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ONTERRA’S new strategy and honesty are a hit with its dairy farmers despite the massive balance sheet losses and the lack of a dividend for the past 18 months.

Farmers and marketers have welcomed the scaled back and more realistic strategy with triplebottom line reporting targets, chief among them sustainable earnings and a good return on capital.

Golden Bay Fonterra supplier and Federated Farmers national dairy vice-chairman Wayne Langford echoed many shareholders’ support for their co-operative’s plans to down-size and refocus on New Zealand milk supply while still smarting over the massive losses.

The board and management are now 100% on notice for a good few years.

Wayne Langford Golden Bay Southland farmer Don Moore, of McNab, had some unease about the ambition of the previous strategy but is more comfortable with the new version and its more modest goals.

Olin Greenan, who farms at Morrinsville in Waikato, is pleased to hear Fonterra admit its previous strategy didn’t work.

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admitted they have not tracked the way they wanted to.

“It heralds a new beginning with a new direction.”

Greenan said the fact Fonterra traded profitably last year provides a sound foundation and farmers need to back to cooperative.

Langford said the huge losses are a result of reckless decisions.

“The board and management are now 100% on notice for a good few years and they need to know that.

“Every year Fonterra has asked farmers for more capital. That has dried up and Fonterra will have to create its own.

“We have made far more successful investments improving our own farm efficiencies compared to what Fonterra has done with our own money.”

However, Langford also feels a co-operative is like a family, where members can fight and disagree but ultimately forgive and stick together.

For that reason he welcomes the co-operative’s strategy putting farmers, staff and customers in a more co-operative ethos, in a structure more focused on being closer to home than the global aspirant of the past.

“I think if you look at the way Fonterra has gone regarding the Government’s water quality policy, zero carbon and the management pay freezes we are moving into an era of a different style of business.

REBOOT: Fonterra can start anew now it has admitted its previous strategy didn’t work, farmer Olin Greenan says.

“It’s not all about dollars and cents any more. We are going to treat our people differently.”

Auckland University senior marketing lecturer Michael Lee said Fonterra has retreated, regrouped and will reset, a common tactic for a company facing problems.

The previous strategy had over-extended Fonterra’s reach by growing too far too fast and it is appropriate to now focus on its core business.

“It looks like they have taken a retreat, regroup and reset approach, which is a smart move.”

It is appropriate Fonterra focuses on what it does well.

“It needs to work on its strength and go back to its grassroots,” Lee said.

He is pleased Fonterra has launched triple bottom line accounting because that protects its provenance, which is crucial for any future foray into consumer products.

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones, who has previously been critical of Fonterra, said it must be accountable to its farmer owners and investors and the legislators

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“I think the new management has put the company on a more realistic trajectory than has been the case in the past.

“We all want Fonterra to be successful and we don’t want young farmers or any farming families to be under more pressure than they are already facing.”

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Is PM’s climate pledge realistic?

Luke Chivers luke.chivers@globalhq.co.nz NEW Zealand is determined to be the most sustainable food producer in the world, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told world leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.

The high-level meeting in New York was billed as 2019’s key political event for climate change and Ardern was invited to give the opening leader’s address.

“We are determined that NZ can and will play our part in the global effort,” she said.

“The situation is stark. It will not be easy.

“But our generation – we – have it within our grasp, not just to prevent the worst but to build the best possible world for the generations to come.”

Over the next five years NZ will collaborate to build systems every farmer can use to measure, manage and reduce their farm’s emissions.

“We are determined to show that we can be the most sustainable food producers in the world,” she said.

Former Fonterra executive now co-founder of Leaft Foods, a plant protein ingredients company, Maury Leyland-Penno believes there isn’t a binary answer to whether that’s achievable.

“We have a lot of resources, a great climate, great soil and lots of innovative people.

“But our environmental journey has been slower than some parts of the world, particularly Europe, and we don’t seem to acknowledge that.”

NZ is beautiful but sometimes we struggle to see some of the details.

“It’s hard to change. And what’s being asked of farmers right now is change and it’s not necessarily cheap.”

But global consumers are demanding it. They are looking for high environmental standards.

TARGET: Over the next five years New Zealand will collaborate to build systems every farmer can use to measure, manage and reduce their farm’s emissions, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

“Whether or not a product comes from NZ is a very much a secondary consideration,” Leyland-Penno said.

“We’re dreaming if we think we can slap NZ on a pack and it’ll sell for more.”

At the UN Ardern spoke positively of NZ’s Zero Carbon Bill and the strengthening of the Emissions Trading Scheme to more effectively price climate pollution.

But the draft ETS has stalled.

The Government’s plan to make farmers pay for their emissions is on shaky ground after Labour, the Greens and NZ First failed to agree.

A draft scheme went to Cabinet’s environment, energy and climate committee but did not make it through after ministers could not agree on it.

It is now stuck while ministers work on a plan.

Earlier this month farming industry bosses penned an open letter to Ardern, saying they share the Government’s visions to keep

global warming within 1.5C but prefer to achieve it under a nonbinding collaborative proposal dubbed; Primary Sector Climate Change Commitment.

We are determined to show that we can be the most sustainable food producers in the world.

Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister The letter was signed by DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb and Meat Industry Association chief executives Dr Tim Mackle, Sam McIvor and Tim Ritchie.

They urged Ardern to support the Commitment, an initiative they describe as an innovative and world-leading statement from the primary sector.

“We believe this will be more effective than taxing the sector via a levy on processors through the ETS,” they said.

But Federated Farmers insists there are too few tools in the box.

Its members fully support NZ’s efforts to meet international climate commitments but the targets should be 3% reduction of methane by 2030 and 10% by 2050, to achieve no additional warming, it said.

The Fed’s target has been criticised by urbanites.

It is small compared with the Government’s targets of a 10% cut by 2030 and a 24% to 47% cut by 2050.

So, is NZ really within arm’s reach of leading the way on food production?

The data available doesn’t give a clear answer, Feds said.

For the past 25 years farmers have averaged a 1% a year cut in methane emitted per litre of milk and kilogram of red meat and have enhanced their farm profitability in the process. The

best farmers are achieving faster reductions.

Collectively the primary industry, which earned a record $46.4b in exports this year, is spending $25 million a year mitigating and adapting to climate change.

To compound the reservation over Ardern’s pledge, National’s agriculture spokesman Todd Muller contradicts her.

“When the Prime Minister told the UN she was determined for NZ to be the most sustainable food producer in the world she should have realised that we already are.

“In the past 30 years we’ve managed to produce more sheep meat from 32% fewer sheep due to improvements with enhanced breeding mixes and enhanced lambing percentages,” Muller said “Our dairy products are so much more sustainable that a litre of NZ milk shipped to Ireland – the next most efficient producer – would still have a lower emissions profile than Irish milk produced locally.

“If the Prime Minister supported lowering emissions she would be promoting our primary sector on the world stage and encouraging people to eat NZ-produced food,” he said.

Though NZ accounts for only 0.17% of the global total Ardern said NZ’s emissions have increased a little over 23% since 1990 and net emissions are up by 65%.

But she said the Government has an ambitious agenda and the situation is starting to turn around.

NZ will lead a first of its kind, five-way trade talks with Norway, Iceland, Costa Rica and Fiji to use trade to combat climate change by slashing fossil-fuel subsidies and abolishing tariffs on environmental goods.

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Fonterra vows reformation Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz FONTERRA’S new strategy will slim the co-operative in its products, markets and the bloated Auckland head count.

It aims to maximise the value of New Zealand milk by focusing on innovation, sustainability and efficiency and unlock greater value from its large research and development division.

Gone or on the way out are major cash investments internationally funded with debt, the offshore milk pools, the 30 billion litre annual milk volume target and trying to be all things to all people in all dairy segments.

Those past strategies burned hundreds of millions of dollars in takeovers, joint ventures and startups that have been subsequently sold, closed or written down in value.

We are not going to subsidise offshore activities – each needs to pay its own way.

Miles Hurrell Fonterra As demonstrated by the sale of Tip Top, Fonterra now has no ambition to be a fast-moving consumer goods company in, for example, confectioneries alongside dairy cabinet foods.

It might not want to be the Nestle of NZ with volume-based objectives but it believes it can remain the national champion, chief executive Miles Hurrell said.

It will stay in the consumer markets of NZ, Australia and Chile but most of its sales revenue will come from business-to-business, not business-to-consumer.

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The new strategy cannot be summed up in a slogan but its transformative power has already been felt through the 12-month development phase during which Hurrell has been chief executive.

To put structure into the strategy he will down-size Fonterra’s Auckland headquarters and make divisional changes in favour of more feet on the ground alongside the customers.

The giant ingredients and consumer and food service divisions will be split into geographic zones and target sales categories of core dairy, food service, paediatrics, sports and active, medical and aging.

“We are not going to subsidise offshore activities – each needs to pay its own way,” Hurrell said.

Chief among those is China Farms, where Fonterra no longer needs to own 35,000 cows to demonstrate its credentials and it is actively looking for partners.

“Fonterra does not need to own and control its offshore investments but instead make partnerships with our intellectual property, skills and research and development.”

Milk supply growth in NZ and Australia cannot be expected in future and so the focus has switched to product and market optionality to drive premium prices through innovation, Fonterra strategy head Chris Greenough said.

It must return more value to shareholders to retain its milk market share at 80%.

Among the realities of its position are increasing competition for milk, constrained capital, high debt, lack of

GOOD ON YA: Fonterra will still be New Zealand’s national champion, chief executive Miles Hurrell says.

trust and confidence at home, increased environmental costs and recent under-performance.

Among its strengths are 20,000plus employees, 10,000-plus farming families, 400 researchers, pasture-based milk, a low greenhouse gas footprint, the global supply chain, customer relationships and food safety and traceability.

Greenough drew attention to what he calls cross-over products like butter, cheeses and milk powders that can be sold in bulk for further processing and in portions with high end-user margins.

Chief financial officer Marc Rivers said Fonterra will report on triple bottom line measurements

in future; healthy people, healthy environment and healthy business.

He credited the Sustainability Advisory Panel under chairman Sir Rob Fenwick with that change.

The objectives will have targets in topics like community relationships, zero waste and nature restoration.

The business targets will include a sustainable farmgate milk payout, lower debts, reliable dividends and adequate return on capital.

The three-year goals are 8.5% return on capital, around 35% debt-to-equity ratio and 40c earnings a share.

Rivers defined capital as the dollar investment into the

company, not the fluctuating valuations of brands and market shares that gave rise to hundreds of millions of dollars of impairments recently announced.

Fonterra will have a conservative balance sheet and aim to retain its A-band credit ratings, he said.

Hurrell said performance payments for high-level executives, himself included, in future will be based on those key measures like return on capital.

The big divisional reorganisation in overseas markets will dictate the numbers of employees and the head office numbers will probably fall, though there is no reduction target.

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Fonterra is going back to the future Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz A SIMPLER, scaled back strategy with a human face to it offers a sharp contrast to Fonterra’s efforts at global domination in previous strategy efforts.

In announcing Fonterra’s new strategy chief executive Miles Hurrell emphasised Fonterra’s efforts to integrate its strategy for the co-op’s future putting suppliers, staff and customers at the centre of a purpose and values focused co-operative.

At the heart of the review has been some co-operative soulsearching that started 18 months ago.

That came at a time when the co-operative’s bold vision spanned the world.

Its ambition was to serve markets with two billion people, partly from international milk pools, but also by growing supply in NZ. “Eighteen months ago we would

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have said we were a global dairy giant,” Hurrell said.

He noted Fonterra’s previous very strong global ambitions, now replaced with a strategy viewed as a more sustainable and achievable.

In acknowledging the major $600 million loss borne from those earlier policies he said Fonterra has since recognised it is, at heart, a co-operative.

“That may not sound so radical but we have a stronger, long-term future together.”

To plumb where its culture needs to go Fonterra sought input from all suppliers through its vision and purpose process that included ongoing input over 18 months from several farmers.

That process revealed a

significant disconnect with farmer shareholders and a -17 score for farmer sentiment. Anything over 20 is classed favourable.

The co-operative also did a base level strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats analysis in its self-assessment.

Opportunities include rising developing world incomes, an aging population and out-ofhome eating.

But the co-op also faces risks including environmental impacts, climate change and new foods while its strengths lie in scale, pasture-sourced milk and a strong global supply chain.

Weaknesses include big debts, increasing competition, constrained capital and a lack of trust and confidence at home.

From that have evolved goals focused on healthy people, environment and business, built on values that include a cooperative spirit.

“We have become leaner and more focused, clearer on who we

HURRAH: Fonterra’s values and goals are woven through its strategy that celebrates farmers, supplier Richard Cookson says.

are and where we are going.

“The culture is changing.

“We are being open and honest on challenges we face along the way while purpose and values will be at the heart of everything we do,” Hurrell said.

The 2019 annual report highlights the moves to put a more personalised vision of Fonterra to shareholders, with the co-operative ethos illustrated by tatou, tatou (all of us together).

An emphasis on the cooperative difference is given front seat in the report. It highlights what farmers can gain from the co-operative’s knowledge

and recognises those who have delivered gold standard milk over the years.

Te Aroha farmer Richard Cookson was one of four involved for the full 18 months in the vision and purpose process.

He said a first look through the annual report confirmed the co-operative has listened long and hard to its shareholders and is making a genuine effort devoid of slogans and gimmicks to reconnect with its farmers.

“The values and goals are woven right through it, celebrating Fonterra farmers. They have listened to us.”

Impairments swamp Fonterra operating profits FONTERRA reported a bottomline loss of $605 million in the year ended July 31 after making total impairments of $829m over a range of businesses and countries.

Of the impairments, $235m were taken above the gross profit line and the balance as part of earnings before interest and tax.

Fonterra said normalised Ebit was $819m, down 9% on a year earlier, on revenues $300m lower at $20.1 billion.

The reported Ebit figure was a loss of $10m, ahead of net interest costs of $428m and tax of $177m.

In the 2018 year, reported Ebit was $262m. The bottom line was another loss, at $196m.

Fonterra’s farmgate milk price is $6.35/kg MS and there is no dividend for investors.

Chief executive Miles Hurrell said the NZ ingredients gross margin rose 4% to $1.32b on increased sales and prices and the food service gross margins rose 10%.

However, they were superseded by impairments or disposal

losses of $203m on China Farms, $69m on an Australian strategic reset, $244m on the NZ business including a $40m loss on the Tip Top sale, $149m on the Brazil business, $134m loss on sale of Venezuela operations, $17m on other strategic resets and $12m on the Beingmate investment in China.

Encouragement came from operating cash flow remaining well positive at $1.12b, though lower than the $1.54b of a year earlier.

Fonterra’s total assets fell to $17b from $18b and shareholders’

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Total liabilities at balance date were $11.19b, down from $11.75b.

Borrowings were slightly lower at $6.57b from $6.9b.

According to the accounts the group’s equity ratio on July 31 was 34.4%, compared to 35.1% previously.

The overall ingredients business, the biggest in the Fonterra group, had external revenues of $13.3b and normalised Ebit of $811m.

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Meetings show farmer frustration Colin Williscroft colin.williscroft@globalhq.co.nz HIGH farmer turnouts at meetings trying to explain the Government’s freshwater proposals show the degree of frustration the sector is feeling, Central Hawke’s Bay farmer Sam Robinson says.

Robinson, who attended a meeting a meeting in Napier that attracted 300 to 400 farmers and growers said he and just about everyone else there do not disagree with the proposals’ objectives. It is the approach causing frustration among farmers.

Frustration was also the overwhelming feeling at a meeting in Carterton, targeted specifically at farmers and growers, Farmers Weekly columnist Alan Emerson said.

Emerson said more than 400 attended and the atmosphere was prickly, with questions from the floor not being answered to farmers’ satisfaction.

That led to farmers going away from the meeting frustrated, thinking it had been a waste of time.

The attendance spoke volumes.

“It’s right in the middle of the busiest time of year so to get that number out is massive,” he said.

If you’ve got to eat an elephant it’s best to do it in bite-sized chunks rather than try and do it in one go.

WRONG WAY: Farmers don’t disagree with environmental reforms’ aims but the approach is frustrating them and risks losing them, farmer Sam Robinson says.

“Farmers are obviously pissed off.”

Robinson said the proposals are being pushed from the top down with little consideration for their effect on people.

The approach of the discussion documents is counter to that of the Resource Management Act, he said.

The RMA is affects-based legislation, where rules and regulations consider the overall impact on the environment without getting into minute detail of telling farmers what to do.

Sam Robinson Farmer

Much of the freshwater package sits within the RMA ambit but instead of following the Act’s outcome-based approach it calls for detailed, blanket specifics such what is permitted on particular degrees of slope or the depth of pugging.

“It’s really getting into telling me how to run my farm.”

One of the biggest disappointments is that when the proposals were drawn up a decision was made to not consult industry groups like Beef + Lamb and DairyNZ about what

is already being done and the best way to build on that, which Robinson said shows a lack of common sense.

The goals of the freshwater reforms are significant and achieving them would be better served by taking a more realistic approach.

“If you’ve got to eat an elephant then it’s best to do it in bite-sized chunks rather than try and do it in one go,” he said.

By and large farmers understand reputation is important to help market their

produce overseas and includes having a good story to tell about how they look after the environment. A lot is already being done but is rarely if ever acknowledged and that needs to change.

“Let’s look at some of the good for once.”

Robinson said the short time for discussion on the proposals at many farmers’ busiest time of year is an insult.

Reforms are being foisted on farmers when they are already under pressure from a number of areas.

The danger is what that sort of frustration might lead to because alienating farmers means they are less likely to be engaged in what the proposals are trying to achieve.

Plans give farmers certainty Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz SYNLAIT founder John Penno has urged Waikato farmers to take the time to submit on water quality standards and welcome the certainty setting those standards is going to bring to New Zealand agriculture.

Penno briefly addressed a full house of 550 at the Mystery Creek meeting on proposed water quality standards, advising the largely farmer audience not to stonewall the proposals or try to kick them down the road.

“There are catchments that are going backwards, not to say there has not been good work done.

“But some are being let down by neighbours not doing all they should and in some catchments farms have been able to convert long past when they should have.”

Environment Ministry officials addressed an audience already well familiar with Waikato Regional Council’s Healthy Rivers Plan, on which some of the Government’s national proposals have been based.

The proposed 5m set-back on streams and waterways grated most with an audience already well down the riparian path in fencing and waterway protection.

Ministry freshwater project leader Brian Smith acknowledged farmers’ concerns over the setback but defended the sound sediment control science behind it.

“However, the minister (Environment Minister David Parker) will absolutely be open to submissions on this,” he said.

Cambridge farmer and Maungatautari Ecological Reserve founder Bill Garland said when

it comes to set-backs the devil is in the detail, given how a practical distance can vary along a wandering waterway’s length.

“And this is only one thing we face. We have a biodiversity policy coming, Mycoplasma bovis, IRD demands. As a community we are under the pump.”

Smith said the Government appreciates the demands being put on farmers and is looking at ways to help manage the load. “(Agriculture) Minister (Damien) O’Connor is talking about an integrated plan, entering information one time only.”

He urged farmers who feel strongly about the set-back in particular to submit on it, appreciating the 5m is an average, not an absolute.

Officials were challenged on how much economic analysis has been done on the proposals’

impacts, particularly under the Resource Management Act requiring due consideration to community, economy and environment impacts of any policies.

Smith pointed to a 400-page document evaluating sediment policy but acknowledged more needs to be done on the lowered nitrate levels.

“That came in quite late so we are still analysing that.”

Penno made it plain some in the advisory group are at odds with Government moves to make farm environment plans mandatory.

“Our recommendation was while FEPs were powerful, they should be left in the hands of industry and farmers.

“Not all in the group were of this mind but FEPs could not be a Wellington tool. That is worth thinking about in submissions.”

DEAL WITH IT: Freshwater Leaders Group chairman John Penno urges farmers not to kick water standards down the road.

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Green targets rule $50m loan SYNLAIT Milk will reap cheaper interest costs if it hits environmental, social and governance targets in a $50 million, four-year loan with ANZ Bank.

But if it falls short, that bill will be higher.

“This is the first time any New Zealand company has agreed with its bankers to link its sustainability agenda to its cost of funds. This is exciting and innovative,” ANZ sustainable finance head Katharine Tapley said.

The loan will effectively transfer ANZ’s existing $50m committed four-year revolver loan with Synlait into an environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets-linked loan and a discount or premium to the base lending margin will be applied, based on its performance around a score of measures.

Synlait and ANZ refused to give details of the discount or premium, citing commercial sensitivity.

However, Synlait did confirm

ENVIRONMENT: Synlait will pay less interest to ANZ on a $50 million loan if it meets green targets but more if it fails.

ANZ’s $50m portion of its $100m secured syndicated revolving credit facility has been transferred to the new loan.

It became a different tranche within the overall syndicated revolving credit facility and the loan has a maturity date of

August1 2023, a spokesman said.

Synlait chief financial officer Nigel Greenwood said it has to be transparent around ESG and therefore needs to report openly in its annual report and soon-tobe-released sustainability reports.

“This information is used to

produce an annual risk report produced by Sustainalytics.

The report measures Synlait’s risk rating across 11 different measures,” he said.

Those measures include things like carbon-own operations, land use and biodiversity, supply chain, human capital and business ethics.

Tapley said such lending is a core part of ANZ’s sustainable financing and it is the 10th transaction of its kind completed across its Asia-Pacific network in the last nine months with clients in multiple sectors from transport infrastructure, power generation, water and waste treatment to food production.

ANZ is focused on working with its customers to transition to a low-carbon and more sustainable economy.

The bank’s view is that strong ESG risk and opportunity management is an indicator of strong future performance and also believes it can accelerate the transition by incentivising

customers to outperform on their ESG agendas.

Synlait fits the bill for this kind of funding because of its commitment to continuously improving its ESG performance, she said.

Synlait got ahead of other milk processors last year when it committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% on-farm and 50% off-farm by 2028.

The on-farm reduction includes 50% cuts in nitrous oxide, 30% in methane production and 30% in carbon dioxide.

Tapley doesn’t view the loan as a risk.

“We want Synlait’s ESG performance to improve because that means they are producing and providing better milk, which is ultimately better for their farmers, their customers and their communities more broadly,” she said.

Synlait shares last traded at $9.50 and have increased 5.6% this year.

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Climate research gets green light Luke Chivers luke.chivers@globalhq.co.nz A SLEW of new research projects will boost New Zealand’s efforts to help farmers and growers understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says.

“Many farmers are quietly getting on with the work of introducing more sustainable on-farm practices and the Government wants to support them in that work.

“The latest projects will help researchers, the Government and farmers better understand and adapt to the effects of climate

change,” he said.

Joined by industry leaders at NIWA’s headquarters in Wellington, O’Connor announced the $1.56 million spend for eight new projects provided through the Primary Industries Ministry’s Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Research Programme to help the agriculture and forestry sectors address climate challenges.

Its funding includes $500,000 for Landcare Research and AgResearch to develop practical actions farmers can take to adapt to climate change, $150,000 for the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre to help

rural advisers improve climate change knowledge and $140,000 for NIWA to develop better tools to measure and assess drought conditions.

Two Scion projects that look at adapting to and mitigating wildfire risk and managing climate risk in the forestry sector were also approved.

The money is on top of the $229m investment the Government made in the farming sector through the Sustainable Land Use package.

The given more than 150 projects about $50m in the last decade, O’Connor said.

“In Budget 2019 we also invested $8.5m to further our

work with the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases.”

Climate Change Minister James Shaw said “Farmers know better than most about the effects of climate change and many are innovating so that they can drive down on-farm emissions.”

The extra funding means more support for New Zealanders who want to innovate further so they can farm sustainably, he said.

“In being the best possible steward of the earth, farmers contribute towards leaving a safe planet for our kids and grandkids.

“The research being funded today will help them get there.”

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Alliance is aiming for top dog status Alan Williams alan.williams@globalhq.co.nz

HOW BIG: Alliance aims to become a top one or two seller across all species it processes, chief executive David Surveyor says.

ALLIANCE has signalled a more aggressive stance on moving up the value chain and a nationwide footprint, including possible North Island expansion.

The Southland-based, farmer-owned cooperative is now targeting a top one or two market share across all its processing species of lamb, beef and venison, chief executive David Surveyor says.

The caveat is that North Island expansion will be attempted only if it will add value to all existing shareholders, Surveyor told about 50 shareholdersuppliers at Rotherham in North Canterbury at the group’s first new season roadshow.

Alliance is the biggest lamb processor and strong in venison but is only fifth or sixth biggest in beef processing and will need a major North Island presence, from one beef plant now in Levin, to be a top-two operator.

The co-operative will report substantial profit growth for the year-ended September 30 compared to the $8 million achieved last year and is really confident there will be a pool distribution, which could not be made last year, Surveyor said.

Now, in phase two of an ambitious three-phase development programme, the co-op is spinning both wheels in saving on costs and accelerating value-add.

“We want to move up the value chain as quickly as we can. We’re looking at every animal and every individual value-stream.”

It is pushing hard with its food service division, now operating in Britain, the United States, Asia and New Zealand.

In two years the British business has grown from zero to $30 million and the budget is for $60m next financial year.

“It is growing rapidly, with terrific profitability.”

The value creation and being able to move prices in global markets delivered $10m value to shareholders this year and the group expects $20m in gains next year.

A lot of focus is being put into operational efficiencies, improving staff skills across all divisions, asset reliability, making the sales process more targeted and accountable and particularly on worker safety.

Alliance is very confident for the outlook and further investment opportunities for its Meateor pet food joint venture with Scales Corporation. It is a substantive change for the group.

This time last year Surveyor told shareholders of a $20-a-head disconnect between lamb procurement prices and global market prices hurting processing companies.

There was none of that talk this year, though prices are higher.

After the meeting, he said global prices have continued to rise and over the last three months there has been sensible procurement pricing.

However, he warned shareholders industry profitability remains too low, given the scale of investment needed to lift farming out of commodity dependence.

“We straddle the barbed wire fence trying to work out how much to put back into the business and how much to return to farmers.”

Despite that it has invested heavily in upgrading and automating plants and will soon open a specialised value-add room at the big Lorneville plant in Invercargill, a key asset, so it can produce retail-ready meat cuts.

Alliance is considering bigger plans for Lorneville, encompassing automation of primal and middle cuts, new auto-packing and blastchiller facilities and a new warehouse.

It will cost $55m to $75m and shift the plant to the next generation.

Surveyor and chairman Murray Taggart said the group is working out how it can be financed and developed over several years.

The group will report a very strong balance sheet with equity in the high 60% level.

Surveyor told shareholders the group is getting very good results and premiums with its Silere and Te Mana lamb brands in overseas market pilot programmes, proving it can move lamb to new levels.

It was now planning to move the main Pure South brand up the scale so all suppliers can benefit.

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Cash for global manuka growth Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz THE manuka honey industry has welcomed a Government injection of almost $6 million to help maintain the product’s provenance claims amid increasing efforts by other countries to capitalise on its high value.

The return from this investment will be in multiple markets.

John Rawcliffe Manuka Honey Appellation Society The Manuka Honey Appellation Society was given $5.7 million from the Provincial Growth Fund to help extend the honey’s provenance claims globally.

To date manuka honey has been granted brand exclusivity to New Zealand through the United Kingdom Trade Registry accepting it as a certification mark.

The term manuka honey has also been accepted by NZ’s

Intellectual Property Office as a certification mark.

Society spokesman John Rawcliffe said the welcome funding will provide greater horsepower to the society’s efforts to protect the honey and it comes when funds were getting tight.

“We had already spent the better part of $2m to get where we are now. But the return from this investment will be in multiple markets.”

Potential returns on the investment are significant, Rawcliffe said.

“The retail value of manuka honey at supermarket and retail outlets in Britain is $500m if you can position and protect that brand.”

The next big markets on the rank for seeking protection of manuka in are China and the United States.

Rawcliffe said the society has applied to Chinese authorities to progress that but it is expected to take some time to work through.

The money will be used to help develop more science to prove manuka’s provenance and purity in the face of increasing efforts by countries, including Australia and Argentina, to leverage off the brand’s value.

RETURNS: The Government money will help ensure manuka honey’s potential is reached, Apriculture New Zealand chief executive Karin Kos says.

Rawcliffe is confident NZ has the scientific talent to bolster manuka’s unique NZ status.

“We have the likes of Dr Terry Braggins who is a worldleading authority on the product

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Rawcliffe said NZ manuka is defined from the rest of the world’s honey by its chemical profile, different DNA and the link to Maori taonga.

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones said the funds are important to ensure no other country can filch or essentially steal a claim to manuka honey.

Apiculture NZ chief executive Karin Kos said the research component will form part of the overarching programme of activity as a way of advancing the understanding and distinction of manuka honey.

“This announcement consolidates a collaborative Government and industry approach that is needed to ensure we realise the potential of the manuka honey industry.”

Earlier this year the beekeeping industry failed to get member support for a commodity levy on honey.

The levy was estimated to have the potential to generate several million dollars a year that could be used for research.

The levy was estimated to cost about 10c a kilogram of honey produced.

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Four Kiwis in line for award AUSTRALASIA’S agricultural badge of honour, the Zanda McDonald Award, has named six finalists for the 2020 award.

The trans-Tasman award had a record number of entries this year, its sixth.

It recognises talented and passionate young professionals working in agriculture.

The four New Zealand and two Australian finalists were selected for their passion for the industry, strong leadership skills and their contributions to the primary sector.

The New Zealanders are Scott

Harpham, 27, Pamu Farms’ Southland senior business manager with over 200,000 stock units, Jack Raharuhi, 27, Pamu’s Buller dairy group operations manager in Westport and winner of the 2016 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer of the Year, James Robertson, 22, a Fonterra sales graduate and 2019 Young Farmer of the Year and Nigel Woodhead, 31, a sheep and beef farmer from Milton and Young Farmer of the Year Award board member.

The Australian candidates are

Michael Graham, 33, central southwest New South Wales general manager for Paraway Pastoral Company and Dr Elle Moyle, 29, district veterinarian for Agriculture Victoria and owner/ operator of a sheep and beef farm at Hamilton.

The six will be interviewed in Wellington next month, and reduced down to three.

Award chairman and Platinum Primary Producers member Richard Rains said “Yet again we’ve been blown away by the talent and capabilities of those that have applied.

We feel really confident that the future of agriculture is in safe hands with the next generation.

“We feel really confident that the future of agriculture is in safe hands with the next generation.

“This years’ shortlist

demonstrates the traits we’re looking for including ambition, passion and a desire to make their mark on the industry.”

The winner gets a personal development package, including mentoring with industry leaders, $2000 cash and travel that includes chartered flights on a private jet to reach remote and diverse farming operations around Australasia.

The three finalists will be announced in November and will attend the PPP conference in Christchurch in March when winner will be named.

O’Connor: Thank you farmers Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz THE Government values the agriculture sector, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says in response to a survey revealing plummeting farmer confidence.

The quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey shows concern over Government policy has sent farmer confidence to its lowest level since March 2016 at minus 33%, down from minus 2% in the previous survey.

The sharp dive follows a gradual rise in confidence for the previous three quarters but this survey

found the number of farmers expecting the rural economy to worsen in the coming 12 months has risen from 23% to 41%.

Those expecting an improvement fell to 8%, down from 23%, while 48% expect similar conditions, down from 54%.

O’Connor acknowledged some farmers are under pressure and says an earlier UMR survey showed farmers are valued, respected and appreciated by other New Zealanders.

“I’d encourage them to focus on the positives because there’s a lot to be positive about.

“Rural NZ is thriving.

“Primary sector

exports are strong, reaching record highs and the Government is looking to the long-term to make sure it stays that way.”

O’Connor says any changes required to farm management will be made over a generation, not overnight.

“To our farmers and growers I say you are the backbone of our economy and you’re at the heart of our rural communities.

“This Government appreciates you and we’re behind you.”

Rabobank chief executive Todd Charteris said concern over Government policies has featured in the last four surveys and is cited in the latest version by 68% of farmers as the reason for their negative outlook.

ESSENTIAL: Farmers are the backbone of the country and are appreciated, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says.

“Government policy relating to freshwater reform and future greenhouse gas obligations presents a major challenge for farmers and, at this time, it’s clear farmers view policy direction as the major challenge to the future prosperity of the sector.”

Dairy farmers had the biggest

decline in sentiment, with 21% expecting their business to worsen and 21% to improve.

Sheep and beef farmers were similarly equally split with 20% expecting an improvement and 20% a worsening.

Horticulturalists were generally optimistic with 37% expecting an improvement and 9% negative.

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A REVIEW of the Walking Access Act has made 30 recommendations and proposed six technical legislative changes.

The recommendations include changing the name of the Act and the Walking Access Commission to reflect its work leading and supporting public access to the outdoors generally, rather than solely walking access.

They also include acknowledging the Maori-Crown relationship under the Treaty of Waitangi through a

partnership approach between the commission and Maori.

Ministry for Primary Industries land, water and climate policy director Charlotte Denny said the recommendations will shape the next stage of work, a formal policy process to test the findings.

It will include public consultation before the Government decides on any changes.

The review revealed strong public support for the Act with the changes proposed aiming to help ensure it is fit for the future and continues to provide a wide range of types of public access to the outdoors.

MPI led the review with guidance from an independent panel of Dr Hugh Logan, chairman, Sandra Faulkner and Leith Comer.

“The purpose of the Act is to provide free, certain, enduring and practical access to the outdoors for all sorts of activities,” Denny said.

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Denny said the public interest in the review certainly shows the importance people put on outdoors access.

More information about the timing of the next stage will be advised next year.

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Info void creates speculation He rejected claims in the Landcare modelling that 375,300ha of the Clutha catchment will be planted in trees to remove that sediment as wrong and said it will never happen.

Landcare estimates a further $1.2 billion is still to be spent on riparian exclusion.

An Economic Institute Research report commissioned by Fish and Game, Forest and Bird and Greenpeace downplays the impact of the freshwater proposals on dairying.

Due to dairying’s relatively small size the impacts of the reforms are unlikely to be major and not felt for many years because of the long lead times, it said.

Its statement the dairy industry accounts for only 3% of GDP prompted DairyNZ to label its findings less an economic report and more a high-level commentary on the sector’s role in the economy.

DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle said dairying generates 28% of merchandised exports and 20% of goods and services exports.

The report ignored dairy’s social impact. Mackle said it is the largest industry and income earner in Waikato, West Coast and Southland.

LGNZ is concerned the freshwater package is too nutrient-focused and says modelling done for Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change 1 (Healthy Rivers) and for

Neal Wallace neal.wallace@globalhq.co.nz THE absence of substantive economic or social analysis accompanying the Government’s freshwater plans is being filled by speculation and uncertainty.

As with May’s Zero Carbon Bill, the Action for Healthy Waterways discussion document is light on social or economic costs though officials say they are working on it.

Environment Minister David Parker said a final decisions on the policy will not be made till the analysis is done.

Beef + Lamb and DairyNZ are doing their own economic and social assessments.

In the interim the void is being filled by reports such as Landcare Research predictions a million hectares of pasture will have to be planted in trees to meet the plan’s sediment targets and another

by Local Government NZ that massive land use change will be required.

National Party agriculture spokesman Todd Muller says it is fine for the Government to say what it thinks needs to be done but not having economic and social analysis to provide context is a most extraordinary omission.

This lack of analysis replicates the Zero Carbon Bill earlier this year, which similarly allowed other entities to fill the void with their own analysis.

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LEAVE IT OUT: Issuing the Healthy Waterways discussion document without economic and social costs is a most extraordinary omission, National agriculture spokesman Todd Muller says.

on the impact of sediment on freshwater but concludes the high cost of mitigation and lure of income from carbon sequestration could see 429,000ha of new forests in Otago and 83,000ha in Waikato.

The LGNZ report also suggests the freshwater proposals will lead to significant land use change from livestock to forestry.

It said new national nitrogen and phosphorus limits could cost Waikato dairying $140m a year while a 9% reduction in allowable nitrogen loss in Southland would hit farm profits by $17m a year.

LGNZ modelling of the Waikato catchment based on proposed nitrogen and phosphorus limits

will reduce dry stock farming from 43% of land use to 14%, with forestry increasing from 20% to more than 50%. Dairying would fall by 13%.

Landcare’s model says 14% of the country’s catchments need more forests to meet the sediment targets and it estimates 30% of catchments will struggle to meet the new sediment limits.

Questioned in Parliament on the Landcare report, Environment Minister David Parker says it uses a theoretical model that ignores glacial sediment flour, such as that found in glacier-fed rivers like the Clutha, is exempt from the new sediment limits.

Environment Southland’s Land and Water plan show national averaging of phosphorus and nitrogen levels in waterways is something of a blunt instrument.

The report cites statistical evidence that nutrient levels explain only part of the variation in water’s ecologic health.

Asked what a National government would do to improve freshwater quality Muller says regional councils would be allowed to continue implementing the existing two-year-old National Policy Statement.

To accelerate its implementation or address catchments where quality is a concern the Government could work with regional councils to provide any tools or instruments they need.

NZ First agriculture spokesman Mark Patterson says while supporting the aspiration of improving waterways his party will wait on the results of the consultation on the Government’s proposals.

Patterson acknowledged farming faces significant reforms.

“There is a period of uncertainty as we work through some genuinely significant policy issues, which is clearly putting pressure on some of our farmers.

“We are keen to get some sensible and sustainable policies implemented so farmers can get back to focusing their efforts on doing what they do best.”

Wool prices rising uniformly Alan Williams alan.williams@globalhq.co.nz PRICES rose across the board at Thursday’s Christchurch wool auction with solid gains at the finer end without spiking too far.

A lot of the focus is on fine wools during the peak period for supply following the prelamb shearing on the higher country and prices did not disappoint.

Mid-micron was probably

the best part of the sale, PGG Wrightson South island sales manager Dave Burridge said.

Both it and mid-micron wools rose strongly in a continuation of the roller-coaster ride on the up.

The fine wool market benefited from gains in the Australian market a day earlier and from increased Australian buying here.

“We’re hoping for some stability to set in now to allow a build-up of confidence.”

There was an excellent selection of wool across all breeds. The most stylish and best prepared wools performed best on price.

Mid-micron wools were generally 3% to 5% better and Merino fleece was 3% to 4% better than at the September 12 sale.

Crossbred wools 31 to 35 microns were generally 1% to 2% dearer with the better fleece up to 5% better and some

individual, almost specialty, lines better again. For 35 microns and stronger the gains were 2% to 5%, again with some very good results for individual lines.

Crossbred wool prices overall remain depressed with the peak supply still to come, Burridge said.

There were 9000, including 1000 Merino, bales and 1500 bales of mid-micron offered. The overall pass-in rate was 10%.

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Parker: There’s room to move Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz CONSULTATION on the Government’s freshwater action plan is essentially about whether the Government has got it right, Environment Minister David Parker told farmers in Ashburton as he launched a new managed aquifer recharge site.

But in defending his plan he said the country needs some limitations on the growth and quantity of the activities the Government knows are having an adverse effect on water quality.

We want you to know we are doing things and are achieving.

Bill Thomas He acknowledged there is already a lot being done in Canterbury.

“And this managed aquifer recharge site is an example of this work,” Parker said.

He told farmers and industry leaders who gathered on the Hinds River bank farm just south of Ashburton that while he is open to ideas around the dissolved inorganic nitrogen level he is committed to a water measure of ecosystem health.

While acknowledging some farmers are already practising good management he said others are ignoring it.

“We need all farmers abiding and some are not unless there’s regulation.”

The Government needs to improve the tools for farmers to

do that so it is committing $30 million to improve the Overseer software programme.

And the Government may be better placed to reward farmers for alternative practices such as growing plantain.

But there’s no way the Government will push the consultation time out to six months as had been suggested necessary by farmers and industry stakeholders.

“We are not allowing that. We need to bring this along and it’s our job to make some decisions on what hasn’t been done in the past.”

Longbeach farmer and Ashburton water zone committee chairman Bill Thomas said farmers in the region have been farming under the Canterbury Water Management Strategy for some time.

And the freshwater proposals scare those farmers.

“We feel we are going quite well and to be getting directions like this from the top down is like being hit with a sledge hammer.

“So we want you to know we are doing things and we are achieving,” Thomas said.

Parker said the Government respects the work already being done but the plans will have to measure up against the proposed new targets for ecosystem health.

He suggested some misrepresentation of the policy has heightened farmer anxiety in Canterbury.

The good news came when Parker cut the ribbon to open a second recharge site in Ashburton District.

Recharging is promoted as a tool to use in the water quality and quantity solutions.

Parker praised the Hekeao/

GO: Water Enhancement Trust members watch as Managed Aquifer Recharge project leader Peter Lowe, second from left, and Environment Minister David Parker cut the ribbon on a new site.

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FRIGHT: Ashburton water zone committee chairman Bill Thomas, right, chats to MP Andrew Falloon after telling Environment Minister David Parker his freshwater proposals scared Canterbury farmers.

Hinds Water Enhancement Trust, the project’s movers and shakers.

“I’m absolutely delighted to see the progress MAR has made here,” Parker said.

He told the trust a decision on its Provincial Growth Fund application for $2m to further the MAR work is due soon.

Project leader Peter Lowe said the ongoing MAR pilot has clearly demonstrated it is a viable tool in conjunction with necessary on-farm nutrient reduction to

achieve agreed water quality goals.

“Of that there is no question.”

He said Parker’s visit was primarily to showcase the achievements of the MAR pilot, which is pioneering for New Zealand.

“We are dealing with a complex, interconnected groundwater and surface system and at the same time pioneering NZ-new technology.

“It is very important to stress

that from the start of this process the Ashburton and Hekeao/Hinds community has been motivated to engage and take ownership of the water quality challenges and work to find solutions,” Lowe said.

The MAR site takes water from the Rangitata Diversion (irrigation) Race and filters it into groundwater aquifers via a leaky pond.

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Southern seats interest strong Annette Scott annette.scott@globalhq.co.nz INTEREST is strong in the top of the South Island for the local body elections with both Tasman and Marlborough District Councils being strongly contested for mayoralty and councillor seats.

In Tasman the 13 seats across five wards have attracted 32 candidates with six vying for the two vacancies in the Golden Bay ward and six also contesting the Motueka ward’s three seats.

In Richmond ward four seats are up for grabs by nine candidates and in the Moutere-Waimea ward, home of the controversial Waimea Dam, there are 10 candidates vying for the three vacancies.

Four candidates want the mayoral seat with mayor since 2007 Richard Kempthorne not in the running.

The only certainty will be in the Lakes-Murchison ward where Tapawera farmer Stuart Bryant is the sole candidate for the one vacancy.

In the pre-election report chief executive Janine Dowding said the council’s primary focus for

Local body elections 2019 the next three years is to continue developing the region as a resilient, opportunity-rich place to live and do business.

Water and its management are major challenges with key projects under way.

Construction of the controversial $102 million, 51% council-funded Waimea Dam is assumed to have contributed to the strong interest in the 2019 election.

The three-year construction began in March and the dam expected to be operational in February 2022. It will increase water supply and security at Waimea for the next century.

Dowding highlighted climate change as a significant challenge for the region that has suffered

COMBINED EFFORT: The suggestion of one district plan for the West Coast’s three councils is an issue to be addressed in the next three years. from several significant natural hazards recently including, flooding, cyclones, droughts and fires.

The council is developing a climate change strategy that includes considering a NelsonTasman climate change forum.

Roads and infrastructure are also recurring issues in election campaigning.

Interest in the Marlborough District Council is similar with 30 candidates vying for 13 vacancies and two challenging first term mayor John Leggett.

The Marlborough Sounds ward has attracted eight candidates for three vacancies, Wairau-Awatere ward six candidates for three seats and the Blenheim ward 16 for seven seats.

Chief executive Mark Wheeler said major priorities are investment in core infrastructure and progressing the proposed Marlborough environment plan.

Climate change poses great challenges with council working on a climate change integrated

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The next three years for the new council will require strong leadership for their communities as there are some big challenges ahead.

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Four leaders seek continuity Hugh Stringleman hugh.stringleman@globalhq.co.nz IN THE north the Far North District Council leads the way in terms of democratic participation – 11 mayoral candidates and 42 candidates running for nine places as councillors.

Far North mayor John Carter, the former National Party MP, has already served two terms as mayor and is seeking a third.

He is opposed by his deputy mayor Tania McInnes and several independents, including several Maori.

Carter said one of his main priorities continue to be infrastructure, meeting the differing needs and expectations of more than 40 communities in the district.

“Increasing government regulations and environmental standards require fresh responses and new technologies,” he said.

The Provincial Growth Fund has kick-started a diverse range of projects and the benefits will flow through the whole district.

In Kaipara District sitting mayor and farmer Jason Smith is being challenged by Maori activist and film-maker Moemoea Mohoahuwhenua.

Smith was elected mayor in February 2018 after Greg Gent resigned and wants more than just 18 months in the job.

Fourteen candidates are contesting two seats in each of

Local body elections 2019 three wards and the remaining Kaiwaka-Mangawhai ward has two councillors elected unopposed.

That is noteworthy considering all the controversy over an extremely expensive sewage scheme in the sub-district going back about 15 years.

Local Government New Zealand principal policy advisor Mike Reid said there are local matters of concern in district and regional council elections throughout the country but none with the national profile that Mangawhai’s rates revolt generated.

One dispute in the north concerns three councils, Northland Regional Council and Far North and Whangarei District Councils.

The regional council recently voted by a narrow margin not to renew a ban of genetically modified organisms.

GE Free Northland then successfully lobbied for the district councils to lodge Environment Court appeals.

Council chairman and farmer Bill Shepherd is seeking reelection in the Coastal North

UNDER FIRE: Northland Regional Council chairman Bill Shepherd immersed in a GMO debate while seeking another term.

constituency where four candidates are contesting two seats.

Another contender is long-time politician Dover Samuels.

In Whangarei District incumbent mayor Sheryl Mai has two contenders – Tony Savage and Alex Wright. Both have campaigned on better council services and roads for rural areas.

Auckland Council is a unitary council that combines civic and regional matters and consists of a mayor and 20 elected councillors in 13 wards.

In two wards that have bigger proportions of rural holdings and voters, Franklin and Rodney, the sitting councillors were elected unopposed.

They are farmer and deputy mayor Bill Cashmore in Franklin and businessman Greg Sayers in Rodney.

“That may indicate that they are doing a good job on behalf of their rural constituents,” Auckland province Federated Farmers president Alan Cole said.

The recent central government

protection of high-class soils for agriculture and horticulture was welcomed by rural ratepayers, especially around Pukekohe where he lives.

The rural-urban boundary under the unitary plan has done the job for the past three or four years, stopping fragmentation of farmland and reducing the reverse sensitivity complaints.

Cole said the latest freshwater proposals are of concern, especially around the costs of compliance and the need for qualified environmental advisers and auditors.

Northland Federated Farmers president John Blackwell thinks Shepherd is being unfairly maligned over the GMO exclusion clause.

“He is a past-president and life member but Bill doesn’t attend our meetings and is certainly not directed by the federation.

“We have no pro-GMO or antiGMO position, just that the door can be kept open for the future and that the issue should be driven by central government.”

The Environment Court is hearing submissions on the issue but Blackwell fears all the environmental aspects could be rendered invalid by central government directives.

“Councillors become demoralised when they put in years of work to make regional plans and then have them trumped,” he said.

Water features in southern ballots OTAGO Regional Council will have a new chairman and plenty of new faces at the council table postelection.

Chairman Stephen Woodhead is retiring after three-terms and 15 years as a councillor and is joined by four councillors retiring from the 12-member council.

There are 28 candidates including three former Parliamentarians, former Act list MP Hilary Calvert, two-term National MP Michael Laws and Marian Hobbs who served four terms for Labour from 1996 to 2008.

Hobbs is standing for the regional council under the Labour Party banner, the first-time politics has been involved at this level.

Other high-profile candidates include former Otago Federated Farmers president Phill Hunt.

Most of the challenges facing the new council are to do with water but not just the Government’s freshwater plan.

It has also been grappling with renewing century-old deemed water-rights, issued as part of gold mining licences, by the time they expire in 2021.

The council is also subject to an Environment Ministry investigation of its management of those permits after Minister David

is under appeal. It splits Southland Parker determined they are not in to nine physiographic zones for being addressed fast enough. planning and policies based on The increase in workload from water origin, soil type, geology and implementing a new fresh water topography. national policy statement comes The plan puts closer scrutiny after general and targeted rates on dairy farming with farms rose nearly 14% last year because established before June 2016 of existing demands on the deemed a permitted activity, council. provided there is no increase in There are another seven other herd size or the dairy platform. candidates who are either farmers Otherwise they require resource or have rural connections. consent.

There is potentially a settled It also imposes new rules and look about the Environment regulations on cultivation and Southland board with nine of the intensive winter grazing.

12 councillors standing again.

Young wants regional There are 23 candidates. councillors who are pragmatic Balancing the impact of dairy and use common sense when farming on the environment and maintaining rural communities are the main issues in Southland.

Southland Federated Farmers president Geoffrey Young says the council’s Land and Water Plan is more stringent that the Government’s Action for Healthy My boss, Ross, has 420 rams like me Waterways and

making decisions, especially with implementing the Land and Water Plan.

“We don’t want councillors using ideology in making decisions. We want them to be practical.”

The council also needs to address aging and inadequate water infrastructure in urban centres like Invercargill.

“All towns and cities face huge issues cleaning up their water systems.”

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Rookie women shearers raise funds A GROUP of Hawke’s Bay women have organised a shearing competition among themselves to raise awareness about mental health in rural communities.

The catch is that none of them – an accountant, a dental therapist, an optical technician, a police officer and a rural insurance manager - have ever shorn before.

The Women and Wool Farmstrong Fundraiser is the brainchild of shearing contractor Colin Watson-Paul who worked alongside rural insurance manager Harriet Partridge and other women in the community to organise it.

Alarmed by reports of rural people’s mental health struggles in Hawke’s Bay and elsewhere, the group decided to do their bit to break down the brick wall and get people talking.

Every Saturday morning since March Watson-Paul and trainer Pura Smith have been teaching the women how to shear with help from top shearers such as Roland Smith.

The women are building up to competitively shear 20 sheep against one another over four rounds on October 23 as part of the Royal Hawke’s Bay A&P show.

There will also be an auction of donated local products and services. They hope to raise up

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to $20,000 for their efforts but the main goal is to get farmers to speak out if they are struggling, Partridge says.

“The Hawke’s Bay community is definitely getting behind it.

Two weeks before the A&P show we’re also going to screen the Kiwi documentary She Shears in the showgrounds’ woolshed to get the community together. One of the shearers from the movie, Emily Welsh, will speak beforehand.

“It’ll be exciting to hear her journey as a female shearer,” Partridge said.

She is often on-farm in her role as an rural insurance manager but learning to shear has not been for the faint-hearted, she admits.

“I can successfully shear a sheep now. It’s a great feeling. I never thought I’d get there.

“There have been some pretty hard weeks where I couldn’t even remember what the next blow was so it feels very rewarding to be able to pick up a handpiece and shear. We’re lucky, we’ve had some fantastic people giving up their time on a Saturday come down and give us some tips.”

Getting in shape physically has been important.

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We also keep drinking water and stay hydrated.”

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“I spend my working life insuring on-farm risks, which are often perceived only as buildings, quad bikes and stock but what matters most on a farm are the people and their families. Without them there is no business. People are the most valuable asset any farm has but they are often the ones who are forgotten.”

Dental therapist Kate Boyden got involved because she thinks it’s a brilliant cause.

“Farming is the backbone of this country. I think every single aspect of this country comes back to farming whether through cropping, meat, dairy, woollen clothing and so on. A lot of the dental work I do is for farming families and those in the wider rural community. To me, it was a no-brainer to support this.”

Partridge says learning to shear has been a great conversation starter with farmers.

“It has given us real common ground. When farmers ask me why I’m doing it they start to have really heartfelt conversations with

you about dealing with challenges in farming. It also comes back to the why – why farmers are on the land and their passion and respect for the land, stock and people.

“Isolation is a big issue for farmers.

“They might talk to a couple of people in a day but it might be the truckie picking up their stock or someone going past and all that’s talked about is the weather.

“So, we need to do more as a community to encourage more in-depth conversation and knock down the barriers so it’s okay to talk about the stress and pressures people are facing.

“In today’s environment there is a lot of change impacting all of the rural community.

“But there’s no doubt the farmer across the boundary fence has something on their mind, too, so not every conversation has to be about the rain that hasn’t come yet or come too often.”

Partridge notes there are great resources and tips for farmers to lock in on the Farmstrong website.

“I think we can all benefit by making Farmstrong part of our everyday lives. Farming and life are challenging at times, just like I have found my shearing. It’s all about not letting the challenges impact the way we live and feel.”

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Councils challenge nutrient impact Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz CONCERNS over the Government’s national freshwater policy package being too nutrientfocused have been raised in a Local Government NZ report examining the likely economic impacts of the package’s tighter water standards.

The LGNZ study authors question the Government’s national nitrogen and phosphorus standards and whether they should be applied on a more targeted basis.

The report is based on modelling done for Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change 1 (Healthy Rivers) and for Southland’s economic model for freshwater management.

A key concern is national averaging phosphorus and nitrogen levels in waterways is something of a blunt instrument to improve water quality, citing statistical evidence nutrients might explain only part of the variation in water’s ecologic health.

“As regional councils we are being asked to assess whether national uniform bottom lines

capture the complexity of the situation and the risk factors faced by New Zealand’s varied freshwater systems,” Waikato Regional Council chief executive and LGNZ regional sector water chairman Vaughan Payne said.

On some rivers and streams applying nitrogen and phosphorus limits will not necessarily lead to improved ecosystem outcomes we want.

Vaughan Payne Waikato Regional Council The research points to an apparent lack of correlation between ecosystem health, including fish and invertebrates, and nitrogen and phosphorus levels in Waikato.

The use of the macroinvertebrate community index (MCI) as one of the new indicators

in the freshwater package as an indicator of excess nitrogen or phosphorus is therefore challenged, the report said.

“Consequently, the costeffectiveness of policies targeting nutrients is likely to be questionable.”

Modelling the Waikato catchment based on the nitrogen and phosphorus limits proposed, the report found drystock farming would fall from 43% of land use to 14%, with forestry increasing from 20% to more than 50%. Dairying would fall by 13%.

Overall, the changes in land use required will see total farm profit across the region decline by $7 million a year, with forestry profits offsetting significant amounts of pastoral income declines.

However, when land use transition costs are factored in at a cost of $84m a year, the annual cost of meeting nitrogen and phosphorus levels is estimated at about $100m a year or 11% of the catchment’s total land use profits.

Northland, Bay of Plenty and Hauraki Plains are also likely to suffer the same level of over-spend for smaller environmental gains.

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COSTLY: Accelerated freshwater quality demands will have significant economic impacts, LGNZ regional sector water chairman Vaughan Payne says.

plans also appear to be favoured under the Government’s new freshwater package and many farmers already have them.

But the report notes fast tracking the plans to be done by early next decade brings major pressure on resources and skills required to complete them.

Based on Plan Change 10 in Rotorua the authors estimate seven council staff are required to deliver 300 plans a year.

“Subsidising the cost of plans is unlikely to overcome this critical skilled labour constraint in the short run and there is a risk that financial assistance may inflate

the price of plans rather than improve or hasten their delivery.”

The report estimates a first cut figure of a net value-add of plan creation for all farms in Southland by 2030 will actually be a deficit of $17m.

Payne said LGNZ is conscious the submission period that closes on October 17 is tight.

“We are very conscious about total wellbeing, improving environmental outcomes will have economic and community impacts. Our initial work suggests the economic impacts will be significant and these need to be carefully managed.

Research counters LGNZ report Richard Rennie richard.rennie@globalhq.co.nz ECOLOGIST Mike Joy of Victoria University has challenged the Local Government NZ report on ecology and nutrient links, claiming it is flawed and constrained by time and skill when it was compiled.

His claims are also supported by research work on nutrient levels and freshwater ecology by Massey University scientists.

“One of the biggest issues the report authors miss, probably because they are not freshwater ecologists, is the data has major flaws I have pointed out repeatedly.” Joy said.

The Land and Water Aotearoa (LAWA) data used in the report has been challenged before on its assessment criteria and measurements and had issues around the scientific objectivity of some monitoring sites.

Councils are choosing to use the LAWA data to report on their competence as environmental protectors but lack any independent validity checks.

“In contrast, scientifically chosen sites in the National River Water Quality Network show the opposite result to LAWA relating to nitrate losses and intensification.”

Joy maintains the data used in the LGNZ report has already been discredited by Science and

environmental, economic and social costs those limits might create and that it is important they be objectively determined from a wide a range of data in a robust manner.

One of the biggest issues the report authors miss, probably because they are not freshwater ecologists, is the data has major flaws I have pointed out repeatedly.

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WRONG: Dr Mike Joy points to research countering the Local Government NZ report.

Technical Advisory Group (STAG) scientists.

“Different regional councils also use different techniques for macro-invertebrate community indices (MCI)s. Different sampling protocols have a big impact on the MCIs you get so, unsurprisingly, you lose relationships with other

variables, like nitrogen and phosphorus.”

Bigger data sets from the likes of Cawthron Institute are consistently sampled delivering results showing radically different and very strong relationships between MCI and nitrogen and phosphorus levels.

Massey University research

by Dr Russell Death found establishing nitrogen and phosphorus limits is an objective, scientifically rigorous way to compile a data to set nutrient limits by for government policy aimed at improving water quality.

The work noted the major

They also note adhering to nutrient limits will not provide a panacea for good waterway health, with other factors feeding into it.

“We also discovered through the process that the many different labs used by regional councils give very different results,” Joy said.

“One regional council in particular that we had a close look at, the nitrate data seemed totally scrambled.”

That was also noted by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton.

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Big green strides made already Stephen Woodhead is quick to remember that just 15 years ago raw sewage from Dunedin washed up on the city’s beaches and dairy shed waste was discharged straight into ditches. Neal Wallace spoke to the retiring Otago Regional Council chairman.

the long-term goal of trying to improve the world his grandchildren will inherit.

Born and raised on a 120ha sheep and beef farm on the Taieri Plains south of Dunedin, Woodhead worked on farms before taking over the family farm with wife Bronwyn in 1987.

It was a difficult time for farmers with lambs averaging $20 in their first year.

N THE emotionally charged debate over water quality Otago Regional Council’s retiring two-term chairman Stephen Woodhead says it is important to reflect on the progress made in addressing water pollution in just 15 or so years.

Woodhead, a south Otago sheep and beef farmer, says criticism of water quality fails to acknowledge those gains, such as untreated dairy shed effluent no longer ending up in waterways.

“It’s easy to forget the progress that has been made, especially the big investments that have been made into wastewater systems.

“We’ve come a long way in a short time.”

Woodhead was elected to the council in 2004 and after just one term was invited to be deputy to former chairman the late Stephen Cairns from 2007 until his retirement in 2013 when Woodhead took over.

It is not easy for councils to implement regional water and land plans that encompass a region’s environment and have buy-in from constituents.

The difficulty for councils is satisfying competing and often unrealistic expectations, the lack of maturity in the environment debate and failing to realise humans will always affect the environment.

That leads to a lack of understanding about the size of investment, such as for urban water systems, the time it will take to make improvements and the urgency to start the work sooner rather than later.

There is too much focus on the process of developing policy, which becomes bogged down and costly, instead of focusing on the physical changes required.

“We get stuck in the policy trap and the doing gets lost.”

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We get stuck in the policy trap and the doing gets lost.

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Continued from page 16 work programme bringing together the information needed to make good decisions and the impact it could have on environmental and business decisions and hazard planning.

The outlook for Marlborough over the next three years is exciting but significant challenges remain.

“Balancing the community’s expectations of additional council activities with our ability to provide core infrastructure is a challenge we will continue to face, however,

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GOING FISHING: Retiring Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Woodhead.

quality discussion document provides national guidelines, which Woodhead says is fine so long as it is grounded in sound research and science and will deliver the desired results.

But he has his doubts, especially about targets for dissolved inorganic nitrogen and dissolved reactive phosphate, which fail to take account of variable soil types, climate and topography. this is an issue I believe we are well positioned to meet,” Wheeler said.

Seats at the Westland District Council table are not quite so keenly sought.

Across the three wards there are 21 candidates standing for 11 council vacancies.

Both the Hokitika and Northern wards each have eight candidates vying for the three seats while the southern ward has two vacancies available for the five candidates.

The mayoralty is being contested by five, including incumbent Bruce Smith.

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“While some national direction is fine we must still have the ability to look at catchment and regional differences to set standards and time frames which are relevant within regions.”

Equally, there has been some discussion about reinstating a pristine environment, an impossible goal given the presence of humans.

“All land use has an impact and Simon Bastion said the council’s vision is about working with the people of Westland to ensure they are protected from adversity – socially, economically and environmentally.

“This vision has been tested in recent years with pressure coming from a number of fronts, Bastion said.

“The vulnerability of our natural environment to natural hazards has shown that Westland District is very resilient but council must continue to prepare and plan for natural disasters.

“These significant events will continue to be at the forefront

if we want a healthy economy there are some trade-offs required.”

Woodhead says his wiring is as a strategic, long-term thinker and planner.

“Organising a family reunion in six months? I am useless so don’t look to me to arrange the scones and the tea.”

It is therefore not surprising Woodhead is motivated by of council minds around the council table.”

Recent decisions made by central Government will have an impact on Westland and the wider West Coast, particularly around conservation land.

Bastion said a consolidated position on stewardship lands needs to be developed with support from the other districts and local iwi and progress made to start the reclassification process.

Decisions around the council’s freshwater, wastewater and storm water are under review by the Government and expected to affect the way the council

With a new bride and bills to pay Woodhead drove tractors during summer and worked at the Fortex Silverstream plant several nights a week.

In 1993 they bought a 400ha farm at Lovells Flat between Milton and Balclutha, now run by son Nigel and his wife Leanne.

Woodhead was raised with an awareness of giving back to his community and had just completed a term as chairman of TB Free Otago when it was suggested he stand for the regional council.

He agreed and so began his 15year involvement.

Too often people forget the main role of local body politics is to serve the people and the community, he said.

“It’s not about us, it’s about the people.”

But it is also about changing people’s behaviour as seemingly trivial as stopping people discarding rubbish that enters the natural environment via wastewater systems, to making changes to management to reduce a farmer’s environmental footprint.

Woodhead still has some governance roles but intends helping his son and daughterin-law when not tramping or fishing.

Stephen and Bronwyn’s other family are son Scott and his wife Emma who live in Christchurch and son Aaron and his wife Alice who live in Feilding. operates the three waters portfolio.

“There are likely to be some major decisions for councillors to make once the Government makes its position clear.”

The recommendation from the Local Government Commission to create a combined One District Plan for the three West Coast councils is an issue that will require strong advocacy for the Westland District.

“The next three years for the new council will require strong leadership for their communities as there are some big challenges ahead,” Bastion said.

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Adding spice to new rural life A life-changing medical event thrust a townie couple into saffron growing and other intensive horticulture. Tim Fulton reports.

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EOFF and Jude Slater were happily living in Christchurch in January 2013 when Jude suffered a severe stroke that nearly took her life and forced her into nine months of rehab.

For the best part of 30 years Geoff’s work revolved mainly around the transport industry and civil construction.

Jude now needed more time with him as she regained her mobility so they decided to sell up and buy a lifestyle block.

Wanting to grow saffron the couple inspected 12 properties in Waimakariri District. Their essential requirement was freedraining soil.

Geoff didn’t worry about using a soil consultant to size up the merit of the various blocks.

“I just dug a hole and had a look myself when I had time.”

After two or three visits they picked out 4ha at West Eyreton on light topsoil bordering Waimakariri River.

“It just seemed ideal.”

The Southland-raised couple are accustomed to hard work and have an in-built feel for country life. Geoff is originally from the Caitlins and Jude from Otautau.

“We’d been in Christchurch for about 30 years but got sidetracked by the big smoke, as you do.”

Taking the North Canterbury property allowed the pair to return to their rural roots.

With horticulture in mind they started Canterbury Saffron, growing the flower and selling the spice from an initial stock of 6000 corms they bought from a nearby grower.

Geoff said they would have bought 20,000 corms immediately if it had been affordable but now, through plant multiplication, they have about 100,000 corms.

About 170,000 corms produce a kilogram of saffron.

The Slaters expect this growing season, their fourth, they will have between half and three quarters of a kilo of saffron. And next year it should be that milestone 1kg.

That’s all we do at the moment because it’s guaranteed income.

Geoff Slater Grower “Each corm we originally planted is the mother corm.

We plant them in January and she’ll produce flowers in April.

Then, after the flowering, she’ll start producing daughters. The daughters grow up to a state where they’ll produce flowers and start producing daughters.”

A single corm can produce five to eight daughters at a time.

Like any breeding programme, saffron tends to be only as good as the original stock. And growers have to be on top of the soil conditions because rot is a killer.

Geoff has been using a stoneburier and a row-former to ensure his plants sit high and dry, well-spaced on the best soil.

The other major consideration is protecting plants and soil from inadvertent contamination. The immediate West Eyreton/Eyrewell

area is a medley of large-scale blocks, lifestyle blocks and other horticultural enterprises so spray drift is always a possibility.

For general plant health Geoff does whatever he can to feed organic matter to the crop. It’s not an organic-certified business but he would like it to be one day.

For now, though, they extract a premium for their saffron from excellent test results.

The Slaters’ saffron income is variable – last year they sold corms when they had zero cashflow – but business is building.

In New Zealand the couple have home gardeners wanting corms for the pleasure of their own spice.

On the export side the Slaters are working with their saffrongrowing neighbour, who found them a market in Tasmania. The product is processed and shipped across the Tasman.

“That’s all we do at the moment because it’s guaranteed income.”

There are risks attached to being focused on a single offshore market, like losing contracts in a single swoop, but so far it’s all hanging together.

Australia does have some growers itself, including some who follow the Slaters on a Facebook page from Orange, near Sydney, but much of the country is too hot and not frosty enough for saffron.

Geoff says the biggest demand for his saffron is from overseas but that’s not where the money is.

A favourable set of test results for their saffron should now allow them to promote their product to chefs in local restaurants. In a tasty twist their offering will include saffron chocolates.

GROWING: Geoff and Jude Slater hope their crocus corms will produce a kilogram of saffron in the next year.

TASTY: Geoff Slater plans to promote his saffron to Kiwi chefs.

Geoff’s sister also has a row of saffron on the block, hoping to make use of it as a cosmetics ingredient.

Geoff readily accepts planting, growing and retailing saffron is a game of patience. It can be labour-intensive, especially at picking time, though he is trying to make the job as mechanical as possible.

He’s naturally an innovator.

Last year he started growing kumara leaf for tea. To grow a kumara crop he stores them, cuts them in half and grows the slips. When the slips are large enough he cuts them off and plants them.

He also grows Myoga ginger, a deciduous herbaceous perennial native to Japan, China and the southern part of Korea. Only its edible flower buds and flavoured shoots are used in cooking and a Japanese buyer has expressed interest in the product.

How it’s used SAFFRON is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the saffron crocus.

The vivid crimson stigmas called threads are collected and dried to be used as a seasoning and colouring agent.

In food saffron threads can be added to dishes whole or ground into powder. Saffron can be soaked in warm water or another liquid to soften then added with the liquid to cooking. It can be added to savoury foods like rice and chicken or to desserts like custards and cakes.

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EDITORIAL

US trade deal has big teeth

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NTHUSIASM from United States President Donald Trump about a free-trade deal with New Zealand would ordinarily be a cause for celebration But when it’s Trump in the White House a word of caution is in order. The enthusiasm Trump brings to trade deals is similar to that of a shark approaching a beach of swimmers. He’s after his pound of flesh and what the swimmer gets out of the transaction ... well.

It is not that long ago NZ had a trade deal with the US within its grasp in the form of the Trans Pacific Partnership.

The dairy industry would have been the biggest winner out of that deal though even it was disappointed with the several decades it would have taken to phase out tariffs in the US market. Those gains went up in smoke when Trump removed the US from the TPP on his third day in office.

Since then the trade war with China has taken a painful toll on US farmers.

The administration has ponied up US$28 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. The payments look as much about preventing votes in key states from floating away to the Democrats as they are about keeping farmers afloat.

In the 2016 presidential election Trump won the dairying state of Wisconsin by a mere 20,000 votes out of three million cast. With the 2020 presidential race looking just as finely poised it would be a gamble for Trump to open the door to any increase in dairy imports in a trade deal with NZ. At the same time any talks would see Trump’s negotiators push for an even better deal for US film and pharmaceutical companies than they got in TPP. It would inevitably see demands for tighter copyright laws and longer patents for US pharmaceuticals.

Emerging from her meeting with Trump in New York last week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern chose her words carefully. While welcoming the president’s enthusiasm she added that trade negotiations can take a long time.

Put another way: how long before it is safe to go back into the water?

Nigel Stirling

LETTERS

How genuine is the Government?

I RECENTLY attended a meeting with Sir John Kirwan in an old community hall.

Among the many interesting things he said was this comment. “Communities like these used to be seen as the backbone of the country, you are now seen as the arse holes who are polluting the country.

“How do you cope with that?”

His reply was”I don’t know how you cope with it.”

Kirwan is a genuine guy who gives generously of himself and his time and has done a lot to help New Zealanders and our communities.

At a Commonwealth dinner Jacinda Ardern very publicly quoted a Maori proverb stating that the people are the most important thing in the world, a sentiment most people

would agree with.

How genuine this Government is about having both healthy waterways and healthy communities may well be seen by their response to farmers reasonable request for more time to consider their submissions to the Action for Healthy Waterways document.

Ian Passey Manawatu

It’s complicated AS ENVIRONMENT Canterbury chairman I read the article, Farmers must engage, with interest.

Firstly, I wholeheartedly support what Mark Adams is saying regarding the complexity of the issues, the time burden to understand policy, the somewhat laborious submission process and the need for farmers,

despite it being difficult, to get involved and to have a say in their own destiny and that of the region they live in.

Secondly, I do want to add some clarity.

There is sometimes confusion between a catchment group, as noted in the article, and the zone committees formed under the Canterbury Water Management Strategy.

Zone committees are joint advisory committees between the local territorial authorities and Environment Canterbury with community representatives, established to enable all parts of the community to have a say in what is going on in their zone.

These committees make recommendations to Environment Canterbury, which works through the recommendations to translate

them into rules via plan changes to the Land and Water Regional Plan, such as Plan Change 7 noted in the article, to achieve the outcomes in the Canterbury Water Management Strategy.

The community can then make submissions on the proposed plan changes (rules).

Catchment groups look at a smaller geographical area than zone committees and are instrumental in bringing together interested parties for that catchment. Their input is key to the knowledge a zone committee needs for its role in making recommendations to Environment Canterbury but also in creating on-the-ground initiatives that work for local people and environments. As Mark said, it is complicated.

Steve Lowndes Chairman, ECan

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FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 30, 2019

Industry judged on bobby calves Mike Montgomerie

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ITH calving almost over on most of our dairy farms, the welfare of calves will have been on the minds of many farmers.

People who are concerned with the welfare of farmed animals can be divided into two groups.

The first group adopts an animal rights position. These people believe it is immoral to farm animals. To them, animal farming is little different to the human slave trade.

They argue for the abolition of animal farming and the widespread adoption of a vegan diet. By definition, there is not a single animal farmer on the planet who agrees with their world view.

When I encounter an animal rights activist I like to point out there is no such thing as a bloodless diet.

Worldwide, it is estimated billions of wild animals are killed each year in arable fields as a consequence of routine practices such as ploughing.

The suffering inflicted on these wild animals is likely to be far

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worse than that associated with the slaughter of our livestock, which is carefully regulated and monitored.

Therefore, it can be reasonably argued, overall animal suffering might in fact be minimised when humans consume a diet of large herbivores such as grass-fed cows.

The second group of people

BE GOOD: Treating bobby calves well is a simple way to contribute to dairy’s success.

who advocate on behalf of farmed animals adopt a more moderate, animal welfare position.

These people accept it is moral to farm animals but advocate for improvements to the lives of the animals involved in our farming systems.

Because every farmer has, at the very least, an economic interest in the welfare of their animals it is generally easy for farmers to find some common ground with an animal welfare advocate.

These people are definitely not our enemy and we need to listen to them.

Our practices involving bobby calves are by far the most controversial animal welfare issue in dairy farming.

Around the world animal rights groups point to the removal from their mothers and the subsequent slaughter of bobby calves as evidence of the immorality of dairy farming.

Some animal welfare advocates, while accepting the slaughter of farmed animals in general, find the slaughter of very young calves to be a step too far.

In New Zealand footage of the mistreatment of bobby calves has led to high profile, serious prosecutions under the Animal Welfare Act. Because of these heightened sensitivities we all need to be especially careful when dealing with all calves on our farms and bobby calves in particular.

The Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare points out that while bobby calves have only a few days of life before slaughter there is an obligation to manage them to the same standard as every other animal on farm.

I get very grumpy on my farm if I see calves being unnecessarily pursued around the calving paddock or roughly loaded onto the calf trailer.

We are not running a rodeo.

I don’t like to see the calf trailer overloaded or calves being left too long before being transferred to the calf sheds.

I don’t like to see the bobby

TAKE CARE: Mike Montgomerie gets grumpy when he sees bobby calves not being treated kindly.

Our practices involving bobby calves are by far the most controversial animal welfare issue in dairy farming. calf area of our calf shed looking worse than the replacement calf area.

I especially don’t like to see calves being put out for the bobby calf truck if they are in any way compromised. If in doubt, don’t send them.

The good news is that in New Zealand we have been making really great progress as an industry in this area.

In 2008, 68 bobby calves of every 10,000 transported died before reaching slaughter or were condemned as not fit for human consumption on arrival at the abattoir.

During the subsequent decade this figure has steadily dropped until by 2017 only six bobby calves were dead or condemned on arrival of every 10,000.

The industry owes a big thank you to every one of you out there who has helped bring about this improvement.

We all need to keep up the good work to ensure we keep driving that figure down.

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can appear shocking to our city dwelling customers.

Social media can flash negative images of our industry around the world in minutes, doing us enormous damage.

Consumers don’t have to buy our milk. There is already a raft of non-dairy alternatives available to them on supermarket shelves.

In competing with these alternatives, the story behind our products is becoming increasingly relevant.

When given a choice, why would consumers choose to buy food sourced from animals unless those animals have had a good life?

Treating our bobby calves well is a very simple way for all of us to contribute to the success of our industry.

Who am I? Mike Montgomerie is a fifthgeneration dairy farmer and Fonterra Shareholders’ Councillor in Cambridge. He is also a lawyer and recently completed his masters degree focusing on environmental and agricultural law at the University of Waikato. Last year he wrote a 25,000 word piece on the ethics and legalities of the bobby calf issue. He is happy to send it to anyone who wants to read it.

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24 FARMERS WEEKLY – farmersweekly.co.nz – September 30, 2019

Fonterra farmers must take control Alternative View

Alan Emerson

THERE is little in the Fonterra result that should have surprised farmers.

Last year saw the first ever loss

by Fonterra, of $196 million, down from a profit of $745m in 2017.

That loss included a $232m payment to Danone and a $439m write-down of Beingmate. At the time Fonterra told us its business performance must improve.

This year the loss is $605m from an asset write-down of $819m.

The board and senior management were asleep at the wheel.

What is more concerning is though milk collection was slightly up sales revenue was down 2% and capital expenditure by 30%.

The ongoing problem for Fonterra is debt. Of a net debt of $6 billion I’d suggest the total debt is nearing $11b. With a billion about to come off it’s still huge.

While I applaud trying to sell the dog that is Beingmate, finding a buyer will be difficult.

Fonterra’s strategy of focusing on world class dairy ingredients is sound.

It should replace the misguided strategy of investing around the world.

The annual report is too much motherhood and apple pie for me. I thought investing in “nondairy where it made sense” was loopy and $9m for governance is excessive.

The problems Fonterra now suffers are the result of past decisions. The co-op needs to analyse those decisions, who made them and why.

The quote about those not learning from history being doomed to repeat it should provide a salutary lesson for Fonterra.

For example, where were the auditors when all the mistakes of Beingmate, China Farms and South America were being made?

I suggest PWC was missing in action.

Fonterra’s approach to farmer shareholders involved the most expensive spin budget in NZ. That has been partly cauterised but needs more.

Its approach to the media was jackbooted. For example, when I wrote questioning the investments in Beingmate and China Farms I was roundly criticised, told due diligence was done at both senior management and board levels and they knew more than me, even though my information came from China.

I believe those directors and senior management need naming and shaming.

The much vaunted Velocity restructuring did, according to the Commerce Commission, put up costs while not achieving savings.

From 2012 when Velocity was launched Fonterra employed 17,000 staff. In 2018 that increased to 22,300 on a declining milk pool.

That tells me the board and senior management were asleep at the wheel.

The Shareholders’ Council’s job

GO NOW: Fonterra chairman John Monaghan should stand down now.

is to scrutinise all the investments Fonterra makes and obviously it didn’t. It also oversaw Velocity. It just accepted the spin without question.

Critics claim Fonterra’s problems are the result of its cooperative structure.

If a corporate fails the leadership is blamed. If a cooperative fails the problem is the same – bad leadership.

I accept there are problems with co-operatives when it comes to capital structure but Tatua, Farmlands, Ravensdown and Ballance handle those issues.

The core problem goes back to the misguided Trading Among

Farmers, which gave birth to the Fonterra Shareholders Fund.

Fonterra shifted the redemption risk from the co-operative to its farmer shareholders. It also enabled Fonterra to leverage its balance sheet, which it did to the tune of more than $2b.

The bulk of that money wasn’t reinvested in the co-op but wasted on Beingmate, China Farms, South America and Australia.

There is little to show for that now.

Surprisingly, no-one has been held accountable.

I also believe the board needs reform.

There are 11 members with four appointed and seven elected. They

appoint the chairman.

I’d like to see appointed member numbers cut and farmer members increased.

I’ve read Fonterra chairman John Monaghan might stand down next year and that there’s a process in place to appoint a successor.

I humbly suggest the time to step down is now and it isn’t for the departing chairman to appoint a successor.

The good news is with the appalling share price farmers won’t want to realise a substantial loss by selling their shares.

Suppliers won’t be leaving in droves as many would like.

That gives Fonterra a chance to change.

For a start, the culture needs to change with the spin machine stopped.

Dairy farmers are intelligent people who can be spoken to directly.

The board must change to having more farmer directors with a new chairman.

The board needs a lot more transparency and the Shareholders’ Council should be nuked. It has achieved nothing.

If those reforms do occur I can see a bright Fonterra.

The financial news is all bad now but that is because of decisions made in the past. My view is the people involved in those decisions have no place in Fonterra or indeed in any senior industry role.

The simple answer is for farmers to take back control of their co-operative.

Your View Alan Emerson is a semi-retired Wairarapa farmer and businessman: dath-emerson@wizbiz.net.nz

There’s no need for live sports broadcasts From the Ridge

Steve Wyn-Harris

TIME and tide wait for no man.

It’s a common but ancient saying, first seen in written form in 1225 but it will be a thought experiment among humans going back millennia.

The tide referred to is not that of the sea bringing up images of King Canute showing that even he couldn’t stop the tide from its ebb and flow. It is the pre-modern English use to describe a period of time like a season or a while.

But I’m looking for a deeper definition of time, not just how we are powerless to stop its relentless progression.

However, a compact and robust definition of time has proved to be remarkably tricky and elusive.

There are a couple I like.

Physicist John Wheeler reckons it is what prevents everything happening at once.

Philosopher Adolf Grunbaum suggested it is a linear continuum of instants.

But let’s settle for Wikipedia’s definition, which is a dimension in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future and the measure of durations of events and the intervals between them.

Why all this navel-gazing about something we take for granted, Steve?

Well, thanks for asking.

It’s to do with the Rugby World Cup and the viewing of it.

When Spark beat Sky to the broadcast rights I thought this will be interesting.

Many of us in the rural community have had great problems with Spark over the years.

Just keeping a landline connection functioning is a high enough hurdle for them, let alone getting a live broadcast from Japan to the United States to

New Zealand and live-streaming it across internet connections to expectant and highly excited viewers.

Our landline got so bad whenever it rained with the connections between us and the Takapau exchange getting damp we had to kill it off and use our phone line over our internet connection.

And no, that is not with Spark any more because that wasn’t working very well with my aerial on the roof getting a tenuous cell phone signal down to the PC. A young fellow with entrepreneurial skills set up a wireless network in our region and it is excellent.

Spark made a complete hash of keeping my email account functioning even after I’d set up a payment to keep it going and disconnected me for a week but several phone calls to various folk finally got it reinstated.

So, was I surprised the coverage of the game between the All Blacks and South Africa didn’t go according to plan? No. I didn’t sign up with Spark Sport but liked the sound of watching a

delayed screening on TV1 on my now old-fashioned television.

Then I realised that it would finish past an old geezers’ bedtime so recorded it and went to bed.

I got up and watched a great game of rugby over my coffee and breakfast the following morning.

Didn’t turn the radio on, wouldn’t have answered the phone if it had rung and I got up and watched a great game of rugby over my coffee and breakfast the following morning.

Which got me thinking of why we have this obsession with watching things live.

If that is your sole objective then you need to be at the game itself. We all know you get the excitement of the crowd, the buzz, the overpriced food and booze but

you don’t actually get to see the game as well as at home on the box.

But that viewing on television will be delayed by a few seconds and up to a minute or so depending on the feed, satellites and other stuff I don’t know about. So, not actually live and a bit behind the crowd at the game itself.

In which case why not several hours later? If you don’t know the result and can live with the fact you might be the last person on the planet who cares about the outcome, then why not?

But these are dangerous thoughts.

If we all started thinking this was a very good idea then no one would pay anything to watch live sport. The money flow would dry up and that would be the end of professional sport.

We can’t have that, can we?

Your View Steve Wyn-Harris is a Central Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer. swyn@xtra.co.nz

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Culture at heart Fonterra woes The Braided Trail

Keith Woodford

THE seeds of Fonterra’s current situation were sown a long time ago, driven by over-confidence and arrogance in the overarching company culture.

In my last article I wrote about Fonterra’s capital structure, how it operates and how it is no longer fit for purpose.

This article explores aspects of how Fonterra got into its structural dilemma.

The starting point is to acknowledge Fonterra made a fundamental flaw in thinking it could solve its redemption risks by setting up the Fonterra Shareholders Fund.

Despite the name it was actually a fund for non-farmer investors to buy units in Fonterra that have economic rights the same as shares but no voting rights.

The fund was and is a key part of an overarching scheme called Trading Among Farmers (TAF). It, too, was a crazy name because the fundamental mechanism was aimed at trading between farmers and non-farmer investors.

The rationale behind TAF was to shift redemption risk away from Fonterra and onto the balance sheets of farmer shareholders and the capital accounts of nonfarmer investors.

TAF has indeed achieved that risk transference to the misfortune of both the farmers and non-farmer investors.

Both groups are now much poorer as a consequence.

However, what Fonterra has not done is remove its own long-term risks from share redemptions.

And there lies the nub in the current environment. That is because TAF can work only if nonfarmer investors are prepared to buy units.

A constellation of events stemming both from Fonterra

mismanagement and a forthcoming farm-compliance storm now make unit purchases unattractive.

So how did Fonterra’s experts and their high-priced consultants not foresee this scenario as at least a possibility?

The long journey to TAF from what was previously a more traditional co-operative structure was indeed contentious. It took a good five years of endeavour.

However, Fonterra‘s leaders were determined it was a path they were heading down.

Initially, the idea of listing Fonterra on the stock exchange was seen as a way for Fonterra to acquire more capital as an alternative to capital being retained from the milk cheques.

That option was rejected by farmers in a 2007 vote because farmers did not want to lose control.

I learned Fonterra had been at risk of not being able to pay farmers the previous month.

Over time the focus moved away from trying primarily to find new capital to the removal of redemption risk.

The 2007-08 Waikato drought gave a big fright to Fonterra’s directors. Drought-stricken farmers no longer needed as many shares and withdrew a net $600 million of share capital.

That gave the impetus to once again search for a way to list Fonterra on the stock exchange.

Around that time I was Lincoln University’s professor of farm management and agribusiness.

I was brought in to be part of a project called the Waikato Project, driven by Fonterra but in partnership with the Government.

It was based on the assumption that if we kept looking we would eventually find somewhere in China we could recreate Waikato dairy systems.

I was brought in part way

through to see if there were flaws in the thinking.

Finding flaws in the glossy consultancy documents was easy and so the project died.

However, it illustrated how grandiose Fonterra’s plans were, even back then. They wanted to take on China and the world.

That was just before the San Lu debacle. Fonterra was already committed to American-style barn-farming in association with San Lu, but the Waikato Project was projected to be something on a much grander scale.

A few months later the global financial crisis had struck and I suspected Fonterra might be facing a liquidity crisis.

I decided to do some analysis on Fonterra’s finances, using public documents.

My calculations quickly showed Fonterra was highly indebted with inventories apparently overvalued and almost certainly running up against its bank covenants.

Rather than putting the analyses into the public arena, on December 23 2008 I sent my document to Fonterra’s chairman Henry van der Heyden and chief executive Andrew Ferrier and to Blue Read as chairman of the Shareholders’ Council. I asked them if they agreed with what I was saw.

Within 24 hours van der Heyden came back to me and said I must go to Auckland to talk to their financial team. That meeting happened in the first few days of 2009.

I spent a day with chief financial officer Guy Cowan, who called in various other people to help with information.

Ferrier rang in several times during the day to see how we were going.

Cowan was very frank. Yes, Fonterra was in a cash crisis.

Later I learned Fonterra had been at risk of not being able to pay farmers the previous month.

The details are a story for another time.

Yes, all assets, including Tip Top and everything else not needed for basic processing of commodities and ingredients were up for sale. And yes, Cowan found no fundamental errors in my analysis.

SCAPEGOATS: Former Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings and the late chairman John Wilson cannot escape responsibility but Fonterra’s culture was flawed long before they took charge.

His most worrying point was that if I published my document then the big forthcoming bond issue would fail and Fonterra would be insolvent.

In the circumstances I decided to withhold publication. A few weeks later the bond issue did float, albeit at a high-risk premium.

A few months later the global financial crisis was coming under control, dairy prices were now high and the crisis was averted.

But somehow the message that Fonterra’s sails were set for smooth-water sailing either never got learned or was quickly forgotten.

So the focus went back to debt-fuelled expansion and the associated problem of risk redemption in the absence of permanent capital.

It took another three years for the current system to be negotiated and accepted by farmers but there was never any doubt where the leadership wanted to go.

Given the abundance of in-house expertise plus the highly-priced and credentialed consultants, did anyone ever ask whether the chosen path was highly risky? The risks were not hard to see.

In regard to the consultants, the first rule for many consultancy firms is to work out what the client wants to hear.

That is the best way to ensure an ongoing flow of consultancy work.

Within Fonterra, ever since about 2008, the culture has also been negative towards those who have a questioning attitude. It’s

generally better for one’s career to be a yes person and sing from the company song-sheet.

Those who tried to question typically either moved on or got moved on.

When things go wrong there always has to be a scapegoat.

The latest scapegoats are former chief executive Theo Spierings and late chairman John Wilson.

They cannot escape responsibility but Fonterra’s internal culture was flawed long before their reign at the top.

At least from 2008 the Fonterra culture was dominated by too many people who had become arrogant about their own abilities.

They were not good listeners to alternate perspectives.

I am particularly critical of the external directors who came from the corporate finance world.

They did not do their job.

They must have known the yacht was set for down-wind, smooth-water sailing.

As I write this article Fonterra is just three days from announcing its 2019 annual results. The details of those results will be crucial in defining which paths remain open for Fonterra.

Rebuilding a strong Fonterra is crucial to the dairy industry given the broader challenges the industry faces.

Your View Keith Woodford was Professor of farm management and agribusiness at Lincoln University for 15 years to 2015. He is now principal consultant at AgriFood Systems. He can be contacted at kbwoodford@gmail.com

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Jigsaw has four families in picture Four families working together presents challenges but equally it’s provided disproportionate opportunities for the Guild clan on High Peak Station, farm operations manager Hamish Guild says. Annette Scott visited High Peak to learn how the pieces of the large farming puzzle have come together.

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IGH Peak Station is a spectacular 3780 hectare, high-country farm near the Rakaia Gorge in Canterbury.

The Guild family bought the traditional pastoral farming property in 1973, originally running just sheep and beef with deer added in the late 1970s.

It was a case of having to look at a new way of making the property viable.

“Dad (James) and his brother Colin took up farming High Peak, moving from their family cropping farm at Temuka (South Canterbury) when their father, my grandfather Alastair, decided High Peak was for us,” Hamish said.

But four weeks after taking up the station the big snow of 1973 all but wiped the young farmers out when they lost 55% of their sheep, the crucial wool income they were counting on and 28% of their cattle.

“It was either give up or borrow money and find a way to make it work.”

The brothers exposed themselves to deer when the industry boomed in the 80s, eventually splitting the property into two blocks with James on High Peak and Colin on neighbouring Quartz Hill.

James and his wife Anna continued to grow and take opportunities as they presented for High Peak with their three children Simon, Amelia and Hamish now all part of the farming diversification that includes sheep, cattle, deer,

FAMILY: Part of the varied businesses on High Peak Station are, from left, Hamish, James and Simon Guild.

Photos: Annette Scott

tourism, beekeeping and forestry.

As pastoral farming operations manager Hamish is responsible for running the farm. Simon runs the tourism and brother-in-law Tom takes care of the beekeeping.

“So we’re making some good

progress at the moment and we’re looking forward to moving that ahead.

“It’s very much a family business. We formally meet weekly and cross paths informally most days.

TOP DOLLAR: It was a good season for High Peak lambs at this year’s annual onfarm sale with prices the best in 24 years.

“There’s a lot of formal crossover between all the main income streams with the farming, tourism and beekeeping operations very interlinked and all members of each of the families involved in some way.

“The diversity of family skills and professions has been a positive in the family being integrated into the farming operation.

“Mum and Dad oversee it all and hopefully keep us all in line.”

On the farming side the property runs 4500 Perendale ewes, 1850 Red deer hinds, 650 velvet stags and 360 beef cows and young stock.

Hamish employs a stock manager and two shepherds to help with the livestock operations.

Deer is a big focus with High Peak transitioning over the past couple of years from always being a store property.

“We decided we wanted to change that.”

High Peak has recently

completed the development of 100 hectares of river flats with irrigation, on-farm water storage and investment in 20km of reticulated stock water.

“Irrigation gives us the option of holding stock longer if conditions are right.

“This is a cold valley with little or no growth for 120-140 days through the winter months so we need the ability to hold stock for longer if the market conditions suit.”

The irrigation development, harvesting excess winter water into the storage dam, gives the surety of feed for spring and into summer.

“It is only 2% of our land area but it allows us to derisk our operation. We can assess the conditions on a year-by-year basis and it gives us the option to hold our weaner deer, lambs and calves for longer if we need to.

“There isn’t really a normal day here.

“At different times of the year we’re more focused on sheep, cattle or deer so, generally, there’s a lot of variation in the work and there’s always other aspects going on in the background as well with the tourism.”

A particular focus for the family is making sure they get the best value possible for what they produce.

“A few years ago when commodity prices were low we weren’t making a lot of income here and the farm could barely support one family let alone four so we had to diversify our income and part of that was adding a lot of value to the products we were producing.

“We were at the low of a commodity cycle and we weren’t getting paid well enough and we basically had it given to us reasonably bluntly if we kept doing what we were doing we were going to go broke.”

The family decided to diversify and be sure they could capture the true value of their products.

“This has been a challenge but we think the prize is there because, obviously, if we can

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get more value for our produce then we don’t have to intensify as heavily and I can see real benefit for the land through that.”

Given the location of High Peak the environment is very important.

“We’re at the headwaters of the Selwyn River which, as it runs across Canterbury is one of the more polluted lowland streams so we’re very conscious of our place in that system.”

High Peak has a number of QEII Trust covenants around water and biodiversity.

“We have spent a lot on fencing in the past five years as we have identified through water testing some of things we can mitigate.

“It’s a learning process and we will look to implement more of these as we go on.”

Direct brand exporting is a relatively new High Peak venture focused on meeting consumer demand.

“I believe farmers are more attuned to their own production systems when consumers are giving them the right signals so the more consumers know about our business the more we can tailor our business to provide them with what they want.

“We need to tap into each and every consumer’s individual needs

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HUNTING: Red stags are a key attraction for the farm’s tourism ventures.

and try and tailor our products accordingly.”

They are starting with the non-perishable products of their Perendale wool and honey. Meat is a prospect for the future.

“Red meat is a big tough, rough market but we are passionate about doing something better with red meat.

“We’ll cut the teeth on other products then look to turning our attention to branding our meat products.”

While the direct to market is a big challenge for High Peak the family sees a lot of benefit in it.

“I’m sure we can crack the nut. Ultimately, we think the model we’ve got at the moment is scalable and we’d like to see other farmers with directly traceable

BEAUTY: The Red deer complete one of High Peak’s picturesque vistas.

brands doing the same thing.

“We don’t want to be competing in the same marketplace. That’s a problem we’ve had in the past with New Zealand. We would like to see, as a country, diversification into new markets, carving out different niches to extract full value for the products we produce.”

The key for High Peak is derisking the farm.

“Everything we are doing is interlinked – tourism, farm, food production, involving all of our family members and utilising individual expertise in some way or other.

“If we have got people excited about what we do here then why not take our product direct to them.

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ENCOURAGEMENT: Despite running a high-country station with multiple income streams Hamish Guild still has time to pat one of the workers, Blitz.

“We are being reasonably bold but the key is management in what is a major development phase.”

The ongoing development of High Peak takes in 10 different income streams with the pastoral farming for sheep meat and wool, venison and velvet and the beef cattle.

Tourism includes heli-skiing, hunting and fishing and onfarm tourism then there’s the beekeeping and forestry and on top of it all the direct brand exports.

Tourism continues to develop from its beginnings in the 1980s and that’s under Simon’s leadership. When he returned from overseas he wanted to be in the family business but not farming.

Hunting and fishing are key in the of tourism operation with ongoing plans to further grow and build the High Peak experience in a model that front-foots the good story of NZ farming and its great outdoors experiences.

“It’s a lot of strings to the bow but the operation here on High Peak today has to support three young families and our overseers Mum and Dad. “So, it’s been a great journey for me with what I have been exposed to with the wider family business. It has changed for the better how I thought my farming career might go.

“I spent two and half years travelling overseas and that was a great chance to look around and

It can be a relentless hard place at times bit it’s also an exceptional place to grow up.

Hamish Guild Farmer learn a lot and it was good advice from Mum and Dad who said if you’re going to farm it’s pretty full on, make sure you want to do it.

“It was two and half years that helped me decide I want to be back here and I want to farm this property.

“Ten years ago we probably didn’t think it was going to be like this and then as time evolved it’s the pieces of the jigsaw that have all fallen into place.

“We have put formal procedures in place and we’re making progress.

“My wife Gemma and I have three children, my brother and sister have two children each so it’s really important that our children can grow up in this type of environment.

“It can be a relentless hard place at times bit it’s also an exceptional place to grow up and for me to be able to pass that on to another generation is a real privilege.” >> Video link: bit.ly/OFSguild

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Deer, hunting, farming and tourism options Te Rangi Station, a special 948ha property, one of the original deer farms providing a huge opportunity to build a business around tourism and farming. Includes over 200ha of native bush and kanuka which provides a fantastic habitat for the kiwi and other native bird life. This unique parcel of land is located only 50 minutes' drive from Hawke's Bay Airport. Scope for hunting, breeding and finishing deer, sheep and beef, with a fantastic fertiliser history, excellent summer rainfall and large areas of easy contour with options that include guided walking, hunting, horse or four wheel drive tours. Improvements include a colonial 1920s four bedroom homestead, 1960s three bedroom manager's residence, shearers quarters, four stand woolshed, sheep and cattle yards, truck shed/workshop and two deer complexes with all weather access. Open Day 1pm 16 October or call to view.

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This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a 122 hectare (more or less) property to start your farm ownership journey. Currently milking 215 Friesian cows through a 24-aside herringbone shed on the 90 hectare platform, with the balance of the property acting as the support block. The infrastructure is excellent with in-shed feeding, Te Pari yards, and numerous sheds. Effluent disposal is via a trash pump from the fully consented twin pond system. Stock water is supplied from the large farm water reservoir and is pressure reticulated to troughs in each paddock. The elevated four-bedroom homestead is complemented by a second comfortable three-bedroom home. All this located on the edge of the friendly, community-minded Apiti Village. This property is genuinely for sale and our vendors will consider sale as a going concern. We look forward to your call.

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Edenbridge, a mostly easy contoured 332 hectare sheep and beef farm in two parcels, benefits from the desirable Farm Road Water Scheme. Located 10 kilometres south of Waipukurau, this property has huge potential to cultivate both the mainly flat easy 88 hectare title or the 243 hectare home block. Each block complements the other, with the flat land holding on better in a dry period.

Auction (will not be sold prior) 11am, Thu 7 Nov 2019 17 Napier Road, Havelock North View by appointment Tony Rasmussen 027 429 2253 tony.rasmussen@bayleys.co.nz Andy Hunter 027 449 5827 andy.hunter@bayleys.co.nz

Leased out for many years, currently ewes lamb early August, with cattle traded depending on the season.

Improvements include a four bedroom home with attached self contained accommodation, three stand woolshed, sheep and cattle yards. Rarely does such a well located property with this contour and reticulated water come to the market. Out of town vendors want a sale. Open Day 10am 8 October or call now to view.

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Rangeview is a premium and versatile 221 hectare property, the majority is of flat contour with a portion of easy to rolling. Infrastructure includes a woolshed, numerous other shedding, a high standard of fencing and excellent water that is sourced from two bores and reticulated to all paddocks. The spacious family home is nestled amongst lovely landscaped gardens on an elevated terrace. Centrally located between Palmerston North and Napier, 20km west of Waipukurau and only 5km from Takapau which has schooling, dairy, health centre and multiple sports clubs, with the Ruahine ranges offering hunting and tramping adventures. Retiring vendors have said to sell and are ready for new owners to take to the next level. With the perfect combination of excellent water, prime location, outstanding contour and versatility, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

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Located 20 minutes south of Waipukurau and only 3km from the highly regarded decile 10 Flemington School is this well developed 464ha breeding/finishing property which boasts large portions of easy contour and excellent soil fertility. The farm is well subdivided, has an excellent laneway system, reticulated water and a lot of the farm is still deer fenced. A feature of the property is the 290sqm, 2015 built, four plus bedroom homestead which is nicely sheltered and positioned to capture all day sun. Excellent shedding, inground pool and established gardens top off this large farmhouse. Other improvements include three stand woolshed and covered yards, Te Pari cattle yards and an unused deer shed. A must view for those wanting a well located easy contoured sheep and beef farm, topped off with a fantastic modern family home. Open Day 1pm 8 October.

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Te Awamutu 670 Pirongia Road Close to Te Awamutu, in some of the best milking country in NZ, is this 302ha (more or less) trophy farm comprising both dairy and kiwifruit. With a very productive 274ha (more or less) milking platform and the huge bonus of over 18 canopy hectares of green kiwifruit as a ‘cash cow’ provides a very healthy income stream.

Around 755 cows are milked through a 44ASHB with a second 20ASHB used for early season colostrum cows. There are five dwellings. Options to purchase are for the entire 302ha dairy farm including the two kiwifruit orchards. Alternatively, a subdivision may be completed allowing the kiwifruit orchards to be purchased independently from the dairy farm. The kiwifruit orchards may be purchased individually or together.

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Tender (will not be sold prior) Closing 4pm, Mon 21 Oct 2019 96 Ulster Street, Hamilton View 11am-12pm Tue 1 Oct Stuart Gudsell AREINZ 021 951 737 stuart.gudsell@bayleys.co.nz Mike Fraser-Jones 027 475 9680 mike.fraserjones@bayleys.co.nz SUCCESS REALTY LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Within the confines of a larger dairy property are two Hayward kiwifruit orchards. Johnson Road orchard has 9.29 canopy hectares with 1.1 hectares of new development. A proposed subdivision is to expand to a total of 18.8100ha (STS) to allow for additional planting, as well as an additional 5045sqm (STS) lifestyle block. Penny Road orchard is 7.6 canopy hectares with a total area of 10.1 hectares (STS). Options to purchase are for the entire 302ha (more or less) dairy farm including the two orchards.

Alternatively, the subdivision may be completed allowing the orchards to be purchased independently from the dairy farm.

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An outstanding coastal property

This 114ha farm has first class facilities, flat to easy rolling contour and a sustainable production history.

The 40ASHB shed (cupped to 32) features in-shed meal feeders, automated cup removers, teat sprayer and yard scraper. Farm sheds include a near new, four bay Aztech implement shed.

The average four year production is 93,504 with around 270 cows now on the approximate 105ha milking platform. The effluent system includes weeping walls and a lined pond. There’s a four bedroom home and staff cottage .

Our clients have already taken possession of their new farm and are dedicated to selling!

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'Motunau Homestead' is a unique and well-farmed 193.76ha property with around 2km of spectacular North Canterbury coastline. An easy-rolling to flat property situated above a sandy beach with a large, well-cared-for five-bedroom character homestead, two-bedroom cottage, excellent fencing, new cattle yards and panoramic sea views out to Pegasus Bay, Banks Peninsula and the Pacific Ocean. The productive and healthy property has supported strong animal performance and is currently stocking breeding ewes and fattening cattle. Well-setup with excellent subdivision and fencing, new cattle yards and a full range of well-maintained support buildings. Fishing and diving are on the doorstep, Christchurch is just over an hour's drive away.

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Here is a great example of an immaculate property that is setting its own standards in environmental management. Our vendors have future proofed this 189.5200 hectare property and are operating well below regulatory targets. Having five wells under one consent supplying irrigation water to two centre pivots at a comparatively low cost range reinforces the desirability of this unit. The 50 bail rotary shed has excellent stock handling facilities, mating camera, ACR, and green wash yard system providing further savings of time and water. A solar panel array generates electricity for the shed and trees have been planted as land permits.

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A strategic opportunity to secure a premium property, located close to Rangiora township and around 25 minutes’ drive from Christchurch city. This attractive and well-sheltered 50.5ha small farm is in three titles, and has quality, fertile soils suitable for a variety of land uses. It is supported by numerous good sheds including a woolshed and sheep yards, hay and implement sheds.

The appealing four-bedroom home is set in beautiful mature gardens with loads of space for a family.

Continue farming, or subdivide into smaller land parcels. Don’t miss the opportunity to secure this blue-chip property which provides so many possibilities.

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WEB ID TOR70313 WHAKAMARU 1957 State Highway 32 View By Appointment A 482 ha property, comprising 367 ha of effective dairy TENDER closes Thursday 7th November, 2019 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior), 37 Swanston Street, Tokoroa pasture, the balance in Eucalypt forest and native plantings along the wetlands. Past three seasons milking 950 jersey cows, with best production of 330,000 kgMS. This season there are 900 Friesians targeting Paul O'Sullivan 340,000 kgMS. Developed to a high standard, the 60 Mobile 027 496 4417 bail rotary is equipped with all the computerised Office 07 280 8502 technology needed for todays hi spec world. A full range paulo@pb.co.nz of support buildings adds to the easy management. Four modern brick homes.

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WEB ID TOR69351 TOKOROA 726 State Highway 32 View By Appointment Adjacent to Tokoroa Downs dairy farms in the South Waikato District is this exceptional drystock / dairy support unit comprising 607.32 ha (subject to survey), being 535.36 ha effective.

Fenced into 97 paddocks with all improvements of a very high standard including all-weather lane access to all paddocks, reticulated trough water, Stockwell cattle yards with covered weigh and vet bail and 260-cow concreted yard. Nearby is a four-bay tractor / implement shed and covered fertiliser bin located midway along the Paul O'Sullivan private access road.

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CENTRAL HAWKES BAY 699 Kairakau Road 170 hectares Freehold 25 hectares Maori Freehold 157 hectares Leasehold approx.

Total approx. area 352 hectares Situated in the renowned farming district of Elsthorpe, 32 km east of Waipawa. Great balance of contour from alluvial flats through rolling hill to steeper hill country.

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Just minutes from town WEB ID MOR02403 TURUA Huirau Road VIEW 1 & 8 & 15 & 22 Oct 11.00 - 12.00pm TENDER closes Thursday 24th October, 2019 at 4.00pm, This property has been faithfully farmed by the same (unless sold prior), Property Brokers, Morrinsville family for over 100 years and comes to the market in outstanding condition. With its long road frontage, Peter Lissington four titles and exceptional infrastructure you need look Mobile 027 430 8770 no further. A total of 118.13 hectares, all being of flat Office 07 280 5534 peterl@pb.co.nz contour, 30 ASHB shed, producing 126,000 kgMS from the previous season, feed pad, stand off pad. The 3 farm is well raced and set up for productivity.

Stuart Stobie

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Mobile 021 776 173 Office 07 280 5534 stuart.stobie@pb.co.nz

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· So Often Sought but rarely found · Substantial Home offering multiple living options · Set in its own Botanic Garden Setting · Designer Kitchen · Multiple Open Plan Living Spaces · Ideal B&B Option · The Living here is Easy · Building/LIM reports available

2 Offers invited over

$985,000 May be considered

www.lakelandrealty.co.nz/LLR104

Rob Elvin

Licensed Salesperson REAA 2008

0274 769 138 An absolute MUST SEE for those moving off the farm or e: relvin@lakelandrealty.co.nz perhaps just wanting some open space LAKELAND REALTY Vendors motivated to SELL and are realistic in their Taupo expectations 07 376 5647

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Quality beef grazing and finishing farm A tidy beef grazing and finishing farm in the popular Maraekakaho district of Hawke’s Bay is for sale by tender.

The 108.4ha farm at 1025 Aorangi Road offers a good standard of farm improvements, a high-quality water supply and a large, well-positioned family home.

Colliers International Hawke’s Bay has been exclusively appointed to market the property for sale by tender closing at 2pm on 31 October.

Hadley Brown, National Co-director of Rural and Agribusiness at Colliers, says farms of this size rarely come to the market in this location. “This is a superb opportunity to acquire a highly productive farm, located only 36km from Hastings and Havelock North. The property is well subdivided into 64 paddocks with a mix of conventional fencing along with permanent electric fencing. The laneway system and general layout of the farm make it an absolute breeze for moving stock and machinery.”

Farm infrastructure includes a workshop, woodshed, two hay barns and storage sheds. The cattle yards are located conveniently for ease of stock movement with very good truck access.

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Heard says the 270 sq m family home is well positioned to enjoy sun and expansive views across the surrounding farmland. “The northeast-facing house is set amidst a mature garden with a large in-ground swimming pool. Built in the 1960s and recently rewired, the house features four double bedrooms, large living areas, an attractive open plan kitchen and dining area, and an integrated two-car garage. There are two bathrooms with heated towel rails, as well as two separate toilets and a separate shower. The house is well heated by an open fire, wood burner and a heat transfer system.”

The property is conveniently located near Hastings – a key Hawke’s Bay agricultural hub that provides a full range of city amenities and rural services.

Heard says it is only 15km from Maraekakaho School – a full primary school with a bus service. “Other amenity in the area include the Chook ‘n Filly cafe and bar, the Hawke’s Bay Ridge Wine Estate and GodsOwn Brewery – a fully licensed microbrewery, that also offers wood-fired pizzas.”

Rural Sales Specialist Mike Heard says the Maraekakaho area is well regarded for its vibrant community which is centred around the Maraekakaho School and village. “The property has a good supply of water that is drawn from a stream and reticulated around the farm with a series of pumps, tanks and troughs in most paddocks.”

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Total area 284 hectares, second generation dairy farm with many opportunities. You could not ask for a better location. It has a right to an 8 lot rural subdivision, subject to council approval. The property has a huge seam of blue and brown rock. Currently consented for farm use. Its close proximity to Auckland would make it ideal for developers needing to find land fill. Currently milking 320 cows targeting this season 140,000kg MS, all wintered on including young stock, 30 aside herringbone shed with Westfalia milking plant, in shed feed system, 360 cow yard - a modern 4 bay calf shed, 5 bay implement shed and a 4 bay enclosed storage shed. Water supply comes via a bore, fed throughout the farm through 40mm pvc lines with storage tanks. Contour flat to rolling with some steeper sidlings. Supported by a good central race system leading to 58 paddocks. In summer the farm grows 23 hectares of maize silage, and in winter 20 hectares oats.

Suppliers for Open Country Dairy. Current sharemilker in place. A total of three homes, modern five bedroom family home, the original homestead and a managers home. A perfect opportunity for an investor seeking an alternative income. Approximately 25 minutes to Pukekohe, 55 minutes to Auckland and only 15 minutes to the ever expanding Pokeno. Call the Colliers team today for a full IM. View by appointment only.

Total area 85 hectares subject to survey, contour mainly flat to easy rolling with wetland areas. The property has second generation owners and in the past was a fully operating dairy farm, and in the later years used for rearing young stock and cropping. The property is to be sold as a bare block; the home will be sold separately. This property will be ideal for young stock or grass silage that will work within the farm Nutrient Management Plan.

Located in the strong dairy farming area of Ngakuru, 20 minutes from Rotorua.

Open Days Thursdays 3, 10 and 17 October 11.30 - 12.30.

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Waitotara Valley Road, Waitotara Are you looking for the perfect cropping/supplement block? Or an entry level grazing block?

If you are, this 23.3495 hectares (57.6978 acres) located approx.

6 km up the Waitotara Valley Road could be just what you are looking for! Currently being used to grow grain and with some improvement this property would be ideally suited to graze your young stock and/or perfect as a starter for your own beef stud!

With a drenching race plus loading ramp and a good hay barn and being flat in contour this block is sure to appeal.

Motivated Vendors look forward to your offer.

TENDER Close 8th Nov @ 1pm

Open Days:

Thursday 3 October 1:00pm - 1:30pm Thursday 10 October 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Tender Closes:

4pm, Thursday 17 October 2019 at McDonald Real Estate Ltd, Hawera

Contact:

Rodney Perrett - 027 241 3979 Gemma Heath - 021 169 1010

eieio.co.nz # H00823

Open Days: Wed 9th, 16th & 23rd Oct 11am start, Bring a Bike & Helmet

TENDER - OUTSTANDING CENTRAL TARANAKI DRYSTOCK FARM 92- 287 Gordon Road, Toko, This impressive and long standing family farm consisting of 383 ha's (6 titles) is coming to the market after three generations of ownership. The farm has a history of continued development along with excellent fertiliser applications. Access is superb with a main metalled race from front to rear together with many lateral easy graded tracks. Subdivision is of a very high standard. Three water pumps supply trough water to every paddock. Stock traditionally wintered on the farm has been 715 dairy heifers May to May, 90 rising 2 year Steers, 520 ewes plus 200 hoggets. Also 120 dairy weaners are grazed from December each year. Buildings include a well presented recently modernised main 3 brm home, 2 other homes, 4 stand woolshed with extensive sheep and cattle yards, implement shed / workshop plus 5 supplement sheds. This property presents a once in a life time opportunity in the Taranaki rural market to purchase a top quality farm.

Owen Mills

M: 027 477 7302 E: owen@mgfn.co.nz

201 Broadway, Stratford

www.mgfn.co.nz

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06 765 8550

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478HA CLEAR HILL COUNTRY (STS) - 34KM NORTH OF NAPIER Glenview - Aropaoanui Road, Hawke’s Bay Located 34km north of Napier just off SH2 with sweeping views over Hawke´s Bay and out to Napier. Glenview is a clear 478ha (STS) sheep and beef property with a mix of medium contour with steeper sidelings. The property enjoys excellent access as is positioned between the Aropaoanui and Tangoio Settlement Roads, with approx. 8km of road frontage. Access on the property is via a network of on-farm 4WD tracks. Glenview historic annual rainfall is over 1400mm, supporting the store stock and finishing operations. Further supported by solid fertiliser application over the years - an airstrip and 140mt super bin is an added benefit. Well subdivided into over 30 paddocks of which fencing is of a high standard. There are multiple sets of satellite sheep yards plus a set of cattle yards with loadout. Stock water is provider largely by reliable natural supply via creeks and springs plus some dams. A large limestone quarry located close to the road provides additional income. Productive assets are solely on offer here with no dwelling on this property. There are two lifestyle properties that have been subdivided (STS) from Glenview which include dwellings and infrastructure that will be available for sale separately.

HORTICULTURE LAND WITH SCALE, TWYFORD LOAM SOILS AND CONSENTED WATER 1513, SH 2 Main Road, Whirinaki, Napier, Hawke’s Bay Prime horticulture land with scale combined with a large area of Twyford Loam soils, water consent for irrigation, drainage and a range of orchard related infrastructure, including two dwellings just over 15 minutes from Napier. This property lends itself to excellent horticulture development opportunities.

Situated 19km north of Napier on SH2 with a temperate climate by the coast, this 72ha property includes over 50ha of Class 1 land as defined by the Hawke´s Bay Regional Council. Current land use combines a well presented and mature 21ha citrus orchard, cropping land utilised for maize which has potential for orchard development and pine trees planted on the hill. The orchard and cropping land incorporates a significant drainage network combining both subsurface and large open drains. The water consent enables irrigation for the orchard and offers opportunity to develop more of the flat land. The orchard which has a mix of Valencia, Navel and Mandarins includes a comprehensive irrigation system, roading and shelter belts.

There are two dwellings - a three bedroom home with views over the orchard and out to the ocean. The other a two bedroom cottage. Other improvements include a large packing/ implement shed, metaled road and a set of cattle yards.

478 hectares (STS) Tender

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Tender Closes 4pm, Thu 21 Nov 2019, 5 Ossian Street, Ahuriri, Napier.

Duncan McKinnon 021 241 9073 | duncan@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

72.2133 hectares Tender

nzr.nz/RX2029327 Tender Closes 4pm, Thu 31 Oct 2019, 5 Ossian Street, Ahuriri, Napier.

Duncan McKinnon 021 241 9073 | duncan@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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WAIERUA - COASTAL BREEDING STATION- 573HA 631 Otahome Road, Whareama, Masterton

573 hectares Video on website

nzr.nz//RX2028131 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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Boasting a unique coastal location, in an established farming district and with some further productivity gains possible, welcome to Waierua! Located between Castlepoint and Riversdale beach Waierua is a 30-min drive from Masterton and features access to a stretch of Pacific coastline loaded with Paua and Crayfish and excellent fishing. There are numerous building sites that have stunning views over Castle Rock and the Pacific Ocean. The farming operation is a traditional sheep and beef summer dry breeding unit currently carrying approximately 2,200 ewes and hoggets, with 150 cows and heifers. There are around 470 ha of effective grazing land, mainly medium hill, with 42 ha of pine plantations. There is a four-bedroom plus office and sunroom dwelling, four-stand woolshed and other support buildings. The farm is set up to be run by one labour unit with good quad bike tracks and Otahome Rd enhancing access through the eastern side of the farm. The proximity to Masterton means there are off farm employment and top secondary schooling options. The local rural community supported primary school of Whareama is just a few kms away. This is a great opportunity to invest in a proven breeding unit situated in a special location......an opportunity not to be missed!

Tender Closes 4pm, Thu 31 Oct 2019; Address for Tender; NZR Level 1, 16 Perry Street, Masterton 5810

BIG VIEWS & FREE DRAINING SOILS 73 Vinegar Hill Road, Hunterville, Rangitikei Located just off SH1 and 6km north of Hunterville, the outlook from here is simply stunning. The Kawhatau silt loams are great winter soils and provide a variety of land-use options, with stock water spring sourced and reticulated. The modern two bedroom cottage with its wide deck, is privately sited on a terrace edge with the majestic river valley rolling out below - is this your weekend escape, perhaps extend it, move it (on piles), build again or perhaps a great Airbnb option?

Open days 11:00-11:45am, Wed 2 Oct & Sun 6 Oct 2019.

26.99 hectares Video on website

nzr.nz/RX2017947 Auction 2pm, Thu 24 Oct 2019, Feilding Club, 25 Kimbolton Road, Feilding.

Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | peter@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

WELL DEVELOPED BARELAND UNIT 76 Brandon Hall Road, Bulls Located less than 2km from Bulls, significant development by the current owners has created a versatile, easy to run unit, currently operated as a dairy support unit. A feature is the mix of soil types and contour here that provide season round options; flat silts over a clay/gravel base with over 40 hectares mown for silage and hay, complement the highly consolidated, gentle sand ridges. Completely re-fenced, re-watered and drained approx 15 years, there is lane access to the majority of paddocks. A plethora of elevated building sites with wide outlooks exist, currently in four titles.

107.25 hectares Video on website

nzr.nz/RX2043197 Tender Closes 11am, Wed 16 Oct 2019, NZR, 20 Kimbolton Road, Feilding.

Peter Barnett AREINZ 027 482 6835 | peter@nzr.nz NZR Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

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PREMIUM FINISHING BLOCK Riverbend, 73 Stoddart’s Road, Bideford, Masterton Riverbend is a 80 hectare finishing property boasting 43 hectares of redeveloped fertile flats, rolling cultivable hill paddocks and some medium hill country, complemented with a substantial home, stables, implement sheds, 3 stand woolshed with new sheep yards, hayshed and newish centrally located cattle yards. This premium unit is located just 10-15 minutes from Masterton in the renown Bideford farming district.

81.76 hectares (STFS) Video on website

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Blair Stevens AREINZ 027 527 7007 | blair@nzr.nz Dave Hutchison 027 286 9034 | dave@nzr.nz NZR Real Estate Limited | Licensed REAA 2008

Offers Close 4pm, Thu 10 Oct 2019, (unless sold prior) NZR, Level 1, 16 Perry St, Masterton.

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TIRAU, WAIKATO 1420 State Highway 5 Private Hunting Estate • • • •

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Gaining worldwide accolades from trophy hunters as one of New Zealand's leading outfitters 169ha freehold hunting park surrounded by 80,000ha of wilderness Spectacular lush green environment, tread game trails under the canopy of spectacular native forest and giant tree ferns With bespoke luxurious eco-friendly off grid hunting lodge function and wedding venue and additional three bedroom dwelling This very profitable business is offered for sale walk-in walkout as a going concern complete with forward bookings

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Martin Lee M 027 497 0830 E martin.lee@pggwrightson.co.nz

pggwre.co.nz/CAM31087

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TAKAPAU, CENTRAL HAWKE'S BAY 39 Edgecombe Road Quality Farm - Quality Location • • • • • •

310.2049ha (766 acres) approximately Mainly flat to gently rolling contour Well fenced, fertilised and watered Spacious four-bedroom home plus three-bedroom cottage Excellent shedding 31km south of Waipukurau

AUCTION

Plus GST (if any) 2.00pm, Tuesday 22 October Waipukurau Club

VIEW By Appointment Only

Max Lyver M 027 597 5818 | B 06 858 6780 E mlyver@pggwrightson.co.nz pggwre.co.nz/WPK31025 PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008

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Glenkerry Quality Dairy Farm • • • •

159.8075ha freehold, four titles, milking platform approx 154ha, 400 cows, 155,000kg MS, HB dairy shed Two four bedroom homes plus one bedroom sleepout Well sheltered on State Highway 83, Awamoko Additional dairy support adjacent properties available for purchase if required

(Unless Sold Prior) Closes 4.00pm, Tuesday 12 November

Dave Finlay M 027 433 5210 E dfinlay@pggwrightson.co.nz

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Outstanding Dry Stock Property Without doubt one of the finest dry stock/fattening properties in the Waikato comes to the market.

Immaculately presented, this 101.32 ha block (more or less) sits on the foothills of the Kaimai Ranges just 10 minutes from Matamata and 30 minutes to Tauranga.

Comprising 100 paddocks and raced with flat to gentle rolling contour. Infrastructure and shedding is impressive. Seldom do properties of this calibre come to the market. A must view!

VIEW 12.00-2.00pm, Wednesday 2, 9, 16 and 23 October

LAUDER, CENTRAL OTAGO

Drybread Road

Lauder Grazing/Finishing Unit Trevor Kenny M 021 791 643 E trevor.kenny@pggwrightson.co.nz

Michael Swney M 027 624 8214 E michaels@pb.co.nz

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Totally re-developed over the past eight years Includes two centre pivot irrigators Near new cattle yards with scales and crush Private water right consented through to 2035 Suited to a variety of farming practices Inspection highly recommended - call now to view

$7M Plus GST (if any)

VIEW By Appointment Only Shaun O'Docherty | M 021 708 165 E sodocherty@pggwrightson.co.nz Mike Direen | M 027 434 0087 E mdireen@pggwrightson.co.nz

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Glenaray is near Waikaia township which has a primary school, store, bistro, tea-rooms and pub. Also rugby, squash and tennis clubs and a golf course. There is excellent hunting on the property.

To apply please email CV to: office@glenaray.co.nz Applications close Friday, 18 October 2019

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Farm Assistant Farming Operations Manager Fencer/General Livestock Procurement Livestock Saleyard Manager Manager

For more information contact: The Manager on 027 263 6116 or email CV to: jobsinopepe@gmail.com

TE KUITI LIVESTOCK CENTRE

LIVESTOCK SALEYARD MANAGER – TUAKAU SALEYARD

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Saleyard Manager to join our Tuakau Saleyard team.

*Available for one month or until close of application

The applicant must have experience in handling livestock, people management and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

This role requires knowledge and management skills of the compliance issues relevant to the saleyards environment. Ongoing training is available to the successful applicant.

This is a salaried position 40 hours/4-day work week with an agreed overtime rate. Remuneration will reflect the successful applicant’s experience.

Position start date November/early December.

If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please email your CV and cover letter, or any questions to mhull@associatedauctioneers.co.nz or phone 027 777 8285

WE’RE HIRING 2X SALES PARTNERSHIP MANAGERS

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- NATIONAL LIVESTOCK & STUDSTOCK Partnership MANAGER

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.

Due to the changes in the operation of the farm we now have two vacancies available.

SHEPHERD The successful applicant would require 2-3 good working dogs and have had experience with finishing both lambs and cattle.You will need to have excellent stockmanship, clear written and oral communication, and be able to work both independently and in a team environment.

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Sales Partnership Managers

The successful applicant will have a broad range of skills including fencing and general farm maintenance. You will conduct a variety of roles supporting the whole farm team with stock work from time to time. 1-2 dogs would be beneficial but not essential for the role. Like the above role you will need to be an excellent communicator and work well within the team.

Senior Leadership Roles Senior Technical Advisor Shepherd Shepherd / General

Both positions come with competitive remuneration, a great work environment and good housing.

Stock Manager Stock Team Leader

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.

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For more information please contact: Mike O’Donoghue, Manager 03 202 7720 evenings To apply please email CV to: office@glenaray.co.nz Applications close Friday, 18 October 2019

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We offer ongoing training eg. dog training and support to attend AgIto courses.

Accommodation is very comfortable single quarters. All food provided including cooked evening meal Monday to Friday and cooked winter lunches. Sky TV and internet. There is excellent hunting on the station and local rugby and squash clubs.

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Cadet Manager Positions

Located near Waikaia township, which has a bistro, pub, store and tearooms.

We would prefer: • Two years experience.

• Four trained dogs • Horse experience

We require an experienced shepherd on our 1600ha hill country breeding property running 14,500 sheep and beef stock units. Riverhills is located near Ohura in the King Country. This is an opportunity to further your farming career, working alongside the owner, with the opportunity to learn all aspects of farming.

Applicant requirements: • Honest, hardworking and positive attitude • High standard of stock management and husbandry • Working dogs • Good understanding of pasture management • Competent in all general farm duties • Health and safety minded

You will be responsible for carrying out the management of day-to-day Saleyard operations, running of livestock sales, and repairs and maintenance to the facility.

Due to an internal promotion we have a vacancy for a shepherd to join our team at Glenaray Station, Southland, which runs 38,000 ewes, 1500 cows and 2500 hinds.

Shepherd Position

Any further enquiries phone Dean Gower 021 070 4500

To apply contact Leyton King 0274 944 237 or leyton@agrecord.co.nz

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For more information please contact: Mike O’Donoghue, Manager 03 202 7720 evenings

Key attributes will include: • Excellent communication skills and work ethic • Honesty, reliability and punctuality a must • A couple of working dogs would be advantageous but not essential • Ability to work independently and in a team • Tractor driving skills and the ability to carry out all aspects of general farm maintenance when required • A competitive remuneration package will reflect skills and experience with a newly renovated 3-bedroom house provided

Drystock Station, Taupō

Join our team on our 1000ha Sheep, Beef and Deer property in Central Hawke’s Bay. With 70% rolling country plus some steeper gullies, good facilities and working alongside enthusiastic owner, there’s never a dull moment and the role will include a bit of everything.

You will need good all-round skills, including a couple of good dogs, hand piece skills, experience fencing and driving a tractor.

On offer is a great 4 bedroom home with stunning views over the farm. We have a team culture centred around strong family values. 10 minutes away is the village of Porangahau with a pub, school, sports clubs etc and it’s a great, social community.

Accommodation is a good quality 3-bedroom home with primary school bus at gate.

Due to the expansion of Kim Young and Sons Ltd, we are seeking a motivated person to join our team. The successful applicant will assist with all aspects of this progressive 1400ha sheep and beef breeding/finishing operation, which consists of several different blocks within the heart of scenic Ruapehu, only five minutes to the popular township of Ohakune.

Experienced Shepherd

PORANGAHAU

We seek someone who has a passion for working with deer and a thorough understanding of all aspects of them.

EXPERIENCED SHEPHERD/GENERAL

The position will suit someone with: • 2-3 years farming experience • 4-5 capable working dogs and the ability to do some general work when required • Your own saddle as most stock work is done on horses • Sound livestock handling skills • A good attitude with the willingness to learn • Ability to work unsupervised and complete work to a high standard • Attention to detail • Honesty and motivation, with a genuine passion for farming • Strong communication skills A sound remuneration package is offered and will be based on experience.

Email CV with 2 references to: riverhi11s@xtra.co.nz

We have a vacancy for this position at Glenaray Station, Southland. We farm 2500 hinds and carry all fawns through winter for meat production and breeding. We are currently in the process of increasing hind numbers to 3500.

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• 15km south east of Ashburton • 450 cows • 36 aside herringbone

For further information contact Phil 027 643 2007 Please email cv and cover letter to judeandphil@xtra.co.nz

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FAST GRASS www.gibb-gro.co.nz GROWTH PROMOTANT Only $6.00 per hectare + GST delivered Brian Mace 0274 389 822 brianmace@xtra.co.nz

TOWABLE TOPPING MOWER

BOOK AN AD. For only $2.10 + gst per word you can book a word only ad in Farmers Weekly Classifieds section.

Phone Debbie on 0800 85 25 80.

BIRKETT SHEARING

DOGS FOR SALE

FORESTRY

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.

11-MONTH-OLD Heading dog, keen as.

ONE 4-MONTH Huntaway pup.

Phone 06 388 0212 or 027 243 8541.

12-MONTH HEADING dog and bitch. Fast, firm, good command, pulling sides, station and trial potential.

Nolan Timmins. 06 862 7543.

NATIVE FOREST FOR MILLING also Macrocarpa and Red Gum, New Zealand wide.

We can arrange permits and plans. Also after milled timber to purchase.

NEW ZEALAND NATIVE TIMBER SUPPLIERS (WGTN) LIMITED 04 293 2097 Richard.

FOR ONLY $2.10 + gst per word you can book a word only ad in Farmers Weekly Classifieds section. Phone Debbie on 0800 85 25 80.

CURRENT LEASE EXPIRING. After leasing for 25 years we are looking for another Dryland property to take on for 3-5 years.

2500 or above stock units.

South Island wide. Anything considered. Mike Bowler 027 607 2595 / 03 319 8088 or lobow.nz@gmail. com

GOATS WANTED

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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.

WILTSHIRES-ARVIDSON. Self shearing sheep. No1 for Facial Eczema. David 027 2771 556.

GRAZING AVAILABLE

HEREFORD BULLS, purebred yearlings. BDV negative and vaccinated.

Phone 027 4944 262.

DOGS FOR SALE HEADING DOG, plain eyed, 8 months old.

Started, kind nature. $500.

Phone 06 322 9855.

SIXTY DOGS on video.

Deliver, trial, guaranteed. www.youtube.com/user/ mikehughesworkingdog/ videos 07 315 5553.

HEADING BITCH 4 years, medium eye, will work for anyone. Phone 027 449 0048.

FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS based in Taumarunui. Our dedicated team take pride in their work, providing excellent services at a competitive rate. Contact Tony and Gina 07 896 7723 or 027 654 9387. ginabirkett023@ gmail.com

WAIKATO CENTRE. Tux yarding/Handy dog challenge/Trans-Tasman course. 21st, 22nd, 23rd November 2019. Aratiatia Station, Taupo. Entries close 1st November.

Enquiries: Phone 07 543 2157 / 027 495 5368.

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FARM MAPPING FOCUS ON YOUR strengths with a farm map showing paddock sizes.

Contact us for a free quote at farmmapping.co.nz or call us on 0800 433 855.

FOR SALE SERIOUS INCINERATORS. Heavy duty long lasting. w w w. i r o n t r e e p r o d u c t s . co.nz Phone 021 047 9299.

NOVEMBER TO MARCH. Adult beef dairy cattle.

Located Central Hawke’s Bay. Phone 06 855 5039.

HORTICULTURE 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

World’s Biggest Reserve Bench

info@nzadventures.co.nz Ph: 03 218 8569 027 550 6727 or 027 435 4267

Nominations close 5pm Friday 4 October.

GO TO Forestvoice.org.nz for a NOMINATION FORM or email: glen.mackie@nzfoa.org.nz

Dargaville, Monday Mangawhai, Tuesday Warkworth, Wednesday Monday 7 October 1:00pm – 6:00pm Tuesday 8 October 12:00pm – 5:00pm Wednesday 9 October 10:00am – 3:00pm

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Nominations for board members are called. Two are to represent forests larger than 1000 hectares and one member for forests less than 1000 hectares.

B R O O K L A N D SIMMENTAL, LBW, short gestation, bulls, suitable for beef or dairy, EBV’s available. Phone 06 374 1802.

PROPERTY WANTED HOUSE FOR REMOVAL wanted.

North Island.

Phone 021 0274 5654.

STOCK FEED HAY 12 EQUIVALENT squares $70. STRAW 12 equivalent squares $55.

BALEAGE at $80. Unit loads available. Phone 021 455 787.

DOLOMITE NZ’s finest BioGro certified Mg fertiliser For a delivered price call ....

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NEXT BLOOD DRIVE 2019 Notice of Election to FGLT Board

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12 MONTHS TO 5½-yearold Heading dogs and Huntaways wanted. Phone 022 698 8195.

QUICK SALE! No one buys or pays more NZ Wide! 07 315 5553. Mike Hughes.

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Southland 2 Year Polled Hereford Bulls

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FIRST ANNUAL YEARLING BULL SALE

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Contact: C.H. Miller Phone: 03 202 5339 Mobile: 027 431 9759 Email: pyramid@esi.co.nz

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Sale Date: Wednesday 16th October, 2019 At Pyramid Downs, RD 7, Gore

Friday 11t h Octo ber 2019 at 1:0 0 pm O N FA RM - L U N CH E O N P RO V IDE D

1710 Carleton Road, Oxford

ECZEMA TOLERANT

30 Top Yearling Bulls on offer, all TB, BVD and IBR clear and vaccinated Open Day - Tuesday 24 th September 2019 All enquiries and viewings welcomed Vendor contact: Agent contact:

Marie FitzPatrick - 027 338 1658 Anthony Cox - 027 208 3071

RAMGUARD TESTING SINCE 1985 ***** RATING

Keith Abbott Raglan 027 463 9859 www.waiteikaromneys.co.nz Genetically linked to Waimai & Kikitangeo Romney

GOING GOING GONE! Have you got a sale coming up?

Advertise in Farmers Weekly

Angus Bull & Heifer Yearling Auction (No outside trading or grazing cattle farmed)

Thursday 10th October 1pm 546 Selwyn Lake Road, Irwell, Leeston

To advertise Phone Andrea 0800 85 25 80 or email livestock@globalhq.co.nz

Enquiries to your local Livestock Agent or Andrew and Anna Laing 027 253 5625

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WHAT ABOUT DRENCH RESISTANCE? Do you want to Farm Sustainably?

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Check details for our parasite resistant Rams

90% never drenched

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Worm egg count given for every ram

35 YEARS BREEDING FOR FACIAL ECZEMA TOLERANCE Contact us for details: Melvin, Ian & Justin Forlong 58 Tunanui Road, RD 1, Owhango, Taumarunui 3989 Ph: 07 895 4847 • Mob: 021 027 538 47 Email: fernleaf.farm@xtra.co.nz

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Zandy Wallace P: 06 372 2551 M: 0226 580 680 E: farm@waiitirams.co.nz

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STOCK FOR SALE

Weekly Auctions

FRSN BULL CALF CONTRACTS Nov Del 80 1YR HOME BRED ANGUS BULLS 450kg

Wednesday night – North Island Thursday night – South Island

BVD, EBL & Bovis Tested STOCK REQUIRED YOUNG EWES with LAF 1YR FRSN BULLS 200-260kg

FEATURE AUCTIONS Glenside Simmentals – Black Maternal Bull Sale Monday, 7 October 2019 at 7.30 pm

1YR ANG & ANG X HEIFERS 240-300kg 2YR BEEF BRED HEIFERS 350-400kg 2YR ANG & ANG X STEERS 460-530kg

Hazlett Livestock – Dairy Service Bull Sale Tuesday, 8 October 2019 at 7.30 pm For more information go to bidr.co.nz or contact the team on 0800 TO BIDR

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Ross Dyer 0274 333 381 A Financing Solution For Your Farm E info@rdlfinance.co.nz

Bid, buy, sell all things rural Gisborne Angus & Carrfields Livestock are pleased to announce

A/c Kaimai Dairy Farm Date: Monday 7th October 2019 2731 SH 29, Lower Kaimai’s, Tauranga Start time: 11.30am (under cover) – dc 5734 Complementary BBQ lunch provided COMPRISING OF: • 280 Predominantly Fsn & Fsn X Herd Bw 46, Pw 50, R/a 93% • 30 Fsn X Ylg Hfrs, Bw 79, Pw 93 • Vendor retaining A2A2 & any unsound DETAILS: • TB C10 – M Bovis not detected & BVD neg • All cows in-milk – 350kg/ms rotary shed • Farmed rolling country – herd of 750 head • Calved from 25/7 – Bred to CRV Nom sires • System 2 feeding, owner milked & farmed • Herd tested – quiet herd – capacity cows AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Very quiet, with good dairy type. Hard working hardy cows that perform – long walks - high altitude, been on farm for 20 yrs. Unmated.

Contact your local Carrfields Agents for details & photos Carrfields Agents: Matt Hancock 027 601 3787 Brian Hodge 027 244 0845 Val Ditchfield 027 573 7480

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PAYMENT TERMS: Deferred payment to 25th October 2019

Resurgam Angus Inaugural Yearling Angus Bull Sale Sean & Jodi Brosnahan On A/c Waitangihia Station Ltd, Waikura Valley Matawhero Saleyards – Friday 4th of October 2019 At completion of sheep sale or approximately 12.30pm Auctioneers Note These R1 bulls come to the public from NZ’s most remote farming area. They are truly station bred from hill country and are mainly NZ genetics. They are of impeccable temperament, soundness, type.

100% grass only – no haylage. Never seen a flat paddock.

Closed herd. TB = C10.

These bulls will be available for pre-sale inspection in Gisborne the week of the sale.

For Further Inquiries: Sean & Jodi Brosnahan Waitangihia Station Neville Clark – Auctioneer 0275 986 537 06 864 4468, 021 997 519 Bruce Orr – Stud Stock 0274 922 122 resurgamangus Andrew Gordon – 0274 872 044 www.resurgamangus.com

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Hill Country AB Dairy Herd Auction

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Outstanding Young In-Milk Cow Auction

DETAILS: • TB C10 – M Bovis not detected & BVD negative • All In-Milk – in rotary shed twice daily • 4th Annual Auction – 1st & 2nd calvers • High selection criteria and only sourced from South Taranaki AUCTIONEERS NOTE: All cows personally guaranteed by our Vendors offering 1 week trial. The cows are purchased to supply calf milk, then sold. The offering includes a CRL of heifers from M/S R & H Whyte whom sold their outstanding herd last season – bred to LIC 40yrs+.

Deferred payment to 20th January 2020 Contact your local Carrfields Agent for details & photos Carrfields Agent: Brent Espin 027 551 3660

www.carrfieldslivestock.co.nz

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For further information contact our Noticeboard sales team on 0800 85 25 80 or email livestock@globalhq.co.nz

9th Annual Spring Sale

46 Yearling Bulls Sterndale, Totara Valley Wednesday 9 October 2019 1pm www.sternangus.co.nz

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COMPRISING OF: 150 Fsn & Fsn X in-milk cows BW 105, PW 133, R/a 100% Herd test data available Cow 156 contracted to LIC

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SALE TALK Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of adventures.

Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.

One day, while playing, one looked at the other and said, “Now don’t get mad at me, I know we’ve been friends for a long time, but I just can’t think of your name. I’ve thought and thought, but I still can’t remember it. Please tell me what your name is.”

Her friend glared at her and for at least three minutes she just stared, finally, leaning forward she said, “How soon do you need to know?”

Supplied by Lindsey Thompson.

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!

If you’ve got a joke you want to share with the Farming community (it must be something you’d share with your grandmother...) then email us at: saletalk@globalhq.co.nz with Sale Talk in the subject line and we’ll print it and credit it to you.

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OPAWA DOWNS ON FARM CATTLE SALE 260 Rutherford Road, Albury South Canterbury Tuesday 8th October 2019 Commencing 12 Noon 60 18 Mth Simmental, Hereford/Friesian x Mixed Sex Cattle (Autumn born) 70 Ylg Simmental/Angus x Steers 90 Ylg Simmental/Hereford x Steers 40 Ylg Simmental/Angus x Heifers 60 Ylg Simmental/Hereford x Heifers All Simmental x Cattle Sired by Opawa Downs Simmental Bulls

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To be sold following above at 1653 Mt Nessing Road, Albury 110 Ylg Hereford/Friesian x Steers 110 Ylg Hereford/Friesian x Heifers C10 Status Sign posted from Albury Township Enquiries: Vendors - David & Jayne Timperley 03 685 5785 or 0274 375 881

PHONE ANDREA 0800 85 25 80

Sam Bell (PGGW) 0272 040 499

Your source for PGG Wrightson livestock and farming listings MT NESSING FARM ON FARM CATTLE SALE A/C J A D & K A Simpson 1049 Mt Nessing Road, Albury Tuesday 8th October 2019 Commencing 2pm or at conclusion of Opawa Downs Sale We Will Offer: 15 R2 Hereford & Hereford Angus x Steers 75 R2 Hereford & Hereford Angus x Heifers 380 R1 Angus & Angus Hereford x Steers 170 R1 Angus & Angus Hereford x Heifers C10 Status Enquiries: Tom Gatrell (RLL) – 0274 730 233 Andrew Scarlett (Hazlett) – 0274 620 126 www.rurallivestock.co.nz NZ Owned & Operated www.hazlett.nz

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A/C BARHAM FARMING LTD, WAIPUKARAU 300 Top 2Yr Purebred Hereford Bulls All Bulls BVD/EBL Tested and Double Vaccinated Great temperament and coming forward in Top condition Delivery date and numbers to suit For sale by negotiation Contact Chris Johnston 0272574091

Better stud stock for better business Every advantage counts.

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Other BEAUMONT STATION ON FARM ½ BRED EWE HOGGET SALE Thursday 10th October, 1.30pm Signposted from Millers Flat township 2500 ½ Bred Ewe Hoggets (shorn early August).

Hogget Micron Ave 23, Flock Micron Ave 25 Footroot free property. Sired by top Craigneuk ½ Bred Rams.

Flock meets all New Zealand Merino Smartwool Contract Criteria and has won multiple meat awards throughout the country.

Hoggets are on 5-n-1 programme, have been dipped, off shears and drenched with Matrix.

Auctioneers Note: These hill country ½ bred hoggets come thoroughly recommended by the auctioneers. They will be drafted into lines to suit all intending purchasers. Beaumont Station have a great reputation for producing very well bred stock that shift to any environment. Grand opportunity to purchase top quality breeding hoggets.

Dave Lilley (PGW) 027 591 6412 Richard Hore (Vendor) 027 484 9875 Alan Hore (Vendor) 027 446 6023

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Phone Andrea 0800 85 25 80 or email livestock@globalhq.co.nz

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MARKET SNAPSHOT

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Market Snapshot brought to you by the AgriHQ analysts.

Suz Bremner

Mel Croad

Nicola Dennis

Cattle

Reece Brick

Caitlin Pemberton

Sheep

BEEF

William Hickson

Deer

SHEEP MEAT

VENISON

Last week

Prior week

Last year

NI Steer (300kg)

6.10

6.00

5.90

NI lamb (17kg)

8.60

8.60

8.45

NI Stag (60kg)

9.50

9.40

11.40

NI Bull (300kg)

5.75

5.70

5.40

NI mutton (20kg)

5.55

5.55

5.10

SI Stag (60kg)

9.40

9.30

11.40

NI Cow (200kg)

4.70

4.60

4.35

SI lamb (17kg)

8.50

8.45

8.15

SI Steer (300kg)

5.90

5.90

5.85

SI mutton (20kg)

5.60

5.60

5.10

SI Bull (300kg)

5.55

5.50

5.10

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

SI Cow (200kg)

4.35

4.35

4.25

UK CKT lamb leg

10.38

10.32

9.17

US imported 95CL bull

8.59

8.34

6.36

US domestic 90CL cow

7.75

7.78

6.55

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Export markets (NZ$/kg)

6.0

Last year

North Island lamb slaughter price

8.5 $/kg CW

North Island steer slaughter price

Last week Prior week

$/kg CW

South Island steer slaughter price

$/kg CW

$/kg CW $/kg CW

6.5

Oct

Dec 5-yr ave

Feb

5-yr ave

2017-18

Dairy

Aug 2018-19

Jun

Dec-18 Feb-19 Sept. 2019

Apr-19

Last year

2.78

2.75

3.30

Apr

Jun

753

Top 10 by Market Cap YTD High 5.54

3.38

480

Auckland International Airport Limited

9.2

9.9

7.065

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd

16.89

17.8

12.3

440

The a2 Milk Company Limited

13.11

18.04

10.42

Spark New Zealand Limited

4.41

4.705

3.54

400

Mercury NZ Limited (NS)

5.01

5.62

3.51

Ryman Healthcare Limited

12.78

13.62

10.4

360

Contact Energy Limited

8.55

9.05

5.82

Port of Tauranga Limited

6.37

6.7

4.9

Fletcher Building Limited

5.09

5.55

4.28

320

Aug-18

Oct-18

Dec-18

Company

Feb-19

Apr-19

Jun-19

Aug-19

440 400

AMF

5620

5830

5900

$/tonne

2530

6.75

787

5.39

2455

6.77

787

Close

2425

6.82

304

Meridian Energy Limited (NS)

SMP

Milk Price

523

314

DAP

420

5100

616

314

-

3005

4955

616

-

2980

4750

Urea

-

vs 4 weeks ago

Butter

Last year

30 micron lamb

3090

Listed Agri Shares

Close

YTD High

YTD Low

The a2 Milk Company Limited

13.11

18.04

10.42

3.4

5.42

2.5

11.68

12.5

9.4

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund (NS)

3.5

4.85

3.15

Foley Wines Limited

1.8

2

1.47

Delegat Group Limited

Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (NS)

0.85

1.08

0.75

Marlborough Wine Estates Group Limited

0.215

0.24

0.192

340

New Zealand King Salmon Investments Ltd

2.38

2.98

1.76

PGG Wrightson Limited

2.31

2.5

0.47

Sanford Limited (NS)

6.99

7.06

6.35

Scales Corporation Limited

4.9

5.13

4.34

0.001

0.003

0.001

4.9

5.35

4.2

9

11.35

8.45

Oct-18

Dec-18

Feb-19

Apr-19

Jun-19

Aug-19

SeaDragon Limited

WAIKATO PALM KERNEL

3100

Synlait Milk Limited (NS) T&G Global Limited S&P/NZX Primary Sector Equity Index

$/tonne

US$/t

Seeka Limited

350

3050 3000 2950 Nov Dec Latest price

Jan

Feb 4 weeks ago

Mar

5pm, close of market, Thursday

360

Aug-18

WMP FUTURES - VS FOUR WEEKS AGO

YTD Low

Company Comvita Limited

380

320

* price as at close of business on Thursday

Oct

2018-19

Prior week

3.40

WMP

2900

Aug

2017-18

Last week

-

CANTERBURY FEED BARLEY Prior week

NZ average (NZ$/t)

2.85

Jun-19 Aug-19 Sept. 2020

DAIRY FUTURES (US$/T) Last price*

Prior week

37 micron ewe

$/tonne

6.25

Nearby contract

Last week

CANTERBURY FEED WHEAT

6.75

Oct-18

Feb

Fertiliser

Aug 2018-19

Super

7.25

$/kg MS

Apr 2017-18

Grain

Data provided by

MILK PRICE FUTURES

5.75

Dec

FERTILISER

Coarse xbred ind.

Jun

Oct

5-yr ave

(NZ$/kg) Apr

8.5 7.5

WOOL

Feb

9.5

5.5

5.0

Dec

South Island stag slaughter price

10.5

6.5

5.5

Oct

8.5

11.5

7.5

4.5

4.5

9.5

6.5

8.5

6.0

10.5

6.5

South Island lamb slaughter price

4.5

Last year

7.5

4.5

5.0

Last week Prior week

North Island stag slaughter price

11.5

7.5

5.5 5.5

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

$/kg CW

Slaughter price (NZ$/kg)

Ingrid Usherwood

300

2.55

2.81

2.43

15871

17434

15063

S&P/NZX 50 Index

10823

11219

8732

S&P/NZX 10 Index

10481

11001

8280

250 200

Aug-18

S&P/FW PRIMARY SECTOR EQUITY

Oct-18

Dec-18

Feb-19

Apr-19

Jun-19

Aug-19

15871

S&P/NZX 50 INDEX

10823

S&P/NZX 10 INDEX

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LUSTERY cold weather affected most North Island regions from earlier last week.

Northland was only 11C on Friday morning. They haven’t had a lot of rain and grass isn’t really growing hard out yet. That’s affected the cattle sales. Farmers are still paying top dollars for good cattle but the poorer ones are hard to move. And that trend’s expected to continue over the next few weeks when there are the spring cattle fairs.

Some hail along with the wind and rain battered parts of South Auckland.

Hundreds of people gathered at a local hall to hear and challenge the Ministry for the Environment’s presentation on future use of fertiliser and irrigation on farms. Many vegetable growers see the proposals as restrictive to the point their businesses might no longer be viable. Our contact said perhaps taking some land out of production might be best. He says the Government could buy it and return it to native bush – environmental problems solved.

It’s been one of the wettest Septembers for a while in Waikato but watertables are still low after a dry winter. On dairy farms cows are cycling really well, which is a promising start to mating. Effluent ponds will be at the end of their storage capacity so farmers are being reminded to make sure all staff in charge of spray irrigating the effluent keep good records.

Lamb docking was humming along until the rain and wind hit mid week in Bay of Plenty. The rain’s useful but no one wants the cold. The proposed environment rules are top of mind though our sheep and beef farmer says hill country operators, in particular, are well up with the play because the regional council’s been supporting them to fence off waterways since the early 1990s.

It’s been disgusting in King Country.

There’s no grass growth yet. Some sheep farmers are well into docking and calving on beef farms is progressing well.

Taranaki has come through winter well and the farmer we spoke to said it’s been probably seven seasons in a row that have been pretty kind on his farm.

Friday morning was stunning in Gisborne. There’s been only half the rain farmers want and outlying townships are starting to worry about running out of tank water. Crops like sweet corn and tomatoes are going in and should respond to the 18C temperatures. The Gisborne wharf is busy with logs again. The huge price drop had slowed forestry this year but prices have rebounded a little so things are moving again.

Hawke’s Bay has a very spread out lambing. Our consultant contact had one client weaning lambs this week while another was just starting lambing. As with other districts, hundreds turned out for the public meetings about the freshwater proposals.

Wairarapa has been really blasted with damaging winds that have come a sniff earlier and a sniff harder than usual. Well over 300 people attended a freshwater meeting on Thursday. Our farmer contact says, disappointingly, despite

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the fact many meetings have now been held, officials still can’t answer a lot of farmers’ questions. He said they feel the submission process is a sham.

The weather was so lovely in Manawatu last weekend silage was made. It was also a good chance to get tractor work done. However, by mid week a dusting of snow hit Apiti and Rangiwahia. The snow would’ve been okay for newborn lambs but it’s their survival now it’s really cold and windy that’s the worry.

Asparagus is being harvested every day in Horowhenua but the cool temperatures are holding volumes back so supermarkets can’t start marketing campaigns.

SOUTH ISLAND Snow has coated some of the hills in the Nelson region and kiwifruit growers have been hard at work protecting their vines from frost because it’s been a lot colder than usual. They’re in the thick of shoot rubbing. There’s been some replanting of hops with better varieties. Apple trees are showing heavy flowering and most of the orchards are on top of their jobs. Growers are a bit concerned about the poor prices for braeburn apples and wondering if they should keep them or pull them out but there’s general optimism among orchardists.

Wind machines have been running in Marlborough vineyards after a light frost on Thursday morning. Once the sauvignon blanc kicks in the helicopters will be out to protect a wider area. There’s been a bit of wind and some beautiful spring days. They’re just getting ready to put the early season sprays on.

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West Coast says there’s been no let up in the rain. He had 88mm last week and it’s even wetter further south. Southerlies have brought snow to the hills and growth is slow with 9C soil temperatures.

They need 10C for growth to start.

Some farmers are struggling to find a paddock to put their cows in because of waterlogging. Silage and palm kernel are being fed out. Calving is 90% through.

Farmers are experiencing sensory overload getting their heads around mounting regulations and environmental proposals.

It’s been a very varied weather week, typical of spring, in mid Canterbury, even with a late snow fall on Wednesday night.

Grass growth is slow for the time of year because of cooler temperatures. Many people are still feeding out and hoping growth kicks in shortly. Our contact at Hororata has started preparing paddocks for next year’s winter feed crops so many long hours are being spent on tractors.

The weather has continued to be good for lambing in Otago. A Balclutha farmer says 16mm of rain last week was welcome because it’s been a bit dry. They’re threequarters of the way through.

Feed is tight in Southland and our contact says grass growth is at 50% to 70% of the average for this time of year. Thank goodness for the good feed situation earlier on. Calving is 85% through and the colder weather is slowing the milk flow. The weather’s been good for lambing though and they’re just starting to tail around the district. With the water proposals on the table farmers are wondering how they are going to stay in business but our contact says it’s good to see Fonterra marking a more positive way to the future.

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Free health checks get great big tick An unusual sight at the Coalgate sale yards last week was a mobile doctor’s office, fully equipped with health professionals offering free basic health checks to anyone keen to partake. Coalgate was the pilot yard for free rural wellbeing health checks, an initiative dreamed up by Farmer’s Voice presenter Craig Wiggins and Dr Sue Fowlie from the Rakaia Medical Centre. According to Wiggy it was a very successful venture.

“Between 45-50 people took the opportunity to be checked out and of those six or eight were found to have high blood pressure and about half a dozen breathing issues as well as a few other ailments.

“The medical staff – Fowlie and nurse Pam Campbell – volunteered their time.”

The feedback was fantastic and Wiggy’s introduction was followed by a round of applause as the crowd showed their appreciation for the forward, positive thinking.

There are more stops for the health check road trip in the pipeline with rural events and other sale yards already on the calendar.

NORTHLAND Wellsford store cattle sale • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 379-458kg, improved but varied from $3.13/kg to $3.32/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 351-388kg, improved to $3.02-$3.11/kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 240-280kg, were chased to $900-$1030, $3.68-$3.75/kg • Yearling Angus-Friesian heifers, 211-239kg, varied from $3.62/kg to $3.89/kg • Autumn-born Angus-Friesian steers, 108-118kg, lifted to $585$600 Cattle numbers lifted last Monday at WELLSFORD for a mixed quality yarding. Two-year red Hereford-Friesian steers, 390-408kg, sold well at $3.01-$3.14/kg. Eleven two-year Hereford heifers, 305-354kg, maintained levels of $3.15-$3.18/kg. Yearling throughput increased and Hereford-Friesian steers, 160-174kg, held at $4.08-$4.09/kg.

Hereford-Jersey, 188-250kg, sold well at $3.32-$3.38/ kg. Yearling Angus heifers, 158kg, held at $3.77/kg, while Hereford-dairy, 211-236kg, varied from $3.08/kg to $3.29/ kg. Most autumn-born weaners sold on a firm market, and Hereford-dairy, 102-131kg, earned $540-$590. Belgian Blue-cross steers, 170-235kg, returned $590-$790, and their sisters at 211kg also managed $720.

Kaikohe cattle • Two-year dairy-beef steers traded at $3.00-$3.27/kg • Two-year Angus-Hereford bulls returned $2.80-$2.85/kg • Top two-year beefand exotic heifers made $3.00/kg • Yearling Angus-cross steers managed $3.40-$3.50/kg Just on 650 cattle were yarded at KAIKOHE last Wednesday and with quality a little more ordinary throughout, buyers were selective, PGG Wrightson agent Vaughan Vujcich reported. Two-year cross-bred steers traded at $2.65-$2.80/kg. Yearling Friesian and beef bred bulls varied from $2.90-$3.20/kg, with traditional and exotic heifers also selling over a wide range of $2.60-$3.00/kg.

Friesian boner cows traded up to $2.15/kg, while Anguscross cows vetted-in-calf to exotic bulls returned $2.35$2.48/kg.

AUCKLAND Pukekohe cattle • Prime steers fetched $2.97-$3.06/kg • Prime heifers made $2.95-$3.05/kg • One-year white-faced heifers sold well at $3.24-$3.40/kg • Boner cows strengthened to a varied $2.02/kg to $2.46/kg A quality yarding of cattle was met by a good bench of buyers at PUKEKOHE and well-bred yearlings and weaners sold particularly well. Medium one-year steers sold for $3.13-$3.36/kg, with medium one-year heifers at $3.08/kg.

Weaners strengthened with both steers and heifers making up to $600.

COUNTIES Tuakau sales • Hereford-Friesian steers, 361kg, held at $3.49/kg • Hereford-Friesian and Angus heifers, 383-508kg, returned $3.09$3.13/kg • Heavy prime steers were steady at $3.10-$3.22/kg

• Prime beef bred heifers earned $3.01-$3.18/kg • Heavy prime lambs lifted for the top end at $170-$234 Strong competition at last Thursday’s TUAKAU store cattle sale kept the market strong, PGG Wrightson agent Chris Elliot reported. Steers, 430-580kg, traded at a varied $3.05-$3.50/kg. Weaner heifers, 106-170kg, earned $480$685. Light-medium prime steers at last Wednesday’s sale held at $3.00-$3.10/kg, while dairy-bred heifers ranged from $2.50-$2.93/kg. Prime bulls, 620-720kg, fetched $3.05-$3.20/kg. Results were mixed in the sheep pens last Monday, with medium prime lambs softening to $130-$170, though stores lifted to $100-$140. Top ewes improved to $170-$251, as did medium-good to $120-$170.

WAIKATO Frankton cattle and feeder calf • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 347-476kg, softened to $3.15$3.26/kg • Two-year Hereford-dairy heifers, 332-377kg, held at $3.06-$3.11/ kg • Yearling Angus steers, 251-274kg, were steady at $3.36-$3.43/kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 273-312kg, lifted to $3.20$3.27/kg • Prime Hereford-dairy steers, 561-715kg, came back to $3.09$3.24/kg Just over 970 cattle were presented at FRANKTON last Wednesday, with buyers showing more caution for the mixed offering. Two-year Friesian cross steers, 453-526kg, lifted to $2.97-$3.02/kg. Yearling exotic steers, 228-387kg, sold well at $3.29-$3.39/kg, with Hereford-dairy, 225252kg, steady at $3.24-$3.41/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 312kg, improved to $3.53/kg, with 243-395kg steady at $3.29$3.33/kg. Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 241-264kg, lifted to $3.24-$3.33/kg, as did 203-208kg up to $3.50-$3.56/ kg. Prime Angus steers, 651-700kg, earned $3.18-$3.26/kg.

Beef-dairy heifers, 444-569kg, strengthened to $3.01-$3.11/ kg, while Angus-Hereford, 478kg, fetched $3.14/kg. Just on 500 feeder calves were penned and almost all eased.

Friesian bulls came back to $80-$110 for good types, and small to medium $30-$80. Hereford-Friesian bulls eased to $195-$240, and medium $120-$155. Simmental-cross also softened to $370. Hereford-Friesian heifers lost $40-$45 at the top end to earn $90-$110, with medium at $60-$90. A special entry of Speckle Park heifers had a good following and returned $340.

BAY OF PLENTY Rangiuru • Three-year Hereford service bulls earned $2300-$2380 • Good-quality Hereford-Friesian, 446kg, sold very well at $3.43/kg • Heavy prime lambs made $190-$220 • Store lambs fetched $129-$132 There was a small yarding of just over 300 head of mixedquality cattle at RANGIURU last Tuesday. Two-year beef type steers earned $3.11-$3.13kg, while most two-year heifers were dairy-beef and held at $2.93-$3.00/kg. Oneyear steers and heifers both earned $3.30-$3.49/kg at the top end, while Friesian steers, 227-253kg, were steady at $2.85-$2.86/kg. Prime Hereford-Friesian steers sold on a steady to lifting market at $3.06-$3.10/kg. Heifers were not far away with the bottom end making $2.97/kg, and the top end at $3.10/kg.

POVERTY BAY Matawhero Sheep • Heavy prime lambs reached $211-$245 • Heavy store male lambs varied from $156 to $191 The total tally fell further at MATAWHERO last Friday, though a drop in prime ewe volume went some way to being covered by an increase in prime and store lambs. Six of the ten pens of prime lambs exceeded $200, with the balance at $136-$171. Ewes were non-existent with just 12 making $180. There was more range in the store lamb pens though still only 82 were yarded. Heavy ewe lambs made $138, while a good line of mixed-sex only managed $79.50.

TARANAKI Taranaki cattle • Three-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 491kg, made $3.20/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian, 397kg, sold for $3.25/kg • Autumn-born weaner Angus steers, 243kg, earned $900 Last Wednesday’s TARANAKI cattle sale had just over 500 head of mixed quality cattle. The two-year steers were mostly dairy-beef and mainly earned $3.12-$3.21/kg. The top end of the two-year heifers fetched $2.99-$3.04/kg, although the average price softened to $2.87/kg. Ownerbred one-year Hereford-Friesian steers were sought after, and good weights of 292-297kg meant these were able to fetch $990-$1020, $3.38-$3.43/kg.

HAWKE’S BAY Stortford Lodge prime cattle and sheep • Very heavy male, cryptorchid and ram lambs held at $206.50$225 • Very heavy mixed sex lambs eased to $160-$195.50 • Very heavy ewe lambs softened to $170-$201 • Top ewes eased to $170-$180 • Heavy ewes were discounted to $147-$165.50 Sheep throughput lifted at STORTFORD LODGE last Monday with just over 3100 yarded, as vendors made use of the time before mouthing is compulsory. Male lambs held for most, though the heaviest lines eased $5 on last sale to $219. Ewes had plenty of quality and numbers lifted slightly on the previous sale, though bidding was cautious, and the market adjusted accordingly. Good ewes came back to $136.50-$143, with medium good types discounted to $123-$124.50. A small yarding of cattle consisted predominantly of a consignment of very good Angus cows. These had a good following and at 531-685kg returned $2.57-$2.63/kg.

Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep • Top two-year Angus steers, 453-504kg, achieved $3.56-$3.60/kg • Two-year Angus heifers, 361-370kg, held at $3.16-$3.24/kg • Top lines of yearling Angus steers reached $1300-$1430 for varied $/kg • Heavy cryptorchid and male lambs eased to $173-$185.50 • Good to heavy ewe lambs lifted to $152-$182 Cattle took centre stage at STORTFORD LODGE last Wednesday, with just over 1200 mainly traditional breeds entered. Demand was solid with good local and outside support. Three-year Angus steers were consistent at $3.33$3.36/kg, while second cuts of two-year Angus steers, 436504kg, returned $3.38-$3.49/kg, and Angus and AngusHereford, 400-502kg, $3.33-$3.43/kg.

A special entry of Angus-Friesian heifers, 409-443kg, sold well at $2.90-$2.97/kg, while exotic, 323-335kg, made $2.82/ kg. The highlight was the yearling steers and Angus and Angus-Hereford, and Devon-Hereford, 275-375kg, made $3.90-$4.01/kg.

Traditional heifers, 267-299kg, returned $3.43-$3.48/kg.

Chatham Island’s and a local vendor boosted the lamb tally to 4000. Results were varied though ewe lambs had a good following. Mixed sex lines sold well, with most longer-term types at $130.50-$166.50.

Ewes with lambs-at-foot quality dropped, with just one line of significance - 101 Romdale ewes with 139 lambs which sold for $116.50 all counted.

MANAWATU Feilding Prime cattle and sheep; feeder calves • Prime red Hereford-Friesian steers, 600kg, made $3.00/kg • Boner Friesian cows, 490-540kg, rose 27c/kg to $2.39/kg • Boner Friesian in-calf cows, 540-580kg, fetched $2.60-$2.68/kg • Nearly all 1400 male lambs graded as very-heavy and traded for $205-$218 • Heavy mixed-sex lambs eased to $170-$189 Lamb supply increased to nearly 6200 head at FEILDING last Monday. Big line sizes were again a feature, especially in the mixed-sex pens where the top lines made $210-$229, and over 40% of the 3884 yarded sold for $200-$209. The 1000 ewes yarded sold well, with the best at $200-$217, while very-good to heavy lines were $160-$199. Beef-cross pens dropped in value last week at the MANFEILD PARK

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lambs and the majority sold in a range of $170-$190, with the top end at $200-$226. Heavy prime ewes strengthened to $232-$268.

OTAGO Balclutha sheep • Heavy prime lambs made $180-$210 • Light to medium prime lambs fetched $140-$170 At BALCLUTHA last Wednesday a good yarding of prime hoggets sold with demand, while prime ewes eased a little with top types selling for $160-$170 and medium to light, $100-$140. Store lamb numbers were very limited with just a few pens earning $100.

Palmerston cattle fair • Straight beef 2-year heifers made $3.00-$3.05/kg • Good exotic and traditional 1yr steers were $3.30-$3.50/kg • Medium traditional steers made $3.70-$4.00/kg Results were pleasing at the Palmerston Cattle Fair given the lack of feed around surrounding areas and smaller buyer turnout, as reported by Chris Swale of PGG Wrightson. Two-year steers were mainly beefFriesian types, making $2.80-$3.00/kg, while their heifer counterparts were $2.50-$2.70/kg. Yearling steers met expectations, supported by some North Island bidding, though weights were back on last year. Both exotic and traditional heifers were largely $3.20-$3.40/kg.

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calf sale. Hereford-Friesian bulls made $230-$255, with medium $140-$180. Good Angus-cross bulls sold for $150$160, and medium $80-$100.

Feilding store • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 385-485kg, were $3.16-$3.31/ kg • One-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 270-360kg, consistently made $3.37-$3.48/kg • One-year Friesian bulls, 285-360kg, made $2.96-$3.11/kg • Good ewes with LAF went up to $129.50-$130 all counted • Store lambs eased $10/hd on average to $148 Another massive yarding of cattle met a softer market for the most-part. The older steers were a bit shorter on quality, largely selling at $3.15-$3.30/kg for 385kg plus of all breeds.

Straight beef and good Hereford-Friesian 2-year heifers, 340-430kg, were almost always $3.15-$3.25/kg. Yearling traditional steers stepped back down to $3.90-$4.05/ kg at 260-310kg, with the Hereford-Friesians locked in at $3.35-$3.55/kg through the main weight bands. Some 415kg 1-year Friesian bulls were a highlight at $1315, $3.16/ kg, with others usually $3.00-$3.15/kg at 285kg or heavier.

Yearling heifers had only just begun at the time of writing, with 255-285kg exotics the strongest at $3.45-$3.60/kg.

The ewe with LAF market was a touch weaker on smaller numbers, but there was still strength in lines with the better ewes.

Mid-range types were mainly $110.50-$117 all counted, down to $91 at the bottom-end. A few very good dry ewes were up at $184-$200. Store lambs edged back a level.

Decent ewe lambs were mainly $148.50-$154.50, down to $123-$140.50 on the medium-to-lighter end. Heavy males were up at $168-$188, with the mid-range falling anywhere between $138-$164.

Rongotea cattle • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 385-582kg, lifted to $2.90$3.07/kg • Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 280-405kg, ranged from $2.82/kg-$3.11/kg • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers made up to $3.79/kg • Yearling Friesian bulls, 180-265kg, softened to a varied $2.56$2.92/kg Strong bidding improved the market for most at RONGOTEA last Wednesday, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported. Two-year Charolais-cross steers, 563kg, returned $3.08/kg. Friesian steers, 417kg, earned $2.83/kg, while same breed heifers, 465-469kg, varied from $2.67-$3.06/kg. Yearling HerefordFriesian and cross-bred bulls, 245-345kg, traded from $2.12-$2.96/kg, and most steers, 225-295kg, earned $2.73$3.15/kg regardless of breed.

Friesian bull calves returned $40-$90, while HerefordFriesian traded at $60-$220, and Angus-cross $80-$95.

Hereford-Friesian heifers earned $50-$130, Speckle Park $100, and Angus-cross $75.

CANTERBURY Canterbury Park cattle and sheep • Very heavy prime ewes strengthened to $206-$238 • Top shorn ewes with lambs-at-foot made $136 • Well finished exotic prime steers, 578-665kg, realised $3.22$3.32/kg • Heavy boner heifers earned up to $2.94-$2.96/kg There was record prices for prime lambs at CANTERBURY PARK last Tuesday. Most of the yarding was made up of heavier lambs and good competition meant several pens sold for up to $260. Heavier store lambs sold particularly well at $160-$169, while lighter types had less demand. Some well-finished cattle were on offer in the prime pens, and these were rewarded with good prices. The majority of the steers were traditional types and betteryielding dairy-beef which earned $3.10-$3.20/kg. Prime heifers also sold well, with exotic, 500-575kg, earning $3.19$3.23/kg.

Coalgate store and prime cattle; all sheep • Limousin bulls, 660-730kg, sold for breeding at $2450-$2600 • Vetted-in-calf Angus heifers, 418kg, fetched $2.58/kg • Boner Friesian cows, 691kg, made $2.11/kg • Very heavy ewes were $202-213, with heavy $193-$194 • Ewes with lambs-at-foot sold from $109 to $121 all counted Prime lamb prices rose throughout September at COALGATE, where Charollais-cross lambs took top honours last Thursday at $266. Other very-heavy lambs rose to $210$256, with heavy steady at $190-$209.

Store lamb volume fell to only 378, with most contained in a single pen of 277 lesser mixed-sex at $95, with the balance $110-$145. It was a short and sharp affair in the cattle yards where the store pens remain low on stock.

Angus, 437kg, were the best of the 2-year steers at $3.25/ kg, with Hereford-Friesian, 440kg, next at $2.70/kg. In the yearling pens Angus steers, 202kg, were $3.71/kg with other Angus steers, 248kg, making $3.43/kg.

SOUTH-CANTERBURY Temuka sale • Prime Hereford steers, 655kg, sold for $3.14/kg • Prime Angus heifers, 590kg, earned $3.09/kg • Large Coopworth wether hoggets sold well at $231 • Merino ewe lambs generally fetched $128 • Prime rams lifted with most selling for $150-$160 There was a smaller yarding of prime cattle at TEMUKA last Tuesday. Steers sold on a steady market, with most Hereford-Friesian earning $3.03-$3.12/kg. Quality prime heifers sold well, although lesser-quality Hereford-Friesian, 505-570kg, softened to $2.84/kg. Heavy Friesian boner cattle, 530-665kg, lifted to $2.14/kg.

Chatham Island lambs boosted store lamb numbers, although the average weight was lighter which meant this market softened overall. Demand remained for prime

Charlton sheep • Heavy prime lambs lifted to $212 • Top two-tooth ewes returned $170 A small yarding of prime sheep was penned at CHARLTON last Thursday and these sold to good demand.

Light to medium lambs lifted to $150-$180. Prime ewes eased slightly with top ewes earning $180 and light to medium $110-$150. Local trade rams earned $60, and ewes with lambs-at-foot traded at $109-$110 all counted.

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Lorneville • Top prime lambs made $185-$210 • Ewes with lambs-at-foot sold for $100-$110 all-counted • Top prime heifers, 480-490kg, made up to $2.80/kg • Two-year Friesian bulls, 440-485kg, made $1200-$1310 At LORNEVILLE last Tuesday cows again made up most of the prime cattle yarding and sold on a similar market, with the top end above 500kg at $1.90-$2.00/kg, and 450500kg earning $1.70- $1.80/kg. There was good demand for better-quality store cattle with one-year Hereford-cross steers, 300-354kg, making $960-$1170, and same breed heifers, 240kg, at $700. Prime lambs sold on a firm market, with even light to medium types earning $150-$174. Heavy prime ewes made $185-$200, with the balance mostly $130$180. Store lambs lifted slightly, with the top end at $140$145 and light to medium types at $100-$135.

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LLIANCE expects to pay $7 to $8.60/kg for lambs from October to December, the first quarter’s trading of the new financial year.

The top end is close to current high levels while the lower part of the range would match the build-up of lamb supply into processing plants.

The anticipated price range was presented by company secretary Danny Hailes to about 50 shareholder/suppliers in North Canterbury on Thursday, at Alliance’s opening roadshow meeting of the new season.

Prices for lambs are expected to be $6.70 to $7.10/kg from January to March.

The prices are based on the upside in China, Europe struggling to be competitive, the drought affecting Australian lamb supply and procurement tension between the New Zealand processors, Hailes said.

Foreign exchange fluctuations are always a factor as well, having been favourable in recent months.

The Brexit unkowns and United States-China trade war are overhanging everything.

Prices could change quickly, he warned the farmers squashed into a small room at the Rotherham Hotel.

For adult sheep Alliance’s first quarter prices are expected to be $4.70 to $5.80/ kg, slipping to a $4.80 to $5.20/kg in the second quarter.

Prices for beef in China and the impact of the Australian drought are major price factors and lifting US prices are another influence. Co-product values continued to be soft.

First quarter prime cattle prices are likely to be $5.40 to $6.10/kg, dropping to $5.20-$5.60/kg after that. Bull prices are expected to be $5.25 to $5.70/kg from October to December and $5.25 to $5.50/ kg January to March.

Alliance also has a new beef promotion for suppliers, a second Handpicked range

FLEXIBILITY: Alliance is reviewing its meat schedule structure because it is too rigid for a volatile market, chief executive David Surveyor says.

We’re interested in eating ability.

David Surveyor Alliance added to the prize-winning 55-day aged beef product.

The 55-day (aged in a vacuum bag for that long) will fetch $6.40 to $7.10/kg over the first two quarters and the new offer $6.20 to $6.90/kg.

Carcases will have to meet marbling, colour and other requirements to qualify for the programme.

Alliance chief executive David Surveyor said the Handpicked promotion is open to

$3.33-$3.36/kg

all shareholders and is brand non-specific.

“We’re interested in eating ability.”

They give a $1/kg premium for 55-day aged and 80c/kg for the new offer.

With them, the company is proving it can provide differentiated product.

Hailes said venison prices have lifted well on the strong lift in pet food prices this year, though they have started to come back. For the first quarter a price range of $9.30-$10.30/kg is expected, followed by $8kg-$8.50/kg in the following period.

Alliance is reviewing its schedule structure because the current one is too rigid in a market that is volatile week-toweek and within a given week, Surveyor said.

Starting in the new season the cooperative is increasing the advance payment for lambs from $20 to $25 a head.

Three-year Angus steers, 512-613kg, at Stortford Lodge

ACROSS THE RAILS SUZ BREMNER

Prime lambs finish on a record high WITH the end of the old season prime lamb market nigh it appears the game is just starting to heat up as buyers scramble to get their hands on the last of them. Competition typically increases as processors face a lag between the old and new season lambs but never in New Zealand’s history have we seen lambs reach such high prices so regularly.

The yards have been a very popular outlet for prime lambs this year as returns are as strong, if not stronger, than at the processors.

Tallies have been similar to last year and five-year averages but if there were more around they would be making a quick trip to the yards. And it’s easy to see why when we look at what prices can be achieved, even this late in the game.

As far as prices go a lot has changed in the last 10 years as volume has fallen while demand has risen and with it schedule prices.

In 2010 the average prime lamb prices at the South Island yards followed by our LivestockEye reports (Temuka, Coalgate and Canterbury Park) were $80-$130 and while 2011 was strong at $100-$181 that dropped away in a great hurry from 2012 and prices stabilised through 2012-16 at $80-$140.

But 2017 saw a lift of on average $15-$20 a head while the last two years (including 2019 to date) have easily been the best with average prices all sitting in a $120$200 range with the latter more prominent in the last few weeks. Records have even been broken with Coalgate reaching $286 a few weeks back while Canterbury Park had more than one line priced up to $260.

While this market is about to shut its door for the year it’s a small comfort for sheep farmers that, in a time of great uncertainty, at least our products we work so hard to grow are being recognised for their quality. suz.bremner@globalhq.co.nz

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2,395

Calf Mate Auto Drafter • Designed for fast efficient weighing and 3 way drafting for large herds • Automatic weighing and drafting • Weighs up to 160kg

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1,595

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• 1800mm high panels • 7 rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep • 70mm x 40mm rail • Farmhand walkthrough headbail • Farmhand sliding race gate • Farmhand adjustable loading ramp • Galvanised construction • Kitset delivered to main depot • Available to order through all Farmlands branches

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8,595

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• 7 rail multi-purpose for cattle and sheep • Farmhand walkthrough headbail • Farmhand sliding race gate • Hot dipped galvanised • Kit set delivered to main depot

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H/B

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6

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179

Sheep Draft Module

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2,395

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3,395

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4,695

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295

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