The Country 14/11/24: Andrew Gibson talks to Jamie Mackay

 Taranaki features twice on today's show. We find PGG Wrightson Livestock's regional manager Andrew Gibson at a buoyant Inglewood sale where 200 IHC calves are up for auction.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Monthly.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
Here on the country, we catch up with the team
from PGG Rights and to have a look at the
stock sales market. Got some great sound effects today from
the Inglewood Calf Sail where we find Andrew Gibson from
PGG Rights. And you've got a couple of hundred IHC
calves up for offer today, Andrew.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hey, Jamie, Yeah we do. We've got their annual big
push for the ihally cow sale scheme. Yeah, and it's good.
Good numbers. Were just having a draft up at the
moment with all shapes and sizes and colors and breeds.
But yeah, no, it's also the generosity of all farmers
once again is so good.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah, absolutely brilliant. I was talking to Greg Miller the
other day and he was saying that they're getting pretty
good money as well.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Yeah that when the market has been good, it's and
God deserve to get it too. You know. They took
a bit of a risk again buying them and doing
that again. But now look that the early sales we've
had around around the province have been really good. Hope
the Hawks may hang in there and get a bit
more rain and can keep things humming along.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, Okay, it's very dry on the other side of
the island. How are you fearing in Taranaki.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Yeah, we've been really good seth Taranaki is still relatively dry,
but looks we're going to get some forecasts rain tonight,
which looks like it's going to come through. But we're
growing like we's been warm the last few days and
guys are really sting to grow some good grass. We're
our Tarannikee kettle for yesterday and yeah, markets are strong
as it is really positive.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, a lot of demand for beef beef animals here
in New Zealand and obviously the demand especially out of
the States, is very good. It's just keeping that market high.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah, wine commanda, we can't control that here. We're just
a fairly small country obviously with limited amount of area
we can farm them. And yeah, look it is it's
just positive. It's looking positive turn. I think it'll hold
up a quite a while. We may get a bit
of a dip before we get dry, but apart from
that we should be all guns blazing.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
You've already sold a couple of heards the season. Isn't
that quite early in the season for.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
That, Yeah, it probably isn't these days. It used to
be if you didn't sell. We heard before Christmas things
were looking a bit nervous, but now this happens late.
But yeah, we managed to kick over a couple of
really nice dairy herds a couple of weeks ago, a
couple of six hundred care herds and down down the
south TOWNIKI there really nice. Yeah, good outcome for both people.

(02:24):
They're really happy and obviously committed early. And it's always
a bit of a risk not know where that market's
going to be, but you know, both vendors and purchaser
are happy, so that's all we can ask.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
Well, if you excuse the bad pun the dairy, the
dairy scene is rather bollish at the moment. What do
you have to pay for a decent cow?

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Those couple of herds us around the twenty two fifty
and twenty three fifty for first June delivery. Yeah, look,
I don't know where it's going to end up. We
had a conference call the other morning with all of
our team around the country and you know, nobody really
quite knows. The payout is looking positive what you're saying before,
But you know, we've just got to get those farm
sales happening and get a bit of enthusiasm back in

(03:08):
with the young generation and hopefully they can sort of
see see a bit of a positive outlook for them
in the future with their families to be on the farms,
just like when we got brought up on them.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah. Absolutely, Well, I can get ten bucks as for
a milk price. I'll encourage a few young and keen
and enthusiastic people to get into the industry. Let's hope so,
and let's finish on the sheep. They're sort of the
forgotten animal in some ways these days. But it's been
in tough times for the past few years. But we're
hearing that things are on the upper weeb bit there

(03:41):
as well, which is good and long overdue.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Yeah. Absolutely, we don't trade a lot of sheep now
and through that our sales that those you know, the
numbers have sort of dropped away, but what has come
through is selling really well and by all accounts of
fielding market is strong where a lot of our bigger
numb was go you know, yeh know, it is looking
really real positive and that's all we can ask is

(04:06):
that guys are making some good money. But the new
season lands look like they're going to kick along real good,
so yeah, that's good for them, Okay.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
Andrew Gibson from PGG Rights and Livestock, thanks for your
time and once again on behalf of the IHD Calf Scheme.
I obviously have a connection myself, thanks to you and
the team at PGG Rights and for all the work
you do and new Stock agents who do a lot
of unpaid work for this wonderful course. We really appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah. Look, we're happy to help Jamie to the farmer
supplies an article and they donating them, so we really
appreciate their feedback. And we're just one little part of
the world to make it happen and put the money
to a good cause. So not a problem, yep.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
And remember the farmers. If you want to make a
donation to the IHC Calf Scheme, just google it, very
easy to do. You can donate the real thing or
you can donate a virtual animal. Andrew Gibson enjoy the
rest of your day in Ngor Dave Leverage Country.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
Thanks checking me. Cheers Mite