Waikato-Bay of Plenty farmer Hugh Jackson has takne home the title of New Zealand's top young farmer.
The 26-year-old was crowned the 57th FMG Young Farmer of the Year last weekend after the final event in Invercargill.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explains further.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jamie mckaye hosted the Country with Us Jamie, Good Evening,
Good Day, Ryan. Everybody's talking about Hugh Jackson.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yes, as opposed to Hugh Jackman, who I was accused
of mispronunciating his name. I may have mispronunciated mispronunciation there too,
sorry Ryan, on yesterday's show. Yeah, Hugh Jackson is the
FMG twenty twenty five Young Farmer of the Year, the
twenty six year old sheep and beef farmer from Tiaka
just up by Raglan there won the Grand Final, was
(00:32):
given the Cloak of Knowledge and in the cargo on
Saturday night. So this is like they had to win
their district finals and then their regional finals and then
they get to the Grand Final. There are seven regions
represented in the Grand Final. On Thursday, they do their
technical day, which is very very technical. On Friday they
do the practical test, that's the hands on down on
(00:56):
the farm stuff. Then they do the speeches on the
Friday night, and then on the Saturday they've got the
big gala dinner and the buzz around and yet he
came out on top. Interestingly, they had to do things
on their practical day, Ryan, like sharing sheep no problem,
of course for a sheep farm. A bit of an
issue for a dairy farmer. They had to build a
bridge and drive a motorbike over it. They had to
(01:17):
fill it fish and I love this one. They had
to bail some hay, make some hay in Southland in
the middle of July to show off their farthing skills.
So yeah, yeah, interesting, So yeah. Hugh Jackson taking it away.
He's got an interest in technology, a passion for mental health.
He's the chair of the Hamilton City Young Farmers Club.
(01:39):
Caught up with Mitfield days. Very eloquent young man. Gareth mckirche,
another smart young bloke representing a Orangi, was in second
place and Tasman farmer George Leatham finished in third place.
I may follow in the steps of the twenty twenty
two and twenty twenty three winners Tim Danjon and Emma
Paul brother and sister and last year's winner George Dodson.
(02:01):
I'll tell you what, Ryan, if you win one of
these titles, they stay with you for life and they
open lots of doors in the primary sector.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Brilliant. Good to see the next generation coming through now.
The recent sale season was one to remember, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
This is the ball selling season. This is the beef balls,
black gold they're calling them. Of course, the black bulls
are the Angus bulls. When it came to all the
different breeds this year, Charrolat claimed the highest increase in
average price is South Devon, the highest increase in total
clearance rates. But the story of the season was the
(02:36):
Angus bulls. They set a new record. Tonguey Ho Angus
from Gisbon sold a big black beast for one hundred
and sixty one thousand dollars. That beat last year's price
of one hundred and thirty record price of one hundred
and thirty five thousand by twenty six thousand. When it
came to the other breeds, the Hereford set a new
(02:56):
top price of eighty grand, the charalets fifty and the
Simontal forty two. Now, Ryan, if you owned one of
these black bulls, you wouldn't have to work two jobs
like you're doing at the moment. You could sell one
and just work one job.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Oh, I dream of the day. I dream of the day. Jamie.
Thank you, Jamie mckaye, host of the Country.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive listen live to
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Jamie mckaye hosted the Country with Us Jamie, Good Evening,
Good Day, Ryan. Everybody's talking about Hugh Jackson.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yes, as opposed to Hugh Jackman, who I was accused
of mispronunciating his name. I may have mispronunciated mispronunciation there too,
sorry Ryan, on yesterday's show. Yeah, Hugh Jackson is the
FMG twenty twenty five Young Farmer of the Year, the
twenty six year old sheep and beef farmer from Tiaka
just up by Raglan there won the Grand Final, was
(00:32):
given the Cloak of Knowledge and in the cargo on
Saturday night. So this is like they had to win
their district finals and then their regional finals and then
they get to the Grand Final. There are seven regions
represented in the Grand Final. On Thursday, they do their
technical day, which is very very technical. On Friday they
do the practical test, that's the hands on down on
(00:56):
the farm stuff. Then they do the speeches on the
Friday night, and then on the Saturday they've got the
big gala dinner and the buzz around and yet he
came out on top. Interestingly, they had to do things
on their practical day, Ryan, like sharing sheep no problem,
of course for a sheep farm. A bit of an
issue for a dairy farmer. They had to build a
bridge and drive a motorbike over it. They had to
(01:17):
fill it fish and I love this one. They had
to bail some hay, make some hay in Southland in
the middle of July to show off their farthing skills.
So yeah, yeah, interesting, So yeah. Hugh Jackson taking it away.
He's got an interest in technology, a passion for mental health.
He's the chair of the Hamilton City Young Farmers Club.
(01:39):
Caught up with Mitfield days. Very eloquent young man. Gareth mckirche,
another smart young bloke representing a Orangi, was in second
place and Tasman farmer George Leatham finished in third place.
I may follow in the steps of the twenty twenty
two and twenty twenty three winners Tim Danjon and Emma
Paul brother and sister and last year's winner George Dodson.
(02:01):
I'll tell you what, Ryan, if you win one of
these titles, they stay with you for life and they
open lots of doors in the primary sector.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Brilliant. Good to see the next generation coming through now.
The recent sale season was one to remember, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
This is the ball selling season. This is the beef balls,
black gold they're calling them. Of course, the black bulls
are the Angus bulls. When it came to all the
different breeds this year, Charrolat claimed the highest increase in
average price is South Devon, the highest increase in total
clearance rates. But the story of the season was the
(02:36):
Angus bulls. They set a new record. Tonguey Ho Angus
from Gisbon sold a big black beast for one hundred
and sixty one thousand dollars. That beat last year's price
of one hundred and thirty record price of one hundred
and thirty five thousand by twenty six thousand. When it
came to the other breeds, the Hereford set a new
(02:56):
top price of eighty grand, the charalets fifty and the
Simontal forty two. Now, Ryan, if you owned one of
these black bulls, you wouldn't have to work two jobs
like you're doing at the moment. You could sell one
and just work one job.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Oh, I dream of the day. I dream of the day. Jamie.
Thank you, Jamie mckaye, host of the Country.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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