September 14, 2025 • 8 mins
Dean Rabbidge says perspective goes a long way when the weather isn't playing ball on the farm.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The musters on the farm brought to you by Southland
District Council working together for a better Southland.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Dean Ravage Farms at Glenham and joins us this afternoon
out in the trenches Dino Goodravo house.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Things good afternoon and yeah, much better today. The sun's
out in the warmer, so it's a real change from
the weekend it was endured.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
How did you fare over the weekend?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Ah, Yeah, it was a bit of a battle. Saturday
morning was probably some of the worst conditions we've seen
in a long long time. The wind and continuous hail
and storms that were coming through a part of the
country were quite damaging. But yeah, we braid the elements
and just got out there and put a lot of
wood on, lamb covers on and yeah, I'd say those
(00:54):
lambs that we recovered in exposed spots, we're still there
on Sunday morning and still here today, so I'll take
that as a small win.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I reckon that was the strongest win since probably about
twenty seventeen. We're up at the farm at Cattle Flat.
We had branches falling off in africarp was about to
fall on a shed. We had to move everything away
and it blew over power poles. It was hectic and
Saturday was pretty much mostly closest we've been to that
weather beed.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, exactly, there's fortunately as all the EU's just got
pushed over the edge of gullies and down into the
shadd of spots. The sort of wind was sort of
out of the top of them and you didn't really
have to go temp too close to them to see
what was going on. But yeah, you wouldn't have wanted
to go for much longer, otherwise the damage would have
been quite significant or suspect.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
So how's your feed holding up?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Speaking to Eddie Dinnis before he had like a bit
of sunshine, are you the same one imagine years.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, pretty much more for morale than anything. Yeah, some
it's earlier Pedis that was pretty out on. Like they've
been lemming since the twentieth of August as pretty usual.
Those covers have sort of diminished and in falling away
pretty quickly. Where we're lemming now still has penn of cover,
but again in a fortnight's time, I su speak that
it will be disappeared, but hey, that's what you budget
(02:05):
on your land. This time you're to sort of match
up with their past your growth curve, and yeah, we'll
just have to do what they can do. Really, But
at the moment it's looking pretty pretty good.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You were saying before as well, you've got a few
more us on board this year, so where you're going
to have a few more dead lambs, but that's just
going to be part and parcel with your new numbers, right.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yeah, exactly, That's one way to look at it. But also,
I think you spend all day looking around and looking
at the problems and the negatives that are going on
in the lemon paddic, and it's quite easy to get
a bit concerned about things that you're dealing with. But
when you get a day like today and suns out
and you can take time to breathe a little bit
and look around and just take note of how many
(02:46):
twins and all the twins that are still running around together,
and all the lambs that are thriving, it's it's still
a pretty positive place to be. And so yeah, it's
just important to sometimes remember to take five and have
a good look around and look at all the positives
that have still still carried on through what's been a
little bit of a testing time.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
So everything at general there. Apart from that, it's just
it's just September, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, it's just September every day the same. We'll get
through at the end of the month and then I
supposing the Hobbits start cranking into it. But yeah, it's
just just a whole day just cruising around really two
good podcasts on and bit, the music and the headphones
and the way we go. So yeah, we're just looking
forward to it at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, that's the thing at this time of year.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
It's about deviating away from the norm and just doing something,
whether it's having a bit of chocolate on the bike,
doing smokeos I don't know, an afternoon cup of coffee
or something, just to keep the troops up and the
morale is sash not so much morale. We're just keeping
everybody on the same page at this time of yeah,
because it is a demanding time for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah, exactly. And we had the bunch on us that
the Royal Support Trust running Glenham on Friday and it
was really well supported. There's plenty of people there, heaps
of gumbos at the door, so you just think all
the people that have made that possible, all the sponsors,
and that it was great, great feed and coffee and yeah,
it's just good to chew the fact with everybody that
was there it was on the same boat. So I'm
(04:11):
pretty sure that there's still a few of those against
going in South Tigo and at the moment, so you
get along to them and just gets your farm for
half an hour. If anything to have you answered there was.
I know that the community really appreciated it, and I'm
sure everybody across the province that attended one did also.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yeah, shout out to the South and Rural Support Trust.
They do some fantastic work. And if we learned one
thing last Spring Day and is that there are avenues
out there for people that are struggling.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, exactly as Yeah, just encourage people here to sing
out and if they get five minutes to get our farm,
just take doub chendy And don't you feel hell of
what better because of it?
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Do you find yourself in that mindset that you're just
thinking this job needs to be done, that job needs
to be done, and especially on the weekends of September,
you just don't take a bit of time out when
you I think you probably should.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yeah, I'm probably main wasting to today. I've got a
pretty strong conscience that I feel as I've got to
be doing something even though I'm probably not achieving anything. Yeah,
it's just one of those things. It's just the mindset
you get yourself into and probably no should shouldn't be
doing anything, but I just feel as I need to be.
But yeah, you sort of cruise around thinking, at least
(05:23):
I've got the All Blacks to watch tonight when they
get in, all the Stags to watch later on the
staff phone. But gee, it didn't really improve that morel
or feeling that much, did it?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
The All Blacks? Where'd it go so wrong? Is it
a coaching a shoe or just a case of we
don't have the kettle?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Oh gee, I don't know if we've got the kettle
at the moment when you when you look at the
herd that the spring Box are operating. Yeah, gee, they
were impressive on Saturday night. They really were, and I
think all tried to change the game plan up at times,
playing with a bit more depth than that. But the
speed of the defensive line and the spring Box with
(06:01):
something to be admired. Really and then just brute physicality
and the end was just something to yeah, be a
bit jealous of at the moment.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
It doesn't matter what you think of resci Arrastmus, but
the way that he has connected this country and when
you hear him speaking in the media, we can't actually
comprehend what life is like over there. Totally different scenario.
We know they're very passionate about the Aerugby for sure,
but he's managed to get all these different cultures together
and get them into the Springbok environment and far out
(06:29):
man that first vive that side step, that's like Benji
Marshall two thousand and five.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
But faster.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Yeah, you know, he's probably galvanized the country around the
team about and also he said he's got forty five
players that he could start. Yeah match, I mean developing
deep on there. That's pretty ominous for the next World
couple ready because it's going to come round quickly. But
when you're developing that sort of depth and that sort
of quality, yeah, gee, lookout.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
People heart back to South Africa.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Losing fifty seven nils at Albany to the Abs and
twenty seventeen, two years later they lifted the William webells trophy.
So you've got to try and find a silver lining
in the sunway right, but it's bloody hard to do.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
It is hard to do. And yeah, yeah, we'll just
said back and hopefully and hold onto the bit as
low otherwise that some real questions asked one there.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
And that Australia Argentina game for nothing else. Listening to
that crowd in the last fifteen minutes chanting wallerbes, I've
never heard a crowd like at forty thousand. They're watching
that game. The Argentina is deserved to win it. The
refereeing was dodgy to say the least with some of
those calls. But it's good to see Ussie rugby back
on the radar as well.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Yeah exactly, and I think it's great for the game,
especially in the Southern Hemisphere game where you've got to
look at the try Nations or the Grugby Championship whatever
they call it these days table and all teams have
lost to one two and this sets up beautifully for
the last last round, doesn't it. In a fortnight's time.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Good on your deam, We'll let your carry on.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Always good to chat now, Thanks NHTS.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Dean Rabbage of Glennon before the end of the year,
Paul Ellison. We're going to digest the rugby weekend and
a bit more depth. But up next way to Garston,
we catch up with Tom O'Brien
The musters on the farm brought to you by Southland
District Council working together for a better Southland.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Dean Ravage Farms at Glenham and joins us this afternoon
out in the trenches Dino Goodravo house.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Things good afternoon and yeah, much better today. The sun's
out in the warmer, so it's a real change from
the weekend it was endured.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
How did you fare over the weekend?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Ah, Yeah, it was a bit of a battle. Saturday
morning was probably some of the worst conditions we've seen
in a long long time. The wind and continuous hail
and storms that were coming through a part of the
country were quite damaging. But yeah, we braid the elements
and just got out there and put a lot of
wood on, lamb covers on and yeah, I'd say those
(00:54):
lambs that we recovered in exposed spots, we're still there
on Sunday morning and still here today, so I'll take
that as a small win.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I reckon that was the strongest win since probably about
twenty seventeen. We're up at the farm at Cattle Flat.
We had branches falling off in africarp was about to
fall on a shed. We had to move everything away
and it blew over power poles. It was hectic and
Saturday was pretty much mostly closest we've been to that
weather beed.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, exactly, there's fortunately as all the EU's just got
pushed over the edge of gullies and down into the
shadd of spots. The sort of wind was sort of
out of the top of them and you didn't really
have to go temp too close to them to see
what was going on. But yeah, you wouldn't have wanted
to go for much longer, otherwise the damage would have
been quite significant or suspect.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
So how's your feed holding up?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Speaking to Eddie Dinnis before he had like a bit
of sunshine, are you the same one imagine years.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, pretty much more for morale than anything. Yeah, some
it's earlier Pedis that was pretty out on. Like they've
been lemming since the twentieth of August as pretty usual.
Those covers have sort of diminished and in falling away
pretty quickly. Where we're lemming now still has penn of cover,
but again in a fortnight's time, I su speak that
it will be disappeared, but hey, that's what you budget
(02:05):
on your land. This time you're to sort of match
up with their past your growth curve, and yeah, we'll
just have to do what they can do. Really, But
at the moment it's looking pretty pretty good.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You were saying before as well, you've got a few
more us on board this year, so where you're going
to have a few more dead lambs, but that's just
going to be part and parcel with your new numbers, right.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yeah, exactly, That's one way to look at it. But also,
I think you spend all day looking around and looking
at the problems and the negatives that are going on
in the lemon paddic, and it's quite easy to get
a bit concerned about things that you're dealing with. But
when you get a day like today and suns out
and you can take time to breathe a little bit
and look around and just take note of how many
(02:46):
twins and all the twins that are still running around together,
and all the lambs that are thriving, it's it's still
a pretty positive place to be. And so yeah, it's
just important to sometimes remember to take five and have
a good look around and look at all the positives
that have still still carried on through what's been a
little bit of a testing time.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
So everything at general there. Apart from that, it's just
it's just September, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, it's just September every day the same. We'll get
through at the end of the month and then I
supposing the Hobbits start cranking into it. But yeah, it's
just just a whole day just cruising around really two
good podcasts on and bit, the music and the headphones
and the way we go. So yeah, we're just looking
forward to it at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, that's the thing at this time of year.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
It's about deviating away from the norm and just doing something,
whether it's having a bit of chocolate on the bike,
doing smokeos I don't know, an afternoon cup of coffee
or something, just to keep the troops up and the
morale is sash not so much morale. We're just keeping
everybody on the same page at this time of yeah,
because it is a demanding time for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah, exactly. And we had the bunch on us that
the Royal Support Trust running Glenham on Friday and it
was really well supported. There's plenty of people there, heaps
of gumbos at the door, so you just think all
the people that have made that possible, all the sponsors,
and that it was great, great feed and coffee and yeah,
it's just good to chew the fact with everybody that
was there it was on the same boat. So I'm
(04:11):
pretty sure that there's still a few of those against
going in South Tigo and at the moment, so you
get along to them and just gets your farm for
half an hour. If anything to have you answered there was.
I know that the community really appreciated it, and I'm
sure everybody across the province that attended one did also.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yeah, shout out to the South and Rural Support Trust.
They do some fantastic work. And if we learned one
thing last Spring Day and is that there are avenues
out there for people that are struggling.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, exactly as Yeah, just encourage people here to sing
out and if they get five minutes to get our farm,
just take doub chendy And don't you feel hell of
what better because of it?
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Do you find yourself in that mindset that you're just
thinking this job needs to be done, that job needs
to be done, and especially on the weekends of September,
you just don't take a bit of time out when
you I think you probably should.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yeah, I'm probably main wasting to today. I've got a
pretty strong conscience that I feel as I've got to
be doing something even though I'm probably not achieving anything. Yeah,
it's just one of those things. It's just the mindset
you get yourself into and probably no should shouldn't be
doing anything, but I just feel as I need to be.
But yeah, you sort of cruise around thinking, at least
(05:23):
I've got the All Blacks to watch tonight when they
get in, all the Stags to watch later on the
staff phone. But gee, it didn't really improve that morel
or feeling that much, did it?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
The All Blacks? Where'd it go so wrong? Is it
a coaching a shoe or just a case of we
don't have the kettle?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Oh gee, I don't know if we've got the kettle
at the moment when you when you look at the
herd that the spring Box are operating. Yeah, gee, they
were impressive on Saturday night. They really were, and I
think all tried to change the game plan up at times,
playing with a bit more depth than that. But the
speed of the defensive line and the spring Box with
(06:01):
something to be admired. Really and then just brute physicality
and the end was just something to yeah, be a
bit jealous of at the moment.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
It doesn't matter what you think of resci Arrastmus, but
the way that he has connected this country and when
you hear him speaking in the media, we can't actually
comprehend what life is like over there. Totally different scenario.
We know they're very passionate about the Aerugby for sure,
but he's managed to get all these different cultures together
and get them into the Springbok environment and far out
(06:29):
man that first vive that side step, that's like Benji
Marshall two thousand and five.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
But faster.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Yeah, you know, he's probably galvanized the country around the
team about and also he said he's got forty five
players that he could start. Yeah match, I mean developing
deep on there. That's pretty ominous for the next World
couple ready because it's going to come round quickly. But
when you're developing that sort of depth and that sort
of quality, yeah, gee, lookout.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
People heart back to South Africa.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Losing fifty seven nils at Albany to the Abs and
twenty seventeen, two years later they lifted the William webells trophy.
So you've got to try and find a silver lining
in the sunway right, but it's bloody hard to do.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
It is hard to do. And yeah, yeah, we'll just
said back and hopefully and hold onto the bit as
low otherwise that some real questions asked one there.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
And that Australia Argentina game for nothing else. Listening to
that crowd in the last fifteen minutes chanting wallerbes, I've
never heard a crowd like at forty thousand. They're watching
that game. The Argentina is deserved to win it. The
refereeing was dodgy to say the least with some of
those calls. But it's good to see Ussie rugby back
on the radar as well.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Yeah exactly, and I think it's great for the game,
especially in the Southern Hemisphere game where you've got to
look at the try Nations or the Grugby Championship whatever
they call it these days table and all teams have
lost to one two and this sets up beautifully for
the last last round, doesn't it. In a fortnight's time.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Good on your deam, We'll let your carry on.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Always good to chat now, Thanks NHTS.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Dean Rabbage of Glennon before the end of the year,
Paul Ellison. We're going to digest the rugby weekend and
a bit more depth. But up next way to Garston,
we catch up with Tom O'Brien
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