North Canterbury News: October 24, 2019

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Bull sale ... Marie Timperley checks on one of her bulls in the ring during an on­farm bull
sale on Friday, October 11.
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Goodprices at auction
for TimperleaAngus
Prices at arecent Oxford bull salehave
exceededexpectations.
Timperlea Angussold 26 yearling bulls
for an averageprice of $4300 at its first onfarm
yearling bull saleonFriday, October
11.
‘‘It certainly exceeded expectations,’’
said farm manager Marie Timperley, who
expectedanaverage priceof$2800.
‘‘We’ve neverhad it that high before, but
beef is goingreally well at the moment and
Ihope it’sgood valuefor our clients.’’
The day’s top pricewas $11,500, paid by
Kaiwara Angus, of Culverden.
Mariesaid 26 yearling bulls and 10
heifers were sold, withthe bulk goingto
farmsacross Canterburyand afew
heading to the North Island.
The Timperlea Angus Studwas
established in 2001,when an Angus heifer
was bought from Ms Timperley’s
grandfather, Fred Stevens.
The herd has grown from there and was
recently increasedto120 breeding cows.
Mariesays she breeds for temperament,
low birthweight, easy calving and good
growth rates.
‘‘I love howthey are so versatile and the
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gene pool is so high in NewZealand that
you can get pretty much whatyou want,’’
she says.
‘‘They’ve got agood temperament and
they adapt easily for the country thatyou
are on.’’
She manages the 398­hectare farm in the
Waimakariri Gorge,which is owned by her
parents Clarence and Linda Timperley,
farming 1800 stock units of cattle and afew
sheep.
‘‘Bothsides of the family havebeen
farming for generations, mainly in dairy
and pigs. I’ve got the fun job of having the
Angus.’’
Her parentsand sister,Victoria Traynor,
are dairy farmers, with Victoria being a
director on the Waimakariri IrrigationLtd
board.Marie is also active in showing,
beingvice­president of the Oxford A&P
Association.
‘‘I lovethe show and Ilove the people
involved. Previouslywe’veentered cattle
in the shows, but not in the last few years,
with Mycoplasmabovis.
‘‘I mainly did it to supportother young
people, but now we’re waiting for abit
more clarity around M. bovis.’’
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Fonterra lifts milk price forecast
Dairyfarmers will be buoyedbyFonterra’s
improvedmilk price.
The dairy co­operative has released its
2019/20 forecast farmgate milk price, with
the range up 30 cents,tobetween $6.55 and
$7.55per kilogramofmilk solids.
The advance rate Fonterra pays its
farmer/owners will be set off the mid­point
of $7.05 per kgMS.
Fonterrachairman John Monaghan says
the co­operative had been achievinggood
prices for its milk so far thisseason.
‘‘Demand for whole milk powderhas
been firm, and for the full seasonwe’re
expecting it to be abovelast year.
‘‘Global whole milk powder production
is down year to date and is expected to
continuetodecrease for the remainder of
2019.
‘‘We arealso continuing to sell our skim
milk powder at higherpricesthan
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‘‘There are anumber of factors we are
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