December 8, 2025 • 44 mins
Andy Muir talks to Mark Smith, Grant McMaster, Andre Welsh, Isla Pringle, Daryl Moyles and Sam Riley.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster on Hakanui. Andy
Muler here until two o'clock, of course, thanks of Peterson X.
Thanks for your company on a rather overcast afternoon. Hearing Gore,
we'll talk with us shortly. But look, these changes to
the Resource Management Act have just been announced. When I
get a chance, I've got to go and print them off,
and I'll give you what you need to know regarding
these changes during the course of the hour. But nonetheless
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we'll continue on in the inter of starting off with
the music. Nineteen eighty five is a theme this song
here Shout to the Top by the Style Council.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm tefrom and subtext.
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Speaker 1 (00:53):
Tuesday afternoon cloudy, we're breezing nor wisterlies and high twenty two.
Wednesday light morning, we're breezing sol easterlyas five and eighteen.
Thursday afternoon showers when Northwester's forming sits in eighteen. Friday
morning showers were breeze at south easterly seven and fourteen
and Saturday sunny with lights sol easterly seven and tweety
so temperatures Clinton fifteen point two, period thirteen point three
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and morven south and fourteen point seven, Riverton fifteen point
seventy and now fifteen point six, Todorow fifteen point four
winter and fourteen point eight, Woodlands fifteen and for Dougye
at ob Col eighteen point three. Mark Smith joins us
from Open Country to start the muster this afternoon. Grant
Disaster McMaster at close Buring Station then hes his weekly
(01:37):
catch up, followed up by Andrew Welsh out of twin
Farm Genetics, the home of tef from Eyler Pringle from
Nightcaps Young Farmers has a chat and Daryl Moyles from
Sergeant Dan Stock Foods. We have a youn later on
in the y hour, of course, Sam Roley from PGG
Rights and gives us a rundown on prices from the
Wolville saw Yards, and we'll start the hour next with
(01:59):
Mark Smith to the muster until two o'clock things to
Peter's Genetics. Mark Smith as general manager of Open Country
and joins us on the muster this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Mark, how are you excellent?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Andy excellent?
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Thanks for calling mate, You're always good to catch up
with yourself and the team from Open Country. Look, we
look back on the season to date so far, peak
milk and the likes that's been in god not too
long ago, mind you. It's been a challenging season down
here in the south yet again, although we are starting
to see a correction on the weather, touch wood and
the likes. How's it been up in your neck of
the woods here of course based in the White Ghadow.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Oh, Look, it's been a challenging season both in the
Wanganui sites any way sites. But the challenge was was
milk volumes. Like we we've had a very very good peak.
Last year was a pretty good peak, but this year
was even better. So look at the site managers pretty busy.
But we processed, processed all the milk and we're on
the downward slide now. So as we sort of come
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down the curve, you know, that allows that allows the
business to make some some other other more fancy products
that take a little bit more time to burn through
the through the drys. So, look, there was a challenge,
but we've got we've we've got there.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
But it's a nice challenge to have, andy, So how
would you compare it to say, twelve months ago, Matt.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
In terms of how what graft is looking like in
the white and I look, I think we're in a
lot better spot than we have been sort of this
time twelve months ago. We're just starting to lose a
little bit of quality. It's just sort of going to
seed a little bit here. You can't get out on
the roads for tractors on the roads at the moment.
So there's there's plenty of plenty of crops being made,
the maize crops at the moment. You know, there's that
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old rule of thumb where you need to be around
about fence height by Christmas. Yeah, I'm seeing crops or
efense height now. So look, we're we're well positioned. It's
a it's a bit dry. There's not a hell of
will rain on the forecast for the next few days,
so we'll see what. We'll see what happens as we
head into Christmas.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
But that's far.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
We're looking good, mate.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
There's a very similar to say parts of South and
when you get to mid November on where was you
don't turn down any moisture.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Oh, any rain sort of late November December will take
it one hundred percent that do you even if you
get you know, those big sort of downfalls of sixty
seventy mills, you might get a little bit of flooding,
but you've got to take rain. In November December I
said you wouldn't turn it away.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
So we look at the market at the moment. It's
an interesting one to say the least mark the GDT.
We've had eight declines in a row. We've seen the
payouts being adjusted as a result of this, the response
to the market. They will be interesting over the next
month or two to see how they how they go
about things.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Yeah, look, so what we're saying, you're right, Andy, we've
had eight declines in the GDT. The buyers around the
world and nervous. When they're nervous, Look, they're.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
Not really buying.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
They're probably buying a little bit on spot just to keep,
just to keep the inventory where they need it. But look,
the buyers are thinking prices are going to drop down,
so they're not buying a hell of a lot. We
see this to continue over the next sort of a
couple of months. You know, you know we pay in
full periods, so our P two and P three, you know,
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things are looking a little bit sad, but we see
a recovery towards the sort of end of this of
this dairy season sort of P four. So that's what
we're seeing at the moment. But hey, look things can change.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So you wouldn't be surprised if the final GDT auction
of the year sees yet another another slight decline.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
I wouldn't be surprised at all. Andy, Yeah, but it's
looking like that. I don't think it's going to be
as big as the one we just had, but you're
sort of certainly just sort of easing off.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
But certainly regarding the mood and the dairying sector, you
can't deny it. It's still pretty buoyant all things considered.
I mean, two seasons in a row, you're looking in
the nine dollars range.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Undred percent. Like all the people you talk to in
the in the dairy industy and also in the primary industry,
where we're sort of we're in a little bit of
a bubble. We're sort of going through a purple patch
at the moment. It got some colleagues in the in
the in the construction and and sort of hospitality type industries,
and there's certainly feeling some pain. So the primary industry,
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you know, dairy, cheat and beef, things are looking things
are looking pretty good now.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Recently Open Country got the acquisitions of Meerka up north,
but down here Matara Valley Milk as well. How has
that been received, Oh, very well, very well Andy.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
So it's you know, it's exciting to add these two
two sites into into our mix. You know, Mattera Valley,
we spent a lot of time looking at that, that acquisition.
It's it certainly certainly adds to our to our ability
to to process milk with Terra Valley is a very
very good site, a very very fency dry and allows
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us to make different types of product. It also allows
us to push a little bit further north in terms
of our collection region, you know, into sort of South
of Otago region. We're getting a we're getting a bit
of interest from that region, so get lock Ate Macaravelly
very exciting for the business. And then in terms of
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the Meetacker purchase, which is located near Tapo, another exciting acquisition.
You know that that sort of suits our our our
North Island strategy in terms of you know, we've got
one at Hortu, one at Waha and our Wanganu East
site that sort of sits in between those those so
it's both sites nicely. So exciting times for the for
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the business.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Andy, are you seeing in that surge regarding new suppliers
with the acquisition of the Taro Valley milk.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Look, we're certainly getting a number of phone calls, which
is which is always good. And the team down there
are you know, going out and talking to some some
new potential supplies and look there's there's plenty of interest,
which is which is exciting.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
It's always nice to.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Give farmers a bit of choice and you know that's
that's just catchphrase or our slogan and his partnership by
choice and you know we can it's nice to to
offer that to to the farmers and to the Seouthland
seatt Otago regions.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Yeah, the team they were down south last week obviously
with the Christmas party season in full swing, catching up
the suppliers and the likes. It will be no different
with your guys.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah, look we've we were down Yeah, we had we
had two Christmas functions for our Seathland farmers, one and
sort of at Lockeel and one at the at the Croydon.
I think the Cordon is the place to be if
you're going to have a Christmas function in that region.
Very well received, good attendance, and it's lovely just to
give something back to our farmers and say thank you
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for their milk and thank you for their thank you
for the last twelve months.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
So what was the feedback from the farmers you were
speaking to regarding just the current situation? Mark? Were they
pretty content?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Oh, they're they're in a they're in a pretty good position. Look,
everyone's a weird that things are softening and there's a
slight decline, but like the mood's pretty positive. So you
know the cows that the cows are looking good. You
know they've got they've been a couple of seasons of
a relatively good player. If there was one complaint I'm
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hearing is the text bills are giving up a little bit.
But you know that's that's not a bad problem to hear.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
I don't think Andy, what text means? You're making money?
Speaker 6 (09:24):
Right?
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Hey, get on your Mark Smith. Always appreciate catching up
with the team from Open Country. Enjoy the fest of
season and we'll catch up again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Wonderful mate. Yep, look after yourself, Andy, and yeah looking forward.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Tod Mark Smith, general manager of milk supply for Open Country.
You're listening to the Muster Grand Disaster MC masters up
next from the edges of closer In Station near Lake Couckett,
Tippe Grant as US McMaster joins us once again thanks
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to Batman and the team at Arby Rural. Of course,
he's farming up at the edges of Lake Wakatipu at
Close Prients Station. Good afternoon, Grunt.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Good afternoon, Andy, Good afternoon, everybody.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
How's the basin today?
Speaker 5 (10:18):
The basins are basking and sunshine a little bit cool
first thing this morning, but it's come out hot like
it has the last couple of days. Very strong winds
on Sunday night, which bought a few trees now, but
it also bought twenty six mills of rain, so that
was on Sunday night and on the Saturday were also
we had sixteen So it's still raining when it wants
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to really and we could probably do out the rain
now and just a bit more sun to get things going.
Speaker 7 (10:46):
Well.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
Things are going and growing, but you know what it's like,
you get a bit of rain in those dull days
and thee the lambs just look as though they need
a bit for the old vitamin D. So we'll a
bit of sun on the backs today and that's good again.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
So you're rain fall, Telly, Would you say it's on
a par with last year?
Speaker 5 (11:04):
No, we're blind last year out of the water actually.
So to get confirmation, I'll have to go across the
lake to Jack Cox because his records. Records, like Jack
are perfect, so what he does, so I'll have that
for us next week. But know, we're well above what
we were last year.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
So what's all the happenings on the farm at the
moment then? Pretty much well, trying to control a bit
of grass really. Yeah, we've just been moving up the cows,
still moving up the cows and getting them into into
a few of the blocks that are just starting to
get into it, which is sort of quite good timing
really with the fact that the ball will go out
in a few weeks time. So doing that and been
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shifting a few years around after after tailing that, having
you know, some haven't gone back into the blox we'd
like to, So I just been pushing those into where
we need to and way to the.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Hills this afternoon to shift the marve views over there.
Got a couple of paddocks line ready for Baylor, so
there will be in a couple of weeks time and
just catch up on the have another look at the
work ground. It's it's had another light spraying and hopefully
over the next few days we'll get the discs over
that again. So it's it's awesome. Yeah, it's been weather
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dependent really and it's you know, while there's still plenty
of moisture in the ground that you get down, you know,
it's it's better to have it on the ground than
in the bag, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
It's interesting area where you are there based around for
the Wakatippi Basin. Sorry, and how the weather back in
the day, back in the late eighties onwards, it was
always about hot, hot summers and moisture was an absolute premium.
But these days it's different.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
Well it has been and it certainly changed and even
in the last five years. And you know, when we
when we got that block over the hills, I was
you know, with the idea was put the turnips in
because you could get them a little bit later, you know,
if it did get dry, and you still get a
bit of a growth out of them in the autumn
when the rains come. But it's completely changed around and
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that that first year that was the case, but since
then it's it's actually been a job. We've managed to
have the crop and by now or in the next
couple of weeks each time, and it's paid off, you know,
it's really paid dividends. And we had the rain and
got a bit obviously last year it got a bit
a little bit dry, but they had that initial berth
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and it's sort of held on the ground and you know,
we were pretty lucky. And I'm sort of thinking that,
you know, maybe the case this year, like we talked
about last last week. But yeah, it's certainly it is
certainly changing and there's no doubt about that, and that
like you know, we're just about had a yearly rainful.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Yes, certainly every season is different. Right now today you
want to touch on technology, and for good reason.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Well good reason because I'm not very technical. But it
was heading down to the lovely township of Gore a
couple of weeks ago and then on and then on
in two in the cargo, but heading down the five
Rivers is a bit of a few things going on,
and you through your beloved Belfa. You know, there's a
lot of big machinery around there, and I couldn't believe
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these big you know, these great big spray units. Looks
like a combine harvest without the table on the front,
and and you know, two swipes up the paddic and
everything's sprayed. And then you've got the massive, big silace
bins being table by big tractors and all the big
harvesters and the thank God. And then I go get
into Gore and you know, the Southam's looking really good.
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And I get into Gore and I go to my
favorite shop and Gore and that's McDougall Saddlery. So love
going in to see Stars. So if you're a listening star,
I've been to pick up that watch strap next week.
But love going in there. And it's like going back
in time. It's not just because Star's been there, it
seems like forever because he hasn't. In fact, his father
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and grandfather had the shops and him, so there's three
generations and you go on there and it's just like
you realize how important While things change, some things stay
the same. So you go there and it's still the
same machinery has, you know, the the sewing machines and
the stitches and the riveters and covers hanging up and
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harness and what have you. And it's always quiet in
there and he works at the table. But you know,
we were having a discussion and you know Starts said
that it's the horse side of things that are not
like it used to be.
Speaker 6 (15:21):
But then in the.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
Corner of the of the offers off the shop with
these all the some shafts that someone had dropped in
and off you know, you know six seventy eighty years
ago they were that they were what we're going around
those paddocks and belfa and and all around the country
and sitting in the corner of the stars, going to
give them to the to the Wagon Society or whatever.
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But you know, you just you just think that how
much things have changed but stayed the same. And you
go on there for anybody that wants a history lesson
of healthing used to be. I think all the school
ships won't likely saying this, but all the school kids
need to go on there and have a lot and
great would be a great thing for class is to do,
just to see how things were done, how they used
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to be done, and basically and that stuff are so
you know, likes from now the harnesses and bridles and
halters and knee boots and hobbles. A lot of those
are now plastic, where once upon a time they were
all bloody, all leather and and you think, you know,
you go across the railway line there and in the
day the railway was full Boor and Gore and up
to Belfer and onto Lumberston and then the promote and
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mell health things. You know, it was just the heigher
of activity. And it's you know, it's still a great pace.
Gore looks really tidy and but you know it's you
think back to the old days and doing the same things,
but with with not the modern technology. Look I saw,
so you were beloved Belfer.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
So how do you go with technology overall?
Speaker 7 (16:47):
Though?
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Grant, I mean, it's something you can't ignore.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
You can you can.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
I'm true for that. You know, I've always had a
watch with the with the with the hands on it
because I could never work out how to change those
digital buggers. Same with mclock, it's the same, I can change.
Speaker 8 (17:05):
It like that.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
No you have. I think it's great in the green
kids here because they can They can send a text
really quicker than I can. You know, I was trouble
turning the radio a little one the TV, so yeah,
I don't you know with you deal with people that
can work those things help me all I do because
I've sort of just never really got on with it.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
We'll leave it there. And the good news for you
as when as daylight saving, your watch naturally corrects at
south once every six months, so I always appreciate your
time into the other.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Okay, thank you, Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Andrew Welsh joins us now out of twin Farm Genetics,
the home of tear from good afternoon, Andrew. How's everything
of the way Mere Valley today?
Speaker 7 (17:56):
Yeahone pretty good, Andy. We had a nice fee share
a rain there, yeah, yesterday morning. So it's good to
get things greening again, because yeah, we certainly need It
would have been good to have more, but we'll take
what we get this time here.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Is it about the same situation as what you've seen
last year? Or different synergies altogether?
Speaker 5 (18:13):
No?
Speaker 7 (18:13):
Different altogether. We probably had quite a lot of moisture
to come through last season and I had good feed,
whereas at the moment we're just just ride on that
sort of borderline of wanting a bit more just to
get it really kicking away. But yeah, getting into a
bit of weaning now and getting getting rid of some
lambs and hopefully'll get rid of some work shoes and
free up a bit of space and get a grunt.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
So with your weaning, how long does that take over?
A couple of days?
Speaker 7 (18:35):
Yeah, we split it out now. We do do a
day on studs and then a couple of days in
commercials rather than trying to jam it all in one
or two days. Just yeah, it takes the pressure off
and a lot easier. So when you weep, get up
and starting nice and early in the morning. Stock always
run better in the morning, and yeah, freezer up for
the rest of the day.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Then, So are you drenching once you've weaned the lambs
or is it a matter of just getting the lambs
off mum? And you deal with all that in a
week's time.
Speaker 7 (19:00):
I must say, yeah, we're going through. We're wean them.
Will run them around and give the lambs a five
and one with a bit of B twelve on it,
and then they just let go out in the paddock
for sort of three or four days and then we'll
bring them back in and drink them then.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
So would you say the lambs are just making a
little bit of color at the moment, a bit of
sun on the backs perhaps to make a difference.
Speaker 7 (19:19):
Yeah, there's a real good top end on them there,
But then there's other ones that just ones that come
through certain mobs that were but tighter going through the spring.
They're just they're good lambs, they're just not quite there. So, yeah,
we were hit space for three hundred down yesterday and
I've got like two twenty or something to go, so
just down a weave, but on what I thought we
were going to get out of them. But yeah, they're
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still killed out. I think they're eighteen point threes or
something I heard this morning. So yeah, chipping on not
too bad.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
They'll be going through near two hundred bucks, is it.
Speaker 7 (19:49):
Yeah, we've got to wait and see what the kill
sheet comes back, but yeah, it'll be pushing on it anyway.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
It's pretty good coin. You wouldn't have thought that a
couple of years ago.
Speaker 7 (19:56):
No, exactly, No, And even the workshoes chipping along at
sort of and seventy odd there. Yeah, just keeps things
tipping along pretty good, really, and.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Even war with these little green shoots, which is a
phrase we seem to use these days. So it's only
small small steps at the moment. Certainly looking in the right.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Direction, it sure is.
Speaker 7 (20:13):
But don't you drink that wall when Andy or is
reckoned before Christmas? But not a lot on the market,
and the price seems to be high. So wait and
see what it does January February when the bulk of
the wall comes to the market.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Hey, don't shoot the messenger palad.
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Okay, we would blame someone Andy.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
I'll take that.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
What about trick the work of the like? So as
the weather, hell do you up? But do say you've
had a pretty good run getting the crops done?
Speaker 8 (20:35):
It is.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
It was.
Speaker 7 (20:36):
It was a slow start of getting going, but when
it actually come ready, it was it was bang that
was up. The ground was great to get into it.
So we're all up to date. Winter crops or the
last two kal petits are actually going and today as
we speak, so it'll be good. Get that and all
the rest are up and going. Young grasses are all
coming through the ground. Certainly behind where we normally would
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would be starting to look at graying them coming up
the next week or two. But yeah, they're still going
to be a month away yet.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Is feed quality becoming in issue?
Speaker 7 (21:08):
Not really, to be fair, there's no top round here.
We're right on top of everything. I'd like to be
a bit further head with grass growth and have a
bit of bailage or something closed up by now, but
there's yeah, you can still see the pop and most
paddocks and no top. So the only thing would be
control a few thistle sticking their heads up at the moment.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
So what are you doing as far as winter crops
for next season? Are you keeping the same methods of
this year? Or are you putting a bit more, a
bit less then.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
Still sticking the same thing, trying to cut down on
that spence with the bailage in that and feeding out
bailage in the window. So sticking with the higher rate
of the kale going through and gives us a few
more options with wintering, well not wintering, but taking some
lambs on through summer through there and grazing it, get
that multi grazing out of it and still locking it
up in the winter.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
For the use.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Well, you do that at your fan, don't you. You
put the lambs on the kale for a while to
give them a bit of a flush.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
Yeah, if we need to.
Speaker 7 (22:01):
Last couple of years we've had sort of deeper summers
and we've managed to get away with it without grazing it.
But it certainly gives us the option if you want to,
you can go around and put sort of twenty five
lambs of the heat year on your kale for sort
of four weeks and just take a lot of meals
off the grass and a little bit easier that way.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
Now you're in the middle of the RAMS selling season.
By the sounds of it, how's that been so far?
Speaker 7 (22:25):
Yeah, chipping on pretty good. Next to Andy. Rams have
come through pretty good after the tough spring. They're looking
really good, made some really good genetic progress there with
some rams too showing up really good. And clients are
really positive this season, as you can tell with the
prices being up and everyone getting into their winnings for
the time of year at the moment. But yeah, another
job we're trying to cram in and get through before
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the big Fellow and the red soud arrives.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
You So how would you surmise the year when you
look back compared to say, this time in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 7 (22:56):
We've probably it was another slow start of the season.
With our growth in the spring. We would certainly be
drier this year than we.
Speaker 6 (23:04):
Were last year.
Speaker 7 (23:04):
We were getting dragging the tailing pin around. Last season
we were getting stuck at tailing time, where this year
you could actually it was just demp and greedy on top,
but you get round or right, but you just the
whole outlook this season just so much more positive with
the lamb and mutton and beef and everything's up venison,
everything's looking really good to just set for the velvet.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Yeah, as far as the valveting stags that you're running there,
you're changing your philosophy around the venison side of things.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
We've always been just for the venison anyway, so it
doesn't affect us too much. We had a hand for
sort of velveting spikers there that we're doing a trial
with and just seeing how they'd suit their situation. But well,
the venison prices are high, we're just going to yes
another jobs, We're going to drop those out. Will certainly
cow very hard on what's not making the grade.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Well at least the venison schedules holding out what is
it eleven dollars or.
Speaker 7 (23:55):
Something, Yeah, there or thereabouts anyway, Andy in the high ten. Yeah,
So it's fantastic really, so it needs to be. We've
sort of been a couple of tougher sort of farming
years across all the industries really, so it's good to
see positivity over the whole she being.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
And that's the thing. We'd like to think this resonates
for the next twelve to eighty months, especially for the
red meat sector.
Speaker 7 (24:18):
Yes, yep, and so far it's looking good, like it
sort of has a habit of going from highest to
low's rather quickly, but it is looking positive and yeah,
long mate, last really it needs to stay there for
these levels to Yeah, just take a bit of pressure
off a few farms on that out there.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Hey, snow, we'll let you carry on. Of course, you
are the sponsors of the five day forecast here at Hakanui.
Of course with tiff from and you, Catherine and the kids.
You have a fantastic holiday season and we'll catch up
with you again next year. And we always appreciate you
ongoing support for Hakanui Thank.
Speaker 7 (24:51):
You very much, Andy, and yeah, Merry Christmas to all
those Yeah, how can we listeners out there?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Andrew Welsh of twin Farm Genetics, a home of Tiffrom
sponsors of the five Day Forecast. This is the muster
before the end of the hour Daryl Moyles from Sergeant
Dan Stock Foods. But up next talking young Farmers, Isla Pringle.
(25:38):
The theme for the music today is the year nineteen
eighty five Whitney Houston there with how will I know
you're listening to?
Speaker 5 (25:44):
The muster?
Speaker 1 (25:45):
On Hakannui? Isler Pringer joined Isler Pringle, sorry, joins us?
Next out of the Nightcaps Young Farmers in our Young
Farmer's Chap for the week. She's of course aligned with
the Nightcaps Club Farming at Headshow, Isla, good afternoon, welcome once.
Speaker 9 (26:00):
Again, can I any thank you very much?
Speaker 5 (26:03):
Pleasure.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
How's everything at Heitchhoke?
Speaker 9 (26:06):
Yeah, she's taken away just pretty nicely to be fair. Yeah,
everything's in smooth swing, got balls out so yeah, just
chipping away until Christmas time.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Really did you get through those winds okay? Back in October?
Speaker 9 (26:22):
Yeah, yeah, we managed to not not be too bad.
I had a generator for six days. But oh the
community got round us and help us out. So yeah,
not too many complaints.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
So are your fence lines and everything You've got them
corrected pretty quickly?
Speaker 3 (26:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (26:39):
Wow, we've only got one massive heachline on their place
and yet it's been pretty well maintained. So yeah, we're
pretty lucky to be fair.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
But nonetheless, I mean, so productions cranking along our young farmers.
Of course you're involved with a nightcats club. Been quite
a bit going on.
Speaker 9 (26:56):
Yep, yeah, we've been.
Speaker 5 (26:59):
We've been pretty busy.
Speaker 9 (27:00):
We've had a lot of social sport, had a netball
and a touch you know, the weather's been so nice
and longer days, so it's quite good to get out
and socialize a bit more. But we had gone on.
We had a slip and slide barbecue last weekend.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
A slip and slide barbecue. Yeah, but a mischief right,
So how long was the tap or whatever you were
using for the slip and slide? What's some details around this?
Speaker 9 (27:30):
It's just down a hill. It was one of the
members old piece of silence cover and I don't know
how long it was to be fair, but there's a
fuss going on.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
So so, but a dishwasher liquid or a lot of
dishwashing liquid and just let it go.
Speaker 9 (27:49):
Yeah, pretty much.
Speaker 5 (27:51):
Yeah, it was. It was pretty funny.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
So it's just that time of the year. I suppose,
like you say, social being the key word for young
farmers in decemb But what else has been happening?
Speaker 5 (28:03):
Yep.
Speaker 9 (28:03):
No, We've got the races this weekend coming, so that's
always a big one. We share a tent with Strawberry
Young Farmers and a few of the other clubs get
around it, so it's a big one before Christmas and
then into the new year. Got another farm tour for
our first meeting pack at a path member help me
(28:27):
brown sort of, and we've got a Golden standard cop
We were doing mom bowls and lime hills, so that
would be good fun too, So.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
That's a fundraising efforts. What's been happening, Yeah, we've we
were in daycare picking up sailor drat and a crop
pannot so that was a long evening.
Speaker 9 (28:50):
Got a few beers to wash the nd the dust
so that wasn't too bad.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
And got the wedding.
Speaker 9 (28:59):
Some people were I've been bar hands at the wedding
this week barnds.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
That's a new term.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
Yeah, and we also have the imp show in Winton
coming up. We have we help with the show sharing,
so yeah, going on, it's always pretty busy this some years.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Yeah, the Windon Show is always a great event. And
like you say, just for the opportunity to go along
there and play your part and make a bit of
coin for the club so you can do stuff. It's
what it's all about.
Speaker 9 (29:31):
Oh, yes, it's just the whole circle. Isn't that your
health out, you get some money and then you can
do stuff with it.
Speaker 5 (29:37):
So nah, it's good.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
I find it interesting that you see the next meeting
you're going to a previous members farmer doing a farm tour.
So how does it all work there? You go there
and just have a bit of an impromptu down at
the wall sheet and then go tickie touring or what's
the plan?
Speaker 9 (29:52):
Yeah, that's sort of the plan. Nothing real formal in
place at the moment. The club will put on some
Safcie's and everyone can bring bring your own drinks and yeah,
he'll take us around the farm and then we'll end
up in the wall sheet and have a few discussions
(30:14):
and yeah, something too formal.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
A few discussions are like that. Hey, as far as
membership with you guys there at nightcas because all the
clubs seem to be doing pretty well, you guys are
under that same allute, not illusion, you guys are doing
the same thing.
Speaker 9 (30:28):
Yeah, no, like it's it's pretty strong down here on
the South and you'd like, like I said, the races.
You know, it's a big time the year and you
often nab a few extra members during this time of
the year. So not really, yeah, just it kind of
makes sense sort of save your money by buying a
(30:50):
ticket through the members price. So yeah, that and we
also have a lot of social sports, so kind of
makes sense to join up and you know, to run around.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
And because you're in that touch con at our Drummond
is it yeah, yeah.
Speaker 9 (31:05):
And Drummond they're actually a bloody good event.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
So nah, well it must be a good event because
you guys have been for my memory, I've been doing
this job four years. I think you've been involved with
those four years.
Speaker 9 (31:18):
Yeah, I wouldn't, I wouldn't drive the case. Yeah that
we always get good numbers and yeah they've got at
the end, so can't play.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
No, that's what it's all about. Refreshments and rehydrating and
the likes. So generally that sounds though. Everything's pretty much
cranking with nightcaps, young farmers, right.
Speaker 9 (31:37):
Yep, n she's all go, so yeah, just keep it producing.
Really just got a bit of momentum, so yeah, yeah, yeah,
everyone's keen on these farm tools much. Keep doing that
for a bit.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
No, why not go and see a bit of landers
out there, because it's naive to think that you're going
to see the province and its entirety right when you
need the opportunity to see you do it.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
You go.
Speaker 5 (32:02):
Yep, that's the thing.
Speaker 9 (32:03):
And like you said, there's a lot of land and
a lot of farmers out there, so I'm in a
lot of good ones at that. So we're getting out
there and getting.
Speaker 5 (32:13):
The look round.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
Absolutely isil so night cats, young farmers. People want to
get in touch socials obviously.
Speaker 9 (32:19):
Yep, socials emails, just yeah, find.
Speaker 5 (32:22):
A way and we'll get in touch as well.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Good on your isla. Always enjoy the chats, enjoy the
weekend coming up, keep it safe, remember and enjoy the
holiday season and we'll catch up again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 9 (32:34):
That sounds great, Tony.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Eiler Pranker. There out of nightcaps Young Farmers. Now it's
just been announced in the last half an hour or so.
Basically the government has come out and saying that regarding
resource consents is going to be changes. So in a nutshell,
the government has announced it will immediately roll over all
resource consents for two years, expected to pass under urgency
(33:02):
as early as this week. A second bill was then
freeze or resource consents until new regional plans are in place,
at which point farmers will have twenty four months to
apply for any consent they still require. Farmers will still
have the same environmental conditions placed on them that their
other current resource consent requires. But this has looked at
(33:22):
as a big one for Federative Farmers. I have somebody
from the organization on the show tomorrow to talk about
this and more context. So yeah, big news there regarding
the Ari Mays and changes. Before we wrap up, we'll
catch up with Daryl Moyles.
Speaker 10 (33:45):
Credit card.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Welcome Back to the Muster on Hakanui. The song is
the Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News
of course from the Back to the Future, the first
movie in the trilogy come out in the year nineteen
eighty five that is a theme for the music Today,
Daryl Moyles, Sagean Dan Stock Foods joins us once again.
Good afternoon, Daryl.
Speaker 6 (34:07):
Good afternoon, Andy. Yes, one of my all time favorite movies.
That original Back to the Future is a great story.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
They kind of ruined it with the sequels though in
my opinion, I don't know.
Speaker 6 (34:16):
That I've seen any of the sequels. I don't think
I see number one.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Yeah, No, Number one absolutely just stands out as a
movie that just resonates with a lot of people, of
course starring Michael J. Fox. But there's not the matter
about today, right, because we're talking about aromas. If you
want to give the gift of carrying this season, I
reckon give the gift of me lesses, especially when it's
got Sergeant Dan stock Food's name on it.
Speaker 5 (34:37):
Right.
Speaker 6 (34:38):
That's a new one on me. But I'm sure there's
bit of prisons out here than the letters. But whatever
works for the Andy.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Oh, the smell of it. Look yesterday, for example, just
wandering around going to my vehicle after where I can look.
You just just resonated around the streets. It's humored, the
ear is still and pretty much smell the stuff as
Miles it's fantastic. As I keep telling you, well, it's
good that you liked it.
Speaker 6 (35:01):
I'd hate for someone out there that doesn't like that smell.
We'd hear about it, but now there's not much we
can do about it. We use a bit of product,
so there is a bit of a roam and especially
in the warm days.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
You need to try and put on the air fresher
for the car.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
Oh, you've got some good ideas. You're a bit of
an entrepreneur. I don't know about that one.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
I'm an ideas man made. I'm all about Darryl Kerrigan, right.
But anyway, over there at Sagan Dan's Top Foods, it's
all guns to the gunner and the lead out to Christmas.
Speaker 6 (35:25):
Darryl, we're still under the pump with a endy. I mean,
it's probably a lot of people say it's good to
be flat out, but we're sort of really struggling to
get this product out of the door fast enough at
the moment. So it doesn't matter how much capacity you've got.
We seem to get all of faster than we can
produce it. But so yeah, this time of the year,
we're normally tailing off through the Christmas with calf mostly
over at the moment, it's still going flat out obviously,
(35:47):
a lot of cars being read, especially beefies and then
normally last to hit the ground, so there's still a
lot of feed going out the door, calf and dairy feed.
With guys still mating and the season starting to change,
you know, we're starting to get some change and milky ears,
so the guys are looking at more of a summer
max rather than spring. Obviously, the requirements for meg and
lime reduced once you get through that spring period and mating,
(36:11):
so yeah, it's all go thinking about what's best to
send farmers at the moment.
Speaker 1 (36:17):
A lot of calves being read this year, especially in
the beech sense as well.
Speaker 6 (36:22):
Oh, totally the massive We sort of were prepared for that.
We knew beef were strong and there'll be a few
beef calves read, but totally blown away by the volumes
of feed required on a daily basis. So we've been running,
absolutely running, and other boys are looking forward to seeing
the light at the end of sudder.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
I can assure you, yeah, they're big tool frame of
yours must be running up and down those steps at
a million miles in air.
Speaker 6 (36:44):
Derrell I don't actually run up the steps that fast
safety right, health and safety. But when I do get
to level three with the boys manufacturing, I've got to
wait for them be where I can talk to them.
I'm not as fill as the once once, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Join the club on that one. As far as other
Max says, what's been going on at this time of.
Speaker 6 (37:02):
Year, we're still playing that with all everything really. Obviously
the pig and the poultry, I should say, is going breakdown,
still putting out huge volumes of that, and every class
really is going pretty good at the moment. We're actually
got a new and I know you're a fan of
our snail feed, but we've just had an order for
(37:23):
some dear velvet nuts to go to Mauritius, which is
just off Madagas Curtens, a long way from New Zealand.
So we're just working with the export company to get
that one through. Something we didn't plan on, but we
just got a contact over there and he's got a
game business for velveting stacks, and so we may be
(37:43):
sending some deer feed to Mauritius. How about that?
Speaker 1 (37:45):
How did the word of Saturn down Stock Foods get
all the way to Mauritius.
Speaker 6 (37:49):
Well, actually what happened is his brother lives in New
Zealand and just researched, you know, dear velveting product and
come to us. You know, the product's pretty good, and
asked a few questions. We give him some pricing, and
he's organizing an export company to send a trial shipment.
So I never would have thought we'd do anything in exporting.
But and Mauritius, I had to look up that.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
You had to google it?
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Did it where it was?
Speaker 6 (38:12):
Yeah, there might be heard of it, but I didn't
know where it was.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
Well, there might be a work trapping it for yourself.
Speaker 6 (38:18):
And Max perhaps, well I did say I'd better go
and check it out. To be honest, you, I've always
wanted to go to Madagascar, so might as well fallen
on the way.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
There is cargo Max, the snail, Max who talked about
it before you win and seen your climb up there
in Central. You got any more giver for me? Regarding
the ratio? Phiced you, what are you working on? Stock you?
Speaker 5 (38:33):
And it was I haven't got that for you.
Speaker 6 (38:36):
But I had Natalie here in my office last week
sorting out a few formulations and she said, she's still
working with that chap up here tweaking the formulation so
we'll have the fastest snails around by the time we
get it right. So at this stage, no, I haven't
been there and I haven't got a stocking rate sorted,
but it's still on ago, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Well, I'm going to ask you every month until we
get this organized, you know that.
Speaker 6 (38:56):
Well, over the Christmas New Year break, I intend to
spend a bit of time in Central and will be
one person that I'll contact to try.
Speaker 4 (39:02):
And with it.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
Absolutely, Oh brilliant, Now that's too. But of course Natalie Crystal,
the animal nutritionist for Sergeant Dan, doing all these formulations
and they're as sure as how there's a lot of
them to try and come up with, right, Oh.
Speaker 6 (39:14):
Absolutely. She was very interested in the Mauritius thing because
originally from Zimbabwe, trained in South Africa, so she's not
far off the coast, so she knew it a bit
of the nights.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
The rumor is going around that a reindeer mix is
being made specifically for Santa has been requested from the
North Pole as well, so it's not just Mauritius and
the Max any truth to that.
Speaker 6 (39:33):
I couldn't confirm or deny that in cases any children listening,
but reindeer pellets have been requested, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
There have been almost the s Claus has been on
the cass. What we need to know other happenings of
Sergeant Dan. How would you surmise the year though? As
we look forward into twenty twenty.
Speaker 6 (39:50):
Six, Daryl, our twenty twenty six is going to be
a different year again. But with the initial payout at
the start of the season and the beef thing, this
has been by far the biggest season we've ever had,
and by a long way the volumes were put through
in That's why we've providentially struggled at some times to
keep up. But next year is going to be a
whole different year.
Speaker 8 (40:10):
You know.
Speaker 6 (40:10):
There's a bit of talk about the payout coming back
a with it, so we'll just have to wait and
see what happens. Heither is totally out of my control,
but we'll be out there trying to satisfy the farmer's
requirements either way.
Speaker 1 (40:21):
And what days are you closed over the holiday season?
Speaker 6 (40:24):
Well, we only play stat days because the animals need
fed every day. We only close the stat days we're
open every other trading day.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
Just finally as well, the news came out last night
that four Syth Bars Stadium, Indoneda no test rugby there
next year, the first time since two thousand and six.
There'll be no test rugby Indoneda And Daryl, are you
going to make the trek out to christ Church to
go and look at this fience new stadium.
Speaker 6 (40:49):
Well, funnily enough, I have a daughter living in cross
Church and I do intend to visit that new stadium USO.
I've got a beat up there, so looking forward to
trying that new stadium. To be honest, Yeah, do you.
Speaker 1 (40:59):
Think this is a decline of Forsyth Bar the unfortunately?
I mean the truth is you just can't have it.
You don't have enough beds and to need and to
satisfy demand with these big events on.
Speaker 6 (41:09):
Yeah, but I'd still like to think that Eden will
get a she fishier games, some pretty good stadium and
the players and people love going there. I think it'll
stay on the system.
Speaker 5 (41:17):
Surely, Darrell.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
If anybody wants to get in touch with Sergeant Dan
before Christmas, what's the best way?
Speaker 6 (41:22):
Just at eight hundred number, which is eight hundred Sgt
d a m get on your.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Darre will always appreciate your time on the Muster. You
and Max have a fantastic holiday season. We'll catch up
next year.
Speaker 6 (41:33):
All the best of you and your listeners.
Speaker 8 (41:34):
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Speaker 1 (41:47):
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Interesting we are Yeah, like you say, we're done. Daryl
getting an order for Mauritius from Saturn down stock Foods
(42:07):
and that's us, over and done with for the afternoon.
My name's Andy Mue. You've been listening to the Muster
on Hockinnilie of course things to Peters genetics enjoy the
afternoon catching tomorrow.
Speaker 8 (42:18):
Hey, well all right, too heavy, go there and what
did he go on again?
Speaker 1 (42:21):
Stock selling action occurred this morning at the Lords of
Sale Yards. Sam Riley from PGG Wright Sin's on the
line to give us a rundown on prices. Kiday, mate,
how'll we go?
Speaker 10 (42:30):
Ah, yeah, not to be today, mate. Some good store
lambs and very selling very well. The prime lambs are
still selling very well and just a small yarding of
prime kettle, but market pre simmer the last week, so
we'll kick off, and the tops of those to twenty
to two seventy, the meet one ninety to two teen,
and the loiterer primed one eighty five. And for the
(42:54):
years the tops of those years to twenty to two forty,
the mediums one seventy to two ten, and the lighter
and used one forty five to one sixty five servething
selling very well there with the really light us at
one hundred one hundred and thirty dollars. The best of
the rams are eighty to ninety dollars and the medium
seventy to seventy five. Into the store lambs. Some very
good store lambs in today, one fifty five to one
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sixty five on the tops of those one forty to
one fifty on the mediums and one twenty eight to
one thirty five on the lighter end lambs with the
wee tail and jiggers one hundred dollars into the prime
kettle is to say, a small yarding of prime kettle
with prices pretty similar to the last week. Stee is
four fifty to five fifty kg's four dollars sixty same
(43:37):
as the heapers four fifty to five fifty kilos full
sixty gary heapers at four hundred and thirty two kgs
four dollars thirty eight and cows at four fifty to
five fifty kilos two ninety to three dollars into the
store kettle. Just a small yarding of of store kettle
mainly made up of calves in today some mealing here
(43:59):
for bulls two hundred and seventy eight kgs twelve one
hundred and ten dollars went under the wieners win a
here for a cross heifers at one hundred and twenty
eight kilos six hundred and eighty win a freezing bulls
the good heavy balls it's one hundred and fifty kg's.
There were seven hundred to seven hundred and thirty dollars
medium freezing balls at one hundred and five one hundred
(44:20):
and forty kilos six hundred and six hundred and fifty
and two of those lighter carbs around that ninety kilo mark.
They were five hundred and five hundred and fifty dollars,
So that wraps up Laudville. Mate. We do have on
Thursday the second IICALLY cartile that's happening in Gore, so
there'll be ten thirty on Thursday, so yeah, there'd be
IIC in there, so come along and support that one.
(44:43):
And the last laundvil sale for the year will be
next Tuesday, which we will have a kettle sale mainly
made up a few yellings and calves, and that was
on bit for next Tuesday as well. There are
Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster on Hakanui. Andy
Muler here until two o'clock, of course, thanks of Peterson X.
Thanks for your company on a rather overcast afternoon. Hearing Gore,
we'll talk with us shortly. But look, these changes to
the Resource Management Act have just been announced. When I
get a chance, I've got to go and print them off,
and I'll give you what you need to know regarding
these changes during the course of the hour. But nonetheless
(00:31):
we'll continue on in the inter of starting off with
the music. Nineteen eighty five is a theme this song
here Shout to the Top by the Style Council.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hakanui's five day forecast with twin farm tefrom and subtext.
The proof is in the progeny teffrom dot co dot inzead.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Tuesday afternoon cloudy, we're breezing nor wisterlies and high twenty two.
Wednesday light morning, we're breezing sol easterlyas five and eighteen.
Thursday afternoon showers when Northwester's forming sits in eighteen. Friday
morning showers were breeze at south easterly seven and fourteen
and Saturday sunny with lights sol easterly seven and tweety
so temperatures Clinton fifteen point two, period thirteen point three
(01:17):
and morven south and fourteen point seven, Riverton fifteen point
seventy and now fifteen point six, Todorow fifteen point four
winter and fourteen point eight, Woodlands fifteen and for Dougye
at ob Col eighteen point three. Mark Smith joins us
from Open Country to start the muster this afternoon. Grant
Disaster McMaster at close Buring Station then hes his weekly
(01:37):
catch up, followed up by Andrew Welsh out of twin
Farm Genetics, the home of tef from Eyler Pringle from
Nightcaps Young Farmers has a chat and Daryl Moyles from
Sergeant Dan Stock Foods. We have a youn later on
in the y hour, of course, Sam Roley from PGG
Rights and gives us a rundown on prices from the
Wolville saw Yards, and we'll start the hour next with
(01:59):
Mark Smith to the muster until two o'clock things to
Peter's Genetics. Mark Smith as general manager of Open Country
and joins us on the muster this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Mark, how are you excellent?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Andy excellent?
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Thanks for calling mate, You're always good to catch up
with yourself and the team from Open Country. Look, we
look back on the season to date so far, peak
milk and the likes that's been in god not too
long ago, mind you. It's been a challenging season down
here in the south yet again, although we are starting
to see a correction on the weather, touch wood and
the likes. How's it been up in your neck of
the woods here of course based in the White Ghadow.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Oh, Look, it's been a challenging season both in the
Wanganui sites any way sites. But the challenge was was
milk volumes. Like we we've had a very very good peak.
Last year was a pretty good peak, but this year
was even better. So look at the site managers pretty busy.
But we processed, processed all the milk and we're on
the downward slide now. So as we sort of come
(03:07):
down the curve, you know, that allows that allows the
business to make some some other other more fancy products
that take a little bit more time to burn through
the through the drys. So, look, there was a challenge,
but we've got we've we've got there.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
But it's a nice challenge to have, andy, So how
would you compare it to say, twelve months ago, Matt.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
In terms of how what graft is looking like in
the white and I look, I think we're in a
lot better spot than we have been sort of this
time twelve months ago. We're just starting to lose a
little bit of quality. It's just sort of going to
seed a little bit here. You can't get out on
the roads for tractors on the roads at the moment.
So there's there's plenty of plenty of crops being made,
the maize crops at the moment. You know, there's that
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old rule of thumb where you need to be around
about fence height by Christmas. Yeah, I'm seeing crops or
efense height now. So look, we're we're well positioned. It's
a it's a bit dry. There's not a hell of
will rain on the forecast for the next few days,
so we'll see what. We'll see what happens as we
head into Christmas.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
But that's far.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
We're looking good, mate.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
There's a very similar to say parts of South and
when you get to mid November on where was you
don't turn down any moisture.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Oh, any rain sort of late November December will take
it one hundred percent that do you even if you
get you know, those big sort of downfalls of sixty
seventy mills, you might get a little bit of flooding,
but you've got to take rain. In November December I
said you wouldn't turn it away.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
So we look at the market at the moment. It's
an interesting one to say the least mark the GDT.
We've had eight declines in a row. We've seen the
payouts being adjusted as a result of this, the response
to the market. They will be interesting over the next
month or two to see how they how they go
about things.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Yeah, look, so what we're saying, you're right, Andy, we've
had eight declines in the GDT. The buyers around the
world and nervous. When they're nervous, Look, they're.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
Not really buying.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
They're probably buying a little bit on spot just to keep,
just to keep the inventory where they need it. But look,
the buyers are thinking prices are going to drop down,
so they're not buying a hell of a lot. We
see this to continue over the next sort of a
couple of months. You know, you know we pay in
full periods, so our P two and P three, you know,
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things are looking a little bit sad, but we see
a recovery towards the sort of end of this of
this dairy season sort of P four. So that's what
we're seeing at the moment. But hey, look things can change.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So you wouldn't be surprised if the final GDT auction
of the year sees yet another another slight decline.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
I wouldn't be surprised at all. Andy, Yeah, but it's
looking like that. I don't think it's going to be
as big as the one we just had, but you're
sort of certainly just sort of easing off.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
But certainly regarding the mood and the dairying sector, you
can't deny it. It's still pretty buoyant all things considered.
I mean, two seasons in a row, you're looking in
the nine dollars range.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Undred percent. Like all the people you talk to in
the in the dairy industy and also in the primary industry,
where we're sort of we're in a little bit of
a bubble. We're sort of going through a purple patch
at the moment. It got some colleagues in the in
the in the construction and and sort of hospitality type industries,
and there's certainly feeling some pain. So the primary industry,
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you know, dairy, cheat and beef, things are looking things
are looking pretty good now.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Recently Open Country got the acquisitions of Meerka up north,
but down here Matara Valley Milk as well. How has
that been received, Oh, very well, very well Andy.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
So it's you know, it's exciting to add these two
two sites into into our mix. You know, Mattera Valley,
we spent a lot of time looking at that, that acquisition.
It's it certainly certainly adds to our to our ability
to to process milk with Terra Valley is a very
very good site, a very very fency dry and allows
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us to make different types of product. It also allows
us to push a little bit further north in terms
of our collection region, you know, into sort of South
of Otago region. We're getting a we're getting a bit
of interest from that region, so get lock Ate Macaravelly
very exciting for the business. And then in terms of
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the Meetacker purchase, which is located near Tapo, another exciting acquisition.
You know that that sort of suits our our our
North Island strategy in terms of you know, we've got
one at Hortu, one at Waha and our Wanganu East
site that sort of sits in between those those so
it's both sites nicely. So exciting times for the for
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the business.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Andy, are you seeing in that surge regarding new suppliers
with the acquisition of the Taro Valley milk.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Look, we're certainly getting a number of phone calls, which
is which is always good. And the team down there
are you know, going out and talking to some some
new potential supplies and look there's there's plenty of interest,
which is which is exciting.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
It's always nice to.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Give farmers a bit of choice and you know that's
that's just catchphrase or our slogan and his partnership by
choice and you know we can it's nice to to
offer that to to the farmers and to the Seouthland
seatt Otago regions.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Yeah, the team they were down south last week obviously
with the Christmas party season in full swing, catching up
the suppliers and the likes. It will be no different
with your guys.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah, look we've we were down Yeah, we had we
had two Christmas functions for our Seathland farmers, one and
sort of at Lockeel and one at the at the Croydon.
I think the Cordon is the place to be if
you're going to have a Christmas function in that region.
Very well received, good attendance, and it's lovely just to
give something back to our farmers and say thank you
(08:44):
for their milk and thank you for their thank you
for the last twelve months.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
So what was the feedback from the farmers you were
speaking to regarding just the current situation? Mark? Were they
pretty content?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Oh, they're they're in a they're in a pretty good position. Look,
everyone's a weird that things are softening and there's a
slight decline, but like the mood's pretty positive. So you
know the cows that the cows are looking good. You
know they've got they've been a couple of seasons of
a relatively good player. If there was one complaint I'm
(09:15):
hearing is the text bills are giving up a little bit.
But you know that's that's not a bad problem to hear.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
I don't think Andy, what text means? You're making money?
Speaker 6 (09:24):
Right?
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Hey, get on your Mark Smith. Always appreciate catching up
with the team from Open Country. Enjoy the fest of
season and we'll catch up again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Wonderful mate. Yep, look after yourself, Andy, and yeah looking forward.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Tod Mark Smith, general manager of milk supply for Open Country.
You're listening to the Muster Grand Disaster MC masters up
next from the edges of closer In Station near Lake Couckett,
Tippe Grant as US McMaster joins us once again thanks
(10:06):
to Batman and the team at Arby Rural. Of course,
he's farming up at the edges of Lake Wakatipu at
Close Prients Station. Good afternoon, Grunt.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Good afternoon, Andy, Good afternoon, everybody.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
How's the basin today?
Speaker 5 (10:18):
The basins are basking and sunshine a little bit cool
first thing this morning, but it's come out hot like
it has the last couple of days. Very strong winds
on Sunday night, which bought a few trees now, but
it also bought twenty six mills of rain, so that
was on Sunday night and on the Saturday were also
we had sixteen So it's still raining when it wants
(10:41):
to really and we could probably do out the rain
now and just a bit more sun to get things going.
Speaker 7 (10:46):
Well.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
Things are going and growing, but you know what it's like,
you get a bit of rain in those dull days
and thee the lambs just look as though they need
a bit for the old vitamin D. So we'll a
bit of sun on the backs today and that's good again.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
So you're rain fall, Telly, Would you say it's on
a par with last year?
Speaker 5 (11:04):
No, we're blind last year out of the water actually.
So to get confirmation, I'll have to go across the
lake to Jack Cox because his records. Records, like Jack
are perfect, so what he does, so I'll have that
for us next week. But know, we're well above what
we were last year.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
So what's all the happenings on the farm at the
moment then? Pretty much well, trying to control a bit
of grass really. Yeah, we've just been moving up the cows,
still moving up the cows and getting them into into
a few of the blocks that are just starting to
get into it, which is sort of quite good timing
really with the fact that the ball will go out
in a few weeks time. So doing that and been
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shifting a few years around after after tailing that, having
you know, some haven't gone back into the blox we'd
like to, So I just been pushing those into where
we need to and way to the.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Hills this afternoon to shift the marve views over there.
Got a couple of paddocks line ready for Baylor, so
there will be in a couple of weeks time and
just catch up on the have another look at the
work ground. It's it's had another light spraying and hopefully
over the next few days we'll get the discs over
that again. So it's it's awesome. Yeah, it's been weather
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dependent really and it's you know, while there's still plenty
of moisture in the ground that you get down, you know,
it's it's better to have it on the ground than
in the bag, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
It's interesting area where you are there based around for
the Wakatippi Basin. Sorry, and how the weather back in
the day, back in the late eighties onwards, it was
always about hot, hot summers and moisture was an absolute premium.
But these days it's different.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
Well it has been and it certainly changed and even
in the last five years. And you know, when we
when we got that block over the hills, I was
you know, with the idea was put the turnips in
because you could get them a little bit later, you know,
if it did get dry, and you still get a
bit of a growth out of them in the autumn
when the rains come. But it's completely changed around and
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that that first year that was the case, but since
then it's it's actually been a job. We've managed to
have the crop and by now or in the next
couple of weeks each time, and it's paid off, you know,
it's really paid dividends. And we had the rain and
got a bit obviously last year it got a bit
a little bit dry, but they had that initial berth
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and it's sort of held on the ground and you know,
we were pretty lucky. And I'm sort of thinking that,
you know, maybe the case this year, like we talked
about last last week. But yeah, it's certainly it is
certainly changing and there's no doubt about that, and that
like you know, we're just about had a yearly rainful.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Yes, certainly every season is different. Right now today you
want to touch on technology, and for good reason.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Well good reason because I'm not very technical. But it
was heading down to the lovely township of Gore a
couple of weeks ago and then on and then on
in two in the cargo, but heading down the five
Rivers is a bit of a few things going on,
and you through your beloved Belfa. You know, there's a
lot of big machinery around there, and I couldn't believe
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these big you know, these great big spray units. Looks
like a combine harvest without the table on the front,
and and you know, two swipes up the paddic and
everything's sprayed. And then you've got the massive, big silace
bins being table by big tractors and all the big
harvesters and the thank God. And then I go get
into Gore and you know, the Southam's looking really good.
(14:28):
And I get into Gore and I go to my
favorite shop and Gore and that's McDougall Saddlery. So love
going in to see Stars. So if you're a listening star,
I've been to pick up that watch strap next week.
But love going in there. And it's like going back
in time. It's not just because Star's been there, it
seems like forever because he hasn't. In fact, his father
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and grandfather had the shops and him, so there's three
generations and you go on there and it's just like
you realize how important While things change, some things stay
the same. So you go there and it's still the
same machinery has, you know, the the sewing machines and
the stitches and the riveters and covers hanging up and
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harness and what have you. And it's always quiet in
there and he works at the table. But you know,
we were having a discussion and you know Starts said
that it's the horse side of things that are not
like it used to be.
Speaker 6 (15:21):
But then in the.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
Corner of the of the offers off the shop with
these all the some shafts that someone had dropped in
and off you know, you know six seventy eighty years
ago they were that they were what we're going around
those paddocks and belfa and and all around the country
and sitting in the corner of the stars, going to
give them to the to the Wagon Society or whatever.
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But you know, you just you just think that how
much things have changed but stayed the same. And you
go on there for anybody that wants a history lesson
of healthing used to be. I think all the school
ships won't likely saying this, but all the school kids
need to go on there and have a lot and
great would be a great thing for class is to do,
just to see how things were done, how they used
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to be done, and basically and that stuff are so
you know, likes from now the harnesses and bridles and
halters and knee boots and hobbles. A lot of those
are now plastic, where once upon a time they were
all bloody, all leather and and you think, you know,
you go across the railway line there and in the
day the railway was full Boor and Gore and up
to Belfer and onto Lumberston and then the promote and
(16:27):
mell health things. You know, it was just the heigher
of activity. And it's you know, it's still a great pace.
Gore looks really tidy and but you know it's you
think back to the old days and doing the same things,
but with with not the modern technology. Look I saw,
so you were beloved Belfer.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
So how do you go with technology overall?
Speaker 7 (16:47):
Though?
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Grant, I mean, it's something you can't ignore.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
You can you can.
Speaker 5 (16:53):
I'm true for that. You know, I've always had a
watch with the with the with the hands on it
because I could never work out how to change those
digital buggers. Same with mclock, it's the same, I can change.
Speaker 8 (17:05):
It like that.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
No you have. I think it's great in the green
kids here because they can They can send a text
really quicker than I can. You know, I was trouble
turning the radio a little one the TV, so yeah,
I don't you know with you deal with people that
can work those things help me all I do because
I've sort of just never really got on with it.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
We'll leave it there. And the good news for you
as when as daylight saving, your watch naturally corrects at
south once every six months, so I always appreciate your
time into the other.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Okay, thank you, Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Andrew Welsh joins us now out of twin Farm Genetics,
the home of tear from good afternoon, Andrew. How's everything
of the way Mere Valley today?
Speaker 7 (17:56):
Yeahone pretty good, Andy. We had a nice fee share
a rain there, yeah, yesterday morning. So it's good to
get things greening again, because yeah, we certainly need It
would have been good to have more, but we'll take
what we get this time here.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Is it about the same situation as what you've seen
last year? Or different synergies altogether?
Speaker 5 (18:13):
No?
Speaker 7 (18:13):
Different altogether. We probably had quite a lot of moisture
to come through last season and I had good feed,
whereas at the moment we're just just ride on that
sort of borderline of wanting a bit more just to
get it really kicking away. But yeah, getting into a
bit of weaning now and getting getting rid of some
lambs and hopefully'll get rid of some work shoes and
free up a bit of space and get a grunt.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
So with your weaning, how long does that take over?
A couple of days?
Speaker 7 (18:35):
Yeah, we split it out now. We do do a
day on studs and then a couple of days in
commercials rather than trying to jam it all in one
or two days. Just yeah, it takes the pressure off
and a lot easier. So when you weep, get up
and starting nice and early in the morning. Stock always
run better in the morning, and yeah, freezer up for
the rest of the day.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Then, So are you drenching once you've weaned the lambs
or is it a matter of just getting the lambs
off mum? And you deal with all that in a
week's time.
Speaker 7 (19:00):
I must say, yeah, we're going through. We're wean them.
Will run them around and give the lambs a five
and one with a bit of B twelve on it,
and then they just let go out in the paddock
for sort of three or four days and then we'll
bring them back in and drink them then.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
So would you say the lambs are just making a
little bit of color at the moment, a bit of
sun on the backs perhaps to make a difference.
Speaker 7 (19:19):
Yeah, there's a real good top end on them there,
But then there's other ones that just ones that come
through certain mobs that were but tighter going through the spring.
They're just they're good lambs, they're just not quite there. So, yeah,
we were hit space for three hundred down yesterday and
I've got like two twenty or something to go, so
just down a weave, but on what I thought we
were going to get out of them. But yeah, they're
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still killed out. I think they're eighteen point threes or
something I heard this morning. So yeah, chipping on not
too bad.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
They'll be going through near two hundred bucks, is it.
Speaker 7 (19:49):
Yeah, we've got to wait and see what the kill
sheet comes back, but yeah, it'll be pushing on it anyway.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
It's pretty good coin. You wouldn't have thought that a
couple of years ago.
Speaker 7 (19:56):
No, exactly, No, And even the workshoes chipping along at
sort of and seventy odd there. Yeah, just keeps things
tipping along pretty good, really, and.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Even war with these little green shoots, which is a
phrase we seem to use these days. So it's only
small small steps at the moment. Certainly looking in the right.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Direction, it sure is.
Speaker 7 (20:13):
But don't you drink that wall when Andy or is
reckoned before Christmas? But not a lot on the market,
and the price seems to be high. So wait and
see what it does January February when the bulk of
the wall comes to the market.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Hey, don't shoot the messenger palad.
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Okay, we would blame someone Andy.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
I'll take that.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
What about trick the work of the like? So as
the weather, hell do you up? But do say you've
had a pretty good run getting the crops done?
Speaker 8 (20:35):
It is.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
It was.
Speaker 7 (20:36):
It was a slow start of getting going, but when
it actually come ready, it was it was bang that
was up. The ground was great to get into it.
So we're all up to date. Winter crops or the
last two kal petits are actually going and today as
we speak, so it'll be good. Get that and all
the rest are up and going. Young grasses are all
coming through the ground. Certainly behind where we normally would
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would be starting to look at graying them coming up
the next week or two. But yeah, they're still going
to be a month away yet.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Is feed quality becoming in issue?
Speaker 7 (21:08):
Not really, to be fair, there's no top round here.
We're right on top of everything. I'd like to be
a bit further head with grass growth and have a
bit of bailage or something closed up by now, but
there's yeah, you can still see the pop and most
paddocks and no top. So the only thing would be
control a few thistle sticking their heads up at the moment.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
So what are you doing as far as winter crops
for next season? Are you keeping the same methods of
this year? Or are you putting a bit more, a
bit less then.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
Still sticking the same thing, trying to cut down on
that spence with the bailage in that and feeding out
bailage in the window. So sticking with the higher rate
of the kale going through and gives us a few
more options with wintering, well not wintering, but taking some
lambs on through summer through there and grazing it, get
that multi grazing out of it and still locking it
up in the winter.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
For the use.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Well, you do that at your fan, don't you. You
put the lambs on the kale for a while to
give them a bit of a flush.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
Yeah, if we need to.
Speaker 7 (22:01):
Last couple of years we've had sort of deeper summers
and we've managed to get away with it without grazing it.
But it certainly gives us the option if you want to,
you can go around and put sort of twenty five
lambs of the heat year on your kale for sort
of four weeks and just take a lot of meals
off the grass and a little bit easier that way.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
Now you're in the middle of the RAMS selling season.
By the sounds of it, how's that been so far?
Speaker 7 (22:25):
Yeah, chipping on pretty good. Next to Andy. Rams have
come through pretty good after the tough spring. They're looking
really good, made some really good genetic progress there with
some rams too showing up really good. And clients are
really positive this season, as you can tell with the
prices being up and everyone getting into their winnings for
the time of year at the moment. But yeah, another
job we're trying to cram in and get through before
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the big Fellow and the red soud arrives.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
You So how would you surmise the year when you
look back compared to say, this time in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 7 (22:56):
We've probably it was another slow start of the season.
With our growth in the spring. We would certainly be
drier this year than we.
Speaker 6 (23:04):
Were last year.
Speaker 7 (23:04):
We were getting dragging the tailing pin around. Last season
we were getting stuck at tailing time, where this year
you could actually it was just demp and greedy on top,
but you get round or right, but you just the
whole outlook this season just so much more positive with
the lamb and mutton and beef and everything's up venison,
everything's looking really good to just set for the velvet.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Yeah, as far as the valveting stags that you're running there,
you're changing your philosophy around the venison side of things.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
We've always been just for the venison anyway, so it
doesn't affect us too much. We had a hand for
sort of velveting spikers there that we're doing a trial
with and just seeing how they'd suit their situation. But well,
the venison prices are high, we're just going to yes
another jobs, We're going to drop those out. Will certainly
cow very hard on what's not making the grade.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Well at least the venison schedules holding out what is
it eleven dollars or.
Speaker 7 (23:55):
Something, Yeah, there or thereabouts anyway, Andy in the high ten. Yeah,
So it's fantastic really, so it needs to be. We've
sort of been a couple of tougher sort of farming
years across all the industries really, so it's good to
see positivity over the whole she being.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
And that's the thing. We'd like to think this resonates
for the next twelve to eighty months, especially for the
red meat sector.
Speaker 7 (24:18):
Yes, yep, and so far it's looking good, like it
sort of has a habit of going from highest to
low's rather quickly, but it is looking positive and yeah,
long mate, last really it needs to stay there for
these levels to Yeah, just take a bit of pressure
off a few farms on that out there.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Hey, snow, we'll let you carry on. Of course, you
are the sponsors of the five day forecast here at Hakanui.
Of course with tiff from and you, Catherine and the kids.
You have a fantastic holiday season and we'll catch up
with you again next year. And we always appreciate you
ongoing support for Hakanui Thank.
Speaker 7 (24:51):
You very much, Andy, and yeah, Merry Christmas to all
those Yeah, how can we listeners out there?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Andrew Welsh of twin Farm Genetics, a home of Tiffrom
sponsors of the five Day Forecast. This is the muster
before the end of the hour Daryl Moyles from Sergeant
Dan Stock Foods. But up next talking young Farmers, Isla Pringle.
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The theme for the music today is the year nineteen
eighty five Whitney Houston there with how will I know
you're listening to?
Speaker 5 (25:44):
The muster?
Speaker 1 (25:45):
On Hakannui? Isler Pringer joined Isler Pringle, sorry, joins us?
Next out of the Nightcaps Young Farmers in our Young
Farmer's Chap for the week. She's of course aligned with
the Nightcaps Club Farming at Headshow, Isla, good afternoon, welcome once.
Speaker 9 (26:00):
Again, can I any thank you very much?
Speaker 5 (26:03):
Pleasure.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
How's everything at Heitchhoke?
Speaker 9 (26:06):
Yeah, she's taken away just pretty nicely to be fair. Yeah,
everything's in smooth swing, got balls out so yeah, just
chipping away until Christmas time.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Really did you get through those winds okay? Back in October?
Speaker 9 (26:22):
Yeah, yeah, we managed to not not be too bad.
I had a generator for six days. But oh the
community got round us and help us out. So yeah,
not too many complaints.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
So are your fence lines and everything You've got them
corrected pretty quickly?
Speaker 3 (26:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (26:39):
Wow, we've only got one massive heachline on their place
and yet it's been pretty well maintained. So yeah, we're
pretty lucky to be fair.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
But nonetheless, I mean, so productions cranking along our young farmers.
Of course you're involved with a nightcats club. Been quite
a bit going on.
Speaker 9 (26:56):
Yep, yeah, we've been.
Speaker 5 (26:59):
We've been pretty busy.
Speaker 9 (27:00):
We've had a lot of social sport, had a netball
and a touch you know, the weather's been so nice
and longer days, so it's quite good to get out
and socialize a bit more. But we had gone on.
We had a slip and slide barbecue last weekend.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
A slip and slide barbecue. Yeah, but a mischief right,
So how long was the tap or whatever you were
using for the slip and slide? What's some details around this?
Speaker 9 (27:30):
It's just down a hill. It was one of the
members old piece of silence cover and I don't know
how long it was to be fair, but there's a
fuss going on.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
So so, but a dishwasher liquid or a lot of
dishwashing liquid and just let it go.
Speaker 9 (27:49):
Yeah, pretty much.
Speaker 5 (27:51):
Yeah, it was. It was pretty funny.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
So it's just that time of the year. I suppose,
like you say, social being the key word for young
farmers in decemb But what else has been happening?
Speaker 5 (28:03):
Yep.
Speaker 9 (28:03):
No, We've got the races this weekend coming, so that's
always a big one. We share a tent with Strawberry
Young Farmers and a few of the other clubs get
around it, so it's a big one before Christmas and
then into the new year. Got another farm tour for
our first meeting pack at a path member help me
(28:27):
brown sort of, and we've got a Golden standard cop
We were doing mom bowls and lime hills, so that
would be good fun too, So.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
That's a fundraising efforts. What's been happening, Yeah, we've we
were in daycare picking up sailor drat and a crop
pannot so that was a long evening.
Speaker 9 (28:50):
Got a few beers to wash the nd the dust
so that wasn't too bad.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
And got the wedding.
Speaker 9 (28:59):
Some people were I've been bar hands at the wedding
this week barnds.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
That's a new term.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
Yeah, and we also have the imp show in Winton
coming up. We have we help with the show sharing,
so yeah, going on, it's always pretty busy this some years.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Yeah, the Windon Show is always a great event. And
like you say, just for the opportunity to go along
there and play your part and make a bit of
coin for the club so you can do stuff. It's
what it's all about.
Speaker 9 (29:31):
Oh, yes, it's just the whole circle. Isn't that your
health out, you get some money and then you can
do stuff with it.
Speaker 5 (29:37):
So nah, it's good.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
I find it interesting that you see the next meeting
you're going to a previous members farmer doing a farm tour.
So how does it all work there? You go there
and just have a bit of an impromptu down at
the wall sheet and then go tickie touring or what's
the plan?
Speaker 9 (29:52):
Yeah, that's sort of the plan. Nothing real formal in
place at the moment. The club will put on some
Safcie's and everyone can bring bring your own drinks and yeah,
he'll take us around the farm and then we'll end
up in the wall sheet and have a few discussions
(30:14):
and yeah, something too formal.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
A few discussions are like that. Hey, as far as
membership with you guys there at nightcas because all the
clubs seem to be doing pretty well, you guys are
under that same allute, not illusion, you guys are doing
the same thing.
Speaker 9 (30:28):
Yeah, no, like it's it's pretty strong down here on
the South and you'd like, like I said, the races.
You know, it's a big time the year and you
often nab a few extra members during this time of
the year. So not really, yeah, just it kind of
makes sense sort of save your money by buying a
(30:50):
ticket through the members price. So yeah, that and we
also have a lot of social sports, so kind of
makes sense to join up and you know, to run around.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
And because you're in that touch con at our Drummond
is it yeah, yeah.
Speaker 9 (31:05):
And Drummond they're actually a bloody good event.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
So nah, well it must be a good event because
you guys have been for my memory, I've been doing
this job four years. I think you've been involved with
those four years.
Speaker 9 (31:18):
Yeah, I wouldn't, I wouldn't drive the case. Yeah that
we always get good numbers and yeah they've got at
the end, so can't play.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
No, that's what it's all about. Refreshments and rehydrating and
the likes. So generally that sounds though. Everything's pretty much
cranking with nightcaps, young farmers, right.
Speaker 9 (31:37):
Yep, n she's all go, so yeah, just keep it producing.
Really just got a bit of momentum, so yeah, yeah, yeah,
everyone's keen on these farm tools much. Keep doing that
for a bit.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
No, why not go and see a bit of landers
out there, because it's naive to think that you're going
to see the province and its entirety right when you
need the opportunity to see you do it.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
You go.
Speaker 5 (32:02):
Yep, that's the thing.
Speaker 9 (32:03):
And like you said, there's a lot of land and
a lot of farmers out there, so I'm in a
lot of good ones at that. So we're getting out
there and getting.
Speaker 5 (32:13):
The look round.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
Absolutely isil so night cats, young farmers. People want to
get in touch socials obviously.
Speaker 9 (32:19):
Yep, socials emails, just yeah, find.
Speaker 5 (32:22):
A way and we'll get in touch as well.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Good on your isla. Always enjoy the chats, enjoy the
weekend coming up, keep it safe, remember and enjoy the
holiday season and we'll catch up again in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 9 (32:34):
That sounds great, Tony.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Eiler Pranker. There out of nightcaps Young Farmers. Now it's
just been announced in the last half an hour or so.
Basically the government has come out and saying that regarding
resource consents is going to be changes. So in a nutshell,
the government has announced it will immediately roll over all
resource consents for two years, expected to pass under urgency
(33:02):
as early as this week. A second bill was then
freeze or resource consents until new regional plans are in place,
at which point farmers will have twenty four months to
apply for any consent they still require. Farmers will still
have the same environmental conditions placed on them that their
other current resource consent requires. But this has looked at
(33:22):
as a big one for Federative Farmers. I have somebody
from the organization on the show tomorrow to talk about
this and more context. So yeah, big news there regarding
the Ari Mays and changes. Before we wrap up, we'll
catch up with Daryl Moyles.
Speaker 10 (33:45):
Credit card.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Welcome Back to the Muster on Hakanui. The song is
the Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News
of course from the Back to the Future, the first
movie in the trilogy come out in the year nineteen
eighty five that is a theme for the music Today,
Daryl Moyles, Sagean Dan Stock Foods joins us once again.
Good afternoon, Daryl.
Speaker 6 (34:07):
Good afternoon, Andy. Yes, one of my all time favorite movies.
That original Back to the Future is a great story.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
They kind of ruined it with the sequels though in
my opinion, I don't know.
Speaker 6 (34:16):
That I've seen any of the sequels. I don't think
I see number one.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Yeah, No, Number one absolutely just stands out as a
movie that just resonates with a lot of people, of
course starring Michael J. Fox. But there's not the matter
about today, right, because we're talking about aromas. If you
want to give the gift of carrying this season, I
reckon give the gift of me lesses, especially when it's
got Sergeant Dan stock Food's name on it.
Speaker 5 (34:37):
Right.
Speaker 6 (34:38):
That's a new one on me. But I'm sure there's
bit of prisons out here than the letters. But whatever
works for the Andy.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Oh, the smell of it. Look yesterday, for example, just
wandering around going to my vehicle after where I can look.
You just just resonated around the streets. It's humored, the
ear is still and pretty much smell the stuff as
Miles it's fantastic. As I keep telling you, well, it's
good that you liked it.
Speaker 6 (35:01):
I'd hate for someone out there that doesn't like that smell.
We'd hear about it, but now there's not much we
can do about it. We use a bit of product,
so there is a bit of a roam and especially
in the warm days.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
You need to try and put on the air fresher
for the car.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
Oh, you've got some good ideas. You're a bit of
an entrepreneur. I don't know about that one.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
I'm an ideas man made. I'm all about Darryl Kerrigan, right.
But anyway, over there at Sagan Dan's Top Foods, it's
all guns to the gunner and the lead out to Christmas.
Speaker 6 (35:25):
Darryl, we're still under the pump with a endy. I mean,
it's probably a lot of people say it's good to
be flat out, but we're sort of really struggling to
get this product out of the door fast enough at
the moment. So it doesn't matter how much capacity you've got.
We seem to get all of faster than we can
produce it. But so yeah, this time of the year,
we're normally tailing off through the Christmas with calf mostly
over at the moment, it's still going flat out obviously,
(35:47):
a lot of cars being read, especially beefies and then
normally last to hit the ground, so there's still a
lot of feed going out the door, calf and dairy feed.
With guys still mating and the season starting to change,
you know, we're starting to get some change and milky ears,
so the guys are looking at more of a summer
max rather than spring. Obviously, the requirements for meg and
lime reduced once you get through that spring period and mating,
(36:11):
so yeah, it's all go thinking about what's best to
send farmers at the moment.
Speaker 1 (36:17):
A lot of calves being read this year, especially in
the beech sense as well.
Speaker 6 (36:22):
Oh, totally the massive We sort of were prepared for that.
We knew beef were strong and there'll be a few
beef calves read, but totally blown away by the volumes
of feed required on a daily basis. So we've been running,
absolutely running, and other boys are looking forward to seeing
the light at the end of sudder.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
I can assure you, yeah, they're big tool frame of
yours must be running up and down those steps at
a million miles in air.
Speaker 6 (36:44):
Derrell I don't actually run up the steps that fast
safety right, health and safety. But when I do get
to level three with the boys manufacturing, I've got to
wait for them be where I can talk to them.
I'm not as fill as the once once, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Join the club on that one. As far as other
Max says, what's been going on at this time of.
Speaker 6 (37:02):
Year, we're still playing that with all everything really. Obviously
the pig and the poultry, I should say, is going breakdown,
still putting out huge volumes of that, and every class
really is going pretty good at the moment. We're actually
got a new and I know you're a fan of
our snail feed, but we've just had an order for
(37:23):
some dear velvet nuts to go to Mauritius, which is
just off Madagas Curtens, a long way from New Zealand.
So we're just working with the export company to get
that one through. Something we didn't plan on, but we
just got a contact over there and he's got a
game business for velveting stacks, and so we may be
(37:43):
sending some deer feed to Mauritius. How about that?
Speaker 1 (37:45):
How did the word of Saturn down Stock Foods get
all the way to Mauritius.
Speaker 6 (37:49):
Well, actually what happened is his brother lives in New
Zealand and just researched, you know, dear velveting product and
come to us. You know, the product's pretty good, and
asked a few questions. We give him some pricing, and
he's organizing an export company to send a trial shipment.
So I never would have thought we'd do anything in exporting.
But and Mauritius, I had to look up that.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
You had to google it?
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Did it where it was?
Speaker 6 (38:12):
Yeah, there might be heard of it, but I didn't
know where it was.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
Well, there might be a work trapping it for yourself.
Speaker 6 (38:18):
And Max perhaps, well I did say I'd better go
and check it out. To be honest, you, I've always
wanted to go to Madagascar, so might as well fallen
on the way.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
There is cargo Max, the snail, Max who talked about
it before you win and seen your climb up there
in Central. You got any more giver for me? Regarding
the ratio? Phiced you, what are you working on? Stock you?
Speaker 5 (38:33):
And it was I haven't got that for you.
Speaker 6 (38:36):
But I had Natalie here in my office last week
sorting out a few formulations and she said, she's still
working with that chap up here tweaking the formulation so
we'll have the fastest snails around by the time we
get it right. So at this stage, no, I haven't
been there and I haven't got a stocking rate sorted,
but it's still on ago, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
Well, I'm going to ask you every month until we
get this organized, you know that.
Speaker 6 (38:56):
Well, over the Christmas New Year break, I intend to
spend a bit of time in Central and will be
one person that I'll contact to try.
Speaker 4 (39:02):
And with it.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
Absolutely, Oh brilliant, Now that's too. But of course Natalie Crystal,
the animal nutritionist for Sergeant Dan, doing all these formulations
and they're as sure as how there's a lot of
them to try and come up with, right, Oh.
Speaker 6 (39:14):
Absolutely. She was very interested in the Mauritius thing because
originally from Zimbabwe, trained in South Africa, so she's not
far off the coast, so she knew it a bit
of the nights.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
The rumor is going around that a reindeer mix is
being made specifically for Santa has been requested from the
North Pole as well, so it's not just Mauritius and
the Max any truth to that.
Speaker 6 (39:33):
I couldn't confirm or deny that in cases any children listening,
but reindeer pellets have been requested, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
There have been almost the s Claus has been on
the cass. What we need to know other happenings of
Sergeant Dan. How would you surmise the year though? As
we look forward into twenty twenty.
Speaker 6 (39:50):
Six, Daryl, our twenty twenty six is going to be
a different year again. But with the initial payout at
the start of the season and the beef thing, this
has been by far the biggest season we've ever had,
and by a long way the volumes were put through
in That's why we've providentially struggled at some times to
keep up. But next year is going to be a
whole different year.
Speaker 8 (40:10):
You know.
Speaker 6 (40:10):
There's a bit of talk about the payout coming back
a with it, so we'll just have to wait and
see what happens. Heither is totally out of my control,
but we'll be out there trying to satisfy the farmer's
requirements either way.
Speaker 1 (40:21):
And what days are you closed over the holiday season?
Speaker 6 (40:24):
Well, we only play stat days because the animals need
fed every day. We only close the stat days we're
open every other trading day.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
Just finally as well, the news came out last night
that four Syth Bars Stadium, Indoneda no test rugby there
next year, the first time since two thousand and six.
There'll be no test rugby Indoneda And Daryl, are you
going to make the trek out to christ Church to
go and look at this fience new stadium.
Speaker 6 (40:49):
Well, funnily enough, I have a daughter living in cross
Church and I do intend to visit that new stadium USO.
I've got a beat up there, so looking forward to
trying that new stadium. To be honest, Yeah, do you.
Speaker 1 (40:59):
Think this is a decline of Forsyth Bar the unfortunately?
I mean the truth is you just can't have it.
You don't have enough beds and to need and to
satisfy demand with these big events on.
Speaker 6 (41:09):
Yeah, but I'd still like to think that Eden will
get a she fishier games, some pretty good stadium and
the players and people love going there. I think it'll
stay on the system.
Speaker 5 (41:17):
Surely, Darrell.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
If anybody wants to get in touch with Sergeant Dan
before Christmas, what's the best way?
Speaker 6 (41:22):
Just at eight hundred number, which is eight hundred Sgt
d a m get on your.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Darre will always appreciate your time on the Muster. You
and Max have a fantastic holiday season. We'll catch up
next year.
Speaker 6 (41:33):
All the best of you and your listeners.
Speaker 8 (41:34):
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Speaker 1 (41:47):
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orders a beer, the weird orders a tequila. The three
one says nothing for me. I'm the driver, shout out
to anybody listening in from a Rushia's online as well.
Interesting we are Yeah, like you say, we're done. Daryl
getting an order for Mauritius from Saturn down stock Foods
(42:07):
and that's us, over and done with for the afternoon.
My name's Andy Mue. You've been listening to the Muster
on Hockinnilie of course things to Peters genetics enjoy the
afternoon catching tomorrow.
Speaker 8 (42:18):
Hey, well all right, too heavy, go there and what
did he go on again?
Speaker 1 (42:21):
Stock selling action occurred this morning at the Lords of
Sale Yards. Sam Riley from PGG Wright Sin's on the
line to give us a rundown on prices. Kiday, mate,
how'll we go?
Speaker 10 (42:30):
Ah, yeah, not to be today, mate. Some good store
lambs and very selling very well. The prime lambs are
still selling very well and just a small yarding of
prime kettle, but market pre simmer the last week, so
we'll kick off, and the tops of those to twenty
to two seventy, the meet one ninety to two teen,
and the loiterer primed one eighty five. And for the
(42:54):
years the tops of those years to twenty to two forty,
the mediums one seventy to two ten, and the lighter
and used one forty five to one sixty five servething
selling very well there with the really light us at
one hundred one hundred and thirty dollars. The best of
the rams are eighty to ninety dollars and the medium
seventy to seventy five. Into the store lambs. Some very
good store lambs in today, one fifty five to one
(43:16):
sixty five on the tops of those one forty to
one fifty on the mediums and one twenty eight to
one thirty five on the lighter end lambs with the
wee tail and jiggers one hundred dollars into the prime
kettle is to say, a small yarding of prime kettle
with prices pretty similar to the last week. Stee is
four fifty to five fifty kg's four dollars sixty same
(43:37):
as the heapers four fifty to five fifty kilos full
sixty gary heapers at four hundred and thirty two kgs
four dollars thirty eight and cows at four fifty to
five fifty kilos two ninety to three dollars into the
store kettle. Just a small yarding of of store kettle
mainly made up of calves in today some mealing here
(43:59):
for bulls two hundred and seventy eight kgs twelve one
hundred and ten dollars went under the wieners win a
here for a cross heifers at one hundred and twenty
eight kilos six hundred and eighty win a freezing bulls
the good heavy balls it's one hundred and fifty kg's.
There were seven hundred to seven hundred and thirty dollars
medium freezing balls at one hundred and five one hundred
(44:20):
and forty kilos six hundred and six hundred and fifty
and two of those lighter carbs around that ninety kilo mark.
They were five hundred and five hundred and fifty dollars,
So that wraps up Laudville. Mate. We do have on
Thursday the second IICALLY cartile that's happening in Gore, so
there'll be ten thirty on Thursday, so yeah, there'd be
IIC in there, so come along and support that one.
(44:43):
And the last laundvil sale for the year will be
next Tuesday, which we will have a kettle sale mainly
made up a few yellings and calves, and that was
on bit for next Tuesday as well. There are
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