Manawatu Farming Lifestyles, April 2014

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Research into ryegrass persistence

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DairyNZ researcher Dr David Chapman is leading a $5 million project ‘Transforming the Dairy Value Chain’, funded as part of the Primary Growth Partnership programme, to look into poor ryegrass persistence.

Dr Chapman said there are two main possibilities — the sown species are either being replaced by poorer yielding species, or the sown species themselves are changing so that they do not yield so well.

Three years ago, David and his team began a survey to look at perennial ryegrasses growing in 72 paddocks on dairy farms around New Zealand.

Samples were taken and a Dr David Chapman studies ryegrass persistence collection formed of more than 15,000 individual plants.

Research to date has noted that warmer night-time temperatures that you it is farmers in northern regions get more often in the north,” he said.

“It gets stressed by the more frequent who most often report getting summer dries. disappointing results.

“They also have unique pest Dr Chapman outlined some possible reasons. “Perennial ryegrass evolved in populations like infestations of black a cool, moist climate and doesn’t like beetle and there’s competition in northern areas from weed grass species like paspalum.”

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Horizons region part of new water website

by Denise Gunn

A new website launched recently will display the results of water quality monitoring for rivers throughout New Zealand The website, Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA), is a partnership between New Zealand’s 16 regional and unitary councils, the Ministry for the Environment (MFE), Cawthron Institute and Massey University.

LAWA displays environmental data for over 1100 freshwater monitoring sites, giving the public access to all of the country’s water quality monitoring in one place and in a common, easy to understand format.

Horizons Regional Council is part of this new website.

“We’re pleased to be part of this initiative which is a world first,” said Horizons chief executive Michael McCartney.

“It seeks to create a better connection between communities and their local waterways.”

“Freshwater is a vital asset to our country and it’s important that the public can see and understand for themselves the state of a particular river or catchment and how it may be affected by what’s going on around it,” Horizons measures a range of parameters when assessing water quality, including E. coli, nitrogen, phosphorous, water clarity and pH levels.

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Sites can also be monitored to see if they are improving, stable or degrading.

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MANAWATU FARMING LIFESTYLES

Gaining the trust of

Kaimanawa horses

BY DENISE GUNN

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s a child regularly holidaying in a bach near Lake Taupo, Sharyn was always helping a neighbour with her ponies. Soon after Sharyn turned 13 years old, she was given a pony of her own. However it was the Kaimanawa horses that continued to fascinate her.

“I always had an attraction to them after seeing them from the Desert Road when travelling through to Taupo,” said Sharyn.

Following the 2001 muster, she was given the opportunity to re-home a Kaimanawa horse and ended up keeping him.

“I gave him a chance and was impressed with his personality,” she said.

Located in the Kaimanawa Ranges in the central plateau region, these wild horses were first reported in the area in 1876. A combination of Exmoor and Welsh bloodlines were then intentionally introduced into the wild herd around that time. In 1941, following an

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Following public protests in the 1990s at plans to shoot the horses as a method to manage the population and protect the environment, a mustering programme was established. The most recent muster in 2012, saw 119 of the 191 horses rehomed. The remainder, many of which were suitable for rehoming, were sent to slaughter.

The Kaimanawa horses have proven to be ideal all-round riding ponies and some have gone on to excel in several equestrian disciplines. The most outstanding to date is Watch Me Move. This horse, believed to have been mustered out as a foal, won the Grand Prix show-jumping title, the Pony of the Year, at the New Zealand Horse of the Year show in 2012.

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Sharyn highly recommends the Kaimanawa horse to others

“This filly was the first of my Kaimanawas that I was the first human to touch.”

Sharyn said after facing the ordeal of being mustered, yarded, separated from family members, and transported, when the horses arrived on her property they looked distraught and disorientated.

She placed the new arrivals into loose boxes to give them time to become accustomed to their new surroundings, and the day-to-day routine of mucking out, feeding and watering. They also became used to seeing Sharyn regularly.

“Once they were comfortable with that, I started handling them,” she said.

Sharyn found that the horses started to respond quickly to the routine.

“I have found that pretty much straight away they start to respond in individual ways to the routine.

“They have all been fairly laid back and accepted most things except for a very young foal taken from her mother too young, and an old mare who was obviously quite a matriarch.”

Sharyn has been so impressed by the trainability and personality of Kaimanawa horses that she made the decision to adopt more.

“By this stage the talk of a reduction in the herd was circulating and I made the decision to adopt a filly straight from the muster.

“This filly was the first of my Kaimanawas that I was the first human to touch.”

All of the Kaimanawa horses Sharyn has adopted have been matched up to her applications. She now owns four Kaimanawa horses on her Hawera property and has been surprised by their ability to adapt to domestic life.

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“Although re-homing is very important, the preservation of the herd is also a very big priority,” said Sharyn.

The next Kaimanawa horse muster will be held in late autumn 2014 and more than 200 horses are expected to be mustered this year. Horses without

homes to go to will be sent to slaughter.

Enquiries and applications to adopt a horse from the upcoming muster can be sent to Regan and Gilson Sharp of the Kaimanawa Wild Horse Preservation Society (KWHPS) at kaimanawawhps@gmail.com, or to Kaimanawa Heritage Horses at www.kaimanawaheritagehorses.org Applications close April 30.

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They both knew that whatever they decided to grow, they wanted to manage it organically.

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“We were interested in biodynamics so opted for that certification.”

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a row of Lemonwoods 14 years ago. Joanne said As the Demeter certification does not allow for with no herbicide used under an organic regime, the use of herbicides, weeding is done by hand the small trees were quickly smothered by grass every seven to eight weeks. and half of the trees were lost.

“Raspberries do not like weed competition,” “We then replanted the shelter belt where there said Joanne. were gaps.”

Mulch is applied in an attempt to slow In 2001 the Turners planted Western Red weed regrowth.

Cedars along their eastern boundary, followed “We also make and apply compost once a year, by a row of Italian Alders alongside the spray with liquid teas, as well as using neem and Lemonwoods. Two years later a line of Tasman biological insecticides to combat pests.”

Poplars were planted along the southern Casual staff are employed to help with side to enclose an area set aside to the picking. grow berries.

A soil test is undertaken each “In 2007 a second Poplar hedge May and any adjustments are then was planted running parallel to the applied at the same time as first row as we were thinking of the compost. extending the berry area into the Joanne said they make “With no herbicide first paddock,” said Joanne. a seaweed/comfrey liquid used under an A bore put down in 1988, fertiliser which is applied twowhich was initially used for stock three times a year. organic regime, the water, later became the source The Turners’ main crop small trees were of irrigation for the berries and is raspberries with smaller quickly smothered by vegetables grown by the Turners. amounts of boysenberries and “Greg ploughed the rows for blackcurrants.

They also grow grass and half of the our first block of raspberries in some vegetables and fruit. trees were lost.”

August 1999 and we planted four The produce they grow, under different varieties in 20 metre rows,” the brand name Woodhouse Farm said Joanne.

Organics, is sold online to organic “We added another 210 metres of retailers, local cafes and restaurants, raspberries in October 2001 and a further 210 and at the Palmy Farmers’ market and Feilding metres of raspberries in October 2002.”

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Raspberries take up 690 metres of the Joanne said they both enjoy knowing that they current growing area. Blackcurrant bushes, some are providing healthy food for their customers. transplanted from other areas on the property and “It is as fresh as achievable so has lost as little some grown from cuttings, make up a 70 metre of its nutritional value as possible, and it hasn’t row. Drainage was put into the main block in 2005 been processed. and into the extended growing area in 2008.

“It’s as nature intended us to eat food.”

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Merinos — the new dual purpose breed

by Rob Cope-Williams

There is no doubt that Merino sheep are the most recognisable wool breed in New Zealand.

Any retailer in the fashion world will use New Zealand Merino as their main selling point, and rightly so.

The locals and tourists are attracted to the fine texture, warmth and durability of the garments like ducks to water.

But now I have discovered that the fine wool breed has come of age as a dual purpose breed and are being marketed as a terminal sire.

Any negatives have been sorted out by selective breeding and rams are pouring out of the high country and being established on farms in the rolling hill areas as sires over Polwarths, Corriedales, and a raft of other breeds.

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A way through for dairying The Government appointed Commissioner for the Environment, has again criticised the government’s fresh water policies, saying they are inadequate for the maintenance of present water quality.

There is little in the national policy for fresh water management that would prevent the dire 2020 scenario in her report on water quality presented last year becoming a reality.

Amy Adams the Environment Minister rejected the criticism and said the commissioner seemed to be deliberately forgetting that every council will be required at a minimum to maintain water quality.

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There is much in each statement that is factual and relevant, and most importantly little by little the discussion is getting to the heart of the matter — the annual application of more than 500,000 tonnes of urea to our 15,000 dairy farms at an average of 150kgN/ha.

Thirty years ago very little urea was applied, and one of the consequences of applying nitrogen, now around 230 million kilograms annually is becoming apparent. In a number of areas the amount of Nitrate N in groundwater is rapidly approaching the level where health warnings will have to

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Fonterra offers guaranteed milk price option after successful pilot

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The outcome of a successful pilot scheme has resulted in two opportunities for Fonterra farmers to lock in the price paid for a percentage of their milk in the 2014/2015 season.

The pilot involved 328 farmers supplying 15 million kgMS for a guaranteed price of $7 per kgMS this season. The $7 price was based on the opening forecast for the season.

A Guaranteed Milk Price (GMP) will be offered on 60 million kgMS in two portions. Applications to supply 40 million kgMS will open in June, offering a 12 month GMP. In December, applications will open to supply 20 million kgMS with a six-month GMP offered on production from December 1.

Further details, including the process to set the GMP price and allocate volumes to farmers applying, will be provided in May. Fonterra chief financial officer Lukas Paravicini said the positive feedback from the pilot shows the GMP is seen as a useful tool for farmers to manage price volatility and secure income certainty.

The opportunity to apply for the GMP in December meant farmers could follow the Farmgate Milk Price trend for the first half of the financial year before deciding whether to lock down the price for some of their production in the second half.

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Recently I spoke to Beef + Lamb NZ’s annual meeting in Feilding where the future shape of the meat industry was a hot topic.

This sector has been one of continual change, mostly for the good, driven by innovations, new market demands, and changing environments.

For example, we now produce the same amount of sheep meat as we did in the 1980s but with half the flock size. This proves to me how farmers are innovators and pick up new ideas to implement inside the farm gate.

Last month I released the updated MPI forecasts for primary sector exports. These figures show that the meat industry is having a pretty good year, with exports projecting $1.2 billion higher than initially forecast.

Having said this, I acknowledge the industry does have some serious challenges. Times are tough for some out there and there is some momentum for change.

Overall I’m optimistic about the red meat sector’s future, and I want to focus on positive solutions.

Innovation will be crucial. This is why the Government and industry are investing $326 million into the sector through the Primary Growth Partnership.

The range of projects is vast and exciting, from farm management systems in the Farm IQ programme, to turning

traditionally low value offcut products into higher value added products through the Food Plus programme. We also need to do a better job of collaborating as a sector. I know that commercial realities mean this is not possible all the time, but there is no excuse to not pursue NZ Inc approaches on certain initiatives, particularly in-market.

Investing in additional human resources in our key and emerging markets is important. MPI is putting six more staff into China, one each into Jakarta and Dubai, with another four more positions to be announced.

I’m encouraging more industry representation in these markets too.

We need to hear more pride and passion from everyone involved in the sector.

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One of our Farmers, who had been on our programme for many years, entertained a discussion group on his farm, fronted by a Dexel consultant. There was a list of questions that our farmer had to answer and when they got to the infertility percentage the farmer answered ‘none’.

The consultant replied that he couldn’t go on without a number, so after some discussion our farmer reluctantly answered ‘one’. In that area, at the time infertility percentages were over 20 per cent and with the continual bombardment of the soil with nitrates and phosphates these percentages will be on the rise.

Today, infertility is quietly but surely affecting all life: plants, animals, people, fish, birds, bees and butterflies; those special pollinators. What’s happening to our planet?

Agrissentials’ belief is that all fertility is generated through and from the soil. Our best on earth fertilisers are just that. They are designed to target the soil by bringing back health, vitality, energy and fertility back to soils. Agrissentials are achieving this through multi-mineral, microbial rich, energised fertilisers based on nature’s own principles that have been pumping and propagating away for the past 460 million years; since the time when the first plant popped its head above the soil.

Here’s how it works: the soil microorganisms are the first creatures to dine at the mineral table, converting those raw minerals into a plant available form, wrapping them in humus so that they don’t leach and the plant roots go into the humus, taking up the minerals they need.

Humus, which is carbon, not only holds the mineral but holds water too, making both of these available to the plant. Humus increases the water retention quality of the soil. What a great system, especially during times of drought. The plant in return for the favours performed by the micro-organisms exudes sugars and proteins through its root system to feed the microbes. This is known as the symbiotic relationship between the plant, its roots and micro-organisms.

The microbes are designed to look after and manage the soil. They are the farmer’s friend, a major part of the farmer’s team and they are excellent at looking after that part of the farm, the soil. They are a highly programmed soil management team. Why would you destroy this valuable team with chemicals?

The more microbes in your soil the better your soil performs. They are temperature driven, will work 24 hours a day, become dormant when it is cold, but when operating, never ask for a pay increase, never go on holiday and if left alone are programmed to turn your soil into a , live, living, breathing, pulsating, energy rich fertile soil — that’s their job.

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Fertility comes from food via the stomach. The more nutrient-dense the food, the better it is recognised by the cells to transfer into energy, growth and production.

What’s happening in the gut of the animal and the gut of humans is the same thing that is happening in the soil which acts as the gut or stomach of the plant. The soil micro-organisms are the same microbes in the gut of fish, animals and humans.

All life is intrinsically tied to these micro-organisms. The equation to grow a plant is micro-organisms + minerals + moisture + sunlight. Agrissentials specialises in providing the minerals and the microbes, the basis for a fertility rich soil.

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by Phil Teal, Regional Manager, Fish & Game New Zealand

There have been a few changes in season regulations in the Manawatu district for the upcoming duck hunting season starting on the first Saturday in May (3 May).

difference as the birds will be concentrated on open water that remain for opening weekend.

Swan numbers are up slightly — so there has been an increase in the limit to two birds per day and 3 birds per day for Queens Birthday Weekend.

With some regulations 2014 Game Season Regulations – Wellington Fish & Game Region tightened and some Species Season Duration (dates inclusive) Daily Bag Limit Hunting Area providing more opportunity than last year Grey/mallard duck 3 May to 15 June 2014 6 All areas hunters need to check NZ shoveler duck 3 May to 15 June 2014 2 All areas the details.

Paradise shelduck 3 May to 13 July 2014 10 All areas For mallard, the monitoring programme Pukeko 3 May to 31 August 2014 5 All areas undertaken by Fish & Black swan 3 May to 29 June 2014 2 All areas Game showed that numbers are at a Black swan 31 May to 2 June 2014 3 All areas point where restrictive California quail 3 May to 31 August 2014 5 All areas harvest regulations Cock pheasant 3 May to 31 August 2014 2 All areas have traditionally been in place.

While it could be just a natural population cycle, A good breeding season combined with Fish & Game decided to take a prudent the wet summer season should reverse or halt action and reduce the season length for the current trend and see the numbers rebound.

While some hunters might notice symptoms mallard and grey duck by two weeks and make the daily bag limit six birds per day such as patchy numbers in their local area, most probably won’t notice too much per hunter.

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