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NewsletterMarch 2015

Welcome to our newsletter for Autumn 2015. Once again thanks to our staff, service providers and purchasers of our stock for their support.

It is a huge team effort to get the stock to sale which is appreciated and is reflected in the standard of stock we put forward.

We appreciate the support at both our North and South Island sales this year and we have again been encouraged by your feedback. We hope the stags you purchased have arrived safely and will do their job well.

The intention of the newsletter is to again, give you a review of our stags sold by public sale over the summer and gain an insight into our new sire investment along with the genetic advancement and the direction of the stud.

We have purchased 2 further English sires to continue to enhance the depth of breeding we can offer in our maternal lines in the future. These new stags are profiled later in the newsletter.

One of these stags is a Woburn (Bloomsbury Son) that has a 15 month growth rate 154.5 kgs the best breed at Stanfield for this age and type. The potential to breed this stag with the likes of Churchill - the biggest Warham breed at Stanfield for 15 month growth rate 168 kgs is exciting. We are lucky to own both of these stags along with the likes of Peel, Rock Me and Mighty Image which will give us the breeding power to produce some the best animals for this type in the industry (and not ignoring good velvet).

We have also touched on the new batch of young sires that we will be offering to the market this season which I am sure will attract your attention, with live weights continuing to impress (top 40 Euro’s averaging 135.5 kgs @ 11 mths). Along with the major jump in the 12 mth and lean ebv’s (again top 40 Euro’s averaging 22.99 for 12 mth ebv’s and up to 29.81).

On farm our team is very busy with weaning, tagging, DNA and mating (including 600 AI).

Farm gate returns are continuing to be disappointing. The volatility and lack of ability to have some reasonable certainty only a few months out, especially due to a fluctuating currency is disheartening. With a review in strategy I believe there are ways that can give farmers some better short to medium term certainty than experienced this season. These challenges only add to the extremes we can face in climatically obstacles amoungst others that can be put in front of us within a season.

Reviewing some key notes from the F20 farming summit I attended in November, it is worth noting global population is projected to increase to over 9 billion by 2050. Food production will have to increase by 60 percent in order to meet this increased demand; yet we are faced with finite resources of land and water.

NZ current production will feed approx 30 million people. The challenge for us is to find the wealthiest 30 million and make it our job to figure out their wants before they do.

NZ gross 14 billion in produce sales that retails for an estimated $180-200 billion in the world market.

Putting all these issues aside, we are enthused by the genetic improvement and potential within our herd:

• 12mthBreedvaluesareupto29.81Born13.

• 12mthBreedvaluesaveraging22.99Born13(top 40 Euro’s).

• Tui(European)12mthBV28.1

• Churchill(English)12mthBV20

• Thedepthintheline-upofsireswehave

We are attending the Deer Industry conference in Napier in May so hope to see some of you there.

Regards

Michael Wilkins On behalf of the team at Wilkins Farming.

Welcome to our Autumn 2015 newsletter!

NB: BVs based on Nov 2014.

Sale Reports

North Island Sale 12/12/2014

Top Price $5,000Average $3,600

General comments: A mixed result on sale day. Amongst the stags sold was a number of top stags including 653/12, a top all round stag weighing at 230kg’s on sale day and cutting 3.5kgs top grade velvet.Thanks again for your attendance and support of our new and existing clients.

South Island Sale 12/01/2015

Top Price $13,000 Average $3,800

General comments: A good number of stock sold, though average prices back. There was a good top end selection in both the Easterns and Maternals. While I think the eveness in the European line up was as good as we have had.A number of stags weighed in between 220-240kg on sale day including top weight of 255kgs.We would like to thank all the people that attended our South Island Sale, especially those that travelled some distance.

Sales of Notenorth island

Sales of NoteSouth Island

Lot 1 WF 64/12Eastern

Sale day live weight 235kgsSold to Craig Smith

$13,000

Lot 3 WF 8/12Eastern

Sale day live weight 240kgsSold to Brent McKenzie

$3,500

Lot 104 WF 547/O/12European

Sale day live weight 229kgsSold to Jim Barclay

$4,500

Lot 8 WF 3/12Eastern

Sale day live weight 245kgsSold to Harrex Partnership

$7,000

Lot 100 WF 525/12 European

Sale day live weight 230kgsSold to Stoneyhurst

$5,000

Lot 106 WF 844/O/12European

Sale day live weight 225kgsSold to Steve Clarke

$4,500

Lot 107 WF 482/12 European

Sale day live weight 209kgsSold to David Nind

$4,500

Lot 119 WF 481O/12European

Sale day live weight 209kgsSold to Dunstan Burn Station

$2,500

Lot 200 WF 456/12English/German

Sale day live weight 222kgsSold to Mendip Hills

$6,200

Lot 125 WF 514/O/12European

Sale day live weight 238kgsSold to Dalmore Farms

$4,400

Lot 204 WF 451/12English/German

Sale day live weight 226kgsSold to Mendip Hills

$6,300

Lot 114 WF 458/O/12European

Sale day live weight 237kgsSold to H & M Korevaar

$3,400

Lot 13 WF 653/12European

Sale day live weight 230kgsSold to C R Grace

$5,000

Lot 19 75/12Eastern

Sale day live weight 187kgsSold to G Matthews

$3,400

sale day PhotosNorth Island Sale: December 2014

South Island Sale: January 2015

Future Sires Looking ForwardOnce again we are really looking forward to putting our next crop of stags to the market.

Easterns Top 2011 month average: 117.8kgs - Top 134kgs15 month average: 148.5kgs - Top 179.5kgsW12eBVaverage: 11.33 -Top 16.60LEANeBVaverage: 4.30 -Top 5.89

Europeans Top 4011 month average: 135.5kgs - Top 147kgs15 month average: 166kgs - Top 182.5kgsW12eBVavaerage: 22.99 - Top 29.81LEANeBVaverage: 8.05 - Top 10.17

* W12eBV’s & LEANeBV’s current as at November 2014* Date photo taken 2/3/2015* 15 month live weight (as shown below), weighed 16/2/2014

SIRES OF SALE STAGS PROGENY OF PROVEN SIRES

144/O/05 W12eBV20.3 (Nov 2014)

YESENIN W12eBV22.1 (Nov 2014)

CHURCHILL W12eBV20

TUI W12eBV+28

436

11 Month: 140kgs 15 Month: 174kgs

W12eBV 26.24

EUROPEAN

462

11 Month: 139kgs 15 Month: 166kgs

W12eBV 18.50

EUROPEAN

456

11 Month: 133kgs 15 Month: 156kgs

W12eBV 23.38

EUROPEAN

414

11 Month: 118kgs 15 Month: 143kgs

W12eBV 18.18

ENGLISH / MATERNAL

492

11 Month: 147kgs 15 Month: 183kgs

W12eBV 24.82

EUROPEAN

590

11 Month: 141kgs 15 Month: 165kgs

W12eBV 18.50

EUROPEAN

530

11 Month: 145kgs 15 Month: 169kgs

W12eBV 29.74

EUROPEAN

460

11 Month: 123kgs 15 Month: 150kgs

W12eBV 23.50

ENGLISH / MATERNAL

Shown at 4 years

Shown at 6 years

Shown at 4 years

Shown at 3 years

Rock Me amadeus

SIRE OF THE FUTURE

407/P/11Shown at 3 years • German /English

mighty ImageSIRE OF THE FUTURE

FOV 1320/11Shown at 3 years • Pure German

This stag again has great mix of growth rate 43 kgs weaning to 128 kgs at 15 months combined very wide stylish antler potential.A standout stag for both traits amongst the pure German stags at the 2014 Foveran Sale.Bred by Foveran Deer Park sired by Image out of dam 7354/07 full sister to new master sire at Foveran Sebastian featuring Amadeus and Red Baron in her pedigree. Another new sire to add to both our maternal and European breeding programmes.

Rock Me at 2 years

Rock Me at 3 years

This stag seems to have it all. Sired by Amadeus (Pure German) bred by Foveran which they described as “the most amazing 2 year old stag ever produced” out of a German/ English Dam. This dam is sired by Steinlager bred by Black Forest and going back to Colin which is a Festl Park German Sire so in all 7/8 German/English. His performance figures for this breed type in growth rate is rarely seen 148 kgs at 15 months of age and sale day of 244 kgs at 2 years was the reason we made this purchase from breeders Eddie and Elliot Brock. The added bonus in this sire was not only did he have super growth rates but the outstanding antler as you will see from the photos at 2 years of age, estimated to be +6 kgs of velvet. We are looking forward to seeing the impact this stag will make in both our European and Maternal breeding programmes.In December “Rock Me” cut a very impressive 3 year head of 14.55kg OG velvet.

MIGHTYMYSON

AMADEUSWREDE

FOV 500/92SCHULTZ PARK

ROCK ME407/P/2011 COLIN

STEINLAGERHIND BF

953 PA 99ICARUS

46 GR 9645 GR 78

AGE WEIGHT VELVET GRADE

Weaning Weight 23/04/2012 74

February Weight (15 month) 148

2 year old Weight (9/1/2014) 244 324 - IOA

DEC 2014 14.55KG - OG

MIGHTY MIGHTY 5

SWN 131/90IMAGE

SCHINDLERLEE 61/00

LEE 4717/97MIGHTY IMAGEFOV 1320/11 MYSON

AMADEUSFOV 500/92

FOV 7354/07RED BARON

FOV 4021/03FOV 2547/01

AGE WEIGHT

Weaning Weight 23/04/2012 43

February Weight (15 month) 128

2 year old Weight (22/12/2013) 190

Shown at 3 years

Shown at 2 years

Future Sires

SIRE OF THE FUTURE

STO 182/12Shown at 2 years • English

SIRE OF THE FUTURE

STO 194/12Shown at 2 years • English

AGE BODY WEIGHT

WEANING WEIGHT 28/02/2013 37.8

6 MONTHS 28/05/2013 67.5KG

15 MONTHS 14/02/2014 127.5KG

18 MONTHS 23/07/2014 130 KG

2 YEARS 10/12/2014 175.5KG

WOBURN DRAKELOW F39

WOBURN BLOOMSBURY

BEDFORD 16.75KG H/A

SBP 04/1555

SBP 97/231SBP 182/12

WOBURN RUSSELL 42 POINTS

WOBURN

SBP 00/1413

New Woburn English blood for the Wilkins Farming maternal venison and velvet programmes. A twin son by the highly rated Bloomsbury. Dam 00/143 is also the dam of record 69 pointer and rising stars competition winner.

This stag has very thick, wide and correct velvet, but also had the second highest growth rate when comparing to other stags from the 2012 crop from weaning (37 kgs) to 15 month (128 kgs). Very impressive gain considering he was born and reared as a twin selected from Stanfields pure English sale 2015.

New Woburn English blood for Wilkins Farming venison breeding programme. The biggest Woburn bred at Stanfield for 15 month weight! 154.5 kg 14/02/2014We are really looking forward to seeing the results of breeding this big Bloomsbury son with the likes of Churchill - the biggest Warnham bred at Stanfield for 15 month growth rate 168 kg. We are lucky to own both of these stags. The mix of these two sires will give us an exciting opportunity to breed top allround velvet and growth rate English sires.

AGE BODY WEIGHT

WEANING WEIGHT 28/02/2013 48.8 KG

6 MONTHS 28/05/2013 71.0 KG

15 MONTHS 14/02/2014 154.5 KG

18 MONTHS 23/07/2014 150.0 KG

2 YEARS 10/12/2014 206.0 KG

WOBURN DRAKELOW F39

WOBURN BLOOMSBURY

BEDFORD 16.75KG H/ASBP 04/1555

SBP 97/231SBP 194/12

BERRYEND 42 POINTSENDSLEIGH WA460 points 584 SCI WA46

SBP 04/1545 96/026RUSSELL 42 POINTS

SBP 00/1429 WA1

WA33

Future Sires

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BNZ - Mike, Athol

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Michael WilkinsPhone 03 201 6246 Fax 03 201 6247Cell 027 249 9317Email mike@wilkinsfarming.co.nz

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Key Contacts

mighty Iiamge3 years - Germans

Wilkins Farming breeding hinds, Athol

or contact your local specialist Deer Livestock Agent