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Waikato is part of a website launched earlier this month that displays the results of water quality monitoring for rivers throughout the country.

Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA), is a collaboration between New Zealand’s 16 regional and unitary councils, the Ministry for the Environment, Cawthron Institute and Massey University.

A New Zealand first, LAWA displays state and trend information for over 1,100 freshwater monitoring sites, giving the public access to all of the country’s water quality monitoring in one place and in a common, easy-to-understand format.

“We’re pleased to be part of this initiative which adds to the work we’re currently doing to create a better connection between communities and their local waterways,” says Waikato Regional Council chairperson Paula Southgate.

“Fresh water is a vital asset to our country and it’s important that the public can see and understand for themselves the state of a particular river

or catchment and how it may be affected by what’s going on around it.

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Water quality is measured at more than 100 sites in the Waikato region. Over the past 20 years, water quality was largely stable in two-thirds of the records. Some 16 per cent of records showed important improvements, while 18 per cent showed important deteriorations. Improvements were common in records of ammonia, while deteriorations were common in records of nitrogen and turbidity.

LAWA also allows people to share information about what’s happening in waterways.

“Everyone has a responsibility in looking after our rivers and we want people to be able to use LAWA to tell us and others what’s going on in their local waterway,” said Ms Southgate.

“People can use the site to share news, report pollution or promote river-related events such as clean-up days or riparian plantings.”

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Drought stricken Waikato farmers have been left frustrated by Cyclone Lusi, with much of the expected rainfall failing to eventuate.

While the storm system provided a drenching for the Coromandel Peninsula and the Kaimai Ranges, little of that rain made its way to drought parched Waikato pastures.

Federated Farmers Waikato Dairy chairman Chris Lewis says farmers were expecting up to two inches of rain. “It never happened. That’s a big disappointment.”

He says farmers prepared for the rain by moving cows off pastures to encourage grass growth and buying in supplies of urea. But their preparations largely came to nought as most areas only had a light dusting.

Following Lusi’s departure, he says some farmers are now struggling financially, with this summer’s dry conditions following on from last summer’s drought. Mr Lewis says that experience encouraged many farmers to prepare better and so they are better equipped to deal with dry summers. “Some farmers will fly through it. Others will suffer hardship.”

And while farmers benefit from record milk payouts from Fonterra, those who suffer production losses because of

dry conditions will not get full benefit from them.

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“As New Zealand’s working horse, Clydesdales played an important part in the making of this country and it is lovely to have the DB team as part of our family’s history. They linked us with our pioneering heritage and were in high demand, all over the country, 365 days of the year.”

It was a sad day in 1999, when DB Breweries decided to pull the plug on their Clydesdales campaign but nonetheless, it was a decision that opened up a whole new chapter for the van der Sande family.

“It came as such a huge shock when the breweries pulled their association with the horses but that’s how we built Pirongia Clydesdales. Our family was forced to either see it all go or buy the business, so that’s what we did.

“My parents were already recognised for establishing a national Clydesdale team that rivalled the best. They took them to a level of professionalism that is world class and we’ve carried on that high standard within a smaller operation.

“Now we are even more accessible to the public and more widely available for public events such as weddings, street parades and VIP functions. Our business is multi-faceted and perhaps that is why we love it so much.

“The bulk of our business is weddings and we love doing them, we’re making someone’s day and we’re treated like part of the family. We go to some wonderful places all over the country and sometimes in the most unusual locations.”

Pirongia Clydesdales offer two main turnouts for weddings — Clydesdales with a big show wagon or the new addition to the family, a pair of very rare Dutch Friesian horses.

“There are only a handful of Friesians here in New Zealand and we have them for riding and competing, as well as for weddings and our own carriage driving competitions.

“They’re a very popular film horse, thanks to movies such as Pride and Prejudice and Zorro, and a well known coaching horse. They are very elegant and proud, striking black with a long mane and tail, and are drawn to a smaller European carriage, which suits a more traditional wedding.

“Friesians are like the elegant town vehicle, whereas the Clydesdale is more the big wagon, the farm vehicle.”

helps with events and functions at their carriage house venue. She is a competitive rider, runs a small riding school and helps with breaking in young horses.

More than a decade on, Pirongia Clydesdales is very much a success story and the van der Sandes look back with pride at what they have achieved since the DB years.

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Ms de Villiers has worked extensively in the agricultural finance and rural banking

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“I first became involved with Dairy Women’s Network about 18 months ago, when I was talking to them about sponsorship and I found them to be a very inspiring organisation,” says Ms de Villiers.

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“It was a hard decision for me to leave De Laval, because I’ve been really happy working there however, after 10 years I decided it was time to move on. Throughout my career, I’ve always been interested in the people side of business and the development of people.

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“We have thirty regional groups from Northland to Southland convened by volunteers,” says Ms Wilson. “The convenor and co-convenor pull meetings together, organise the agenda and the speaker or maybe a farm visit.

“It’s up to each region to decide what they will do for their group and how often they will meet, so some groups will meet monthly and some will meet four times a year. Most don’t meet during calving but some do.

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Take quad bikes for example. Hard working, dependable, rugged — these are all words which farmers would love to use when talking about their four wheeled ‘best mate’.

A 0-60 time in the low 3s is nowhere near as important as the ability to run a load of fence battens and wire up to the far paddock in a winter squall and four inches of quality Kiwi mud. That’s why Yamaha have developed their latest Grizzly, the 550 EPS, to have less power than their range topping 700, but incorporate a host of features designed to make the rural rider’s day easier.

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Mulching is something generally associated with smaller scale gardening. Mulching large scale depends on the availability of materials and practicality of spreading it. A smart solution is to grow the mulch on site.

In the case of orchards and vineyards this can be readily achieved by growing an interrow sward and once or twice during the year mowing the clippings on to the crop row itself when the crop is still yet to establish so far as to get its roots out into the interrow area.

The clippings bring nutrients available over time to the crop also feed organic matter in the row area that may in many cases be kept otherwise bare of vegetative cover.

The amount of mulching benefit in terms of moisture retention and reducing soil temperature fluctuations will usually be limited since there is not a great bulk of clippings that arrive. Nutrients will be needed to replace those lost in clipping removal from the interrow.

Nutrients such as phosphorus, potassium, sulphur etc will help sustain good sward growth and legume growth, and nitrogen fixation which could potentially meet the nitrogen requirements of the orchard/vineyard.

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In cropping systems, there may be potential to grow cover crops that can then be mechanically rolled, mown or shallow cultivated to leave something of a mulch. The system usually requires a fair bit of refinement over years and attention to timing to get right.

Internationally success with this system has led to increased potential for no-till organic farming. A book ‘Organic No-Till Farming’ by Jeff Moyer of the Rodale Institute is probably the most comprehensive text on this.

Moyer has deep research and practical experience in this and has also summarised and presented case studies of practical systems with a wide variety of cover crops. Most of the success that Moyer has had is based on an efficient roller crimper machine that leaves a mulch that doesn’t grow back again (if you get the timing right on the rolling).

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Despite scares and alarms around milk products in China, the fact remains that demand for New Zealand protein imports has been rising fast and a recent visit by a Chinese government official has given some indications as to why.

China’s Deputy Head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, Chen Xiwen, met with Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy to discuss the background in which New Zealand dairy exports to China rose 79% to NZ$4.7 billion in 2013 and milk powder exports doubled to NZ$4 billion.

Mr Chen attributed the huge growth to a wealthier Chinese marketplace that has outstripped the production of food in the country — despite the fact that

has doubled in the last 35 years. With the county’s population increasing by seven million births a years, imports are expected to be a basic necessity for at least the next decade.

China’s population was not only growing, but getting richer and more urban, which meant demand for animal protein was growing quickly.

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an interpreter, adding that China imported two million tonnes of dairy products last year “and a significant proportion of that is milk powder, and the majority of that is from New Zealand.”

In 2013, 46 per cent, of New Zealand’s milk powder exports went to China.

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Cambridge Resthaven CEO, David Hall, said, “The new village has been on the drawing board for quite some time, & we are really delighted to be getting underway with the project. The development is designed to offer affordable living & greater choice for people in Cambridge & the residents of Resthaven Views will have access to the full continuum of care provided by our rest home & hospital.”

Judging by the number of strong enquiries that have already come in for the new village, Mr Hall thinks that the location will be a real draw card, “It’s in a picturesque setting, with the advantages of being close to Cambridge shops & amenities.”

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APRIL 20140800 RURAL DIRECT

FREE DELIVERYORDERS OVER

$1000Retailer of Rural Piping and Farm Supplies

All items in this advertisement are while stocks last. Phone Rural Direct for conditions of delivery. ALL PRICES INCLUDE GST.

Shop Hours: Weekdays 8am - 5pmSaturdays 9am - 12 noon

100% NZ owned and operated

WAIKATO BRANCH4813 State Highway 29, Hinuera

Phone (07) 888 1593Fax (07) 888 1594

Email [email protected]

SHEEPNETTING

HANSENSUPERfloPistonTroughValve

20mmand 25mm

$25

2.5mm HIGHtensileHURRICANEwire

$89

STEEL YPOSTS1.65m 7 Hole

$5.99each

25kgNew Zealand made

100m$199.0050m$110.00

Manufactured inNew Zealand Manufactured in New Zealand

Thru Post Gudgeon20mm x 275mm ................................................

$9Lock Thru Post Gudgeon20mm x 275mm.........................................

$13Screw Gudgeon20mm x 200mm ................................................

$6Spring Latch & Staple .....................

$6

110mm OD x 100m$299.00

160mm OD x 45m $299.00

Punched & Unpunched Drain Coil

Manufactured from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

Smallercoils alsoavailable

MAXI drain

MEGA ROLLS AVAILABLE110mm x 425m & 160mm x 190mDrainage Contractors call for a quote

Made with100%

recycledmaterials

ENVIRO CULVERT pipe

Dia OD Wall Length Price200mm 6.6mm 6m $105.00250mm 7.7mm 6m $135.00315mm 9.7mm 6m $240.00Joiners and custom fittings available

Extruded from ultra toughHDPE plastic

DRIPLINE EFFLUENT3.6 LPH x 100cm Spacing

$97.00

2.35 LPH x 60cm Spacing$120.00

Pressure compensating, no drain.Full range of fittings.

$120

150mm PVCSTORMWATER

1.6mlength

Fittings availableDia 150 PVC-V stormwaterSN4 As/N25 1254

Made in New Zealand

FARM GATES PIGTAILSTANDARDS

ALL PRICES INCLUDE GST

3.66m (12ft)

$149.00$38.00

Bundle of 10

Made in New Zealand

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