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2018 MANAWATU / WHANGANUI ANGUS WARD TOUR Your AngusPure Sour ce and Trace birth tag WELCOME requirements conveniently matched to a TSU SPONSORS On behalf of the members of the Manawatu / INNOVATION Allflex Whanganui Angus Ward, I warmly extend an (tissue sampling unit) invitation to attend the annual AngusNZ Ward Tour FMG in this area. Boehringer Ingelheim 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.