Hassall and Wilson, who grew up locally, farm a nearby lease block, which Wilson will continue to manage alongside helping with the Mahiwi operations.<\/p>\n
Hassall said it was \u201cunique to have skin in the game at the place you work\u201d in the sheep and beef sector, as there weren\u2019t the same pathways to building equity or farm ownership as there are in dairy.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery dollar that we can save by doing something ourselves or increasing production means another dollar dropping out the bottom, which we get a share of at the end of the year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy getting stuck into a farming business and helping create a system that\u2019s efficient and profitable. <\/p>\n
\u201cImproving grass quality, ewe performance and lamb and calf weaning weights has been a focus in every role I\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said it was the \u201cstart of a journey\u201d alongside P\u0101mu and hoped by the end of the lease it would provide the framework for a model that could be rolled out nationwide.<\/p>\n
For Wilson, it was about building \u201csomething real\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to grow our stake in Mahiwi, improve the farm\u2019s performance, and show that this model works, not just for us, but for other young farmers looking for a way into ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, the couple see the Mahiwi partnership as a pathway to scale, security and opportunity for themselves and their growing family – they are expecting their first child this year.<\/p>\n
P\u0101mu chief operations officer Will Burrett said it was about backing ambitious, capable people into farm ownership through helping them build equity.<\/p>\n
It was about providing a stepping stone to grow equity within a \u201cstructured, safe environment\u201d, which created liquidity for both younger generations looking to get their foot on the farm ownership ladder as well as older generations looking to exit the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cMahiwi is a strong example of how we can support operators to lift farm performance, grow equity, and strengthen business capability while retaining Crown ownership of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burrett said P\u0101mu had seen \u201ctangible progression\u201d from within its own workforce through the dairy partnerships.<\/p>\n
\u201c[This] brings the total to seven dairy and one livestock operation now operating under contract or equity\u2011style arrangements. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt shows the model is opening up genuine career and ownership pathways for our people and to the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
– RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hassall and Wilson, who grew up locally, farm a nearby lease block, which Wilson will continue to manage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[95,806,1975,5589,138,1137,3233,12967,25689,15287,111,139,69,143,15286,25690,44836,12969,15289],"class_list":["post-412366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-and","tag-as","tag-at","tag-beef","tag-business","tag-equity","tag-farm","tag-farmers","tag-gianina","tag-mahiwi","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-partners","tag-pmu","tag-schwanecke","tag-selects","tag-sheep","tag-wairoa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}