AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2014

(03) 5480 7087 www.kober.com.au

: AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

SF scenario – wheat

SF Scenario is an awnless, red feed quality grain.

SF Scenario is suited to irrigation and early season planting due to its late maturity.

SF Scenario will suit mixed farming enterprises with its early season grazing potential before locking up for hay or grain production.

Under irrigation this variety has the ability to be extremely high yielding.

To learn more about this exciting new variety and how it will benefit your enterprise give the team at Kober a call (03) 5480 7087.

Kober now has access to a range of organic fertilisers and composts. Organic fertilisers such as chicken litter are an economical source of plant nutrients and a fantastic soil conditioner. Call us today to see where organic fertilisers and composts can fit into your farming system.

Locally proven pasture blends

Sprinter Annual Ryegrass Early Persian Clover

Quickest feed out of the ground. Excellent recovery after grazing. Bulk of feed produced during the winter and early spring period.

A blend of proprietary annual and Italian Ryegrass; together with Shaftal Persian clover

Excellent value.Peak production during winter and early spring.High protein option.

Emmerson Italian Ryegrass Indulgence DipQ Italian Ryegrass Enrich Persian Clover

High energy pasture blend, excellent for milk production.Late season feed; through to early summer with irrigation.High yielding for silage and hay.

KOBER EARLY ANNUAL BLEND

KOBER VALUE BLEND

KOBER LATE ANNUAL BLEND

Organic fertiliser range (03) 5480 7087

SOW: 28KG/HA

SOW: 28KG/HA

SOW: 28KG/HAKING OF ANNUAL PASTURE

Late maturing feed wheatEarly planting potentialGraze and grainExtremely high yield potential

Call the pasture and cropping specialists now to discuss your options for the coming season.

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Meet the teamRoger WakefieldDIRECTOR0427 344 003roger@kober.com.au

Sam ToulminAGRIBUSINESS - AGRONOMIST0427 344 446sam@kober.com.au

Heath McCoskerSTORE03 5480 7087shop@kober.com.au

James WalsheSALES0427 344 006james@kober.com.au

Susie WellsACCOUNTS03 54807087accounts@kober.com.au

Jono FenwickMANAGER/AGRONOMIST0429 407 550jono@kober.com.au

Lance MitchellANIPRO SERVICE0428 340 254anipro@kober.com.au

Amy BarnesCUSTOMER SERVICE03 5480 7087anipro@kober.com.au

Sally WakefieldACCOUNTS03 54807087accounts@kober.com.au

Dustin TurnerSTORE03 54807087shop@kober.com.au

Kober have all your needs covered. Give us a call today to see what we can do for you and your enterprise.

(03) 5480 7087

Our new facility during construction

In 2006, to adequately serve the rural industry, cater to all our clients’ needs whilst providing state of the art facilities, Roger and Sally Wakefield along with the team at Echuca Town and Country committed to building a new base of operations.

The new HQ had to be superior to every other provider in the region. It had to be truly professional in both form and function. It had to provide for the professional display, storage and handling of a huge variety of quality products, and had to exceed clients’ expectations in every way imaginable.

A facility of this calibre was also going to require a new image to herald the beginning of this new chapter in the business’s decorated history. The response was the new brand of ‘Kober’.

Kober is derived from the name of the Polish town where the famous Rudolph Steiner agricultural seminars took place in 1924 (Koberwitz). The seminars led to the development of biodynamic

agriculture and have been described as “The first organic agriculture course”.

We settled on Kober because we wanted a name that had a rich heritage in agricultural intelligence. The Steiner seminars had the goal of using group intelligence to improve farming practices, and that’s exactly what we’re about as well.

Armed with our new brand, Kober began, and has now completed, a new storage, sales and administration facility at 29 Cornelia Creek Road, Echuca.

The building provides more than 5 times the storage space (1560m2).

The modern office space is 4 times bigger with spacious and comfortable facilities to meet with clients and conduct consultations. Our range is also set to expand as we strive to provide for all your needs in the one fantastic location.

Call in today and see why Kober is leading the way!

The new Kober headquarters

(03) 5480 7087 www.kober.com.au

AGRICULTURALINTELLIGENCEAUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2014

We would like to introduce James Walshe who has recently joined our team in September 2013.

James has been working within the dairy industry in northern Victoria since July 2002 initially with Nestle and then Fonterra. Key roles were business management, quality control, relationship management, agronomic and customer focus for suppliers of milk to the processor.

Prior to this, James spent several years with the Department of Primary Industries in the field of Animal Health.Disease control on farm was a major focus with beef, sheep and dairy animals.

James has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Agriculture, with a focus on dairy cow nutrition and a recently acquired Diploma in Human Resource

Management, James has the experience and skills to help you and your farm businesses grow.

James’ role will be store sales, and will be happy to help assist in any of your farm needs. Call James now for animal health and nutrition advice.

James Walshe

Your mates at Kober can now meet all your insurance needs with WFI insurance and look forward to talking to you soon.

Roger Wakefield & John Monk from Kyabram discussing the many WFI insurance policy options with Caroline Shand of WFI.

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James Walshe joins the Kober team

Fast early season grazing opportunityEarly Sowing opportunity Hybrid vigourSuited to irrigation

The introduction of European bred, grazing tolerant varieties to the Australian market offers mixed farming enterprises another autumn sowing option. The hybrid vigour of these varieties allows paddocks to be grazed during the winter before being locked up for grain production.

Canola – graze & grain

Roger Wakefield in a paddock of CB Taurus

Roger Wakefield and Bill Cochrane in a paddock of Southern Green Ryecorn

CalsapCalsap continues to improve plant production and farm profit by providing a premium source of plant available calcium. Soluble calcium is vital for plant root growth as well as a variety of important plant functions. Calsap applications have proven to create larger, healthier root systems that are essential to maximising plant growth.

Ryecorn – Southern Green Alternative to oats, barley or as a late sowing option, fast establishing during cold conditions, quick to first grazing and will tolerate heavy grazing pressures. Ideal for limited irrigation or dryland situations. Call us today to discuss where Southern Green Ryecorn will fit in your autumn sowing program.

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Soil moisture probes Aqua Spy’s innovative soil moisture sensors, monitoring software and associated radio technology provide irrigators with real time information on plant water use. This enables growers to efficiently plan irrigation scheduling to maximise plant production and farm profitability.Leitchville Dairy Farmer Rodney Stephens has used moisture probes for the last two seasons, “Its magic! The moisture probe saves time, water and allows us to make informed decisions. I wouldn’t think of growing a crop without one now’’.

SF 714QL Lucerne – keeps on keeping on SF 714QL Lucerne continues to set the benchmark in the premium lucerne hay market. 714 is defined by its high leaf to stem ratio and dense growth habit. Kober have secured good stocks for autumn planting, but don’t miss out on this fantastic all round performer. Bamawm specialist lucerne hay producer Greg Gardiner ‘Of all the lucerne varieties I’ve grown, this one is by far the standout performer’.

Trojan wheat High Yielding AH wheatMid/late maturityLarge grain size

Trojan wheat is the latest release from Pacific Seeds LongReach breeding program. It has excellent top end yield potential on irrigation. Large grain size and good deliverables.

Jono Fenwick inspecting a crop of Trojan Wheat

Lance Mitchell & Jarryd Ireland checking the cows progress.

Sam Toulmin & Roger Wakefield with a Rubicon moisture probe

*Anipro Pre-Lac is a palatable molasses based liquid (containing HCl) that provides anions, essential vitamins and minerals for the springing dairy cow during the transition phase. Anipro Pre-Lac is fully serviced; we bring it to your cows!

“We can’t afford not to use it. Out of 350 cows we had less than 1% go down. It’s convenient for us. We know they are getting quality vitamins and minerals and we know that it’s there all the time without us having to do a thing”.

Anipro Pre-LacJarryd & Courtney Ireland use Anipro Pre-Lac every year