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OTAGO - TRADE SERVICES & EQUIPMENT DIRECTORY
CLEANING CONSTRUCTION
MECHANICAL & MAINTENANCE
MECHANICAL & MAINTENANCE
CONTRACTING
Farm Effluent Cleaning Ltd.
Covering the Clutha District
Phone Devon
021 224 7990 or (03) 418 2896
..... Muck Spreading
..... Pond Cleaning
..... Pond Stirrer & Tip Trucks
..... Digger
Contracting Ltd
Richard Tem leton
• Hay and Balage
• Feed Brokers
• Salvage
• Hedge Cutting
• Road Side Mowing
Richard Templeton - Owner
Ph: 027 541 1940
Friendly, loyal service
• Supply & Install cups on detection sensors (Fonterra compliance requirement)
• Supply & Install manual Teatsprayer systems
• New & 2nd hand available
Teat Sprayer Services has all your teat sprayer
servicing and parts requirements across the South Island
Contact Jason 027 6398670 or Myra 027 6398677
Specialist in Teatsprayer Servicing and Sales
Hamish Hesselin
PO Box 375, Oamaru 9444
• Tractor Servicing and repairs
• Air Conditioning service and ability
to make A/C hoses
• Track group replacements
• Transmission rebuild and repair
Our Services Include
Repairing and Servicing farm
machinery and Earthmoving
equipment from old to new
• 24/7 hose repair service
bridge systems throughout the South
Island. Contact us today for a customised
solution to keep your operations moving.
03 344 3014
New rules on the cooling of raw milk are coming
into effect, leading up to June 1 next year.
They will require raw milk to be:
• cooled to 10ºC or below within four hours of
the start of milking;
• cooled to 6ºC or below within six hours of the
start of milking or two hours from the completion of
milking (whichever occurs first).
• Raw milk must also be held at or below 6ºC
without freezing until collection or the next milking,
and the temperature must not exceed 10ºC during
subsequent milkings.
• Where there is continuous or extended
milking, such as with robotic systems, the milk
must enter the bulk milk tank at 6°C or below.
Continuous or extended milking is defined as
milking for six hours or longer from the time milk
first enters any bulk milk-tank.
The current cooling standards require milk to
be cooled to 7ºC or below within three hours of the
completion of milking.
The Ministry for Primary Industries says it is
taking a staged approach to the transition. The new
rules took effect on August 1, 2016 for new farm
dairies or dairies making significant changes to their
refrigeration system. The deadline is June 1 next
year for other farm dairies.
The MPI is advising farmers to consult their
dairy companies, refrigeration service providers,
farm dairy assessors and the EECA website before
committing to capital expenditure.
It says it will work with Federated Farmers,
dairy companies and other organisations to provide
information to assist farmers affected by the
changes
The MPI claims its priority is to protect the
health of consumers.
All farmers supplying milk for processing also
need to operate under a registered risk-management
programme, says ministry spokesperson. They
will be audited by farm dairy assessors and MPI-
recognised verifiers.
“We are working with assessors and verifiers
in implementing the new requirements. Dairy
companies are also working with farmers to help
them prepare for implementation of the new rules.”
Non-compliance will be dealt with primarily
New milk
rules aim
for cooler
product
through assessments and audits, says the ministry.
Assessors and verifiers will work with farmers to
fix issues.
The MPI says the rapid cooling of raw milk is
one of the most important steps in ensuring milk
quality is preserved. The ministry says the new
cooling standards are intended to reflect the rise
in New Zealand herd sizes, longer milkings, and
greater variation in farming systems.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is hoping the New Zealand dairy industry does not end up in a jam when the new milking-cooling regulations take full
effect from June 1 next year. The MPI is staging the change and encouraging dairy farmers not to leave everything to the last minute to avoid putting local
suppliers in a position where milk-cooling systems struggle to keep up with demand. The changes have been driven by international trading partners'
expectations.
According to the ministry, the likelihood of a
new milk-cooling regime was first flagged in 2013.
The ministry says a long transition period
has been given so that farmers contemplating an
upgrade could opt for a milk-cooling system that
met the new requirements.
Dairy companies have also assisted farmers
in understanding the possible impact of the new
requirements on their farms.