NORTHERN FARMING LIFESTYLES May 2015
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Growing with wool
Carpie Wool Buyers was established in 2010 by Vaughan Craig, and his partner Jane Walter. They have spent the last 25 years working in the wool industry, both beginning in the wool shed, shearing and rousing and then contract shearing.
“We saw there was a gap in the market. Lifestyle blocks and small farms needed somewhere local to sell their wool,” said Vaughan. “The bigger companies seemed reluctant to pick up the fadges so that is where we started. We worked from our home in the Kaitaia area, with an old crank press. Loading the trucks meant rolling bales up wooden planks by hand. Eventually we bought a small truck to pick up the wool and a forklift to save our backs. “At the same time we were also running our shearing contracting business, which we started with about 10 staff and grew to over 50 in the busy summer season. We became the biggest shearing contractors in Northland, shearing farms from Maungaturoto to Cape Reinga. “Through shearing we had direct contact with farmers and found that many weren’t
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happy with other wool companies so we decided to expand the business to include big farms as well. We ran both businesses for a couple of years but gave up the shearing so that we could concentrate on Carpie Wool Buyers.” In 2013 they opened a depot in Maungatapere at the old dairy factory and Vaughan’s brother Logan joined the team to manage it. They then purchased an unused packhouse on Mangakahia Rd and moved the business. “The huge building was perfect. Our focus is to provide Northland’s wool growers with an honest, reliable and professional service. We are a privately owned business so we need to do a good job if we want to make a living,” says Vaughan. “We are here for the long haul, we have three sons and want this business to be an option for them when they are older.”
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Agrimin launch new ‘Waterproof’ Copper bolus range for cattle Bolus specialists Agrimin, have announced the launch of a new range of copper boluses for cattle, sold in New Zealand under the 24.7 brand. Agrimin 24.7 Copper boluses have the advantage over capsules as they can be handled in rain without disintegrating. The boluses quickly breakdown in the rumen and release copper oxide needles which lodge in the ruminal folds and are then absorbed and stored in the liver. Copper deficiency is common in young cattle on pasture in New Zealand and is most often encountered in the winter when copper availability is low. Trials on the new Agrimin 24.7 boluses were conducted in cattle on a property with a history of copper deficiency in Northland. They were dosed and then grazed on reclaimed marsh that contained high levels of iron in the forage. The liver copper levels of the group were maintained at normal levels for at least 168 days. Towards the end of the trial, the blood copper levels of 70 per cent of the control group, which received no copper supplementation,
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were below normal. This indicated that the liver copper reserves were exhausted. The untreated controls were then given a copper bolus in the spring to correct the deficiency. Within 28 days, blood copper levels were normal in all 10 animals. This shows the Agrimin copper boluses are effective in the treatment and prevention of copper deficiency in cattle. The new product range is available from your local veterinary clinic.
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