Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef
Model chapter
This chapter contains model results and commentary from the 2009 pastoral monitoring programme as a printable PDF. The chapter provides information on the production and financial status of the Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef pastoral model farm. Model chapters will no longer be published in the pastoral monitoring report.
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Data release
This release provides key points and budget tables from the 2009 sheep and beef monitoring programme for the Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef model. Final results from the 2009 monitoring round, with commentary on the model, are due for release in late October 2009.
Key points
- Increased lamb prices lifted cash operating surplus for 2008/09 to $115 000 up 29 percent compared with 2007/08.
- Lambing percentage for 2008/09 was down 10 percentage points compared with 2007/08 due to drought in the 2007/08 year affecting scanning percentages and wet, cold lambing conditions reducing lamb survival rates.
- Net cash income in 2008/09 increased 16 percent to $244 300 compared with $211 400 in 2007/08 due to average lamb prices increasing $34 to $90 per head.
- Farm working expenses increased 6 percent to $57.23 per stock unit in 2008/09, up $8.82 per stock unit compared with 2007/08.
- Farm profit before tax jumped to $58 100 in 2008/09 from $6075 but is predicted to drop back to $44 000 in 2009/10. A $6600 cash loss in 2008/09 is expected to be followed by a $39 100 deficit in 2009/10 as some of the farm profit is from the value of a 99 stock unit stock increase (valued at $15 200).
- Farmer morale improved as farm gate returns lifted.
Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef model tables and graph
- Table 1: Key parameters, financial results and budget for the Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef model
- Table 2: Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef cash farm income
- Table 3: Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef model budget
- Table 4: Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef model expenditure
- Figure 1: Southland/South Otago intensive sheep and beef model profitability trends
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Information about the model
This model represents 1600 intensive sheep and beef farms in Southland and South Otago. They are farms that finish lambs rather than sell store and sell dairy grazing rather than finish beef. These farms are on the plains and downlands and typically have good seasonal rainfalls. Historically, this class has been challenged by the expanding dairy industry making heifer grazing and sale of surplus feed options readily available.
For more information about this model contact: trish.burborough@maf.govt.nz
Contact for Enquiries
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Monitoring and Evaluation
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Phone: +64 4 894 0623
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