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Research funding for myrtle rust will total $5 million over three years, with research for kauri dieback receiving $8.75 million. That is on top of previous research funding of $6.9 million for myrtle rust and $4.7 million for kauri dieback allocated in 2018/19.

“Our best researchers will continue to work with their international colleagues, with mana whenua, industry, and communities to develop new ways of reducing damage to vulnerable plants and landscapes, and future-proof them against these and other plant diseases.

“This announcement delivers on our coalition agreement with New Zealand First to increase support for countering myrtle rust and kauri dieback,” says Ms Woods.

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Fund open for agribusiness The value of New Zealand’s food and fibre sectors is set to grow as a primary sector investment fund opens for business.

“Proposals for the $40 million a year Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures fund must demonstrate they will deliver benefits beyond the applicants to wider New Zealand, such as creating new highvalue jobs in rural communities,” said agriculture minister, Damien O’Connor.

Anyone with a project that could make a difference to New Zealand’s food and fibre sectors could be eligible for funding through Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures. SFF Futures funds innovative projects that will create more value from the food and fibre industries.

“The primary industries bring in more than $40 billion a year in export revenue and drove the latest GDP growth with agriculture, forestry and fisheries up 4.1 per cent. Our challenge and opportunity is to generate more value from these industries while sustaining the natural resources we depend upon for future generations.”

Mr O’Connor says SFF Futures provides a single gateway for farmers, growers and organisations to seek investment in projects that help our economic engine move from volume to value.

“The projects will grow important industries, deliver environmental and sustainability benefits, foster collaboration, build capability, create new products, services and jobs, and importantly retain the benefits in New Zealand.

“This fits in with the work of the Primary Sector Council, which is taking a good look into the future of our primary sectors to help direct a strategic path forward for each sector. Together SFF Futures and the Primary Sector Council

will help our farmers and growers run their operations sustainably and profitably, driving a strong economy that helps raise the living standards of all New Zealanders.”

Projects could be about developing new products or services, or ideas for creating new jobs, increasing skills and capability or encouraging better collaboration and information sharing. They can range from small, one-off initiatives requiring a small grant, to long-running, multimillion-dollar partnerships.

SFF supports applied research and projects led by farmers, growers, and foresters. Some of the first 1,000 projects supported have included facing up to facial eczema, exploring fresh ways to safeguard against mastitis at dry off, dairying and peat soils and how bovine disease can be wiped out. Saving grapevines from trunk diseases, utilising laser scanning in horticulture and eradicating beetles as well as controlling crop contamination and managing the inputs in fodder beet systems.

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Protecting

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Since 2006 volunteers for the Donkey and Mule Protection Trust NZ have been rescuing and rehoming donkeys giving them another chance at life, helping to ensure these equines live their days as well-cared-for members of their new families.

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he protection trust works with six affiliated rescue and rehoming centres around New Zealand, and while each is independently owned and operated, they are financially supported when they need assistance with veterinary, microchipping or farriery costs.

At the Mamaku centre in Rotorua, donkeys that stay have a job to do. The operator there, Pauline Sainsbury, works with two local intermediate schools who have a programme for children needing extra attention.

“They are lovely kids who thoroughly enjoy cuddling Rosie one of my elderly

donkeys — they also help me feed out hay and give the donkeys a treat of apples and carrots.”

“The kids love this as most of them have never seen a donkey up close let alone feeding and listening to the stories that each donkey has,” said Pauline. “I also take some of my rescued donkeys to kindys, schools, church functions and rest homes.”

Pauline has 13 resident donkeys currently but has rehabilitated and rehomed more than 250 with supporters’ help. According to Pauline, not all have come from bad welfare situations. Sometimes their friend may have passed away, or a pair is no longer wanted if a family moves home

A rescued Jenny and her foal

or grandchildren are not interested in them.

“Every donkey that comes here comes with a story, some very sad but some not, and it’s a very happy ending for them.”

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In Taranaki, at Motukawa Rehoming Centre, Barbara Jones has rehomed 10 donkeys in the last 12 months, mainly jacks, who are “no longer cute wee things but downright dangerous.”

“I've had jacks who've killed lambs, alpacas and terrorised dogs,” said Barbara. “People think donkeys are low maintenance, but in fact, they're just the opposite.”

The biggest welfare problem the trust encounters is dealing with ungelded and often unhandled males, called jacks. As with many entire males in the animal kingdom, they do not make good pets, can be very unsociable and are entirely unsuitable around children.

It is reported that some farmers paddock a donkey jack with bulls to stop them fighting, but donkeys quickly get overweight and founder on the rich grass that cattle graze. Feeding requirements are quite the opposite to this for ideal maintenance; they need mainly long, old grass or hay as roughage and love thistles, blackberry, and willow.

They require similar hoof care to horses, need regular worming and as they do not have a waterproof coat, rain soaks a donkey right through. They are very susceptible to pneumonia, so need shelter and ideally a cover.

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equine friends, and their human carer.

In the wild in their natural environment donkeys may live 50 to 60 years, however, donkeys only live approximately 30 years in New Zealand due to their lack of appropriate care.

Though they are of the equine family, donkeys have a trait quite different from horses — if in danger they cannot run fast or far and are more likely to stand and fight. Donkeys do not show fear as a horse will, and when considered to be stubborn, they are actually freezing as

they sense something is not right, and they have decided the safest thing is to wait until the danger has passed.

Three rescue centres are also in the South Island, situated in Nelson, Canterbury, and Southland, and anyone wanting to report a donkey needing attention can contact the trust through their website donkey-mule-trust.org.nz.

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• BY ANN VAN ENGELEN • Percy and Linda Sharp relocated from Zimbabwe to New Zealand in 2003 due to the political turmoil of their homeland and have created a new life helping improve cattle genetics both here and internationally.

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ercy trained in South Africa as a veterinarian and was forced to leave the farm that was in his family for 100 years.

“Our application to move to New Zealand was accepted, and now our whole family are here. I call them our most successful reproduction story,” says Percy.

“Shortly after I left vet school the family property became an option for me, so I started dairy farming and a veterinarian practice. My colleague specialised in embryo transfer work and trained me so I could work on my own cows and the interest developed.”

ET helps get progeny from exceptional females — whereas artificial insemination is getting progeny from superior males.

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quality cows and implant them into recipient cows so they can produce excellent calves. The older way is injecting cows with fertility drugs to release eggs and a week later collect the embryos.”

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“Previously you could only work on a non-pregnant animal. Now we collect eggs directly from ovaries and don't have to go into the uterus, and if she is early in calf the ovary is still accessible,” says Percy.

“The main drawback is we can’t make an embryo in a laboratory as robust as a cow can, so the success rates are not as high no matter how hard we try,

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but we can now collect eggs every four days instead of six-weekly for recovery time. There is a lot of specialised work involved and aim for 100 per cent success, but on an average, we usually get 50 per cent pregnancy rates.

“Another important use of ET is moving genetics internationally with ease. The embryo is put through a washing process and rendered diseasefree and is microscopic meaning less cost than relocating a live animal.”

Linda is responsible for the microscope and laboratory work.

“We at Embryo Transfer Services Ltd are one of the two companies in New Zealand that offer the IVF and Moet procedures operating throughout the North Island.

“Our biggest success was with a breed of cattle from Kenya that farmers wanted to establish in Zimbabwe. Due to foot and mouth disease, we couldn’t relocate animals, so we collected 500 embryos and produced 250 calves establishing the breed in Zimbabwe.”

Embryos of another indigenous breed were transferred from Zimbabwe to establish the stock in America.

“We still visit Zimbabwe, and our project at present is to establish KiwiCross cattle there. The dairy farming industry has been decimated by the political problems, but we keep hoping things will get better and believe New Zealand’s Friesian/Jersey cattle are ideal for the conditions.

“We love it here and are settled.

Most of the work we do is for people with registered pedigree cattle that go to agricultural shows wanting to get a few more calves out of their prize animals.

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The desired result of ET is to produce more calves from a superior mother.

“As an example, I worked on a young cow in America, and before she produced her own calf physically, she created 100 calves because we were able to use her eggs.

“The most difficult part is finding the right fertile cow that is on the same cycle to transfer the offspring into. It is frustrating when it doesn’t work, especially when there is no logical reason to explain why, but the success stories are fantastic. It is a numbers game, so you are better to work on 10 cows for a higher positive result than one cow and fail.”

Percy and Linda own a 12 acre block and four years ago decided to breed Wagyu cattle with imported embryos from Australia and now have nine Wagyu from those embryos.

“It is a way to help cash flow, and if you have a small block, you can do this comfortably by planning right. We also holistically manage, which is beyond organic — working with nature instead of against it. We now grow enough grass with major financial savings, and the meat is much better quality without chemical residues from fertiliser, pest and herbicides, and that makes our ET work even more positive.”

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Shirley Marsh grows a vast variety of plants in her nursery at Pukekawa including fruit trees, native plants and bromeliads and has fond memories of farming emus with her husband, Malcolm.

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“We had pairs for other people and used to incubate the eggs. Every day the eggs were weighed to make sure they were growing. We had a double bunk system with two shelves, and lights above them to keep them cosy. When they hatched and were big enough — they would go into a special room to exercise and play.

“They are funny characters and get up to all sorts of mischief. Malcolm

would work in the paddock and collect the eggs or fix the fences and the emus would watch and follow him. They would pick up his tools and run away with them and play games.”

Shirley says the return they received from the birds didn’t sustain the business and Malcolm also worked at the airport doing runway maintenance.

“It is ok if you had livestock, but as soon as you had the birds for meat — you lost profit.

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“Emu are much better to work with than ostriches. When you build an ostrich farm, the fencing has to be high, and you need planned escape routes because they can attack and kill you.”

Shirley says ostriches have one male to a group of females and are territorial — whereas emus have one lifelong partner and are social.

“They live up to 45 years and produce 30 eggs per season. The meat is low cholesterol and high in iron and protein.

It compares to beef in colour, taste and texture. An average hide produces about nine to 10 square feet of leather with a distinctive quill pattern and is very soft and pliable. The feathers are used in the fashion industry.”

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It has been used for centuries by the Australian Aborigines as a traditional treatment for arthritis, muscle and joint pain and a variety of skin conditions as an anti-inflammatory commonly used for eczema, dermatitis and burns,” says Shirley.

“I use it for scratches and rashes if I get spiked from bromeliads and my son uses it on his psoriasis.”

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Sam Tipping has clinched a spot in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Final after winning a qualifying event in Hamilton.

“I entered the district contest to benchmark myself, to come out on top was a bit of a surprise,” he said.

The 25-year-old is a Hamiltonbased agribusiness partner with BNZ, and in his spare time, he runs Kamaro Herefords, a thriving beef stud, which he established in Waitomo in late 2013.

“I have got about 30 breeding cows. Last year I started an Sam Tipping has clinched a spot in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year Regional Final artificial insemination programme to help fast-track the herd’s genetic gain.” ‘I could beat them’, so I entered,” The Hamilton City Young Farmers he said. member is a former fencing contractor The 24-year-old studied at whose work took him to Fiji where he Taratahi and spent six weeks in the spent a month erecting fences on a United Kingdom in 2013 as part of research station. He also took out a an exchange. junior sheep judging title at Hawke’s Bay “We visited arable farms, through to sheep, beef and dairy operations. premier agricultural show last month.

Sam will compete in the Waikato/ It was a pretty surreal experience,” Bay of Plenty Regional Final of the FMG he said.

Young Farmer of the Year in Matamata Nico was recently elected chair of and will face off against Josh Cozens, North Waikato Young Farmers and Colin Tremain and Nico Mather-Fabrello. plans to focus on the mental wellbeing Nico is second-in-charge on a station of the club’s members and get them off west of Huntly, which fattens 10,000 their farms more. lambs and 1,600 bulls a year.

The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional “I knew the fellas who got through to Final of the FMG Young Farmer of the the regional final last year, and I thought Year is on March 23.

Reminder to check Takata airbags Consumer Affairs minister Hon Kris Faafoi is urging New Zealanders to check if their vehicle has Takata Alpha-type airbags, which are being recalled.

The compulsory recall came into effect in April this year and data to the end of October shows there are still around 35,000 affected vehicles in New Zealand that are yet to be repaired, although almost 60 per cent have been repaired.

“We know many will be planning their summer trips now. In New Zealand, we have higher crash rates than we have seen before so it’s more important than ever that all vehicles have safe airbags.

“Consumers can check whether their vehicle has been affected by visiting rightcar.govt.nz and keying in their registration number. RightCar tells consumers if their vehicle has an Alphatype airbag that needs replacing and exactly what to do if that is the case.

“If a vehicle is affected, consumers will get their Alpha airbags replaced at no cost, no matter if the vehicle was purchased privately, through a dealer, new or second-hand.

“I urge anyone who has received a letter from their car’s distributor to act on it immediately and get their airbags replaced.

“Overseas there have been 23 known fatal cases of airbags exploding

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While the risk of that happening in New Zealand is low due to less humidity in the air, which the airbags are more susceptible to, we need consumers to get on board to bring risk levels down and keep our people safe.

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If your pet is on medications, ensure you have sufficient supply and leave clear instructions on administering them. Make sure the carer knows to leave fresh water out daily and explain routines, special beds or treats so your pet has things as normal as possible — whether they are a cat, dog, rabbit or alpaca.

When taking your pet with you plan ahead and check they are welcome and remember to enquire about restrictions at campsites, parks and beaches. The safest way for a dog or cat to travel is in a pet crate that has been securely anchored or a properly fitted harness

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If you own a farm or lifestyle block, this means having a plan for the care of your animals, gardens and property whilst you are away.

It is best to have someone stay at your property, so they are on hand with your livestock if something goes wrong.

To help them ensure you are stocked up on chicken food, horses hay and sheep pellets if need be and have a written plan for your animal care. Even housesitters can need backup if a sheep starts coughing or a goat eats grandma’s roses, so introduce them personally to your neighbours and give them phone numbers of people you trust should help be needed as well as your local veterinarian and supply store.

Sometimes it is just as easy to hire the neighbour’s teenager to feed the cats and chickens if they are home.

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An electronic system to water your veggie garden or nursery while you are away is often convenient and remember if you have raised beds they dry out faster than the ground and one hot week can destroy your hard work and veggie crop. Cheaper watering options are tap timers that screw onto your hose programmed for a good soak early

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Considering a pool With summer on its way, the idea for many families is to add a swimming pool to their property as a convenient way to have fun, cool off, entertain friends and hang out.

Swimming pools are a good way to get that much-needed exercise after a hard day’s work and they also add a new dimension aesthetically to a garden or yard. No matter what type of pool you are considering it is important to know that there are specific rules covering swimming pool creation and installation including excavation of the land, structure of the pool and the product that is used to create it. Regardless if it is for swimming, paddling or spa pools, these rules refer to anything that can be defined as a swimming pool.

If the pool has the capability of holding water with a depth greater than

400mm (16 inches) then it is required to be fenced in accordance with the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act — this includes blow up and temporary pools.

The Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987 exists to help protect children from the danger of drowning. It does this by requiring owners to fence their pools, and the act information covers doors and walls to buildings adjoining the pool, gates, fence height requirements, ground clearance and materials used.

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Swimming pool fences must only surround the pool and the area immediately around it. The area must only include things used in association with the pool, for example, changing sheds. It must not include things not related to the pool such as clotheslines, children’s playground equipment or vegetable gardens. Buildings and

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and whine, bear for me and whine fer you an’ Mum. We gonna hava turkee, or maybe bowl a good hoggit fer Krissmiss dinna?”

Then Sharlene give me a pat an’ made me day.”Tell yer wot. Lets get a good porker from our naybor Bluey. I know a certain Borda Colly wot rilly does a good job ona proppitty, wot also is a bit parshill to sum cracklin.”

Well readas, wen she sed that I turn me eye dog button on an’ give the Boss me very Best Stare, an’ held it wile I held me breth. An it werked, Boss give me a grin.

“Ya reckin ya desrve it Dog,” he sed.”Well, I reckin ya do. Tell ya wot deah, lets jump ina ute, go inta town.

We kin have lunch atta pub, an do our shoppin’ downa main street. Support the lokil shops.Yoo kin come too Dog an help choose a porker ona way back.”

Now I tells yer wot readas, a farm dog’s life isint too bad wen yer get to help choose yer Krissmiss tucker. An’ getting the afternoon off ina town? I hope Boss parks near tha bakery. Or outside the buchers maybe? Ya git a bit tied of smellin’ sheep wool an cows, ana rabits been a bit few an far between

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(Well, I had look down atta kattil stop wen I gotta papa fer Boss ta reed at smoko, an’ didint see Santa coming round tha korner downa main road.)

Maybe soon eh?

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“Gotta go inter town ina ute, deah,” she trole him. “We gotta get sum dickerations fer a Krismiss tree, an’ a lotta prezzies fer the daugter, ana neecis an ‘ nefews, an yer Mum, an tha shearmilkers too.”

Boss went a bit wite wen she said all that.”I hope yer don’t reckin yer gonna go shoppin ina city,” he sed. ”Blimmin petrol bluddy ‘spensive.”

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Boss lookt a bit happier then.

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arah has loved horses her entire life. At the age of 10, she received her first horse as a Christmas gift. Her grandfather, a former top jumps jockey, gave her a lot of support and encouragement.

“My grandad sent me to help out at a stable for Stuart Manning, who was a good friend of his,” she said.

“So I learnt to ride track work on the beach, groomed horses at the races, and all the rest of the hard work that went with it.”

Work for Central Districts racehorse trainer, Kevin Gray, and at Lisa Latta’s racing stables in Christchurch followed.

When Sarah moved back to the Waikato, she took on employment at a breaking-in and pretraining establishment in Matamata. She also worked on a stud farm, preparing yearlings for the sales.

Sarah continues preparing yearlings for sales, as well as running her own small stud farm, Willow Creek Farm.

The stud farm was established two years ago in Morrinsville, but recently relocated to the Bay of Plenty.

Joy’s long and varied involvement with horses dates back to 1960. Not only did this include pleasure riding, showing horses and racing, but Joy also founded and established the national registered horse welfare charity, Horsewatch NZ (HWNZ).

When Joy’s health deteriorated, due to a previous blood disease progressing to a rare form of blood cancer, she was forced to close HWNZ. “I still had the desire to continue contributing in a constructive way to a good cause,” she said.

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Quattro, to be bred with, an idea to help a charity also developed.

“Due to Joy’s own personal circumstances, she wanted to find someone who would be willing to take Nonna on when her condition worsened,” said Sarah.

“I then came up with an idea to donate any proceeds from the sale of the resulting foal to charity.

“So the hunt began to find something small and personal that could benefit from a donation.”

The pair also wanted to be able to follow the charity closely and help young children immediately, rather than trying to help fund research.

When Sarah came across child cancer charity, Gabby’s Starlit Hope, she sent through the Facebook link to Joy. “Joy immediately knew that this was the charity we wanted to help and see smiles light up on the faces of kids, who are in situations that make life harder than it should be.”

Joy said with her own personal link with cancer, Gabby’s Starlit Hope seemed the perfect choice.

Starlit Hope was created by the late Gabby Devine in February 2013.

A diagnosis of Ewing’s Sarcoma (a rare type of bone cancer) in February 2012, meant Gabby had a year of intensive chemotherapy, radiation and major surgery to remove the remaining tumour. During this time, she spent many months at Starship and Taranaki Base Hospitals.

When Gabby completed her cancer treatment, she wanted to help oncology children in their cancer journey.

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The late Gabby Devine created Gabby’s Starlit Hope with random acts of kindness for oncology children, parents and occasionally oncology staff

She established Starlit Hope with the aim of doing random acts of kindness for oncology children, parents and occasionally oncology staff.

A major part of this was providing oncology children in hospital with boredom boxes containing seven presents — one for the child to open each day for a week. Gabby passed away in 2015 at the age of 13.

Joy’s mare, a six-year-old Thoroughbred, was initially being trained and prepared for life as a show hack.

Unfortunately due to a serious accident, Nonna is no longer able to be ridden.

“She has also had her share of setbacks, but is now 100% and ready to embark on her new endeavours,” said Joy.

“The decision to join with Sarah Thompson of Willow Creek Farm, and her lovely palomino stallion, He’s All In A Twist, provides Nonna with an alternative productive purpose in life.”

Joy said Nonna will now help contribute to the young cancer-affected children of New Zealand, as they undergo invasive treatment in hospital.

The rising four-year-old palomino paint Quarter Horse/Stationbred cross stallion, He’s All In A Twist, stands at 15hh and was bred for his quality and trainable temperament.

“Due to these passed-down traits from his sire and dam, coupled with his wonderful personality, I decided to stand him for stud duties,” said Sarah.

“So far this is paying off, with his progeny

possessing the exact same traits.”

Sarah and Joy aim for a special annual breeding between these two horses with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of each foal donated to Gabby’s Starlit Hope. The pair are yet to decide whether this will be via tender or a set price.

“Nonna Quattro has had two previous beautiful foals and we expect the pairing with He’s All In A Twist will produce equally as stunning foals,” said Sarah.

“We hope the public will follow both the resulting progeny and the charity as it is such a deserving cause.”

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The Horne family have been in the logging business since 1964 and are passionate about their commitment to excellence in industry training as they encourage workers into forestry as a career.

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“We are both totally comfortable in the heart of a harvesting landscape. My biggest satisfaction comes from getting the job done and making sure the crews are happy and safe.

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The company’s commitment to training has led to multiple awards, including being named ‘Training Contractor of the Year’ for the Southern North Island in 2017 and 2018.

“One of our team members Dan Kyle was also awarded Trainee of the Year in 2018, and we recently achieved ‘certified contractor’ status.

This confirms high standards of environmental management and health and safety in all of our operations,” says Amanda.

“I call our crew members ‘the lads’, and they are really an extension of our family. We do have the good ones and the naughty ones of course, but we aim to be as supportive as possible to all our staff.”

This attitude runs to early finishes on every second Friday so staff can return to town to tend to any personal matters they may have. The company also provide a staff lunch and health and safety meeting at least once a month at their base in Masterton.

“Our philosophy is basically to treat people the way we would like to be treated ourselves,” says Amanda.

“One of my underlying values is that having an education leads to more choices. We want to encourage people to grow in their jobs. All of our guys are trained to be multiskilled and can take on a number of jobs in the forest, but we also encourage them to refresh their training and upskill.”

Training is ongoing, and programmes are organised with the help of Russell Riley, the regional Competenz forestry

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Bernard and Matt Horne are the third and fourth generation of loggers in the family manager, and NZQA assessor John Reid.

“Dan Kyle has now also qualified as an assessor, so comes in very useful as part of our training team. In addition, we now employ one of our crew members Justin Carswell in a full-time health and safety role,” says Amanda.

“It does annoy me that forestry workers lack recognition for their high skill levels. People can be quite dismissive of forestry as a career, but there are lots of opportunities and all of them involve different skills.”

Amanda says that all the effort put into staff management and training doesn’t mean that Horne Logging is immune from the challenges of finding and retaining good staff.

“It is one of our biggest day-today headaches, staff shortages are widespread throughout the forest

industry,” says Bernard. We would really love to see more women in the industry, including out in the forest, there are plenty of jobs women can do. They see things with a different set of eyes and having even one woman in a crew could make a huge difference to crew culture.

We think the industry needs a bit of a shake-up, and to become more flexible in its approach to employing women.”

The family have a long list of the blocks to be logged over the next few years in the eastern Wairarapa.

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Researchers at Lincoln Agritech Ltd have successfully broken down coarse wool, which comprises of around threequarters of the New Zealand wool clip, into its cellular components, creating new materials that are not wool, but contain wool attributes.

The work is part of a $21 million, seven-year research programme into new uses for coarse wool co-funded by the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand and the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment.

The work began in 2016 via a WRONZ wholly-owned subsidiary, Wool Industry Research Ltd, led by Dr Garth Carnaby and WRONZ has patented a number of deconstruction methods.

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“Successfully deconstructing coarse wool to create new materials is a major breakthrough that has the potential to add huge value to the wool industry. Although scale-up and commercialisation is still some way off, WRONZ will work with its membership to maximise value for NZ wool growers and for New Zealand as a whole.”

Currently, coarse wool has limited uses and is mainly used to create wool carpets, a market that is in significant decline due to the growing popularity of synthetic alternatives. That has resulted in lower prices for coarse wool, currently around $3.35 a kilo, and a reduction in sheep farming.

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Prior to 2011, the image in most people’s minds of a best-selling Ford ute was one in line with our automotive history down under — you’d likely picture a V8 powered, low-slung muscle machine like those produced by tuning house FPV. All that changed when 2011’s Ford Ranger came on the scene. In retrospect, it was a turning point for the brand in New Zealand — a milestone pointing to an era of dominance.

Now it’s come time to follow-up the ongoing legacy of what has become not just our nation’s favourite utility vehicle, but our top vehicle overall for three years running. Ford is well aware that the only way to go onwards is to go upwards, and so their 2019 Ranger debuts with a smooth new transmission, a new power options and a new, revised look to deliver more presence on the road.

New under the hood is the option of a two-litre, twin-turbocharged common rail diesel engine, developing a phenomenal 500Nm of torque for heavy hauling duties and to power the Ranger through rough terrain. With more than 210 horsepower, this compact but mighty engine compares favourably to the established and reliable Duratorq 3.2 litre diesel which remains an option in the new lineup. With the two-litre twin turbo mated to a seriously smooth ten-speed automatic transmission, the ample power on tap delivers a fresh helping of the car-like ride and road manners which made the original Ranger a hit. Even with

the familiar Duratorq, the ride seems lighter, more nimble and more accomplished.

Other additions are purely futuristic — tech such as road sign recognition, which displays appropriate road signage in the ute’s display.

You’ll also be able to choose automatic parking assist, which is pure magic when witnessed operating on a vehicle of this size. As is to be expected, much of Ford’s wizardry works behind the scenes in the name of safety and comfort, but their new Sync 3 infotainment system is front and centre in a well-appointed cab, putting everything at your fingertips.

While Ford has not rewritten the rulebook on the way the Ranger looks for 2019, it’s a clear update on the style front, with a slightly more aggressive look to complement those extra abilities. Here in the heartland

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Call for certified farm nutrient advisers Waikato Regional Council has opened for applications from rural professionals wanting to be certified farm nutrient advisers.

“An online application form has been built to make it easy for professionals to register and for certification to be approved by council staff,” said farming services plan implementation team leader, Sonia Baker.

Terms of Agreement for the certification of CFNAs set the criteria and manner in which professionals must conduct themselves before becoming certified.

Applicants must demonstrate that they are registered as a Certified Farm Nutrient Adviser by the Nutrient Management Adviser Certification Programme and agree to be bound by the Terms of Agreement.

“We have set these standards so landowners can have confidence in the advice they are being provided with when developing their nitrogen reference points,” said Ms Baker.

“Most properties over 20 hectares will need to provide a nitrogen reference point to the council within the submission window of May 1 to November 30, 2020.

One of the tools CFNAs will be required to use is Overseer.”

A document is available to guide CFNAs in the use of Overseer in the preparation of nitrogen reference points.

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When engineering innovator John Regier sat down to change the way people mow their lawns, he began with the idea of a combine harvester, rendered small. Rather than scaling up a push mower — and in those days we really do mean the old reel-bladed iron monster — he combined elements of farm machinery with the turf care devices deployed on American football fields.

Of course, off the football field, you’ll find obstacles like bird baths, garden beds, pathways and shrubs. That means the ability to turn sharply and manoeuvre in tight spots was key to his mower’s success. And success was what awaited the first Hustler mower, spawning generations of big yellow machines for decades to come. Now those first principles have been further defined with the advent of the latest offering from Hustler Mowers — the Raptor Flip-Up. With zero-turn agility, this mower follows closely in the template laid down

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You can be impressed by the advancements made all round, from the fingertip sensitivity of the controls

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That comes from a Kawasaki 23 horsepower overhead cam v-twin motor, air cooled and positioned low in the frame for stability.

Of course, it’s the excellent torque from this unit which drivers the triple blades beneath the Hustler Raptor’s 54 inches wide cutting deck, armed with guide wheels to help it float over the turf. Moreover, the real party piece of his mower is one that will save both time — and aches and pains!

This Raptor, as its name suggests, flips up to allow access to the blades beneath. The entire front of the mower hinges up and away for both ease of maintenance and cleaning. No more ramps, no more lifts, no more trying to

get underneath the machine to ensure a good clean, or to lubricate and rustproof those blades.

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smaller space, like a folding bicycle or picnic table. For serious lawns, Hustler has been setting a high benchmark for years. Now they’ve flipped zero-turn design on its head!

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