The Country 04/07/25: Te Radar talks to Jamie Mackay

It’s day two of three for the FMG Young Farmer Grand Final. We head to Winton to catch up with the voice of the contest for an update.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
We're going to I was going to say in the
cargo that's where the Young Farmer Grand Final will be tomorrow.
But today they're in Winton, Central Southland. Micro climate, great
farm and country. There we find Andrew Lumston, you may
know him better as Teradar and you haven't got a
bad day for the practical.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Radar micro climate. Indeed, look it is a cracker of
a day here. It was a little chilling to start
off with, but now you've got that soft, lovely winter light.
It's firm underfoot, snow on the takatimus and it is Look,
I don't think it's not barely a breath of wind.
You couldn't have got a bit of Southland day for

(00:38):
what is shaping up to be in the excellent FMG
Young com of the Year Grand Final.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Now it wasn't so flash yesterday, but it didn't really
matter because they were mainly indoors for the technical day.
Although you did have a parade to kick it off,
did you.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
No, no? Did We had that indoors as well, so
everything was that the excellent ascot they're in Vicago, so
we had everyone indoors, got all the contestants or the
aggreg kids. They had a competition for best dressed and
then we welcomed all of them. But yes, all the
technical stuff was indoors for the UPMG Young Farmer competitors.

(01:10):
And you know, that's a great challenge as well. It's
a shame people don't really get to see it because
boy oh boy, they are pushed. You know, an excellent
HR challenge that involves them turning up MPI had arrived.
There was some stock that sheep and some lambs and
some mud that they had to deal with because of
it as she was staffing and the staff with them
employee was a belligerent and unhelpful, so they had to

(01:31):
work their way through that and then deal with the
farm owner. They've had six weeks or so to put
together an innovation idea. They had to put a big
business case for all of that community footprints. You know,
what are these folks like when they're back in their
actual communities. That's a part of what it means to
a farmer in twenty twenty five as well, plus a
couple of other things. And now today, look, I've just
heard the sound of one of these big new holand

(01:52):
tractors roaring up because they've got a baylor on behind,
they've got some butchery, they've got some sheep. They've just
had five minutes to knock a bridge together and then
they've got the head to head and the farmers. We
are pushing them to the brink today.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yeah, and I know you're short on time because you've
got to end see this practical day. But we've got
justin Ryegrock from Northern Jack Burke from Taranaki, Manaa two,
Hugh Jackson, why Bob Wycatto, they have plenty, James Robbie
East Coast, George Leatham Tasman, Gareth mkirche Arangi and the
Home the home favorite is Cam Smith for Otago Southland.

(02:28):
Now two of them I think are repeat offenders or
the been there before and they do haven't advantage. Hugh
Jackson and Gareth mcirchheer.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Look you as well. He former grand finalist for Otago
Southland before he went back up to the family farm
in Tiarkow. He helped organize Wayketto's last year as well,
so no slouch when it comes to knowing the competition.
Gareth mkirche are very driven as well, but you know
it's how they hold their head on the day because

(02:56):
everyone's got the same sort of situation and it's how
they react to it. But yes, I think if you,
if you've been in the competition before, you just how
much goes until it before you even turn up. But
you know, it's all Every time I speak to people
who are coming and having another look at cracking in,
you say, what what would you do next? Time? Differently?

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Time management, yeah, time, yeah, handling yourself under pressure.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yes, you know as I say that, that's part of
it as well. Look, we saw that a couple of
years back when Emma Paul took it out and she
was frustrated by the fact that she could not get
that pin in the in the tractor and onto the
implement with the in the Agrisports event there she persevered
and she persevered, and she persevered, and she ended up
getting it and taking it out. So you know that's

(03:41):
what we're testing, all right.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
Right, have a good call tomorrow night in the cargo
and we will speak to the twenty twenty five FMG
Young Farmer of the Year, whoever it might be on
Monday show. Go well, enjoy your day in one time, brilliant.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
It's anyone's game catulate up