taranaki/manawatu farming lifestyles, june 2012
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Farming LifestylesJune 2012 Edition Phone: 09 439 6933 | Freephone: 0800 466 793 | Fax: 09 439 6930
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Hard work and sheer determination
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Passion for fruit
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The calendar, which dates from July 2012 — June 2013, features around 70 vet students, posing nude or semi-nude in agricultural settings with strategically-placed animals or objects to cover up private parts.
Four photographers were appointed to take photos at several locations which included a shearing shed, alpaca and pig farms, riding stables, netball courts, the Manawatu Gorge, Staglands Wildlife Reserve near Wellington, a Belgian Blue farm in Hawke’s Bay and the Tui Brewery at Mangatinoka.
Third year vet student Abby Sine said students undertake practical work on farms in the area early on in the vet programme.
“A lot of the photo-shoot locations were a result of contacts that students had with local farmers.”
The calendar concept was initiated seven years ago as a fundraiser and celebration for students reaching the half-way point in pursuit of a veterinary degree.
The front cover of this year’s calendar is an ancient Olympics theme and includes a link to the 2012 Olympics.
Ms Sine said students began talking about the theme of the calendar late last year and voted on it.
“We went with an ancient Olympics idea and everyone turned up in the most amazing body paint and costumes for the group cover shot.”
She said students found posing for the calendar to be a mixture of nerves
Massey University third-year vet students recently launched their
annual Barely There calendarby Denise Gunn
Massey University third-year vet students launched their annual Barely There calendar recently with proceeds to go towards their half-year trip and the New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre at the university’s teaching hospital
Students bare all for calendar
and excitement.
“I think people were pretty nervous but once they got over the initial shock of being naked, they started to relax and have fun.”
Every year 10 percent of proceeds from calendar sales are donated to a chosen charity.
This year the New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre (NZWHC), where sick and injured wildlife are treated, will be the recipient. The centre also aids in the recovery of New Zealand’s native birds and are the first responders to oil spill scenes like the recent Rena disaster.
“Usually a little extra is thrown in as well, so the more calendars we sell, the more we can help support a fantastic organisation such as NZWHC,” said Ms Sine.
Last year’s calendar sales raised over $3,000 for SPCA Canterbury.
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The New Zealand Veterinary Association is a major sponsor of the calendar.
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Customers around New Zealand have been encouraged to vote for both their favourite farmers’ market as well a preferred stallholder.
Feilding Farmers’ Market is currently in a prime position on the voting leader board against much larger markets in other regions.
“It is great to see our small rural town do so well amongst regions like Tauranga, Hastings and Hamilton,” said Feilding Promotion project manager, Raewyn Loader.
“We have such a great community here which is why we give the bigger markets a run for their money.”
Mrs Loader said the Feilding Farmers’ Market was a business initiative set up by the Community Development team of Feilding Promotion seven years ago.
“It’s aimed at attracting more shoppers to Feilding, providing a start up platform for new businesses and increasing our town’s rural profile and has been very successful on all counts.
“It’s a good dynamic for people to visit Feilding on a Friday with the farmers’ market, the saleyard tours and the Coach House museum.”
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key recently visited Feilding and spent time at the Feilding Farmers’ Market.
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A key vote for Feilding Farmers’ Marketby Denise Gunn
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Manawatu dry stock farmer Christine Christensen began collecting four-leaf clovers while growing up on a sheep and
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And although she said this collection may have stemmed from her desire to create her own luck, it’s been through hard work and sheer determination that the 27-year-old has achieved so much.
After completing a Bachelor of Applied Science at Massey University in 2005, followed by First Class Honours in Agriculture in 2006, Christine
took on a technical sales agronomist position with Cropmark Seeds.
Just two years later, Christine and her husband James bought their first farm in the Pohangina Valley — a 120-hectare property.
Christine said they achieved this goal through saving.
“I’ve always been a saver,” said Christine. “Monopoly was my favourite board game as a child and it still is, with trading property an interest.
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Christine said it required good budgets and a strong will to convince the bank that although they were young, they were passionate about agriculture and had the ability to build up equity through owning land.
The couple also bought a house in Palmerston North in 2009.
“It’s somewhere to live and an opportunity to increase equity with eggs in different baskets,” said Christine.
The farm was leased out for the first three years of ownership to allow the couple to develop it while paying off capital.
“It’s a hill country farm so has required fertiliser inputs, fencing and track maintenance.”
James and Christine graze dairy heifers and run beef stock, beef breeding cows and a small flock of sheep on their farm.
Christine balances working on the farm with her position as a junior research officer in the Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre at Massey University.
Her position involves conducting research based on nutrient cycling and mitigation strategies for reducing the environmental footprint of farms, while maintaining or increasing production.
Christine also teaches professional
development courses in nutrient management and undergraduate agricultural classes.
This year Christine has set a goal to complete her PhD in soil science, more specifically ‘Duration-controlled grazing of dairy cows to reduce nutrient losses to waterways’.
She has completed field work measuring pasture, grazing cows, collecting drainage water and now the
necessary data has been collated and is currently in the writing phase.
Since attending Massey University, Christine has had a long and active involvement with New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF), holding several committee positions with the Massey Club before moving to the Fitzherbert Club in 2005. Christine was also the regional administrator in 2006/07, regional chairperson of Taranaki/Manawatu in 2008, and national NZYF conference convenor in Palmerston North the following year.
“I’ve spent nine years in NZYF, having a great time and have met a huge network of people including lifelong friends and business contacts,” she said.
Christine has competed four times in the Taranaki/Manawatu regional final, including the 2012 event.
Away from the rural community, Christine is also a Highland and National dancing teacher and judge.
With all of Christine’s commitments, she said time management is most important along with getting enough sleep to ensure the waking hours are as productive and efficient as possible.
“Also in the case of joint property ownership and marriage, be prepared to compromise,” she said.
“Prioritise the important things and stay focussed on the goal posts at the end of the field,” said Christine.
Christine Christensen on the Pohangina Valley property she farms with her husband James
Christine Christensen in a drainage collection pit for her PhD experiment
Christine Christensen competing at this year’s regional Taranaki/Manawatu regional Young Farmer of the Year final
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F our years ago, the couple sold their Northland farm and initially started to look at properties in
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“We couldn’t find what we wanted,” said Sue.
“Then we visited friends who had just purchased property in north Taranaki and found this one for sale.”
The couple researched the climate, soil type and fertility of the area
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The 360-acre farm already had 850 avocado trees planted on it and the Stilwell’s have added one acre of passionfruit and around three acres in kumara.
Eighty acres of the farm is in QE2 Trust and the balance of the acreage is leased to the neighbouring dairy farmer for grazing.
Gavin and Sue decided to transport
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Gavin and Sue Stilwell grew kumara in Northland for 20 years before making the move south to Taranaki
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“We knew it could be a quick cash crop to give us some income to live on while we established the passionfruit orchard,” said Sue.
“We have only planted three or four acres of kumara each season as we didn’t want to have to employ a lot of staff.”
Deep, fertile volcanic ash covers the property and a micro-climate lifts the temperature up to three degrees warmer than New Plymouth city. The property is also virtually frost free but is exposed to the wind.
“To plant the kumara and passionfruit, we only had to remove some avocado trees and do some drainage and levelling,” said Gavin.
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Taranaki kumara and passionfruit grower Gavin Stilwell places
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Taranaki kumara and passionfruit grower Sue Stilwell wipes and grades the passionfruit
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“Over the last few years we had decided that we wanted to have a go at growing passionfruit, even though it had the reputation of being a high risk but possible high return crop.”
Both Gavin and Sue work full-time on the farm with each of them having a specific area of responsibility.
Kumara beds are put down in late September. Planting is in mid-November with weed control continuing throughout their growing period.
“We harvest in late March or April depending on how warm the summer months have been,” said Sue.
“The kumara are then put through a curing process which involves heating and cooling and are then able to be stored in temperature-controlled sheds for up to 12 months.”
The passionfruit vines are constantly growing so the couple are pruning, training and thinning throughout the year.
“They start dropping their fruit around mid-February and we could be picking fruit right through until their major prune in October.”
Sue said the kumara and passionfruit operations work well together.
“The only clash being at kumara harvest in April when we could be in the peak of our passionfruit harvest but that would only be for a couple of days.”
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Sue also has a stall at the Farmers Market in New Plymouth on Sunday mornings.
The couple have now lived on their north Taranaki property for three years and found a lot of similarities in horticultural production with Northland.
“We have found that our kumara yields and quality are as good as or better than those we achieved in Northland,” said Gavin.
Kumara beds are put down in late September, planted in mid-November and harvested in late March or April on the Stilwell’s Taranaki property
Sue Stilwell picks up passionfruit which are sold through Turners and Growers both locally and for export to the United States
Joints are any part of the body where 2 or more bones meet. The main types of joints are the � brous joints such as tooth sockets, those solely of cartilage such as vertebrae discs and thirdly the mobile synovial joints such as knees and shoulders. The most common problems that affect joints are accidental damage especially to these mobile joints, all forms of arthritis and speci� c problems with joint structures such as bursitis and tendonitis.
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Osteoarthritis is the progressive loss of the cartilage that covers the ends of bones. The pain is as much caused by in� ammation as the actual loss of cartilage. While there is obviously some wear and tear aspect to the disease the latest research suggests that this is a true disease process rather than just accumulated wear.
Research in the last decade by K. Yudoh et al (2005) and C. Ziskoven et al (2010) indicates that the real cause may oxidative stress which then triggers in� ammation. This concludes that free radicals damage the chondrocyte cells that make and support cartilage. If these cells are damaged and die this results in the erosion of cartilage. In other words osteoarthritis is much more like iron rusting away in the salt air.
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Eleven pregnant East Friesian ewes and four rams were imported to New Zealand from Sweden in 1992 and placed into quarantine at Silverstream near Dunedin.
A breeding programme at the quarantine station began using embryo transfer techniques and the derivatives were sold.
Four years later 40 rams were sold along with extensive sales of semen.
Paul and his wife Debbie farm 202ha
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The couple initially trialled around 50 direct East Friesian embryo transfers into their Romney ewes.
Paul said they were looking to improve milk production from their ewes, increase lambing percentages and raise lamb growth rates.
“We were also keen on the sheep milking side of it,” said Debbie.
Shortly afterwards the couple bought an East Friesian ram from Silverstream, in partnership with Mark Collis, to put back over the resulting ewe progeny. Several Romney/Coopworth ewes in lamb to an East Friesian ram were also purchased.
by Denise Gunn
It was the East Friesian’s traits for high milk production and improved lamb growth rates that led Manawatu sheep farmers Paul Henson and Mark Collis to first assess the breed at a private quarantine station near Dunedin, and then introduce the rare breed to their Manawatu farming operations in the mid 1990s
Photo: Denise Gunn
The breeding operation has also become a family affair with the couple’s three children successfully showing purebred East Friesian lambs at local agricultural shows and
their school’s lamb and calf days. The lambs eventually join the rest of the East Friesian flock
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In 1998 when the Rangitikei Sheep Milking Group was formed, Paul and Debbie joined up.
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Milk was also sourced from an experimental East Friesian flock at Flock House Agricultural Centre near Bulls.
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“The stocking rate drops a bit,” said Paul.
Along with the breed’s high fertility rates, the East Friesian generally has a sound udder and teat placement.
One of the breed’s most distinctive physical features — its thin tail without wool and bare area around the back end — means the sheep tends to stay clean.
“No docking is required on the purebreds and fly strike is very rare,” said Paul.
The Henson’s breeding operation has continued to be a family affair over the years with the couple’s three children, Hannah, Bridget and Tom, successfully showing purebred East Friesian lambs at local agricultural shows and their school’s lamb and calf days.
The lambs eventually join the East Friesian flock and the couple now run 60 purebred East Friesians and 2,500 crossbreds.
Veterinarian Trevor Cook prepares ewes for AI on the Henson property
East Friesian sheep are well-known for their high fertility
“It just wasn’t viable at the time,” said Debbie.
Paul and Debbie continued with their East Friesian breeding programme putting a terminal sire back over East Friesian/Romney ewes.
Paul said they’ve found the breed produced a lot of lambs and rear them well.
“They are particularly good for the dam side but not so suitable on the terminal lamb side.”
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Oroua Downs School principal Richard Lloyd said the role the farmers play is the backbone of the event.
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Trail bike ride brings rural community togetherby Denise Gunn
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Previous Oroua Downs trail bike rides have drawn riders from as far as Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington and Taupo.
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a lunch. A mini track at a cost of $15 is also available for younger riders.
Funds raised are split between Oroua Downs School and Foxton Rotary.
Mr Lloyd said money raised in the past has gone to specific resources for the school’s pupils including quality reading material and more recently notebooks.
Foxton Rotary spokesperson Bruce Jack said the Rotary club links up with the school for the trail bike ride and the event brings the community together.
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Riders need to assemble at Oroua Downs School in Lake Road, just off SH1 between Sanson and Foxton, from 8am onwards to enter. The ride starts at 10am.
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Before you upgrade to new Milfos cup removers or a Milfos Variable Drive Vacuum System it would be sensible to evaluate things that could impact on your proposed upgrade.
Sparkies generally do a great job, however, we regularly come across wiring of all sorts that has been installed incorrectly.
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Don’t forget the effluent or water pump, same deal, and move the electric fence unit to the implement shed, they can be an interference nasty in the dairy.
For sensible advice on Upgrades, find your local Milfos dealer or Area Sales Manager at www.milfos.com.
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Winter is finally here and while a lot of farmers have dried off there is still plenty to do.
DairyingTaranaki ef� uent pond ticks all the boxes
by Denise Gunn
Prize Pond chief judge and DairyNZ’s development project manager for effluent, Theresa Wilson, said competition entries were received from all over New Zealand.
“We were surprised with how interested farmers were in the competition as taking a photo of an effluent pond and sending it in to be judged takes guts.”
“The panel looked at the photos on their merits to see if the pond was low and had storage capacity, and if the clay or synthetic liner was well-maintained,” said Dr Wilson.
Judges also looked at whether effluent was crusting on top, major cracks in clay liners and maintenance of weed growth around the ponds.
The award-winning pond on Ken and Christine Sole’s farm near Opunake was completed in March this year.
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Shelley said the pond is compliant with the Taranaki Regional Council and to Fonterra standards and the pond’s large storage capacity enables them to irrigate the farm throughout the dry months of the year. An effluent spreader is used for application.
“We save money on fertiliser costs as we don’t have to fertilise the irrigated paddocks.”
“The effluent is an excellent natural form of fertiliser,” she said.
With a well-managed pond, the couple are also able to go away for a weekend without worrying about the effluent.
Dan and Shelley said they were really pleased to find out the pond, which measures 54 x 54 metres and is 2.2 metres deep with a
In a competition thought to be a world’s first, a Taranaki dairy farm’s effluent pond has been recognised in DairyNZ’s Prize Pond Awards
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Taranaki sharemilkers Dan Merritt and Shelley Moselen with their daughter Tayla (16 months) in front of the award-winning effluent pond
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The EPS Stirrers come in a number of different Hp sizes and all of them are very low kW/Hr, starting at .75kW.
All the bearings are above the water line and are fi tted with auto greasers that grease for 12 months unattended.
This pond took only 12 weeks to go from crusty and stagnant to aerobic and biologically active.
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Thenumber of different Hp sizes and all of them are very low kW/Hr, starting at .75kW.
This pond took only 12 weeks to go from crusty and stagnant to aerobic and biologically active.This pond took only 12 weeks to go from crusty and stagnant to aerobic and biologically active.
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DairyingHigh concentrations of Streptococcus uberis are found in the environment in the colder pre-calving monthsIt has been proven that ensuring optimum teat and udder health before calving can reduce post-calving infections caused by S.uberis, particularly in heifers during early lactation.
Pre-calving measures available to the dairy farmer for prevention of S.uberis infections include dry cow therapy, teat sealing, or teat spraying. Dry cow therapy/teat sealing can be ineffective or even contribute to the problem if not done correctly. Teat spraying has been proven to reduce heifer mastitis cases by up to 50% in the � rst three weeks of lactation if done three times a week for the three weeks prior to calving. Effective teat spraying is dif� cult to achieve when the herd are grazed off-farm at locations which have limited facilities.
WETiT Teat Sprayers have developed a portable system to effectively apply emollient and a sanitising solution to the udder, offering a low-cost, drug-free solution that can be done with no or minimal labour input. Their technologically advanced QD0 in-race system monitors each cow, switching on and off at different positions and frequencies for individual cow requirements. Cow � ow is not an issue and the coverage is second to none for every single cow. Now this technology is easily able to be taken to the cows — wherever they happen to be.
By mounting the QD0 and pumping system in a portable frame WETiT have made it possible for the unit to be positioned in a race or gateway and used when it is needed in the weeks prior to calving. The portable QD0 means that spraying can be done as the cows exit the yard, feed or standoff pad. They can be sprayed when they are given another crop or paddock break by putting the cows into the race than allowing them onto the new break over the portable QD0.
Pre-calving teat spraying bene� ts include:• Reduced teat and udder damage
caused environmentally
Pre-calving teat spraying made easy with Portable Teat Sprayer• Soft, supple resilient teats in early
lactation• Reduced mastitis bugs present when the
teat canal opens for the calf• QD0 can be dropped into the milking
routine wherever it is requiredWETiT designer, David Carey, says that
the portable QD0 will provide better results than any other equipment on the market because it delivers:
• Accurate application of solution in this very challenging cow � ow environment
• Precision and thorough coverage to unwell, high-risk cows that limp, struggle or stop while passing through the QD0
• The ability of complete teat barrel coverage with zero shadowing due to the spray droplet � ight path
• Effective surface area coverage onto the teat due to angle compensations made for air pressure in front of and behind the udder
• Almost no missed cows from highly enthusiastic overlapping cows
Of course, after moving the system around to deal with pre-calving spraying, it can then be positioned at the shed for the rest of the season.
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DairyingCalf scours may be all bad, but there’s
a good option at hand for clients who end up battling with sick animals this spring.
The Rotagen Combo range remains unique as non-toxic, non-withhold vet only antibody treatment for calves affected by common pathogens like Rotavirus 6 and 10, Coronavirus, Salmonella, Cryptosporidium, and or E.coli (K99).
New Zealand is the only country in the world where speci� c antibodies against speci� c pathogens — (Rotagen Combo) — is a registered animal remedy.
The Rotagen Combo range is based on Globigen, a spray-dried egg yolk powder derived from vaccinated chickens which contains IgY’s speci� c to a particular organism — rotavirus 6 and 10,
Calf scours! Remember Rotagen this spring!
coronavirus, salmonella, cryptosporidium, and E.coli (K99).
Globigen is made by vaccinating high health status � ocks against a speci� c pathogen. The hen then passes maternal immunoglobulins from serum to the egg yolk which is collected, then spray-dried, heat-treated and standardized to a determined IgY titre. This is then formulated into a Rotagen combination product by Vetpak here in NZ. Any Rotagen combination of the above IgY’s can be produced on request to meet a speci� c challenge.
IgY antibodies provide a passive immunity effect in the gut in the same way bovine colostrum would. Studies show that IgY’s successfully pass through the gastro -intestinal tract in an active form and are not altered by the digestive process. Their ability to bind to antigens is maintained within the local gut.
As the Rotagen products are based on a local gut immunity provided by immunoglobulins, there is no issue with toxicity and no withholding period.
The product can be used with calves of any age and treatment can be initiated at any stage of infection. It can be used to both prevent and treat speci� c calf scours.
A recent addition to the range is Rotagen Crypto, a cryptosporidium speci� c treatment for calves.
Approved by the ACVM as an aid in the prevention and treatment of calf scours caused by cryptosporidium, this is available as a stand-alone product without the addition of rotavirus. This is particularly useful in cases where the herd has been vaccinated for rotavirus, but the farm has a history of cryptosporidium parvum scours in their calves.
Calves of any age or weight can be treated at the same dosage rate. For prevention, the recommended dose is 10 grams per calf per day for � ve days. For treatment, dose calves with 10 g twice daily for the � rst day, then 5 g twice daily for three to seven days.
Appropriate rehydration is essential and Rotagen can be used in conjunction with electrolytes or milk feeding.
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The Problem:• Unsecured and low-ranked creditors are
often left empty handed when a debtor is bankrupted, liquidated, or placed in receivership.
• When a debtor signs a General Security Agreement (‘GSA’) with a creditor over ‘all present and after acquired property’ they may unknowingly be giving more security to the creditor than is necessary for the transaction.
Potential Solutions:• A security interest may exist in relation to
borrowing, leasing of goods, and sale and purchase of goods on credit.
• You can register a security interest online. It costs $3.07. Registration can be the difference between realising and losing your interest in goods. The date of a security interest is usually irrelevant to priority between creditors. The date of registration is all important.
• When taking security over speci� c goods, ensure that the debtor and goods are adequately described, and that registration takes place within 10 days of the debtor receiving the goods, failing which the general security holder may take priority.
• Where you lend money to your company, it may be prudent that you register a GSA over company assets to rank ahead of company creditors should your company fail.
• Lenders often ask for security for lending at a ratio that is disproportionate to borrowing.
• Where you are a sole trader or are in a partnership giving a GSA to a lender, the assets secured likely extend beyond business assets to your home and personal belongings.
• Negotiate with lenders. If you cannot avoid giving a GSA, at least have it limited to your business assets.
Taking ChargeThe Personal Property Securities Act has been around for some time. But, creditors are still failing to register and debtors failing to understand security interests, to their detriment
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NorthSouth Multi Media is looking for an enthusiastic sales rep to join the team. Your role will involve introducing businesses throughout the Taranaki/Manawatu Regions to the benefits of advertising in our publications.
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