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PGG Wrightson The tour this year incorporates a number of Rabobank highlights including a rare visit to the Atihau Whanganui Incorporation at Ohakune which has Zoetis major links in its farming operation to the Angus Toyota NZ breed. We have a night in Ohakune at the renown AngusPure Powderhorn Chateau and Chalets, a night not to Manawatu Knitting Mills be missed, with the tour finishing at Tru-Test Angus Bull Unit outside Palmerston North. Totally Vets Ltd Hunterville Vet Club Visit seven well known Angus herds in this area and Chef’s Choice the historic Merchiston homestead, one of New Gary Worsley Motocycles Zealand’s largest and finest early pioneer homes still retained in it’s original condition. Grange Transport Marine Services Wanganui We hope you will join us on the 18th March 2018 PGG Wrightson in Palmerston North for the AngusNZ AGM and Merchandise Wanganui three days of fun, entertainment, good cattle and CR Grace Ltd conviviality. Downlands Deer and Studstock Kind Regards, Order now from Stuart Makgill Richard Rowe Freeze Branding Ltd Chairman Manawatu / Whanganui Angus Ward Hautuma Lime Pilet Contracting Profert Spreading Ltd GK Skou Transport The tag experts Orlando Country Club 0800 248 247 • 0800 AG TAGS Phone 06 323 0861 • [email protected] or you2 r AngusPure NationaMANAWATUl Territory Manag / WHANGANUIer ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 1 Kim Lowe 027 550 4018 ATAHUA FARM LTD
The Dalziell Family have been breeding Accurate EBVs are generated by comparing TOUR ITINERARY Angus cattle for over 57 years. animals run in large contempary groups. The Stud was founded by the late Verdun Atahua has been mating yearling heifers DAY 1 and Elsie Dalziell in the late 1950s, based on since 1980, all drys are culled. Heifers once Mangatoro and Puketutu bloodlines with Te pregnancy tested go to Apiti from February Mania genetics introduced early on, making to July before returning to Kiwitea to calve, SUNDAY 18TH MARCH a significant impact on the herd. fit from marching around the hills! 2pm onwards Registration at the Coachman Hotel, Palmerston North Atahua is run as a family partnership with Breeding principals at Atahua are focused Alan and Michele, Colin and Louise . on doing the “Basics Right”. We use EBVs 5pm ANGUSNZ AGM, Hunterville Room Alan and Michele live on the homeblock, as a tool while keeping a balance between Phenotype and Genotype. This also applies 6-7 pm Cocktail function, Hunterville Bar 240 ha at Kiwitea, where the Annual Bull followed by buffet dinner Sale is held in June. Running up to 150 when choosing a sire for use in the herd. cows and 700 ewes and lambs. Finishing Breeding Cattle is a people business, it is all the lambs pre- Christmas 19-20kgs. The about trust and building relationships. MONDAY 19TH MARCH lambs from the Apiti Block come to Kiwitea The success of our program is reflected in in early January to finish. the success of our clients. 6.30 - 7.15am Breakfast in La Patio, Coachman Hotel, Palmerston North Colin runs the 248ha Apiti block of medium We welcome you to ATAHUA. We hope your 7.30am Depart to steep hill country, mating 50 stud cows Tour is enjoyable. and 2000 ewes and replacements. The 8.30am Arrive at ATAHUA FARM LTD, Kiwitea cattle are run intensively with the sheep Alan and Michele Dalziell at both properties. At weaning the calves 9.30am Depart 283 McBeth Road, RD 7, Feilding 4777 from Apiti go to Kiwitea where all the calves 10.30am Arrive at MERCHISTON, Rata. remain in a single bull mob and single P: 06 328 9784 M: 027 439 6717 heifer mob until 400 day scanning for E: [email protected] Lunch carcass traits, IMF and Breedplan recorded. 12.30pm Depart
2.30pm Arrive at ATIHAU-WHANGANUI INCORPORATION, Ohakune for farm tour
5.00pm Arrive at POWDERHORN CHATEAU for casual function with buffet meal and band
2 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 3 MERCHISTON ATIHAU-WHANGANUI ESTATE INCORPORATION
On behalf of the Rowe family a very The genetics for the herd comes from the Atihau Whanganui Incorporation (AWHI) the team there was no question that this warm welcome is extended to all the tour world of Angus, this year including some AWHI was established in 1970, with the should be continued. With our bull selection participants. very high performing A.I. sires including - purpose of resuming the 42,000 hectares we decided to put more focus on the Angus Merchiston was settled by John and Ascot Hallmark, L.D. Capitalist, Hoffman of land vested into the Aotea Maori Land pure indices and IMF%, aligning with our Edith Hammond (current owners great Power Point, Merchiston Stoker 350, Council by Whanganui Maori. Today we value-add strategy. Notwithstanding the grandparents) in 1879 after riding up the Banquet Katoomba K312, and leading sons have 32,500ha under our management with importance of structural soundness, low Rangitikei River from York Farm, some of SAV International, Stoker, Merchiston 21,300ha being effective. The ineffective birth weight, good growth rates and mature 20kms down river. It originally totalled Steakhouse 489, grandsons of Rennylea land is either protected under Nga Whanua cow weight. some 12000 acres but blocks were sold off Edmund and S. Chisum. Rahui or managed, either under Horizons We look forward to welcoming the Angus up until the First World War when a major We have a program that will not regional council, in forestry production, or NZ ward conference to our properties in remaining portion was taken for returned compromise phenotype, but will enhance used for Manuka honey production. March 2018 and showcasing what we do servicemen. genetic gain and performance and further We winter 160,000SU made up of 75,000 to you. 138 years of farming by one family has keep the type of cattle that will perform in ewes and 4,000 breeding cows. All cattle seen it grow into a top performing sheep their grass fed environment for our local bred are finished within our system and and beef farm, wintering some 9000SU on clients. 300-400 trading cattle are bought in the remaining 910 hectares. Our Raetihi Approximately 90 bulls will be sold into seasonally. About 80% of lambs born are property which was purchased in 1991 was the industry this year, nearly all into beef finished internally. We also run a 650-cow sold in 2016 to the Manuka honey industry breeding herds in the Manawatu, Rangitikei dairy farm and have an Apiary team running and facilitated the buyout of a family and Whanganui region. We offer a three 2,400 hives. member. year guarantee on all the bulls as well as The 9 sheep and beef farms are operated The Angus stud, founded in 1955, is now a 24 hour replacement policy on any bull as individual businesses, with planned run on two properties, at home and at breakdowns. symbiotic transfers between properties. Glencorran, as a satellite herd owned by We hope you enjoy your visit to the historic They range from flat land surrounding Mike and Kate Gee Taylor at Rangiwahia. Merchiston and have an enjoyable tour. Ohakune to steep hill country with the This relationship has worked very well with highest point being 800m we go down Merchiston purchasing all the bull calves to 50m at the Whanganui River. Our back at weaning to be incorporated with the farming strategy is focusing on increasing home grown Merchiston cattle. This year production whilst maintaining cost, Richard and Vicki Rowe Atihau-Whanganui Inc 400 registered females have been mated increasing the value of products sold, and and will be reduced to 350 for calving . All 318 Putorino Road, RD 1, Marton 4787 reducing our impact on the environment. 16 Bell Street, Wanganui 4500 the heifers are mated at 13 months and P: 06 322 8608 M: 027 279 8841 The farms have had Angus as the base P: 06 348 7213 every female is expected to get in-calf and E: [email protected] breed for the beef cow herd for many years, W: www.atihau.com raise a calf every year or she is culled. and following a recent genetic review within
4 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 5 RANUI
Ranui Angus was established in 1950 and each year - a 2 year Bull sale and a Spring TOUR ITINERARY is now being managed by the third, Lindsay sale which consists of yearling bulls and Johnstone. Ranui has now been established surplus yearling heifers. DAY 2 at Karamu for over 38 years and until 2016 We lamb 2000 ewes of which 150 are a was solely managed by Lin Johnstone. In South Hampshire ewes with their rams July 2016 Lindsay moved to Karamu to being sold as terminal sires. All other lambs TUESDAY 20TH MARCH assist Lin with running the property. are finished and exported to Holland under 6.30 - 7.15am Breakfast at Powderhorn Chateau, Ohakune Currently Ranui calves 150 registered the Kumanu brand. females as well as 30 recips. At weaning all The steeper country has been planted in 7.45am Depart bull calves from Ranui & Ranui W will be run forestry to preserve it from slippage and to together at Karamu. Ranui holds two sales 10am Arrive at RANUI, Kai Iwi protect the waterways.
11am Depart
11.30am Arrive at RANUI W, Kai Iwi for a packed lunch
12.30pm Depart
1.30pm Arrive at WAIRERE, Hawera
2.30pm Depart
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6 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 7 RANUI W WAIRERE
Ranui W was established in 1961 by Lin Currently: The present owner’s grandfather came 1991 we were one of the first New Zealand Johnstone in Te Puke. In June 1989 the • We calve down 140 registered females. to the farm were the Wairere stud was to herds scanned as we saw it as an avenue to herd was re-established at its present eventuate in the 1890s. assess the meat producing attributes of the • At weaning all bull calves are now location – Rangitatau Trust, Wanganui and animals we were breeding. We scan both moved to Karamu. In 1936 the Wairere Angus stud started, changed ownership in 2000 to Lindsay & when Owen Lander registered the first our bulls and our heifers, for eye muscle, fat • We trade between 130 - 150 R2 steers Maria Johnstone progeny of the animals he had purchased and intramuscular fat (marbling). Now, with (used for pasture management) This new location meant the cattle had to from the Ngawaka stud at Masterton. In the ability to test with I50K we also use this adjust to hill country, high altitude - 1800ft, • Lambing 3000 ewes and finishing 2000 1966 a shipment of 34 cows was bought as an aid to selection. high rainfall - 70in and snow. lambs which are exported to Holland from the South Island’s Heathfield stud, After DNA testing, the herd is now free of under the Kumanu brand. The Ranui W herd is run under commercial owned by Robert Fraser, (the grandfather carriers and suspects for the defects that conditions on hill country as part of an • We are re-establishing my grandfather’s of James, Stern stud) and were airlifted to are currently able to be tested for. intensive farming structure. The cattle are herd of White Herefords. - All White Wanganui, then trucked to Wairere. In 2009 Cedric’s son Paul joined him on the run in conjunction with an intensive sheep Hereford bull calves are sold to the dairy Originally, stock were sold through farm to continue Wairere Angus. programme. All stock are continually industry. paddock sales, but when Taranaki breeders monitored on performance and through • We also run a hunting and a long range combined to have a sale held centrally in Location: 12 km south of Hawera, South environmental pressure. shooting venture. Stratford, Owen decided to join the group Taranaki. 5 km from the coast, One hour and sell through this venue. Most sales in from Wanganui. those days were yearling sales and when Size of property: 284 hectares - 95 Ranui and Ranui W’s philosophy is to he thought he had a bull worthy to go, he hectares dedicated to the Angus stud and produce structurally sound cattle with would take them to sell at the Dannevirke fattening lambs, 40.5 hectares to grazing fertility and longevity. Therefore mating sale – the equivalent to today’s National dairy replacement heifers for our 259 yearling heifers and selecting on structural Sale. hectare dairy farm. The remainder is steep soundness - (feet and legs) is a vital part river gullies which graze sheep and are used of our selection process, as well as using When illness prevented Owen from in drought times for the Angus. EBV’s. continuing, Cedric took over the Angus stud. In 1988 we held our first on farm sale. Soil type: A sedimentary papa clay base We sell 20 to 25, 2 year old bulls through overlaid with Egmont loam. the home bullring in June. One of our sale Rainfall: 1200-1500 mm per year highlights was winning the Unled Champion Angus bull at the Beef Expo/National Bull Lindsay and Maria Johnstone sale with a homebred bull. Cedric and Jackie Lander 662 Rangitatau East Rd, RD 8, Wanganui Wairere has used AB since the mid 1960’s 324 Meremere Road, RD 12, Hawera 4672 P: 06 342 9795 M: 0274 453 211 and we used Beefplan until Breedplan P: 06 272 2899 M: 021 144 3862 E: [email protected] began with weight gain recording. When E: [email protected] ultrasound scanning became available in
8 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 9 Day 1 Atihau
Day 2 Wairere
Day 2 Ranui W Ranui
Day 1 Merchiston
Day 2 Pine Park Day 1 Atahua
Day 3 Ngaputahi
10 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 11 PINE PARK
Three generations in Angus. 2yr and 20 1yr bulls were sold for breeding. nn Larry Sherriff founded “Kowhiwhi”, Our management concentration is on TOUR ITINERARY Taihape, 1926. producing bulls for commercial clients that nn Philson founded “Pine Park” in 1974. will thrive, shift and grow on, rather than DAY 3 nn Edward has now been running the stud chasing the stud market. since 2004. Key sires for 2018 sales: Matauri Outlier Pine Park Stud was run at Kowhiwhi from J045, Goldwyn G07, Goldwyn H817, WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH 1978, with bulls selling at the Taihape Merchiston Exclusive, PA Ranch House, Beef Breeders Sale for 24 years. On-farm Stern Laphroaig, Spotlite. 6.30 - 7.30am Breakfast in La Patio, Coachman Hotel auctions at Pine Park started in 2002 and Seven sheep breeds: FE Tolerant 8am Depart September sales in 2016. Coopworths, FET Romney x Coopworth, The Pine Park Angus Stud runs in Texel x Coopworth, Suffolk, Suftex, Texel x 9am Arrive at NGAPUTAHI, Pohangina conjunction with seven sheep breeds. Poll Dorset, Suffolk x Texel/Poll Dorset. 10am Depart Commercially orientated, no soft options Sell throughout NZ this includes sales to and no individual preference given. There several Angus breeders. 11am Arrive at TRU-TEST ANGUS BULL UNIT OPEN DAY are 210 mated, registered females run on for BBQ lunch a separate 287 hectare block, mostly on Heifer Sale hill country, except when calving, until AI Philson, Judy and Edward Sherriff servicing is completed. Two year heifers 312 Tutaenui Road, RD 2, Marton 4788 Finale of the Tour are calved. P: 06 327 7284 M: 021 704 778 Our bull market is increasing rapidly. Our client base is spread throughout the lower E: [email protected] two thirds of the North Island. In 2017, 80
12 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR 2018 13 NGAPUTAHI TRU-TEST ANGUS BULL UNIT
Ngaputahi Angus was established in 1999 overseas (particularly Rennylea) have been After a break of a few years the bull unit was North as an Inspector in the New Zealand with females purchased from dispersal purchased which are enhancing our herd for reinstated to supplement the numbers being Police, we decided to move closer to town sales. Original emphasis was on structure, valuable carcase traits. Our main objective is sold at the National sale. After searching where we are now. We bought 50 acres docility, durability and fertility. Features we to have all progeny meeting and exceeding for a suitable property Guy Sargent found of bare land at Newbury, 10 minutes from have added include the ability to get in current and future market requirements at Dave Wright’s. Dave and the property have Palmerston North, where we built a new calf, calve unassisted every year from a 15 20 months. i.e. the ability to kill 300-340kg proved to be a wonderful find and we home two years ago. I have always liked month old heifer and longevity (only culled with optimal fat covers and high marbling thought you might like to know the person the Angus breed, and have bought and sold when failed to rear a calf or have to be scores while retaining top eating quality who brings the bulls out for you, a little many Angus steers and heifers throughout removed from winter rotation due to poor standards. better. the North Island over the years. condition). “I have been in the stock & station industry I have a daughter, Emma, who’s an While still adhering to these core values we Forbes and Angus Cameron for 35 years. I started with FCDC in Feilding, accountant in Tauranga, two sons who are now putting major emphasis on carcase 2207 Pohangina Rd, RD14, Ashhurst 4884 as a stock clerk, where I had a year in the are in the stock industry, Sam in Hamilton, traits that will see the Ngaputahi herd lead P: 06 329 4050 office, and then went on the road in Feilding. and Ben in Feilding, both working for PGG the Angus breed into the future. Wrightson. Jeanette has a son, Tom, who E: [email protected] After having been through many mergers Recently embryos and semen from with Crown farmers, Dalgety Crown and is 12 years old currently attending Huntley Elders, I started with Affco as sole buyer in School in Marton, Tom thinks he would the Manawatu. In 1995 I started my own quite like to be an agent as well one day, it company, Wright Livestock Ltd. clearly runs in the family. Both Jeanette & I were bought up on farms, Guy Sargent asked Jeanette and myself, myself in Sanson, from where I went on to whether we would be interested in running own 200 acres in Stanway, in the Feilding the bull unit here at Newbury three years area. Jeanette’s family still farm in the South ago. The rest is history. We really enjoy Otago area. With my business getting having the bulls and turning them out for the busier, and Jeanette working in Palmerston national sale in May.”
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