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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On the show. Right now, we've got Keeley Buckingham from
darien Z. Keeley a bit of Fleetwood met with big love.
It's pretty hard to not love the weather and what's
happening on farm at the moment.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh, you run slowly smiling. It's great.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It's a well and change, isn't it from whether it's
previous weeks, months or years. It's just so good to
see positivity and people happy and some sunlight on our backs.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yeah, sun on the backs. Everything is just taking along nicely. Actually,
it was great. I was out on farm yesterday and yeah,
there wasn't a frown in the crowd. I think it's fun.
He's run certainly got some pep in the old step.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Certainly does yeah, and like a wind but nice rat
like everything. It's yeah, we're doing well. Yeah, what's been
happening out there in dearian zed world.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
So we're actually in the middle of event delivery at
the moment, and like you said, it always happens that
we plan these in advance and then all of a sudden,
weeks like this. She's all goes those things busy for
farmers and for us. But like I said, in the
middle of event delivery And yesterday we ran the first
in our home Maximizing Homegrown Feed series, So we were
(01:11):
up just north of Tepanou yesterday at Hka Emptin's place.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yes, it was great, good turnout.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, good turnout. The first event was head up in
West Otago in a wee while, so it was great
and really nice to be able to showcase a top
operator up in that region that's managing his homegrown feed
really well. And I guess the focus for these events
has been going to the hosts that are managing maximized
(01:41):
or growing a heick of a lot of feed first
and foremost and utilizing that really well, and then also
feeding supplements profitably on top of that. That great feed,
that great pasture.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah yeah, and it's probably really still hit that straps,
isn't that feed with that rain we had last week?
And there's a lot of people have been quite prective
with mowing, and there's some beautiful feed, you know, good
quality feed ready to be grazed at any time, isn't there.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, definitely, the feed quality at the moment is looking great,
and you know, we're hearing reports of growth in the eighties.
I think one of my colleagues had heard of one hundreds,
So I certainly growth has taken off, which is great
as we know. Intimating now and heading into summer, it's
going to set us up hopefully well for a good
summer surely.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
And add to that there's been a good peak this year.
Chaos should be coming into well, getting in calf in
good condition. Let's just hope that the spring wasn't too
hard and they're all they're holding in there, They're going
to go good.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Yeah, I think so from what we can hear or
what we've been here, and while I've been hearing, certainly
submission hope has been good in those first few weeks.
A few people are going to do a six week
scan just to make sure that whatever has been put
up as holding. But yeah, from all accounts, and I
think certainly the sun will be helping the Yeah, mating
(03:10):
is looking God.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Have you got more of those days coming up?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yes? So, like I said, yesterday's was the first in
the series. So next week we are heading into Southland.
So we've got mart and Barty sorry but in Martin
Luton from Wanton hosting on Tuesday, and then Wednesday we're
at Martin Charlotte van Rossen's Coapooka and then Thursday heading
(03:37):
over towards the tad Out with Tim and Ruby Ryan
and all of those. There's a slight obviously we're looking
at three different businesses, but the messaging and the I
guess the outcomes of those events are all the same.
Just looking at operators that are you know, first and
foremost utilizing and growing really good levels of FASTI and
(03:59):
crop on far and then how they are adding in
supplements and making sure we're getting getting good returns out
of those supplements, good responses. So yeah, we're really excited
to be heading to those three and actually we've also
putt for people to bring their staff along to we're
(04:19):
going to split the group at all three of those
events and do some light pasture measuring. I guess we're
calling it pasture skills, but it's a little bit more
than just skills, you know, talking about three leaf stage,
the importance of residuals for those team members on farm
that aren't quite deciding what supplements going in the system,
but we'll be deciding what round lengths are doing grazing
(04:44):
plans and stuff. So twofold the events has been designed
for decision makers and those people doing the doing on farm.
So yeah, we're it ran really really well yesterday to
be a session, so looking forward to doing it again
next week.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
And for anyone that can't make it, like tips for
going forward for managing services and you know, like aggressive
with the mother or what's what's the general.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Rule, like grass is growing really fast at the moment,
and there's that key that piece of advice that you
can't manage what you don't measure. So first and foremost,
if you're not measuring what you've got and creating a
feedwidge weekly or updating it some people do it even
a bit more frequently then that then you know, it's
(05:33):
really hard to identify what you can pull out of
the ground and what you can't at this time of year.
Recording what pre and post grays and covers are doing
to help those identify surfaces early. We'll just make sure
that you know, we can keep quality up before that
quality drops off. You know, if you're going to be
(05:53):
pulling paddocks out, you wanted to be making sure that
that quality stays high. It's going to be you know,
feed quality, siloge and sorry, milk and quality silage, you know,
in the autumn for most people. So if you know
the earlier week and identify it, the more we actions
we can take to making sure that whatever is as
(06:14):
high can be of high quality as well.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Just stay in front of that game, isn't it really?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Yeah? It is, And obviously you know it's still quite
a busy time of year with mate and most people
into their fourth or fift week. So still for those
that AI sucks, there's still two weeks potentially of packing cows.
And obviously it's a juggle this timing you're doing that
and then keeping your eye on the ball. But you know,
if you've got weekly data coming in to show what
is on the ground, at least you're not having to
(06:42):
go out with the eye on every day trying to
decide what's staying in the round and what's got to
come out kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah, that's great advice. Hey, look, I think we're probably
pretty well covering everything off and time has slipped away
and you need to let you get back to your
you've got that's not so well, So thank you very
much for your time and all the best will catch
up with you later. Cool.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Thanks Chris, have a good one, thank you,
On the show. Right now, we've got Keeley Buckingham from
darien Z. Keeley a bit of Fleetwood met with big love.
It's pretty hard to not love the weather and what's
happening on farm at the moment.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh, you run slowly smiling. It's great.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It's a well and change, isn't it from whether it's
previous weeks, months or years. It's just so good to
see positivity and people happy and some sunlight on our backs.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yeah, sun on the backs. Everything is just taking along nicely. Actually,
it was great. I was out on farm yesterday and yeah,
there wasn't a frown in the crowd. I think it's fun.
He's run certainly got some pep in the old step.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Certainly does yeah, and like a wind but nice rat
like everything. It's yeah, we're doing well. Yeah, what's been
happening out there in dearian zed world.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
So we're actually in the middle of event delivery at
the moment, and like you said, it always happens that
we plan these in advance and then all of a sudden,
weeks like this. She's all goes those things busy for
farmers and for us. But like I said, in the
middle of event delivery And yesterday we ran the first
in our home Maximizing Homegrown Feed series, So we were
(01:11):
up just north of Tepanou yesterday at Hka Emptin's place.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yes, it was great, good turnout.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, good turnout. The first event was head up in
West Otago in a wee while, so it was great
and really nice to be able to showcase a top
operator up in that region that's managing his homegrown feed
really well. And I guess the focus for these events
has been going to the hosts that are managing maximized
(01:41):
or growing a heick of a lot of feed first
and foremost and utilizing that really well, and then also
feeding supplements profitably on top of that. That great feed,
that great pasture.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah yeah, and it's probably really still hit that straps,
isn't that feed with that rain we had last week?
And there's a lot of people have been quite prective
with mowing, and there's some beautiful feed, you know, good
quality feed ready to be grazed at any time, isn't there.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, definitely, the feed quality at the moment is looking great,
and you know, we're hearing reports of growth in the eighties.
I think one of my colleagues had heard of one hundreds,
So I certainly growth has taken off, which is great
as we know. Intimating now and heading into summer, it's
going to set us up hopefully well for a good
summer surely.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
And add to that there's been a good peak this year.
Chaos should be coming into well, getting in calf in
good condition. Let's just hope that the spring wasn't too
hard and they're all they're holding in there, They're going
to go good.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Yeah, I think so from what we can hear or
what we've been here, and while I've been hearing, certainly
submission hope has been good in those first few weeks.
A few people are going to do a six week
scan just to make sure that whatever has been put
up as holding. But yeah, from all accounts, and I
think certainly the sun will be helping the Yeah, mating
(03:10):
is looking God.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Have you got more of those days coming up?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yes? So, like I said, yesterday's was the first in
the series. So next week we are heading into Southland.
So we've got mart and Barty sorry but in Martin
Luton from Wanton hosting on Tuesday, and then Wednesday we're
at Martin Charlotte van Rossen's Coapooka and then Thursday heading
(03:37):
over towards the tad Out with Tim and Ruby Ryan
and all of those. There's a slight obviously we're looking
at three different businesses, but the messaging and the I
guess the outcomes of those events are all the same.
Just looking at operators that are you know, first and
foremost utilizing and growing really good levels of FASTI and
(03:59):
crop on far and then how they are adding in
supplements and making sure we're getting getting good returns out
of those supplements, good responses. So yeah, we're really excited
to be heading to those three and actually we've also
putt for people to bring their staff along to we're
(04:19):
going to split the group at all three of those
events and do some light pasture measuring. I guess we're
calling it pasture skills, but it's a little bit more
than just skills, you know, talking about three leaf stage,
the importance of residuals for those team members on farm
that aren't quite deciding what supplements going in the system,
but we'll be deciding what round lengths are doing grazing
(04:44):
plans and stuff. So twofold the events has been designed
for decision makers and those people doing the doing on farm.
So yeah, we're it ran really really well yesterday to
be a session, so looking forward to doing it again
next week.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
And for anyone that can't make it, like tips for
going forward for managing services and you know, like aggressive
with the mother or what's what's the general.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Rule, like grass is growing really fast at the moment,
and there's that key that piece of advice that you
can't manage what you don't measure. So first and foremost,
if you're not measuring what you've got and creating a
feedwidge weekly or updating it some people do it even
a bit more frequently then that then you know, it's
(05:33):
really hard to identify what you can pull out of
the ground and what you can't at this time of year.
Recording what pre and post grays and covers are doing
to help those identify surfaces early. We'll just make sure
that you know, we can keep quality up before that
quality drops off. You know, if you're going to be
(05:53):
pulling paddocks out, you wanted to be making sure that
that quality stays high. It's going to be you know,
feed quality, siloge and sorry, milk and quality silage, you know,
in the autumn for most people. So if you know
the earlier week and identify it, the more we actions
we can take to making sure that whatever is as
(06:14):
high can be of high quality as well.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Just stay in front of that game, isn't it really?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Yeah? It is, And obviously you know it's still quite
a busy time of year with mate and most people
into their fourth or fift week. So still for those
that AI sucks, there's still two weeks potentially of packing cows.
And obviously it's a juggle this timing you're doing that
and then keeping your eye on the ball. But you know,
if you've got weekly data coming in to show what
is on the ground, at least you're not having to
(06:42):
go out with the eye on every day trying to
decide what's staying in the round and what's got to
come out kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah, that's great advice. Hey, look, I think we're probably
pretty well covering everything off and time has slipped away
and you need to let you get back to your
you've got that's not so well, So thank you very
much for your time and all the best will catch
up with you later. Cool.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Thanks Chris, have a good one, thank you,
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