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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Blair Drysdale Farms just out of Belfer and mixed farming
operation there and he joins us in the Sergeant Dan
Farming ground up thanks to Sergeant Dan Stock Foods here
in the main.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Street of Gorge, just off it blocker.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, and you well, just a little
bit cold, but not too bad. It hasn't rained so
far today. But look, it's just been an interesting spring
after what we had last year.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
And you just jinxed today it'll rain and looks forecast
to rain, so let's be honest. The yeah, well we've.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Got to have that concrete just getting just a little
bit more moisture on top of it though, just to
keep that feeling going right.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Oh, and you've got to laugh for at you cry.
I mean, I said just so many times that you'd
never get to Springs and roadbot the last one. And
admittedly we're nowhere near is were that's for sure, but
it's probably colder and we've had less sunshine. And just
talking off there, we're talking and you said about masmen
having four hundred millimeters of September. They've got my sympathy
because that is a ship ton of rain and that
(01:04):
is not great. I guess it hangs around for a
while term and we're waiting for water logging to disappear
on Paddick still and have done next to no agwork.
You know. I leaped to his name for the school
holidays and hoping to get a heap of airs and
the tractor. I earned some money and you know he
could be on one while I was on the other.
We did nothing. So yeah, very I think frustrating is
probably the key word for most people, It said Jodie
(01:25):
going down the lane. Yes, the lames are. They're looking
a little bit white and washed out. You know, they
haven't had a lot of sun and year grasses long disappeared.
Lot the here, dairy heifers here there. We're only just
keeping enough grass in front of them and supplementing them
as well. So yeah, it really is a somewhat of
a repeater last year. So hopefully October pools it's bloody
(01:47):
head and smartly or else there's going to be some
very pissed off people.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Did you have a frost this morning?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
He had a frost this morning, And we had a
we had a good one one day last week? Was
it a company? What day we had a but frost
and then it snowed on top of itow freezing. Was
that Wednesday?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yet?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
She was an interesting morning. But like outside there today,
it's just it's like a July day. We had frost
with fog. The fog you bugged off pretty quick and
the sun poked out and then it came in overcast,
and it's it's probably only two degrees out there at
the moment, maybe three, I don't know. It's not very
body warm. It's that first thing s morning, load and
grain and I don't often get cold feet, but here
my feet were cold by the time I got them
(02:25):
back inside for a coffee at eight o'clock. So yeah,
it's just it's just cold. Still, teams are cold. Nothing's
really moving that fast, grass crops absolutely nothing. So yeah,
there's a long road ahead of us.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yet I reckon.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
You might have jinked it yourself.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Actually there, did you talk about wearing shorts all year round?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
You're one of those crew? How do you put trousers on?
Maybe it'll warm up.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
I had a day last week I had to because
I wouldn't go outside in the bike. Actually might have
been that snowy morning as I'd bugger this this is ridiculous.
So I actually whipped the pants on that morning fit
first hours though out around the bike. But other than
that yet they don't feel it too much, to be fair,
and it's just something I've gotten used to. And I
don't like wearing pants very much at all. I do
(03:08):
with in a public just to sort a little. When
I'm out clarification place, I do wear pants.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, okay, say they more, but look, we just look
at the situation we're faced with. So groundworks pretty much
your main thing you're trying to get on with at
the moment.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
It would really like to get Asambraska's in the ground,
you know, shortly, but I'm not going to put them
on unleast all team, so you know, that's a solid
ten anyway. They can stay in the back door then
and then yea, peas want peas and you know peas
and spring barley in before labor again would be really nice,
but there's how a lot of work to do before then. Now,
(03:44):
So yeah, there's a web gone on, so we're pretty
you know, I found enough windows of spraying and fur
I'm up to date on that front. There's still one
pat of the spray out for peas. It's just finding,
you know, like I sappen to do it later this morning,
but the grass is still coven and Jewitt's cast and
here I think it's actually meant to blow before it rains.
So yeah, there's just not a lot of windows to
(04:04):
spraying and even doing you know for it. It's been hard.
You've been fighting noise. So one day last week where
I just had to give up for about six as
it was that that was one about eighty ks got
up too, so had to give up in that. So
it has been challenging, It's no doubt about that. But
I guess that's why directors have lights. We just do
moras and find windows when we camps.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
But here's a good news story the environment south on
the Wards happened again Friday evening past.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
You were down near the bullies at Longers.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
They're doing some pretty cool stuff on farm there. They
are on Country Calendar a few years ago and they
were featured.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah, and you know, I'm part of the Balfa Caption group,
both Chris and Andrew, and they've always been leaders farming
in that environmental aspect of a beautiful farm. They put
a lot of time, energy resources and expense into it
and making improvements without necessarily being prior to They just
(04:59):
ordered their own accords. So yeah, we're down there with
them on Friday night. So heah, congrats to Andrew and Crest.
They took out the Environmental Leadership and Farming Award, which
is really cool. So yeah, that all the family was there,
which was really nice. So it's a really good evening.
I think what really took the cake at the end
of night was the eleven year old boy from town
now who took out the Counselor's Award for what he
(05:21):
does around place that recycling. So it's quite inspiring. And
you get kids that age, you know, starting to do
their bit for their community. So that's really good and
it's actually, you know, if anyone's keen, it's a really
good evening to go to good networking evening as well.
And that's quite inspiring what some people do and you don't.
Chris and ailed it when he was up there talking.
(05:42):
You know, you don't have to do a lot. You
just do lots of little things in bite sized chunks
and it adds up over time. So I think that's
a really important message that you don't have to go
spend the kens of thousands of dollars in one hat.
And it's what we've done, this little bite chunks and
just slowly work away at it and chip away at
it over time.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
It's an I once heard about eating an elephant, is
not in one big, smaller sports setting, but just over time,
taking little bites to add to the collective goods. So
that's pretty much been Christ's approach.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Definitely, it's the majority of people's approach, and it's a
it's a it's a good approach too, because you also
don't want to rush into big projects that perhaps isn't
the best money spent either. So you know there's plenty
of expertise out there that you can tap into around
you know, building a wetland, sedem ponds, et cetera, et cetera,
(06:32):
and also grants they can get so you don't have
to do all these things alone either. So it's important
to people go out and vestcape, you know, the help
they can get.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Sporting highlight for the weekend, What was it for you?
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Bronco getting up? That was good to see. I got
that bloody tired. I couldn't watch all the second half
and went to bed and thought it was a bit
of a foregone conclusion in the Melbourne way. Anyway, wake
up for us in this morning and clicked on the
news and Damn had one. So I was pretty stoked.
But he had a busy weekend sport was one night
there was like I said to you, I had cricket
(07:04):
on one screen, Formula one another and the rugby go
on another. So it's a bit heat if I don't
really watch Formula one. But Craig and Jeanette Collins over
there with the daughter Honor for the Formula one and
we have a laser Kiwi flag and a and our
duck shooting heart where we stay and he strikes a
look can I take laser Kiwi flag to try and
get on the telly? So that's why I've been watching
a wee bit of that. But I haven't seen the
(07:25):
laser Kiwi flag yet. But anyway, but yeah, great weekend sport.
Could to see the AB's get up as well. I
was somewhat dubious with her, would or not anyway, it
was all pretty good. It's just the Stags, which I
forgot to watch because I thought it was on Saturday
night Friday.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
But he didn't miss out on the thing.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Trust me, you didn't miss out on much.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Look Reese Welsh last night. If you haven't seen these highlights,
go and watch the sky. He's just the most He's
the biggest thing going in rugby league at the moment,
more so than Nathan Cleary, which is saying something. Every
time he's near the ball, something happens. And regardless what
you think of the guy, all the Broncos is an organization.
You have to respect that they won that competition with
the way that they have, but they're one of in
(08:07):
such a manner that they're wanting people. If they're watching them,
it's a case of what are they going to do next?
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Yeah, lot, Recee Welsh. He's young, he's only twenty three.
He is far from the biggest man on the field
that by how he is strong both physically and mentally,
and he's pretty good at reading a game and knowing
where he needs to be, which he approved last night.
So he's got a massive future ahead of him. Yet
that man. So for shame we didn't get up in
the cricket black Caps because it's October.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Who's watching cricket at the start of October? Haven't even
started the club.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Come yet, well, I mean we watched Super Rugby in February,
so the arguments are the same.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah, but the weather is a bit more conducing for
rugby than what it is for cricket in New Zealand
at this time of year.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I don't know there's a fair argument against that too,
but yeah, there's a massive difits less from the ground,
that's just sure the other night. But it's a shame
it had rained prior to that match. I think it
would have been slightly different had it not rained. But anyway,
it's job done and Ozzie had to sweep the serious.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Absolutely good on your blocker. I always appreciate your time
and please, for the love of God put some pens on.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
All right, we'll do cheers, Andy.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Blair, Dreis and the Sergeant Dan Farming round up. Thanks
for Sergeant Dan Stock foods here and Gore. Chief grand
Is up next
Blair Drysdale Farms just out of Belfer and mixed farming
operation there and he joins us in the Sergeant Dan
Farming ground up thanks to Sergeant Dan Stock Foods here
in the main.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Street of Gorge, just off it blocker.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, and you well, just a little
bit cold, but not too bad. It hasn't rained so
far today. But look, it's just been an interesting spring
after what we had last year.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
And you just jinxed today it'll rain and looks forecast
to rain, so let's be honest. The yeah, well we've.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Got to have that concrete just getting just a little
bit more moisture on top of it though, just to
keep that feeling going right.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Oh, and you've got to laugh for at you cry.
I mean, I said just so many times that you'd
never get to Springs and roadbot the last one. And
admittedly we're nowhere near is were that's for sure, but
it's probably colder and we've had less sunshine. And just
talking off there, we're talking and you said about masmen
having four hundred millimeters of September. They've got my sympathy
because that is a ship ton of rain and that
(01:04):
is not great. I guess it hangs around for a
while term and we're waiting for water logging to disappear
on Paddick still and have done next to no agwork.
You know. I leaped to his name for the school
holidays and hoping to get a heap of airs and
the tractor. I earned some money and you know he
could be on one while I was on the other.
We did nothing. So yeah, very I think frustrating is
probably the key word for most people, It said Jodie
(01:25):
going down the lane. Yes, the lames are. They're looking
a little bit white and washed out. You know, they
haven't had a lot of sun and year grasses long disappeared.
Lot the here, dairy heifers here there. We're only just
keeping enough grass in front of them and supplementing them
as well. So yeah, it really is a somewhat of
a repeater last year. So hopefully October pools it's bloody
(01:47):
head and smartly or else there's going to be some
very pissed off people.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Did you have a frost this morning?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
He had a frost this morning, And we had a
we had a good one one day last week? Was
it a company? What day we had a but frost
and then it snowed on top of itow freezing. Was
that Wednesday?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yet?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
She was an interesting morning. But like outside there today,
it's just it's like a July day. We had frost
with fog. The fog you bugged off pretty quick and
the sun poked out and then it came in overcast,
and it's it's probably only two degrees out there at
the moment, maybe three, I don't know. It's not very
body warm. It's that first thing s morning, load and
grain and I don't often get cold feet, but here
my feet were cold by the time I got them
(02:25):
back inside for a coffee at eight o'clock. So yeah,
it's just it's just cold. Still, teams are cold. Nothing's
really moving that fast, grass crops absolutely nothing. So yeah,
there's a long road ahead of us.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yet I reckon.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
You might have jinked it yourself.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Actually there, did you talk about wearing shorts all year round?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
You're one of those crew? How do you put trousers on?
Maybe it'll warm up.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
I had a day last week I had to because
I wouldn't go outside in the bike. Actually might have
been that snowy morning as I'd bugger this this is ridiculous.
So I actually whipped the pants on that morning fit
first hours though out around the bike. But other than
that yet they don't feel it too much, to be fair,
and it's just something I've gotten used to. And I
don't like wearing pants very much at all. I do
(03:08):
with in a public just to sort a little. When
I'm out clarification place, I do wear pants.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, okay, say they more, but look, we just look
at the situation we're faced with. So groundworks pretty much
your main thing you're trying to get on with at
the moment.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
It would really like to get Asambraska's in the ground,
you know, shortly, but I'm not going to put them
on unleast all team, so you know, that's a solid
ten anyway. They can stay in the back door then
and then yea, peas want peas and you know peas
and spring barley in before labor again would be really nice,
but there's how a lot of work to do before then. Now,
(03:44):
So yeah, there's a web gone on, so we're pretty
you know, I found enough windows of spraying and fur
I'm up to date on that front. There's still one
pat of the spray out for peas. It's just finding,
you know, like I sappen to do it later this morning,
but the grass is still coven and Jewitt's cast and
here I think it's actually meant to blow before it rains.
So yeah, there's just not a lot of windows to
(04:04):
spraying and even doing you know for it. It's been hard.
You've been fighting noise. So one day last week where
I just had to give up for about six as
it was that that was one about eighty ks got
up too, so had to give up in that. So
it has been challenging, It's no doubt about that. But
I guess that's why directors have lights. We just do
moras and find windows when we camps.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
But here's a good news story the environment south on
the Wards happened again Friday evening past.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
You were down near the bullies at Longers.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
They're doing some pretty cool stuff on farm there. They
are on Country Calendar a few years ago and they
were featured.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah, and you know, I'm part of the Balfa Caption group,
both Chris and Andrew, and they've always been leaders farming
in that environmental aspect of a beautiful farm. They put
a lot of time, energy resources and expense into it
and making improvements without necessarily being prior to They just
(04:59):
ordered their own accords. So yeah, we're down there with
them on Friday night. So heah, congrats to Andrew and Crest.
They took out the Environmental Leadership and Farming Award, which
is really cool. So yeah, that all the family was there,
which was really nice. So it's a really good evening.
I think what really took the cake at the end
of night was the eleven year old boy from town
now who took out the Counselor's Award for what he
(05:21):
does around place that recycling. So it's quite inspiring. And
you get kids that age, you know, starting to do
their bit for their community. So that's really good and
it's actually, you know, if anyone's keen, it's a really
good evening to go to good networking evening as well.
And that's quite inspiring what some people do and you don't.
Chris and ailed it when he was up there talking.
(05:42):
You know, you don't have to do a lot. You
just do lots of little things in bite sized chunks
and it adds up over time. So I think that's
a really important message that you don't have to go
spend the kens of thousands of dollars in one hat.
And it's what we've done, this little bite chunks and
just slowly work away at it and chip away at
it over time.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
It's an I once heard about eating an elephant, is
not in one big, smaller sports setting, but just over time,
taking little bites to add to the collective goods. So
that's pretty much been Christ's approach.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Definitely, it's the majority of people's approach, and it's a
it's a it's a good approach too, because you also
don't want to rush into big projects that perhaps isn't
the best money spent either. So you know there's plenty
of expertise out there that you can tap into around
you know, building a wetland, sedem ponds, et cetera, et cetera,
(06:32):
and also grants they can get so you don't have
to do all these things alone either. So it's important
to people go out and vestcape, you know, the help
they can get.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Sporting highlight for the weekend, What was it for you?
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Bronco getting up? That was good to see. I got
that bloody tired. I couldn't watch all the second half
and went to bed and thought it was a bit
of a foregone conclusion in the Melbourne way. Anyway, wake
up for us in this morning and clicked on the
news and Damn had one. So I was pretty stoked.
But he had a busy weekend sport was one night
there was like I said to you, I had cricket
(07:04):
on one screen, Formula one another and the rugby go
on another. So it's a bit heat if I don't
really watch Formula one. But Craig and Jeanette Collins over
there with the daughter Honor for the Formula one and
we have a laser Kiwi flag and a and our
duck shooting heart where we stay and he strikes a
look can I take laser Kiwi flag to try and
get on the telly? So that's why I've been watching
a wee bit of that. But I haven't seen the
(07:25):
laser Kiwi flag yet. But anyway, but yeah, great weekend sport.
Could to see the AB's get up as well. I
was somewhat dubious with her, would or not anyway, it
was all pretty good. It's just the Stags, which I
forgot to watch because I thought it was on Saturday
night Friday.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
But he didn't miss out on the thing.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Trust me, you didn't miss out on much.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Look Reese Welsh last night. If you haven't seen these highlights,
go and watch the sky. He's just the most He's
the biggest thing going in rugby league at the moment,
more so than Nathan Cleary, which is saying something. Every
time he's near the ball, something happens. And regardless what
you think of the guy, all the Broncos is an organization.
You have to respect that they won that competition with
the way that they have, but they're one of in
(08:07):
such a manner that they're wanting people. If they're watching them,
it's a case of what are they going to do next?
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Yeah, lot, Recee Welsh. He's young, he's only twenty three.
He is far from the biggest man on the field
that by how he is strong both physically and mentally,
and he's pretty good at reading a game and knowing
where he needs to be, which he approved last night.
So he's got a massive future ahead of him. Yet
that man. So for shame we didn't get up in
the cricket black Caps because it's October.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Who's watching cricket at the start of October? Haven't even
started the club.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Come yet, well, I mean we watched Super Rugby in February,
so the arguments are the same.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah, but the weather is a bit more conducing for
rugby than what it is for cricket in New Zealand
at this time of year.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I don't know there's a fair argument against that too,
but yeah, there's a massive difits less from the ground,
that's just sure the other night. But it's a shame
it had rained prior to that match. I think it
would have been slightly different had it not rained. But anyway,
it's job done and Ozzie had to sweep the serious.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Absolutely good on your blocker. I always appreciate your time
and please, for the love of God put some pens on.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
All right, we'll do cheers, Andy.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Blair, Dreis and the Sergeant Dan Farming round up. Thanks
for Sergeant Dan Stock foods here and Gore. Chief grand
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