FARM IQ FIELD DAY LANDCORP STUART FARM 446 MOUNT YORK ROAD, TE ANAU

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1 FARM IQ FIELD DAY LANDCORP STUART FARM 446 MOUNT YORK ROAD, TE ANAU THURSDAY 20 FEBRUARY

2 PROGRAM 12.30pm 12.45pm 1:10pm 1:20pm 1.40pm 2.15pm Meet at Sheep yards opposite the main office (Signs will direct you) Farm IQ program update & Farm Management System overview Greg McSkimming, Farm IQ General Manager Farming Systems Stuart Farm introduction Luke Wright & Nicola Esler, Stuart Farm Managers Stuart IQ Farm program overview: Objectives, Goals & Projects Luke Wright & Paul McGill, Landcorp Farming Business Management Specialist Silver Fern Farms Eating Quality Systems overview Andy Perry, Silver Fern Farms Regional Manager Farm tour / discussion stops (3 stops) Sheep Focus: (Session facilitator Dr David Stevens, AgResearch Senior Scientist, Innovative Farm Systems) Hogget lambing project successful hogget lambing and achieving 2th mating performance sheep breeding performance early, 4th & 2th and hogget lambing Looking ahead to 2014 mating what does Stuart Farm need to focus on? FMS Summary Reproduction Report, LW reports (hogget lambing results) Deer Finishing Focus: (Session facilitator Dr. David Stevens) 2013 deer finishing season kill data (SFF) via Farm IQ FMS and FMS LW reporting seasonal LWG. Q-Graze planning calculator. How to process more deer at higher weights to meet the chilled market? Autumn / pre-winter feed management for weaner growth. Forage Focus: (Session facilitator - Peter Jordan, Landcorp Farming Forage Agronomist) Forage cropping is a big cost for Southland farming systems How do we get best productivity and profitability in the farming system using forages to match the environment. Stuart Farmax planning and Pasture Growth Forecaster Program Fodder Beet Crop options for autumn / winter deer feeding strategies supplementation & feed allocation. 4.45pm 5.00pm Field day summary BBQ & refreshments 2 3

3 LANDCORP STUART FARM Landcorp Farming Ltd (LFL) Stuart Farm is 2,750 effective hectares wintering 28,000 SU in the Te Anau Basin, annual rainfall of around 1,000mm. Stuart Farm is resourced with eight full time employees including Farm Manager, Luke Wright and comprises of three red meat sector species sheep, beef and deer. A major focus at Stuart Farm is the 600 hind Elite Red Deer stud. They have their own production area for disease status protection and produce breeding sire stags for Landcorp and external clients. A further 3,800 commercial hinds plus replacements are run, 40 percent mated to Wapiti Sires. All surplus progeny are finished. 6,500 Landmark ewes including mated ewe hogget replacements were lambed in The 4 & 5 year ewes lamb in August. The 4 tooth and the 2 tooth ewes are lambing in mid-september. The 4 tooth ewes are mated to a range of sires as part of the Farm IQ meat quality progeny trial. All ewe lambs over 40kg are mated to lamb from late-september. All surplus progeny are finished and 50% of replacements are sourced from other Landcorp properties. 520 Angus cows are calved, including yearling heifers. The surplus progeny along with a further 200 purchased steers are finished for sale to the Five Star Beef Feedlot. The cattle operation also plays a supporting role providing quality feed for the sheep and deer stock classes. Crop areas for 2014 consist of; 196ha of Swedes (direct drilled), 45ha of Lucerne, 40ha of Italian Ryegrass, 23ha of Rape / Grass mix and 13ha of Fodder Beet. Around 800 tonnes (DM) of supplement is conserved on farm annually. Stuart Farm and Luke Wright are involved in a number of industry and community activities, including; Pasture Growth Forecaster Project, SFF Deer Pilot Group, Johnes Advisory Group and the Fiordland Branch of the NZ Deer Farmers Association. STUART IQ FARM GOALS AND PROJECTS OVER ARCHING GOAL 180KG OF PRODUCT / HECTARE The objective of the Stuart IQ Farm program is to maximise the kilograms of product produced per hectare (carcase weight equivalent plus wool & velvet) from the liveweight wintered per hectare. Currently, between kg of liveweight per hectare has been wintered over the past three seasons. This increase in production will not be at the expense of value, in fact alignment to market supply programs is sought to increase value. 165kg of product per hectare is the current production as modelled using Baker & Associates FAB Analysis. An increase of 15kg / Ha is a 9% productivity gain and would achieve 180kg product per hectare. Achieving this with an average market price of $5.75 will generate a Gross Farm Income (GFI) per hectare of $1,000. This would enable an Economic Farm Surplus (EFS) of $1,000,000 based on 35% of GFI. STUART IQ FARM FOCUS AREAS & PROJECTS The IQ farm focus at Stuart Farm is targeted towards the breeding performance of the sheep and the deer finishing as the key areas to increase productivity to achieve the above goal. Involvement in the Farm IQ lamb progeny trial provides a link to industry work to increase value off farm while striving to push on-farm productivity. Further involvement with a similar approach for deer is being investigated. IQ FARM STEERING COMMITTEE Andy Denley Landcorp Eyre Creek Daryl Whipps Silver Fern Farms, Te Anau Dr. David Stevens Agresearch Invermay Luke Wright & Nicola Esler Landcorp Stuart Kris Harrison Landcorp Stuart Murray Hagen Connemara Deer Farm, Te Anau Paul McGill Landcorp Wellington 4 5

4 SHEEP FOCUS STOP 2013 SHEEP BREEDING PERFORMANCE HOGGET & 2TH MATING / SCANNING RESULTS OVERALL 2013 LAMBING PERFORMANCE OVERALL 2013 SHEEP BREEDING PERFORMANCE 6 7

5 HOGGET LAMBING PROJECT RESULTS TO DATE Table 1 Successful hogget lambing and 2th mating Forage systems for hogget lambing & effects on lamb production and on 2th mating weights. Background: Stuart Farm has a policy to mate all ewe hoggets over 40kg for a May mating. The end goal is for all ewe hoggets wintered to be in-lamb. This year 127 percent scanning was achieved with 13 percent scanned as dry. However, a 2th scanning percentage of 163 percent was a result of low 2TH liveweight after last years hogget lambing. This is not seen as an acceptable outcome. Lucerne has been demonstrated to be a good forage for ewes and lambs during lactation on farm and in trials run by both Massey and Lincoln University. The aim of this project is to get good lamb growth rates during lactation and just as critical is to keep the ewe hogget growing to make sure high 2th liveweight is achieved for mating in April. Objectives: Can Lucerne be used successfully as the forage of choice for the lambing / lactating hogget in a Te Anau based hogget lambing system and help achieve desired 2th scanning results? Expected Outcome: To identify a high performance forage system that matches the annual nutritional needs of a hogget lambing policy on Stuart Farm. Method and Measurement: 700 scanned in-lamb ewe hoggets from the Landmark mated group will be split in two groups. One group will spend the lambing / lactation period on Lucerne forage, the other will be managed under best practice set-stocking on pasture. Overall Lambing Performance (see Table 1) Hogget lambing using the different forage options and management systems has provided a good lambing result and as weaned ewes at a good 2th ewe weight to taking into mating in the autumn. The data from this season also provides good information on taking an adjusted approach next season. Ewe Hogget Growth The Farm IQ Farm Management System (FMS) Liveweight Profi le report shows that at setstocking the two set-stocked groups of ewe hoggets had the same starting liveweight. The Lucerne group increase weight faster than the pasture group up until tailing time at the end of October. They then maintained this body weight while the ewe hoggets on pasture continued a steady growth rate to close up the gap by weaning. (see Graph 1) Ewe hoggets were Body Condition Scored (BCS) at tailing and again at weaning. Those grazing on the Lucerne had an average BCS at tailing of 3.2 and 3.3 at weaning. Those grazing on pasture had a body condition score of 2.5 at tailing and had gained to 3.3 by weaning time on the 13th of January. Lamb Growth As with the ewe hoggets the lambs on the Lucerne had a higher early lactation liveweight gain and achieved 290grams per day up to tailing verses 244grams for the lambs on pasture. The lambs managed on pasture caught up by the pre-wean drench and were 2.6kg heavier at weaning (see Graph 2) Total production Graph 1 Graph 2 28 hectares of Lucerne was use for the hogget lambing group from lambing until weaning. An equivalent area was use for the hoggets on pasture until tailing and then 40 ha was used between tailing and weaning. The average area used by the hoggets was 28 ha for the lucerne and 36 ha for the pasture, giving stocking rates of 11.3 and 8.7 hoggets/ha respectively. This provided a hogget liveweight gain output of 154 kg/ha from the lucerne and 98 kg/ha from the pasture. The lamb liveweight gains were 352 and 333 kg/ha from the lucerne and pasture respectively. The total gains to weaning were approximately 230 kg carcase weight/ha from the lucerne and 194 kg carcase weight /ha from the pasture. These results from hogget lambing provide good evidence of the potential gains to be made. 8 9

6 DEER FINISHING FOCUS STOP Stuart Farm aims to evenly supply deer throughout the spring to meet chilled season market demands. Yearling deer not reaching desired weight targets during the chilled season are then taken to required liveweight to with an aim to achieve a 55kg CW. Animal genetic potential is there to push for higher deer weights prior to sale. This however needs to be balance with supplying the chilled market and feed supply and demand. Spring is a pinch time as the winter crops are being re-grassed, next winters crops are prepared for sowing and paddocks are shut up for supplement Finishing performance (up until 25/01/14) CHILLED & POST CHILLED PROCESSING RESULTS REDS & RED X WAPITI 2012 Born Deer Tally Avg. Processing Date Avg. HCW Chilled Season 519 4/10/ Reds /10/ Red x Wapiti /09/ Post chilled 497 2/01/ Reds 347 3/01/ Red x Wapiti /12/ Totals /11/ The Red x Wapiti deer processed during the chilled season were on average 3kg liveweight heavier than the Red deer at the start of May 2013 (76kg verse 73kg). This also helped achieve the results above which shows the Red x Wapiti deer processed during the chilled season were sent 17 days earlier than the Red deer as well as being 1.2kg carcase weight heavier. Of note 40 percent of the Red x Wapiti stags were processed during the chilled season verses 30% of the straight Red stags. LIVEWEIGHT GAIN OF FINISHING DEER CHILLED VERSE POST CHILLED The above two graphs show that although the daily liveweight gain was similar between the two groups of deer the key factor for meeting the chilled market this season was a higher May liveweight, averaging around 75kg verse 68kg liveweight. This, and the numbers of each genotype slaughtered in the chilled and post chilled season demonstrate that the liveweight in May was a key driver of meeting the chilled market

7 FORAGE SYSTEMS & MONITORING PASTURE GROWTH FORECASTER The Pasture Growth Forecaster is a model that calculates pasture growth from the environmental conditions experienced at a site or region. These environmental conditions include: Climate-Rainfall: soil temperature, solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration are used to calcu late the amount of water in the soil and the potential for pasture growth rate; and Soil water holding capacity and soil fertility are used to calculate how much water is available for plant growth and the productivity of the site. The forecasts are calibrated to growth rate data measured from whole farms rather than sites. Whole farm growth rates take into account the effect of low producing areas such as swamps, sidlings, scrub, tracks, and fence lines. They are therefore lower than those measured for example in pasture cages but are more realistic for farm feed budgeting. Stuart Farm is one of the project farms - As part of the IQ Farm program pasture cage cuts are being processed monthly. This is coordinated by AgResearch Lincoln and Farm IQ Business Manager Todd White. The fi rst cage cuts were harvested at the start of January It is planned to use this information to match in with the Pasture Growth Forecaster to update the Stuart Farmax fi les. This activity also will enhance the feed management understanding and knowledge for other members of staff at Stuart Farm. STUART FARMAX PLANNING 12 13

8 APPENDIX Stuart Feed Budget 15 May - 15 September Stuart Winter Demand Number Intake Intake Days Intake Total kgdm/hd kgdm/day kgdm Sheep Demand 1,180,560 MA Ewes 3, , ,600 MA Ewes - Last 60 days 3, , ,800 Two Tooth Ewes 1, , ,000 Two Tooth Ewes - Last 30 days 1, , ,000 Ewe Hoggets Mated 1, , ,800 Ewe Hoggets Dry Rams ,360 Dog Tuckers, Muttons ,000 Cattle Demand 834,000 MA Cows , ,000 Incalf Heifers ,000 R 1 Yr Heifers ,800 Bulls ,000 R 2 Yr Steers R 1 Yr Steers , ,200 Deer Demand 2,172,120 MA Hinds Red Mated 1, , ,600 MA Hinds Wapiti Mated 1, , ,000 Yearling Hinds , ,000 Hind Fawns 1, , ,400 Stag Fawns 1, , ,000 MA Stags ,400 Stud MA Sire Stags ,520 R 2 Yr Stags Stud ,120 MA Hinds Stud , ,720 R2 Hinds Stud ,680 Stud Fawns ,680 TOTAL ANIMAL DEMAND 4,186,680 Supply Area Yield No. Bales / Tonne Utilisation Total ha bales/dm% kgdm Supplement Supply Pasture Silage 30% 2,200 80% 528,000 Lucerne Silage 34% - Pasture Balage 240 1,000 85% 204,000 Lucerne Balage % 51,000 Pasture Hay % 51,000 Italian Grass 40 3, ,000 Barley 75% 20,000 85% 12,750 Fodder Beet 13 25,000 85% 325,000 Rape and Grass 25 5, ,000 Swedes Ridged Swedes Direct Drilled ,000 85% 1,999,200 Total Supplement Supply 3,415,950 3,415,950 May 15th Sept 15th Avail. Total Pasture Supply kgdm/ha kgdm/ha kgdm/ha kgdm Effective Area 2,576 1,700 1, ,200 Pasture Growth (kgdm/day) 2, ,360 Total Pasture Supply 1,442,560 Total Feed Supply 4,858,510 SUMMARY SUPPLY 4,858,510 DEMAND 4,186,680 DEFICIT/SURPLUS 671,

9 T ha QEII Covenant NotFarmed NonProductive Productive Paddocks Legend Map Date: November 2011 Total Fenced Area: 3,077 ha Productive Paddocks Area: 2,752 ha NOTES Queens Reach Road Golf Course Road Hillside 10.2ha Coloured 10.2ha Hughes 10.9ha Cattle Yard ha B ha Likely 8.2ha Cattle Yard ha Tank 1 9.5ha Cattle Yard ha Fat Boy ha Tank 2 9.9ha Thistle 10.8ha Ted 1 9.2ha Stone Paddock 14.1ha Fat Boy 2 Ted 2 D8 10.1ha Fat Boy ha Roller ha Humpy 17.5ha Island ha Roller ha Ted ha D9 11.2ha Roller ha Irish Burn 13.2ha Centre Ridge 17.1ha Ted ha Island ha Roller ha Terrace 9.2ha No Tarn 7.5ha Top Wedge 9.8ha Island 3 7.4ha Bottom Wedge 10.1ha Ted 5 18ha Irish 15.3ha Tarns 12.2ha Island ha Island 4 7.9ha S15 18ha T15 19ha D52 22ha Resvior 23.5ha D ha T8 22.2ha T7 20.8ha Tu Tu 29ha Gorge ha S5 20.8ha S ha Corner 19.7ha Poplar 12.3ha Matagatori 19.2ha Island ha Island 7 7.7ha Bracken ha Round Hay Barn 19.9ha F2 F1 8.6ha Island ha Top Bracken ha Track 15.6ha Tank 17.2ha Mailbox 6.4ha L1 9.7ha Long Tussock 12.1ha Island ha Front Bull 12.5ha Forgotten 6.9ha Back Bull 14.6ha Super Bin 6.6ha Todd ha Broken Hill 15.1ha Middle knobby 16.7ha Stone Ridge 15.4ha Reserve 12.7ha Todd 3 6ha Swamp View 15ha Spag Moss 11.4ha Arrow 13.8ha Gut Hole 13.1ha Top Knobby 15.2ha Ayrs Rock 11.8ha Lotus 19.4ha S2 17.9ha S4 16.9ha S17 13ha Angle 18.7ha Trig 17.9ha Earls 16.8ha Todd ha Waikato 15.7ha Ukraine 14.1ha Siberia 11.8ha S24 S22 9.7ha S27 8.4ha S29 8ha S21 9.8ha S25 8.3ha S28 8ha Ramparts Face 33.9ha Booths 16.6ha S ha S4 9.9ha S ha Seralls 15.7ha D32 9.4ha D33 5.2ha Plato 8.8ha S7 15.9ha S ha D34 5.9ha D37 6.5ha S8 9.5ha D38 6.6ha D35 5.5ha D24 7.4ha D36 7.3ha D23 8ha Grant's 13.4ha 18.7haGorge ha Gorge ha D27 3.9ha D22 6.1ha D26 5.7ha D41 4.8ha D28 7.7ha D21 7.7ha Ridger 12.5ha Dons 11.7ha D42 4.3ha D20 8.1ha D ha Tile ha Bottom Valley 14.4ha D16 4.5ha D17 4.4ha D ha Big Gully Road Face 18.7ha D12 4.3ha D13 5ha D11 9.7ha Tile ha Top Valley 14.9ha Mac's 14.5ha D8 8.7ha D9 7.1ha D44 9ha D ha D2 15.1ha Bottom Lester 15.2ha Stuart Gully 21.3ha V6 5.6ha D3 7.2ha D4 4.7ha D43 4.9ha V4 10.8ha Pigsty 5.9ha D1 4.3ha A ha Top Lester A7 15.7ha Pennys 7.6ha T18 1.8ha T17 1.5ha D18 2ha D19 3.3ha D6 2.4ha D10 3.6ha D14 2.3ha D29 2.6ha D15 3ha D31 2ha D39 3.2ha D40 2.9ha D45 5.3ha A2 5.7ha A6 12.1ha Single Tank 12ha Haybarn 8.2ha T16 11ha Long Rush 10.1ha X8 4.3ha A10 5.5ha A8 15.5ha Rdmst 10.3ha Geoffs Pond 18.1ha H7 7.5ha Tarns A 9.1ha A3 5.4ha A11 5.8ha A5 10.8ha X11 7.1ha A4 11.1ha T2 14.9ha X3 5ha T5 13ha Airstrip X 9.7ha Ragwort 10.5ha X4 8.8ha T3 14.9ha T ha T13 5.6ha T ha T4 5.7ha Gullet 5.5ha Gullet 2.7ha Back Deershed 7.4ha DSH 2ha Windscreen 6.6ha M1 2.8ha T9 2.4ha Q2 5.5ha AL 3.6ha Bottom Bracken ha Back Fttnng 5.1ha Piddle Pond 6.8ha Back Cattle Yard 9.7ha Front Cattle Yard 12.1ha K4 3.1ha AS 5.1ha Douglas 1 6.4ha Douglas 2 4.9ha Bottom Knobby 9.6ha Bracken 3 6.1ha C11 2.9ha Cottage 7.6ha M12 2.6ha T10 6.5ha Tims Pond 14.3ha Bog Pine 11.5ha T11 8.6ha T21 2.3ha D7 1.1ha A9 0.8ha A1 1.4ha D25 2.1ha D30 1.5ha D48 2.1ha A8 0ha Three Tanks 4.8ha Top Airstrip 3.7ha M2 0.9ha Front Fttnng 4.4ha M8 1.5ha K5 1.5ha Sn Shne 3.5ha R9 2.1ha B9 1.9ha , Meters Ramparts Road Mount York Road Manapouri Te Anau Highway T20 4.3ha C5 14.6ha Middle Face 20.5ha Y5 14.4ha C4 Te Anau Face 19.9ha Hillside Manapouri Road Stuart Farm 16 17

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