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Issue 44

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blues Well, winter’s here. It seems early or is that just me? I can’t believe we’ve had our first fire already. I just love a wood burning fire and it was too hard to resist, even though the flue needs a clean. Our big feature this month is on Lockwood Smith’s Woodleigh Belgian Blues. Get outta here… they’d have to be the next big hit on the menu, at Tokyo’s top restaurants at least! Forget Wagyu at US$250+ per fillet. Joking aside, they are truly magnificent beasts and it looks as though they live a privileged life at Woodleigh. A fascinating story. It must be a pleasant respite for Lockwood breeding these beasts after a hard day at the ‘office’. Grant McKechnie’s story on landscaping has really got us thinking. He has some great ideas - a ha ha

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You’d be right in thinking, why doesn’t a fine publication like this have a column on all things equine? Well, at last we have a horse column, and writer Sandy Reid has years of experience to draw on. If you have any horsey questions let us know and we’ll put them to Sandy and post the answers on our website.

Neville Walker – Editor & Publisher

Lastly, our health feature is on a topic I’ve been curious about for a while – are those automatic insect dispensers safe? Some disturbing new evidence suggests they’re not, for young children at least. Don’t forget to remember Rodney’s Rural Lifestyle Magazine, as a great many of you do, when you’re talking with advertisers – it really helps. Thanks in advance. In the meantime, do keep feeding back to us what you like to read about and do remember to tell your

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Farming Matters

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Woodleigh’s Belgian

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Ever since I laid eyes on Lockwood Smith’s beautiful Belgian Blues at the Helensville A and P show in 2006 I’ve been fascinated by these magnificent animals, my favourite being Woodleigh Omen. Looking for this 1374kg blue bull at the Kumeu Show this year I found his competing days are over, but in his place was a splendid line-up of younger Belgian Blues, all of which won ribbons on the day. At the end of the competition, of the four winners vying for the coveted Supreme Champion award, three were Belgian Blues from Woodleigh and it was Omen’s replacement, Woodleigh Louis, who took out the coveted top prize. The judge’s analysis of the qualities of the Belgian Blue bull calf who won his section gave onlookers an indication of

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I learn that the breed originated in Belgium. Initially called ‘Central and Upper Belgian’, the cattle produced were the result of mixing the genes of red pied and black pied cattle of central Belgium with those of Durham (Shorthorn) bulls. Along the way a genetic mutation occurred, and it is selection of this mutation that set the path for breeders in the years to come. It goes like this. Every mammal carries a gene that encodes myostatin, a protein that performs the function of inhibiting muscle growth and enables the mammal to maintain a balance between their muscles and their skeleton. Because the Belgian Blue mutation deactivates this gene the cattle’s muscle growth is uninhibited, while their fat growth is inhibited, resulting in production of the massive lean muscle that has become known as ‘double muscle’.

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But while he is immensely proud of his competition successes in the mixed classes, selection of individual cattle for breeding is based not on show results but on performance (for example calf size), which is carefully tracked using the Beef Plan computer programme.

Meanwhile, there’s plenty to do managing the breeding programme and gathering the accolades – as we go to press the news is in that at April’s Royal Easter Show Woodleigh won places in every class they were entered, including the Royal Champion Special Progeny W F Smith trophy (Louis with a son and daughter) and the Senior Bull Camveray Cup, more evidence that these Belgian Blues are a great cattle breeding success story.

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the concentrations and frequencies emitted by this type of device.” Late last month I was reading Investigate Magazine’s story April 2011 [2] about the latest findings on the potential neurotoxicity of these compounds, so I followed up the references for more detail. The first study of its kind, published February 11, 2011 by the American Academy of Pediatrics [3] examined the effects of these compounds on humans, particularly with respect to prenatal exposure and this study represents the first evaluation of their potential toxicity to children. The study explained that scientists of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health have determined a significant link between PBO and delayed mental development at 36 months [4]. Megan Horton of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the lead researcher reports, "This drop in IQ points is similar to that observed in response to lead exposure,” and added, “While perhaps not impacting an individual’s overall function, it is educationally meaningful and could shift the distribution of children in the society who would be in need of early intervention services". The study clearly suggests the effects of these chemical compounds could be neuro-toxic to the foetal brain and delay the mental development of young children.

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So are these compounds present in dispensers here… ? Most certainly they are. In the several brands I examined at time of print, all contained PBO. Even though our children are now older, and we know they weren’t exposed prenatally to these compounds, there is strong suspicion in my mind that repeated and long term exposure could pose significant risk. The obvious conclusion for me is that it is not worth the risk, and that dispensing with our dispensers and seeking alternative means like fly screens on the windows and doors is the safest thing to do.

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