November 27, 2025 • 6 mins
Today’s Farmer Panel talks beer, wind and red meat at an all-time high.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The farmer panel with the Iszuzu Dmax, the Kiwi ute
built tough with truck DNA lad me down.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Apologies for a week bit of dead air. They're just
getting myself organized. Michelle's not here today, She's off running somewhere.
Good luck Michelle on your run. Of course, she got
us home. She got us home last night from the
Southern storm shut at Nigel Wood and Lean's Place, South Otago,
twenty seventeen, young farmer of their great farm, great area,
(00:38):
stu Low, North Canterbury. One of your old mates, your
old rugby mates, John Latter, was there and he was
inquiring why you weren't there, because you you would turn
up at the opening of an.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Envelope just to be out. And I hear there's another
golf corner Winnaboo and coming out to which we're going
to miss it on but no, no, but part of
go just for gleam chopping a bee of it. Maybe
next time.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, okay, So you're in North Canterbury. The sudden storm
shout was between Belcluth and Milton, just off State Highway
one there. Of course, that's not the only area that
got hit hard by the ones You guys did in
North Canterbury and the wind's still getting here because it's
drying you out.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, no, the Norwaest obviously, the coast getting a lot
of rain and some of the some of the rivers
are fallen and flowing on this, you know, the ones
from the Southern Elks catchment. But you know, we're certainly
drying out and some of the differently here.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, today you did want to talk about what was
you text them? You said bear and wind and red
meat at all time highs.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Yeah, yeah, it's been that is the savior. And there's
been a lot of stall lands leaving North Canterbury, the
ones that were leaving, the ones that have got irrigation,
some of them have been selling getting rid of the
lambs too, and they're heading down your way down. I
think I heard of unit loads from from over the
hill from here went to Tiannia. So yeah, they're going
they're going south, that's for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well there's no shortage of moisture down there at the moment.
They're very cat well, they're boundering for the Ordlands, so
they've had plenty. Okay, so you you have winger lambs
if you're selling them as store lambs down on the
manni a Toto Stu Duncan, the unofficial mayor of Wedderburn.
You haven't even got around to tailing yours yet, Ste.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
No, we've got the last day of the tailing gang
here now. Actually I've just been mobbing up used in
front of them, and I loaded the last of my
hoggits on the truck this morning, just the last thing
to get cleaned up. And yeah, we just got hopefully
another five or six mobs to get mobbed up and
done and we'll be pretty much tied up bar all
our hill country. So yeah, no, we're still just getting
(02:45):
the tails off them and the last of the hoggits way,
so we're pretty busy. But we've been catching a few
showers of rain so we're definitely not dry. But the
wind has been given us a bit of a hussle.
But we know we're looking at picture in here, which
is great. And I'll just see some winged lambs the
other day in the Minnetota and obviously them have been killed.
So we're out to your bed.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Say your winning draft won't be till the new year.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
We won't get guard. Well, we might do some early
is we got a weep earlier. Romney's we might get
away by first week in January if we can, and
other than that we won't be doing match to the
middle and end of January.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
So Stu Low, you've already had a draft and we're
talking big money. That was one of the things that
farmers were talking about yesterday at the Southern Storm, shout
the great money for those early season lambs.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, eleven dollars eleven dollars past depending on farm assurance
programs and you're to call the boxes and that sort
of thing, and that, Yeah, it's outstanding and just exactly
the same for beef, and I assume venis and although
that the velvet thing's not too good, but anything red
meat is in hot demand.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, Stu Duncan, you've got a finger and lots of
pies sheep and beef. I know you've got a deer
operation as well, and you're involved in a dairy farm.
So the sheep and beef side becoming more profitable than
the dairy farm or is it.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Oh, the dairy farm takes a wighed pretty well. It
hasn't got a very high cost set up, so it
goes pretty well. But yeah, we've been killing stags, a
lot of the older alvety mouth and all the velvety
and stags, and they're getting up over ten dollars as well,
So no, just get a few steers away and a
few velvety and stags and lambs. So no, it is
positive and tens, tens and Eleven's easy to work out,
isn't it. So it's been going quite good. But you know,
(04:25):
we need it because there's a bit of catch up
on the balance sheet from a few dry years and
some tough springs in the last couple of years and
some very very poor lemons in the last eighty months,
and those figures are only sort of coming out now,
and guys are saying, well, you know, we might have
been down a couple of thousand lambs and we've come
back to normal, so we need it. So that's good.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
So well, plus you need a good income because you've
got a race horse. That's a good way to get
rid of some money.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Stew Oh, well, as long as they win, will get
the first first three places they pay their bills. But yeah,
occasionally they win, but ye know they can absorb a
bit of income, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
And stue lower phone it's it's unusual. We'll get heading
into the first week hen since what mid February of
last year where we haven't got a footye game to watch,
sort of feels unusual. What's going wrong with the All Blacks?
What's the inside oil with the defections from Razers camp?
Stew you're well connected.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I haven't heard anything of any problems there. But oh no,
it's just I mean there's a lot of scrutiny that
comes with any any job when you're at the top,
I suppose. So, yeah, the expectations to hire from from
everyone in New Zealand, and yeah, and there's former players
that they were all we all think we all know,
but no, yeah, I don't know any more than anyone else.
(05:39):
But you know, that's I presume it's a work in
progress for them, and then hopefully they get a full
some few more people flit for next year and have
a full squad in the full full quota to pick
from and in and put a bit of pressure internally.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
So that have you got to saw bum? Have you
got to saw bum from sitting on the picket fens?
What do you reckon? Stew Duncan I think he's ducking
for cover. He knows a lot more than he's letting on.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
So he comes from cared reasons they used, but don't.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
They Well, I know they only have one eye. I
think he's only listening with one air as well. Anyhow, lads, hey,
thanks for your time and good luck with your horse
this afternoon. What's the name of the donkey?
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Stew Pedbo's ladd is his name? Raised five at Cromwell.
He's quite a good horse.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah, I had a share in a horse once through
lashes he used to work here. I'm not sure whether
the horse has gone to Asia and the can or
whether it's still running around a paddock somewhere. It's a
mystery to me.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Oh well, know this one's all right. See you lads,
all of us
The farmer panel with the Iszuzu Dmax, the Kiwi ute
built tough with truck DNA lad me down.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Apologies for a week bit of dead air. They're just
getting myself organized. Michelle's not here today, She's off running somewhere.
Good luck Michelle on your run. Of course, she got
us home. She got us home last night from the
Southern storm shut at Nigel Wood and Lean's Place, South Otago,
twenty seventeen, young farmer of their great farm, great area,
(00:38):
stu Low, North Canterbury. One of your old mates, your
old rugby mates, John Latter, was there and he was
inquiring why you weren't there, because you you would turn
up at the opening of an.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Envelope just to be out. And I hear there's another
golf corner Winnaboo and coming out to which we're going
to miss it on but no, no, but part of
go just for gleam chopping a bee of it. Maybe
next time.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, okay, So you're in North Canterbury. The sudden storm
shout was between Belcluth and Milton, just off State Highway
one there. Of course, that's not the only area that
got hit hard by the ones You guys did in
North Canterbury and the wind's still getting here because it's
drying you out.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, no, the Norwaest obviously, the coast getting a lot
of rain and some of the some of the rivers
are fallen and flowing on this, you know, the ones
from the Southern Elks catchment. But you know, we're certainly
drying out and some of the differently here.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, today you did want to talk about what was
you text them? You said bear and wind and red
meat at all time highs.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Yeah, yeah, it's been that is the savior. And there's
been a lot of stall lands leaving North Canterbury, the
ones that were leaving, the ones that have got irrigation,
some of them have been selling getting rid of the
lambs too, and they're heading down your way down. I
think I heard of unit loads from from over the
hill from here went to Tiannia. So yeah, they're going
they're going south, that's for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well there's no shortage of moisture down there at the moment.
They're very cat well, they're boundering for the Ordlands, so
they've had plenty. Okay, so you you have winger lambs
if you're selling them as store lambs down on the
manni a Toto Stu Duncan, the unofficial mayor of Wedderburn.
You haven't even got around to tailing yours yet, Ste.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
No, we've got the last day of the tailing gang
here now. Actually I've just been mobbing up used in
front of them, and I loaded the last of my
hoggits on the truck this morning, just the last thing
to get cleaned up. And yeah, we just got hopefully
another five or six mobs to get mobbed up and
done and we'll be pretty much tied up bar all
our hill country. So yeah, no, we're still just getting
(02:45):
the tails off them and the last of the hoggits way,
so we're pretty busy. But we've been catching a few
showers of rain so we're definitely not dry. But the
wind has been given us a bit of a hussle.
But we know we're looking at picture in here, which
is great. And I'll just see some winged lambs the
other day in the Minnetota and obviously them have been killed.
So we're out to your bed.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Say your winning draft won't be till the new year.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
We won't get guard. Well, we might do some early
is we got a weep earlier. Romney's we might get
away by first week in January if we can, and
other than that we won't be doing match to the
middle and end of January.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
So Stu Low, you've already had a draft and we're
talking big money. That was one of the things that
farmers were talking about yesterday at the Southern Storm, shout
the great money for those early season lambs.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, eleven dollars eleven dollars past depending on farm assurance
programs and you're to call the boxes and that sort
of thing, and that, Yeah, it's outstanding and just exactly
the same for beef, and I assume venis and although
that the velvet thing's not too good, but anything red
meat is in hot demand.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, Stu Duncan, you've got a finger and lots of
pies sheep and beef. I know you've got a deer
operation as well, and you're involved in a dairy farm.
So the sheep and beef side becoming more profitable than
the dairy farm or is it.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Oh, the dairy farm takes a wighed pretty well. It
hasn't got a very high cost set up, so it
goes pretty well. But yeah, we've been killing stags, a
lot of the older alvety mouth and all the velvety
and stags, and they're getting up over ten dollars as well,
So no, just get a few steers away and a
few velvety and stags and lambs. So no, it is
positive and tens, tens and Eleven's easy to work out,
isn't it. So it's been going quite good. But you know,
(04:25):
we need it because there's a bit of catch up
on the balance sheet from a few dry years and
some tough springs in the last couple of years and
some very very poor lemons in the last eighty months,
and those figures are only sort of coming out now,
and guys are saying, well, you know, we might have
been down a couple of thousand lambs and we've come
back to normal, so we need it. So that's good.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
So well, plus you need a good income because you've
got a race horse. That's a good way to get
rid of some money.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Stew Oh, well, as long as they win, will get
the first first three places they pay their bills. But yeah,
occasionally they win, but ye know they can absorb a
bit of income, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
And stue lower phone it's it's unusual. We'll get heading
into the first week hen since what mid February of
last year where we haven't got a footye game to watch,
sort of feels unusual. What's going wrong with the All Blacks?
What's the inside oil with the defections from Razers camp?
Stew you're well connected.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I haven't heard anything of any problems there. But oh no,
it's just I mean there's a lot of scrutiny that
comes with any any job when you're at the top,
I suppose. So, yeah, the expectations to hire from from
everyone in New Zealand, and yeah, and there's former players
that they were all we all think we all know,
but no, yeah, I don't know any more than anyone else.
(05:39):
But you know, that's I presume it's a work in
progress for them, and then hopefully they get a full
some few more people flit for next year and have
a full squad in the full full quota to pick
from and in and put a bit of pressure internally.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
So that have you got to saw bum? Have you
got to saw bum from sitting on the picket fens?
What do you reckon? Stew Duncan I think he's ducking
for cover. He knows a lot more than he's letting on.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
So he comes from cared reasons they used, but don't.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
They Well, I know they only have one eye. I
think he's only listening with one air as well. Anyhow, lads, hey,
thanks for your time and good luck with your horse
this afternoon. What's the name of the donkey?
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Stew Pedbo's ladd is his name? Raised five at Cromwell.
He's quite a good horse.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah, I had a share in a horse once through
lashes he used to work here. I'm not sure whether
the horse has gone to Asia and the can or
whether it's still running around a paddock somewhere. It's a
mystery to me.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Oh well, know this one's all right. See you lads,
all of us
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