) Limited.

Licensed Real Estate Agent2008.

REAAAll 2008.

All information contained herein is gathered sources we consider to be reliable.

However, wecannot cannotguarantee guaranteeororgive giveany anywarranty warrantyabout aboutthe theinformation information provided. must solely rely onon their ownown enquiries.

Far North Real Estate Ltd Licensed Agent REAA information contained herein is gathered fromfrom sources we consider to be reliable.

However, we provided.Interested Interestedparties parties must solely rely their enquiries.

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81 hectares flat to easy rolling contour 220 cows heifers on, calves on 77,000m/s 24 aside HB Protrac system 250 cow feed pad Can be purchased as a going concern Tidy 3 bedroom home and sleepout 6 km to Morrinsville Offers above GV $4,120,000 plus GST. By appointment only

For Sale Sale by Deadline 2nd November 2021 ___________________________________ View www.morrinsville.ljhooker.co. nz/ENBGEW ___________________________________ Agent Terry Court 021 754 233 LJ Hooker Morrinsville (07) 889 8015 Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Central Waikato Realty Limited. Licensed Real Estate Agent REAA 2008. All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However, we cannot guarantee or give any warranty about the information provided. Interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries.

AUCTION

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‘Pirirakau’

Open Day: Wed, 20 Oct 11.00am - 1.00pm

 inspection by appointment

First time on the market for two generations an attractive, quality dairy unit situated in a prime location in the Roto-O-Rangi district, midway between Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

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1092 Roto-O-Rangi Road, R D 3, Cambridge 97.08 hectares - aesthetically enhanced by a unique QEII native bush reserve flat to easy rolling contour; some sidlings, a variety of specimen trees soil types include mairoa ash, clay and peat loam very well subdivided and raced - v.g water reticulation system calving approx. 260 cows - 3 year average 96,440 kgs milk solids

Ph Brian Peacocke 021 373 113

• 20 a/s farm dairy, in-shed feed system; a good effluent system with lined pond • extensive range of farm buildings plus silage bunkers • 2 homes - 1 x 4 brm homestead on central elevated site - 1 x 3 brm dwelling • an extremely well located property in a district well known for a v.g. primary school, well-utilised community facilities, & easy access to two v.g. service centres.

Sale by Auction: Thurs, 18 November

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AUCTION

Prime Central Waikato

OPEN DAY

Open Day: Thurs, 21 Oct 11.00am - 1.00pm

 inspection by appointment

A very well located versatile property, being part of an existing dairy unit, situated on the fringe of Ohaupo township, in the sought-after region of Central Waikato.

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75 Ryburn Road, Ohaupo 44.60 hectares - flat to gentle rolling contour soil types include a mix of clay & silt loam plus peat loam ease of management and access assisted by a central race and good subdivision currently being farmed as a dairy unit but ideally suited also for maize growing, dairy support, beef finishing or large scale calf-rearing

• 19 a/s farm dairy with in-shed feed system; effluent ponds drop tested and approved for current land use • good water supply from 2 bores on the property • 2 x good 4-bay implement sheds, 1 with workshop incorporated • 1 x 4 brm brick dwelling with separate double garage • 9 km from Hamilton Airport

An opportunity to acquire a multi-use property in a location with great options for schooling, nearby services, shops & an event centre in the adjoining village of Ohaupo.

Ph Brian Peacocke 021 373 113

Sale by Auction: Thurs, 18 November

PRL Enterprises Ltd t/a PRL Rural

021 373 113

Licensed REAA2008

MREINZ

from 1.00pm

bjp@prl308.co.nz

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NEW LISTING

PUTARURU, STH WAIKATO 59 Arapuni Rd Doing the Business This well presented 74.31 hectare (subject to survey) dairy farm represents a great opportunity to acquire a well setup property doing the business with consistently high production and is easily managed as a one-man unit. 2020/2021 production was 121,430kg MS milking 228 cows. The last three years average production is 115,438kg MS. Well located on the Putaruru town boundary, the property is on prime dairy land with flat to easy contour, fertile Tirau ash soils resulting in a strong dairy sward of pasture, as reflected in the above production history.

DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY (Unless Sold Prior) Closes 4.00pm Thursday 11 November PGGWRE, 72 Firth St, Matamata

VIEW 11.00-1.00pm

Thursday 21 & 28 October

Trevor Kenny M 021 791 643 E trevor.kenny@pggwrightson.co.nz Peter Donnelly M 021 449 559 E pdonnelly@pggwrightson.co.nz

PROPERTY Express

The spring edition of NZ’s No.1 national property magazine ‘Property Express’ is out now, showcasing rural property from across the country.

Southland family legacy

READ IT NOW:

Craigie Glen, Gore See inside for details

www.pggwre.co.nz/property-express

SPR ING 2021 www.pggwre.co.nz/property-express

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NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

MAHOENUI, WAITOMO 486 Ngatarawa Rd Breeding and Finishing Farm - 907 Hectares 625 hectares effective. Excellent example of a well run and managed sheep and beef breeding/finishing operation. The vendors have paid high attention to stock health, stock production and married this with pasture quality, fertiliser and a great water system.

Contour is predominantly easy rolling down to the river flats in the north and steeper sheep country in the south. Very good fertiliser history, water is reticulated to almost the entire property, from a very good spring/pond supply. This is a very good producing farm and well worth your time to investigate. pggwre.co.nz/TEK34593 PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

www.pggwre.co.nz

DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY

(Unless Sold Prior) Closes 1.00pm, Fri 26 November PGGWRE, 57 Rora St, Te Kuiti

VIEW 10.00-12.00pm, Tuesday 26 October

Peter Wylie M 027 473 5855 E pwylie@pggwrightson.co.nz

TAUMARUNUI, KING COUNTRY

TENDER

(Unless Sold By Private Treaty) Closes 11.00am, Fri 26 November PGGWRE, 57 Rora St, Te Kuiti

Mangakahikatea Road - Bancroft Farms 545 hectares (more or less) located in Otangiwai, 10 km from Matiere is this very well run traditionally sheep and beef breeding/finishing farm. The vendors are renowned for their expertise in producing top quality lambs and outstanding weaner Angus steers.

The farm is steep by the road but up the top is easy rolling finishing/cultivable country. The access is very good throughout with a metal track up to the airstrip. The vendors attention to producing quality stock is evident throughout the farm and it has been a quality production farm for them.

VIEW 10.00-12.00pm

Wednesday 27 October

Peter Wylie M 027 473 5855 E pwylie@pggwrightson.co.nz

pggwre.co.nz/TEK34707

‘Lifestyle Collection’ out soon – read all about the lifestyle property market in New Zealand’s number 1 lifestyle real estate magazine.

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EXPERIENCED SHEPHERD

Wharekiri Station is a 1,080ha effective property situated in Benneydale, 35 minutes from Te Kuiti and part of the Tiroa E and Te Hape B group of farms covering 7,500ha effective. Wharekiri Station winters 12,000 stock units made up of a high performing breeding ewe flock and beef finishing system.

SHEPHERD The successful applicant would require 2-3 good working dogs, have a broad skill base and have had experience with finishing both lambs and cattle. You will need to have excellent stockmanship, clear written and oral communication, be able to take responsibility, have a ‘can do’ attitude, be able to adhere to farm Health & Safety policies, and be able to work both independently and in a team environment.

This position comes with competitive remuneration, a great work environment and good housing.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will be required to have a clear pre-employment drug test.

For further information please contact Jason Taitoko (07) 878 4834, or email your CV to: camilla@tiroatehape.maori.nz Applications close Wednesday 27th October 2021

CALF REARING MANAGER AWARUA, NORTHLAND

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We are seeking a Senior Shepherd to join our team of 6 on our Sheep, Beef and Deer operation situated in the Turangi area. Rangiatea Station is 2,865ha spread over 3 locations. It is a breeding and finishing farm wintering 27,150 stock units with a farm policy to finish all progeny on the property.

The successful applicant must: • Be self-motivated with an excellent work ethic • Be a good stockman • Have 4-5 well trained dogs • Be keen to work in a team situation • Be honest and have a positive attitude towards their work and other staff • Be willing to learn and take on responsibility There is a great variation of work within the farming operation, the role will be mainly stock work, with some general duties as required. In recent years the owners have put a lot of resources into developing the Station to enable its production to be lifted; you could be part of the team that takes Rangiatea to the next level.

There is a good local farming community with excellent hunting on the property. We offer a competitive salary package, as well as ongoing training and personal development to enable you to obtain your personal career goals. A tidy 3-bedroom home is available with school bus at the gate to the local primary school (Kuratau School) and the location is only a 10 minute drive to Lake Taupo.

Rangiatea Station is committed to providing a safe workplace and the successful applicant will be required to pass a Drug and Alcohol test prior to being appointed.

Please e-mail your CV and cover letter to: rangiatea.station@xtra.co.nz Applications close 26th of October 2021.

For more information contact Andrew Bolton-Riley – Farm Manager on 027 247 7320

Canterbury

Once in a while the opportunity of a career comes along… and if you are passionate about raising quality calves for both replacement and beef rearing then this is the chance for you.

An exciting new opportunity has been created for an Operations Manager to oversee the management of a privately owned large scale farming business in Canterbury. Our client owns and operates seven dairy farms and a dairy support block, compromising of approximately 1120ha, to produce 3m KgMS, milking 7000 cows.

Mid North Farms is committed to sustainable and profitable farming in Northland and includes within its portfolio substantial dairy and beef units. Based at Awarua, on a drystock unit, the calf rearing facility will take about 2500 four-day-old calves from the dairy farms from both spring and autumn calving herds.

Reporting to the farm owner, the focus is to maximise sustainable profits from these self-contained properties by using effective allocation of resources and to take advantage of scale without compromising performance.

On offer is the chance to run this significant operation, managing and co-ordinating all calf rearing activities. This starts with working closely with dairy farm managers who are raising calves to four-days-old and then managing the transfer and ongoing rearing of the calves on-site at the specialist calf rearing facility. The measure of your success will be healthy at-weight calves delivered on time and to budget.

Success will reflect a practical approach combined with timely decision making. We therefore seek someone with a proven track record in the following areas: • Experience in a progressive multi or large rural sector operation • Practical experience and understanding of businesses’ operational roles that promotes empathy with staff and enables leadership by example • Technical training and qualifications that ensure full understanding of best practice for farm, people and business management • Proven ability and expertise to prepare, evaluate and interpret financial information and contribute to astute business decisions • Ability to relate to, motivate, lead and support colleagues, owners and staff by integrating into an established structure and creating synergies through shared responsibility and delegation.

To achieve this, you’ll recruit and lead a team of specialist calf rearers and produce the daily, weekly and seasonal work plans. Taking a pro-active approach to calf health and welfare needs will be second nature to you, along with a great understanding of what it takes to grow thriving animals that will perform well both as young and mature stock.

Needless to say, you will have significant calf rearing experience, ideally already have been in a leadership or management role and will be ready to take responsibility for this significant and critical part of the Mid North Farm business.

From operational expertise to managing records, administration, planning and leadership, this is a role that will enable the job holder to demonstrate their expertise and contribute in a very meaningful way to the business. This is a handson role and will require a high level of physical fitness and stamina, as well as patience and calmness.

The role will be nimble enough to fit in to where the business may need further attention or growth, therefore must live within close proximity to the Rakaia office. There will, however be a significant travel component.

We would like the appointee to be part of designing and establishing the new facilities plus the management procedures and protocols for its operation.

On offer are two housing options, one on farm and the other on a nearby farm and a remuneration package that will reflect your experience along with the potential opportunity for work for your partner to transport calves and milk to the unit from the supplying dairy farms within the Mid North Farms business.

Want to know more? To take a look at the job description and to register your interest log onto www.no8hr.co.nz job reference 8HR1428.

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Wharekiri Station

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You will be working alongside our team of analysts to produce indemand red meat and livestock sector reports and analysis.

Your time will be spent creating quality analysis and commentary relied on by primary sector for independent content they value to keep them informed and give them a competitive edge

ANIMAL HEALTH

You will build professional relationships from a wide range of industry sources.

www.drench.co.nz farmer owned, very competitive prices. Phone 0800 4 DRENCH (437 362).

This part time (20 hrs per week) permanent position is suitable for an applicant who is in touch with the rural sector and who is able to work either from home or our Feilding based head office.

ATTENTION FARMERS

Workflow involves a commitment to the bulk of these hours being on a Thursday and Friday.

SOUTH ISLAND FARMERS. Fixed premium price for your yearling beef X calves next year - your estimate MARGIN OVER $1000/head. Contact Annie 021 825 198 for more detail of the program.

To request a job description and application form, please email: hr@globalhq.co.nz Applications close Friday 22 October, 2021.

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BALAGE $75+gst. Unit loads available. Top quality.

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FOR WEANERS to R2s.

Feilding area. Phone 027 223 6156.

BIRDS/POULTRY

HORTICULTURE

PULLETS HY-LINE brown, great layers.

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NZ KELP. FRESH, wild ocean harvested giant kelp.

The world’s richest source of natural iodine. Dried and milled for use in agriculture and horticulture. Growth promotant / stock health food. As seen on Country Calendar. Orders to: 03 322 6115 or info@nzkelp.co.nz

DOGS FOR SALE

Promote or find your next adventure in our Travel & Tourism section published monthly.

Next issue – November 8 Booking deadline: Wednesday November 3 – 12 noon To advertise your travel products and services contact: Debbie 06 323 0765 or email classifieds@globalhq.co.nz

GRAZING AVAILABLE

DEERLAND TRADING LTD buying deer velvet this season and paying above the average. Also contractor required to buy deer velvet. Payment on commission basis. Contact 021 269 7608.

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GOATS WANTED

FERAL GOATS WANTED. All head counted, payment on pick-up, pick-up within 24 hours. Prices based on works schedule.

Experienced musterers available.

Phone Bill and Vicky Le Feuvre 07 893 8916.

BALAGE FOR SALE

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PROMOTES QUICK PASTURE growth.

Only $6+gst per hectare delivered. 0508-GIBBGRO [0508 442 247] www. gibbgro.co.nz. “The Proven One.”

40c/50c PER KG dags fadges/bales.

Replacement woolpacks.

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Kawakawa Road, Feilding. Phone 06 323 9550.

GORSE AND THISTLE SPRAY. We also scrub cut. Four men with all gear in your area. Phone Dave 06 375 8032.

Contact Debbie Brown 06 323 0765 or email classifieds@globalhq.co.nz

GIBB-GRO GROWTH PROMOTANT

GOATS WANTED. All weights. All breeds.

Prompt service. Payment on pick up. My on farm prices will not be beaten.

Phone David Hutchings 07 895 8845 or 0274 519 249. Feral goats mustered on a 50/50 share basis.

CONTRACTORS

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FOR SALE VENISON WEIGH CRATE, in good condition. $1200 or nearest offer. Phone 06 374 2924.

HUGE SELECTION of Huntaways and Headers.

Deliver NZ Wide. www. youtube.com/user/ mikehughesworkingdog/ videos 07 315 5553.

TOP HEADING BITCH 4 months. Fully trained by retired manager- musterer.

R. Berkahn. B Bryson. B Arends Blood. Wairarapa 027 591 1501.

TWO x 5 MONTH Huntaway pups. Excellent barks, m&f. THREE very well bred pups. Bryson’s ‘glen’, seven weeks.

Taihape. Phone 027 243 8541.

DOGS WANTED

LOG BUYER HAULER CREW available for summer harvest.

Wairarapa area.

Phone 027 489 7036.

SIMPLIFY YOUR farm planning with practical, affordable and accurate maps from www. farmmapping.co.nz – contact us for a free quote.

PUMPS

LAMB DOCKING / TAILING CHUTE

With automatic release and spray system. www.vetmarker.co.nz 0800 DOCKER (362 537)

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HIGH PRESSURE WATER PUMPS, suitable on high headlifts.

Low energy usage for single/3-phase motors, waterwheel and turbine drives. Low maintenance costs and easy to service. Enquiries phone 04 526 4415, email sales@hydra-cell.co.nz

RAMS FOR SALE WILTSHIRE & SHIRE® Meat rams. Low input. www.wiltshire-rams.co.nz 03 225 5283.

WILTSHIRES-ARVIDSON. Self shearing sheep. No1 for Facial Eczema. David 027 2771 556.

SADDLERY

ZON BIRDSCARER

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Phone: +64 6 357 2454

DE HORNER

HOOF TRIMMER

EARMARKERS

50 TON WOOD SPLITTER 12HP, Diesel, Electric Start

Heavy duty construction for serious wood splitting. Towable.

BRIDLES THREE TYPES. Heavy leather. Breastplates two types. Hobbles. Leg straps.

Cruppers etc. Phone Otairi Station. 06 322 8433.

WANTED TO BUY SAWN SHED TIMBER including Black Maire.

Matai, Totara and Rimu etc. Also buying salvaged native logs.

Phone Richard Uren. NZ Native Timber Supplies. Phone 027 688 2954.

www.moamaster.co.nz

WANTED TO LEASE

Phone 028 461 5112 Email: mowermasterltd@gmail.com

EAST TARANAKI FARM LAND. Sheep and beef.

Phone 020 4018 9927.

NORTH WAIKATO sheep and beef farm Phone 027 492 8944.

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FALLOW DEER FOR SALE. 40 years of trophy type breeding. Phone 021 886 065.

WILTSHIRE RAMS and ewes, full shedding, meat breed. Simon 022 134 1009. Levin.

CRAIGCO

12 MONTHS TO 5½-yearold Heading dogs and Huntaways wanted. Phone 022 698 8195.

WANTED QUARTER HORSE gelding, 5-10yrs, 14hh. Quiet and sound.

Phone 06 388 0644.

FOR ONLY $2.10 + gst per word you can book a word only ad in Farmers Weekly Classifieds. Phone Debbie on 0800 85 25 80.

VETMARKER

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Call or email us for your free copy of our plans Email: info@ezylinehomes.co.nz Phone: 0800 399 546 (EZYLINE) Web: www.ezylinehomes.co.nz

“We swapped over to Kells Wool a couple of years ago and have found they are great to deal with. Jess is our wool rep, she is there at shearing whether it's in person or via video chat to keep us up to date with what is happening in the market...she is passionate about the industry and knows her wool!”

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CHILLERS & FREEZERS

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STORTFORD LODGE SALEYARDS TOTAL YARDING 1800 CATTLE

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See TradeME #2251190054 [For farmers and hunters]

PGG Wrightson on behalf of Clients will offer approx 800 Cattle including the following special entries

Email classifieds@globalhq.co.nz or call 0800 85 25 80 today

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Riverbank Stn, Rissington 50 2yr Ang Steers (470kg)

Manganoe, Waihou 40 2yr Ang Steers (500kg)

Natusch Partnership, Maraekakaho

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40 2yr Sth Devon Steers

FGLT BOARD ELECTION

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When only the best will do!

Tuapae Farm, Kereru

Voting closes Friday 22 October

75 2yr Ang Heifers

Maunganui Stn, Te Pohue

Owners of farm woodlots have until 5pm on Friday 22 October to vote for Board members of the Forest Growers Levy Trust.

160 1yr Ang Ang Hfd X Steers (320kg)

Pourerere Stn, Pourerere 75 1yr Ang Ang Hfd X Steers (300kg)

There are four nominations for two Board positions representing owners of fewer than 1,000 hectares of forest;

GO TO vote.forestvoice.org.nz for candidate and voting information and to vote.

Voting is also being held for two Board representatives of forests comprising more than 1,000 hectares.

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Roscommon Farm, Wairoa

STUD STOCK

50 1yr Ang Ang Here X Steers (400kg)

Punawai Station, Puketitiri 30 Ang Ang Hfd 1yr Steers

Mt Erin Stn, Middle Road 40 Ylg Ang Steers

Glenora Holdings, Takapau 40 Ylg Hfd Bulls BVD Tested

Deliver your stud

Foley Farming, Takapau 30 Ylg Ang Heifers

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Enquiries:

Neil Common 027 444 8745

to every farm

PGG Wrightson Limited is not liable if any sale is unable to proceed as booked due to Covid-19 restrictions or for any associated costs/loss. An alternative sale method may need to occur.

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BTZ Forestry Marketing and Harvesting (Obtaining the best profits for our customers) Farmers/Woodlot owner Tired of waiting for someone to harvest your trees?

We are not committed to one buyer that is how we get our customers the most profit we can. Set up to do the smaller, trickier wood lots. No job too big or too small.

Free quotes Markets for all species Email: BTZforestry@gmail.com

SALE TALK

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A young boy was obsessed with farming machinery, he built models, he drew them, and spent all his free time going to his local farm just for a look at a combine harvester or a hay baler.

first for news,

As he aged, his interest in mechanised agriculture slowly disappeared, and by the time he was married with kids, he’d completely forgotten his love for it.

opinion, market updates and

One night, as he was preparing for bed, he realised he could smell smoke coming from the children’s bedroom.

even their own

He rushed to the doorway to see that a candle had fallen off the bedside table and the rug was ablaze. His children were trapped on the other side of the room with no escape.

advertising.

Smoke was filling the room and the children were coughing and panicking. He knew he had to act. Quick as a flash he took a long, deep breath and inhaled all of the smoke. He then opened the window and blew all of the smoke out of his lungs and into the air. He had saved his house and his family.

For further information contact our Noticeboard sales team on 0800 85 25 80

His wife, who had arrived with a bucket of water asked her husband: “Honey, how did you manage to suck all that smoke from the room?”

“I’m an ex-tractor fan”

Here at Farmers Weekly we get some pretty funny contributions to our Sale Talk joke from you avid readers, and we’re keen to hear more!

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Conditions apply

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Are you sick of Facial Eczema?

NZ’s Virtual Saleyard UPCOMING AUCTIONS Monday 18th October 2021 12.00pm Wellsford Saleyard Store Cattle Sale Tuesday 19th October 2021 12.00pm Frankton Saleyard Store Cattle Sale Wednesday 20th October 2021 10.30am Stortford Lodge Saleyard Store Cattle Sale Thursday 21st October 2021 11.30am High Indexed In-Milk Female Sale A/c W & B Addy 12.00pm Tuakau Saleyard Store Cattle Sale Friday 22nd October 2021 11.30am Feilding Saleyard Store Cattle Sale 2021 Ram Sale dates coming soon

FARMERS WEEKLY – October 18, 2021

WE NEED Grazing FARMERs! • Do you need more stock for your farm?

• Do you want a regular income?

• Could you grow healthy dairy heifers on your farm?

NORTH ISLAND WIDE

To find out more

CALL 0800 10 84 94 WWW.GRAZING.NZ

To see these top breeders, visit www.fegold.co.nz

For more information go to bidr.co.nz or contact the team on 0800 TO BIDR

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Producing robust maternal genetics to future proof your flock High performance genetics with FE and parasite tolerance.

OPEN DAY

Tuesday, 2 Nov 2021, on-farm in Waikaretu SALE DATE

Friday 5 Nov 2021, Frankton Saleyards, 12.30pm Follow us on Facebook & Instagram

Brandon, Philip & Audrey – Otorohanga. P: 07 873 6313 Bryant, Maree – Urenui. P: 06 752 3701 Frank, Wayne – Waitara. P: 06 754 4311 Jury, Chris – Waitara. P: 06 754 6672 Langlands, Neil & Linda – Taumarunui. P: 07 896 8660 MacFarlane, James – Stratford. P: 06 762 5880 Proffit Proffit, Russell & Mavis – Mahoneui. P: 027 355 2927 Brosnahan, Sean – Ohope. P: 06 864 4468 Harding, Judy – Woodville. P: 06 376 4751 Otoi Farming Co – Wairoa. P: 06 838 7398 Longview – Maxwell, Graeme & Sue – Tutira. P: 06 839 7412 Bryant Gaskin, Rob & Heather – Levin. P: 06 368 0623 Henricksen, John & Carey – Pongaroa. P: 06 374 3888 Jury D’Ath, Warren – Palmerston North. P: 06 354 8951 Robbie, Donald & Marlene – Eketahuna. P: 06 376 7250 Spellman, John – Te Awamutu. P: 07 870 1433 MacFarlane Te Awaiti Station – Martinborough. P: 022 607 5968 Timms, Gilbert – Shannon. P: 06 362 7829

E: perendalenz@xtra.co.nz

Tuakau Saleyards on 8 November at 1.00pm Brandon

Langlands

Brosnahan

Otoi Longview Harding

D’Ath Timms

Te Kuiti North Island Ram Sale 1 PM, Te Kuiti Saleyards

Tirau Wiltshires are proud to offer 40 of their best polled 2020 born rams

Spellman

Frank

15 November 2021

WILTSHIRE RAM SALE

Henricksen

Gaskin Robbie

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100% shedding ability Good temperament Easy care Excellent growth rates A large high yielding carcass Strong conformation Sound, well-shaped feet Selected from ewes with a family history of producing twins Lambing percentage for the 2021 year 174% (ewes to ram)

Only the best twin rams, with a family history of at least 4 generations of producing twins, were selected for the sale from a flock of 500 ewes.

We are confident these rams will meet the most discerning buyers’ requirements but you be the judge.

Enquiries to Brent Chappell phone 027 224 0821 Hoping to see you at Tuakau Saleyards on 8 November at 1.00pm

Anderson

Evans

SOUTH ISLAND

James Tripp/Veronese Gallagher Elliott

Oldfield Gardyne

Jebson Wilson Newhaven Slee

France McElrea

Christie/ Wilson

Walker Mitchell Hillcrest

Mackie Diamond Peak

Awakiki Ridges McKelvie

Mitchell, P Ayers

18 January 2022

Gore South Island Ram Sale 10:30 AM, Gore Showgrounds

Anderson, Tim, Sue & Edward – Cheviot. P:03 319 2730 de Vos, Cor & Belia – Wakefield. P: 03 522 4280 Elliott, Ken – Akaroa. P: 021 221 4185 Evans, Ivan & Julie – Oxford. P: 03 312 1585 Jebson, John & Melissa – Darfield. P: 03 318 3796 Gallagher, Blair – Ashburton. P: 03 303 9819 James, Warrick – Coalgate. P: 03 318 2352 Oldfield, Philip – Geraldine. P: 03 693 9877 Tripp/Veronese, Annabel & Roy – Darfield. P: 03 318 6939 Awakiki Ridges Ltd – Balclutha. P: 03 418 0645 France, Richard & Kerry – Tapanui. P:03 204 8339 Gardyne, Robert – Oturehua. P: 021 144 9721 McElrea, Mike – Tapanui. P: 027 242 9376 Newhaven Farms – Oamaru. P: 03 432 4154 Mitchell Hillcrest – Clinton. P: 03 415 7187 Walker, Scott – Tapanui. P: 027 630 5301 Ayers, Warren – Wyndham. P: 027 226 4290 Christie Wilson P/s – Gore. P: 03 208 1789 Diamond Peak – Gore. P: 03 208 1030 McKelvie Ltd – Wyndham. P: 027 249 6905 Mackie, Andrew & Karen – Otautau. P: 021 210 3381 Mitchell, Philip & Christine – Tokanui. P:03 246 8881 Slee, Hayden & Kate – Te Anau. P: 03 249 9097 Wilson, Pip – Gore. P: 027 207 2882

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Catalogue available online www.nikaucoopworth.co.nz | Ph: 09 2333 230

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FARMERS WEEKLY – October 18, 2021

2nd Annual On Farm Sale

STOCK REQUIRED 70 MA ANG COWS CAF 1YR FRSN BULLS 220-300kg

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DETAILS: • 61% of herd A2A2 identified, all cows G3 verified • Mated to Lic Xbred A2A2 sires, commenced from 8/10/21 • BW153/52 PW183/62 RA99%. Owned by family for 2x generations • HB shed, TB C10, Lepto vacc, MBovis bulk test clear • Herd tested, one herd code, 25% own replacements annually • System 2.5 feeding, 410 MS/Cow annually, 4-7% MT rates annually • SCC last season 64,000, previous 78,000.

Currently 75,000 • 82% 6 week in-calf rate at vetting. Due to calve next year from 17th July AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Our vendors are transitioning from Dairy farming to grazing and beef farm operation.

Managed and well farmed by our vendors, this is a wonderful opportunity to purchase quality shifting cows with very good dairy type attributes. Herd milked twice a day except for 6 weeks of AB to ensure high conception rates. They believe this is the reason why they have such low annual MT rates.

Carrfields Livestock totally recommend this family herd that is so well managed.

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Market Snapshot brought to you by the AgriHQ analysts.

Mel Croad

Suz Bremner

Reece Brick

Nicola Dennis

Hayley O’Driscoll

Caitlin Pemberton

Deer

Sheep

Cattle BEEF

SHEEP MEAT

VENISON

Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

6.50

6.50

5.60

NI lamb (17kg)

9.50

9.50

7.20

NI Stag (60kg)

6.90

6.70

6.65

NI Bull (300kg)

6.40

6.40

5.50

NI mutton (20kg)

6.60

6.60

4.90

SI Stag (60kg)

7.00

6.90

6.65

NI Cow (200kg)

4.70

4.70

4.10

SI lamb (17kg)

9.35

9.35

7.00

SI Steer (300kg)

6.25

6.15

5.15

SI mutton (20kg)

6.75

6.75

4.75

SI Bull (300kg)

6.10

6.00

5.10

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

SI Cow (200kg)

4.90

4.80

3.95

UK CKT lamb leg

12.36

12.34

9.78

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

9.27

9.21

7.29

US domestic 90CL cow

9.27

8.76

6.57

North Island steer slaughter price

$/kg CW

7.0

5.0

$/kg CW

South Island steer slaughter price

7.0

Oct

WOOL

4.5

(NZ$/kg)

Dec 5-yr ave

Feb

Jun

2020-21

Dairy

Aug 2021-22

Dec-20

Jun-21 Aug-21 Sept. 2022

2.63

2.63

2.05

37 micron ewe

-

2.10

30 micron lamb

-

-

Prior week

vs 4 weeks ago

WMP

3740

3830

3750

SMP

2835

2830

2825

4140

4100

4050

Butter

3500

3460

3430

0.00

Prior week

Last year

Urea

844

844

602

1.95

Super

372

342

297

-

DAP

1135

1135

768

4.86 6.65 64.85

Spark New Zealand Limited

4.64

4.97

4.37

400

Mercury NZ Limited (NS)

6.185

7.6

5.79

Ryman Healthcare Limited

14.75

15.99

12.46

380

Contact Energy Limited

8.21

11.16

6.6

Infratil Limited

8.36

8.465

6.74

Fletcher Building Limited

7.13

7.99

5.67

Nov-20

Jan-21

Mar-21

May-21

Jul-21

Sep-21

400

Nov-20

Jan-21

Listed Agri Shares Company

Mar-21

May-21

Jul-21

Sep-21

350 $/tonne

9.94 8.13

3850

3650

27.1

4.9

99.78

400

3700

300

5pm, close of market, Thursday Close

YTD High

YTD Low

ArborGen Holdings Limited

0.29

0.335

0.161

The a2 Milk Company Limited

7.22

12.5

5.39

Comvita Limited

3.79

3.8

3.06

Delegat Group Limited

14.5

15.5

12.9

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

3.91

5.15

3.61

Foley Wines Limited

1.58

2.07

1.45

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

1.2

1.35

0.81 0.23

Marlborough Wine Estates Group Limited

0.245

0.65

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

1.49

1.72

1.39

PGG Wrightson Limited

3.94

4

3.11

Rua Bioscience Limited

0.41

0.61

0.37

Sanford Limited (NS)

5.04

5.51

4.3

Scales Corporation Limited

5.29

5.76

4.22

Seeka Limited

5.18

5.68

4.66

Synlait Milk Limited (NS)

3.92

5.24

2.85

T&G Global Limited

2.99

3

2.85

S&P/NZX Primary Sector Equity Index

14750

15491

12865

S&P/NZX 50 Index

13048

13558

12085

S&P/NZX 10 Index

12708

13978

11776

250 Oct

Nov Dec Latest price

Jan

Feb 4 weeks ago

Mar

YTD Low

7.77

WAIKATO PALM KERNEL

3750

36.55

89.32

Sep-20

3800

YTD High

30.26

Auckland International Airport Limited

360

3900

Close

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd

Mainfreight Limited

380

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

Company

420

420

7.61

NZ average (NZ$/t)

Top 10 by Market Cap

440

* price as at close of business on Thursday

3600

Aug 2021-22

Meridian Energy Limited (NS)

Sep-20

$/tonne

AMF

0.00

Jun

Last week

CANTERBURY FEED BARLEY

Last price*

Milk Price

Apr 2020-21

440

360

Oct-21

DAIRY FUTURES (US$/T) Nearby contract

Feb

FERTILISER Last year

CANTERBURY FEED WHEAT

Feb-21 Apr-21 Sept. 2021

Dec

Fertiliser

Aug 2021-22

Prior week

$/tonne

Oct-20

Jun

Grain

Data provided by

MILK PRICE FUTURES 9.00 8.50 8.00 7.50 7.00 6.50 6.00 5.50

Apr 2020-21

Last week

Coarse xbred ind.

5-yr ave

Oct

5-yr ave

5.0

Apr

7.0 5.0

5.5

Feb

8.0

6.0 5.0

Dec

9.0

7.0

6.0

Oct

South Island stag slaughter price

6.0

8.0

6.5 $/kg CW

South Island lamb slaughter price

9.0

4.0

$/kg MS

7.0

10.0

10.0

4.5

US$/t

8.0

11.0

5.5

4.0

9.0

5.0

7.0 6.0

Last year

6.0

8.0

6.0

Last week Prior week

North Island stag slaughter price

11.0

9.0

6.5

5.0

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

10.0

North Island lamb slaughter price

10.0 $/kg CW

US imported 95CL bull

Last year

$/kg CW

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

Last week Prior week

$/kg CW

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

William Hickson

Ingrid Usherwood

200

Sep-20

S&P/FW PRIMARY SECTOR EQUITY

Nov-20

Jan-21

Mar-21

May-21

Jul-21

Sep-21

14750

S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

13048

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

12708

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – October 18, 2021

Analyst intel

WEATHER

Overview We’re certainly in peak spring at the moment, with this week kicking off with yet another blast of weather and on Tuesday it turns wintry again in Southland and Otago for a time. The spring ups and downs are normal in October but they can be exhausting too, with hints of summer being frequently kicked aside by the remnants of winter. Many places will have westerlies this week and high pressure is also flirting with the South Island later this week, but we need to be monitoring the sub-tropics, with the possibility of a sub-tropical low coming into northern New Zealand. It’s one to definitely monitor and is the first sign this season that there is a hint of La Niña in the air.

14-day outlook The last three springs NZ didn’t have much variety in the weather patterns, but this year spring is proving to be moody and changeable – and that is healthy for variety in the weather. This week kicks off with a cold front, then expanding high pressure in southern NZ. The high in the south expands by late week, but at the same time a sub-tropical low pushes into northern NZ. Next week we may have more of the same, but in a lazier form. By that we mean more low pressure but not as deep or widespread. Either way, plenty of spring variety is on the way for just about every region in the country.

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With variety comes changeable winds and this week it’s like that. Westerlies dominate for the most part, but later in the week we may see winds fade out in the south as easterlies kick in for the north.

Source: NIWA Data

Temperature

7-day rainfall forecast No shortage of rain this week, with Monday seeing a front cross the country followed by westerly showers. Tuesday sees a pulse of showers in the lower South Island. By late week all eyes will be looking to the upper North Island to see if this sub-tropical low moves in dumping rain, or if the high pressure further south will push back. To make sense of this, let IBM Watson (supercomputer) do all the crunching in your hyper-local RuralWeather. co.nz rainfall forecast.

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Friesian market set to be strong

After a warmer than average weekend, this week is closer to normal, although those in the east will likely be milder when those westerlies arrive. A cold change on Tuesday in Southland and Otago will be wintry for a time.

Highlights/ Extremes Heavy West Coast rain on Monday.

Wintry change for Southland and Otago on Tuesday. Sub-tropical low for northern NZ later this week or weekend.

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ACK in spring 2017 every man and his dog were on the hunt to get 100kg weaner Friesian bulls.

The market started strong in October but managed to firm even further through November to the point where a Friesian bull was costing around the mid-$500 mark in the North Island.

But the good times didn’t last. More dairy farmers had clicked on to the supplementary income that could be accrued taking calves up 100kg rather than chucking them on the bobby truck, adding supplies to the market the following spring.

By this point M bovis had emerged from the shadows too, quickly causing store buyers to avoid anything which had recently come off a dairy farm. Particularly if they were from the South Island. These two factors combined to drag prices down and have cast a shadow over this market since, to the point where increasing numbers of rearers have cut numbers or backed out entirely.

It almost feels as though things are finally starting to turn a corner in the North Island though. In winter agents were frequently noting the shortage of contracts available for rearers, setting expectations for another poor spring. Yet the spot-market has come out the gate very strong. Early sales in the $520-$550 range have been commonplace for Friesian bulls, exceeding both this year’s contracts and year-ago prices by around $50.

When you piece it all together, it adds up.

Firstly, the containment of M bovis has come a long way from the bad old days.

Only four Mid Canterbury properties are ‘active’ and 23 primarily South Island properties under Notice of Direction (NoD) as of October 7. Buying in cattle from dairy farms certainly isn’t anywhere the risk it once was.

Secondly, buyers often budget based on what they’ve made on their previous trade.

Whether that’s taking these bull calves through to yearlings, store two-year olds, or to killable weights, almost everyone

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has been making a bit more than the past few years since the start of spring. And this is likely to continue through into summer.

The number of calves around is another factor. As of mid-September bobby slaughter numbers were 64,000 head above the average through 2017-2019 and are snaking further above usual levels with each new release of slaughter data. This is underpinned by the South Island, but doesn’t account for on-farm euthanasia or the amount of beef and Jersey bulls used over dairy herds, all of which will shrink the number of Friesian bulls on the market over the coming seasons.

Both feed levels and alternative trading options are other key pieces of the puzzle.

Grass growth has jumped through the North Island, especially on key fattening land on the eastern coast. This has already given other categories of store stock and boost and will help make dairy-beef calves a more appealing buying option.

If there’s been one overarching trend with store cattle in the past 12 months, it’s that there will always be buyers for quality cattle.

This doesn’t mean everyone will necessarily have a good selling season.

Prolonged dour South Island cattle prices have sapped buying power out of the dairy-beef market for all ages and there’s little hope of a meaningful revival there.

Decreasing Friesian bull quality is turning off some buyers too, given the national dairy herd continues to move away from straight-Friesian cows via the increased use of Jersey or part-Jersey AI sires, affecting growth rates and worsening temperaments.

If there’s been one overarching trend with store cattle in the past 12 months, it’s that there will always be buyers for quality cattle. So North Island rearers with good-quality bull calves should be quietly confident they’ll make a bit extra this time around.

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New lamb season under way Anticipation has built around the start of the new season lamb market and though Stortford Lodge was the first to officially get under way in this space, by the end of the week Coalgate had also offered up prime new season lambs and Feilding a further 1700 store lambs to add to the tally.

Expectations were high, given the strong processor schedules, favourable outlook and recent rain, and prices easily exceeded the previous year on like-to-like lambs.

The top store lambs sold for $163-$185 and the balance traded at $100-$157, while the prime lambs at Coalgate achieved $162-$217. There was, however, a larger instance of smaller lambs offered at the North Island sales due to a harder winter, and given how early in the season it is, these types met hesitant bidding.

Despite the larger presence of smaller lambs, the average price at Stortford Lodge was up $16 on the first new season lambs of 2020.

NORTHLAND Kaikohe cattle • The top end of yearling Friesian bulls lifted to $3.17/kg • Heavier boner cows made $2.15-$2.20/kg with the next cut at $2.00/kg There was another good yarding of 600 cattle at KAIKOHE last Wednesday, PGG Wrightson agent Vaughan Vujcich reported. Better two-year steers firmed to $3.10/kg to $3.25/kg with heifers steady at $3.05/kg $3.20/kg. Good whiteface yearling steers sold to $3.72/kg with Charolais and Angus types $3.40-$3.50/kg. Nice yearling whiteface and Angus-Friesian heifers achieved $3.05/kg to $3.20/kg.

Wellsford cattle • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 400-500kg, were mainly $3.20$3.25/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 365kg, reached $3.42/kg • Yearling traditional steers, 350kg, sold for $3.53/kg • Yearling purebred Hereford heifers, 340kg, made $3.21/kg A yarding of 600 store cattle at WELLSFORD last Monday found solid interest. Well-presented 2-year beef-dairy steers under 400kg were $3.25-$3.35/kg. Two-year heifers of all breeds, 350-440kg, primarily made $3.15-$3.30/kg. Threequarter Angus yearling steers, 225-260kg, were $3.55-$3.73/ kg but the market was mixed on beef-dairy lines which averaged 250kg and $3.26/kg. Well-marked 185-230kg Hereford-Friesian yearling heifers reached $3.55-$3.83/kg but poorer types were around $3/kg. Autumn-born weaner Friesian bulls, 150kg, sold for $515. Read more in your LivestockEye.

COUNTIES Tuakau sales • Angus steers, 620kg, made $3.34/kg • Hereford-Friesian heifers, 290kg, fetched $935 • Heavy prime heifers lifted to $3.25-$3.38/kg • Beef cows realised $2.09/kg to $2.65/kg Over 1000 store cattle were yarded at TUAKAU last Thursday and the market remained strong, PGG Wrightson agent Craig Reiche reported. Hereford-Friesian steers, 520-560kg, made $3.24-$3.32/kg with 387kg at $3.27/kg.

Lighter Hereford-Friesian, 174-271kg, earned $755-$970.

Heifer prices softened slightly. Hereford-Friesian, 480kg, realised $3.23/kg and red-bodied whiteface, 391kg, $3.04/ kg. Weaner Hereford-Friesian, 185kg, made $640 and 106kg, $500. Wednesday’s prime sale drew almost 500 head and the market was firm. Heavy steers traded at $3.30-$3.38/ kg, medium $3.25-$3.30/kg and light, $3.14-$3.25/kg.

Heifers firmed by 5-8c/kg, with medium at $3.19-$3.25/kg and light, $3.00/kg to $3.19/kg. Heavy boner cows reached $2.40-$2.55/kg and light-medium, $1.97/kg to $2.41/kg. A small yarding of sheep was presented on Monday. Heavy prime lambs sold at $210-$237 and medium $180-$210.

Medium-good prime ewes sold from $135 to $184.

WAIKATO Frankton cattle 12.10 • Two-year exotic-cross and Hereford-Friesian steers, 460-515kg, fetched $3.23-$3.32/kg • Very good yearling exotic and beef-dairy steers, 381-393kg, pushed to $1140-$1220 • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 290-295kg, firmed to $3.48$3.53/kg Just on 645 store cattle were penned at FRANKTON by PGG Wrightson last Tuesday. Level three restrictions meant a small buying bench on site, but good online interest provided strength to the market. Two-year exotic and beefdairy heifers, 439-471kg, returned $3.20-$3.26/kg. A small number of Friesian bulls, 348-450kg, were solid at $3.13$3.25/kg. Most yearling steers traded at $1000-$1100. Ten Hereford-Friesian heifers, 299kg, topped their section at $3.16/kg. Well-marked Friesian bulls, 263-309kg, reached $3.07-$3.21/kg. Prime throughput came back to 85 and

very good steers, 688-714kg, realised $3.39-$3.43/kg and Hereford-Friesian, 510-541kg, held at $3.27/kg. Same breed heifers, 485-491kg, eased to $3.26-$3.30/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Frankton cattle 13.10 • Two-year beef-dairy steers, 471-513kg, firmed to $3.22-$3.27/kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 245-247kg, were pushed to $3.53-$3.54/kg • Yearling Hereford bulls, 403kg, reached $3.77/kg and second cuts, 301kg, $3.49/kg New Zealand Farmers Livestock presented 379 store cattle at FRANKTON last Wednesday. Locals made good use of the online bidding platform and numbers in the rostrum were low. Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 353-406kg, held at $3.07-$3.17/kg. Well-marked yearling HerefordFriesian steers were well-contested and 300-308kg firmed to $3.40-$3.46/kg. Same breed heifers, 196-291kg, softened to $3.09-$3.24/kg but Friesian bulls, 255kg, strengthened to $2.98/kg. Prime cattle throughput held at 91. Ten HerefordFriesian steers, 544kg, topped their section at $3.32/kg while the balance of steers, 520-602kg, held at $3.24-$3.30/ kg. Heifers traded at steady to improved levels and Anguscross, 451kg, firmed to $3.29/kg while the balance held at $3.25-$3.27/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Frankton dairy-beef weaner fair • Autumn-born Angus-Friesian heifers, 164-165kg, firmed to $570$600 • Most autumn-born Friesian bulls, 175-205kg, earned $600-$670 • Hereford-Friesian heifers, 107-117kg, realised $490-$520 • Hereford-Friesian bulls, 101-108kg, reached $440-$490 Two online bidding platforms provided plenty of competition for FRANKTON’S first dairy-beef weaner fair last Thursday. Current level three lockdown conditions did not diminish the sale with quality types well-contested.

Most traded at steady to improved levels when compared to the equivalent 2020 sale. Well-marked autumn-born Hereford-Friesian heifers, 133kg, realised $575 and same breed bulls, 123-222kg, were mainly $620-$680. Friesian bulls made up nearly 70% of their section and 96-108kg fetched $405-$475 while 109-149kg were mainly $520-$580.

Read more in your LivestockEye.

KING COUNTRY Te Kuiti cattle and sheep • Heavy prime ewes lifted to $196-$234, medium $168-$180 and light $110-$150 • Autumn-born R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 468-474kg, made $3.21-$3.24/kg • Yearling Simmental-cross and Charolais-cross earned $3.50-3.53/ kg • Yearling Hereford bulls traded at $3.24/kg and 270kg Friesian $2.75/kg Heavy prime hoggets firmed to $248-$276 at TE KUITI last Wednesday with medium $155-$196. There aren’t many store hoggets left. Ewe hoggets fetched $123-$140 and male $148-$161. There was just a small bench of buyers for the cattle. The best of the 2-year steers made $3.30-$3.38/kg.

Two-year Hereford heifers, 390-447kg, earned $3.11/kg and better beef-dairy, 348-367kg, around $3.25/kg. Please note the sale had not completed at the time of writing.

BAY OF PLENTY Rangiuru cattle and sheep • Prime Hereford-Friesian steers, 613-643kg, traded at $3.47-$3.50/kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 236-277kg, earned $3.39/kg to $3.61/kg • Prime hoggets ranged from $138 to $197 A large cattle yarding was met by a sizable buying gallery at RANGIURU last Tuesday. A good selection of 2-year steers sold in two cuts: traditional, 453-493kg, that mostly made $3.17-$3.25/kg, and beef-dairy that were generally $3.13-$3.24/kg. Most heifers were Hereford-Friesian and

around half managed the top cut for their type at $3.00$3.10/kg. Yearlings were popular and included HerefordJersey, 233kg, that traded at $3.50/kg while Belgian Bluecross, 258kg, sold well at $3.41/kg. A pen of 253kg Angus heifers made $3.48/kg but the section was dominated by over 50 200-300kg Hereford-Friesian that mostly made $3.22-$3.30/kg with one 244kg pen a little higher at $3.40/ kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

POVERTY BAY Matawhero cattle • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers and lighter beef lines made $3.12/kg to $3.26/kg • Top 2-year beef heifers sold well at $3.17-$3.21/kg • Yearling Charolais-cross and Angus steers, 250-380kg, typically earned $3.77/kg to $3.97/kg There was a large yarding with some top-quality cattle at MATAWHERO last Tuesday. Some exceptionally bred 2-year steers in good condition were offered which sold well above year-ago levels. The top end consisted of traditional, 375-405kg, which realised $3.83-$3.85/kg and the next cut of good-weighted types, 475-510kg, made $3.69-$3.79/kg, $1845-$1905. Yearling Angus steers, 170-225kg, cracked the $4.00/kg mark and reached $4.53/kg while heavier yearling Charolais-Simmental and traditional heifers, 240-325kg, had strong demand to reach $3.56-$3.60/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

TARANAKI Taranaki cattle fair • A quality line of 20 autumn-born R2 steers, 415kg, shifted for $3.40/kg, $1410 • The top end of two-year heifers consisted of good HerefordFriesian at $3.14/kg to $3.27/kg There was a large yarding of over 960 cattle at the TARANAKI cattle fair last Wednesday. A slight lift in pasture growth was enough to excite buyers and the market was well above year-ago levels. Two-year beef-dairy steers sold at an average of $3.37/kg with the top end around $3.44$3.52/kg and even the bottom end of lesser bred cattle traded above $3.07/kg. Yearling heifers were strong, and the top end was secured for $3.37/kg to $3.52/kg with heavier types above 317kg exceeding the $1000 mark, and the heaviest managed $1250. Yearling Hereford-Friesian and exotic-cross steers made $3.52-$3.58/kg

HAWKE’S BAY Stortford Lodge prime sheep • The top end of 2-tooth ewes earned $181, and the balance $150$152 • Male hoggets strengthened to $252-$258.50 • Heavy ewe hoggets had good demand to reach $232-$263 The market was solid at the STORTFORD LODGE prime sheep sale last Monday. The top pen of very heavy prime ewes wasn’t quite able to reach the high levels of the previous sale at $252. However, the remainder of ewes sold on a firm market. Very good ewes firmed to $185-$221, medium to good ewes $141-$189 and lighter types were typically $117-$136. Mixed-sex hoggets held and the bulk sold in a range of $220-$263 and the next cut $185-$192.

Read more in your LivestockEye. Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep • Two pens of yearling Angus steers, 226-256kg, sold for $955-$995 • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 251-254kg, returned $3.50$3.53/kg • Autumn-born weaner Simmental-Friesian bulls, 266-317kg, made $1040-$1195 • Top new season mixed-sex lambs reached $163.50-$185 • Light new season mixed-sex lambs sold for $100-$130 The first of the new season lambs were yarded at STORTFORD LODGE last Wednesday and totalled 3700. All lines were mixed-sex and most terminal-cross. The largest

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lesser-types ranged from $2.80/kg to $3.20/kg. The majority of traditional and exotic yearling heifers sold at $3.30/kg to $3.60/kg, with the next cut $3.00/kg to $3.20/kg.

THE SEASON BEGINS: New season lambs were offered at Stortford Lodge, Feilding and Coalgate to kick-off the 2021 season.

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line housed 730 and sold for $123 to South Auckland, though most went to Taupo. Medium types sold well at $133-$157. The ewes with-lambs-at-foot market was strong and the top two lines reached $144.50-$153 all counted and the balance $125-$129.50. Just over 500 mainly crossbred and beef-dairy cattle were penned, and all sold on a strong market relative to breed and type. The better end of the 2-year steers and heifers were able to reach $3.31-$3.39/kg and the balance varied from $2.84/kg to $3.00/kg in both sections. Most yearling heifers over 190kg traded in the $600-$800 range regardless of breed. Read more in your LivestockEye.

MANAWATŪ Feilding prime cattle and sheep • Charolais bulls, 720-780kg, achieved $3.57-$3.58/kg • Angus bulls, 635kg, returned $3.56/kg • Very heavy male hoggets made $260 The focus of the cattle pens at FEILDING last Monday was a good quality yarding of cows, both beef and dairy, but the bulls highlighted above stole the show. Friesian, 535613kg, managed $2.20-$2.30/kg while the biggest collection of beef cows was Angus and Angus-Hereford, 515-575kg, that made $2.24-$2.29/kg. One 660kg Hereford cow made $2.62/kg while a line of six in-calf compatriots, 618kg, managed $2.48/kg. Heavy hoggets mostly made $200-$260 and only a handful of pens traded below this. Only two main pens of prime ewes were offered, and they made $201 and $203. In the calf section Hereford-Friesian bulls earned $120 with the next cut $60-$80. A few Angus bulls made $95 and their sisters $85. Read more in your LivestockEye. Feilding store cattle and sheep • Two-year traditional steers, 410-555kg, were $3.55-$3.65/kg • Two-year Friesian bulls, 515-580kg, made $3.35-$3.40/kg • Yearling Angus steers, 310kg, got up to $4.05/kg • Ewes with lambs-at-foot averaged $125 all counted • New season store lambs averaged $133 Lower quality across the 1800 store cattle meant slightly softer prices at FEILDING last Friday. Two-year dairy-beef steers, 360-525kg, were mainly $3.30-$3.50/kg with 355440kg heifers of the same breeds at $3.25-$3.45/kg. Yearling 265-330kg dairy-beef steers were mainly $3.25-$3.45/kg.

Good numbers of 290-380kg yearling Friesian bulls were sold for $2.95-$3.15/kg. No heifers had sold at the time of writing. A little more than 1400 blackface spring lambs were yarded where most cuts were bought for $130-$141, top-ends pushing up to $154-$160.50, and the lighter types $105-$115.50. Big lines of good-quality ewes with lambs-at-foot mostly sold well – the ratio of lambs was mostly 100-145%, and these made $124-$141 all counted.

Light old season lambs were $120-$135. Read more in your LivestockEye. Rongotea cattle • Three-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 715kg, realised $3.10/kg • Two-year White Galloway-cross heifers, 430-450kg, earned $3.02$3.07/kg • Yearling Friesian bulls, 275-410kg, achieved $2.93/kg to $3.39/kg • In-milk Friesian and crossbred cows fetched $930-$960

The grass is starting to grow, and this encouraged some new buyers to RONGOTEA last Tuesday, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported. Better 2-year Angus-cross and Charolais steers sold from $3.02/ kg to $3.23/kg. Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 181-290kg, made $2.43/kg to $3.38/kg and 201-288kg heifers $2.72/kg to $3.47/kg. Weaner steers and heifers traded at $400-$420.

CANTERBURY Canterbury Park cattle and sheep • Prime traditional steers over 500kg made $3.35-$3.45/kg • Sussex and Sussex-Hereford steers, 525-644kg, earned $3.39$3.46/kg • One pen of prime Suffolk hoggets made $349 • Shorn store Perendale ewe hoggets sold for breeding at $178 Buyers did not hold back in the prime sheep pens at CANTERBURY PARK last Tuesday. Very heavy hoggets achieved $280-$349 while most other lines earned $180$241. The best pen of ewes managed $345 while other heavy types returned $220-$300 followed by good types that made $147-$184. Prime beef-dairy steers improved in quality and 503-650kg mostly made $3.15/kg to $3.38/kg. High yielding Angus, Angus-Hereford and Speckle Park heifers, 464570kg, reached $3.22-$3.30/kg. Quality lines were limited in the store pens and the best of the 2-year steers were Angus and Angus-Hereford, 372kg, that made $3.12/kg. In the yearling pens highlights included 235kg Hereford steers that made $2.98/kg, and 313kg mixed-sex Hereford-Friesian at $2.78/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Coalgate cattle and sheep • One pen of prime ewes achieved $400 and another $386 • Prime new season lambs mostly made $198-$217 • The top prime hoggets traded at $328-$340 with the balance $180-$274 • Store hoggets generally earned $141-$158 Sale attendees relished the chance to watch a top line-up auctioned at COALGATE’S annual Spring Beef Competition last Thursday. A line of 636kg prime Angus steers made top dollar at $3.52/kg while other traditional and exotic steers, 536-599kg, managed $3.42-$3.50/kg. Angus-Friesian and Hereford-Friesian, 549-611kg, made $3.33-$3.42/kg with a decent number of 462-485kg priced at $3.21-$3.22/kg. Lines of Charolais and Charolais-cross heifers, 561-600kg, fetched $3.39/kg to $3.52/kg while Angus, 485-525kg, returned $3.34-$3.44/kg. Angus-Friesian and Hereford-Friesian, 493531kg, traded at $3.32-$3.39/kg. The store cattle on offer were very mixed and were selectively bought. Read more in your LivestockEye. Culverden cattle • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 345-389kg, made $3.13/kg to $3.36/kg • Better 2-year Hereford-cross heifers, 299-333kg, fetched $3.25/kg to $3.36/kg Around 1100 cattle were penned and mostly consisted of yearling cattle at CULVERDEN last Friday. The top end of traditional yearling steers, 200-277kg, achieved $3.91/ kg to $4.25/kg. Better beef-cross and exotic-cross steers typically earned $3.60/kg to $3.80/kg, and lighter and

Temuka prime and boner cattle, all sheep • Heavy prime hoggets fetched $300-$301 and the majority $180-$255 • Top ewes with lambs-at-foot reached $144 all counted • The best of the boner Friesian cows, 637-688kg, sold to $2.40$2.47/kg • Better boner Friesian heifers held at $2.92-$2.94/kg and the second cut $2.70/kg Merino hoggets met strong demand at TEMUKA last Monday and the top end was able to reach $150-$196, medium $120-$140 and light $72-$107. Heavy prime ewes achieved $284-$356 with the next cut $200-$280 and the balance $120-$194. Good quality steers and heifers sold on a strong market. Top steers above 600kg fetched $3.22$3.32/kg, followed by second cuts at $3.10-$3.20/kg. Good Angus heifers strengthened to $3.19-$3.28/kg with lesser Angus and the bulk of beef-dairy mostly $3.06/kg to $3.18/ kg. Read more in your LivestockEye. Temuka store cattle • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 389-493kg, ranged from $3.01/ kg to $3.22/kg • Two-year Angus-Friesian steers, 470kg, returned $3.23/kg • Yearling Angus steers, 233kg, topped the section at $3.44/kg • Yearling Speckle Park and Belgian Blue-cross steers, 272-395kg, made $3.10-$3.21/kg • Yearling Belgian Blue-cross heifers, 226-251kg, fetched $2.99/kg to $3.27/kg Last Thursday was the first store sale supported by the Agribidder trading platform at TEMUKA and this permitted online buyers to bid in competition with the large gallery that attended in person. Yearlings were the dominant type offered and well-marked Hereford-Friesian steers over 250kg managed $2.99/kg to $3.19/kg with the next cut, 200250kg, priced from $2.77/kg to $2.98/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 250-334kg, returned $2.82/kg to $2.95/kg while Murray Grey-cross traded at $2.87-$2.92/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

OTAGO Balclutha cattle and sheep • Heavy prime ewes were steady at $200-$260, medium $150-$190 and light $80-$100 • Prime rams fetched $50-$100 • Store lambs sold at $120-$135 • Yearling Hereford-cross steers, 200-250kg, earned $2.70/kg to $3.00/kg There was a smaller yarding of sheep at BALCLUTHA last Wednesday. Heavy prime lambs held at $200-$250, medium $170-$200 and light $140-$150. Two-year Hereford steers, 400kg, sold at $3.30/kg. Two-year Hereford heifers, 350400kg, realised $3.00/kg, with Murray Grey at $3.15/kg.

SOUTHLAND Lorneville cattle and sheep • Heavy prime ewes lifted to $200-$272, medium $162-$198 and light $138-$160 • Ewes with lambs-at-foot achieved $120-$130 all-counted • Boner cows above 500kg sold from $2.20/kg to $2.40/kg • Yearling Hereford-cross bulls, 368kg, achieved $2.77/kg Heavy prime lambs eased to $200-$240 at LORNEVILLE last Tuesday, medium $160-$198 and light $130-$150.

Store lambs also eased with the top end back to $120-$130, medium $95-$110 and light $80-$85. Prime steers above 500kg made $3.00-$3.10/kg and 470-480kg heifers, $2.80/kg to $3.00/kg. Two-year Friesian steers, 466kg, earned $2.70/ kg and 409kg Hereford-cross heifers $2.68/kg. Yearling Hereford-cross heifers, 271kg, traded at $2.66/kg. Yearling Angus-cross steers, 350kg, made $2.74/kg and Herefordcross, 292-359kg, $2.67/kg to $2.83/kg.

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LOBAL food prices are increasing and the farm gate returns for some of New Zealand’s agricultural commodities will set records this season, ANZ economists say.

In their October Agri Focus, agricultural economist Susan Kilsby and chief economist Sharon Zollner say with many commodities in relatively short supply, prices could reach new heights.

Chief among them for New Zealand are milk, sheepmeat, beef and logs, all at high levels in relation to their 10-year averages.

The ANZ World Commodity Price index rose 1.5% in September and in NZ dollar (NZD) terms the increase was 0.4%.

Both indexes resumed an upward trend after two months of small falls following record levels set in June.

“Dairy commodity prices have improved in the past few months and supply and demand now appear relatively balanced,” Kilsby and Zollner said.

Despite a slowish start to the season because of wet weather and short cold spells, if the market remains in balance, it bodes very well for the farm gate milk price.

ANZ has lifted its milk price forecast by 50c to $8.20/kg milksolids in response to the higher commodity prices and less appreciation than expected for the NZD.

The exchange rate against the US dollar has bounced around 70c recently as trader appetites for riskier currencies have been muted.

ANZ currency analysts are picking a rise to 72c by the end of the year, which will nibble farm gate returns, but world economic growth and the risk mood are very hard to predict.

“If dairy commodity prices can be maintained near current levels through to January, then this will considerably increase the probability of delivering a higher milk price that we currently have forecast,” they said.

Milk production worldwide is contracting and in the United States and Europe farmers face environmental regulations and labour constraints.

Farm gate lamb prices currently above $9/kg may have run ahead of the strength in returns from export markets because processors want to secure what they can from limited numbers.

Cheaper cuts, typically sold to China, are now worth more than before the covid pandemic.

More expensive cuts like French racks may not have recovered fully but demand is improving as vaccination rates rise and confidence returns to eating out.

“Looking ahead to the main processing season, we do expect to see farm gate prices retreat from their current lofty levels, but at this point it looks like peak season prices will be stronger than last season and match, or even exceed, 2018 and 2019,” they said.

The forecast is for $7.40

FORECAST: ANZ agri economist Susan Kilsby. ANZ currency analysts say with many commodities in relatively short supply, prices could reach new heights.

weighted average for the lambs in the season ending September 2022, which if achieved would be a record.

ANZ believes the recent strength in international markets for beef means that current schedule prices for bull and steer slightly above $6/kg CW in the North Island and slightly below in the South Island are easily justified.

“We anticipate beef prices will remain elevated in the year ahead, as the tight global supply situation looks unlikely to change anytime soon,” they said.

If schedules remain above $5.50 then record annual returns for cattle will be set this season.

ACROSS THE RAILS SUZ BREMNER

Store cattle focus shifts to Gisborne STORE cattle focus shifted to Gisborne last week as Matawhero presented 2300 to a keen bench of buyers. The fair was delayed by a week to better meet the market and in that time store cattle interest sky-rocketed, which resulted in big buying orders from Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay and Manawatū, as well as solid local support.

Expectations were high for this fair as all factors pointed to a strong market – holding schedule prices, good margins and recent rain should all have had a positive impact on the market and it did not disappoint.

Lack of rain last year meant this fair proved to be a hard task for auctioneers, but that could not have been further from the truth for the 2021 version.

Hawke’s Bay has welcomed good spring rain since the start of October and areas such as Manawatū and Waikato are reaping the reward of September rain, which accumulated to a very competitive buying bench at Matawhero. Also added to the pot was good margins made due to high schedule pricing, as well as the fact that current processing levels are well ahead, meaning that buyers were ready to come back to the market earlier than previous years. Even at 2300 cattle, the sought-after sections of two-year and yearling traditional and exotic steers were heavily contested and the market could have handled more.

Comparing averages to last year and the strength of this year’s market was obvious. Twoyear traditional steers came up

60c/kg to average a record $3.67/ kg, or $1550, and yearling steers lifted 85c/kg to finish just shy of a $4/kg average at $3.96/kg or $985.

Even compared to the strongselling year of 2019 that was a 5-10c/kg price advantage.

Cattle travelled in from most of the Gisborne region – from Waikura Valley to Mahia – and 70% of the yarding was traditional, with the balance largely exotic. Buyers sought out particular breeds, line sizes and in some cases vendors, which had a significant impact on varying prices between lines.

That meant that within the 200230kg yearling steer range, the best of the bunch pushed to $4.17-$4.25/kg, while the next cut made $4.00-$4.02/kg and small lines sold for $3.83-$3.88/kg. The top end from 245-305kg traded at $3.84-$3.96/kg. Buyers were hard-pressed to purchase any Angus steers on a budget smaller than $800 and better weights for Angus and Angus-Hereford meant the top lines were secured for $1220-$1350, which was the same money paid for third cuts of two-year Angus steers and easily outpriced the two-year heifer section.

Yearling heifer values were impressive as traditional lines averaged 220kg and $735, $3.35/ kg, and exotic 250kg, $795 and $3.21/kg. That was a lift of $110$145 or 63-82c/kg on last year.

Two-year steers reached record levels as feature lines achieved $3.74-$3.85/kg, but even $3.43/ kg to $3.70/kg for the balance was higher than most years previous. suz.bremner@globalhq.co.nz

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In the realm of the ewe selection are the requirements of Maternal Worth selections – fertility, survivability, weights/adult size, the weights of the lambs they wean and how well those lambs grow, eye muscling and the wool weights (we live in hope). Then there’s their structure to consider: feet, mouth, body condition scores, dagg scores, FEC counts, facial eczema (for the North Island) – and now our sheep are going to be breathalysed to measure CO2 and methane outputs to identify loweremitting animals to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. At this stage the sheep are dizzy, so is the breeder and they’ve filled

83 notebooks with numbers and notes. They leave the yards with their 83 notebooks and a load of techno equipment – all this info then turns magically into Excel datasheets – a job for someone in the office on cold days or very late nights to sort out and send to their breeding bureau. And it all turns into the exam result mentioned earlier. It’s easier than it sounds and they do use all the best technology and equipment, but there are a lot of hours involved and the work has to be done or there is no progress.

So, when the stud ewes come up the race next time, alarms go off if she hasn’t reared lambs of a good enough weight, failed to regain weight or has structural let-downs to be rechecked, for example. Any failures mean she’s culled. There’s no “oh, she’s a good animal, she can stay”.

It is interesting and rewarding being in a position as a breeder.

Every ewe is recorded with a

It is interesting and rewarding being in a position as a breeder; every ewe is recorded with a wealth of information and you have the pleasure of seeing her family tree mapped out and watching the strong lines emerge.

wealth of information and you have the pleasure of seeing her family tree mapped out and watching the strong lines emerge, which are pursued and bred from. Some Coopworth

ewes have produced rams taken to sale every year, then her daughters do the same. n Submitted by Ashton Glen Genetics www.agfarms.co.nz

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Coopworth makes significant production gain

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imunui Station manager Murray Cook has seen a significant lift in production since making the switch to the Coopworth breed. The 648ha (633ha effective) farm is situated in Waerenga-O-Kuri, 25km West of Gisborne.

Rimunui has a good mix of contour, with one-third in easy/ cultivable country, another in medium hill and the other in steep hill country, with an average of 1400mm of rainfall each year. Rimunui is managed

by Murray and Millie Cook who made the move to WaerengaO-Kuri with their three children, Georgia, Ged and Emma, in 2015.

Murray has been farming in the Gisborne district since leaving school in 1998.

The farm runs a mix of stock

with sheep, cattle and deer.

Rimunui runs 200 mixed-age cows, 100 R2 heifers, 100 R1 heifers and 100 R1 steers. Deer numbers comprise 100 mixedage hinds, 35 R1 hinds and 60 R2 hinds. The sheep operation carries 1500 mixed-age ewes, 550 two-tooths (2th) and 650 hoggets.

Since making the switch to the Coopworth breed, Murray has had a steady lift in his scanning percentage with his 2ths now averaging 171% over a four-year period, previously averaging 150%. The 2021 season scanning result of 209% in the mixed-age ewes and 175% in the 2th ewes is the best scanning result to date.

All hoggets are mated, with the past four years averaging 114%.

Early lambing begins on July 25 and is staggered with the mixed-age and 2th ewes

Murray’s flock had minimal FE tolerance and since switching to a Coopworth breeder with FE Gold Status, he has not had any further losses to FE.

lambing from August 20 and hoggets from September 20. Sheep are set stocked

and lambing unshepherded, apart from the triplet-bearing ewes who are monitored

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from a distance with minimal intervention. The only issues identified during lambing is the odd bearing. The ewes lamb well on the hill country and rarely encounter lambing problems.

“The Coopworth lambs are sprightly and seem to get up and about pretty quickly.”

“The Coopworth lambs are sprightly and seem to get up and about pretty quickly,” Murray said.

The Coopworth ewes are great mothers and Murray has had a noticeable lift in mothering ability and lamb survival since switching breeds.

Docking is now averaging 144%, previously averaging mid-120%.

Murray has also had an increase in weaning weights, with last year averaging 31kg, which he

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attributes to not only breed but other management changes, such as dropping his stocking rate and applying more nitrogen to ensure he can feed his ewes well.

Facial eczema (FE) traditionally has not been a big issue on Rimunui, however, the odd bad season has prompted a change to purchasing rams from a breeder selecting for FE tolerance. FE is a deadly disease and can cause huge losses to a farming business. While clinical signs of the disease can be easily identified, it is the sub-clinical effects of the disease that cause the biggest loss in production and are the hardest to measure.

Ewes that have been affected

by FE have lower scanning percentages, lower live weight and body condition scores and a decrease in weaning weight of lambs born. 2016 has been highlighted as a very bad year for FE at Rimunui, with a lot of

hoggets dying and the following year scanning results back on previous years. Murray’s flock had minimal FE tolerance and since switching to a Coopworth breeder with FE Gold Status, he

has not had any further losses to FE. Selecting a ram breeder with FE tolerance is the only sustainable, permanent solution to eliminating production losses due to FE.

Since making the switch to the Coopworth breed, Murray has had a steady lift in his scanning percentage with his two-tooths now averaging 171% over a four-year period, previously averaging 150%.

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Trial to future-proof NZ’s sheep industry SANDRA TAYLOR

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world where sheep farmers are unable to use drenches, tail their lambs or dip their sheep is fast becoming a reality.

Consumers are increasingly seeking ethically-raised lamb, produced with high animal welfare and environmental standards and minimal chemical inputs.

To help farmers meet this market, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Genetics is running a Low Input Sheep Progeny trial to identify environmentally efficient sheep which require minimal intervention and are robust against common diseases such as internal parasites and facial eczema (FE).

This trial, which includes genetics from 16 future-focused sheep breeders, is being run on Orari Gorge Station, a 4500ha hill country farm in South Canterbury.

It is the ideal testing ground for genetics. The station is 75% tussock country, 15% lower hill with only 10% flats. Average annual rainfall is 1200mm. Owner Robert Peacock says it is wet more than it is dry, so worms are a constant challenge.

are left untailed.

At weaning, weights are taken and the lambs are given a dag score (but not crutched). All lambs are drenched and dipped.

A control group of lambs is selected and while these are run with the rest of the lamb crop, unlike the others, they are drenched at regular intervals.

Without drench, the hill country lambs were growing at 140 grams a day between December and May and even when pushed hard, Robert says they were still gaining 100g/day.

While consumers are increasingly demanding lamb produced without chemicals, Robert believes widespread drench resistance – including triple drench resistance – will force the industry into farming without the use of drenches long

Lambs under pressure The Low Input Progeny Trial involves 17 rams representing 10 breeds which, predominantly through Artificial Insemination, mate 1000 ewes.

Ewes lamb unshepherded on the hill and at docking lamb tails are measured and male lambs

before regulations will.

Dags – an industry dealbreaker Dags, according to Robert, will be one trait that will break the industry as it moves toward low-input sheep, yet they are very heritable so can be selected for. On SIL, there are only 34 breeders selecting for dags.

“It is the easiest, cheapest trait you can measure and commercial farmers need to start asking for it,” Robert said.

The sire difference was significant when looking at dag score on the lambs. A compelling argument for selection.

Testing time for ewe lambs Over autumn and winter, the ewe lambs are shorn and fleece traits recorded. They are run

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which lambs are cycling.

Last year, 70% of the ewe lambs cycled.

Dags. Breeding to reduce this issue is highly successful. Ask your breeder if they are recording dag score.

through Portable Accumulation Chambers to measure their methane production (another heritable trait) and in July and August, representative samples were sent to Invermay, where each animal is tested for residual feed intake, looking at which

animal makes the most efficient and effective use of feed resources.

All ewe lambs are retained and while they had reached 40kg

by May, they are not mated, although harnessed teaser rams are run with them to identify

Cracking two-tooths In March of this year, the twotooths weighed 67kg and Robert says they were amongst the best two-tooths he has seen. This is despite none being culled, as would be standard practice.

Robert says genetically, there is a big difference between studs and this reflects the length of the time each stud has been focusing on traits such as worm resistance and dags.

He says the results have shown that no one ram is good at every trait and no one breed is good at every trait.

Doing the science AgResearch scientists Kathryn McRae, Suzanne Rowe and Tricia Johnson are all involved in some aspect of the Low Input Progeny Trial.

Kathryn says individual sheep differ in their ability to develop resistance to parasites and WormFEC is a breeding value, or measure of resistance to parasites.

While faecal egg counts (FEC) are still the best proxy for parasite burdens and a tool to measure an animal’s resistance to parasites, DNA will be used in the future to look at parasite species at the same time as FECs. Scientists will also be looking at the impact of parasites on behaviour and the interaction between the faecal microbiome and internal parasites.

Coopworth rams in the trial have performed admirably, proving once again that high performance and reduced input are achievable. n For trial results, see blnzgenetics.com

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Our only real challenge is to keep doing what we do so well which is to produce high quality food with a low footprint utilizing sun, grass and genetics selected to perform in our environment.

I love being part of that picture. Nikau Coopworth has a history of looking forward and being proactive. We stopped drenching ewes 20 years ago with a belief it was the right path. Likewise the rigours of the early days of FE testing required

faith that we were on the right track there.

That’s what being a breeder is all about. Having a belief and enthusiasm that takes you on a journey.

There is great satisfaction taking others along as clients progress with their flocks. Nothing lights me up more than hearing satisfied comments from clients who has seen positive change in their sheep flocks.

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The perfect tool ELLA HOLLAND

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oopworths have a long history on Bruce Roys’ Moonlight property.

Fourth-generation farmer Bruce Roy has been farming in Moonlight under Roy Partnership with his brother Neil, who in recent years has stepped down from the day-to-day running of the farm. In 1982 they bought the final shares of the family farm off their other four brothers.

The Roys have continued to grow the property since the original 200 acres (81ha) was purchased by their great-great grandfather in 1883, the most recent addition was back in 2011.

Today, 1571ha make up the Roy Partnership.

Historically, Corridales were

run on the property, however, when Bruce and Neil took over management they purchased 330 two-tooth ewes. The aim was to run the Corriedales and Coopworths simultaneously.

It was quickly evident that in many aspects the Corriedales could not compete against the Coopworth.

Around 1000ha of the property is arable-type land, while the rest is made up by steep hill country, rocks and gorges. With an ideal combination of land type and climatic conditions, the Roys excel at growing grass.

“The sheep is a tool to turn grass into money and the Corriedale weren’t doing it as efficiently as we would have liked,” Bruce said.

“We were struggling to get

Mixed-age ewes being set stocked for lambing.

a good percentage out of the Corriedales.

“So we were looking for a better tool and for us this ended up being the Coopworth.”

They also found that the Coopworths had a greater resistance to footrot.

Due to these factors the

decision was made to step away from Corriedale. As a result, the Roys have spent the past 40 years focusing on Coopworth as their maternal breed.

Alongside a few cattle, the property usually winters 8500 Coopworth ewes plus replacements. However, due to

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continuous drought annual draft ewes that were due to lamb early were sold this year, bringing ewe number back to around 7800.

The ewes start lambing from mid-September and the lambs are weaned around early January.

At present, Bruce only scans his two-tooth ewes as the occasional single may need assistance at lambing. He fails to see the purpose of scanning his mixed-age ewes when he knows “they are going to get around 150-odd percent anyway”. That said, this year the annual draft ewes were scanned so they could be sold in-lamb.

As expected, they had a high scanning percentage of 180%, not counting triplets.

High fertility is not the only key attribute of the Coopworths; they also have great maternal instinct, which results in high lamb survival rates.

“The ewes are good at having

multiple lambs and keeping those lambs alive,” he said.

“They are great mothers as they can count.”

Although Bruce can happily leave the ewes completely untouched at lambing, he still likes to complete a low-intensity lambing beat.

“This can just be a look around the paddocks with my binos,” he said.

“The biggest problem we have at lambing is cast ewes.

“I hate seeing them as you know she will have multiple lambs in her.”

The farm currently uses an annual shear policy, completing their annual shear late February or early March to give the ewes an extra boost for flushing. This has not always been the case; the farm used to shear their ewes more frequently, using an eight-month shearing policy.

Keeping the supply chain short, they sold all wool directly to the

Summit Wool Spinners mill in Oamaru. However, when the mill closed in 2013, they re-evaluated their operation and decided to switch to shearing annually.

Consistently low wool prices were a key factor in this decision.

A crossbred breeding system is used in the business, with half the MA ewes being put to a terminal ram, predominantly a Texel ram. All two-tooth ewes minus any culls are put to a maternal ram.

“The hybrid vigour caused by crossing the Coopworth to a terminal ram is amazing,” he said.

“We produce good lambs, well ahead of any straight Coopworth in terms of growth.”

He buys his Coopworth rams from Otago stud Glendhu Genetics, owned by the Fletcher family, and has been doing so for the past 30 years, and is always pleased with the genetic gain and condition of these rams. He

also loves the reassurance that the Fletchers always have rams available for him.

Feed availability affects Bruce’s decision as to when lambs should leave the property.

Dry conditions around weaning in recent years has resulted in him selling the majority of his lambs as store lambs to prioritise feed for the replacement ewes lambs and ewes. If the farm has had a good spring and early summer and there is enough grass, he aims to finish them.

Looking back on the past 40 years, the Roys have no regrets about the decision to farm the Coopworth breed. Bruce is yet to see a maternal sheep breed “that is strides ahead of the Coopworth”. He believes that Coopworths will continue to be farmed by the Roys for many years to come.

“Why change something that is working well just for the hell of it?” he asked.

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The question is, where to begin?

CHRIS LOGAN

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he first cross-breeding with the Border Leicester breed began at Ashley Dene in 1950, with Border rams crossed over Corriedale ewes. In 1956, a proposal was put to the board of governors by Professor Ian Coop to establish a Border Romney flock from stud Border Leicester rams and stud Romney ewes and then to begin an interbreeding programme with selection based on recorded performance. It was not until 1958 that the first crossings of Border Leicester rams over Romney ewes began.

This was the beginning of the Coopworth breed.

With the registered Coopworth stud now located at Ashley Dene they have returned

“home”, as some of the initial work by the late Professor Coop in the development of the Coopworth breed was conducted at Ashley Dene

1984

To reflect on the Lincoln University Coopworth flock over the past 20 years we need to go back slightly further, in fact, back as far as 1984.

Leading up to 1984 there was a perception amongst other registered Coopworth breeders that the Lincoln flock, which had been a totally ‘closed’ flock since its inception (no sheep introduced from other flocks), was falling off the pace genetically and there was a need for a research project to be put in place to evaluate the genetic merit of the Lincoln flock compared to industry flocks. It

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TABLE A: Lincoln College versus Industry Coopworth comparison 1984 & 1985 progeny

was the belief of some that this was partly politically driven by commercial ram sale numbers.

In 1984 and 1985 the Lincoln flock comprising 1000 breeding ewes was split in half, with half of the ewes mated to industry sires,

sourced through the Coopworth council, and the other half mated to Lincoln home-breed sires, as had been the practice up until then. The project protocol was designed in such a way that Lincoln staff involved knew very

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little of the origin of the industry rams, and in fact was shrouded in some secrecy to avoid any bias in future production measurements. These matings resulted in the Lincoln Coopworth flock becoming recognised as a research flock within the Coopworth Sheep Society of NZ Measurements collected from the 1984 and 1985 progeny included weaning weight, hogget fleece weight, winter weight (Figure 1) and reproductive and survival performance from retained females up to and including their four-tooth lambing.

The results (shown in the table A) proved that the University Coopworth rams were competitive with the Industry rams and indeed slightly superior in weaning weight and fleece weight.

In 1986, following the completion of the industry versus

“The registered Coopworth flock of 2020 is significantly different from that of 20 years ago.

The current animals are genetically capable of producing $22 more meat and wool than they did in 1995.”

Lincoln matings, a long-term research project was established to investigate the rate of genetic progress using single-trait or multi-trait selection. The selection lines established were Overall Production Index, Clean Fleece Weight, Lean Tissue Growth plus a Control line.

Animals born into these lines remained in their respective line until they were either culled or sold as cast for age ewes.

Initially ewes were randomly allocated to each selection line but as females born into lines became available for breeding, the number of ewes required to be randomly allocated each year declined and ceased at the 1991 mating.

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Selection of sires and replacement female stock was based solely on the criteria for each selection line, along with structural soundness. This caused many long debates, as animals selected due to their genetic superiority in the specific trait may not have been ‘true to type’ or be seen to be able to sire progeny suitable for commercial ram sales. A compromise was always reached, notes were duly made by the farm managers for future reference and produced if required at the time of hogget culling.

Along with the establishment of the selection lines, an artificial insemination (AI)

programme was instigated and the Lincoln Coopworth flock became a foundation member of the New Zealand Ovine sire Reference Group (NZOSR).

Sires used by AI were mated to a proportion of the ewes in the Overall Production Index line.

This membership of NZOSR continues until the present day.

The physical location of the Coopworth flock during this period was diverse to say the least. In the initial years the flock was located at Lyndhurst, a Lincoln-owned border dyked irrigated property in Mid Canterbury. In the early part of 1992 this property was sold, which posed an immediate problem as to where to relocate the Coopworth flock. Initially the flock size was reduced to 650 registered ewes and the 1992 mating was on various small holdings in the Lincoln area. Following mating the flock moved to a leased property,

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way of determining their status.

Remarkably 344 ewe hoggets were shorn in late September.

Following the Coopworths’ sojourn at Orton Bradley Park, they returned to the Sheep Breeding Unit close to the main Lincoln Campus where they remained in a stable environment until the development of the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) in 2000. At this point, all the sheep located at the Sheep Breeding Unit, including the Coopworths, were transferred to Ashley Dene, with the Coopworth flock once again being downsized to 380 breeding ewes.

During all of these changes in location, environment and day-to-day management, the selection programme remained intact, albeit with reduced numbers. In 2004, following 20 years of selection line policy, the decision was made to disestablish some of the lines.

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Orton Bradley Park, on Banks Peninsula. In August of 1992 Canterbury, and in particular areas surrounding Christchurch, experienced a severe snow storm. By chance this occurred at the beginning of lambing and at the peak period for those ewes artificially inseminated.

In a recorded stud operation all lambs must be tagged at birth and technicians have vivid memories of going to Orton Bradley Park to be confronted by a woolshed full of untagged lambs needing to be identified as to which dam they belonged.

The manager had made his best efforts to keep the animals alive, but correct pedigree recording soon went out the window for that year; DNA parentage was not an option at this time. The other vivid recollection from this weather event is that 350 woolly Coopworth ewe hoggets were caught in a metre of snow on Mt Herbert, access cut off and no

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The best 300 overall production index animals were selected from the Clean Fleece Weight, Lean Tissue Growth and Overall Production Index lines and merged into a SIL Dual Purpose Production line. The Control line was retained because it was considered to be of national and international significance as a basis to which genetic progress

Control and Index Lines

in SIL could be compared.

The current Control line of Coopworths is one of if not the only “alive” control line of sheep in the Southern Hemisphere and, as represented in Figure 2, has remained relatively genetically unchanged since 1986, while the Index line has shown continued genetic progress. Selection for the control line replacements

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results in the average overall production index of control sires and replacement ewes flat lining. Not only are the Index and control lines genetically different, but a visual difference is also extremely evident.

Genetic selection works.

The registered Coopworth flock of 2020 is significantly different from that of 20 years ago. The current animals are genetically capable of producing $22 more meat and wool than they did in 1995. This progress has been in economically important traits. Although the flock size has reduced, it is seen by the industry as an important research flock particularly in the development of innovative ideas and the maintenance of genetic connections within the Coopworth breed. Lincoln’s Coopworth flock is a member flock of the NZOSR sire reference scheme within the Coopworth breed and along with other

Coopw

breeders provides genetic connectedness allowing valid genetic merit comparisons With increasing emphasis being placed by the industry on meat production and lean meat yield, a body composition line was established with the first mating in 2009. All Coopworth hoggets are CAT scanned (Computerised Axial Tomography – X-ray images) and replacements are selected based on the CAT Scan analysis and the SIL DPM index. Selection pressure is primarily placed on total saleable red meat yield, with secondary emphasis on the percentage yield in leg, loin and shoulder. With the Coopworth Sheep Society wishing to become more actively involved with research at a scientific level, the future of the Lincoln Coopworth flock and the Coopworth breed seems assured.

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Future-proofing the flock

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igh-performing farmers achieving returns in the top 10% have a solid policy for expenditure in a tough year. No matter how bad the year, they never skimp on two things that add long-term value to the farming business: they always apply fertiliser and they always invest in top genetics.

These farmers view every ram they have ever bought as an investment.

A maternal sire who passes on top performance traits to his daughters has a positive impact for generations. Retaining 10 daughters pays for the ram. Do the math.

So what is a ram worth?

A $5000 ram was considered top dollar a few years ago but in recent times price tags of over

$10,000 have been seen.

What is driving this rise?

Of course, lamb schedule is a big player. Returns from lamb sales drive demand and price of sires.

facial eczema (FE) and parasites.

Climate change has resulted in an increasing incidence of FE and this terrible disease is occurring in parts of the country where it was never

“Climate change has resulted in an increasing incidence of FE and this terrible disease is occurring in parts of the country where it was never a problem before.”

When lamb prices are strong, which they have been in recent years, heavier, faster growing lambs are sought. Top maternal genetics to produce those high-performing daughters to fill the paddocks with lambs are in demand.

Also increasing in demand is a focus on health traits, primarily

a problem before. The only permanent sustainable solution to this disease is genetics.

Incorporating FE genetics future-proofs the flock is a true long-term investment.

Likewise, the prevalence of drench failure (drench resistance) is rampant. There are tools in the box to deal with

The Carters have been breeding Coopworths since 1974 on steep Taumarunui hill country. We produce easy care, low-input, high-output sheep to improve your flock’s performance without compromising physical structure.

• FE GOLD for 8 years; Ramguard testing for 15 years • Routinely scanning at 180% • No dipping for past 4 years • Conservative drenching regime • Worm FEC & Dag recording since 2017 • All stud hoggets muscle scanned • Recorded flock put to the test under commercial conditions • Strong emphasis on phenotype/composition • Benefit from collaboration within the Coopworth Genetics group

this problem with management, stock policy and product choice all useful options. Selecting for genetic ability to resist parasite load and reduce paddock contamination is also possible and a strong tool as genetic gain is cumulative.

Breeders that have been dedicated to selecting for these traits are in high demand as the market recognises the value of these genetics. Hence the record prices for rams with high MW figures, FE tolerance and parasite resistance.

This investment the breeder makes to produce such rams in time, labour and financial cost is significant.

Establishing breeding values requires recording. Weaning weights, eight-month weights and tupping weights all

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Travis Carter & Julie Matthews 07-895-3348 Robert & Suzanne Carter 07-896-7020 151 Kirikau Valley Road, RD3, Taumarunui, 3993 thepoplarsfarm@gmail.com

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contribute to Growth and Adult Size values. Muscle scanning and full CT scanning add information for meat. Scanning percentage and recording lambs born dead or alive, as well as lambs weaned, provides survival values. Wool weights are taken with confidence that this will again be an economic trait.

Health traits are difficult and expensive to record. Fecal egg count (FEC) breeding values are created by putting lambs under parasite pressure and then individually sampling to assess fecal egg count.

At $9 per sample, breeders who are serious about selecting for this trait do hundreds – that’s a lot of poo.

Ramguard testing for FE tolerance at the top-level is very pricey at $350/ram tested.

Performance recording is the cornerstone of the Coopworth breed. Recording began in the 1960s and the Coopworth breed

led the industry with gains. The days of the biggest ram at the local show making the top price are long gone, today’s farmers look at production index values to make their choices.

Commercial farmers are looking hard at inputs and workload. The marketplace is seeking product with low impact. The Government is pushing for reduction in greenhouse gases and impact on the environment. Coopworth ewes tick all the boxes.

Moderately-sized, highfertility ewes, with top mothering ability, which wean their weight in lamb, resist disease, require minimal drench and are robust in the face of challenging seasons are the answer.

In short, the ability of a ram to transform a flock and make positive gains in all economic and health traits is one of the smartest investments you can make.

Efficient Coopworth ewes provide an answer to many of the challenges facing our industry.

WAIKOURA COOPWORTH STUD NORTH OTAGO

50 years of breeding top genetics on irrigated flat to rolling hill country

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Breeding the ultimate easy-care ram High output low input meaty rams High fertility – weaning 188% Great mothering genetics Eye muscle scanning of all stud rams Strong functional sheep that survive

RAMS AVAILABLE FOR SALE Contact John & Allyson Lee 03 431 7819 or 027 240 7544 allycatz@xtra.co.nz

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DO YOU KNOW YOUR LOCAL COOPWORTH BREEDER? ROMANI COOPWORTHS

NIKAU COOPWORTHS Kate Broadbent Tuakau (09)-233-3230 broadbent.ka@gmail.com

Ross & Ruth Richards Taumarunui (07)-895-7144 romani@farmside.co.nz

ASHGROVE GENETICS

James & Janine Parsons Travis & Kirra Pymm Dargaville (09)-439-7749 (Travis) or 021-206-3208 (James) manager@ashgrovegenetics.co.nz

Graeme Gleeson Pukeatua (07)-872 4856 or 027-727-3720 gbg.redley@xtra.co.nz

HINENUI GENETICS

KIRIKAU COOPWORTHS

Brett & Lucy Teutenberg, Deana & Phil Cook, Ryan & Claire Teutenberg Gisborne (06)-862-8768 or 021-610-664 admin@hinenuigenetics.co.nz

Travis Carter & Julie Matthews Robert & Suzanne Carter Taumarunui (07)-895-3348 or (07)-896-7020 thepoplarsfarm@gmail.com

WAIONE COOPWORTH

MARLOW COOPWORTHS

John Wilkie Whanganui (06)-342-6883 or 021-267-4425 coopworths@waione.co.nz

Steve Wyn-Harris Waipukurau (06)-855-8265 or 027-222-3284 swyn@xtra.co.nz

PINE PARK PARTNERSHIP Edward Sherriff Marton (06)-327-6591 or 021-704-778 pinepark@farmside.co.nz

GRASSENDALE GENETICS

DITTON FARM

ASHAIG FARM

James Falloon Masterton (06)-372-4882 or 0274-999-765 James.Falloon@xtra.co.nz

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

George & Elaine Fletcher Cromwell (03)-445-4059 fletcher@ispnz.co.nz

Chris Logan Christchurch (03)-423-0670 or 027-604-8450 Chris.Logan@lincoln.ac.nz

G B & M D MITCHELL Lumsden (027)-681-4444 gmitchellfarming@gmail.com

GLENDHU GENETICS

Fraser Fletcher & Susie Burrows Heriot 027-497-8104 fraserfletcher@gmail.com

Graeme & Raewyn Black Riverton (03)-224-6369 or 027-495-7912 gl.rrblack@gmail.com

TAMLET SHEEP ASHTON GLEN GENETICS GENETICS

George Smith Invercargill Wyndham (03)-221-7269 davidcolhoun@farmside.co.nz (03)-206-4925 tamlet@ruralinzone.net

DB&BW MCCULLOCH

Waimate (03)-689-3869 brucekathymcculloch@gmail.com J R & A G Lee Oamaru (03)-431-7819 allycatz@xtra.co.nz

Chris Wilson Winton 027-444-7072 chris.terae@gmail.com

LAWSON LEA GENETICS

George & Luce Williams Masterton 027-726-7467 (06)-372-6671 george@grassendale.nz

WAIKOURA COOPWORTH

TE RAE GENETICS

DW COLHOUN

REDLEY PARK

Ross, Ruth & Byron Mitchell Clinton 0274-338-613 or 0273-925-199 rossruth@ashtonglen.co.nz

WHARETOA GENETICS

Garth & Chris Shaw Balclutha (03)-415-9074 wharetoa@farmside.co.nz

MOERAKI DOWNS GENETICS

Neville Caldwell Oamaru (03)-439-4751 or 027-480-7656 moerakidowns@gmail.com