Waikato Farming Lifestyles, June 2013

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Farming Lifestyles June 2013 Edition

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Young farmers fight for charity

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Angora rabbit breeder spins own yarn

Waikato farmer breaks contest tradition

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A ripple effect for the environment

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The Waikato Regional Council’s (WRC) major new project dubbed ‘The Ripple Effect’, aims to boost community and individual involvement in environmental initiatives.

WRC chairman, Peter Buckley, said people all over the Waikato are working to create a healthy environment.

“At the heart of ‘The Ripple Effect’ is the idea that when you take action, at home or in your community, you create a ripple that contributes to something bigger, in this case, a healthy environment.”

Through the creation of ‘The Ripple Effect’ website, environmental improvement project co-ordinators can be linked with volunteers wanting to become involved. Links to support organisations, environmental and conservation funding sources, along with useful project monitoring tools are also available. Groups looking for volunteers or funders are able to promote their project on the website, while those wanting to get involved can sign up to projects that interest them.

The website also currently features around 60 groups working to make a difference to the region’s water quality.

An online calendar displaying upcoming environmental projects in the Waikato requiring volunteers is regularly updated.

WRC’s communications manager, Karen Bennett, said more groups will be added over the next few weeks. She said it is also hoped others will start adding their own stories to celebrate those people throughout the region who are helping to protect places, spaces and species.

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case studies of local heroes who are improving the environment, resources for schools, advice for farmers and urban residents, event information and scientific information about river health Essentially we’re creating a virtual meeting space for members of the community who want to work together to protect our environment.”

While the first phase of the campaign focusses on promoting planting beside waterways, there are also hints and tips listed on the website that rural and urban dwellers can carry out to protect soil and water.

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Young farmers fight for charity

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by Denise Gunn

Young farmers across the region, along with several from the Taranaki and Manawatu, have been undergoing a rigorous training schedule for the past few months in preparation for a fight for charity.

The Young Farmers Fight Night for Charity initiative began when a couple of young farmers discussed the concept over a few beers late one evening.

Rather than holding a small event in a haybarn, the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Young Farmers organising group decided they could turn the event into a fundraiser for charity.

Last year the inaugural event saw match contenders from across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty region trying the sport and taking part.

Young Farmers upper North Island field officer, Casey Huffstutler, said the event has been opened up to include young farmers from other regions this year.

Twelve matches will take place during the evening and boxers will square off in a series of three-round boxing bouts.

charity is St John Ambulance Services.

Although the main aim is to raise funds for charity, there will be plenty of action for spectators.

Tickets range from three tiers of seating options around the boxing ring with single ringside seats to bookings for tables of ten.

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Ticket prices include a meal which Proceeds from the event are donated will be served during the evening. to a local charity which allows Young Visit www.eventfinder.co.nz to Farmers to continue to give back to purchase tickets online. Numbers their local communities. Last year’s recipient was the Westpac Waikato are limited.

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“We hope to encourage some of the audience to take part.”

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Angora rabbit breeder spins own yarn

by Denise Gunn

It was love at first sight when Kathryn Roper was first introduced to the English Angora rabbit. From that meeting, around 30 years ago, Kathryn became hooked on the breed.

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Kathryn is a spinning tutor and regular guest speaker on the English Angora

English Angora fibre, she would need to breed her own rabbits.

“I decided to breed the English Angora rabbit because I wanted to spin large quantities of this particular fibre, known as ‘the fibre of the kings’,” said Kathryn.

“At that time the fibre was very expensive and difficult to source, so it was logical to get bunnies of my own.”

Kathryn currently owns 30 rabbits

at her Pukekohe property, including Standard Rex and Standard Chinchilla as well as English Angora.

She said the current economic climate makes it impractical to have a large rabbitry.

Her English Angora rabbits are housed in their own individual hutches to prevent fibre damage and any territorial issues.

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The fibre regrows very quickly, averaging one centimetre or more a month.

An adult English Angora rabbit harvests 200 grams of fibre on average every four months. A rabbit is considered to be fully mature when it reaches 10 months of age.

As well as selling the fibre to spinners and craftspeople, Kathryn also uses it extensively in the garments she produces.

“I enjoy creating a luxurious looking garment, which is far lighter to wear than most other fibres used in garment making.

“It is noted as being eight times warmer since Angora is a thermal hollow fibre.”

Kathryn enjoys breeding the English Angora to contribute to the commercial Kathryn’s efforts with breeding the English Angora have been recognised by international judges

ventilated hutch, on an elevated floor of small square mesh, with a small carpet or vinyl mat provided for them to sit on if they so desire,” she said.

Twice-weekly grooming is required when the rabbits are in full fleece. If they are newly clipped, grooming once a week is sufficient.

Kathryn said the fibre is harvested every four months but this depends on the individual rabbit’s fibre growth rate.

“Fibre can be harvested in two ways; by plucking where you remove two thirds of the coat and leave some behind, or you can clip the bunny.

“For fibre spinning bunnies, it is quicker to clip.

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it is very easy to nick the skin.”

The English and French Angora rabbits release a hormone which enables the fibre to pull free without causing pain to the rabbit.

Kathryn recommends using a sharp pair of scissors to clip the rabbits, along with patience and a steady hand.

Show rabbits are better plucked to ensure a uniform regrowth.

“Both methods of harvesting the fibre ensure the bunny has some fibre left on its body to keep it warm.”

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“Numerous show awards attained under international judges over a period of time with different breeds of rabbits was very satisfying, as it represented many hours of preparation and years of selective breeding,” she said.

As a spinning tutor and regular guest speaker on the English Angora, Kathryn especially focusses on working and creating with Angora fibre. She also plans to write a book on the English Angora rabbit in New Zealand.

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put their skills, stamina and strength to the test. At the Kumeu showgrounds in Auckland contestants completed practical challenges including sheep shearing, fence building, building a miniature farm, an agri-sports challenge and cooking a gourmet meal.

The 30-year-old grew up on a farm but after high school he was unsure what career path he wanted to take and obtained a Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Psychology which has helped with his current role as agri-manager at ANZ bank.

He has also spent time with the NZ The contestants then delivered speeches at the Grand Final dinner Army and is still part of the Territorial and completed exams the following Force and his wide range of skills morning before a televised quiz show gave him a competitive edge over the weekend. testing their agriculture and general knowledge.

While receiving the He has also Tim was behind the other contestants at the end of the practical day but reversed the scoreboard during the quiz show, showing no sign of nerves.

He says winning is a stepping stone into new ventures in agriculture.

spent time with the NZ Army and is still part of the Territorial Force and his wide range of skills gave him a competitive edge over the weekend

“It’s been a wonderful journey, but for me there is certainly more. It’s not the end, just the beginning. I’m passionate about agriculture and I hope this will be a springboard to continue that involvement long-term.”

He owns a farm in Matangi and leases it for grazing livestock and growing crops including asparagus and maize.

prize pack will help boost his farming business he says the real prize is gaining knowledge and he feels fortunate to have his partner, Hilary, who also works at ANZ, supporting him.

Having spent months preparing for the competition, a well earned rest is on the cards — then Tim is open to exploring new opportunities and would like to serve on a board involving agriculture.

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A vintner’s

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Dr Rainer Eschenbruch

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A Waikato scientist at the cutting edge of winemaking research throughout the growth years of New Zealand’s wine industry has retired gracefully into the vintner’s life himself.

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r Rainer Eschenbruch’s boutique winery, Lanes End, produces around 3,000 bottles a year from his two acre organic vineyard, Birchwood Lane, on the outskirts of Hamilton.

Waikato is not renowned for being a wine area, but Rainer says that all places can produce wine successfully if the right grape is matched to the land. And he should know.

German-born Rainer arrived in New Zealand in 1973 on a governmental research fellowship based at the Te Kauwhata Viticultural Research station, later becoming responsible for

all oenological projects until its closure in 1987.

Brought up on a mixed farm near the Dutch border, Rainer says he had planned for a degree in agriculture. “But by the time I got to university I could see no future in farming in Europe, particularly not in Germany, so I did biology, thinking it could be applied to agricultural research.”

Wine had not played much part in his life previously. “My family only drank wine at Easter and Christmas — very sweet, lollypop wine.”

But an introduction to wine research though his Masters’

supervisor led to a PhD, and the science of wine became his passion.

Four years at a wine research institute in South Africa followed.

“But I couldn’t stand apartheid,” he says, “so when the fellowship came up I thought, oh ho, New Zealand has viticulture and winemaking!”

“I had an impression of New Zealand as somewhere extraordinary. But on first arrival I thought it not that different to Europe. It took a year or two to understand the real nature of the country, and I slowly learned to appreciate the differences.”

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“Te Kauwhata was an advisory body. Lots of experimental wines of endless varieties, experiments with temperature, fermentation, different yeasts — you learned a lot.” Micro-vinification — making wine in small quantities — meant the experiments themselves were a challenge, but provided a good grounding in wine and a close relationship with the burgeoning wine industry.

“We could describe problems and offer solutions, which led to relationships with every winemaker in the country. My staff and I would pack up all the experimental wines and take them out to the regions to share.”

After Te Kauwhata’s closure, Rainer was winemaker for Rongopai Wines before moving into consulting. He says after the Muldoon years the research focus underwent a fundamental shift.

“The science practiced previously was open and cooperative, with a long-term approach. Science needs time, but the priority now is making large amounts of money instantly.”

He bought the Tamahere land in 1998, and with some trial and error took ten years to establish the vineyard. He says although his specialty was the making of wine, all his working life viticultural considerations had been part of determining wine outcomes, so the leap was not a large one.

Birchwood Lane vineyard grows Pinot Noir, Malbec and Voigner varieties, using organic and biodynamic principles without herbicides, fungicides or insecticides. Rainer says he finds it hugely disturbing what humans are doing to their environment, and tries to deal with it by treating his own land properly.

The wine is sold exclusively through local markets and a loyal client base.

“It took a while — I’m sure people thought ‘here comes that funny guy with his bottles of wine’ — but now people really like the wine. I’m not sure if it is so successful only because of the organic regime.

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You have to come to terms with your life, because you are standing on the firing line and there’s no more denying it.”

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Chains of Bureaucracy

Over the past few months I have spent a lot of time visiting farmers in both North Island and South Island and I see discontent, worry and stress building up as councils and their underlings distance themselves from farmers with their petty rules and unbending nonsensical regulations.

Agriculture, horticulture, viticulture and forestry are our main exports and these industries are holding New Zealand together. Markets are tough out there, so why is our infernal bureaucracy endeavouring to penalise the country internally. What’s their game? It’s our taxes that are keeping these clones in a job and they are biting the hand that feeds them. Not only that but they’re biting the wrong hand.

Farmers are taking all the abuse and blame for the erosion of our soils and pollution of our food and water which the bureaucrats believe is technically correct.

However, from my perspective this is grossly incorrect. In all articles written over the past 10 years the main pollutants targeted in farming terms are superphosphate and artificial nitrogen (urea). In recent times chemical sprays are also being targeted.

Now, you cannot blame the farmer for using agrochemical products, the blame sits squarely on the shoulders of the chemical industry. In New Zealand the NPK Balance Sheet Theory has been reiterated as soil science for the past 60 years, solidly influenced by the phosphate company. It has nothing to do with soil science. The perpetrator of the Balance Sheet Theory was Justus Von Liebig who appraised the minerals left after incinerating plants, only nding N, P and K, he stated that this was all you need to grow. Before his death he declared that this theory was incorrect as he had not considered all other essential minerals or the micro-organisms in the soil, which incidentally are being annihilated by chemical production.

In the USDA Agriculture year book, 1957 pages 3 and 7 the US Department of Agriculture declared the balance sheet theory to be false. The balance sheet theory has been operating for over 170 years, unchanged, causing soil erosion, soil pollution and pollution of food and water. One would think that all councils and environmental agencies would be fully aware of where the pollution is coming from.

Why are farmers being targeted? Wouldn’t it make sense for the councils to target the cause of the problem — the manufacture and marketing of super phosphate and urea?

For the past 450 million years, apparently that’s when the first plants appeared on our planet, plants in conjunction with micro-organisms have been fixing their nitrogen needs directly out of the atmosphere. Approximately, seventy six percent of our atmosphere is nitrogen. According to Dr Barry Commoner from Washington University, “evidence suggests that in the presence of artificial nitrogen, the natural fixation of nitrogen from the air by soil bacteria stops and as a result it is increasingly difficult for farmers to give up the use of the artificial product. Like addictive drugs, artificial nitrogen creates its own demand.” (Secret Life of Plants, Tompkin & Bird, 1973, pg 221).

Over the past few months I have spent a lot of time visiting farmers in both North Island and South Island and I see discontent, worry and stress building up as councils and their underlings distance themselves from farmers with their

petty rules and unbending nonsensical regulations.

More and more farmers today are moving away from artificial nitrogen by increasing their soil biology and fixing all their nitrogen requirements for free. The phosphate requirement for plants is 0.2 percent this requirement can easily be satisfied through the use of natural products such as rockdust and guano. According to Dr Morgan Williams report in 2004 our farmland on average contains 1.7 tonne of phosphate per hectare available via micro-organisms. A Ruakura report, Bulletin #409 published by the Crown stated “we have calculated that 1% is a very generous allowance for the remaining 9 to 10% of phosphorus in super phosphate available to plants as nutrients left after considering the losses from immobilisation, surface runoff and leaching.”

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Mitsubishi’s new Mirage has been an instant hit in New Zealand, and that’s not all down to the retro chic appeal of its badge.

Because while a large number of us remember owning or driving in the old Mirage (a bit of a 1980s’ classic, in its own way), the latest reincarnation of Mitsubishi’s flagship small car ticks all the boxes, paring away the fat to leave a simple, functional, and surprisingly fun little vehicle for a price well within the reach of those who would usually only buy second hand.

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Here in New Zealand it’s farmers who make up the majority of Polaris buyers — and we’ve taken to their cost effective quad bikes and tough UTV sideby-sides with gusto.

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It is a story of onwards and upward but uncertainty underlies the log markets and while price gains are still being achieved, these are tentative and the bullrun may be running out of fizz. If there are further price increases from here, then be on guard as a more spectacular price collapse may follow.

Chinese inventory is still high following their New Year break but matched with high demand, log inventory is steadily falling. The onset of the hot season may be the catalyst to reduce the Dragon’s appetite and when sentiment goes south so might the prices. But at the present time forest owners in New Zealand continue to ride the wave.

Closer to home, sawmills have been forced to increase log prices to match, which will be tough for some, but this may increase sawmillers’ collective resolve to hold onto recent increases in sawn timber prices.

If you are fortunate enough to be harvesting your woodlot right now, the prolonged dry is your best friend and you will be impressed with your returns.

The really big event in the woodlot owners’ calendar last month was the Forest Owners Referendum on whether a compulsory levy should be introduced of 27 cents per tonne or cubic metre for all forest products removed from a ‘qualifying’ forest. A ‘qualifying’ forest is

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To continue the levy beyond six years, another referendum is required.

The result of the referendum will be interesting, as those organisations promoting the levy already own 80% of the forests but represent only 25% of the participants. The levy will be administered by a group to be formed called the ‘Forest Growers Levy Trust’ (FGLT).

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0800 800 837

CLEARING LAND to make it more productive? Call Schwitzer Contracting. Why us? Specialised Equipment. Pride in Workmanship. Versatile and Innovative, Fast and Efficient.

Phone Karl Schwitzer 07 823 5074 or 029 823 5074 www.landclearing.co.nz CONCRETE TANK Specialist. Water, effluent, septic tanks. Price quoted, delivered to site. Buy Direct. Phone 0800 487 633.

www.powerplantsupplies.co.nz • sales@powerplantsupplies.co.nz

FARM BRIDGES Phone Pat now 0800 222 189, Bridge It NZ Ltd. Visit www.bridgeitnz.co.nz

ALL horse fLoAt A s, truck At ruck & tr trAiLer rep irs And mAintenAnce repA + insurA nsur nce rep nsurA repAirs

WETLAND & Tree Specialists; Ecoarb Ltd are Waikato’s fully qualified environmental contractors. 2012 Waikato/ BOP tree climbing champion! WINTEC tutor! For everything to do with trees & restoration contact the real expert.

Phone Josh 027 416 4681. Email josh@ecoarb.co.nz www.ecoarb.co.nz

Services

100% nz mAde

ph 09 239 1583

www.thoroughbredfloats.co.nz

www.farminglifestyles.co.nz

FURNITURE MOVING Around NZ or around the world. Single items or house lots. Pro Packing, moving, insurance. Via trucks, containers, shared loads. Phone 0800 496 753 www. worldmoving.co.nz “Experience & Advice You Can Trust.”

SMALL BLOCK Forest Establishment — Site preparation, weed spraying (gun and hose or mistblower), spot spraying, planting, pruning, thinning, tree felling. We specialise in catering for small block forest owners with exotic or indigenous crops. Phone 07 884 8780 Len.

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June 2013 WAIKATO FArming Lifestyles

4813 State Highway 29, Hinuera Phone (07) 888 1593 Fax (07) 888 1594 100% NZ owned and operated

0800 RURAL D

Shop Hours: Weekdays 8am - 5pm Saturdays 9am - 12 noon

7 8 7 2 5 3

JULY 2013

HDPE CULVERTpipe Extruded from ultra tough HDPE plastic Diameter OD

Wall

Length

Price

200mm 6.6mm 6m $99.00 315mm 9.7mm 6m $245.00 375mm 10.3mm 6m $315.00 450mm 14.6mm 6m $440.00 Joiners and custom fittings available

DRAGhose $

195

99.00

$

EFFLUENTpipe

90mm 8 Bar Rating $8.60 per metre 75mm 8 Bar Rating $6.80 per metre Heavy wall, suitable for above ground use and accepts camlock fittings.

Low density, Heavy wall 63mm suits camlocks 63mm x

Culvert 200mm x 6m

50m

.00

Now available 110mm

63mm x 100m $

$11.50

385.00

per metre

MDPEpressure pipe Outside diameter

9 bar 130 psi $ per 100m

25mm 32mm 40mm 50mm 63mm

RED STRIPE

$132.00 $159.00 $210.00 $330.00 $500.00

Available in 100m & 200m coils Also available in 12 Bar Full range of compression fittings

100mm 150mm 225mm 300mm 375mm 600mm

STEEL Y POSTS 1.65m 7 Hole

$

5.99 each

6M PRICE

$30.00 $65.00 $169.00 $275.00 $345.00 $749.00

ID nominal Pressure $ per 100m bore rating (PSI)

$ per 200m

15mm

130

$73.00

$140.00

20mm

116

$139.00

$270.00

25mm

94

$175.00

$330.00

32mm

72

$219.00

$425.00

40mm

65

$272.00

$525.00

50mm

50

$350.00

$670.00

25mm x 200m 94PSI

$330.00

Anka & Hansen fittings available

MAXIculvert SIZE NOMINAL ID

LDPEwater pipe

3M PRICE

– _ _ _ $209.00 $449.00

375mm x 6m

$345 Incorporating the strength of corrugated outer shell with the smooth inner wall to optimise hydraulics.

HIGHtensile 2.5mm

HURRICANEwire 25kgs

New Zealand made

$88

HANSEN SUPERflo Piston Trough Valve 20mm and 25mm

$25

FREE DELIVERY ORDERS OVER $1500 All items in this advertisement are while stocks last. Phone Rural Direct for conditions of delivery. ALL PRICES INCLUDE GST.