Waikato Farming Lifestyles, March 2016

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“The industry’s leaders including dairy company chairs and chief executives and Federated Farmers’ dairy section have met over the past month to discuss the serious situation and considered joint actions and options for support,” said DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle.

“With the forecast Fonterra farmgate milk price dropping, farmers will receive even less milk income than expected this winter and spring. That’s when this latest drop in income will hit hard.

“This reduction equates to farmers getting less dairy revenue than expected this year.

“It is extremely tough right now for farmers — some more than others.

Farmers’ ability to survive the downturn will depend on the size of their debt and the level of their costs. Sharemilkers are one of the very vulnerable groups and so we are already currently running joint workshops with Federated Farmers to help them look at their options.

“As we feared, the milk price has been low for too long. We’re keen to see interest rates come down after the last OCR cut. That will help all farmers. Many are also looking at other income they can bring in off-farm or through diversification.

“I’ve met with all the banks to talk through the issues at an industry level.

We are working with other key groups like Federated Farmers, the Dairy Women’s Network and Rural Support Trusts to ensure a united approach to pooling all our resources,” he says.

Dr Mackle says that with support from communities, regions and the banks, the industry and most farmers will be able to find a way through the current downturn.

“We have a history of doing that.

We know farmers have already made significant adjustments to reduce costs.

We are going back to what has helped us be competitive over many decades — a relentless focus on pasture and reducing reliance on supplements.

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Tactics campaign and other key events for some time now, designed to drive down farm system costs and provide access to tools and support to make changes in their business.

“Farmers are using the obvious levers at their disposal to manage volatility in milk price — culling cows instead of using supplementary feed to maintain cow condition.

DairyNZ is stepping up its personal contact with farmers with more farm visits and phone calls. We will be going up driveways to connect with farmers we don’t see so often.

A series of ‘What are my options?’ events are taking place nationwide helping sharemilkers, contract milkers and their farm owners plan a path forward over the next year.

The industry has renewed its focus on pasture — it is a key driver of farming competitively through both high and low milk price situations. A series of workshops starting at the end of March will see us working with farmers to focus on tight and skilled pasture management.

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Dairy farmers currently recruiting staff for next season are encouraged to consider their options for managing the working week. With farm recruitment underway nationwide, DairyNZ and Federated Farmers are encouraging farmers to attract the best people by offering up the best work environment.

“During recruitment is an ideal time to look at staff rosters,” said Federated Farmers Waikato president, Chris Lewis.

“The average New Zealand farm has two or three staff and one particularly common farming issue regarding work/ life balance is a good roster.”

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by Federated Farmers and DairyNZ, suggests dairy farm employees on a well-designed roster should normally work no more than 50 hours per week and no more than 10 hours per day.

“It’s a simple thing but having a good roster gives employers an edge in the recruitment process if they can show potential staff what their working hours will be, because at the end of the day, we are all competing for the best people,” said Mr Lewis.

“Being able to show candidates what their weeks will look like and their days off is an advantage.”

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FROM LIFESTYLE BLOCK TO FARMING

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Rachael Foy is 24-years-old and grew up on her parents’ 70-acre lifestyle block in Waikato where she was involved with rearing calves, shifting stock, and taking calves to pet days at primary school.

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“I have a younger brother and sister.

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A local farmer taught Rachel how to milk when she was 12-years-old and she continued to help out there on

weekends and in school holidays right through college.

“When I was at high school I used to run the land for my parents on my own and move the stock around, do the drenching and work out the grazing plan.

“I did relief milking for other farmers as well and I studied agriculture by correspondence whilst attending Huntly College. I also had the opportunity to spend a day a week on a farm for a couple of terms through the Gateway programme. I fell in love with farming back then and haven’t looked back.”

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“This season is going really well — we are ahead from last season and on track to be grade free.

“The decrease in milk payout has affected us and may have an impact on how we run things next season. I advise people to just do the best thing they can do for the farm. I am on wages which helps.

“I believe the outlook is bright. The world population is growing and so will the demand for milk. It is important to try and stay positive and do the best you can with what you have. Being outdoors and working with animals is a great lifestyle.”

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“We milk a mixture of breeds and feed palm kernel extract all year round. with grass silage and maize silage fed as required. This year we used 10 hectares of turnips and rape as our summer crop.

“I am in charge of the day-to-day management of the farm including the two farm assistants, pasture, animal health, supplement use, shed, milk quality, and the management of the effluent system.

“I enjoy the outdoors and working with both animals and people alike. I also have a keen interest in the business, analytical and record keeping side of farming.

“I appreciate the opportunities for development that the agricultural industry offers. The ability to work your way through the industry to develop your own business is unique to this industry.”

Her goals are to become self employed with multiple farming ventures whether this is through ownership of land, equity partnerships or sharemilking or a combination of all three.

“I am also interested in the potential opportunities that the growing interest in sheep milking may present.

Rachael is the current chairperson of North Waikato Young Farmers Club and she is a calf judge for Waikato A&P Association.

“I attend church in Huntly and am a leader at a local youth group, and I enjoy sport and spending time with family and friends. Joining young farmers is great for the social side and getting off the farm and talking to like minded people and I enjoy the leadership development that is available. I have entered into the district finals a couple of times for Young Farmers.

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Derek has been in the beef industry for more than 20 years and has worked in large studs in New Zealand and overseas. His stud, Premier Cattle Company, was founded in 2008 with the ‘Premier’ prefix added when he registered his first Hereford cow in 1993.

Derek decided to disperse the Hereford herd in 2011 and purchased some top Speckle Park cows and heifers from Maungahina Stud and, by using an embryo programme, he increased his herd.

In 2007 Mark made a trip to Canada where the unique speckled cattle caught his eye. After a rigorous inspection Mark was excited to find they were well structured, moderate framed and soft, easy keeping cattle.

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“They are a high yielding carcass cattle of up to 68 per cent with lots of trial data backing that up. They have also won carcass competitions around the world.”

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For Agrissentials these are positive times, as farmers look for alternative methods to help reduce their on-farm costs. Now the most cost effective move to begin with is to start fixing your nitrogen requirements directly out of the atmosphere, with the help of soil micro-organisms and start storing that nitrogen in the organic matter of the soil, courtesy of the soil biology.

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Peak period for injuries The last of the summerfruit is being harvested and Royal Gala picking is underway, beans, courgettes and peppers are bursting out all over the place and everyone’s tired — bringing a heightened risk of accidents in growing operations.

Injury rates in the horticulture sector soar during the main growing season and growers are being reminded to keep a close eye on managing health and safety.

Statistics from ACC and WorkSafe reveal injury rates begin climbing sharply in January and peak between February and April. Last year alone, 124 people were severely injured in horticulture, with an additional 1,173 suffering less severe injuries.

The most common cause of injuries is falls from height, including from ladders, stepladders and trees. Other causes of severe injury and death include being struck by a moving cherrypicker, catching limbs in machinery and vehicles touching power cables.

“Harvesting of fruit crops at height, fatigue and the large influx of seasonal workers — many with little understanding of safe work practices and some with English as a second language — all contribute to the significant spike in injuries,” says WorkSafe’s agriculture programme manager Al McCone.

“Although horticulture has a lower incidence of accidents than pastoral agriculture, the injury rates at this time of the year underline the need for growers to take care during busy times.

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The first step is to ensure your home is insulated — and that your hot water system is thermally lagged, along with as much pipework as possible. Often, homeowners ask if they should choose either underfloor insulation or more batts in the roof space — the real answer is ‘both’.

Think of the home like a chilly bin — the ideal situation involves complete coverage. But hot air rises and is easily lost through a poorly insulated roof. Many people have not checked the state of their ceiling insulation for years, and it may have degraded into virtual uselessness.

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

Thus, farmers are still investing in the important equipment which allows them to run a modern, healthy and qualitycontrolled operation, whether in dairy, dry stock or even in cropping.

Fonterra walk the line this season between ensuring global standards of excellence in their finished product, and ensuring that their key shareholders, the farmers working at the ‘coalface’

of production, are financially secure.

No matter the barometer of global trade, and TPPA notwithstanding, the rules for standards of hygiene and the temperature of vats and chillers are unwavering.

It’s not just the equipment in and around the milking shed which must meet new standards. As an example of wider requirements, Fonterra now requires new, repaired, or structurally upgraded tanker roadway bridges or crossings to be certified to at least 53 tonne, allowing safe access for their fleet.

Waterways must be fenced to ensure environmental standards are met, with results in stream and river purity already being felt in the Waikato and beyond as a result.

On the flip side, some rivers have been closed to swimming and fishing this year due to unintentional runoff, putting water purity in the headlines. The incursion of cattle into rivers and lakes has prompted calls for harsh fines, and renewed the debate over fencing

waterways entirely. These factors, along with the machinery required to hygienically wash down milking sheds and equipment, and the modern milking systems needed to cut back on ills like mastitis, mean that, season after season, the backbone infrastructure of farms must be kept in good shape, no matter what mother nature or global commerce throw at us.

A good example is the robust new systems used to treat dairy effluent — systems which turn what was once

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your fingernail underneath the horn then bacteria and dirt can get in there and this is just a recipe for infection. So, when you see an underrun sole all that horn needs to come off. That may mean that the whole sole has to come off in some cases. Don’t be afraid to do so; just try to not make the claw bleed. If the lame claw ends up with the live tissue exposed and you can’t create enough height difference between the two claws, then you should glue a claw block to the healthy claw. This way the sore claw is artificially raised off the ground. The theory here goes — if in doubt use a claw block.

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Building dairy industry skills A partnership between industry training organisation Competenz and the New Zealand Milking and Pumping Trade Association has resulted in New Zealand’s first nationally recognised apprenticeship qualification for dairy engineers.

The qualification, the New Zealand Apprenticeship in Dairy Systems — Engineering, will build the skills and careers of a group of people who play an essential role in supporting New Zealand’s biggest industry — the engineers who design, install and maintain the milking, pumping and effluent systems that keep dairy farms running 365 days a year.

Learners will gain the qualification through a three-year apprenticeship training programme.

“The NZMPTA has been championing an apprenticeship programme for the dairy industry for many years and we’re thrilled that, with the expertise of Competenz, it’s now in place,” says NZMPTA president and country manager of Grundfos Pumps, Simon Fletcher.

“This nationally recognised qualification addresses the shortfall of skilled tradespeople in the milk harvesting, pumping and water application sectors of the industry.

While it’s largely engineering-based, the apprenticeship delivers a range of skills, knowledge and workmanship.

“It will help the industry attract new people and offer them career paths, lift the level of skill in the industry and

set consistent standards. Employers, employees and the farming clients we work with will all benefit.”

Competenz industr y manager Peter Ferguson says strong industry representation from the NZMPTA has helped the Competenz team understand the technical skills dairy technicians need to work productively and safely, and agree on the qualification’s structure and content.

“Dairy is such an important industry for New Zealand and our regional communities. So we’re really pleased to be able to help the industry build the skills it needs, right through the supply chain, to be internationally competitive.”

Peter says apprenticeships are a structured, proven way to build skills.

“Most learning takes place on the job. So apprentices are gaining practical skills that are directly relevant to the job they’re doing.”

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Recharge — the message is getting through “Finally,” says Gerard Anselmi of Recharge the Battery Additive, “after 18 years on the market in New Zealand and 13 years in Australia, the message is getting through. Don’t put Recharge in dead batteries, they are dead,” he says.

“The big issue is every battery you buy is sulphated. Treat batteries early with Recharge, repeat the process every two years and keep batteries charged by backing up with a mains powered charge every six months or so and most batteries will go a long time — 10 years or more. Yes you will get some failing

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Lead acid batteries usually die prematurely from sulfation build-up on internal lead plates, corroding the lead plates and compromising the batteries’ holding capacity,” and according to Gerard Anselmi, “most batteries are ready sulphated when you buy them so treating them early and keep them charged will prevent premature battery failure with the simple Recharge Battery Conditioning Programme.

RECHARGE is available from Farmlands. The 500ml farmer pack works out at $4.50 per car battery or $8.50 to treat an N-70zz light commercial battery. A more cost effective 2-litre commercial pack is also available and can also be purchased on line at www.recharge.net.nz or on TradeMe. As RECHARGE is acid based it is dangerous goods and expensive to freight; the 2-litre bottle is therefore, the only one that we sell directly. The 2-litre pack treats 42 x N-70 batteries or 22

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With farmers seeking economical options and eschewing needless luxury on their working rolling stock, it’s nice to see a new model in the ATV market which does not at all seem like a compromise.

Introduced just a year ago, the Can Am L series of off-road machines represented an entry level into to the popular brand. Now, after 12 months of feedback from customers worldwide, Can Am have sharpened up the L series into something even more practical — offering new engines with more power, more towing capacity, more rack space and the option to jump into a ‘fully loaded’ model right off the showroom floor.

The updated Outlander L series is led up by the 570 for 2016 — a powerful addition to the range. With a brand new 48 horsepower Rotax v-twin providing the get up and go, the 570 is a step up from the single-piston 430 which is also available to L riders.

With eight valves and a classically ‘bulletproof’ single overhead cam system, the new Rotax gains faster acceleration without compromising top end speed.

Petrolhead purists will appreciate how this has been achieved — not through computer tinkering, but by beefing up the size of the pistons and lengthening the stroke. It’s old-school engineering,

but it works perfectly at the heart of what is assuredly a multi-functional tool on the farm. Combine that new mill with tried and tested torsional trailing arms at the back and independent A-arms at the front — plus a healthy ride height — and there is not much the L 570 can’t slog through.

It’ll attack the paddocks towing 590kgs, with a further 163 onboard.

That’s plus a full-sized rider — so it’s a good thing that Can Am have fitted out their new model with their proprietary Visco-lok automatically locking front diff for acres of grip.

A popular choice for those interested in taking the L 570 to work is the option of an ‘LE’ package — a collection of ‘most wanted’ optional extras bundled together to further reduce costs.

Notably, this package includes Can Am’s tri-mode power steering, along with upgrades such as beefier front and rear bumpers and a super-tough seat skin.

We’re sure to see a lot of Can Am’s new Defender in the farming press this year, but the 570 L — especially when fitted out with that bundle of extras — is bound to cause a stir as well.

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Is it time to call time on CEO? Reports that Fonterra boss Theo Speirings, was abused while visiting the Northland Field Days is of concern, but one can understand the anger of many farmers who are questioning his judgement and his ongoing statements that Fonterra has got the fundamentals right in spite of low prices.

On January 20, Spierings told Bloomberg Fonterra would maintain its $4.60 per Kg forecast pay-out for the forthcoming season. On January 28 Fonterra lowered its forecast for the 2015-2016 season from $4.60 per kg milk solids to $4.15 per kg of milk solids. On March 9, Fonterra announced the current season forecast had been reduced to $3.90 per kg of milk solids.

It is my opinion it is time to question Theo Spierings’ judgement. After watching and listening to his message to farmers over the last 20 months it is my view that he over promises and under delivers and sends very mixed messages to milk suppliers.

His role as Fonterra chief executive is very important as New Zealand dairy farmers throughout their long history have placed a great trust in their dairy leaders that they have got it right. There

has been the odd mistake particularly when Jim Graham of the then NZ Dairy Board had a meeting I once attended and told suppliers that the pay-out forecast for the coming season was going to be good and yet within months the NZ Dairy Board introduced a policy whereby it would pay dairy farmers to go out of milking because of an oversupply of milk affecting world markets. It was surprising the number of farmers who took this offer up at the time.

Spierings can’t use the excuse that he was overtaken by the speed of world events regarding milk supply. Fonterra has 6000 employees throughout the world. There would be no excuse for them not to comprehend the dramatic effects of the United States trade ban against Russia.

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Fonterra is reported in the press that it is introducing a 90-day delayed payment system for its trade suppliers. This will ruin many rural businesses that support Fonterra and the rural community.

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