October 23, 2025 • 7 mins
Today’s farmer panel pits Otago against Canterbury, just like tomorrow’s NPC final. But in the meantime, there’s the small matter of the weather to talk about.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The farmer panel with the Azuzu Dmax, the Kiwi ute
built tof with truck dna.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Ah, the pit shop boys. They were so gloriously camp
And I can't segue from gloriously camp to these two
rugged farmers or I'd be hung, drawn and courted. STUW.
Duncan and the Manyatotore are Suzu farmer panelist or one
of them. The other one is Stu Stu Duncan and
the Manyototo And let's try Stu Low and North Canterbury.
(00:40):
Stu Low, I want to start with you. We were
going to be talking a bit of footy, but the
weather intervened. How bad is it in North Canterbury?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Good afternoon, by the way, well good afternoon. He went
here in some north of where I farm here in
Skaggle a pair last night. But the mary basing up
through the wire and himna, they copped it really bad.
So yeah, pretty I think the state of emergency still
stall there because of these road closures still and people
(01:08):
can't you can't get through to him.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
They just yet. Hey, excuse my lack of Canterbury rural
Canterbury geography knowledge is COVID and right in the middle
of the Murray basin.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, so the Bellmoral Forest was planted back in the
whenever and that blew over in seventy five and the
big wind then so did Earl south of or just
by on the edge of the Wine River there, and
they were plantations that I think you know, it was
just a hard, bony country and it was planted in
(01:40):
pines and they all blew over. And now they're trying
to where they are watering it and making grass grow,
but with no pivots, so it won't be much grass growing.
And yeah, those poor fillos out there are going to
really struggle if they can't get their water on Now.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Now, stew Lael, stay with you. One of your old mates,
Parnell Graham Edgar west Otago's lead farmer, where he was
in the sixties when he was in his prime. But
he told me last night I was chatting to him
because the roof of the Tapanui four square got blown
off in west Otago and he said, in all his
(02:13):
decades on the planet, and that's quite a few now,
he said, he's never seen wind like it. What about
in North Canterbury.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Yeah, well I think we I was fair places just
on the where I live. It just was on the
edge of it, but I think through and to Hamley
there was up to two hundred caves and air wind
up there, so that must have been pretty stronger. Yeah.
I was in the seven or eight and seventy five,
so I can't remember that, but I do remember going
pass and seeing all the trees flattened on the Belmole straight,
(02:43):
So yeah, it must have been very similar.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Okay, down in Southland as we've got a state of
emergency down there, the powers off for many many farmers,
the milkings being done by generators on a lot of farms.
We go away bit north of Southland up into sort
of central Hotar, go many a Toto. That's where we
find Stu Duncan and Stu. You guys got off lightly.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Yeah, no we did actually, and you feel for all
those people that did get hammered. But no, I haven't
heard of any pivots down and just a few branches
and few willow tree branches are heavy and leaf But
definitely it looked like it went north and south of us,
which everyone was prepared. When you get those talk with
a number of one hundred and thirty and forty k wins.
People around here were hunkering down, but it definitely shot
(03:29):
round us. So we're pretty lucky, but definitely feel for
all those other people because well.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Not only do these winds prove very destructive, they're also
very very drying. You're only a week away from a
drought in Canterbury, your summer dry and the many a toto.
Are you starting to dry out now?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yeah, we've been getting some of the rains that have
been coming with them before and after them. There was
a good rain. I think there's fifteen mills in Alexandria
yesterday and we got about eight or ten, so you'd
argue we just kept keeping up with it, but we
did get a good rain a fortnight ago.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
But we do need it and don't need a lot.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
More of it because it drives out of the crass
really quick. But at the moment we're just really going
into spring a lot of cases here and finishing carving
and lemon so we're looking quite good. But definitely one
week and when we will be completely different.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Well, carving and lambing are all done and dusted, and
Canterbury infect tailing, docking, whatever you want to call it's
done as well as Stu Low. Are you starting to
dry out?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yes, yeah, we like to you. We've had the odd
sort of five and ten mil rainfalls, but then the
next day you get the bloody Norway. So it's sort
of back to square one. So we're green and a
few fellows have got their mixedhues window crops, and but
judging by the color of the sky, so all of
that was blowing around in the atmosphere because there's some
(04:46):
a lot of dust floating around. So if you work
your ground too fine, I'd say there'll be a few
lost thought of eaten kale pedicts.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Hey yeah, guys, just before I forget, I've just got
a text through from Chris Brandolino. I was going to
chat to him, but I didn't really have time today
and the w father has come the farm a wee
bit thankfully, but he did say, please, this is from
Chris Brandolina, please give the audience a head up that
low level snow and cold tempts are expected on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week could be an impact. The
(05:15):
cold is talking about to stock and also obviously for
growers horticulture, particularly obviously some of those temperature sensitive crops. Right,
let's just lighten things up a wee bit because the
weather has been miserable stew Loo, what's the weather forecast
for christ Church tomorrow four o'clock four.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Thirty supposed to be sunny and fine, and no doubt
there will still be a bit of a bit of
a breeze, but it should all be good for that
four o'clock kick off.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
You you realize that all the country apart from you
guys in Canterbury want so Targo to win.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, well that's what happens at top at the top.
But as I told John Letter, you know, as long
as as the Letter turns up to make game with
the Tiger and Kenary play generally. Kennery come out on
top of a couple bet a month ago that I
don't think there's any lesses involved in the shield game.
And the target took the shield away, which was.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Fine, So you need you need a ladder to front up.
Well that was of course David Ladder cruelly and unfairly penalized.
And then Mertz kicked the winning gold.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
In me apparently, so you had it. And so I
look back in the history, it was nineteen thirty five
when the Tago last beat Kenry for the to take
the shield away. So that was ninety years ago. So yeah, anyway,
I reckon STUW.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Duncan. I reckon lightning will strike twice this season for
Itago and christ Church. What do you reckon?
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Yeah, well, the hardest game's been, hasn't it really got
the shield that's the one everyone wants to have their
name on. So no, I got a pretty good feeling
that they'll do it twice. I'm sure they will have
a pretty good team and they're all on attack, all
on defense, and it'd be pretty hard for Category to
come out and be there'll be most win this weekend
with me in a target when they bring that NPC
(07:00):
Ben at home. I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, all right lads, he thanks very much. Enjoy enjoy
the footy over the weekend. And yeah, look, I just
think for the sake of New Zealand rugby, we want
Otago to win. Stulo sorry about that, Yeah whatever, Yeah
see Stulo, Stu Duncan a farmer panel. Thank you. I
Suzu
The farmer panel with the Azuzu Dmax, the Kiwi ute
built tof with truck dna.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Ah, the pit shop boys. They were so gloriously camp
And I can't segue from gloriously camp to these two
rugged farmers or I'd be hung, drawn and courted. STUW.
Duncan and the Manyatotore are Suzu farmer panelist or one
of them. The other one is Stu Stu Duncan and
the Manyototo And let's try Stu Low and North Canterbury.
(00:40):
Stu Low, I want to start with you. We were
going to be talking a bit of footy, but the
weather intervened. How bad is it in North Canterbury?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Good afternoon, by the way, well good afternoon. He went
here in some north of where I farm here in
Skaggle a pair last night. But the mary basing up
through the wire and himna, they copped it really bad.
So yeah, pretty I think the state of emergency still
stall there because of these road closures still and people
(01:08):
can't you can't get through to him.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
They just yet. Hey, excuse my lack of Canterbury rural
Canterbury geography knowledge is COVID and right in the middle
of the Murray basin.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, so the Bellmoral Forest was planted back in the
whenever and that blew over in seventy five and the
big wind then so did Earl south of or just
by on the edge of the Wine River there, and
they were plantations that I think you know, it was
just a hard, bony country and it was planted in
(01:40):
pines and they all blew over. And now they're trying
to where they are watering it and making grass grow,
but with no pivots, so it won't be much grass growing.
And yeah, those poor fillos out there are going to
really struggle if they can't get their water on Now.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Now, stew Lael, stay with you. One of your old mates,
Parnell Graham Edgar west Otago's lead farmer, where he was
in the sixties when he was in his prime. But
he told me last night I was chatting to him
because the roof of the Tapanui four square got blown
off in west Otago and he said, in all his
(02:13):
decades on the planet, and that's quite a few now,
he said, he's never seen wind like it. What about
in North Canterbury.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Yeah, well I think we I was fair places just
on the where I live. It just was on the
edge of it, but I think through and to Hamley
there was up to two hundred caves and air wind
up there, so that must have been pretty stronger. Yeah.
I was in the seven or eight and seventy five,
so I can't remember that, but I do remember going
pass and seeing all the trees flattened on the Belmole straight,
(02:43):
So yeah, it must have been very similar.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Okay, down in Southland as we've got a state of
emergency down there, the powers off for many many farmers,
the milkings being done by generators on a lot of farms.
We go away bit north of Southland up into sort
of central Hotar, go many a Toto. That's where we
find Stu Duncan and Stu. You guys got off lightly.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Yeah, no we did actually, and you feel for all
those people that did get hammered. But no, I haven't
heard of any pivots down and just a few branches
and few willow tree branches are heavy and leaf But
definitely it looked like it went north and south of us,
which everyone was prepared. When you get those talk with
a number of one hundred and thirty and forty k wins.
People around here were hunkering down, but it definitely shot
(03:29):
round us. So we're pretty lucky, but definitely feel for
all those other people because well.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Not only do these winds prove very destructive, they're also
very very drying. You're only a week away from a
drought in Canterbury, your summer dry and the many a toto.
Are you starting to dry out now?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yeah, we've been getting some of the rains that have
been coming with them before and after them. There was
a good rain. I think there's fifteen mills in Alexandria
yesterday and we got about eight or ten, so you'd
argue we just kept keeping up with it, but we
did get a good rain a fortnight ago.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
But we do need it and don't need a lot.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
More of it because it drives out of the crass
really quick. But at the moment we're just really going
into spring a lot of cases here and finishing carving
and lemon so we're looking quite good. But definitely one
week and when we will be completely different.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Well, carving and lambing are all done and dusted, and
Canterbury infect tailing, docking, whatever you want to call it's
done as well as Stu Low. Are you starting to
dry out?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yes, yeah, we like to you. We've had the odd
sort of five and ten mil rainfalls, but then the
next day you get the bloody Norway. So it's sort
of back to square one. So we're green and a
few fellows have got their mixedhues window crops, and but
judging by the color of the sky, so all of
that was blowing around in the atmosphere because there's some
(04:46):
a lot of dust floating around. So if you work
your ground too fine, I'd say there'll be a few
lost thought of eaten kale pedicts.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Hey yeah, guys, just before I forget, I've just got
a text through from Chris Brandolino. I was going to
chat to him, but I didn't really have time today
and the w father has come the farm a wee
bit thankfully, but he did say, please, this is from
Chris Brandolina, please give the audience a head up that
low level snow and cold tempts are expected on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week could be an impact. The
(05:15):
cold is talking about to stock and also obviously for
growers horticulture, particularly obviously some of those temperature sensitive crops. Right,
let's just lighten things up a wee bit because the
weather has been miserable stew Loo, what's the weather forecast
for christ Church tomorrow four o'clock four.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Thirty supposed to be sunny and fine, and no doubt
there will still be a bit of a bit of
a breeze, but it should all be good for that
four o'clock kick off.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
You you realize that all the country apart from you
guys in Canterbury want so Targo to win.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, well that's what happens at top at the top.
But as I told John Letter, you know, as long
as as the Letter turns up to make game with
the Tiger and Kenary play generally. Kennery come out on
top of a couple bet a month ago that I
don't think there's any lesses involved in the shield game.
And the target took the shield away, which was.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Fine, So you need you need a ladder to front up.
Well that was of course David Ladder cruelly and unfairly penalized.
And then Mertz kicked the winning gold.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
In me apparently, so you had it. And so I
look back in the history, it was nineteen thirty five
when the Tago last beat Kenry for the to take
the shield away. So that was ninety years ago. So yeah, anyway,
I reckon STUW.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Duncan. I reckon lightning will strike twice this season for
Itago and christ Church. What do you reckon?
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Yeah, well, the hardest game's been, hasn't it really got
the shield that's the one everyone wants to have their
name on. So no, I got a pretty good feeling
that they'll do it twice. I'm sure they will have
a pretty good team and they're all on attack, all
on defense, and it'd be pretty hard for Category to
come out and be there'll be most win this weekend
with me in a target when they bring that NPC
(07:00):
Ben at home. I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, all right lads, he thanks very much. Enjoy enjoy
the footy over the weekend. And yeah, look, I just
think for the sake of New Zealand rugby, we want
Otago to win. Stulo sorry about that, Yeah whatever, Yeah
see Stulo, Stu Duncan a farmer panel. Thank you. I
Suzu
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