June 28, 2026 • 42 mins
Andy Muir talks to Bruce Eade, Jeff Grant, Dean Rabbidge, Clayton Peters and Logan Savory.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen
Watch
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Good afternoon and welcome to the muster on haki Ding.
You're here until two o'clock. Of course, the show is
brought to you by Petersenetics. I'm back after a bit
of a break. Firstly, mess of thanks Olivia Weatherburn for hosting.
We'll have the opportunity to have a holiday and we're
looking outside of a main street at the moment. It's overcast,
a little bits of blue sky. The sun's trying to
(00:30):
peek through, but it's just pretty much the tale of
a tape for the afternoon. We'll look at the weather shortly.
The music today too is Oasis for our first guest,
who's a massive fan.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm tear from and
soft text. The proof is in the progeny tear from
dot co dot inzead.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Monday afternoon brings sunshine count variable wins in a higher eight.
That's the theme for the next four days. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
either sunshine or a bit of cloud and variable winds
are around Tomorrow minus one and nine, Wednesday one and ten,
Thursday one and eleven, Friday cloudy or light nor easterly
seven and twelve. Just to mix it up, so Temperach
is to hand Clinton five point two Northern South and
(01:12):
five point eight Rabbiton eight point five tire now five
Winton six and Woodland's at seven preceeds. Starts us off
from the sartin Dam Farming roundup based out at Kelso.
Jeff Grant talks politics Alliance. Of course they're takeover by
Dawn Meets or Dawn Meets buying into the Alliance Street
last year. Jeff wonders if this happened too cheaply based
(01:35):
on a couple of figures that have been announced over
the past couple of weeks regarding another company and as
we our local government reform, who's right out of all this?
Tom Cabell and the Cable were or Southern District Mayor
of Scott regarding their thought process. Dean Ravage of Glennon
talks the Federated Farmers AGM. We've seen the changing of
the guard at the head of Federated Farmers. Clayton Peters
(01:56):
of Peter's Genetics. We have a regular catchup and logan
severy out of the Southern Tribune Southern Steel. They finished
runners up on Saturday night, but they did done well
in the context of the season. But the big question
is what does this mean for New Zealand netball with
A and Z premiership no guarantee for next season, so
a lot of questions to answer there so that further
(02:17):
Ado will start the hour next with Bruce Eed. This
is the muster on Hakanui, brought to you by Peter's Genetics.
(02:45):
Bruce need farms at Colso and joins us this afternoon
and the Sergeant Dan farming roundup offanks of course the
Sergeant Dan stock foods here and Gore. Bruce, Good afternoon, Calso,
how are you tricking there today?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Beautiful sunny day here today and so yeah, the winter
has been pretty cold really so far. We've been a
rain there the last ten days off and on to
remind us where we live in that but yeah, another
bluebird day.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Because I've been away for a couple of weeks. It
was pretty dry when I left, flowing back into the
South on Thursday. I couldn't believe all the waterways and everything,
and a lot of areas, especially getting to round towards
the cargo were pretty full.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
No, it didn't take long to get wet again. You know,
it's we haven't had hard for us. We've had, you know,
two or three very light ones, but those I think
it was two weekends ago, and we've got a lot
of that rain.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
It was.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yeah, she brought us back to reality with a fud
pretty quick, and we all thought here would go. But yeah,
we're just getting dribs and drabs at the moment. And
like I said, another sunny day. I think the forecast
for the rest of the week looks pretty dry. So yeah,
we're never gonna we're never going to hit twenty five
degrees in the next body four or five months. But
any dry day at this time he year's bonus.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
But the fact that frosts aren't lying around day in
and day out as you'd expect for June, are you
concerned by that?
Speaker 5 (04:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I've had this comment. I think just about everyone I've
talked to in the last fortnight we've had the same conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
It's relevant, though, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
It is it is, you know, like on the back
of my mind, I'm like, oh, what's coming? And then
another part of me thinks we couldn't be unlucky enough
to have three rubbish springs in a row and then
winter and winter time's good. And yeah, there's various theories
on it. So I mean, I'm just taking it as
it comes, because I don't really know how to answer
that question.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So it's a case of just pulling back the blinds
in the morning and waiting till daylight. Of course you're
outside by a couple of hours when that occurs, and
just seeing what's happening from up above.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah, well that's right. I always have a look at
the old weather watch app she had out to feel
dune from there, but just to see what's coming and
get prepared for it if we need to. But like
I said, this week looks reasonably dry, tall but dry,
and yeah, you can just make plans according.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
It's surprising how many people use two or three weather
apps and go with the one that suits best.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Now I just stick to the same one all the time,
because as you say, yeah, if you keep flipping between
the three, you'll pick the one on that day that
suits what you want to do. So no, right, wrong
or otherwise, I just stick the field.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
So ground conditions at the moment just a little bit weird.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, you can see we've got some heifers on kale
there that that's the anymore we've got outside on kale
or crop and you can look and you can pick
the days of the week of what was what dry
the last few days just to weave it last year.
We must have had a wee share or misty drizzle
last night. But yeah, grass pedics are right out much
(05:43):
spreading there through a little bit of half shed manure
out in the pedic there last week and didn't really
make a mark. So so far, so good, but we
know it's not going to last if we're honest with ourselves.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
But your animals, of course, you've got that fantastic wintering
system there, that big shade the animals. The girls will
be looking good.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah know, they are very happy and side and so
we having them and swords so now they're looking real good.
The hearing bone hard dull draw it off. They would
draw it off our first week a June. So they've
been tucked up doing dry care things since then in
the robot cares and milking just on two hundred and
eighty on the robots, so they are just doing robot
(06:22):
care things really, So it's just that tom year just
doing a weave without maintenance and things like that. Just
concrete path at the back of the hearing bone there.
It just needs a bit of a rejig, so we're
ripping that up today and clean the out calves. She'd
obviously finished autumn calving and that, so we've got to
get that turned around for the spring carving. It's it's
not far away. We start the first August and these
(06:44):
we think we're at the end of June tomorrow, so
it mon't be long and it'll be back into it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
So would you say you're in the middle of your
winter reset if you have such a thing.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
I don't know if we have a reset. Really, we're
just feeding cares and last year we milk through the
hearing bone as well all seasons. So yeah, to have
it switched off only for the second time about fifteen
years for the winter has been a strange feeling. But yeah,
we just have a good old catch up on it
and do a few wee bits and pieces tied up,
a couple of meal feeders and things like that. Change
(07:16):
the rug gives the wholesale rubble way change and all that.
Getting ready to rip into a new season.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Regartted regarding went to greasing helt your way, Bruce do
you hear anything from the c regarding compliance on that?
Do you hear is that does that equation at all?
Speaker 6 (07:31):
No.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
We had a was called an effluent inspection by them
about start in May, which was really a whole farm
inspection because they wanted to know where the waterways were
and we'll go and have a look at all them
and look at this, that and the next thing, all
for the pretty price of three hundred and eighty five
dollars um. But yeah, absolute bargain it twice the price.
(07:53):
So no, they haven't heard any any negative feedback from
anybody at this point. I haven't seen any planes sling
around yet, but I'm sure it's it'll happen. It'll probably
come once we've had four inches of rain like normal.
But yeah, no, no worrid from anybody that's seen them
around and about. Everything seems to look all right from
(08:14):
what I've seen anyway, not what I've gone for.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
We've spoken to you over the previous couple of months,
and of course this fuel situation was the case of
the unknown. Are you a little bit more relaxed now
heading into July?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Yeah, and I haven't really given it a thought. Diesel
truck arrives routinely now and it is what it is.
But we're always do to go to town. You every
wee sneak sneaky. Look at what everyone's seeing at four
at the pumps than that, So that's interesting viewing all right.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Now it's two dollars eighteen if you want to get
diesel and gorse to day at the stations. It was
on guest By before. I mean, not that long ago
you were going near four dollars for the dearest price here.
But look it's just been anything but consistent, I suppose,
and it's like that anywhere.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah, well, I think the best I've seen was at
two dollars even or two dollars for MPD there last
week on their super special day. It'll be the lowest
I've seen it since all was kicked off.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
But yeah, mark February March, is that right?
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Yeah, so it's almost halved just about you could say,
which it went up ten times quicker, and it's coming down,
that's sure.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
So all in all, things just ticking over there at
Calso i'd imagine.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Then, Yna, we're just going through the motions at the moment.
Like I said, it, it doesn't take long ti of
the time he has right off your real things where
it needs to be, on crop in barns and things
like that. You get into your daily routine and then
before you know it will be back in action. So
hopefully runs refreshed and raring to go by then, and
(09:42):
hopefully we'll have a bumper twenty six twenty seven season.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah, good way to look at it, Bruce prices and
everything looking pretty chiper at the moment. We'll catch up again.
All the best for until we catch up.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Hey, no problem, Thanks Andy, Bruce.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Seed farming at Kelso and Sergeant Dan Farming roundup. Thanks
of course to Sergeant Dan Stock. Food's based here in Gore.
You're listening to the Muster on Hakanui. Next Jeff Grant
talking local body politics. Welcome back to the muster, Jeff
(10:19):
Grant joins us. Next, talk a bit of talk, a
bit of politics, get that right on a Monday afternoon.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Good afternoon, Jeff, Good afternoon, Andy, Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, good to be back. And it's a little bit cooler,
but hasn't cooled down in the political landscape, that's for sure.
But we're going to start with this. The Alliance sale
went through last year now Anscoe's recently purchased Greenley, and
you reckon this puts the Alliance sale into context and
perhaps I went a bit cheap.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Well, if you look at officially Vegan family, you've run
a good operation in terms of their beef in an
allth island through two major plants. I think they're about
the four clouds and beef and the sale going through
or proposed subject to the marougatory aspects by Enscrow for
(11:11):
you know, eight hundred million just makes you think on
two and a half million units that they do there
the stock equivalent makes the Alliance you will just look
ethectally cheap.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
If you go back to last year, there was a
different landscape in a lot of ways. Yes, the prices
were good and those prices have stayed at a good level.
Do you think it would be a different story if
that vote was reheld.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Oh yes, the climate's you know, climates improved in terms
of the commodity price. But the reality is the underlying
value of the business had deteriorated to the extent that
it was sort of indicated at that time. And I
think the argument where he is about, you know, how
did we get to a position of losing three hundred
million shareholders wealth and then at the time, in a
(12:00):
cyclical business, fell at the bottom. I mean, it just
really makes you wonder why the style price was at
the level it was because no disrespect to door Meet
well done, but you know that was just a classic
example of poor decision making process, poor outcome in terms
(12:22):
of delivery, and I just think that, you know, we
suffered the basis that I think quick way to look
at it, the liquidity of the Alliance sh is is
currently sitting in around thirty five to forty cents, and
I think you know that speaks volumes about the position
they got themselves into.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Speaking to a few Alliance shareholders, Jeff, They're like, well,
it's happened. We just got to get on with it.
And the Alliance sharedule, to be fair, has been a
lot more competitive this season.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Oh look, I think in terms of the ability for
the company to operate, it is probably in a far
better position than it evil was. You know, you put
fifty percent of that down to the smart management of
Door Meats and fifty percent of it down to the
market upturned. But the reality is we sold apart.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
What's your outlook? Where do you view the red meat
industry over the next eighteen months. Given the supply and
demand is coming to play in a big way.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
Well look, outside of international shocks such as the Iran
and Ukraine walls, the commodity value in terms of protein
looking out for the next fifteen years are still very strong.
That is that the world economies are increasingly strengthening fishing
in Asia and as that happens, they shift away from
(13:43):
carbohydrates to proteins, and you know, that's the underlying reason.
The second part of that though, is that internationally, both
the beef and sheep meat there is a shortage of supply.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Now, local body politics has spent a big thing for
a lot of people recently regarding amalgamations. Tom Campbell and
the cagar Mere and South and District mayor Rob Scott.
They've got their thought processes around us who's right and
who's wrong.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
Well, look, obviously the business case has never really been argued.
So we've got two positions currently. That's a sort of
proposal around a one council sort of model, and the
second one is let's split the province in half. I
think that the important part and I see, you know,
in Venus to leaders of the councils. They are looking
(14:34):
at all of the options and I think that's good.
But at some point Southold needs to get to one
position and I think that that's the important outcome, and
they need to indicate the rape pads what the benefits
would be if there was to be a change. I
hope that we do get to a position of settling
on one of the two options. I think that you know,
(14:56):
I'd probably look at them and say what the business case,
what's the benefit of either of those two options, rather
than a sort of an emotional argument about whether this
is an argument between even in rural areas. I think
the important thing here is to say what's the best
thing for southrom going forward for the next thing twenty years.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
We'll given the short time frame to get this up
and running. Is it going to be praying to failure?
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Look, the feast step is really to give an indication
to government as part of their proposal what is feasible.
And you have to do that on the basis of
saying what is the province and attracted to doing. And
once you've done that part, it's then the nitty gritty
devil in the detail about structurally how does that look?
(15:46):
But the first part is about the vision of what's
best for Southold.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
What are you thinks the best of south and what
would you let to see happen?
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Well, if I am had a look at enough, but
if you had a bit of a rough count, there's
about a thousand people employed in local government south And
you know, one hundred thousand people. Is that is that
ratio right in comparison to some of the more efficient
councils around New Zealand. What do we get in terms
of that? Does it create a more efficient service? Does
(16:16):
it create a cheaper rate rise going forward for the
next decade for a rate paws? And the more important
thing is that give us a good voice from local
government perspective in terms of the national politics and that's
always very important. South And has been good at that.
But you need to have a structure that delivers that
(16:37):
really well.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
You know the interesting files of this, particularly with closer
being mooted about getting mixed in with Southend, But I
don't know how that's going to work given different rating systems,
different everything comes into play.
Speaker 4 (16:51):
Yeah, Well, if you look back at the last major
reform under Bassett back in the eighties. You know, you've
had counsels and like the old Wallace County Council and
those sort of things where the different debt loadings across them.
But you know you can that all weeks out washes
out in the rating formula. I think that, you know,
(17:13):
I've seen another proposal which is sort of suggesting kluther
Gore dental targo, possibly right up to the y Taki.
The really thing is you've got to be careful you
don't lose the community of interest in terms of these restructuring.
Southern's got the advantage of being able to do it
around based around four river catchments, so you combine both
(17:36):
the regional council stuff and the territorial stuff in quite
easily identified areas. And so for that reason there's quite
an attraction to do just the South and an omen one.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Just finally, Jeff Chloe Sworbreck, goodness me, she's written to
the EU Trade Commissioner suggesting that your Zealand is in
breach of its climate change commitments. This has gone down
very well. A lot of people say New Zealand politics
remains New Zealand politics, but we don't bring overseas into it.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
Wow, very strange sort of outcompany. But all look the
fairst sort of principle here is that New Zealand historically
has always been pretty good in terms of its firing
relationships and the way it deals with the politics of
it is that is we do it as one family.
And for somebody to go out and do this on
(18:28):
the basis of saying what you want to do is
now look at your trade agreement with Europe on the
basis that we're not performing under the climate change, well
that would probably rule out about one hundred and eighty
other countries in the world. So I am just as stupid,
though I've used the expression of saying it's not helpful
and fortunately somebody will look at it the other side
(18:48):
and the day, oh this is some co leader or
a minority party and that's not the position of New Zealand.
But reality is it's not smart.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Move good on your Jfolway's got to catch up. Cheers again,
Jeff Grant, Yes, send a resting comments there by Chloe Swolbrick.
Dean Rabbage is up next based at Blenham. You're listening
to the muster.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
The muster on the farm with Southland District Council working
together for a BETA Southland.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Dean Rabbage Farms at Glenham and joins us this afternoon
on a Well, it's a bit overcast and Gore. Let's
be honest, it was a bit damp first thing this morning,
but it's been cold to days for the winter that
we've had so far. Good afternoon, Dan, Good afternoon Andy.
How's everything in Glenham? You're taking along all right?
Speaker 6 (19:46):
Yeah, very much in winter mode. Now we're skinning again
on Wednesday, so that'll get everything on crop. So yeah,
the real work will start there. The silly string will
come out and it probably try everything onto two to
three day shifts, so they'll start taking up most of
the day getting all that done. But apart from that,
(20:07):
winter has been pretty kind to us so far. Obviously
things have got a bit moist over the last sort
of ten days, but how we expect that. It's winter
and we've been quite fortunate up till recently with wolve heads.
So there's putting your feed around and everything seems to
been pretty good next so we'll take that a.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Now, you generally don't put your eues on the crop
until after scanning, is that correct?
Speaker 6 (20:31):
Yeah, it's correct. It's sort of like to try and
get the singles out and put the screws on them
a little bit more and then sort of preferential feed
the twins. We also dropt out all the older years
that could sort of start have failing melts and have
only got a couple of years or one year left
in them, so they don't have to go and chew
on a crunchy old suite over the winter as well.
(20:51):
So yeah, it sort of gives us a fairly good
idea and gives us some good management tools coming out
of it. I'm allocate and reakate feeding such forth. So yeah,
post skinning as we near when it really starts.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Those dry us are worth good money as well, so
you treat them like a bit of gold.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Yeah, a sort of a bit of sweet watching the
dry you go through the through the skinny crave when
we did the terminals a fortnight ago, so yeah, you'd
like to see don't like to hear many of them.
But this year it's not too bad, as we're getting
a pretty good financial return from them. So but yeah,
we're still well under that two percent empty rates, so yeah,
(21:31):
we'll run with feed anyway. So happy days.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Did you get rid of those dry straight away out
of your terminals?
Speaker 6 (21:37):
Yeah, we did. We're on the truck the next day
and gone. I don't like feeding anything that's not going
to produce, so it's gone, and I've got the truck
well staff news job as we always get the truck
book for late Wednesday afternoon. So those dry us coming
out of the turn the mob they won't see another
blade of ground. So'll be strict to sail on Wednesday
(21:58):
afternoon for you.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah that wall price as well, it just keeps rebounding.
Speaker 6 (22:03):
Yeah, how positive is that? We're sure the hoggots a
fortnite of go, so the walls on the store, it's
all been tested up. So I'm just waiting for a
bit of for an offer to come to on it,
hopefully today tomorrow. And me are quite excited for a
change about what number it could start with, so yeah,
we'll go there as well.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
So what are you thinking you might start.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
With High Sex Law seven? Perhaps unreal? Unreal? Isn't it's
more than covering the costs. It's going to be a
bit of black on the on the bottom line of
that once, which is great.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
And I think there's been the good news story out
of sheep and beef considering the way the prices have
been over the past twelve months is the resurgence of war.
And we understand it isn't the silver bullet that is
going to redefine the industry by any stretch of the imagination,
but it is at the same time getting you to
cover your costs some plus have a little bit of
money left over, and I think possibly just simply down
to supply in demand, but the fact that's happening is
(23:01):
the key factor.
Speaker 6 (23:03):
Yeah, exactly. I know we've still got a long way
to go, but all revenue and over doubled for this
last financial year, so it start figuring it back into
the budget as a real income owner now, which is
really positive.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
So yeah.
Speaker 6 (23:21):
And I think a quality product will always sell no
matter sell well, no matter what the market's doing. So yeah,
we take a lot of pride in preparing a clip
to the best of its ability. Really, So yeah, Like
I said, looking forward to seeing what comes back from
over the email, hopefully soon. About the socketball, have you been.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Blase about preparing the world clip when the prices are
lower or do you still like to keep a standard No?
Speaker 6 (23:45):
No, we've always maintained a well, what don't we regarded
as a high standard. Always get the main she always
getst a full skirt and take out the throbs and
bellies and pieces are always separated, and any color and
two lines of wall sort of thing that's looking a
bit more yellow. So I think if we expect a
high price, we've got to treat it with the respective deserves.
(24:07):
So yeah, no, it always given up the works, really, and.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
All of a sudden we're looking forward to these Willsale
reports out of christ Church. Long may that continue, Dane.
You were up north last week for the Federated Farmer's AGM.
Colin Hurst took over as president of Federated Farmers, Sandra
Fulkner going in his deputy Wayne Langford no longer in
the role. Is this a surprise?
Speaker 6 (24:29):
Oh no, not really, to be honest, Andy. There's a
bit of constitutional history in the background there that says
that a president can only sit for three terms and
the term is only one year. So Wayne had done
his three terms consecutively and he'd done a blood a
great job. But all part of the succession and stuff
(24:51):
for that too is just that's why it was.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Why was he going for a fourth term.
Speaker 6 (25:00):
I think, which is a bit of consistency. And there's
been a few other staff changes around in the background,
and with an election coming up too, perhaps trying to
maintain some relationships if things go pear shap coming over
them before the farming sept this. So, but at the
end of the day, that's not it hasn't happened, So
Colin et Cendre will do a really good job.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
So Colin will navigate those warders. Regarding the election. You've
got a lot of confidence.
Speaker 6 (25:24):
There, Yeah, exactly. It's all a team on the National
board and we've got some really good people there, so
those relationships will continue, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
So I wasn't a case of Wayne and Colin doing
the numbers before the vote.
Speaker 6 (25:38):
Now, there's nothing of that. It's all come down to
what the Constitution states and it was read. So that's
what's happened, and.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
There is some Messandra Faulkner as well, she's involved on
the board of neywork of course regarding animal health matters. Now,
whenever I was spoken to Sean mlloy on this show
over the past twelve to eighteen months, Sean cited a
lot of frustration being a peak producer and getting pharaohing
trait recommendations and getting naywork on the same page as farmers.
It looks as Osandra though, was the only farming influence
(26:06):
that is on that board.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
Yeah, I'm sure do a good job, gets out and
about and listens to what's happening out there. So I know,
obviously you'd like to have more farming voices and influence
on those on those boards. But yeah, hopefully she'll be
able to get a bit more consultation with the farming
set there around it. It's never nice being dictated to
by people that have really got out from underneath their
(26:31):
we can descool or from Derek School wherever they'd like
to live. So yeah, Hopeully you get a few more
gun backs under that table.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
So the positivity positivity last week, do you know, was
that kind of tempered by a little bit of I
don't know, trying to navigate the upcoming election considering and
this is if there was a change of government then
all of a sudden it's a game changer.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
Yeah, there is a probably growing level of anxiety out
there in the Royal community about textual results come November.
It's a wee bit worrying when you start having parties
throwing around wealth taxes and caveral games taxes and some
of that's on unrealized essets as well. So yeah, could
(27:17):
be wrong to say there wasn't some anxiety and it's
probably just took the shine off things a little bit.
But apart from that, it was a really positive couple
of days with the Pinn's conference up there, listening to
some amazing speakers and productions of the markets for the
next two to three years is very very positive. So
long way they continue.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
Yeah, these political polls that we're seeing as well, there's
a real pick and mix of opinions out there too.
The real opinions are going to come down to that
election in November. Now, Wyndon Bees, you guys out at
Riversdale the other day if you played at Riversdale Rugby
Club as well, that ground was an immaculate condition considering
the way the weather's been around the province. But you
guys gave it a good nudge and it was a
good running game of footy.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
Yeah, it's quite drawable on a dry track. Yeah, it
was a body good indeed, So yeah, just good presence.
Rugby twenty nine Rivers players versus nineteen window so yeah,
if we could have found twenty eight we would have
got turned out with twenty eight as all credit to
the brill always good.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Going for us, so yeah, fair play to Bleis shall
Ad mid fifty still turning out there as too. When
he was out there on the wing, had a big
grin on his face for a start, So well done, Shaggy. Hey,
well yeah we'll better leaving there. I suppose time is
the issue. Do you always appreciate your time? And yeah,
looking forward to see what that woll price does for you.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Yeah, I will let you know hopefully's good news. Any
thanks so much?
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Do you emage farming at Glenham? You're listening to the
muster on Hakanui Lagan Severry is up before the end
of the year to talk of it of a local sport,
but up next so naming sponsor Clayton Peters out of
Peter's Genetics joins us. Oh Man, Welcome back to the
(29:03):
muster on Haker Neuie, Clayton Peters and Peter's Next are
naming sponsors here on the must joins us. All the
way from a Harriot pop house, things out.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Your way oh not too bad, Andy, no good on
a nice sunny morning lot today we'll study lunch time.
We recall it.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Yeah, you guys out there, like Brice was saying the
same thing before, you've got a bit of blue sky
and yellow happening.
Speaker 5 (29:24):
We didn't actually have a frost this morning. I thought
we were going to last night it was very cold
and no wake up to no frost. But yeah, I
actually don't mind the frost. Lee she can get out
and shift the stock ship breaks over the ground's hard,
but I know if we can't complain about the weather,
it's it's weeater time. It's go to wet underfoot. And yeah,
so we're just getting organized scanning and scanning on Wednesday Thursday,
(29:45):
so I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Do you get nervous pre scanning or you know the
numbers are going to be pretty good.
Speaker 5 (29:51):
Ah, we've done We've done the ear least cut two
weeks ago and they scan pretty good. So I'm pretty sure.
I'm pretty confident rest of going to scan.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Okay, but how you never know, are saying to Dean
Rabbis before too any dry as you do, good, do
get perhaps if it's a two D save it for
the frazer, but everything else the money's pretty good.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
Yeah, I know. We we head a handful dries in
the in the early Morlburn. You know, they killed very well.
So yeah it's good we're getting paid for the money
and again as well it's good.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
So a ground conditions though, how are they holding up?
All things considered to be fair?
Speaker 5 (30:23):
It's a bit damp underfoot. We've actually we've had a
lot of grass grub rounds that's quite soft. But oh yeah,
it's it is what it is. But every time we
sort of start getting sheap around the yards, it starts
raining and carrying on and making a mess around the yards.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
But that's just normal grass crab generally an issue there.
Speaker 5 (30:41):
Ah yeah, we always get it back, but I think
this year is probably worse than others. But I don't
generally do anything about it. It sort of doesn't that
sort of recovers that's on a card. But it's just
more the fact there's the ground soft. If you are
feeding out, you're sort of going to make sure it's
a frosty morning or it's nice and dry, otherwise you
make a bit of a mess.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
So supplement levels and everything, you know that you're pretty content.
Speaker 5 (31:02):
Yep, No, I'll be going leaves, get skating out of
the roads. We're sort of holding years.
Speaker 6 (31:06):
Around a bit.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
So I got all the hell saved up for all
the twin years, got the whole and and the singles
and the lights going on a bit of chaill. So yeah,
I'll be glabing. Skinning is over and done with.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Yeah, so will give you a better indication of what
feed levels will be heading into late winter. I suppose.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
Yeah, we're pretty right. I've got like we've always I've
always got a plane on the sleeve, but we're probably yeah,
just yeah, just last week within but where we went
through a more winter crop and we're anticipating, but hey,
we get a drying week this week, we catch up again.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
How many spear plans have you got out your sleeves?
Speaker 5 (31:40):
Just the one.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
And after that? Are you just wigging don't you?
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Oh? Yeah? Yeah, Like every week is different. What a
time you're gonna you're gonna holder it? You can't. You
can't sort of plan your winter at the start of
window because you net even know what's going to be, what's.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Going to happen exactly. And I mean you guys had
your bull seal not that long ago. We're seeing these
prices for real meet and wolves even looking a lot
better than what it has been as well. So the
positives for the industry. We just got to ride that wave.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
Oh definitely, it's it's great. We've just we've just show
all the ewes, all the all the mixed age us
and you know it's good. We know we're covering our
costs and making a bit of money out of it.
So it's yes, looking pretty positive. The wall anyway and
everything really.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
So the club as soon as it comes off the backs, it's.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
Gone pretty yeah, pretty much. Yet we're just slided out
some of the last one this morning actually, so yeah,
I haven't haven't seen what's worth it, but hopefully it's
well over at seven dollars a little.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
L Yes, certainly it makes a big difference getting those figures, eh.
Speaker 5 (32:38):
Yep, No it doesn't. Well, it's always good. You know
you're going to make a bit of butt on you
pay this yearing bill and that you're gonna have a profit,
so it's yeah, it's good.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
Yeah, a little bit more than twenty four pack in coming,
so that's always an outstanding result. Harriet Rugby of course
the coach there at the prems, How are you enjoying it?
Speaker 5 (32:56):
Oh, it's it's good fun. I'll make you really enjoying it. Yeah,
we're going the right at the moment where sitting in
a pretty Yeah, it's pretty tight drawer or table at
the moment. So we we've got two tough games left.
We obviously had to buy this weekend, so we don't
get any points out of that, but we're we're sitting
fourth equal, So yeah, we've got two tough games come
(33:18):
up in this couple of weeks, which we know what
we're going to do, so time will tell. So yeah,
now I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Are you one of these coaches who sits down at
the dinner table, gets the salt and pepper shakers and
the cutlery and makes an imaginary backline and number eight
there and tries to work on moves or do you do?
Speaker 2 (33:33):
You know?
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Do you think better?
Speaker 5 (33:35):
Ah? Not quite like that. I have spent a few
of the thinking about over the weekend of it, things
we're going to do. So yeah, So, like I said,
we've got two tough games and we sort of probably
have to win both of them to guarantee your semi
so yeah, things, Yeah, that's that's very tight. It's a
good compare's there's six seven six seven teams are in there,
so it could make the semis. So it's good.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, that's not bad. I mean that many teams at
the business end of the season. It's what you want though,
Oh it is.
Speaker 5 (34:03):
Yeah, And like I was, the lot's clear the top
of the table. They've been playing really well. And I
went down and watched that game against Clove on said
day Valley and that was a really close game and
the end and yeah, just you know, the right team
turns on the right day, they could be toppled.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
So yeah, hey, good on your papa, Let you carry on.
Always good to catch up on the muster. And of
course Peter's Genetics, yourself Engineer and the rest of a
team you are naming sponsors here. We appreciate your ongoing support.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
No, thanks very much, Enny.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Clayton. Peters are Peter's Genetics naming sponsors here on the Mustard.
To wrap up next, Logan Severy out of the South
in Tribune Welcome back to the Muster. The Riversdale Lions
Club are having their hay Drive competition and it's fiftieth year.
(34:53):
This Friday, the third of July Andrew's Transport Year. Judging
is at twelve thirty, the prize giving at three o'clock,
auction at three fifty, refreshments, et cetera at the Riversdale
Rugby Club rooms. Their funds are going to the youth
medical needs in the community. So that's this Friday with
the Riversdale Lions Club and of course the annual Wyndham
Lions Club as well. It is the time of the
(35:13):
season happening this Thursday, the second of July, of proceeds
going to local schools and the Wyndham Community Home. Baylors
can be delivered to Three Rivers Contracting Yard on this
Wednesday or Thursday from one till three thirty. The auction
of hay and bayleas other items being out at the
Three Rivers Hotel. Get in touch with Stephen Rabbage or
Graham's Stewart. That's with the Wyndham Lions Club and their
(35:37):
hay competitions. Logan Savery of the Southern Tribune joints us
once again, Good afternoon, sav Did I have a guy
on Andy going pretty good? Sav, Look we're getting towards
a pointy end of the rugby season down here in
the South that Riversdale rugby ground. I've got to be honest,
some pretty good nick, but the bar Bars I understand
to playing Star in the semi at the showgrounds where
(35:57):
it's a little bit boggier all my.
Speaker 7 (36:01):
Yeah, Well throughout ground throughout the South on the Riversdale
always traditionally is one of the best grounds going around,
particularly in the country areas. Yeah, I think initially it
was he marked that semi final Barbarians against at Riversdale
was actually placed in the drawer as such, but I
got a message from last night from Barbarians aj I
(36:22):
can to say no, it's been played at the Bool Showgrounds,
I think a couple of weeks earlier. Obviously they played
the Barbarians out there in quite a boggie ground, so
that will make it for an interesting semi final potentially.
I don't know who will suits suit. I would have
thought that Barberians certainly a step ahead of Star at
(36:44):
the moment and would be favored. Whether the the bogger
conditions could level things a week but I don't know,
but I would have thought Barbarians should go and as
very warm favorites to win that game.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
Parents are Boys against Woodlands. Though, this will be an
interesting game. What is they got the chocolate's over Maris
at the weekend and Jason Rutlich is Wow, three hundred games,
mess of congratulations on that achievement. But yeah, this will
be interesting.
Speaker 7 (37:09):
Yeah, repeat of last year's Galbros. Shield Final, which Woodland's
got the job done at that time. You look, I
think pretty closest game will be. Look, just touching on
Jason Rutler's, what an amazing story that is. Really, you
know the fact that when he was twenty one or
or leaving school, leaving South and Boys High School, he
(37:30):
was probably wasn't going to play a game. They had
a series of conditions come back plaid socially at under
twenty one level, at fullback of all things. Ended up
getting through that or right decided to have a crack
at the hooker and twenty seven years later or whatnot's
playing a three hundred games. So that was pretty pretty special.
But look, Woodland's you know they've got some They've got
some handy and experienced players. I've got Fletcher Morgan back
(37:53):
from New Zealand Seven's Duties, who walked slot on at
second five, so I expect a really tight semi final
that once.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
I mean, you think of Jason Rutlers and what he's
achieved over the years, and most enduring memory for me
regarding Cabbage was when Alan de mal Nudge, argiably one
of the strongest perhaps in New Zealand rugby at the time,
was going at the line. Rutlers just picked him up,
drove them back and everybody was in awe of this achievement.
Speaker 7 (38:17):
The Fidal physics on stopping that try and I think
I remember being at the Southern Times at that time
and we actually got a physics profession professor talk about,
of course you did, how ridiculous it was that he
was able to develop them, how much was very low
to the ground, and Jason Rutli somehow to this day
(38:41):
I don't know how it was, managed to pick him
up and drive him back. It was yeah, that that
sticks out for along with a lot of other memories
of Jason Rutlid's for sure.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
Now the Southern Steel rather is up in the ANZ premiership,
a fantastic achievement considering where they were not that long ago.
But the bigger question remains now for the viability of
this competition looking forward.
Speaker 7 (39:03):
Yeah, that's that's certainly. I mean, obviously a great season
from the Steels in terms of coming back and turning
around fortunes to make the Grand Final. Disappointing to lose
in the final obviously, but you're did right that the
focus now turns to what actually happens to professional netborn neusion.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
At this point.
Speaker 7 (39:21):
At this point of time, there is no competition next year.
There certainly hasn't been anything confirmed. The players and everyone's
really out of the loop, you know. And you look
at this year with a television deal with TV and
Z usual and network effectively had to pay for that
to be televised rather than normally in professional sports they
(39:42):
make money off television, right, So that's at that sort
of it's just not sustainable. So there's in this next
week period for netball is really important to see what happens,
you know, to talk of mixed mystics maybe having a
crack at joining the street own camp. Yeah, really big
to a period for netball in this country.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
In the Southland Sharks there still sitting pretty in the NBL.
Speaker 7 (40:09):
Yeah they are, and they've had a bit of a
tough run in terms of they've had three key players injured,
you know, really sort of tested death till they have
got a strong roster. But they've got the Cannery Rams
this Wednesday night down here and in Macago. Look if
they can get that one really sort of shape up
(40:30):
for maybe top one or two spot and then you
end up hosting some playoff games and then the cargo
and that'll be huge for them.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
Just finally, what do you make of Ben Stakes announcing
towards the end of the game that he's finishing up
in cracket. There's a lot of those there that we
don't really know about. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (40:48):
Look, I just actually just listened to an interview before
with him talking about obviously, between the mis demeanor and
the ster tests, when when he was left out the
second test, went back to Durham County where he started
with and obviously really enjoyed it, went back into England
camp and by the sounds of it, just didn't have
(41:09):
that same feeling about him and realized that times enough.
I mean, yeah, you have to wonder if you're not
enjoying representing the country, what's going in that environment? I Mean,
I look at this New Zealand series, if I'm brutally honest.
New Zealand are rolling out their second string bowling lineup
with the batting line out that's largely out of form.
(41:32):
Some guys have done a good job and this third Test,
but generally out of form. And it's looking very lightly
that we're going to New Zealand is going to win
this test series. So there's got to be some really
serious questions in English crikery about what's going on there.
Speaker 1 (41:47):
I think we might be seeing the end of basball
this time tomorrow. Logan s every hey, keep out the
great work the South in tribute. It's a great thing
to get through your email and on your socials and
we'll catch up again.
Speaker 7 (41:57):
Thanks you Jendy for that.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer Well data working to help the livestock farmer. Every
fortune teller of met is either incredibly depressed or way
too enthusiastic. Why can't I just find a happy medium?
Please don't right, that's ask for the afternoon. The podcast
(42:25):
is going up shortly on iHeartRadio. Of course. I'm Andy Mure.
This has been the muster on hock and now he
thinks of Peter's Genetix. Back in the saddle after a break,
it's been good once again, Messa, thanks to Olivia with
the Broon ful filling in over the past couple of weeks.
Catch you tomorrow.
Good afternoon and welcome to the muster on haki Ding.
You're here until two o'clock. Of course, the show is
brought to you by Petersenetics. I'm back after a bit
of a break. Firstly, mess of thanks Olivia Weatherburn for hosting.
We'll have the opportunity to have a holiday and we're
looking outside of a main street at the moment. It's overcast,
a little bits of blue sky. The sun's trying to
(00:30):
peek through, but it's just pretty much the tale of
a tape for the afternoon. We'll look at the weather shortly.
The music today too is Oasis for our first guest,
who's a massive fan.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm tear from and
soft text. The proof is in the progeny tear from
dot co dot inzead.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Monday afternoon brings sunshine count variable wins in a higher eight.
That's the theme for the next four days. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
either sunshine or a bit of cloud and variable winds
are around Tomorrow minus one and nine, Wednesday one and ten,
Thursday one and eleven, Friday cloudy or light nor easterly
seven and twelve. Just to mix it up, so Temperach
is to hand Clinton five point two Northern South and
(01:12):
five point eight Rabbiton eight point five tire now five
Winton six and Woodland's at seven preceeds. Starts us off
from the sartin Dam Farming roundup based out at Kelso.
Jeff Grant talks politics Alliance. Of course they're takeover by
Dawn Meets or Dawn Meets buying into the Alliance Street
last year. Jeff wonders if this happened too cheaply based
(01:35):
on a couple of figures that have been announced over
the past couple of weeks regarding another company and as
we our local government reform, who's right out of all this?
Tom Cabell and the Cable were or Southern District Mayor
of Scott regarding their thought process. Dean Ravage of Glennon
talks the Federated Farmers AGM. We've seen the changing of
the guard at the head of Federated Farmers. Clayton Peters
(01:56):
of Peter's Genetics. We have a regular catchup and logan
severy out of the Southern Tribune Southern Steel. They finished
runners up on Saturday night, but they did done well
in the context of the season. But the big question
is what does this mean for New Zealand netball with
A and Z premiership no guarantee for next season, so
a lot of questions to answer there so that further
(02:17):
Ado will start the hour next with Bruce Eed. This
is the muster on Hakanui, brought to you by Peter's Genetics.
(02:45):
Bruce need farms at Colso and joins us this afternoon
and the Sergeant Dan farming roundup offanks of course the
Sergeant Dan stock foods here and Gore. Bruce, Good afternoon, Calso,
how are you tricking there today?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Beautiful sunny day here today and so yeah, the winter
has been pretty cold really so far. We've been a
rain there the last ten days off and on to
remind us where we live in that but yeah, another
bluebird day.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Because I've been away for a couple of weeks. It
was pretty dry when I left, flowing back into the
South on Thursday. I couldn't believe all the waterways and everything,
and a lot of areas, especially getting to round towards
the cargo were pretty full.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
No, it didn't take long to get wet again. You know,
it's we haven't had hard for us. We've had, you know,
two or three very light ones, but those I think
it was two weekends ago, and we've got a lot
of that rain.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
It was.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yeah, she brought us back to reality with a fud
pretty quick, and we all thought here would go. But yeah,
we're just getting dribs and drabs at the moment. And
like I said, another sunny day. I think the forecast
for the rest of the week looks pretty dry. So yeah,
we're never gonna we're never going to hit twenty five
degrees in the next body four or five months. But
any dry day at this time he year's bonus.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
But the fact that frosts aren't lying around day in
and day out as you'd expect for June, are you
concerned by that?
Speaker 5 (04:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I've had this comment. I think just about everyone I've
talked to in the last fortnight we've had the same conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
It's relevant, though, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
It is it is, you know, like on the back
of my mind, I'm like, oh, what's coming? And then
another part of me thinks we couldn't be unlucky enough
to have three rubbish springs in a row and then
winter and winter time's good. And yeah, there's various theories
on it. So I mean, I'm just taking it as
it comes, because I don't really know how to answer
that question.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So it's a case of just pulling back the blinds
in the morning and waiting till daylight. Of course you're
outside by a couple of hours when that occurs, and
just seeing what's happening from up above.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah, well that's right. I always have a look at
the old weather watch app she had out to feel
dune from there, but just to see what's coming and
get prepared for it if we need to. But like
I said, this week looks reasonably dry, tall but dry,
and yeah, you can just make plans according.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
It's surprising how many people use two or three weather
apps and go with the one that suits best.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Now I just stick to the same one all the time,
because as you say, yeah, if you keep flipping between
the three, you'll pick the one on that day that
suits what you want to do. So no, right, wrong
or otherwise, I just stick the field.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
So ground conditions at the moment just a little bit weird.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, you can see we've got some heifers on kale
there that that's the anymore we've got outside on kale
or crop and you can look and you can pick
the days of the week of what was what dry
the last few days just to weave it last year.
We must have had a wee share or misty drizzle
last night. But yeah, grass pedics are right out much
(05:43):
spreading there through a little bit of half shed manure
out in the pedic there last week and didn't really
make a mark. So so far, so good, but we
know it's not going to last if we're honest with ourselves.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
But your animals, of course, you've got that fantastic wintering
system there, that big shade the animals. The girls will
be looking good.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah know, they are very happy and side and so
we having them and swords so now they're looking real good.
The hearing bone hard dull draw it off. They would
draw it off our first week a June. So they've
been tucked up doing dry care things since then in
the robot cares and milking just on two hundred and
eighty on the robots, so they are just doing robot
(06:22):
care things really, So it's just that tom year just
doing a weave without maintenance and things like that. Just
concrete path at the back of the hearing bone there.
It just needs a bit of a rejig, so we're
ripping that up today and clean the out calves. She'd
obviously finished autumn calving and that, so we've got to
get that turned around for the spring carving. It's it's
not far away. We start the first August and these
(06:44):
we think we're at the end of June tomorrow, so
it mon't be long and it'll be back into it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
So would you say you're in the middle of your
winter reset if you have such a thing.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
I don't know if we have a reset. Really, we're
just feeding cares and last year we milk through the
hearing bone as well all seasons. So yeah, to have
it switched off only for the second time about fifteen
years for the winter has been a strange feeling. But yeah,
we just have a good old catch up on it
and do a few wee bits and pieces tied up,
a couple of meal feeders and things like that. Change
(07:16):
the rug gives the wholesale rubble way change and all that.
Getting ready to rip into a new season.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Regartted regarding went to greasing helt your way, Bruce do
you hear anything from the c regarding compliance on that?
Do you hear is that does that equation at all?
Speaker 6 (07:31):
No.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
We had a was called an effluent inspection by them
about start in May, which was really a whole farm
inspection because they wanted to know where the waterways were
and we'll go and have a look at all them
and look at this, that and the next thing, all
for the pretty price of three hundred and eighty five
dollars um. But yeah, absolute bargain it twice the price.
(07:53):
So no, they haven't heard any any negative feedback from
anybody at this point. I haven't seen any planes sling
around yet, but I'm sure it's it'll happen. It'll probably
come once we've had four inches of rain like normal.
But yeah, no, no worrid from anybody that's seen them
around and about. Everything seems to look all right from
(08:14):
what I've seen anyway, not what I've gone for.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
We've spoken to you over the previous couple of months,
and of course this fuel situation was the case of
the unknown. Are you a little bit more relaxed now
heading into July?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Yeah, and I haven't really given it a thought. Diesel
truck arrives routinely now and it is what it is.
But we're always do to go to town. You every
wee sneak sneaky. Look at what everyone's seeing at four
at the pumps than that, So that's interesting viewing all right.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Now it's two dollars eighteen if you want to get
diesel and gorse to day at the stations. It was
on guest By before. I mean, not that long ago
you were going near four dollars for the dearest price here.
But look it's just been anything but consistent, I suppose,
and it's like that anywhere.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah, well, I think the best I've seen was at
two dollars even or two dollars for MPD there last
week on their super special day. It'll be the lowest
I've seen it since all was kicked off.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
But yeah, mark February March, is that right?
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Yeah, so it's almost halved just about you could say,
which it went up ten times quicker, and it's coming down,
that's sure.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
So all in all, things just ticking over there at
Calso i'd imagine.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Then, Yna, we're just going through the motions at the moment.
Like I said, it, it doesn't take long ti of
the time he has right off your real things where
it needs to be, on crop in barns and things
like that. You get into your daily routine and then
before you know it will be back in action. So
hopefully runs refreshed and raring to go by then, and
(09:42):
hopefully we'll have a bumper twenty six twenty seven season.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah, good way to look at it, Bruce prices and
everything looking pretty chiper at the moment. We'll catch up again.
All the best for until we catch up.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Hey, no problem, Thanks Andy, Bruce.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Seed farming at Kelso and Sergeant Dan Farming roundup. Thanks
of course to Sergeant Dan Stock. Food's based here in Gore.
You're listening to the Muster on Hakanui. Next Jeff Grant
talking local body politics. Welcome back to the muster, Jeff
(10:19):
Grant joins us. Next, talk a bit of talk, a
bit of politics, get that right on a Monday afternoon.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Good afternoon, Jeff, Good afternoon, Andy, Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, good to be back. And it's a little bit cooler,
but hasn't cooled down in the political landscape, that's for sure.
But we're going to start with this. The Alliance sale
went through last year now Anscoe's recently purchased Greenley, and
you reckon this puts the Alliance sale into context and
perhaps I went a bit cheap.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Well, if you look at officially Vegan family, you've run
a good operation in terms of their beef in an
allth island through two major plants. I think they're about
the four clouds and beef and the sale going through
or proposed subject to the marougatory aspects by Enscrow for
(11:11):
you know, eight hundred million just makes you think on
two and a half million units that they do there
the stock equivalent makes the Alliance you will just look
ethectally cheap.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
If you go back to last year, there was a
different landscape in a lot of ways. Yes, the prices
were good and those prices have stayed at a good level.
Do you think it would be a different story if
that vote was reheld.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Oh yes, the climate's you know, climates improved in terms
of the commodity price. But the reality is the underlying
value of the business had deteriorated to the extent that
it was sort of indicated at that time. And I
think the argument where he is about, you know, how
did we get to a position of losing three hundred
million shareholders wealth and then at the time, in a
(12:00):
cyclical business, fell at the bottom. I mean, it just
really makes you wonder why the style price was at
the level it was because no disrespect to door Meet
well done, but you know that was just a classic
example of poor decision making process, poor outcome in terms
(12:22):
of delivery, and I just think that, you know, we
suffered the basis that I think quick way to look
at it, the liquidity of the Alliance sh is is
currently sitting in around thirty five to forty cents, and
I think you know that speaks volumes about the position
they got themselves into.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Speaking to a few Alliance shareholders, Jeff, They're like, well,
it's happened. We just got to get on with it.
And the Alliance sharedule, to be fair, has been a
lot more competitive this season.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Oh look, I think in terms of the ability for
the company to operate, it is probably in a far
better position than it evil was. You know, you put
fifty percent of that down to the smart management of
Door Meats and fifty percent of it down to the
market upturned. But the reality is we sold apart.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
What's your outlook? Where do you view the red meat
industry over the next eighteen months. Given the supply and
demand is coming to play in a big way.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
Well look, outside of international shocks such as the Iran
and Ukraine walls, the commodity value in terms of protein
looking out for the next fifteen years are still very strong.
That is that the world economies are increasingly strengthening fishing
in Asia and as that happens, they shift away from
(13:43):
carbohydrates to proteins, and you know, that's the underlying reason.
The second part of that though, is that internationally, both
the beef and sheep meat there is a shortage of supply.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Now, local body politics has spent a big thing for
a lot of people recently regarding amalgamations. Tom Campbell and
the cagar Mere and South and District mayor Rob Scott.
They've got their thought processes around us who's right and
who's wrong.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
Well, look, obviously the business case has never really been argued.
So we've got two positions currently. That's a sort of
proposal around a one council sort of model, and the
second one is let's split the province in half. I
think that the important part and I see, you know,
in Venus to leaders of the councils. They are looking
(14:34):
at all of the options and I think that's good.
But at some point Southold needs to get to one
position and I think that that's the important outcome, and
they need to indicate the rape pads what the benefits
would be if there was to be a change. I
hope that we do get to a position of settling
on one of the two options. I think that you know,
(14:56):
I'd probably look at them and say what the business case,
what's the benefit of either of those two options, rather
than a sort of an emotional argument about whether this
is an argument between even in rural areas. I think
the important thing here is to say what's the best
thing for southrom going forward for the next thing twenty years.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
We'll given the short time frame to get this up
and running. Is it going to be praying to failure?
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Look, the feast step is really to give an indication
to government as part of their proposal what is feasible.
And you have to do that on the basis of
saying what is the province and attracted to doing. And
once you've done that part, it's then the nitty gritty
devil in the detail about structurally how does that look?
(15:46):
But the first part is about the vision of what's
best for Southold.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
What are you thinks the best of south and what
would you let to see happen?
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Well, if I am had a look at enough, but
if you had a bit of a rough count, there's
about a thousand people employed in local government south And
you know, one hundred thousand people. Is that is that
ratio right in comparison to some of the more efficient
councils around New Zealand. What do we get in terms
of that? Does it create a more efficient service? Does
(16:16):
it create a cheaper rate rise going forward for the
next decade for a rate paws? And the more important
thing is that give us a good voice from local
government perspective in terms of the national politics and that's
always very important. South And has been good at that.
But you need to have a structure that delivers that
(16:37):
really well.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
You know the interesting files of this, particularly with closer
being mooted about getting mixed in with Southend, But I
don't know how that's going to work given different rating systems,
different everything comes into play.
Speaker 4 (16:51):
Yeah, Well, if you look back at the last major
reform under Bassett back in the eighties. You know, you've
had counsels and like the old Wallace County Council and
those sort of things where the different debt loadings across them.
But you know you can that all weeks out washes
out in the rating formula. I think that, you know,
(17:13):
I've seen another proposal which is sort of suggesting kluther
Gore dental targo, possibly right up to the y Taki.
The really thing is you've got to be careful you
don't lose the community of interest in terms of these restructuring.
Southern's got the advantage of being able to do it
around based around four river catchments, so you combine both
(17:36):
the regional council stuff and the territorial stuff in quite
easily identified areas. And so for that reason there's quite
an attraction to do just the South and an omen one.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Just finally, Jeff Chloe Sworbreck, goodness me, she's written to
the EU Trade Commissioner suggesting that your Zealand is in
breach of its climate change commitments. This has gone down
very well. A lot of people say New Zealand politics
remains New Zealand politics, but we don't bring overseas into it.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
Wow, very strange sort of outcompany. But all look the
fairst sort of principle here is that New Zealand historically
has always been pretty good in terms of its firing
relationships and the way it deals with the politics of
it is that is we do it as one family.
And for somebody to go out and do this on
(18:28):
the basis of saying what you want to do is
now look at your trade agreement with Europe on the
basis that we're not performing under the climate change, well
that would probably rule out about one hundred and eighty
other countries in the world. So I am just as stupid,
though I've used the expression of saying it's not helpful
and fortunately somebody will look at it the other side
(18:48):
and the day, oh this is some co leader or
a minority party and that's not the position of New Zealand.
But reality is it's not smart.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Move good on your Jfolway's got to catch up. Cheers again,
Jeff Grant, Yes, send a resting comments there by Chloe Swolbrick.
Dean Rabbage is up next based at Blenham. You're listening
to the muster.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
The muster on the farm with Southland District Council working
together for a BETA Southland.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Dean Rabbage Farms at Glenham and joins us this afternoon
on a Well, it's a bit overcast and Gore. Let's
be honest, it was a bit damp first thing this morning,
but it's been cold to days for the winter that
we've had so far. Good afternoon, Dan, Good afternoon Andy.
How's everything in Glenham? You're taking along all right?
Speaker 6 (19:46):
Yeah, very much in winter mode. Now we're skinning again
on Wednesday, so that'll get everything on crop. So yeah,
the real work will start there. The silly string will
come out and it probably try everything onto two to
three day shifts, so they'll start taking up most of
the day getting all that done. But apart from that,
(20:07):
winter has been pretty kind to us so far. Obviously
things have got a bit moist over the last sort
of ten days, but how we expect that. It's winter
and we've been quite fortunate up till recently with wolve heads.
So there's putting your feed around and everything seems to
been pretty good next so we'll take that a.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Now, you generally don't put your eues on the crop
until after scanning, is that correct?
Speaker 6 (20:31):
Yeah, it's correct. It's sort of like to try and
get the singles out and put the screws on them
a little bit more and then sort of preferential feed
the twins. We also dropt out all the older years
that could sort of start have failing melts and have
only got a couple of years or one year left
in them, so they don't have to go and chew
on a crunchy old suite over the winter as well.
(20:51):
So yeah, it sort of gives us a fairly good
idea and gives us some good management tools coming out
of it. I'm allocate and reakate feeding such forth. So yeah,
post skinning as we near when it really starts.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Those dry us are worth good money as well, so
you treat them like a bit of gold.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Yeah, a sort of a bit of sweet watching the
dry you go through the through the skinny crave when
we did the terminals a fortnight ago, so yeah, you'd
like to see don't like to hear many of them.
But this year it's not too bad, as we're getting
a pretty good financial return from them. So but yeah,
we're still well under that two percent empty rates, so yeah,
(21:31):
we'll run with feed anyway. So happy days.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Did you get rid of those dry straight away out
of your terminals?
Speaker 6 (21:37):
Yeah, we did. We're on the truck the next day
and gone. I don't like feeding anything that's not going
to produce, so it's gone, and I've got the truck
well staff news job as we always get the truck
book for late Wednesday afternoon. So those dry us coming
out of the turn the mob they won't see another
blade of ground. So'll be strict to sail on Wednesday
(21:58):
afternoon for you.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah that wall price as well, it just keeps rebounding.
Speaker 6 (22:03):
Yeah, how positive is that? We're sure the hoggots a
fortnite of go, so the walls on the store, it's
all been tested up. So I'm just waiting for a
bit of for an offer to come to on it,
hopefully today tomorrow. And me are quite excited for a
change about what number it could start with, so yeah,
we'll go there as well.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
So what are you thinking you might start.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
With High Sex Law seven? Perhaps unreal? Unreal? Isn't it's
more than covering the costs. It's going to be a
bit of black on the on the bottom line of
that once, which is great.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
And I think there's been the good news story out
of sheep and beef considering the way the prices have
been over the past twelve months is the resurgence of war.
And we understand it isn't the silver bullet that is
going to redefine the industry by any stretch of the imagination,
but it is at the same time getting you to
cover your costs some plus have a little bit of
money left over, and I think possibly just simply down
to supply in demand, but the fact that's happening is
(23:01):
the key factor.
Speaker 6 (23:03):
Yeah, exactly. I know we've still got a long way
to go, but all revenue and over doubled for this
last financial year, so it start figuring it back into
the budget as a real income owner now, which is
really positive.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
So yeah.
Speaker 6 (23:21):
And I think a quality product will always sell no
matter sell well, no matter what the market's doing. So yeah,
we take a lot of pride in preparing a clip
to the best of its ability. Really, So yeah, Like
I said, looking forward to seeing what comes back from
over the email, hopefully soon. About the socketball, have you been.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Blase about preparing the world clip when the prices are
lower or do you still like to keep a standard No?
Speaker 6 (23:45):
No, we've always maintained a well, what don't we regarded
as a high standard. Always get the main she always
getst a full skirt and take out the throbs and
bellies and pieces are always separated, and any color and
two lines of wall sort of thing that's looking a
bit more yellow. So I think if we expect a
high price, we've got to treat it with the respective deserves.
(24:07):
So yeah, no, it always given up the works, really, and.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
All of a sudden we're looking forward to these Willsale
reports out of christ Church. Long may that continue, Dane.
You were up north last week for the Federated Farmer's AGM.
Colin Hurst took over as president of Federated Farmers, Sandra
Fulkner going in his deputy Wayne Langford no longer in
the role. Is this a surprise?
Speaker 6 (24:29):
Oh no, not really, to be honest, Andy. There's a
bit of constitutional history in the background there that says
that a president can only sit for three terms and
the term is only one year. So Wayne had done
his three terms consecutively and he'd done a blood a
great job. But all part of the succession and stuff
(24:51):
for that too is just that's why it was.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Why was he going for a fourth term.
Speaker 6 (25:00):
I think, which is a bit of consistency. And there's
been a few other staff changes around in the background,
and with an election coming up too, perhaps trying to
maintain some relationships if things go pear shap coming over
them before the farming sept this. So, but at the
end of the day, that's not it hasn't happened, So
Colin et Cendre will do a really good job.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
So Colin will navigate those warders. Regarding the election. You've
got a lot of confidence.
Speaker 6 (25:24):
There, Yeah, exactly. It's all a team on the National
board and we've got some really good people there, so
those relationships will continue, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
So I wasn't a case of Wayne and Colin doing
the numbers before the vote.
Speaker 6 (25:38):
Now, there's nothing of that. It's all come down to
what the Constitution states and it was read. So that's
what's happened, and.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
There is some Messandra Faulkner as well, she's involved on
the board of neywork of course regarding animal health matters. Now,
whenever I was spoken to Sean mlloy on this show
over the past twelve to eighteen months, Sean cited a
lot of frustration being a peak producer and getting pharaohing
trait recommendations and getting naywork on the same page as farmers.
It looks as Osandra though, was the only farming influence
(26:06):
that is on that board.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
Yeah, I'm sure do a good job, gets out and
about and listens to what's happening out there. So I know,
obviously you'd like to have more farming voices and influence
on those on those boards. But yeah, hopefully she'll be
able to get a bit more consultation with the farming
set there around it. It's never nice being dictated to
by people that have really got out from underneath their
(26:31):
we can descool or from Derek School wherever they'd like
to live. So yeah, Hopeully you get a few more
gun backs under that table.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
So the positivity positivity last week, do you know, was
that kind of tempered by a little bit of I
don't know, trying to navigate the upcoming election considering and
this is if there was a change of government then
all of a sudden it's a game changer.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
Yeah, there is a probably growing level of anxiety out
there in the Royal community about textual results come November.
It's a wee bit worrying when you start having parties
throwing around wealth taxes and caveral games taxes and some
of that's on unrealized essets as well. So yeah, could
(27:17):
be wrong to say there wasn't some anxiety and it's
probably just took the shine off things a little bit.
But apart from that, it was a really positive couple
of days with the Pinn's conference up there, listening to
some amazing speakers and productions of the markets for the
next two to three years is very very positive. So
long way they continue.
Speaker 1 (27:37):
Yeah, these political polls that we're seeing as well, there's
a real pick and mix of opinions out there too.
The real opinions are going to come down to that
election in November. Now, Wyndon Bees, you guys out at
Riversdale the other day if you played at Riversdale Rugby
Club as well, that ground was an immaculate condition considering
the way the weather's been around the province. But you
guys gave it a good nudge and it was a
good running game of footy.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
Yeah, it's quite drawable on a dry track. Yeah, it
was a body good indeed, So yeah, just good presence.
Rugby twenty nine Rivers players versus nineteen window so yeah,
if we could have found twenty eight we would have
got turned out with twenty eight as all credit to
the brill always good.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Going for us, so yeah, fair play to Bleis shall
Ad mid fifty still turning out there as too. When
he was out there on the wing, had a big
grin on his face for a start, So well done, Shaggy. Hey,
well yeah we'll better leaving there. I suppose time is
the issue. Do you always appreciate your time? And yeah,
looking forward to see what that woll price does for you.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Yeah, I will let you know hopefully's good news. Any
thanks so much?
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Do you emage farming at Glenham? You're listening to the
muster on Hakanui Lagan Severry is up before the end
of the year to talk of it of a local sport,
but up next so naming sponsor Clayton Peters out of
Peter's Genetics joins us. Oh Man, Welcome back to the
(29:03):
muster on Haker Neuie, Clayton Peters and Peter's Next are
naming sponsors here on the must joins us. All the
way from a Harriot pop house, things out.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Your way oh not too bad, Andy, no good on
a nice sunny morning lot today we'll study lunch time.
We recall it.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Yeah, you guys out there, like Brice was saying the
same thing before, you've got a bit of blue sky
and yellow happening.
Speaker 5 (29:24):
We didn't actually have a frost this morning. I thought
we were going to last night it was very cold
and no wake up to no frost. But yeah, I
actually don't mind the frost. Lee she can get out
and shift the stock ship breaks over the ground's hard,
but I know if we can't complain about the weather,
it's it's weeater time. It's go to wet underfoot. And yeah,
so we're just getting organized scanning and scanning on Wednesday Thursday,
(29:45):
so I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Do you get nervous pre scanning or you know the
numbers are going to be pretty good.
Speaker 5 (29:51):
Ah, we've done We've done the ear least cut two
weeks ago and they scan pretty good. So I'm pretty sure.
I'm pretty confident rest of going to scan.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Okay, but how you never know, are saying to Dean
Rabbis before too any dry as you do, good, do
get perhaps if it's a two D save it for
the frazer, but everything else the money's pretty good.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
Yeah, I know. We we head a handful dries in
the in the early Morlburn. You know, they killed very well.
So yeah it's good we're getting paid for the money
and again as well it's good.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
So a ground conditions though, how are they holding up?
All things considered to be fair?
Speaker 5 (30:23):
It's a bit damp underfoot. We've actually we've had a
lot of grass grub rounds that's quite soft. But oh yeah,
it's it is what it is. But every time we
sort of start getting sheap around the yards, it starts
raining and carrying on and making a mess around the yards.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
But that's just normal grass crab generally an issue there.
Speaker 5 (30:41):
Ah yeah, we always get it back, but I think
this year is probably worse than others. But I don't
generally do anything about it. It sort of doesn't that
sort of recovers that's on a card. But it's just
more the fact there's the ground soft. If you are
feeding out, you're sort of going to make sure it's
a frosty morning or it's nice and dry, otherwise you
make a bit of a mess.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
So supplement levels and everything, you know that you're pretty content.
Speaker 5 (31:02):
Yep, No, I'll be going leaves, get skating out of
the roads. We're sort of holding years.
Speaker 6 (31:06):
Around a bit.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
So I got all the hell saved up for all
the twin years, got the whole and and the singles
and the lights going on a bit of chaill. So yeah,
I'll be glabing. Skinning is over and done with.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Yeah, so will give you a better indication of what
feed levels will be heading into late winter. I suppose.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
Yeah, we're pretty right. I've got like we've always I've
always got a plane on the sleeve, but we're probably yeah,
just yeah, just last week within but where we went
through a more winter crop and we're anticipating, but hey,
we get a drying week this week, we catch up again.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
How many spear plans have you got out your sleeves?
Speaker 5 (31:40):
Just the one.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
And after that? Are you just wigging don't you?
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Oh? Yeah? Yeah, Like every week is different. What a
time you're gonna you're gonna holder it? You can't. You
can't sort of plan your winter at the start of
window because you net even know what's going to be, what's.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Going to happen exactly. And I mean you guys had
your bull seal not that long ago. We're seeing these
prices for real meet and wolves even looking a lot
better than what it has been as well. So the
positives for the industry. We just got to ride that wave.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
Oh definitely, it's it's great. We've just we've just show
all the ewes, all the all the mixed age us
and you know it's good. We know we're covering our
costs and making a bit of money out of it.
So it's yes, looking pretty positive. The wall anyway and
everything really.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
So the club as soon as it comes off the backs, it's.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
Gone pretty yeah, pretty much. Yet we're just slided out
some of the last one this morning actually, so yeah,
I haven't haven't seen what's worth it, but hopefully it's
well over at seven dollars a little.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
L Yes, certainly it makes a big difference getting those figures, eh.
Speaker 5 (32:38):
Yep, No it doesn't. Well, it's always good. You know
you're going to make a bit of butt on you
pay this yearing bill and that you're gonna have a profit,
so it's yeah, it's good.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
Yeah, a little bit more than twenty four pack in coming,
so that's always an outstanding result. Harriet Rugby of course
the coach there at the prems, How are you enjoying it?
Speaker 5 (32:56):
Oh, it's it's good fun. I'll make you really enjoying it. Yeah,
we're going the right at the moment where sitting in
a pretty Yeah, it's pretty tight drawer or table at
the moment. So we we've got two tough games left.
We obviously had to buy this weekend, so we don't
get any points out of that, but we're we're sitting
fourth equal, So yeah, we've got two tough games come
(33:18):
up in this couple of weeks, which we know what
we're going to do, so time will tell. So yeah,
now I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Are you one of these coaches who sits down at
the dinner table, gets the salt and pepper shakers and
the cutlery and makes an imaginary backline and number eight
there and tries to work on moves or do you do?
Speaker 2 (33:33):
You know?
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Do you think better?
Speaker 5 (33:35):
Ah? Not quite like that. I have spent a few
of the thinking about over the weekend of it, things
we're going to do. So yeah, So, like I said,
we've got two tough games and we sort of probably
have to win both of them to guarantee your semi
so yeah, things, Yeah, that's that's very tight. It's a
good compare's there's six seven six seven teams are in there,
so it could make the semis. So it's good.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, that's not bad. I mean that many teams at
the business end of the season. It's what you want though,
Oh it is.
Speaker 5 (34:03):
Yeah, And like I was, the lot's clear the top
of the table. They've been playing really well. And I
went down and watched that game against Clove on said
day Valley and that was a really close game and
the end and yeah, just you know, the right team
turns on the right day, they could be toppled.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
So yeah, hey, good on your papa, Let you carry on.
Always good to catch up on the muster. And of
course Peter's Genetics, yourself Engineer and the rest of a
team you are naming sponsors here. We appreciate your ongoing support.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
No, thanks very much, Enny.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Clayton. Peters are Peter's Genetics naming sponsors here on the Mustard.
To wrap up next, Logan Severy out of the South
in Tribune Welcome back to the Muster. The Riversdale Lions
Club are having their hay Drive competition and it's fiftieth year.
(34:53):
This Friday, the third of July Andrew's Transport Year. Judging
is at twelve thirty, the prize giving at three o'clock,
auction at three fifty, refreshments, et cetera at the Riversdale
Rugby Club rooms. Their funds are going to the youth
medical needs in the community. So that's this Friday with
the Riversdale Lions Club and of course the annual Wyndham
Lions Club as well. It is the time of the
(35:13):
season happening this Thursday, the second of July, of proceeds
going to local schools and the Wyndham Community Home. Baylors
can be delivered to Three Rivers Contracting Yard on this
Wednesday or Thursday from one till three thirty. The auction
of hay and bayleas other items being out at the
Three Rivers Hotel. Get in touch with Stephen Rabbage or
Graham's Stewart. That's with the Wyndham Lions Club and their
(35:37):
hay competitions. Logan Savery of the Southern Tribune joints us
once again, Good afternoon, sav Did I have a guy
on Andy going pretty good? Sav, Look we're getting towards
a pointy end of the rugby season down here in
the South that Riversdale rugby ground. I've got to be honest,
some pretty good nick, but the bar Bars I understand
to playing Star in the semi at the showgrounds where
(35:57):
it's a little bit boggier all my.
Speaker 7 (36:01):
Yeah, Well throughout ground throughout the South on the Riversdale
always traditionally is one of the best grounds going around,
particularly in the country areas. Yeah, I think initially it
was he marked that semi final Barbarians against at Riversdale
was actually placed in the drawer as such, but I
got a message from last night from Barbarians aj I
(36:22):
can to say no, it's been played at the Bool Showgrounds,
I think a couple of weeks earlier. Obviously they played
the Barbarians out there in quite a boggie ground, so
that will make it for an interesting semi final potentially.
I don't know who will suits suit. I would have
thought that Barberians certainly a step ahead of Star at
(36:44):
the moment and would be favored. Whether the the bogger
conditions could level things a week but I don't know,
but I would have thought Barbarians should go and as
very warm favorites to win that game.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
Parents are Boys against Woodlands. Though, this will be an
interesting game. What is they got the chocolate's over Maris
at the weekend and Jason Rutlich is Wow, three hundred games,
mess of congratulations on that achievement. But yeah, this will
be interesting.
Speaker 7 (37:09):
Yeah, repeat of last year's Galbros. Shield Final, which Woodland's
got the job done at that time. You look, I
think pretty closest game will be. Look, just touching on
Jason Rutler's, what an amazing story that is. Really, you
know the fact that when he was twenty one or
or leaving school, leaving South and Boys High School, he
(37:30):
was probably wasn't going to play a game. They had
a series of conditions come back plaid socially at under
twenty one level, at fullback of all things. Ended up
getting through that or right decided to have a crack
at the hooker and twenty seven years later or whatnot's
playing a three hundred games. So that was pretty pretty special.
But look, Woodland's you know they've got some They've got
some handy and experienced players. I've got Fletcher Morgan back
(37:53):
from New Zealand Seven's Duties, who walked slot on at
second five, so I expect a really tight semi final
that once.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
I mean, you think of Jason Rutlers and what he's
achieved over the years, and most enduring memory for me
regarding Cabbage was when Alan de mal Nudge, argiably one
of the strongest perhaps in New Zealand rugby at the time,
was going at the line. Rutlers just picked him up,
drove them back and everybody was in awe of this achievement.
Speaker 7 (38:17):
The Fidal physics on stopping that try and I think
I remember being at the Southern Times at that time
and we actually got a physics profession professor talk about,
of course you did, how ridiculous it was that he
was able to develop them, how much was very low
to the ground, and Jason Rutli somehow to this day
(38:41):
I don't know how it was, managed to pick him
up and drive him back. It was yeah, that that
sticks out for along with a lot of other memories
of Jason Rutlid's for sure.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
Now the Southern Steel rather is up in the ANZ premiership,
a fantastic achievement considering where they were not that long ago.
But the bigger question remains now for the viability of
this competition looking forward.
Speaker 7 (39:03):
Yeah, that's that's certainly. I mean, obviously a great season
from the Steels in terms of coming back and turning
around fortunes to make the Grand Final. Disappointing to lose
in the final obviously, but you're did right that the
focus now turns to what actually happens to professional netborn neusion.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
At this point.
Speaker 7 (39:21):
At this point of time, there is no competition next year.
There certainly hasn't been anything confirmed. The players and everyone's
really out of the loop, you know. And you look
at this year with a television deal with TV and
Z usual and network effectively had to pay for that
to be televised rather than normally in professional sports they
(39:42):
make money off television, right, So that's at that sort
of it's just not sustainable. So there's in this next
week period for netball is really important to see what happens,
you know, to talk of mixed mystics maybe having a
crack at joining the street own camp. Yeah, really big
to a period for netball in this country.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
In the Southland Sharks there still sitting pretty in the NBL.
Speaker 7 (40:09):
Yeah they are, and they've had a bit of a
tough run in terms of they've had three key players injured,
you know, really sort of tested death till they have
got a strong roster. But they've got the Cannery Rams
this Wednesday night down here and in Macago. Look if
they can get that one really sort of shape up
(40:30):
for maybe top one or two spot and then you
end up hosting some playoff games and then the cargo
and that'll be huge for them.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
Just finally, what do you make of Ben Stakes announcing
towards the end of the game that he's finishing up
in cracket. There's a lot of those there that we
don't really know about. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (40:48):
Look, I just actually just listened to an interview before
with him talking about obviously, between the mis demeanor and
the ster tests, when when he was left out the
second test, went back to Durham County where he started
with and obviously really enjoyed it, went back into England
camp and by the sounds of it, just didn't have
(41:09):
that same feeling about him and realized that times enough.
I mean, yeah, you have to wonder if you're not
enjoying representing the country, what's going in that environment? I Mean,
I look at this New Zealand series, if I'm brutally honest.
New Zealand are rolling out their second string bowling lineup
with the batting line out that's largely out of form.
(41:32):
Some guys have done a good job and this third Test,
but generally out of form. And it's looking very lightly
that we're going to New Zealand is going to win
this test series. So there's got to be some really
serious questions in English crikery about what's going on there.
Speaker 1 (41:47):
I think we might be seeing the end of basball
this time tomorrow. Logan s every hey, keep out the
great work the South in tribute. It's a great thing
to get through your email and on your socials and
we'll catch up again.
Speaker 7 (41:57):
Thanks you Jendy for that.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer Well data working to help the livestock farmer. Every
fortune teller of met is either incredibly depressed or way
too enthusiastic. Why can't I just find a happy medium?
Please don't right, that's ask for the afternoon. The podcast
(42:25):
is going up shortly on iHeartRadio. Of course. I'm Andy Mure.
This has been the muster on hock and now he
thinks of Peter's Genetix. Back in the saddle after a break,
it's been good once again, Messa, thanks to Olivia with
the Broon ful filling in over the past couple of weeks.
Catch you tomorrow.
Popular Podcasts
Dolly Parton's America
In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of one of America’s great icons. Join us for a 9-episode journey into the Dollyverse. Hosted by Jad Abumrad. Produced and reported by Shima Oliaee. Dolly Parton’s America is a production from OSM Audio and WNYC Studios.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com