July 2, 2025 • 4 mins
The president of Federated Farmers on flooding in the Tasman region and how his Golden Bay farm is doing.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right, this bloke has made it's all the way down
here from a flood ravaged Tasman region. The president of
Federated Farmers Wayne Langford, and I see in the news
at the top of the hour that the Tasman region
is under a heavy orange rain warning until seven pm tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
When did you leave to come down here?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah, well I actually left earlier in the week, so
I've dodged it for now. But certainly a bit of
a concern and I'm really acknowledging those farmers that'll be
stressing right now because just talked to my feed's team
there and Nelson. They said the rain, it is raining,
and I'm just a bit worried about what's going to
come overnight.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
So how did your farm fair and Golden Bay.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Well, thankfully we got away pretty pretty well. Yeah, so
we got four hundredd mills, but it came pretty consistently,
so it just came and went. But over the other
side of the hill wad Awake, the Nelson Valley and
the Warreale Valley.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Yeah, certainly got smoked a bit. Now.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, we've seen some horrible pictures of some of those well,
the hot farmers for instance, and their plants and their
fences or whatever you call them. They put the plants
up against. They don't stand up well to floodwater.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
No they don't.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
There's going to be a fair bit of work there
obviously down those valleys, and a lot of lifestyle blocks,
a lot of horticulture and some significant farms as well.
So we'll get through this next couple of days and
then early next week we'll work out how we're going
to clean this up and get them gone again.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So our Federated Farmers operate your eight hundred number, and
i've forgotten that.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
You can tell that's easy eight hundred farming. It's an
easy one to remember. So if you've got any troubles
of concerns, certainly Ring Feeds also a Royal Sport Trust
obviously doing some fantastic work this week as well.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
So between the two of us.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Hopefully we're better help you out and get you going,
and then also acknowledge that, yeah, next week is the
week we're all.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Kicking and get the works outed on cleaning everyone up again.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well you're a bit like me. You've spent the last
month quite literally on the road. Of course, we crossed paths,
was it last week? It was last week at the
primary industry summer.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Have you been home yet?
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I snuck home Friday night after the feed's a GM
and yeah, we came across the Monowacre Bridge actually in
full flood. There was just starting to lap over the
Motorwacre Bridge and a few bars of bailage come rolling
down the river and went under there too. So I
hear there's a couple of cows out on the estree
or the word last week.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Hopefully they've been sorted out.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
But yeah, no, she's not good and she's gone for
a another patch obviously tonight as well.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
What's your connection with rural co because this is primarily,
as David Carter said, servicing farmers in mid Canterbury. You're
a weep but far out of the catchment.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
You know, whenever there's a group of farmers and a
free feed over here. So that's my connection here today.
I'm just here to meet with farmers and talk with
farmers and wave the feed's flag a bit. But also
I spent some time here in Ashburton during my UNI years.
I did my practical year out in Hinz, so I
know what a freezing cold morning shifting a Carl fence
and cannaburies like and so I'm mixing him here a
(03:00):
bit today to chat with a few people.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
So was your practical year on a cropping farm?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
I did a deer farm, so I was valveting for
I did two vlving seasons and working on with.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Deer, So that was Yeah. I loved it.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Actually, yeah, if I wasn't dairy farming, I'll be deer
farming for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Well, I know you love your cows. Well are you
getting a wee bit concerned?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
I mean I heard industry comment don't panic after yesterday's
fall on the GDT.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
But five percent is five percent.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Maybe that ten might be out of reach, although a
lot of people are saying it's still on.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, well, let's hope so right, And the old adage
don't don't Well, my grandfather always said don't spend your
wheel check until you've got it, and that's the same
with the milk check as well.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
A lot next October is a long way away.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
So yeah, the best is some conservative budgets. But hopefully
we're still looking all up for now.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Okay, hey, waye length, but thank you very much for
coming along today. I reckon you turn up at the
opening of an envelope as you say, you're right, you're
a bit like me. Free feed and a bunch of farmers.
There's worse ways to spend a rainy mid Canterbury day.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
And I'm making my way south Young Farmer's Final on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
So are we heading down there? Looking forward to that?
That is one of the best shows of the year.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Absolutely, We'll be chatting to Radar before the end of
the hour hopefully and Rowena now with the FMG, will
be there tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Who's your Tasman finalist?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Great question.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I often say that I'm a national president, so I'm
chairing for them all.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
But go Tesman? Oh okay, there we go.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, I think the local guy here for ARANGI is
Gareth Mkirchheer, I think, and we enjoyed his company at
the South Island Airy event. And we've got Cam Smith
representing my region Otago south of
Right, this bloke has made it's all the way down
here from a flood ravaged Tasman region. The president of
Federated Farmers Wayne Langford, and I see in the news
at the top of the hour that the Tasman region
is under a heavy orange rain warning until seven pm tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
When did you leave to come down here?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah, well I actually left earlier in the week, so
I've dodged it for now. But certainly a bit of
a concern and I'm really acknowledging those farmers that'll be
stressing right now because just talked to my feed's team
there and Nelson. They said the rain, it is raining,
and I'm just a bit worried about what's going to
come overnight.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
So how did your farm fair and Golden Bay.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Well, thankfully we got away pretty pretty well. Yeah, so
we got four hundredd mills, but it came pretty consistently,
so it just came and went. But over the other
side of the hill wad Awake, the Nelson Valley and
the Warreale Valley.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Yeah, certainly got smoked a bit. Now.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, we've seen some horrible pictures of some of those well,
the hot farmers for instance, and their plants and their
fences or whatever you call them. They put the plants
up against. They don't stand up well to floodwater.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
No they don't.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
There's going to be a fair bit of work there
obviously down those valleys, and a lot of lifestyle blocks,
a lot of horticulture and some significant farms as well.
So we'll get through this next couple of days and
then early next week we'll work out how we're going
to clean this up and get them gone again.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So our Federated Farmers operate your eight hundred number, and
i've forgotten that.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
You can tell that's easy eight hundred farming. It's an
easy one to remember. So if you've got any troubles
of concerns, certainly Ring Feeds also a Royal Sport Trust
obviously doing some fantastic work this week as well.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
So between the two of us.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Hopefully we're better help you out and get you going,
and then also acknowledge that, yeah, next week is the
week we're all.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Kicking and get the works outed on cleaning everyone up again.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well you're a bit like me. You've spent the last
month quite literally on the road. Of course, we crossed paths,
was it last week? It was last week at the
primary industry summer.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Have you been home yet?
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I snuck home Friday night after the feed's a GM
and yeah, we came across the Monowacre Bridge actually in
full flood. There was just starting to lap over the
Motorwacre Bridge and a few bars of bailage come rolling
down the river and went under there too. So I
hear there's a couple of cows out on the estree
or the word last week.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Hopefully they've been sorted out.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
But yeah, no, she's not good and she's gone for
a another patch obviously tonight as well.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
What's your connection with rural co because this is primarily,
as David Carter said, servicing farmers in mid Canterbury. You're
a weep but far out of the catchment.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
You know, whenever there's a group of farmers and a
free feed over here. So that's my connection here today.
I'm just here to meet with farmers and talk with
farmers and wave the feed's flag a bit. But also
I spent some time here in Ashburton during my UNI years.
I did my practical year out in Hinz, so I
know what a freezing cold morning shifting a Carl fence
and cannaburies like and so I'm mixing him here a
(03:00):
bit today to chat with a few people.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
So was your practical year on a cropping farm?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
I did a deer farm, so I was valveting for
I did two vlving seasons and working on with.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Deer, So that was Yeah. I loved it.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Actually, yeah, if I wasn't dairy farming, I'll be deer
farming for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Well, I know you love your cows. Well are you
getting a wee bit concerned?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
I mean I heard industry comment don't panic after yesterday's
fall on the GDT.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
But five percent is five percent.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Maybe that ten might be out of reach, although a
lot of people are saying it's still on.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, well, let's hope so right, And the old adage
don't don't Well, my grandfather always said don't spend your
wheel check until you've got it, and that's the same
with the milk check as well.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
A lot next October is a long way away.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
So yeah, the best is some conservative budgets. But hopefully
we're still looking all up for now.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Okay, hey, waye length, but thank you very much for
coming along today. I reckon you turn up at the
opening of an envelope as you say, you're right, you're
a bit like me. Free feed and a bunch of farmers.
There's worse ways to spend a rainy mid Canterbury day.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
And I'm making my way south Young Farmer's Final on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
So are we heading down there? Looking forward to that?
That is one of the best shows of the year.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Absolutely, We'll be chatting to Radar before the end of
the hour hopefully and Rowena now with the FMG, will
be there tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Who's your Tasman finalist?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Great question.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I often say that I'm a national president, so I'm
chairing for them all.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
But go Tesman? Oh okay, there we go.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, I think the local guy here for ARANGI is
Gareth Mkirchheer, I think, and we enjoyed his company at
the South Island Airy event. And we've got Cam Smith
representing my region Otago south of
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