| 23 Te Uranga B2 is a beautiful 1130-hectare King Country sheep and beef farm. RURAL PEOPLE » Te Uranga B2 Inc Complementing the native plantations, Te Uranga B2 also includes plantations of pinus radiata. Thirty-seven hectares of plantation forestry was harvested and milled two years ago, and have been replanted in pine to help meet the farm’s carbon sequestration targets. 580 hectares of forestry are currently leased to a forestry company which has commenced harvesting operations. When completed in two – three years that land will be replanted as part of the lease agreement, and returned to the incorporation who will take control of the trees. Te Uranga B2 is home to 5000 FE tolerant Romney ewes, along with 1550 hoggets, finishing all progeny except for a handful of lambs sold store before the end of the year. This year 1200 of the hoggets were lambed. “We buy FE rams from Hildreth,” says Rod. “We get a little bit of facial eczema here but they have been bred for FE tolerance for many years so its incidence is limited. We also calve 300 angus cows and 75 two-year-old heifers. The progeny are all finished, with the steers sold as two year olds. We go to the Gisborne bull sales every year and usually buy in from Kaharau Angus and Tangiahau Angus studs, along with a local Taumarunui Proud to be supplying the Te Uranga B2 Inc with FE Tolerant Rams Using FE Gold rams .70 and .68 tested Progeny tested at .62 Combining FE Tolerance, High Fertility, High Growth, High Survival and Structural Soundness Enquiries David Hildreth 027 468 0281 Marcus Hildreth 027 353 0405 RUAPEHU FENCING • Conventional • Deer • Electric • Post & Rail • Sheep & Cattle Yard’s • Repair Work • Post Ramming • Residential • Lifestyle • Security & Gate’s | Extensive Steep Hill Country Experience | | Excavator and Bulldozer for all fence lines and tracks | | Tree felling and Removal, Chainsaw work | Fully Insured FOR ALL YOUR LIVESTOCK CONTAINMENT NEEDS PH: WAYNE 027 RUAPEHU 7827348 to Te Uranga B2 Inc stud – Black Ridge Angus stud.” Rod says that while the cost of buying quality bulls increased this year, this has been significantly off-set by very good prime prices, with an increase of just over a dollar a kilo ahead of where it was a year ago. “That makes a significant difference. We have just sold some steers and netted $2340/ per steer after costs, compared to $1900 last year.”
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