58 | ON FARM » Parengarenga Incorporation Grazing cells key part of farm system Around 2900 to 3000 bulls are run in grazing cells at Te Kao. The past season developed into a good one, despite the weather going from extremely wet last winter and spring to extremely dry in February. Russell Fredric Grazing bulls in two hectare cells has become a key part of Parengarenga Incorporation’s farm system in recent years. General manager Julian Peters says the station now has 1350ha of pasture in grazing cells. “We’ve just completed another 100 hectares into bull cells with permanent fencing.” “It’s just intensifying the traditional bull finishing platform and it allows us to get better control of our pastures and better utilisation. “Because we’ve got Angus bulls, they come off our breeding cows; we run the two-year-old bulls two to the hectare in those cells, and the yearlings at three-and-a-half to the hectare.” Based in Te Kao, 70 kilometres north of Kaitaia, Parengarenga is a Maori incorporation that manages $52m of farm and forestry assets on behalf of 3000 shareholders, employing a total of 36 staff. The station is about 15 kilometres long and six kilometres wide and carries 42,000 stock units on 5100ha effective,on a total of 6400ha on the Northland peninsula. Stock comprises 8,000 breeding ewes, 1600 Angus breeding cows plus replacements, and 2800 to 2900 two-year old Angus bulls. “We run between about 2,900 to 3,000 bulls in those cells.” Proudly supporting Parengarenga Incorporation Kaitaia (09) 408 1450 | kaitaia@laserelectrical.co.nz • Residential • Commercial • Maintenance • Orchard Fertigation • Heat Pumps • New Builds · Livestock · Logs · Water · Readymix Concrete · General Cartage 09 406 0087 | mangonuihaulage.co.nz
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