April 7, 2026 • 46 mins
Andy Muir talks to Andy Dennis, Sam Grant, Dean Rabbidge, Grant McMaster, Keely Buckingham and Mark Calder.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster on Hakanui Andy
Mule here until two o'clock. The show's brought to you
by Peter's Genetics. Welcome along to hubday afternoon on a
shortened week, of course, Southern Anniversary Day was observed yesterday
here at Muster HQ along with the Easter break. Hopefully
it was a good one for you. You managed to have
a few chocolate eggs and hot Cross funds as well
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as suits. So without further ado, we'll crank into the
hour Huey Lewis and the news. The song here the
Power of Love a Mess of hat from nineteen eighty five,
of course, with back to the.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Future Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm tear from
and soft text. The proof is in the progeny tear
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Speaker 1 (00:51):
This afternoon sunny with breezy northeries and twenty Thursday afternoon
showers of breezy or westleyes five and eighteen. Friday sunny
with light easterlyes eight and eighteen, Saturday cloud you have
come variable wins ten and nineteenth and Sunday afternoon shells
like nor Eastleies eight and seventeen. It's pretty dne good
as we work our way through into the middle of April.
So temperature is to hand. Clinton fourteen point four, Herriot
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thirteen northern South and thirteen point five, Riverton fourteen point
fourty now thirteen point three, Tidora fourteen point six, went
in thirteen point one, and Woodlands at thirteen point three.
Quite a bit to get through this sow. We talked
at the fuel price as well. This came through just
before twelve o'clock. Four dollars is now on the cards
as well. It is in a couple of stations here
(01:37):
in Gore. We talked to Sam Grant, Craz's investment partners
about the current situation. We caught it with Sam a
little bit earlier this morning, but nonetheless still quite a
bit to get through there from an economic viewpoint. Eddie
Dennis starts us off of course, farming up at Menapore
and the Sargant Dam farming roundup. Dean Ravage farms at
Glenn and we catch up to see what changes for Dean,
(01:57):
and we ask him the question regarding his vehicle use
given the way the fuel prices are great disaster McMaster
gives us a world famous dog driving results and Kelly Buckingham,
Dary and z joins us as well to wrap up
the hour, starting it off shortly though with Mark calling
out of PGG Writes and talking about the Burcluther sail
that was how this morning. Then we'll crack into it
(02:18):
with Eddie Dennis, Andy Dennis farms at Manapouri and joins
us in Sergeant Dan Farming around thanks to Sergeant Dan
Stock Foods based here and Gore Kak. Good afternoon. Has
been a long weekend, not that it means not that
(02:40):
it means much on the ranch.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
No, We've I've had you could call it a constructive weekend.
We're been here, there and everywhere, just ticking off jobs. Yeah,
dog trolls on Friday Saturday, so there's always those jobs.
Tidy up and waterproofs and few roofs and set up
pens and just sort of taken off some last minute
stuff which is good. So yeah, no, but really good,
(03:05):
lovely weekend actually in South when it was good. Now
we're we're getting rains just when we need them and
a bit of hate in the meantime and things are
things are looking really good. Yeah. Tianna hosted Birchwood Hunts
one hundred and forty year sort of reunion, well reunion
or celebration over the weekend. So yeah, there was a
(03:25):
few a few around up for that and there was
a hound show and a couple of different hunts on
different farms, and yeah, I think, I think, yeah, it
can be congratulated at that club, just lasting one hundred
and forty years and put it on a really good weekend,
a really fantastic weekend.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Yeah, absolutely a hunt club as well. Not something you
really think too much about, but yeah, these things have
got a lot of history behind them. They do.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Know.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I've never had a lot to do with Birchwood, but yeah,
I helped out on a couple of things and you
can see the history and yeah, the young people looking
after the hounds and riding the horses. At the moment,
it's it's got a it's got a good few years
left in it to another one hundred and forty years too.
So that's really good to see when young clubs have good,
(04:12):
good youth and good people coming through doing a good job.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, two good pointers. It took away from the base
of the weekend, cacking avy amount of tourists around tiamiw
and be the way the weather is playing ball.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, and I was still really busy. Yeah, like you
think of this price of price of fuel and oil,
things would be starting to slow down. But whether I
don't know, they've realized or they're not sure if they
want to go home yet or if they can afford
to go home, we might have some overstakes. Maybe I
don't know, but yeah, no, Tiana is still just humming
(04:45):
away really good. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So on the farm, though, you're getting into autumn mode properly,
I'd imagine, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
We are some stay some rams went out on Sunday
and then we're winning some calves today and yeah they'll
be all off farm and and now just sort of yeah,
really sort of starting to tick an autumn mode and
trying to get you know, just lift the use and
get some lambs out of the gate, make some room
and no, but no, look you can't you can't beat
(05:14):
it when it's been an autumn. Like we hear by
one thing I've had as good an autumn here, and
it's it's it's really nice. It's good for the good
for the mind as well, just to have a couple
of months to catch up and know you're going into winter.
Well a whole lot easier than last year, that's for sure, Andy.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
So all the lambs are right of the works that
need to be you get them through.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, there must be still sort of a thousand and
fifteen hundred and fifteen hundred on farms, so but they're
moving fast now, so that's good. And yeah, we'll just
keep them going out the gate and make sure we're
pushing enough feed in front of us. Really, yeah, that's good.
Let's schedule everything sort of had a bit of a drop,
but we're lucky for so long. It had to go
at some stage. And there's a lot of unknown currently,
(05:55):
isn't there. It's going to get a weave, it scary,
So yeah, I think most people will we send them
out the gate as sort of as fast as they can. Really. Yeah,
at the moment, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
You talk about things being positive at the moment, you're
sounding pretty chip in the current time, so i'll give
you that.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Well, it's chipper until you have to fill up the
prado twice twice in two days. And yeah, you certainly
notice it then, especially when there was a bloody forty
three forty forty increase overnight.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
But Yeah, it's just.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
One of those uncontrollables, isn't it? Like we were good
old farming, She's a fickle beast. Where we were lining
to be sort of one of the best seasons that
anyone could remember price wise, and then you get this
sort of towards the tile end of the Season's there's
always something, isn't he In farming, always something guaranteed. So yeah,
we'll be making sure there's enough in the pot to
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put the ferret on and and spread the frret.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
That'll be.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
That'll be the sort of expensive part, won't it.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Yeah, So as far as your feel costs, are you
doing anything to alleviate it or is it a case
of it is what it is?
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Even think some ground that needs to be We'll just
have to judge. I've got plenty of crop like breastkas
in the ground, which is key, and hopefully if we
have to if there is major shortages, well one, you
hope they look after the egg industry first, but if
we've got to do more feeding out, well it might
(07:19):
be a case of bigger breaks on crop and less
bales going out. So yeah, we'll just have to manage
that one as it goes.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Really, Yeah, now the dog trials scene. Dis Us is
coming up later on in the Yellow with his world
famous results kicker. But it's a big weekend a couple
of weeks up there.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I've never haven't heard him this year. Hopefully you've got
a great name for me.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
No, it'll be right, I'll ask him.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Yeah, No, I.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Don't don't even don't give him any more inmadean anybody
needs to be fair.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
No, Yeah, so club trial mayor are club trills this
Friday Saturday, there will be a lot of people coming
to look Obviously, when we're hosting the South Holand Chance
later in the year, we should be in for a
busy few days.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
But yeah, if you only need one point in seething
to qualify, so if you haven't yet, make sure we
get into a few and suddenly it's towards the end
of the season. So but yeah, South Holland Chance kick
off fourth of May. They'll run that week following duck shooting.
So if you need here of a dog after the
duck shooting opening, come come up to me error and
(08:25):
have a look around. And yeah, definitely definitely the runoffs
toward teams of the week Thursday Friday will be well
well and true worth of look, so yeah, come along
and have a meal and have it be here and yeah,
just go in to wonder in a good state I suppose.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Yeah, just put in the context what it means for
a club like Mari Ralla to be hosting the South Islands.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Well, it's only it's it's every five years South and
either hosts the South Island Champs or the Nationals in
conjunction with the South Oland Champs, so it doesn't come
along often. So it's it takes your club has got
to be in a really good spot with people and
boots on the ground and you know, like sheep had
(09:09):
to be top notch and courses have to be tidy
and everything has to be kicked away. So it is
hard to line it all up. But when you set
yourself that goal of doing it. You know, we're having
busy the last few months that things are clicking in
the place, but like we'll be looking at it could
be one hundred and fifty competitors turner competitors from across
New Zealand coming so it could be sort of turning
(09:32):
fifty three hundred dogs that run. So yeah, it's a
thousand sheep per a course and quite a busy odd week,
but it's it's yeah, when you're president of a club,
it's great when you see young people sort of stepping
up and and you know, being proud of your club
and putting it in those airs to make some picks
are ticked away. So where're we're looking forward to it.
(09:57):
We're a weaven nervous, but nowhere we're going to really
enjoy it when it's when it's up and running, it's
for sure, and everyone needs to come up and seek it.
If you haven't been to a dog troll, those big
major events are the ones to go and see. And
it's right on the moss Burn, Tiana Road at Burwood's Station,
hosted by Berward and Devas stations. So come on and
(10:20):
then yeah coming over lock call the people.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Can they go online to find more details if they
need to cake it?
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah, I think indeed Sheep Dog Trial Club or whatever
it is on the website will have have a bit more.
But if andd just look up the mayor Owa Sheep
Dog Trill Club and there'll be sort of things hanging
up and popping up on that zone. So it'll give
you a pretty good idea of what we're what we're
hoping to achieve.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Yeah, good on you. You carry on playing cowboys this afternoon. Aise,
appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Okay, see Indy make it easy, Andie Dennis and the
Sage and Dam farming ground up at Minopori of course,
Saints the surgeon Dan stop foods here in Gore.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Next, let's catch up to Sam Grant from Craig's Investment Partners.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Did they say that the muster financial segment with Craig's
Investment Partners in Gore. This information is general in nature
and it's not financial advice. Craig's Investment Partners Limited Financial
Advice Provider Disclosure statement can be found at craigsip dot com.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Sam Grant and Craig's Investment Partners joins us this afternoon.
Good afternoon, Sam, after anything for having me on agoin
the extended weekend. Did you take advantage of it?
Speaker 7 (11:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
I managed to get some nice weather three most of
it at home, had in law's visiting so mentioned. Quite
a few jobs done around the around the Hopey, which
is good.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah. Nothing like a staycation, especially at the moment. Now
we're going to start off with the GDT results from
overnight there was an overall decline in the price index
of minus three point four percent very quickly, and hydrous
milk fair back seven point one percent, butterback eight point one,
buttermilk powder up point seven, che back three point one,
lactose back zero point six, mazurrella back six point two,
(12:04):
with skim milk powder back one point six, but the
main one their whole milk powder back zero point seven percent,
and the biggest scheme of things, I think we take
this as a win, don't we.
Speaker 4 (12:15):
Yeah, I think so, given you know, the current environment
and the amount uncertainty there out there, probably not overly surprising.
And I think was expected to see a bit of
a pullback in the GDT, and you know, if you're
a bit of concern out there around supply chain as
well as sort of costs of moving product around the
world effectively. So I think drop of was about three
(12:37):
point four percent is the scheme of things. It's acceptable.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I've got this written down in the notes. All of
a sudden supply chains that horrible word from the COVID era,
it's relevant again.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Yeah, absolutely. You know, when you talk about shipping routes,
it's a bit of a flow on effect. You know,
if one ship can't get to a port, it's cargo
gets held up, and then you need to get redwek
ships and all that kind of stuff. So any sort
of delays or anything that sort of slows down. The
sort of mirror around that is the supply change on
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the world can cause them uncertainty. Set sort of one
aspect to it, and then the other will be the
cost of it. You know, the field to make those
things move would have gone up quite substantially, as well
as sort of on land jappine as well to get
products to port will be consideringly more expensive than what
it was. Yes, they sort of tinne all that together.
(13:34):
It's yeah, it's going to have some potentially major impacts
on that sort of supply chain potentially.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Now markets have bounced, but volatility hasn't gone away.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Yeah, absolutely. So last week was the first sort of
positive week we've sort of seen in Sex, with the
S and P five hundred up about three percent, still
back about about five and a half percent from their
peak back in early March. But a lot of that
sort of bounce was based on sort of Trump sort
(14:10):
of ceasefire and sort of Indicatian wants to sort of
start wrapping up this war. Obvious things have changed to
a bit overnight, which can't rid of it, but obviously
out of the US they're wanting to sort of wrap
this up pretty quickly. The US is pretty intogey price insitive,
you know, as soon as the price that the field
pump goes up in the US, they do it in
the term on the government quite quickly. And he's got
(14:32):
sort of mid terms coming up in ombs he wants
to probably a bit of runway into that as well,
and probably looking for a quick one or quickout. I'm
not su sure how achieve all that's going to be
for him.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
We're looking at the Reserve Bank and a local lens.
I mean things are going to change.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
Yeah, absolutely so, got the OSA announcement coming up soon. Yeah,
we're effectively expecting no change and that's what markets expecting
at the moment, with the potential for some price fights
later in the year. But probably what we're really looking
for is to see this sort of radework that's coming
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out of the Reserve Bank. So obviously at the moment,
a large spike and energy prices, particularly in fuel, which
does lead to sort of inflation or can be inflationary.
If inflation starts to rise, we could potentially start to
see rates go up, which is what we're sort of
expecting later in the year. It'd be quite interesting to
see whether of reserve banks setting and what they're sort
(15:31):
of forecasting going forward, or at least seeing what the
compact could be for the New Zealand economy and potentially
interest rates the longer term.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Well, four dollars a lead for days or tells you
the economy is going to.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Tank for a weather Yeah, yeah, And that's kind of
looking at a business confidence at the moment. It's in
the month of March. A and Z released their business
Confidence survey and effectively it's fallen off a cliff, a
wee bit so bigger stop we've seen in two years,
and it's at its lowest point since July between twenty four.
(16:05):
One thing to sort of remember with that business Confidence
survey was that I was done over the month of March.
At the start of March, things a lot positive, but
they AMZ did in the caps for the later half
of their results were a lot more negative effectively, and
probably the big thing that came out of that survey
was expectations to rise to raise prices. So that really
(16:25):
jumped up with a good chunk of businesses coming back
that they're going to have to put their prices up,
and a lot of that's been primarily driven by increased
fuel costs. So and then that has on businesses. You know,
it's hard to find a business that's not touched by this.
And it was another sort of came out of the Business
Confidence survey. Quite often we sort of see, you know,
one sectors doing really well. You know, previously before this
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it was agriculture and was really really positive, and some
of the other sectors were a bit more down on
the dolgrims of what we're seeing. And the survey is
that business confidence right across the board was really back.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
So what are we going to say regarding tourism to
drive the economy for the next six months.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Yeah, it's going to be interesting. You know, we're already
starting to see airline's having to cancel flights. Now I'm
going to a winning this weekend and some international visitors
an't going to be able to make it due to
flight cancelations and the cost of wee books. I'll see
that will tend to impact tourism as numbers, will tend
to expect will drop off to travel juniors considered a
(17:31):
discretionary costs, So if there's a bit of pressure on
the economy, anything that's potentially resicionary. The cost to travel
to New Zealand, you know, we're probably high. If you
sort of sitting in Europe, you know it's a lot
easier to jump on a shorter flight, to cheaper flight
to somewhere else in Europe or even over to the States,
as opposed to flying halfway around the world. So you
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tend to expect your first drags on and the costs
tends to drag on, that it will have that impact.
I suppose one thing is that a lot of bookings
are done made well in advanced so you seem to
expect a lot of the touristet of here and probably
are going to be coming for the next maybe particisely
for the ski season, have probably already booked and paid
for a lot of their travel already, so it could
have a bit of a delayed effect. But yeah, I
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think definitely something to keep an eye on.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
If there's anything like Tianna. At the week in sam
it was absolutely cranky with tourists regarding the Kiwi dollar,
what can we expect?
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Yeah, so in times of volatility, what you do see
as New Zealand book of course of a risk off currency.
So when there's a bit of volatility or a lot
of uncertainty out there, money tends to flow out of
New Zealand, which sort of weakens their dollars. So as
long as this carries on, we tend to expect the
New Zealand dollar to be weak, partecularly against all major currencies.
(18:47):
Do settle down and the world sort of starts to normalize,
you'd probably expect that New Zealand dollars to start to strengthen.
But yeah, I wouldn't see it recovering the dollar given
the and the current level of uncertainty.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Anyway, you know, if.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
It's war does end or a sex fire, I thinks
through tend to set down and then potentially expect the
New Zealand dollars to strengthen.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Absolutely a case of watching this space, Sam, Now, the
team at Craig's Investment Partners, how do people get in touch?
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Yeah, so either coming for us at one Oak Street
obviously New World, or you give us a go on
two nine zero one five three. We can visit their
website at craigsip dot com.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Sam Grant always appreciate your time.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Awesome cheez dy.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Sam Grant and Craig's Investment Partners are coming out with
one of the great sayings there as well, falling off
the cliff a wee bit, which pretty much sums up
anything and everything in a lot of sense at the moment,
to be perfectly honest. Dean Rabbage is up next farming
at Glenn and this is the muster, the.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Muster on the farm with Southland District Council working together
for a better Southland.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Dean Ravage Farms at Glenn Stang. Good afternoon, I asked
you before we came on there, here would be the
Donald Trump of the Wyndham Eden Dale Leary and you
go that would be me. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (20:09):
I wouldn't quite go that. I thought we're off the
record talking at Yeah. Yeah, things going well. So just
getting there came after we break away over easter, so yeah,
get back onto the shortening and get back into wage
lambs and all those fun jobs of Tommy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
How's the growth been for the time of year though, it's.
Speaker 7 (20:32):
Been phenomenal, really hasn't it. Look, we've pretty much had
the perfect season. Heaven, we can't deny. We've had rain
and heat when we needed at the prices have held up.
I think basically seen the first schedule drop for this
coming week since November, which is unheard of. So we're
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just really enjoying the sweet spot we're in at the moment,
and it's been a real please are a guest, being
able to get when you want them at a reasonable wait,
and putting your feed to flush the yews to go
to the ram as well. So and obviously all those
factors have led to pretty pretty substantial winter crops under
(21:14):
the belts already, so there's still a lot of growing
left in them as well. So, look, it's been a
pretty cool year a.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
But we do understand it's not like that all around
the province. Parts of western Central South and the northern
South and for example calcle Rocks still pretty dry through there.
They have had the rain but arguably touched with the
Cindy and summer continues.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Yeah, like yeah, great point, Like it's we are pretty fortunate.
Now we patched that we've had had everything line up
this year and acknowledge that some areas haven't. Yeah, like
I said, just cruising home now, and yeah, the further
north and then you go that there is obviously quite
dry and being up and down the railway, but in
the last month or so, it's quite evident how dry
(21:56):
things have got in some areas in the last sort
of fortnite three weeks as well. So yeah, it's just
one of those things really, just the southern climate. We're
pretty pretty big province with a lot of diversity in
their atmosphere conditions at times.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
I guess last time we spoke to your lambs are
going away, there wasn't a problem with space of the works,
but the sounds as though that word bottlenecks come back out.
Speaker 7 (22:19):
Yeah, Like, it's not really too surprising. We've probably got
about quarter of our lambs left. We've just maintained trying
to as soon as they get to what we think
will kill. Aiding to eight and the half kilos they
gone this year. It would have been nice, obviously to
put more weight on and make the most of the
highest schedules, but we've got to think about next season
(22:41):
as well, and I think that's probably why I've got
plenty of seed at the moment. We've just been chipping
away their lambs quite regularly throughout the year to avoid it. Yes,
sort of this potential bottleneck with and well, people every
right to try and maximize the returns from the lambs,
are putting a bit more wait on and perhaps shifting
(23:01):
the main kill date backer a couple of weeks. So yeah,
it's one of those things. But I think we'll get there.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
We'll given the season and the prices. I mean, we
just talk about inside the farm gate. Yes, a plea
for of issues going on at the moment, but like
you say, it's been pretty good.
Speaker 7 (23:17):
Yeah, like we've we've always been waiting for a bit
of a leveler, and perhaps we're getting it now. Obviously,
then put prices of skyrocket at a game with fuel
being the main culprit there. I guess that's from a
Seaton beef and even a dairy perspective that the timing
of it is reasonably favorable. With probably ninety to ninety
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five percent of most people's track their hairs have been
spent already this year. I know we've got one pedical
left top once the years go through it soon and
then the males will be off and the tractor we
just basically parked up until November December when the groundwreck
starts again. But I imagine if we were facing these
fuel prices again, then yeah, it'll be a bit of
(24:01):
pain on And obviously the arable boys are starting feeling
that now too, so yeah, it's just one of those
things of those beyond their control unfortunately. But we're just
gonna it's just a shame that we're at the bottom
of the food chain and can't pass their costs on,
like a lot of other secures and ministry are.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Yeah, Donald Trump coming out saying a two weeks ceasefires
on the cards now with the run and the mostrator
is going to reopen for how long and everything else,
it's like a piece of string. It's a case of
the unknown.
Speaker 7 (24:32):
Yeah, there's any but I guess two weeks is better
than no weeks.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Absolutely.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
Hopefully we'll start to see some tankers flying through that
straight pretty quickly, and obviously there's still going to be
a bit of a leg period before we might see
a reflection of it at the pumps as well. So yeah,
we're just gonna have to this one out a little bit.
I guess.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
Yeah, the fact that we're paying four dollars a liter
for diesel and road my legend everything goes on top
of that. Are you road user charging? I should say
it just makes very very expensive tripped down to the
I don't know, even footy practice from a farming perspective
or going to the part of the shop.
Speaker 7 (25:08):
Yeah, I know, I've probably been a little bit more
conscious about the trips that we've been making this where
we love. It's probably too easy to shoot back and
forward to win them to grab a couple of bits
and pieces throughout the day. So yeah, you're sort of
thinking twice about what else you can do and planning
for make your trips bit more fishing and capitalize on
the journey. Really, So yes, one of those things.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
I'll ask you this, Dean Ravage, would you consider buying
an EV of these prices continue.
Speaker 7 (25:36):
If it was fit for purpose? I definitely would. But
at the moment, there's no EV's out there that we've
sut for purpose for our operation. You wouldn't go out
of it deliberately to do it, but you'd consider maybe
a hybrid type vehicle replacement next time round if need
to be. But at the moment I can't find an
(25:57):
EV like fur wheeler or quite by on the market
that has got the better capacity that would last a
full day of their peak periods like to eleven. We
can't afford to be stopping for three or four hours
over lunch to wait for a vehicle to charge up
or something like that. So it's just one of those
things with farming there's time critical periods and for example,
(26:20):
your harvest and you've got to go. You've got to go,
so you can't afford to wait for things to charge
if you've got small windows to get something done, and
really can you.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Well, like, let's fast forward twelve months, we're still facing
these fuel prices in the likes world. You consider changing
your routine to make this a bit more relevant, thinking.
Speaker 7 (26:39):
Ah, yeah, Well, I think if you're not thinking about
making your farm practices or farmers as fishing as possible
all the time, you've got to be questioning things anyway.
So I think you'd always be looking for for long
term efficiency. So yeah, you'd have to consider it, really,
I guess.
Speaker 8 (26:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Now, I had you on about being the President Trump
of Wyndham before, but that's not the case. We'll just
get that out there in the open. But your president
of the wind and Rugby Club one hundred and twenty
fifth coming up at Anzac weekend.
Speaker 7 (27:08):
Yes, that's any it's coming round very quickly. Actually. The
community that's organized and next seems to have most things
going and your phone seems to be going off all
the time, all these different chets getting stuff organized, so yeah,
we're really looking forward to it. Things or Devontine playing
Tocanoy and the senior sees are playing well on Ensick
(27:29):
Day for one twenty fifth and all the kids are
playing on a Friday night with the Golden Oldies in
an ONEMS game on the Sunday before the big evening
meal and guests speaker which case music speaking that, So yeah,
something the club's really looking forward to. And it's yes.
I've been bawling away in the background for the last
last few months. We ll last year really, so I
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know that there are still a few spots available for
the Sunday night celebration dinner and Jersey auction and guest
speaker and all of that usual carry on, and then
there's just the Saturday is almost rugby as usual with
a ben and a few food trucks and stuff going on.
So yeah, hopefully we're little plants pard and on the
field's looking a great note. We've got our first home
(28:13):
game this weekend, which is also sponsor's day. In the
date acknowledge that their lamb and kettle Lamb suppliers and
kettle grazes as well, So yeah, the fair bit going on.
Get at the club at the moment you're.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Like your mate Met McCrae. You just can't seem to
throw those boots out.
Speaker 7 (28:28):
Oh like it, Yeah, I'm wife buy a new pair.
Actually go on, yeah, I think well, but no, like,
it's really cool with it. There's even a bit of
pressure coming on the senior season at the moment there's
twenty odd running around down there on a Thursday night
playing a pretty low stand of a touch. But yeah
(28:49):
it's good as plenty of numbers around and especially with
a big year for the club, it's it's pretty cool
to be involved with. So now I'll chuck the boots
on and have a cant around for another year and
pull a hem or something stupid like that. So that's
all good. It's good fun, no good on your dean.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Congratulations to Windham for their upcoming centennial one hundred and
twenty fifth it's not the centennial. It's going to be
a great occasion. Always good to catch.
Speaker 7 (29:10):
Up mate, Thanks any anytime.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Dean Rabbage based at Glennam The Windom one twenty fifth
at ends that weekend. Like Dean said, still a few
places available. Grand Is asmac Master's up next with his
world famous dob trialing results. Grand disastmak Master joins us
(29:37):
once again at a close brand station. He comes to
us courtesy of Abby Rural based hearing, Gore Batman and Co. Disaster.
Speaker 8 (29:45):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Andy, Good afternoon.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
Everybody, life in the basin. How's it been, Well.
Speaker 8 (29:50):
It's been pretty good. We've had twenty five mills of
rain since we spoke last tuesday, you and I and
including in that was twelve mills last night and it's
just rained all this morning. So it's been quite a
nice general rain and not too cold, not a breath
of wind anywhere, the lakes like a milpon. So yeah,
(30:11):
it's been really good to have that because we were,
you know, just as I said there a few weeks ago,
a little bit of rain would be would go a
long way, and it has and things are still freshened up.
You know, the cows are now weaned and scanned and
they own a few blocks, and then you just got
to I couldn't put them in the block that I
would normally put them in this time, yeah, because of
no water. But they're were a bit there now and
(30:32):
it's a block I like to get before it freezes
and they start slipping off the hills and what have you.
So yeah, a bit of game cat in the mouth
with the water. But we've got a bit there at
the moment, so that's good as well.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Out of scanning work out.
Speaker 8 (30:46):
Yeah, scanning was it was okay. We had we scanned
one hundred and twenty eight cows and had ten dries
and cold out another six that were just poor a condition.
So had that that dry rate was up a bit
on last year. I think we only had about four
last year, but yeah, ten this year. And they will
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head away tomorrow to the to the work. So I'll
just get to get some some new liver and cobalt
and copper selenium tests done on those just to see
if you know, we're doing that still. We're still doing
what we should be. But the cows are, Yeah, they're
they're in pretty good neck really, which is which you
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know you would expect in the season like this, but
you know, they produced some good calves as well.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
The good news just continues as well inside the farm gate.
As we keep saying at the moment, ground and sound
like a breaking record, but you just can't deny. Prices
are certainly where you want them to be, especially with
the calf sales.
Speaker 8 (31:47):
Oh they are. So the calf ceil last week at Oh, Michael,
you know, I think we've talked about it being you know,
there's normally three calf sales there over three, you know,
three different weeks. There was only one this year, and
you know it was it was, it was. It was
by no means a full capacity, but man, it was
a a pretty hot sale. And our top pen of
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thirty five stairs went for eighteen hundred and eighty dollars.
The our top line of heifers were sixteen hundred and
twenty and that gave us an average over the one
hundred and twenty odd calves that were there was you know,
sixteen hundred and twenty twenty dollars, six hundred and thirty
five dollars, So you know that that big money for calves.
(32:34):
And I was looking back to the records from back
twenty odd years ago. And I think that first say
we did over there we have three hundred and seventy
five dollars over over everything. But you know on that
on that same token, you know, after the soul and
bought our replacement heifers which we bought two year old
this year, and from Johnny Gervin up there in the
(32:56):
in the in the around fairly and you know there's
two thousan seven hundred and fifty dollars for those, So
I mean it's all relative, isn't it. And must put
a special shout out from one of my main buyers,
Lindsay CrOx, who I made a big mistake on the
radio LA last week when I was shouting his praise
as Carton Paul. It's his brother, So sorry about that, Lindsay.
(33:18):
But Lindsay is now my second favorite Catholic of all time.
He comes up every year and he buys their heifers
and he takes them down and they put uses them
capital stock. So yeah, Croxy, he paid a bit more
this year, but you know, as I said to him,
I have to pay a bit more for those who placements.
But he wasn't too worried about what I had to pay.
So but anyway, you know, it's it's those repeat buyers
(33:39):
that we like when we're in situations like this, and
you know, you get to know what your stock are
doing when you sell them, and it's you know, if
both parties are happy, it's it's a one one, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
I remember being at a auction night last year and
a processed hefer wing for twelve hundred dollars. I look
back at it and thinking, what.
Speaker 8 (33:57):
Yeah, well you probably get the oxtail for that.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Now you probably get the nuts.
Speaker 8 (34:02):
Yeah, well yeah, that would be you know, yeah, but yeah,
you're right. It's she's pretty, She's pretty. It's pretty expensive,
isn't it. But you know, I think it's with with
the price of carbs now, you know, and we've said
on this program before that time. I've always said that
the beef cow is I reckon it's one of the
most underrated tools that we have in country like we
(34:24):
have here and and and for a lot of the
country around and over the years it's always it's always
had a you know, hasn't had a great wrap. And
you get all the so called experts talking about you know,
since per kilogram and dry matter what they return, and
and always comparing that the beef cow is always compared
to you know, other classes have stopped where it'd be
bull beef or or whatever. But you know, I've always said,
(34:48):
and I'm sure a lot of people agree that you
know that the cow, you know, she she has such
a such a grooming tool, and you know you get
bonuses to get a calf out it. Well, but the
carf is a bonus, but a properly like this and
as I say many others, it's just the pasture, you know,
the grooming of the pasture and keeping you know, the
(35:10):
worm burdens and everything like that. I think it's such
a really she's a really underrated old machine, the cow.
And I'm just so pleased that at you know what
we can you know, the carf is a real bonus
this year.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
He here, disas are right, your world famous dog trialing results.
What have you got for us?
Speaker 8 (35:28):
Well, we've got the wind and Riversdal Sheet drog trials.
They're on the twenty ninth the March in twenty twenty
sixth and the event won the long head was won
by Dares. He informs me he's only the second oldest
competitor getting around the target and south from McGregor and
Jan was ninety two point five. Second was Jen Williams
and Reese ninety two. Third was Beg Richie, Hare and
(35:50):
Rose with ninety one and Craig black Hawks, Down Away
and James ninety point five, and fifth was Kent the Madhoalse,
Ebbitt and Blue with ninety event. Event to the short
Heading Yard goes to Craig black Hawk, Stenaway and James
of ninety eight. Second was Jimmy Short Ars, Long Lee
and Lady was ninety seven. Third was Big Richard Hare
(36:10):
and Rose was ninety six, Third was right Russell White Apeak,
Peak and Edge ninety three, and fifth was Bill Nickel
and earned ninety two. Event three to zig Zag First
was It's the Benny Hill Show starring Ben Hill and
Grace was ninety six point five. Second was The Benny
Hill Show and Ben Hill was clued ninety six. Third
was Jimmy Short Ars, Long Lee and Cod with ninety
five point five. Fourth was Quentin Whitehead, black Head and
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Zeus was ninety five, and fifth was Kent, Ebett and
Kate with ninety four. Event for the straight hunt versus
in a letter Maria Burrell and Meeker was ninety seven,
second was the Logan mack and being ninety six point five.
Third was Harley Churston and Grace ninety five point five,
fourth and white Head, Blackhead and Zeus ninety five and
(36:54):
fifth was Big Richard Hare and Texas with ninety four
point five. So that's all official from Wendon. Malorah is
this Friday and Saturday and Keirawaeo Sunday and Monday, and yeah,
the twelve season is sort of getting coming to an end.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Yeah, I was speaking to Kaka Dinas before they're all
barred up for this weekend and for the South Island's
not too far away.
Speaker 8 (37:16):
Oh I'm going I hopefully getting over there on Friday
to run a couple of dogs at the Mighty Mara
I means arguably some of the best courses in the country. Marah,
and it's not their first radio they've had New Zealand
zero over the years in Ireland, so it's good to
see them back in the in the in the ring
and holding another one there. So good luck to them
and we'll catch up with them on Friday.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
Can only Grant always appreciated talk next week Grant McMaster
with us world famous dog trying results, thanks of course
to Abbie Rural. We wrap up the l next Kelley
Backingham from darien ZID. We have a chat. Kelley Buckingham
(37:58):
of darien Z joins us since she to wrap up
the muster of this afternoon, Keeley, beautiful day outside Hell's
the weekend?
Speaker 9 (38:05):
Oh it was great actually we were just at home.
Wish the weather was like this all weekend that it
would have been much nicer.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
How was it down your nick of the woods?
Speaker 9 (38:14):
It certainly wasn't as blue sky as this all weekend,
but it's nothing to complain about.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
Not complaining about this for getting towards the middle of April, Hey,
we catch up with the team from DARIENSID Weekly. Pretty
relevant subject today as well, you want to touch.
Speaker 9 (38:27):
On, yes, So I guess today we're going to talk
a little bit to attracting and retaining stuff. And it's
just coming off the back of on Facebook seeing lots
of job adverts being put up at the moment or
people looking for jobs, and so yeah, I guess a
message there around attracting stuff. The guests, the key messages there,
(38:49):
you know, it's just looking you know, it's no surprise
when we're looking for getting stuff that higher paying roles
attract more applicants. Andy, But the research that dearing Z
have done in the past is showing that fostering a
positive team culture on farm is just as important as
(39:10):
the hours worked. But also making sure your roster is
fair reasonable is also really really important. Just a tool
that daring Z's got online is called the Job Competitiveness
Calculator on the daring z website and it's a really
really cool tool that's developed I think it's about two
years ago now, but just helps you look at how
(39:32):
your job compares to something of equal relevance, maybe in town,
and it how that stecks up. It looks at takes
into the takes things into consideration like how far from
town you might be and how much your accommodation is
charged out at. So if you are looking at putting
an add up in the next a few weeks as
(39:54):
we head into the end of this season, check that
competitive calculator competitiveness ca lator out because certainly, yeah, it
might show some things that you might not have thought about.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Well, ultimately you're selling your business.
Speaker 9 (40:07):
Yeah exactly, And like we all know, you and I
and this and our jobs, how important people are and
how important attracting the right people to the job are
to the success of your business going forward.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
It's it's an interesting scenario because sometimes you've heard of
applicants going to jobs it's not about what the employee
and the employee can do for the employer, but it's
vice versa.
Speaker 9 (40:30):
Yeah, one thousand percent, Yeah exactly. You know you want
as an employer you should be you know, putting your
best for best foot forward too when when going out
to the market. Equally, you do want to attract, you know,
the best person for the job, but you want to
be putting making sure what you're putting out on offer
(40:50):
is going to attract those really good people.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
Culture is a big one as well. It's not just
confined to yogurt.
Speaker 9 (40:57):
That's a great joke. Yeah, you're bang on, and you know,
the leadership and how we lead people within our team
is really really does lift performance on farm.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Well, it's just about having that culture on farm. It's
a word that can be overused, overstated, but then again no,
because word spreads if you're working with so and so.
Oh Joe Bloggs, real good bugger, he puts you into
the business, he lets you understand what the business and
the fundamentals are.
Speaker 9 (41:26):
Yeah, totally, and that probably leads really nicely into like
retention and staff retention on the farm being a real key,
especially in our sector. I can't think of the number
off the top of my head, but the cost of
replacing a staff member is way more than what we
actually think, you know, in terms of how much it
(41:47):
costs you to retrain staff. Your time out of you know,
the as an employer and a decision maker, the time
that you can't be then doing, you know that strategic
planning because you're having to retrain stuff is really so
just a few top tips that has come out of
the daring Z Productivity study that was completed recently by
(42:08):
Jane Muir and Kellen Eastwood around the keys to retaining
staff was the first one is listening to your team,
you know, asking them would they recommend this job to
a friend? Through the Dairy Industry Awards. Judging that I've
just done, it's been really neat to hear from a
few of the top performers there. They are getting their
(42:29):
staff to complete surveys of themselves. So as I'm the boss,
I'm asking my staff, can you give me some feedback
just to see where the gaps are and your performance
as a leader. You know, often that happens at a
corporate level really often, but often not done on farm
leading well, So planning very clearly, you know what the
(42:49):
week looks like. Task allocation does make quite a big
difference when people know, you know exactly what they're being
asked of in a week. And also communication and all
of this is stuff that people are probably doing day
to day, but just a really good reminder when we
look to, you know, hold on to those stuff now
and into next season and then reviewing regularly, so just
(43:11):
tracking over time how your staff are feeling, what's working well,
what's not. You know, this is a really good opportunity
when we get to June during July when it's downtime
to reflect on, you know, what worked well last season
and what staff might like different next season, and vice versa.
What you would like different too with your stuff.
Speaker 1 (43:31):
Something else to look at too. Put yourself go back
to when you were eighteen starting at a job for
the first time, and what your boss did then that
you didn't like and what you'd like to change if
you were put in that role.
Speaker 9 (43:41):
Yeah, exactly. It's such a good way to think about it.
You know, we all can reflect on, oh, that was
a terrible situation that was handled, or you know, I
really enjoyed it when my boss or my employer or
my team made me feel like this. So it's a
really nice way of just reflecting when we are about
to hire new people, how you make them feel when
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they're coming for interviews and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (44:04):
Everything else with Deary and Z though, how's it been.
Speaker 9 (44:07):
Yeah, really good. We're trucking along nicely. Just wrapped up
a big round of Genetic Gain events two weeks ago.
We've got Pasture Summer happening on the twenty second of
this month up in Mosspyrn, so really looking forward to that.
We've got Jane Kay, who is one of our specialists
scientists so based out of Newstead, coming down for that.
(44:29):
So I'm super excited to have Jane and a number
of other subject matter experts as well coming down for that.
Speaker 1 (44:36):
Right you're in a studio, you get to do this today.
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Boo far good on it, Jelly. You always appreciate your time, mate,
Keeley Buckingham out of dairy en Z. There's the muster
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He well, that too, have got there. PGG writs and
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once again today Mark, how doll we go?
Speaker 8 (45:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (45:34):
Get ap and here are we going?
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Yep?
Speaker 6 (45:36):
Very good today, cheff Icago. We had a reasonably large
yard and of prime lames that sold very well considering
what's going on getting into the store lambs another year,
smaller yard and stare lambs today, but they're still sold well.
Ford Stores are one fifty to one hundred and forty
dollars one thirty one thirty forty mediums. In your smaller
Winter Talk Contract Lambs of seventy to one hundred Prime US,
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Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster on Hakanui Andy
Mule here until two o'clock. The show's brought to you
by Peter's Genetics. Welcome along to hubday afternoon on a
shortened week, of course, Southern Anniversary Day was observed yesterday
here at Muster HQ along with the Easter break. Hopefully
it was a good one for you. You managed to have
a few chocolate eggs and hot Cross funds as well
(00:31):
as suits. So without further ado, we'll crank into the
hour Huey Lewis and the news. The song here the
Power of Love a Mess of hat from nineteen eighty five,
of course, with back to the.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Future Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm tear from
and soft text. The proof is in the progeny tear
from dot co dot insead.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
This afternoon sunny with breezy northeries and twenty Thursday afternoon
showers of breezy or westleyes five and eighteen. Friday sunny
with light easterlyes eight and eighteen, Saturday cloud you have
come variable wins ten and nineteenth and Sunday afternoon shells
like nor Eastleies eight and seventeen. It's pretty dne good
as we work our way through into the middle of April.
So temperature is to hand. Clinton fourteen point four, Herriot
(01:15):
thirteen northern South and thirteen point five, Riverton fourteen point
fourty now thirteen point three, Tidora fourteen point six, went
in thirteen point one, and Woodlands at thirteen point three.
Quite a bit to get through this sow. We talked
at the fuel price as well. This came through just
before twelve o'clock. Four dollars is now on the cards
as well. It is in a couple of stations here
(01:37):
in Gore. We talked to Sam Grant, Craz's investment partners
about the current situation. We caught it with Sam a
little bit earlier this morning, but nonetheless still quite a
bit to get through there from an economic viewpoint. Eddie
Dennis starts us off of course, farming up at Menapore
and the Sargant Dam farming roundup. Dean Ravage farms at
Glenn and we catch up to see what changes for Dean,
(01:57):
and we ask him the question regarding his vehicle use
given the way the fuel prices are great disaster McMaster
gives us a world famous dog driving results and Kelly Buckingham,
Dary and z joins us as well to wrap up
the hour, starting it off shortly though with Mark calling
out of PGG Writes and talking about the Burcluther sail
that was how this morning. Then we'll crack into it
(02:18):
with Eddie Dennis, Andy Dennis farms at Manapouri and joins
us in Sergeant Dan Farming around thanks to Sergeant Dan
Stock Foods based here and Gore Kak. Good afternoon. Has
been a long weekend, not that it means not that
(02:40):
it means much on the ranch.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
No, We've I've had you could call it a constructive weekend.
We're been here, there and everywhere, just ticking off jobs. Yeah,
dog trolls on Friday Saturday, so there's always those jobs.
Tidy up and waterproofs and few roofs and set up
pens and just sort of taken off some last minute
stuff which is good. So yeah, no, but really good,
(03:05):
lovely weekend actually in South when it was good. Now
we're we're getting rains just when we need them and
a bit of hate in the meantime and things are
things are looking really good. Yeah. Tianna hosted Birchwood Hunts
one hundred and forty year sort of reunion, well reunion
or celebration over the weekend. So yeah, there was a
(03:25):
few a few around up for that and there was
a hound show and a couple of different hunts on
different farms, and yeah, I think, I think, yeah, it
can be congratulated at that club, just lasting one hundred
and forty years and put it on a really good weekend,
a really fantastic weekend.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Yeah, absolutely a hunt club as well. Not something you
really think too much about, but yeah, these things have
got a lot of history behind them. They do.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Know.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I've never had a lot to do with Birchwood, but yeah,
I helped out on a couple of things and you
can see the history and yeah, the young people looking
after the hounds and riding the horses. At the moment,
it's it's got a it's got a good few years
left in it to another one hundred and forty years too.
So that's really good to see when young clubs have good,
(04:12):
good youth and good people coming through doing a good job.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, two good pointers. It took away from the base
of the weekend, cacking avy amount of tourists around tiamiw
and be the way the weather is playing ball.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, and I was still really busy. Yeah, like you
think of this price of price of fuel and oil,
things would be starting to slow down. But whether I
don't know, they've realized or they're not sure if they
want to go home yet or if they can afford
to go home, we might have some overstakes. Maybe I
don't know, but yeah, no, Tiana is still just humming
(04:45):
away really good. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So on the farm, though, you're getting into autumn mode properly,
I'd imagine, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
We are some stay some rams went out on Sunday
and then we're winning some calves today and yeah they'll
be all off farm and and now just sort of yeah,
really sort of starting to tick an autumn mode and
trying to get you know, just lift the use and
get some lambs out of the gate, make some room
and no, but no, look you can't you can't beat
(05:14):
it when it's been an autumn. Like we hear by
one thing I've had as good an autumn here, and
it's it's it's really nice. It's good for the good
for the mind as well, just to have a couple
of months to catch up and know you're going into winter.
Well a whole lot easier than last year, that's for sure, Andy.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
So all the lambs are right of the works that
need to be you get them through.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, there must be still sort of a thousand and
fifteen hundred and fifteen hundred on farms, so but they're
moving fast now, so that's good. And yeah, we'll just
keep them going out the gate and make sure we're
pushing enough feed in front of us. Really, yeah, that's good.
Let's schedule everything sort of had a bit of a drop,
but we're lucky for so long. It had to go
at some stage. And there's a lot of unknown currently,
(05:55):
isn't there. It's going to get a weave, it scary,
So yeah, I think most people will we send them
out the gate as sort of as fast as they can. Really. Yeah,
at the moment, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
You talk about things being positive at the moment, you're
sounding pretty chip in the current time, so i'll give
you that.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Well, it's chipper until you have to fill up the
prado twice twice in two days. And yeah, you certainly
notice it then, especially when there was a bloody forty
three forty forty increase overnight.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
But Yeah, it's just.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
One of those uncontrollables, isn't it? Like we were good
old farming, She's a fickle beast. Where we were lining
to be sort of one of the best seasons that
anyone could remember price wise, and then you get this
sort of towards the tile end of the Season's there's
always something, isn't he In farming, always something guaranteed. So yeah,
we'll be making sure there's enough in the pot to
(06:47):
put the ferret on and and spread the frret.
Speaker 6 (06:49):
That'll be.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
That'll be the sort of expensive part, won't it.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Yeah, So as far as your feel costs, are you
doing anything to alleviate it or is it a case
of it is what it is?
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Even think some ground that needs to be We'll just
have to judge. I've got plenty of crop like breastkas
in the ground, which is key, and hopefully if we
have to if there is major shortages, well one, you
hope they look after the egg industry first, but if
we've got to do more feeding out, well it might
(07:19):
be a case of bigger breaks on crop and less
bales going out. So yeah, we'll just have to manage
that one as it goes.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Really, Yeah, now the dog trials scene. Dis Us is
coming up later on in the Yellow with his world
famous results kicker. But it's a big weekend a couple
of weeks up there.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I've never haven't heard him this year. Hopefully you've got
a great name for me.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
No, it'll be right, I'll ask him.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Yeah, No, I.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Don't don't even don't give him any more inmadean anybody
needs to be fair.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
No, Yeah, so club trial mayor are club trills this
Friday Saturday, there will be a lot of people coming
to look Obviously, when we're hosting the South Holand Chance
later in the year, we should be in for a
busy few days.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
But yeah, if you only need one point in seething
to qualify, so if you haven't yet, make sure we
get into a few and suddenly it's towards the end
of the season. So but yeah, South Holland Chance kick
off fourth of May. They'll run that week following duck shooting.
So if you need here of a dog after the
duck shooting opening, come come up to me error and
(08:25):
have a look around. And yeah, definitely definitely the runoffs
toward teams of the week Thursday Friday will be well
well and true worth of look, so yeah, come along
and have a meal and have it be here and yeah,
just go in to wonder in a good state I suppose.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Yeah, just put in the context what it means for
a club like Mari Ralla to be hosting the South Islands.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Well, it's only it's it's every five years South and
either hosts the South Island Champs or the Nationals in
conjunction with the South Oland Champs, so it doesn't come
along often. So it's it takes your club has got
to be in a really good spot with people and
boots on the ground and you know, like sheep had
(09:09):
to be top notch and courses have to be tidy
and everything has to be kicked away. So it is
hard to line it all up. But when you set
yourself that goal of doing it. You know, we're having
busy the last few months that things are clicking in
the place, but like we'll be looking at it could
be one hundred and fifty competitors turner competitors from across
New Zealand coming so it could be sort of turning
(09:32):
fifty three hundred dogs that run. So yeah, it's a
thousand sheep per a course and quite a busy odd week,
but it's it's yeah, when you're president of a club,
it's great when you see young people sort of stepping
up and and you know, being proud of your club
and putting it in those airs to make some picks
are ticked away. So where're we're looking forward to it.
(09:57):
We're a weaven nervous, but nowhere we're going to really
enjoy it when it's when it's up and running, it's
for sure, and everyone needs to come up and seek it.
If you haven't been to a dog troll, those big
major events are the ones to go and see. And
it's right on the moss Burn, Tiana Road at Burwood's Station,
hosted by Berward and Devas stations. So come on and
(10:20):
then yeah coming over lock call the people.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Can they go online to find more details if they
need to cake it?
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah, I think indeed Sheep Dog Trial Club or whatever
it is on the website will have have a bit more.
But if andd just look up the mayor Owa Sheep
Dog Trill Club and there'll be sort of things hanging
up and popping up on that zone. So it'll give
you a pretty good idea of what we're what we're
hoping to achieve.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Yeah, good on you. You carry on playing cowboys this afternoon. Aise,
appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Okay, see Indy make it easy, Andie Dennis and the
Sage and Dam farming ground up at Minopori of course,
Saints the surgeon Dan stop foods here in Gore.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Next, let's catch up to Sam Grant from Craig's Investment Partners.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Did they say that the muster financial segment with Craig's
Investment Partners in Gore. This information is general in nature
and it's not financial advice. Craig's Investment Partners Limited Financial
Advice Provider Disclosure statement can be found at craigsip dot com.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Sam Grant and Craig's Investment Partners joins us this afternoon.
Good afternoon, Sam, after anything for having me on agoin
the extended weekend. Did you take advantage of it?
Speaker 7 (11:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
I managed to get some nice weather three most of
it at home, had in law's visiting so mentioned. Quite
a few jobs done around the around the Hopey, which
is good.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah. Nothing like a staycation, especially at the moment. Now
we're going to start off with the GDT results from
overnight there was an overall decline in the price index
of minus three point four percent very quickly, and hydrous
milk fair back seven point one percent, butterback eight point one,
buttermilk powder up point seven, che back three point one,
lactose back zero point six, mazurrella back six point two,
(12:04):
with skim milk powder back one point six, but the
main one their whole milk powder back zero point seven percent,
and the biggest scheme of things, I think we take
this as a win, don't we.
Speaker 4 (12:15):
Yeah, I think so, given you know, the current environment
and the amount uncertainty there out there, probably not overly surprising.
And I think was expected to see a bit of
a pullback in the GDT, and you know, if you're
a bit of concern out there around supply chain as
well as sort of costs of moving product around the
world effectively. So I think drop of was about three
(12:37):
point four percent is the scheme of things. It's acceptable.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
I've got this written down in the notes. All of
a sudden supply chains that horrible word from the COVID era,
it's relevant again.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Yeah, absolutely. You know, when you talk about shipping routes,
it's a bit of a flow on effect. You know,
if one ship can't get to a port, it's cargo
gets held up, and then you need to get redwek
ships and all that kind of stuff. So any sort
of delays or anything that sort of slows down. The
sort of mirror around that is the supply change on
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the world can cause them uncertainty. Set sort of one
aspect to it, and then the other will be the
cost of it. You know, the field to make those
things move would have gone up quite substantially, as well
as sort of on land jappine as well to get
products to port will be consideringly more expensive than what
it was. Yes, they sort of tinne all that together.
(13:34):
It's yeah, it's going to have some potentially major impacts
on that sort of supply chain potentially.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Now markets have bounced, but volatility hasn't gone away.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Yeah, absolutely. So last week was the first sort of
positive week we've sort of seen in Sex, with the
S and P five hundred up about three percent, still
back about about five and a half percent from their
peak back in early March. But a lot of that
sort of bounce was based on sort of Trump sort
(14:10):
of ceasefire and sort of Indicatian wants to sort of
start wrapping up this war. Obvious things have changed to
a bit overnight, which can't rid of it, but obviously
out of the US they're wanting to sort of wrap
this up pretty quickly. The US is pretty intogey price insitive,
you know, as soon as the price that the field
pump goes up in the US, they do it in
the term on the government quite quickly. And he's got
(14:32):
sort of mid terms coming up in ombs he wants
to probably a bit of runway into that as well,
and probably looking for a quick one or quickout. I'm
not su sure how achieve all that's going to be
for him.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
We're looking at the Reserve Bank and a local lens.
I mean things are going to change.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
Yeah, absolutely so, got the OSA announcement coming up soon. Yeah,
we're effectively expecting no change and that's what markets expecting
at the moment, with the potential for some price fights
later in the year. But probably what we're really looking
for is to see this sort of radework that's coming
(15:09):
out of the Reserve Bank. So obviously at the moment,
a large spike and energy prices, particularly in fuel, which
does lead to sort of inflation or can be inflationary.
If inflation starts to rise, we could potentially start to
see rates go up, which is what we're sort of
expecting later in the year. It'd be quite interesting to
see whether of reserve banks setting and what they're sort
(15:31):
of forecasting going forward, or at least seeing what the
compact could be for the New Zealand economy and potentially
interest rates the longer term.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Well, four dollars a lead for days or tells you
the economy is going to.
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Tank for a weather Yeah, yeah, And that's kind of
looking at a business confidence at the moment. It's in
the month of March. A and Z released their business
Confidence survey and effectively it's fallen off a cliff, a
wee bit so bigger stop we've seen in two years,
and it's at its lowest point since July between twenty four.
(16:05):
One thing to sort of remember with that business Confidence
survey was that I was done over the month of March.
At the start of March, things a lot positive, but
they AMZ did in the caps for the later half
of their results were a lot more negative effectively, and
probably the big thing that came out of that survey
was expectations to rise to raise prices. So that really
(16:25):
jumped up with a good chunk of businesses coming back
that they're going to have to put their prices up,
and a lot of that's been primarily driven by increased
fuel costs. So and then that has on businesses. You know,
it's hard to find a business that's not touched by this.
And it was another sort of came out of the Business
Confidence survey. Quite often we sort of see, you know,
one sectors doing really well. You know, previously before this
(16:48):
it was agriculture and was really really positive, and some
of the other sectors were a bit more down on
the dolgrims of what we're seeing. And the survey is
that business confidence right across the board was really back.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
So what are we going to say regarding tourism to
drive the economy for the next six months.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Yeah, it's going to be interesting. You know, we're already
starting to see airline's having to cancel flights. Now I'm
going to a winning this weekend and some international visitors
an't going to be able to make it due to
flight cancelations and the cost of wee books. I'll see
that will tend to impact tourism as numbers, will tend
to expect will drop off to travel juniors considered a
(17:31):
discretionary costs, So if there's a bit of pressure on
the economy, anything that's potentially resicionary. The cost to travel
to New Zealand, you know, we're probably high. If you
sort of sitting in Europe, you know it's a lot
easier to jump on a shorter flight, to cheaper flight
to somewhere else in Europe or even over to the States,
as opposed to flying halfway around the world. So you
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tend to expect your first drags on and the costs
tends to drag on, that it will have that impact.
I suppose one thing is that a lot of bookings
are done made well in advanced so you seem to
expect a lot of the touristet of here and probably
are going to be coming for the next maybe particisely
for the ski season, have probably already booked and paid
for a lot of their travel already, so it could
have a bit of a delayed effect. But yeah, I
(18:15):
think definitely something to keep an eye on.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
If there's anything like Tianna. At the week in sam
it was absolutely cranky with tourists regarding the Kiwi dollar,
what can we expect?
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Yeah, so in times of volatility, what you do see
as New Zealand book of course of a risk off currency.
So when there's a bit of volatility or a lot
of uncertainty out there, money tends to flow out of
New Zealand, which sort of weakens their dollars. So as
long as this carries on, we tend to expect the
New Zealand dollar to be weak, partecularly against all major currencies.
(18:47):
Do settle down and the world sort of starts to normalize,
you'd probably expect that New Zealand dollars to start to strengthen.
But yeah, I wouldn't see it recovering the dollar given
the and the current level of uncertainty.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Anyway, you know, if.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
It's war does end or a sex fire, I thinks
through tend to set down and then potentially expect the
New Zealand dollars to strengthen.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Absolutely a case of watching this space, Sam, Now, the
team at Craig's Investment Partners, how do people get in touch?
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Yeah, so either coming for us at one Oak Street
obviously New World, or you give us a go on
two nine zero one five three. We can visit their
website at craigsip dot com.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Sam Grant always appreciate your time.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Awesome cheez dy.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Sam Grant and Craig's Investment Partners are coming out with
one of the great sayings there as well, falling off
the cliff a wee bit, which pretty much sums up
anything and everything in a lot of sense at the moment,
to be perfectly honest. Dean Rabbage is up next farming
at Glenn and this is the muster, the.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Muster on the farm with Southland District Council working together
for a better Southland.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Dean Ravage Farms at Glenn Stang. Good afternoon, I asked
you before we came on there, here would be the
Donald Trump of the Wyndham Eden Dale Leary and you
go that would be me. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (20:09):
I wouldn't quite go that. I thought we're off the
record talking at Yeah. Yeah, things going well. So just
getting there came after we break away over easter, so yeah,
get back onto the shortening and get back into wage
lambs and all those fun jobs of Tommy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
How's the growth been for the time of year though, it's.
Speaker 7 (20:32):
Been phenomenal, really hasn't it. Look, we've pretty much had
the perfect season. Heaven, we can't deny. We've had rain
and heat when we needed at the prices have held up.
I think basically seen the first schedule drop for this
coming week since November, which is unheard of. So we're
(20:52):
just really enjoying the sweet spot we're in at the moment,
and it's been a real please are a guest, being
able to get when you want them at a reasonable wait,
and putting your feed to flush the yews to go
to the ram as well. So and obviously all those
factors have led to pretty pretty substantial winter crops under
(21:14):
the belts already, so there's still a lot of growing
left in them as well. So, look, it's been a
pretty cool year a.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
But we do understand it's not like that all around
the province. Parts of western Central South and the northern
South and for example calcle Rocks still pretty dry through there.
They have had the rain but arguably touched with the
Cindy and summer continues.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Yeah, like yeah, great point, Like it's we are pretty fortunate.
Now we patched that we've had had everything line up
this year and acknowledge that some areas haven't. Yeah, like
I said, just cruising home now, and yeah, the further
north and then you go that there is obviously quite
dry and being up and down the railway, but in
the last month or so, it's quite evident how dry
(21:56):
things have got in some areas in the last sort
of fortnite three weeks as well. So yeah, it's just
one of those things really, just the southern climate. We're
pretty pretty big province with a lot of diversity in
their atmosphere conditions at times.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
I guess last time we spoke to your lambs are
going away, there wasn't a problem with space of the works,
but the sounds as though that word bottlenecks come back out.
Speaker 7 (22:19):
Yeah, Like, it's not really too surprising. We've probably got
about quarter of our lambs left. We've just maintained trying
to as soon as they get to what we think
will kill. Aiding to eight and the half kilos they
gone this year. It would have been nice, obviously to
put more weight on and make the most of the
highest schedules, but we've got to think about next season
(22:41):
as well, and I think that's probably why I've got
plenty of seed at the moment. We've just been chipping
away their lambs quite regularly throughout the year to avoid it. Yes,
sort of this potential bottleneck with and well, people every
right to try and maximize the returns from the lambs,
are putting a bit more wait on and perhaps shifting
(23:01):
the main kill date backer a couple of weeks. So yeah,
it's one of those things. But I think we'll get there.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
We'll given the season and the prices. I mean, we
just talk about inside the farm gate. Yes, a plea
for of issues going on at the moment, but like
you say, it's been pretty good.
Speaker 7 (23:17):
Yeah, like we've we've always been waiting for a bit
of a leveler, and perhaps we're getting it now. Obviously,
then put prices of skyrocket at a game with fuel
being the main culprit there. I guess that's from a
Seaton beef and even a dairy perspective that the timing
of it is reasonably favorable. With probably ninety to ninety
(23:39):
five percent of most people's track their hairs have been
spent already this year. I know we've got one pedical
left top once the years go through it soon and
then the males will be off and the tractor we
just basically parked up until November December when the groundwreck
starts again. But I imagine if we were facing these
fuel prices again, then yeah, it'll be a bit of
(24:01):
pain on And obviously the arable boys are starting feeling
that now too, so yeah, it's just one of those
things of those beyond their control unfortunately. But we're just
gonna it's just a shame that we're at the bottom
of the food chain and can't pass their costs on,
like a lot of other secures and ministry are.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Yeah, Donald Trump coming out saying a two weeks ceasefires
on the cards now with the run and the mostrator
is going to reopen for how long and everything else,
it's like a piece of string. It's a case of
the unknown.
Speaker 7 (24:32):
Yeah, there's any but I guess two weeks is better
than no weeks.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Absolutely.
Speaker 7 (24:38):
Hopefully we'll start to see some tankers flying through that
straight pretty quickly, and obviously there's still going to be
a bit of a leg period before we might see
a reflection of it at the pumps as well. So yeah,
we're just gonna have to this one out a little bit.
I guess.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
Yeah, the fact that we're paying four dollars a liter
for diesel and road my legend everything goes on top
of that. Are you road user charging? I should say
it just makes very very expensive tripped down to the
I don't know, even footy practice from a farming perspective
or going to the part of the shop.
Speaker 7 (25:08):
Yeah, I know, I've probably been a little bit more
conscious about the trips that we've been making this where
we love. It's probably too easy to shoot back and
forward to win them to grab a couple of bits
and pieces throughout the day. So yeah, you're sort of
thinking twice about what else you can do and planning
for make your trips bit more fishing and capitalize on
the journey. Really, So yes, one of those things.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
I'll ask you this, Dean Ravage, would you consider buying
an EV of these prices continue.
Speaker 7 (25:36):
If it was fit for purpose? I definitely would. But
at the moment, there's no EV's out there that we've
sut for purpose for our operation. You wouldn't go out
of it deliberately to do it, but you'd consider maybe
a hybrid type vehicle replacement next time round if need
to be. But at the moment I can't find an
(25:57):
EV like fur wheeler or quite by on the market
that has got the better capacity that would last a
full day of their peak periods like to eleven. We
can't afford to be stopping for three or four hours
over lunch to wait for a vehicle to charge up
or something like that. So it's just one of those
things with farming there's time critical periods and for example,
(26:20):
your harvest and you've got to go. You've got to go,
so you can't afford to wait for things to charge
if you've got small windows to get something done, and
really can you.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Well, like, let's fast forward twelve months, we're still facing
these fuel prices in the likes world. You consider changing
your routine to make this a bit more relevant, thinking.
Speaker 7 (26:39):
Ah, yeah, Well, I think if you're not thinking about
making your farm practices or farmers as fishing as possible
all the time, you've got to be questioning things anyway.
So I think you'd always be looking for for long
term efficiency. So yeah, you'd have to consider it, really,
I guess.
Speaker 8 (26:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Now, I had you on about being the President Trump
of Wyndham before, but that's not the case. We'll just
get that out there in the open. But your president
of the wind and Rugby Club one hundred and twenty
fifth coming up at Anzac weekend.
Speaker 7 (27:08):
Yes, that's any it's coming round very quickly. Actually. The
community that's organized and next seems to have most things
going and your phone seems to be going off all
the time, all these different chets getting stuff organized, so yeah,
we're really looking forward to it. Things or Devontine playing
Tocanoy and the senior sees are playing well on Ensick
(27:29):
Day for one twenty fifth and all the kids are
playing on a Friday night with the Golden Oldies in
an ONEMS game on the Sunday before the big evening
meal and guests speaker which case music speaking that, So yeah,
something the club's really looking forward to. And it's yes.
I've been bawling away in the background for the last
last few months. We ll last year really, so I
(27:51):
know that there are still a few spots available for
the Sunday night celebration dinner and Jersey auction and guest
speaker and all of that usual carry on, and then
there's just the Saturday is almost rugby as usual with
a ben and a few food trucks and stuff going on.
So yeah, hopefully we're little plants pard and on the
field's looking a great note. We've got our first home
(28:13):
game this weekend, which is also sponsor's day. In the
date acknowledge that their lamb and kettle Lamb suppliers and
kettle grazes as well, So yeah, the fair bit going on.
Get at the club at the moment you're.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Like your mate Met McCrae. You just can't seem to
throw those boots out.
Speaker 7 (28:28):
Oh like it, Yeah, I'm wife buy a new pair.
Actually go on, yeah, I think well, but no, like,
it's really cool with it. There's even a bit of
pressure coming on the senior season at the moment there's
twenty odd running around down there on a Thursday night
playing a pretty low stand of a touch. But yeah
(28:49):
it's good as plenty of numbers around and especially with
a big year for the club, it's it's pretty cool
to be involved with. So now I'll chuck the boots
on and have a cant around for another year and
pull a hem or something stupid like that. So that's
all good. It's good fun, no good on your dean.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Congratulations to Windham for their upcoming centennial one hundred and
twenty fifth it's not the centennial. It's going to be
a great occasion. Always good to catch.
Speaker 7 (29:10):
Up mate, Thanks any anytime.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Dean Rabbage based at Glennam The Windom one twenty fifth
at ends that weekend. Like Dean said, still a few
places available. Grand Is asmac Master's up next with his
world famous dob trialing results. Grand disastmak Master joins us
(29:37):
once again at a close brand station. He comes to
us courtesy of Abby Rural based hearing, Gore Batman and Co. Disaster.
Speaker 8 (29:45):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Andy, Good afternoon.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
Everybody, life in the basin. How's it been, Well.
Speaker 8 (29:50):
It's been pretty good. We've had twenty five mills of
rain since we spoke last tuesday, you and I and
including in that was twelve mills last night and it's
just rained all this morning. So it's been quite a
nice general rain and not too cold, not a breath
of wind anywhere, the lakes like a milpon. So yeah,
(30:11):
it's been really good to have that because we were,
you know, just as I said there a few weeks ago,
a little bit of rain would be would go a
long way, and it has and things are still freshened up.
You know, the cows are now weaned and scanned and
they own a few blocks, and then you just got
to I couldn't put them in the block that I
would normally put them in this time, yeah, because of
no water. But they're were a bit there now and
(30:32):
it's a block I like to get before it freezes
and they start slipping off the hills and what have you.
So yeah, a bit of game cat in the mouth
with the water. But we've got a bit there at
the moment, so that's good as well.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Out of scanning work out.
Speaker 8 (30:46):
Yeah, scanning was it was okay. We had we scanned
one hundred and twenty eight cows and had ten dries
and cold out another six that were just poor a condition.
So had that that dry rate was up a bit
on last year. I think we only had about four
last year, but yeah, ten this year. And they will
(31:08):
head away tomorrow to the to the work. So I'll
just get to get some some new liver and cobalt
and copper selenium tests done on those just to see
if you know, we're doing that still. We're still doing
what we should be. But the cows are, Yeah, they're
they're in pretty good neck really, which is which you
(31:30):
know you would expect in the season like this, but
you know, they produced some good calves as well.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
The good news just continues as well inside the farm gate.
As we keep saying at the moment, ground and sound
like a breaking record, but you just can't deny. Prices
are certainly where you want them to be, especially with
the calf sales.
Speaker 8 (31:47):
Oh they are. So the calf ceil last week at Oh, Michael,
you know, I think we've talked about it being you know,
there's normally three calf sales there over three, you know,
three different weeks. There was only one this year, and
you know it was it was, it was. It was
by no means a full capacity, but man, it was
a a pretty hot sale. And our top pen of
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thirty five stairs went for eighteen hundred and eighty dollars.
The our top line of heifers were sixteen hundred and
twenty and that gave us an average over the one
hundred and twenty odd calves that were there was you know,
sixteen hundred and twenty twenty dollars, six hundred and thirty
five dollars, So you know that that big money for calves.
(32:34):
And I was looking back to the records from back
twenty odd years ago. And I think that first say
we did over there we have three hundred and seventy
five dollars over over everything. But you know on that
on that same token, you know, after the soul and
bought our replacement heifers which we bought two year old
this year, and from Johnny Gervin up there in the
(32:56):
in the in the around fairly and you know there's
two thousan seven hundred and fifty dollars for those, So
I mean it's all relative, isn't it. And must put
a special shout out from one of my main buyers,
Lindsay CrOx, who I made a big mistake on the
radio LA last week when I was shouting his praise
as Carton Paul. It's his brother, So sorry about that, Lindsay.
(33:18):
But Lindsay is now my second favorite Catholic of all time.
He comes up every year and he buys their heifers
and he takes them down and they put uses them
capital stock. So yeah, Croxy, he paid a bit more
this year, but you know, as I said to him,
I have to pay a bit more for those who placements.
But he wasn't too worried about what I had to pay.
So but anyway, you know, it's it's those repeat buyers
(33:39):
that we like when we're in situations like this, and
you know, you get to know what your stock are
doing when you sell them, and it's you know, if
both parties are happy, it's it's a one one, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
I remember being at a auction night last year and
a processed hefer wing for twelve hundred dollars. I look
back at it and thinking, what.
Speaker 8 (33:57):
Yeah, well you probably get the oxtail for that.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Now you probably get the nuts.
Speaker 8 (34:02):
Yeah, well yeah, that would be you know, yeah, but yeah,
you're right. It's she's pretty, She's pretty. It's pretty expensive,
isn't it. But you know, I think it's with with
the price of carbs now, you know, and we've said
on this program before that time. I've always said that
the beef cow is I reckon it's one of the
most underrated tools that we have in country like we
(34:24):
have here and and and for a lot of the
country around and over the years it's always it's always
had a you know, hasn't had a great wrap. And
you get all the so called experts talking about you know,
since per kilogram and dry matter what they return, and
and always comparing that the beef cow is always compared
to you know, other classes have stopped where it'd be
bull beef or or whatever. But you know, I've always said,
(34:48):
and I'm sure a lot of people agree that you
know that the cow, you know, she she has such
a such a grooming tool, and you know you get
bonuses to get a calf out it. Well, but the
carf is a bonus, but a properly like this and
as I say many others, it's just the pasture, you know,
the grooming of the pasture and keeping you know, the
(35:10):
worm burdens and everything like that. I think it's such
a really she's a really underrated old machine, the cow.
And I'm just so pleased that at you know what
we can you know, the carf is a real bonus
this year.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
He here, disas are right, your world famous dog trialing results.
What have you got for us?
Speaker 8 (35:28):
Well, we've got the wind and Riversdal Sheet drog trials.
They're on the twenty ninth the March in twenty twenty
sixth and the event won the long head was won
by Dares. He informs me he's only the second oldest
competitor getting around the target and south from McGregor and
Jan was ninety two point five. Second was Jen Williams
and Reese ninety two. Third was Beg Richie, Hare and
(35:50):
Rose with ninety one and Craig black Hawks, Down Away
and James ninety point five, and fifth was Kent the Madhoalse,
Ebbitt and Blue with ninety event. Event to the short
Heading Yard goes to Craig black Hawk, Stenaway and James
of ninety eight. Second was Jimmy Short Ars, Long Lee
and Lady was ninety seven. Third was Big Richard Hare
(36:10):
and Rose was ninety six, Third was right Russell White Apeak,
Peak and Edge ninety three, and fifth was Bill Nickel
and earned ninety two. Event three to zig Zag First
was It's the Benny Hill Show starring Ben Hill and
Grace was ninety six point five. Second was The Benny
Hill Show and Ben Hill was clued ninety six. Third
was Jimmy Short Ars, Long Lee and Cod with ninety
five point five. Fourth was Quentin Whitehead, black Head and
(36:34):
Zeus was ninety five, and fifth was Kent, Ebett and
Kate with ninety four. Event for the straight hunt versus
in a letter Maria Burrell and Meeker was ninety seven,
second was the Logan mack and being ninety six point five.
Third was Harley Churston and Grace ninety five point five,
fourth and white Head, Blackhead and Zeus ninety five and
(36:54):
fifth was Big Richard Hare and Texas with ninety four
point five. So that's all official from Wendon. Malorah is
this Friday and Saturday and Keirawaeo Sunday and Monday, and yeah,
the twelve season is sort of getting coming to an end.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Yeah, I was speaking to Kaka Dinas before they're all
barred up for this weekend and for the South Island's
not too far away.
Speaker 8 (37:16):
Oh I'm going I hopefully getting over there on Friday
to run a couple of dogs at the Mighty Mara
I means arguably some of the best courses in the country. Marah,
and it's not their first radio they've had New Zealand
zero over the years in Ireland, so it's good to
see them back in the in the in the ring
and holding another one there. So good luck to them
and we'll catch up with them on Friday.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
Can only Grant always appreciated talk next week Grant McMaster
with us world famous dog trying results, thanks of course
to Abbie Rural. We wrap up the l next Kelley
Backingham from darien ZID. We have a chat. Kelley Buckingham
(37:58):
of darien Z joins us since she to wrap up
the muster of this afternoon, Keeley, beautiful day outside Hell's
the weekend?
Speaker 9 (38:05):
Oh it was great actually we were just at home.
Wish the weather was like this all weekend that it
would have been much nicer.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
How was it down your nick of the woods?
Speaker 9 (38:14):
It certainly wasn't as blue sky as this all weekend,
but it's nothing to complain about.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
Not complaining about this for getting towards the middle of April, Hey,
we catch up with the team from DARIENSID Weekly. Pretty
relevant subject today as well, you want to touch.
Speaker 9 (38:27):
On, yes, So I guess today we're going to talk
a little bit to attracting and retaining stuff. And it's
just coming off the back of on Facebook seeing lots
of job adverts being put up at the moment or
people looking for jobs, and so yeah, I guess a
message there around attracting stuff. The guests, the key messages there,
(38:49):
you know, it's just looking you know, it's no surprise
when we're looking for getting stuff that higher paying roles
attract more applicants. Andy, But the research that dearing Z
have done in the past is showing that fostering a
positive team culture on farm is just as important as
(39:10):
the hours worked. But also making sure your roster is
fair reasonable is also really really important. Just a tool
that daring Z's got online is called the Job Competitiveness
Calculator on the daring z website and it's a really
really cool tool that's developed I think it's about two
years ago now, but just helps you look at how
(39:32):
your job compares to something of equal relevance, maybe in town,
and it how that stecks up. It looks at takes
into the takes things into consideration like how far from
town you might be and how much your accommodation is
charged out at. So if you are looking at putting
an add up in the next a few weeks as
(39:54):
we head into the end of this season, check that
competitive calculator competitiveness ca lator out because certainly, yeah, it
might show some things that you might not have thought about.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Well, ultimately you're selling your business.
Speaker 9 (40:07):
Yeah exactly, And like we all know, you and I
and this and our jobs, how important people are and
how important attracting the right people to the job are
to the success of your business going forward.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
It's it's an interesting scenario because sometimes you've heard of
applicants going to jobs it's not about what the employee
and the employee can do for the employer, but it's
vice versa.
Speaker 9 (40:30):
Yeah, one thousand percent, Yeah exactly. You know you want
as an employer you should be you know, putting your
best for best foot forward too when when going out
to the market. Equally, you do want to attract, you know,
the best person for the job, but you want to
be putting making sure what you're putting out on offer
(40:50):
is going to attract those really good people.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
Culture is a big one as well. It's not just
confined to yogurt.
Speaker 9 (40:57):
That's a great joke. Yeah, you're bang on, and you know,
the leadership and how we lead people within our team
is really really does lift performance on farm.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Well, it's just about having that culture on farm. It's
a word that can be overused, overstated, but then again no,
because word spreads if you're working with so and so.
Oh Joe Bloggs, real good bugger, he puts you into
the business, he lets you understand what the business and
the fundamentals are.
Speaker 9 (41:26):
Yeah, totally, and that probably leads really nicely into like
retention and staff retention on the farm being a real key,
especially in our sector. I can't think of the number
off the top of my head, but the cost of
replacing a staff member is way more than what we
actually think, you know, in terms of how much it
(41:47):
costs you to retrain staff. Your time out of you know,
the as an employer and a decision maker, the time
that you can't be then doing, you know that strategic
planning because you're having to retrain stuff is really so
just a few top tips that has come out of
the daring Z Productivity study that was completed recently by
(42:08):
Jane Muir and Kellen Eastwood around the keys to retaining
staff was the first one is listening to your team,
you know, asking them would they recommend this job to
a friend? Through the Dairy Industry Awards. Judging that I've
just done, it's been really neat to hear from a
few of the top performers there. They are getting their
(42:29):
staff to complete surveys of themselves. So as I'm the boss,
I'm asking my staff, can you give me some feedback
just to see where the gaps are and your performance
as a leader. You know, often that happens at a
corporate level really often, but often not done on farm
leading well, So planning very clearly, you know what the
(42:49):
week looks like. Task allocation does make quite a big
difference when people know, you know exactly what they're being
asked of in a week. And also communication and all
of this is stuff that people are probably doing day
to day, but just a really good reminder when we
look to, you know, hold on to those stuff now
and into next season and then reviewing regularly, so just
(43:11):
tracking over time how your staff are feeling, what's working well,
what's not. You know, this is a really good opportunity
when we get to June during July when it's downtime
to reflect on, you know, what worked well last season
and what staff might like different next season, and vice versa.
What you would like different too with your stuff.
Speaker 1 (43:31):
Something else to look at too. Put yourself go back
to when you were eighteen starting at a job for
the first time, and what your boss did then that
you didn't like and what you'd like to change if
you were put in that role.
Speaker 9 (43:41):
Yeah, exactly. It's such a good way to think about it.
You know, we all can reflect on, oh, that was
a terrible situation that was handled, or you know, I
really enjoyed it when my boss or my employer or
my team made me feel like this. So it's a
really nice way of just reflecting when we are about
to hire new people, how you make them feel when
(44:02):
they're coming for interviews and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (44:04):
Everything else with Deary and Z though, how's it been.
Speaker 9 (44:07):
Yeah, really good. We're trucking along nicely. Just wrapped up
a big round of Genetic Gain events two weeks ago.
We've got Pasture Summer happening on the twenty second of
this month up in Mosspyrn, so really looking forward to that.
We've got Jane Kay, who is one of our specialists
scientists so based out of Newstead, coming down for that.
(44:29):
So I'm super excited to have Jane and a number
of other subject matter experts as well coming down for that.
Speaker 1 (44:36):
Right you're in a studio, you get to do this today.
Speaker 10 (44:38):
You're lucky thing, laugh out loud, ag proud because life
on the land can be a laughing matter. Brought to
us by sheer Well Data Working to help the livestock farmer.
Speaker 1 (44:49):
Well, I did ask you to google the dad joke
for me when you walked in before. Do you want
to give it?
Speaker 9 (44:54):
Yeah, blim and oath, I've got one.
Speaker 1 (44:55):
Right dad, Jake Central, here we go.
Speaker 9 (44:58):
Right, never played poker with cows. Stakes are too high.
Speaker 1 (45:01):
Boo far good on it, Jelly. You always appreciate your time, mate,
Keeley Buckingham out of dairy en Z. There's the muster
up and done with for Wednesday. The podcast going up
surely on iHeartRadio. The show, of course, is brought to
you by Peters Genetics. Enjoyed this bluebird afternoon, catch you tomorrow.
(45:24):
He well, that too, have got there. PGG writs and
presents stock selling action that occurred at about clues to
so yards this morning, with Mark Calder on the line
once again today Mark, how doll we go?
Speaker 8 (45:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (45:34):
Get ap and here are we going?
Speaker 8 (45:35):
Yep?
Speaker 6 (45:36):
Very good today, cheff Icago. We had a reasonably large
yard and of prime lames that sold very well considering
what's going on getting into the store lambs another year,
smaller yard and stare lambs today, but they're still sold well.
Ford Stores are one fifty to one hundred and forty
dollars one thirty one thirty forty mediums. In your smaller
Winter Talk Contract Lambs of seventy to one hundred Prime US,
(45:57):
b TV Shwan Prime US when grew Welder one eighty
to two hundred mediums one twenty to one forty and
your Lighttery News of seventy to ninety first the second
Castle and Beale Clother is next Friday the seventeenth, so
be sure to get on get on down, or be
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