December 10, 2025 • 4 mins
For our final Farmstrong farmer for 2025, we head to the Hauraki Plains and a contract milker milking 330 cows.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So our final farm Strong farmer for twenty twenty five
has a great story. His name is Hayes Garland. He's
a contract milker on the Hairaki planes three hundred and
thirty cows on one hundred and forty five hectares. But Hayes,
you haven't always been a cow cocky. Tell us a
little bit about your farm and your background. Good afternoon, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Good afternoon mate, Hey, good on. I appreciate you calling out,
reaching out. I was not a dairy farmer until my
early thirties, and I was originally an industry of the
hospitality right, and I was doing a little bit of
work relief, milking and whatnot for a family friend, and
(00:44):
I kind of didn't look back from there.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
When I read your story online and it's on the
farm Strong website, one thing stuck out to me. And
this was because I'm a big, big Rugby fan. No
doubt you are as well. You went along with two
hundred other cockies to the Battle of the Bay. I
e Bay have plenty versus Hawks Bay in Taranga Bay
of plenty steamers on my second side behind the south
(01:07):
and stags. Tell us how that came about and what
it meant for you, because, as I understand it, this
game was right in the middle of carving.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, it was made. It was at a at a
pinnacle time of most dairy farmers were in the deep
of it. Our physical and our mental state would be
on high alert, so to speak. So it came at
one of those really difficult times. But hey, this this
(01:37):
trip for my south personally, it was a godsend. I
needed to get off farm or I needed to give
my mental my brain an excuse to get off farm
right and farm strong and FMG reached out and I
was didn't hesitate. I was on board.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Good on you. I love some of the quotes in
your story. I run the farm. The farm doesn't run me,
and as a former farmer, it's easy for me from
the outside looking in. Sometimes farmers get way too insular,
and even if they go to the pub on a
Friday night, they're boring someone about their lambing percentage or
something like that. You need to get your mindset out
(02:20):
of farming twenty four to seven. Everyone needs to switch off.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yeah, you're right, mate, You're definitely right. It's something that's
been in the farming and an egg industry for a long, long,
long time, and I think the responsibilities and the spectations
of the industry caused us to have their mentality of
(02:47):
that we had to be on farm twenty four to seven.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Another quote of yours, I used to be a chronic
overthinker and suffered from anxiety. Have you put that behind you, Hayes?
Speaker 2 (02:59):
To be honest, mate, I'm not gonna lie. It's a
work in progress. I am not as bad I have
in the in the last few years. I've inherited a
lot of good tools from good people and good advice
from other you know, other companies, and I'm more well
(03:19):
equipped to deal with it if that If that makes
sense made So that's where preparation comes in. Board right sporting,
they do preparations via training. Dairy farming, it's the same thing.
You've got to prepare yourself mentally to going into those challenges.
(03:40):
And when's the best time to do it At the
start of the season. So during dry off we were
all season right, and we can start preparing ourselves for
the season ahead. Another dairy farmer, Cain Briscoe, he's farm fit.
He's got some tips along the physical side of things.
(04:01):
So you can physically train and then mentally train to
see yourself for the worst.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Hey, you've been great chatting to your Hayes Garland. I
hope the season or the rest of the season on
the Hierarchy planes. You're a contract milker, there goes well
for you. Thanks for sharing your story as our final
farm Strong farmer for twenty twenty five and people can
read all about it on the farm Strong website. Thanks
for your.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Time, appreciate it mate. Thank you
So our final farm Strong farmer for twenty twenty five
has a great story. His name is Hayes Garland. He's
a contract milker on the Hairaki planes three hundred and
thirty cows on one hundred and forty five hectares. But Hayes,
you haven't always been a cow cocky. Tell us a
little bit about your farm and your background. Good afternoon, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Good afternoon mate, Hey, good on. I appreciate you calling out,
reaching out. I was not a dairy farmer until my
early thirties, and I was originally an industry of the
hospitality right, and I was doing a little bit of
work relief, milking and whatnot for a family friend, and
(00:44):
I kind of didn't look back from there.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
When I read your story online and it's on the
farm Strong website, one thing stuck out to me. And
this was because I'm a big, big Rugby fan. No
doubt you are as well. You went along with two
hundred other cockies to the Battle of the Bay. I
e Bay have plenty versus Hawks Bay in Taranga Bay
of plenty steamers on my second side behind the south
(01:07):
and stags. Tell us how that came about and what
it meant for you, because, as I understand it, this
game was right in the middle of carving.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, it was made. It was at a at a
pinnacle time of most dairy farmers were in the deep
of it. Our physical and our mental state would be
on high alert, so to speak. So it came at
one of those really difficult times. But hey, this this
(01:37):
trip for my south personally, it was a godsend. I
needed to get off farm or I needed to give
my mental my brain an excuse to get off farm
right and farm strong and FMG reached out and I
was didn't hesitate. I was on board.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Good on you. I love some of the quotes in
your story. I run the farm. The farm doesn't run me,
and as a former farmer, it's easy for me from
the outside looking in. Sometimes farmers get way too insular,
and even if they go to the pub on a
Friday night, they're boring someone about their lambing percentage or
something like that. You need to get your mindset out
(02:20):
of farming twenty four to seven. Everyone needs to switch off.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yeah, you're right, mate, You're definitely right. It's something that's
been in the farming and an egg industry for a long, long,
long time, and I think the responsibilities and the spectations
of the industry caused us to have their mentality of
(02:47):
that we had to be on farm twenty four to seven.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Another quote of yours, I used to be a chronic
overthinker and suffered from anxiety. Have you put that behind you, Hayes?
Speaker 2 (02:59):
To be honest, mate, I'm not gonna lie. It's a
work in progress. I am not as bad I have
in the in the last few years. I've inherited a
lot of good tools from good people and good advice
from other you know, other companies, and I'm more well
(03:19):
equipped to deal with it if that If that makes
sense made So that's where preparation comes in. Board right sporting,
they do preparations via training. Dairy farming, it's the same thing.
You've got to prepare yourself mentally to going into those challenges.
(03:40):
And when's the best time to do it At the
start of the season. So during dry off we were
all season right, and we can start preparing ourselves for
the season ahead. Another dairy farmer, Cain Briscoe, he's farm fit.
He's got some tips along the physical side of things.
(04:01):
So you can physically train and then mentally train to
see yourself for the worst.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Hey, you've been great chatting to your Hayes Garland. I
hope the season or the rest of the season on
the Hierarchy planes. You're a contract milker, there goes well
for you. Thanks for sharing your story as our final
farm Strong farmer for twenty twenty five and people can
read all about it on the farm Strong website. Thanks
for your.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Time, appreciate it mate. Thank you
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