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JJ Ltd Invercargill JJ Ltd Gore JJ Ltd Mosgiel 260 Dee Street Lyne Street 31 Gladstone Road INVERCARGILL GORE MOSGIEL Phone: 03 211 0013 Phone: 03 203 9970 Phone: 03 489 8199
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GUY WILLIAMS
QUEENSTOWN couple Mike
and Gemma Smith are proof
there are other ways to make a
living in their part of the world
than jetboat rides and pushing
tourists off bridges with rubber
bands attached.
On a fine day, the view of
Lake Hayes across the front
paddock from their home is
sensational.
However, the Smiths not only
run the Queenstown Lakes
district’s only Angus stud,
Kincardine Angus, but own and
operate three childcare
centres in the suburbs nearby.
The couple, who have two
daughters, Libby (11) and Briar Not just tourists . . . Kincardine Angus Stud bulls graze above Prize bull . . . Mike Smith and his top bull, 6yearold Kincardine
(9), have farming in their Brains trust . . . Gemma and Mike Smith. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS Lake Hayes. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS Front paddock . . . Mike Smith and bulls. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Kingdom 531. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS
bloodlines — he grew up in the
foothills of Mid Canterbury from the Kincardine Angus commercial investments. Their clients were farmers highend butchers or with thickness and depth’’ that The biggest challenge the Mr Smith said they repeated — any largerscale, co offer to the industry.
while she comes from near stud, near Methven, started 52 ‘‘That’s been our pathway who produced calves; they restaurants here and overseas could thrive in the rigours of Smiths face is rabbits, which in the exercise in July and, while ordinated control was ‘‘There’s no point in
Geraldine. years ago by his parents, towards farm ownership.’’ bought a yearling or 2yearold putting that ‘‘succulent steak on the South Island high country. spring go on the rampage in it put a dent in rabbit numbers, difficult. complaining unless you want
Farming together in the Alistair and Di Smith. That included selling part of bull from Kincardine Angus in a plate’’. The benefit of breeding bulls their paddocks. it would not stop a new ‘‘The challenge here is that to do something about it.’’
Wakatipu Basin since 2006, In addition to their stud bulls, the breeding herd to finance a order to put the best beef The essence of their own in the Wakatipu’s harsh The costs of regrassing those population from immigrating not everyone is farming.’’ The development of a new
they are steadily working they also have about 75 females move into the child care sector; influencing genetics into their operation was ‘‘getting the best environment, with its cold paddocks, bringing in extra from further afield, In April, in only his second strategic plan had him excited
towards the goal of buying their in their breeding herd as well they opened their first Gems herds. genetics we can get hold of’’. winters and dry summers, was feed for their stock and the particularly from around the year on its board, Mr Smith about the association’s
own property. as 300 crossbred ewes. child care centre in nearby In turn, those farmers sold ‘‘The key to it is the ‘‘if they can hack it here, they control operations themselves, lake. became vicepresident of direction.
While they love where they Mr Smith said their ultimate Lake Hayes Estate in 2012, and their calves to the farmers established bloodlines that are can go anywhere’’. cut into their bottom line. Because they were farming Angus NZ, an association of As for buying that farm, they
live and work on their leased goal was to buy a farm so they have since opened two more in running finishing operations, proven performers, then This year’s bullselling After the local population in the middle of a semiurban stud breeders of the largest were ‘‘definitely progressing
90ha property, its location could continue to grow the the area. who then took the calves and bringing in new resources, season had been a exploded last year, they area with a diversity of land beef breed in the country. towards that goal’’, and the
presents two big challenges: the herd. The best way to describe grew them into the highquality whether that’s semen or new ‘‘fantastically successful’’ one collaborated with their ownership and use — The commercial experience stud operation was now at a
climate and rabbits. However, rather than go ‘‘full their farming operation was as beef product sought after by bulls.’’ for Angus breeders, and immediate neighbours to including residential housing, the couple had accrued point where it could scale up
In 2010, Mr Smith began noise’’ in farming, they decided a ‘‘seed stock supplier’’ of bulls, processors and marketers. They were aiming for confidence in the industry was employ a commercial operator commercial property together over the past decade quite quickly, he said.
bringing breeding stock down to build a portfolio of different he said. At the top of the chain was the mediumframed bulls ‘‘loaded high. to run a poisoning operation. development and biking trails was something he felt he could guy.williams@odt.co.nz
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Patience needed as farmers unable to effect change on their own all all once
MARJORIE COOK way but help from but he feels he has successfully effects that was going to have about changing our behaviour.
environmental consultant brought it into his daily routine. and what I could do to mitigate And that stuff takes time. The
PATIENCE, please. We’re Chris Arbuckle meant the ‘‘When we are developing it, while maintaining a profitable Upper Clutha has a good farming
changing. group could speed that up. land that is traditionally used business,’’ he said. future, though the face of it
That is the appeal from ‘‘So we progressed an to raise highcountry merino He wanted to share that might change,’’ Mr Ruddenklau
Maungawera farmer Grant application to the sheep into more profitable experience with others. says.
Ruddenklau, as the rural sector Government’s Freshwater ventures [in this case using ‘‘Being part of the Wanaka Mr Arbuckle recently took on a
navigates new freshwater Improvement Fund. crossbreed sheep, beef and Catchment Group keeps us up new role as a Ministry for the
regulations and climate change ‘‘The Government has helped deer] we also need to work to with the pace of Government, Environment principal adviser
pressures. fund the $1.8 million address the environmental but more importantly what our on implementing freshwater
‘‘From farming over 40 years, programme to the tune of $1.13 concerns that change creates,’’ community expects. We can tell farm plans.
water would be the most million, with highcountry he said. people about how we are Mr Ruddenklau said Mr
significant issue we have had to farms stumping up with the Last year, he achieved Mt changing through the projects,’’ Arbuckle’s project management
confront, both its quality and balance. Burke’s longterm development he said. skills had been a big help and
quantity,’’ he said. ‘‘The group is getting goal of gaining consent to Wanaka Catchment Group will huge synergies would remain.
Mr Ruddenklau is the cracking with more than 30 change from border dyke be working with local mana Mr Arbuckle said he would not
chairman of the Wanaka environmental mitigation irrigation, drying up small whenua who are using waterway disappear from the lives of
Catchment Group, which has projects quality projects, streams, to a water take from cultural health monitoring at a catchment group members.
been running a major water amounting to fencing 46km of the lake, and using more selection of sites and local ‘‘My role with MfE is broadly to
quality initiative around the streams and wetlands, planting efficient centre pivots. schools. help meet New Zealand’s goal to
shores of Lake Wanaka for the thousands of natives, doing pest Previously, water takes had The group also works make significant improvements
past five years in a bid to control, and water quality been permitted under historic alongside other Upper Clutha in water quality. We can’t do that
improve environmental monitoring,’’ Mr Ruddenklau gold mining rights. They expire water quality groups and will without farmers like Grant
outcomes for farmers and their said. this year. host community open days as changing the way we manage our
rural communities. Mr Ruddenklau and wife ‘‘That process made more projects progress. land and water.
Mr Ruddenklau was thrilled Karen moved from Southland sense using the environmental ‘‘Rest assured, farmers are ‘‘So, my role as far as the WCG
when farms signed up to the to the Maungawera Valley Leading change . . . Maungawera farmer Grant Ruddenklau says there will always be agriculture in the Happy cattle . . . Beef cattle graze at Rob Roy Downs next to Big Creek plan we had developed with trying to hold up their end of the and Wanaka is concerned has
programme in 2017. about 20 years ago. Upper Clutha. PHOTO: MARJORIE COOK on Mt Aspiring Station, near Wanaka. PHOTO: CHRIS ARBUCKLE Chris, embedding the water quality argument. They not changed. All along I’ve been
In August last year, the group For the past decade, Mr management change within are becoming very conscious of striving to help our lake and its
moved to ‘‘stage 2’’ — tracking Ruddenklau has combined ‘‘When I left down south 20 Mr Ruddenklau calls for keep up with information completely different for the differences also played a role environmental goals as well all what they are doing. Farmers waterways.
and encouraging the farming his own property with years ago, dairying was just patience because there are now technology, politics and the farmers over the fence, he said. in determining how the the drivers listed above. just don’t knowingly pollute, but ‘‘This is only done by
implementation of farm managing Mt Burke Station, a entering Southland. many drivers for change and news, he said. Some farms were privately environment is managed. ‘‘Overall, this change has nor today can we presume remembering people are centric
management plans (funded by founding member of the Since being involved with Mt farmers cannot do it all at once, That was before heading out owned, some were corporates. New regulations have been made the property more ignorance. You don’t have a farm to the change, so by helping
the group) and upscaling Wanaka Catchment Group. Burke, we are very, very by themselves. the door to organise shearing, Some farms were freehold, coming thick and fast at resilient to things link climate without water or land and a farmers around the lake change
mitigation projects on the He very recently stepped conscious about our locality, Farming required people to feeding out, fixing fences or others crown leasehold. Some farmers in the last few years. To changes, environmental rural community without practices and behaviours, we
ground. down from that role but still with a lot of lake frontage and factor in soils, landscape, milking. had been held by generations, a degree, this pressure has regulation, and economic people. improve our water. While that
Mr Ruddenklau said learning helps around the place as being very visible from the economy, finance, family, the What drove management for some owners arrived in New affected how much time Mr drivers. "But this stuff is not simply sounds simple, I can assure you
and change was already under required. lake,’’ he said. weather, animal health and one farming property was Zealand last week. These Ruddenklau spends farming, ‘‘I wanted to be aware of the about fencing and planting. It’s it’s not,’’ Mr Arbuckle said.
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BEN Maxwell could be described as a His association with the club have ramped up with three different It also keeps him grounded.
throwback to a different era, one where continued beyond Carrick Station classes of ewe, about 5700 Merino Mr Maxwell’s farming goals are
the best rugby players were weaned on which he left after five realistic. He realises owning
the land. years to take up his a farm might be a pipe dream
Except the 25yearold former
Southlander’s journey to a career in
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While both were ❛ I like the hill country stuff, just cruising around with but does not rule that out ‘‘if
the card falls right’’.
farming and path towards becoming a stations, the operation a team of dogs, doing the mustering For now his longterm goal
handy player has not followed that at Longacre was ‘‘very is to manage a high country
playbook. different from what I farm.
Born and raised in a city — was used to for five years’’. ewes, 5000 Merino lambs, 350 ultra fine That means a return to Southland is
Invercargill — his aspirations to become At Carrick his work was with about wethers, 200 composite cows and the not on the cards anytime soon.
a farmer were forged by his extended 5000 Merino ewes, 2400 wethers and same number of calves, and some ‘‘I like the hill country stuff, just
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‘‘Dad’s father had a farm just out at cows. gene leading to higher lambing doing the mustering.’’
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Action Group was established to carry out the recommendations of the Wool Industry Project Action Group report.
Executive officer Andy Caughey, of Wanaka, spoke with Kerrie Waterworth.
Group empowering strong wool sector
Why was the Strong Wool Action Group the end of this year.
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Consumers are moving change in the last 12 months —
towards a more sustainable way we still have five months to go
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We have all this beautiful will have an entity or a number
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wool classers, and conducting Up until just very recently the
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and development as well as return that growers got for their
giving growers clear guidance strong wool.
for the direction they should be Do you think we will see some farmers go
going forward. back to sheep farming instead of dairying?
Thirdly, we are looking at Farmers will be driven by
what sort of structures should where they can get their greatest
help guide our industry return.
forward. We see wool as a modern,
The wool levy was dropped 10 contemporary, sustainable fibre.
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Animal care . . . Laura Gardyne poses with her new puppy, Jock, at the Northern
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NEW graduate veterinarian was already out on a job, so them.’’
Laura Gardyne is hoping to when I turned up they had As a child her father would
gain a few points on the already pulled the calf out. often read British veterinary
Northern Southland Vets ‘‘Which was good for the calf surgeon James Herriot’s books
calving scoreboard this calving but I didn’t get a score.’’ to her.
season. Since she had started the job ‘‘When I was 8 my dad would
The clinic sets up a calving in February she had gained a read me and my brother
scoreboard which records the lot of practical experience with Richard his books and I think
number of calves staff members both small and large animals. that’s partly the reason why I
help deliver. . Ms Gardyne grew up on a wanted to become a vet.
‘‘We are pretty competitive sheep and beef farm at Chatton, ‘‘Another reason was because
people. north of Gore. my brother wanted to be a vet
‘‘So if you get called out to the It was an advantage to grow and so I just copied him.
job and pull the calf out, you get up around animals, she said. ‘‘I wasn’t sure what to expect
but it was interesting to
see what was going on
with the animals and In office . . . Doing research at her desk at the Northern Southland Vets
their bodies. clinic is new graduate veterinarian Laura Gardyne.
‘‘I also wasn’t scared of
blood which was super A particular memory was had never done anything with
handy.’’ when she was called out to a rats before so it meant I had to
The job could at times calving with NSV shareholder do research on them.’’
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and the Queenstown Lakes — that puts a
smile on Lee Murray’s dial.
Originally from Cromwell, Mr Murray
moved to Australia when he was about 11
after his father got a job there in the mines.
After attending high school there, he
moved back to Cromwell when he was 17
and decided he wanted to get into hunting.
‘‘I used to try and tag along with the boys
that were hearty hunters [such as] Duncan
Stewart. He’s a really wellknown hunter in
the Central Otago region, and I was
terrible,’’ the 36yearold said.
‘‘I was hopeless in the hills — I had no
idea what I was up to.
‘‘They carried a pig for five hours, and
they chucked it on my back for 20 minutes
and I was [exhausted].’’
After a stint studying in Palmerston In his happy place . . . Cromwell’s Lee Murray high in the hills near Garston.
North, Mr Murray moved back to Central,
laced up his rugby boots, playing variously job was down at Roxburgh, [then] at Mt country’’, what he loved most was learning
for the Cromwell and Arrowtown Premiers, Linton Station, down south, and then just the art from ‘‘old fellas that have done it
and, later Invercargill’s Blues, and then all round Central.’’ their whole life’’.
started working in pest control trapping They were long, lonely days covering an ‘‘You’ll sit in a hut with them and have a
possums. enormous amount of ground and vertical yarn — I love that.
‘‘I just loved it,’’ he said. metres. ‘‘[Hearing] how they used to do it, to how
‘‘I was all for it, got right into it, and now Laying bait could be a 25kmaday they do it now.’’
it’s my passion. mission, while laying traplines involved There was a science to it, he said.
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KAREN PASCO
WATCHING a documentary
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‘‘It made me come to the
understanding that actually our
world, the way we’re evolving
over the next 15 to 20 years’ time,
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‘‘It also showed me the way we
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in food production and also the
amount of wastage which occurs
just through its transportation Microgreens just about ready for the cutting. Rows and rows of plants in polythene bags are grown outside Sprouts grow inside the converted garage which has been modified
was huge, he said. alongside the growing taking place inside the Invercargill property. with irrigation, shelving and lighting to become a nursery.
‘‘I wanted to do something From one or two customers at plants.
about it.’’ the beginning he now has more In conversations with his ‘‘Everywhere they used to take opportunity to get a personal workers and is hoping to get raspberry patch.
It was then he decided he than 45 businesses he supplies to mother back in India, she me, I would make them stop coach. another parttime worker The $5000 bank overdraft he
would set up his own business. Quest for freshness . . . Crunchy managing director Benji Biswas at his microgreen growing business in on a regular basis. reminded him that his love of when I saw a nursery. I wanted ‘‘That has made me more shortly. used to start the business has
Despite having little money, a Invercargill. It now goes to Stewart Island, horticulture wasn’t so new, to go in and look at the plants.’’ focused and question different His business is now operated long since paid off.
sixmonth old baby and little Riverton and Winton as well as reminding him of the rooftop Since he started he has used ways we do things,’’ Mr Biswas out of a suburban Invercargill ‘‘We’ve actually grown
knowledge, Mr Biswas decided experimenting. ‘‘Then I started going to stores North Island and was soggy by local Invercargill businesses. garden he had as a child. local agencies COINSouth and said. property. revenue by 462%,’’ he said.
to give it a go. On the second day he knew he and cafes to see what the the time it got to them. He is certified by New Zealand ‘‘My dad had a business at the Great South to help educate and ‘‘That helped us to increase The garage has been fully ‘‘I’m very proud of our team,
‘‘I wanted to do something could grow microgreens. demand was.’’ Hence the business name Good Agriculture Practice, time and he had many people support him in his business and our production capability, our converted with trays and trays I’m very proud of myself. It’s a
with the very little money I had.’’ YouTube became his He had no credibility as a Crunchy. which required an audit by working for him. I convinced 10 provide new avenues and management capability and of microgreens and sprouts, sense of pride and
‘‘My partner thought I am the educator. farmer, never been a grower but ‘‘From the very beginning I Assure Quality, and has now of them to take the soil up a four pathways when things got tough. how we daytoday actually run lighting and irrigation. Outside, humbleness.’’
craziest fella alive.’’ ‘‘Many people are trying to at the time local businesses had wanted to solve a problem and been approved by the Foodstuffs storey building, then I made a When Covid19 hit New our business.’’ growing in polythene bags are And best of all his partner
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JOHN COSGROVE
WHO you gonna call?
Most farmers are responsible and will
not purposely leave their gates open to let
their stock graze on the roadsides, and yet
Tapanui farmer David Robert says there
are always those odd moments you can’t
Get in touch . . . The NZTA sign advising The stock you may often meet on the plan for.
which number to call when motorists see road can be sheep or cows. These sheep “A wire breaks, or they get spooked and
stock on roads near Clinton. Cows can sometimes be spooked and push were being moved correctly but push a fence down or like last month when
PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE down fences to come on to the road. approaching motorists were confused we had a plumber come on to the property
as to what to do. who had never been there before. On his
way in he didn’t see any stock and so when
he left he didn’t close any gates and the
stock were quickly into another paddock.
It’s those kinds of situations you can only
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But for city folk driving through the
countryside, suddenly confronted with a
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night, the options are not as easily
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Firstly, the most obvious is to call the
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But if you should find stock on the road
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and then turn on your hazard lights to warn
following motorists.
All regional or district councils have a
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In Waitaki, the district council says
landowners are responsible for controlling
their livestock and preventing them from
straying on to neighbouring properties or
roadways. If you see stock wandering on
streets and roads: call the council on (03)
4330300 or email service@waitaki.govt.nz.
If the stock is found on state highways
contact the NZ Transport Agency on
0800 444449 or in an emergency dial 111.
In the Clutha district, wandering animals
come under Animal Control and it offers
afterhours freephone 0800 801350.
In the past three years the CDC has
received 127 reports of wandering stock on
district roads and while the council does
not have a routine mandate to manage
stock on roads, in practice, it gets a report
of livestock it may investigate and possibly
take action.
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competitions and auctions are ‘‘It’s all designed to bring the
part and parcel of today’s rural whole family into the
calendar and Tony Roberts competition and add a bit of a
believes they are a great way for creative side to the show,’’ he
the community and the country said.
to come together to raise needed West Otago A&P society
funds for special community president Julian Kelly said he
projects. was very pleased with the
As the current president of the entries this year and praised the
West Otago Lions, Mr Roberts work of his committee and the
was speaking at the recent West extensive list of sponsors
Otago A&P Society and West supporting the contest and the
Otago Lions hay, baleage and pit later auction.
silage competition and auction ‘‘We are raising funds this year
held in Tapanui on Friday, July for much needed community Plenty of bales . . . West Otago Lions member Sue Stark looks over the
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‘‘It’s a shared competition, we they include the West Otago St
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‘‘It’s an extremely important Check the results . . . West Otago Lions president Tony Roberts works with the volunteer judges to assess ‘‘They were worried that in
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everyone donates what they can auction at the West Otago A&P showgrounds. PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE year’s big snowfall, the small
and it has been under way for 31 community would be stuck
years.’’ merging with the Lions, they farmers proudly show off their feed they can and being judged because they were relying on
Tapanui farmer George moved it to July where there was skills at growing grazing feed by their peers’’. farmers to dig them out and
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