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Overlooked by many within the fine details of last month’s budget from the government was a $10 million package over four years designed to beef up New Zealand’s animal welfare systems — supporting a new law that too, has just taken effect.

Primar y Industries minister Nathan Guy said the investment will support changes in the new Animal Welfare Amendment Act, which passed into law last month and some of the money will go to informing the industry of those changes.

“Some of this funding will go towards creating targeted education that ensures the right people know what is required of them.

“As well as strengthening the enforcement of animal welfare requirements, the investment will also contribute to the SPCA’s work in animal welfare. In particular, it will further support its compliance function.”

“New Zealand already has a strong reputation for animal welfare,” Mr Guy says.

“ H o w e v e r, t h e expectations of consumers and society are constantly changing and our farming systems are continually evolving. This investment will support changes in the new Animal Welfare Amendment Act, which passed into law this month. These changes have made animal welfare obligations clearer, more transparent and easier to enforce.

“They will also ensure New Zealand is well placed to maintain its strong reputation and world class animal welfare system into the future.”

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Federated Farmers welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report on Managing Water Quality, which supports their long held position that the National Policy Statement is a major step forward for water management in New Zealand.

Dr Jan Wright has reflected on what has been an effective couple of years since her last report, with a sense of significant momentum in the regions. She has made six recommendations which overall Federated Farmers agree with, excluding concerns around the exceptions policy.

“We agree with the commissioner’s recommendation for a more strategic approach in prioritising the more vulnerable catchments. To date some councils have spread their efforts too far and thin when they needed to prioritise and make some real progress on the ones that are under the most pressure,” said Federated Farmers Environment spokesperson, Ian MacKenzie.

“Federated Farmers has been asking for greater certainty and clarification on the implementation of the NPS for freshwater management for some time, and agrees with the commissioner’s focus on the need for this in ‘maintaining and improving’ water bodies and freshwater management zoning.”

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picture and clearly define what that is. Everything we do needs to be about the end game values that we set under the NPS.”

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Paul says: “The stud is no hobby, you have to do it right. A lot of money has been spent on new sires which has produced better stock. The genetics we have introduced are slowly improving, it’s not an overnight wonder, it takes time and patience.

“If you are ruthless in the culling, and don’t allow substandard animals to come through, things do improve. I don’t believe we can cut corners in this game on seed stock.

“Two of our bulls were in the top two per cent of the country but we had to kill one very recently as he got injured, which is a bummer. There’s a lot of heartbreak at times but it’s all part of the game.

“If an expensive animal is bought and it doesn’t perform, get rid of it, it means saving a lot of money.”

He says there has been three dry summers which has not been conducive to good stock.

He doesn’t think summer safe is the norm anymore, and people have to realise the animals also have to cope with that. “We have changed our fertiliser, with more lime going on

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Paul and Claire Graingers’ property in the Waitomo district is a 600 hectare farm which along with 2000 sheep is home to the Kia Toa

Charolais stud that was established in 2003.

Paul Grainger says the Charolais breed are to stay

the pasture than phosphate. It suits our programme, and we are starting to see an improvement in the quality of our grass — we are getting shorter but thicker pasture.

“We have built our own sales pavilion and viewing pens on site. This makes things easier for the stock.“

He says now is a good time for those who have stuck with the beef industry, they are finally reaping a few benefits and hanging in there is paying off. “This year we have stock well over 800

kilograms. They are genuine hill country bulls being fed only grass and haylage.

“We produce stock that can handle living on the hills because that is where beef are housed now. We produce 200 bales of haylage to cover any shortage of grass and we are trying to keep our supplementary expenditure as low as possible.”

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Farming seems to go through fazes and we are encouraged to get into this and get into that, but every farm is different.

“My dad often said to me ‘if you follow trends, you never catch them, be a trendsetter’. Some things we do here, others wouldn’t.

“We still do a lambing beat because to me a lamb saved is a lamb saved. If 30– 40 lambs per year are saved, that is a lot of saving.

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breeding.The Graingers will carry on with the breed for a very long time.

“It adds another dimension to farming — we are farmers first and breeders second.

“Our stud stock do not get any preferential treatment, they have to perform under normal farming practices and if not they are culled.

Claire does the bookwork whilst their eldest son Rhys and his wife Holly and two grandchildren are on a farm near Taumarunui, and second son Mark is shearing full time. Their daughter Stacey is teaching in Scotland and Hannah their youngest daughter is still at school.

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“We had considered cultivating truffles and shiitake mushrooms but they were not suitable to grow under pine trees or in our climate,” says Mr Katu.

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Once they proved the crop could be a success they invested and expanded the plantation which is now more than 20 acres.

“New Zealand ginseng grows in half the time as Asian and American because our cold snap is a much shorter period,” says Mr Katu.

“This is a great advantage for the company as the crop is harvested in seven years instead of 14.

“The roots have been tested for taste, feel and look compared to the native Asian plants and all tests have come back positive which means the value is high.

The company are in the process to expand dramatically with investors who have market and distribution channels for their ginseng products in China as well as investing in the business.

Now on the commercial market, the first product they have available is a ginseng gift pack range which hit the New Zealand market in February.

“This is a high quality gift to give especially to the older Asian generation.

A root of ginseng is a show piece, it is best in perfect form and preferably in an animal or person shape to wish a person good health,” says Mr Katu.

“The company will go on providing for generations to come as we develop new products such as health capsules and tea under the brand Pure-Ora, which means ‘Wellness’.”

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During the 1950’s New Zealand pastoral farmers were the best and most cost effective producers on our planet and the rest of the world was trying to emulate us.

New Zealand was the envy of the globe with our cows, sheep and beef being outdoors, grass fed and healthy, everyone wanted our products and our financial position was very strong. The average dairy farm back then was 40 hectares, supporting up to 2 families and beef and sheep farms were all sizes, our country was pumping and from the flow on effects of our agricultural people, these were good times. The country towns were booming and everybody had a job and money was circulating.

Production was a lot easier then with plenty of grass out in front of the animals and neighbours were helping one another to make hay and silage. It was a nice thing to be doing, the food was great and beer came in big bottles. Our scientists back then were setting

new standards for agriculture; they were allowed to think for themselves, were genuinely independent and paid by the New Zealand taxpayer. By the mid 1980’s toxic chemicals had filtered into the farming communities and the chemical corporations had partnered up with our agricultural universities.

In the mid 1980’s I had set up business in central California growing and marketing Kiwano (horned melons) which together with New Zealand production kept me in the global markets for 12 months of the year. During this period I came across, what is termed as industrial farming where animals are kept in huge sheds and feed and water is supplied to them. I first recognised this system of production by the nostril biting stench of urine and excrement —

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The latest figures out this year, for industrial dairy farming in the USA are; the average milking life for a cow is 20 months, they are milked 4 times per day, injected with hormones to produce more milk and because of confinement are regularly injected with antibiotics. The bulk of feed supplied to them is maize, (more than likely G.M.O maize). Grains are great for chickens and hogs but when fed to rumen animals the maize causes acidosis resulting in mastitis. During milking the pus from mastitis is going into the milk making it unfit for human consumption — so much for industrial farming.

While I was in California last month, farmers were talking about going back to family size farms in an endeavour to produce better quality food for a better way of life. We already have this system working in New Zealand. It creates more employment for the families. Production on a family run farm will always outperform industrial farming. The animals are better cared for and with good management and Rok Solid fertilisers farmers can keep grass out in

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Spark has more 700MHz spectrum than any other operator in New Zealand so it can offer the best performance and a seamless experience.”

Dairy farmer Tony Walters recently installed Spark Rural Wireless Broadband on his Aka Aka property. He says within minutes of getting the equipment he was able to connect at over 50Mbps — that’s equal to speeds on fibre broadband networks, and up to ten times faster than some existing 3G products.

“Data and computing is now an important part of any farming business. We need a reliable and fast broadband connection to monitor and maximise the efficiency of the farm.

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The new faster alternative to existing slower rural broadband products will cost $95 a month for 80GB of data and $105 per month for broadband, a landline and national calling.

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With in excess of 126,000 visitors, the Fieldays at Mystery Creek were judged a huge success with the final day featuring the Rural Bachelor of the Year announced along with the winners from the tractor pull events and the people’s choice awards.

Bachelor winner Toby How said the moment his win was confirmed was ‘surreal’.

“The whole week’s been amazing, going back to work on Monday will be a shock to the system.”

The tractor pull winners were were also announced in three categories — weight adjusted, weight transfer and modified.

Coordinator Andrew Reymer said the wins went to “older guys who had more experience, had been around for a while and knew how to handle it.”

Innovations were applauded with visitors giving 1,000 votes to Easy-Use Feed Bin Wires for it’s simple solution to control feeding.

In second place was Safety Buddy for its Bluetooth enabled safety device, and in third place was Fence Detective for its smartphone app for testing if electric fences are live.

The site awards saw Makita NZ Ltd taking out the overall trophy. The top

theme site was taken home by the University of Waikato, as the exhibitor that best portrayed the event theme — Growing Our Capability in Agribusiness.

“Our team wanted to showcase the breadth and quality of work that the University of Waikato is undertaking, particularly where we’ve been working with Waikato to solve business and environmental challenges,” said spokesman Simon Bush.

The Fieldays planning executive, Jacqui Cooper, added that once again it was exciting to see what exhibitors came up with for their sites, as was the case each year.

“Set up starts weeks before the event begins and there is so much work that goes into these sites. It’s a full construction zone here in the lead up and it’s fantastic to see it all come together.”

The national agricultural showcase will be back at Mystery Creek next year from June 15 to 18.

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Lindsay and the team at Clean Green Effl uent Company would like to thank all the farmers and suppliers they met at the New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

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The precedent setting judgement will cost the National Australia Bank Limited millions of dollars and has sparked a scramble from the banking industry as it means the banking code of conduct goes from being a guide to contractually binding.

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enjoy ever increasing profits. Farmers of New Zealand also support the re-introduction into Parliament of the Farm Debt Mediation Bill which, in the past, has not been supported by the vast majority of politicians.

While in New Zealand the number of bank foreclosures has declined, economists warn that those who currently have extended themselves in taking out mortgage loans could be exposed in the next New Zealand economic downturn, which may not be too far away if the Auckland real estate

market funded by overseas immigrants crashes. New Zealand Institute of Economic Research said even when mortgage sale numbers were high during the global financial crisis, New Zealand did not have the same default rate as the United States, where homeowners could “post back their keys” if property values collapsed. The reality is that you can’t walk away from your mortgage in New Zealand. Most farm mortgagee sales end up with the farming families losing their livelihoods and all of their possessions.

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Are they in the zone?Are your cows in their ‘personal cowzone’? Are they happy? I have been going on about causes of lameness now for quite some time.

I talk to many people about their lameness issues and it still strikes me how ingrained the stone bruise theory is, and the conviction that white line separation is caused from twisting and turning on concrete.

Even when all the evidence is stacked up against these theories, people are reluctant to let go of their long held beliefs. I appreciated recent comments from some people who admitted that it doesn’t make sense to hang onto their old beliefs, but they were just not ready to let go yet. That is very honest and also helpful for you to realise that about yourself, and it has also helped me to have more appreciation for the struggles that people can have to change their management on the farm because it still ‘does not feel right’. This comes out particularly in the way cows are trimmed.

Even though I can appreciate some of those struggles, I do want to emphasise the importance of basing your decisions on facts and logic rather than basing them on gut feelings. We recently ran some seminars with Marloes Levelink, of Cows 101, on Cow Signals. It came out very strongly again how a lot of the issues we are dealing with are, in essence, cow comfort issues.

When a cow cannot behave as she normally would she is more prone to stress and therefore to problems. We can often look at our cows and think that they are happy with their environment but it is very easy to overlook things

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because we are looking at our farms from a human perspective and that may not be how a cow experiences the farm.

As Marloes was saying in the seminars: ‘We have to look, think and act — Why do cows do what they do? Why are they standing by the gate even if there is plenty of grass in the paddock and it is still an hour or so before milking? Why do cows not clean out the meal trough? Why do they not walk back to the paddock after milking? Why are there parts of the track covered with cow muck? And so on . . . One thing we can say in response is that ‘this is just the way it is’, and leave it at that.

This way of reasoning, however, is not acknowledging a problem and certainly not eliminating a problem. There is always a reason why cows do things.

If we don’t know why certain things happen, we need to investigate. Ask other people, look on Google or use whatever other research options we have.

A good way to start looking at behaviour is by asking the question, ‘would a cow show this behaviour in the wild where she has access to everything she wants (water, food, shelter, resting place etc), and if not, why not? Therefore, what can we do to improve the situation for the cow? This is the key to better run farms, increased productivity and less lameness.

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When it comes time to choose a new ATV quad for the farm, and especially one to be put through a grueling rote of farming chores by farm staff daily, it’s not the bells and whistles which count.

It’s toughness, reliability, and to a large extent price which dictate a shrewd investment. Which is not to say that rider comfort, safety, storage options and power don’t come into the mix, it’s just that, dollar for dollar, most Kiwi farmers are looking for a working tool, not a recreational toy. Can Am have been providing ATV quads for the New Zealand farmer for quite a while now, along with farmers around the world. They’ve been quick to realise that the most hated thing of all, on rural spreads from Arkansas to Akaroa, is maintenance downtime. That’s why they’ve toughened up their new, low-priced, high-durability Outlander 450L series, producing a new, single seater ATV which is all about more bang for your buck.

It’s a no-frills approach, focused on work, not necessarily play. Racing stripes and alloy mags give way to a smarter air cleaner system, a re-imagined 450cc, liquid cooled Rotax four stroke providing 38 horsepower. Even the frame has

moved past tubular steel, using less bolts and less welds for long-lasting structural rigidity.

The suspension has been improved with more travel over the bumps both front and back, and a new double front A-arm system to reduce dive in the corners. As usual, there’s Can Am’s trademark trailing torsional independent system at the back, keeping things smooth and in control.

All of which should be no surprise, Can Am, like their rivals in both the USA and Asia, have to innovate and improve to survive in the ATV world. What is different, though, is the price. Visit any Can Am dealership and you will be surprised at the low cost of the new L series of Outlanders, as well as the comprehensive nature of their warranty. It’s all part of a concerted push by Can Am to wrestle the rural utility quad crown from its contenders, one which can only gain momentum with products like these hitting the forecourts and paddocks for the 2015/16 season.

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The cooker is also great for camping and hunting as it is fuelled by small bush sticks in the base unit which holds approximately 12 litres of water, and when the fi re is going, a pot, frying pan or wok can be

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He and a friend came up with the idea of the water jacket when he was staying with a traditional village on the coast of Madang.

“Life is very basic there and there is no running water. They must dig wells by hand and sometimes these are not far away from long drops.

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A ‘priceless’ look at rural lifeby Ann Morgan

With requests from his many readers of his previous book, ‘Farming and Yarning’, Barry Styles’ latest work ‘Priceless Bullshit’ recounts more stories, experiences, events and happenings he was involved in, heard about or yes, made up over time.

He is described by some as an interesting character, and people refer to him as somewhat like Barry Crump. Now in his 80s, he lives near Mangawhai in Northland with his wife Jan, whom he dedicates the book to, ‘considering she stood beside, behind and in front of him for 40 years,’ not forgetting his children of course.

“Some of the yarns you will find here may appear to be a little risqué. If you can’t remember how to spell that just say ‘a bit over the top’,” says Brian.

Bull’s, sheep and home gardeners all have something in common, a very valuable product which makes manure, and as his humour talks you through such stories, you will quite possibly smile for days.

The mostly real stories will give you some good laughs as you get a picture of

what rural New Zealand back block living was like from the early 1940s onward.

Back in the day with potties under beds and “when at boarding school perfectly good lamb roasts and chops obviously went to waste, because we only ever got stew for the three years I was there.”

Priceless Bullshit is well worth the read, for fathers, brothers, uncles and others, anyone who appreciates good, easy humour. Real or not, it doesn’t really matter, what matters is it is a book of mystery, memory and humour.

Written by a man, who has been there and done that, or so he says, and the best part about it is he is kindly donating all profits to the ‘Make a Wish’ foundation.

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