November 9, 2025 • 7 mins
Andrew Welsh of Twin Farm Genetics has a catch up while in the trenches...literally!
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
You're listening to the Master on HOCKNOI Andrew Welsh and
film Farm Genetics home of TIF from joins us this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
So good afternoon. That sounds like you're trenching and playing
in the mad.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yep, yeah, I love a bit of playing the mad
here twin farm. So to be just getting on and
there's a few broken tolls and that that we should
have gone on too earlier. That was sort of put
off doing. And yeah, today's the day we get on again.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
The fixed Hell's ground conditions looking near all things considered.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
It's actually drawing up really good to be fear. Yeah,
it's quite surprising how quick it has changed. You've got
to be really onto it with your training work, not
letting the grand draw out on top too match because
we're sort of you get the old place. So you've
got the complaint where it's you're getting marbles on top
because they're too hard, and then under eight you the
od dent piece as well. It's not breaking down as good.
So nothing like a farmer to not be happy, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
That's about it.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Really, it's either too dried, too windy, or something else,
or some one or the other. But it's a farming prerogative. Hey,
who's driving the diggers today?
Speaker 3 (01:13):
If you did in the dog today, just got to
we we tend to digger going. And just they're fixing
up a few tolls that have broken, so nothing too major,
and we've got plenty of four to work with.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Having a wee digger is a big enough ten tanner
you live, and it's got enough funk to move some
branches if need be.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah, absolutely, yep. Now it's good to tick around and
get a few jobs done, and that's that'll be the
next job. Which you've got a proper tree trim or
coming or arborous they call themselves. And yeah, because some
of those trees, those wind blown ones, you nevern know
how they're quite going to go. So we went around
and had them come and cut all the main stumps
off fences and that and flip the stumps back up
so at least we can get some fences back up,
(01:50):
and then we'll go around later on when we'll get
a time and have a few fire poles and say
what logs we can for forward.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Now you're down the wide mere belly there, you're not
far from mandible, how did you guys end up with
those ones?
Speaker 3 (02:03):
But look, everyone, it was quite extreme. Just whip along
the front of the hill here where you were velveting
some staggs at the time in the yards. So we're
just shot put them in and saw them up and
shot back for lunch, and I hopped out of the
truck just to check the freezer, and everything was all
go and could hardly get back on the truck door,
to be fair. So it's yeah, pretty extreme at times.
(02:24):
But yeah, a few trees around and a few shed
roofs and that missing in places, But all in all,
it could have been worse, I suppose.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, that's pretty much about it. And let you talk
about just before we had a yarn. It'd work for
twenty minutes or so, if we wait for another twenty
twenty five minutes, you'd hate to think whether what the
results could.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Have been, right, Yeah, good, right, Yeah it did come
through short and sharp, and yeah about that fifteen twenty minutes,
that was the brunt of it gone. But yeah, if
they'd gone on for a couple of hours, yeah, there'll
be in a lot more trouble then.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
So as far as your tailing and trick to work,
how's it all going you up today?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, tailing's all done, which you chip around and did
all our sales this year except the hogits. We got
the Low Country Club coming and do half day there
tailing them. Good fundraiser and good crew in the pen.
So yeah, it just took along pretty good. The hill
did not too bad up there one four to three.
The flats are still going to do the final wead
up for the lakes, but yeah, it's going to be yeah,
(03:15):
I don't want to guess where it's at yet, but
it's not going to be a super year, but it
won't be that bad either.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
So you've got a bit of clover starting to grow
it is yet.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
You can see the grass to changing color and finally
getting away now, so we're actually this week we'll start
into a bit of lamb drenching as well and just
go around and give them a bit of a tidy
up about that month out from wedding now, so I
try to have them in the yards the least amount
of time possible, so by holding off and sort of
drenching them about now than time for weaning time again.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
So you're drenching routine. It's no different about the years.
You managed to stick to trae to your dates so far.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, pretty pretty good so far. There was a couple
of mobs that were looking quite bad that we're real
tight through spring, so we brought them and then we
did a couple of last week, and then the rest
will hold off till end of this coming week and
get in and blow the bulk of them out.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So velveteen, I've speaking to a couple of people about
that recently. Far.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
How's it going for you guys?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Pretty good. All the meat stags, I think I've got
three meat stags left to go, so they've cut really
good this year. And the velveting, I've got some young
velveting ones there that they're probably about two or three
weeks away from getting going with them. But all in all,
it's looking pretty good. I haven't heard any prices yet.
It's the only downside I think, for the sound of it,
might be velvet. It's the only sort of commodity that's
(04:32):
looking down a wee bit this season.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
It sounds as though wolves picked well, it has Wolves
picked up over what it's been for the last couple
of years or decades. Let's be honest, it's had a
nice weee rise over the last couple of six weeks
eight weeks or so, so that's something to look forward to.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I did get an email out from our local contractor
and your rakes have gone up again this year, so
that'll be typical. We'll be back. Hopefully wall price has
gone that can cover of the sheharing expenses again.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
So prices have gone up for sharing, yes, yep.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
They have for for air contractor anyway, he's gone up
when you go up three or three and a half
percent or.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Something, so I would have cost you to share a sheets.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
So we'll be getting what will we now? I think
the pull contract will be near enough to be five eighty.
I think now, yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
This is they're in the money too. If you're on
a hand face it's hard.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yeah, yes, fear players, Oh absolutely no. They deserve every
dollar they get for doing that job. It's it's one
of those skills that it looks easy when you've got
the professionals doing it, but you spend teen minutes on
yourself and it's one of those only jobs that you
can You can do one or two sheep and you're
in a full sweat the truth.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
But we look at the rebmat sitt for the season,
and I think, well, it's topping out pretty good. Like
Chelton the Yards the other day top lambs three hundred
and fifty dollars for goodness sake and use it two
hundred and fifty, isn't.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I said the Soviet carl ram lambs. I went through
and polp aid and chick them all over yeah, last
week and set them down and that we got three
point fifty for the tops of those through there. So
I was very impressed with that coming back and very surprised.
But let's hopefully it continues because I know all our
expenses and that have gone up. I actually saw a
thing on Facebook a couple of weeks ago with even
(06:18):
just your can of coke and petrol and what that's
gone up, and its huge compared to what their price
of lamb and beef's gone up as nothing compared to those.
So how heavy were these prices are there to stay?
Speaker 1 (06:28):
How heavy were those lambs? Then?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
I never actually weighed them, but I'd say the tops
of them would have been pushing on eighty kilos zer
all yep, So not too bad.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Will you go back to playing in the mud because
that's what you love doing? Right tim Farm to Neddix,
a home of tier from. We appreciate you, Catherine Russell
ongoing support for Hakai as well as the muster of
the five day forecast you.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Enjoy the afternoon, Good.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
As golden near everyone. Stay safe out there. If it
cutting up any of those trees.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer Well Data working to help the livestock farmer.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
My wife asked if she could have some peace and
quiet while she cooked dinner. So I took the batteries
out of a smoke alarm and.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
That's how it all started.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Okay, that's us for the afternoon. The podcast The Muster
on Hakanui is going up shortly thanks to Iheartrad.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Yeah, my name is Andy Muhei.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
You've been listening to The Muster on Hakanui of course
thanks to Peter's genetics. Enjoy the afternoon, Stay so south
out there. See you tomorrow.
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
You're listening to the Master on HOCKNOI Andrew Welsh and
film Farm Genetics home of TIF from joins us this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
So good afternoon. That sounds like you're trenching and playing
in the mad.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yep, yeah, I love a bit of playing the mad
here twin farm. So to be just getting on and
there's a few broken tolls and that that we should
have gone on too earlier. That was sort of put
off doing. And yeah, today's the day we get on again.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
The fixed Hell's ground conditions looking near all things considered.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
It's actually drawing up really good to be fear. Yeah,
it's quite surprising how quick it has changed. You've got
to be really onto it with your training work, not
letting the grand draw out on top too match because
we're sort of you get the old place. So you've
got the complaint where it's you're getting marbles on top
because they're too hard, and then under eight you the
od dent piece as well. It's not breaking down as good.
So nothing like a farmer to not be happy, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
That's about it.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Really, it's either too dried, too windy, or something else,
or some one or the other. But it's a farming prerogative. Hey,
who's driving the diggers today?
Speaker 3 (01:13):
If you did in the dog today, just got to
we we tend to digger going. And just they're fixing
up a few tolls that have broken, so nothing too major,
and we've got plenty of four to work with.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Having a wee digger is a big enough ten tanner
you live, and it's got enough funk to move some
branches if need be.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah, absolutely, yep. Now it's good to tick around and
get a few jobs done, and that's that'll be the
next job. Which you've got a proper tree trim or
coming or arborous they call themselves. And yeah, because some
of those trees, those wind blown ones, you nevern know
how they're quite going to go. So we went around
and had them come and cut all the main stumps
off fences and that and flip the stumps back up
so at least we can get some fences back up,
(01:50):
and then we'll go around later on when we'll get
a time and have a few fire poles and say
what logs we can for forward.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Now you're down the wide mere belly there, you're not
far from mandible, how did you guys end up with
those ones?
Speaker 3 (02:03):
But look, everyone, it was quite extreme. Just whip along
the front of the hill here where you were velveting
some staggs at the time in the yards. So we're
just shot put them in and saw them up and
shot back for lunch, and I hopped out of the
truck just to check the freezer, and everything was all
go and could hardly get back on the truck door,
to be fair. So it's yeah, pretty extreme at times.
(02:24):
But yeah, a few trees around and a few shed
roofs and that missing in places, But all in all,
it could have been worse, I suppose.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, that's pretty much about it. And let you talk
about just before we had a yarn. It'd work for
twenty minutes or so, if we wait for another twenty
twenty five minutes, you'd hate to think whether what the
results could.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Have been, right, Yeah, good, right, Yeah it did come
through short and sharp, and yeah about that fifteen twenty minutes,
that was the brunt of it gone. But yeah, if
they'd gone on for a couple of hours, yeah, there'll
be in a lot more trouble then.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
So as far as your tailing and trick to work,
how's it all going you up today?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, tailing's all done, which you chip around and did
all our sales this year except the hogits. We got
the Low Country Club coming and do half day there
tailing them. Good fundraiser and good crew in the pen.
So yeah, it just took along pretty good. The hill
did not too bad up there one four to three.
The flats are still going to do the final wead
up for the lakes, but yeah, it's going to be yeah,
(03:15):
I don't want to guess where it's at yet, but
it's not going to be a super year, but it
won't be that bad either.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
So you've got a bit of clover starting to grow
it is yet.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
You can see the grass to changing color and finally
getting away now, so we're actually this week we'll start
into a bit of lamb drenching as well and just
go around and give them a bit of a tidy
up about that month out from wedding now, so I
try to have them in the yards the least amount
of time possible, so by holding off and sort of
drenching them about now than time for weaning time again.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
So you're drenching routine. It's no different about the years.
You managed to stick to trae to your dates so far.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, pretty pretty good so far. There was a couple
of mobs that were looking quite bad that we're real
tight through spring, so we brought them and then we
did a couple of last week, and then the rest
will hold off till end of this coming week and
get in and blow the bulk of them out.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So velveteen, I've speaking to a couple of people about
that recently. Far.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
How's it going for you guys?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Pretty good. All the meat stags, I think I've got
three meat stags left to go, so they've cut really
good this year. And the velveting, I've got some young
velveting ones there that they're probably about two or three
weeks away from getting going with them. But all in all,
it's looking pretty good. I haven't heard any prices yet.
It's the only downside I think, for the sound of it,
might be velvet. It's the only sort of commodity that's
(04:32):
looking down a wee bit this season.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
It sounds as though wolves picked well, it has Wolves
picked up over what it's been for the last couple
of years or decades. Let's be honest, it's had a
nice weee rise over the last couple of six weeks
eight weeks or so, so that's something to look forward to.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I did get an email out from our local contractor
and your rakes have gone up again this year, so
that'll be typical. We'll be back. Hopefully wall price has
gone that can cover of the sheharing expenses again.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
So prices have gone up for sharing, yes, yep.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
They have for for air contractor anyway, he's gone up
when you go up three or three and a half
percent or.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Something, so I would have cost you to share a sheets.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
So we'll be getting what will we now? I think
the pull contract will be near enough to be five eighty.
I think now, yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
This is they're in the money too. If you're on
a hand face it's hard.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yeah, yes, fear players, Oh absolutely no. They deserve every
dollar they get for doing that job. It's it's one
of those skills that it looks easy when you've got
the professionals doing it, but you spend teen minutes on
yourself and it's one of those only jobs that you
can You can do one or two sheep and you're
in a full sweat the truth.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
But we look at the rebmat sitt for the season,
and I think, well, it's topping out pretty good. Like
Chelton the Yards the other day top lambs three hundred
and fifty dollars for goodness sake and use it two
hundred and fifty, isn't.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I said the Soviet carl ram lambs. I went through
and polp aid and chick them all over yeah, last
week and set them down and that we got three
point fifty for the tops of those through there. So
I was very impressed with that coming back and very surprised.
But let's hopefully it continues because I know all our
expenses and that have gone up. I actually saw a
thing on Facebook a couple of weeks ago with even
(06:18):
just your can of coke and petrol and what that's
gone up, and its huge compared to what their price
of lamb and beef's gone up as nothing compared to those.
So how heavy were these prices are there to stay?
Speaker 1 (06:28):
How heavy were those lambs? Then?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
I never actually weighed them, but I'd say the tops
of them would have been pushing on eighty kilos zer
all yep, So not too bad.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Will you go back to playing in the mud because
that's what you love doing? Right tim Farm to Neddix,
a home of tier from. We appreciate you, Catherine Russell
ongoing support for Hakai as well as the muster of
the five day forecast you.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Enjoy the afternoon, Good.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
As golden near everyone. Stay safe out there. If it
cutting up any of those trees.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer Well Data working to help the livestock farmer.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
My wife asked if she could have some peace and
quiet while she cooked dinner. So I took the batteries
out of a smoke alarm and.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
That's how it all started.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Okay, that's us for the afternoon. The podcast The Muster
on Hakanui is going up shortly thanks to Iheartrad.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Yeah, my name is Andy Muhei.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
You've been listening to The Muster on Hakanui of course
thanks to Peter's genetics. Enjoy the afternoon, Stay so south
out there. See you tomorrow.
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