The Muster- Claire Teutenburg: Beef and Lamb

Claire Teutenburg of Beef and Lamb NZ looks back at the farming year.

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The Must Have Events Diary, brought to you by Beef
and Lamb New Zealand. Go to Beef and lamb z
dot com. Claire Ruthenberg of Beef and Lair New Zealand
joins us this afternoon. Get a clear Hell's things been
in a busy December? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Good things, Andy, really just winding down for the Christmas break,
I suppose, so, Yeah, it's been a busy week, just
tying up some loose ends, but looking forward to the end.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
We just look back at the year from a Beef
and Lamb's perspective, I suppose clear, there's been some pretty
cool stuff going on.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
There is an end this year. We've had, obviously the
implementation of our five scripts, so that's been really exciting
for us to get those kicked off. From an organizational
point of view, I've been getting going across the country
and the feedback has been really good so far.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
So it's been good to keep.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
Those the way.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
So as far as events sort of occurred over the
past couple of weeks, what do you start winding down
when he gets to December because it's just too busy
for stuff.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, we had our last farming for profit field day
last week up at the Wadsworth Place, the Yoda Piriy
Gorge there and it was a fantastic day out looking
at Resolution and farm IQ so really around the fire
management software.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
That was a great day out.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
But definitely our numbers were light as a normal and
I've definitely put that down to the time of the year.
This for us, once we start cracking into December that
we are winding up our delivery on farm and getting
our planning underway for the year here and the.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Days of having this being the champion of Snake on
the thirty two ten is a thing of the past.
And more than anything, a cell phone is a business tool.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
Oh how many farmers do you see now without a
cell phone and on that phone with a number of
different you know some things.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Even Graham Evans, i'd imagine.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
Has got you know, he does bettle with us. What's
that He deletes himself out of a group every now
and then we have to go and retract and find him.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
But yet no, even Graham, he does he's got it.
Thanks Graham.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Yeah, we keep him on.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Oh that's fantastic, you know, Graham. If you're tuning in,
hope everything's going well over there and o waka. Yeah,
what's been the big take for you from the year.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
Assuming, I think it's that you know, farmers are king
to learn about what's happening. It's it's a fast paced industry.
Things are changing rapidly and you know, farmers want to
keep up to date with what's happening. So we as
an organization need to keep up and be you know,
try and be one step ahead to ensure that our

(02:50):
farmers are well informed. I mean, you see from all
different levels, going right from government down to regional perspectives,
there's so much regulation coming that we, you know, need
to be aware of and able to guide our farmers
through this practice. Yeah, it's it's great to have farmers engaged.

(03:11):
Farmers want to learn, they want to be a part
of it, and if we can give them a good
time whilst doing so. All about it?

Speaker 1 (03:18):
What about the wool industry has had a few couple
of positives over the past six weeks or so. Do
you think we're going to see that continue?

Speaker 3 (03:27):
Well, that's that's a nigglia one, Andy.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
I think if you're passionate about.

Speaker 3 (03:30):
It, if you know, we don't to be passionate so
to speak, but if you value that. It's the quality
of wool that I think is going to be our
biggest challenge because the industry, you know, we haven't we
haven't been seeing returns and that the quality of our
clip has has declined quite significantly. So I think that's
going to be our biggest challenge as we see more

(03:53):
of that renewable sustainable approach comes through. I do think
that the place for war was going to remain. It's
just creating markets that are actually going to produce us
with value. We we're going to get paid for it.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
We do still see a.

Speaker 3 (04:08):
Lot of farmers you know, looking to you know, go
into more of the shedding side of things, so that's
definitely still there, but a lot of that, from what
I understand, is actually to do with you know, input.
People are wanting to reduce the amount of work associated
with sheep, so we're wanting to look for animals that
have you know, be a breach or shedding and also

(04:31):
the parasites are being resistant to parasites is going to
be a biggie too, But will in itself, I think
there's always going to be a place for it. Just
ensuring that we're going to be able to access the
right markets as far.

Speaker 1 (04:43):
As Bath and Lamb. What are the dates when you
back on the tools as such?

Speaker 3 (04:49):
For me, I'm back on the twelfth, so I've gone
and taken. As I love to call myself a good,
good corporate worker here actually get to tep out and
enjoy some time with the kids over the Christmas New Year.
But me myself, I'm not coming back till the twelfth,
so we'll lecture. I'm really looking forward to enjoying that
time of the family.

Speaker 1 (05:09):
Yeah, that's what it's all about. Cleiar. Hey, thanks for
your time on the muster this year. Beef for Them
New Zealand. Fantastic to be a lined of you guys.
You enjoy those three weeks off and we'll do it
all again next season or next year.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
Thanks, Ede, really appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (05:25):
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