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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The muster with Andy Muir. Thanks to Peter's genetics, every
drip means quite a bit when it's from Peter's genetics.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nathan Ebenezy from Regional Ford joins us once again. He
hit a Southern Field Days kicking off tomorrow. Giddy Nathan, Yeah,
get a Andy Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Southern Field Days twenty twenty six is right upon us
and we are busy getting set up at the site,
which is by the massive shed. They we're pretty easy
to find, but look it is all go. It's going
to be a big three days. Are really excited to
see how it goes because you know, there's yeah, people
are sort of seem pretty happy around the place at
the moment and not before time. So look, we've got
(00:35):
a full range of Ford vehicles out there. We've got
an amazing range of the Ranger and all the models.
We've got plenty of Ford Everest out there for you
to come and have a look at. We've got anything
else from We've got mustangs, we've got Ford pumas, we've
got little trendsit bands and bits and pieces. We're going
to have the full team on deck out there, on
deck out there for the whole three days. Andy, I
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think Shaun's coming down from beal Kloof as well, which
will give five of us. And yeah, we're looking forward
to a very very successful three days. So look, if
you haven't been to the Field Days before, certainly get
there and have a look at an amazing event and
there's a lot of work goes into it, not only
from the amazing young farmers and crew out there that
(01:17):
run it, but there's a lot of work going in
from all the trade sites and such like, So definitely
worth getting out there and having a look. It's probably
more than one day you can handle a lot of
the time for you to get around because it's so big.
But look, we're there and we'd love to see you.
And if you have been thinking about doing something as
far as a car for the family or a ute
for farm or work, definitely come and see us at
(01:39):
Regional Ford. We'd love to be looking after you and
putting a really really good deal together for you.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Get on nice ketchup Field Days.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Thank you Andy, beautiful lad.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Good afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hakanui. My
name's Andy. You are here until two o'clock. Thanks for
Peters Genetics. Welcome along to southern field. Day's eve and
the weather's just well, it's a bit damper today compared
to yesterday. But the forecast over the next three days
we'll look at it shortly, particularly for Thursday. You're going
to need a slip, slop, slap and rap, just to
give you a bit of a heads up. But all
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roads are leading to wy Moomo over the next couple
of days down here in the south, So Craik con
with it quite a bit to get through today. The
theme is New Zealand Country. This is Petsy Rigger.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Inside above.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm teff from and
soft text. The proof is in the progeny teff from
dot co dot inzad.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Save this afternoon Raymond, breezy, northerleies and a high of twenty.
There we go. That's better. Wednesday sunny, we're light Easterly's
ten and twenty three. Thursday cloudy, you're light, no easterly
sixteen and twenty eight. Friday Petri reality, I suppose cloudy
with breezy Westley's six and seventeen and Saturday afternoon showers
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of breezey south west is seven and sixteen, so temperatures
to hand, Northern Southland fifteen point nine, Rivertons sixteen point four,
went in fifteen point six and Woodland's fifteen point three.
As we start to show with Grant Disaster, McMaster a
close friend's station, followed up by Carl Stewart of Open Country,
(03:28):
Liz Ferns of av Lione he head of field Days.
What's happening with the team at av line. We catch
up with Liz Graham Butcher Farm Consultants in studio, as
is Daryl Moyles and Natalie Crystal A Sergeant Dan Stockfoods.
Sam Riley a PGG writes and gives a rundown from
the Lauville cil that was held this morning, and just
(03:49):
a couple of words as well regarding field days tomorrow,
the roads are going to be pretty busy. To just
be patient. They do move pretty quickly, that's a given
with field days We're not really used traffic and near
and south and let's be honest, if Puss is available,
Kesh will be available as well. And as far as
the tractable contestants, Mark Dillon's requested you there nice and early.
(04:09):
I forget the time that Mark told we've had just
set any concerns, get in touch from Bob and he'll
put you on the straight and narrow regarding there. So
about further ado, we'll start the yell with disaster. You're
listening to the Muster until two o'clock thanks to Peter's.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Genetics GGG rights and stock sale reports on the muster.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Hey, well all that there. PGG writes and presents stock
selling action to the credit the love Saie Yards This
morning once again Sam Riley's on the ground also a
two new three was hell good afternoon, Sam. How do
we go?
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Good?
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Andy here?
Speaker 7 (04:42):
You and I mate?
Speaker 6 (04:43):
Yeah, pretty good. Really we're apart from the weather down
here for the range around this morning, but that's all right.
It didn't really gamp in the process too much. We'll
kick it off with the prime kettles. We had to
have kettle on it today. The prime kettle with skis
five hundred and sixty five kilos. They were five dollars.
The heaps three hundred and sixty kilos four dollars eighty
two dairy heafers four hundred to four hundred and twenty k's.
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They range from four dollars to four dollars twenty, and
those lights dairy heapers at three twenty to three eighty kilos,
they were three dollars seventy to three dollars ninety. The
few of the balls coming in out of the service
of dairy balls five hundred eighty kilo. Here for balls
they were five dollars and unto the cows, the better
end of the cows four seventy to five fifty kgs
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three dollars three dollars ten and the heavy cows are
three hundred, six hundred and fifty kilos.
Speaker 8 (05:31):
They were three dollars forty.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
Into the store kettle just mainly made up of calves
coming through that some quotes they're two year old. Here
for cross heapers at four hundred and eighty kg's two thousand,
two hundred dollars the marl one some cross balls at
two hundred and twenty kilos one thousand and fifty so
mar one here for across balls at one hundred and
eighty to two hundred and twenty kilos nine to fifty
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to eleven hundred dollars are one. Here for across heafers
at one hundred and thirty three kilos seven hundred dollars
and on the freezers the beer into those frees and
balls one hundred and fifty kg stuff. They were nine
hundred dollars and one hundred king kilo freezing balls seven hundred,
so that reps up the kettle mate into these turdos.
We had just a few quite yere for the left.
The tourtoos Peering delos. They were selling at three hundred
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and fifty to three hundred.
Speaker 8 (06:18):
And ninety eight dollars. They didn't quote get for the
four hundred dollar mark, but selling very well. The coup
worth thirty years they were three hundred and fifty coup kicks.
Two years day range from three forty to three seventy.
We'll show years.
Speaker 6 (06:32):
They were three hundred and seventy dollars in the Rodney
tex to Yerias day range three forty to three fifty.
So thank you.
Speaker 8 (06:38):
Long'll be pretty happy there.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I'm sure he had all the muster with Andy Muir
thanks to Peter's genetics. Every drip means quite a bit
when it's from Peter's genetics.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Back little tim of Love, you give me any grand disaster.
McMaster joins us once again thanks of seven RB Rural.
He's based up a close Friends station on the edges
of late walking up, get a.
Speaker 5 (07:05):
Grunt and good afternoon everybody.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
That song there, Hands of My Heart by the Wartars
once upon a time you're walking to the White Kai
a pub and Neil standers shouldn't have anything else about
that song playing on the jukebox.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
That was when he wasn't banned from the hotel, so
that wasn't very often. But no, I think the Warre
Tars first came to White Kai and there went a
fundraiser in Glenary many many years ago in the nineties,
and that was absolutely packed, and I think they had
to get they had to reinforce the Glenary wallshit at
one day because there were so many people. And so
you know, the Waratar's a good, great band.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
How's everything at klose Burn.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Oh, things are good at the moment. It's a lovely day,
twenty four degrees with a bit of breeze, so a
little bit of rain this morning, and it is clear,
which is good because we're just we have mustered all
the us in the game for sharing comms, so we
just drafted them up into their lines and they'll be
nice and try to put a to it up tonight
and hopefully the rest will be right for tomorrow, so
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we know to be a couple of days to enough
days sharing, I guess so I was just doing that
at the moment. So dog class are out of the way,
us come back. Things are sort of back to normal,
if there's such a thing.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Sharing is a ways a good thing to get out
of the road, though the way up to it, the preparation.
It's not just the five minute job.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Oh no, sharing. I have aloys enjoyed chair and I'm
going to enjoy it a bit more this year. Because
the wall market's on a ten year high.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
How good's that?
Speaker 5 (08:28):
Well, it's incredible just reading an article in the and
the Farmer's Weekly there or this morning, and they say
that the war was on a ten year high, and
that's that's it's risen thirty. There's been a thirty per
cent ride since in the last year. And basically it
heat going the old supply and demand Jiordre and Grammar
third fore economics going from oversupply to undersupply. So there's
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you know, there's not too many surprises there, but I
reckon over the last few years there's been fat. The
fifty thousand bales in recent years that have been on
the market not being over shifted. And they use the
word they have dampened the market. I'd say it's more
like flood of the market. But damping doesn't sound so bad.
But yes, it's you know, it's quite positive that that
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that's happening. And you know, again a new demand from
China and they apparently China sort of getting into the carpet,
the woolen carpets again. And in that article it said
that they're going from down bedding to woolen bedding. So
if everybody in China had had a mattress, had a
(09:36):
bit of wool and we won't be able to supply
the market.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Sandy, will we have you been something cool about war
and actually managing to get up through the ranks again.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Yeah, yeah, Well, I mean, you know they're talking five
fifty odd clean there and in this article, so in
second tech and share is you know it's looking it's
looking pretty good. So full place has gone it's had
a nine percent increase and the second here is what
we do every six months has gone to twelve percent.
(10:04):
So and they're talking about a five percent lift in lambswall.
So we've got a few of those we big us
share as well. So yeah, I mean, I think the
thing is that that you know is obviously we've got
only got half. You know, we've got less than half
the supply we ever had, so more of a niche
market people the other countries wanting it. So you would
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think that, you know, we might have hit hit the
home straight, but we've waited a long time, Andy, and
you know, you sort of you sort of hold your
breath a little bit, but let's you know, I'm so
pleased it is. It's for the great product it is,
and we've talked about it here, you know, you and
I know how to talk it up. But it's getting
people to buy it and maybe long last, that message
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is getting through dog.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Trial says, and it's underway. How do we got the weekend?
Speaker 5 (10:49):
Well, at the weekend, we've got the we've got the
results from WAMA hacker and that was there on Saturday.
And a few old names to the foe for opening
the opening the sea on the long Head. First was Brian,
I've got to get a bit serious, Dickerson, Dickerson and
read you at ninety eight point five. Second was Brian,
I did get serious Dickerson and Joe with ninety seven.
Third was Big Roger, Bryn, Tweed and Caine with ninety
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six point five. Fourth was Eon, Herbert and Charlie with
ninety six, and fifth was Roger Brin, Tweed and Rick
with ninety four point five. Event Toy Brian I got
to get serious. Dickerson started pretty good with Joe with
ninety six. Second was he On, Herbert and Heidy with
ninety five point five. Third was a pit Flower and
Right Foam with ninety three. Fourth was pit Flower and
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Hurricane with eighty seven, and fifth was Reubenson Wilkinson's Sword
with Teague in eighty four. Event three de zig there
at Wimahaka. First was Ethan Smith and Chubb with ninety eight,
checkond with Sean, Sino, Boyl and Pearl ninety seven. Third
was Quentin Whitehead, Blackhead and Zeas with ninety six. Forth
was dropped the Cub me Han and Hank with ninety
five point five and first. Fifth was Maria Burrell, Perell
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and Moca with ninety five and event for the last
on there Imahacker. First was Brian Mule, Navas, Sparrow and
Sam with ninety six. Second Quintin Whitehead Slash Blackhead Ze's
ninety five point five. Third Brian melv Neiva Sparrow and
Jeriot ninety five, fourth was Roger and the Sellers and
Surf ninety four point five, and fifth was Shawn Cenoboil
and Prayerl ninety four. So that's Wyamahacker. At at Wokets
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we had we had good couple of days of trials.
Entries up slightly and then won the long head Ginger
Anderson won that event to the short head and yard
Jimmy short Longley he won that and the hunts one
went to Davey Parker from over at Roxburgh and the
other one was justin Tigle Wallace and as dol Vetti
(12:45):
se won was exeg So all on all a pretty good,
pretty good couple of days out at the market. Coming
up on this Friday the thirteenth and Saturday the fourteenth,
there's the Mighty Windham Trials down there on Windham and
then the Tago on the thirteenth and the fourteenth teams
to Hedica. So the next two coming up. Hopefully we
might have something to report on the next week.
Speaker 7 (13:05):
Andy.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
This is one of the joys of the job. Listening
to those dulcet tones of Grant McMaster weaving his magic
around the dog trials, and we do appreciate your time
as always.
Speaker 5 (13:13):
Ah No, and thanks to the real and Batman for
allowing me to board people today for.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Dog Tross Grant Disaster McMaster Dog Trial Extraordinary Trials Extraordinary
thanks to RB Rural. Up next on the Master Cal
Stewart of Open Country.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
The Muster with Andy Nure Thanks to Peter's Genetics. Every
drop means quite a lot when it's from Peter's Genetics.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Welcome back to the Muster. The theme today's key Wee Country,
Living Free there by Kaylee Bell as we catch up
with Mark Smith, general manager of milk supply for Open Country. Mark,
Good afternoon, yeahdayday.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
How's things pretty good?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
And first great to chat for the first time this
year we get open Country on a regular basis. You're
based up there in the White Kadow. How's the season being.
Speaker 7 (14:11):
Oh, look she's been. Look if you talk about the
whiteado Borrough Kenney region, that's we've had rain, sort of
steady rain through January and into February. So any sort
of rain in those months it really really sets us
up really really well. Some of the maize crops are
some of the best I've seen. There's one or two
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that have been affected by that storm we had a
few weeks ago. The a little bit of wind damage,
but apart from that, you know, the regions it's green. Look,
if we wanted to complain about something, there's a little
bit of facial x men around, but look, you're really
scraping the bottom of the barrel to you know, to
find something to complain about, particularly in the White Kadow.
(14:53):
And I suppose if I've moved down country talking about
the Wonganui Taranaki men or two region where we're where
a wanan early plant. The region we clicked milk in
there very very similar to the Wakee out of plenty rain,
heaps of supplement. Milk volumes. You know, they're well up
on last year. Again, a little bit of kxmer but
you know, nothing nothing too concerning. So for us in
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the North Island, including our new meadiacker site, the region's
looking really well. Milk volumes are up. Farmers seem relatively
happy at the stage ending have you.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Actually had a summer up there, because you're coming down
to the south of Field days which starts tomorrow at
Southern field As at way moment, I'll give you the turf.
It hasn't been the best summer down south, but there
is some sunshine in the forecast this week.
Speaker 7 (15:37):
So so what are you saying, bring some bring my
sunnies in sunscreen or peck a jacket as well.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
I think you cover all your bases. We're at a
field days. You might have to go and buy attacker.
Speaker 7 (15:48):
Yeah, I know, I know I've been caught out before
at field Days and having to go along to one
of the stores and buy a coat and maybe a
pair of pair of gummies. But as you talked about,
like you know, that's let's have biggest site. Look things
have you know, there's been a bit of wind and
the CEO season hasn't been there, the sum hasn't been
(16:08):
you know, sort of that well. But look, book volumes
of book volumes are certainly still still pretty strong into
the and into the material valley site.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yeah, there seems to be what I'm hearing as well.
Mark people are pretty content with the season regarding milk volumes,
which is always a good thing because January can generally
be a really dry month.
Speaker 7 (16:28):
Or it can be yea, it can be a killer,
but they look, there's there's a lot of supplement uh
in in you know the regions on a whole. Look, look,
look look pretty good. So we we can't complain, can't
complain indy. In terms of that one thing I will note,
you know, talking to the guys down in se Euceland,
the main of farms that have been on the market
and then that have changed hands in Sea Island in
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particular is uh you know, there's there's some big, big,
still very very strong demand for for good quality dairy
farms down in the Seathland region. And what's pleasing to
see talking to one of the guys you say, day
before yesterday, first time buyers in behalf a dozen you know,
first time buyers coming to the market, and which I
think is great mate. It's great to see you know,
a bit of youth in the in the industry because
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as they all know, the average age of a dairy farmer,
you know, it's getting older and older. So it's good
to see the bit of youth coming through in the industry.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Well, it's arguably in the most positive headspace that has
been for a while.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Yeah, Look, things are things are looking good. You know,
if we talk about you know, we talk about the market.
You know, as we you know, the start of twenty
twenty six, we've had three rises in the GDT, so
of course you're gonna ask me the question, you know,
late twenty twenty five, did we reach the bottom of
the market. We think so. What we do need to
see is another sort of two or three positive GDT
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results or you know, austatical positive slightly up so and
that will sort of lock in that potentially the you know,
late last year was the bottom of the market.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
So these gdt's we're still looking at, possibly a correct
from the milk price.
Speaker 7 (18:01):
Do you look, there's there's that we we've just released
in our latest talk milk. We've we've just bumped out
our period four payment a smidgeon to reflect you know,
some positive results, more positive results. You're right there, there's
there's some more movement in the in the pay. It
definitely definitely ending.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Okay, it's the Southern Field Day starting at way movie tomorrow.
You're making your way down south. Open Country is going
to be there as per normal one.
Speaker 7 (18:28):
Hundred percent, one hundred percent. And look, and I think
you know we're talking earlier on following on from I
think it was two years ago at Mystery Creek here
in the White Kadow. You know, we went that. We
were celebrating our twenty years in business then, and we
went a little bit bigger and we got a bigger
stand and we got some cheese tasting accompanied with some
wine and some beer and and maybe a little bit
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of gin. So we did that in the Wyekdow and
we're going to replicate that down in Southland. So if
you if you like a bit of cheese tasting and
you don't mind a beer or a wine, come along
just five to seven. We'll be there and enjoy a
little bit of cheese tasting.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Good on you, Mike. Always appreciate catching up with the
team from Open Country and we'll see you over the
next couple of days of Southern Field days.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Looking forward.
Speaker 7 (19:12):
I'll save you a gent in a beer right.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Sounds good made to hold you that catch up then cool?
Speaker 7 (19:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Mark Smith, general manager of milk supply for Open Country.
Always good to catch up with the team. Graham Butcher,
fun Consultant is up next. You're listening to the Muster.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
The Muster with Andy Muir thanks to Peter's genetics. Every
drop means quite a lot when it's from Peter's Genetics.
Speaker 9 (19:39):
Si Baes, Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
John rowls there. Graham Butcher is our next guest, fun
consultant based hearing Gore. I don't think he requested that song,
but nonetheless it's a country ish kiewe theme. I think, Graham,
good afternoon, afternoon, how thing's made very good?
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Indeed, a bit.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
Of rain today, I mean field days week. We'll talk
about that shortly, but Thursday is going to be the
stinking day. Tomorrow is going to be that nice bowl
of porridge.
Speaker 10 (20:13):
Yes, I think I might head down here tomorrow because
I rain on Friday, hot on Thursday, overcast. Just call
on tomorrow sounds good to me.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Right, we want to talk about the positives of the
industry today we talk We'll talk about the wolf things shortly,
but likes of wearables. I mean I was talking to
the team from a hotel last week regarding wearables on
beef Kettle. This is going to you reckon. This will
be a game changer.
Speaker 10 (20:36):
At the moment, we're sitting red meat and Waller is
looking particularly good at the moment, so it opens up
all sorts of development possibilities on farm. I suppose farmers
have got the head above water and able to breathe
a little bit. But the whole to one is really
quite interesting from the point of view of management of
Hell Country in particular. So what I did this to
one hundred and fifty cows nine carving one hundred fifty cows,
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including first carvers, to do a holter program on that
particular herd. One hundred and fifty collars for the cows,
one hundred and thirty five for the yearlings to eighty
five collars. Current price is about nine to ninety a month.
So we're talking about thirty four dollars thirty four dollars
thirty four thousand dollars annual investment.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Thirty four bucks would be good.
Speaker 10 (21:19):
It would be damn good, wouldn't it. I'd go for
it myself. Thirty four thousand annual costs to do it.
But we have an initial setup cost as well, probably
around about eight thousand and nine. Average minimum will be
four and a half. Spend it over ten years another
eight hundred bucks. So let's round it off to thirty
five thousand annual cost, and that's spreading that initial set
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up cost over over a ten year period. So that's
thirty five thousand, to put into context, is about one
point five to one point seven kilometers of fencing, all right.
So the big question is do you spend thirty five
thousand a year and have unlimited fencing potential on your
hill country or do you slow down do one point
seven column is a year.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
That's the big question.
Speaker 10 (22:02):
If we spent went down the hole to track to
recover that thirty four thousand or thirty five thousand annual
on that particular herd. And this is a very narrow
way of looking at it. With a schedule at nine
and seven for prime and cows average eight dollars, we
have to put on about thirty kilograms carcass weight on
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all our cows and all the animals that we sell
finish right now, That's possible, but probably a bit of
an ask. So just looking at it from the point
of view of the games you're making the beef cow
herd by putting collars on them, possibly you would struggle
a little bit. The whole question, the whole analysis should
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take into account a whole lot of other things, like
if you look at some of the stuff online. North
Island hold to beef herds are claiming to double their
stocking rates on hill country, which is pretty phenomenal, and
I don't doubt that that possibly is happening. But that's
(23:06):
top end.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
Now.
Speaker 10 (23:07):
When you talk about doubling the stocking rate on hill
country by getting into hold, that's pretty significant. So the
whole idea is you've got unlimited fencing. You've got to
consider your water lines. But it's not as bad as
you think because you place troughs strategically and your fence
line goes around troughs and this water on hill country
is critical anyway, so you should be doing it. So anyway,
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you're recycling nutrients, you're getting better pasture quality, you're getting
better growth on your calves, on your yieldings, and on
your cows.
Speaker 4 (23:36):
Maybe better reproductive performance.
Speaker 10 (23:38):
But you're also getting better performance out of stock that
follow you, sheep, your lambs, all that sort of stuff
as well. Other considerations. Snow and floods not a problem.
You just your virtual fens will stay exactly where it is.
Labor saving that's probably quite.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
A big one. Exclusion for water that's rather a huge one.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
Recycling and nutrients So the whole idea of fencing on
hill country is to improve your harvesting of energy on
hill country.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yeah, wearable certainly something to consider when you look at
the future now the wall industry as well. This is
exciting you. You wouldn't have said this twelve months ago.
Speaker 10 (24:17):
Well, yes, this came about. There was a bit of
a still in the latest Farmers Weekly about Caeroplast and
I've just finished reading a book on Glenmore Station and
they were one of the prime movers and the setting
up of Icebreaker early on, and it just struck me
that there's a lot of complementarity between what happened with
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Icebreaker at the start and perhaps this caerplast view. Now,
the caraplast one they've got a six eighty eight clean
which is about five five ninety something like that greasy,
which is the nominal terms, getting back to what it
used to be. That's for the twenty five to twenty
six year, five year contract, four hundred four hundred thousand kilos,
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which is about four thirty bales. Okay, so it's not big,
it's spread over thirty farmers. But what careoplasts are doing
they've developed the careoplast which used the nutraceuticals were in dressings,
all that sort of sort of thing.
Speaker 4 (25:14):
It's a really high quality.
Speaker 10 (25:16):
But they are attaching a New Zealand story to that,
and they're contracting the supply and the contractors supply have
got to be certified regenerative as well, and that's something
that Marino or the Icebreaker one does as well. They
attached to the New Zealand story and specific farming conditions
as well. So I get quite excited about this. It's
a good price. It's got a wee way to go yet,
(25:37):
price wise, to get back to an inflation adjusted terms
if you like. But the synergy is there. You know,
Icebreaker was small at the start. They recognize the unique
value of New Zealand. Marino they contracted supply with specific
conditions and they had a New Zealand story attached to it,
which is something that excites me about caerroplast.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
When was the last time you got excited about wool.
Speaker 10 (26:03):
And probably when they dropped the wall levy, but it
was excited in the other directions sort of thing.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
You've got a property there, a police.
Speaker 10 (26:10):
What's the go Oh, yes, well it's one hundred and
two effective hectares the Wymear Valley Road. The tender's close
early April, so it's really filmsured. You really got to
get the information. So I've got all the information now
supporting data at least ten and the ten and the
least document as well, So just contact me and I
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can email them out to you. But it's one hundred
and two hectares. Quite a lot of regrassing done on it.
There's quite a lot of red clover two year old
stands of red clover on the farm which is being
over drilled as rye grass in the next couple of weeks.
Good little property, good water, sheep and beef, cereal dairy support.
Speaker 4 (26:51):
Including winter cows.
Speaker 10 (26:53):
There's no house on the property, which probably going to
limit it to more local people, I suppose, But a
very good little property and one well worse.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Look at good on your grave. Always appreciate your time,
growing Butcher f I'm consultant. You're listening to the muster
up next Liz Ferns from Aby Lime the Muster with
Eddie Newer.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Thanks to Peter's genetics, every trip means quite a bit
when it's from Peter's Genetics sun Star.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Welcome back to the muster. Liz Ferns of a by
Lime joins us next list. Good afternoon, how have you
been great?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Andy?
Speaker 11 (27:35):
How about you?
Speaker 1 (27:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Pretty good? It's a Hector quek. Of course, Southern Field
Days coming up, which is certainly a muster on the
Southern farming calendar. But look from an av line perspective,
how's it been over the past?
Speaker 7 (27:46):
We were, oh great, Ashley.
Speaker 11 (27:49):
Things have kicked off nicely in January and heading into
fear breath, so it's actually it's awesome to be here.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
There's a quibd line going up, and the growing season
and well has them in too bad all things considered.
Speaker 11 (28:03):
Actually wet the last couple a little bits of rain
have really kicked things off. Clover is Finana out there,
isn't it now?
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Southern field Days, ab Lime, you guys are always there,
which is you know, that's part and parcel of field Day.
So what are you guys offering this time around?
Speaker 7 (28:20):
Theme?
Speaker 11 (28:21):
A theme is innovation probably, like we've talked with you
before you had Steve, I'm talking about our pair plants
and the gas and all thatts of stuff. So I
sort of focused their theme around innovation and just trying
to make farmers realize that they're actually a crucial part
of what we do and allows us to do these
quite innovative type things that we're doing with the gas
(28:43):
and the power and all thatts of stuff.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
So yeah, yeah, because likes of what you're doing out
there at ab Lives some pretty cool initiatives that have
been happening over the past week. While yeah, it is,
and I've.
Speaker 11 (28:53):
Sort of tried to replicate some of them in the intent.
I've got a replica power plant, and we've got a
big and that shows the layers of the landfill so
that people can fit of see. We've got our environmental
environmental team on science. They're consider of coming ask them
all the curly questions about the landfill, the gas.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
And all that of stuff.
Speaker 11 (29:12):
We've got six smouth had general age, so you can
perfically ask him anything any He will have to see you,
so he's going to be there, So yeah, it's pretty exciting.
We've got the sales and dispatched team. They'll be there
to handle any sort of lime or fertilizer questions. And
last year I managed to wrote one of our directors,
(29:33):
Robert Anderson, into coming and helping and obviously we didn't
scare him away because he's coming back this year and
he's bringing another fellow director with him, so that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
And you've also got a deary nutritionist on site as well.
Speaker 11 (29:46):
Yes, we just we sort of don't have we're not
daring anxiousness ourselves and we have that has to coal products,
which we have our own nutritionists that advises us with
all that, so we thought we'd have one on site
just for anybody wants to know anything about their county
and magnesium type products for their cows, so they can
come along and have a yarm to Dallas about that. Yeah,
(30:09):
So that's that's another just another arm of that business
is the Healthy.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Count and the food court. What's in the offering?
Speaker 11 (30:16):
Oh yeah, so this last year was it was great.
We had uncles, but they weren't available this year. So
we've got mash actually and it's all based around farmers
and farmers products, so there's they've got an excellent aray
of food so I'm actually quite looking forward to it. Instead,
they've got two stations. We've got the they're actually a
food trust, the Caravan and then they've got a roast
(30:37):
station as well, so there's plenty on offer, and we
have a coffee couch as well, so she's doing all tops,
coffees and teas, and of course we have a bar
four clients and this is all free to clients that
have the riskins so Nathan come in, but the public
can come in as well and just pay for it.
So yeah, we're really looking forward to the food that
(30:59):
Mash is gonna turn out.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
What is it you most enjoy about the Southern field
days or field days in general those lives. I mean
it's gone to the gun or there's so much stuff
on offer, but it's a good way to chew the
fed as well engage the rural sentiment as such too.
Speaker 11 (31:13):
Yeah, and actually, to be fair, I mean it's a
lot of work. We put a lot of effort into
it and stuff like that, but it's super exciting and
it's super exciting for the region. You know, it brings
a lot of people in the region. And then yeah,
the farmer's come in there and you do yeah, you're right,
you engauge, gauge their mood, engage house things are going
out there. But to be fair, they just come in
and we just have arms and just let them eat.
(31:35):
And it's this is our way of saying thank you.
We don't do specials. You know, life's pretty cheap anyway,
you can't suit the discount much more so this is
our way of saying thank you to our clients for
supporting us. And yeah, so it's just it's just having
those yarns and yeah.
Speaker 8 (31:49):
Catching up.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
And the big thing is site number for a b Lime.
Speaker 11 (31:53):
Yeah, well thiks too. It's on the ab Lime lane.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Li's Ferens of ab Lime. Always appreciate your time on
the muss. It's going to be an epic week out
there at Way Moomoo and me I'll come by and
get some of that mesh food. It sounds delicious.
Speaker 11 (32:06):
Yeah, I definitely we'll see you here.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
Lizpirn's of aby Lime. And that's the great thing about
field days. It's the connecting and the likes book. Like
Liz said, it's their way of giving back to the
farm and saying thank you for being a part of
the business. So go and catch up with the team.
It's always good to go. Like you say, three days
of connecting and just running around and buying stuff. Sometimes
you didn't think you even needed, but you buy it
none the less because you can. Right, this is something
(32:35):
that Field Days vibe for you. Daryl Moyles and Natalie
Crystal of Saturn dan Stock food stare up next to
Wrap the Muster.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
The Muster with Andy Muir thanks to Peter's Genetics. Every
trip means quite a bit when it's from Peter's Genetics.
Speaker 11 (32:51):
No surprise, Weenie, suit Jimmy.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
Welcome back to the Muster and HAKNOI the thing Today's
Chemi Country artists Patsy Rigor there as I'm joined in
studio by Daryl Moyles and Natalie Crystal. Of course Darrel
the Sergeant Dan Stop Foods and Natalie is animal nutritionist
for Sergeant Dan. Natalie and Darryl welcome once again. Andy,
great to be here and yeah good thanks Daryl helps
(33:23):
when you're speaking to the microphone instead are smiling and nodding.
Speaker 12 (33:26):
Okay, I didn't realize that it didn't work on you.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Yeah, that's actually underless. Look, how's it been with you
guys over the past month?
Speaker 12 (33:34):
Pretty good, Like Jenry, has been a pretty strong month
for us. Still plenty going on on farm, so we've
had a pretty good month and getting all excited now
for the field days. That's a focus at the moment.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Southern Field Days at one movie, Natalie, you come down
each time.
Speaker 13 (33:47):
For this, Yeah, absolutely wouldn't miss it.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
Hew, things be from your perspective anyway, based up north.
Speaker 13 (33:53):
Yeah, Look, I mean I think it's been a pretty
tough season across the country. Everybody's had fairly variable weather,
so that's made at a little bit harder for people
to predict. But I think generally speaking, forecasts looking pretty good.
Everybody's calls on good nick at the moment, so it's
pretty positive.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Well, you were just busy in our fiver there. I mean,
you've got the lights on eddieot o'clock over there at
Sergeant Dan's and you've been working some weekends as well,
so it's pretty busy.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Now.
Speaker 12 (34:19):
Yeah, it's been a big It's the biggest season we've
ever had by quite a long way, and there's a
lot of reasons for that. But the boys have done
some long hairs to get the feed out and keep
the animals feed. So yeah, that's the plan.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
So Natalie just go over being an animal nutritionist like
you are for Sergeant Dan. What's involved.
Speaker 13 (34:36):
It's a variety of different tasks that we fulfill. I
suppose the way I look at my job is to
optimize profitability for our customers. At the end of the day,
we have the option of using a variety of different
raw materials, different grains, different protein meals. I'm putting those
together in a combination that's going to complement what the
farmer has available on farm, be that pasture, be that
(35:00):
a forage crop, or some other input that.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
They might have.
Speaker 13 (35:04):
Our job really is to tailor the recipes, tailor the
diets and make sure that the animals are getting what
they need. And that might be energy in terms of
carbohydrates grain going into the meal, or it might even
be as simple as getting your trace minerals and macro minerals,
calcium and all the trace minerals zinc, selenium, cobalt into
the animals at the right time to meet their requirements
(35:27):
for optimum productivity and health.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
So how long does it take you to formulate a
product that can vary a little bit?
Speaker 13 (35:34):
I mean, I take account from our point of view
with Sergeant Dan, I take account of the different raw
materials we have available, the prices of those, I'll take
account of the analysis of those raw materials, So what's
happening with protein, what's happening with starch levels? Formulations that
we've had in the system for a while, So for example,
our super fifteen Souper twenty car feeds, we know what
(35:55):
those speaks are, we know that they work really well.
But if you're looking at a new feed for someone, say,
for example, an interesting feed, maybe somebody looking for a
lamb fattening diet or something like that, something a little
bit different might take a little bit more time to
do a bit of research, workout exactly what is required
and to tailor the diet. But probably ten to fifteen
(36:15):
minutes for a formulation that I already have in the system.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
So likes of shape nuts coming up and main it's
not happening just yet. They're not too far away. Pre
tap pretty much proven formula that you work with. Yeah
it is.
Speaker 13 (36:27):
It doesn't mean to say that we keep the same
formula year on. Yea, we know what we're trying to
achieve in terms of the basic nutrient specifications, but we
will reformulate that diet every season, and even if within
the season, if the prices of our raw materials change
and the nutrient analysis of those raw materials change and.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
The reason you say, how you reformulate something, so regardless,
you're always looking to refine it, but as well regarding
the price of raw materials too, So there's a pleathor
of things to come into account.
Speaker 13 (36:55):
Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean, you know, raw materials tend
to be done in South tend to be fairly consistent
through the season. We tend to know at the start
of the season what they're going to do, but you
can get some variability or availability issues, and so we
really make sure that we provide the nutrients that the
animals require, not just a combination of different raw materials.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
And Darryl, you'll be liaising with Natalie over time, saying, right,
I've got this, what have you got for me? Or
hell is it working?
Speaker 12 (37:23):
If we've got a new customer, I'll say this is
what the customer needs, and she pretty much takes it
from there, or she'll talk to the customer directly because
my input is in the processing and manufacturing the product,
but she does all the formulation work and all the
technical stuff.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Definitely, So how long did it take to formulate something
for a snail? A long time? Tell us about this.
This just fascinates a living hell out of me about
snail feed. Yeah, snails are interesting.
Speaker 13 (37:53):
I mean, I suppose in many ways there are a
lot Like a chicken, they and monogastric animal there acquire
the similar sort of nutrients, proteins, high quality proteins. But
obviously that shell is really important, so much like a
laying hen, which has quite higher demand for calcium for
eggshell formation, you really need to make sure you get
(38:14):
the calcium supply right. The trouble is, for me, there's
not a lot of references out there for snail feeds,
so you have to do a little bit of research.
It's always quite interesting.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
How do your research feed for a snail though, that's
the intrigue think of me. Basically a little drop of
water would just about flood them.
Speaker 13 (38:31):
Yeah, it is interesting. I mean I did review a
few little French publications, went back and had a look
at some of those, talked to the farmer who has
a contact in France, did some work around what their
contact does in terms of feed manufacture, and then look
to customize it for New Zealand. I mean, for example,
(38:51):
one of the things that they use a lot of
in France is that they use a lot of maize right,
and that's really available now for us in Southland it's
not available. It's but it's particularly expensive relative to wheat
and body. So what can we use How can we
achieve the nutrient requirements of that animal without necessarily restricting
ourselves to specific raw materials.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
And interesting you bring up maze. There's a lot of
maize feel and grow growing in Southland now.
Speaker 13 (39:17):
Yeah, there is. And look, I think may's especially silage,
has lots of there's a lot of good things about it.
It's a really good supplement if you're looking for a
low protein feed that complements grain, sorry, that complements pasture.
So there's definitely some advantages to having may silages as
part of your system if you've got that available. Absolutely
(39:39):
on the flip side, if you're feeding higher levels of
may silage, you really want to high quality proteins. Whatt's
going in with that as well, So definitely adds to
the options that farmers have available.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
So Southern Field Days, Daryl sat and Dan Stock Foods
is there once again in the aggrocenter.
Speaker 12 (39:55):
Yep, we're same sight we've been in the last four
or five field days probably, so we're half set up
and we'll finish that today and will be good to
go for the next three days.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
So your site numbers such, Yeah, I remember.
Speaker 12 (40:06):
We're a seventy nine and a eighty.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
What do you most enjoy about field days from your perspective,
I suppose.
Speaker 12 (40:11):
Oh, it's really catching up with the customers. Mostly our
existing customers come in and have you on and want
an update from Natalie on what's happening. And we see
a few new people that want to know what we
do and how we do it. So it's just talking
to people. That's what the field day is all about.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
The same for you, Natalie. They go into these events
and actually talking to these customers face to face is
a big deal.
Speaker 13 (40:29):
Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean I think you know, for me,
it's coming down to Sutland's always about getting out there,
catching up with people, seeing how everybody's getting on, what
challenges they had during the course of the year, and
what do we need to be looking at potentially going forward.
I think the other good thing about field days is
often you get to get around and see other colleagues
in the industry that you might not catch up with
on a regular basis, see how different people are doing
(40:51):
different things. So it's really is an opportunity to kind
of connect again but also to grow your knowledge.
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Yeah, so, Darryl damn. Obviously you're going to be at
field days for the rest of the week and if
people don't see you there, they want to get in touched.
What's that phone number again?
Speaker 12 (41:05):
It's eight hundred and seven four eight three two six.
Speaker 2 (41:08):
Good Only guys, you're in here for the laugh out
louds congratulations on that, just being with me for exact.
Speaker 5 (41:14):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. So, an old man on a moped
pulls up to a stoplight next to a doctor in
a shiny car. What kind of car you got there,
he replies, The Ferrari cost me half a mil. That's expensive.
Waste so much money because I can do two hundred
and twenty miles an hour. The doctor says, proudly, Wow,
I might have a take a look into side, the
old timer asks, not a problem. The old man peers
(41:42):
into the window, looks around, and looks back on his
moped and goes real nice, but I'll stick with my moped.
Just then, the light turns green and the doctor decides
to show off what his car can do. He flows
at going to one hundred and fifty. But did he
not This is a dot in's rear view mirror getting
closed to. Suddenly watched something goes past him. He slows down,
then speeds up up for here he realizes the old
man on the moped. Amaze, the doctor punches it to
(42:04):
two hundred and passes again, only to see the moment
closing in once again. Now the Ferrari's doing two hundred
and twenty. There's nothing more he can do. Seconds later,
the mopid slams into the back of the Ferrari, demolishing
the rear end. Unbelievably, the old man's still alive, so
the doctor jumps out and goes, I'm a doctor. Is
there anything I can do for you? The old man,
pale and out of breath, whispers, yeah, could you unhook
the suspenders from his side view mirror? Oh I got
(42:29):
a chuckle there. Hey, good on you guys. Good to
have you in studio. Will catch up down the road
there at Southern Field Days getting underway tomorrow. I me
Andy Muer This has been the muster on Hakau. He
thinks to Peter's genetics. Southern Field Days tomorrow we are
broadcasting for the three days from a Rubbi Bank site.
Enjoy the afternoon. See at Southern Field Days yes
The muster with Andy Muir. Thanks to Peter's genetics, every
drip means quite a bit when it's from Peter's genetics.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nathan Ebenezy from Regional Ford joins us once again. He
hit a Southern Field Days kicking off tomorrow. Giddy Nathan, Yeah,
get a Andy Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Southern Field Days twenty twenty six is right upon us
and we are busy getting set up at the site,
which is by the massive shed. They we're pretty easy
to find, but look it is all go. It's going
to be a big three days. Are really excited to
see how it goes because you know, there's yeah, people
are sort of seem pretty happy around the place at
the moment and not before time. So look, we've got
(00:35):
a full range of Ford vehicles out there. We've got
an amazing range of the Ranger and all the models.
We've got plenty of Ford Everest out there for you
to come and have a look at. We've got anything
else from We've got mustangs, we've got Ford pumas, we've
got little trendsit bands and bits and pieces. We're going
to have the full team on deck out there, on
deck out there for the whole three days. Andy, I
(00:56):
think Shaun's coming down from beal Kloof as well, which
will give five of us. And yeah, we're looking forward
to a very very successful three days. So look, if
you haven't been to the Field Days before, certainly get
there and have a look at an amazing event and
there's a lot of work goes into it, not only
from the amazing young farmers and crew out there that
(01:17):
run it, but there's a lot of work going in
from all the trade sites and such like, So definitely
worth getting out there and having a look. It's probably
more than one day you can handle a lot of
the time for you to get around because it's so big.
But look, we're there and we'd love to see you.
And if you have been thinking about doing something as
far as a car for the family or a ute
for farm or work, definitely come and see us at
(01:39):
Regional Ford. We'd love to be looking after you and
putting a really really good deal together for you.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Get on nice ketchup Field Days.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Thank you Andy, beautiful lad.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Good afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hakanui. My
name's Andy. You are here until two o'clock. Thanks for
Peters Genetics. Welcome along to southern field. Day's eve and
the weather's just well, it's a bit damper today compared
to yesterday. But the forecast over the next three days
we'll look at it shortly, particularly for Thursday. You're going
to need a slip, slop, slap and rap, just to
give you a bit of a heads up. But all
(02:24):
roads are leading to wy Moomo over the next couple
of days down here in the south, So Craik con
with it quite a bit to get through today. The
theme is New Zealand Country. This is Petsy Rigger.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Inside above.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm teff from and
soft text. The proof is in the progeny teff from
dot co dot inzad.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Save this afternoon Raymond, breezy, northerleies and a high of twenty.
There we go. That's better. Wednesday sunny, we're light Easterly's
ten and twenty three. Thursday cloudy, you're light, no easterly
sixteen and twenty eight. Friday Petri reality, I suppose cloudy
with breezy Westley's six and seventeen and Saturday afternoon showers
(03:07):
of breezey south west is seven and sixteen, so temperatures
to hand, Northern Southland fifteen point nine, Rivertons sixteen point four,
went in fifteen point six and Woodland's fifteen point three.
As we start to show with Grant Disaster, McMaster a
close friend's station, followed up by Carl Stewart of Open Country,
(03:28):
Liz Ferns of av Lione he head of field Days.
What's happening with the team at av line. We catch
up with Liz Graham Butcher Farm Consultants in studio, as
is Daryl Moyles and Natalie Crystal A Sergeant Dan Stockfoods.
Sam Riley a PGG writes and gives a rundown from
the Lauville cil that was held this morning, and just
(03:49):
a couple of words as well regarding field days tomorrow,
the roads are going to be pretty busy. To just
be patient. They do move pretty quickly, that's a given
with field days We're not really used traffic and near
and south and let's be honest, if Puss is available,
Kesh will be available as well. And as far as
the tractable contestants, Mark Dillon's requested you there nice and early.
(04:09):
I forget the time that Mark told we've had just
set any concerns, get in touch from Bob and he'll
put you on the straight and narrow regarding there. So
about further ado, we'll start the yell with disaster. You're
listening to the Muster until two o'clock thanks to Peter's.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Genetics GGG rights and stock sale reports on the muster.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Hey, well all that there. PGG writes and presents stock
selling action to the credit the love Saie Yards This
morning once again Sam Riley's on the ground also a
two new three was hell good afternoon, Sam. How do
we go?
Speaker 5 (04:42):
Good?
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Andy here?
Speaker 7 (04:42):
You and I mate?
Speaker 6 (04:43):
Yeah, pretty good. Really we're apart from the weather down
here for the range around this morning, but that's all right.
It didn't really gamp in the process too much. We'll
kick it off with the prime kettles. We had to
have kettle on it today. The prime kettle with skis
five hundred and sixty five kilos. They were five dollars.
The heaps three hundred and sixty kilos four dollars eighty
two dairy heafers four hundred to four hundred and twenty k's.
(05:05):
They range from four dollars to four dollars twenty, and
those lights dairy heapers at three twenty to three eighty kilos,
they were three dollars seventy to three dollars ninety. The
few of the balls coming in out of the service
of dairy balls five hundred eighty kilo. Here for balls
they were five dollars and unto the cows, the better
end of the cows four seventy to five fifty kgs
(05:26):
three dollars three dollars ten and the heavy cows are
three hundred, six hundred and fifty kilos.
Speaker 8 (05:31):
They were three dollars forty.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
Into the store kettle just mainly made up of calves
coming through that some quotes they're two year old. Here
for cross heapers at four hundred and eighty kg's two thousand,
two hundred dollars the marl one some cross balls at
two hundred and twenty kilos one thousand and fifty so
mar one here for across balls at one hundred and
eighty to two hundred and twenty kilos nine to fifty
(05:53):
to eleven hundred dollars are one. Here for across heafers
at one hundred and thirty three kilos seven hundred dollars
and on the freezers the beer into those frees and
balls one hundred and fifty kg stuff. They were nine
hundred dollars and one hundred king kilo freezing balls seven hundred,
so that reps up the kettle mate into these turdos.
We had just a few quite yere for the left.
The tourtoos Peering delos. They were selling at three hundred
(06:17):
and fifty to three hundred.
Speaker 8 (06:18):
And ninety eight dollars. They didn't quote get for the
four hundred dollar mark, but selling very well. The coup
worth thirty years they were three hundred and fifty coup kicks.
Two years day range from three forty to three seventy.
We'll show years.
Speaker 6 (06:32):
They were three hundred and seventy dollars in the Rodney
tex to Yerias day range three forty to three fifty.
So thank you.
Speaker 8 (06:38):
Long'll be pretty happy there.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I'm sure he had all the muster with Andy Muir
thanks to Peter's genetics. Every drip means quite a bit
when it's from Peter's genetics.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Back little tim of Love, you give me any grand disaster.
McMaster joins us once again thanks of seven RB Rural.
He's based up a close Friends station on the edges
of late walking up, get a.
Speaker 5 (07:05):
Grunt and good afternoon everybody.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
That song there, Hands of My Heart by the Wartars
once upon a time you're walking to the White Kai
a pub and Neil standers shouldn't have anything else about
that song playing on the jukebox.
Speaker 5 (07:17):
That was when he wasn't banned from the hotel, so
that wasn't very often. But no, I think the Warre
Tars first came to White Kai and there went a
fundraiser in Glenary many many years ago in the nineties,
and that was absolutely packed, and I think they had
to get they had to reinforce the Glenary wallshit at
one day because there were so many people. And so
you know, the Waratar's a good, great band.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
How's everything at klose Burn.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Oh, things are good at the moment. It's a lovely day,
twenty four degrees with a bit of breeze, so a
little bit of rain this morning, and it is clear,
which is good because we're just we have mustered all
the us in the game for sharing comms, so we
just drafted them up into their lines and they'll be
nice and try to put a to it up tonight
and hopefully the rest will be right for tomorrow, so
(08:04):
we know to be a couple of days to enough
days sharing, I guess so I was just doing that
at the moment. So dog class are out of the way,
us come back. Things are sort of back to normal,
if there's such a thing.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Sharing is a ways a good thing to get out
of the road, though the way up to it, the preparation.
It's not just the five minute job.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Oh no, sharing. I have aloys enjoyed chair and I'm
going to enjoy it a bit more this year. Because
the wall market's on a ten year high.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
How good's that?
Speaker 5 (08:28):
Well, it's incredible just reading an article in the and
the Farmer's Weekly there or this morning, and they say
that the war was on a ten year high, and
that's that's it's risen thirty. There's been a thirty per
cent ride since in the last year. And basically it
heat going the old supply and demand Jiordre and Grammar
third fore economics going from oversupply to undersupply. So there's
(08:52):
you know, there's not too many surprises there, but I
reckon over the last few years there's been fat. The
fifty thousand bales in recent years that have been on
the market not being over shifted. And they use the
word they have dampened the market. I'd say it's more
like flood of the market. But damping doesn't sound so bad.
But yes, it's you know, it's quite positive that that
(09:14):
that's happening. And you know, again a new demand from
China and they apparently China sort of getting into the carpet,
the woolen carpets again. And in that article it said
that they're going from down bedding to woolen bedding. So
if everybody in China had had a mattress, had a
(09:36):
bit of wool and we won't be able to supply
the market.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Sandy, will we have you been something cool about war
and actually managing to get up through the ranks again.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Yeah, yeah, Well, I mean, you know they're talking five
fifty odd clean there and in this article, so in
second tech and share is you know it's looking it's
looking pretty good. So full place has gone it's had
a nine percent increase and the second here is what
we do every six months has gone to twelve percent.
(10:04):
So and they're talking about a five percent lift in lambswall.
So we've got a few of those we big us
share as well. So yeah, I mean, I think the
thing is that that you know is obviously we've got
only got half. You know, we've got less than half
the supply we ever had, so more of a niche
market people the other countries wanting it. So you would
(10:25):
think that, you know, we might have hit hit the
home straight, but we've waited a long time, Andy, and
you know, you sort of you sort of hold your
breath a little bit, but let's you know, I'm so
pleased it is. It's for the great product it is,
and we've talked about it here, you know, you and
I know how to talk it up. But it's getting
people to buy it and maybe long last, that message
(10:45):
is getting through dog.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Trial says, and it's underway. How do we got the weekend?
Speaker 5 (10:49):
Well, at the weekend, we've got the we've got the
results from WAMA hacker and that was there on Saturday.
And a few old names to the foe for opening
the opening the sea on the long Head. First was Brian,
I've got to get a bit serious, Dickerson, Dickerson and
read you at ninety eight point five. Second was Brian,
I did get serious Dickerson and Joe with ninety seven.
Third was Big Roger, Bryn, Tweed and Caine with ninety
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six point five. Fourth was Eon, Herbert and Charlie with
ninety six, and fifth was Roger Brin, Tweed and Rick
with ninety four point five. Event Toy Brian I got
to get serious. Dickerson started pretty good with Joe with
ninety six. Second was he On, Herbert and Heidy with
ninety five point five. Third was a pit Flower and
Right Foam with ninety three. Fourth was pit Flower and
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Hurricane with eighty seven, and fifth was Reubenson Wilkinson's Sword
with Teague in eighty four. Event three de zig there
at Wimahaka. First was Ethan Smith and Chubb with ninety eight,
checkond with Sean, Sino, Boyl and Pearl ninety seven. Third
was Quentin Whitehead, Blackhead and Zeas with ninety six. Forth
was dropped the Cub me Han and Hank with ninety
five point five and first. Fifth was Maria Burrell, Perell
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and Moca with ninety five and event for the last
on there Imahacker. First was Brian Mule, Navas, Sparrow and
Sam with ninety six. Second Quintin Whitehead Slash Blackhead Ze's
ninety five point five. Third Brian melv Neiva Sparrow and
Jeriot ninety five, fourth was Roger and the Sellers and
Surf ninety four point five, and fifth was Shawn Cenoboil
and Prayerl ninety four. So that's Wyamahacker. At at Wokets
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we had we had good couple of days of trials.
Entries up slightly and then won the long head Ginger
Anderson won that event to the short head and yard
Jimmy short Longley he won that and the hunts one
went to Davey Parker from over at Roxburgh and the
other one was justin Tigle Wallace and as dol Vetti
(12:45):
se won was exeg So all on all a pretty good,
pretty good couple of days out at the market. Coming
up on this Friday the thirteenth and Saturday the fourteenth,
there's the Mighty Windham Trials down there on Windham and
then the Tago on the thirteenth and the fourteenth teams
to Hedica. So the next two coming up. Hopefully we
might have something to report on the next week.
Speaker 7 (13:05):
Andy.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
This is one of the joys of the job. Listening
to those dulcet tones of Grant McMaster weaving his magic
around the dog trials, and we do appreciate your time
as always.
Speaker 5 (13:13):
Ah No, and thanks to the real and Batman for
allowing me to board people today for.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Dog Tross Grant Disaster McMaster Dog Trial Extraordinary Trials Extraordinary
thanks to RB Rural. Up next on the Master Cal
Stewart of Open Country.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
The Muster with Andy Nure Thanks to Peter's Genetics. Every
drop means quite a lot when it's from Peter's Genetics.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Welcome back to the Muster. The theme today's key Wee Country,
Living Free there by Kaylee Bell as we catch up
with Mark Smith, general manager of milk supply for Open Country. Mark,
Good afternoon, yeahdayday.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
How's things pretty good?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
And first great to chat for the first time this
year we get open Country on a regular basis. You're
based up there in the White Kadow. How's the season being.
Speaker 7 (14:11):
Oh, look she's been. Look if you talk about the
whiteado Borrough Kenney region, that's we've had rain, sort of
steady rain through January and into February. So any sort
of rain in those months it really really sets us
up really really well. Some of the maize crops are
some of the best I've seen. There's one or two
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that have been affected by that storm we had a
few weeks ago. The a little bit of wind damage,
but apart from that, you know, the regions it's green. Look,
if we wanted to complain about something, there's a little
bit of facial x men around, but look, you're really
scraping the bottom of the barrel to you know, to
find something to complain about, particularly in the White Kadow.
(14:53):
And I suppose if I've moved down country talking about
the Wonganui Taranaki men or two region where we're where
a wanan early plant. The region we clicked milk in
there very very similar to the Wakee out of plenty rain,
heaps of supplement. Milk volumes. You know, they're well up
on last year. Again, a little bit of kxmer but
you know, nothing nothing too concerning. So for us in
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the North Island, including our new meadiacker site, the region's
looking really well. Milk volumes are up. Farmers seem relatively
happy at the stage ending have you.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Actually had a summer up there, because you're coming down
to the south of Field days which starts tomorrow at
Southern field As at way moment, I'll give you the turf.
It hasn't been the best summer down south, but there
is some sunshine in the forecast this week.
Speaker 7 (15:37):
So so what are you saying, bring some bring my
sunnies in sunscreen or peck a jacket as well.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
I think you cover all your bases. We're at a
field days. You might have to go and buy attacker.
Speaker 7 (15:48):
Yeah, I know, I know I've been caught out before
at field Days and having to go along to one
of the stores and buy a coat and maybe a
pair of pair of gummies. But as you talked about,
like you know, that's let's have biggest site. Look things
have you know, there's been a bit of wind and
the CEO season hasn't been there, the sum hasn't been
(16:08):
you know, sort of that well. But look, book volumes
of book volumes are certainly still still pretty strong into
the and into the material valley site.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yeah, there seems to be what I'm hearing as well.
Mark people are pretty content with the season regarding milk volumes,
which is always a good thing because January can generally
be a really dry month.
Speaker 7 (16:28):
Or it can be yea, it can be a killer,
but they look, there's there's a lot of supplement uh
in in you know the regions on a whole. Look, look,
look look pretty good. So we we can't complain, can't
complain indy. In terms of that one thing I will note,
you know, talking to the guys down in se Euceland,
the main of farms that have been on the market
and then that have changed hands in Sea Island in
(16:52):
particular is uh you know, there's there's some big, big,
still very very strong demand for for good quality dairy
farms down in the Seathland region. And what's pleasing to
see talking to one of the guys you say, day
before yesterday, first time buyers in behalf a dozen you know,
first time buyers coming to the market, and which I
think is great mate. It's great to see you know,
a bit of youth in the in the industry because
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as they all know, the average age of a dairy farmer,
you know, it's getting older and older. So it's good
to see the bit of youth coming through in the industry.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Well, it's arguably in the most positive headspace that has
been for a while.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Yeah, Look, things are things are looking good. You know,
if we talk about you know, we talk about the market.
You know, as we you know, the start of twenty
twenty six, we've had three rises in the GDT, so
of course you're gonna ask me the question, you know,
late twenty twenty five, did we reach the bottom of
the market. We think so. What we do need to
see is another sort of two or three positive GDT
(17:48):
results or you know, austatical positive slightly up so and
that will sort of lock in that potentially the you know,
late last year was the bottom of the market.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
So these gdt's we're still looking at, possibly a correct
from the milk price.
Speaker 7 (18:01):
Do you look, there's there's that we we've just released
in our latest talk milk. We've we've just bumped out
our period four payment a smidgeon to reflect you know,
some positive results, more positive results. You're right there, there's
there's some more movement in the in the pay. It
definitely definitely ending.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Okay, it's the Southern Field Day starting at way movie tomorrow.
You're making your way down south. Open Country is going
to be there as per normal one.
Speaker 7 (18:28):
Hundred percent, one hundred percent. And look, and I think
you know we're talking earlier on following on from I
think it was two years ago at Mystery Creek here
in the White Kadow. You know, we went that. We
were celebrating our twenty years in business then, and we
went a little bit bigger and we got a bigger
stand and we got some cheese tasting accompanied with some
wine and some beer and and maybe a little bit
(18:50):
of gin. So we did that in the Wyekdow and
we're going to replicate that down in Southland. So if
you if you like a bit of cheese tasting and
you don't mind a beer or a wine, come along
just five to seven. We'll be there and enjoy a
little bit of cheese tasting.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Good on you, Mike. Always appreciate catching up with the
team from Open Country and we'll see you over the
next couple of days of Southern Field days.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Looking forward.
Speaker 7 (19:12):
I'll save you a gent in a beer right.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Sounds good made to hold you that catch up then cool?
Speaker 7 (19:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Mark Smith, general manager of milk supply for Open Country.
Always good to catch up with the team. Graham Butcher,
fun Consultant is up next. You're listening to the Muster.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
The Muster with Andy Muir thanks to Peter's genetics. Every
drop means quite a lot when it's from Peter's Genetics.
Speaker 9 (19:39):
Si Baes, Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
John rowls there. Graham Butcher is our next guest, fun
consultant based hearing Gore. I don't think he requested that song,
but nonetheless it's a country ish kiewe theme. I think, Graham,
good afternoon, afternoon, how thing's made very good?
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Indeed, a bit.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
Of rain today, I mean field days week. We'll talk
about that shortly, but Thursday is going to be the
stinking day. Tomorrow is going to be that nice bowl
of porridge.
Speaker 10 (20:13):
Yes, I think I might head down here tomorrow because
I rain on Friday, hot on Thursday, overcast. Just call
on tomorrow sounds good to me.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Right, we want to talk about the positives of the
industry today we talk We'll talk about the wolf things shortly,
but likes of wearables. I mean I was talking to
the team from a hotel last week regarding wearables on
beef Kettle. This is going to you reckon. This will
be a game changer.
Speaker 10 (20:36):
At the moment, we're sitting red meat and Waller is
looking particularly good at the moment, so it opens up
all sorts of development possibilities on farm. I suppose farmers
have got the head above water and able to breathe
a little bit. But the whole to one is really
quite interesting from the point of view of management of
Hell Country in particular. So what I did this to
one hundred and fifty cows nine carving one hundred fifty cows,
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including first carvers, to do a holter program on that
particular herd. One hundred and fifty collars for the cows,
one hundred and thirty five for the yearlings to eighty
five collars. Current price is about nine to ninety a month.
So we're talking about thirty four dollars thirty four dollars
thirty four thousand dollars annual investment.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Thirty four bucks would be good.
Speaker 10 (21:19):
It would be damn good, wouldn't it. I'd go for
it myself. Thirty four thousand annual costs to do it.
But we have an initial setup cost as well, probably
around about eight thousand and nine. Average minimum will be
four and a half. Spend it over ten years another
eight hundred bucks. So let's round it off to thirty
five thousand annual cost, and that's spreading that initial set
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up cost over over a ten year period. So that's
thirty five thousand, to put into context, is about one
point five to one point seven kilometers of fencing, all right.
So the big question is do you spend thirty five
thousand a year and have unlimited fencing potential on your
hill country or do you slow down do one point
seven column is a year.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
That's the big question.
Speaker 10 (22:02):
If we spent went down the hole to track to
recover that thirty four thousand or thirty five thousand annual
on that particular herd. And this is a very narrow
way of looking at it. With a schedule at nine
and seven for prime and cows average eight dollars, we
have to put on about thirty kilograms carcass weight on
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all our cows and all the animals that we sell
finish right now, That's possible, but probably a bit of
an ask. So just looking at it from the point
of view of the games you're making the beef cow
herd by putting collars on them, possibly you would struggle
a little bit. The whole question, the whole analysis should
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take into account a whole lot of other things, like
if you look at some of the stuff online. North
Island hold to beef herds are claiming to double their
stocking rates on hill country, which is pretty phenomenal, and
I don't doubt that that possibly is happening. But that's
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top end.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
Now.
Speaker 10 (23:07):
When you talk about doubling the stocking rate on hill
country by getting into hold, that's pretty significant. So the
whole idea is you've got unlimited fencing. You've got to
consider your water lines. But it's not as bad as
you think because you place troughs strategically and your fence
line goes around troughs and this water on hill country
is critical anyway, so you should be doing it. So anyway,
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you're recycling nutrients, you're getting better pasture quality, you're getting
better growth on your calves, on your yieldings, and on
your cows.
Speaker 4 (23:36):
Maybe better reproductive performance.
Speaker 10 (23:38):
But you're also getting better performance out of stock that
follow you, sheep, your lambs, all that sort of stuff
as well. Other considerations. Snow and floods not a problem.
You just your virtual fens will stay exactly where it is.
Labor saving that's probably quite.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
A big one. Exclusion for water that's rather a huge one.
Speaker 10 (23:57):
Recycling and nutrients So the whole idea of fencing on
hill country is to improve your harvesting of energy on
hill country.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
Yeah, wearable certainly something to consider when you look at
the future now the wall industry as well. This is
exciting you. You wouldn't have said this twelve months ago.
Speaker 10 (24:17):
Well, yes, this came about. There was a bit of
a still in the latest Farmers Weekly about Caeroplast and
I've just finished reading a book on Glenmore Station and
they were one of the prime movers and the setting
up of Icebreaker early on, and it just struck me
that there's a lot of complementarity between what happened with
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Icebreaker at the start and perhaps this caerplast view. Now,
the caraplast one they've got a six eighty eight clean
which is about five five ninety something like that greasy,
which is the nominal terms, getting back to what it
used to be. That's for the twenty five to twenty
six year, five year contract, four hundred four hundred thousand kilos,
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which is about four thirty bales. Okay, so it's not big,
it's spread over thirty farmers. But what careoplasts are doing
they've developed the careoplast which used the nutraceuticals were in dressings,
all that sort of sort of thing.
Speaker 4 (25:14):
It's a really high quality.
Speaker 10 (25:16):
But they are attaching a New Zealand story to that,
and they're contracting the supply and the contractors supply have
got to be certified regenerative as well, and that's something
that Marino or the Icebreaker one does as well. They
attached to the New Zealand story and specific farming conditions
as well. So I get quite excited about this. It's
a good price. It's got a wee way to go yet,
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price wise, to get back to an inflation adjusted terms
if you like. But the synergy is there. You know,
Icebreaker was small at the start. They recognize the unique
value of New Zealand. Marino they contracted supply with specific
conditions and they had a New Zealand story attached to it,
which is something that excites me about caerroplast.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
When was the last time you got excited about wool.
Speaker 10 (26:03):
And probably when they dropped the wall levy, but it
was excited in the other directions sort of thing.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
You've got a property there, a police.
Speaker 10 (26:10):
What's the go Oh, yes, well it's one hundred and
two effective hectares the Wymear Valley Road. The tender's close
early April, so it's really filmsured. You really got to
get the information. So I've got all the information now
supporting data at least ten and the ten and the
least document as well, So just contact me and I
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can email them out to you. But it's one hundred
and two hectares. Quite a lot of regrassing done on it.
There's quite a lot of red clover two year old
stands of red clover on the farm which is being
over drilled as rye grass in the next couple of weeks.
Good little property, good water, sheep and beef, cereal dairy support.
Speaker 4 (26:51):
Including winter cows.
Speaker 10 (26:53):
There's no house on the property, which probably going to
limit it to more local people, I suppose, But a
very good little property and one well worse.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Look at good on your grave. Always appreciate your time,
growing Butcher f I'm consultant. You're listening to the muster
up next Liz Ferns from Aby Lime the Muster with
Eddie Newer.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Thanks to Peter's genetics, every trip means quite a bit
when it's from Peter's Genetics sun Star.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Welcome back to the muster. Liz Ferns of a by
Lime joins us next list. Good afternoon, how have you
been great?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Andy?
Speaker 11 (27:35):
How about you?
Speaker 1 (27:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Pretty good? It's a Hector quek. Of course, Southern Field
Days coming up, which is certainly a muster on the
Southern farming calendar. But look from an av line perspective,
how's it been over the past?
Speaker 7 (27:46):
We were, oh great, Ashley.
Speaker 11 (27:49):
Things have kicked off nicely in January and heading into
fear breath, so it's actually it's awesome to be here.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
There's a quibd line going up, and the growing season
and well has them in too bad all things considered.
Speaker 11 (28:03):
Actually wet the last couple a little bits of rain
have really kicked things off. Clover is Finana out there,
isn't it now?
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Southern field Days, ab Lime, you guys are always there,
which is you know, that's part and parcel of field Day.
So what are you guys offering this time around?
Speaker 7 (28:20):
Theme?
Speaker 11 (28:21):
A theme is innovation probably, like we've talked with you
before you had Steve, I'm talking about our pair plants
and the gas and all thatts of stuff. So I
sort of focused their theme around innovation and just trying
to make farmers realize that they're actually a crucial part
of what we do and allows us to do these
quite innovative type things that we're doing with the gas
(28:43):
and the power and all thatts of stuff.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
So yeah, yeah, because likes of what you're doing out
there at ab Lives some pretty cool initiatives that have
been happening over the past week. While yeah, it is,
and I've.
Speaker 11 (28:53):
Sort of tried to replicate some of them in the intent.
I've got a replica power plant, and we've got a
big and that shows the layers of the landfill so
that people can fit of see. We've got our environmental
environmental team on science. They're consider of coming ask them
all the curly questions about the landfill, the gas.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
And all that of stuff.
Speaker 11 (29:12):
We've got six smouth had general age, so you can
perfically ask him anything any He will have to see you,
so he's going to be there, So yeah, it's pretty exciting.
We've got the sales and dispatched team. They'll be there
to handle any sort of lime or fertilizer questions. And
last year I managed to wrote one of our directors,
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Robert Anderson, into coming and helping and obviously we didn't
scare him away because he's coming back this year and
he's bringing another fellow director with him, so that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
And you've also got a deary nutritionist on site as well.
Speaker 11 (29:46):
Yes, we just we sort of don't have we're not
daring anxiousness ourselves and we have that has to coal products,
which we have our own nutritionists that advises us with
all that, so we thought we'd have one on site
just for anybody wants to know anything about their county
and magnesium type products for their cows, so they can
come along and have a yarm to Dallas about that. Yeah,
(30:09):
So that's that's another just another arm of that business
is the Healthy.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Count and the food court. What's in the offering?
Speaker 11 (30:16):
Oh yeah, so this last year was it was great.
We had uncles, but they weren't available this year. So
we've got mash actually and it's all based around farmers
and farmers products, so there's they've got an excellent aray
of food so I'm actually quite looking forward to it. Instead,
they've got two stations. We've got the they're actually a
food trust, the Caravan and then they've got a roast
(30:37):
station as well, so there's plenty on offer, and we
have a coffee couch as well, so she's doing all tops,
coffees and teas, and of course we have a bar
four clients and this is all free to clients that
have the riskins so Nathan come in, but the public
can come in as well and just pay for it.
So yeah, we're really looking forward to the food that
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Mash is gonna turn out.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
What is it you most enjoy about the Southern field
days or field days in general those lives. I mean
it's gone to the gun or there's so much stuff
on offer, but it's a good way to chew the
fed as well engage the rural sentiment as such too.
Speaker 11 (31:13):
Yeah, and actually, to be fair, I mean it's a
lot of work. We put a lot of effort into
it and stuff like that, but it's super exciting and
it's super exciting for the region. You know, it brings
a lot of people in the region. And then yeah,
the farmer's come in there and you do yeah, you're right,
you engauge, gauge their mood, engage house things are going
out there. But to be fair, they just come in
and we just have arms and just let them eat.
(31:35):
And it's this is our way of saying thank you.
We don't do specials. You know, life's pretty cheap anyway,
you can't suit the discount much more so this is
our way of saying thank you to our clients for
supporting us. And yeah, so it's just it's just having
those yarns and yeah.
Speaker 8 (31:49):
Catching up.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
And the big thing is site number for a b Lime.
Speaker 11 (31:53):
Yeah, well thiks too. It's on the ab Lime lane.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Li's Ferens of ab Lime. Always appreciate your time on
the muss. It's going to be an epic week out
there at Way Moomoo and me I'll come by and
get some of that mesh food. It sounds delicious.
Speaker 11 (32:06):
Yeah, I definitely we'll see you here.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
Lizpirn's of aby Lime. And that's the great thing about
field days. It's the connecting and the likes book. Like
Liz said, it's their way of giving back to the
farm and saying thank you for being a part of
the business. So go and catch up with the team.
It's always good to go. Like you say, three days
of connecting and just running around and buying stuff. Sometimes
you didn't think you even needed, but you buy it
none the less because you can. Right, this is something
(32:35):
that Field Days vibe for you. Daryl Moyles and Natalie
Crystal of Saturn dan Stock food stare up next to
Wrap the Muster.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
The Muster with Andy Muir thanks to Peter's Genetics. Every
trip means quite a bit when it's from Peter's Genetics.
Speaker 11 (32:51):
No surprise, Weenie, suit Jimmy.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
Welcome back to the Muster and HAKNOI the thing Today's
Chemi Country artists Patsy Rigor there as I'm joined in
studio by Daryl Moyles and Natalie Crystal. Of course Darrel
the Sergeant Dan Stop Foods and Natalie is animal nutritionist
for Sergeant Dan. Natalie and Darryl welcome once again. Andy,
great to be here and yeah good thanks Daryl helps
(33:23):
when you're speaking to the microphone instead are smiling and nodding.
Speaker 12 (33:26):
Okay, I didn't realize that it didn't work on you.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Yeah, that's actually underless. Look, how's it been with you
guys over the past month?
Speaker 12 (33:34):
Pretty good, Like Jenry, has been a pretty strong month
for us. Still plenty going on on farm, so we've
had a pretty good month and getting all excited now
for the field days. That's a focus at the moment.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Southern Field Days at one movie, Natalie, you come down
each time.
Speaker 13 (33:47):
For this, Yeah, absolutely wouldn't miss it.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
Hew, things be from your perspective anyway, based up north.
Speaker 13 (33:53):
Yeah, Look, I mean I think it's been a pretty
tough season across the country. Everybody's had fairly variable weather,
so that's made at a little bit harder for people
to predict. But I think generally speaking, forecasts looking pretty good.
Everybody's calls on good nick at the moment, so it's
pretty positive.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Well, you were just busy in our fiver there. I mean,
you've got the lights on eddieot o'clock over there at
Sergeant Dan's and you've been working some weekends as well,
so it's pretty busy.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Now.
Speaker 12 (34:19):
Yeah, it's been a big It's the biggest season we've
ever had by quite a long way, and there's a
lot of reasons for that. But the boys have done
some long hairs to get the feed out and keep
the animals feed. So yeah, that's the plan.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
So Natalie just go over being an animal nutritionist like
you are for Sergeant Dan. What's involved.
Speaker 13 (34:36):
It's a variety of different tasks that we fulfill. I
suppose the way I look at my job is to
optimize profitability for our customers. At the end of the day,
we have the option of using a variety of different
raw materials, different grains, different protein meals. I'm putting those
together in a combination that's going to complement what the
farmer has available on farm, be that pasture, be that
(35:00):
a forage crop, or some other input that.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
They might have.
Speaker 13 (35:04):
Our job really is to tailor the recipes, tailor the
diets and make sure that the animals are getting what
they need. And that might be energy in terms of
carbohydrates grain going into the meal, or it might even
be as simple as getting your trace minerals and macro minerals,
calcium and all the trace minerals zinc, selenium, cobalt into
the animals at the right time to meet their requirements
(35:27):
for optimum productivity and health.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
So how long does it take you to formulate a
product that can vary a little bit?
Speaker 13 (35:34):
I mean, I take account from our point of view
with Sergeant Dan, I take account of the different raw
materials we have available, the prices of those, I'll take
account of the analysis of those raw materials, So what's
happening with protein, what's happening with starch levels? Formulations that
we've had in the system for a while, So for example,
our super fifteen Souper twenty car feeds, we know what
(35:55):
those speaks are, we know that they work really well.
But if you're looking at a new feed for someone, say,
for example, an interesting feed, maybe somebody looking for a
lamb fattening diet or something like that, something a little
bit different might take a little bit more time to
do a bit of research, workout exactly what is required
and to tailor the diet. But probably ten to fifteen
(36:15):
minutes for a formulation that I already have in the system.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
So likes of shape nuts coming up and main it's
not happening just yet. They're not too far away. Pre
tap pretty much proven formula that you work with. Yeah
it is.
Speaker 13 (36:27):
It doesn't mean to say that we keep the same
formula year on. Yea, we know what we're trying to
achieve in terms of the basic nutrient specifications, but we
will reformulate that diet every season, and even if within
the season, if the prices of our raw materials change
and the nutrient analysis of those raw materials change and.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
The reason you say, how you reformulate something, so regardless,
you're always looking to refine it, but as well regarding
the price of raw materials too, So there's a pleathor
of things to come into account.
Speaker 13 (36:55):
Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean, you know, raw materials tend
to be done in South tend to be fairly consistent
through the season. We tend to know at the start
of the season what they're going to do, but you
can get some variability or availability issues, and so we
really make sure that we provide the nutrients that the
animals require, not just a combination of different raw materials.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
And Darryl, you'll be liaising with Natalie over time, saying, right,
I've got this, what have you got for me? Or
hell is it working?
Speaker 12 (37:23):
If we've got a new customer, I'll say this is
what the customer needs, and she pretty much takes it
from there, or she'll talk to the customer directly because
my input is in the processing and manufacturing the product,
but she does all the formulation work and all the
technical stuff.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Definitely, So how long did it take to formulate something
for a snail? A long time? Tell us about this.
This just fascinates a living hell out of me about
snail feed. Yeah, snails are interesting.
Speaker 13 (37:53):
I mean, I suppose in many ways there are a
lot Like a chicken, they and monogastric animal there acquire
the similar sort of nutrients, proteins, high quality proteins. But
obviously that shell is really important, so much like a
laying hen, which has quite higher demand for calcium for
eggshell formation, you really need to make sure you get
(38:14):
the calcium supply right. The trouble is, for me, there's
not a lot of references out there for snail feeds,
so you have to do a little bit of research.
It's always quite interesting.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
How do your research feed for a snail though, that's
the intrigue think of me. Basically a little drop of
water would just about flood them.
Speaker 13 (38:31):
Yeah, it is interesting. I mean I did review a
few little French publications, went back and had a look
at some of those, talked to the farmer who has
a contact in France, did some work around what their
contact does in terms of feed manufacture, and then look
to customize it for New Zealand. I mean, for example,
(38:51):
one of the things that they use a lot of
in France is that they use a lot of maize right,
and that's really available now for us in Southland it's
not available. It's but it's particularly expensive relative to wheat
and body. So what can we use How can we
achieve the nutrient requirements of that animal without necessarily restricting
ourselves to specific raw materials.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
And interesting you bring up maze. There's a lot of
maize feel and grow growing in Southland now.
Speaker 13 (39:17):
Yeah, there is. And look, I think may's especially silage,
has lots of there's a lot of good things about it.
It's a really good supplement if you're looking for a
low protein feed that complements grain, sorry, that complements pasture.
So there's definitely some advantages to having may silages as
part of your system if you've got that available. Absolutely
(39:39):
on the flip side, if you're feeding higher levels of
may silage, you really want to high quality proteins. Whatt's
going in with that as well, So definitely adds to
the options that farmers have available.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
So Southern Field Days, Daryl sat and Dan Stock Foods
is there once again in the aggrocenter.
Speaker 12 (39:55):
Yep, we're same sight we've been in the last four
or five field days probably, so we're half set up
and we'll finish that today and will be good to
go for the next three days.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
So your site numbers such, Yeah, I remember.
Speaker 12 (40:06):
We're a seventy nine and a eighty.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
What do you most enjoy about field days from your perspective,
I suppose.
Speaker 12 (40:11):
Oh, it's really catching up with the customers. Mostly our
existing customers come in and have you on and want
an update from Natalie on what's happening. And we see
a few new people that want to know what we
do and how we do it. So it's just talking
to people. That's what the field day is all about.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
The same for you, Natalie. They go into these events
and actually talking to these customers face to face is
a big deal.
Speaker 13 (40:29):
Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean I think you know, for me,
it's coming down to Sutland's always about getting out there,
catching up with people, seeing how everybody's getting on, what
challenges they had during the course of the year, and
what do we need to be looking at potentially going forward.
I think the other good thing about field days is
often you get to get around and see other colleagues
in the industry that you might not catch up with
on a regular basis, see how different people are doing
(40:51):
different things. So it's really is an opportunity to kind
of connect again but also to grow your knowledge.
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Yeah, so, Darryl damn. Obviously you're going to be at
field days for the rest of the week and if
people don't see you there, they want to get in touched.
What's that phone number again?
Speaker 12 (41:05):
It's eight hundred and seven four eight three two six.
Speaker 2 (41:08):
Good Only guys, you're in here for the laugh out
louds congratulations on that, just being with me for exact.
Speaker 5 (41:14):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. So, an old man on a moped
pulls up to a stoplight next to a doctor in
a shiny car. What kind of car you got there,
he replies, The Ferrari cost me half a mil. That's expensive.
Waste so much money because I can do two hundred
and twenty miles an hour. The doctor says, proudly, Wow,
I might have a take a look into side, the
old timer asks, not a problem. The old man peers
(41:42):
into the window, looks around, and looks back on his
moped and goes real nice, but I'll stick with my moped.
Just then, the light turns green and the doctor decides
to show off what his car can do. He flows
at going to one hundred and fifty. But did he
not This is a dot in's rear view mirror getting
closed to. Suddenly watched something goes past him. He slows down,
then speeds up up for here he realizes the old
man on the moped. Amaze, the doctor punches it to
(42:04):
two hundred and passes again, only to see the moment
closing in once again. Now the Ferrari's doing two hundred
and twenty. There's nothing more he can do. Seconds later,
the mopid slams into the back of the Ferrari, demolishing
the rear end. Unbelievably, the old man's still alive, so
the doctor jumps out and goes, I'm a doctor. Is
there anything I can do for you? The old man,
pale and out of breath, whispers, yeah, could you unhook
the suspenders from his side view mirror? Oh I got
(42:29):
a chuckle there. Hey, good on you guys. Good to
have you in studio. Will catch up down the road
there at Southern Field Days getting underway tomorrow. I me
Andy Muer This has been the muster on Hakau. He
thinks to Peter's genetics. Southern Field Days tomorrow we are
broadcasting for the three days from a Rubbi Bank site.
Enjoy the afternoon. See at Southern Field Days yes
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