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Thirty-eight candidates are vying for 14 regional councillor seats on the Waikato Regional Council (WRC) in this year’s triennial election.

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Redeveloped events centre will enhance Waikato A & P Show

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The newly redeveloped Claudelands Event Centre will enable the Waikato A & P Society to hold a larger, brighter and improved show.

The $70 million overhaul of the centre on its 30ha site includes several new buildings, an arena, a relocated and restored grandstand building and function facility, as well as roading and infrastructure.

Scheduled for November, the Waikato A & P Show will utilise these undercover areas for extra trade, displays and entertainment. Show organisers hope this will encourage more exhibitors.

The Waikato A & P Show was established in 1892.

“People used to come in droves competing with their cattle, and there would be rows and rows of cars and farmers,” said show secretary and administration manager Trish Lloyd.

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trials demonstration, Canadian-style cheerleading, and Rosie the Cow kids’ show. A farmyard petting area will be housed in the Beef Pavilion building and children’s pony rides will be available outside on the grassed area.

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show organisers have worked hard to introduce new competitions and the Schools Farm Walk Programme.

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Following several months travelling around the globe, learning about agricultural issues and researching the use of social media to promote the New Zealand brand, Nuffi eld scholar Sophie Stanley returns to the Waikato in October.

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from Massey University in 2008 with degrees in agricultural science and economics. For the past four and a half years, Sophie has worked as an ANZ agri-manager, based in Morrinsville.

When Sophie first learnt she had been selected for a Nuffield scholarship, she said she was absolutely ecstatic and couldn’t quite believe it.

“I found out I had been selected by phone call a few hours after I hopped off the plane from my interview in Wellington.”

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“My research topic is based on communication, particularly harnessing social media use in the agricultural industry,” she said.

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“The farming industry is constantly being challenged by a number of issues, which sometimes can be misrepresented in mainstream media or by activists,” said Sophie.

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the world set to increase population to nine billion people, we need food.

“Rural infrastructure with broadband and cellphone coverage may limit some potential use but overall there are many opportunities,” she said.

During her international travels, Sophie has endeavoured to learn more about agriculture from a global perspective as well as opportunities in the social media space.

So far she has found that social media has significant value in translating the farmer’s voice, particularly in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

“Communication is important in the agricultural industry because people have always been concerned about where and how their food is produced.”

Sophie’s travels also included attending the Contemporary Scholars Conference in Canada with 60 other Nuffield Scholars from around the world. The two-week conference allowed scholars to network with each and listen to a variety of speakers from different industries. On her return to New Zealand, Sophie plans to become involved in more leadership roles within the industry.

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In the almost three decades since their big day the Blewdens have more than made up for their ignorance by becoming one of the country’s premier lily producers. They left teaching jobs in Taupo to produce 1.2 million lily stems per year in Cambridge. How did they get there? “Trial and error and the odd expensive mistake,” says David.

In the early 1990s Anne and David were both looking for a change of career, so the opportunity to get into growing lilies was timely.

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Their two daughters have worked in the nursery during summer holidays. But neither has shown any inclination to get

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After two decades in the lily business neither Anne nor David has any regrets. They say the business suits their lifestyle. “For us our business is about being profitable, producing a return on investment, producing a product that

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Molybdenum is a vital trace element for enzymes in nitrogen fixation in micro-organisms (including the rhizobia bacteria in legume nodules), and nitrogen metabolism and a range of other functions in many micro-organisms and all plants and animals.

Certain crops are more commonly limited by low molybdenum levels — these include cauliflower, brassicas generally, lettuce, onion, beets, carrots, parsnips and citrus. Deficiency symptoms can include low nitrogen levels and nitrogen deficiency yellowing as well as cupping of leaves.

Tota l molybdenum contents in soil can vary widely between soil types with a range of 0.2 to around 2.5 ppm being typically seen in New Zealand soils. Availability of the molybdenum is greatly affected by soil pH with acid soils having greater ‘lock-up’ of the element by adsorption onto soil minerals. With a higher soil pH eg through liming, availability of molybdenum can improve. Plants need hardly any molybdenum and can generally tolerate very high molybdenum before showing toxicity. The problem with molybdenum toxicity in livestock however, is well known (and humans need to take care in handling the element — the dust is hazardous too). High molybdenum uptake can easily antagonise copper uptake inducing acute copper deficiency in livestock. In

most pastures therefore, it is probably safer to try to address molybdenum with bulk liming to bring the pH up to a good level say around 6.0 to 6.2. Fortunately the lime also contains some steadily released molybdenum too.

In some cases, liming is not sufficient and there can be marvellous responses in clover growth to 10 grams per hectare (one off annually for five years) of sodium molybdate being sprayed on. Note the small amount — that’s all the nitrogen fixing rhizobium bacteria need to get a boost in their activities. (Note if applying in solid fertiliser form, the recommended rate would be around 50 grams per hectare).

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The � rst and foremost thing to realise is that the soil on your farm is the stomach of the plant. All life on the planet has some type of stomach. However, the most abundant form of life on our planet is plants and although they don’t appear to have a stomach, their roots are well entrenched in the stomach which we know as the soil. The gut of the � sh contains the same micro-organisms as the gut of humans, animals and the soil. All life is intrinsically connected through these microbes — how magical is that?

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction and this is evident in the move to agro-chemical production, particularly over the past 30 years with the inherent toxicity of phosphate rock used in the production of superphosphate and its petrochemical partner, urea. The action of these two products is not only having a negative effect on our environment, but also on our food production, especially with issues over the heavy metal cadmium coming from super phosphate and the excess loading of nitrate in food, resulting from heavy applications of urea.

Super phosphate and urea are decimating the microbial mass of the

soil. These microbes are essential in achieving top quality food production. They are the farmer’s soil management team; converting mineral to a plant available form, building humus (carbon) in the soil, increasing soil water retention quality, water drainage capacity, mineral quality, topsoil depth and � xing all the natural nitrogen your pasture requires, via the atmosphere, for free! That will beat any chemical fertiliser shareholder rebate to smithereens and you’ll be looking after the environment too.

A g r o - c h e m i c a l production has reached the point whereby it is now damaging New Zealand’s clean green image. Our 100% pure declaration has been blown out the door, courtesy of the chemical consultants advising farmers to use toxic products on their farm, resulting in export market questioning the value of the food we are producing. For example, the current problems and scrutiny some New Zealand dairy exporters are facing with China. For the past 460

million years plants have been � xing nitrogen directly from the atmosphere with the help from mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobium bacteria.

The addictive use of synthetic nitrogen (urea) suppresses this natural system of free nitrogen supply, in particular clovers (which can � x nitrogen naturally) which

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The season is well on the way now and the weather has been great so far, and because of that we certainly have not had the lameness issues we experienced at this time last year.

However, improving the hoof health of a cow is a constant goal. Even with weather like this we know that lame cows will come. A lot of the severity of the lameness depends on management style, herd size, milk production level and diet. There are a number of things you can do to minimise lameness and the cost of lameness.

Foot baths can be used but are only helpful for infectious diseases.

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Foot baths should not be used for hardening the hooves as that will not minimise lameness. Another option is preventative hoof trimming. Hooves that are not functioning well are more likely to induce lameness. But what does that mean?

The principle of a well functioning hoof is that the weight is spread as evenly as possible over the medial and lateral claws. That means that the pressure on every cm² of both claws on the sole is basically the same.

This can be achieved by making the dorsal wall as short as possible (7.5cm) so that the weight goes more towards the toes. Then the claws need to be at an equal height, at least as close as possible.

This way the excess weight of the bigger claw (usually the lateral claw) is transferred to the smaller claw (usually the medial claw). By doing this the effect of laminitis will be less severe and therefore the cow will be more mobile.

Obviously preventative trimming is best done before the cows go lame. Overseas, farmers usually trim their cows’ feet twice a year. They need to because their cows spend many hours on concrete in their barns.

Because New Zealand farming is usually pasture based, our cows spend a lot more time on soft ground which means that the claw height difference has a less diverse effect because the softer ground will shape more around the hooves.

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Nevertheless our cows are spending a substantial amount of time on hard surfaces when they walk to and from the cow shed and stand in the holding yard, and this is when the overloading of the lateral claw is most likely to occur.

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A programme is being rolled out for rural women to carry a hearing care message to young rural New Zealanders.

Programme Manager of Injury Prevention at ACC, Dr John Wallaart says while heating loss is a national concern, it is increasingly so in rural New Zealand, especially among young people.

“They listen to audio devices in already loud machinery instances and need to made aware of the potential risk, as once damaged, hearing cannot be repaired, but with some planning

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The programme ‘Dangerous Decibels’ was delivered to 30,000 young people last year and Dr Wallaart wants to now see it targeting rural New Zealand.

“Hearing loss and damage is costing the industry something around $10 million a year in terms of compensation claims. It’s probably one of the top claims from the rural sector and covers all types of farming.”

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We was parked up aginst that water tank ona ridge above tha farmhouse an tuckin’ inter the sanniches that Boss’s gerlfrend Sharlene had cut frum last nites roast, wen hoo shood show up but that cat.

Long-time readas of this kolumn no who I meen, eh?

A dog’s tail…

Orl ina family ona farmwatchin’ afta Sophie. That’s Boss’’s new dorter. We jumped ona quad, and Boss raced down that cattil race

Well, we got ta tha house, an’ Boss rusht ina kitchen, An’ their wuz Sharlene an’ Mum, wot’s bin stayin’ lookin’ afta the house.

Mum wuz lookin a bit seady, an’ Boss kneeled ona floor an’ grabb’d her hands.

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Boss looked at me, an’ then we both lookt at Hermin, He wuz sittin’ ona windersill, lickin’ his pores agin.

“Blowed if I no,” seda Boss.”Wen I saw that Cat ina paddock, I figgered sumpin’ was rong eh? It’s like tha Cat come ta get me an’ Billy.”

Well, nex’ thing Sharlene gotta creem froma frij, an ole’ Hermin was havin’ a good feed. Then later, wen I wuz finishin’ offa a muttin bone, he came over ta me kennil, and blow me, he rubbed up agin me side lika ole mate and shared me tucker.

Boss was there an' he rekined maybe it was a sighn of new samd secks marriages the guvmint's lettin' happened.

“Blowed if I no,” seda Boss.

Well, I reckin I rekin Boss an’ Sharlene havin’ Sophy has changed thing’s here ona farm. Evin Hermin’s becomin’ part ofa famly. She’s a wunda eh?

See ya — Billy

Hermin the Jermin. Sharlene’s bluddy big ginja cat,

Dunno why its corled that, but probly cos it’s a nasty bugga. It wanded in frum a neighbors place which was a sharemilka that moved on in Jipsy Week an’ left it behind. No bluddy wonda too. That Hermin swiped me across me nose wen I hada sniff, an’ I’ve kept me distanse ever sinse. We gotta sort of stand-off tho. He duzzint bother me if I duzzint bother him eh?

Well, it was a blimmin serprise to have Hermin out here ina paqddicks, so I give him a careful eye, and kept shearin’ Boss’s sanniches.

Hermin juss sat ona top of a strainer post and started lickin’ his pores.

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High log prices and record tree harvests might indicate that New Zealand’s forestry industry is in good shape.

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will go begging. Silviculture is tough, demanding work.

Mr Schwitzer says low pay and long hours provide little incentive for young people to think of it as a career.

The last two decades have seen a rush of investors getting into forestry.

Mr Schwitzer says many of them see forestry as a matter of planting trees, waiting until they mature, then harvesting them and collecting the returns.

However, trees have to be managed and pruned. Instead of engaging professionals, many investors either don’t get the work done or try it themselves, often with dismal results. “If you don’t go to the effort of looking after your forests, you’ll end up with rubbish trees.”

Mr Schwitzer says high world log prices are encouraging forest owners to harvest early. But felled forests are not being replaced by new planting. “Twenty-five years ago we were planting 150,000 hectares a year. Last year we did less than 10,000. By 2025 there will be no trees to chop down. The writing’s on the wall.”

Many investors are harvesting, even if their trees have not fully matured

and the quality of their product may not be high. “With lower-grade timber the extraction costs can be greater than what it fetches. We need an organisation that tells people it’s got to be done properly, or not at all.”

While forestry is important to our trading economy, we are still a small player. “In forestry around the world we are still a pinhead. We’re a bucket in a swimming pool.”

Even so, there are still opportunities for our foresters. But there is also a lack of strategic direction. An example is significant use of Pinus Radiata. “It’s a stinking pine tree, not a world class product. We’re growing it because it grows quickly, not because it’s a quality timber.”

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