June 10, 2026 • 7 mins
Andrew Welsh catches up and talks of a mild start to the winter grazing cycle.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Andrew Welsh joins us next.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Of course, he is part of TEFF from which is
Twin Farm Genetics and they are the sponsors of the
five day forecast.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Here on the Muster.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Farming along the way Mere Valley not far from Endivile
snow House Eggs.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, fantastic, beautiful sunny day here on the Wye here
early Andy. We touched the a frost this morning, but
nothing we can't handle.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
It's a pretty good start to winter.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Yeah, fantastic. Really heard of the radio that there's a
record autumn temperatures, so that would fit with what we're
seeing for the season. Getting really good grass growth still
even right through now into sort of early early to
mid June. It was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Is this as good as grass growth that you've seen
for the time of year?
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Absolutely, yep. I think that we're but to be fair,
the whole season has been a bit like this. We've
sort of been a month behind all the way through.
So this sort of grass growth we're getting now sort
of what we get early May, so that would sort
of fit with how we're season's gone, to be fair.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Went to transitioning would have been a breeze.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So far, so good. But don't drink. So we haven't
got everything on crop yet, but most things are on
now and well and truly in the wind mode behind
fences and that sort of thing. That just got a
couple of mobs of carves on the hill that will
bring down and get them adjusted on the crop the
next next week.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Well, you can only play what's in front of you.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And yes, the tide will change, but at the moment,
you know, you just got everything smelling of roses, and
enjoy it while we have it.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Yes, yep, that's all we can do. Really carry on
with that and yeah, you're right, just do the things
you can do.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, you're not getting dry or anything ridiculous, No, no.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
If anything, i'd say that we're not perfect conditions. We've
got there's enough moisture in the soil, it's not too wet.
It's yeah, as good as it gets. We just don't
want that white fluffy stuff hanging around the hills just yet,
or otherwise we'll be into real hard for us.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So the focus at the moment just winter feeding.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yeah, we've actually got the dipper end today, so we're
running all the stock through the yards, so it's a
good chance just get get the iback over how all
the mobs are doing with adjusted on the crops and everything.
So stock are doing really well as you'd expect with
nice conditions like this.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
You normally dip around March. Any reason why the change?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
We normally we sort of dipping because the risk of fly.
But this year we never had that wave of fly
come through that we touched you in April, but nothing
too major. So yes, one of those things has sort
of almost forgot about to be fair, and yes we've
been to get around good practice just to run them
through and just treat anything that's there or any lice
or anything that might be starting to show up. Not
(02:36):
that I think there's anything there, but yeah, just good practice.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So you're doing it for fly and lice today?
Speaker 3 (02:42):
No just lice, Yeah, no, it there'll be a real
problem if we are having to worry about flying the winter.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
It's for sure. As far as lice, though, has it
been in this year at all? Have you seen anything
as such over the past season or two?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
No, I haven't. No, it's been pretty good, probably more
the all side of things. We just put them all
through and give them a poor on there. Just last
week and I just saw the odd one just starting
to have we scratch around there around the tip of
the tail, up at the base of the tail. That's
where you sort of start to notice it. So yeah,
just good time and to get that. You get them
in the winter mode and they're close contacts, and if
(03:17):
you don't treat them that life can explode later on
in the winter if you don't watch it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
The best thing about now is feed utilization. It's pretty
much a capacity.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Yes, yep, it is really so. But as the same, like,
we're a month behind. We never got that real flush
of feed, so we've had to buy in all the bailage.
But we're getting really good utilization out of crops at
the moment. So we'll take that of a bit of
a wind and hopefully we sneak through winter a ride.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
At the other end, I remember you're saying that last
time we spoke, things were pretty tight. You tend to
forget these things, it is.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
But yeah, amazing the difference a month month makes. So
we're still definitely tight, but the stock are in good condition.
The grass has been growing more than what we budgeted on. Yeah,
winter crops are utilizing more than what we thought they were,
so onwards and upwards, and they're still going to be
tied at the other end, but I think we're going
to snake scrape through up the stage.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
You are quite a few deer in your operation as well.
How are they seeming through the winter stages?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
So far, so far, so good. You always have ups
and downs. We just put them through and drink some yesterday.
But yeah, it just went round a roundom Me had
three diamies. So I took them down to the vet
yesterday and we've taken some more topses and some samples
and we'll see see what's going on there. But there
was nothing obvious the vet could notice, but just really
(04:33):
randomed all of a sudden, have three really nice replacements.
Yeeling Stein you.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
That be gee, that's always a freakish occurrence.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
It was, That's what I thought. And yeah, when I
rang the vet and yeah, they said they didn't have
one available on it were too bad. I'm bringing them down.
I want to find out what's going on with them.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It's just, yeah, that's just one of those things where
you've got live stock, you got dead stock.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
A lot of people don't like they're.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Saying, but hey, this reality of farming that is one
those things yet and you can't really do anything about it.
But yeah, just for there wasn't anything obvious that we saw,
and even when the ved autopsy then they couldn't find
anything anything that was obviously wrong that would cause it.
But yeah, and all all all the other ones are
looking really good. So just one of those things. Lung
(05:18):
worms quite bad and deer, so that was what we're
drinking them four just to make sure that we keep
that riders they're addressing on the wind crops.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
So how often are you drenching deer as such?
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I know cattle is very minimal, what about with those
with those animals.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Fairly similar to any young stot Really the life cycle
of that lung worm's only like three weeks, so we
try about about every month that we're looking at drinking
the deer. Yeah, they're real tricky animals to actually take
a feckleg count from. So we've just tried that now
just to make sure there's nothing there that's coming through. Yeah,
(05:53):
it's one of those things that just got to basically
stick to that sort of four weeks and get them
through in the young young stage as well, they're growing
and got that risk of lung worm in the autumn.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Now head, are we breaking nasie recently as well, so
good chance to get a bit of ron afore the
wind winter grind kicks in for proper.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah we did. Mum and Dad actually had their fiftieth
wedding anniversary, so all kids got together and decided we're
going to do something special for them. So we all
met on the Gold Coasts and went away and holiday
for a week. So it was fantastic, just what the
body needed to get away and have that winter break
and just free charge the batteries.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
But busier than Gore.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Ah yeah, absolutely a lot warmer than Gore too. Look
yeah we'chie twenty two to twenty four degrees all the time.
We're over there sitting on the beach and doing the
theme parks. So but yeah, just remember that slip slop
and slapped the old sunscreen to come home with a
sunburned back, which I didn't quite need.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
There was an on your bingo card.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
No, it wasn't that much fun. But he drenching the
deer the last few days either with a drench pack
on your back.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Oh you poor, So we will.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
That'll teach me though anyway.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
And how's it going with wonder is this year? You're
putting the boots on again?
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Yep, yep, sure I am still strapping them on and
I near trying to keep up with the young fellaws.
So no, we're going really good. We've got a good
young team there this year, so we're just gonna get
better and better as a season goes through. So we're
not we're certainly not tabletopping or anything this year. But yeah,
it's a good crew to be part of and gets
you off the farm doing something for the weekend.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Hey, go on your snow. I'll let you carry on
with the dipping this afternoon. Twin Fan Genetics the home
of t From and sponsors the five day forecast here
on Hock and now we always appreciate you guys being
on board.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
All right, good to gold Indian near. Good luck with
all those scanning results and everything's starting to come out
the next month or so for people.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
And you Welsh and A.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Twin Fan Genetics the home of tif From. Great to
have them on board. Nathan Burden's a residents sporting guru.
We have a catch up next
Andrew Welsh joins us next.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Of course, he is part of TEFF from which is
Twin Farm Genetics and they are the sponsors of the
five day forecast.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Here on the Muster.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Farming along the way Mere Valley not far from Endivile
snow House Eggs.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, fantastic, beautiful sunny day here on the Wye here
early Andy. We touched the a frost this morning, but
nothing we can't handle.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
It's a pretty good start to winter.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Yeah, fantastic. Really heard of the radio that there's a
record autumn temperatures, so that would fit with what we're
seeing for the season. Getting really good grass growth still
even right through now into sort of early early to
mid June. It was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Is this as good as grass growth that you've seen
for the time of year?
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Absolutely, yep. I think that we're but to be fair,
the whole season has been a bit like this. We've
sort of been a month behind all the way through.
So this sort of grass growth we're getting now sort
of what we get early May, so that would sort
of fit with how we're season's gone, to be fair.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Went to transitioning would have been a breeze.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So far, so good. But don't drink. So we haven't
got everything on crop yet, but most things are on
now and well and truly in the wind mode behind
fences and that sort of thing. That just got a
couple of mobs of carves on the hill that will
bring down and get them adjusted on the crop the
next next week.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Well, you can only play what's in front of you.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And yes, the tide will change, but at the moment,
you know, you just got everything smelling of roses, and
enjoy it while we have it.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Yes, yep, that's all we can do. Really carry on
with that and yeah, you're right, just do the things
you can do.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, you're not getting dry or anything ridiculous, No, no.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
If anything, i'd say that we're not perfect conditions. We've
got there's enough moisture in the soil, it's not too wet.
It's yeah, as good as it gets. We just don't
want that white fluffy stuff hanging around the hills just yet,
or otherwise we'll be into real hard for us.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So the focus at the moment just winter feeding.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yeah, we've actually got the dipper end today, so we're
running all the stock through the yards, so it's a
good chance just get get the iback over how all
the mobs are doing with adjusted on the crops and everything.
So stock are doing really well as you'd expect with
nice conditions like this.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
You normally dip around March. Any reason why the change?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
We normally we sort of dipping because the risk of fly.
But this year we never had that wave of fly
come through that we touched you in April, but nothing
too major. So yes, one of those things has sort
of almost forgot about to be fair, and yes we've
been to get around good practice just to run them
through and just treat anything that's there or any lice
or anything that might be starting to show up. Not
(02:36):
that I think there's anything there, but yeah, just good practice.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So you're doing it for fly and lice today?
Speaker 3 (02:42):
No just lice, Yeah, no, it there'll be a real
problem if we are having to worry about flying the winter.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
It's for sure. As far as lice, though, has it
been in this year at all? Have you seen anything
as such over the past season or two?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
No, I haven't. No, it's been pretty good, probably more
the all side of things. We just put them all
through and give them a poor on there. Just last
week and I just saw the odd one just starting
to have we scratch around there around the tip of
the tail, up at the base of the tail. That's
where you sort of start to notice it. So yeah,
just good time and to get that. You get them
in the winter mode and they're close contacts, and if
(03:17):
you don't treat them that life can explode later on
in the winter if you don't watch it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
The best thing about now is feed utilization. It's pretty
much a capacity.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Yes, yep, it is really so. But as the same, like,
we're a month behind. We never got that real flush
of feed, so we've had to buy in all the bailage.
But we're getting really good utilization out of crops at
the moment. So we'll take that of a bit of
a wind and hopefully we sneak through winter a ride.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
At the other end, I remember you're saying that last
time we spoke, things were pretty tight. You tend to
forget these things, it is.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
But yeah, amazing the difference a month month makes. So
we're still definitely tight, but the stock are in good condition.
The grass has been growing more than what we budgeted on. Yeah,
winter crops are utilizing more than what we thought they were,
so onwards and upwards, and they're still going to be
tied at the other end, but I think we're going
to snake scrape through up the stage.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
You are quite a few deer in your operation as well.
How are they seeming through the winter stages?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
So far, so far, so good. You always have ups
and downs. We just put them through and drink some yesterday.
But yeah, it just went round a roundom Me had
three diamies. So I took them down to the vet
yesterday and we've taken some more topses and some samples
and we'll see see what's going on there. But there
was nothing obvious the vet could notice, but just really
(04:33):
randomed all of a sudden, have three really nice replacements.
Yeeling Stein you.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
That be gee, that's always a freakish occurrence.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
It was, That's what I thought. And yeah, when I
rang the vet and yeah, they said they didn't have
one available on it were too bad. I'm bringing them down.
I want to find out what's going on with them.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It's just, yeah, that's just one of those things where
you've got live stock, you got dead stock.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
A lot of people don't like they're.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Saying, but hey, this reality of farming that is one
those things yet and you can't really do anything about it.
But yeah, just for there wasn't anything obvious that we saw,
and even when the ved autopsy then they couldn't find
anything anything that was obviously wrong that would cause it.
But yeah, and all all all the other ones are
looking really good. So just one of those things. Lung
(05:18):
worms quite bad and deer, so that was what we're
drinking them four just to make sure that we keep
that riders they're addressing on the wind crops.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
So how often are you drenching deer as such?
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I know cattle is very minimal, what about with those
with those animals.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Fairly similar to any young stot Really the life cycle
of that lung worm's only like three weeks, so we
try about about every month that we're looking at drinking
the deer. Yeah, they're real tricky animals to actually take
a feckleg count from. So we've just tried that now
just to make sure there's nothing there that's coming through. Yeah,
(05:53):
it's one of those things that just got to basically
stick to that sort of four weeks and get them
through in the young young stage as well, they're growing
and got that risk of lung worm in the autumn.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Now head, are we breaking nasie recently as well, so
good chance to get a bit of ron afore the
wind winter grind kicks in for proper.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah we did. Mum and Dad actually had their fiftieth
wedding anniversary, so all kids got together and decided we're
going to do something special for them. So we all
met on the Gold Coasts and went away and holiday
for a week. So it was fantastic, just what the
body needed to get away and have that winter break
and just free charge the batteries.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
But busier than Gore.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Ah yeah, absolutely a lot warmer than Gore too. Look
yeah we'chie twenty two to twenty four degrees all the time.
We're over there sitting on the beach and doing the
theme parks. So but yeah, just remember that slip slop
and slapped the old sunscreen to come home with a
sunburned back, which I didn't quite need.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
There was an on your bingo card.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
No, it wasn't that much fun. But he drenching the
deer the last few days either with a drench pack
on your back.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Oh you poor, So we will.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
That'll teach me though anyway.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
And how's it going with wonder is this year? You're
putting the boots on again?
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Yep, yep, sure I am still strapping them on and
I near trying to keep up with the young fellaws.
So no, we're going really good. We've got a good
young team there this year, so we're just gonna get
better and better as a season goes through. So we're
not we're certainly not tabletopping or anything this year. But yeah,
it's a good crew to be part of and gets
you off the farm doing something for the weekend.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Hey, go on your snow. I'll let you carry on
with the dipping this afternoon. Twin Fan Genetics the home
of t From and sponsors the five day forecast here
on Hock and now we always appreciate you guys being
on board.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
All right, good to gold Indian near. Good luck with
all those scanning results and everything's starting to come out
the next month or so for people.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
And you Welsh and A.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Twin Fan Genetics the home of tif From. Great to
have them on board. Nathan Burden's a residents sporting guru.
We have a catch up next
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