November 6, 2025 • 44 mins
Andy Muir talks to Steve Henderson, Jamie Mackay, Andrew Cochrane, Phil Duncan and Grant McMaster.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Friday afternoon, so we catch up once again with Nathan
Abernethy out of Regional Ford Hearing gorg Giday.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nathan here get a indy. Another Friday it is, and
that's not that bad out there. Hopefully the day warms
up as the afternoon goes on like it's perhaps done
for the last couple. But now it look we're into
a new month and looking forward to see what November
can deliver for us. We've got a lot of new
vehicles arriving on tracks and hoping they'll be delivered to
happy customers over the next week or two, with still
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plenty more coming so so of course with the volume
of new vehicles going out, we do see a lot
of news vehicles coming in. Still plenty of those coming through.
We've got a lot of Ford Everest still coming through
and a lot going out second hand, I must say,
but yet look a lot of those coming through. Great
time of the year to think about doing something there
those Everest they are a good machine. They're seven seats,
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the turbo diesel engines and I then from three point
twenty five cylinder to two liters by turbo four cylinder
diesels as well as of course the three letter V
six model we've got out there as well. We've actually
got some new ones in stock as well, which is
something that I'd have to say we haven't had a
lot of this year that are sitting available. We've got
two up there at the moment and a V six
World Track and a V SX Platinum. But look plenty
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of good Ford Ranger and all price brackets. So if
there's something in particular you're looking for and don't forget
just on that used lot. It's not only Ford, we've
got everything. We trade all brands and so we've got
anything out there from it's Abishi to Toy to Highlucks
to hold in Colorado and a few other brands as well.
So come in and talk to us finance. We can
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make that really easy and do it on the spot
and have your drive away for the weekend. So as
always here till after five today. Doors will be open
tomorrow morning at have past nine, but feel free to
pick up the phone if there's anything we can do
with newer used vehicles servicing our parts.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Good on and it's always good to catch up.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Thanks Andy, Good afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hakanui.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Andy mure here until two o'clock thanks to Peters Genetics.
Welcome to Friyay with an overcast sky outside. We've got
Phil Duncan on the show later in the hour from
weather Watch, remembering the state of emergency was lifted for
south Wind earlier this morning at nine thirty am. We'll
catch out with Steve Henderson as well to start the show,
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of course, with South and Rural Support just South and
Ural Support Trust in conjunction with Community Trust South as well.
Continuing our series of interviews that have been doing this week.
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Woodland's twelve point one. Like I say, Steve Henderson farming
at Alaua joins us for today's interview with South and
Rural Support Trusts and conjunction with Community Trusts South. How
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Steve's gone on into two weeks since the wind event
went through this that went through the South and just
tells us how he's managed to get through on the
farm as such. Jamie McCoy joins us in the Country crossover.
Of course Host of the Country Andrew Cock from the
ns Fettes is on the program, as is Phil Duncan
as well. Out of weather Watch forecast doing for the
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next seven days, and we finish up with great Disaster
McMaster a close friends station. Thanks rby Rural. We always
catch up with our man. Our disaster has been one
Stewart Island, I believe, So without further ado, we start
the hour next with Steve Henderson. This is the Muster
until two o'clock thanks to Peter's Genetics whiskey thanks for
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a South and Rural Support Trust. We're catching up with
various farmers and people involved with the farming industry over
the next couple of weeks here on the Muster, talking
about how they negate their way through a crisis. As
we've seen with the weather, it's put a spatter in
the works regarding the way that the work's been get
going or happening on farm at the moment. So we're
catching up with Steve Henderson this afternoon, dairy farmer at Alua.
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He took a hat in the winds a couple of
weeks ago, and of course the segment as well, proudly
sponsored by Community Trusts South. Steve Henderson, welcome to the
Muster once again.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
And he has things up there.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, pretty good. Firstly, whoever's yelling at those heifers in
the background, they've got a good set of lungs on them.
I don't know if people can hear it, but I
certainly heard it. Just before we.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Needed that intro your head on the ghetto blaster that
would get the heath comming through the race. But no, no,
there were a few people that they know Sam Withers
and they'll know her voice and let at her just
lean on the front of a look.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Like I do nothing, No shout out Sam Withers. Literally
there's a hell of a set of lungs. Hey steve
the situation there at ab though two weeks on. Will
firstly tell people how it was to how it is now.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
So yes, the same old stories as most people in Southland.
We were chipping away on that Thursday and knew that
was something something was sort of in the forecast, and
what we got was not what we thought we were
going to get. It was probably ten times worse than
what we thought. And we had a bit of rain
laced with it too, so that that sort of got
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the momentum of trees falling down.
Speaker 6 (06:17):
A bit quicker with a bit of water with.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Added to the wind. So that thirst afternoon we were
actually heard testing. So I had got a generator of
the day before, just looking at the winds going. Anybody
that's tested before knows you don't want to be can
pumped the shut down halfway through that, so we'd actually, yeah,
right there, wrong, We've got a generator the day before.
So we had that generator for six or seven days
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Peer and the cow shed and hung around the district
pair and a few other sheds, and I think it
was just busy. It was just busy at that point
in time. And then it's not told me now you go,
holy shit, there will.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
A fee, But go, I mean, you've managed to get
through the last couple of weeks pretty well, little things considered.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Would you say, yeah, I think we have.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
I think we have. And yeast we hit a bit
of wind and a bit of trees on fences, and
you know that's where a big shad out comes up
for neighbors. And and actually a few local unifellows and
some of the actually weren't actually the local. They come
across and cut trees down and got them off fences
and got pay back on and that was just one
thing we didn't have to worry about. It was enough
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to wear, you know, controlling your flunt control and water
for KALs, milking kales and pair. So you had enough
on your plate anyway. They'd loaned them trees off fences
and oightening lines up. So yeah, we had pretty very
good support crew down here. And I just chipped in
and got her dam and now we've just got the
quantity of trees to burn and make a cap as
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to fence off because we're just I oil obviously, and
we're extremely weak at that point in time too. And
we had hit a bit of hand and see eighty
miles of grain for October, so that were fading out
and you're trying to do all those other bits and pieces. Yeah,
it did create a bit of a go a head out,
just had the trioch things and the most important thing
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at that point in time, and you look back now
and go, yeah.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
What is she?
Speaker 8 (08:06):
Quite dizzy?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
So how's production being?
Speaker 5 (08:10):
We were we were trucking along pretty bloody good, like
I remember sending a message out to our staff. It
must have been four weeks ago that yep or two
and the cards sitting down hitting residuals, still temperatures on
a rising plane. Lookout here we come type of thing.
And then it probably wasn't a week later that we
got wet, started feeding out and yeah, the cows are
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just plaut owed. But if we can hold this this
it's not.
Speaker 8 (08:36):
Really a peak.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Now we can hold this plato. Yeah, we'll get out
of the back of October. Okay, we won't see any
records obviously, but chasti qualities back there now and we've
taken all supplements out, so yeah, yeah, so count it
obviously spiked and we've built them. Yeah, once a day
it's spiked, but we're at the back of it. We
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actually haven't had many cases of messtitis, so that that
is one one blessing.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So in general, though, Steve, you haven't had to change
the way you're farmed as a result. It's just a
matter of getting doing them being necessities in order to
keep the girls milking.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
Yep, yeah, did right now. We don't have to change
too much. And you know, looking at next year, ten
years time, would we change and it's a different to
be set up, And I would say probably no, we haven't.
Don't we don't own a generator. Maybe that's an option
that we do own one, just being that close to ten.
We just hire them when we need them. So I
suppose both years were jacked up with plugs and cords
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and you can rewire a plug to suit the amps
that are coming out just to make it work. But yeah,
probably probably approaching the generator like the rest of South
and then Saptataga will do. But I then it's only
a one off. Hasn't happened since probably ninety seven through
that Gorge Road area. So no, I think as a
whole we won't change much. But you just get really
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good at your like I say, the tree agent thing,
and that's not important that it is important. Just get
that done and carry on.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Community events are up and running. You've got one around
your neck of the woods. This evening too.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
Here we do yep, yep at the old Wooden Hall.
So now we'll cruise down there with the kids and
catch up with the neighbors again and yep, they have
a barbecue and thank everybody for what they've done, and
we'll just have a conversation very similar to this. And yeah,
it's just a good effort and it's probably more exciting
that they're actually getting around, you know, the smaller communities too.
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They're not doing them too far afield. So yep, we'll
finished milking you king work out there for a couple
of years or an air call and say good ay
and carry on. So yeah, bringing the scale down to
just smaller events I think is pretty good out effect
of us.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
So have you been keeping in touch with your mates
in the life to see how they're getting on through
this process.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
Yeah, it actually it actually was very similar to the
COVID scenario. The farm team become really close because we
didn't a pair to go back to the house, so
we just said the casually and bought the jug and
use the for and all those sorts of things. And
with that many people dropping off food, that headpare to
keep the staff and after feed. It was pretty unreal.
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And the neighbors were very similar. So now we keep
in contact and through that whole period, everybody knew how
each other was going, and you would go down the
end of the road to make sure they had a
generator or they have milked, and if they haven't, do
your best to get one. So now as a small community,
everybody knew what was going on, and everybody just touched on.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Yeah, no great focus. You put on things as per usual, Steve,
And for goodness sake, save for Sam's voice, go down
and get us some Hell's bows or something, will.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
You anyone that knows drafts and here as you can
only use that work trip once. So yeah, it's obviously
same as worse today and luckily it is the last day,
I said.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Steve Henderson, always appreciate your time on the master wise
words as per usual.
Speaker 8 (11:53):
That works.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Thanks any.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Steve Henderson in their segment today. Thanks for the South
and Rural Support Trusts regarding mindset just looking after yourselves
and your staff and the farm after an adverse weather event.
Shout out the Community Trust South as well. Jamie McKay
is up next and the Country Crossover. You're listening to
the musta. That's time for the Country Crossover. The hosts
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of the Country Jamie McKay joins us once again. Good afternoon, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Yeah, Good afternoon, Andy. Good to have your back and
the driver's seat.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Had a weekend away up in the Hawk's Bay last weekend.
I tell you what, I'm surprised he's not a statue
of you at the airport when you'd fly into town there,
because it seems to be quite a following for Jamie
McKay up in that region. Dar, I say it, And
what region?
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Hawks By, Yah, Hawk's Bay, Napier, Heavlock North. Yes, no
one ever, No one's ever told me that's very flattering.
I'll give you half an hour to stop that flattering, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
And I'll take the other quarter of them. How to
ask you about any barbecues you going to this weekend.
Of course you use this the other day, this phrase
about the glass barbecue coming through in a text, and
you had no idea that it was a reference to
myth Empetamine.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Well, I mean, when when have I come across across
myth in my life and have put that out there?
Speaker 7 (13:23):
I mean, I'm from Riversdale.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
As I said, the only glass that I dealt with
as a youngster satan was a jug in the pub.
I don't know about Balfa and bellclother you buggers probably
were smoking up big time or snorting. I don't know
what you were doing. It didn't do your rugby much good.
But anyhow, on Riversdale, our only vice was the brown
stuff and monteur. It was dB draft, which is I
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think I would choke on it now, To be perfectly honest,
I'm wow.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Maybe a snob?
Speaker 7 (13:49):
No, No, I'm an Emerson's man through and through.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
So nothing wrong with Vemicin's. But there's nothing wrong with dB.
That mean deserves a dB.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Okay, Well, anyhow, I think your tastes mature as you
get older.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
That's debatable. But I tell you who deserves a dB though, Jamie.
I spoke to Paul Blue from power It on the
show yesterday, Powering It. They're pretty well. There's still a
few people without power, we understand, but from where it
was a couple of weeks ago to now, those guys
have done an outstanding job.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Oh absolutely, And they've come from all over the country.
They've been working right around the clock. They had they've
never faced anything like this before, and he's done a
great job. And yeah, I think there's so many people.
I mean, what are we now, two weeks, two weeks
and one day on from the big wind event. Some
people still haven't got power, as you said, which is
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almost unbelievable. But with the amount of damage, the amount
of work that's been done in those two weeks is
absolutely amazing. And Andy, I think it's it's brought out
the best and people as well. You sometimes crises or
tough times bring out the best in human nature and
people pitch in and help other people. Because it's my
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dear old lif mum used to say, there's always someone
worse off than yourself.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
And that's pretty much the way it's been over the
past couple of weeks. You just need to make things work,
work with your neighbors, work with your mates. I tell
you off, I've never seen so many generators on trailers
before either, No.
Speaker 7 (15:16):
Had that.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
We've had that discussion on our dairy farming operation. I
think there's definitely going to be a lot of generators bought.
They may not be for a farm, they may be
shared between two or three farms. But I mean, whether
you believe it or not, I think climate extremes or
more extremities in the weather are here. This has happened
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this year. There's nothing to say it won't happen again
next year. Heaven forbid if it does. But people need
to be prepared. And you know, when you live out
in the country, you know the power going off is
not an unusual event. It certainly wasn't when I lived
in the country as opposed to living in a metropolitan
area like the Need and it never goes off. I
think a generator, even if it's just a wee honded
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you generator or something from you and Alan Honda shamelessly
just just to power you know, your housho.
Speaker 7 (16:06):
So you can make a cup of tea.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
South and District Mayor Rob Scott's come out saying the
government needs to contribute more than one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars that has gone towards the maor Relief Fund,
saying it's not adequate considering its two percent of the
population producing fifteen percent of the country's GDP. And yet
we give money to go overseas. Do you agree with.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
That country's overseas? And charity begins at home And I'm
with Rob Scott. Don't know the bloke, andy, but I
like the cut of his jib, and I reckon. He's
bang on also about the future of local authorities in
South and looks sorry Gore District Council, but you're not
big enough to be a separate entity. The same with
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Clutha District. We need some amalgamations. We need less local
body politicians and less local body authorities.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
But anyhow, he's bang on.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
And I see the government that I'm going to have
a crack at lux And next week and I chat
to them, are giving six million out of the tourism
fund so we can get some toffee nosed twat to
come along and present Michelin stars. Well yeah, that's not
that's fine and dandy, but I mean, let's start as
Luxon says, with the must haves, not the nice to haves,
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and Rob Scott is dead right. For a region that's
as economically important to our economy as the South South
and Southwest Otago, one hundred and fifty dollars is a
bit of a one hundred and fifty thousand dollars should
I say? I think it's it's just a token gesture.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Well, the next thing you're going to tell me is
if you want fine dining in Dneda and you simply
go to Emerson's right.
Speaker 7 (17:41):
Well, their thrice cooked chips.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
I was about to say that chips.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
Yeah, we look, they may not be good for the waistline, Andy,
but they're damn good. And Emerson's is obviously going to
be doing a roaring trade this weekend with the.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
Bear fest on.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
So yeah, although I must say, I'll give you a
week clue the cheap and chairful Japanese it's called kimone
up in Roslind Village, just down the road from where
I live. As good as any, But there you go.
That's just that's a dining tip from me. If you're
in Dunedin, how would.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
You say, chrystalher Luxon's going at the moment.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
Look largely, I think he's doing not a bad job.
His problem is excuse me, he's no John Key or
Heaven helped me. Just send a dern in front of
the camera. And therein lies the problem his two coalition partners,
excuse me, Andy coffee coming back up on regurgitating on it.
Speaker 7 (18:37):
I am getting old, yes I am. I am.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Indeed, I'm a pensioner. Should I should be buying McDonald
three dollars coffee instead of paying six dollars fifty? Anyhow,
what was I saying? His coalition partners, and we had
Winston on yesterday. I don't know whether your cought it.
That was fun and Seymour honestly that it's like I
liken it to the farm scenario, the analogy. You know
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how you've got a good dog and it's jumping over
the fence, the barbed wire fence, and it gets tangled up.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
In the fence.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Yes, have you ever seen that? And it's just the
natural wolf and dogs. And even though your dogs can
be best mates, if they see another dog in distress,
therein they're in.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
For the kill. And I feel that's a very clumsy.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
Analogy for what's happening with the coalition, and I think
as we near the election, we've got a year to go.
Now that Winston has freed himself of the Deputy prime
minister's job, you're going to see him come out and
be more combative. He's already corrected Christopher Luxen on social
media about the io Wee thing. Same with Seymour. They're
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going to try and cannibalize his votes or the national vote.
So I have no doubt with the economy turning that
we're going to get a coalition government back. But my
take on it a year out Andy would be that
New Zealand First is a double digit party and I
think ACT will be very close to that as well.
And if that happens, that could leave National with I
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don't know, high twenties or something like that, so with
less power. That's how I read it. I cannot see
for the life for me well, and Chippy can't form it.
The only way Chippy can form a government is if
Winston has a change of heart. And if Winston does that,
I'll never speak to him again. But to Party, Maury
are just a side show. It's a circus, an absolute circus.
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They're imploding there is no pathway for Chippy or a
center left government to govern next year.
Speaker 7 (20:33):
God help us if they do.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Andy just quickly to wrap up the ull Backs against Scotland.
We've never lost to Scotland. We've drawn a couple of times.
This is a potential banana skin game for the Avs.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
I reckon, yeah, and scott I'm just looking at the
teams now, but I look through the I didn't really
follow the Lions tour that closely.
Speaker 7 (20:52):
In Australia.
Speaker 4 (20:54):
There's definitely some Lions backs and there thin Russell's are
arguably the best first five in the world.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
But I don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:04):
I just don't see that many household rugby names on
the Scottish side. They tell me they're good, they're well coached.
I like the look Andy of the All Black side.
I really like Quintepia and Lester Fayanganuku. In the midfield.
You've got the Bruce brothers there. And this is my point,
I would be very tempted because I'm a Jordy Barrett
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fan as well. If I was running the All Blacks,
I'd chuck them back to fullback. Sorry, Will Jordan, You're
brilliant at fullback, but you're also brilliant on the wing.
So I've got Jordy at fullback, Will on one wing,
Leroy Carter on the other. I love Leroy those two,
and then you've got a back line with some punch.
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I think that this could be. This could be a
midfield pairing for the Rugby World Cup.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Jamie McKay will leave it. They're happy barbecuing outside of
that bit of state this week, do right, Andy, Jamie
McKay and the Country Crossover. This is a muster up.
Next back to normality, we should catch up with Andrew
Cochran Out of Any Fits.
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No gimmicks, no patience, total cares. Andrew Cochrane out of
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good afternoon. Look, it's been a hectic couple of weeks.
We spoke to see Steve Henderson earlier in the year.
We've teamed up with Self and Real Support Trust many
thanks to Community Trust South as well. We're talking about
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the mindset after an event like this. But you guys
being involved in the veterinary game, you'll have a different
viewpoint regarding animal husbandry with an event like this has
been and gone.
Speaker 6 (22:53):
Yeah, Andy, I guess most of our concerns were at
the time of the event, and particularly around an ability
to milk the cows and stockwater. They were major concerns.
And now that we've got power restored to most or
those that are still without power have certainly got systems
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in place with generators, most of those concerns have been alleviated.
So what had we certainly saw was a spike and
somitic foul counts and an increase in the cases of masstitis,
a febit of cow discomfort initially until they could get milk.
But all of those things seem to have come right.
We've seen sel camps drop in most cases. Concerns around
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water were real, and a lot of people were certainly
focused on getting power to the shed so they could
milk the cows, which was certainly important, but we're finding
that that didn't the water situation. That was a separate
pump that needed a separate generator, and there were some
concerns around that and what I think needs to be stressed.
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I guess, particularly at peak leation with airy cows is
their water demand is very high, and we can see
impacts on their welfare and health in the short term
around dehydration. But if they've got an extended period without
water and then are given free access to water when
that comes back on, we can actually see deaths as
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a result of that, and so basically water intoxication, which
is a result of the impact it has on the
salt and the blood. But we can see cows die
as a result of giving them a whole lot of
water after a period without water, so that can be
a real concern if they do go long periods.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
So in general people have seened with coked not too
bad or things considered.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
I think so. I mean it was certainly stressful for
a lot of people, but yeah, farmers are very resilient
in most cases, and I think now getting around the
traps and talking to farmers there's been a good chance
to reflect. I think a lot of farmers have. There's
been a good a wake up some extent to see
how resilient their business is. And I think we're setting
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a lot of generators purchased and ordered to avoid this
happening again, and hopefully we won't need them, but at
least then they're they're there if it does happen. We
were a little bit lucky. I think in most cases
that mating hadn't started for most particularly in dairy cows,
and we're certainly seeing that with the color technology, no
tail paint on cows, all of a sudden, without power,
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we weren't able to draft or identify those cows on heat.
So we were lucky that we weren't actually in the
feck of mating. I have heard of a couple of
instances where synchrony programs for non cyclist had started and
they weren't able to draft those cows for mating, and
they had to start the program all over. So again,
I think it's worth considering backup systems for when that
might happen, whether that is just generators and making sure
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that we can get Wi Fi as part of that
so that those cows can be identified and drafted. But
could have been a lot worse if we'd had the
parentage this week. It would have had a huge disruption
with AI programs and synchrony programs. We're a little bit
lucky there, but certainly yep, we're flat out into the
non cycling programs. We're seeing, you know a lot of
farmers take that up. Obviously in a payout year like
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we've got, the return on investment is pretty significant, so
it's worth doing something for those non cycling cows. And
we are doing a few non synchrony programs AI programs
and beef cows too, so they're underway as well.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Velveting and dere that's happening at the moment. Speaking to
Warren Ross yesterday, he was right in the middle of it.
So just that time of year, it comes around quickly,
right it does.
Speaker 6 (26:32):
It always thinks up on us. And so yep, we're
seeing a wee bit of the velveting happening through our
books and our vets that are involved in the supervisory
visits are getting booked up for them too. So probably
just a reminder of those farmers that haven't booked our
supervisory yet to get that sorted so that you can
continue to do what you do on farm.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Tailing's flat out at the moment. A lot of lambs
aren't tailed normally, a lot of it's up to date
by now, Andrew, is there a temptation there that leave
the tailing, just leave to lead the tails on the
animals and go through maybe give them a scratch and
of B twelve.
Speaker 6 (27:05):
There's there's certainly been chatted around that, and I think
we'll see more of it, as if we see laws
come into place around pain relief for tailing, I think
we'll see more and more tales left on to avoid that,
particularly those terminal lambs that are going to be going
at weaning. But no, not at the stage, not that
I've heard, but yes, people are a bit behind on tailing.
Is a bit of catch up to happen, but yeah,
(27:27):
I think that it is getting done. We're starting to
see now some questions around lamb drenching and obviously weaning
is the mile away. There was a really good video
on the Wormwise Facebook page around lamb drenching and particularly
those really early drenches and in particular around docking and
tailing time, and generally the advice is not to just
(27:48):
keeping in mind that you know, pre weening drenches came
into vogue and were necessary as a result of weaning
lambs reasonably late. A lot of lambs were weaned post Christmas,
and so the advice was a pre weening drench in December,
it's necessary now we're seeing more and more lambs drenched
ween sorry in early December, even late November, and a
(28:09):
pre weening drench a month before that sort of now
isn't necessary all the time, and so I would just
advise farmers to think about whether or not that pre
weening drench is necessary use secretly accounts as part of
that conversation. We can see lambs get a little bit
dirty now or even in the last month, but often
(28:30):
that is from a worm that that lambs get immunity
to very early. So a worm that's a little bit
different to our normal ones. They can often pick up
from their mums milk or from their mum's udder, and
they get immunity by six sort of weeks of age.
So even if they are a little bit dirty in
around tailing time, that often cleans up and dries up
on its own without the need for a drench, So
(28:50):
just talk to your vet. I think we're still seeing
lambs that are often drenched too early, although in this year,
with partial covers like they are, it may necessitate some
early drenching. Because pasture covers are low, wel can take
from muma's going to be low, so lambs are going
to be eating more pasture.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Yeah. Just regarding the feed situation, just what are you saying?
Is it pretty low in a lot of places, Yes.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
And across the board. So we've certainly talking to dairy
farmers that are that are well behind and paddocks that
they've shut up for bailage and silage. Pasture covers are
certainly recovering this week, which is great, but because we
need grass to grow, grass and covers have been low,
particularly on our sheep farms. They're not jumping out of
the ground as quick as we'd like. So yeah, hopefully
(29:32):
that will continue to improve and we'll see some growth.
Quality of pasture is going to be good, but certainly
quantity is behind it, and it may be a good
conversation around early weaning again like we did with last
year's use. If pasture covers are low, use aren't milking well,
it might be worthwhile considering weaning those us and lands
a little bit earlier.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Andrew to get in touch with the team at Northern
South on VITZ. What's the best way?
Speaker 6 (29:55):
Yeah, three two o two five six three Sex here
in Riversdale and for the Tianeal Vitz three two four
nine seven zero three nine. We are sort of getting
a little bit quieter as we head towards Christmas and
come out of these syncrety programs, so they should be
gits around and we're more than happy to have a question.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Good on Andrew, always appreciate your time. Awesome thanks Andy,
Andrew Cochrane have been his fits animal health advisors to
the muster up next Phil Duncan of weather Watch them
before the end of the hour, Grant McMaster of closer
in station.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Down there.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Then the wind sweep you welcome? Did you plan again
the chairs? This is the muster on HACKNOI once again
we catch up with Full Duncan out of weather Watch,
(30:55):
Check Death Texas and Alana Smyris sat on a Friday afternoon,
Phil Duncan, Good afternoon.
Speaker 8 (31:05):
Good afternoon. Good to be windy again.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yeah, we ever spoken for a couple of weeks, and
in those few weeks that have passed so where there's
been pretty heaviest down here with these wins. What are
we seeing over the next seven days? Straight off the bat.
Speaker 8 (31:18):
I actually had a complaint last night from someone just
north of you near Roxbury actually and saying how it's
been a little bit windy lately, and I was saying,
I think there's a change coming over the next couple
of days, but you might just have to get through
two more days and then we do see those winds easing.
So yeah, a little bit windy today and probably a
little bit windyer tomorrow. Big nor wester are cranking up tomorrow.
(31:42):
I shouldn't say big, but a nor wester is cranking up,
so they could be dusts just getting into gale force
in some areas. I think after the winds you've just had,
it probably won't cause too many problems because whatever branches
and trees were going to come down, they probably would
have done it. But you never know. Loose branches that
were broken from the last event, I might fall off
here and there, But I don't really expect tomorrow to
(32:03):
be a major day. And then after that, apart from
a little bit of a westerly that just might pop
up every now and then, we got some really calm
days coming up, especially going into next to the start
of next week and through next week. So there's some
good news on the wind perspective, but just today tomorrow
is still a bit windy.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Were you surprised at how severe those ones were?
Speaker 8 (32:23):
Yeah, I was, Yep, yep, I was. The storm itself
was a little bit unusual because we don't often get
a low that's right over Stuart Island and then the
squash zone is over Fovo straight in Southland that I've
seen it happen a couple of times before, but not
as intense as that. And the last time I saw that,
which would have been at least I want to say,
several years ago, if not ten fifteen years ago, was
(32:46):
a storm that developed just off the coast of the
Catlands and it drove in a really strong hurricane force wind,
but most of that hit Otago Peninsula, went northwards up
the coast, it didn't really come into Southland that much. So, yeah,
this one was a little different from the six just
from its placement, but because it moved through so fast
and dis didn't linger, and that's why the damage was lucky.
(33:06):
I mean, I know that sounds weird to say, but
if that storm had just stalled there for a few hours,
it would have been a very very different situation.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
So we're going to see a bit more of a
settled late spring system for the rest of the month,
would you say, Yeah, So, what's going on?
Speaker 8 (33:22):
Is like to look at what's taepening in Southland. I
think it's good to look at what's going on in
Australia and the southeast corner of Australia in particular, where
you're sharing the same weather pattern as them. Although Southland
has had a far better start to November than Kasmania
and Victoria have had. They've had widespread cold blasts and
thunderstorms and all sorts of stuff, whereas Southland's had a
(33:43):
bit of a breather even though it's not perfect yet.
We haven't been seen the severe weather in the cold stuff.
But they've got a big cold blast coming in the
start of next week and I think that has going
to affect down whether at the start of next week
as well, not not in a major way, but Monday
we do see a burst of rain coming through and
maybe sort of thirteen fifteen millimeters on the way, might
(34:05):
be a couple of isolated thunderstorms, and the temperatures drop
a tiny bit, not by day though only by nighttime,
so the overnight lows tonight eleven Sunday night at thirteen.
But next week we've got five sixes and sevens, so
the temperatures drop by nighttime, but the daytime high is
(34:25):
pretty consistent between sort of eighteen and twenty degrees right
through until the end of next week, and that's when
it looks like our next cold snack comes in. Where
Friday next week we're going to high fourteen and Saturday
next weekend a high of twelve with a few showers around.
So that's the only really cold bit. Is a week
away really coming up?
Speaker 1 (34:45):
Is it time to pack the fire up for the year,
or is that a bit preemptive?
Speaker 8 (34:49):
You know, seeing a high of twelve and a low
of five eight days away from now makes me think
maybe just hold on a little bit longer, because you know,
that's cold. Want to be sitting in the house when
it's been twelve degrees all day outside, that'll be a
bit cold. So yeah, you might might just want to
keep it around for a little bit longer. I think,
you know, a lot of people are asking me what
(35:10):
some are going to be, like, you know, Laminia and
all these things. I still see the Southern Ocean being
the most energetic weather force we've got in the entire
southern hemisphere at the moment. So because of that, I
don't see the spring pattern just suddenly ending, despite the
fact that around many parts of New Zealand today it's
like much, especially around the east of the north of
(35:30):
the country, where it's twenty five twenty eight degrees today
as it was yesterday and the day before, like December
temperatures at the start of November. But I do still
think that's a bit of a blip, and we're still
going to be getting westerlies and southwesterlies probably right through
into December this year. And so give it, give me
a few more weeks end of November, because by then
I'll be able to say if that westerly is still
(35:52):
showing up, then then it's probably safe to say it
will carry on into January. But for now we're just
waiting to find out if if we go to see
a bit of a break. We are seeing some changes
in Australia. They are getting longer stretches of dry and
fewer blasts of cold weather, but they're still getting the
polar boundary, which you're not getting this week. The polar
(36:12):
boundaries coming into Victoria to Melbourne, which is a lot
further north than south members beginning that at least two
times in the next seven days, So very very unsettled
stormy pattern around Antarctica. And I'll just end it on
this bit. Like as far as the Antarctic weather is concerned,
I talked about that sudden stratospheric warming that happened over
(36:33):
Antarctica back in winter. Really simple way of looking at
it is we all understand what a solar flare is, right,
sun gigantic thing and a soul of flair will burst
out of it from one part. Well, we get these
polar flares that are kind of similar. So around Antarctica
every now and then you'll get a burst of cold
weather coming out. And so these polar flares I call
(36:55):
them have been hitting Australia and missing New Zealand and
so that's just luck of the draw. And so to me,
it's just a matter of time before we get our
next one. And it does look as though maybe the
end of next week we might get one of those
polar flares where we get a burst of wintry weather
coming back in. But in the spring style, it shouldn't
last more than a day or two.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
So Dugin of weather Watch, always appreciating your time on
the muster, and you enjoy the weekend, sir.
Speaker 8 (37:18):
Cheers buddy, you too the wind sweep.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
You so duging of weather Watch. Before we wrap up
for the week here on the Muster Grant Disaster MAC
Master at a close Friends station.
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Back to thee.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
Thanks to Abi Rha, we catch up with the Great
Disaster mc master once again on the on the Muster
Good Afternoon Disaster. How are you get after?
Speaker 9 (37:46):
And Andy?
Speaker 8 (37:46):
Good up?
Speaker 1 (37:46):
And everybody sounds like you've had a pretty good week.
Speaker 9 (37:50):
Yeah, I've had a great week. And I was lucky
enough to go with one of my grandsons whoes at
school at Lawrence, went with the Lance for one and
two children down to Stuart Island, went down on Monday
and came back yesterday. So I'm not sure what formed
one on tour is in a new sense, but yeah,
it was. It was a great trip, and you get
away with kids like that, and I actually sort of
(38:12):
thought all my school trips were over, and a lot
of people will be agreeing with that, but you know,
I remember as a young fellow going into Deep Cove,
and I think it was nineteen seventy. We went and
stayed in there, and I was in there on school
trips with our children, and yeah, and you know we're
pretty bloom and lucky in Otago and South and with
the areas we can give kids options to go to,
(38:35):
you know, likes of Deep Cove born in Large Stuart Islands,
you know, so it's so close to where we live
and they're great places to go. So yeah, I thoroughly
enjoyed that. And you know it's great to see get
away with those young kids. And you sort of think
of here about the youths today, but you get those
kids and you know, you can certainly see tomorrow's leaders
(38:56):
and amongst a group of children, and they, you know,
country kids as well, get into it. Mukan and yeah,
there was there were no fights or tears or anything
like that. Everybody enjoyed it and yeah we had time.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Were you pretty handy as the chief?
Speaker 9 (39:12):
Oh yeah, yeah, well I was pretty handy on those dishes.
Actually we had seen it from Ryan's one of the mothers.
She was, she was, she was the good sea was
the clock and we just kept the dishes out of
the way and things like that. So no, it was good,
you know, and you know those school trips they bring
a bit of money into districts and you know, with
Stewart Island you get you know, the ferry over and
(39:33):
back we went out fishing.
Speaker 2 (39:35):
You got the you know, you.
Speaker 9 (39:36):
Got your groceries from the from the shop, you get ordered,
you the pre order before you went there. That was
all done, and you know it went out Conning and
Old Island where they you know, the kids had their
books and had to do various things, and being one
of the responsible adults, had to point them in the
right direction. But you know, out of the whole trup,
I think what what the kids looked forward to the
(39:57):
most was every night going down to the wall and
putting the fishing lines in and catching those little dock
stewarts and the little fish like that. You would, you know,
by the shrieks and the rules that went out, you
think they were bloody barlin fishing. But you know it
was a great place to go. And for anybody that's
listening that hasn't been there at all and lives in
their great provinces, they get over there because it's a
(40:17):
pretty special place.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
What's the price of appointing Stuart Island grunt?
Speaker 9 (40:22):
I don't know. I didn't go into the end of
the pub, andy, and you won't catch me on that one.
Speaker 1 (40:28):
Fair enough, mate, it's all about the kids when you're
over there. But you're right about the e events is
if a vescence of youth and just being you know,
the laughing. The lice is just some fictious right, and
just everybody's enjoying being there for the same.
Speaker 9 (40:41):
Thing, oh exactly. And you know, and a good group
of adults that were there, and you know, everything is
one thing in common, you know, basically country people. And yeah,
we had JK. Kenny. He had a bit of diving
gear there, so we got the odd power and some
Kenner and as I said, we got the blue out
of the boat. That had enough for a nice meal there,
(41:02):
and the children had enough to take home, so that
was good. I see something into my bag as well,
one of the big kids. But yeah, just just a
great place to be and you know, just going over
and then meeting trampers. They would meet trampers on the way.
And one one of the coolest things that I'll remember
from it was we were coming back from the from
one of these walks, the Horseshoe Bay, and you know
(41:25):
there's a few people at the fear of the adults
at the end, and I was Charlie and Charlie and
the kids had gone away ahead of the group and
they were sitting on a swing bridge and they started
singing songs and the music was just lifting up. You know,
we were still in the bush and the sound was
incredible and they were just doing song after song and
it was absolutely brilliant. It was like being in a cathedral.
(41:49):
So yeah, pretty special.
Speaker 1 (41:51):
Just finally, grant you're getting through lambing now by the
sounds of it. But how are ground conditions.
Speaker 9 (41:57):
Well, the ground conditions are. They're not harder and fast,
but will let's say the firm. So the temperature to
day is fourteen degrees, but it doesn't actually feel like
there's a bit of a wind, and it's you know,
it's got the got the jacket on still saw temperags
eleven degrees and but things and that few guys have
(42:18):
been away. It's even greened up. Well it's it's screened
up even more and a little bit more grass growth.
So it's it's looking quite good. And it's always a
good time of the year to if you know, thistles
aren't poking out now. Anything that's poking snows out at
the moments. Few gorse bushes, so we'll get on with
the contract to coming next week for that hopefully. But no,
it's it's it's really it's looking good at the moment.
(42:40):
There's still a lot of water coming out of the
out of the hill various places. Creeks are running cracks
back and running, it running normal. But the water coming
out of the hill that would normally be finished by
how is still running and down the sides of the road.
So yeah, the back on the back side of the
farm there on the Boat Lake flats, it's it's a
little bit wetter over there, but the hell, the hell's
(43:02):
looking good. And what grass is there at the moment,
and you know, it's it's probably the best quality grass
we have at this time of the year because they
haven't seed it or anything like that. And they said
before the thistles aren't poking their ug google heads out,
so it's nice quality feed. And there's getting a little
bit there now in some blocks to such a few
cows around, which i'll get on the next week. So
(43:23):
all and all the lambs that yeah, lambs are looking
good and looks though most us have got at least
one or in a good and two with them, so
said the odd ride bog is skipping around, but we'll
wit dry but generally yeah, looking pretty good. But we
won't count the chickens until they hatch, so which will
be at the end of the month. And we get
(43:44):
full the Prattley's out good on the ground.
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Always got to catch up and glad you enjoyed your
weeke and you enjoy the weekend as well. Eh Oh?
Speaker 9 (43:52):
Do they get up get a bit more sleep? That's
those school teachers do. I know we take the mickey
out of them, but by how you away with those
kids for a week. They're quite noisy at times.
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during the weekend. See you Monday
Friday afternoon, so we catch up once again with Nathan
Abernethy out of Regional Ford Hearing gorg Giday.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nathan here get a indy. Another Friday it is, and
that's not that bad out there. Hopefully the day warms
up as the afternoon goes on like it's perhaps done
for the last couple. But now it look we're into
a new month and looking forward to see what November
can deliver for us. We've got a lot of new
vehicles arriving on tracks and hoping they'll be delivered to
happy customers over the next week or two, with still
(00:28):
plenty more coming so so of course with the volume
of new vehicles going out, we do see a lot
of news vehicles coming in. Still plenty of those coming through.
We've got a lot of Ford Everest still coming through
and a lot going out second hand, I must say,
but yet look a lot of those coming through. Great
time of the year to think about doing something there
those Everest they are a good machine. They're seven seats,
(00:50):
the turbo diesel engines and I then from three point
twenty five cylinder to two liters by turbo four cylinder
diesels as well as of course the three letter V
six model we've got out there as well. We've actually
got some new ones in stock as well, which is
something that I'd have to say we haven't had a
lot of this year that are sitting available. We've got
two up there at the moment and a V six
World Track and a V SX Platinum. But look plenty
(01:12):
of good Ford Ranger and all price brackets. So if
there's something in particular you're looking for and don't forget
just on that used lot. It's not only Ford, we've
got everything. We trade all brands and so we've got
anything out there from it's Abishi to Toy to Highlucks
to hold in Colorado and a few other brands as well.
So come in and talk to us finance. We can
(01:33):
make that really easy and do it on the spot
and have your drive away for the weekend. So as
always here till after five today. Doors will be open
tomorrow morning at have past nine, but feel free to
pick up the phone if there's anything we can do
with newer used vehicles servicing our parts.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Good on and it's always good to catch up.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Thanks Andy, Good afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hakanui.
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the next couple of weeks here on the Muster, talking
about how they negate their way through a crisis. As
we've seen with the weather, it's put a spatter in
the works regarding the way that the work's been get
going or happening on farm at the moment. So we're
catching up with Steve Henderson this afternoon, dairy farmer at Alua.
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He took a hat in the winds a couple of
weeks ago, and of course the segment as well, proudly
sponsored by Community Trusts South. Steve Henderson, welcome to the
Muster once again.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
And he has things up there.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, pretty good. Firstly, whoever's yelling at those heifers in
the background, they've got a good set of lungs on them.
I don't know if people can hear it, but I
certainly heard it. Just before we.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Needed that intro your head on the ghetto blaster that
would get the heath comming through the race. But no, no,
there were a few people that they know Sam Withers
and they'll know her voice and let at her just
lean on the front of a look.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Like I do nothing, No shout out Sam Withers. Literally
there's a hell of a set of lungs. Hey steve
the situation there at ab though two weeks on. Will
firstly tell people how it was to how it is now.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
So yes, the same old stories as most people in Southland.
We were chipping away on that Thursday and knew that
was something something was sort of in the forecast, and
what we got was not what we thought we were
going to get. It was probably ten times worse than
what we thought. And we had a bit of rain
laced with it too, so that that sort of got
(06:15):
the momentum of trees falling down.
Speaker 6 (06:17):
A bit quicker with a bit of water with.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Added to the wind. So that thirst afternoon we were
actually heard testing. So I had got a generator of
the day before, just looking at the winds going. Anybody
that's tested before knows you don't want to be can
pumped the shut down halfway through that, so we'd actually, yeah,
right there, wrong, We've got a generator the day before.
So we had that generator for six or seven days
(06:42):
Peer and the cow shed and hung around the district
pair and a few other sheds, and I think it
was just busy. It was just busy at that point
in time. And then it's not told me now you go,
holy shit, there will.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
A fee, But go, I mean, you've managed to get
through the last couple of weeks pretty well, little things considered.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Would you say, yeah, I think we have.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
I think we have. And yeast we hit a bit
of wind and a bit of trees on fences, and
you know that's where a big shad out comes up
for neighbors. And and actually a few local unifellows and
some of the actually weren't actually the local. They come
across and cut trees down and got them off fences
and got pay back on and that was just one
thing we didn't have to worry about. It was enough
(07:20):
to wear, you know, controlling your flunt control and water
for KALs, milking kales and pair. So you had enough
on your plate anyway. They'd loaned them trees off fences
and oightening lines up. So yeah, we had pretty very
good support crew down here. And I just chipped in
and got her dam and now we've just got the
quantity of trees to burn and make a cap as
(07:41):
to fence off because we're just I oil obviously, and
we're extremely weak at that point in time too. And
we had hit a bit of hand and see eighty
miles of grain for October, so that were fading out
and you're trying to do all those other bits and pieces. Yeah,
it did create a bit of a go a head out,
just had the trioch things and the most important thing
(08:02):
at that point in time, and you look back now
and go, yeah.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
What is she?
Speaker 8 (08:06):
Quite dizzy?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
So how's production being?
Speaker 5 (08:10):
We were we were trucking along pretty bloody good, like
I remember sending a message out to our staff. It
must have been four weeks ago that yep or two
and the cards sitting down hitting residuals, still temperatures on
a rising plane. Lookout here we come type of thing.
And then it probably wasn't a week later that we
got wet, started feeding out and yeah, the cows are
(08:32):
just plaut owed. But if we can hold this this
it's not.
Speaker 8 (08:36):
Really a peak.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Now we can hold this plato. Yeah, we'll get out
of the back of October. Okay, we won't see any
records obviously, but chasti qualities back there now and we've
taken all supplements out, so yeah, yeah, so count it
obviously spiked and we've built them. Yeah, once a day
it's spiked, but we're at the back of it. We
(08:57):
actually haven't had many cases of messtitis, so that that
is one one blessing.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So in general, though, Steve, you haven't had to change
the way you're farmed as a result. It's just a
matter of getting doing them being necessities in order to
keep the girls milking.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
Yep, yeah, did right now. We don't have to change
too much. And you know, looking at next year, ten
years time, would we change and it's a different to
be set up, And I would say probably no, we haven't.
Don't we don't own a generator. Maybe that's an option
that we do own one, just being that close to ten.
We just hire them when we need them. So I
suppose both years were jacked up with plugs and cords
(09:37):
and you can rewire a plug to suit the amps
that are coming out just to make it work. But yeah,
probably probably approaching the generator like the rest of South
and then Saptataga will do. But I then it's only
a one off. Hasn't happened since probably ninety seven through
that Gorge Road area. So no, I think as a
whole we won't change much. But you just get really
(09:58):
good at your like I say, the tree agent thing,
and that's not important that it is important. Just get
that done and carry on.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Community events are up and running. You've got one around
your neck of the woods. This evening too.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
Here we do yep, yep at the old Wooden Hall.
So now we'll cruise down there with the kids and
catch up with the neighbors again and yep, they have
a barbecue and thank everybody for what they've done, and
we'll just have a conversation very similar to this. And yeah,
it's just a good effort and it's probably more exciting
that they're actually getting around, you know, the smaller communities too.
(10:29):
They're not doing them too far afield. So yep, we'll
finished milking you king work out there for a couple
of years or an air call and say good ay
and carry on. So yeah, bringing the scale down to
just smaller events I think is pretty good out effect
of us.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
So have you been keeping in touch with your mates
in the life to see how they're getting on through
this process.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
Yeah, it actually it actually was very similar to the
COVID scenario. The farm team become really close because we
didn't a pair to go back to the house, so
we just said the casually and bought the jug and
use the for and all those sorts of things. And
with that many people dropping off food, that headpare to
keep the staff and after feed. It was pretty unreal.
(11:08):
And the neighbors were very similar. So now we keep
in contact and through that whole period, everybody knew how
each other was going, and you would go down the
end of the road to make sure they had a
generator or they have milked, and if they haven't, do
your best to get one. So now as a small community,
everybody knew what was going on, and everybody just touched on.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Yeah, no great focus. You put on things as per usual, Steve,
And for goodness sake, save for Sam's voice, go down
and get us some Hell's bows or something, will.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
You anyone that knows drafts and here as you can
only use that work trip once. So yeah, it's obviously
same as worse today and luckily it is the last day,
I said.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Steve Henderson, always appreciate your time on the master wise
words as per usual.
Speaker 8 (11:53):
That works.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Thanks any.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Steve Henderson in their segment today. Thanks for the South
and Rural Support Trusts regarding mindset just looking after yourselves
and your staff and the farm after an adverse weather event.
Shout out the Community Trust South as well. Jamie McKay
is up next and the Country Crossover. You're listening to
the musta. That's time for the Country Crossover. The hosts
(12:31):
of the Country Jamie McKay joins us once again. Good afternoon, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Yeah, Good afternoon, Andy. Good to have your back and
the driver's seat.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Had a weekend away up in the Hawk's Bay last weekend.
I tell you what, I'm surprised he's not a statue
of you at the airport when you'd fly into town there,
because it seems to be quite a following for Jamie
McKay up in that region. Dar, I say it, And
what region?
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Hawks By, Yah, Hawk's Bay, Napier, Heavlock North. Yes, no
one ever, No one's ever told me that's very flattering.
I'll give you half an hour to stop that flattering, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
And I'll take the other quarter of them. How to
ask you about any barbecues you going to this weekend.
Of course you use this the other day, this phrase
about the glass barbecue coming through in a text, and
you had no idea that it was a reference to
myth Empetamine.
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Well, I mean, when when have I come across across
myth in my life and have put that out there?
Speaker 7 (13:23):
I mean, I'm from Riversdale.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
As I said, the only glass that I dealt with
as a youngster satan was a jug in the pub.
I don't know about Balfa and bellclother you buggers probably
were smoking up big time or snorting. I don't know
what you were doing. It didn't do your rugby much good.
But anyhow, on Riversdale, our only vice was the brown
stuff and monteur. It was dB draft, which is I
(13:45):
think I would choke on it now, To be perfectly honest,
I'm wow.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Maybe a snob?
Speaker 7 (13:49):
No, No, I'm an Emerson's man through and through.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
So nothing wrong with Vemicin's. But there's nothing wrong with dB.
That mean deserves a dB.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Okay, Well, anyhow, I think your tastes mature as you
get older.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
That's debatable. But I tell you who deserves a dB though, Jamie.
I spoke to Paul Blue from power It on the
show yesterday, Powering It. They're pretty well. There's still a
few people without power, we understand, but from where it
was a couple of weeks ago to now, those guys
have done an outstanding job.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Oh absolutely, And they've come from all over the country.
They've been working right around the clock. They had they've
never faced anything like this before, and he's done a
great job. And yeah, I think there's so many people.
I mean, what are we now, two weeks, two weeks
and one day on from the big wind event. Some
people still haven't got power, as you said, which is
(14:37):
almost unbelievable. But with the amount of damage, the amount
of work that's been done in those two weeks is
absolutely amazing. And Andy, I think it's it's brought out
the best and people as well. You sometimes crises or
tough times bring out the best in human nature and
people pitch in and help other people. Because it's my
(14:59):
dear old lif mum used to say, there's always someone
worse off than yourself.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
And that's pretty much the way it's been over the
past couple of weeks. You just need to make things work,
work with your neighbors, work with your mates. I tell
you off, I've never seen so many generators on trailers
before either, No.
Speaker 7 (15:16):
Had that.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
We've had that discussion on our dairy farming operation. I
think there's definitely going to be a lot of generators bought.
They may not be for a farm, they may be
shared between two or three farms. But I mean, whether
you believe it or not, I think climate extremes or
more extremities in the weather are here. This has happened
(15:38):
this year. There's nothing to say it won't happen again
next year. Heaven forbid if it does. But people need
to be prepared. And you know, when you live out
in the country, you know the power going off is
not an unusual event. It certainly wasn't when I lived
in the country as opposed to living in a metropolitan
area like the Need and it never goes off. I
think a generator, even if it's just a wee honded
(15:59):
you generator or something from you and Alan Honda shamelessly
just just to power you know, your housho.
Speaker 7 (16:06):
So you can make a cup of tea.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
South and District Mayor Rob Scott's come out saying the
government needs to contribute more than one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars that has gone towards the maor Relief Fund,
saying it's not adequate considering its two percent of the
population producing fifteen percent of the country's GDP. And yet
we give money to go overseas. Do you agree with.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
That country's overseas? And charity begins at home And I'm
with Rob Scott. Don't know the bloke, andy, but I
like the cut of his jib, and I reckon. He's
bang on also about the future of local authorities in
South and looks sorry Gore District Council, but you're not
big enough to be a separate entity. The same with
(16:48):
Clutha District. We need some amalgamations. We need less local
body politicians and less local body authorities.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
But anyhow, he's bang on.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
And I see the government that I'm going to have
a crack at lux And next week and I chat
to them, are giving six million out of the tourism
fund so we can get some toffee nosed twat to
come along and present Michelin stars. Well yeah, that's not
that's fine and dandy, but I mean, let's start as
Luxon says, with the must haves, not the nice to haves,
(17:17):
and Rob Scott is dead right. For a region that's
as economically important to our economy as the South South
and Southwest Otago, one hundred and fifty dollars is a
bit of a one hundred and fifty thousand dollars should
I say? I think it's it's just a token gesture.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Well, the next thing you're going to tell me is
if you want fine dining in Dneda and you simply
go to Emerson's right.
Speaker 7 (17:41):
Well, their thrice cooked chips.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
I was about to say that chips.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
Yeah, we look, they may not be good for the waistline, Andy,
but they're damn good. And Emerson's is obviously going to
be doing a roaring trade this weekend with the.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
Bear fest on.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
So yeah, although I must say, I'll give you a
week clue the cheap and chairful Japanese it's called kimone
up in Roslind Village, just down the road from where
I live. As good as any, But there you go.
That's just that's a dining tip from me. If you're
in Dunedin, how would.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
You say, chrystalher Luxon's going at the moment.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
Look largely, I think he's doing not a bad job.
His problem is excuse me, he's no John Key or
Heaven helped me. Just send a dern in front of
the camera. And therein lies the problem his two coalition partners,
excuse me, Andy coffee coming back up on regurgitating on it.
Speaker 7 (18:37):
I am getting old, yes I am. I am.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Indeed, I'm a pensioner. Should I should be buying McDonald
three dollars coffee instead of paying six dollars fifty? Anyhow,
what was I saying? His coalition partners, and we had
Winston on yesterday. I don't know whether your cought it.
That was fun and Seymour honestly that it's like I
liken it to the farm scenario, the analogy. You know
(19:00):
how you've got a good dog and it's jumping over
the fence, the barbed wire fence, and it gets tangled up.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
In the fence.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Yes, have you ever seen that? And it's just the
natural wolf and dogs. And even though your dogs can
be best mates, if they see another dog in distress,
therein they're in.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
For the kill. And I feel that's a very clumsy.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
Analogy for what's happening with the coalition, and I think
as we near the election, we've got a year to go.
Now that Winston has freed himself of the Deputy prime
minister's job, you're going to see him come out and
be more combative. He's already corrected Christopher Luxen on social
media about the io Wee thing. Same with Seymour. They're
(19:42):
going to try and cannibalize his votes or the national vote.
So I have no doubt with the economy turning that
we're going to get a coalition government back. But my
take on it a year out Andy would be that
New Zealand First is a double digit party and I
think ACT will be very close to that as well.
And if that happens, that could leave National with I
(20:03):
don't know, high twenties or something like that, so with
less power. That's how I read it. I cannot see
for the life for me well, and Chippy can't form it.
The only way Chippy can form a government is if
Winston has a change of heart. And if Winston does that,
I'll never speak to him again. But to Party, Maury
are just a side show. It's a circus, an absolute circus.
(20:27):
They're imploding there is no pathway for Chippy or a
center left government to govern next year.
Speaker 7 (20:33):
God help us if they do.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Andy just quickly to wrap up the ull Backs against Scotland.
We've never lost to Scotland. We've drawn a couple of times.
This is a potential banana skin game for the Avs.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
I reckon, yeah, and scott I'm just looking at the
teams now, but I look through the I didn't really
follow the Lions tour that closely.
Speaker 7 (20:52):
In Australia.
Speaker 4 (20:54):
There's definitely some Lions backs and there thin Russell's are
arguably the best first five in the world.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
But I don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:04):
I just don't see that many household rugby names on
the Scottish side. They tell me they're good, they're well coached.
I like the look Andy of the All Black side.
I really like Quintepia and Lester Fayanganuku. In the midfield.
You've got the Bruce brothers there. And this is my point,
I would be very tempted because I'm a Jordy Barrett
(21:25):
fan as well. If I was running the All Blacks,
I'd chuck them back to fullback. Sorry, Will Jordan, You're
brilliant at fullback, but you're also brilliant on the wing.
So I've got Jordy at fullback, Will on one wing,
Leroy Carter on the other. I love Leroy those two,
and then you've got a back line with some punch.
(21:45):
I think that this could be. This could be a
midfield pairing for the Rugby World Cup.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Jamie McKay will leave it. They're happy barbecuing outside of
that bit of state this week, do right, Andy, Jamie
McKay and the Country Crossover. This is a muster up.
Next back to normality, we should catch up with Andrew
Cochran Out of Any Fits.
Speaker 6 (22:14):
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Speaker 1 (22:20):
No gimmicks, no patience, total cares. Andrew Cochrane out of
any his fits and Riversdale joins us this afternoon. Andrew,
good afternoon. Look, it's been a hectic couple of weeks.
We spoke to see Steve Henderson earlier in the year.
We've teamed up with Self and Real Support Trust many
thanks to Community Trust South as well. We're talking about
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the mindset after an event like this. But you guys
being involved in the veterinary game, you'll have a different
viewpoint regarding animal husbandry with an event like this has
been and gone.
Speaker 6 (22:53):
Yeah, Andy, I guess most of our concerns were at
the time of the event, and particularly around an ability
to milk the cows and stockwater. They were major concerns.
And now that we've got power restored to most or
those that are still without power have certainly got systems
(23:14):
in place with generators, most of those concerns have been alleviated.
So what had we certainly saw was a spike and
somitic foul counts and an increase in the cases of masstitis,
a febit of cow discomfort initially until they could get milk.
But all of those things seem to have come right.
We've seen sel camps drop in most cases. Concerns around
(23:37):
water were real, and a lot of people were certainly
focused on getting power to the shed so they could
milk the cows, which was certainly important, but we're finding
that that didn't the water situation. That was a separate
pump that needed a separate generator, and there were some
concerns around that and what I think needs to be stressed.
(23:58):
I guess, particularly at peak leation with airy cows is
their water demand is very high, and we can see
impacts on their welfare and health in the short term
around dehydration. But if they've got an extended period without
water and then are given free access to water when
that comes back on, we can actually see deaths as
(24:19):
a result of that, and so basically water intoxication, which
is a result of the impact it has on the
salt and the blood. But we can see cows die
as a result of giving them a whole lot of
water after a period without water, so that can be
a real concern if they do go long periods.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
So in general people have seened with coked not too
bad or things considered.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
I think so. I mean it was certainly stressful for
a lot of people, but yeah, farmers are very resilient
in most cases, and I think now getting around the
traps and talking to farmers there's been a good chance
to reflect. I think a lot of farmers have. There's
been a good a wake up some extent to see
how resilient their business is. And I think we're setting
(25:04):
a lot of generators purchased and ordered to avoid this
happening again, and hopefully we won't need them, but at
least then they're they're there if it does happen. We
were a little bit lucky. I think in most cases
that mating hadn't started for most particularly in dairy cows,
and we're certainly seeing that with the color technology, no
tail paint on cows, all of a sudden, without power,
(25:25):
we weren't able to draft or identify those cows on heat.
So we were lucky that we weren't actually in the
feck of mating. I have heard of a couple of
instances where synchrony programs for non cyclist had started and
they weren't able to draft those cows for mating, and
they had to start the program all over. So again,
I think it's worth considering backup systems for when that
might happen, whether that is just generators and making sure
(25:48):
that we can get Wi Fi as part of that
so that those cows can be identified and drafted. But
could have been a lot worse if we'd had the
parentage this week. It would have had a huge disruption
with AI programs and synchrony programs. We're a little bit
lucky there, but certainly yep, we're flat out into the
non cycling programs. We're seeing, you know a lot of
farmers take that up. Obviously in a payout year like
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we've got, the return on investment is pretty significant, so
it's worth doing something for those non cycling cows. And
we are doing a few non synchrony programs AI programs
and beef cows too, so they're underway as well.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Velveting and dere that's happening at the moment. Speaking to
Warren Ross yesterday, he was right in the middle of it.
So just that time of year, it comes around quickly,
right it does.
Speaker 6 (26:32):
It always thinks up on us. And so yep, we're
seeing a wee bit of the velveting happening through our
books and our vets that are involved in the supervisory
visits are getting booked up for them too. So probably
just a reminder of those farmers that haven't booked our
supervisory yet to get that sorted so that you can
continue to do what you do on farm.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Tailing's flat out at the moment. A lot of lambs
aren't tailed normally, a lot of it's up to date
by now, Andrew, is there a temptation there that leave
the tailing, just leave to lead the tails on the
animals and go through maybe give them a scratch and
of B twelve.
Speaker 6 (27:05):
There's there's certainly been chatted around that, and I think
we'll see more of it, as if we see laws
come into place around pain relief for tailing, I think
we'll see more and more tales left on to avoid that,
particularly those terminal lambs that are going to be going
at weaning. But no, not at the stage, not that
I've heard, but yes, people are a bit behind on tailing.
Is a bit of catch up to happen, but yeah,
(27:27):
I think that it is getting done. We're starting to
see now some questions around lamb drenching and obviously weaning
is the mile away. There was a really good video
on the Wormwise Facebook page around lamb drenching and particularly
those really early drenches and in particular around docking and
tailing time, and generally the advice is not to just
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keeping in mind that you know, pre weening drenches came
into vogue and were necessary as a result of weaning
lambs reasonably late. A lot of lambs were weaned post Christmas,
and so the advice was a pre weening drench in December,
it's necessary now we're seeing more and more lambs drenched
ween sorry in early December, even late November, and a
(28:09):
pre weening drench a month before that sort of now
isn't necessary all the time, and so I would just
advise farmers to think about whether or not that pre
weening drench is necessary use secretly accounts as part of
that conversation. We can see lambs get a little bit
dirty now or even in the last month, but often
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that is from a worm that that lambs get immunity
to very early. So a worm that's a little bit
different to our normal ones. They can often pick up
from their mums milk or from their mum's udder, and
they get immunity by six sort of weeks of age.
So even if they are a little bit dirty in
around tailing time, that often cleans up and dries up
on its own without the need for a drench, So
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just talk to your vet. I think we're still seeing
lambs that are often drenched too early, although in this year,
with partial covers like they are, it may necessitate some
early drenching. Because pasture covers are low, wel can take
from muma's going to be low, so lambs are going
to be eating more pasture.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Yeah. Just regarding the feed situation, just what are you saying?
Is it pretty low in a lot of places, Yes.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
And across the board. So we've certainly talking to dairy
farmers that are that are well behind and paddocks that
they've shut up for bailage and silage. Pasture covers are
certainly recovering this week, which is great, but because we
need grass to grow, grass and covers have been low,
particularly on our sheep farms. They're not jumping out of
the ground as quick as we'd like. So yeah, hopefully
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that will continue to improve and we'll see some growth.
Quality of pasture is going to be good, but certainly
quantity is behind it, and it may be a good
conversation around early weaning again like we did with last
year's use. If pasture covers are low, use aren't milking well,
it might be worthwhile considering weaning those us and lands
a little bit earlier.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Andrew to get in touch with the team at Northern
South on VITZ. What's the best way?
Speaker 6 (29:55):
Yeah, three two o two five six three Sex here
in Riversdale and for the Tianeal Vitz three two four
nine seven zero three nine. We are sort of getting
a little bit quieter as we head towards Christmas and
come out of these syncrety programs, so they should be
gits around and we're more than happy to have a question.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Good on Andrew, always appreciate your time. Awesome thanks Andy,
Andrew Cochrane have been his fits animal health advisors to
the muster up next Phil Duncan of weather Watch them
before the end of the hour, Grant McMaster of closer
in station.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Down there.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Then the wind sweep you welcome? Did you plan again
the chairs? This is the muster on HACKNOI once again
we catch up with Full Duncan out of weather Watch,
(30:55):
Check Death Texas and Alana Smyris sat on a Friday afternoon,
Phil Duncan, Good afternoon.
Speaker 8 (31:05):
Good afternoon. Good to be windy again.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Yeah, we ever spoken for a couple of weeks, and
in those few weeks that have passed so where there's
been pretty heaviest down here with these wins. What are
we seeing over the next seven days? Straight off the bat.
Speaker 8 (31:18):
I actually had a complaint last night from someone just
north of you near Roxbury actually and saying how it's
been a little bit windy lately, and I was saying,
I think there's a change coming over the next couple
of days, but you might just have to get through
two more days and then we do see those winds easing.
So yeah, a little bit windy today and probably a
little bit windyer tomorrow. Big nor wester are cranking up tomorrow.
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I shouldn't say big, but a nor wester is cranking up,
so they could be dusts just getting into gale force
in some areas. I think after the winds you've just had,
it probably won't cause too many problems because whatever branches
and trees were going to come down, they probably would
have done it. But you never know. Loose branches that
were broken from the last event, I might fall off
here and there, But I don't really expect tomorrow to
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be a major day. And then after that, apart from
a little bit of a westerly that just might pop
up every now and then, we got some really calm
days coming up, especially going into next to the start
of next week and through next week. So there's some
good news on the wind perspective, but just today tomorrow
is still a bit windy.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
Were you surprised at how severe those ones were?
Speaker 8 (32:23):
Yeah, I was, Yep, yep, I was. The storm itself
was a little bit unusual because we don't often get
a low that's right over Stuart Island and then the
squash zone is over Fovo straight in Southland that I've
seen it happen a couple of times before, but not
as intense as that. And the last time I saw that,
which would have been at least I want to say,
several years ago, if not ten fifteen years ago, was
(32:46):
a storm that developed just off the coast of the
Catlands and it drove in a really strong hurricane force wind,
but most of that hit Otago Peninsula, went northwards up
the coast, it didn't really come into Southland that much. So, yeah,
this one was a little different from the six just
from its placement, but because it moved through so fast
and dis didn't linger, and that's why the damage was lucky.
(33:06):
I mean, I know that sounds weird to say, but
if that storm had just stalled there for a few hours,
it would have been a very very different situation.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
So we're going to see a bit more of a
settled late spring system for the rest of the month,
would you say, Yeah, So, what's going on?
Speaker 8 (33:22):
Is like to look at what's taepening in Southland. I
think it's good to look at what's going on in
Australia and the southeast corner of Australia in particular, where
you're sharing the same weather pattern as them. Although Southland
has had a far better start to November than Kasmania
and Victoria have had. They've had widespread cold blasts and
thunderstorms and all sorts of stuff, whereas Southland's had a
(33:43):
bit of a breather even though it's not perfect yet.
We haven't been seen the severe weather in the cold stuff.
But they've got a big cold blast coming in the
start of next week and I think that has going
to affect down whether at the start of next week
as well, not not in a major way, but Monday
we do see a burst of rain coming through and
maybe sort of thirteen fifteen millimeters on the way, might
(34:05):
be a couple of isolated thunderstorms, and the temperatures drop
a tiny bit, not by day though only by nighttime,
so the overnight lows tonight eleven Sunday night at thirteen.
But next week we've got five sixes and sevens, so
the temperatures drop by nighttime, but the daytime high is
(34:25):
pretty consistent between sort of eighteen and twenty degrees right
through until the end of next week, and that's when
it looks like our next cold snack comes in. Where
Friday next week we're going to high fourteen and Saturday
next weekend a high of twelve with a few showers around.
So that's the only really cold bit. Is a week
away really coming up?
Speaker 1 (34:45):
Is it time to pack the fire up for the year,
or is that a bit preemptive?
Speaker 8 (34:49):
You know, seeing a high of twelve and a low
of five eight days away from now makes me think
maybe just hold on a little bit longer, because you know,
that's cold. Want to be sitting in the house when
it's been twelve degrees all day outside, that'll be a
bit cold. So yeah, you might might just want to
keep it around for a little bit longer. I think,
you know, a lot of people are asking me what
(35:10):
some are going to be, like, you know, Laminia and
all these things. I still see the Southern Ocean being
the most energetic weather force we've got in the entire
southern hemisphere at the moment. So because of that, I
don't see the spring pattern just suddenly ending, despite the
fact that around many parts of New Zealand today it's
like much, especially around the east of the north of
(35:30):
the country, where it's twenty five twenty eight degrees today
as it was yesterday and the day before, like December
temperatures at the start of November. But I do still
think that's a bit of a blip, and we're still
going to be getting westerlies and southwesterlies probably right through
into December this year. And so give it, give me
a few more weeks end of November, because by then
I'll be able to say if that westerly is still
(35:52):
showing up, then then it's probably safe to say it
will carry on into January. But for now we're just
waiting to find out if if we go to see
a bit of a break. We are seeing some changes
in Australia. They are getting longer stretches of dry and
fewer blasts of cold weather, but they're still getting the
polar boundary, which you're not getting this week. The polar
(36:12):
boundaries coming into Victoria to Melbourne, which is a lot
further north than south members beginning that at least two
times in the next seven days, So very very unsettled
stormy pattern around Antarctica. And I'll just end it on
this bit. Like as far as the Antarctic weather is concerned,
I talked about that sudden stratospheric warming that happened over
(36:33):
Antarctica back in winter. Really simple way of looking at
it is we all understand what a solar flare is, right,
sun gigantic thing and a soul of flair will burst
out of it from one part. Well, we get these
polar flares that are kind of similar. So around Antarctica
every now and then you'll get a burst of cold
weather coming out. And so these polar flares I call
(36:55):
them have been hitting Australia and missing New Zealand and
so that's just luck of the draw. And so to me,
it's just a matter of time before we get our
next one. And it does look as though maybe the
end of next week we might get one of those
polar flares where we get a burst of wintry weather
coming back in. But in the spring style, it shouldn't
last more than a day or two.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
So Dugin of weather Watch, always appreciating your time on
the muster, and you enjoy the weekend, sir.
Speaker 8 (37:18):
Cheers buddy, you too the wind sweep.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
You so duging of weather Watch. Before we wrap up
for the week here on the Muster Grant Disaster MAC
Master at a close Friends station.
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Back to thee.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
Thanks to Abi Rha, we catch up with the Great
Disaster mc master once again on the on the Muster
Good Afternoon Disaster. How are you get after?
Speaker 9 (37:46):
And Andy?
Speaker 8 (37:46):
Good up?
Speaker 1 (37:46):
And everybody sounds like you've had a pretty good week.
Speaker 9 (37:50):
Yeah, I've had a great week. And I was lucky
enough to go with one of my grandsons whoes at
school at Lawrence, went with the Lance for one and
two children down to Stuart Island, went down on Monday
and came back yesterday. So I'm not sure what formed
one on tour is in a new sense, but yeah,
it was. It was a great trip, and you get
away with kids like that, and I actually sort of
(38:12):
thought all my school trips were over, and a lot
of people will be agreeing with that, but you know,
I remember as a young fellow going into Deep Cove,
and I think it was nineteen seventy. We went and
stayed in there, and I was in there on school
trips with our children, and yeah, and you know we're
pretty bloom and lucky in Otago and South and with
the areas we can give kids options to go to,
(38:35):
you know, likes of Deep Cove born in Large Stuart Islands,
you know, so it's so close to where we live
and they're great places to go. So yeah, I thoroughly
enjoyed that. And you know it's great to see get
away with those young kids. And you sort of think
of here about the youths today, but you get those
kids and you know, you can certainly see tomorrow's leaders
(38:56):
and amongst a group of children, and they, you know,
country kids as well, get into it. Mukan and yeah,
there was there were no fights or tears or anything
like that. Everybody enjoyed it and yeah we had time.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Were you pretty handy as the chief?
Speaker 9 (39:12):
Oh yeah, yeah, well I was pretty handy on those dishes.
Actually we had seen it from Ryan's one of the mothers.
She was, she was, she was the good sea was
the clock and we just kept the dishes out of
the way and things like that. So no, it was good,
you know, and you know those school trips they bring
a bit of money into districts and you know, with
Stewart Island you get you know, the ferry over and
(39:33):
back we went out fishing.
Speaker 2 (39:35):
You got the you know, you.
Speaker 9 (39:36):
Got your groceries from the from the shop, you get ordered,
you the pre order before you went there. That was
all done, and you know it went out Conning and
Old Island where they you know, the kids had their
books and had to do various things, and being one
of the responsible adults, had to point them in the
right direction. But you know, out of the whole trup,
I think what what the kids looked forward to the
(39:57):
most was every night going down to the wall and
putting the fishing lines in and catching those little dock
stewarts and the little fish like that. You would, you know,
by the shrieks and the rules that went out, you
think they were bloody barlin fishing. But you know it
was a great place to go. And for anybody that's
listening that hasn't been there at all and lives in
their great provinces, they get over there because it's a
(40:17):
pretty special place.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
What's the price of appointing Stuart Island grunt?
Speaker 9 (40:22):
I don't know. I didn't go into the end of
the pub, andy, and you won't catch me on that one.
Speaker 1 (40:28):
Fair enough, mate, it's all about the kids when you're
over there. But you're right about the e events is
if a vescence of youth and just being you know,
the laughing. The lice is just some fictious right, and
just everybody's enjoying being there for the same.
Speaker 9 (40:41):
Thing, oh exactly. And you know, and a good group
of adults that were there, and you know, everything is
one thing in common, you know, basically country people. And yeah,
we had JK. Kenny. He had a bit of diving
gear there, so we got the odd power and some
Kenner and as I said, we got the blue out
of the boat. That had enough for a nice meal there,
(41:02):
and the children had enough to take home, so that
was good. I see something into my bag as well,
one of the big kids. But yeah, just just a
great place to be and you know, just going over
and then meeting trampers. They would meet trampers on the way.
And one one of the coolest things that I'll remember
from it was we were coming back from the from
one of these walks, the Horseshoe Bay, and you know
(41:25):
there's a few people at the fear of the adults
at the end, and I was Charlie and Charlie and
the kids had gone away ahead of the group and
they were sitting on a swing bridge and they started
singing songs and the music was just lifting up. You know,
we were still in the bush and the sound was
incredible and they were just doing song after song and
it was absolutely brilliant. It was like being in a cathedral.
(41:49):
So yeah, pretty special.
Speaker 1 (41:51):
Just finally, grant you're getting through lambing now by the
sounds of it. But how are ground conditions.
Speaker 9 (41:57):
Well, the ground conditions are. They're not harder and fast,
but will let's say the firm. So the temperature to
day is fourteen degrees, but it doesn't actually feel like
there's a bit of a wind, and it's you know,
it's got the got the jacket on still saw temperags
eleven degrees and but things and that few guys have
(42:18):
been away. It's even greened up. Well it's it's screened
up even more and a little bit more grass growth.
So it's it's looking quite good. And it's always a
good time of the year to if you know, thistles
aren't poking out now. Anything that's poking snows out at
the moments. Few gorse bushes, so we'll get on with
the contract to coming next week for that hopefully. But no,
it's it's it's really it's looking good at the moment.
(42:40):
There's still a lot of water coming out of the
out of the hill various places. Creeks are running cracks
back and running, it running normal. But the water coming
out of the hill that would normally be finished by
how is still running and down the sides of the road.
So yeah, the back on the back side of the
farm there on the Boat Lake flats, it's it's a
little bit wetter over there, but the hell, the hell's
(43:02):
looking good. And what grass is there at the moment,
and you know, it's it's probably the best quality grass
we have at this time of the year because they
haven't seed it or anything like that. And they said
before the thistles aren't poking their ug google heads out,
so it's nice quality feed. And there's getting a little
bit there now in some blocks to such a few
cows around, which i'll get on the next week. So
(43:23):
all and all the lambs that yeah, lambs are looking
good and looks though most us have got at least
one or in a good and two with them, so
said the odd ride bog is skipping around, but we'll
wit dry but generally yeah, looking pretty good. But we
won't count the chickens until they hatch, so which will
be at the end of the month. And we get
(43:44):
full the Prattley's out good on the ground.
Speaker 1 (43:47):
Always got to catch up and glad you enjoyed your
weeke and you enjoy the weekend as well. Eh Oh?
Speaker 9 (43:52):
Do they get up get a bit more sleep? That's
those school teachers do. I know we take the mickey
out of them, but by how you away with those
kids for a week. They're quite noisy at times.
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