PRIORITY FOR CONTRACTS

Contract space is allocated in the following order:

1. Shareholders
2. Non-shareholders who are supplying 100% of their stock and have supplied on a regular basis in the past
3. Non-shareholders who are supplying some lines of stock and have supplied in the past. Alongside this group are new non-shareholders who are committing all their stock to the company
4. Other new non-shareholders

The only exception to these rules will be a supplier, regardless of level of shareholding, who has clearly not met their contractual obligations in past seasons.

To obtain a contract, complete and submit the application form. To be considered for a contract, applications must be returned no later than Friday, November 8, 2019. There is no guarantee that any contract application received after that date will be accepted.

100% Suppliers

The following benefits apply to shareholders who commit all their ewes and lambs to the company and to non-shareholders who make the same commitment and whose total numbers are greater than 1000, subject to there being sufficient space to handle them all.

• They have first access to the space that is not contracted each week. This is available for ewes as well as lambs and has proved to be a real bonus during dry conditions.
• They receive one free Optigrow test per season.

We appreciate it is impossible for 100% suppliers to be accurate with contract dates for all stock. If you are a 100% supplier please only apply for specific dates and numbers that you are confident of meeting up to about 90% of your total kill. It is critical that you answer the question concerning total numbers so that we can plan for the extras. Contract numbers will be no greater than numbers actually supplied last year.

Drafting/Cartage and Payment

HYGIENE AND WOOL LENGTH

The following policies apply:

We will continue to remove bellies on plant at no cost to the supplier.

1. All dags, faecal, or mud must be removed before delivery. This includes anal, leg and testicles. Deductions and allowances for stock presentation will be made in accordance with our Presentation Schedule.
2. Belly removal is voluntary (except for shorn ewes, which must have their bellies shorn also).
3. We reserve the right to recover any abnormal costs incurred as a result of animals not being properly emptied out prior to transport.

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

We now operate a presentation schedule on all stock. Each mob will be graded based on presentation, with an allowance or deduction applied per head in accordance with the following table: Grade Lamb Mutton

FARM ASSURANCE

To obtain a confirmed contract, suppliers will be required to complete our Farm Assurance details. Farm Assurance documents will be forwarded with the contract details in late October/early November.

Click here for your NZFAP Farmer Handbook.

And here for the NZFAP Standards.

SHEARING DATES

Regardless of whether a cover comb is used or not, all stock must have been shorn for at least three weeks before slaughter. The application form includes a question regarding shearing dates of ewes. This is to ensure that allocated contract dates fit in with the three-week shearing requirement.

INOCULATION

Costs associated with unacceptable inoculation damage (usually from inoculating in the back) will be recovered from the supplier.