January 15, 2026 • 38 mins
Hamish McKay talks to Rachel Shearer, Alan Whetton, George Dodson, Hugh Jackson, Hunter McGregor, and Riley Kennedy.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The Country with Hamish Maguy and Farmland's advice you can trust,
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Hello, welcome man, good afternoon, this is the country. Hello,
it's me Hamish MacKaye with you one more time before
the return of senior cousin Mackay Jamie from next week
producing Michelle Well, I thought we'd just digress a little
bit from Rugby for a moment and the purpose of
(00:40):
this particular intro song today there is a little story
behind it Todd Raungren from the early seventies, a song
made famous by something that I reckon. You'd be familiar
with the remake of Sex and the City.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Sorry, yes, I am familiar with editors from my agem graphic.
I love that show.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yes, beautiful show. Isn't it very very very watchable? Really,
isn't it? But do you do you remember the song
rock and roll Dreams come through nineteen eighty one?
Speaker 4 (01:10):
You wouldn't. We went around them, but nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I don't remember it because I wasn't born there. But
I do remember it because I have family members who
are very big meat lof fans.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, yeah, Well, there's a story behind it, whether it
was meat Life or not. Have you got it there
by any chances I do.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Indeed, hang a second, here we go, you go?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Is that the one when rocket? Yeah, that's it. That's it, Yeah,
when rock and roll?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Okay, So that's probably enough for just to But did
you know that Meatloaf didn't actually sing that song the
recorded version that was sold to the world.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I had no idea, and you know how much I
love my music facts.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yep, so Meatloaf didn't. In fact, it was Jim Steinman
who wrote all the songs for Meatloafe. So without meat,
without Steinman, meat is nothing. He did meet he couldn't have.
You know, the guy who sung all the songs as
the legend who wrote all the songs in my opinion,
Jim Steinman. But it says that Jim Steinman sung, it
was actually Todd Rudgren who sung.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
The version that was sold to the world.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
There you go, just let me throw that in fact
of the day, Yeah, I digress from the rugby and
from farming, so we better get back to that.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Look, if you'd been listening to McKay and sport of
Farmlands over the last few months, yesterday's razor exit stage
left would be no surprise and that is left chairman
David Kirk now the massive job. We'll chat to his
old ninety eighty seven Rugby World Cup winning teammate aj
Whitten about how that all shakes down.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Strong Wool is on the up, but is it on
the up and up? Rachel Shearer from.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
BGG rights in Wool as first up today our Young
Farmer's panel of George Dodson and Hugh Jackson is standing by.
We're off to China with Hunter McGregor what does a
flatless key we do in China.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
At this time of year?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And Riley Kennedy from a primary sector expert from the
Hero Business Desk will join us on the.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Show as well. But first up, let's talk wool.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
This is the country brought to you by farm Lands
right across the country. We joined now by the gm
APGG Wall. Rachel Share out of christ Church, Good.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
After Rachel, good afternoon, Hamish.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Great to have you with us on the show and
the old Strong Wall. The upward momentum continues. That's good,
it's great.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
It's always good to come on your show and hear
the good news. But yeah, the momentum is continuing. We
hold last year before Christmas. I'm not sure if you're
a where the market kind of went up pretty quickly,
and what sometimes goes up quickly comes down pretty fast.
But it's been holding and then we've actually had one
of the strongest openings in the market in recent history,
(03:44):
both here and in Australia. Interestingly, so this is a
global story.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, I mean, I'm crossing my fingers and touching wood.
Is there is there a you know, maybe it might
keep going north? What's sort of underpinning this?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
So what's underpinning it? You know, yesterday we market we
had an option here in christ Church and the exporters
were really struggling to fell orders that they know their
prior orders because this limited volume that's coming through. And
on top of that, we've also got new orders coming
from China and then India is starting to show interest again.
And it's really that interest from China and the purchasing
(04:19):
from China that's driving prices up, not just here, but
we're also hearing it in the British market. You know,
they've been rising steadily and a lot of that wall
is now going to China, which previously was unheard of.
So we're very hopeful that the momentum continues.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
If these countries stay strong in their demand. Where do
we need strong will to be at price wise to
really you know, to make it something that because it's
been just such a bugbe for so long for farmers,
hasn't it?
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Oh, it has been, And we've been in the doldrooms
for decades, to be fair, and I mean the good
news this time last year, I remember talking, Hey, you
think it was Rowena back then. You know, we were
kind of getting excited because we were looking at breaking
the four hundred cents clean mark. And yesterday most crossbred
fleece types here at the christ Church Auction Center went
(05:10):
well above the well above the five hundred cents clean.
So we've we've jumped a dollar just since September on
many wall types and on the strong will indicator both
North and South Islands. But we're you know, we're really
seeing it up.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
Nearly at that.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
Yeah, staying at that five hundred cents mark.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
You know, there's a lot of numbers bandied around at
what it needs to be and you know, as far
as inputs and costs and puts and a whole bunch
of other things that that moves quite frequently, but we're
definitely getting to the point a lot of farmers are
starting to say that they you know, they're they're not
they're covering more than just their sharing, which for a
(05:50):
while there was the complete opposite. So we're definitely hitting
the right direction. And this lack of global supply is
really starting, really starting to play its part alongside consumers
really starting to understand the positive attributes of the fiber.
So it's all it's all leading to a positive storm.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
I guess, yeah, no good.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Obviously we'd love to see a lot more upside, and
there needs to be a lot more upside. I remember
sitting at the end of main share summer of nineteen
eighty three at but the in the Northern Manor were
to Rachel and sitting on sixty eight bars of woll
and Dad saying this will buy your mansion and fielding son.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I remember because it was a lot. It was a
lot of money back then, you know.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Yeah, the days of those wall checks, you know, yeah,
parents and you'd go in and buy something fancy. But yes,
we're not quite we're not quite there yet. That's no well,
I think sale is going to be interesting in the
North Island because it's looking to be a good season
up there, good weather conditions, color and vegetable matter up
there playing a pretty important part. So all indications are,
(06:56):
you know, I'm cautiously optimistic that this market's going to
contain knew it's Ford momentum.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Never say neither in terms of getting the wall off
the sheep's back. I mean, I had to laugh at
the irony of State TV was very quick to do
a story on a numpty using the tension knob of
a sharing hand piece to have a go at a sheep,
and yet we didn't cover Simon Goss doing seven hundred
and thirty two in nine hours.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
I wasn't that impressive.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
That's so good still, and the skill and athleticism of
New Zealand sharers is really and it's not just because
that's my last name, you know, it's super impressive.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
And there's some training funding coming through from the government
for sharing too. I see is you know which is
which is a little bit anyway by the look of it.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Yeah, So ourselves and New Zealand Marino are working with
the government and the vets and sharing associations put up
some some funding to really make sure that we have
to continue to have the best animal care in animal
welfare when sheep are being shorn, because that really is
the first stage of the supply chain and when you're
when you're in a global market, we need to be
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really looking after that really excellent reputation that we've got
for New Zealand wools. So yeah, that's I guess for
the first year, and then we're hoping that more people
will come on board and help with that training because those,
as we said before, those will handling professionals really are
such a critical part in our supply chain and we
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want to get it right.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Absolutely, Rachel, thank you for being the bearer of good
news and long may that continue and we'll catch up
again soon.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
Thanks Aamus.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
Thank you very much that as Rachel share a GM.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
And we'll have another good wall story with Michelle later
in Rural News. Mackay and Sport with Farmlands is next.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
A J.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Whitton ninety eighty seven rugby World Cup winning flaker almost
scored a try in every game. His old team mate
David Kirk is the big boss of these. Heelad rugby
will He's a chair and isn't He's got so much
on his plate. We'll talk that next with a J.
Speaker 9 (09:03):
Wetton tonight cheers on the whispers of some quite the
same show.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yes, dear, oh dear, there'll be raining tears in South
Africa this year if we don't get the All Blacks
miss sorted out. Were sure as hell need David Kirk
to stand up like an olympus above the Serengeti and
lead New Zealand rugby to greener pastures.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
We are going to talk that with AJ Whitton right now.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Mackay on sport with farm lands for clothing to keep cool,
dry and protected.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
AJ Whtton, Good afternoon, sir, How are.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
You hemus Mackay? Good afternoon, backchaping new year, mate, And
to hear your dolls with tongues on the radio, you're.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Nice to be on the old wireless. What do we
need now, a jay? I mean, it's a pretty brutal
old world, doesn't it? Raise a gone twenty four hours later,
what do we need now from an all black coach
to resurrect things because it hasn't been good for a while.
Speaker 6 (10:12):
Yeah, Look, I heard a couple of rumblings and or
two ago from a friend of mine who was close
to the media. You know, once they get the stiff
of a story, they go hard. And there was some
obviously issues involved in the camp and that's all come
to a head. And one thing about Captain Kirk David,
player of mine, you know, been into the high roads
(10:34):
of the birth of leadership and so forth, and they
make a decision you know, he's East Switzer and run
right on to it. So I guess that's a positive thing,
not de league dowing around like we had in the past.
And we've got a board that supports the issues at
hand and have faced them in the reality and made decisions.
So the incoming coaches, who they may be, I think
(10:57):
we've all got a pretty good hit around here. It
will possibly be just to make sure they've got that
culture right in the team, because it seems from a
distance that they are very disjointed at the stage.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Do we do need don't we as Sir Brian Lahore type,
don't we somebody get rid of the ego? You know,
there's there's comments, you know, there was I thought a
very good article from Gregor Paul in the Heralds today
where it talked about somebody, you know, somebody it referred
to Rasor Robins, Robertson's self presence and elevated self and
(11:29):
we need somebody with their feet right on the ground here.
So who are you hearing and do they fit that mold? Well?
Speaker 6 (11:36):
I think you've just got to look at what's out there.
But don't forget the feat in the smallest in motion,
there's people already signed coaches, so but we certainly have
some high profile people out there. Obviously Jamie Joseph is
the one that springs to mind, and his good mate
and Tony Brown, who's tied up the moment with South Africa.
(11:57):
But look, let's just see what happens. I mean, Jamie
has contracted already to the injured are so there's no
issues in any contracts that may be changed. You've got
Old SCHMIDI who we've got a lot of time for
out there. Bus contract roll on to July, I think,
and of course Dave Any All men have created their
own sort of legacy in some ways. But Jamie Joseph
(12:20):
set your innates down to earth. I played against him,
no nonsense sort of player. I think he brings a
lot of tradition and that sort of playing to order.
We're all in it. Together. This is how we attack,
this is how we're just interest and how we're going
to play it. I'll have some buy it, but in
the end I'm the coach and with my assistants we'll
(12:42):
be making decisions and hopefully your players will be patrolling
those supplications.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Well, I think the whole problem with this latest outfit
is they didn't have any idea who was really running
the ship and what they wanted. David Kirk and he's
got role now, but I mean, you know, he must
have had the old a bit of a testinal fortitude
and you know cahounas of Steel when he was a
(13:08):
young guy charged with leading you lot in eighty seven.
Because there's some pretty strong personalities in that eighty seven side, right,
So he doesn't muck around, does he?
Speaker 6 (13:18):
Well, like felt Buck, Shawn, my brother, you've got fox here.
I mean, one thing I think you could allude to
is there were a lot of captains in that side
who kept in their provinces and had the leadership qualities,
so there was a lot of experience to draw on.
I know Andy Dlter was injured early and became sort
(13:39):
of like a Tapan's captain, and David got the nod,
but there was a lot of buy him. I mean
there were no where he goes. I mean it was
quite exciting time. It was the first time in an
augur World Cup. So we just got on with the
job and realized that it was a bloody good team.
So you just did your job and yeah, and everything
just fell into place. He's very grounded through pragmatic as David.
(14:03):
As I said before, he has a history in business
in leadership, and one thing I like about it is
if there's a problem, you saw it, you don't set
on it. Come back to it in six months time
when you're touring Africa and find that the ship's at
the fan and you make a decision under a year out. Well,
they've just taken the ball by the horns, looked at
the internal issues and said look it's not working. We
(14:26):
need to make a decision. That made it. They've backed
themselves and now they're on a different path.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
There we go. That is AJ went in nineteen eighty
seven Rugby World Cup winning flankers scored in all but.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
One game out there. I remember you remember, Yeah, yet
on you Aj. He's backing David Kurt to get on
to do the job. This is the Country.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Always an enjoyable time here on the Country is of
course the panel and our learned team. A couple of
outstanding young farmers Young Farmers of the Year George Dodson
and Hugh Jackson join us on the panel today, one
out of Tiaka in the North, the other out of Canterbury.
(15:23):
Will start with you, Georgia. A bit of a dairy
focus GDT boost after a bit of a downward trend
towards the end of last year. This is a good
start to twenty twenty six.
Speaker 10 (15:34):
You get a hamous Gracey on the show again.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (15:36):
It was certainly a good, good uplift after strong downward
trend I suppose, and the global milk supply looks to
be on the up, which is potentially not a positive sign,
but it was definitely good to see it improved auction recently.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Yeah, And have you started the year well, George in
terms of this, you know, the season, the weather, everything
in your favor at the moment.
Speaker 10 (15:58):
Yeah, it's certainly been good.
Speaker 7 (15:59):
It's been quite cold.
Speaker 10 (16:00):
Actually, we were very dry up until mid December and
then the rain turned on and it hasn't really turned
off since then, and it's been quite cold. We haven't
really had much of a summer in all fairness.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Yeah right, Hugh Jackson. Of course, out of the arc
out sheep and beef farmer. I see, we've got a
bit of extra excess access, it might seem because of
these quotas with China.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
So good news in that sector as well, Hugh.
Speaker 8 (16:21):
To start the year good they hay much every new year. Yeah,
it's good news for sure, and we'll all help keep
upward pressure on the process, which is what we want
to see.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Oh yeah, I tell you well, I'm a regular at
the fielding sale yards these days and I sort of
sit there with my calculator.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
And think to myself, yep, this is okay.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Let's keep it going for the long term now, guys,
Young Farmer Regional FMG Young Farmer Regionals coming up, Hugh.
What's going on at the moment and what will the
contestants be going through in terms of their mindset?
Speaker 8 (16:55):
Yes, great this time again already, but we've got the
real starting at the thirty first of January was kicking
off and a rangy this year, so they'll start us
off in the last one, will finish up in April.
The eleventh was the Northern Regional funnel there and everywhere
else in between. So it's time that the guys and
(17:17):
girls will definitely be doing some prep between now and then,
or have been doing some prep over Christmas and into
the new year to ubscure themselves as best as they
can and now looking forward to seeing their contestants giving it.
They're all and always a fun and enjoyable day for
everyone that gets involved.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
George, did they have how much of an insight or
how much of a you know, top off do they
in terms of what they have to do at the
regionals and et cetera? Were to make it through to
the young farmer of the year so that they can
work on the skills that they might be a little
bit lagging inside to speak.
Speaker 10 (17:53):
I suppose it's a bit of fire experience or viewing
and seeing it before. A lot of those people have
been to the competition before.
Speaker 7 (17:59):
That's how they have potentially.
Speaker 10 (18:00):
Heard about it and got involved as seeing what goes on.
They'll know there's an exam, they'll know there's a farmlet,
they'll know there's some modules and you've got your egg resports,
your your head to head style competition and then also
the buzzlequise at the end, I think they'll know the
general structure and then it's just about understanding your own
strengths and weaknesses to what you want to work on.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Yep, okay, right, Well, what's what's a hot tip you'd
give them, George, what's a hot tip you'd give at
this time of the year, going and given in the
next the regionals are playing out over the next few months.
Speaker 10 (18:31):
I'll just stay become aware of what's most likely going
to be in there. You're going to have your farmlets,
so you're gonna have some fencing and that sort of stuff,
and brush up on those key skills. Don't worry too
much about those niche things that may or may not
come up, because those are the sort of things that
at a regional level you kind of addressed with what
on the day. And mainly the main thing is keeping
a cool head, I suppose, And there's a lot of
(18:52):
pressure that goes on, especially when people are watching, so
keep calm under that pressure and enjoy yourself.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Hre was that how you found her on your on
your road to glory? Did you keep a cool head?
The key factor.
Speaker 8 (19:05):
Definitely is a massive part of it. Yeah, for sure,
you get put under quite a bit of time pressure
and the competitions and stuff that you do every day.
All of a sudden it comes a lot harder when
the clock's ticking. So you want to think simple and
use the time wisely and think clearly and cool, keep
a cool come head, like George said, and most importantly
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try and relection and enjoy it and have fun.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Yeah, yeah, you gotta enjoy it. Georgia.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
What's your big push in twenty twenty six? What are
you excited about? I know, are you quite keen on
the old social media?
Speaker 10 (19:39):
Yeah, that's probably the main one. Hamish to be fair,
I always like to have some sort of challenge going
on in my life, but that's probably probably the main
thing at the moment. And trying to bridge the little
the week urban rule divide a wee bit. Just really
educate people on what's going on and farming, because I
think a lot of people, even just people that I
know and they know quite a few farmers, don't actually
see how much detail and thought work shows and behind
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the scenes to running a farm.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Yeah, okay, so what do you reckon is critical to
because I believe that in my circles that the urbanites
have a great understanding. The majority do, but you know,
I accept there are a group or a percentage that don't.
So what do you reckon will be key to making
sure you can sort of bridge that and tell that message.
Speaker 10 (20:26):
Well, I think, like you say, they do understand the
higher level stuff, but they probably don't understand a lot
of the day to day stuff. And for me, the
style of content and sort of thing that I'm making
on the social media showing the behind the scenes stuff
and what is actually going on in the day to
day and yeah, all the stuff that gets done on
the ground by not just the business people and that
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sort of thing, but actually the farm staff and the
workers who keep their industry ticking.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Yep, right you twenty twenty six. What's it bringing.
Speaker 8 (20:55):
Having a bit of a focus on development here on
the farm and change things around a bit with a
few techno ball systems and trying to raise the bar.
There So plenty of learning going on there and time
and time and effort, but it's pretty exciting stuff and
that's the main focus on farm and there's for young
farmers just trying to plug away that club level with
(21:19):
Hamilton Club and also obviously helping with these young UMBs
conetitions and trying to find that next best or the
young farm for twenty twenty six. So looking forward to
that road.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Ahead, looking forward to that now, just quickly checking in
both available for the all Blacks job.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
Are you you're both keen keen, just teen to go,
you know, put yourself out there. I mean, who do it?
Speaker 8 (21:45):
Yeah, she's a tough job, all right, And yeah, I
don't quite think I've got the expertise of that, but yeah, yeah,
who knows.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
Yeah, I think I think I'll pat on that one, Hamish,
I think, Okay, Razors pedigree. I think I'll If you
can't do it, then I don't think I'll be able to.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Yeah, well well you know, like it's heard somebody say recently,
rugby doesn't matter. Well, yes that the last twenty four
years for twenty four hours approved it, Sure as hell does. Alright,
there we go, Hugh Jackson, George Dodson, our Young Farmer's Panel.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
Thank you very much, gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
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there's quite a lot going on around the country at
the moment, and I've been sent quite a few things
that are happening locally and all over the place as well.
But this fantastic event is happening up in central apparently
Central Otago, trying to keep lambs dry today for a
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twenty four hour shaerthon. They're raising money for the Kirk
family local who's a local sharing contractor and he's been
diagnosed with brain cancer. So wall sheheds all over the
places are bursting at the seams trying to keep their
lambs dry for this twenty four hour serthon that's happening
in the many are Toto. Just shows how great small
communities come together. So all the beast for that event
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over the weekend and I hope the rain stops. Fingers
crossed for you. And just an update, a friend of mine,
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New Zealand to raise money to raise awareness for the
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at the moment entering into the top of the South
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It's a Hunterville just a few hours ago ago. Now
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You can imagine it right.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
The pigs are at the trough. The British sports writers
are hole in. Leading the charge of former English first
five eighth Stuart Barnes says all the problems with the
All Blacks and the acting of Scott Razer Robertson is
down to Ardie Savia not being captain. That was his
observation during the last All Black tour, claiming it was
(25:34):
breathtaking Savia wasn't the captain. The general theme across the
British media is that the All Blacks dominance is a
thing of the past and when you think back to
when we were last really good twenty fifteen rugby World Cup.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
No, not too far wrong. Ah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
That is our sport. Coming up next, we're going to
hit the China Hunda McGregor here on the country. Well,
first week of the year, back here on the country
with Farmland's time to check in with all things China
and our China correspondent, Hunter mcgreg You had a Hunter
(26:15):
house things over there, but warmer than usually I understand.
Speaker 7 (26:20):
Yeah, good afternoon, hamers. You know that this week we're
having a little bit of a heat wave, so we're
around about twenty degrees at the moment, but next week
we'll drop back down to about three or four degree
higher three or four degrees, so you know. And China
last year had a pretty hot temperature, at a record
temperature for the whole year. So but you know, it
(26:43):
is what it is, The weather is what it is,
and we just play with what's in front of.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
Us exactly right.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
The new China beef quota system. How has New Zealand
fared in this in particular and compared to the Australians
and the Brazilians.
Speaker 7 (26:57):
Well, you know, so what happened is that for the
last couple of years is the Chinese government has been
looking into protecting their local beef production. So and they've
just come out while everyone else in New Zealand was
on holiday at the start of this year with a
new quota system. So New Zealand hasn't fared too badly
because you know, we were around about two hundred thousand
(27:18):
tons of beef which will be available quota free. And
then if you go above that, and the same with
everybody else, with the Brazilians, Argentine and Uruguay, Australia and
the state to go above your quota, then it's fifty
five percent. But you know, New Zealand hasn't actually imported
(27:38):
that much over two hundred thousand tons into China for
a while and it was a sort of a peak.
So you know we're gonna we don't have enough beef
to probably export into China. But it's going to affect
the Australians. You know that they've been over there quota
last year. The Americans will go closer, so you know
it's good, and then that the Brazilian is going to
have a bit of a problem because they're well above
(28:00):
what their quota value was. So you know's see how
it plays out, and it's going to affect New Zealand
too much in the short term. Yeah, with the demand
out of America for plenty of beef. But if that
demand in America drops off, it might have to find
somewhere else and that could be a bit of a problem.
But you know, let's see how it plays out, and
you know there'll be opportunities and you know there'll be
(28:21):
winners and losers, and hopefully New Zealand's on the right
side of that.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
Yeah, where do you see the opportunity for New Zealand.
Speaker 7 (28:29):
Well, you know, we're quote free, I think you know,
to be honest, the opportunity in China for New Zealand
beef is grain fed. If you're supplying grain fed beef
into China tower free for the whole twelve months, that's
a massive opportunity grass feeders. There are opportunities for grass
fed beef in China. But you know, I don't see
(28:50):
I've never seen it yet where grass fed beef in
a high end restaurant has replaced grain fed beef. So
that's what you know. The consuming here is after that
American and the US, the US and the and the
Australian grain tree beef, they don't they don't really want
at the top end grass fed beef. But that's changing,
(29:10):
so there'll be opportunities. It's just a matter of working
hard and trying to find your right.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Niche Why do they love that grain feed so much?
I mean, what's the difference here for them as consumers?
Speaker 7 (29:24):
I think it's consistency. The consistency of the product on
the plate. It's a lot easier to to to cook,
you know, because it's a lot sattier. But you know,
I talked to a lot of these chefs that run
these fancy restaurants, you know, and they have an M
nine way Go whatever, some fancy piece of beef. It's
really really fatty. People buy it and then they complain
(29:47):
about how fatty it is. So you know that that
high marveling stuff is fantastic and a Japanese restaurant, but
not as a big lump of steak on your plate.
So you know, the consumer here is is changing. But
you know what one thing is is clear, is they
really like breeds of beefa our angers the like Wagu
(30:10):
you know Hereford. You know, so if you start to
have are just having a reserve grade or a hand
picked or a hand selected you know you're not going
down the breeds. You're missing a trick here in the market.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Yep, yep, superb stuff.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Right, Well, yeah, haven't really before we wrap it up, honey,
you really haven't a chance to celebrate Christmas New Year
because sort of not the done thing there is it.
But you did have an interesting sort of visit to
your own private resort.
Speaker 7 (30:35):
Yeah, no, on Christmas Day it was midweek here, so
we decided to head to a small town north of Shanghai.
I was actually a small city called Quinn shown. It's
only two million people that live there and really yeah, yeah,
only too. It's a small honestly, it feels like a
very small town. And we stayed in a Fairmont hotel
(30:56):
there and a nice resort, and the great thing about
it that we had it was not longer like a
private resort. There's no one there.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
So yeah, the.
Speaker 7 (31:03):
Sport was open and the kids loved that, and yeah,
it was great. It was cold, clear blue sky. You know,
you couldn't ask for much better when the hotel was
about a quarter of the price of what it normally is,
so I couldn't complaine.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Good to hear, good to hear, Hardy McGregor, our China correspondent,
Thank you as always and we'll catch up again soon.
Speaker 11 (31:25):
Yes, thanks.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Anohing like a bit of dag in the dickheads, you know,
with Hamish McKay in the house, the old Gretna tire,
happy beautiful days of the early eighties will get a
bit of a run.
Speaker 4 (31:45):
Sometimes nothing is better than not enough.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
They're getting enough rain down into the Mottchueka where our
hero business des primary sector specialist Riley Kennedy is is
here at the moment.
Speaker 4 (31:59):
But before we go to Riley, I'm just going to.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
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(32:28):
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just do it. Get there farmstrong dot co dot in z.
Right now, let's check on that whether Riley Kennedy's down
there in Matua can get a Riley, how are you
very good afternoon?
Speaker 6 (32:46):
Have you new year?
Speaker 5 (32:47):
Ye?
Speaker 4 (32:47):
Happy near you to you, sir.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Look well, look it's been a bit of a bullyant
start for the old primary sector in some respects. I mean,
not a bad GDT result after a downward trend towards
the end of twenty twenty five. It's sort of a
win in China for the beef and the old strong
walls has showed a few positive signs, as we heard
earlier from Rachel Shearer from PGG Rightson's Wolves. So may
(33:10):
not bad to start at twenty six.
Speaker 11 (33:12):
That's been pretty good actually, And of course late last
year there was the Indian FTA, which you know, boyd
everyone's spirits going into Christmas. But I think everyone was
quite surprised with the GDT on last week or the
week before. I've been on holdays time sort of becomes one,
but everyone was sort of expecting at some point prices
have bottom out, but everyone was reasonably surprised that they
(33:34):
jumped so high, you know, the sixth of January whenever.
It was the most interesting part of that was, of
course North Asia was still quite a big buy, but
the Middle East their buying she nearly doubled from about
eleven to twenty one percent.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
But It was probably just a it was a good.
Speaker 11 (33:48):
Confidence boost of that GDT just you know, there'd been
nine consecutive falls things cinnam. It's still pretty good. Of course,
you know there's that mainland money that's coming, But just
just a bit of a boot was needed.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
I think, yeah, timely, I think right, because is that
feeling we were starting to talk eleven dollars for milk
solids and then you know, I suddenly ten fifty nine fifty. Yeah,
it was I think you're right, confidence boost to sort
of hype that things are sort of slowed down a
bit or stopped in their tracks.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Yeah, it was.
Speaker 11 (34:21):
It was obviously Fronterra start of the season with such
a wide range, and there was there was risk was
going to go up, and there was also quite a
big risk it was going to go down. But I
think the fall came quite quickly. I mean, the trend
in the GUDT was obviously going, but then the milk
pass was cut quite quickly, which will take a lot
of confidence out. But it's the midpoint of correct. It's
(34:42):
about nine dollars and nothing. Open country is slightly hard
and that on there on an average, So would I
would expect it to maybe sit there or go up
a little bit more. You know, they actually won't be
that long and six months ago until the end of
the season, so I know, it's a very scary sort
considering us. You know, I felt like we were just
(35:04):
talking about the opening milk pass five minutes ago, but
you know, it's actually not that far to go into
the end of the season. Really.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
What's your prediction for twenty twenty six especially do you
think you know, farmers have obviously had to be pretty frugal,
pretty prudent in the last couple of years as they
as farmgate returns have increased, they put a bit aside.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
Do you think they'll start start to spain?
Speaker 11 (35:25):
Yeah, I'd say for a long time. Actually, this year's
field Days is going to be quite interesting because they're
going to be quite a big capital tune made from
from Frontierra just prior to that. I think this year's
Fielders will be quite a good indicator on how farmers
are feeling. It was that last year's fields was brilliant,
you know, the vibe was great, but I don't think
people spend as much. But be interesting to see in
(35:46):
you know, six months time where the checkbook comes out
and who's buying what at field days or even the
regional field days, and you know which will kick off something.
The south Old field Days can't be far away from starting.
And you've got central districts, but those will be really
interesting to see what's being spent and how much and
of what.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
Yeah, I was floating around a place where I shouldn't
have been because I really can't afford to be there
that the good team be matter to BMW and I said,
when do these farmers get this money, these dairy farmers,
when does that come through? There's sort of the sell
off money to the French. When do they get this
sort of well hopefully for some disposable sort of money
that they might buy a treat or two.
Speaker 6 (36:24):
It's a good question.
Speaker 11 (36:25):
Actually, it's all sort of up in the year that
the transition will take place in the first half of
this year, but the moving pretty quickly. I wouldn't be surprised,
wouldn't be surprised if it happened in the next few months,
but it's a one Terirao signal, but it all happened
pretty quickly after that. So it's in the first six
the first half of this year. But I would imagine
around the autumn we should start taking bets something. It's
going to come, actually, but i'd imagine it'll be fairly quickly.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
A few more days in Motiacre, is it, Riley? Then
back into the to the busy old environment of the
Hero Business Desk.
Speaker 11 (36:54):
Yes, I'm flying home on Sunday. It's been raining here
for the past three days, which meant I've been working
down here, but I've been attemptingly to try and play golf,
but I haven't haven't managed to play for the last
couple days. So the word is clearing up now so
I might get out, you know, lad of this afternoon.
But home on Sunday. I'm the shirts. I'm back into
the office on Monday, nearly.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
Right into it, righty, very good, Riley Kennedy, their Herald
Business Desk, Priory sect a specialist, Thank you very much
for joining us on the country.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
And that just about wraps up the week. Another thirty
seconds or so to go before I go.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Now, I've just got a message for young George Thomas
out of the Hawks Bay Track to driver over the summer,
about to become Lencoln's student. I've got you next time, George,
Right I promised you. I promised you at your cousin
Annabelle's wedding that I would have you on the show.
We're going to get you. Stand by, young fellow, because
you are the future. We heard from the future. I'll
panel our young Farmer winners earlier on George and Hugh
(37:51):
just love the show. Jamie is back next week. Michelle
what you are an absolute gem. Thank your team. We'll
do it all again soon.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
Fanas Chi line.
Speaker 1 (38:13):
The country with Hamish mackuy and Farmland's advice you can trust,
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products you can count on.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Hello, welcome man, good afternoon, this is the country. Hello,
it's me Hamish MacKaye with you one more time before
the return of senior cousin Mackay Jamie from next week
producing Michelle Well, I thought we'd just digress a little
bit from Rugby for a moment and the purpose of
(00:40):
this particular intro song today there is a little story
behind it Todd Raungren from the early seventies, a song
made famous by something that I reckon. You'd be familiar
with the remake of Sex and the City.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Sorry, yes, I am familiar with editors from my agem graphic.
I love that show.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yes, beautiful show. Isn't it very very very watchable? Really,
isn't it? But do you do you remember the song
rock and roll Dreams come through nineteen eighty one?
Speaker 4 (01:10):
You wouldn't. We went around them, but nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I don't remember it because I wasn't born there. But
I do remember it because I have family members who
are very big meat lof fans.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, yeah, Well, there's a story behind it, whether it
was meat Life or not. Have you got it there
by any chances I do.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Indeed, hang a second, here we go, you go?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Is that the one when rocket? Yeah, that's it. That's it, Yeah,
when rock and roll?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Okay, So that's probably enough for just to But did
you know that Meatloaf didn't actually sing that song the
recorded version that was sold to the world.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I had no idea, and you know how much I
love my music facts.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yep, so Meatloaf didn't. In fact, it was Jim Steinman
who wrote all the songs for Meatloafe. So without meat,
without Steinman, meat is nothing. He did meet he couldn't have.
You know, the guy who sung all the songs as
the legend who wrote all the songs in my opinion,
Jim Steinman. But it says that Jim Steinman sung, it
was actually Todd Rudgren who sung.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
The version that was sold to the world.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
There you go, just let me throw that in fact
of the day, Yeah, I digress from the rugby and
from farming, so we better get back to that.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Look, if you'd been listening to McKay and sport of
Farmlands over the last few months, yesterday's razor exit stage
left would be no surprise and that is left chairman
David Kirk now the massive job. We'll chat to his
old ninety eighty seven Rugby World Cup winning teammate aj
Whitten about how that all shakes down.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Strong Wool is on the up, but is it on
the up and up? Rachel Shearer from.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
BGG rights in Wool as first up today our Young
Farmer's panel of George Dodson and Hugh Jackson is standing by.
We're off to China with Hunter McGregor what does a
flatless key we do in China.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
At this time of year?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
And Riley Kennedy from a primary sector expert from the
Hero Business Desk will join us on the.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Show as well. But first up, let's talk wool.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
This is the country brought to you by farm Lands
right across the country. We joined now by the gm
APGG Wall. Rachel Share out of christ Church, Good.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
After Rachel, good afternoon, Hamish.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Great to have you with us on the show and
the old Strong Wall. The upward momentum continues. That's good,
it's great.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
It's always good to come on your show and hear
the good news. But yeah, the momentum is continuing. We
hold last year before Christmas. I'm not sure if you're
a where the market kind of went up pretty quickly,
and what sometimes goes up quickly comes down pretty fast.
But it's been holding and then we've actually had one
of the strongest openings in the market in recent history,
(03:44):
both here and in Australia. Interestingly, so this is a
global story.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, I mean, I'm crossing my fingers and touching wood.
Is there is there a you know, maybe it might
keep going north? What's sort of underpinning this?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
So what's underpinning it? You know, yesterday we market we
had an option here in christ Church and the exporters
were really struggling to fell orders that they know their
prior orders because this limited volume that's coming through. And
on top of that, we've also got new orders coming
from China and then India is starting to show interest again.
And it's really that interest from China and the purchasing
(04:19):
from China that's driving prices up, not just here, but
we're also hearing it in the British market. You know,
they've been rising steadily and a lot of that wall
is now going to China, which previously was unheard of.
So we're very hopeful that the momentum continues.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
If these countries stay strong in their demand. Where do
we need strong will to be at price wise to
really you know, to make it something that because it's
been just such a bugbe for so long for farmers,
hasn't it?
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Oh, it has been, And we've been in the doldrooms
for decades, to be fair, and I mean the good
news this time last year, I remember talking, Hey, you
think it was Rowena back then. You know, we were
kind of getting excited because we were looking at breaking
the four hundred cents clean mark. And yesterday most crossbred
fleece types here at the christ Church Auction Center went
(05:10):
well above the well above the five hundred cents clean.
So we've we've jumped a dollar just since September on
many wall types and on the strong will indicator both
North and South Islands. But we're you know, we're really
seeing it up.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
Nearly at that.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
Yeah, staying at that five hundred cents mark.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
You know, there's a lot of numbers bandied around at
what it needs to be and you know, as far
as inputs and costs and puts and a whole bunch
of other things that that moves quite frequently, but we're
definitely getting to the point a lot of farmers are
starting to say that they you know, they're they're not
they're covering more than just their sharing, which for a
(05:50):
while there was the complete opposite. So we're definitely hitting
the right direction. And this lack of global supply is
really starting, really starting to play its part alongside consumers
really starting to understand the positive attributes of the fiber.
So it's all it's all leading to a positive storm.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
I guess, yeah, no good.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Obviously we'd love to see a lot more upside, and
there needs to be a lot more upside. I remember
sitting at the end of main share summer of nineteen
eighty three at but the in the Northern Manor were
to Rachel and sitting on sixty eight bars of woll
and Dad saying this will buy your mansion and fielding son.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I remember because it was a lot. It was a
lot of money back then, you know.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Yeah, the days of those wall checks, you know, yeah,
parents and you'd go in and buy something fancy. But yes,
we're not quite we're not quite there yet. That's no well,
I think sale is going to be interesting in the
North Island because it's looking to be a good season
up there, good weather conditions, color and vegetable matter up
there playing a pretty important part. So all indications are,
(06:56):
you know, I'm cautiously optimistic that this market's going to
contain knew it's Ford momentum.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Never say neither in terms of getting the wall off
the sheep's back. I mean, I had to laugh at
the irony of State TV was very quick to do
a story on a numpty using the tension knob of
a sharing hand piece to have a go at a sheep,
and yet we didn't cover Simon Goss doing seven hundred
and thirty two in nine hours.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
I wasn't that impressive.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
That's so good still, and the skill and athleticism of
New Zealand sharers is really and it's not just because
that's my last name, you know, it's super impressive.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
And there's some training funding coming through from the government
for sharing too. I see is you know which is
which is a little bit anyway by the look of it.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Yeah, So ourselves and New Zealand Marino are working with
the government and the vets and sharing associations put up
some some funding to really make sure that we have
to continue to have the best animal care in animal
welfare when sheep are being shorn, because that really is
the first stage of the supply chain and when you're
when you're in a global market, we need to be
(08:03):
really looking after that really excellent reputation that we've got
for New Zealand wools. So yeah, that's I guess for
the first year, and then we're hoping that more people
will come on board and help with that training because those,
as we said before, those will handling professionals really are
such a critical part in our supply chain and we
(08:23):
want to get it right.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Absolutely, Rachel, thank you for being the bearer of good
news and long may that continue and we'll catch up
again soon.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
Thanks Aamus.
Speaker 8 (08:33):
Thank you very much that as Rachel share a GM.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
And we'll have another good wall story with Michelle later
in Rural News. Mackay and Sport with Farmlands is next.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
A J.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Whitton ninety eighty seven rugby World Cup winning flaker almost
scored a try in every game. His old team mate
David Kirk is the big boss of these. Heelad rugby
will He's a chair and isn't He's got so much
on his plate. We'll talk that next with a J.
Speaker 9 (09:03):
Wetton tonight cheers on the whispers of some quite the
same show.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yes, dear, oh dear, there'll be raining tears in South
Africa this year if we don't get the All Blacks
miss sorted out. Were sure as hell need David Kirk
to stand up like an olympus above the Serengeti and
lead New Zealand rugby to greener pastures.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
We are going to talk that with AJ Whitton right now.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Mackay on sport with farm lands for clothing to keep cool,
dry and protected.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
AJ Whtton, Good afternoon, sir, How are.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
You hemus Mackay? Good afternoon, backchaping new year, mate, And
to hear your dolls with tongues on the radio, you're.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Nice to be on the old wireless. What do we
need now, a jay? I mean, it's a pretty brutal
old world, doesn't it? Raise a gone twenty four hours later,
what do we need now from an all black coach
to resurrect things because it hasn't been good for a while.
Speaker 6 (10:12):
Yeah, Look, I heard a couple of rumblings and or
two ago from a friend of mine who was close
to the media. You know, once they get the stiff
of a story, they go hard. And there was some
obviously issues involved in the camp and that's all come
to a head. And one thing about Captain Kirk David,
player of mine, you know, been into the high roads
(10:34):
of the birth of leadership and so forth, and they
make a decision you know, he's East Switzer and run
right on to it. So I guess that's a positive thing,
not de league dowing around like we had in the past.
And we've got a board that supports the issues at
hand and have faced them in the reality and made decisions.
So the incoming coaches, who they may be, I think
(10:57):
we've all got a pretty good hit around here. It
will possibly be just to make sure they've got that
culture right in the team, because it seems from a
distance that they are very disjointed at the stage.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Do we do need don't we as Sir Brian Lahore type,
don't we somebody get rid of the ego? You know,
there's there's comments, you know, there was I thought a
very good article from Gregor Paul in the Heralds today
where it talked about somebody, you know, somebody it referred
to Rasor Robins, Robertson's self presence and elevated self and
(11:29):
we need somebody with their feet right on the ground here.
So who are you hearing and do they fit that mold? Well?
Speaker 6 (11:36):
I think you've just got to look at what's out there.
But don't forget the feat in the smallest in motion,
there's people already signed coaches, so but we certainly have
some high profile people out there. Obviously Jamie Joseph is
the one that springs to mind, and his good mate
and Tony Brown, who's tied up the moment with South Africa.
(11:57):
But look, let's just see what happens. I mean, Jamie
has contracted already to the injured are so there's no
issues in any contracts that may be changed. You've got
Old SCHMIDI who we've got a lot of time for
out there. Bus contract roll on to July, I think,
and of course Dave Any All men have created their
own sort of legacy in some ways. But Jamie Joseph
(12:20):
set your innates down to earth. I played against him,
no nonsense sort of player. I think he brings a
lot of tradition and that sort of playing to order.
We're all in it. Together. This is how we attack,
this is how we're just interest and how we're going
to play it. I'll have some buy it, but in
the end I'm the coach and with my assistants we'll
(12:42):
be making decisions and hopefully your players will be patrolling
those supplications.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Well, I think the whole problem with this latest outfit
is they didn't have any idea who was really running
the ship and what they wanted. David Kirk and he's
got role now, but I mean, you know, he must
have had the old a bit of a testinal fortitude
and you know cahounas of Steel when he was a
(13:08):
young guy charged with leading you lot in eighty seven.
Because there's some pretty strong personalities in that eighty seven side, right,
So he doesn't muck around, does he?
Speaker 6 (13:18):
Well, like felt Buck, Shawn, my brother, you've got fox here.
I mean, one thing I think you could allude to
is there were a lot of captains in that side
who kept in their provinces and had the leadership qualities,
so there was a lot of experience to draw on.
I know Andy Dlter was injured early and became sort
(13:39):
of like a Tapan's captain, and David got the nod,
but there was a lot of buy him. I mean
there were no where he goes. I mean it was
quite exciting time. It was the first time in an
augur World Cup. So we just got on with the
job and realized that it was a bloody good team.
So you just did your job and yeah, and everything
just fell into place. He's very grounded through pragmatic as David.
(14:03):
As I said before, he has a history in business
in leadership, and one thing I like about it is
if there's a problem, you saw it, you don't set
on it. Come back to it in six months time
when you're touring Africa and find that the ship's at
the fan and you make a decision under a year out. Well,
they've just taken the ball by the horns, looked at
the internal issues and said look it's not working. We
(14:26):
need to make a decision. That made it. They've backed
themselves and now they're on a different path.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
There we go. That is AJ went in nineteen eighty
seven Rugby World Cup winning flankers scored in all but.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
One game out there. I remember you remember, Yeah, yet
on you Aj. He's backing David Kurt to get on
to do the job. This is the Country.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Always an enjoyable time here on the Country is of
course the panel and our learned team. A couple of
outstanding young farmers Young Farmers of the Year George Dodson
and Hugh Jackson join us on the panel today, one
out of Tiaka in the North, the other out of Canterbury.
(15:23):
Will start with you, Georgia. A bit of a dairy
focus GDT boost after a bit of a downward trend
towards the end of last year. This is a good
start to twenty twenty six.
Speaker 10 (15:34):
You get a hamous Gracey on the show again.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (15:36):
It was certainly a good, good uplift after strong downward
trend I suppose, and the global milk supply looks to
be on the up, which is potentially not a positive sign,
but it was definitely good to see it improved auction recently.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Yeah, And have you started the year well, George in
terms of this, you know, the season, the weather, everything
in your favor at the moment.
Speaker 10 (15:58):
Yeah, it's certainly been good.
Speaker 7 (15:59):
It's been quite cold.
Speaker 10 (16:00):
Actually, we were very dry up until mid December and
then the rain turned on and it hasn't really turned
off since then, and it's been quite cold. We haven't
really had much of a summer in all fairness.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Yeah right, Hugh Jackson. Of course, out of the arc
out sheep and beef farmer. I see, we've got a
bit of extra excess access, it might seem because of
these quotas with China.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
So good news in that sector as well, Hugh.
Speaker 8 (16:21):
To start the year good they hay much every new year. Yeah,
it's good news for sure, and we'll all help keep
upward pressure on the process, which is what we want
to see.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Oh yeah, I tell you well, I'm a regular at
the fielding sale yards these days and I sort of
sit there with my calculator.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
And think to myself, yep, this is okay.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Let's keep it going for the long term now, guys,
Young Farmer Regional FMG Young Farmer Regionals coming up, Hugh.
What's going on at the moment and what will the
contestants be going through in terms of their mindset?
Speaker 8 (16:55):
Yes, great this time again already, but we've got the
real starting at the thirty first of January was kicking
off and a rangy this year, so they'll start us
off in the last one, will finish up in April.
The eleventh was the Northern Regional funnel there and everywhere
else in between. So it's time that the guys and
(17:17):
girls will definitely be doing some prep between now and then,
or have been doing some prep over Christmas and into
the new year to ubscure themselves as best as they
can and now looking forward to seeing their contestants giving it.
They're all and always a fun and enjoyable day for
everyone that gets involved.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
George, did they have how much of an insight or
how much of a you know, top off do they
in terms of what they have to do at the
regionals and et cetera? Were to make it through to
the young farmer of the year so that they can
work on the skills that they might be a little
bit lagging inside to speak.
Speaker 10 (17:53):
I suppose it's a bit of fire experience or viewing
and seeing it before. A lot of those people have
been to the competition before.
Speaker 7 (17:59):
That's how they have potentially.
Speaker 10 (18:00):
Heard about it and got involved as seeing what goes on.
They'll know there's an exam, they'll know there's a farmlet,
they'll know there's some modules and you've got your egg resports,
your your head to head style competition and then also
the buzzlequise at the end, I think they'll know the
general structure and then it's just about understanding your own
strengths and weaknesses to what you want to work on.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Yep, okay, right, Well, what's what's a hot tip you'd
give them, George, what's a hot tip you'd give at
this time of the year, going and given in the
next the regionals are playing out over the next few months.
Speaker 10 (18:31):
I'll just stay become aware of what's most likely going
to be in there. You're going to have your farmlets,
so you're gonna have some fencing and that sort of stuff,
and brush up on those key skills. Don't worry too
much about those niche things that may or may not
come up, because those are the sort of things that
at a regional level you kind of addressed with what
on the day. And mainly the main thing is keeping
a cool head, I suppose, And there's a lot of
(18:52):
pressure that goes on, especially when people are watching, so
keep calm under that pressure and enjoy yourself.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Hre was that how you found her on your on
your road to glory? Did you keep a cool head?
The key factor.
Speaker 8 (19:05):
Definitely is a massive part of it. Yeah, for sure,
you get put under quite a bit of time pressure
and the competitions and stuff that you do every day.
All of a sudden it comes a lot harder when
the clock's ticking. So you want to think simple and
use the time wisely and think clearly and cool, keep
a cool come head, like George said, and most importantly
(19:28):
try and relection and enjoy it and have fun.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Yeah, yeah, you gotta enjoy it. Georgia.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
What's your big push in twenty twenty six? What are
you excited about? I know, are you quite keen on
the old social media?
Speaker 10 (19:39):
Yeah, that's probably the main one. Hamish to be fair,
I always like to have some sort of challenge going
on in my life, but that's probably probably the main
thing at the moment. And trying to bridge the little
the week urban rule divide a wee bit. Just really
educate people on what's going on and farming, because I
think a lot of people, even just people that I
know and they know quite a few farmers, don't actually
see how much detail and thought work shows and behind
(20:01):
the scenes to running a farm.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Yeah, okay, so what do you reckon is critical to
because I believe that in my circles that the urbanites
have a great understanding. The majority do, but you know,
I accept there are a group or a percentage that don't.
So what do you reckon will be key to making
sure you can sort of bridge that and tell that message.
Speaker 10 (20:26):
Well, I think, like you say, they do understand the
higher level stuff, but they probably don't understand a lot
of the day to day stuff. And for me, the
style of content and sort of thing that I'm making
on the social media showing the behind the scenes stuff
and what is actually going on in the day to
day and yeah, all the stuff that gets done on
the ground by not just the business people and that
(20:46):
sort of thing, but actually the farm staff and the
workers who keep their industry ticking.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Yep, right you twenty twenty six. What's it bringing.
Speaker 8 (20:55):
Having a bit of a focus on development here on
the farm and change things around a bit with a
few techno ball systems and trying to raise the bar.
There So plenty of learning going on there and time
and time and effort, but it's pretty exciting stuff and
that's the main focus on farm and there's for young
farmers just trying to plug away that club level with
(21:19):
Hamilton Club and also obviously helping with these young UMBs
conetitions and trying to find that next best or the
young farm for twenty twenty six. So looking forward to
that road.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Ahead, looking forward to that now, just quickly checking in
both available for the all Blacks job.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
Are you you're both keen keen, just teen to go,
you know, put yourself out there. I mean, who do it?
Speaker 8 (21:45):
Yeah, she's a tough job, all right, And yeah, I
don't quite think I've got the expertise of that, but yeah, yeah,
who knows.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
Yeah, I think I think I'll pat on that one, Hamish,
I think, Okay, Razors pedigree. I think I'll If you
can't do it, then I don't think I'll be able to.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Yeah, well well you know, like it's heard somebody say recently,
rugby doesn't matter. Well, yes that the last twenty four
years for twenty four hours approved it, Sure as hell does. Alright,
there we go, Hugh Jackson, George Dodson, our Young Farmer's Panel.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
Thank you very much, gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
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I mean, I mind boggles you have to go.
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He a go and have a look a fantastic make
sure you get into that competition. But real news right now,
there's quite a lot going on around the country at
the moment, and I've been sent quite a few things
that are happening locally and all over the place as well.
But this fantastic event is happening up in central apparently
Central Otago, trying to keep lambs dry today for a
(24:12):
twenty four hour shaerthon. They're raising money for the Kirk
family local who's a local sharing contractor and he's been
diagnosed with brain cancer. So wall sheheds all over the
places are bursting at the seams trying to keep their
lambs dry for this twenty four hour serthon that's happening
in the many are Toto. Just shows how great small
communities come together. So all the beast for that event
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over the weekend and I hope the rain stops. Fingers
crossed for you. And just an update, a friend of mine,
Shane Bicken, who is from down in the Owhaka Catlin's
Wad now resides in Milton, is walking the length of
New Zealand to raise money to raise awareness for the
aftermath of suicide focused on the rural community, and he's
at the moment entering into the top of the South
Island as of tomorrow. So keep your eye up for
(24:53):
him if you're around that area driving down State Highway One,
because you might just spot him.
Speaker 4 (24:57):
It's a Hunterville just a few hours ago ago. Now
look at him, Look at him.
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You can imagine it right.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
The pigs are at the trough. The British sports writers
are hole in. Leading the charge of former English first
five eighth Stuart Barnes says all the problems with the
All Blacks and the acting of Scott Razer Robertson is
down to Ardie Savia not being captain. That was his
observation during the last All Black tour, claiming it was
(25:34):
breathtaking Savia wasn't the captain. The general theme across the
British media is that the All Blacks dominance is a
thing of the past and when you think back to
when we were last really good twenty fifteen rugby World Cup.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
No, not too far wrong. Ah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
That is our sport. Coming up next, we're going to
hit the China Hunda McGregor here on the country. Well,
first week of the year, back here on the country
with Farmland's time to check in with all things China
and our China correspondent, Hunter mcgreg You had a Hunter
(26:15):
house things over there, but warmer than usually I understand.
Speaker 7 (26:20):
Yeah, good afternoon, hamers. You know that this week we're
having a little bit of a heat wave, so we're
around about twenty degrees at the moment, but next week
we'll drop back down to about three or four degree
higher three or four degrees, so you know. And China
last year had a pretty hot temperature, at a record
temperature for the whole year. So but you know, it
(26:43):
is what it is, The weather is what it is,
and we just play with what's in front of.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
Us exactly right.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
The new China beef quota system. How has New Zealand
fared in this in particular and compared to the Australians
and the Brazilians.
Speaker 7 (26:57):
Well, you know, so what happened is that for the
last couple of years is the Chinese government has been
looking into protecting their local beef production. So and they've
just come out while everyone else in New Zealand was
on holiday at the start of this year with a
new quota system. So New Zealand hasn't fared too badly
because you know, we were around about two hundred thousand
(27:18):
tons of beef which will be available quota free. And
then if you go above that, and the same with
everybody else, with the Brazilians, Argentine and Uruguay, Australia and
the state to go above your quota, then it's fifty
five percent. But you know, New Zealand hasn't actually imported
(27:38):
that much over two hundred thousand tons into China for
a while and it was a sort of a peak.
So you know we're gonna we don't have enough beef
to probably export into China. But it's going to affect
the Australians. You know that they've been over there quota
last year. The Americans will go closer, so you know
it's good, and then that the Brazilian is going to
have a bit of a problem because they're well above
(28:00):
what their quota value was. So you know's see how
it plays out, and it's going to affect New Zealand
too much in the short term. Yeah, with the demand
out of America for plenty of beef. But if that
demand in America drops off, it might have to find
somewhere else and that could be a bit of a problem.
But you know, let's see how it plays out, and
you know there'll be opportunities and you know there'll be
(28:21):
winners and losers, and hopefully New Zealand's on the right
side of that.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
Yeah, where do you see the opportunity for New Zealand.
Speaker 7 (28:29):
Well, you know, we're quote free, I think you know,
to be honest, the opportunity in China for New Zealand
beef is grain fed. If you're supplying grain fed beef
into China tower free for the whole twelve months, that's
a massive opportunity grass feeders. There are opportunities for grass
fed beef in China. But you know, I don't see
(28:50):
I've never seen it yet where grass fed beef in
a high end restaurant has replaced grain fed beef. So
that's what you know. The consuming here is after that
American and the US, the US and the and the
Australian grain tree beef, they don't they don't really want
at the top end grass fed beef. But that's changing,
(29:10):
so there'll be opportunities. It's just a matter of working
hard and trying to find your right.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Niche Why do they love that grain feed so much?
I mean, what's the difference here for them as consumers?
Speaker 7 (29:24):
I think it's consistency. The consistency of the product on
the plate. It's a lot easier to to to cook,
you know, because it's a lot sattier. But you know,
I talked to a lot of these chefs that run
these fancy restaurants, you know, and they have an M
nine way Go whatever, some fancy piece of beef. It's
really really fatty. People buy it and then they complain
(29:47):
about how fatty it is. So you know that that
high marveling stuff is fantastic and a Japanese restaurant, but
not as a big lump of steak on your plate.
So you know, the consumer here is is changing. But
you know what one thing is is clear, is they
really like breeds of beefa our angers the like Wagu
(30:10):
you know Hereford. You know, so if you start to
have are just having a reserve grade or a hand
picked or a hand selected you know you're not going
down the breeds. You're missing a trick here in the market.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Yep, yep, superb stuff.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Right, Well, yeah, haven't really before we wrap it up, honey,
you really haven't a chance to celebrate Christmas New Year
because sort of not the done thing there is it.
But you did have an interesting sort of visit to
your own private resort.
Speaker 7 (30:35):
Yeah, no, on Christmas Day it was midweek here, so
we decided to head to a small town north of Shanghai.
I was actually a small city called Quinn shown. It's
only two million people that live there and really yeah, yeah,
only too. It's a small honestly, it feels like a
very small town. And we stayed in a Fairmont hotel
(30:56):
there and a nice resort, and the great thing about
it that we had it was not longer like a
private resort. There's no one there.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
So yeah, the.
Speaker 7 (31:03):
Sport was open and the kids loved that, and yeah,
it was great. It was cold, clear blue sky. You know,
you couldn't ask for much better when the hotel was
about a quarter of the price of what it normally is,
so I couldn't complaine.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Good to hear, good to hear, Hardy McGregor, our China correspondent,
Thank you as always and we'll catch up again soon.
Speaker 11 (31:25):
Yes, thanks.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Anohing like a bit of dag in the dickheads, you know,
with Hamish McKay in the house, the old Gretna tire,
happy beautiful days of the early eighties will get a
bit of a run.
Speaker 4 (31:45):
Sometimes nothing is better than not enough.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
They're getting enough rain down into the Mottchueka where our
hero business des primary sector specialist Riley Kennedy is is
here at the moment.
Speaker 4 (31:59):
But before we go to Riley, I'm just going to.
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Right now, let's check on that whether Riley Kennedy's down
there in Matua can get a Riley, how are you
very good afternoon?
Speaker 6 (32:46):
Have you new year?
Speaker 5 (32:47):
Ye?
Speaker 4 (32:47):
Happy near you to you, sir.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Look well, look it's been a bit of a bullyant
start for the old primary sector in some respects. I mean,
not a bad GDT result after a downward trend towards
the end of twenty twenty five. It's sort of a
win in China for the beef and the old strong
walls has showed a few positive signs, as we heard
earlier from Rachel Shearer from PGG Rightson's Wolves. So may
(33:10):
not bad to start at twenty six.
Speaker 11 (33:12):
That's been pretty good actually, And of course late last
year there was the Indian FTA, which you know, boyd
everyone's spirits going into Christmas. But I think everyone was
quite surprised with the GDT on last week or the
week before. I've been on holdays time sort of becomes one,
but everyone was sort of expecting at some point prices
have bottom out, but everyone was reasonably surprised that they
(33:34):
jumped so high, you know, the sixth of January whenever.
It was the most interesting part of that was, of
course North Asia was still quite a big buy, but
the Middle East their buying she nearly doubled from about
eleven to twenty one percent.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
But It was probably just a it was a good.
Speaker 11 (33:48):
Confidence boost of that GDT just you know, there'd been
nine consecutive falls things cinnam. It's still pretty good. Of course,
you know there's that mainland money that's coming, But just
just a bit of a boot was needed.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
I think, yeah, timely, I think right, because is that
feeling we were starting to talk eleven dollars for milk
solids and then you know, I suddenly ten fifty nine fifty. Yeah,
it was I think you're right, confidence boost to sort
of hype that things are sort of slowed down a
bit or stopped in their tracks.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Yeah, it was.
Speaker 11 (34:21):
It was obviously Fronterra start of the season with such
a wide range, and there was there was risk was
going to go up, and there was also quite a
big risk it was going to go down. But I
think the fall came quite quickly. I mean, the trend
in the GUDT was obviously going, but then the milk
pass was cut quite quickly, which will take a lot
of confidence out. But it's the midpoint of correct. It's
(34:42):
about nine dollars and nothing. Open country is slightly hard
and that on there on an average, So would I
would expect it to maybe sit there or go up
a little bit more. You know, they actually won't be
that long and six months ago until the end of
the season, so I know, it's a very scary sort
considering us. You know, I felt like we were just
(35:04):
talking about the opening milk pass five minutes ago, but
you know, it's actually not that far to go into
the end of the season. Really.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
What's your prediction for twenty twenty six especially do you
think you know, farmers have obviously had to be pretty frugal,
pretty prudent in the last couple of years as they
as farmgate returns have increased, they put a bit aside.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
Do you think they'll start start to spain?
Speaker 11 (35:25):
Yeah, I'd say for a long time. Actually, this year's
field Days is going to be quite interesting because they're
going to be quite a big capital tune made from
from Frontierra just prior to that. I think this year's
Fielders will be quite a good indicator on how farmers
are feeling. It was that last year's fields was brilliant,
you know, the vibe was great, but I don't think
people spend as much. But be interesting to see in
(35:46):
you know, six months time where the checkbook comes out
and who's buying what at field days or even the
regional field days, and you know which will kick off something.
The south Old field Days can't be far away from starting.
And you've got central districts, but those will be really
interesting to see what's being spent and how much and
of what.
Speaker 2 (36:04):
Yeah, I was floating around a place where I shouldn't
have been because I really can't afford to be there
that the good team be matter to BMW and I said,
when do these farmers get this money, these dairy farmers,
when does that come through? There's sort of the sell
off money to the French. When do they get this
sort of well hopefully for some disposable sort of money
that they might buy a treat or two.
Speaker 6 (36:24):
It's a good question.
Speaker 11 (36:25):
Actually, it's all sort of up in the year that
the transition will take place in the first half of
this year, but the moving pretty quickly. I wouldn't be surprised,
wouldn't be surprised if it happened in the next few months,
but it's a one Terirao signal, but it all happened
pretty quickly after that. So it's in the first six
the first half of this year. But I would imagine
around the autumn we should start taking bets something. It's
going to come, actually, but i'd imagine it'll be fairly quickly.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
A few more days in Motiacre, is it, Riley? Then
back into the to the busy old environment of the
Hero Business Desk.
Speaker 11 (36:54):
Yes, I'm flying home on Sunday. It's been raining here
for the past three days, which meant I've been working
down here, but I've been attemptingly to try and play golf,
but I haven't haven't managed to play for the last
couple days. So the word is clearing up now so
I might get out, you know, lad of this afternoon.
But home on Sunday. I'm the shirts. I'm back into
the office on Monday, nearly.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
Right into it, righty, very good, Riley Kennedy, their Herald
Business Desk, Priory sect a specialist, Thank you very much
for joining us on the country.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
And that just about wraps up the week. Another thirty
seconds or so to go before I go.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Now, I've just got a message for young George Thomas
out of the Hawks Bay Track to driver over the summer,
about to become Lencoln's student. I've got you next time, George,
Right I promised you. I promised you at your cousin
Annabelle's wedding that I would have you on the show.
We're going to get you. Stand by, young fellow, because
you are the future. We heard from the future. I'll
panel our young Farmer winners earlier on George and Hugh
(37:51):
just love the show. Jamie is back next week. Michelle
what you are an absolute gem. Thank your team. We'll
do it all again soon.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
Fanas Chi line.
Speaker 1 (38:13):
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Two Guys (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers). Five Rings (you know, from the Olympics logo). One essential podcast for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Bowen Yang (SNL, Wicked) and Matt Rogers (Palm Royale, No Good Deed) of Las Culturistas are back for a second season of Two Guys, Five Rings, a collaboration with NBC Sports and iHeartRadio. In this 15-episode event, Bowen and Matt discuss the top storylines, obsess over Italian culture, and find out what really goes on in the Olympic Village.
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Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina are here and have everyone talking. iHeartPodcasts is buzzing with content in honor of the XXV Winter Olympics We’re bringing you episodes from a variety of iHeartPodcast shows to help you keep up with the action. Follow Milan Cortina Winter Olympics so you don’t miss any coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics, and if you like what you hear, be sure to follow each Podcast in the feed for more great content from iHeartPodcasts.