Business Rural Spring 2021

| 9 RURAL PEOPLE » Richard Dawkins fellow farmers TOP PRICES ALWAYS PHONE: 03 578 4727 FAX: 03 578 0171 AFTER HOURS - BOB: 027 444 1412 STEVE: 027 220 3571 EMAIL: admin1@woolmark.co.nz • Maximise your market options • Preparation & market advice • Shed clean ups! • Prompt 100% payment • Direct sales cut handling costs • Binning Facility for all types of wool • New synthetic & nylon wool packs WOOL MARKETING MARLBOROUGH NELSON LTD P O Box 101, 30 Stuart Street, Blenheim “WOOL GROWERS - SELL DIRECT!” Support Your Local Broker Photos: Marlborough Sheep and Beef farmer of the year Richard Dawkins with father Chris. The Pyramid is primarily a sheep breeding and finishing operation complemented with growing Jersey bulls for the dairy industry and fattening Friesians. Our Hampshires are known for... • Breed Quality • Excellent bone, excellent constitution & excellent length • Strong, fast growth rates • Longevity • Top eye muscle scanning • Being one of the only sheep breeds that has marbling in the meat Rams & Ewes sold throughout New Zealand Live exporters of Hampshires to Argentina, Brazil & Mexico Mike & Janeann Mouat 250 Collins Road, Knapdale RD3 Gore 027 480 9570 heep bre l l i i i , il i C 027 480 9570 Winner of the Carrfields Supreme All-Breeds Ram Lamb at the Gore A & P Show 2020 Winn l ll Fernvale Genetics, located in Moa Flat, West Otago is an elite ram breeding company that has seen 3 generations of the Brenssell family over the past 80 years develop the stud to its current status. The stud today has entrenched key breeding policies that are used to produce superior animals that will have the Genetic make up to enhance the commercial sheep farming operations they are transferred into. These key breeding policies include: • Only multiple born & reared animals sold or retained in stud. • Quality outside bloodlines used every third generation. • Commercial pressure though 45,000 stock units. • Two year ram performance guarantee. • All ewe hoggets put to ram Fernvale Genetics is part of a large 45,000 stock unit sheep and beef operation. Not only is the focus on the stud, but the commerical side of the sheep and beef opertions have to be pro table. The combined farming operation includes 18,500 Beef stock units with 1,200 breeding cows. 03 204 0883 / 027 201 8181 fernvale@farmside.co.nz www.fernvale.co.nz