November 5, 2025 • 8 mins
Fiona Young of Beef and Lamb looks at events that are on the horizon as farms get production cranking in November.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The Muster Events Diary brought to you by Beef and
Lamb New Zealand Click Beeflambenz dot com.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Fiona Young of Beef and Lamb New Zealand joins us
once again this afternoon on the Muster Fioner, we look
at the situation that we're faced on, that we were
faced worth two weeks ago, and we're just trying to
I don't know, get a grass and what's ahead for
the future, I suppose, But from a Beef and Lamb lens,
how's things been, hi.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Andy and high listeners? Yeah, good to catch up with
you again. How have things Andy? Well, I think it's
been a tumultuous couple of weeks, to be honest, we
had a I don't know, an hour or two of
ones that has created quite a lot of chaos across Southland,
across south and west of Tigo. And look, I'm just
really conscious that there are still people who are still
(00:52):
to get power back or only just getting power back,
and it's been quite some extended period of time. And
then you know in our communities there's still quite a
lot of trees down and cha are still to contend with.
So it's been a busy couple of weeks, we've been
wanting to try and get out sort of messages to
our leavy payers, to our farmers, to try and focus
(01:14):
on what's most important and what's the ahead of you
right now. For those of you that have just got
power back on, you're obviously probably like I was a
week of back, really enjoying a hot shower and doing
a whole lot of washing and just actually enjoying that
contend to switch on. But you know, turning back to
the farming space, we obviously know there's a big clean
up to do, and we're just along with others, keen
(01:37):
to make sure that people trying to sort of think
about how they're going to do that over kind of
the coming months, and it could be even up to
a year for some of those really huge trees, So
you know, again working with chainsaws, please be safe, Please
try and sort of take a break or get back
to some of your farming activities. I know, youse guys
have got to secure your boundaries and get your farms
(01:59):
working again. But actually we've got a fantastic outlocker head
for the shaping based season, and we really want to
make sure that farmers as soon as they can can
get get back to focusing on the production past and
management crops. Tailing in that side of it a big
amount of work that happens through through to Christmas.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
So what's the messaging you're getting from farmers at the moment?
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Fiana messaging from farmers. So again it's next depending on
where you've been, where you're located. I think everyone will
be enjoying the fact that it's been slightly warmer the
last few days and they'll be seeing past your growth.
I think people who have only just got the power
back on will be just relieved, and others are sort
of trying to get back into a business's usual approach
(02:41):
in getting back to tailing and as I say, and
getting back to you know out on tractors are chediator
some guys the other day out Milton Way, and they're
all definately trying to get sort of you know, crops
back in the ground combined with just getting things tidied up. Look,
I understand that it's been tough and for some of them,
you know, they've lost shelterbouts which they've lost plantation forestry,
(03:03):
which you might have been part of their sort of
plan for the future so that we can't sort of
forget that that's happened. But nonetheless, you know there's a
season ahead of us. It looks really strong, and we
want to get the best out of it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
That seems to be the big thing at the moment,
people looking at what they're faced with as far as
a cleanup, but realizing the workload hasn't gone away as well.
So it's about putting things into perspective. I'd say, I.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Think so, And look, I know, you know it looks untidy,
there are things. I mean, it's a different story if
you need to tidy things up. Because for us, we
had oh, I don't know, forty odd eucalyps covering up
a waterway. You know, we had to get that out
because it had created a very nasty looking damn. But
you know, where your boundaries are secure, where you've got
(03:48):
water supply and your electrics around your farm, then pets,
that's just sitting down and going okay, over time, you know,
how are we going to deal with this? The other
thing is, I know there are logging companies are making
themselves available or who have lists that they're riding down,
so you know it might actually be that you ring
one of those companies and put your name down to
remove those macrocarpas. But you know, it might not be now,
(04:11):
it might be sometime over the next six or twelve months.
And that's just the act of actually writing it down
and making sure you're on the list. Lets people put
that out of their mind and focus on the other
things that needs to be done.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
A few people have talked about the need to get
chainsaw courses up and running just as a reminder of
farmers as they go out there and clear these fence lines.
Is this something that you're considering.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Yeah, actually so we've we're looking at working alongside darien
Z said farmers and also potentially DIMS and some of
the other industry groups to go for these activities or
events that are common across the sectors. How is it
that we could pets come together and coordinate either the
messaging or the events to deliver more effectively out to farmers.
(04:56):
I'm pretty conscious as I heard that, you know, the
chainsaws have raced off the shelf. So you know, my
plea to everyone out there is, you know, perhaps not
chainsawing all day, maybe not every day, you know, sort
of plan it out over a period of time so
that you're not tiring yourself out, but you get more
susceptible to injury and so forth. Really, we really want
(05:17):
farmers to actually be here and be able to focus
on their production over the couple of months. So you
do what you can to just prioritize what needs to happen,
manage how long you're working in that space, and make
sure you've got your right safety equipment in thinking very
carefully about the slick back and what the logs might
go or the truths might go once you set a
(05:38):
chainsaw to them. But again, you know what is important,
what's the priority for now and what's wait till.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Later, and the big thing being a Southerner as well
as being very stoic and under assuming in personas saying well,
I've had this happen, but there's already somebody out worse
off than the South. But every now and then you
just need to look at things through your situation and
understand what you need to do.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yes, and look, that's we're getting off farm. So you know,
there are some social events and barbecues that the Rural
Support Trust are doing an awesome job of helping to
organize and facilitate. We are somewhat keeping on business as usual.
We've got a couple of witch shops coming up andy
around you know, growing great lands, and we've got one.
We want to have some conversations around pasture management and
(06:22):
getting the condition scoring right. We're shifting kind of how
long they go for because we think it's harder at
the moment for people get off farm. But the flip
side of that is we want people to be doing
the best job they can in terms of managing pasture
and getting weighthold in your lambs because actually it's as
as an outstanding looking here from a return perspective or
(06:42):
we want farmers to get the best of that.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
So you're urging people to get in touch. Have you
got any concerns?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Yes, please please do so farmers. We've got the Farmer
council sits across the region. So I'm Matt McCrae's our
chair courding to Nimos how recently elected deputy chair of
the arm A Council and they sit, as I say,
across the region and definitely you know, urge you to
get in touch with either myself or clear at Beef
and lamb with Matt or with some of those farmer councilors,
(07:11):
if you've got feedback or if you want to reach
out and look that with Stoic is when I've used
a few times Andy, I think there's a sense, yes
that you know there are others of West offer you,
but please please, you know, like every situation is unique
to the person who's experiencing it, and I think it's
really important actually that that whatever you're going through, you know,
(07:32):
is as potentially as tough as whatever the next person
is going through. So just do the things that you
need to do. Get off, talk to your neighbors, you know,
do your best to eat and sleep really well, and
stay connected to people. These are the things that will
help us get through and you know, for the long
haul and for a long time, not just.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
A good times. The ani will catch up again.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Magic Thanks Andy, and take care of everyone. You just
turn it back to.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
The only Young of Beef and Lamb New Zealand. Remember
clickbeflammenz dot com slash events to get the e Diary
into your inbox. Every Friday morning, Warren Ross is up
next farming at way Mumu. Then before the end of
the hour, our resident Sporting Gury Nathan Burden. The Highlanders
team has been announced in twenty twenty six
The Muster Events Diary brought to you by Beef and
Lamb New Zealand Click Beeflambenz dot com.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Fiona Young of Beef and Lamb New Zealand joins us
once again this afternoon on the Muster Fioner, we look
at the situation that we're faced on, that we were
faced worth two weeks ago, and we're just trying to
I don't know, get a grass and what's ahead for
the future, I suppose, But from a Beef and Lamb lens,
how's things been, hi.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Andy and high listeners? Yeah, good to catch up with
you again. How have things Andy? Well, I think it's
been a tumultuous couple of weeks, to be honest, we
had a I don't know, an hour or two of
ones that has created quite a lot of chaos across Southland,
across south and west of Tigo. And look, I'm just
really conscious that there are still people who are still
(00:52):
to get power back or only just getting power back,
and it's been quite some extended period of time. And
then you know in our communities there's still quite a
lot of trees down and cha are still to contend with.
So it's been a busy couple of weeks, we've been
wanting to try and get out sort of messages to
our leavy payers, to our farmers, to try and focus
(01:14):
on what's most important and what's the ahead of you
right now. For those of you that have just got
power back on, you're obviously probably like I was a
week of back, really enjoying a hot shower and doing
a whole lot of washing and just actually enjoying that
contend to switch on. But you know, turning back to
the farming space, we obviously know there's a big clean
up to do, and we're just along with others, keen
(01:37):
to make sure that people trying to sort of think
about how they're going to do that over kind of
the coming months, and it could be even up to
a year for some of those really huge trees, So
you know, again working with chainsaws, please be safe, Please
try and sort of take a break or get back
to some of your farming activities. I know, youse guys
have got to secure your boundaries and get your farms
(01:59):
working again. But actually we've got a fantastic outlocker head
for the shaping based season, and we really want to
make sure that farmers as soon as they can can
get get back to focusing on the production past and
management crops. Tailing in that side of it a big
amount of work that happens through through to Christmas.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
So what's the messaging you're getting from farmers at the moment?
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Fiana messaging from farmers. So again it's next depending on
where you've been, where you're located. I think everyone will
be enjoying the fact that it's been slightly warmer the
last few days and they'll be seeing past your growth.
I think people who have only just got the power
back on will be just relieved, and others are sort
of trying to get back into a business's usual approach
(02:41):
in getting back to tailing and as I say, and
getting back to you know out on tractors are chediator
some guys the other day out Milton Way, and they're
all definately trying to get sort of you know, crops
back in the ground combined with just getting things tidied up. Look,
I understand that it's been tough and for some of them,
you know, they've lost shelterbouts which they've lost plantation forestry,
(03:03):
which you might have been part of their sort of
plan for the future so that we can't sort of
forget that that's happened. But nonetheless, you know there's a
season ahead of us. It looks really strong, and we
want to get the best out of it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
That seems to be the big thing at the moment,
people looking at what they're faced with as far as
a cleanup, but realizing the workload hasn't gone away as well.
So it's about putting things into perspective. I'd say, I.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Think so, And look, I know, you know it looks untidy,
there are things. I mean, it's a different story if
you need to tidy things up. Because for us, we
had oh, I don't know, forty odd eucalyps covering up
a waterway. You know, we had to get that out
because it had created a very nasty looking damn. But
you know, where your boundaries are secure, where you've got
(03:48):
water supply and your electrics around your farm, then pets,
that's just sitting down and going okay, over time, you know,
how are we going to deal with this? The other
thing is, I know there are logging companies are making
themselves available or who have lists that they're riding down,
so you know it might actually be that you ring
one of those companies and put your name down to
remove those macrocarpas. But you know, it might not be now,
(04:11):
it might be sometime over the next six or twelve months.
And that's just the act of actually writing it down
and making sure you're on the list. Lets people put
that out of their mind and focus on the other
things that needs to be done.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
A few people have talked about the need to get
chainsaw courses up and running just as a reminder of
farmers as they go out there and clear these fence lines.
Is this something that you're considering.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Yeah, actually so we've we're looking at working alongside darien
Z said farmers and also potentially DIMS and some of
the other industry groups to go for these activities or
events that are common across the sectors. How is it
that we could pets come together and coordinate either the
messaging or the events to deliver more effectively out to farmers.
(04:56):
I'm pretty conscious as I heard that, you know, the
chainsaws have raced off the shelf. So you know, my
plea to everyone out there is, you know, perhaps not
chainsawing all day, maybe not every day, you know, sort
of plan it out over a period of time so
that you're not tiring yourself out, but you get more
susceptible to injury and so forth. Really, we really want
(05:17):
farmers to actually be here and be able to focus
on their production over the couple of months. So you
do what you can to just prioritize what needs to happen,
manage how long you're working in that space, and make
sure you've got your right safety equipment in thinking very
carefully about the slick back and what the logs might
go or the truths might go once you set a
(05:38):
chainsaw to them. But again, you know what is important,
what's the priority for now and what's wait till.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Later, and the big thing being a Southerner as well
as being very stoic and under assuming in personas saying well,
I've had this happen, but there's already somebody out worse
off than the South. But every now and then you
just need to look at things through your situation and
understand what you need to do.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yes, and look, that's we're getting off farm. So you know,
there are some social events and barbecues that the Rural
Support Trust are doing an awesome job of helping to
organize and facilitate. We are somewhat keeping on business as usual.
We've got a couple of witch shops coming up andy
around you know, growing great lands, and we've got one.
We want to have some conversations around pasture management and
(06:22):
getting the condition scoring right. We're shifting kind of how
long they go for because we think it's harder at
the moment for people get off farm. But the flip
side of that is we want people to be doing
the best job they can in terms of managing pasture
and getting weighthold in your lambs because actually it's as
as an outstanding looking here from a return perspective or
(06:42):
we want farmers to get the best of that.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
So you're urging people to get in touch. Have you
got any concerns?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Yes, please please do so farmers. We've got the Farmer
council sits across the region. So I'm Matt McCrae's our
chair courding to Nimos how recently elected deputy chair of
the arm A Council and they sit, as I say,
across the region and definitely you know, urge you to
get in touch with either myself or clear at Beef
and lamb with Matt or with some of those farmer councilors,
(07:11):
if you've got feedback or if you want to reach
out and look that with Stoic is when I've used
a few times Andy, I think there's a sense, yes
that you know there are others of West offer you,
but please please, you know, like every situation is unique
to the person who's experiencing it, and I think it's
really important actually that that whatever you're going through, you know,
(07:32):
is as potentially as tough as whatever the next person
is going through. So just do the things that you
need to do. Get off, talk to your neighbors, you know,
do your best to eat and sleep really well, and
stay connected to people. These are the things that will
help us get through and you know, for the long
haul and for a long time, not just.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
A good times. The ani will catch up again.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Magic Thanks Andy, and take care of everyone. You just
turn it back to.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
The only Young of Beef and Lamb New Zealand. Remember
clickbeflammenz dot com slash events to get the e Diary
into your inbox. Every Friday morning, Warren Ross is up
next farming at way Mumu. Then before the end of
the hour, our resident Sporting Gury Nathan Burden. The Highlanders
team has been announced in twenty twenty six
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