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A PROPOSAL for a National School of Rural Health (NSRH) by the universities of Auckland and Otago is too little, too late: training of rural doctors needs a totally new approach. That’s the opinion of Waikato District Health Board (WDHB) chief executive Dr Nigel Murray, who was taken by surprise by the Auckland-Otago proposal. Waikato announced its own plans last year to set up Waikato Graduate Entry Medical School for training rural doctors. The joint proposal by the WDHB and Waikato University is under government consideration. It recently was boosted by a $5 million donation by philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn. Auckland and Otago universities both have medical schools – the only ones in New Zealand -- and they now propose the NSRH. They are working with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (NZRGPN). Both proposals were to be discussed last Friday at the NZRGPN’s National Rural Health Conference in Wellington. NZRGPN chairperson Sharon Hansen says the need has never been greater for a well-trained primary health care workforce. Rural people are less able than urban people to obtain the services of general practitioners, so the Auckland-Otago proposal is a timely move, she says. “This proposal is a targeted approach to solving looming issues
of workforce and service delivery in rural NZ. It’s also to get health equity for rural communities and health outcomes for rural people on par with their urban counterparts.” The network is planning to include a rural component in the training of all health profession students. This would entail a ‘dispersed inter-professional faculty’ with its own leadership, at up to 20 sites in rural NZ. But Waikato’s Dr Murray told Rural News it is much too little, too late.
“This has been a growing issue for several decades. They have been funded to try to shore up this problem…. We still see only 15-17% of graduates going into primary care (general practice) and even fewer going into general practice in rural communities. “Every medical school should be trying to train doctors for the needs of their community. Their sudden wakeup to this is a bit concerning. But congratulations to them for starting to think about it.”
But their proposal would not work for rural communities, Murray says. It would not get the kind of uptake and community engagement the proposed Waikato rural medical school would. He says Auckland and Otago should be training GPs for the growing urban needs. Research and international experience shows that for rural communities you need a new, unique academic culture that’s embedded in TO PAGE 3
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A RECENT trip to Iran was very successful, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. He says New Zealand had huge opportunity in that market in the 1980s, when Iran took one in every four sheep we exported -- about 90,000 tonnes. But for various reasons, such as bureaucracy and tariff barriers, that market closed to us in the 1990s. A veterinary agreement has been signed that paves the way for our processors and exporters to “reach out to an importer in the country to get our red meat flowing again,” Guy says. “Several companies are very excited about getting some product on the water before the end of this season.” Guy says internationally we are seeing more protectionism. President Donald Trump has done what he said he would do on the campaign trail and not be a part of the Trans Pacific Partnership. However, the Government believes there is potential to revive it with the other 11 countries.
THE KIWIFRUIT industry has been struggling to find enough workers to keep pace with growing volumes, says New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers chief executive Nikki Johnson. The industry has welcomed the government announcement of 1000 more seasonal workers for the coming season. This makes a total of 10,500
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“Brexit is also a challenge and that has taken the lamb price down by about $10 on average for each carcase because the exchange rate has gone against us. These are two areas we need to watch closely.” Guy says the new trade strategy will be focused on the free trade agreements, more bi-lateral and multilateral agreements and a focus on nontariff barriers. “These are what I call ‘itches’, but
they are financial itches for our exporters.” The government also wants to look at its overall trade strategy. “Have we got the right people with the right skills in the right markets? Where are the new emerging markets where we need to do more?” Guy was travelling to Europe last week, including Ireland where discussions on the Origin Green concept will be on the agenda.
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the community, Murray says. “The curricula need to be strongly guided by the community and the community needs to own these students coming through. “To blister on with a new programme of rural and provincial engagement under an existing urban-based [medical school] and hope and pray it will produce the GPs they have been unable to produce in the last several decades is not going to work. “You need something totally new from the ground up that’s got community and iwi engagement
and full participation in the selection process of these students.” Murray says Otago and Auckland produce excellent doctors, but few of them go into the provinces and rural communities. “We rely on international rural doctors in the provinces and rural areas. We want NZers in those roles. We thank the international medical graduates – they have done a fabulous job helping NZ out. But now it is time for us to grow our own, who come to the communities from a new medical school that doesn’t have the old traditions.”
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CANTERBURY MILK processor Synlait is throwing its support behind new infant formula regulations imposed by Chinese authorities. Synlait managing director John Penno says it is important for infant formula manufacturers to understand what Beijing is trying to achieve with the new regulations. “They want infant formula to be high quality that their consumers can rely on; right now they have plenty of brands and that’s not a good position to be in,” he told journalists last week while presenting Synlait’s half-year results. “I don’t think anyone can argue with that; we don’t.” At the recent China and New Zealand International Food Safety Forum in Auckland, the directorgeneral of China’s Department of
Food Safety Supervision (CFDA), Zhang Jing, said China has too many brands and formulas: 108 manufacturing plants churn out 2000 formulas. Jing says too many formulas add to the confusion caused by “exaggerated” labeling and advertising. A new China Food Safety Law requires registration of product formula; manufacturers must comply with various new requirements for labeling and product registration by January 1, 2018. According to Penno, in the last six months Synlait has gained better understanding of the pending improvements to the Chinese infant formula rules. “These changes have the objective of increasing the quality and safety of the products on offer to Chinese consumers, and significantly reducing the number of brands in the Chinese market. “Six months ago the draft reg-
ulations indicated each company would be able to register a maximum of three brands. In the final amendments it became clear that the ‘three brand rule’ would be applied at a manufacturing site level, rather than company level. “At the same time it was signalled that the hurdles for each company to maintain registration would be higher, and that scientific differences between brands manufactured at each site would need to be greater.” Penno noted that regulatory change and overstocking of some brands has meant the last six months has been a time of much uncertainty for the infant formula industry. He says Synlait has become NZ’s largest manufacturer of finished infant formula, accounting for 30% of NZ’s total export volume of finished infant formula in 2016.
CHINESE PREMIER Li Keqiang’s visit to New Zealand sparked a flurry of activity last week. Of special interest was the news that a quantity of chilled meat will now be allowed into China on a six month trial basis -- seen as a great step forward for our meat producers. Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Trade Minister Todd McClay say it’s a win for exporters. China is NZ’s second-largest market for beef and sheepmeat exports. Meat
Industry Association (MIA) chief executive Tim Ritchie says China accounts for 35% of the volume of NZ’s sheepmeat and 17% of its beef exports. “This latest deal will give NZ’s higher value chilled meat a foot in the door of China’s premium retail and foodservice sectors, as enjoyed by Australia since it signed its FTA with China in December 2015,” Ritchie says. “The onus will now be on the NZ industry to perform in a way that enables the rollout to occur at the end of our trial.” Also, Prime Minister Bill English and Premier Li announced plans to upgrade the FTA between China and NZ.
TRADE RISES ON GOVERNMENT PRIORITY LIST NEWS OF the plan to improve trade with China came just days after PM Bill English announced plans for a new and ambitious trade strategy called Trade Agenda 2030. Its goal is to have 90% of NZ exports covered by trade agreements by 2030 – well up from the present 53%. English says $91.3 million over four years will be spent on achieving this goal. The plans include opening an embassy in Dublin, replacing representation by the NZ High Commission in London. And there will be a new High Commission in Sri Lanka. Opening an embassy in Dublin is seen as a way to get closer to Ireland as a
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THE RECENT short-lived ban on Brazilian beef by its major customers is unlikely to increase demand for New Zealand products. Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie says NZ doesn’t compete directly with Brazilian beef in most markets, apart from China. “For example, Brazil does not have access to some of NZ’s major beef markets including Taiwan, Korea and Japan,” he told Rural News. Brazilian beef exporters are breathing easier after China and Egypt last week lifted a ban on their products. China and other importers of Brazilian beef issued bans after Brazilian federal police unveiled on March 17 an investigation into alleged payments to government health officials by meat processing companies to forego inspections and ignore abuses. Ritchie says in the short term the ban may not have made much impact on global beef markets. “Media have reported that
CHILLED FOR CHINA THE EXPORT of chilled meat to China is a big win for NZ exporters, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. “This is a great step forward for NZ’s red meat sector and a sign of the good relationship we share with China,” Guy says. “Trade in chilled meat to China will initially involve ten meat establishments in agreement with the industry. NZ’s premium chilled cuts will soon be enjoyed in high-end restaurants and retailers in China.” China is NZ’s second-largest market for beef and sheep exports. NZ exported about NZ$1 billion of frozen sheep and beef in the year to December 2016, a trade that has grown five-fold since 2011.
China and Egypt – two major importers of Brazilian beef – have already lifted bans on Brazilian imports. However, Brazilian beef is likely to face increased inspections in many countries, and some international customers may be less willing to purchase Brazilian beef.” Brazil is also a small exporter to the lucrative US market. Although the US opened its market to beef imports from all parts of Brazil in August last year, exports to the US are still relatively small (847
tonnes last year). Ritchie says Brazil does not have a country-specific quota like NZ and Australia, so it will compete for space in the 64,805 tonne “others” quota. Meat is Brazil’s third-largest export, after soy and iron ore. Ritchie says the controversy underlines the importance of having a strong and credible regulatory system, which New Zealand has. – Sudesh Kissun @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews
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Ballance winners off to explore Irish scheme PAM TIPA pamelat@ruralnews.co.nz
IRELAND’S ORIGIN Green initiative will be a focus of Richard and Dianne Kidd’s trip as national winners of the 2016 Ballance Farm Environment Awards. New Zealand’s food products are not promoted well enough inside our own country, Richard Kidd says. The Helensville sheep and beef farmers left on Friday to look at agriculture in Europe. Ireland caught their attention because much has been said about Origin Green, which has 97% of farmers signed up. Kidd spoke to Ian Proudfoot of KPMG, an advocate of the Irish scheme, and he says NZ is quite a few years behind. “As we have researched it, we don’t think that is necessarily the case,” Kidd says. “But it could be a good model to consider and I believe the government has had its own people over there.” They were also invited by a sponsor, Rabobank, to visit the Netherlands to look
at farming systems. The bank pointed to a huge area of that country -- almost the size of Waikato -- that’s below sea level and highly productive. The Kidds have good contacts to visit including farmers and companies, a couple of them in the UK. When they entered the Ballance Farm Environment Awards a year ago they thought they should have a farm vision -- “a highly productive food producing business that leads by example in environmental sustainability and creates a rural landscape we enjoy and are proud of”. Richard says Dianne is keen for them to be known not as farmers but as ‘food producers’. “That is what we have to convey a bit more – that we are dealing with a product we all like to eat, a good quality product. “We are a big sector facing many challenges: there is Brexit and we missed out on the TPP, but we are looking beyond that to promote out products. We don’t think our products are well enough promoted inside our own country.”
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THE RECENT upgrade of the Oceania Dairy Ltd (ODL) plant in South Canterbury has boosted suppliers’ confidence, says farmer Andrew McFarlane. ODL owner Yili Group’s investment sends “a strong signal that Yili are in our industry for the long term,” he says. Yili, the eighth-largest global dairy processor, has built a new UHT plant, infant formula canning line, blending facilities, a whole milk powder dryer and facilities to manufacture UHT milk products and lactoferrin. The second stage development was formally opened at an event in Auckland recently, attended by Yili owner Pan Gang. McFarlane, who farms
Oceania Dairy supplier Andrew McFarlane (left) and general manager Roger Usmar.
next to Oceania’s plant at Glenavy, says he has seen the company grow from a grass paddock to a stateof-the art milk processing plant. A fourth generation farmer, McFarlane has been milking cows for eight years; his family owns two farms, milking 1200 cows and runs a beef operation with 500 animals. Speaking at the open-
ing, he says switching milk supply to ODL in 2014 freed up capital that he reinvested on the farm. “Supplying a local company is equally important as it helps our ability to easily contact the right people,” he says. On behalf of other ODL suppliers he thanked Yili for support during the recent seasons of low payouts.
“Some farm businesses would not have been able to survive without that support package,” he says. Yili says the completion of the second stage takes its total investment in Oceania to more than $600 million, substantially boosting the South Canterbury economy. Gang says his company is committed to New Zealand, as evi-
denced by the significant and ongoing investment in Glenavy. Yili has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Lincoln University; Oceania Dairy’s R&D manager Dr Philip Wescombe is now based at the university to help set up a new R&D centre. “We consider Lincoln one of the finest agricultural tertiary providers in the world and we think this joint venture will generate innovation to the benefit of Yili Group and the wider NZ dairy sector,” Gang says. ODL general manager Roger Usmar says the company, now in its third season, has 72 suppliers. To mark the opening Yili Group announced the launch of new premium Pro-Kido Ruihu infant formula for the China market.
FOOD REVOLUTION UNDERWAY BEWARE THE the ‘bok choy effect’. That warning came from KPMG’s global head of agri, Ian Proudfoot, at the recent Zespri conference in Tauranga. Proudfoot says the ‘bok choy effect’ is a way of explaining some changes taking place in markets in Asia. What is changing more is our diet in the west and we as food producers need to recognise and understand this, Proudfoot says. A good example of the ‘bok choy effect’ is seen in Melbourne where a friend of his lives in a Vietnamese suburb. “Twenty years ago when Zespri was founded he would have been able to go to his supermarket and buy [only] meat and three veg. Today he goes there and buys 30 or 40 different kinds of Chinese greens and a whole range of other ‘inspirational’ products. He says his diet is far better.” Proudfoot says evolution is coming to the food sector and people are looking at a whole range of future alternatives in the future –possibly even laboratory-created food. While NZ produces enough food to feed 40 million people, it should look to feed 800 million, he says. This would be possible if our food products became a smaller but high value addition to people’s diets. – Peter Burke
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Award winning farmer Richard Kidd wants National Lamb day given prominence.
NATIONAL LAMB Day should be in spring and as high profile as the annual Bluff oyster launch, a Helensville field day heard. The current National Lamb Day is on February 15 and marks the date the first shipment of mutton left Port Chalmers, Otago, for London. Ballance award winner Richard Kidd wants it shifted to November and made a high profile event. All the supermarkets would launch lamb with a promotion like they do for Bluff oysters or Beaujolais wine. “Have the mint sauce there and accompany it with a nice bottle of wine; do the job property and really promote it,” says Kidd, a Helensville sheep and beef farmer. “We are losing a generation [for lamb] just as we have lost a generation of people who don’t buy wool carpets. The industry is a disaster. If we are not careful people won’t choose to buy lamb. “We’ve got to promote the product more because we only sell 5% of
our red meat to our local consumers in New Zealand. Imagine if we lifted that up a bit. “Lamb is a pink meat. It should be a showcase product that we produce in NZ.” The Kidds were prime instigators of
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the Kaipara Lamb initiative in Countdown. Kidd says he has long been a supplier of beef and lamb to Countdown and a couple of years ago they asked what they could do for the farmers. “I said ‘why can’t we market our
own lamb brand through you guys?’ ” Kidd explains. “The points of difference: we have five or six farmers around here who all have early season lambs and we are close to the abattoir in Otahuhu. “Our spring lambs leave here at 7.30am off their mothers and they are ready to be processed at 11am.” Kidds get a lot of positive feedback on the taste of the lamb. “I put it down to their coming off the paddock, into the wool shed, processed quickly and they don’t suffer any stress.” They have their own packaging and Countdown did six different cuts: a carvery leg (a smaller leg with the bone taken out except for the knuckle), loins, French racks with no skin or fat on -- very appealing, the forequarter boned out into a butterfly and trimmed, standard loin chops and leg steaks. The first year Countdown wanted 250 lambs a week, this last season it doubled to 500. With 180 stores Countdown has excellent distribution but the lamb is only stocked stores in more affluent areas where customers are prepared
to pay a bit more. Countdown can use the trim for sausages whereas restaurants and speciality stores only want the special cuts. They are paid a “bit of a premium” but they would like to increase that. They supply continuously from midOctober to mid-February. Kidd still would like to see more of a story put around the product and more promotion. He and Dianne went to the flagship Ponsonby store on the two Saturdays prior to Christmas. Diced lamb steak was being cooked and they took it around the store. Many people said “we haven’t eaten lamb for such a long time” or “that tastes good”. People asked where it was grown and when they were told Helensville they said “that’s local, we will buy that”. “Once they tasted it they bought it. Of course there was a huge spike in sales those days, but you can’t be in every shop all the time.” More promotion of lamb is needed at national level, Kidd says.
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Strong cashflows will ease burden SUDESH KISSUN sudeshk@ruralnews.co.nz
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September; the way we have shaped it will allow those normal, strong payments through winter. “The last two winters have been tough on farms but cashflows will be stronger this winter and spring.” ANZ has revised its current season milk payout from $6.25/kgMS to a range of $6.10-$6.15; it forecasts a dividend of 40c/share. Milk production has bounced back because of good grass growth
in summer and early autumn. Before Christmas 2016, Fonterra’s milk production was down 11% on last season; ANZ expects milk production to be down only 1.5%. But Wylie notes that increased milk production -- in NZ, Europe and the US -- could impact the payout. Strong milk prices and cheap feed are underpinning higher milk production in Europe. Wylie says EU countries also have
DAIRY FARM values in the Hauraki Plains are being maintained despite volatility in dairy prices. ANZ’s Rhys Wylie says eight months ago it expected prices for ‘stellar’ class A land in the area to drop by 5%; class B by 10% and class C by 20%, given where the payout was at the time. “It hasn’t reflected that; markets have remained strong,” he told a Hauraki Plains field day last week. Since January this year the bank has seen sale prices of land plus buildings ranging from $39,000/ha to $48,000/ha. Wylie says the bank is seeing some good activity in the market; some farmers are looking to upsize. But he cautioned farmers to be wary of environmental issues; Waikato Regional Council’s Healthy River plan could extend to the Hauraki Plains. “If you’re looking at buying neighboring land or doing something with your land, make sure you know what the impacts of these changes would be if you were taking from one land class to another; or whether you could farm as intensively as you wanted to on the land you were buying.”
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CASHFLOWS ON dairy farms next season will be much more positive than in previous years, says ANZ agri relationship manager Rhys Wylie. Wylie told farmers at a Hauraki Plains field day last week that strong deferred payments from this season will boost farm balance sheets. ANZ is forecasting an opening milk price in the “a high $5s” for the 201718 season starting June 1. Wylie says all going well farmers will get cash returns of at least $6/ kgMS. “Obviously there will be strong deferred payment from this season so cashflows will be a lot more positive,” he says. Fonterra chairman John Wilson says its farmers will continue to receive a higher advance rate through the winter. “We have brought forward what we would normally pay to assist our farmers with their cashflow because clearly our balance sheet is strong,” he says. “We normally always have a lot of deferred to pay in July, August and
large stocks of milk powder, and though this is likely to go into stockfeed, the risk of the milk powder floodingket cannot be ruled out. “Hopefully it won’t flood the market,” he says. In the US, President Donald Trump’s controversial Mexican will project could also impact prices in the coming years. Wylie says in a few years US milk that now goes to Mexico may need to find another market -- probably Asia. “So there are supply bits and pieces in play; dairy is still a good story but where the supply pieces end up remains to be seen.” Wylie says China’s demand for dairy products remains strong. Then there’s the exchange rate, hovering around US71c. Wylie says a stubborn US$.71 rate is good for the NZ economy and imports but bad for our milk price. He says at the last Global Dairy Trade auction whole milk powder prices reached US$2800/t; at the current US$.71 rate it equates to a $5.45 milk price. A 3c drop in the exchange rate, all other things being equal, would boost the milk price by 35c/ kgMS.
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NZ will need to lift its trade policy game – expert PETER BURKE peterb@ruralnews.co.nz
NEW ZEALAND will have to be extremely active – even by its own standards – in trade policy, given the nature of the disruption caused by the new Trump administration. That’s the view of Crawford Falconer, now professor of international trade at Lincoln University, and formerly a senior trade official including NZ ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He says despite everyone’s best efforts, the new US administration has cost NZ and others about four years progress
in pursuing trade issues. And he says NZ must be careful it loses only four years – not eight. “We need to be more active with our friends outside the US – engage more heavily with China and Japan and get even closer to the Australians,” Falconer told Rural News. “We need to work together as a group to get US attention, not corner them but set out an alternative model which causes sane and sensible people inside the US to say ‘these guys are moving ahead and we are missing out’. That’s what will change US policy.” Falconer says this ‘missing out’ idea will slowly start to be taken
on board by US exporters and politicians, who will see NZ and others gaining special access to key markets such as Japan and ASEAN when the US is not. This could spark a change in thinking in US trade policy. He says the Trump administration has cost NZ an ally in regional multilateral trade negotiations and to lose US support for TPP is unfortunate because of the economic loss. Falconer also believes the US will be less supportive of the WTO process. “This has not been a negotiating success in recent years, but has been
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a dispute settlement success. I think it will be less effective at the dispute settlement level if the US walks back from the WTO even further. “It’s possible we will
see some increase in US protection against imports from some of its trading partners, but it’s unlikely they are going to go for a massive increase in tariff barriers. There
may also be some ugly scenes between them and China which hopefully will be manageable, but will be a bit disruptive.” Falconer emphasises that US trade policy is not run directly from the Trump inner cabinet; instead it is Congress which largely controls this portfolio and this may help restore sanity and pragmatism to this area. “I believe pragmatism will prevail, but you can’t be certain of that because politics is littered with examples of people doing things which are not in their own interest. As I see it, the Congress will always [stand in the way of] the US going
completely ape in that regard,” he says. Falconer says NZ has to put all possible resources into persuading other countries to support our position and be strategic and smart in our approach. He says once the UK has extracted itself from the EU it could become an important ally as they want to be a global leader and will look for friends such as NZ. Falconer says the notion that trade is something nice to have but mildly irritating is a thing of the past. “Trade is absolutely vital to our economy because we cannot survive without it,” he says.
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Rabbit virus delay will hurt NIGEL MALTHUS
RABBIT-PLAGUED FARMERS are disappointed that bureaucracy has held up the anticipated release of a new strain of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (calicivirus). Environment Canterbury, acting for a national co-ordinating group, says the release is delayed a year to autumn 2018 because “further work is needed to address the regulations permitting its legal importation”. The new variant, known as RHDV1 K5, is already being released in Australia, and New Zealand authorities had hoped to release it here about the same time. Federated Farmers Otago provincial president Phill Hunt says it’s not a new virus, only a new strain, and he’s disappointed the bureaucracy seems to be putting hoops in the way. “It concerns me that it’s probably being done by people with no skin in the game,” he told Rural News. “It’s just a part of their job and there’s probably no hurry or urgency, whereas out in the real world we’re under the gun and facing a bit of pressure, economically and environmen-
tally, from rabbits.” Hunt farms sheep and beef on 470ha between Wanaka and Hawea and now must decide how to proceed. “We’ve got plenty of rabbits. We were due to do a major [kill] so we’ve got to decide now whether we do that with toxins or wait until next autumn.” Graham Sullivan, ECan regional leader biosecurity, concedes they knew from the start of the approvals process that time was tight. They had had to do a lot of work to get the required agricultural compounds and veterinary medicine approval: technical information had to be signed off by an independent data assessor, taking longer than expected. He says that having missed this year’s opportunity it was important to delay the release until the time most effective – autumn -- when no immune newborn rabbits would be around, when carrot bait is most attractive and would last better on the ground, and when UV light, which affects the virus’s efficacy, is less. ECan is managing the approval process for the NZ Rabbit Coordination Group -- regional and district council staff, Federated Farmers, DOC, MPI
and Land Information NZ. Individual regional councils would probably manage the release. Sullivan sees benefits in the delay, particularly for the South Island east coast councils, in getting monitoring and benchmarking in place prior to the release. And they now also have the luxury of being able to watch the Australian release, to “learn from how they go, and whether they’re successful in starting an epidemic, because that’s a key question we all have”. Announcing the delay, ECan called for “patience and support from landowners, farmers and other stakeholders”, and warned that an illegal or unmanaged release would compromise its benefits. The original calicivirus was illegally released in 1997 in the face of official refusals, but Sullivan does not expect any repeat of that. He says farmers are not under the same pressure now, and the ‘no’ decision then was different. However, NZ scientists are concerned about another strain now in the Australian wild rabbit population, of unknown efficacy and virulence. “You only get one chance. If someone brings that in, that chance is lost.”
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Report misses critical point – Guy PAM TIPA pamelat@ruralnews.co.nz
AN OECD report missed a critical point in claiming New Zealand is reaching its environmental limits and criticising the government’s primary export targets, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. The critical thing they missed is the government’s target of doubling the value – not the volume -- of primary exports by 2025, Guy says. “There is no way we can increase our dairy cow numbers from 5 million to 10 million – we can’t do that,” he explained. “There is no way we can catch twice the amount of fish in our oceans. [The aim is] value creation.” Guy says he met the people writing the report last year, when they visited MPI staff. They then wrote a report challenging the primary sector. “Yes we do have challenges…. We will work constructively with regional councils on a catchment by catchment basis,” he says. “We will look at the challenges in Waikato, and in the rivers in Canterbury…. we need to get the limits set right.” Water quality is important foraNZ,
Ballance Environmental farmer of the Year Richard Kidd, with Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy who planted a kauri on Kidd’s farm.
hence the government’s policy of making our rivers swimmable by 2040, he says. “Currently 72% are swimmable; we’ve made a target of 90% and we know that will be a stretch. We will talk to farmers about managing E.coli; that will require fencing about 56,000km alongside waterways.” Dairy and other farms have come a long way voluntarily. The dairy industry has fenced 24,000km of waterways to exclude livestock. “A lot of those have riparian planting done voluntarily over about a decade.” Now MPI is talking to red meat,
beef, deer and pig farmers, Guy says. This will cost about $370m over the next 13 years, some $200 million of that for water reticulation on farms. Farmers fencing cattle out of rivers and streams will have to tap into streams or springs to supply tanks and troughs. A recent MPI report on water supply on hill country farms shows the cost of water reticulation is recouped over three years. “You don’t get good grazing performance on hill country unless you put crops in strategic places and then you have the opportunity to lift your overall productivity,” Guy says.
CUSTOMERS ONLY A PHONE MESSAGE AWAY WITH MODERN technology your farm’s customers are only a smartphone call away, Primary Industry Minister Nathan Guy says. We are taking primary products to 140 countries and consumers are a lot closer than they ever were before. He was speaking at a field day at the Helensville farm of Richard and Dianne Kidd, winners of the 2016 National Ballance Farm Environment Award. The
Kidds and six other farmers are involved in premium brand Kaipara lamb, sold through Countdown supermarkets. “It won’t be long before Kaipara lamb will have the barcode at the chiller; they will scan that and up will pop a little video of you on your farm saying ‘here are my lambs, this is when I drench them, this is when a crutch them, here is my property, this is what I do to look after the environment’. Creating that
story and selling that product has to be worth a premium,” says Guy. “There are costs in lifting our total environmental performance, but there are benefits… thinking about the consumers on the other side of the world who are a lot closer than they once were.” Guy said the field day had shown environmental stewardship and excellent performance of livestock, “on a
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Genetic breakthrough for sheep milk PETER BURKE peterb@ruralnews.co.nz
THE SHEEP milk industry has seen a breakthrough in getting semen from European milking sheep approved for entry to New Zealand. Involved in this is Maui Milk, a large Maori-owned farm with 4000 ewes, partnering with Chinese businessmen to produce sheep milk products. The farm, Waituhi Kuratau, is located on the western shores of Lake Taupo. General manager Peter Gatley says genetics hold the key to ramping up NZ sheep milk production, which is still relatively low by world standards. Last year, Maui Milk bought 1000 straws of semen from Lacaune rams in the hope that MPI would grant approval, which it has now done, Gatley says. The straws have been stored in France pending import approval. The Lacaune is a milking sheep breed, commonly located in southern
Maui Milk’s Peter Gatley.
France and regarded as among the world’s highest yielding milk sheep breeds. It is popular in the Roquefort area which is famous for sheep cheeses. “The straws are frozen and in quar-
antine; they have semen from 45 different rams so they are genetically diverse,” Gatley told Rural News. “They have now all passed their disease tests, so the semen could be on a plane within the next couple of weeks.”
He says the semen will be put across the ‘F1 first cross’ -- a Coopworth East Friesian animal -- yielding a sheep half Lacaune, quarter East Friesian and quarter Coopworth. “We have detailed plans to inseminate 4000 ewes onfarm during April and May, a big job because every one of those inseminations involves laproscopic surgery,” Gatley explains. “It’s not simple AI like on a cow; it’s a big project. But we have that all nailed down and mapped day by day and provided the semen arrives safely it looks like we’ll have Lacaune genes on the ground in spring.” Gatley says around Roquefort, where some 800,000 Lacaune sheep are located, there is a sizable industry base with lots of knowledge and technology Maui hopes to tap into. Maui Milk plans to import a specially designed sheep milking rotary platform which will be the only one of its kind in NZ. The purpose of importing the
genetics is to show that Maui Milk can create a viable farm system others can see, Gatley says. The company will help others and provide knowledge to them on the basis that they will also share information with Maui. Information sharing is well recognised within the industry; big players do this regularly. Despite the Lacaune sheep originating in a cheese making area of France, Maui Milk does not now intend going into cheese production, Gatley says. “We have supplied milk to local cheese makers and we may continue to do that, but the bulk of our product is dried milk – a whole milk powder. Later on it could be a range of products in dried form. There could even be infant formula, but for now WMP is the bulk of what our milk is used for.” Gatley hopes the new genetics will make for greater production and by yielding more milk will allow the company to produce larger batches and help reduce overall production costs.
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significantly poorer than expected financial performance for FY17,” O’Donnell said. “We directors are disappointed by Binxi’s decision to withdraw the offer.” Binxi Cattle Group built its stake in Blue Sky last year, becoming the thirdlargest shareholder behind Lowe Corp and HW Richardson Group. It operates a vertically integrated beef business in China, owns the Oamaru meat processor Lean Meats and had planned to acquire Blue Sky to grow its New Zealand Binxi business. Its $2.20 per share offer crossed the 90% threshold needed to mop up the remaining shares earlier this year, but was contingent on getting OIO approval. O’Donnell said Blue Sky was still open to discussing an alternative deal with Binxi.
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P rocu rement P rocurement rement Indicator Indicator -- North North I.Island Procurement Procurement Indicator Indicator North--I.--Island NorthI.Island P rocu Indicator North Procurement Indicator North 95 95 90% 90% 95 90% 85% 85% 85% 80% 80% 80% 75 75 75% 75% 75 75% Last Year Last Year 70% 70% Last Year 70% This Year This Year 65% 65% This Year 65% 60% 60% 55 55 60% 55 0… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 0… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 23-Dec 23-Dec 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-A pr 23-Jun 23-Jun 0… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 3… 3… 3… 2… 3… 3… 23-Dec 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-Jun
Procurement Procurement Indicator Indicator - South--Island SouthIsland Island Procurement Indicator South
7.0 7.0 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-A 23-Apr pr 23-Jun 23-Jun 23-Jun 5yr Ave 5yr 5yrAve Ave Last Ye Last ar LastYe Year ar This Ye This ar ThisYe Year ar
Thousand Thousandhead head
S outh Island S outhWeekly Island Lamb WeeklyKill Lamb Kill
ExportExport Export MarketMarket Market Demand Demand Demand Last ChangeChange Change Week UK Leg UK UK p/kg Leg p/kg p/kg n/c n/c 5 Leg n/c NZc/kg NZc/kg NZc/kg -0 -08 -0
2 Last Wks 22Wks Wks Last Last Week A go go Week AAYear go 5 5 5 5 55 888 889
Last Last 5yr A ve 5yr A ve Year 5yr A ve Year 556 66 999 99
Export Export demand Exportdemand demand indicator indicator - UK CKT UK leg CKTleg leg indicator --UK CKT
500
500 500
400
400 400
Procurement Procurement Indicator Indicator Procurement Indicator Last Year Last Year Last Year
North Island North60kg Islandstag 60kg price stagprice price North Island 60kg stag
South Island Southw Island eeklyww lamb eekly killlamb lambkill kill South Island eekly
500 250k 500 S outh Island Weekly Lamb Kill 250k 500 250k 400 200k 400 200k 400 200k 300 150k 300 150k 300 150k 100k 100k 200 100k 200 200 50k 50k 100 50k 100 100 k k 100Aug k 100Aug10 Sep 10 Sep10 Oct 10 Oct10 Nov 10 Nov 10026 AugNov 26 Jan 10 Sep 10 Oct Nov26 May 26 Nov 26 Jan 26 Mar 26 Mar 26 10 May
300 300 300 26 Dec 26Dec Dec 26 Feb 26 26Feb Feb26 Apr 26 26Apr Apr 26 Jun 26 26Jun Jun 26
$2.50 $2.50 $2.50 200 200 200 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00
23-Feb 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-A 23-Apr pr 23-Jun 23-Jun 23-Jun 5yr Ave 5yr 5yrAve Ave Last Ye Last ar LastYe Year ar This Ye This ar ThisYe Year ar
Island Nort orthhIsland Weekly Islandw Lamb Weekly Lambkill Kill eeklyKill lamb 250k 250k 400 250k 400 N ort h North N Island Weekly Lamb Kill 400 200k 200k 200k 150k 150k 150k 200 200 200 100k 100k 100k 50k 50k 50k 5yr Ave 5yr AveLast Year Last YearThis Year This Year 5yr Ave Last Year This Year k 0 k 0 k 1026 Aug 10026 Aug 10 Sep 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Oct Nov 10 Nov Nov Nov 26 Jan 26Jan Jan 26 Mar 2610 Mar 2610 May 26May May 1026 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct Nov Nov 26 26 Mar 26
26 Nov 26 Jan 26 Mar 26 May 5yr Ave 5yr 5yrAve Ave Last Ye Last ar LastYe Year ar This Ye This ar ThisYe Year ar
5k 5k
ExportExport Export MarketMarket Market Demand Demand Demand 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-Feb
Slaughter Slaughter Slaughter
Thousand Thousandhead head
5yr Ave Last Year Last Year This Year This Year 5yr Ave Last Year This Year
0 0 k 26-Nov k0 k 26-Nov 26-Jan 26-Jan 26-Mar10-Nov 26-May26-May 26-May 10-Aug 10-Aug 10-Sep 10-Sep 10-Oct26-Mar 10-Oct 10-Nov 26-Nov 26-Jan 26-Mar 10-Aug 10-Sep 10-Nov 5yr Ave 5yr 5yr Ave Last Ye10-Oct ar LastYe Year ar This Ye This ar ThisYe Year ar Ave Last
7.5 7.5
6.5 6.5 6.5 23-Dec 23-Dec 23-Dec
5yr Ave
10k 10k 10k 20 20 20
5k
7.0 7.0
$/kg $/kg
$/kg
North Island North300kg Island300kg bull 300kg price bullprice price North Island bull
90 90 P rocu rement 90 rocurement rement Indicator Indicator - South-I. -South SouthI.I. PProcu Indicator 85% 85% 85% 80% 80% 80% 75% 75% 70 70 75% 70 70% 70% 70% 65% 65% Last Year Last Year 65% Last Year 60% 60% This Year This Year 50 50 60% This Year 50 23-Dec 23-Dec 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-A pr 23-Jun 23-Jun 55% 55% 23-Dec 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-Jun 55% 19-Jun 26-Jun 3-Jul 10-Jul 19-Jun 17-Jul 26-Jun 24-Jul 3-Jul 31-Jul 10-Jul 7-Aug 17-Jul 14-Aug 24-Jul 21-Aug 31-Jul 28-Aug 7-Aug 4-Sep 14-Aug 11-Sep 21-Aug 18-Sep 28-Aug 25-Sep 4-Sep 9-Oct 11-Sep 16-Oct 18-Sep 23-Oct 25-Sep 30-Oct 9-Oct 6-Nov 16-Oct 13-Nov 23-Oct 20-Nov 30-Oct 0-Jan 6-Nov 13-Nov 20-Nov 0-Jan 19-Jun 26-Jun 3-Jul 10-Jul 17-Jul 24-Jul 31-Jul 7-Aug 14-Aug 21-Aug 28-Aug 4-Sep 11-Sep 18-Sep 25-Sep 9-Oct 16-Oct 23-Oct 30-Oct 6-Nov 13-Nov 20-Nov 0-Jan 5yr ave 5yr ave Last Ye ar Last Ye ar This Ye ar This Year ar 5yr ave Last Ye ar This Ye
Beef & venison Beef&&venison prices venison are prices reported arereported as reported grossas as (before grossnormal (beforelevies normal & levies charges levies&&charges are charges deducted). arededucted). deducted). Lamb & Lamb mutton Lamb&&prices mutton are prices reported arereported reported nett (after nett levies (after & levies charges levies&&charges are charges deducted). arededucted). deducted). Beef prices are gross (before normal are mutton prices are nett (after are
2Wks ChangeChange Change A go % Returned %Returned Returned NI 1.9 NI 1.9 70.4 % NI 1.9 % Returned %Returned Returned SI 0.0 SI % SI
75 80% 70% 65 60%
0.0 67.9 0.0
2Wks 3 Wks 33Wks Wks Last 2Wks go go go AAA go AAYear go 70.4 68.6 68.6 63.2 70.4 68.6 67.9 67.9 67.9 61.2 67.9 67.9
Last Last 5yr A ve 5yr A ve Year 5yr A ve Year 63.2 66.6 66.6 63.2 66.6 61 65.1 65.1 61 .2.2 65.1
Procurement Procurement indicator indicator -- North North Island P rocu rement rocurement rement Indicator Indicator North---Island I. -North NorthIsland Procurement indicator PProcu Indicator North I.I. 75
75 80% 80%
70% 70% 65 65 60% 60%
Last Year Last Year Last Year
This YearThis Year This Year
50% 50% 55 50% 55 55 11-Aug 11-Aug 11-Sep 11-Oct 11-Sep 11-Nov 11-Oct 11-Dec 11-Nov 11-Dec 11-Jan 11-Feb 11-Jan 11-Feb 23-Dec11-Aug 23-Dec11-Sep 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-Apr pr11-Jan 23-Jun 23-Jun 11-Oct 11-Nov 11-Dec 11-Feb 23-Dec 23-Feb 23-A 23-Jun 70 80% 65 70% 60 60%
Procurement Procurement indicator indicator - South-Island South Island
indicator - South P rocuProcurement rement rocurement rement Indicator Indicator - South -South SouthIsland PProcu Indicator -I. I.I. 70 70 80% 80% 65 70% 65 70% 60 60% 60 60%
Last Y ear Last Y ear Last Y ear
This Year This Year This Year
50% 50% 55 55 50% 11-Aug 11-Aug 11-Sep 11-Oct 11-Sep 11-Nov 11-Oct 11-Dec 11-Nov 11-Dec 11-Jan 11-Feb 11-Jan 11-Feb 23-Dec55 23-Dec 11-Sep 23-Feb11-Oct 23-Feb11-Nov 23-A pr11-Dec 23-Apr pr11-Jan 23-Jun 23-Jun 11-Aug 11-Feb 23-Dec 23-Feb 23-A 23-Jun 5yr ave 5yr 5yrave ave Last Ye Last ar LastYe Year arThis Ye This ar ThisYe Year ar
Venison Venison PricesPrices Prices Venison
Last ChangeChange Change Week NI Stag NI -NI 60kg Stag--60kg 60kg n/c n/c 8.10 Stag n/c SI Stag -SI SI 60kg Stag--60kg 60kg +10 Stag
+10 8.50 +10
2 Last Wks 22Wks Wks Last Last Week A go go Week AAYear go 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.45 8.1 000 8.1 00 8.50 8.40 8.40 7.35 8.50 8.40
Last Last 5yr A ve 5yr A ve Year 5yr A ve Year 7.45 6.68 6.68 7.45 6.68 7.35 6.68 6.68 7.35 6.68
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Last Last Year Year 4.66 4.66 4.68 4.68 4.70 4.70 4.71 4.71 2.50 2.50 4.63 4.63 4.63 4.63 4.63 4.63 4.63 4.63 2.25 2.25
North Island NorthwIsland eeklyw lamb eekly killlamb kill
N ort h Island Weekly Cattle Kill
40 40 40 20k 20k 20k 20 20 20
7.5 7.5
6.5 6.5 23-Dec6.5 23-Dec 23-Dec
7.0
23-Feb 23-Feb 23-Feb 23-A pr 23-A 23-Apr pr 23-Jun 23-Jun 23-Jun 5yr Ave 5yr 5yrAve Ave Last Ye Last ar LastYe Year ar This Ye This ar ThisYe Year ar
4.5 4.5
4.0 4.0 23-Dec4.0 23-Dec 23-Dec
5.1 5.1 00
South Island SouthWeekly Island Weekly Cattle Kill Cattle Kill
5.0 5.0
4.5
5.40 5.10 5.40
IslandCattle Weekly CattleKill Kill Island SSouth outhWeekly Island Weekly Kill Cattle 40 S outh S outh Island Weekly Cattle Kill 15k40 15k 15k 40
$/kg $/kg
$/kg
6.0
5.40 5.40 5.40
k k k 0 0 10-Sep 10-Sep 10-Aug 10-Aug 10-Oct 10-Oct 10-Oct 10-Nov10-Nov 10-Nov 10-Dec10-Dec 10-Dec 0 10-Aug 10-Sep 26-Nov 26-Nov 26-Jan 26-Jan 26-Mar26-Mar 26-Mar 26-May26-May 26-May 26-Nov 26-Jan
4.5 4.5
4.0 4.0 23-Dec4.0 23-Dec 23-Dec
40k60 40k 40k60 60
USc/lb
4.5
3.50 3.50 3.40 3.40
5.00 5.00 4.70 4.70
UKp/kg UKp/kg
5.5
4.1 3.50 4.1 55 4.1 3.40 4.1 55
5.30 5.00 5.30 5.00 4.70 5.00
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6.0 6.0
7.5
South Island South16kg Island M16kg 16kg lambM M price lamb price price South Island lamb
$/kg $/kg
$/kg
6.0
7.5
23-Jun 23-Jun 23-Jun
4.5 4.5
4.0 4.0 23-Dec4.0 23-Dec 23-Dec
5.0
23-A pr 23-A 23-Apr pr
% of export returns
4.5
4.1 4.1 05 4.1 0 4.1 4.1 05 4.1 0
5.30 5.30 5.30 5.00 5.00 5.00
Last 2 Last Wks 22Wks Wks Last ChangeChange Change Last c/kgCWT c/kgCWT Week Week Week A go go c/kgCWT AAYear go NI LambNI NILamb YM Lamb - 13.5kg YM --13.5kg 13.5kg +5 +5 5.51 5.51 5.46 5.46 4.66 YM +5 5.51 5.46 P M - 16.0kg M --16.0kg 16.0kg +5 5.53 +5 5.53 5.48 5.48 4.68 PPM +5 5.53 5.48 P X - 19.0kg 19.0kg +5 5.55 +5 5.55 5.50 5.50 4.70 PPXX--19.0kg +5 5.55 5.50 P H - 22.0kg 22.0kg n/c n/c 5.56 5.56 5.51 5.51 4.71 PPHH--22.0kg n/c 5.56 5.51 M utto n M Mutto M utto X1nn- 21 M kg X1-- 21 21 n/c kg n/c 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 2.50 M X1 kg n/c 3.50 3.50 SI LambSI SILamb Lamb YM - 13.5kg YM --13.5kg 13.5kg n/c n/c 5.38 5.38 5.38 5.38 4.63 YM n/c 5.38 5.38 P M - 16.0kg M --16.0kg 16.0kg n/c n/c 5.38 5.38 5.38 5.38 4.63 PPM n/c 5.38 5.38 P X - 19.0kg 19.0kg n/c n/c 5.38 5.38 5.38 5.38 4.63 PPXX--19.0kg n/c 5.38 5.38 P H - 22.0kg 22.0kg n/c n/c 5.38 5.38 5.38 5.38 4.63 PPHH--22.0kg n/c 5.38 5.38 M utto n M Mutto M utto X1nn - 21 M kg X1-- 21 21 n/c kg n/c 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45 2.25 M X1 kg n/c 3.45 3.45
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5.0 5.0
4.1 4.1 00 4.00 4.00 5.25 5.25
LAMBLAMB LAMB PRICES PRICES PRICES
Thousand head
5.0
-5 4.10 -5 -5 4.10 -5
4.50 4.00 4.50 5.65 5.25 5.65
North North Weekly Cattle Cattle Kill N ort hIsland Island N ort Weekly hIsland Weekly Island Cattle WeeklyKill Kill Cattle Kill Kill North Island Weekly Cattle
Thousand Thousandhead head
5.5 5.5
n/c 5.40 n/c
Thousand Thousandhead head
5.5
M Co w M -M 200kg Coww--200kg 200kg -5 Co Lo cal Trade Lo cal 230kg Trade 230kg n/c Lo cal Trade - 230kg
4.55 4.50 4.55 5.70 5.65 5.70
USc/lb USc/lb
6.0 6.0
23-Feb 23-Feb 23-Feb
$/kg $/kg
$/kg
6.0
n/c 5.30 n/c n/c 5.00 n/c
+5 4.55 +5 +5 5.70 +5
Slaughter Slaughter Slaughter
4.5 4.5
4.0 4.0 23-Dec4.0 23-Dec 23-Dec
PSI2 Steer Steer--300kg 300kg n/c SI PP-22300kg Steer M 2 B ullM -M300kg ull--300kg 300kg n/c 22BBull
M Co w M -M 200kg Coww--200kg 200kg +5 Co Lo cal Trade Lo cal 230kg Trade 230kg +5 Lo cal Trade - 230kg
P 2 Co wPP - 2230kg 2Co Coww--230kg 230kg -5
5.0 5.0
4.5
SI
% of export returns
5.0
North Island North16kg IslandM16kg 16kg lambM M price lamb price price North Island lamb
+5 5.65 +5 +5 4.55 +5
Last Last Year Year 5.20 5.20 5.20 5.20
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5.5 5.5
n/c 8 .1 0 88.1 .100 + 1 0 ++110 80.5 0 88.5 .500 n/c
M 2 B ullM -M300kg ull--300kg 300kg +5 22BBull P 2 Co wPP - 2230kg 2Co Coww--230kg 230kg +5
Last 2 Wks 22Wks Wks Last Last Week A go Year go Week AAgo 5.65 5.60 5.60 5.20 5.65 5.60 5.65 5.60 5.60 5.20 5.65 5.60 4.55 4.50 4.50 4.10 4.55 4.50
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5.5
.300 55.3 5 .000 5 .0
Thousand head
6.0 6.0
n/c 5 .3 0 n/c n/c n/c5 .0 0
Thousand head
6.0
.655 n/c 55.6 5 .655 n/c 5 .6
$/kg $/kg
$/kg
B u ll - BM2 Buullll 300kg M2300kg 300kg + 5 --M2 Ve n isVe Ve o nnn-is is AP n --AP AP60kg 60kg n/c oon60kg
++555 .6 5 ++555 .6 5
Last ChangeChange Change c/kgCWT c/kgCWT Week c/kgCWT NI P NI 2 Steer Steer--300kg 300kg +5 +5 5.65 NI PP-22300kg Steer +5
Thousand head
S te e rSS-te te P2ee300kg P2300kg 300kg + 5 rr --P2
BEEFBEEF BEEF PRICES PRICES PRICES
UKp/kg
No rthNo No Isrth lan rth d Islan landd S o u thSSoIs ouu lan th d Islan landd Is th Is C h an C gCe h an L g as e t L as C t h an g C e h an L g as e t astt h an g e L as t C h an g e LLas c /kgCWT /kgCWT cc/kgCWT c /kg cc/kg /kg We e kWe Weeekkc /kg cc/kg /kg We e kWe Weeekk L amb LL -amb PM amb 16.0kg PM16.0kg 16.0kg+ 5 .533 n/c n/c n/c 5 .3 8 55.3 .388 --PM ++555 .5 3 55.5
% of export returns
Me at Me Meat at
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RURAL NEWS // APRIL 4, 2017
MARKETS & TRENDS 17
INTERNATIONAL BEEF: Imported
beef prices in the US have nudged a little higher in recent weeks. Demand fundamentals are firm with reports suggesting firmer consumer demand for grinding beef. US export performance is also strong, which is absorbing much of the increasing domestic production, and supporting demand for imported
SHEEP: Procurement competition
has driven the slaughter lamb market higher again in the North Island. With no increase in numbers expected in the short term, it appears there will be little to hold this market back. Schedules can only be used as a rough guide by those in the South Island. Numbers appear to be coming out at a stable pace, though feed levels are still providing enough encouragement for many to sit on lambs until they reach ideal killable weights. Confidence in latter schedules later in the season is underpinning store lamb prices. This has meant lambs that would have been destined for slaughter are being traded as heavy stores instead, as more look to capitalise on the firm store prices. Store lambs are hard to come by in the South Island. The question is how much higher the store lamb market will have to go before more opt to sell. Ewe kill prices are still edging upwards, even though there are few still coming out of the woodwork. .
WOOL PRICE WATCH
Overseas Wool Price Indicators
Change
23-Mar
16-Mar
Last Year
Coarse Xbred
+3
392
389
574
Coarse Xbred
Fine Xbred
+2
417
415
596
Fine Xbred
Lamb
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431
650
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Indicators in USc/kg
Wool indicator trends Wool Indicator Trends
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c/kg
product. China has implemented a temporary ban on all Brazilian meat imports, following the food-safety scare which made headlines across the world.
500
550 450 300 23-Mar 23-Jun 23-Sep 23-Dec 23-Mar WeekNo 42110 42124 42138 42152 42166 42180 42194 42208 42222 42236 42250 42264 42278 42292 42306 42320 42334 42348 42376 42390 42404 42418 42432 42446 42459
CXI
650700
FXI
300 22-Dec
LI
Coarse crossbred indicator Coarse Xbred Indicator Last Year
600
5yr ave
22-Feb 22-Apr Last Year
22-Jun This Year
Lamb wool indicator
800
This Year
600
550500
c/kg
Procurement competition continues to underpin the slaughter cattle market in the North Island. Prices have firmed across the board for all cattle. There is large variation in the range of prices available as spot premiums have differed depending on day to day requirements of meat companies. Some regions are reporting an increase in the number of dairy cows coming out, but overall, numbers are still low. Kill rates in the South Island haven’t been so low, meaning spot premiums aren’t being utilised as much as previous weeks. Weaner sales have been exceptionally strong this year, with nearly all sales were above last year. It’s not been uncommon to see prices lift $50-$150 on a year ago throughout the North Island. Results at the first few South Island calf sales were very firm, as was widely expected.
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c/kg
NEWS
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5yr ave
22-Feb Feb Apr 22-Apr Jun Last Year
Aug 22-Jun This Year
400 200 1-Feb
1-Mar 5yr ave
1-Apr Last Year
1-May 1-Jun This Year
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Maori farmers should strut their stuff PETER BURKE peterb@ruralnews.co.nz
MAORI DON’T talk much about the good things they do and don’t talk themselves up enough, says the Minister
of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell. He said this at a function at parliament recently to announce the finalists in the Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in
Farming Award, contested by Maori sheep and beef farmers. At least 100 people – MPs, business people and government officials – gathered in parliament’s grand hall to hear
the finalists, all North Island located: Omapere Rangihamama Trust, Kaikohe; Ron and Buzz King, Puketawa Station, Eketahuna; and Pukepoto Farm Trust, Ongarue near Taumarunui.
The finalists of the Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming Award at Parliament, Wellington, late last month. PHOTO BY JOHN COWPLAND / ALPHAPIX.
Flavell says the Ahuwhenua Trophy awards need to be talked up because, apart from being the premier agricultural award for Maori it carries with it a lot of mana. “Its history helps highlight the great contribution Maori make to the economy of the country. The finalists should be proud of their achievement in making it to the finals,” he says. Primary Industry Minister Nathan Guy, presenting the finalists with their medals, said their farms are shining examples of Māori farmers’ commitment to sustainably developing their land for future generations. Guy expressed pride in the key role Māori play in New Zealand’s primary industries. “The asset base of the Māori economy is worth over $42 billion, most of it focused on the primary industries. Māori collectively own 40% of forestry land, 38% of fishing quota, and 30% of lamb production, to name a few examples. “Right across the economy, Māori are successful players and many of their companies and entities are amongst the top performing commercial operations in NZ.” The chairman of the Ahuwhenua Trophy management commit-
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tee, Kingi Smiler, says it is great to see again three top-quality sheep and beef farms selected as finalists for the prestigious trophy. All are performing well despite volatile global markets, low prices and the need to adapt to climate change. “There is something special about our people looking for practical innovative ways to get through adversity and not retreating into their shells to do nothing. They know farming requires managing cycles -- weather or market -- and they take account of this when drawing up their business plans. “NZ is fortunate to have Māori farmers because it is in their DNA as kaitiaki (guardians) to manage the fragile environment and invest for future generations. This spiritual closeness to the land is vital in a modern society where consumers not only want food, but also assurance that it is produced sustainably and ethically.” Smiler says Māori agribusiness is in good shape and he believes the Ahuwhenua Trophy has been a major factor in lifting the profile of Māori agribusinesses and showcasing its contribution to the NZ economy. • See finalists’ farms p24
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THE AHUWHENUA Trophy is the prestigious award for Maori agriculture. It is now 84 years since the visionary Māori leader Sir Apirana Ngata and Governor-General Lord Bledisloe launched the award. Neglected for many years, the contest was relaunched 14 years ago, helping lift Māori agribusiness to its prominence as an integral part of the NZ economy. Sheep and beef and dairy competitions are run in alternate years. After the finalists are named comes another judging round, in which each finalist holds a field day at their respective farm. These are open to the public and usually attract about 150 people. The winner is announced at a gala dinner, this year in Whangarei on May 26. At least 800 people are expected to attend.
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NZ farmers start year on positive note economic conditions to worsen had halved to 7% (14%). Rabobank New Zealand general manager for Country Banking, Hayley Moynihan, says this was the lowest pessimistic outlook on the agricultural economy recorded among farmers since December 2013. “Not surprisingly, the proportion of farmers with a pessimistic view on the outlook for the rural economy had been significantly higher over the past three years – reflecting the tough ride we’ve had with some commodity prices over that time, most notably dairy.” Ms Moynihan says horticulture producers and sheep and beef farmers had shown signs of increasing
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with the net indicator moving back, albeit just, into positive territory with a +2% reading (up from -25%). Ms Moynihan said while tight lamb supply had helped schedules remain steady, demand for product continued weak due to “global forces”. Horticulture producers were increasingly optimistic in their expectations about business performance: the net measure climbed from +19% last survey to +44%. Farmer investment intentions increased further this quarter to their highest level since the end of 2014.
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survey, and in particular the GDT auction where milk powder prices took a tumble was held during this survey period.” Dairy farmers’ expectations for their own business performance remained optimistic. At a net positive reading of +54%, dairy was the most optimistic sector for expected business performance in the coming 12 months, although this was down from +67% in the last survey. Sheep and beef farmers had recorded the biggest turnaround in expectations for their businesses,
optimism about the agricultural economy. Overall net confidence in the horticulture sector climbed from +26% to +39%, and among sheep and beef farmers confidence moved out of negative territory – from -5% to +9 %. On the other hand, dairy sector confidence declined from a net 52% in the previous survey to 41%. However, dairy farmers still recorded the highest confidence levels of all farmers surveyed. “After rallying in the middle of last year, optimism among dairy farmers has clearly tempered in this survey,” Ms Moynihan said. “Dairy commodity prices have softened since the previous
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Trade a priority TRADE AND New Zealand’s position on it has been high on the agenda recently. In mid-March the Government announced a refresh of the country’s trade agenda to increase our exporters’ competitiveness -- the primary sector is a key player -- in an increasingly challenging global trading environment. The US derailing of the TPP and its retreat to a more isolationist stance under the Trump administration, the UK Brexit and a host of non-tariff barriers imposed by countries around the world are just some of these challenges. Meanwhile, last week’s visit to NZ by China’s Premier Li and a trade delegation emphasises the importance of NZ’s burgeoning trading alliance with the Asian tiger. News that we will soon begin talks on upgrading our free trade agreement (FTA) with China and the first trial shipments of chilled meat to that country is great for NZ’s primary sector and our wider economy. There appears to be a growing mood among some politicians and commentators – those trying to cash in on the populism of the Trump and Brexit movements – that trade, especially freer world trade, is dubious. That is not only wrong, it is dangerous and deceitful. Trade is the lifeblood of NZ’s economy, and to truly grow and prosper we need to expand and develop our trading links with the world. Freer trade not only benefits exporters, it accounts for 60% of NZ’s economic activity – both imports and exports. A freer, more open world economy not only secures NZ greater access to more markets and higher prices for our exports, it also enables us to enjoy a much wider range of goods and services than ever before. At least 90% of NZ’s farm production is exported, making international trade crucial for Kiwi farmers’ livelihoods and vital for the whole economy. Given that NZ is the world’s twelthlargest trader of agricultural products (by value), the number one sheep meat and dairy exporter, and the number two wool exporter, all NZers should well understand that freer trade is not only fundamental, it is vital to our agricultural sector. Agricultural exports continue to face major barriers worldwide, notably high tariffs, increasing use of non-tariff barriers and domestic subsidies. Efforts to reduce or eliminate these – as outlined in the new trade strategy – have never been more important. It is vital the Government remains focused on international trade liberalisation, further improving market access and tackling non-tariff barriers.
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PITY THE poor West Coast. Firstly, its dairy company, Westland Milk Products, is a financial basket case at present, its poorly implemented strategy causing some of its suppliers to wish they had opted for Fonterra. Now we hear the amazing story that an Auckland cake decorator with no previous experience in contracting was awarded a $7 million contract by the Westland District Council to build a new sewerage system for Franz Josef. This old mutt wonders if the council will call the new plant the Cake Tin – no disrespect to Wellington’s often empty stadium. A few people on the West Coast council should get themselves sheep brain transplants; there’s an opportunity for the flagging sheep and beef sector.
YOUR OLD mate knows politics is a brutal game. However, pollies do occasionally put the nastiness aside, as when retiring members give their valedictory speeches. However, Green MP Steffan Browning proved what a nasty little nobody he is when he posted a photo of a glass of red water and the following message on Facebook on the day former PM John Key gave his final speech in parliament. ‘Thought John Key might like a little more blood for his valedictory speech, on the day we get confirmation the raid he approved was responsible for innocent civilian deaths. Disgusting legacy.’ Hmmm, and the Green Party claims it is not nasty. As a mate of the Hound’s opined: Browning is like midnight at school – no class. It’ll be interesting to see when Browning gives his valedictory (as he is retiring at the election) whether he gets similar, poor taste treatment.
HAVE YOU heard the one about the celebrity cook, private school and Oxford educated scion of the landed gentry and the poverty worker? Nor had the Hound until Lincoln University announced the line-up of awards it will hand out to alumni at the agri-based uni’s upcoming graduation ceremony. Its press release says the celebrity cook and best-selling food-writer Annabel Langbein will receive an honorary doctorate. With her on the dais will be businessman and farmer Forbes Elworthy, to receive the Bledisloe Medal, and Brian Hedley to pick up the 2017 Alumni International Medal for his work in agriculture, poverty alleviation and challenging social injustice. Your old mate suggests this shows the diversity of Lincoln’s graduates over the years. Let’s hope the university can get out of its financial woes and keep producing stellar graduates.
YOUR CANINE crusader notes that the NZ Rural GP Network has just held its annual conference with a long list of speakers. A couple of them caught this old mutt’s eye, not because of their pro-rural stance, but very much the opposite. The first was climate change doomsdayer James Renwick, who spends most of his taxpayer-funded life blaming farmers and farming for the end of the world due to climate change. The other was professional student and self-proclaimed water campaigner Marnie Prickett, who recently teamed up with the tourism sector to travel around the country blaming the farming sector for poisoning NZ’s water. The Hound suggests if the NZRGPN is going to have such anti-farming types headlining its annual conference, then farming groups who give a lot of money to the network should seriously reconsider it.
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The round-up on Roundup FUTURE USE of the herbicide glyphosate in Europe remains uncertain. This is despite the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) saying “on the available scientific evidence, there were no grounds to classify the controversial herbicide glyphosate as a carcinogen, a mutagen or as toxic for reproduction”. ECHA’s committee for risk assessment (RAC) concluded this after extensive evaluation of all available information. Committee chair Tim Bowmer said “RAC agreed with the German dossier submitter that glyphosate should not be classified as a carcinogen, i.e. a substance causing cancer. This conclusion was based on both the human evidence and on the weight of the evidence of all the animal studies reviewed”. This is good news for the many farmers who rely on the herbicide for weed control, and for consumers for whom food is cheaper because of the availability of safe and effective chemicals. But lobbyists, aided by celebrities, are running a campaign against the chemical, implying that the interpretation of the scientific evidence is flawed. While it is true that deaths can be linked directly to pesticides,
are going to live so intimately with these chemicals – eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones -- we had better know something about their nature and power”. The questions Carson raised have resulted in much improved reguan editorial in the medical journal The Lancet last month indicated the deaths were deliberate. “Pesticides are responsible for an estimated 200,000 acute self-poisonings worldwide each year.” No estimate was made of the number of lives saved through avoidance of starvation. The key to chemical use is, of course, “according to label instructions”. Instructions are formed after much research and with safety factors built in. When new evidence is produced, regulations are adjusted. This is what happened with the use of DDT after the release of Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring. DDT had been used liberally as an insecticide, but indications that it had entered the food chain and was causing thinning of wildbird egg shells and loss of bird life resulted in reconsideration of use. Carson’s work linking DDT and bird populations has been largely disproved, but her suggestion has been taken seriously and followed: “if we
lations globally. In New Zealand the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is the regulatory body evaluating risk and benefits. Last year the EPA published a review of glyphosate, concluding that, overall, glyphosate is unlikely to be
genotoxic or carcinogenic to humans and does not require classification under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act as a carcinogen or mutagen. Previous debate had been inflamed by conflicting reports. In March 2015, the World Health
Organisation’s cancer experts (IARC) said the substance was a probable cause of cancer. In November that year the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) contradicted the IARC findings. This was followed in May 2016 by a joint FAO/ WHO meeting on pes-
ticide residues concluding that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet. The key to the differences in the reports boils down to level of evidence as opposed to level of TO PAGE 22
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR GOOD CHOPS, THE ANSWER REGARDING THE article ‘NZ’s red meat story needs better telling’ (Rural News March 21, p 8): how many more ‘industry sector workshops’ do we need to realise what is right in front of us? I’ve recently been on a fishing trip with three other gentlemen of similar vintage, and we all asked where the prime meat cuts were on the menus we were given. Since I am a retired farmer, many eyes turned my way. I told the story of a Canterbury Meat Packers winter contracts workshop I attended several years ago, where lamb chops were barbecued and served with beers while we chatted to the bosses. I’ve been singing the praises of these lamb chops ever since and asked where I could buy some, planning a few nibbles around the barbecue at home at Christmas. Some suggestions were made, but no, nothing. I fear all these lovely products are exported and the greatest marketing tool of all, word of mouth, is missing. So where can I buy a box of lamb chops? Maybe that should be the theme of the next workshop. Mike Wilson, (via email)
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Sound science needed in policy making MARK ROSS
NEW ZEALAND’S strong export focus is unusual because our GDP relies heavily on our primary industries and export markets. Revenue from these exports is estimated at $36.7 billion this year, but is at risk from unsubstan-
leaders in productivity at risk. Pseudo-science is beliefs or statements not backed by scientific evidence. Its promoters frequently play on people’s fears and cause needless confusion. Dr Doug Edmeades, an independent soil scientist and managing director of agKnowledge, writes
tiated, over-hyped nonsensical claims. The products we use to protect our animals and crops from pests and diseases have never been more thoroughly tested and screened to ensure product safety. But pseudo-science puts NZ farmers and growers’ chances of being world
about the damaging effect of pseudo-science on agriculture. Pseudo-science, he says, sets aside evidence and asserts that the ‘truth’ is what you believe. Opinions are given equal authority irrespective of where the evidence lies. He says this led to laissez-faire politics: less government is
good government. The role of science is no longer about discovering new ‘truth’, but supporting the ‘story’ which is perceived to be the truth. Edmeades says this allows scientists to ignore contrary evidence or, worse, manipulate the evidence, if the cause is noble. He says science
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in public health research, and proposes a reform of the IARC’s processes. The council, which represents the US chemical companies, says the IARC’s work “suffers from persistent scientific and process deficiencies that result in public confusion and misinformed policy-making”. Conclusions about a matter as important as our health must be nonbiased, thorough and based on quality science that adheres to internationally recognised standards. Agcarm wants regulators to make decisions based on wellresearched, sound science. Policy makers need a process for review that is consistent, transparent, science-based and as efficient as possible. It is worrying that bad, incomplete, or misused science can cause public drama over the wrong things, yet it is rarely called out, whether wielded by the public, industry or regulators. Have facts ceased to matter as we march toward ‘fact-free’ decision-making? As politics goes, so could public policy if we are not careful. • Mark Ross is chief executive of Agcarm, the industry association for companies which manufacture and distribute crop protection and animal health products.
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has been eroded to the finding of research dollars and/or serving a political agenda. There is evidence of this in NZ as agricultural science ‘cuddles up’ to the ‘organic dollar’ and in the process imbues pseudo-science with a credibility it does not deserve. But science must be open to scrutiny, especially if it is used to inform government policies. One agency causing much confusion is the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The World Health Organization’s cancer agency publishes evaluations of whether certain chemicals, lifestyles and activities may cause cancer. The agency’s assessments have led to everyday products, including coffee, aloe vera and talcum powder, being categorised as “possibly carcinogenic”. The assessments call into question the safety of the food we eat, the jobs we do and the products we use in our daily lives. The agency’s work only defines the potential hazard of a substance. This can cause confusion because a hazard can be prevented by the risk principles put in place by policymakers. The American Chemistry Council is launching a campaign for accuracy
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risk: having the evidence that something is carcinogenic says nothing about the risk it presents. Celebrities tweeting that glyphosate should be banned apparently don’t understand that the risk of cancer is greater from very hot caffeine drinks, burnt toast and charred barbecue offerings than food produced by farmers and growers who can read and follow instructions. They also don’t seem to understand that not using glyphosate would result in increased costs of food production. But the real mystery is why people would believe the opinion of celebrities rather than the evidence of research. • Jacqueline Rowarth is chief scientist for the Environmental Protection Authority, the regulatory body for hazardous substances.
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Three of the best make finals Omapere Taraire E & Rangihamama X3A Ahu Whenua Trust THE FARM run by the trust is located 2km northwest of Kaikohe, and is regarded by its shareholders as a taonga tukuiho, gifted to them over time by their ancestors. Until the 1950s the Omapere land was in separate titles occupied by individual/whānau owners who grew food and ran small dairy units. The individual lots became uneconomic and some became neglected and were amalgamated into the present trust; big improvements were made to the farm. Of the trust’s 1997ha, 1253ha (902ha eff) raises sheep and beef. In the past the farm combined sheep and beef, but it has moved away
ALL WELCOME FIELD DAYS will be held at the farms of all the finalists. Everyone is welcome at this wonderful opportunity to see first hand the achievements of these Maori farmers, and perhaps to pick up a good idea or two. The timetable for the field days is: ■■ Thursday April 20 – Omapere Rangihamama Trust (Kaikohe, Far North) ■■ Thursday April 27 – RA & JG King Partnership, Puketawa Station (Eketahuna, Northern Wairarapa) ■■ Thursday May 4 – Pukepoto Farm Trust (Ongarue, near Taumarunui).
from sheep to beef for the better returns from bull beef and because of poor returns for wool and meat. The farm is mainly undulating with some flats, making it ideal as a finishing farm. The bulls are bought in as rising one-year-olds and then sold as two-year-olds. The stock are fed grass only. A manager and three staff run the farm, report-
ing to a committee -- a consultant, a shareholder and a trustee, chosen for farm knowledge. The farm has the only Māori-owned lake in Aotearoa – Lake Omapere, considered sacred and a taonga (treasure) in its own right.
RA & JG King Partnership, Puketawa Station PUKETAWA STATION is a sheep and beef breed-
north of Taumarunui, King Country. Pukepoto (little hill) is a misnomer because the farm is typical hill country with high, steep hills and gullies that feed into the Ongarue and Ohura rivers and ultimately the Whanganui River. The property of 1400ha has just over 1000ha are farmed. About 100ha is covenanted under the Ngā Whenua Rāhui scheme. There is 62ha in plantation pine and the unfarmed remainder is scrub, much of it being retired to prevent erosion. The trust has worked with Horizons Regional Council in doing this. The property now winters 6000 Romney ewes and 300 mainly Angus cattle. Established by the Māori Land Court in 1978, the original trust was known as Pukepoto Forest and Farm Trust. In 1994, through an order of the Māori Land Court, it was renamed to Pukepoto Farm Trust. Over recent years Pukepoto’s trustees have worked on lifting the performance of the overall business.
Pukepoto Farm Trust farm manager Terry Head and trustee Weo Maag. Photo by John Cowpland / alphapix.
ing unit located at Tiraumea, about 45 minutes east of Pahiatua in northern Wairarapa. The property of 1108ha (900ha eff) is mainly medium-steep hill country with some rolling contours. Breeding stock number 3177 Romney breeding ewes, 850 ewe replacements and 148 stud ewes. The cattle are 144 mixed, mainly Her-
eford cows and replacements. The farm was bought by Ronald and Justine King in 2013. It was in a “tired” condition and they have worked hard to improve pastures and infrastructure. The Kings’ journey to buying Puketawa is remarkable. Ronald originally owned a 112ha sheep and beef farm near Whangamomona, Taranaki. In 2001 he and his three siblings and their partners, all accomplished shearers, pooled their resources and bought Mangaroa Station, Ruakituri Valley, northern Hawke’s Bay. The whānau bought Mangaroa to work collectively and build their assets, so as to eventu-
ally all buy their own large scale farms. Later, the whānau also bought Ruakaka Station in nearby Tiniroto Valley, which they also worked hard to improve and develop. The hard work and paid off: all the siblings now own farms, providing role models of cooperation and determination. Ronald’s sister Nukuhia Hadfield and her husband Bart won the Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori sheep and beef farm -- Mangaroa Station, 2015.
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26 MANAGEMENT
Plantings good for soldiers, farmers NIGEL MALTHUS
EVEN CANTERBURY’S arable farmers would benefit from the increased biodiversity offered by native reforestation, claims the man leading the largest dryland reforestation effort on the plains. Tai Tapu native plant nurseryman and consultant Stephen Brailsford is managing the replacement of exotic trees at Burnham Military Camp. The project, three years on, has seen up to 45,000 natives planted. Sparked by wind storm damage in September 2013, the project is to replace most of the camp’s exotic trees with the kind of native bush
originally standing on the Canterbury Plains’ dry soils. Some 40 native species are being planted using, as far as possible, genetic material native to the Canterbury Plains and seedlings grown by several contract nurseries. The scale of the project is easily seen from the public Aylesbury Road, between the main camp and its sports fields. Big swathes of the native plantings are visible as ranks of brown or blue plastic shelter tubes surrounding each plant. Burnham has used exotics for decades, as windbreaks, training and exercise spaces, and visual screening from
the public roads that run through the camp. “Really it’s a safety thing because people tend to rubberneck and it causes this space to be quite dangerous,” New Zealand Defence Force South Island land management officer,” Shona Sam told Rural News. She says after many pine trees fell in the 2013 storm the army assessed what was left, finding that those most likely to fall are pines and eucalypts, and Douglas fir a close third. But none of the camp’s “solid-rooted” oaks fell in the storm and they will remain, with some younger exotics. “We did a lot of research and employed Stephen Brailsford,
because we needed to find something which could establish without irrigation, could live here without much effort and, of course, we’re bringing in a bit more biodiversity and bringing the community into this space as well,” Sam explains. “We trialled a patch and it was successful. We have about a 95% success rate with all the trees we planted. So, with Brailsford’s methodology it’s proven to work… and do well in this dry old river bed.” Despite no irrigation through a succession of dry summers, the plots are thriving, with selfseeded natives already popping up in the older plantings.
NZDF land management officer Shona Sam with consultant Stephen Brailsford in a recently planted reforestation plot at Burnham Military Camp. PHOTO: RURAL NEWS GROUP.
Brailsford says it’s important to have the mix of proper forest canopy, sub canopy and understory plants. “This is the plant community that would have naturally colonised these recent riverbed soils,” he explains. “Because they are colonising plants they start to fruit and seed quite early in their life cycle and once you’ve got that going you’ve got all sorts of insects and birds that occupy the niches in this vegetation and consume that food. More complex organisms than plants need that habitat and shelter and that’s what we’re providing.” Brailsford says similar plantings at the Lincoln University Dairy Farm are already attracting bell-
birds and tui from Banks Peninsula, and he expects that at Burnham. Waxeyes and common skinks have already colonised the Burnham plantings. He says the 95% success figure is the minimum he would expect of the project “if you do things right”. The key is his weed management system, he says. “This is really dry land, some of the boniest, driest soils we’ve got in Canterbury -- Lismore stony silt loam. There’s not much moisture retention here. Any little bit of weed growth you have in here will really suck out the moisture.” Each plant has a felted wool weed mat around the stalk and a surrounding plastic protection
tube supported by light bamboo stakes. Herbicides are used between the plants, applied about three or four times a year, rapidly reducing as the plants take hold. The plastic tubes restrict the spray to the spaces between plants – no fear of hitting the plants themselves. Brailsford admits his system was more expensive per plant to start with, but reckons it is ultimately cheaper and more successful. He has seen major projects with many thousands of plants planted, but very few surviving. The Burnham plantings are expected to become self-supporting as natural regeneration takes over.
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ANIMAL HEALTH 27
$1m to fight BVD and FE ALMOST $1 million will go to projects aimed at combating animal diseases from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Farming Fund. “I’m pleased to see investment in these projects to tackle bovine viral diarrhoea virus and facial eczema in dairy and beef cattle,” Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says. These serious problems can cause a lot of suffering and cost.” Guy announced this at the recent Central District Fieldays in Feilding. The first project will investigate the prevalence of sub-clinical facial eczema and develop guidance on how to best monitor and manage the
disease and encourage farmers to address the problem before it gets to clinical level. The aim is to help farmers to know how and when to treat their cattle. “This will ultimately lead to improved animal welfare, productivity and sustainability of pastoral farming across the country.” The project will be led by the Facial Eczema Action Group with representation from vets, farmers, researchers and DairyNZ. The project will receive $395,000 over
Around 80% of New Zealand’s dairy and beef herds have been exposed to BVD.
disease. “This is a nasty disease. When cattle ingest the fungus that causes it, it damages their liver
and causes chronic wasting and death. Badly damaged liver tissue never regenerates. There is no cure so prevention is the
“This project will include identification of key transmission pathways, development of a business case for coordinated national BVD control and the building of a national model to track BVD status of individual animals and herds over time,” Guy explained. This is the first time a BVD project has been funded by the Sustainable Farming Fund. $585,000 will be provided over three years and the project will be led by BVD Free NZ beginning this July.
three years and begin this July. The second project looks at Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVD). “BVD is a serious and widespread disease with about 80% of New Zealand’s dairy and beef herds having been exposed to it. Infection can cause reproductive losses, an increase in general disease, reduced growth rates and lowered milk production.” Estimates put the annual losses for dairy farmers at $100m or more.
only way of protecting animals,” Guy says. “This project will look at the effects on production and welfare of this
NEW LEPTO STRAIN RISKY ABOUT 30% of New Zealand’s dairy herds may pose a risk of infecting humans with a new strain of leptospirosis not covered by current vaccines, a new study has revealed. Leptospirosis is the most common zoonotic occupational disease for farm and abattoir workers. In 2016 cases were up by nearly 50% on 2015. People can pick up the disease if they come into contact with cow urine and rodents. It can lead to serious illness or death. The publicly funded Massey University study, which started in 2015, collected blood and urine samples from 200 dairy farms. Lead researcher Cord Heuer, from Massey’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sci-
ences, says the study uncovered high levels of a new strain previously thought to be infrequent, called tarassovi. “Tarassovi is found in three out of four herds and it is present in 30% of the herds and in high frequencies – more than 25% of the cows,” he says. “That gives rise to public health concerns because current vaccines are not protecting for it. Workers are exposed to it twice a day while milking and urine is being poured; urine is the infectious part.” Heuer says the study’s surprising findings have been released early because researchers are worried about the risk to farmers. The Ministry for Primary Industries says tarassovi is considered
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a “background” serovar in cattle compared to the serovars covered in the vaccines. It says NZ vaccines include Leptospira serovars hardjobovis and pomona and copenhageni, but do not include L tarassovi and L ballum. Heuer says until now the current vaccine was assumed to protect dairy cattle. “They’ve never been studied since 1981-82 before the big vaccination campaigns took place. Since then 95% of the dairy herds have been using the vaccination regularly and therefore they’ve never been addressed.” He stresses that farmers must keep up their vaccinations.
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28 ANIMAL HEALTH PRODUCT
COMPANY
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Cattle External Parasite Treatments
ACTIVE INGREDIENT
CONCENTRATION
INGREDIENT DOSE RATE
FORMULATED DOSE RATE LIVEWEIGHT
SAFETY MARGIN (X DOSE RATE)
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD MEAT (DAYS)
MILK (DAYS)
COMMENTS
CLAIMS BITING LICE
SUCKING LICE
TICKS
BITING FLY
ECTOPARASITICIDES Bayticol
Bayer NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Flumethrin
10g/L
1mg/kg
10mL/100kg
Nil
Nil
N/S
No
No
Yes
No
Rainfast
Destruct
Bayer NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Propetamphos
100g/L
10mg/kg
10mL/100kg
3
5
N/S
Yes
Yes
No
No
Short meat withholding, single dose.
Blaze
Coopers
Pour-on
Deltamethrin
1.5% w/v (15g/L)
0.75mg/kg
1mL/20kg lice and nuisance fly.
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Nil
>3
Yes
Yes
No Note 4
Yes
Nil bobby calf withholding for cows treated in late pregnancy.Can be used in cattle of any age.
Pouracide NF
Jurox NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Alphamethrin Piperonyl Butoxide Tetrachlorvinphos
7g/L 75g/L 20g/L
0.7 mg/kg 7.5 mg/kg 2.0 mg/kg
10mL/100kg
7
Nil
-
No
Yes
No
Yes
Fly and lice control
Tempor
Merial Ancare
Pour-on
Temephos
20% w/v
12mg/kg
6mL/100kg
10
14
>8
Yes
Yes
No
No
Not affected by rain.
Niltime
Virbac NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Bendiocarb
40g/L
4mg/kg
1mL/10kg
3
Nil
3x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Can be used on calves 50kg and over.
ENDECTOCIDES Bayer NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Eprinomectin
5g/L
0.5mg/kg
1mL/10kg
Nil
Nil
3x
No
Yes
No
No
For the treatment and control of all gastrointestinal roundworms and lungworms in cattle.
Outlaw
Bayer NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Abamectin/ Levamisole
10g/L 200g/L
0.5mg/kg 10mg/kg
1ml/20kg
42
42
3x
No
Yes
No
No
For the treatment and control of internal parasites including endectocide resistant strains and lungworm in cattle.
Edge Injection
Bayer NZ Ltd
Subcutaneous Injection
Doramectin, Levamisole
4mg/ml 200mg/ml
0.2mg/kg 10mg/kg
1mL/20kg
21
21
2x
No
Yes
No
No
Edge is effective against all internal production limiting worms.
Paramectin Pour-on
Jurox NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Abamectin
10mg/ml
0.5mg/kg
1ml/20kg
35
Nil
3x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Also controls internal parasites
Paramectin Injection
Jurox NZ Ltd
Injection
Abamectin
10mg/ml
0.2mg/kg
1ml/50kg
49
49
3x
No
Yes
No
No
Also controls internal parasites. Registered for cattle and sheep.
Eprinex For Cattle & Deer
Merial Ancare
Pour-on
Eprinomectin
0.5% w/v
0.5mg/kg
1ml/10kg
Cattle 0, Deer 7, Bobby Calves 0
Nil
10
Yes
Yes
No
No
Controls mites, sarcoptes scabiei, chorioptes bovis. Also controls internal parasites.. Weatherproof.
Eclipse Pour-on
Merial Ancare
Pour-on
Abamectin/ Levamisole
10mg/ml 200mg/ml
0.5mg/kg 10mg/kg
1ml/20kg bodyweight
35
35
3x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Also controls internal parasites.
Exodus Pour-on
Merial Ancare
Pour-on
Moxidectin
0.5% w/v
0.5mg/kg
1mL/10kg bodyweight
Nil Deer Nil Bobby
Nil
>10x
Yes
Yes
Note 4
No
Also controls internal parasites. Rainfast. registered for Cattle and Deer. Controls manage mites. Chorioptes bovis.
Genesis Injection
Merial Ancare
Subcutaneous injection
Abamectin
1.0 w/v
0.2mg/kg
1ml/50kg
49
49
3x
N/D
Yes
No
No
No sting. Also controls internal parasites. Also with Vitamin B12.
Genesis Pour-on
Merial Ancare
Pour-on
Abamectin
1.0% w/v
0.5mg/kg
1ml/20kg
35
Nil
3x
Yes
Yes
–
–
Also controls internal parasites. Rainfast.
Genesis Ultra Pour-on
Merial Ancare
Pour-on
Abamectin/ Triclabendazole
0.5mg/kg 300mg/ml
0.5mg/kg 30mg/ml
1ml/10kg bodyweight
91
91
3x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Also controls internal parasites, liver fluke.
Ivomec Injection
Merial Ancare
Subcutaneous injection
Ivermectin
1.0% w/v
0.2mg/kg
1ml /50kg
35
35
20-30
Aids in control
Yes
Note 4
No
Also controls internal parasites
Ivomec Plus
Merial Ancare
Subcutaneous injection
Ivermectin/ Clorsulon
1.0% w/v Iver. 10% w/v Clor.
0.2mg/kg Iver. 2.0mg/kg Clor.
1ml /50kg
28
14
20-30
Aids in control
Yes
Note 4
No
Also controls internal parasites
Fasimec Pour on for Cattle
Elanco
Pour-on
Abamectin/ Triclabendazole
0.5mg/kg 300mg/ml
0.5mg/kg 30mg/ml
1ml /10kg bodyweight
91
91
3x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Controls roundworm lice and all stages of liver fluke.
Abamectin Injection
Ravensdown
Subcutaneous injection
Abamectin
10g/L
0.2mg/kg
1mL/50kg
49
49
3x
No
Yes
No
No
Controls both internal and external parasites
Abamectin Pour On
Ravensdown
Pour-on
Abamectin
10g/L
0.5mg/kg
1mL/20kg
35
Nil
3x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Controls both internal and external parasites
TopLine
Virbac NZ Ltd
Pour-on
Abamectin
1% w/v 10mg/mL
0.5mg/kg
1mL/20kg
35
Nil
3x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Persistent activity against biting and suckling lice for 56 days. Rain resistant. Also controls internal parasites.
Cydectin Injection
Zoetis
Subcutaneous Injection
Moxidectin
1% w/v
0.2mg/kg
1ml/50kg
35 days
35
>5x
Aids in control
Yes
Note 4
No
Also controls internal parasites. Non sting injection. Registered for cattle and sheep.
Cydectin Pour-on
Zoetis
Pour-on
Moxidectin
0.5% w/v
0.5mg/kg
1ml/10kg
Nil Deer Nil Bobby Nil Cattle
Nil
>10x
Yes
Yes
Note 4
No
Also controls internal parasites. Rainfast. Registered for cattle and deer. Controls mange mites Chorioptes bovis
Dectomax Injection
Zoetis
Subcutaneous injection
Doramectin
1.0% w/v
0.2mg/kg
1ml/50kg
35
35
25x
Aids in control
Yes
No
No
Non-sting, also controls internal parasites. Registered for cattle, sheep and pigs.
Dectomax Pour-on
Zoetis
Pour-on
Doramectin
0.5% w/v
0.5mg/kg
1ml/10kg
35
Nil
25
Yes
Yes
Note 4
No
Rainfast. Also controls internal parasites. Controls mange mites Chorioptes bovis
Cydectin Plus Fluke Pour-on
Zoetis
Pour-on
Moxidectin Triclabendazole
5g/L moxidectin 200g/L triclabendazole
0.5mg/kg moxidectin 20mg/kg triclabendazole
1ml/10kg
84
84
10x
Yes
Yes
No
No
Also controls internal parasites, including liver fluke
Note 1 - Do not use in lactating dairy cattle producing milk for human consumption or industrial purposes or within 28 days of the start of lactation. Note 2 - Extra care must be taken to use the correct dose in calves under 100kg weight, particularly if
animals are in light body condition, because they may be susceptible to overdosing. Note 3 - Not to be used in lactating cattle where the milk is used for human consumption or within 14 days of calving.
Note 4 - No claim for New Zealand cattle tick. Note 5 - Not for use in lactating in dairy cows. Effective against external parasites for 135 days for cattle weighing between 100kg & 400kg liveweight on day of administration.
Note 6 - Do not use on lactating cattle Note 7 – Do not use in cattle producing milk for human consumption or within 21 days of calving N/S - Not supplied.
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Farmers urged to use science to improve profitability PAM TIPA pamelat@ruralnews.co.nz
FARMERS ARE getting a push to use the “masses of science” available in New Zealand to improve their profitability. Confusion exists about the key focus needed to increase farm profitability, says high profile farm veterinarian and consultant Trevor Cook. The key point is how much product we produce per hectare, he says. And though body condition score and feed allocation are also key performance indicators, they alone are not the drivers of profit. Cook says stocking rate is the key component of kilograms of product per hectare, and production per head is the other component. “Stocking rate is a very powerful component of maximising pasture utilisation,” he says. A component of that is having a flexible stocking policy. A farming system with a mix of sheep and cattle breeding and a significant trading component has flexibility. Many farms have a flexible stock mix because they are trading classes. But he finds they aren’t identified as being a flexible stock class. “There is a reluctant to sacrifice that available trading component in extreme feed shortages to preserve the capital stock,” he says. Not using the pasture we grow has a real cost. “What we harvest is what we turn into money; what we don’t harvest is an absolute loss,” Cook explains. He modelled a particular farming system he had data on and it showed
Vet and consultant Trevor Cook says confusion exists about the key focus to increase farm profitability.
it did not have a high utilisation of the pasture grown. “There were too many stock classes, too many mobs of animals that weren’t being managed in a way that maximised [the consumption of] the amount of pasture grown,” he says. “That whole system has changed; we’ve simplified the system, tried fewer and larger mobs and looked at the impact of that on pasture utilisation and other outcomes.” When less pasture is utilised there is more dead pasture; in contrast, more intensive systems reduce that loss. “An economic analysis shows…
we’ve got a significant increase in profit per hectare purely driven by stocking rate,” Cook says. Everyone knows we can raise stocking rate and get more profit. “But it is not a matter of putting on more animals; it is the way those animals are managed to utilise more of that pasture.” With those models, Cook looked at increasing the stocking rate and compromising lambing percentage. “Dropping lambing percentage by 7% still generated a significant increase in profit from the status quo. So lambing percentage alone is not the key driver
of profit; it is the stocking rate which is the key driver of profit.” We know exactly what to do to soils to get maximum pasture production; to exploit that we need systems fully using available pasture. “With per head performance there are masses of science, particularly in New Zealand, that show us what to do to get maximum output from our beef herds, sheep flocks and growing systems,” he adds. “It’s not as if we don’t know; we know exactly what we need to do to get maximum performance. Things like condition score, the value of growing
new hoggets big, the value of growing yearling heifers to a good weight. I don’t want to delve into those per head things because we harp on and on about them. “But we know exactly the packages we can put together to maximise per head performance.” He says the challenge is, do we increase stocking rate without compromising per head production? The most profitable dairy farms do not have the highest per cow performance. “The top operators can do both – run high stocking rates and run good per head performance. They may not achieve the top per head performance but it is still good. “When we run higher stocking rates, it means we are likely to compromise some aspects of how we feed those animals. There are key things we have to preserve – conditions scores at mating, conditions scores at calving or lambing and the allocation of feed in pre calving and pre lambing.” Weaning date is highly flexible yet Cook finds “farming systems are almost fixed to weaning dates, which aren’t necessarily appropriate for conditions at the time”. “I think there is huge opportunity to intensify our systems by weaning our calves and our lambs a lot earlier, but that’s another story.” He says farmers need a clear plan on their flexibility tools in their system: “Which animals are going to be compromised when we haven’t got feed to allocate to them -- animals we know we must feed at those critical times. Planning… planning… planning.” @rural_news facebook.com/ruralnews
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30 MACHINERY & PRODUCTS
4N Series offers many choices MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz
THE RECENTLY introduced fourth generation Valtra N series boasts many features from its ‘big brother’ T series but is built into a smaller, more manoeuvrable package which should appeal to many operators. All six models have 4-cylinder, Tier 4 Final AGCO Power engines
with power ratings from 105 to 165hp; the three smaller models use 4.4L engines, the three larger units have 4.9L capacities. Using an SCR-only layout, which removes the need for any diesel particulate filters, the engines also have the Sigma Power boost function to increase power over the range from 115 to 185hp, and deliver up to 730Nm torque.
The N114 and N154 models are the choice for operators looking for fuel savings, as their ECO Power option reduces engine speeds up to 20% and gives fuel savings up to 10%. N Series tractors are offered with a choice of three transmission configurations: Hi-Tech, Versu or Direct. The Hi-Tech and Versu are a traditional
All six models in the Valtra N series have 4 cylinder, Tier 4 Final AGCO Power engines with power ratings from 105 to 165hp.
with Hi-Tech offering a more basic open centre layout and 73 or 90L/min oil flows. Control systems are mechanical for HiTech and electronic for the Versu and Direct. Up top, a new cab that takes its look and layout
5-step powershift layout, while the Direct specification is a continuously variable set-up. Versu and Direct transmissions are offered with load-sensing hydraulics and a choice of 115, 160 or 200L/min outputs,
from the larger T series offers plenty of visibility with 6.5m2 of glass and has a noise rating not exceeding 70 decibels. As expected from Valtra, a choice of options includes heated front and rear screens, roof win-
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MULTIBALE SHOWS TWIN TALENTS TULLOCH FARM Machines, Masterton, has introduced a new Krone Big Pack 870 HDF XC MultiBale unique in its interest to contractors: it would allow them to offer different end products from the one machine. With an 800mm wide and 700mm high bale section, the unit has a longer bale chamber and heavier plunger/ packer that allows it to produce densities of up to 210kg/m3, dependent on crop, versus a more typical 165kg/m3 density achieved with conventional large square balers. Field output increases are also raised by the fitting of a 16% larger throat area in the VFS pre-packing
chamber. To deal with the 25% increase in density, Krone has developed a narrow knotter – which means that on the 870 machine five strings now take the place of the more normal four. The company says the extra cost of a fifth string is easily outweighed by increased bale density, as evidenced by truckers’ reporting much higher load weights on trucks. And the 700mm high bale allows bales to be loaded four deep on trucks without exceeding the 4m maximum load height regulation, so reducing cost per tonne for trucking. The 5-string system also gives the user greater bale security when
bales are being handled, re-handled or moved. The MultiBale designation means the machine can produce a conventional format large square bale from 1m to 2.7m long, and it can also uniquely make between two and nine separate ‘mini bales’ which can be between 0.3m and 1.35m long. With the machine running in this configuration the small bales are tied by knotters number 2 and 4, with the complete package held together by the remaining three twines. The format thereby allows maximum weight capacity for trucking and the bonus of being able to break the large packages down into easily han-
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Hopper opens up opportunities MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz
THE NEW Kverneland FlexCart from importer Power Farming comprises a 4300L hopper mounted on a robust chassis with oversize wheel equipment and a rear-mounted Cat 2 three-point linkage. Designed to increase daily outputs, the unit can be used with seed drills for increasing planting between stops, or fertiliser applications with precision drill systems. Obviously suitable to be used with Kverneland products, such as Optima precision drill, the CX Ultra coulter-bars or the 6m tine seeder frame, the cart can be used equally well with other companies’ products. Measuring 2.5 x 2.45m and with a filling height of 2.1m, the hopper is easily filled with a frontloader, telehandler or with an optional hydraulically driven auger in five
minutes or less. All setting and operating elements are easily accessible on the outside of the machine, including a metering device for fast, easy calibrations. Mounted to the tractor by the lower link arms, the well-balanced frame offers a low centre of gravity. It is easy to pull because of the reduced rolling resistance offered by the oversize tyres. Double acting cylinders at the rear of the threepoint linkage have a lift capacity of 400kg and the ability to transfer the same force to the coulter systems. Seeding depth is controlled by a centralised adjustment carried out with 2.5mm spacers. The FlexCart incorporates the IsoMatch Tellus control system, which allows a real-time display and the ability to carry out a range of functions such as section control, half-width shut off and
variable rate seed and fertiliser application. Options include a PTO driven external fan to reduce hydraulic flow requirements and the already mentioned auger loading system.
The hopper is easily fitted with a frontloader, telehandler or with an optional hydraulically driven auguer in five minutes or less.
“FlexCart will give users the potential to increase productivity and boost efficiency,” says the product specialist at Power Farming, John Chapman. www.powerfarming.co.nz
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TIME WAS when the operators’ manual for a grey Fergie wouldn’t run to many pages. Fast forward to a 21st century prime mover and that manual is probably a weighty tome. Global harvesting and tractor manufacturer Claas has brought the latest technology to bear with the introduction of its Interactive Tractor Guide, which is supplied free to run in IOS and Android formats on mobile phones or tablets. The
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manufacturer suggests that the app isn’t designed to replace a traditional manual, but to allow operators to quickly find their way around a mass of cab controls and systems. In use, the operator opens the app and points it at a control lever, switch or button about which the app will explain via illustrated text. Eventually the app will cover the use of more complex integral systems by providing tutorials for their use. An integrated search function will help those looking for a specific control and – for budding tractor drivers who don’t have a tractor – virtual reality goggles will allow them a virtual experience of the cab in the comfort of their sofa. This app is available for Claas 500, 600, 800 and 900 series tractors fitted with steplessly variable C-Matic transmissions.
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This Fella comes with four rotors The Fella Juras 12545 four-rotor rake should help contractors stay ahead of, and deliver, good quality swathes to any hungry forage harvester or baler during a long season.
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THE NEW Fella Juras 12545 fourrotor rake offers an ISOBUS control system in the Pro version. It should help contractors stay ahead of, and deliver, good quality swathes to any hungry forage harvester or baler during a long season. The Juras 12545 replaces the Fella TS 4000 and TS 12555 Pro four-rotor rake models. Built around a stable, square central frame, a centred chassis axle and a pivoting drawbar head with a category II lower links, the working width can be continuously hydraulically adjusted from 10m up to 12.50m. The cardanic rotor suspension on all four rotors, combined with the Fella Jet Effect, ensures optimal ground adaptation in all directions, while the
free-wheeling mechanism and overload protection features protect the drivetrain components against damage. The machine is equipped with the maintenance-free TS 5 rake head, hydraulic working width adjustment, sequential control
and a display for individual rotor/ raking heights. A new top-of-the-range Juras 12545 Pro version builds on the base model to offer a load-sensing hydraulic system and an ISOBUS control system. This allows all rotors to be operated
independently via the tractor terminal or a retro-fitted display unit. In addition to hydraulic adjustment of the raking height, all rotors can be individually lifted, and the working width can be adjusted from 10m to 12.5m and deliver a swath width of 1.2m to 2.2m to suit following machinery. The ISOBUS technology also allows the equipment to be automatically folded into the transport position, the activation of hydraulic safety devices for transport, a choice of five preset lift heights for headland turns and a hectare and hour meter. The Juras 12545 Pro is equipped with a six-wheel chassis for the rear rotors, enabling the machine to neatly track the contours of the ground, and optional LED working lights.
KEEP SAFE APP IMPROVING HEALTH and safety awareness is encouraging business owners to take seriously the means of ensuring workers or visitors go home safely at day’s end. One such means, recently launched, is a H&S app called Tribal, well worth a look. Designed for use on Android and IOS platforms, the app enables staff, managers and owners to update colleagues or visitors about hazards on a property in real time; it will work offline while out of network range then update when the signal is resumed. Using GPS location, farm maps can be instantly called up on the device screen to show hazards as they are identified, and as incidents occur the app can notify staff or visitors; they can monitor the resolution and in doing so help foster a positive H&S culture on the property. It’s useful particularly to visitors to the property, say, contractors or advisors, and it can grant access to allow a fast induction to dangers; a log-in/log-out function allows staff or managers to keep track of who is working on the farm. Management functions are taken care of by differing user access levels, allowing staff access to information relevant to their job. A clever dashboard gives an overview of how the system is being operated, displaying events and resolutions, registers of dangerous substances and producing compliance reports. “Our system sees people as the key focus, while ensuring key topics such as planning, organisation and implementation are at the forefront.” www.staytribal.com
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Jeep Trailhawk gets down and dirty MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz
YOU’VE SEEN the television advertising: buy an SUV or a ute, use it for work Monday to Friday, then hit the back-blocks of New Zealand on the weekend. Yeah right, trying to find anyone who does that is like trying to find someone who likes going to the dentist. Jeep importer and distributor Ateco Group NZ wants its customers to take advantage of the legendary brand’s offroad ability, and will try to stir up the juices with a nationwide series of road or off-road shows at its dealerships with a ‘4x4ever’ theme. Four Trailhawk models will lead the charge, with
the aim of getting just a little muddy and climbing obstacles a lot higher than a Clevedon kerbstone. The Trailhawk series comes in a range of models including the compact Renegade, the ubiquitous Wrangler, the mid-sized Cherokee and the flagship Grand Cherokee. The Trailhawk badging is a lot more than a marketing ploy; it signifies that the vehicle it’s bolted to is tilted fairly and squarely to offroad capability. Alongside the Trailhawk moniker a ‘Trail-Rated’ badge; the steed has been specifically developed with tough conditions in mind, with five keys areas addressed -traction, wheel articula-
tion, ground clearance, water fording and general manoeuvrability. Trail Rated also makes a nod towards the legendary 27km Rubicon Trail in the Sierra Nevada range in California, where much of Jeep’s product development takes place. There you find extreme off-road challenges from sand to rocky outcrops, steep climbs and descents and plenty of mud and water. The NZ launch of Trailhawk was a little less challenging, but just as interesting, at an offroad course above Kariotahi Beach, south west of Auckland. The vehicles tackled grass, metal and sand, with some steep climbs and descents thrown in for good measure.
Considering the vehicles were shod with road tyres at standard road pressures, each completed the tests without fail, and with a smattering of the big storm that
hit Auckland later that day. As David Smitherman, chief executive of Ateco Group, explained “we want Jeep customers to exploit the heritage and
engineering of the vehicles they have chosen. The heritage dates back over 75 years and the engineering has spawned a whole genre of vehicles the world over. So get out
here and give it a go” Rural News looks forward to getting up close and dirty with the new Grand Cherokee Trailhawk real soon.
Remote control spraying TECH GIANT DJI is well known for its drone equipment and used the recent SIMA exhibition in Paris to gauge interest in its second-generation spray rig – the MG-1S. The first-generation machines resulted in sales of 3200 units in China and South Korea. With only a 10L chemical tank, the machine is not suited to broadacre scenarios, although it might find favour with farmers looking to hit localised infestations of weeds, say, spot spraying blackgrass in cereal crops. The main target market is more likely to be orchardists or viticulturalists who need to get chemicals onto high-value crops,
although farmers might see some scope for using the machine to target weeds on hardto-reach hillsides or gullies. Using the company’s own controller, the operator can choose manual or fully automated mode, with the latter seeing the user plotting the paddock boundary, setting a flying speed, then the machine does everything else, working its way across the area to be treated. All-up weight is 24kg, and eight rotors keep the machine aloft for 10 minutes before a recharge is necessary. For the spraying function, four nozzles are mounted directly below a rotor pivot, where turbulence is lowest.
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Performance, dealer support keeps contractor coming back MARK DANIEL markd@ruralnews.co.nz
ANDREW DALZELL and Vicki Collett operate Dalzell Contracting from their property in Culverden, North Canterbury. They provide farmers a complete package in hay and baleage, from mowing to wrapping as individual bales or in tubes. Dalzell Contracting runs two New Hol-
land Blue Power tractors – a T7.270 and a T7.210. They also run two New Holland balers – a fouryear-old BB1290 and a five-year-old BB9080 – both producing 4 x 3 bales and fitted with weigh scales and moisture meters. Dalzell says he likes the reliability of New Holland balers and has stuck with the brand for many years due to the knowledge he’s built up of their operation and
Vicki Collett and Andrew Dalzell of Dalzell Contracting are committed New Holland users.
maintenance. “I’m very good with the knotting system on
the balers because it’s the only knotting system I’ve ever known.”
Both tractors are higher-spec models of the T7.270 and T7.210, with
Dalzell noting the Blue Power spec models are a little dearer but proven to be great tractors. “I particularly like the variable speed option, as you don’t get caught between gear ranges which suits baling. They are also comfortable and quiet to drive over long working days.” Service is provided by Norwood Farm Machinery Centre in Christchurch, another reason Dalzell sticks with the
New Holland brand. With the balers, Dalzell reckons about 90% of problems get sorted over the phone, and Norwood Farm Machinery responds quickly to any emergency breakdowns. But owning two balers enables the business often to carry on into the night with the alternative machine, before getting the service engineers on-site first thing the next day. www.newholland.co.nz
Safe emergency jump starters JUMP STARTING conjures up ideas of humping a large battery and meaty jump leads in case your vehicle gets a flat battery. However, Projecta has unveiled a new range of affordable, lithium battery-based jump starters that are compact enough to carry around in your glovebox, and have smart technology to prevent overheating. The two model Intelli-start 12V lithium emergency jump starter range is available with a 900A and 1200A
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