Mystery Creek 2017

[holwellcourtfarm]

It's about time I started posting what I saw and learnt from Mystery Creek - The biggest Ag show in the Southern Hemishpere - So here goes.

Feel free to chip in if you were there including @stewart , @FonterraFarmer etc..

First impressions:

• It IS as big as the Kiwi contingent claim - Think Royal Show in it's heyday.
• A very well run site
• More of an agricultural show than a lifestyle one
• Exhibitors from all over the world (though the UK innovations tent did look a bit lame )
• Very welcoming, typical Kiwi
• Plenty of deals on offer

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

All the usual big stuff was being show off:

I even found something for @CrevisbigX

Even a few yellow ones about

And a bit of black smoke to entertain

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I saw this and thought of @Flossie , @eulb , @mtx.jag and others of a milky persuasion

and this made me think immediately of @Gator and his crew

A "Sheep conveyor"

And VW were showing off what the best dressed SUV's will be wearing this winter

 

[Flossie]

I saw this and thought of @Flossie , @eulb , @mtx.jag and others of a milky persuasion

and this made me think immediately of @Gator and his crew

A "Sheep conveyor"

And VW were showing off what the best dressed SUV's will be wearing this winter

I saw the alert and thought this must be about wine

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I saw the alert and thought this must be about wine

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I've been waiting for some to hit The Finest Forum @holwellcourtfarm
My first question, did you think things were cheap, dear, or near enough?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I've been waiting for some to hit The Finest Forum @holwellcourtfarm
My first question, did you think things were cheap, dear, or near enough?

Overall the prices seemed high. $59000NZ (£33k) for a top-of-the-range post driver anyone?

It was nice though.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Overall the prices seemed high. $59000NZ (£33k) for a top-of-the-range post driver anyone?

It was nice though.

That's what I expected, really.
Is @Mrs Holwell allowed to bring a 40' container as "extra luggage"
could be more money in it than farming

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

A few more:

And just showing off......

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

A nice heavy "Cattle Stop" (Cattle Grid to those of us what speak proper )

20Kg concrete dog bowl anyone? Did I mention that it can get VERY windy in NZ

Proper size cattle trough:

More handling systems than you can shake a stick at:

 

[DaveJ]

I can't understand how it's viable to import fairly basic tipping trailers like that M4 to NZ all the way from the UK/Eire. Surely they can be made more cheaply locally?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I can't understand how it's viable to import fairly basic tipping trailers like that M4 to NZ all the way from the UK/Eire. Surely they can be made more cheaply locally?

@stewart is the one to debate this with - He has the Bateson Trailers agency for New Zealand. I spent some time on his stand at Fieldays and there was a steady trade for his products. The New Zealand made trailers are cheaper but of much lesser quality.

Machinery is generally a fair bit dearer in NZ making it worth importing from the UK as long as it's clean enough to pass border control.

 

[kiwi pom]

I can't understand how it's viable to import fairly basic tipping trailers like that M4 to NZ all the way from the UK/Eire. Surely they can be made more cheaply locally?

Everything like that seem expensive n NZ. By the time you've built them its probably just cheaper to have some one chuck them on a boat in the UK or Ireland where machinery is cheap.

 

[Gator]

I saw this and thought of @Flossie , @eulb , @mtx.jag and others of a milky persuasion

and this made me think immediately of @Gator and his crew

A "Sheep conveyor"

And VW were showing off what the best dressed SUV's will be wearing this winter

Would it not fit in ya luggage

 

[Mrs Holwell]

That's what I expected, really.
Is @Mrs Holwell allowed to bring a 40' container as "extra luggage"
could be more money in it than farming

I think I should make it 2 x 40' containers

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Would it not fit in ya luggage

Ask @Mrs Holwell : I had to ditch a few perfectly good clothes as it was to bring my case inside the baggage limit

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Bosch showing off

One clear theme was Oestrus detection assistance.
Te Pari

De Laval

Automated BCS monitoring as well

Robot parlours from Lely

De Laval

And Waikato.

 

[Mrs Holwell]

Ask @Mrs Holwell : I had to ditch a few perfectly good clothes as it was to bring my case inside the baggage limit

Only 'cos you decided to bring some calving ropes, hoof trimmers and a cooling/thermal box back - oops and of course I didn't complain you'd ditched your clothes to bring me some Swanndri shirts and jackets back

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Haven't you got a sheep conveyor in your toolkit @Gator?
I thought you'd have a couple, best invention ever for sheep farming IMO
Especially if you can roust up enough labour to keep it fed and one with a needle, one with tags, one with drencher, etc.
Nothing to put a few thousand through in short order

 

[Gator]

Haven't you got a sheep conveyor in your toolkit @Gator?
I thought you'd have a couple, best invention ever for sheep farming IMO
Especially if you can roust up enough labour to keep it fed and one with a needle, one with tags, one with drencher, etc.
Nothing to put a few thousand through in short order

Nope not got one of them, will put on mi wish list