Manawatu Farming Lifestyles, July 2015

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Authorities around the region have the estimated cost of recovery at around $120 million.

Horizons regional recovery manager Ged Shirley says this includes social, built, and economic costs to business, but doesn’t include costs to the rural sector. This estimate is likely to be refined as further impacts come to light.

Rural Support Trusts around the region play a big part in the recovery phase and coordinators are in place.

Lower North Island farmers are now able to access Rural Assistance Payments (RAPs). Primary Industries minister Nathan Guy said local Rural

Support Trusts will be coordinating with farmers to facilitate RAPs for those in need.

Social Development minister Anne Tolley said many rural people may be reluctant to ask for help, but support is available for those in extreme hardship.

Mrs Tolley encourages anyone struggling as a result of the flooding to get in touch with Work and Income.

Applications are also open for the Manawatu-Whanganui Disaster Relief Fund Trust, with applications via local councils.

The funding round will close on Friday 24 July 2015.

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DairyNZ has created a new online resource detailing the financial spending of top performing dairy farms.

This is part of the organisation’s work to help farmers cope with lower milk prices and set the industry up for a speedy recovery.

Economic modelling shows if farmers can decrease their potential loss by up to $1/kg MS this season they could recover from the low milk price three to four years faster.

DairyNZ general manager of research and development David McCall said one of the ways to capture this dollar is by spending on the right things and implementing good budgetary control of costs.

“This is where we can learn from the best, so we’ve created new online information to help show farmers where to prioritise their spend and how to make savings.”

“Dairy farmers have asked us for more practical and specific data on which to benchmark themselves — we have listened to that feedback,” said Mr McCall.

“We’ve pulled together in-depth budgets from a number of top performing farms nationwide with a sub $3.50/ kg MS cost of production. These top performing farms have honed their farm systems. Many of these farmers have learnt lessons from past downturns to build resilience. We’ve bottled that experience in a sense, by creating a new online benchmarking tool that will

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Blake said he loves working outdoors and in a job where there are a vast variety of tasks to be completed each day.

“Whether it be something as small as dealing with animals which all have their own personalities, to tractor work through to fencing.”

“At first the challenge was getting used to being independent and making big decisions on my own, learning how to deal with pressure and nerves.”

“That’s something that has improved with age,” he said.

Blake said his preparations in the lead-up to this year’s Manawatu Dairy Awards were very limited.

“At first I was sceptical about entering and having the pressure to win after placing second last year.

“So the small amount of time I had, I was revising my notes from throughout my year of doing my Primary ITO level four papers.”

The competition involved both a practical and an interview section to test entrant’s knowledge of the dairy industry.

“And to see what my pathway forward in my career was like,” said Blake.

“The practical covered off day-to-day tasks I may encounter on farm.”

Blake said he was shocked when his name was called as the winner.

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Working outdoors with animals is a big drawcard the national final week that it really sunk in how big an achievement it was.”

Maintaining a good work life balance is important to Blake. He is into his second season as captain of the Te Kawau Colts rugby team, enjoys hunting, and spending any spare time with friends and family.

“I’m also heavily involved with the Opiki Young Farmers Club and have been so for the past three years,” he said.

With plans to work through this current season, and to attain his truck licence, Blake has also set steps in place to achieve his long term goal of farm ownership by 2035.

“Long term I see myself travelling to Australia next year, then onto Europe for an overseas experience before I settle into the next step of my career.”

Blake said this next step will be obtaining a contract milking position of around 700 cows.

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Vernon started his apprenticeship in December 2012 at New World Marton.

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Raised in the small village of Arapuni in the Waikato, Vernon moved to Marton the day before he took on his butchery apprenticeship. He has now been practicing his craft and improving his skills for two and a half years.

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Vernon said he is looking forward to moving onto the next stage of the competition to gain more experience.

“At first butchery was just a job, but within a few months it easily became a passion.”

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“I have a long road ahead of me, so I Receiving feedback and compliments will be reviewing the judges’ comments from customers is also encouraging to see where I can improve, and practice, to Vernon. practice, practice,” said Vernon.

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Vernon said when the two hours were up, he was able to step back for a second and acknowledge what a great job the other competitors had done.

Finding out he was chosen as the regional winner came as a surprise to Vernon.

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In an era when many of the ATVs coming into the country seem to have been designed for multiple purposes, hunting and leisure as well as farming.

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I joined Ad Astra Hostel in year 9, and starting was a nervewracking experience, especially since I was a quiet farm girl who kept to herself.

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I soon realised that most of the other year 9s were in the same situation as I was. It turned out that realising this was the best way to accept that I had become a hostel girl. I instantly knew that my stay at hostel would be determined by how I involved myself in hostel life. I got involved in everything and now, as a year 12 student, I know I have found life-long friends.

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Six years ago, as a senior student at Longburn Adventist College, Scott Southward led a campaign to the Palmerston North City Council for a safe cycle track to LAC.

“As part of his senior school project, Scott chose a bigger project than usual with the cycleway idea. After gaining support from local businesses and the community, the change of council delayed progress on the project, and it was not going to be completed until 2022,” said LAC marketing administrator Eifion Paul.

“Thanks to all the groundwork set in place

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The $900,000 pathway was officially unveiled on July 2, with the specially lit crossing to Walkers Road and LAC getting their solar powered warning signs installed a week later.

“Thanks to Scott and his forward thinking, the cycleway is a huge advantage for the whole school and Longburn community, giving access to the city. It has made it so much safer for people and it has especially helped the boarding students as they are able to get out and about more safely. They can now be a bigger part of the community as they were a bit cut off before,” said Mr Paul.

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DAIRY COMPLIANCE Investing in compliance infrastructure

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As the new season begins in farming, all eyes have been on the success of the recent agricultural field days in the Waikato — a barometer of the health of this vital sector of the economy.

Despite a lower than average payout for those in the dairy trade, those commentators who have watched the rural market for many years have been pleased to note that the cyclical nature of agriculture has been recognised — while spending on nonessential items has indeed waned, farmers are still working smart to ensure compliance with the standards expected of them by those who they supply with primary goods.

As in any industry, standards and practices are there to ensure a balanced and equitable relationship between the producer and supplier, with guarantees of quality enforced, in this case, for the best of reasons — the health not only of consumers, but of New Zealand’s reputation as a top-grade exporter.

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In these fluctuating times of moderate to poor returns we find ourselves in zones of either going backwards, locked to the spot or unable to go forward with future plans to help stimulate income.

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Late last year the Australian Grain Board made a statement that they were moving away from the chemical age to help lift dropping production and reduce toxic chemical input to meet today’s consumer demand for safe certified nutritionally dense food for better health and less hospitalisation.

It appears to me that the more we continue down the chemical path, the more production suffers, resulting in leaner payouts. For producers to increase income we need to move away from chemicals; their use-by-date has long expired, and look to the new consumer call for safe, certified, nutritiously dense food, while naturally achieving the regional councils call for sustainable farming and a sustainable environment.

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A dog’s tail …

Masht doggie roll? Sheesh Gidday readas. I’m back in me kennil ona propitty, an’ Boss has bin reelly good ter me. He brung me over a feed of pork cracklin an’ gravy an’ biskits hisself an’ made sure I hada cleen fadge ta sleep on. Just a minnit, here’s Sharlene, his skoolteecher gerlfrend.

“Yes readers of Billy’s column — just wanted to say he’s back from the vets, and we will keep him quiet for a while.”

Hey, Sharlene. I kin tell tha readas!

Keep ME quiet? Nah. Yep, ya mite remember that I got kickt by ole bruiser the Bull ina back paddick a year back. Well I hada go ta see tha vet agin, to do a bita follo up stuff. An gess wot?

It is pritty amazing wot ya find atta vets wen they stick ya ina recovery out tha back eh?

I was ina room with an old blue heeler wot was frum up north, an’ he has bin one of me loyil readas of me kolum ina paper! He had sum rilly good tales ter tell me too, an’ I sed I would write about them wen’ I got back home ter Boss.

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Reckind that was pritty cool. He also rekind, an’ I agreed, that the vet wus a good bloke, ana vet nursis were bluddy good. But tha food wus pritty suss. I rekin that’s why Boss give me pork cracklin, cos he new we was gittin’ blimmin’ borin’ masht-up doggie roll atta vets!.

Well anyway, me ana blue heeler — his name wuz Con, has nuthin’ much ter do, lyin’ there ina cage, so tha vet nurs put ona TV ona wall.

We saw that tha milk price gone down again, an’ Con wus wurried cos’ his Boss gotta deary farm an’ Fonterror was a wurry. I sed my Boss hada beef and sheep as well, so wen’ deary went down, he wasint too upset cos he hada few eggs ina few baskits.

That had ole Con a bit puzzild, so I had explain it. Sheesh. Y’ad reckin if us borda collys kin rite a newspaper kolum, blue heelas cood learn ta think too, eh?

Anyway, we hada pritty good korryro wile we was getting’ betta.

We sore ona TV news that peopil in Grease gotta probilm with munny, an alla peeple in Siria are runnin’ away, an Rushia is getting stroppy, an them underneath train drivis in Lundin went on strike, Then we saw it snowed in Gisbin, near wear I come frum ina Horks Bay, an’ that she was bluddy cold ina Kaipra too.

‘Bout then, vet’s didint seem too bad a place to be, ‘cept fer the doggie roll.

But hey, I just seen Sharlene come up froma kattil stop ina ute, wiv her Mum on board.

Yippee! I bet I’ll be getting corned beef an’ roast leg o’ lamb left-overs soon, if Mum is ina kitchin.

Vet was okay, but it’s bluddy good ter be back. Wunder how old Con’s getting’ on on his place?

Wen I’m runnin’ round ona proppitty agin, I’ll proby smell sum eemails ina air eh?

Cheers readas, Billy.

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