November 24, 2025 • 8 mins
Emma Blom of Balfour YFC has a catch up in this week's YFC chat.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
This is the Muster and Haknui before we catch up
with Emma Bloom.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
The Muster Events diary brought to you by Beef and
Lamb New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Click beeflambenzed dot com. Beef and Lamb New Zealand's latest
word wise workshop for Milk to Meat is happening this Thursday,
November the twenty seventh at the Gore Golf Club. So
go to beeflaminz dot com slash events to register now.
Emma Bloom, out of Bealfy Young Farmers, joins us in
this week's Young Farmers round up. Good afternoon, Emma, Hello,
(00:40):
how are you. I'm going pretty well. I was speaking
to you. You see, I'm pretty busy. You're helping the
appearance with the milkings in the morning, then doing an
ai run.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yep, yep. No, she's been flat out. It's been an
awesome season so far, so it's going good.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Is the grass starting to grow around Belfer?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yep, No, it's been pretty steady. We've just cut for
Baylorge yesterday and then we've even got some sylogen. So no,
pretty happy.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Yeah, this what you'd hope to have at the end
of November. Anyway, now Belfer, young Farmer's quite a bit
going on that straight off the bat. It's all happening
at the Balfer Hall this Saturday evening, Miss Belfer, tell
us about it. Awesome.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, so it's a drag show, so we're encouraging all
of our lads to get dressed up and support a
good cause. So our local hall needs a bit of
a revamp, and then this is just such a great
way to get everybody together, have such a fun night
and then raise some money for the club and then
for the local Balfa Hall.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
And I can tell you exactly when that hall opened.
I think it was about this time in nineteen eighty three. Really, yeah, well,
what's on the phone?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Who would have thought in nineteen eighty three that the
boys will be dressing as girl?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Pretty much? But I'll be there's a plark as you
walk in there saying it was opened by the latest
Erskine Boemas. So that's how I understood that one. But
you did write who would have thought all those years
ago these events will still be going on abouth that
they've been held before? And let you say, the money's
all going towards restorations of the Balfa Hall, right, yes, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, so it was how about ten fifteen years ago
and talking to people in the community again, I'm excited
about this event. They still remember that night in detail,
Like you ask what somebody was wearing and they can
even name the color of the dress and what their
talent was. Like, it's going to be such an unforgettable night.
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah, straight off the cuff, Michael Lee or Brett Dylan
for goodness sake, for a funny story about that night,
My wife went along to it, went along with her
mate for Wuckland who is a corporate high flyer, and
her one night out in Balfa went she went to
a drag show.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Oh that is awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, it was something certainly deviated from the norm. So
like ticket numbers and the likes, have you got numbers?
You've got a capead obviously yees.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
So our kepa is one hundred and seventy five people.
We've still got tickets available. If you're interested, please come
tag along. It'll be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
But yeah, so as far as ticket details, what are
they worth? How do you pay for one?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Sweet? So you just literally just google the bout a
drag show and it will come up. It's fifty dollars
a ticket. Otherwise you can also on the Facebook page
for the Young Farmers and then there's a ticket link
on there and suppers included. Doors open six thirty and
it'll go till late. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Is there a courtesy coach locally Yeah, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
There's a courtesy coach brilliant.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
It's nice to the driver, be nice to always nice
to the driver. Goodness me when the people not nice
to the driver. Yeah, and there's also something around cell
phones as well. Have no cell phone use on the night.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Yeah. We want to just let the boys just go
wild and then have no regrets later on. I think
Captain twenty years ago. Then the boys didn't have to
worry about it. There were just pixeland photos. But now
there'll be quite a lot of phones and videos that
could get out.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
So yeah, and there'll be reminders on the night around
that looking forward to the event as well, going to
be a part of it. So other things about for
young farmers though. Has this been the core focus lately.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
No, We've just had our bark Up which was a
great success. I think there were a thirty odd working
dog entrance which was really cool. It was a really
really cool event. And then yeah, our focus now is
on Miss Belfo and then we'll get Christmas out of
the way and then get all these other events cranking through.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Just speak to Miss Belfer. How many entrants have you got?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Oh, we got seventeen.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Do you need more or is that enough?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I think we've got enough. But we won't say no
to people volunteering.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I reckon if we like a crowd sauce enough money,
Bleared Drysdale could could go back and do a role
we did a few years ago on the Bealfa show.
What do you reckon? We've got a couple of days
to do this.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Oh, we have been trade. We've got Hopefield him on board.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yeah, but we haven't got Blocker up there strutting the stuff.
I reckon we can do it. He's ed of itant, no,
but I think we can right right out.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
What's our game plan?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Well, we just need people to donate money. If we
can reach I don't know, one hundred and fifty bucks,
I reckon, or two hundred dollars, there we go fair
figure we can source that on the night from whoever
that I reckon. Block has got a front up. What
do you reckon?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I love that. So on the night he just gets
forced up there.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
He gets forced up there. Its regally absolutely, But look
we're getting towards a Christmas season with you guys, fundraising wise,
you've been doing anything else? A bit of crutching coming up?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Yeah, we've been doing a bit of crutching and then
the odd jobs around the district. Whatever people need help with,
we're happy to help. We've been doing a bit earlier
on the year with some fodder beeat sorting and then yeah,
a lot of crutching.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
As far as the one situation is it, have you
been helping it all like members regarding trees or tree lanes?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
To be fair, no, I think people have been quite
busy on their own farms sorting it out. But if
anybody has got wind damage, we're more than happy to
go out for a weekend or a day and there
up some trees.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
So are you're still getting out and about on your
thirsty thursdays? Sure?
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Yeah, it was way kaya last week and I think
this coming week's Riversdale. It's a bit of a shame
that the Balfer Pub is closed, but we may.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Do That's that's what you've got to do, I suppose.
So where do you hold your meetings?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Then we've been holding them at the Riversdale Pub and
then when we can we do it at the Rugby.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Club in Belfer, so you stay pretty local with the
meetings more or less. So you're going down, you've got
a tent at the races or anything?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Are we're tagging along with Thornberry?
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I thank everyone is young Farmers in general, though, it
seems to be in a pretty good place down here
in the in the south them, I'd say.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Oh, definitely. Like when I was at Uni my brother
NICKI was chair of the Belfer Young Farmers and there
was a handful of people that would come and people
were really keen. And then I went away and then
I've come back and it is such a cool group
of people. People really want to do things, really actively involved.
That's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
How's the finespot going?
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Oh? The fines book is going pretty strong?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
What do we have this month? What have we had?
Give us some details. Taylor wasn't too keen on last time,
but here's a chance sea what's been going on. I'm
not going to give to you don't have to give
much detail. Have you got to give us something? But
what's been happening? Like is it somebody just taking out
strainers or what's been the general gifts lately? Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I think somebody got a bit rowdy at the barkup
and yeah, that's that's all last day.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Oh that's a that's a fair call. Emma. Look and
you're meeting dates? Of course?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
When are they the first Monday of every month?
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Good on you, Emma, always got to catch up. All
the best for miss Belfer this weekend.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Awesome, Thank you Andy.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
Sheerwell Data working to help the livestock farmer.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Did you know the statistically six out of seven dwarfs
aren't happy. We'll leave it there for the afternoon. I'm
Andy Muey. You've been listening to the Muster one Hakanui
thanks to Peters geneis enjoy the afternoon podcast going up.
Surely I'm away tomorrow. Chel Wilson is in the driver's
seat and we'll catch you on Thursday.
This is the Muster and Haknui before we catch up
with Emma Bloom.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
The Muster Events diary brought to you by Beef and
Lamb New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Click beeflambenzed dot com. Beef and Lamb New Zealand's latest
word wise workshop for Milk to Meat is happening this Thursday,
November the twenty seventh at the Gore Golf Club. So
go to beeflaminz dot com slash events to register now.
Emma Bloom, out of Bealfy Young Farmers, joins us in
this week's Young Farmers round up. Good afternoon, Emma, Hello,
(00:40):
how are you. I'm going pretty well. I was speaking
to you. You see, I'm pretty busy. You're helping the
appearance with the milkings in the morning, then doing an
ai run.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Yep, yep. No, she's been flat out. It's been an
awesome season so far, so it's going good.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Is the grass starting to grow around Belfer?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yep, No, it's been pretty steady. We've just cut for
Baylorge yesterday and then we've even got some sylogen. So no,
pretty happy.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Yeah, this what you'd hope to have at the end
of November. Anyway, now Belfer, young Farmer's quite a bit
going on that straight off the bat. It's all happening
at the Balfer Hall this Saturday evening, Miss Belfer, tell
us about it. Awesome.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, so it's a drag show, so we're encouraging all
of our lads to get dressed up and support a
good cause. So our local hall needs a bit of
a revamp, and then this is just such a great
way to get everybody together, have such a fun night
and then raise some money for the club and then
for the local Balfa Hall.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
And I can tell you exactly when that hall opened.
I think it was about this time in nineteen eighty three. Really, yeah, well,
what's on the phone?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Who would have thought in nineteen eighty three that the
boys will be dressing as girl?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Pretty much? But I'll be there's a plark as you
walk in there saying it was opened by the latest
Erskine Boemas. So that's how I understood that one. But
you did write who would have thought all those years
ago these events will still be going on abouth that
they've been held before? And let you say, the money's
all going towards restorations of the Balfa Hall, right, yes, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, so it was how about ten fifteen years ago
and talking to people in the community again, I'm excited
about this event. They still remember that night in detail,
Like you ask what somebody was wearing and they can
even name the color of the dress and what their
talent was. Like, it's going to be such an unforgettable night.
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah, straight off the cuff, Michael Lee or Brett Dylan
for goodness sake, for a funny story about that night,
My wife went along to it, went along with her
mate for Wuckland who is a corporate high flyer, and
her one night out in Balfa went she went to
a drag show.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Oh that is awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, it was something certainly deviated from the norm. So
like ticket numbers and the likes, have you got numbers?
You've got a capead obviously yees.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
So our kepa is one hundred and seventy five people.
We've still got tickets available. If you're interested, please come
tag along. It'll be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
But yeah, so as far as ticket details, what are
they worth? How do you pay for one?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Sweet? So you just literally just google the bout a
drag show and it will come up. It's fifty dollars
a ticket. Otherwise you can also on the Facebook page
for the Young Farmers and then there's a ticket link
on there and suppers included. Doors open six thirty and
it'll go till late. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Is there a courtesy coach locally Yeah, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
There's a courtesy coach brilliant.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
It's nice to the driver, be nice to always nice
to the driver. Goodness me when the people not nice
to the driver. Yeah, and there's also something around cell
phones as well. Have no cell phone use on the night.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Yeah. We want to just let the boys just go
wild and then have no regrets later on. I think
Captain twenty years ago. Then the boys didn't have to
worry about it. There were just pixeland photos. But now
there'll be quite a lot of phones and videos that
could get out.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
So yeah, and there'll be reminders on the night around
that looking forward to the event as well, going to
be a part of it. So other things about for
young farmers though. Has this been the core focus lately.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
No, We've just had our bark Up which was a
great success. I think there were a thirty odd working
dog entrance which was really cool. It was a really
really cool event. And then yeah, our focus now is
on Miss Belfo and then we'll get Christmas out of
the way and then get all these other events cranking through.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Just speak to Miss Belfer. How many entrants have you got?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Oh, we got seventeen.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Do you need more or is that enough?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I think we've got enough. But we won't say no
to people volunteering.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I reckon if we like a crowd sauce enough money,
Bleared Drysdale could could go back and do a role
we did a few years ago on the Bealfa show.
What do you reckon? We've got a couple of days
to do this.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Oh, we have been trade. We've got Hopefield him on board.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yeah, but we haven't got Blocker up there strutting the stuff.
I reckon we can do it. He's ed of itant, no,
but I think we can right right out.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
What's our game plan?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Well, we just need people to donate money. If we
can reach I don't know, one hundred and fifty bucks,
I reckon, or two hundred dollars, there we go fair
figure we can source that on the night from whoever
that I reckon. Block has got a front up. What
do you reckon?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I love that. So on the night he just gets
forced up there.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
He gets forced up there. Its regally absolutely, But look
we're getting towards a Christmas season with you guys, fundraising wise,
you've been doing anything else? A bit of crutching coming up?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Yeah, we've been doing a bit of crutching and then
the odd jobs around the district. Whatever people need help with,
we're happy to help. We've been doing a bit earlier
on the year with some fodder beeat sorting and then yeah,
a lot of crutching.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
As far as the one situation is it, have you
been helping it all like members regarding trees or tree lanes?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
To be fair, no, I think people have been quite
busy on their own farms sorting it out. But if
anybody has got wind damage, we're more than happy to
go out for a weekend or a day and there
up some trees.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
So are you're still getting out and about on your
thirsty thursdays? Sure?
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Yeah, it was way kaya last week and I think
this coming week's Riversdale. It's a bit of a shame
that the Balfer Pub is closed, but we may.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Do That's that's what you've got to do, I suppose.
So where do you hold your meetings?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Then we've been holding them at the Riversdale Pub and
then when we can we do it at the Rugby.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Club in Belfer, so you stay pretty local with the
meetings more or less. So you're going down, you've got
a tent at the races or anything?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Are we're tagging along with Thornberry?
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I thank everyone is young Farmers in general, though, it
seems to be in a pretty good place down here
in the in the south them, I'd say.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Oh, definitely. Like when I was at Uni my brother
NICKI was chair of the Belfer Young Farmers and there
was a handful of people that would come and people
were really keen. And then I went away and then
I've come back and it is such a cool group
of people. People really want to do things, really actively involved.
That's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
How's the finespot going?
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Oh? The fines book is going pretty strong?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
What do we have this month? What have we had?
Give us some details. Taylor wasn't too keen on last time,
but here's a chance sea what's been going on. I'm
not going to give to you don't have to give
much detail. Have you got to give us something? But
what's been happening? Like is it somebody just taking out
strainers or what's been the general gifts lately? Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I think somebody got a bit rowdy at the barkup
and yeah, that's that's all last day.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Oh that's a that's a fair call. Emma. Look and
you're meeting dates? Of course?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
When are they the first Monday of every month?
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Good on you, Emma, always got to catch up. All
the best for miss Belfer this weekend.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Awesome, Thank you Andy.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
Sheerwell Data working to help the livestock farmer.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Did you know the statistically six out of seven dwarfs
aren't happy. We'll leave it there for the afternoon. I'm
Andy Muey. You've been listening to the Muster one Hakanui
thanks to Peters geneis enjoy the afternoon podcast going up.
Surely I'm away tomorrow. Chel Wilson is in the driver's
seat and we'll catch you on Thursday.
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