Waikato Farming Lifestyles, June 2016

Waikato

FARMING Lifestyles

June 2016 Edition

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Mental wellness initiatives

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The CEO of New Zealand Young Farmers is applauding the recently announced rural mental wellness initiatives from Government and says it will give much needed support to younger members of the farming community who have also been hit by the dairy downturn.

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Terr y Copeland says the announcement of the development of a framework to improve mental health and addiction outcomes in rural New Zealand and the continuation of the emergency response to support rural mental health was vital, particularly for those younger sharemilkers and contract milkers.

“We know it’s tough out there at the moment and we know some of our members are suffering significant financial stress. The government’s Rural Mental Wellness Initiatives is recognition that we need to offer a wide range of support and ensure that all arms of the primary sector are catered for.” Mr Copeland said while there had been

comprehensive support offered to the farming community, it was important to not forget about the younger members of the industry.

“We need to look out for these younger members as they are our future.

For many this will be the first time they have faced true hardship so it’s vital we ensure these initiatives reach them.”

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Finding a new path

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For two Waikato women, the Pathway Programme organised by Dairy Women’s Network, has opened up many new opportunities and boosted their confidence.

The course is designed to empower rural women to become leaders in their communities and Alison Ferris and Jodie Goudswaard are walking examples of this.

Alison Ferris is mum to Lucy, 7, Emily, 5, and Molly, 3 and lives on a dairy farm at Rangitoto, just out of Te Kuiti.

Two years ago Alison was at a crossroads and the former school teacher began to wonder about her career path.

Then a newsletter arrived from the Dairy Women’s Network, advertising its Pathway Programme — a six-month leadership and coaching course for rural women.

“I thought it looked really good for where I was at and the stage of my life,” she said.

Developed by the Agri-Women’s Development Trust and the Dairy Women’s Network, the Pathways Programme was designed to help women lead change within their own businesses and communities.

It taught leadership, influence and communication skills, and encouraged women to identify their own skills and strengths.

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by DairyNZ and Ministry for Primary Industries, included two two-day leadership workshops held six months apart, with three coaching and mentoring sessions in between. Nearly 30 women have completed the programme over the past two years. “I think there are a lot

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of us who have had a career in different fields and then married a dairy farmer, had a family, and looked up and thought, ‘what now?’,” said Alison.

The programme also inspired Te Kauwhata woman and mother of three, Jodie Goudswaard, to make a difference and lead in change.

In November 2014 she was one of the first women to begin the Pathways Programme, a six-month leadership and coaching course for rural women.

Jodie said doing the Pathways programme made a difference to her and her community.

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Raising an animal to donate to charity has become a way for farmers to be involved in helping to support people with intellectual disabilities in New Zealand.

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“Mick Murphy, a farmer in Marlborough visited Norm to see how his idea worked and was so impressed he decided it could be implemented nationally. He convinced the members of the fundraising committee of the New

Zealand Council of IHC to give the idea a go,” said scheme coordinator Lynda Young-Kennedy.

“Mick was involved in the Marlborough branch of IHC and was given permission for a pilot project in 1982 and by the end of the trial, 770 calves donated by farmers had raised $110,000 and the scheme was launched nationwide the following year.”

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advertise the scheme nationwide. In 1987 Wrightson, now PGG Wrightson, became the official primary sponsor of the scheme.”

Often IHC and its service arm IDEA Services is the only organisation providing crucial support for people with an intellectual disability and their families in an area.

Brian and Penny Coutts from the Hikurangi area have been donating and canvassing for the scheme for 27 years.

“We originally became involved because the local area coordinator Noel Reed asked us if we would participate,” said Mrs Coutts.

“It is a very good opportunity to help people locally. When we first joined everything was done with a clipboard and sheets of paper. Technology has certainly made things a lot more sophisticated and easier.

“We find farmers are very generous and supportive around the area. Many have been onboard with us for 27 years too. The IHC are very positive to work alongside and they are very grateful for the help they receive.

“Contributors like the fact that the money they raise stays in the local area and helps families close to home. It is nice to be a part of someone else’s life nearby.

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biggest fundraising initiatives for the organisation. “As canvassers we see the satisfaction people get from raising their calves for the IHC — it is very encouraging. Every donation makes a big difference, and it is helping those who have quite a lot of challenges in life.”

Farmers can put an animal through a sale at anytime. They inform the PGG Wrightson person that it is an IHC donation and the funds are forwarded to them.

The scheme has since expanded to include other kinds of stock. Money raised helps to pay for services that are not funded by the government. This includes a team of advocates who will go into bat whenever people’s rights are being ignored, and a whole range of programmes designed to include people with disabilities in the lives of their communities.

“It is with thanks to Norm Cashmore’s idea that dairy farmers have been doing their bit for a long time and now the entire rural sector has the opportunity to get involved as the programme is open to include other livestock,” said Ms Young-Kennedy.

“Farmers have since raised more than $30 million for IHC’s work in rural communities around the country, and the scheme generates more than $1 million annually.”

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THE THRILL OF THE HUNT

BY AYLA MILLER Far from the traditional images of gentry chasing fox in the English countryside, Waikato Hunt is a cross-section of society with members from many different backgrounds, and they recently celebrated their 125th season.

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aster of the hunt, Grant McGregor, has been involved with hunts since he was nineyears-old and the thrill of riding and working with the hounds has never worn thin.

Grant grew up on a sheep and beef farm in Northland where his father introduced him to the sport.

The family later shifted to the Waikato where Grant became involved in the Waikato Hunt Inc in 1983. In 1987 he purchased a dry stock farm from his parents and has lived there ever since.

He and his wife Di have passed on their passion for the hunt to their two children, Charlotte and Stewart.

“Both are very passionate about riding and hunting. They started at a

young age and have been involved with horses since they were old enough to sit on them,” he says.

The sport is well established in New Zealand. There are 28 packs of harrier hounds used by hunts all over the country and all are descendants of the first hounds brought into the country.

“It is one of the oldest sports in New Zealand. The first hounds arrived here just under 150 years ago and it has progressed and expanded from there,” Grant says.

Harrier hounds are purpose built and are a closed breed, meaning they aren’t available to the public.

Grant says it is their size and their sense of smell that makes them ideal for hunting hare.

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“Border security are just starting to use harrier hounds in their programme.

They are bigger than Beagles and are able to do more which is quite a feather in their cap.”

Hunt season in New Zealand runs from mid-March to August although the Waikato branch tend to hunt from midMarch to early July, partly due to weather and because farmers are starting to calve and lamb.

“Our hunt is one of the biggest fields. We sometimes have somewhere between 80 and 90 people hunting on average over the season. We hunt up to about 35 times a year, twice a week, and run somewhere around 13–15 couples of hounds.”

For Grant, the actual hunting aspect falls by the wayside, and he mostly appreciates being able to get out into the countryside.

“We hunt from the west coast right through to the Kaimai Ranges so we get to look around a lot of different farms and see the beauty of the country.

“I enjoy watching the hounds work and learning about how they go about their job.”

There is also a strong social aspect to the club.

“We have a large demographic of riders from about eight years old to eighty and they come from all walks of life. It’s not just the farming community that are involved. We have many business people and small block

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owners, and all just enjoy riding to the noise of the hounds.

“It’s a very family orientated sport and it is rewarding watching the children progress to being confident riders. A lot of them have become incredibly good friends as time has gone by.”

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National and international tourists visit the area which utilises historic bush tramways, old bulldozer and haul roads, and a newly constructed track.

John Gaukrodger worked in Pureora Forest as a timber cruiser and became the operation controller before forestry came to an end.

“I was the last officer in charge of Pureora Forest Park when the NZ Forest Service came to an end in 1987. I had done time in the forest in my training

days in 1967. This entailed working with the team measuring and putting together timber sales for the native logging operations,” said John.

“The timber was going to the local saw mills at Pureora. Those mills came to an end after the tree climbing protest stopped the process of native logging. In 1981 we were winding down and completing the last of the logging and I did the last timber cruise ever undertaken at the Pureora Forest Park, it was literally the end of the era.

“It was inevitable. Economics alone would end it as native timber was becoming a specialist wood, and pinus radiata had taken over as a sustainable resource because you can plant it, grow it, mill it and then plant more quickly.

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“The closing of the milling helped with a big conservation issue regarding the native kokako bird which was nearly extinct. Scientists and DOC field staff were involved in projects that reestablished significant populations of the bird in the King Country. The same people who worked in the forest service moved to DOC and the result of the kokako initiative was extremely successful.”

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“It was a village of 170 people with a shop and a post office. It was the backbone of significant rural communities of farming and forestry.”

Coming to the end of his working career in 2010 the cycle-way project began and offered rural employment opportunities.

“I was asked to manage the project and found it to be a great option to see out my working career.

“You will not find an area anywhere in New Zealand more easy to access with a greater diversity of native wildlife. The native forest is absolutely magnificent.

You won’t find taller or bigger diameter totara anywhere in the country.

“Native falcon, kaka, kakariki (the little green parrots), tui and bellbirds all reside here. The dawn chorus is deafening.

“There are short and long tail bats and the big bridges across the gorges and ridges on the timber trail have whio blue duck populations.”

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totara, miro, and kahikatea trees, as well as some exotic forestry and open vegetation.

This offers extensive views of the surrounding landscape and showcases the historic Ongarue Spiral which is a marvel of engineering.

John says the spiral allowed the logging tram to climb a short steep section quickly. There was a team of people involved directly with the Timber Trail.

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“It is absolutely a positive for the region. The primary service from my part was to get people in it to see the natural values that exist. The Maori history is

fantastic and very significant. There are more than 100 interpretation panels telling the history of Pureora.

“The whole purpose was to provide employment opportunities and it has done that. A significant lodge is going to be built at the midpoint at Piri Piri — this will add to the experience and employ more people and that is exciting.”

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According to the paper the Generation Y consumers are waiting in the wings to hold power and shape future markets.

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These false claims of products being organic has impacted on the growth of the organic movement. However, today’s consumers are fully aware of organic certified logos which guide them towards genuine products.

During our Road Show this year we are pushing for the need to move away from chemical production based around the new consumer demand for safe certified, nutritiously dense food produced in an animal friendly, sustainable and ecofriendly manner, this is the new demand and it’s increasing globally.

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Looking to the future As Cheal settles into its 76th year of operation, they have seen a few Taupo winters — winters with dirt roads and a few buildings to winters booming with tourism and its ever-popular Winter Fest.

Initially a small surveying practice back in 1940, Cheal now includes civil, structural and geotechnical engineering, resource management planning and laser scanning surveys in its offer of services.

They have an in depth understanding of the land, its behaviours and the complex processes needing to be navigated in order for their clients to realise their goals.

Business manager Rebecca Hawke says the company is proud to be part of the growth of the town over the years and they are excited to see new subdivisions and more people making the choice to At Cheal they pride themselves on being part of both invest in and relocate to Taupo.

Taupo’s growth. Pictured are Cheal Consultants “We have been here since it was a team members Thomas Brand and Kendall Goode small settlement with dirt roads to a one of the top tourism destinations in New Zealand fact that our clients keep coming back to with a vibrant commerce and industry sector,” us. We are happy to do work from a very she says. small land development to a multi-million “We are a community-minded organisation. dollar project.”

All our shareholders work in the business so we With a network of six offices throughout have a vested interest in both the business and the Central North Island, Waikato, Ruapehu, our clients’ projects being successful.”

Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay regions, The Cheal team is skilled with a passion for Cheal works on a wide range of projects, the projects they work on and the history they from small 2-lot residential subdivisions play a part in creating. Excellence in delivery through to large scale developments to their clients is inherent in their culture. in the urban, rural, environmental and “We place a huge amount of value on the industrial sectors.

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The inaugural Taupo Winter Festival will be a celebration of the arts, theatre and a whole lot of fun for all the family. Among the free activities on offer will be a 35-metre long ice slide, nighttime adventure light trail, free pancake breakfast, a mid — winter dip in Lake Taupo and a giant 20-metre community colouring in. The streets of the CBD will be alive with lots of activity and a wide variety of entertainment to enjoy.

The evening enter tainment programme includes comedy, theatre and music. Thursday night theatre features the talented duo of Amelia Dunbar and Emma Newborn who team up in Sons of a Bitch — the hilarious new doggy show that follows on from their very popular The Bitches Box. Friday evening patrons will be entertained at the whisky and Jazz event by Wellington based The Dancing And Drinking Society (DADS), who bring their swing blues sounds to Taupo for the first time. Hilton Lake Taupo will host a traditional Saturday

high-tea and a superb chamber music candlelit performance with two well know musicians, Douglas Mews on the fortepiano and Robert Ibell on the cello performing as part of their ‘Hammers and Horsehair’ tour.

By Saturday night it is time for a laugh and a dance. World renowned Wilson Dixon will take care of the laughs and will be followed by New Zealand’s leading eighties touring band, AutoMatic 80s.

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Students win innovator award Proving that age is no barrier to innovation agribusiness students from St Paul’s Collegiate have gone up against university students from throughout the country, to win this year’s Young Innovators award at Fieldays Ben McColgan, Hugh Jackson, Connor Gordon and Angus Kelly’s winning product Crankworks is a post hole borer holder that attaches to a trailer or motorbike to assist a single person with bore hole production by eliminating the twisting movement.

The four young innovators developed the product in one of their Agribusiness classes at St Paul’s.

Hugh Jackson, Ben McColgan, PM John Key, Angus Kelly The students all agreed it and Hon Nathan Guy at the Fieldays Innovation site was a good experience and a great opportunity. awesome to win the award. “We haven’t “We seemed to gather quite a bit of had a group discussion yet about what interest at our site. It might have been we will do with the $1,000 prize.” because there were four young people Angus Kelly agreed saying it was a there with an interesting concept. We nice feeling to win — “we weren’t really had quite a lot of people giving us advice expecting it.” and saying how we could make it better, The Agribusiness programme was which was pretty cool because we said created by St Paul’s, DairyNZ and Beef thank you and told them that we would + LambNZ to inspire secondary school take that on board and actually make it students to consider a career in the better,” says Connor Gordon. primary industries by opening their “It was pretty good winning over some eyes to the world of opportunities in of the universities and people who were the sector that go beyond the farm gate. older than us,” said Ben McColgan.

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I have just been running some trimming workshops on the West Coast and found myself regularly confronted with the continuing acceptance that physical force is the main contributor to lameness in New Zealand, together with a reluctance to accept that Laminitis is a very real problem here. So, do we have laminitis in New Zealand? There are people who believe we don’t because ‘it has not been proven’.

What difference would it make? Why would we care? I believe that if you really want to solve a problem, you need to know what causes the problem. How else are you going to solve it? I believe that if we try to keep lameness under control by solving all the physical issues then we are only solving the symptoms.

So, what is my point? When I talk about laminitis I am talking about an unhealthy live tissue in the hoof caused by internal imbalances.

The symptoms of an unhealthy live tissue are haemorrhaging, holes and cracks, deformed hoofs and just about anything else we see wrong with the hoof. Most people mistakenly assume that all those symptoms are caused by standing on stones and other ‘sharp objects’, or ‘pushing cows too hard’ and therefore adding too much pressure on the hooves. The problem here is that this has never been proven to be the case.

However, the fact that those symptoms are mainly a domestic cow issue and not so much a wild cow issue shows that there has to be more going on than just physical forces. I would argue that a cow in the wild is a lot harder on her hooves than a domestic cow on our farms.

The fact that those symptoms are more cow-related than hoof-related raises questions. Why are those symptoms symmetrical on both feet on most cows? That doesn’t make sense if it was caused by physical force. Also, why do we see haemorrhaging up on the dorsal wall? How could physical force be the cause of that? Why do we see the outer claw deformed much more often than the inner claw? Why do most cows go lame on the rear hooves

if they only carry 40% of the weight?

Why do we see mostly the outside claws displaying these symptoms if this is supposed to be the claw with the most protection? Why does it have a positive effect on the cow when we take some of that protection away by trimming?

Think about it. How do you explain all those things from a physical force point of view?

Research overseas has shown that diet and stress have a major impact on lameness. I know we are in New Zealand, but if it looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, it waddles like a duck and it flies like a duck it probably is a duck.

We need to understand this properly because it will affect our management style — all of a sudden, controlled starvation becomes a problem rather than a tool, only one water trough may not be enough, and having cows out of the paddock for long periods of time becomes an issue, and the list goes on. I do not understand why people

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The plight of the dairy industry Some 800 dairy farmers attended the DairyNZ conference at Mystery Creek to hear Bill English, and other keynote speakers say the government was extremely grateful and thanked dairy farmers for their valuable contribution to the NZ economy.

Mr English also recognised that more than 85% of NZ dairy farmers’ businesses were at risk due to the current milk price crisis and that some farmers will not make it through.

A number of sharemilkers are also abandoning their sharemilking careers due to banks foreclosing on them. The Farmers of New Zealand banking team have been working very hard with our sharemilker members dealing with their banks.

Sharemilkers make a very valuable contribution to the dairy industry. The operating environment over the last 30 years has been characterised by the large payout fluctuations. The price of land has increased significantly.

The NZ dairy industry has a history of innovative owner operators progressing through from wages to sharemilking,

to farm ownership. The path to farm ownership taken by these farmers has become increasingly difficult to follow with increasing herd size and increasing land values. Many state that achieving farm ownership without family assistance is no longer possible.

Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings told the DairyNZ conference that Fonterra had to start telling the world the New Zealand story. He said the #431AM promotion that Fonterra has initiated, featuring Richie McCaw, would be a major marketing plank in moving forward to promote Fonterra to the world.

I believe Theo’s presentation to the conference demonstrated that he is completely out of touch with what is happening on the farm. He seemed to be detached from the audience. I doubt that Richie McCaw, apart from a bit of

PR work, is going to be able to change the economic plight of the industry one iota. The quality of other speakers was excellent. Rabobank’s Tim Hunt spelt out very clearly what the dairy industry worldwide is facing.

The fact is the world has too much milk and it could take a significant amount of time before farmer returns recover. On a wider scale, the European Commission President, JeanClaude Juncker, is to meet Russian President Putin in an endeavour to settle the current European trade embargo against Russia. The European farmers, particularly the French, are

now demonstrating and burning their agriculture products because they do not support the current trade bans against Russia.

In the United States many Americans are protesting against the current political establishment. While the world is awash with milk and other dairy products, there is a worldwide food crisis affecting more than three billion people, half the world’s population, who are short of food. What is missing is the political will on the part of world governments, industry and finance, to support the alternatives that are needed to correct it.

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As he lay on the forest floor for almost an hour after a forestry accident a lot went through Danny McBride’s mind and a life changing commitment to make a difference was made.

“I pretty much knew straight away it was a spinal cord injury and there was not a lot I could do about it,” he explained.

“I thought about my two young kids and my partner at home and made a vow to myself then that I wanted to carry on and move forward. There was fear and pain because you still haven’t been found yet but in that hour of waiting there was also basically time to grieve and come to grips with the situation.”

The day was January 27, 1999 and although it had started the same as many others had done during his six years in a commercial logging crew, it unfortunately ended on a very different note when he was struck from behind by a random rotten spar while felling trees and fracturing his T12 vertebrae.

Ironically, since the accident Danny hasn’t had time to sit down much. He’s represented New Zealand in wheelchair basketball and at the 2012 Paralympics as a single sculler in adaptive rowing.

He has also become one of the country’s leading innovators in the field of Health and Safety.

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Danny has established his business, Linksafe, to meet the needs of contractors and small business owners throughout the country in their quest to get simple, practical, Health and Safety Management solutions, from both a knowledge and experience point of view. With the recent introduction of the new Health and Safety at Work Act it’s a great opportunity to get started.

“Although we are qualified and formally registered, we approach things from a grass roots level, and make it understandable and reasonably enjoyable. Myself, and the other owner of Linksafe both come from a working background in the primary sectors and being involved with staff and clients on that same level is what drives us.

“If we can help keep people safe and get them home to their families each day then we can ask for nothing more than that.”

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WHITE RATA FARM SITUATED IN TE AKATEA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BEEF AND LAMB FARMS IN NEW ZEALAND TO GO ORGANIC AND MORE THAN 30 YEARS LATER THE FAMILY SAY THEY KNOW FOR CERTAIN THEY MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.

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hen John Hodgson purchased the 1,800-hectare farm from his father Jeff in 1958 thoughts of farming organically were the last thing on his mind. In fact it wasn’t until the early 1980s when John had a bad reaction to chemicals used in docking lambs that a decision to go organic was made.

“Initially it started when I became ill from a chemical poisoning when we were docking lambs and spraying the tails for fly strike. I was ill for a day or two, from inhaling spray drift and that

initiated our decision. Prior to that John says his late wife Marcella had been trying to instigate a change to organic for a number of years.

“She was a definite believer in organics and always in those early days questioned our farming practices.”

Their six children all grew up on the traditional Angus beef and Te Akatea Romney stud farm called White Rata, which is the European translation of Te Akatea where the farm is located and also the name of the native tree commonly found in the region.

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the Raglan food fest recently and five of the Hodgson siblings along with two brother-in-laws, two sister-in-laws and a nephew were there to help as well as John and his partner Suse. “It was great to see the help from everyone — we literally had the whole family working and supporting each other and everyone was just paid in love and burger patties,” says Rosalie Since the launch in November last year things have really taken off. Their organic meat is now being sold at a number of cafes and restaurants and farm shops in the region as well as being available at the Hamilton Farmers market. Rosalie says the meat basically sells itself because it tastes so good.

“We’ve had such great feedback. We get lots of regulars and heaps of people saying we haven’t tasted meat like this in so long.”

The meat they sell is born, raised and finished on the farm and all products sold are preservative, nitrate and gluten-free.

“We provide Angus beef burgers to a couple of cafes — there’s no filler they’re just 100 per cent Angus beef and people love the flavour. It just shows you don’t need all those additives for it to taste amazing.”

Rosalie only recently returned to the farm after a few years away studying a Bachelor of Management at Waikato University majoring in marketing followed by a few years working here and overseas as a business analyst.

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Daniel who has a degree in commerce from Lincoln University and a graduate diploma in applied science has been farm manager for the past six years.

He also happens to be a very eligible bachelor according to his sister. He says his focus isn’t only on farming organically but farming ethically as well and that’s why the family have decided to place 700 acres of the farm’s native forest into a covenant.

“It just means now it will be there for the future.”

The family also plant poplars and do riparian planting each year as a way of minimising their impact on the soils and waterways, while also making the farm a more healthy and pleasant environment for the sheep and cattle.

“It’s about improving water quality downstream and to improve the farm environment. I guess you could say we’re greenies at heart — we’re a bit green in the blood — we enjoy seeing the bush regenerating and improving over time and just seeing the native bird life,” says Daniel.

At the end of the day the family all agree the decision to go organic was the right one.

“I’m proud of what we’ve achieved and I do think that while financially it hasn’t been as worthwhile as conventional, I just feel on principle that what we’ve achieved and what we’ve tried to achieve as a family is better for the customer in general and good for the environment,” says John Hobson.

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The Optum range consists of two models with compact 6.7 litre NEF engines, with 270 or 300hp at a rated speed of 2,100rpm and a maximum power of 313hp at 1,800rpm for the larger of the two models.

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And he’d definitely be one to know. The Case IH range now spans 220 distinct models, with the Optum series directed squarely at the large livestock operation or agricultural contractor.

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Farmers are being urged to thoroughly manage risks during burn-offs after a company was fined $72,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $107,000 following the death of an employee.

The employee died when he became trapped by fire in a gully during a burnoff on a 13,500-hectare high country station near Cromwell on September 3, 2014.

At the Alexandra District Court, Northburn Limited was sentenced on a charge under the Health and Safety in Employment Act for failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of an employee.

WorkSafe New Zealand’s investigation found that Northburn Limited did not have an effective system for managing health and safety, and there was no documented plan in place for a burn-off — considered a high-risk task.

WorkSafe’s Chief Inspector, Keith Stewart, says there were numerous practicable steps Northburn Limited could have taken to prevent the death of the employee.

“There were various methods available to Northburn Limited, including using a sufficient number of trained people to

carry out the burn-off. It is considered industry best practice that both sides of a gully should be burnt simultaneously.

“The company did not identify a safe area for employees to retreat to, or an escape route, or that the fire was lit from an ‘anchor point’, a safe area to start a fire from.

“There was also no adequate communication system, or a person acting as a lookout. The victim was not provided proper personal protective equipment.”

The day of the victim’s death was the second day he had been involved in a burn-off — he had no training for the task and he was at times left unsupervised.

“This incident is a tragic reminder that planning and the use of good information is essential for a safe and effective burn-off,” says WorkSafe’s Agriculture Programme Manager, Al McCone.

“For many farmers, burn-offs are a useful and routine tool to encourage growth. What is important is thinking

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“There is a range of guidance on burnoffs including The Landowners Guide to Land Clearing by Prescribed Burning from the national rural fire authority.

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