October 27, 2025 • 9 mins
Andy Dennis says this season is proving to be even wetter than last October.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Andy Dennis farms up at Menapouri in the feel of
Them Basin and joins us this afternoon on the Sagean
Dan Farming Ground up thanks to Sergeon Dan Stock foods
here and go kicker. Good afternoon, all though it's probably
not too good, truth be known, it's just wet, Yeah,
real wet.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah that when we dodged all that win last week. Yeah,
because I think that would have that would have just
a bit of broke broke us really one more thing
to deal with. But yeah, know we're just wait, i'd
say we're over five hundred mills and the start of
September easily, and yeah, it just seems to keep coming.
So yeah, it's entailing in the weekend and she's just
(00:49):
a boghole everywhere or old news and lambs. But yeah, see,
I think she's she's letting us down this spring. It's
just getting tougher and tougher. When you think it's got
can't any worse, it, Well it gets ways, don't it.
So Yeah, So.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
As far as rainfall figures compared to this time last year,
you're above.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, September was really weak last year, and then I
think October has sort of come right, whereas October has
been just as wet as what September was, and probably
it's actually got colder too. So no, we're right back
on top of well, we're right on top of grass,
and yeah, you just hope things start coming right soon.
(01:28):
I took the bow buggy off the tractor at the
start of October, and I actually put it on yesterday,
and I've got to be at ten dolls of Bailer's
left over, and I'm was going to use it up,
but I just run around and if you think something
needs defeat, just dribble away. Maybe mainly works kettle and
a few bits and pieces. But no, she's just tricky, Yeah,
real tricky.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
It's almost a case of if you didn't laugh, you'd cry. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, like I said, you think it's you think it
can't get worse, and then blow me down. It does
get worse. Yeah, like we had or last day, I
was mobbing up to tailing and the week before last,
I mean, and it blew all day and then we
had thunder that at night. So when we have a
lot of funner and lighting up here, the deer freak out.
(02:12):
So they go smashing and the fences and create a
lovely friggin mess. So I was driving around on Saturday morning,
the shoot a few, put them down and which is
never fun. It's actually a bit very very tough on you.
And then shet up some sheep to go tailing the
next day, and then we did one mob and it
just started starting sideways and we pulled the pin. And
(02:34):
it took another week to get back to doing that job.
While you use it down off the hill and eating
grass and anything. So you just seem you just can't
seem to win, can you.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It started snowing while you were tailing, yeah, just yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
But at the sun had been out half and here
you know, like I've got to come all the way
from Materia caw Tama and his crew and you think,
oh no, it's clear skies, it's let's pull the trigger.
And the time they get here and we went and
then and literally it probably sleated and snowed for two hours,
and then the same the sun coming out after lunch,
and it was probably the best of the week. So
(03:11):
we could have keep going, but like it's so hard
to even find a dry spot to put the lamp
pin in all the gateways, so just a bog hole
where they've been walking back with some fords looking for
a feed. So no, it's she's she Yeah, she's tough
one this one. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
So it's not a case of the wind that was
the if that was the problem for you guys on Thursday.
It's just been the continued precipitation.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yeah, no, just poured down. Yeah. I think we were
another one hundred and ten miles for the week, so
a little bit of wind but nothing to damage. But yeah,
like it's just been pouring down. But that's a Norway
cycle on it, like the rain in the west and
windy we are so yeah no, yeah, and then it's
(03:55):
snowing everywhere today further up country, so no one's getting
a break, that's for sure. Yeah, Like we're miles back
on last year was good for Like, we're a lot
of lambs around and we're going to be a long
way back from that and probably a long way back
from your average really, So yeah, lamb price is going
to stay high, aren't because there's going to be a
whole lot least of them around.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
When you're talking to other farmers up there in the basin,
a very similar situation to what you're facing.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Yeah, yep, no, the same just yeah type of feed. Yeah,
and waiting waiting for things to come right. Really, yeah,
I don't know when corectors a week going. Yeah, it's it's
it's that week. It's just ponding on everything, waterline everywhere,
so it's going to take a long time to drain
and try and get some grass in the ground or
(04:44):
even crop crop for next year.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Really, as far as power issues, have you had anything
to worry about since it's come back on Friday night?
Speaker 2 (04:52):
No, it's been good. Yeah, Like Chian sort of got
away from what I think. We didn't a pair for
two days, but like the damage in the basin wasn't bad,
so it was just getting the pair returned to the basin.
So yeah, we were all back on and it's been
good since. So lucky and lucky in that perspect Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah, let's give a shout out to the Basin cake
in ninety point four for them. You guys have had
a real turred sandwich to coin a phrase over the
past six weeks or so in Tiana, especially the duel
in the in its Crown. For this time of year,
it was going to be the fishing competition canceled or postpone,
I should say, and just going around town there on
Saturday and a lot of bemused tourists because up until
(05:38):
Friday night they couldn't get any petrol or anything to
get out of town. There wasn't hardly anything open. It
was a case of cash being the kesh being king
ultimately and just a lot of confused faces.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Oh yeah, I did hear that. Yeah, I think there's
probably something you'd think about it. Keep some old handled
petrol bowsers, wouldn't you, manual.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Ones, craig shafts.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, something, I don't know. It's like it, Yeah, ye're
so heavy reliant on power that when something like that
happens that it can really upset everything. And like we're
running around trying to keep velvet frozen and and not
not really too worried about tourists. But it is what
(06:23):
it is, really Yeah, but no, it's it's the third
really really wet spring the basins heading a row and
last year it affected the lambs. They were a month
behind the whole way through the season. And like my
winter lambs this year that I took through the still behind,
but they don't catch up there they over winter, so
so you know, this is going to impact this whole
(06:44):
season again, which which is the tough one because you
know we're looking at good prices and it would just
be good to have a good season. But that's farming.
You know, prices are up and you're back on lambs
and the environment doesn't play ball? Does That's? How did
you all you that lined up in a row? It's impossible, isn't.
It doesn't happen.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Actually, let's finish on a positive. I caught up with
you at the Tiany Young Farmers barckup will bark off whichever.
It was like a few weeks back. Fantastic occasion. Well
done to Harry and the crew there at Tiana Young Farmers.
That's an organization that's really going places at the moment.
And you were helping him see the event as well.
And I think a shouty out to see her Humphreys.
(07:25):
I hope she's got a good beanie.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yeah, I wasn't I supposed to even say it. I was.
I was just did have judge the dogs actually yeah,
one of one of three, Todd Kevner and Katie Fraser.
I was a very late substitute. I found out I
was doing it at about five o'clock that day we've been
crutching lembs for a dog troll fundraiser and went along.
(07:49):
But no, it was It's really good just to see
those Young Farmer Farmers Clubs going great guns. There wasn't
that long ago the Tianna one was in a really
bad spot, so it's good to see it good and
people keen and yeah, it was a good event. It's
always like I went along last year with the kids
and we had a blast outstanding refel prizes, so yeah,
(08:12):
I just gave Willie your hand at the end to
give away the refels and we ended up doing a
few haircuts, so yes, he did. But they made, yeah,
like a big shaded to them. I think they made
four and a half grand, might even be more by
the end of it. Don't quote me on it, but
it was over four four and a half grand for
for all on search and rescue, so which which is
(08:34):
a really important thing because you can imagine the more
people that are tramping and walking around for all in there,
the more sort of call out set groups getting, so
that money will be very well received. So good on
the Young Farms Club for looking after the community and
putting on great events.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Here, Andy Dennis for you, always appreciate your time on
the Master. All the best over the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, well, look, surely it can't get worse wi a
bit of wood to touch it.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Now, I think we've covered all the food groups of
whether lately, Kicker. Always appreciate your time, Andy Dennis Farming
up at Manapuri and the Sergeant Dan Farming ground out.
Thanks for Sergeant Dan Stock foods based here and Gore.
We're away to cowso next we're going to catch up
with Bruce Need. Another regular correspondent, Breece is having his
(09:27):
issue around powers as well. He tells us about it
next
Andy Dennis farms up at Menapouri in the feel of
Them Basin and joins us this afternoon on the Sagean
Dan Farming Ground up thanks to Sergeon Dan Stock foods
here and go kicker. Good afternoon, all though it's probably
not too good, truth be known, it's just wet, Yeah,
real wet.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah that when we dodged all that win last week. Yeah,
because I think that would have that would have just
a bit of broke broke us really one more thing
to deal with. But yeah, know we're just wait, i'd
say we're over five hundred mills and the start of
September easily, and yeah, it just seems to keep coming.
So yeah, it's entailing in the weekend and she's just
(00:49):
a boghole everywhere or old news and lambs. But yeah, see,
I think she's she's letting us down this spring. It's
just getting tougher and tougher. When you think it's got
can't any worse, it, Well it gets ways, don't it.
So Yeah, So.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
As far as rainfall figures compared to this time last year,
you're above.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, September was really weak last year, and then I
think October has sort of come right, whereas October has
been just as wet as what September was, and probably
it's actually got colder too. So no, we're right back
on top of well, we're right on top of grass,
and yeah, you just hope things start coming right soon.
(01:28):
I took the bow buggy off the tractor at the
start of October, and I actually put it on yesterday,
and I've got to be at ten dolls of Bailer's
left over, and I'm was going to use it up,
but I just run around and if you think something
needs defeat, just dribble away. Maybe mainly works kettle and
a few bits and pieces. But no, she's just tricky, Yeah,
real tricky.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
It's almost a case of if you didn't laugh, you'd cry. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, like I said, you think it's you think it
can't get worse, and then blow me down. It does
get worse. Yeah, like we had or last day, I
was mobbing up to tailing and the week before last,
I mean, and it blew all day and then we
had thunder that at night. So when we have a
lot of funner and lighting up here, the deer freak out.
(02:12):
So they go smashing and the fences and create a
lovely friggin mess. So I was driving around on Saturday morning,
the shoot a few, put them down and which is
never fun. It's actually a bit very very tough on you.
And then shet up some sheep to go tailing the
next day, and then we did one mob and it
just started starting sideways and we pulled the pin. And
(02:34):
it took another week to get back to doing that job.
While you use it down off the hill and eating
grass and anything. So you just seem you just can't
seem to win, can you.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It started snowing while you were tailing, yeah, just yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
But at the sun had been out half and here
you know, like I've got to come all the way
from Materia caw Tama and his crew and you think,
oh no, it's clear skies, it's let's pull the trigger.
And the time they get here and we went and
then and literally it probably sleated and snowed for two hours,
and then the same the sun coming out after lunch,
and it was probably the best of the week. So
(03:11):
we could have keep going, but like it's so hard
to even find a dry spot to put the lamp
pin in all the gateways, so just a bog hole
where they've been walking back with some fords looking for
a feed. So no, it's she's she Yeah, she's tough
one this one. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
So it's not a case of the wind that was
the if that was the problem for you guys on Thursday.
It's just been the continued precipitation.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yeah, no, just poured down. Yeah. I think we were
another one hundred and ten miles for the week, so
a little bit of wind but nothing to damage. But yeah,
like it's just been pouring down. But that's a Norway
cycle on it, like the rain in the west and
windy we are so yeah no, yeah, and then it's
(03:55):
snowing everywhere today further up country, so no one's getting
a break, that's for sure. Yeah, Like we're miles back
on last year was good for Like, we're a lot
of lambs around and we're going to be a long
way back from that and probably a long way back
from your average really, So yeah, lamb price is going
to stay high, aren't because there's going to be a
whole lot least of them around.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
When you're talking to other farmers up there in the basin,
a very similar situation to what you're facing.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Yeah, yep, no, the same just yeah type of feed. Yeah,
and waiting waiting for things to come right. Really, yeah,
I don't know when corectors a week going. Yeah, it's it's
it's that week. It's just ponding on everything, waterline everywhere,
so it's going to take a long time to drain
and try and get some grass in the ground or
(04:44):
even crop crop for next year.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Really, as far as power issues, have you had anything
to worry about since it's come back on Friday night?
Speaker 2 (04:52):
No, it's been good. Yeah, Like Chian sort of got
away from what I think. We didn't a pair for
two days, but like the damage in the basin wasn't bad,
so it was just getting the pair returned to the basin.
So yeah, we were all back on and it's been
good since. So lucky and lucky in that perspect Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah, let's give a shout out to the Basin cake
in ninety point four for them. You guys have had
a real turred sandwich to coin a phrase over the
past six weeks or so in Tiana, especially the duel
in the in its Crown. For this time of year,
it was going to be the fishing competition canceled or postpone,
I should say, and just going around town there on
Saturday and a lot of bemused tourists because up until
(05:38):
Friday night they couldn't get any petrol or anything to
get out of town. There wasn't hardly anything open. It
was a case of cash being the kesh being king
ultimately and just a lot of confused faces.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Oh yeah, I did hear that. Yeah, I think there's
probably something you'd think about it. Keep some old handled
petrol bowsers, wouldn't you, manual.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Ones, craig shafts.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, something, I don't know. It's like it, Yeah, ye're
so heavy reliant on power that when something like that
happens that it can really upset everything. And like we're
running around trying to keep velvet frozen and and not
not really too worried about tourists. But it is what
(06:23):
it is, really Yeah, but no, it's it's the third
really really wet spring the basins heading a row and
last year it affected the lambs. They were a month
behind the whole way through the season. And like my
winter lambs this year that I took through the still behind,
but they don't catch up there they over winter, so
so you know, this is going to impact this whole
(06:44):
season again, which which is the tough one because you
know we're looking at good prices and it would just
be good to have a good season. But that's farming.
You know, prices are up and you're back on lambs
and the environment doesn't play ball? Does That's? How did
you all you that lined up in a row? It's impossible, isn't.
It doesn't happen.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Actually, let's finish on a positive. I caught up with
you at the Tiany Young Farmers barckup will bark off whichever.
It was like a few weeks back. Fantastic occasion. Well
done to Harry and the crew there at Tiana Young Farmers.
That's an organization that's really going places at the moment.
And you were helping him see the event as well.
And I think a shouty out to see her Humphreys.
(07:25):
I hope she's got a good beanie.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yeah, I wasn't I supposed to even say it. I was.
I was just did have judge the dogs actually yeah,
one of one of three, Todd Kevner and Katie Fraser.
I was a very late substitute. I found out I
was doing it at about five o'clock that day we've been
crutching lembs for a dog troll fundraiser and went along.
(07:49):
But no, it was It's really good just to see
those Young Farmer Farmers Clubs going great guns. There wasn't
that long ago the Tianna one was in a really
bad spot, so it's good to see it good and
people keen and yeah, it was a good event. It's
always like I went along last year with the kids
and we had a blast outstanding refel prizes, so yeah,
(08:12):
I just gave Willie your hand at the end to
give away the refels and we ended up doing a
few haircuts, so yes, he did. But they made, yeah,
like a big shaded to them. I think they made
four and a half grand, might even be more by
the end of it. Don't quote me on it, but
it was over four four and a half grand for
for all on search and rescue, so which which is
(08:34):
a really important thing because you can imagine the more
people that are tramping and walking around for all in there,
the more sort of call out set groups getting, so
that money will be very well received. So good on
the Young Farms Club for looking after the community and
putting on great events.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Here, Andy Dennis for you, always appreciate your time on
the Master. All the best over the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Yeah, well, look, surely it can't get worse wi a
bit of wood to touch it.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Now, I think we've covered all the food groups of
whether lately, Kicker. Always appreciate your time, Andy Dennis Farming
up at Manapuri and the Sergeant Dan Farming ground out.
Thanks for Sergeant Dan Stock foods based here and Gore.
We're away to cowso next we're going to catch up
with Bruce Need. Another regular correspondent, Breece is having his
(09:27):
issue around powers as well. He tells us about it
next
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