Sarah's Country

Anna Yallop, General Manager at Bioresource Processing Alliance explains how we can utilise our secondary by-products from our primary industries in order to lower the amount of food that is wasted.

For more information on the Bioresource Processing Alliance:

https://bioresourceprocessing.co.nz/

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What started out as a small members bill led to the New Zealand government creating a $32 million fund to support nationwide food distribution initiatives, rescuing food waste and feeding our most needy.

For more read the report of the Environment Committee:

https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/SCR_96164/cebeaf7cf20b40245fdf5c60601d83a2ac5b105f

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Associate Professor Miranda Mirosa from Otago University has been the author of what is now known as ‘The Mirosa Report’ advising the NZ government on what is needed to not only fix, but first find out how big and where the problem lies. 

To read the Mirosa Report, the briefing to investigate food waste in New Zealand to the Parliamentary Environment Committee:

https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/SCR_96164/cebeaf7cf20b40245fdf5c60601d83a2ac5b105f

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Did you know that 30% of food produced in New Zealand does not make it from our paddocks to our plates?

Today's Opinion Maker features four passionate women working to take post-harvest food waste and capture more value that is better for our environment.

Angie Warren Clark: member of parliament, New Zealand Labour Party

Anna Yallop : general manager, Bioresource Processing Alliance

Francesca Goodman-Smith: waste minimisation manager, Food Stuffs.

Professor Miranda Mirosa : associate Professor, University of Otago & co-chair, New Zealand Food Waste Champions 12.3

This interview was featured as part of this week’s Opinion Maker programme brought to you by Farmlands, New Zealand's largest farmer owned rural supplies co-operative.

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Dry matter readings for your feed budgeting taking too long? GrassCo Canterbury's, Katie Barr provide an innovative paddock measurement of your pasture levels weekly. 

Katie got into the franchise that started up in Southland that specialises in measuring dry matter and Farm Mapping, providing detailed information regarding pasture covers and growths, so you can make an informed decision regarding how you manage your farm.

For more info head to http://www.grassco.co.nz/

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Change Maker: South Island Field Days 2021 special edition

💧Carrfields NZ Business Development Manager, Jeff Denley showcases the game changer of subsoil irrigation.

⛓️ Summit Steel & Wire’s key account manager, Ben Anderson demonstrates the ease of using the “solo net” fencing implement. 

✅  Dry matter readings for your feed budgeting taking too long? GrassCo Canterbury 's, Katie Barr provide an innovative paddock measurement of your pasture levels weekly.  

🐄  Halter's, Steve Crowhurst, business development manager explains the development in the leading virtual fencing technology.

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The winners of this year's Agri Magic Smart Farming award at the South Island Agricultural Fieldays was virtual fencing technology, Halter. Steve Crowhurst, business development manager caught up with Sarah to explain how much time it is saving dairy farmers in shifting fences.

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One of the key fencing implements that was catching many farmers eyes at the South Island Agricultural Fieldays was the Summit Steel & Wire’s SoloNet.

Key account manager, Ben Anderson explained to Sarah how the tractor implement helps to roll out and strain the netting with it’s quick, mechanised netting dispensing and straining system that hydraulically clamps and strains net taking the hard slog out of the job and saves on labour costs!

For more info head to https://www.solofencingsystems.com/solonet

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An irrigation system that saves 25 to 40 percent in water use irrigating the same amount of land by pushing the water underground is taking off here in New Zealand. 

Farmer Gary Robinson, Oxford and Carrfields NZ Business Development Manager Jeff Denley explain subsurface drip irrigation to Sarah at the South Island Agricultural Fieldays how the environmental and efficiency benefits.

For more info head to https://www.carrfields.co.nz/

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Driving carbon credits as the only way forward has seen a monoculture mindset in New Zealand forestry and a Canterbury farmer is calling for our Emissions Trading Scheme to include agriculture must be adapted to include native trees to improve biodiversity outcomes.

UK-born, Rakaia-based crop & sheep farmer and passionate conservationist, Andrew Luddington, shared his opinion on how we need to make native trees a priority in policy making.

Sarah's Country Opinion Maker is proudly supported by our friends at Farmlands.

For more info: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/topic/opinion/view/pulpit-native-trees-should-be-a-priority

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