January 11, 2026 • 7 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The Muster on the farm with Southland District Council working
together for a Beta Southland No.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Jordan Luck in the Exponents Why does Love Do This
to Me? From nineteen ninety one. The album was entitled something,
beginning with see you're listening to the Muster. We're away
down to Windham to catch up with Sheep Beef and
YouTube farmer Ben Durley This afternoon Dil's Seasons. Greetings, Happy
New Year. I don't know how long you say that
for us, say that every time whenever I come back
(00:32):
on here starting off a new season. But nonetheless here
we are, Yeah, that.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
New season, so we better say it, Happy New Years.
Everybody tell you what though good interest song? I could
turn around and say, I don't know what is farming?
Do this to me? Supposed to be away to Green
Boo Bay about an hour ago, but we are still
here pecking and doing other stuff because we just couldn't
get away off farm just yet. But that is farming,
I guess, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Now you head up to glenn du Bay for a
good weet hunt at this time of you normally it's
no different. Listen year obviously, Yeah, no, that's right.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
We're up up today till the twenty third, so eleven
days good. We stint, just a big push to get
everything done beforehand, and as usual, doesn't matter what you
do to try and make things a bit easier getting away,
you always find more that needs to be done. So
we're on top of stuff now. All the farm workers
done as of about fifteen minutes ago, and yeah, we
(01:24):
will be on the road shortly.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So it's been the major focus over the past coup
of the weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
We had a bit of a shift around this year.
We shifted our waning of their terminals. Still did the
maternals in mid December, but shifted the terminals to the
fourth of January, just because the fifth was the first
day of the works were open, and that actually yielded
really good results. Normally would get away from that mob
eleven hundred twelve hundred lambs would get fifty to one
(01:50):
hundred away at sixteen kilos, and we got two hundred
and fifty three I think it was at eighteen point two,
So definitely worth doing. When you work out the extra
growth roat over the twenty five days, it added up
to a notable amount. Extra just means a few of
his meals to feed a bit more money in the bank,
and yeah, just put a bit of pressure on us.
(02:14):
We obviously didn't have to wean them in December, but
we did twice to get them crutched and shorn and
then put them back on Monday next day. Obviously all
that day. But yeah, definitely worth what we're doing. But
just meant we're a bit more under the pump and
then lambs are crutched, everything's drenched. Yeah, we're all pretty
up to date. But yes, the old body's certainly starting
(02:34):
to feel it right now. So quite looking forward to
ten days sitting on the beach, I can do.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
It's sitting on that beach would be a lot easier
knowing that the lamb schedule is not going to fall
down on a big harry either by the sounds of it.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Oh, don't say that Murphy's listening.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
No, you look, well, let's be a bit more pragmatic
about the situation. Possibly, yes, but what indicators do you
see to suggest otherwise.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
No, it's looking very promising out there. No, absolutely, just
year like I said, Murphy's.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
We know Murphy's a little bugger, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
No, things are looking really good and we're that far through. Now,
even if it does start falling, it shouldn't fall very much.
Fingers crossed hopefully there's plenty of ambs been killed. It
sounds like the product is selling pretty well. Yes, so
all in all, it's it's about as positive as it
could be in that space. It's it's really good. And
tell you what, how good is farming with that financial
(03:24):
pressure just lifted off your shoulders?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
So how are your feed covers looking at the moment?
I understand certain parts of the region are looking for
rain while others that's a total episode.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah, we were looking for rain. I mean, we certainly
weren't desperate. We weren't running out of feed or anything.
But the ground was pretty hard. But the last sort
of three days of bought in thirty two mills, thirty
six miles. Sorry, yeah, there was another way four mills. Yeah,
so that's that's nice. That's a good week kicking the
pants there. And there was big ones yesterday but they
(03:54):
didn't dry things yet real bad. So No, that was
a good way freshen up air. Grass covers situation is
pretty good. We got that grass seed in the ground
as early as we could, which wasn't actually very early
this year, but it's all online now. Well, there's still
two and a half hectares it only went in seven
or eight days ago. But the rest of it, the
other eighteen hectores is absolutely cranking. The two d's have
(04:16):
been out there. They're on the second time round, and
that is just you know what young grass is like.
When it gets going, it just means that the pressure
goes off the rest of the farm. So yet, no
grass covers are good. Everything's in pretty good neck. There's
no big number of light used or rat big lambs
running around. Kettle are doing well. Crops are all pretty
(04:36):
much all full kenopy. There's a few hollows and stuff
where they're just to weave a light, but they all
take time to close in. Yeah. So things are looking
in all fairness at the moment, about as good as
they could be.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Flight strike dells is it a problem at the moment.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
It hasn't been so far. Touch wood, just genuinely touching wood. Yeah. No.
The crutches of the lambs, there was six or seven
in there that just had weave it in the daggs,
and there was a couple that were bad enough that
had been treated. But they're all crutched up now, so
that seems to be not an issue there. The two
so or hoggets as they were at the time was
sawn either ended November or start of December, so you know,
(05:14):
if they were done mid October, I'll be worried about
flying them now. But they just don't have enough fall
on them at the moment hopefully to begetting that yet.
And the user all sewn too, So nothing there but
the guys around with willy hues and with uncrutched lambs.
I am hearing a few reports that flour strikers certainly
rearing its thing of the head seems at the moment
to be the ones in the daggs or on the bums,
(05:36):
not that horrible thing that strikes up in the shoulder,
but no doubt it will come. Yeah, So just something
to keep an eye out for as will gets a
bit longer, and yeah, I guess as those lambs get
a little bit dirty again.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
And just finally, you want to give a shout out
to fishing game, which certainly goes against the narrative of
the previous eighteen months.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Yep, no, they've been issuing permissuito actually controlled up, which
is amazing on breast crops or on crops emerging crops.
We certainly haven't taken out any big numbers. I think
I've got rid of five is all I've done. Just
leave the carcasses and the paddocks and the hawks and
stuff tend to keep the rest of the birds away.
But no, I just just wanted to say thanks to
(06:17):
them for doing that, because it's been a massive problem
in years gone by, and this year with the ability
to go out and next to control ducks, we're not
taking out big numbers, but just being able to go
out and do it has just made life so much easier.
So just wanted to say thanks to them for making
that happen. And if you do need a permit to
control some ducks, just just get a hold of self
(06:38):
and fishing game and talk to them. They seem to
be pretty good about it.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Now, when you say control ducks, you think of the
obvious as far as eradication. Would I be correct in
that thinking.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Yeah, yeah, no, you're allowed to use the trot gun
to actually shoot them if need be not. They don't
want us taken out big numbers, and I can appreciate that.
I guess the argument there is that you don't need
to take out big numbers to actually achieve anything. But yeah,
lethal control.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Good on your deals. Let you carry on your way.
All the best up in Glennie, by not all the best,
go there and relax and have a couple of quiet
ones and we'll catch up in due course. So I
just appreciate your time.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
No, we certainly will. Andy, we'll catch you later on.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Ben Dooley. Yeah, shout out the fish and game as well,
regarding duck control at this time of year, certainly a
problem for a lot of people. Leg and Sevry is
up next to the South and Trivia and we'll talk
a bit of crack up, but also we'll talk about
the passing of the late Sir Tom Sherbolt.
The Muster on the farm with Southland District Council working
together for a Beta Southland No.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Jordan Luck in the Exponents Why does Love Do This
to Me? From nineteen ninety one. The album was entitled something,
beginning with see you're listening to the Muster. We're away
down to Windham to catch up with Sheep Beef and
YouTube farmer Ben Durley This afternoon Dil's Seasons. Greetings, Happy
New Year. I don't know how long you say that
for us, say that every time whenever I come back
(00:32):
on here starting off a new season. But nonetheless here
we are, Yeah, that.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
New season, so we better say it, Happy New Years.
Everybody tell you what though good interest song? I could
turn around and say, I don't know what is farming?
Do this to me? Supposed to be away to Green
Boo Bay about an hour ago, but we are still
here pecking and doing other stuff because we just couldn't
get away off farm just yet. But that is farming,
I guess, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Now you head up to glenn du Bay for a
good weet hunt at this time of you normally it's
no different. Listen year obviously, Yeah, no, that's right.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
We're up up today till the twenty third, so eleven
days good. We stint, just a big push to get
everything done beforehand, and as usual, doesn't matter what you
do to try and make things a bit easier getting away,
you always find more that needs to be done. So
we're on top of stuff now. All the farm workers
done as of about fifteen minutes ago, and yeah, we
(01:24):
will be on the road shortly.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So it's been the major focus over the past coup
of the weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
We had a bit of a shift around this year.
We shifted our waning of their terminals. Still did the
maternals in mid December, but shifted the terminals to the
fourth of January, just because the fifth was the first
day of the works were open, and that actually yielded
really good results. Normally would get away from that mob
eleven hundred twelve hundred lambs would get fifty to one
(01:50):
hundred away at sixteen kilos, and we got two hundred
and fifty three I think it was at eighteen point two,
So definitely worth doing. When you work out the extra
growth roat over the twenty five days, it added up
to a notable amount. Extra just means a few of
his meals to feed a bit more money in the bank,
and yeah, just put a bit of pressure on us.
(02:14):
We obviously didn't have to wean them in December, but
we did twice to get them crutched and shorn and
then put them back on Monday next day. Obviously all
that day. But yeah, definitely worth what we're doing. But
just meant we're a bit more under the pump and
then lambs are crutched, everything's drenched. Yeah, we're all pretty
up to date. But yes, the old body's certainly starting
(02:34):
to feel it right now. So quite looking forward to
ten days sitting on the beach, I can do.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
It's sitting on that beach would be a lot easier
knowing that the lamb schedule is not going to fall
down on a big harry either by the sounds of it.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Oh, don't say that Murphy's listening.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
No, you look, well, let's be a bit more pragmatic
about the situation. Possibly, yes, but what indicators do you
see to suggest otherwise.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
No, it's looking very promising out there. No, absolutely, just
year like I said, Murphy's.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
We know Murphy's a little bugger, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
No, things are looking really good and we're that far through. Now,
even if it does start falling, it shouldn't fall very much.
Fingers crossed hopefully there's plenty of ambs been killed. It
sounds like the product is selling pretty well. Yes, so
all in all, it's it's about as positive as it
could be in that space. It's it's really good. And
tell you what, how good is farming with that financial
(03:24):
pressure just lifted off your shoulders?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
So how are your feed covers looking at the moment?
I understand certain parts of the region are looking for
rain while others that's a total episode.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah, we were looking for rain. I mean, we certainly
weren't desperate. We weren't running out of feed or anything.
But the ground was pretty hard. But the last sort
of three days of bought in thirty two mills, thirty
six miles. Sorry, yeah, there was another way four mills. Yeah,
so that's that's nice. That's a good week kicking the
pants there. And there was big ones yesterday but they
(03:54):
didn't dry things yet real bad. So No, that was
a good way freshen up air. Grass covers situation is
pretty good. We got that grass seed in the ground
as early as we could, which wasn't actually very early
this year, but it's all online now. Well, there's still
two and a half hectares it only went in seven
or eight days ago. But the rest of it, the
other eighteen hectores is absolutely cranking. The two d's have
(04:16):
been out there. They're on the second time round, and
that is just you know what young grass is like.
When it gets going, it just means that the pressure
goes off the rest of the farm. So yet, no
grass covers are good. Everything's in pretty good neck. There's
no big number of light used or rat big lambs
running around. Kettle are doing well. Crops are all pretty
(04:36):
much all full kenopy. There's a few hollows and stuff
where they're just to weave a light, but they all
take time to close in. Yeah. So things are looking
in all fairness at the moment, about as good as
they could be.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Flight strike dells is it a problem at the moment.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
It hasn't been so far. Touch wood, just genuinely touching wood. Yeah. No.
The crutches of the lambs, there was six or seven
in there that just had weave it in the daggs,
and there was a couple that were bad enough that
had been treated. But they're all crutched up now, so
that seems to be not an issue there. The two
so or hoggets as they were at the time was
sawn either ended November or start of December, so you know,
(05:14):
if they were done mid October, I'll be worried about
flying them now. But they just don't have enough fall
on them at the moment hopefully to begetting that yet.
And the user all sewn too, So nothing there but
the guys around with willy hues and with uncrutched lambs.
I am hearing a few reports that flour strikers certainly
rearing its thing of the head seems at the moment
to be the ones in the daggs or on the bums,
(05:36):
not that horrible thing that strikes up in the shoulder,
but no doubt it will come. Yeah, So just something
to keep an eye out for as will gets a
bit longer, and yeah, I guess as those lambs get
a little bit dirty again.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
And just finally, you want to give a shout out
to fishing game, which certainly goes against the narrative of
the previous eighteen months.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Yep, no, they've been issuing permissuito actually controlled up, which
is amazing on breast crops or on crops emerging crops.
We certainly haven't taken out any big numbers. I think
I've got rid of five is all I've done. Just
leave the carcasses and the paddocks and the hawks and
stuff tend to keep the rest of the birds away.
But no, I just just wanted to say thanks to
(06:17):
them for doing that, because it's been a massive problem
in years gone by, and this year with the ability
to go out and next to control ducks, we're not
taking out big numbers, but just being able to go
out and do it has just made life so much easier.
So just wanted to say thanks to them for making
that happen. And if you do need a permit to
control some ducks, just just get a hold of self
(06:38):
and fishing game and talk to them. They seem to
be pretty good about it.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Now, when you say control ducks, you think of the
obvious as far as eradication. Would I be correct in
that thinking.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Yeah, yeah, no, you're allowed to use the trot gun
to actually shoot them if need be not. They don't
want us taken out big numbers, and I can appreciate that.
I guess the argument there is that you don't need
to take out big numbers to actually achieve anything. But yeah,
lethal control.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Good on your deals. Let you carry on your way.
All the best up in Glennie, by not all the best,
go there and relax and have a couple of quiet
ones and we'll catch up in due course. So I
just appreciate your time.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
No, we certainly will. Andy, we'll catch you later on.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Ben Dooley. Yeah, shout out the fish and game as well,
regarding duck control at this time of year, certainly a
problem for a lot of people. Leg and Sevry is
up next to the South and Trivia and we'll talk
a bit of crack up, but also we'll talk about
the passing of the late Sir Tom Sherbolt.
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