January 18, 2026 • 9 mins
Dean Rabbidge says recent gains in the wool market are hopefully the start of better days for the fibre.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The muster on the farm with Southland District Council working
together for a Beta Southland.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Dean Rabbits Farms at Glen and Sheep and Bee Farmer
joins us for the first time in twenty twenty six
on the muster on this beautiful bluebird afternoon in the
deep South get aden house things.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
You're a very good idea. It's certainly stone as sure.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It just puts it all into perspective when you've had
these cold, rather cooler days. I think Friday afternoon we
contemplated putting the fire on. It was ridiculous. Saturday wasn't
a hell of a lot better? Or did warm up
in the afternoon yesterday Sunday. You're very pleasant, But like
I said, that's in a farming context for the middle
of January. It's what you want.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, it's making life very easy, that's for sure. There's
a a bit of moisture around and then get these
nice hot days. The clove is certainly pinging and there's
no shortage of options. We have to shift stock too,
which is a bit of a luxury in one pretty
fortunate to have really, I guess.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So how would you say ground conditions are compared to
previous januaries. I'm asking a few people this at the moment, Oh.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Gee, everything back. But now, yeah, I think probably competed
to the last couple of januaries we've had. We're in
a lot better position. I think in the past have
almost been getting cold or dry or combination of the two.
But no, we'll just literally make habile the sunshines and
really enjoy the conditions we've got and try and capitalize
(01:39):
on some pretty favorable market positions.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
At the moment, yeah, market's looking pretty good. Are you
looking at going heavier on your lambs as a result
of that or is it a case of the status
quite you're meeting your budgets. You just carry on.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
No, No, we're just going to carry on. As soon
as we get those lambs to the anyway north of
their eighteen kilos, they're going to go. As I know,
you can't sort of ring fence a year. You got
to look into the next season already, do I say it? Well,
let's let's call it. We're almost at the end of January.
The rem will begin out again and for around two
(02:14):
months tur and a half months time, so we really
got to start just looking forward. To well, just looking
after the years and the breeding stop, because like I
said before, you can't find isolate year after year. You
got to sort of look at it as a as
a continuous thing. So we'll just carry on as per
usual and appreciate the high prices, but we're not going
to go chasing messive weights to make even more money.
(02:39):
You were just gonna were going to jeopardize next season
before we start.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So what happened with your latest lamb way? It sounds
like you died in the hole.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Oh yeah, they just sort of short of a double ton,
but not much. Yes, So I've got a third draft
going away this week on Wednesday, so there will be goodness.
Just the terminals. We still haven't touched the turn yet.
We took all the feathers off them and started December
at winning time, which has worked out pretty well to
the point I've got the shore's booked and already for
(03:08):
next year. This has been nice not him to worry
about fly or getting them bagged prior to sharing, and
it takes a bit of pressure for the end of
January for us as well when we're trying to get
all the main share and get done also. So yeah,
it seems to work so far pretty well. Obviously they're
going to have a bit more wolong than coming into April,
but hopefully they it will only be a small number
(03:31):
of crips left and then the remainder will be Capital
sock e Lambs replacements which get shorn again and July
prelium anyway, So yeah, it seems to be working all
right at it.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
So the lambs didn't take much of a check pre
Christmas despite being shorn then.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Look, it's hard to say because it was the first
time we've done it, so it's sort of hard to compare.
But they always take the every check around winding time anyway,
so it may have had another we got in the system.
I'm not too sure. But we ran them all over
the conveyor on Friday and reached them all again for
the second time, so yeah, we'll have a better sort
(04:12):
up next time they come through the yards. But they
seem we're trucking away nicely, and certainly in these nice
hot days that they seemed to be quite heavy out
there grazing most of the time. So it's good.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
And the big thing as well, you mentioned a dean
eliminating the risk of fly striker or reducing it.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah, so what we do? Yeah, obviously all the maternals
are shorn and then all the terminals got sort of
jetted pretty Christmas. So yeah, like we haven't had the
way about anything like that, and we don't seem to
have any any effects of that or any impeter fly
on the US even though they are full well. So, yes,
(04:53):
one of most thingf worry about because it cheme a
quite a time consuming job if you start having those issues,
especially the sum of year.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
What did you do as far as work though, doing
your sharing pre Christmas though and what is already pretty
much a stressful month.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Oh yeah, I don't know if there's a nons just
for months and farming, is there. Yeah, it increased a
little bit, but then again, like we've saved a week
or three or four days in the yards, crushed the
night before, we get you the end of the season too,
So it's done all songs a roundabouts really, but we're
(05:27):
quite heavy with that decision.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, you talk about budgets for re meat prices, all
your will budget, I'd say it will be above where
you need it to be. Because talked about this with
Jamie King just before as well. The South Island price
update from last week. Another successful sale up there in Canterbury.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, it's really positive. It's still not we needs to
beat you don't understand too negative, but at least we're
going to be making a significant margin on the youth please,
especially this year, it's going to more than cover costs.
So it's going to be a swung from perhaps having
a small loss to break even last year to cor
(06:04):
a significant cash fun picked this year. So it's really
cool and we obviously heading in the right direction. So yeah,
quite happy with that. Well.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
This was a commentary that came from the sale last week.
The first South Island sale of a new year saw
significant pressure for buyers to secure volumes to feel new
will will export excuse me business into China and India,
as with all ships in the harbor of to get
lifted on a rising tide. The sale saw the same
for all wall breeds and types, with a very active
demand from the auction floor and it was interested in
(06:37):
note the most crossbred fleeces types now exceed five dollars
per kilo clean threshold, not having been achieved for almost
ten years.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Yeah, it's pretty exciting, isn't it so you will get
a well word to the store was assuring between like
the start, we've just got builders here putting a new
roof on the wallshet at the moment from the one
we lost TomEE. It's a bit pressure on them. Yeah,
we'll get a head all into the store pretty quickly
as soon as it's often tested and get into the
(07:10):
system to see what he's from there. Bit. Yeah, it's
going to be nice putting those bars on the truck
and you're going to get a positive return other than
another cost this year, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Well, I was going into the positives and not the
negatives as far as the monetary side of things. So
long mate, continue. Hey, the big news regarding the all
black coaching shake up last week, all this talk about
Jamie Joseph and the likes, what would be your dream
all blacks combination as far as coaching or is it
too big a process freshly for us to try and
understand because you get all these coaches, all these different
(07:42):
dynamics change as far as we they on on their staff.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Yeah, I know I know that Jimmy Sinkley, Mark Bryston
and Karen Enerson from one of them would probably like
to have a crack at it, but no, I think
Jamie Joseph would certainly bring probably a bit more of
a hard nose each to the All Blacks, which potentially
has been seen in the last last couple of seasons.
I personally wasn't too disappointed to see Raiser go, but
(08:08):
I just hope they might have to come a few
cattle in there to get rid of the problem to
start with. So yeah, we'll be definitely an interesting Super
Rugby campaign and watch a space. So guess when it
comes to the All Blacks this season, I guess.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, good to see you quoting some window names there.
You guys have got a special year as well since
Teneri wise, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Yeah we do. Actually we've got one hundred and twenty
fifth Jubilee coming up an Anzac weekend this year, so
the boys apparently start training this week getting quite excited
about it. So yeah, I'm pretty sure that you can
go onto the window break we've called Facebook page and
follow some links to register if you're a next player
(08:51):
or contributor to the club or just a supporter. Yes,
hopefully're going to requite quite a good weekend and obviously
with Anzac dating on said, this year we get Monday off,
so yeah, it's a pretty good excuse to make a
good weekend of it.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Are you president this year? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:08):
I am for my son's along with field things, so yep,
it's my turn according to the roster. So yeah, it's
quite an exciting and it's pretty cool to be part
of the club and a big year like this.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Do you crack a good whip?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Ah? What do we run a democratic dictatorship?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Right? Oh? Dean Trump, there you go, we've heard it.
The here for us? Hey, good home you do. Let
you carry on and enjoy the O. Thanks An, there
you Rammage farming at Glennam. Yeah, a lot of rugby
centennials going on this year, or do belieze for that
matter of wind Danc Going to other details praise of
(09:48):
Darling's Up next, we're talking Perindale ram sales
The muster on the farm with Southland District Council working
together for a Beta Southland.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Dean Rabbits Farms at Glen and Sheep and Bee Farmer
joins us for the first time in twenty twenty six
on the muster on this beautiful bluebird afternoon in the
deep South get aden house things.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
You're a very good idea. It's certainly stone as sure.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It just puts it all into perspective when you've had
these cold, rather cooler days. I think Friday afternoon we
contemplated putting the fire on. It was ridiculous. Saturday wasn't
a hell of a lot better? Or did warm up
in the afternoon yesterday Sunday. You're very pleasant, But like
I said, that's in a farming context for the middle
of January. It's what you want.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, it's making life very easy, that's for sure. There's
a a bit of moisture around and then get these
nice hot days. The clove is certainly pinging and there's
no shortage of options. We have to shift stock too,
which is a bit of a luxury in one pretty
fortunate to have really, I guess.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So how would you say ground conditions are compared to
previous januaries. I'm asking a few people this at the moment, Oh.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Gee, everything back. But now, yeah, I think probably competed
to the last couple of januaries we've had. We're in
a lot better position. I think in the past have
almost been getting cold or dry or combination of the two.
But no, we'll just literally make habile the sunshines and
really enjoy the conditions we've got and try and capitalize
(01:39):
on some pretty favorable market positions.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
At the moment, yeah, market's looking pretty good. Are you
looking at going heavier on your lambs as a result
of that or is it a case of the status
quite you're meeting your budgets. You just carry on.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
No, No, we're just going to carry on. As soon
as we get those lambs to the anyway north of
their eighteen kilos, they're going to go. As I know,
you can't sort of ring fence a year. You got
to look into the next season already, do I say it? Well,
let's let's call it. We're almost at the end of January.
The rem will begin out again and for around two
(02:14):
months tur and a half months time, so we really
got to start just looking forward. To well, just looking
after the years and the breeding stop, because like I
said before, you can't find isolate year after year. You
got to sort of look at it as a as
a continuous thing. So we'll just carry on as per
usual and appreciate the high prices, but we're not going
to go chasing messive weights to make even more money.
(02:39):
You were just gonna were going to jeopardize next season
before we start.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So what happened with your latest lamb way? It sounds
like you died in the hole.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Oh yeah, they just sort of short of a double ton,
but not much. Yes, So I've got a third draft
going away this week on Wednesday, so there will be goodness.
Just the terminals. We still haven't touched the turn yet.
We took all the feathers off them and started December
at winning time, which has worked out pretty well to
the point I've got the shore's booked and already for
(03:08):
next year. This has been nice not him to worry
about fly or getting them bagged prior to sharing, and
it takes a bit of pressure for the end of
January for us as well when we're trying to get
all the main share and get done also. So yeah,
it seems to work so far pretty well. Obviously they're
going to have a bit more wolong than coming into April,
but hopefully they it will only be a small number
(03:31):
of crips left and then the remainder will be Capital
sock e Lambs replacements which get shorn again and July
prelium anyway, So yeah, it seems to be working all
right at it.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
So the lambs didn't take much of a check pre
Christmas despite being shorn then.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Look, it's hard to say because it was the first
time we've done it, so it's sort of hard to compare.
But they always take the every check around winding time anyway,
so it may have had another we got in the system.
I'm not too sure. But we ran them all over
the conveyor on Friday and reached them all again for
the second time, so yeah, we'll have a better sort
(04:12):
up next time they come through the yards. But they
seem we're trucking away nicely, and certainly in these nice
hot days that they seemed to be quite heavy out
there grazing most of the time. So it's good.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
And the big thing as well, you mentioned a dean
eliminating the risk of fly striker or reducing it.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah, so what we do? Yeah, obviously all the maternals
are shorn and then all the terminals got sort of
jetted pretty Christmas. So yeah, like we haven't had the
way about anything like that, and we don't seem to
have any any effects of that or any impeter fly
on the US even though they are full well. So, yes,
(04:53):
one of most thingf worry about because it cheme a
quite a time consuming job if you start having those issues,
especially the sum of year.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
What did you do as far as work though, doing
your sharing pre Christmas though and what is already pretty
much a stressful month.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Oh yeah, I don't know if there's a nons just
for months and farming, is there. Yeah, it increased a
little bit, but then again, like we've saved a week
or three or four days in the yards, crushed the
night before, we get you the end of the season too,
So it's done all songs a roundabouts really, but we're
(05:27):
quite heavy with that decision.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, you talk about budgets for re meat prices, all
your will budget, I'd say it will be above where
you need it to be. Because talked about this with
Jamie King just before as well. The South Island price
update from last week. Another successful sale up there in Canterbury.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, it's really positive. It's still not we needs to
beat you don't understand too negative, but at least we're
going to be making a significant margin on the youth please,
especially this year, it's going to more than cover costs.
So it's going to be a swung from perhaps having
a small loss to break even last year to cor
(06:04):
a significant cash fun picked this year. So it's really
cool and we obviously heading in the right direction. So yeah,
quite happy with that. Well.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
This was a commentary that came from the sale last week.
The first South Island sale of a new year saw
significant pressure for buyers to secure volumes to feel new
will will export excuse me business into China and India,
as with all ships in the harbor of to get
lifted on a rising tide. The sale saw the same
for all wall breeds and types, with a very active
demand from the auction floor and it was interested in
(06:37):
note the most crossbred fleeces types now exceed five dollars
per kilo clean threshold, not having been achieved for almost
ten years.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Yeah, it's pretty exciting, isn't it so you will get
a well word to the store was assuring between like
the start, we've just got builders here putting a new
roof on the wallshet at the moment from the one
we lost TomEE. It's a bit pressure on them. Yeah,
we'll get a head all into the store pretty quickly
as soon as it's often tested and get into the
(07:10):
system to see what he's from there. Bit. Yeah, it's
going to be nice putting those bars on the truck
and you're going to get a positive return other than
another cost this year, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Well, I was going into the positives and not the
negatives as far as the monetary side of things. So
long mate, continue. Hey, the big news regarding the all
black coaching shake up last week, all this talk about
Jamie Joseph and the likes, what would be your dream
all blacks combination as far as coaching or is it
too big a process freshly for us to try and
understand because you get all these coaches, all these different
(07:42):
dynamics change as far as we they on on their staff.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Yeah, I know I know that Jimmy Sinkley, Mark Bryston
and Karen Enerson from one of them would probably like
to have a crack at it, but no, I think
Jamie Joseph would certainly bring probably a bit more of
a hard nose each to the All Blacks, which potentially
has been seen in the last last couple of seasons.
I personally wasn't too disappointed to see Raiser go, but
(08:08):
I just hope they might have to come a few
cattle in there to get rid of the problem to
start with. So yeah, we'll be definitely an interesting Super
Rugby campaign and watch a space. So guess when it
comes to the All Blacks this season, I guess.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, good to see you quoting some window names there.
You guys have got a special year as well since
Teneri wise, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Yeah we do. Actually we've got one hundred and twenty
fifth Jubilee coming up an Anzac weekend this year, so
the boys apparently start training this week getting quite excited
about it. So yeah, I'm pretty sure that you can
go onto the window break we've called Facebook page and
follow some links to register if you're a next player
(08:51):
or contributor to the club or just a supporter. Yes,
hopefully're going to requite quite a good weekend and obviously
with Anzac dating on said, this year we get Monday off,
so yeah, it's a pretty good excuse to make a
good weekend of it.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Are you president this year? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:08):
I am for my son's along with field things, so yep,
it's my turn according to the roster. So yeah, it's
quite an exciting and it's pretty cool to be part
of the club and a big year like this.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Do you crack a good whip?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Ah? What do we run a democratic dictatorship?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Right? Oh? Dean Trump, there you go, we've heard it.
The here for us? Hey, good home you do. Let
you carry on and enjoy the O. Thanks An, there
you Rammage farming at Glennam. Yeah, a lot of rugby
centennials going on this year, or do belieze for that
matter of wind Danc Going to other details praise of
(09:48):
Darling's Up next, we're talking Perindale ram sales
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