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Federated Farmers is thrilled that one of their own has taken out the top spot at this year’s Beef + Lamb Golden Lamb Awards.

Provincial chair Hamish Buchanan won the Grand Champion title with his Highlander Primera Texel X lamb.

Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairman Rick Powdrell said “Hamish has outdone himself and should be incredibly proud of what he has achieved.

“The Golden Lamb Awards is a challenging competition, in its quest to find the highest yielding, most tender and tasty lamb in New Zealand. For our Tararua Meat & Fibre chair to take this national title at such a young age is very impressive.”

Hamish Buchanan runs a straight Terminal Sire Flock, using a Highlander x Primera as the maternal ewe, sourced for its reasonable price, good weights and genetic background.

“The Texel Sire provides hybrid vigour and additional muscling. To date it seems to be working well and we are producing what I think is a great product,” said Hamish. “It is exciting

to have that validated by such a high profile competition.

“The award encourages me to continue down the path I’ve taken with our flock. We have a few new ideas to work on and these will hopefully deliver us with even better results in the future.”

The Awards’ judging panel included Beef + Lamb New Zealand Iron Maidens and sporting superstars, Lisa Carrington, Sarah Walker and Caroline Meyer (nee Evers-Swindell), alongside food writer Lauraine Jacobs, B+L ambassador chef Reon Hobson and head judge and chef Graham Hawkes.

“I’ve been a judge at the Glammies a few times now and I know a lot about the elements I’m looking for — not just taste but tenderness and texture too,” said Ms Walker.

Ms Carrington said she enjoys meeting the farmers who are delivering such a great product.

“They’re a pretty talented bunch and it’s great to be able to recognise them.”

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The New Zealand Primary Industry Summit is due to be held on May 25 and 26 at Te Papa in Wellington.

The event will bring together key decision-makers in the agribusiness sector to explore strategies for value growth.

NZ Landcare Trust communications manager James Barnett said, that from a sustainable land and water management perspective, a highlight will come in the form of a facilitated round-table discussion asking ‘Is New Zealand primary industry doing enough to protect the environment?’

“With New Zealand’s clean green image under scrutiny from international consumers and a rising number of examples of the economic costs associated with getting things wrong, the answer to this question has potentially huge ramifications for business in this country, particularly our international exports.”

The panel will include Federated Farmers environmental spokesman and representative on NZ Landcare Trust Board Ian Mackenzie.

“I am looking forward to the debate. It will present an excellent opportunity to highlight many of the good practices

that farmers are leading, such as the community catchment work,” said Mr Mackenzie.

The trust believes that sustainable farming is a necessity rather than an option and this was underlined in a recent workshop in which guest speaker Dr Morgan Williams spoke about the economic value of sustainable farming.

Dr Williams stated that the greatest value comes when environmentally sustainable farming systems become part of an ‘integrity story’ that supports products in the market.

Economics, trade agreements, regulation and business development will also play a major part in the discussions.

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They live in Cambridge with their two sons, 22-month-old Rupert and, nine -month-old William.

“My friends at school were from farming families. I would go and milk cows on the weekends with them,” says Paul. “I became interested in farming as a career and decided to enroll at Lincoln University for a three-year Bachelor of Commerce and Agriculture degree, majoring in farm management.”

He then spent two-and-a-half years travelling around the world and drove tractors in Western Australia and milked cows in England.

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Kate was born and bred in Christchurch. After graduating with a science degree she then worked in Denmark doing herd testing. She later moved to Cambridge in the United Kingdom to work for another company, GeneMark, doing DNA parentage testing. She met Paul during her travels.

Kate retrained as a teacher at the Waikato University and taught at St Peter’s School in Cambridge as an agriculture and science teacher.

“We married in Cambridge in January 2012, it rained that day,” says Kate, “but we didn’t mind one bit because it

Paul and Kate Manion won the Waikato Farm Managers of the Year title after entering the Waikato Dairy Industry Awards competition for the third time. Neither come from farming backgrounds and they believe hard work pays off.

meant the grass grew. After a period of time we moved to this farm and we milk 485 cows.

“William decided to make his appearance into the world spectacular, and arrived at home at 5am on moving day to this farm. It was one way to get a day off for sure,”

While it was their third entry in the Dairy NZ awards, it was also the first time they have been able to really give a substantial amount of time and effort toward the competition.

“We worked really hard with many late nights and forward planning, leaning on consultants, graziers and even our bank manager, to learn what we needed to know to get through the competition.

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Meanwhile export markets offer up some gains amidst a market segment displaying all the hallmarks of having the speed wobbles.

Last month I suggested CIF settlements in China would soften US$5

per cubic metre and, unfortunately, I was right. However, the price drop has been more than matched with shipping cost reductions and a weakening Kiwi dollar against the Green Back. The bottom line ‘at wharf gate NZ’ has been a net increase in wharf gate prices in February.

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The big question mark is will the declining interest in the NZ dollar and a resurgent interest in the US dollar off-set some otherwise sobering news. Time will tell.

In China the cause of our focus on prices is an economy which continues to maintain a negative sentiment even in the face of central Government policies which have relaxed credit conditions for new home buyers. In China a new home is a 60 to 300 square metre apartment depending on where you sit in the wealth stakes. Apartment construction is very much at the forefront of the key drivers in the Chinese economy.

Across most Chinese cities the 15 to 30 storey apartment block has a 60% chance of having been built with concrete that has been held in place until it dried with NZ Radiata pine in the form of boxing lumber or plywood. In short the NZ Forest Grower very much relies on a Chinese consumer agreeing to the purchase of a new apartment, and at present they are doing so in much less numbers than is good for them or us.

Constrained credit lines are a factor but it is more likely an exit of the capital gains seen in recent years has removed

the speculation element from the market. House prices are continuing to fall although recent comment suggests this is likely to be in a bottoming out phase at present.

The mood then is one of overall negative sentiment. In recent months there has been a significant increase in volumes of log and lumber being imported from Russia. A resurgent volume of lumber out of Chile and utilisation of what was a huge stockpile of Douglas fir and Hemlock logs out of PNW add to the mix of competition for NZ Radiata pine logs. Add to the mix a cessation of construction activity for Chinese New year and we have a recipe for a slow April and May.

On a more positive note, pruned log prices are holding or firming across both export and domestic segments. Indeed prices for pruned export logs have rarely been higher than at present. A recent ring around my spies in both Islands suggests pruned logs are also selling well domestically with prices in a firming mode. The demand and price is the result of lumber heading off-shore, primarily to the buoyant US market.

It continues to be thoroughly important to remember the trees keep growing regardless and peoples of the world continue to need wood for wide ranging reasons. Thus, it has never been more timely to remember, the only way forward for climate, country and the planet is to get out there and plant more trees!

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Stuart Cridge, Managing Director formed the company in 1982. Cridge Seeds had already been a long established business run by Stuart’s father Ken. Stuart is still on hand to give sowing suggestions, advice or recommend solutions for pastures regarding your seed requirements. He has over 40 years experience at the company and has dealt with a large number of farmers throughout the years.

Julie, Stuart’s wife has been involved in the business for a number of years in the role of Business and Marketing Manager.

Up to 5 staff are employed at Cridge Seeds over the harvest. Aaron, Site Manager, Alex, Storeman and William, Seed cleaning operator make up a great team that runs smoothly. Ellesmere Transport (locally) and Mainfreight (nationwide), collect at the company on a daily basis and are a very reliable source of freight carriers to ensure seed arrives promptly to destinations.Popular brands of Annuals such as:• Cutter Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass which is

growing at a rate of 140kg per hectare per day as recorded south

• Striker (Diploid Italian) which has proved lasting in the Northland area

• Rage is popular after maize or kumara crops

Perennials:• Alure (zero endophyte) are ideal for horses

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demand usually sees the line sell out each season before spring sowingAnnual Persian Clover (Shaftal) is available

in small quantities. White and Red clovers are also available along with kale, rape, turnips, oats and peas. Pigeon peas are dressed at the company and sent throughout NZ.

We have mixes to suit all your pasture requirements, ranging from hill country to plains, sandy to � rm, tropical to wet, old to new, rough to soft ground.

January until April is the busiest time for Cridge Seeds as the Ryegrass, Clover, Peas and Oats are arriving in large quantities on a regular basis to be cleaned then processed, ready to move out the door to meet farmers requirements for sowing alone, or in mixes

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Purity and germination tests are obtained and seed is moved out the door to farmers. Northland � eld days in Dargaville, Central

District � eld days in Feilding, Southern � eld days both in Canterbury and Gore and in the past June Fieldays at Mystery Creek, Hamilton have proved successful, with farmers interested in the existence of Cridge Seeds and the effect they are having on the market.


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Resolving a Taupiri farmers feed pad issueA D V E RT O R I A L

Date of job: November 2014Pipe size: 355mm diameter / Length: 290m / Depth: 9.5m

Taupiri Farmers, the Walkers, like many modern farmers, were installing a new feed pad for their 600 cow dairy herd and wanted to utilise their existing waste water pond located some 300m away. Using the existing waste water pond would save the construction costs of a second pond and ensure better utilisation of available land and resources.

An open trench pipe laying option was considered, however the

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Seeking an alternative solution, the Walkers found trenchless experts, Smythe Contractors of Cambridge, via the website.

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Over a 5 day period, Smythes drilled beneath the above services, welded the polyethylene pipe into

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289m

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*Generator Seed Mix: This is a mix of high quality diploid and tetraploid perennial ryegrasses, Italian ryegrass, Huia clover and Timothy, and has been designed to achieve a high producing 2-4 year pasture at a very economic price per hectare. It can be established over a wide range of soil types, fertility situations and is

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The potential of good pastureThe need to consider pasture quality as well as quantity in feeding livestock has increased exponentially in recent years with the economic growth of the industry, and this is particularly due to a move towards production to customer specification, particularly for carcass weight and timing of supply.

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Maybe you need those numbers to gain confidence that what you are doing is good enough. Maybe you need some guidance when you have discussions with your staff, your boss or with the owner. Whatever the reason for that question, I don’t think that anyone can actually answer it, for any attempt to answer it would be based on opinion rather than anything else.

In New Zealand the fast majority of lameness originates from laminitis. I know that many people still disagree with me on that one. A much more common belief is that lameness is mainly caused by the physical forces that come on the hooves when the cows are being pushed over rough tracks and in the yard. If that is the case, then the question of how many lame cows is acceptable is easy to answer. It should be ‘none’ because a lame cow would be the result of animal abuse and animal abuse should not be acceptable at any level. The problem is, however, that there is no evidence to back up the stone bruise theory

or whiteline separation from twisting and pushing on concrete. As I asked in a previous article, if you have some evidence, please let me know.

So, when I say that most lameness in New Zealand is laminitis-related what do I mean? Even though the terminology is technically not correct, when I talk about laminitis I am talking about unhealthy or damaged live tissue in the claw. As I said before, there is no evidence that a stone makes this live tissue unhealthy. It is much more diet and stress-related. Things like, not enough fibre, not enough to eat (controlled starvation), not enough water (especially at the cow shed), changing the diet too quickly, not enough resting time, slippery yards, dark, hot cow sheds and the list goes on. Pushing cows on the tracks and in the yard belong in that list as well, because you are stressing a cow when you do that. So, with these thoughts in mind, then the way we combat lameness will be different. We may add fibre to the diet, we may put water troughs near the

cow shed, maybe even some sprinklers on the yard to minimise heat stress, have smaller herds, and have less cows and so on. This means that the original question is now much more relevant because there has to be a balance. It is easy to stop lameness from happening. Just milk 100 cows and give them lots of hay. You won’t have lame cows but you will not make an income either. So, in other words, there needs to be a balance between stress levels on the cows and profitability.

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The Waikato Dairy Industry Awards, Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year, Aaron Price reached the top placing through determined effort.

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Chad and Jan Winke from Walton were placed second in the contest with third place going to Morrinsville sharemilkers Luke Drent and Ryan Hardwick.

The other big winners were Paul and Kate Manion who won the Farm Managers of the Year, and Brett Steeghs came away as the Waikato Dairy Trainee of the Year. It was third time lucky for Cambridge contract milking couple Paul and Kate who won the title after entering twice before.

“We have found entering the awards a great way to get feedback on our farming practices and to network,” says Paul.

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Trainee of the Year, Brett Steeghs, has capped off a successful first season in the dairy industry. Brett is assisting on a 420-cow Horahora farm and he previously worked in agricultural engineering. Nineteen-year-old Otorohanga farm assistant Andrew

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Crossbred fleece prices (both full length and early-shorn types) regained most of their lost ground to reach levels around 520 cents per clean kilogram by February 12. Buyer interest in second-shear types remained fully firm with prices for these wools reaching levels just off the pace of full length fleece at around 495 to 500 cents per clean kilogram.

Crossbred lamb’s wool was, as usual at this time of the year, a feature at each auction during February and buyers were keen to bid on all lamb’s wool but with particular interest in those measuring

large volumes were catalogued and with noticeable market improvement predominantly for the best wool types. Buyer comment in Australia at time of writing was that the poorer tender wools catalogued recently, but held over from earlier sales this season, remained difficult to place.

Sheep numbers have been decreasing at a rather rapid rate over the past ten years and, along with that, the obvious decrease in wool volume has perhaps offered an optimistic outlook for those growers who have stuck with a traditional dual purpose sheep breed, however we have witnessed a roller-coaster wool market soaring to extremely good highs but dipping, often very quickly, to unexplainable lows before travelling along more modest humps and hollows prior to the surge beginning again.

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