July 10, 2025 • 7 mins
Today’s farmer panel pair are both former FMG Young Farmer of the Year winners, and sister and brother. They discuss this year’s winner, Hugh Jackson.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And of course the FMG Young Farmer of the Year
another great contest in twenty twenty five. I mean, I
think we must be up to about fifty odd, well
past the fifty year mark, because I think around about
twenty twenty two, I remember on another life talking to
Tim Dangel winner back then, and of course sister and
twenty three champion Impool. The two of them join us now,
(00:20):
get a team. How are you both good?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Thanks?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Tom?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Yeah, no, good, good good. Hey Tim, you've had a
move since I last spoke to you. You've gone deep south.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I have made a surprise loaf to some, but a
bit of a shock to a system coming down to
a cooler temperatures down here. But we've pretty well had
a month under our belt now and absolutely loving it spent.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, and winter's taking a while. Well hopefully it doesn't
kick into any strong degree, but certainly June July. Things
seem to come in a bit later these days. Weather ones.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, absolutely, and we've had a fantastic Joane down here.
Talking to a lot of the old boys around the district.
They've been very happy with the conditions. We haven't had
a lot of rain, had a lot of fine and
frosted days. So we've got a sure goods start and
if you can sort of chalk those early good days up,
then winter can only be so long. So fingers crossed
the good weather continues.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Yeah, absolutely, Emma, house things for you and the white Shadow.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Now, no, we're booming here.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Most farmers around the district are staying to get into
calvings that you're sort of seeing calves pop up around
the Peddis said fairly generous with her the last week
that they're it's gonna turn.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
And now, Hayman, see we underfoot today. I'm towing some
calves down the track as we speaking. They're looking pretty muddy.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Okay, righty. I well hope it didn't get too much
worse with a bit of weather forecast over the next
few days. F MG Young Farre of the twenty twenty
five win a white oat O Bay of plenty Hugh Jackson. Emma,
now you were obviously a good supporter of this guy,
and you need a huge winning margin too, which was
pretty impressive.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Oh I didn't he do so well?
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Andy?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
I think the practical day must have been fairly tight
by the sounds of it.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
But it sounds like you must have put in some
work behind the scenes for that technical day, you know
before he showed up and you know put a few
points away there which gave him that jump.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
She competed with me.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Back when I did it, and he's turned into a
great mate, so I was absolutely chest to see him
take it away.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It's really cool.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Ah, yes, so good when you watch it, you know,
do you do you do you still do they still
get the sort of the blood fly what a great
event it is and how proud you are to be
a past winner.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, absolutely, Hailers.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
It's still an exciting thing to be a part of
and a practical day was a real spectacle to get
along there at Winton. Emma did a fantastic job of
convening it down here and the weather really play ball,
which makes a huge difference. They would be end Oregon.
About three thousand people there at one stage watching everyone
and take away and it was it was, yeah, kind
(02:48):
of obvious. I thought that Hugh had put the most
preparation and had the most experience. From the guys. It
was a really tight field and it'll be great to
see a lot of them come back because there's definitely
some champions in there. But it really stoked for you.
He put in a lot of effort and that works
suddenly paid off.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
What are some of the things that when watching him
in those sort of the field events, so to speak,
that really stood out?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Time management was really obvious that he was really prioritizing
on not doing everything perfectly, but making sure that he
was getting points on the board in every area. So
I think that experience that he has really shine in
those sorts of areas. But the range of skill sets
that all the contestants were displaying was so vast. It's
pretty impressive to watch them go about their day. And
(03:32):
it was a big day for them as well. They
started at seven point thirty and they went, you know,
foot down for the entire day up to about four pm,
and then they had two hours off and had to
go and say a speech in front of about three
hundred people in the cargo. So it was a big
shift from them all, absolutely, And yeah, they left everything
out there is great.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
So Aman, what would you say to somebody who didn't
win this year who competed well? And I see there
were some real Yani's in there as well, you know,
I mean their practical experience can only improve it, you know,
so you know the future is bright hope for them
keep going at it.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Oh, absolutely, And it took me to go Tamish, you know.
I had to have a crack at at first and
get some experience and then go back again.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Tim was lucky to do one and done.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
But yeah, lots of people give it a crack and
even if you don't go back and when news hit
so much out of the contest and like you know,
I wouldn't have pulled you out of the mate if
I hadn't have gone back again.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So what a great thing. You know, if you don't.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Win, still lots of prizes up for lots of different
things and lots of experience to be gained, so you're
not going to miss out on anything.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, fantastic, hey, Tim. With the move from sort of
out West Auckland Urori way down to Riverden, there's the
ten dollars sort of money around for the for the
milk solids and it feels like it might not be
a one hit wonder, which which you'd like to hear.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, it possibly hard to tell, isn't it early days? Yeah,
that was one of the reasons we made the move.
But it certainly wasn't the main reason. We're excited to
have a little bit of an adventure as a young
family as well, and a good time to do us.
We've got a one year old daughter, so I don't
want to be pulling kids out of school or anything
like that. And I always really enjoyed my time in
(05:07):
self and when I was down here about ten years ago,
So it's good to be back. And yeah, things are
looking positive for the season ahead, absolutely, so we just
need to make sure that we do the production, get
the milk and the vet, and then hopefully the star's
going to Ligne.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Yeah too, right. And it's a nice thing about New Zealand,
do isn't I've recently been doing a lot of work
down in the Matter with two and I almost call
myself commuting between Auckland and the Matter War two. But
New Zealand's village, isn't it. I mean, you don't really
go that far away from where your roots are anyway,
you know, we can and hopefully your connectivities all right there.
We have been talking about that a bit lately, but yeah,
I just feel like good on you for you must
(05:41):
be really making a move and as you say, changing
children at school age is a difficult thing to do.
So yeah, So so far are ten out of ten
for you on the move?
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, yeah, I'm very grateful for the Revedend community. I've
been very welcoming to myself and my wife Jenny. Obviously
great having a supportive partner that's keen to do something.
That's because it is a bit of an adventure for sure,
But you did right that these days it's pretty easy
to stay in touch with people, and you know, we
call home frequently to mum and dad, and we're very
fortunate that we've got good, a good, strong community base
(06:13):
around us here and none of the neighbors have changed,
so it's easy easy on their front. So yeah, we're
looking forward to getting stuck and it's an exciting time
for us.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
You knew who are the local retrobates and who you
had to look out for on a Friday night and things,
so that that's good inside information in terms of your
returning down there. Good to know, right. I just I
just want sort of to wrap up my time in
the matter too recent. I'm feeling a really good vibe
around farming and almost and you're sort of a feeling
of just let's just get on with it. Let's not
(06:46):
sort of have it's good now, but the dooms around
the corner mentality, Is that what you're sort of sensing insonally?
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Yeah, and I think I think there's a lot of
farmers just really to crack into the season this year,
aren't they. Like, And we've been set up quite well
in the way, kiddo here we've had we had a drought,
but there was a fairly generous autumn behind that, so
most people's cows are in good neck. And yeah, I
think feelings are pretty positive out there, and of course
the money really helps, so people have invested a lot
in their funds. I can see lots of projects that
(07:12):
have gone on in the winter period, which is just
going to make things so much easier for people when
the heads of it down, they're stuck in the mud
and down cows and the likes. But you know, the
sun will shine on the other side. And if they've
spent that money to improve the infrastructure now, then they're
going to have a really good season out of it,
don't they.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
The sun shines on the other side. When we talk
to you to twenty twenty two, win a Tim Dang
in twenty twenty three one Amapaul brother and sister winners
are the FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Thank you
to you both. We'll talk again and they're not too
distant future. Much appreciated, cheer Zamus.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Thanks Amus,
And of course the FMG Young Farmer of the Year
another great contest in twenty twenty five. I mean, I
think we must be up to about fifty odd, well
past the fifty year mark, because I think around about
twenty twenty two, I remember on another life talking to
Tim Dangel winner back then, and of course sister and
twenty three champion Impool. The two of them join us now,
(00:20):
get a team. How are you both good?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Thanks?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Tom?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Yeah, no, good, good good. Hey Tim, you've had a
move since I last spoke to you. You've gone deep south.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I have made a surprise loaf to some, but a
bit of a shock to a system coming down to
a cooler temperatures down here. But we've pretty well had
a month under our belt now and absolutely loving it spent.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, and winter's taking a while. Well hopefully it doesn't
kick into any strong degree, but certainly June July. Things
seem to come in a bit later these days. Weather ones.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, absolutely, and we've had a fantastic Joane down here.
Talking to a lot of the old boys around the district.
They've been very happy with the conditions. We haven't had
a lot of rain, had a lot of fine and
frosted days. So we've got a sure goods start and
if you can sort of chalk those early good days up,
then winter can only be so long. So fingers crossed
the good weather continues.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Yeah, absolutely, Emma, house things for you and the white Shadow.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Now, no, we're booming here.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Most farmers around the district are staying to get into
calvings that you're sort of seeing calves pop up around
the Peddis said fairly generous with her the last week
that they're it's gonna turn.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
And now, Hayman, see we underfoot today. I'm towing some
calves down the track as we speaking. They're looking pretty muddy.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Okay, righty. I well hope it didn't get too much
worse with a bit of weather forecast over the next
few days. F MG Young Farre of the twenty twenty
five win a white oat O Bay of plenty Hugh Jackson. Emma,
now you were obviously a good supporter of this guy,
and you need a huge winning margin too, which was
pretty impressive.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Oh I didn't he do so well?
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Andy?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
I think the practical day must have been fairly tight
by the sounds of it.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
But it sounds like you must have put in some
work behind the scenes for that technical day, you know
before he showed up and you know put a few
points away there which gave him that jump.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
She competed with me.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Back when I did it, and he's turned into a
great mate, so I was absolutely chest to see him
take it away.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It's really cool.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Ah, yes, so good when you watch it, you know,
do you do you do you still do they still
get the sort of the blood fly what a great
event it is and how proud you are to be
a past winner.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, absolutely, Hailers.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
It's still an exciting thing to be a part of
and a practical day was a real spectacle to get
along there at Winton. Emma did a fantastic job of
convening it down here and the weather really play ball,
which makes a huge difference. They would be end Oregon.
About three thousand people there at one stage watching everyone
and take away and it was it was, yeah, kind
(02:48):
of obvious. I thought that Hugh had put the most
preparation and had the most experience. From the guys. It
was a really tight field and it'll be great to
see a lot of them come back because there's definitely
some champions in there. But it really stoked for you.
He put in a lot of effort and that works
suddenly paid off.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
What are some of the things that when watching him
in those sort of the field events, so to speak,
that really stood out?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Time management was really obvious that he was really prioritizing
on not doing everything perfectly, but making sure that he
was getting points on the board in every area. So
I think that experience that he has really shine in
those sorts of areas. But the range of skill sets
that all the contestants were displaying was so vast. It's
pretty impressive to watch them go about their day. And
(03:32):
it was a big day for them as well. They
started at seven point thirty and they went, you know,
foot down for the entire day up to about four pm,
and then they had two hours off and had to
go and say a speech in front of about three
hundred people in the cargo. So it was a big
shift from them all, absolutely, And yeah, they left everything
out there is great.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
So Aman, what would you say to somebody who didn't
win this year who competed well? And I see there
were some real Yani's in there as well, you know,
I mean their practical experience can only improve it, you know,
so you know the future is bright hope for them
keep going at it.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Oh, absolutely, And it took me to go Tamish, you know.
I had to have a crack at at first and
get some experience and then go back again.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Tim was lucky to do one and done.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
But yeah, lots of people give it a crack and
even if you don't go back and when news hit
so much out of the contest and like you know,
I wouldn't have pulled you out of the mate if
I hadn't have gone back again.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So what a great thing. You know, if you don't.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Win, still lots of prizes up for lots of different
things and lots of experience to be gained, so you're
not going to miss out on anything.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, fantastic, hey, Tim. With the move from sort of
out West Auckland Urori way down to Riverden, there's the
ten dollars sort of money around for the for the
milk solids and it feels like it might not be
a one hit wonder, which which you'd like to hear.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, it possibly hard to tell, isn't it early days? Yeah,
that was one of the reasons we made the move.
But it certainly wasn't the main reason. We're excited to
have a little bit of an adventure as a young
family as well, and a good time to do us.
We've got a one year old daughter, so I don't
want to be pulling kids out of school or anything
like that. And I always really enjoyed my time in
(05:07):
self and when I was down here about ten years ago,
So it's good to be back. And yeah, things are
looking positive for the season ahead, absolutely, so we just
need to make sure that we do the production, get
the milk and the vet, and then hopefully the star's
going to Ligne.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Yeah too, right. And it's a nice thing about New Zealand,
do isn't I've recently been doing a lot of work
down in the Matter with two and I almost call
myself commuting between Auckland and the Matter War two. But
New Zealand's village, isn't it. I mean, you don't really
go that far away from where your roots are anyway,
you know, we can and hopefully your connectivities all right there.
We have been talking about that a bit lately, but yeah,
I just feel like good on you for you must
(05:41):
be really making a move and as you say, changing
children at school age is a difficult thing to do.
So yeah, So so far are ten out of ten
for you on the move?
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, yeah, I'm very grateful for the Revedend community. I've
been very welcoming to myself and my wife Jenny. Obviously
great having a supportive partner that's keen to do something.
That's because it is a bit of an adventure for sure,
But you did right that these days it's pretty easy
to stay in touch with people, and you know, we
call home frequently to mum and dad, and we're very
fortunate that we've got good, a good, strong community base
(06:13):
around us here and none of the neighbors have changed,
so it's easy easy on their front. So yeah, we're
looking forward to getting stuck and it's an exciting time
for us.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
You knew who are the local retrobates and who you
had to look out for on a Friday night and things,
so that that's good inside information in terms of your
returning down there. Good to know, right. I just I
just want sort of to wrap up my time in
the matter too recent. I'm feeling a really good vibe
around farming and almost and you're sort of a feeling
of just let's just get on with it. Let's not
(06:46):
sort of have it's good now, but the dooms around
the corner mentality, Is that what you're sort of sensing insonally?
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Yeah, and I think I think there's a lot of
farmers just really to crack into the season this year,
aren't they. Like, And we've been set up quite well
in the way, kiddo here we've had we had a drought,
but there was a fairly generous autumn behind that, so
most people's cows are in good neck. And yeah, I
think feelings are pretty positive out there, and of course
the money really helps, so people have invested a lot
in their funds. I can see lots of projects that
(07:12):
have gone on in the winter period, which is just
going to make things so much easier for people when
the heads of it down, they're stuck in the mud
and down cows and the likes. But you know, the
sun will shine on the other side. And if they've
spent that money to improve the infrastructure now, then they're
going to have a really good season out of it,
don't they.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
The sun shines on the other side. When we talk
to you to twenty twenty two, win a Tim Dang
in twenty twenty three one Amapaul brother and sister winners
are the FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Thank you
to you both. We'll talk again and they're not too
distant future. Much appreciated, cheer Zamus.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Thanks Amus,
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