June 9, 2025 • 39 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Rowena Duncum, Farmer Tom Martin, Hunter McGregor, Chris Russell, Kevin Mortensen.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Catch all the latest from the land. It's the Country
Podcast with Jamie McKay. Thanks to Brent. You're specialist in
John Dee Machinery.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
You're remember will Noss Balmvies party.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
You'll forget this in as jealousca.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
As we walk in. Good afternoon and good a good afternoon,
whatever takes your fancy New Zealand. I'm Jamie McKay. This
is the Country. It is brought to you by Brent.
One sleep to go and then I'm off the field
day someone who's there right at the moment and it's
going to give us a bit of a scene set
as Rowena Duncan. Also earlier this morning, I caught up
(00:50):
with farmer Tom Martin in the UK. It's international day
to day on the country because we are going to
the UK, China, Australia and Pu Pew in the king Country,
all exotic locations. Hunter McGregor is our guy in Shanghai.
Chris Russell, our ossie correspondent, has got an interesting comment
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to make about Trump's tariffs making absolutely no difference at
all to record exports of ossie beef to the USA.
Ditto for us here in this country. Jane Ferguson sitting
in for Michelle today. I think she's got a story
on our record red meat exports in the past month.
And PGG writes and once a month we catch up
(01:32):
with the team the Livestock division for a rap of
the markets and they are pretty hot at the moment.
Kevin Mortensen Morty out of pupew But at the moment
it's as rowena Duncan one sleep to go row? What's
it like at field days? Have you done all the
hard work? Have you got our sights sorted out?
Speaker 5 (01:49):
I have, indeed, JM. Naturally I do all the hard work.
Lod you sit on your bum and fill their studio
with hotey.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yes, so well, hang on.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Isn't that pot ket black? Wasn't I wasn't I meant
to be going to the Findeck dinner tomorrow night to
hear Cameron Bagrie and my mate Mike McIntyre talking. It
would have been informative, It would have been a good
networking opportunity. But no, you need to you ruined that
by demanding a security blanket at the Rural Support Trust debate.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
I did, I did, Indeed, Jamie, it's going to be
an amazing evening. It's for a good cause. And let's
be honest, I know your personality really fits in with
a bunch of accountants, but you can catch up with
Cam Bagrey and Mike McIntyre anytime, but you can't m
see alongside me anytime. So I really am really well.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I think I'm actually access to requirements. But I'll do
it because because it seriously is for a good cause.
The Rural Support trusts five hundred and fifty people there
and they're having a debate North versus South, and I
know I'll be barracking for the South, and you'll be
no doubt barracking for the North, being from Wanglois with
an h course.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
And also just on there, I know you've mentioned it, Jamie.
There are so many amazing auction items up online if
you just search Rural Support Trust, have a crack at
some of them, and then there's some real doozies that
will go up for auction tomorrow night. So yeah, looking
forward to that one. But look, hey, the weather here
at Mystery Creek at the moment. I've had so many
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texts from people saying, oh, I need to bring my
gum boots and at the moment. No, like, it's absolutely fine,
but I know there are going to be patches of
rain coming through.
Speaker 6 (03:31):
And look, the.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Weather woes have already started, haven't they. I'm about to
film something with the forestry Hub. The poor lady who
I'm supposed to be filming with is stuck in Wellington
because of all the flight debacle and Auckland. You better
get here tonight, J and McKay or I will be
a little bit disappointed. So well, I've got.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
The irony, the rich irony of this is. Over the years,
we've got a bit cunning when it comes to getting
to field days. So we fly straight into Auckland direct
from Dunedin where we're based. It's a night, simple, sweet flight,
and then you jump in the car an hour and
a half down the freeway to the tron on a
Tuesday evening, taking fog out of the equation. But I
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might have backed the wrong horse, I know.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
Honestly, I wouldn't have thought it, But there you go.
Mother nature does her best. And I do remember a
few years ago we saw camaraderie at its very best
when one of the telecommunications firm wasn't able to make
it out of the South island and picked up the
phone called the opposition to come and man their stand
for a day. Well, they made it up here. I
think that was just one of my favorite field day stories.
(04:34):
But look, it's amazing here today seeing it all come together.
There's drills going in all directions, there's finishing touches being
put to stand, the tractors for the fiftieth tractor pull
of seen some of them arriving today, which is always exciting.
The fence and comps are getting underway, and I'm already
in with the free bees, Jamie. I've already got two
hats and a free slushy.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Where did you get the free slushy from? Was that
from Fonterra, You know, from cool Care.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
They've partnered at with Fonterra around being able to lease
a milk cooling unit on your farm rather than having
to just pay for it, so it works out really
good for your balance. But they gave away a thousand
free slashes last year. They're trying to make it two
thousand this year, and it didn't make my tongue though.
There's a stupid photo of us up on the Facebook
page and a very informative video as well. Do keep
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an eye on our Facebook page. That's why I'm here
ahead of time filming a whole heap of videos that
will put out there just some of the things to
look out for when you head to field Base.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Now, my favorite freebie, well, it's not a freebee because
I am a shareholder or a supplier to Open Country
Dairy and they give out a block of cheese, a
one kilogram block of cheese, which is like gold at
the moment. Minds you. It's one thing getting the one
kilogram block of cheese as and I am aw i
ama involved in a farm that supplies Open Country, but
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it's another thing getting at home because Andy McDonnell, your
better half, he pinched my block last year for his
Aukland plate.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Well you say that's your favorite freebee, it's my favorite
thing to do it, Bill Davis, is to give your
supply number and get your block of cheese before you.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Yeah, well, I'll do the best, mind you. We've got
a very busy schedule on for the next few days.
I don't even know if I can squeeze in my
other favorite event at field Days, and that is the
f CO lunch. Yes, yeah, well I don't think I
can I think I'm busy. Yeah, on busy Wednesdays, soon
as we finish the show. Thursday, as soon as we
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finish the show, and then on Friday, we've got to
get on as you're away. Yeah, we've got to get
on our bike so we can get home, so I
can get home for golf. Anyhow, right, Well, look, anything
else to add from Mystery Creeker?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Is that? Ut?
Speaker 5 (06:41):
No, that's probably about it. I'm just going to say
I love that Echo Lunch because we usually bump into
Sam Lewis when we have that Echo Lunch and it's
great to catch up with him every year.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Well, there you go. There's a shameless plug for Sam.
Isn't he the chairman?
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Well?
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Yeah, and Chris Lewis is dead.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
Yeah, and Chris Lewis is dead. Yeah, Not Chris Lewis
the tennis Chris Lewis the farmer. Right, I'll see it, hopefully.
I'll see you tonight in Hamilton. Well, you make sure
Andy picks us up at the airport. But there we go,
Rowena Duncan at Mystery Creek. All gets underway tomorrow. Now
I did get a not It wasn't it it was
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It wasn't a nasty text. That wouldn't be fair someone
saying bloody field Days cashless, and it's it's not cashless
as such, but it is for getting in there. I
just want to correct that misconception, if indeed there was one.
So you can't pay cash to get into the Field Days.
What you really need to do, if you're smart and
avoid the cues, is go online and get your tickets now.
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Then you can scan straight in. And the other essential
thing you need to do, because I'm well practiced at
this over the years, has download the app right. You
can put all your stuff on the app and it
certainly helps you navigate your way around Field Days. Twelve
hundred exhibitors, this so much, so much to see there
over the next four days. Gets underway Sparrows tomorrow morning
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and then we'll be finishing on Saturday. And the weather.
I looked at the forecasts. There's going to be a
few showers in Hamilton or Waikato, but it'll be okay.
The good news is it's going to be relatively warm
sixteen seventeen eighteen degrees. That's good. I've had some freezing
days at Mystery Creek. Don't think we'll have one this
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year Radio up next. Earlier this morning I caught up
with farmer Tom Martin. We're in our winter, or just
heading into our winter. They're heading out of their spring
into their summer. And the farmers over there have had
to face the driest spring in one hundred and thirty
two years. Plus If that's not bad enough, they face
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financial ruin because of the government's inheritance tax. Farmer Tom
in the UK, Hunter McGregor and China, Chris Russell and Australia,
and Kevin Mortensen in Puw Pew. He's a UK farming correspondent.
(09:08):
His name is farmer Tom Martin, social media influencer and
arable farmer Tom. Farmers in the UK are suffering or
have suffered through the drier spring in one hundred and
thirty two years. You've got to go back to eighteen
ninety three for a dryer one. How are you fearing.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Well, so, I'm told, I mean, we obviously have had
an incredibly dry time, but we've had kind of three
of the last five years we've had incredibly dry times
in the spring, and I certainly remember the Covid spring.
So March April May of twenty twenty most of the
people of the UK were on lockdown, but they were
thoroughly enjoying in their confinement beautiful weather. So we've had
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some very dry years of late, but this one's been
particularly sharp, so yield limiting for a number of people,
particularly on light ground, and there's been a lot of
spring sone crops that haven't had the moisture they need
to grow. But but but by and large, actually we
seem to be doing okay, which is why it kind
of it kind of surprised me that it was the
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driest in you know, over a century.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Mind you, I'm reading also, Tom, because I've done my
homework for your slot. You're such a prestigious correspondent. That
arable income fell by one point two billion pounds, driven
by a twenty percent drop and wheat output following months
of water logged fields. And I'm assuming this is what
the autumn sown wet.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Yeah, of course we we had. I mean, we're just
we're just knocking records down all the time, and they're
not the kind of records you want to break. We
had an incredibly wet September and that was right at
the beginning of our planting. Yeah, we're just it's it's
definitely been a challenge, and obviously, with World Week prices
as they are, the little we're getting back again in
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the in the back of the combine that we all
get in the back of the combine isn't going to
be worth very much. So it's it's pretty grim time
on the top of all the efforts that the government
are making to inconvenience this and make it as hard
as possible to make a living.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
Well, we'll come back to that. And just to take
there is the cavalry on the horizon. You realize this,
and the shape of a sporting event. Wimbledon's coming. We've
just finished the French Open, so Wimbledon's around the corner.
That's always a drought breaker.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah, well, we've had to drop of rain across the country.
Mostly we've got some rain. It's probably too late for many,
particularly on that light aground, but it's good enough for us.
It's pert the grass up and we're just kind of
approaching grainfill for our weeks, so the sunshine and shows
is not a bad thing.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
The inf you, which is the National Farmers' Union, you're
equivalent of our Federated Farmers and this is carrying on
from what you've been talking about for the past few months,
has warned that farms face financial ruin unless the Treasury
rethinks that's destructive. Inheritance texts changed as following stark findings
(12:02):
and a new report. I haven't bothered to read the report,
but as we know this Andherison's text could be the
death now for farming. Do you think Sir Kiir and
as Buddies and the Labor Party are going to do
an about turn on this one.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
I'm not confident, but frankly, if they don't wake up
and pay attention, then we're really really going to be struggling.
We're looking at profit margins of around zero point five percent,
and then when you add on a twenty percent inheritance
tax bill, even if that's paid over ten years, it's crippling.
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It will break businesses up, We break up family businesses.
And of course when you reduce the size of a
business that's only making zero point five percent profit margin,
you take it from barely profitable to completely unprofitable. So
it's a hugely challenging time. It feels like the government
don't know or don't care, and with the spending review
due to be published on Wednesday. I'm not particularly confident
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they'll be much allocated either to agriculture or to the environment,
of course, with a main vehicle for delivering for the
environment as well. So I'm almost disappointed that the environmental
groups haven't been more up in arms as the as
the farmers have been.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Mind you, the government that a U turn on the
winter energy payments for the pensioners.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
They did. They've basically had a shoeing since the October budget.
Quite rightly. They've come out with all kinds of kind
of one liners about black holes and they've now they've
now done this U turn or a larger U turn
on the on the winter FEWL payments for pensioners. They
basically ruled it out for anyone unless you were receiving
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level of benefits, which which was largely quite difficult to implement,
quite difficult to differentiate, and a lot of people haven't
signed up and registered that were qualified, so it wasn't
particularly well thought for. It's a bit of a knee jerk,
a knee jerk thing. But you know, now, you know,
maybe they're getting the mood of uta new turning or
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even actually as the key farming unions have suggested looking
at an alternative which would net the net the treasury
just as much money, but would actually probably have a
much better impact at reducing people who are avoiding tax
and supporting those who are simply wanting to farm, look
after the countryside and produce food. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Well I've got to look after the farm as much
as you're going back to the winter energy payments here
in New Zealand, they're not means tested. You could be
a billionaire pensioner and still get the twenty bucks a week.
Is your old age pension or whatever you call it
over there, superannuation? I what age are you eligible to
get it from? And I might be asking the wrong
person because she's such a youthful man. And b isn't
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means tested.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Do you know? I don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Yeah, we see. You haven't got to worry about it, Tom,
I'll tell you. And the other thing is you won't
have to worry about it because it won't be there
by the time you get there.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Well, you're right, the age of kept being pushed back.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
I'm sure.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Now I'm your UK farming correspondent, not your UK pension garrison.
I'd love to hand that question on someone Else.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Farmer Tom Martin, thanks as always for your contribution. I
think you've earned a personally signed copy of Justinda's new book,
A Different Kind of Power. I think that's what it's called.
Because you are you remain ainda panboy.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Well I am and I heard her on the rest
of his politics podcast the other the other day, so
which is very good. And if it could be signed,
if possible, Jamie, not by Justinder, but by somebody who
just want a lifetime achievement of or that would be
that would be fantastic.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
And now I know you're taking the mickey. Hey, Tom,
I'll catch you again next month. We'll talk about wimbreedon.
See you later. Yeah, twenty six after twelve The Country
brought to you by Brent Yet caught up with them
away bit earlier this morning. It's International Day today on
the Country because we're going to spend three days talking
to a whole lot of Kiwis at Field Days over
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the next three days. So it's off the Shanghai next.
Our guy over there a Kiwi selling venison and red
meat to the Chinese in Shanghai. Hunter McGregor get the
sun Nis Jalaska. As we lay in. He's our guy
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in Shanghai, Hunter McGregor a ki we selling venison and
red meat to the Chinese. Good Rocksburgh lad born and
bred of course a great summer fruit area in Shanghai
or in China. At the moment, Hunter, the summer plum
rains have just started. What's that all about.
Speaker 6 (16:39):
Yeah, good afternoon, Jamie.
Speaker 7 (16:41):
You know that the summer plum rains effect East China,
which is the Shanghai area, so Shanghai, Jurjo and Jungsu,
the province nearby. So, and what happens at this time
of the year. Usually on average for around about twenty
two days in June, we get rain every day before
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before the heat starts and summer. So yeah, at the moment,
you know, we've had some heavy rain in the morning.
We have a little bit of drizzle in the afternoon,
and it keeps the temperature down, which is quite nice.
We're sort of mid twenties at the moment, and then
you know, late June when this finishes, the heat really arrives.
In July August, we're sort of plus thirty plus forty
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degrees most days and hot, humid. So yeah, it's not
too bad, but she's moistened. She's good for growing condition,
good for growing grass.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
Is it good for growing green shoots? In the economy
because every time, every fortnight we chat and you're always
the grim reaper when it comes to the Chinese economy, Hunter.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
Well, I don't know them the good and reaper. I'm
just realistic. What's happening. You know, it's to be fair,
the Chinese economy seems to be slowly tracking in the
right direction. Things are picking up. I think the tariffs
are putting a bit of pressure downward, pressure on confidence,
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and you know, let's see how that plays out in
the coming months. I see that at the moment in
London now, the Chinese and the Americans just had a
day of talks today.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
They've got more tomorrow, which is which should.
Speaker 7 (18:16):
Only be positive. But you know, outside of that, we've
still got consumer confidence is not that high. We've still
got problems around the housing market. So you know, there's
plenty of challenges around, but there are some bright spots
and you know, things seem to be ticking along okay.
But you know, she's not a Roses up here, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
You've got a mate who runs a bar in Shanghai.
It sounds like an old line from a Humphrey Bogart movie,
doesn't it. But anecdotally, what's he telling you.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
Well, it's tough. It's tough. He's finding it really tough.
He's had it for about fifteen years and he's really straggling. Well,
he's doing okay, but what he's find he's telling me
that people aren't traveling what they once used to do
in and around Shanghai, so everyone sort of keeps local.
And the challenge that he's got is he has to
run lots of specials and lots of events to get
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people in the door, you know, so it's not easy.
He's doing okay, but yeah, he said he could do
a lot better. And he actually he used to have
two or three locations. Now he's down to one and
just just focusing on that, so you know. And then
I was talking to another bar owner who's doing extremely well,
so you know, it's it's challenging. It's difficult, but you know,
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people you know, but he seeks. Everyone I talked to
that owns bars are reasonably confidence. These guys have got
Western bars for the lines tour down in Australia is
going to help fill up the place in the weekends
and the next week were so that's quite they'll be
positive for them as well.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Is the bloker's doing well? Is that your local bar
where you take your mates from Fonterra and Riley Kennedy
from Business desk Riley would be good for turnover?
Speaker 7 (19:54):
Yeah, no, that they were pretty good for turnover. No, No,
that that's another place actually that you know, I thought
I've taken them to a place we can sit outside
and enjoy the Shanghai weather. So no, it's another place entirely.
But there's still plenty of places for those guys to visit.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Okay, one more number to have a look at to dissect.
China's exports rose four point eight percent in May from
a year earlier. I'm assuming that's May year on here.
So it's not all bad despite Trump's tariffs.
Speaker 7 (20:26):
No, it's not all bad. But you know, you look
at the exports of the States went down by ten percent,
but you know the reverse to Southeast Asia they are
up by fourteen point eight percent, and then into Europe
they are up by twelve percent. So yeah, it's not
all bad. It's you know, things are changing. Things are
going to constantly change. And let's see how things play
out in the next few days in London and what's
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socided there. But that is it is putting a bit
of pressure on confidence and if they can get some
sort of clear path and they've actually have trumped and
decide what he wants to do and be consistent, you know,
it would be a lot helpful for everybody.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
I suppose.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Well, don't hold your breath on that one, Hunter McGregor,
just quickly to finish on university examinations happening now at
the end of high school. Around thirteen million students are
taking them. And unlike some students in New Zealand who
don't even bother to turn up to school, I take
it the Chinese are pretty serious about academic qualifications if
they want to get anywhere in a nation full of
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one point four billion people.
Speaker 7 (21:27):
Oh yeah, no, it's incredible. It's called the gal Khal
It's really massive. There's a lot of pressure and they're
doing it right now. It's the last day and there's
a big priest presence around school to help people getting
There's no one delayed what they're doing. All the AI
systems here are actually turning off their checking of exams
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and things functions, so there's no cheating and things like that,
and it's massive, it's very serious, and you know, it's
a lot of competition. And you know in China, unlike
prop of New Zealand, they have pass and fail, you know,
so there's a lot of pressure.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Exactly. That's what life is like when you get out
of school slash university. You either pass or you fail.
I don't know why we don't have such a clear
line in school, but that's coming from a grumpy old
boomer who sat school sert and didn't have to sit
ue those were the days and did nothing in the
seventh form. I'm prattling on. Hey Hunter McGregor, thank you
very much for your time.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Cheer Thanks Jeremy.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Good on your Hunter. It is twenty five away from
one here on the country getting semi nude. This is worrying.
Semi nude pictures and from Lagos in Nigeria from Graham Smith,
the former marketing manager for Balance Agranutrients. They'll be at
Field days. Great coffee is at Balance. Smith is of
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course the chief executive or is he the general manager?
He's got some title at the Waikato and Corimandel Drug
Detection Agency. This looks like it could have This photo
could have been under the influence. Anyhow, I'm over sharing there.
Up next Jane Ferguson filling in for Michelle Today we'll
have the latest and rural news. We'll look at sport
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for you as well before the end of the hour
on International Day. We've been to We've been to the UK,
We've been to China, We're going to Australia. But there's
no show without punch. Kevin Morty Mortensen and Pew Pew
see the Welcome Back to the Country, brought to you
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Speaker 2 (24:32):
Two.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
Here's Jane Ferguson with the latest and rural newsg.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
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Speaker 8 (24:46):
Stargust in rural news. New Zealand's red meat sector continues
to perform strongly in major markets. In April, overall export
value increased thirty four percent year on year to one
point two billion dollars. It's in part due to thirty
nine percent growth in the United States market and fifty
six percent growth in the United Kingdom to a value
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of thirty three hundred and forty four million and eighty
one million dollars, respectively. The Meat Industry Association's Lee Coleman
Shaw says the numbers reflect the quality of the products
New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
Producers and that is one of the great rural news
reads of all time. Thank you Joan, Thank you Jamie,
you do a great job on our website. By the way,
his sport sport.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
We're the AFCO Kiwi to the bone since nineteen oh four.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
The former All Black Nani la Marpe will join Moana
Pacifica from next year on a two season deal. La
Marpe has most recently been playing in Japan for Kobe,
where he played alongside Ardi Savella during his offshore sabbatical.
Looks like they might have freed up a wee bit
of cash by guessing a few other players to get
Nane Nani Nani Lamarpi into the team. And I'm looking
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forward to this one this weekend when I get home
from field days. The perils of the oak Mont coarse
rough dawning on players for Golf's US Open, especially after
the region's wettest spring on record. I've had a look.
I've seen some of Bryson to Shambo's videos on this.
It's like a bloody hay Paddock. Good luck sooner them
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than me up next it'sir Rossie correspondent Chris Russell.
Speaker 9 (26:20):
F.
Speaker 8 (26:22):
You can tell this, you'll look at this.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Field Days this week gets under way tomorrow, finishing on
Saturday at Mystery Creek. It is literally the biggest act
in town in the country this week. But how does
it compare to Agricultural field Days across the Tasman Our
Rossie correspondent Chris Russell has done some homework on that.
Good afternoon mate.
Speaker 9 (26:46):
Yeah, hey you knowing Jamie. Well, it's they be around
a bit longer than you having radio. I think I
should start by saying, mate, you need to get a
bigger pull room after getting your award at the New
Zealand Radio Awards for longevity, so they'll be calling you
emeritus shortly. But congratulations, well deserved made. It's been experience
(27:06):
for me working with you for the last thirty odd
years and you're do an amazing job, so well deserved.
And yeah, the pool room wall must be getting pretty
full now.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
Well, I say the award has an agricultural connection because
it's the one you get just before they put you
out to pasture. There's a year or two left in
me yet, Chris. I'm still a wee bit bitser about
missing out on our Anzac show from Gallipoli. You were
in Gallipoli. I was in Gore way back in two
thousand and three. But we talked about that one last week. Look,
talk to me about your field days. Have you got
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anything that compares to Mystery Creek.
Speaker 9 (27:40):
We haven't got anything. I think you're bigger because it's
such a concentrated field day. Hamilton field days has always
been a very concentrated a lot of people, that's their
big thing. We do have a much more diverse spread
of field days, but our biggest field day here is
ad Quip, which is at Gunnadhar up on the Northern
tablelands where University of New England and all that country
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is up in Armadale, Gunnad Gunnaghanoo, Armadale, Tamworth. They're all
places which are highland wall country. It's also the show
where you still see huge range of farm machinery, whereas
a lot of the other field days have become what
I call spanner and screwdriver shows. They've got lots of
little sail selling leather pouches and spanners and screwdrivers and
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nuts and bolts, and Orange would be number two. That's
the oldest in Australia. It's been going since nineteen fifty
three and they have about one about seventy thousand through
the gate. Add Queer about one hundred thousand go through
that gate each year, so a little bit smaller than yours,
but still very popular. And Jill and I if we're
traveling around our caravan and we see those field days
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on we're always with our fil pop in and Sago
day and have a bit of.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
A look around.
Speaker 9 (28:47):
They're always fascinating. You always made a lot of carriagters there, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
Chris Russell. We are exporting in dollar terms anyhow, record
amounts to the US despite Donald Trump's tariffs. Likewise, across
the town, it's making no difference at all because the Yanks,
for want of a bit of word, just can't get
enough of our grinding beef for their hamburgers.
Speaker 6 (29:08):
Yeah, well that's.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
It, and that was very predictable. I mean it's been
two months now since so called Liberation Day, which put
a ten percent tariff on our beef, but their demand
for beef is way outweighed the tariff. Effectively, the tariffs
has just become an extra ten percent GST on all
the beef that the US people buy, and it's certainly
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propped up the US government's coffers a little bit, but
it hasn't made the slightest difference our years of date,
beef exports up over thirty percent, and if we go
if we carry on at this pace, we'll go very
close to being at our limit of quota, which we
haven't never achieved to the US around four hundred and
fifty thousand tons. For the year so far, we've shipped
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about one hundred and sixty seven thousand tons of beef
to the US, up thirty two percent. As longside that,
of course, we've also shipped more to China one hundred
and seventeen thousand tons to China, also thirty percent up,
and that is also a result of the tariffs which
are even greater and anything coming from there.
Speaker 6 (30:13):
So you know, the whole thing.
Speaker 9 (30:15):
Is absolutely ridiculous, and of course it's an honor thing
for Trump. You know, Trump says we're the only country
which won't allow US beef into Australia, which isn't true. Actually,
since twenty nineteen, US bread and grown beef has been
allowed into Australia, but we won't allow beef that's been
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bread and grown and fattened in Mexico and Canada and
then slaughtered in the US to come in. And two problems.
One is they want to bring it in as a
matter of honor. They'd say, well, who are you to
tell us? And secondly, you know they've also got the
problem they don't have any traceability on beef, so they
don't actually know which or can't prove which animals were
(30:59):
bred in the US and which word Now the Prime Minister,
who's going over to the G seven conference in the
next week, has said he won't give it way on that.
Even if he did, to be honest, it wouldn't make
the slightest difference because who the hell is going to
buy us beef in Australia at double the price?
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Jamie, Absolutely, it's a no brainer. Trump's just using that
as an excuse just to finish on. Clarkson's farmer has
taken the world by storm. Pat Cummins, your great Australian
cricketer and captain. We would love him on our team.
He's visited Clarkson's Didley Squat farm recently and this is
off the back of him buying a farm just south
(31:37):
of Sydney.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 9 (31:39):
He's over in the UK for this week's World Test
Championship game against South Africa and he went out to
Diddley Squad.
Speaker 6 (31:48):
I love the show.
Speaker 9 (31:49):
I think it's absolutely hilarious. I love the farmers, for
the local farmers that are on it, and he just
has done so much for British agriculture as well as
point out how hard it is to make money, and
Pat Cummins has actually sympathized with him on that. He's
bought a farm about one hundred and twenty odd kilometers
south of Sydney in the Southern Highlands and he's having
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just about the same sort of problems down there. He's
also had Oscar Pistari, the f one current leader of
the World Championship in the f Ones out there, so
he seems to be getting a lot of Australians out.
I think the only UK sports celebrity he's had on
his farm is David Beckham, but they sympathize with each other.
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There's a new series coming out, can't wait to see
it and Pat Cammons obviously had a great time out there.
A very stute man, Jeremy.
Speaker 4 (32:41):
Clarkson and Pat Cummins is a very astute cricketer. Wish
we had him on our side. I'll catch you back
next Thursday and we'll be able to talk about State
of Origin too, which is happening next Wednesday night and
Perth really looking forward to it.
Speaker 6 (32:55):
Yeah, we'll look forward to that.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
Have a great field day, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (32:58):
I will thank you, Chris. It's nine away from one.
We wrap International Day here on the Country by heading
to a King Country monthly. Here on the Country we
catch up with the team from PGG Rights and have
a look at the states of the live stock market
(33:19):
and it's damned hot at the moment. Kevin Mortensen Morty
is our man in the King Country and Morty today
on the show is a bit of an international day.
I've got correspondents from the UK, China, Australia and pu Peu,
which is you.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
That's right, You've got them probably in about the right
order though, I think, But no, that's that sounds about right, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (33:41):
You had a drought, quite a severe drought in the
King Country, but the late autumn has been kind. How
are you looking heading into winter?
Speaker 6 (33:49):
You know, we we did.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
We had a very very dry and the water tables
reflected that, you know, some of the some of the
water ponds and and things like that were very very
dry in the we've ever seen. And of late the
last month we've had some pretty good rain. All the
good country has recovered and recovered remarkably well.
Speaker 6 (34:09):
But the hills are still.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Struggling a little bit up in the steeper country. It
hasn't really lifted, but the good country has responded very
very well though game a year.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
Let's have a look at those stock sales recently, particularly
when it comes to beef. We've finished the calves, the
bull sales are on. They're probably coming to an end
as well, but we've had record prices for both. This
is the beef industry I'm talking here.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
Yeah, you did right there. The beef industry has been
very good. The bull sales have gone very very well
and probably exceeded expectations, to be honest. The last ten
days we've been doing the rounds up here in the
King Country with our bull sales on farm bull sales
and the prices have been very very good. But what
surprised us the most probably is the clearance the numbers
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that have been sold. A lot of four clearances are gone,
or those that haven't had four clearances have gone very
very close to it, which is very surprising considering the
number of cows that have exited the industry for the
want of reasons.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
We all know.
Speaker 4 (35:14):
Are you talking pine trees here? More? Do I take
it you're not a fan. As a stock agent, you
wouldn't be a fan of carbon farming.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
We'll leave it at that, jamiees I think you know
my thoughts quite well on that one.
Speaker 6 (35:24):
Jamie.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
Yeah, the calves, I mean they were like gold trying
to buy a beef calf, the sortum.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
Yeah, No, they were in Those prices were something out
of the ordinary, I tell you. But it's just a
reflection on where all the schedules are sitting at the moment,
and perhaps the confidence going forward as to where the
schedules are going, and the numbers that are out there,
and you know, you're looking two or three years down
the track is looking pretty good and there is confidence
out there, a.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
Lot of confidence in the future of beef. What about
the sheep farmers. The schedule's been a real surprise this season.
It's kept going up and up, but we know we're
losing a lot of critical mass in the sheep meat
industry and there's some real capacity issues I think for
the red meat industry full stop, but just in terms
of the sheep farmers, because king Country where you're based
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was one of the great and probably is still one
of the great sheep farming provinces.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Yeah, well, as you know, with the drought that we had,
we were fortunate enough that we were able to get
rid of a lot of our lambs over the east
coast or all the other parts of the country that
had had rain and grass, and it certainly left a
big hole coming into the winter as far as any
winter trade lambs are concerned. And it is having an
impact on the works. You know, a couple of our
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local works here have already put one shift off and
another works has laid off forty staff.
Speaker 6 (36:47):
They've closed earlier.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
For maintenance, which you know, so it's not looking good
going forward for one employment locally and where is it
going to be sort of comes September October, we just
won't have the numbers there for them because there's just
a decline and cheap numbers and the season that we've had.
Speaker 6 (37:04):
It's sort of a.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
Couple of factors there that are really sort of not
helping them out at all.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
Will you be heading over the hill to help to
field days?
Speaker 6 (37:12):
No, unfortunately, might be able to get over.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
They've got a few stop Kelly Telly's and things to
do Jamie and things like that. So it's just sort
of busy enough, just locally here unfortunately. But they tell
me you'll be up there again, being that the mirror
of the man are up there.
Speaker 4 (37:25):
Well, I have to go, Marty. I don't really get
a choice, to be perfectly on. It's just a final
plug for your local golf club there and pew Peugh
pew Peugh Aria Golf Club, one of the great golf clubs.
One of the great golf tournaments is your annual tournament.
But I think you've got your Farmer's tournament on this weekend,
have you.
Speaker 6 (37:42):
It's right to you. We've got our local Farmer's Day
coming up to Sunday.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
So yeah, we've always looking for a sponsorship and anybody
that feels free to want to come along and join
them more than welcome on Sunday, especially if they want
to bring a checkbook and want to be an onboard sponsor.
We'll never say no.
Speaker 6 (37:57):
If you're sick of the Feld days. By then, Jamie,
come on down.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
We know you won't upset the price table too much
because we know how you performed so but you're more
than welcome to.
Speaker 6 (38:07):
Come along anyone.
Speaker 4 (38:08):
Oh, of course, I come from Royal Bell McEwan or
the Royal Otago Golf Club. We get penalized far too
much when we go to local courses like pup. You
can't play to our handicap. That's my excuse, Morty, what's yours?
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Yeah, just golf, Just golf in general, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (38:26):
Well actually works getting in the way of my golf
at the moment, Morty. But that's another issue for another day.
I got to go always good the chat.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
Mate, Thanks Jamie, thanks for having me on your show mate.
Speaker 4 (38:37):
Kevin Mortenson from PGG Rights and Livestock. Just a quick
text that's come in regarding Chris Russell talking about Jeremy
Clarkson Afternoon, Jamie, any chance you could have Jeremy Clarkson
as a regular UK commentator. I only ask because he's
made a huge difference in regard to town. He's understanding
the hardships and tribulations of your average farmer. Well, I
(38:57):
like farmer Tom as my UK correspondent, but text, thank
you for your text. If I had like a spare
twenty thousand pounds, what's that about forty thousand New Zealand
dollars per interview, I could probably get Jeremy on Catch
you tomorrow from Field Days.
Speaker 1 (39:12):
Undas month catch all the latest from the land. It's
the Country Podcast with Jamie McKay. Thanks to Brent, the
starkest of the leading agriculture brands,
Catch all the latest from the land. It's the Country
Podcast with Jamie McKay. Thanks to Brent. You're specialist in
John Dee Machinery.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
You're remember will Noss Balmvies party.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
You'll forget this in as jealousca.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
As we walk in. Good afternoon and good a good afternoon,
whatever takes your fancy New Zealand. I'm Jamie McKay. This
is the Country. It is brought to you by Brent.
One sleep to go and then I'm off the field
day someone who's there right at the moment and it's
going to give us a bit of a scene set
as Rowena Duncan. Also earlier this morning, I caught up
(00:50):
with farmer Tom Martin in the UK. It's international day
to day on the country because we are going to
the UK, China, Australia and Pu Pew in the king Country,
all exotic locations. Hunter McGregor is our guy in Shanghai.
Chris Russell, our ossie correspondent, has got an interesting comment
(01:12):
to make about Trump's tariffs making absolutely no difference at
all to record exports of ossie beef to the USA.
Ditto for us here in this country. Jane Ferguson sitting
in for Michelle today. I think she's got a story
on our record red meat exports in the past month.
And PGG writes and once a month we catch up
(01:32):
with the team the Livestock division for a rap of
the markets and they are pretty hot at the moment.
Kevin Mortensen Morty out of pupew But at the moment
it's as rowena Duncan one sleep to go row? What's
it like at field days? Have you done all the
hard work? Have you got our sights sorted out?
Speaker 5 (01:49):
I have, indeed, JM. Naturally I do all the hard work.
Lod you sit on your bum and fill their studio
with hotey.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Yes, so well, hang on.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Isn't that pot ket black? Wasn't I wasn't I meant
to be going to the Findeck dinner tomorrow night to
hear Cameron Bagrie and my mate Mike McIntyre talking. It
would have been informative, It would have been a good
networking opportunity. But no, you need to you ruined that
by demanding a security blanket at the Rural Support Trust debate.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
I did, I did, Indeed, Jamie, it's going to be
an amazing evening. It's for a good cause. And let's
be honest, I know your personality really fits in with
a bunch of accountants, but you can catch up with
Cam Bagrey and Mike McIntyre anytime, but you can't m
see alongside me anytime. So I really am really well.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I think I'm actually access to requirements. But I'll do
it because because it seriously is for a good cause.
The Rural Support trusts five hundred and fifty people there
and they're having a debate North versus South, and I
know I'll be barracking for the South, and you'll be
no doubt barracking for the North, being from Wanglois with
an h course.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
And also just on there, I know you've mentioned it, Jamie.
There are so many amazing auction items up online if
you just search Rural Support Trust, have a crack at
some of them, and then there's some real doozies that
will go up for auction tomorrow night. So yeah, looking
forward to that one. But look, hey, the weather here
at Mystery Creek at the moment. I've had so many
(03:21):
texts from people saying, oh, I need to bring my
gum boots and at the moment. No, like, it's absolutely fine,
but I know there are going to be patches of
rain coming through.
Speaker 6 (03:31):
And look, the.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Weather woes have already started, haven't they. I'm about to
film something with the forestry Hub. The poor lady who
I'm supposed to be filming with is stuck in Wellington
because of all the flight debacle and Auckland. You better
get here tonight, J and McKay or I will be
a little bit disappointed. So well, I've got.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
The irony, the rich irony of this is. Over the years,
we've got a bit cunning when it comes to getting
to field days. So we fly straight into Auckland direct
from Dunedin where we're based. It's a night, simple, sweet flight,
and then you jump in the car an hour and
a half down the freeway to the tron on a
Tuesday evening, taking fog out of the equation. But I
(04:10):
might have backed the wrong horse, I know.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
Honestly, I wouldn't have thought it, But there you go.
Mother nature does her best. And I do remember a
few years ago we saw camaraderie at its very best
when one of the telecommunications firm wasn't able to make
it out of the South island and picked up the
phone called the opposition to come and man their stand
for a day. Well, they made it up here. I
think that was just one of my favorite field day stories.
(04:34):
But look, it's amazing here today seeing it all come together.
There's drills going in all directions, there's finishing touches being
put to stand, the tractors for the fiftieth tractor pull
of seen some of them arriving today, which is always exciting.
The fence and comps are getting underway, and I'm already
in with the free bees, Jamie. I've already got two
hats and a free slushy.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Where did you get the free slushy from? Was that
from Fonterra, You know, from cool Care.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
They've partnered at with Fonterra around being able to lease
a milk cooling unit on your farm rather than having
to just pay for it, so it works out really
good for your balance. But they gave away a thousand
free slashes last year. They're trying to make it two
thousand this year, and it didn't make my tongue though.
There's a stupid photo of us up on the Facebook
page and a very informative video as well. Do keep
(05:21):
an eye on our Facebook page. That's why I'm here
ahead of time filming a whole heap of videos that
will put out there just some of the things to
look out for when you head to field Base.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Now, my favorite freebie, well, it's not a freebee because
I am a shareholder or a supplier to Open Country
Dairy and they give out a block of cheese, a
one kilogram block of cheese, which is like gold at
the moment. Minds you. It's one thing getting the one
kilogram block of cheese as and I am aw i
ama involved in a farm that supplies Open Country, but
(05:51):
it's another thing getting at home because Andy McDonnell, your
better half, he pinched my block last year for his
Aukland plate.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Well you say that's your favorite freebee, it's my favorite
thing to do it, Bill Davis, is to give your
supply number and get your block of cheese before you.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Yeah, well, I'll do the best, mind you. We've got
a very busy schedule on for the next few days.
I don't even know if I can squeeze in my
other favorite event at field Days, and that is the
f CO lunch. Yes, yeah, well I don't think I
can I think I'm busy. Yeah, on busy Wednesdays, soon
as we finish the show. Thursday, as soon as we
(06:28):
finish the show, and then on Friday, we've got to
get on as you're away. Yeah, we've got to get
on our bike so we can get home, so I
can get home for golf. Anyhow, right, Well, look, anything
else to add from Mystery Creeker?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Is that? Ut?
Speaker 5 (06:41):
No, that's probably about it. I'm just going to say
I love that Echo Lunch because we usually bump into
Sam Lewis when we have that Echo Lunch and it's
great to catch up with him every year.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Well, there you go. There's a shameless plug for Sam.
Isn't he the chairman?
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Well?
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Yeah, and Chris Lewis is dead.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
Yeah, and Chris Lewis is dead. Yeah, Not Chris Lewis
the tennis Chris Lewis the farmer. Right, I'll see it, hopefully.
I'll see you tonight in Hamilton. Well, you make sure
Andy picks us up at the airport. But there we go,
Rowena Duncan at Mystery Creek. All gets underway tomorrow. Now
I did get a not It wasn't it it was
(07:17):
It wasn't a nasty text. That wouldn't be fair someone
saying bloody field Days cashless, and it's it's not cashless
as such, but it is for getting in there. I
just want to correct that misconception, if indeed there was one.
So you can't pay cash to get into the Field Days.
What you really need to do, if you're smart and
avoid the cues, is go online and get your tickets now.
(07:40):
Then you can scan straight in. And the other essential
thing you need to do, because I'm well practiced at
this over the years, has download the app right. You
can put all your stuff on the app and it
certainly helps you navigate your way around Field Days. Twelve
hundred exhibitors, this so much, so much to see there
over the next four days. Gets underway Sparrows tomorrow morning
(08:04):
and then we'll be finishing on Saturday. And the weather.
I looked at the forecasts. There's going to be a
few showers in Hamilton or Waikato, but it'll be okay.
The good news is it's going to be relatively warm
sixteen seventeen eighteen degrees. That's good. I've had some freezing
days at Mystery Creek. Don't think we'll have one this
(08:25):
year Radio up next. Earlier this morning I caught up
with farmer Tom Martin. We're in our winter, or just
heading into our winter. They're heading out of their spring
into their summer. And the farmers over there have had
to face the driest spring in one hundred and thirty
two years. Plus If that's not bad enough, they face
(08:46):
financial ruin because of the government's inheritance tax. Farmer Tom
in the UK, Hunter McGregor and China, Chris Russell and Australia,
and Kevin Mortensen in Puw Pew. He's a UK farming correspondent.
(09:08):
His name is farmer Tom Martin, social media influencer and
arable farmer Tom. Farmers in the UK are suffering or
have suffered through the drier spring in one hundred and
thirty two years. You've got to go back to eighteen
ninety three for a dryer one. How are you fearing.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Well, so, I'm told, I mean, we obviously have had
an incredibly dry time, but we've had kind of three
of the last five years we've had incredibly dry times
in the spring, and I certainly remember the Covid spring.
So March April May of twenty twenty most of the
people of the UK were on lockdown, but they were
thoroughly enjoying in their confinement beautiful weather. So we've had
(09:50):
some very dry years of late, but this one's been
particularly sharp, so yield limiting for a number of people,
particularly on light ground, and there's been a lot of
spring sone crops that haven't had the moisture they need
to grow. But but but by and large, actually we
seem to be doing okay, which is why it kind
of it kind of surprised me that it was the
(10:11):
driest in you know, over a century.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Mind you, I'm reading also, Tom, because I've done my
homework for your slot. You're such a prestigious correspondent. That
arable income fell by one point two billion pounds, driven
by a twenty percent drop and wheat output following months
of water logged fields. And I'm assuming this is what
the autumn sown wet.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Yeah, of course we we had. I mean, we're just
we're just knocking records down all the time, and they're
not the kind of records you want to break. We
had an incredibly wet September and that was right at
the beginning of our planting. Yeah, we're just it's it's
definitely been a challenge, and obviously, with World Week prices
as they are, the little we're getting back again in
(10:54):
the in the back of the combine that we all
get in the back of the combine isn't going to
be worth very much. So it's it's pretty grim time
on the top of all the efforts that the government
are making to inconvenience this and make it as hard
as possible to make a living.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
Well, we'll come back to that. And just to take
there is the cavalry on the horizon. You realize this,
and the shape of a sporting event. Wimbledon's coming. We've
just finished the French Open, so Wimbledon's around the corner.
That's always a drought breaker.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah, well, we've had to drop of rain across the country.
Mostly we've got some rain. It's probably too late for many,
particularly on that light aground, but it's good enough for us.
It's pert the grass up and we're just kind of
approaching grainfill for our weeks, so the sunshine and shows
is not a bad thing.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
The inf you, which is the National Farmers' Union, you're
equivalent of our Federated Farmers and this is carrying on
from what you've been talking about for the past few months,
has warned that farms face financial ruin unless the Treasury
rethinks that's destructive. Inheritance texts changed as following stark findings
(12:02):
and a new report. I haven't bothered to read the report,
but as we know this Andherison's text could be the
death now for farming. Do you think Sir Kiir and
as Buddies and the Labor Party are going to do
an about turn on this one.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
I'm not confident, but frankly, if they don't wake up
and pay attention, then we're really really going to be struggling.
We're looking at profit margins of around zero point five percent,
and then when you add on a twenty percent inheritance
tax bill, even if that's paid over ten years, it's crippling.
(12:37):
It will break businesses up, We break up family businesses.
And of course when you reduce the size of a
business that's only making zero point five percent profit margin,
you take it from barely profitable to completely unprofitable. So
it's a hugely challenging time. It feels like the government
don't know or don't care, and with the spending review
due to be published on Wednesday. I'm not particularly confident
(13:01):
they'll be much allocated either to agriculture or to the environment,
of course, with a main vehicle for delivering for the
environment as well. So I'm almost disappointed that the environmental
groups haven't been more up in arms as the as
the farmers have been.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Mind you, the government that a U turn on the
winter energy payments for the pensioners.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
They did. They've basically had a shoeing since the October budget.
Quite rightly. They've come out with all kinds of kind
of one liners about black holes and they've now they've
now done this U turn or a larger U turn
on the on the winter FEWL payments for pensioners. They
basically ruled it out for anyone unless you were receiving
(13:48):
level of benefits, which which was largely quite difficult to implement,
quite difficult to differentiate, and a lot of people haven't
signed up and registered that were qualified, so it wasn't
particularly well thought for. It's a bit of a knee jerk,
a knee jerk thing. But you know, now, you know,
maybe they're getting the mood of uta new turning or
(14:09):
even actually as the key farming unions have suggested looking
at an alternative which would net the net the treasury
just as much money, but would actually probably have a
much better impact at reducing people who are avoiding tax
and supporting those who are simply wanting to farm, look
after the countryside and produce food. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Well I've got to look after the farm as much
as you're going back to the winter energy payments here
in New Zealand, they're not means tested. You could be
a billionaire pensioner and still get the twenty bucks a week.
Is your old age pension or whatever you call it
over there, superannuation? I what age are you eligible to
get it from? And I might be asking the wrong
person because she's such a youthful man. And b isn't
(14:51):
means tested.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Do you know? I don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Yeah, we see. You haven't got to worry about it, Tom,
I'll tell you. And the other thing is you won't
have to worry about it because it won't be there
by the time you get there.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Well, you're right, the age of kept being pushed back.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
I'm sure.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Now I'm your UK farming correspondent, not your UK pension garrison.
I'd love to hand that question on someone Else.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Farmer Tom Martin, thanks as always for your contribution. I
think you've earned a personally signed copy of Justinda's new book,
A Different Kind of Power. I think that's what it's called.
Because you are you remain ainda panboy.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Well I am and I heard her on the rest
of his politics podcast the other the other day, so
which is very good. And if it could be signed,
if possible, Jamie, not by Justinder, but by somebody who
just want a lifetime achievement of or that would be
that would be fantastic.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
And now I know you're taking the mickey. Hey, Tom,
I'll catch you again next month. We'll talk about wimbreedon.
See you later. Yeah, twenty six after twelve The Country
brought to you by Brent Yet caught up with them
away bit earlier this morning. It's International Day today on
the Country because we're going to spend three days talking
to a whole lot of Kiwis at Field Days over
(15:59):
the next three days. So it's off the Shanghai next.
Our guy over there a Kiwi selling venison and red
meat to the Chinese in Shanghai. Hunter McGregor get the
sun Nis Jalaska. As we lay in. He's our guy
(16:22):
in Shanghai, Hunter McGregor a ki we selling venison and
red meat to the Chinese. Good Rocksburgh lad born and
bred of course a great summer fruit area in Shanghai
or in China. At the moment, Hunter, the summer plum
rains have just started. What's that all about.
Speaker 6 (16:39):
Yeah, good afternoon, Jamie.
Speaker 7 (16:41):
You know that the summer plum rains effect East China,
which is the Shanghai area, so Shanghai, Jurjo and Jungsu,
the province nearby. So, and what happens at this time
of the year. Usually on average for around about twenty
two days in June, we get rain every day before
(17:01):
before the heat starts and summer. So yeah, at the moment,
you know, we've had some heavy rain in the morning.
We have a little bit of drizzle in the afternoon,
and it keeps the temperature down, which is quite nice.
We're sort of mid twenties at the moment, and then
you know, late June when this finishes, the heat really arrives.
In July August, we're sort of plus thirty plus forty
(17:23):
degrees most days and hot, humid. So yeah, it's not
too bad, but she's moistened. She's good for growing condition,
good for growing grass.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
Is it good for growing green shoots? In the economy
because every time, every fortnight we chat and you're always
the grim reaper when it comes to the Chinese economy, Hunter.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
Well, I don't know them the good and reaper. I'm
just realistic. What's happening. You know, it's to be fair,
the Chinese economy seems to be slowly tracking in the
right direction. Things are picking up. I think the tariffs
are putting a bit of pressure downward, pressure on confidence,
(18:02):
and you know, let's see how that plays out in
the coming months. I see that at the moment in
London now, the Chinese and the Americans just had a
day of talks today.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
They've got more tomorrow, which is which should.
Speaker 7 (18:16):
Only be positive. But you know, outside of that, we've
still got consumer confidence is not that high. We've still
got problems around the housing market. So you know, there's
plenty of challenges around, but there are some bright spots
and you know, things seem to be ticking along okay.
But you know, she's not a Roses up here, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
You've got a mate who runs a bar in Shanghai.
It sounds like an old line from a Humphrey Bogart movie,
doesn't it. But anecdotally, what's he telling you.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
Well, it's tough. It's tough. He's finding it really tough.
He's had it for about fifteen years and he's really straggling. Well,
he's doing okay, but what he's find he's telling me
that people aren't traveling what they once used to do
in and around Shanghai, so everyone sort of keeps local.
And the challenge that he's got is he has to
run lots of specials and lots of events to get
(19:06):
people in the door, you know, so it's not easy.
He's doing okay, but yeah, he said he could do
a lot better. And he actually he used to have
two or three locations. Now he's down to one and
just just focusing on that, so you know. And then
I was talking to another bar owner who's doing extremely well,
so you know, it's it's challenging. It's difficult, but you know,
(19:29):
people you know, but he seeks. Everyone I talked to
that owns bars are reasonably confidence. These guys have got
Western bars for the lines tour down in Australia is
going to help fill up the place in the weekends
and the next week were so that's quite they'll be
positive for them as well.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Is the bloker's doing well? Is that your local bar
where you take your mates from Fonterra and Riley Kennedy
from Business desk Riley would be good for turnover?
Speaker 7 (19:54):
Yeah, no, that they were pretty good for turnover. No, No,
that that's another place actually that you know, I thought
I've taken them to a place we can sit outside
and enjoy the Shanghai weather. So no, it's another place entirely.
But there's still plenty of places for those guys to visit.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Okay, one more number to have a look at to dissect.
China's exports rose four point eight percent in May from
a year earlier. I'm assuming that's May year on here.
So it's not all bad despite Trump's tariffs.
Speaker 7 (20:26):
No, it's not all bad. But you know, you look
at the exports of the States went down by ten percent,
but you know the reverse to Southeast Asia they are
up by fourteen point eight percent, and then into Europe
they are up by twelve percent. So yeah, it's not
all bad. It's you know, things are changing. Things are
going to constantly change. And let's see how things play
out in the next few days in London and what's
(20:49):
socided there. But that is it is putting a bit
of pressure on confidence and if they can get some
sort of clear path and they've actually have trumped and
decide what he wants to do and be consistent, you know,
it would be a lot helpful for everybody.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
I suppose.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Well, don't hold your breath on that one, Hunter McGregor,
just quickly to finish on university examinations happening now at
the end of high school. Around thirteen million students are
taking them. And unlike some students in New Zealand who
don't even bother to turn up to school, I take
it the Chinese are pretty serious about academic qualifications if
they want to get anywhere in a nation full of
(21:25):
one point four billion people.
Speaker 7 (21:27):
Oh yeah, no, it's incredible. It's called the gal Khal
It's really massive. There's a lot of pressure and they're
doing it right now. It's the last day and there's
a big priest presence around school to help people getting
There's no one delayed what they're doing. All the AI
systems here are actually turning off their checking of exams
(21:47):
and things functions, so there's no cheating and things like that,
and it's massive, it's very serious, and you know, it's
a lot of competition. And you know in China, unlike
prop of New Zealand, they have pass and fail, you know,
so there's a lot of pressure.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Exactly. That's what life is like when you get out
of school slash university. You either pass or you fail.
I don't know why we don't have such a clear
line in school, but that's coming from a grumpy old
boomer who sat school sert and didn't have to sit
ue those were the days and did nothing in the
seventh form. I'm prattling on. Hey Hunter McGregor, thank you
very much for your time.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Cheer Thanks Jeremy.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Good on your Hunter. It is twenty five away from
one here on the country getting semi nude. This is worrying.
Semi nude pictures and from Lagos in Nigeria from Graham Smith,
the former marketing manager for Balance Agranutrients. They'll be at
Field days. Great coffee is at Balance. Smith is of
(22:47):
course the chief executive or is he the general manager?
He's got some title at the Waikato and Corimandel Drug
Detection Agency. This looks like it could have This photo
could have been under the influence. Anyhow, I'm over sharing there.
Up next Jane Ferguson filling in for Michelle Today we'll
have the latest and rural news. We'll look at sport
(23:09):
for you as well before the end of the hour
on International Day. We've been to We've been to the UK,
We've been to China, We're going to Australia. But there's
no show without punch. Kevin Morty Mortensen and Pew Pew
see the Welcome Back to the Country, brought to you
(23:30):
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Speaker 2 (24:32):
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Speaker 4 (24:32):
Here's Jane Ferguson with the latest and rural newsg.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
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Speaker 8 (24:46):
Stargust in rural news. New Zealand's red meat sector continues
to perform strongly in major markets. In April, overall export
value increased thirty four percent year on year to one
point two billion dollars. It's in part due to thirty
nine percent growth in the United States market and fifty
six percent growth in the United Kingdom to a value
(25:07):
of thirty three hundred and forty four million and eighty
one million dollars, respectively. The Meat Industry Association's Lee Coleman
Shaw says the numbers reflect the quality of the products
New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (25:18):
Producers and that is one of the great rural news
reads of all time. Thank you Joan, Thank you Jamie,
you do a great job on our website. By the way,
his sport sport.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
We're the AFCO Kiwi to the bone since nineteen oh four.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
The former All Black Nani la Marpe will join Moana
Pacifica from next year on a two season deal. La
Marpe has most recently been playing in Japan for Kobe,
where he played alongside Ardi Savella during his offshore sabbatical.
Looks like they might have freed up a wee bit
of cash by guessing a few other players to get
Nane Nani Nani Lamarpi into the team. And I'm looking
(25:55):
forward to this one this weekend when I get home
from field days. The perils of the oak Mont coarse
rough dawning on players for Golf's US Open, especially after
the region's wettest spring on record. I've had a look.
I've seen some of Bryson to Shambo's videos on this.
It's like a bloody hay Paddock. Good luck sooner them
(26:16):
than me up next it'sir Rossie correspondent Chris Russell.
Speaker 9 (26:20):
F.
Speaker 8 (26:22):
You can tell this, you'll look at this.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Field Days this week gets under way tomorrow, finishing on
Saturday at Mystery Creek. It is literally the biggest act
in town in the country this week. But how does
it compare to Agricultural field Days across the Tasman Our
Rossie correspondent Chris Russell has done some homework on that.
Good afternoon mate.
Speaker 9 (26:46):
Yeah, hey you knowing Jamie. Well, it's they be around
a bit longer than you having radio. I think I
should start by saying, mate, you need to get a
bigger pull room after getting your award at the New
Zealand Radio Awards for longevity, so they'll be calling you
emeritus shortly. But congratulations, well deserved made. It's been experience
(27:06):
for me working with you for the last thirty odd
years and you're do an amazing job, so well deserved.
And yeah, the pool room wall must be getting pretty
full now.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
Well, I say the award has an agricultural connection because
it's the one you get just before they put you
out to pasture. There's a year or two left in
me yet, Chris. I'm still a wee bit bitser about
missing out on our Anzac show from Gallipoli. You were
in Gallipoli. I was in Gore way back in two
thousand and three. But we talked about that one last week. Look,
talk to me about your field days. Have you got
(27:36):
anything that compares to Mystery Creek.
Speaker 9 (27:40):
We haven't got anything. I think you're bigger because it's
such a concentrated field day. Hamilton field days has always
been a very concentrated a lot of people, that's their
big thing. We do have a much more diverse spread
of field days, but our biggest field day here is
ad Quip, which is at Gunnadhar up on the Northern
tablelands where University of New England and all that country
(28:02):
is up in Armadale, Gunnad Gunnaghanoo, Armadale, Tamworth. They're all
places which are highland wall country. It's also the show
where you still see huge range of farm machinery, whereas
a lot of the other field days have become what
I call spanner and screwdriver shows. They've got lots of
little sail selling leather pouches and spanners and screwdrivers and
(28:22):
nuts and bolts, and Orange would be number two. That's
the oldest in Australia. It's been going since nineteen fifty
three and they have about one about seventy thousand through
the gate. Add Queer about one hundred thousand go through
that gate each year, so a little bit smaller than yours,
but still very popular. And Jill and I if we're
traveling around our caravan and we see those field days
(28:43):
on we're always with our fil pop in and Sago
day and have a bit of.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
A look around.
Speaker 9 (28:47):
They're always fascinating. You always made a lot of carriagters there, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
Chris Russell. We are exporting in dollar terms anyhow, record
amounts to the US despite Donald Trump's tariffs. Likewise, across
the town, it's making no difference at all because the Yanks,
for want of a bit of word, just can't get
enough of our grinding beef for their hamburgers.
Speaker 6 (29:08):
Yeah, well that's.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
It, and that was very predictable. I mean it's been
two months now since so called Liberation Day, which put
a ten percent tariff on our beef, but their demand
for beef is way outweighed the tariff. Effectively, the tariffs
has just become an extra ten percent GST on all
the beef that the US people buy, and it's certainly
(29:30):
propped up the US government's coffers a little bit, but
it hasn't made the slightest difference our years of date,
beef exports up over thirty percent, and if we go
if we carry on at this pace, we'll go very
close to being at our limit of quota, which we
haven't never achieved to the US around four hundred and
fifty thousand tons. For the year so far, we've shipped
(29:53):
about one hundred and sixty seven thousand tons of beef
to the US, up thirty two percent. As longside that,
of course, we've also shipped more to China one hundred
and seventeen thousand tons to China, also thirty percent up,
and that is also a result of the tariffs which
are even greater and anything coming from there.
Speaker 6 (30:13):
So you know, the whole thing.
Speaker 9 (30:15):
Is absolutely ridiculous, and of course it's an honor thing
for Trump. You know, Trump says we're the only country
which won't allow US beef into Australia, which isn't true. Actually,
since twenty nineteen, US bread and grown beef has been
allowed into Australia, but we won't allow beef that's been
(30:38):
bread and grown and fattened in Mexico and Canada and
then slaughtered in the US to come in. And two problems.
One is they want to bring it in as a
matter of honor. They'd say, well, who are you to
tell us? And secondly, you know they've also got the
problem they don't have any traceability on beef, so they
don't actually know which or can't prove which animals were
(30:59):
bred in the US and which word Now the Prime Minister,
who's going over to the G seven conference in the
next week, has said he won't give it way on that.
Even if he did, to be honest, it wouldn't make
the slightest difference because who the hell is going to
buy us beef in Australia at double the price?
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Jamie, Absolutely, it's a no brainer. Trump's just using that
as an excuse just to finish on. Clarkson's farmer has
taken the world by storm. Pat Cummins, your great Australian
cricketer and captain. We would love him on our team.
He's visited Clarkson's Didley Squat farm recently and this is
off the back of him buying a farm just south
(31:37):
of Sydney.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 9 (31:39):
He's over in the UK for this week's World Test
Championship game against South Africa and he went out to
Diddley Squad.
Speaker 6 (31:48):
I love the show.
Speaker 9 (31:49):
I think it's absolutely hilarious. I love the farmers, for
the local farmers that are on it, and he just
has done so much for British agriculture as well as
point out how hard it is to make money, and
Pat Cummins has actually sympathized with him on that. He's
bought a farm about one hundred and twenty odd kilometers
south of Sydney in the Southern Highlands and he's having
(32:11):
just about the same sort of problems down there. He's
also had Oscar Pistari, the f one current leader of
the World Championship in the f Ones out there, so
he seems to be getting a lot of Australians out.
I think the only UK sports celebrity he's had on
his farm is David Beckham, but they sympathize with each other.
(32:33):
There's a new series coming out, can't wait to see
it and Pat Cammons obviously had a great time out there.
A very stute man, Jeremy.
Speaker 4 (32:41):
Clarkson and Pat Cummins is a very astute cricketer. Wish
we had him on our side. I'll catch you back
next Thursday and we'll be able to talk about State
of Origin too, which is happening next Wednesday night and
Perth really looking forward to it.
Speaker 6 (32:55):
Yeah, we'll look forward to that.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
Have a great field day, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (32:58):
I will thank you, Chris. It's nine away from one.
We wrap International Day here on the Country by heading
to a King Country monthly. Here on the Country we
catch up with the team from PGG Rights and have
a look at the states of the live stock market
(33:19):
and it's damned hot at the moment. Kevin Mortensen Morty
is our man in the King Country and Morty today
on the show is a bit of an international day.
I've got correspondents from the UK, China, Australia and pu Peu,
which is you.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
That's right, You've got them probably in about the right
order though, I think, But no, that's that sounds about right, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (33:41):
You had a drought, quite a severe drought in the
King Country, but the late autumn has been kind. How
are you looking heading into winter?
Speaker 6 (33:49):
You know, we we did.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
We had a very very dry and the water tables
reflected that, you know, some of the some of the
water ponds and and things like that were very very
dry in the we've ever seen. And of late the
last month we've had some pretty good rain. All the
good country has recovered and recovered remarkably well.
Speaker 6 (34:09):
But the hills are still.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Struggling a little bit up in the steeper country. It
hasn't really lifted, but the good country has responded very
very well though game a year.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
Let's have a look at those stock sales recently, particularly
when it comes to beef. We've finished the calves, the
bull sales are on. They're probably coming to an end
as well, but we've had record prices for both. This
is the beef industry I'm talking here.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
Yeah, you did right there. The beef industry has been
very good. The bull sales have gone very very well
and probably exceeded expectations, to be honest. The last ten
days we've been doing the rounds up here in the
King Country with our bull sales on farm bull sales
and the prices have been very very good. But what
surprised us the most probably is the clearance the numbers
(34:58):
that have been sold. A lot of four clearances are gone,
or those that haven't had four clearances have gone very
very close to it, which is very surprising considering the
number of cows that have exited the industry for the
want of reasons.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
We all know.
Speaker 4 (35:14):
Are you talking pine trees here? More? Do I take
it you're not a fan. As a stock agent, you
wouldn't be a fan of carbon farming.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
We'll leave it at that, jamiees I think you know
my thoughts quite well on that one.
Speaker 6 (35:24):
Jamie.
Speaker 4 (35:25):
Yeah, the calves, I mean they were like gold trying
to buy a beef calf, the sortum.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
Yeah, No, they were in Those prices were something out
of the ordinary, I tell you. But it's just a
reflection on where all the schedules are sitting at the moment,
and perhaps the confidence going forward as to where the
schedules are going, and the numbers that are out there,
and you know, you're looking two or three years down
the track is looking pretty good and there is confidence
out there, a.
Speaker 4 (35:50):
Lot of confidence in the future of beef. What about
the sheep farmers. The schedule's been a real surprise this season.
It's kept going up and up, but we know we're
losing a lot of critical mass in the sheep meat
industry and there's some real capacity issues I think for
the red meat industry full stop, but just in terms
of the sheep farmers, because king Country where you're based
(36:12):
was one of the great and probably is still one
of the great sheep farming provinces.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Yeah, well, as you know, with the drought that we had,
we were fortunate enough that we were able to get
rid of a lot of our lambs over the east
coast or all the other parts of the country that
had had rain and grass, and it certainly left a
big hole coming into the winter as far as any
winter trade lambs are concerned. And it is having an
impact on the works. You know, a couple of our
(36:38):
local works here have already put one shift off and
another works has laid off forty staff.
Speaker 6 (36:47):
They've closed earlier.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
For maintenance, which you know, so it's not looking good
going forward for one employment locally and where is it
going to be sort of comes September October, we just
won't have the numbers there for them because there's just
a decline and cheap numbers and the season that we've had.
Speaker 6 (37:04):
It's sort of a.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
Couple of factors there that are really sort of not
helping them out at all.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
Will you be heading over the hill to help to
field days?
Speaker 6 (37:12):
No, unfortunately, might be able to get over.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
They've got a few stop Kelly Telly's and things to
do Jamie and things like that. So it's just sort
of busy enough, just locally here unfortunately. But they tell
me you'll be up there again, being that the mirror
of the man are up there.
Speaker 4 (37:25):
Well, I have to go, Marty. I don't really get
a choice, to be perfectly on. It's just a final
plug for your local golf club there and pew Peugh
pew Peugh Aria Golf Club, one of the great golf clubs.
One of the great golf tournaments is your annual tournament.
But I think you've got your Farmer's tournament on this weekend,
have you.
Speaker 6 (37:42):
It's right to you. We've got our local Farmer's Day
coming up to Sunday.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
So yeah, we've always looking for a sponsorship and anybody
that feels free to want to come along and join
them more than welcome on Sunday, especially if they want
to bring a checkbook and want to be an onboard sponsor.
We'll never say no.
Speaker 6 (37:57):
If you're sick of the Feld days. By then, Jamie,
come on down.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
We know you won't upset the price table too much
because we know how you performed so but you're more
than welcome to.
Speaker 6 (38:07):
Come along anyone.
Speaker 4 (38:08):
Oh, of course, I come from Royal Bell McEwan or
the Royal Otago Golf Club. We get penalized far too
much when we go to local courses like pup. You
can't play to our handicap. That's my excuse, Morty, what's yours?
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Yeah, just golf, Just golf in general, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (38:26):
Well actually works getting in the way of my golf
at the moment, Morty. But that's another issue for another day.
I got to go always good the chat.
Speaker 2 (38:33):
Mate, Thanks Jamie, thanks for having me on your show mate.
Speaker 4 (38:37):
Kevin Mortenson from PGG Rights and Livestock. Just a quick
text that's come in regarding Chris Russell talking about Jeremy
Clarkson Afternoon, Jamie, any chance you could have Jeremy Clarkson
as a regular UK commentator. I only ask because he's
made a huge difference in regard to town. He's understanding
the hardships and tribulations of your average farmer. Well, I
(38:57):
like farmer Tom as my UK correspondent, but text, thank
you for your text. If I had like a spare
twenty thousand pounds, what's that about forty thousand New Zealand
dollars per interview, I could probably get Jeremy on Catch
you tomorrow from Field Days.
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