September 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Bruce Eade of Kelso says September is the month that never surprises during the farming cycle.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Everybody. Bruce Seed Farms at Kelso and joins us to
kick off the must of us afternoon and the Sergeant
Dan Farming ground up. Thanks for Sergeant Dan stock foods
here in Gore. Bruce. Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Andy. How
are you pretty good? House sings in Kelso?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
A lot better today than it was yesterday. Anyway. It's
a beautiful day here, not a cloud in the sky
and just a nice light breeze that it hopefully is
dry up some of the moisture from the weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Have you had some serious rain numbers over the last
seven days?
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Oh, I wouldn't say serious. I think we're probably sitting
around that thirty five to forty mil for the last
seven to ten days. Yeah, but Saturday night was pretty brutal, alright.
It was probably gone from the coldest day we've had
to one of the warmest ones I've had this season. Yeah. No,
just as the all that's kicked off up here. The
rain was pounding down on the roof and the wind
(01:01):
really kicked off her and it sort of carried on
for most of the night. I know. We got up
in the morning the milk yesterday and had notification to
say that there been a power outage because the generator
had kicked in on the robots, but the hearing bone ones.
We had to go and get the generator out of
here and I'll get onto the track because we lost
a phase in the highay one. So yeah, I think
(01:21):
talking to the power man there was it was reasonably general.
They had a few different areas to visit in the
early hours of yesterday morning.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
So how's everything going there? In general? Of course you
got the split carving, but is that time of year?
How's that going through?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Yeah, we're taking away nicely. Probably had a week flow pats.
The last three or four days we had another I
think we got up to seven or eight this morning.
There So another couple in the in the bar and
there now so back on the on the way again.
But it's everything looks good on days like this. It's
days a lot yesterday and Saturday morning you sort of
(01:55):
think shit, but you forget it's only only started September.
The way that was or lack of one to you
sort of feel like we should be in the middle
of oc coover but grass is growing, probably just not
quite quick enough at the moment. But like I said,
today and then tomorrow is meant to be even better.
If we're strung four or five of those days, Edward,
I mean together ahead of us would certainly be kicking
(02:18):
some goals.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
How far through carving would you say you are?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
We're over halfway there now, i'd sort of you get
to that point where you don't really count too many.
There's a lot less in the barn than there was
there and a lot more out of the paddock. So
we're making progress. But it's been pretty hassle free touch
would dare I say it? We had the vete out
this morning just to calve care the other calf had
a head back. I just couldn't quite reach it. Old
(02:42):
motorcross injury and my shoulders, it doesn't have the same
strength in it now. And by the vet treible to
give an e for dural though she's not pushing as
much and popped it out. So that was fine. So
that's the first visit we've had for the vets for
a carving, So pretty happy with that. At the stage
we had a lot of heat of calves, so many
fact we've actually had to sell a few, so it's
(03:03):
good to see them be able to be re homed.
As you might say, to somewhere else where they can
go and reach their potentially as opposed to send them
on the bobby truck.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
But it sounds that everything's ticking over.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Yeah, no, it's taking not too bad. We're just on
that knife uger feed at the moment with a We
stayed outside a bit longer than maybe we should have
looked back now at the end of last season and that,
but it's all right. It's we're we're not in trouble yet.
We should scrape through if the weather picks itself up.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Are you looking at putting some furs on shortly?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yeah? No, I flicked I think I put about well
do I spray about on twenty height days then a
lot obviously about two weeks ago and we had the
last that sort of fine spell and I had to
for it rep in the ten days ago, and we
made a bit of a plan for the heat of blocks.
So I've actually got that sitting in bags in the shed.
That's a maintenance for cable for it there that we're
(03:58):
going to flick on ourselves, which may or may not
happen in the next couple of days of just sort
of wait and see what the weather, weather, God'll just say,
and how much rain we we actually did have, whether
we make any marks or not.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So your major focus at the moment, it's just pretty
much what you've been doing for the last couple of weeks,
getting those cars coming out.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, yeah, I think, and just oh, the crops about finished.
I think the next couple of days will be finished
on the crop. But then we've got the oats that
we drilled in after the maze. Those young stock will
start going on to them now, and that you're tied
them through for another month or so, so there's thirty
hect years oats to nibble their way through, so that
(04:35):
that buys us a wee bit of time as well.
So yeah, it'll be it'll come around soon enough. There'll
be these will starting to be burned. I haven't actually
seen a surprise, and I haven't seen any tractors going
around with discs or anything silly just yet around this area,
so obviously it's not quite ready just yet.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
We'll touch a bout of footy bruce. You probably wouldn't
have seen it too busy out on the trenches, but
the stags it was the sure to strained and shield history.
But you've put all that to a side, I think
by half an hour by what Hawk's pay had it
for once upon a time. But nonetheless, look for six days,
we just proved that we punch above our weight down here.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, well we've had it and that's all that matters.
I mean I did actually sneak off to the pub
and watch it. The logistics have actually gone to the
game weren't going to work out, but it certainly made
time to go and watch it at at the pub.
So certainly wasn't the result we're all hoping for, but
it was probably a perfect storm. I mean, you won it,
you turn around, you celebrate, and then you've got to
(05:33):
play an und Canterbury who are stacked with bloody former
or current super players and all blacks who sat down,
done their homework and targeted you. Yeah, you needed everything
to go your way. And look, there was no disgrace
to the boys. I know what he said that he
(05:53):
was embarrassed by that. There was no need to be embarrassed. Mate,
You've done the province prow the whole team has to
go out there and take it off. Why, kiddo, lot
you do? That was an amazing game. I'm surprised they
didn't hear me yelling at the TV from the yek
so proud, so happy we've had it and Southern rugby's
turned to corner in my opinion, So nobody else has
beaten Canterbury, so why should we be embarrassed that we
(06:14):
didn't gone forward? I think the boys have still got
another couple of ones in them. They've got the belief
now and we've all seen the ran Farely Shield three
of where it could end up. And if everything goes
right and hasn't beat Canterbury and then a Targo beat
Tasman and then Counties beat a Targo, the stacks get
(06:35):
to go with it at the end? Is that or
something similar along it might be North Harbor. Sorry, very
far fetched for it to happen, But at the end
of the day, we've had it. And that was quite
an impressive stat that came up on the TV the
other night in South and like the fifth highest holder
of the shield in history Canterbury auckland Man with two
maybe or Hawk's Bay and then O Targo. I think, yeah, no, look,
(06:59):
they've done awesome. I'm proud of them. Yeah, I'm glad
that I couldn't get down there and that. But no,
they gave it all. And I mean you just look
at the shield. Tad has had four different winners in
the last four weeks. So when was the last time
that held all happened? So you know they say, oh,
it's the shortest reign in history, but you're digging for
stats if you're looking at that. I mean, we had
(07:21):
it and that's it. When was the last time that
Targo hit it?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Absolutely? Bruce will let you carry on? Will they? Technically
you're a Tigo. We let your southern thinking we'll catch
up next time.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
No worries, mate, Stags for life.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Steaks for life. Bruce needs summing it up there perfectly,
of course, and the Sergeant den farming round up. Thanks
to Sergeant and stock foods. This is the muster up next,
Jeff Grunt
Everybody. Bruce Seed Farms at Kelso and joins us to
kick off the must of us afternoon and the Sergeant
Dan Farming ground up. Thanks for Sergeant Dan stock foods
here in Gore. Bruce. Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Andy. How
are you pretty good? House sings in Kelso?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
A lot better today than it was yesterday. Anyway. It's
a beautiful day here, not a cloud in the sky
and just a nice light breeze that it hopefully is
dry up some of the moisture from the weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Have you had some serious rain numbers over the last
seven days?
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Oh, I wouldn't say serious. I think we're probably sitting
around that thirty five to forty mil for the last
seven to ten days. Yeah, but Saturday night was pretty brutal, alright.
It was probably gone from the coldest day we've had
to one of the warmest ones I've had this season. Yeah. No,
just as the all that's kicked off up here. The
rain was pounding down on the roof and the wind
(01:01):
really kicked off her and it sort of carried on
for most of the night. I know. We got up
in the morning the milk yesterday and had notification to
say that there been a power outage because the generator
had kicked in on the robots, but the hearing bone ones.
We had to go and get the generator out of
here and I'll get onto the track because we lost
a phase in the highay one. So yeah, I think
(01:21):
talking to the power man there was it was reasonably general.
They had a few different areas to visit in the
early hours of yesterday morning.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
So how's everything going there? In general? Of course you
got the split carving, but is that time of year?
How's that going through?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Yeah, we're taking away nicely. Probably had a week flow pats.
The last three or four days we had another I
think we got up to seven or eight this morning.
There So another couple in the in the bar and
there now so back on the on the way again.
But it's everything looks good on days like this. It's
days a lot yesterday and Saturday morning you sort of
(01:55):
think shit, but you forget it's only only started September.
The way that was or lack of one to you
sort of feel like we should be in the middle
of oc coover but grass is growing, probably just not
quite quick enough at the moment. But like I said,
today and then tomorrow is meant to be even better.
If we're strung four or five of those days, Edward,
I mean together ahead of us would certainly be kicking
(02:18):
some goals.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
How far through carving would you say you are?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
We're over halfway there now, i'd sort of you get
to that point where you don't really count too many.
There's a lot less in the barn than there was
there and a lot more out of the paddock. So
we're making progress. But it's been pretty hassle free touch
would dare I say it? We had the vete out
this morning just to calve care the other calf had
a head back. I just couldn't quite reach it. Old
(02:42):
motorcross injury and my shoulders, it doesn't have the same
strength in it now. And by the vet treible to
give an e for dural though she's not pushing as
much and popped it out. So that was fine. So
that's the first visit we've had for the vets for
a carving, So pretty happy with that. At the stage
we had a lot of heat of calves, so many
fact we've actually had to sell a few, so it's
(03:03):
good to see them be able to be re homed.
As you might say, to somewhere else where they can
go and reach their potentially as opposed to send them
on the bobby truck.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
But it sounds that everything's ticking over.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Yeah, no, it's taking not too bad. We're just on
that knife uger feed at the moment with a We
stayed outside a bit longer than maybe we should have
looked back now at the end of last season and that,
but it's all right. It's we're we're not in trouble yet.
We should scrape through if the weather picks itself up.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Are you looking at putting some furs on shortly?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yeah? No, I flicked I think I put about well
do I spray about on twenty height days then a
lot obviously about two weeks ago and we had the
last that sort of fine spell and I had to
for it rep in the ten days ago, and we
made a bit of a plan for the heat of blocks.
So I've actually got that sitting in bags in the shed.
That's a maintenance for cable for it there that we're
(03:58):
going to flick on ourselves, which may or may not
happen in the next couple of days of just sort
of wait and see what the weather, weather, God'll just say,
and how much rain we we actually did have, whether
we make any marks or not.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So your major focus at the moment, it's just pretty
much what you've been doing for the last couple of weeks,
getting those cars coming out.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, yeah, I think, and just oh, the crops about finished.
I think the next couple of days will be finished
on the crop. But then we've got the oats that
we drilled in after the maze. Those young stock will
start going on to them now, and that you're tied
them through for another month or so, so there's thirty
hect years oats to nibble their way through, so that
(04:35):
that buys us a wee bit of time as well.
So yeah, it'll be it'll come around soon enough. There'll
be these will starting to be burned. I haven't actually
seen a surprise, and I haven't seen any tractors going
around with discs or anything silly just yet around this area,
so obviously it's not quite ready just yet.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
We'll touch a bout of footy bruce. You probably wouldn't
have seen it too busy out on the trenches, but
the stags it was the sure to strained and shield history.
But you've put all that to a side, I think
by half an hour by what Hawk's pay had it
for once upon a time. But nonetheless, look for six days,
we just proved that we punch above our weight down here.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, well we've had it and that's all that matters.
I mean I did actually sneak off to the pub
and watch it. The logistics have actually gone to the
game weren't going to work out, but it certainly made
time to go and watch it at at the pub.
So certainly wasn't the result we're all hoping for, but
it was probably a perfect storm. I mean, you won it,
you turn around, you celebrate, and then you've got to
(05:33):
play an und Canterbury who are stacked with bloody former
or current super players and all blacks who sat down,
done their homework and targeted you. Yeah, you needed everything
to go your way. And look, there was no disgrace
to the boys. I know what he said that he
(05:53):
was embarrassed by that. There was no need to be embarrassed. Mate,
You've done the province prow the whole team has to
go out there and take it off. Why, kiddo, lot
you do? That was an amazing game. I'm surprised they
didn't hear me yelling at the TV from the yek
so proud, so happy we've had it and Southern rugby's
turned to corner in my opinion, So nobody else has
beaten Canterbury, so why should we be embarrassed that we
(06:14):
didn't gone forward? I think the boys have still got
another couple of ones in them. They've got the belief
now and we've all seen the ran Farely Shield three
of where it could end up. And if everything goes
right and hasn't beat Canterbury and then a Targo beat
Tasman and then Counties beat a Targo, the stacks get
(06:35):
to go with it at the end? Is that or
something similar along it might be North Harbor. Sorry, very
far fetched for it to happen, But at the end
of the day, we've had it. And that was quite
an impressive stat that came up on the TV the
other night in South and like the fifth highest holder
of the shield in history Canterbury auckland Man with two
maybe or Hawk's Bay and then O Targo. I think, yeah, no, look,
(06:59):
they've done awesome. I'm proud of them. Yeah, I'm glad
that I couldn't get down there and that. But no,
they gave it all. And I mean you just look
at the shield. Tad has had four different winners in
the last four weeks. So when was the last time
that held all happened? So you know they say, oh,
it's the shortest reign in history, but you're digging for
stats if you're looking at that. I mean, we had
(07:21):
it and that's it. When was the last time that
Targo hit it?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Absolutely? Bruce will let you carry on? Will they? Technically
you're a Tigo. We let your southern thinking we'll catch
up next time.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
No worries, mate, Stags for life.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Steaks for life. Bruce needs summing it up there perfectly,
of course, and the Sergeant den farming round up. Thanks
to Sergeant and stock foods. This is the muster up next,
Jeff Grunt
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