Taranaki Farming Lifestyles, October 2017

Taranaki

FARMING Lifestyles

October 2017 Edition

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An event held recently to celebrate the launch of South Taranaki Young Farmers at Fonterra’s Hawera offices attracted a large crowd and New Zealand Young Farmers chief executive Terry Copeland said it was the start of a new era.

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The club will provide a social outlet for young people from Patea to Pihama and across to Kaponga.

South Taranaki Young Farmers chairwoman Amelia Nichol said she was ‘stoked with the turnout’.

“People have been signing up all night and we now have about 30 members.”

One of these, Caprice Bouzaid, works as a parts specialist at a Hawera motorcycle retailer.

“I’m really looking forward to the networking opportunities being a member will give me,” she said.

The official launch party attracted members from the region’s Central, Coastal and Inglewood clubs.

“For the first time in a long time, all of Taranaki’s NZ Young Farmers clubs are booming,” said Taranaki district chairman Matthew Herbert.

“We are out there getting involved in our communities which is being noticed.”

“I think the rest of the country could learn from how you support each other and the TeenAg clubs,” added Mr Copeland.

Earlier in the day Mr Copeland attended the first inter-club challenge between Taranaki’s TeenAg clubs.

Inglewood High School won the senior event, while New Plymouth Girls’ High School were named best juniors.

Stratford High School took out the award for best club.

Close to 60 students competed in modules ranging from fencing, through to cooking and motorbike health and safety.

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Dairy apprenticeship scheme launched A new dairy apprenticeship scheme, showcased throughout the country this month, aims to rapidly grow capability in the dairy industry.

Federated Farmers and Primary ITO have teamed up to develop The Federated Farmers Apprenticeship Dairy with both organisations playing key roles. The scheme will be launched as a pilot in selected regions with a target of close to 200 apprentices on-farm across New Zealand over the coming months.

“We are delighted to be working alongside Primary ITO, the training organisation for the primary industries, to support our Federated Farmers employers to gain motivated and capable staff for their farms,” said Federated Farmers dairy group chair, Chris Lewis.

Federated Farmers will identify dairy farm employers and ensure they are equipped to offer a quality work environment, while actively supporting the on-job training and development of their apprentice.

“We are supporting our employers with the development of a Farm Charter, which reinforces the goals of the Sustainable Dairying: Workplace Action Plan, and resources that underpin the best on-job training, career development and support for their apprentice.

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Dr Sissons said career development is also a focus Dr Linda Sissons, Primary ITO chief executive of the apprenticeship.

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Winners of the national ambassador title for the Ballance Farm Environmental Awards, Peter and Nicola Carver, won’t be resting on their laurels as they have further plans for their 515ha family property.

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A 95ha dairy platform, developed to start milking in the 2014/15 season, has added to the sheep and beef breeding and finishing unit.

Peter said the land lends itself to dairying.

“The part of the farm that we have converted is relatively flat, has no waterways and the cowshed is very central.

“By converting part of the farm, it means that we have spread the risk of commodity fluctuations and are endeavouring to maximise returns from this class of land.”

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Nicola said they spend much of their leisure time riding.

“Our children have a keen interest in farming and it is hoped that Holmleigh will be kept for the next generation.”

Around 4,500 units of dry stock are wintered on the farm with a 50:50 sheep to beef ratio.

Romney ewes are run in two mobs.

Lambs are weaned early so ewes retain condition before going onto a summer pasture rotation and into tupping.

The lambs are sold when reaching an 18.5kg average finishing weight. Angus bulls are used over 50 Angus breeding cows, as well as young and late cycling dairy cows. All progeny are finished and some bulls are sold for dairy service.

The summer-safe country has an annual average rainfall of 1,800mm –2,000mm.

“It can be wet at times, but the soil is quite free draining,” said Peter.

“Normally we have minimal health issues related to the climate.”

With a Diploma in Farm Management from Lincoln University, Peter tracks his environmental and soil awareness back to his studies. The couple believe in no tillage and use a cross slot drill for most of their cropping.

“The one pass system is very efficient and we see it as very important to keep the soil structure intact,” said Peter.

Soil tests are conducted before crops go in and nutrients applied at planting. Soil protection and erosion prevention is a major consideration in grazing management.

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These features didn’t go unnoticed as the awards judges described Holmleigh as a tidy, functional farm.

The judges said this highlighted excellent thinking and execution of environmental planning throughout the farm for the long-term sustainability of the land.

They also mentioned that it was an impressive system giving huge flexibility while helping to ensure a sustainable business.

The Carvers work closely with the Taranaki Regional Council Stress Scheme to progressively retire and plant erosion-prone land. They’ve planted 5ha of redwoods and 25ha of pines in woodlots and continue to fence further areas for riparian planting on dry stock areas, as well creating more shelter belts and trees for shade.

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“It has been a great opportunity for us to learn more about our business and the way forward,” added Nicola.

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by Denise Gunn Colene McBride was born into a farming family and inherited a love for cows and dairying.

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er grandparents, Frank and Anne, founded Puketawa Stud in Mangatoki, breeding and showing pedigree Jersey cows. When Frank passed away in 1969, Colene’s father Jim and his brothers ran the family farm in Duthie Road until it was sold.

“My parents, Jim and Carolyn, have carried the Puketawa Stud on and have had a number of bulls marketed through CRV and LIC,” said Colene.

“When I was born, my parents were leasing a farm in Alton and in 1991 they bought the farm in Okato where they still are today.”

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between the two farms. Colene and her parents run the two farms side-by-side.

The McBride family bought the initial 135-cow herd from Stratford in 2005.

Buying the odd cow from dispersal sales and conference sales, and holding onto excess heifer calves over the past few years, has steadily increased the herd number to 165.

“The herd was mainly a LIC herd when purchased and for the first few years I kept up with that and chased BW [Breeding Worth], but it did me no good,” said Colene.

“I was left with frail and narrow Friesians, especially in the back end.

You almost needed a crowbar to wedge their legs apart to put the cups on,” said Colene.

“The herd was also losing fertility, and the amount of CIDRS I was having to use was a joke.”

Colene began to look at other breeds to bring some size back into the herd and came across the Normande breed.

“I cannot fault the breed. They have brought size and fertility to the herd and they are probably the most docile animals I have ever come across.”

Colene started out with 10 straws of semen used in 2008 which gave her three heifer calves. All of these cows are still in the herd and regularly at the top of the production ladder at the end of the season.

“I currently milk Ayrshires, Friesians, Normandes, Swedish Reds, and have started using the odd bit of Milking Shorthorn also.

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The herd is kept as one spring calving herd until they calve. The cows are then joined with the Puketawa herd and milked through the family farm shed.

Colene said this is until there are enough cows calved to warrant starting her own shed up.

All calves are reared together on the Puketawa farm.

The three-year average for her farm’s production is 55,655kgMS with a farm record achieved last season of 57,042kgMS. Dairy farming has its challenges and during the 2015/16 season, Colene’s herd was hit hard with facial eczema.

“My farm sits in a warm air current so while I was getting hit hard by eczema, the family farm over the boundary barely got any.

Close to 25 per cent of Colene’s herd had to be dried off early and she lost a

few good cows too. “Nothing is worse than seeing your cows suffer, and I will admit it brought me to tears after losing a favourite to it.”

Colene said even though they had sprayed the pasture, it just wasn’t enough to keep the massive spore counts at bay.

“The flow-on effect hit this season with a higher empty rate.”

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own first and second cross.” Jake said his passion for agriculture grew while attending high school.

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Although Jake considered studying meteorology at Victoria University, he didn’t have the correct Year 13 maths entry requirements.

“I have a real interest in finance and business, so I thought studying agricultural commerce would be a good fit as it allowed me to do both science and commerce papers.”

Attending Lincoln University has also given Jake the opportunity to explore more of New Zealand.

Six inaugural Plate to Pasture Youth Scholarships were awarded this year with each recipient receiving $5,000 to further their careers in the sector. As part of the process, applicants were asked to identify what they see as the biggest challenge or opportunity in the food industry, and what they would do about it.

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dean Hamilton said the talent emerging from the scholarship applications indicates a bright future for the broader red meat sector.

“We were overwhelmed at receiving 79 applications. The standard and passion from the applicants exceeded all expectations when we launched the Plate to Pasture Youth Scholarships.

Our panel certainly had a challenging job making their selections and we extend our thanks to all of the young people that took the time to apply and to the co-operative shareholders who

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Jake’s passion for agriculture grew while attending high school

supported their applications.” Jake said he applied for the scholarship because Silver Fern Farms is an industry leading company with a great brand and a great involvement in the New Zealand agriculture industry.

“I really enjoy the meat industry and growing great food. Also I knew I have something really positive to offer Silver Fern Farms and I would make a difference for them.”

The six scholars travelled to Dunedin for the Silver Fern Farms inaugural Plate to Pasture Farmers Conference.

Jake has no specific plans for the money immediately. “Hopefully I will use it next year when the next lot of bills start to pile up.”

He regularly travels back to Taranaki to help out on the family farm during university holidays. This year, he has picked up a summer job on a Landcorp

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He has set a goal to pass this semester with an A average. Jake would also like to be elected president of the Lincoln Young Farmers Club.

Although not entirely sure what area to work in when he finishes his degree, Jake has two options in mind: continue studying at university to complete a Masters in Agribusiness, or apply for a graduate banking role.

“Fields that interest me include business, making great food and helping others,” he said.

“Long term goals are to make a difference in the agricultural industry by helping people and making a change to people’s lives.

“I want to create a legacy and own my own farm.”

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“Once volumes pick up, and assuming the currency stays at current levels, we believe schedules will retreat to more accurately reflect end-market conditions. A number of commentators are pointing towards a recovery in beef volumes out of Australia and the United States after rebuilding periods, which we will need to be mindful of.

China’s demand is increasing, but not at the near-term pace of this competing supply.”

Cattle numbers in the coming season are expected to be similar or slightly up on this season, with some of the retentions out of the dairy herd last year expected to boost bull and even heifer numbers.

“For lamb, China and US demand is currently strong. In October we head into the European chilled supply season which should hold up farm gate prices. Once through that, we expect the total return from lamb to decrease given the greater frozen mix. We would normally see a $1.00/kg rule of thumb difference in value from the Christmas chilled period to the main part of the season — everything else being equal,” says Mr Hamilton.

“We expect lamb numbers to be up this coming season.

All the feedback we are receiving is that the North Island in particular has seen good lambing. Volumes may well be up 5–10 per cent and back through 20 million lambs nationally processed next season.

“Venison markets remain very strong given the lower supply out of New Zealand. Market prices in Europe and the US remain up on last year, and new premium trim markets in the US are adding to the overall value being realised. We see a continuation of these current market conditions.

“We expect venison numbers processed to be similar to the current season at around 280,000–300,000 as the national herd continues to slowly rebuild.”

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In years past the average Kiwi farmer relied on four-legged horsepower and a suite of simple machines and hand tools to run every aspect of the operation.

But as technology has increased and science has made farming more intensive, contractors have stepped in to fulfill many specialist roles in the seasonal cultivation of the land.

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Staying safe on the job With the start of Daylight Saving WorkSafe New Zealand has suggested now is the time to check your sleep schedule to ensure you’re getting the right amount of sleep to keep both yourself and others safe.

Agricultural contracting relies heavily on the weather and so does the farmer who more often than not, will need to prepare the ground beforehand.

When a fine spell hits the pressure is on for both to complete the task at hand.

Often the farmers are out later due to the extra hours of daylight to prepare paddocks before crop or to get the last of the silage completed before the rain shows itself.

The contractors are wary of the list of farms they need to service within a tight timeframe.

As a result the pressure can easily amount to stress and working big days leading to tiredness. With large machinery involved it isn’t a great combination.

“People who are tired and fatigued are 30% more likely to have an accident.

Both businesses and workers have a responsibility to manage fatigue and the risks that arise from it,” says WorkSafe chief executive Nicole Rosie.

“Work and personal demands can often make it difficult to get the sleep we need to function safely throughout the day,” Ms Rosie said.

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“According to our 2015 Health and Safety Attitudes and Behaviour Survey,

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WorkSafe is currently working with other regulators including the New Zealand Transport Agency, Civil Aviation Authority and Maritime New Zealand to look at ways to better support workers and business to manage fatigue in the workplace. The aim is to develop key cross-industry information for businesses, workers and their families about how to recognise and manage fatigue in the workplace.

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Agricultural organisations and contractors have joined forces to promote bee safety as spring gets underway.

Aerial and ground sprayers can protect bees from unintended exposure to agrichemicals just by following some simple rules.

Responsible use of products is the initiative behind the ‘bee responsible campaign’ by Agcarm, New Zealand Aviation in Agriculture, and Rural Contractors New Zealand.

“Bees are extremely good pollinators of crops, so contribute substantially to New Zealand’s multi-billion dollar agricultural economy,” says Agcarm chief executive Mark Ross.

He says that agrichemicals are vital for ensuring the security of our food supply and, when used responsibly, “pose no threat to our bee population.”

But “we must remain vigilant and address any potential risks to our bees.”

The campaign was launched in September to coincide with Bee Aware Month as well as the peak sale of agrichemicals.

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At the moment, streams wider than a metre and deeper than 30cm must be fenced to keep stock out, but this rule doesn’t apply to smaller waterways.

Research just published in the international ‘Journal of Environmental Quality’ questions the current approach.

Principal scientist for AgResearchInvermay’s Environment Group, Lincoln University professor, Dr Richard McDowell, has found the smaller, exempt streams actually account for 77% of the contamination load in a catchment.

“This is an extremely important piece of research. We now have the science to show what we have long suspected, that small waterways are crucially important to the environment and need to be properly protected from contamination,” said Fish and Game chief executive Bryce Johnson.

Bryce said the research also calls into question the dairy industry’s claim that it is fencing 90% of the country’s waterways. “Thanks to Dr McDowell’s research, this figure no longer stands

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“New Zealand’s wealth relies heavily on clean fresh water.

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“This latest research shows that urgent action is required to protect New Zealand’s internationally unique point of difference and fencing all streams will play a significant role in preserving that heritage.”

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Improving joints

(Part 2) A recent client had been affected by osteoarthritis in his hips and shoulders. We created a personalised joint health programme that included supplements that can help promote healing in arthritic joints. After speaking with him today he said that he is mostly symptom free.

The real hero however is not so much the dietary changes and supplements but his body’s own healing processes. All disease starts with changes to cell functions. If this is left unchecked it can lead to tissue damage and eventually to disease.

Our bodies have incredible healing properties that can become overwhelmed by a disease process.

While physical damage to joints can cause arthritis it is important to see it as a real disease and not just wear and tear.

Joint cartilage appears as tough lifeless tissue. A closer look reveals something quite different. Cartilage matrix is secreted by specialised living cells called chondrocytes.

These cells maintain small pieces of cartilage. Anything that negatively affects chondrocytes will eventually damage cartilage. Lose enough cartilage and you have osteoarthritis.

Chondrocytes can become damaged

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If left unprotected by antioxidants the chondrocytes will die and the piece of cartilage it maintained will eventually be lost. Secondly, corrosive enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases (MMP’s) attack the collagen matrix of cartilage, and thirdly unwanted inflammation can damage chondrocytes.

What we need to do is to protect chondrocytes, reduce inflammation, reduce free radical activity and reduce MMP activity. What this does is to allow our natural cartilage healing processes to spring to life. The result is less pain and improved mobility.

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The art of farm conversation Dairy Women’s Network is running a series of free learning modules aimed at helping those in the dairy industry coach and empower the people they interact with on a daily basis.

Starting in November, the ‘Coaching Conversations’ course will be held in towns throughout New Zealand until early 2018, as DWN identified people management as one of the biggest farm challenges facing its members, in a recent survey.

“Coaching is not the same as people management, but are skills that can be used in everyday conversations with your team, partner, kids and rural professional team,” says course developer Lynda Clark.

“Workplaces have changed drastically over the past decade or so as a result of a greater emphasis on leadership, teamwork and empowering staff.

“Coaching Conversations is about moving away from a problem-solving mind set to a coaching one,” said Lynda.

Having a ‘coach approach’ prepares people to make the most of their skills and use them to take action.

“Sometimes it’s very easy to get caught

in the mindset of ‘I need to have input into everything’ and people like this often think that nothing will get done unless they have input.

“Instead, if you were to give your team the confidence to tackle a problem or situation on their own, support them to find their own solutions, and work with them to build greater self-responsibility, you’ll develop individuals who feel empowered, valued for their contribution and able to do the task in your absence.”

She says in doing this, employers will build a team of people who feel invested in the work they’re doing and like they’re making a positive difference.

The course is free and open to anyone working in the dairy industry. Lynda says attendees can expect to walk away with strategies to implement straight away.

To find a Coaching Conversations module and other events near you, visit dwn.org.nz/events and register to attend online.

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Well, they have done it with milk, soy milk, now the Frankenstein meat boys are producing burger patties in a lab!

I haven’t had a burger since 1997 and that was in Hollister, California. I guessed that there was a meat patty in there somewhere, but it sure as hell had no flavour, and if it did, that flavour was drowned out by the sauce.

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Once the plants have immunity they pass that immunity on to animals and humans.

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Uncommon sense

David Law, Managing Director of Forward Farming Consultancy

Is this a confession?

At last there is a change on the horizon.

One of our major fertiliser companies has stepped up to the plate to offer a helping hand to save our rivers and streams from future pollution.

Of course this would be like putting the handbrake on a fully laden logging truck on a downward slope. With the unquestionable evidence that these NPK fertiliser companies are largely to blame for this mess, they are running out of road. To keep their foot on the accelerator is not a viable alternative.

I applaud the CEO for joining the team. Although there is an utterance from this committed team to stop the pollution, the answers of how to do it will need to be found.

The current science is failing the environmental futures test and the two large NPK fertiliser companies who are applying this outdated science are failing the majority of the farmers of New Zealand.

Although farmers are the focus of the attacks from environmentalists on water pollution, the fault lies with the two large NPK fertiliser companies who provide a specialist service and sell the fertiliser to 95% of our farmers who are following their advice.

Because soil fertility is so specialised these companies have been getting away with focussing on sales rather than honest advice and honest science.

Evidence of this is the propaganda which has led to the acceptance that superphosphate and urea grow grass.

This is so entrenched in farmers’ minds that a lot of fertiliser applied is carried on the back of superphosphate.

If you need K and S a likely brew could be potassic sulphur super.

If you needed Mg a likely product would be surpentine super or if your budget is tight Super 10 would do the job. A modern change lately is the use of DAP which is a brilliant product to deliver soluble phosphate which is particularly efficient for cropping. Research has proven that it will not lift phosphate reserves in the soil unless applied in heavy applications.

Where soil phosphate levels are already adequate, (30+ Olsen P), to use super phosphate as a carrier is wasting farmers’ money and only helping fertiliser companies increase their sales and profits, and the excess is polluting our rivers and streams. A soil nutrient which is being used up with every tanker

load of milk leaving the farm is calcium.

Research has shown that an average dairy farm would need 300kg of lime per hectare per year to keep up with what is leaving the farm as milk. Lime would therefore be a much more cost effective carrier for elements which are essential like potassium, magnesium, sulphur and trace elements. Another fallacy is the acceptance that pH should be 5.8 to 6.0. A scientific table showing the availability of nutrients at differing pH levels illustrate that phosphate is twice as available at pH 6.3 compared to the availability of phosphate at 5.8pH. This is real scientific evidence that farmers have been taken for a ride.

So to increase your current phosphate levels just move your pH from 5.8 to 6.3. Your soil phosphates will actually increase without applying any phosphate.

There are two points to this picture I have painted.

1. Superphosphate, DAP and urea are all water soluble. If these products are applied in excess where do you think they will end up?

2. To stop the cause of the pollution, not only will these water soluble products need to be stopped but the NPK trained specialists will need reprogramming.

To change the direction of such an entrenched system won’t be easy for these chemical NPK companies or the farmers who follow them.

For real science with integrity which will save money and grow more grass, ring me. David Law, Forward Farming, 027 490 9896.

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Irrigation Matters with Clem Powell The mystery of gravity driven pumps Everyone wants something for nothing and pumps working from their own water supply are often a great way of getting water delivered to higher levels. The concept has been around since invention in late 1700s.

Often referred to as ram pumps from their predecessors, Glockemann 320 Pumps are in fact gravity driven pumps.

Without getting too technical, water rams are powered by the water hammer effect of the ports opening and closing whereas Glockemann 320 are operated by high volume/ low pressure water on a large diaphragm working a smaller piston and cylinder to give the lift pressure required.

At end of stroke a valve opens and components return ready for next cycle.

Water for the pressure side can come from either submersion of the inlet port, suction hose off the inlet port or dry mounting the pump where the water is tapped from the drive tube.

This is common in Australia and other places where remoteness of installation and flash flooding are a risk.

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Gravity driven need much less velocity and drop, usually between 0.6m and 1.8m, giving lift to 150m–200m vertical, although the spec charts do show delivery to 20m from 0.3m drop. This large power to lift ratio is not usually available from a ram pump.

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The Ministry for Primary Industries’ testing programme has identified one new property as positive for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.

The newly identified property is a Van Leeuwen Dairy Group farm which was already under a Restricted Place notice under the Biosecurity Act. “We’ve said all along that we fully expected the possibility for further farms within this enterprise testing positive.

The nature of this disease is that it spreads between animals that are in close, repeated and prolonged contact”, says incident controller Stephen Bell.

“The disease doesn’t always present symptoms and often doesn’t show up through just one test. This is why we developed a testing protocol which tests herds up to three times at three to four week intervals.

“Testing like this, over two to three months gives us the confidence we need that we have definite results for each farm. This latest detection is evidence of that protocol working.

“It has meant there has been a long period of disruption and uncertainty for farms that are being tested but we have to be absolutely thorough in diagnosing positive and negative farms.

It’s important for New Zealand that we take that time to get accurate results,” he said.

The testing programme for Mycoplasma bovis continues at pace with over 26,000 of the planned 39,000 tests now completed by MPI’s Animal Health Laboratory.

“There has also been a nationwide testing programme. Samples of mastitic milk have been collected from regional labs across the country for testing. To date approximately 2,300 samples have been received, these tests have also not identified any other infected farms elsewhere in New Zealand.

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“Taken together, these results are encouraging and suggest that our surveillance plan is working and this disease is not spreading in the local area around the infected farms and is not widespread across the country”.

Mr Bell says that while the sampling and testing programme continues MPI is also preparing for what might happen next.

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RURAL WHEELS

Rally bred resilience

by Andy Bryenton

With warmer weather here many people will be thinking about summer adventures off the beaten track. For those with a love of excitement and power, motocross and off-road bikes exert a magnetic pull this time of year, while for others it’s the promise of dry, winding tarmac that gets the blood pumping. Then again, with initiatives afoot nationwide to get people out there on two wheels, perhaps it’s just ease of parking or fuel economy which appeal.

While there are plenty of motorcycles which push the envelope in each of these directions — road-going power, off-road agility and frugal commuter practicality — there’s one which brings them all together into a happy medium.

And it does so by approaching from a totally different direction. Honda’s new CRF250L actually has the profile of a

working agricultural bike under its sharp panel work — or at least a distillation of all the lessons learned by Honda over decades of building machines that can fulfill multiple roles on the farm. Make no mistake, this is no rural workhorse though. The long suspension travel and high ground clearance, narrow profile for agility and willing 250cc fuel injected

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single cylinder engine of the CRF250L and its sister bike the CRF350L Rally may be informed by the all-round reliability of Honda’s farming range, but there’s plenty of spice thrown in from the trophy-winning CRF off-road and enduro lineage as well.

The Rally version of the CRF250L goes one better, drawing inspiration from some of Honda’s legendary endurance bikes of old. In the days when the Paris to Dakar rally cut clean through the wilds of Africa, big, high-riding motorcycles duked it out with the 4x4s and trucks of this gruelling race. From such sport bikes like Honda’s NX650 Dominator were born, and now the styling cues of bikes like this — and later adventure models — come together in the

Rally spec of the new CRF. With twin headlights, a wind deflector and updated panel work, the Rally looks ready to go anywhere. Which is no illusion. Both iterations of the CRF250 are made to be learner-accessible, ready for the trail and the highway with just the addition of number plates. It’s a great bike for those who live within equal reach of town and country — an inexpensive commuter that can park in spaces too small even for many road bikes, plus a fun trail riding machine on the weekends.

Have Honda hit the nail on the head?

New riders seem convinced, with the fuel injected 250s meeting a great reception over the ditch. And if anything, New Zealand has even more of the kind of terrain the CRF250L was made to tame.

MOVABLE SHED

Have you ever just wanted a shed that you can move from paddock to paddock or even move to different farms? The perfect size for calfs and strong enough to stand up to the Taranaki weather. Here at Podjursky Motors we have come up with a solution to that we have made a shed that you can do just that with. This shed being made from strong steel clad with corrugated iron on it that breaks down to 4 walls making it so anyone needing a shed at another farm can move it easily

SHED // FENCE REAL HOLDERS // STANDARDS STANDS // ROLLERS PODJURSKY MOTORS

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Barry and the team do a wide range of mechanically repairs from trucks, farm machinery, WOF & Servicing, right down to your chainsaw.

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OCTOBER 2017

Biodiversity group means business

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Wild for Taranaki, the region’s biodiversity umbrella group has entered a new era with the appointment of an operations manager to guide the roll-out of its first major initiative.

Taranaki-born Kirstin Foley, who has a strong business background is settling into the new role and preparing for the launch of Restore Taranaki — an ambitious multi-pronged programme building on its members’ work to ensure the region’s native plants and wildlife can thrive.

Kirstin says she’s excited to be taking on the challenge.

“Taranaki’s unique biodiversity and culture have always been special to me, and I’m looking forward to working with our members and the community to restore the region’s plants and wildlife.”

Wild for Taranaki Trust chairman, Mike Weren has welcomed Kirsten’s appointment, calling it a milestone for the organisation.

“We see the Restore Taranaki initiative

ACC for hearing loss

as vital, and Kirsten has the experience and expertise to tie it all together,” he said.

Kirstin has a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science, Bachelor of Commerce and Administration, majoring in Accounting and Commercial Law, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Accounting.

She began her career with Landrigan Waite (now BDO New Zealand) in Taranaki. She has also worked for KPMG in Hamilton, spent time working in various financial and management roles overseas and prior to this appointment was part of the team at Staples Rodway in New Plymouth.

Wild for Taranaki is an alliance of more than 40 agencies and organisations involved in biodiversity protection and

Wild for Taranaki Operations Manager Kirstin Foley and Trust Chairman Mike Weren

enhancement in the region. The Taranaki Regional Council is a core funder as part

of its work to support livelihoods and improve our lifestyles.

Lisa Keen Audiology will be @ the A&P SHOWS

Lisa specialises in noise related hearing loss and has helped many people with the ACC process who have backgrounds in agriculture, farming and industry.

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CUSTOM noise protection

Time to get your hearing sorted? Come talk to us at the A& P shows or call 06 757 8380 for an appointment.

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