March 10, 2026 • 44 mins
Andy Muir talks to Grant McMaster, David Frame, Lana Marshall, Jared Stockman, Tom O'Brien and Mark Calder.
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today Clinton fourteen point two, Harriet twelve point three and
for dougyapanomical thirteen point six grant disaster. McMaster starts us
off for a Wednesday afternoon with the latest dog trial
results that occurred over the weekend. Then we've got David
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Frame from Craig's Investment Partners this situation with the US
in the Middle East and what it means for n Z.
David chries to put a little bit of an understanding
about what's actually going on as far as New Zealand
and all of this. Then Lana Marshall. Lana was one
of the entrants in the Xander McDonald Awards that God
announced the win last night, but as well talks about
(03:03):
the impact summer Now. We had Harriet Bremda on the
show yesterday and there was a hell of a great
yarn and Lanna, I think it's just going to be
saying the same sentiments around the sector, so just showing
there are a lot of good people involved. We're looking
at the future of rural New Zealand. Tom O'Brien he's
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on the show as well, talking about multi sport events
we've had down here, the Magnificent Race finish at the weekend.
Well he's been doing one up country as well, which
he goes talks us about and Jared Stockman of Darien
zed so without further ado up next, we'll start the
hour with stock sale report actually Mark Calder of PGG
writes and talking about about cleothersal Then we'll splid into
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it with disaster.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
You'll thanks to Abby Rural.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Time to catch up with Grant McMaster, a closper and station.
We're talking everything about dog trials, tribulations and living in
the high country. If that makes sense, Grant.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Goody, Andy and Graftenoon everybody probably not, probably not a
lot makes sense on the show to be fair on
the segment, so making sense might be a start.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Well, we can know you go one way. I suppose
how's everything at closer.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Yeah, it's still good that, you know, the summer continues
to give and even though we're in the autumn now,
it's a little bit cooler in the mornings, obviously dark
in the mornings, but the days have been great and
in fact, last week it's been probably it's been the
warmest at night as it's been all summer. So yeah,
really good, good days. There's a little bit cooler in
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the morning, but the grass is still growing and green,
you know, the green tip, well it's not quite as green,
but there's funny a good tucker about, so, you know,
good a good spot to be in Andy. And I
went there to go to the cargo yesterday and getting
me down through Garston about or nine o'clock in the morning,
there was quite a good frost on the side of
the road there just before Garden, so it's been Yeah,
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it's got that. The leaves are starting to turn on
the willows here a bit. So yeah, the autumn is
upon us.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
We're just heading into that cycle that's come around rather
too quickly.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
It is. But I mean, autumn is always generally quite
a good season for I'd say, you know, I know
in south and especially east and south and and there,
you know, the Winding Valley, autumn was always a good,
great time for a lot of growth and good days.
And it's sort of similar up here. If you've you've
got a bit of rain and the autumn's good, it's
sort of the heat is definitely in the you know,
the heat's definitely there. So nole bits of rain we're
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getting are just keeping things taking along, which is which
is great. And you know, we're in a far different
situation than we were this time last year when you
know you could see a mouse carrying his lunch across
the hill.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
How big? How big is the lunch that a mouse carries?
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Oh slightly bigger than the mouse because they get hungry.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You see, that's a big bit of cheez. Have you
stay to your last week? We had the drone arriving
that afternoon about to put some first on. How of
that go?
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Oh that was? You know, that was like I was
as excited as I was going up to farm discussion
group and finding all about the halters. So yeah, this
we we decided to put some ferret on a on
a kale ground and it's it's only about six seven
hectares and it's just it's just a bit of undulating
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hell that that you know, the bulky would have, you know,
would scuffed it up a bit. So neighbor had a
drone going to do something us, right, I will, let's
do that and you know, share share the costs. So
he came along and we had the we had the
ton of ferts sitting there, a couple of coal buckets.
The drone comes in and we're putting about seventy k
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g's into it and away. God just lifted up and
and just did the GPS at all. And it's quite fascinating.
This This drone was worth about eighty thousand dollars and
the guy that owns it's got it set up to
be on solar battery so every time that you know,
the drone might only be away for a couple of minutes,
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but then it would come back and he would have
to reach he would have to take the battery out
and take another one off the charger that was being
charged with the solar panels that he had so very
efficient and use a friendly. He did have a generator
as a bit of a backup because he hadn't quite
perfected the getting enough solar energy at times and had
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had a little tank there that when I was the host,
boy what a boy just came in. He gave the
ground a bit of a bit of a squirt so
it didn't blow the dust up. Drone drops down and
set it up and away it goes, so four roads
on it and when it's sitting above you, well you're
just out of its way obviously, but you know, it's
quite a big it's quite a big bit of machinery equipment,
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and I think it was worth about eighty thousand dollars
just the drone. So anyway, did a great job, I thought,
and didn't seem to make that long and you know,
GPS it all and the way it goes. There was
a there was some power lines went through one of
the paddocks that he was dubious off and trying to
gauge the height above me. He said, if they you know,
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if you were doing something else, sometimes if you were spraying,
you'd go underneath them. But yeah, you'd see the bone
just stop and pop up and go along and then
and it would come, you'd load it and away it went.
So yeah, very very interesting.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
You can almost say it as a highly glorified model airplane.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Oh absolutely. And and you know, as we know, with
the world the way it is, thrones are used for
a lot of things. But another you know, he was
telling me that he does a lot of spraying with it,
and with AI you can set it alight and say
I just wanting to do gorse and broom or whatever
it may be, and it'll just you know, shoot around
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and stop down and what it's got to do. Spot
spraying on the hill or whether it's wherever you're doing it.
But a great thing for various blocks on hell blocks
that you've got a bit of course of broom away
up high. You can't drag the host too, and you know,
pretty expensive getting the helicoprim, but we do so, you know, certainly, yeah,
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certainly got their place. And like we spoke about last week,
with the technology with Halter and and everything like that, gpessing.
I mean, they'll just get more and more efficient, I guess,
and you know we'll see a lot more of them
in the future.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
You're getting a touch of fly on your turtoos as well. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
So just brought the two d's back from hog and
Gully Road day before yesterday and got them into the yards.
Laurie camee. We loaded them and see just a couple
of two or three was just a little bit of
fly it started. That's only been over there a couple
of days beforehand. Thought we'd dodge that, but no, So
I'm just going to draft them off very shortly and
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deal with them. But I would have thought it was
sort of calling off enough in the mornings to stop
that little Australian green fly. But no, and we're jud
to everything in a couple of weeks, so I'll keep
the twotoo's handy and hopefully they'll be all right. But
you know they have got well, They've got November, December
and January feb year, so they've got four months well
on them. And it's just at that stage that the
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green fly like it the us of all the second
shorn you know, a few months, a few weeks I have
spoke about that they're all good, but I haven't seen
a lot of those because they are way up in
hillblocks about to get them in the next couple of
days and get ready to I suppose we'll have to
tox so and sex adye dip and all that. So
that's coming up. It's good when the weather's like this,
and I think it probably will be right.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Dog trial results give us some wisdom.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
I know about wisdom them. I'll give you some results.
But we're we're talking about Mosban, which was the seventh
of March, and the long head goes to the oldest
competitor ever to go to the dog's roles, and I
hope he's listening. Tears glory of Al McGregor and jen
with ninety five. Second was Roger Bryn Tweed and Hope
with ninety four. Third was Rod Coronation Street, Colder and
Dawn ninety three point five. Fourth was Clayton, I'm going
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to ruin your house des after Rolands and Ubi with
ninety three, and fifth was Maria Burrell and Code with
ninety two point five. Event to the short Head and
Yard First, I've got to get a bit serious Brian
Dickinson and Dan with ninety two point five. Second Logan Gogan,
Vain and Harry with ninety one. Third Maria Barrell and
Code with ninety point five. Fourth was his old name
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from the past, Jefford, now retired. Tweedy and Speed was
seventy five, and fifth was James Jimmy Adams and Snow
sixty five. Event three the zig Zag Vers was Steph
Tweed and Bolt with ninety five. Second was a Logan
A Mackie and Ben ninety three point five. Third Clayton,
I May ruin your house Roland and Dixie with ninety three.
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Force was Maria Burrell and Rambot ninety two, and fifth
was Nick Swale and Tony with ninety Event for the
straight hunt down there at Mosburn. Wow, what a field
day for Clayton Rock and roll. Rolands and Dixie ninety
six point five, second was Graham the Selector Dickie in
Treble ninety six, third was Odin Bremer and an Edge
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ninety five point five, fourth was Deaf Tweet and fault
With ninety five, and last was Sam Cyril and two
at ninety four point five. So that's all official from
mos Brand coming up Winton on the fourteenth and Miller's
Flat is the fifteenth and the sixteenth. So it continues
to roll on, Andy.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Good only your grant. Always appreciate your time. Catch up next.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Week, yall aford it Andy.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Grant Disast McMaster brought to you weekly thanks to ab Rerol.
David Frame, m of Craig's Investment Partners. We have a chinwad.
Next you're listening to the Muster.
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Speaker 1 (12:55):
David Frame of Craig's Investment Partners catches up once again.
Good afternoon, Afternoon, Andy, how's everything in the investment world.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
It's bouncing around. It's a bit of a while roller
coaster at the moment.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
It's a hell of a roller coaster at the moment.
It's like being a dream world.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
Yeah, I think dream world's better than working in the
sheer markets at the moment. But yeah, we've seen this before.
It's just rarely choppy times.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Well, dream world's probably just as expensive as what we're
seeing around tire and for the obvious reasons, say, Okay,
we've got this situation in the Middle East, it's being
dictated by America. America is more least dictating what's going
on around the world at the moment too, and we're
just having to suffer ramifications.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Yeah, pretty much. I think America and Israel seemed to
be calling the shots. Trump's talking a big, big talk,
but it seems to be chopping and changing day by day.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
What did somebody say, he's one tweet away from ending
this war. That's just how the guy operates.
Speaker 5 (13:53):
Yeah, I think if you see the rhetoric coming out
of Iran, then I'd suggest he's not one tweet away
from ending the war. But yeah, I hope it's resolved quickly.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
What are we going to see here as well? Regaining
interest rates and the likes. I mean, there's a lot
there for us to decipher. The ocr for example, there's
going to have to be changes, Yeah, there are.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
I think the impact of this latest battle really will
be how long it lasts for. So we've seen that
the price of oil has been bouncing around. It was
up thirty percent the other day and one day it's
probably down twenty twenty five percent. They reckon the oil
will keep on flowing. But then on CNN today I
see that Iran might be putting in some sort of
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mines and that straight which might stop the shipping. So
you know, how long does it go on for and
when is there some certainty? If it keeps on going
on and oil does hold up high, then we see
the cost of fertilizer will go up for sure, and
then we see the impact on the general consumer, and
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then we could see, you know, recessionary type effects. So
we all hope that it's short lived.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Look put it into context. When you do they do
the discount days and gore generally the consensus or what
the pattern I see is twelve cents on a Monday
and about eighteen to possibly twenty cents discount, especially at
the South Service stations here and Gore. On a Thursday
last Thursday into Friday morning, about seven am to a finish,
you can get a liter a diesel for about a
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dollar fifty three to a dollar fifty seven. The same
diesel now is but around two dollars twenty to two
dollars thirty.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
Yes, And I noticed I filled up my youth the
other day and it was two dollars for the first
time I can remember. So yeah, pretty disheartening. And if
you're in the agricultural sector that those prices really start
biting pretty quickly, all.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Of a sudden. Brent crude is a term that we're
hearing a lot these days, and just very quickly. As
a side note, do you know how brent crude got
its name.
Speaker 5 (15:54):
I'd suggest a dude name Brent, but I'm probably wrong.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
You're pretty close. It was named after the Brent oil
field in the North Sea, which was discovered by Shell
in the nineteen seventies. Of course Shell is now z
in New Zealand. So there you go. But a useless trivia,
But Brent crude oil, it's all the rage. Yeah, it is.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
And if you look at the actual oil markets, there
are probably twenty different metrics and markets and pricings for oil.
So the main guts of it is oil is more expensive.
It could stay up there for a while.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Like so Australia their fuel is I think it's more
expensive in New Zealand's I think this is the first
time ever.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
Yeah, which is quite staggering, isn't it. And I guess yeah,
you know, for the general consumer out there, we've seen
price increases over the last few years. We've all been
winging about the cost of living, and here's just another
factor that could stop consumers spending money down the street.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Well, you're going to have to. I mean, all of
a sudden, you're looking at your budget and you've got
another twenty bucks a week just to fill up a
tank that takes a bit. It's a big hit. Eighty
bucks a month.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
Yeah, it's made and some of those people that travel
every day to mccargoll from Gore or other places, then
it's going to be more, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Absolutely? What about currencies, Well, are we going to see
any change there? We're going trends.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
We've seen the American dollar strengthen a little bit. It's
only marginal, so we haven't seen any wild swings in
it yet. But if we head up head into this
for too long and we end up in recession and
countries like New Zealand are generally out of favor in
those conditions, that would help our exporters, which is probably
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a tick, but it would probably imports. Yeah, it would
exacerbate the fuel price any other costs that we're bringing
into the country.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
So this is a matter of just waiting and seeing
what happens, pretty much on a twenty four hour basis. Yeah,
it is.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
I mean, the reports suggest that the Iranians might be
running out of arms. Their new leader seems to be
up in arms, though he doesn't look like he's ready
to roll over. So yeah, we'll just have to sip
and look at this.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
From your viewpoint of us a few people this as
far as benefits for New Zealand, we are a trading nation.
We are at the bottom of the world effectively. Do
you see anything that could be positive for us out
of all of us taking out the exporting element.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Yeah, I think the only well, a couple of things.
We probably still look like the good guys we haven't
barreled into this conflict. And the other thing is that
our exports might be still pretty good. And if our
dollars weakening can weaken against the US, then we're probably
going to export a little bit more, so tiny marginal gains.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
That aside, though, we look on the local front and
these prices just continue to astound, Let's be honest, terrific.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
Yeah, I feel really good for the farmers out there
and the whole community because, yeah, the good prices will
flow through to all parts of Southland's economies.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Are you seeing the bounce back in a town.
Speaker 5 (18:58):
Like Gort Personally I am. When I walk down the street,
I see more people doing more things. It just seems
to be a bit more positive. Definitely more people smiling.
Despite the rubbish summer that we've had. You know, there
seems to be a more positive vibe in the community.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Well that's my favorite saying, smile. It confuses people. Too
easy to do. Hey, David, right, you guys have changed
office now. As Sam said, possibly the best billboard outside
of a supermarket. You'll ever find your opposite New World?
Where exactly is your location?
Speaker 5 (19:31):
So one IERK Street you can't miss up great building
calling if you're in town.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
I was it new World? Yes? Good on you David
always good, appreciate your time.
Speaker 6 (19:40):
Thanks Andy, you said Hi, nice to meet you to
David Frame of Craig's Investment Partners. This is the muster
up Next Lana Marshall talking about the Xander McDonald Awards
that were held last night.
Speaker 7 (19:53):
Oh to get there's me of you.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
We can daze, we can dance on a we could
answer the.
Speaker 8 (20:01):
Mine, follow your heart verever.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Sa excused gone, This is the muster on Hokanu. Ilana
Marshall is up at the Impact Summit in christ Church
which is happening this week. But she was a finalist
in the Xander McDonald Awards which were announced last night.
Because identally the winners from New Zealand are Cahn Dali
(20:30):
Well and from Australia Bryce Neyland. But nonetheless being involved
in a week it just seems to wreak a positivity
in the rural sector. It sounds like in a real
outstanding event. Lana's going to give us a bit of
rundown of how it's been. Good afternoon and welcome to
the muster.
Speaker 9 (20:47):
I thank you very much for having me. Andy.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Firstly, up there in christ Church, just at the summit
in general, it must be a pretty positive mood.
Speaker 9 (20:56):
It just been perfick up here and now even when
you talk to is here for the same reason. It's
all about improving the ad sector. We've all got the
same desire to improve what we do and being surrounded
by these incredible people is just so humbling and inspiring
evel at the same time.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Just regarding the mood, I'd say to be pretty positive
given the way the sectors are performing this year.
Speaker 9 (21:21):
Definitely yet, No, it has been. Yeah, everyone, everyone's in
really good spirits. We're talking about what's next to the future.
You know where we're going to be investing in next
we're our biggest growth opportunities. And we've actually just come
off a talk with the in regards to some trades.
So yeah, that's all been yeah, real.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Positive, Yeah and interesting. Regarding trade, what was the hot topic.
Speaker 9 (21:44):
Today, Yeah, it was a it was a very good
topic this morning. The main thing was what is what
are we looking at in regards to the international trading
system at the moment and what might lie heads for
New Zealand. We didn't dive into too much details such,
it was more just around. You know, how are we
going to continue to trade, what a nation's need to
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do to respond an especially in New Zealand. What's our
presence like.
Speaker 10 (22:09):
Around the world.
Speaker 9 (22:10):
So just sort of very lightly touched on all those subjects.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Was the general consensus that New Zealand has equipped to
adjust to these ever evolving changes.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (22:20):
Yeah, there was a lot of positivity in a room,
and you know, we sort of looked at you know,
what do our products offer, you know, what's our export
around the world. And everyone around the world loves what
New Zealand does, so they think that we're in a
pretty good space there.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I suppose about yourself then, and for people who underware
about your background, just give them a brief understanding of
your farming background as such and where you're based.
Speaker 4 (22:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (22:49):
So I like to tell people I'm an unpaid dairy farmer.
So my husband and I fifty fifty shure milking and
mocket tour and then outside farming, I work for an
or some company called MZAB So I get to live
and breeze farming every single day, whether it's on our
farm or helping other people and empowering them to succeed
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in their own farming business.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Well, I suppose when you've had a rough day at
the office, going and to help out on the farm
is probably a release more than anything, or sometimes it
could be the other way around.
Speaker 9 (23:21):
It's it's fantastic. I mean it makes me very grounded
and I feel it makes me a lot more relatable
to my clients. Being out there on the farm is
an experience that you can't really explain. It's nice to
have but a piece and fide. Although during carving you
sort of have to put the air pods in so
you can't hit the calves too loud. But yeah, no,
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it's it really does bring a breath of fresh air.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
And what was a driving force for you applying for
the Xander McDonald Award?
Speaker 9 (23:51):
For me, look, I looked at it and thought, oh,
this is an amazing opportunity. Didn't think I was good
enough and get enough to having a few conversations with people,
said no, you've got to put your name in the hat.
You know that the award brings opportunities and connections that
you will not make anywhere else with any other award.
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And so for me, you know, winning would have been
fantastic in regards to the mentoring trip and being able
to go over to Australia. But the real award has
been part of the alumni. So as a finalists top
three we given by the back every single year, we're
in a room with these incredible every business professionals and
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farmers and you know, it's those long lasting connections that
that we're going to be able to implement change moving forward.
And I think that's something that money can't buy.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
It's interesting you say that Harriet Bremner. I hit her
on the program yesterday and she echoed those exact same sentiments.
Speaker 11 (24:48):
Oh god, it's good.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
Well we didn't rehearse it, so I can. Yeah, it's
it's very hard to put into words what this award
brings you. And you know, like this morning, just meeting
with people from across the Ditch who said, you know,
if you ever over in Australia, please come and see us.
Would love to have you there. And yeah, I mean
you wouldn't get that anywhere else.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Regarding the Australian contingent, how are they feeling at the
moment regarding the farm Regarding the farming sector.
Speaker 9 (25:17):
Yeah, it's interesting because you know in New Zealand, with
very predominantly shem beef and dairy. One of the finalists
are and a partner are cotton farmers. So for them,
it's it's very interesting to hear about how water plays
such a significant role in their business. You know, they're
all about flood irrigation, and you know that they've had
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a lot of rainfall over there lately, so you know,
the weathers plays quite a big part for what they're
doing over in their countries. But they are all in
really good spirits they have despite what's happening with weather
over there. They are taking on new initiatives, are trialing
new ways of farming, and yeah, that they're in pretty
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good spirits to be fair.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
The situation in the Middle East is a playing on
their minds at all, given that alban Easy's starting to
do a bit of accommodation for Donald Trump.
Speaker 9 (26:09):
Yeah, the old Trump. Trump's name come up a couple
of times yesterday actually, and you know, talking about the
price of all well and what that's going to do
for the dairy sector and you know things like that.
So yeah, there is a wee bit of unease around that.
But look, and I'm a very big believers you can
only focus on what you can control. You know, we
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can't affect a lot of these decisions and what's going on.
So if we just focus on what we can do
and how we can improve what we are doing worldwide,
then you know, that's that's the best thing.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
Well, okay, it's the end of the week. The Impacts
Summit is all over and done with. What is Lanna
Marshall going to do differently going forward?
Speaker 9 (26:47):
Oh that's a great question.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
And only the tough questions on this show.
Speaker 9 (26:53):
I think for me, We're going on a field trip
tomorrow around christ which is going to be very exciting.
We have over to Lincoln University to their Egrey Tech
Space and then we are lucky enough to head out
to a whole to farm tomorrow afternoon as well, so
that'll be exciting. But I think following on for me,
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you know, I'm very very passionate about my job within
ZAB and what I do for my clients, and to me,
it's taking these connections that I've now gained at the
Summit and being able to bring them back to my
role so I can continue to help people succeed in
their farming businesses, but also around that governance space. For me,
that's sort of my trajectory for now is working on
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some further education in that space, which means that I'm
going to be best placed for any sort of governance
roles relating to my interests moving forward, and hopefully we
can be part of creating a sector that you young
people look at it and say I want to go
and work in that sector. It's not just milking cows
or out in paddock setting up breaks or anything like that.
There's other roles within our sector and yeah, just trying
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to keep those people engaged and so that way, you know,
our cony will continue to flourish.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Good on ya, Lana, thanks very much to your time
on the must Us Afternoon. Congratulations on being a finalist
for the Xander McDonald Award and as well the Impact Summit.
It sounds like you could almost run through a brick
wall after listening to a couple of these workshops. So
good to see positivities there in the sector.
Speaker 9 (28:22):
Thanks for your time, no worries, Thanks and I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Lana Marshall up at the Impact Summit which is happening
in christ Church this week and just a positivity and
just alluding to their interview like I did with Harriet.
You say, the positivity when you go to these events
and just looking forward as to what you can contribute
to the sector is a bloody great thing. Jared Stockman's
up next from deary en Z then Direct the Hour
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Tom O'Brien based up in Garston. This says the Master
on Hakanui. Jared stock then of dari and Z joins
us once again. Jared, how are you great?
Speaker 10 (29:10):
Indy? Here are you?
Speaker 8 (29:11):
Mate?
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Can't cold playing hump Dale already the week it's just
wizzing past, yeah, isn't that? Yeah?
Speaker 10 (29:16):
And a bit of a bit of good weather this week,
which is nice to see for.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Change, and interesting where you're based talking to farmers in
Northern South and actually being on a farm near Riversdale
over the weekend Jared, and surprisingly dry. They need a
good drop of rain.
Speaker 10 (29:33):
Yeah, they do, Indy, and it's yeah, it's it's kind
of hard to hard to see what happens in South
and I think there's so many different bands of weather,
so Northern South gets a dry. As you say, Riversdale
has been a bit dry. But I spent a farm yesterday.
Who reckons he hid enough rain last week to just
keep on tracking and the cows are still milking well,
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which is provabent.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yeah, a lot of positives out there at the moment.
I suppose have you given that on the season regarding
milk flows. Talking to Lurry yesterday from Open Country Larry Margrain,
he was saying, how it's been a really good season.
Speaker 10 (30:08):
Yeah, here's Seth and Otaga sending leading the charge, just
under eight milk growth this season, Canterbury's at three point
one and the North Island's kind of ticking around that
one and two percent mark. So I think it's been
a really good season and how could it not be
based on last year? But yet not very positive and
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we're getting towards the end of the season and things
looking really really good.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
It'll be interesting the next GDT as well. Are we
going to have dre I say, at five rises in
a row.
Speaker 10 (30:43):
Or how good would that be? I reckon yep, cautiously optimistic.
We're getting closer to that double digit figure and yeah,
look there's going to be a fair bit of cash
around in a kind of a normal season with suplus
cash in the obviously Fronterira we're turning back to one
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off thevestment, So yep, looking pretty good. Probably prices I
understand are pretty pretty hot at the moment as well,
so that's that's certainly reflective of another good year in deiry.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Do you see any concerns, Judy the ongoing conflict in
the Middle East that could have ramifications for us.
Speaker 10 (31:23):
Yeah, Look, I think I think costs is always the
main factor that farmers need to keep an eye on. Fuel.
Obviously we've already seen an immediate rise and prices, which
is really fascinating given given the fuels already here. It's
on the water, so we'll be effectively already paid for it.
(31:43):
But yeah, I think fuel is going to be a
big factor in the short term. But yeah, I think
once things settle down, we'll see what we're seen in
the past, which is all prices will we'll start to
get back to get back to recent normals. But yeah,
I think fuels the biggest the biggest challenge right now.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Are you hearing anything around fertilizer?
Speaker 10 (32:08):
Not huge amounts, but I think you know given that,
I mean, we obviously make a lot of feud here,
but any important thought is going to be any imported
fo it's going to be affected by all prices because obviously,
you know, ships are running on diesel and heavy oil
and stuff like that. So yeah, I expect that will
flow through that maybe the local producers might might weather
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that storm.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Will it better now the levy vote three days to go?
Speaker 10 (32:37):
Yeah, it is, It's it's tracking a line pretty well.
We obviously we're obviously want farmers to who hadn't faded
to vote. They've got three days. They can do it online,
so they can do it right now. So yeah, we
just just tend to get as many funers voting as possible.
I think we've had out of fifty percent so far,
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but yeah, there's still there's still obviously a big chunk
of farmers that need to dig at that that email
or that voting peck and make the great count.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Ideally, what figure would you aim for? I mean looking
for one hundred percent at least, be honest, it's not.
Speaker 10 (33:15):
Going to heaven no, because we're obviously not giving back
a large chunk of money for farmers, so I think
there'll be a different story. But yeah, look, you know
i'd like to I'd like to hope that seventy five
percent of their farmers themself and cast the vote. You know,
for them to do that, they're going to have to
get a bit of a riggle on. But yeah, I
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think that gives us a bit of comfort that dear
indeed valued as part of the dairy farming sector. So yeah,
I think i'd like to see you know, some numbers
are dead. But importantly we know we just want farmers
to cast a vote.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
So how long until we find out the numbers when
the voting's finished.
Speaker 10 (34:00):
Yeah, Look, it's a bit of a tricky one. I
think I think we should have a bit of an
idea next week. I'm not one hundred percent sure of
the process as far as you know when that comes out.
But there's there's a few steps that need to happen
after the votes have been tallied, Like we need to
produce a so we get the information back from election. Indeed,
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it's tally independent kind of body in terms of counting
the votes and things like that, and then there's some
reports that go through to government about what the results are,
what we've what we've done to the process in terms
of leading up and during the levy vote, and then
it goes to it'll go to the government committee to
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confirm that Iberian ZEDs to continue.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Now as far as workshops that are up up on
the horizon, what have we got Jared.
Speaker 10 (34:58):
Yeah, we've got we've got some really good ones coming
up in terms of driving productivity through genetic improvement. So
we've got a couple of events next week, one on
Tuesday at Phil Garaway and Lobby, Gunn's Farm and Winton
and then Wednesday Dolan Lynch in tesh and maybe farm
(35:19):
at Drake's Hell. So that we've got Andrew fear down
he heads up the n V a l for dear
N Z and you know those those events have delivered
in partnership with Fontier at l I cum CRV, so
there'll be some really good events that people get along to.
(35:40):
And then we've got a not mitigation field day at
Brighton next week in a chance to look over John
Pemberton's property, and then a few discussion groups coming up
late March Uly April.
Speaker 4 (35:54):
So yeah, there's there's a lot.
Speaker 10 (35:57):
There's a lot of events technical at the moment where
we're really bus through the early April. But you just
encourage farmers to make use of those of each and
either get along themselves or get their you know, get
ther minagers or farm staff along because farmers are really
good at learning, and they're even beer at learning when
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they're they're talking to other farmers, So you're a good
opportunity to get along with those each CD.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Good on your Jared, always good to catch up.
Speaker 10 (36:25):
Thanks, Andy, appreciate it, Jared Stocktvin.
Speaker 3 (36:30):
Love, Deary and z.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Before we wrap up, Tim O'Brien, let's talk some ultra
sports because we can.
Speaker 4 (36:42):
Take no reck.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Love me too, Tis. Tim O'Brien is based up at
Gaston up in northern South and then joins us this afternoon.
Good afternoon, Tommy. The song near a stuf gazing by
Miles Smith. Are we you're based at the moment you're
telling me you're up in the hills there at one
of the cabins, trying to fix some solace. So looking
(37:08):
at stars might be the issue.
Speaker 8 (37:10):
Well, yeah, got a stargazing mate. Yeah, I need to
find some kind of divine inspiration to figure out how
to work out the electrical element of the solar thing.
And it's just not really in my wheelhouse, mate, So yeah,
I'm a bit stumped at the moment.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
You had a pretty good in school sired Egg and science,
didn't you.
Speaker 8 (37:29):
Oh well, I know that light plus energy plus six
CO two when you add water, so you get chlorofyl.
But plus C six H twelve O six plus six
O two is the chemical equation for photosynthesis.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Which photosynthesis.
Speaker 8 (37:45):
Yes, yeah, so you need all of that to grow grass,
and so that's probably That's probably all I land.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
It's been a pretty hectic week as far as endurance
sports of the running variety down here in the South.
We had the Magnificent which finished up at the weekend
here and Gore. But you just sort for no reason
all you do the moto tappy.
Speaker 8 (38:06):
Well you're pretty much yeah, but you're bang on. Actually,
a good friend of mine, Don Sca, his partner couldn't
do the mototape marathon, and about ten days out he said, oh, look,
you know, do you want to I've got a spare ticket.
Do you want to do it? And I kind of
got fomo And I'd never done the mototape before, so
meeting me, I kind of went, oh, well, okay, I've
done a little bit of training, but nothing is specific,
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you know, enough to do that. But anyway, it was
a cracking day. We had five hundred people on the
start line and off we went. And yeah, it was
sort of running along for a bit, and I was
worried about a little bit of an injury that I
thought might might crop up, so I was sort of
popping the voltarns and the and the jowls and all
the electrolytes and stuff. But yeah, it was a great
(38:50):
day out. And in fact, I got sort of probably
to about the twenty three twenty four k mark, and
I was pacing with a woman called were Sutherlands, and
I thought it was that odd because she's running along
and every now and then she would say to people, oh,
do you want some jowls or do you want some
cramp stuff? And I said, to you, were doctor, and
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she said, no, I invented pure energy jowls, and that's
exactly what I was having during the race. So I
pulled them out and I said, you mean these things
and she goes yeah, yeah. So so I had a
great chat to Marie for about an hour as we
were running along, and just her story was incredible. You know,
she was a New Zealand Olympic rower and she's an
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elite cyclist. So we killed a bit of time running
along and she said, oh, you're going to act as
my pacer for the race. So I dutifully agreed to that,
and that put a bit of pressure on me. And yeah,
we got across the finish line. I think I got
fourth in my age group and seventieth out of five hundred,
so I was kind of happy with that. I'll take that.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Now. The magnificent race concluded, like you said, Saturday evening,
and I went down to one of the lake cafes
to get a coffee first thing Saturday morning. Here's a
team of Izzi's there. They are inside. They were absolutely buggered,
for want of another word, and I was just having
you into them about the race, and this is what
they had to put up with, right, So they said,
oh no, sleep was good for us. We got four
(40:15):
hours a night. So there you go, over the course
of a week work that one out. But they are
on the water and the one I think at one
stage peddling in there on direction, working off the cumbers
to go where they wanted to go. And they found
out only found out that team a team had got
metavacked off the water when they got to the dairy
and Clinton and see it on the front page of
the local rag and they're like, what the hell's going
(40:37):
on here? Luckily that team was back in the race
pretty much sooner than later. But then they arrived at
the finish sign it was at eight o'clock and they're like, well,
what do we do now? So nothing was open, so
they just slept on the ground for a while.
Speaker 8 (40:49):
Oh goodness.
Speaker 10 (40:50):
No.
Speaker 8 (40:50):
Yeah, I mean that race is very unique, and you
know it's always going to have a lot of major
challenges and drama and all the rest of it. You
just mentioned that they went on the lake and they
were paddling the wrong way. I wonder if they took
into account, you know, the two north, because there's there's
more than one north, you'll notice, and there's a pole
(41:11):
of north, and then there's what's called magnetic north, so
you have to adjust your compass twenty one degrees in
order to be able to get true north in terms
of where you're going, and the difference between twenty degrees
of magnetic north and pure north and being over a
long distance and send you in the completely well not completely,
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but definitely in the wrong direction. So maybe there was
an issue with that, who knows, But yeah, either way,
big challenges. But you know, these people who step up
and do these things. You've really got to take your
head off and.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Then absolutely yeah yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:43):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (41:44):
Lastly, ground conditions up at Garston. It's drying certain parts
of northern Southland. How are you coping?
Speaker 8 (41:50):
Oh well, look, I mean the pea harvest is happening
as we speak, so everything's going with that. At the moment.
Ground conditions are pretty good. You know, we haven't really
dried off at all up year. You know, everything's very
very green for this time of year, more so than
probably what we've ever had. Although and saying that, you know,
talking to Brandon of the gardens of Welcome Rock Gardens
with all the salad greens and beige production, he's had
(42:13):
an awful year. Yeah, just you know, we just haven't
had those regular hot days that we need because he
also irrogates, so he really wants those days. So the
yields have been back in certain types of crops, but
as far as grass cover and all that sort of
stuff going, I'd say that we're still doing okay up
here for the time of year.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
Good on you, Tommy, you always appreciate your time.
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Thanks for PGD. Right soon it is time to catch
up with Mark Calder, who is going to give an
update from the Barcluther sale that was held this morning.
Good afternoon, Mark price Wise, how do we go?
Speaker 4 (43:27):
Good?
Speaker 11 (43:27):
Here we go and yeah we're we're back at wee
it today but just yeah sort of things to come,
but not not all doom and gloom kicking under the
prime lames today. They still went well the top three
thirty to two hundred and fifty dollars, medium line one
eighty to two thirty, and you lottery and primes or
Ford stores which you say we're won sixty to one seventy,
get under the store lands one hundred and thirty, one
(43:49):
hundred and forty four dollars ninety two hundred and twenty
fore mediums and your lottery, and we're fifty to eighty.
Used another small yard of us today, big calm, you
whoseday they still sold well at two hundred and two.
Speaker 7 (44:02):
Thirty, mediums one hundred and one thirty and you're ladering
news at fifty to eighty out of painful rams, and
today that has made one hundred dollars. It was a
small yard and across all the teams today stall lambs
are back. Ford stores are still selling positively in their place.
Next week to your kettle sale, make sure you get
down and come in and look at some great kettle
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and offer these a large number too.
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of the songs today, you'd associate it with some with
a grop with a hipster group of long beards sitting
around the campfire drinking kombucha. But then is far from
the case with Miles Smith. This song here stargazing, It's
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westerlies twelve and eighteen. The sole temperatures to speak off
today Clinton fourteen point two, Harriet twelve point three and
for dougyapanomical thirteen point six grant disaster. McMaster starts us
off for a Wednesday afternoon with the latest dog trial
results that occurred over the weekend. Then we've got David
(02:40):
Frame from Craig's Investment Partners this situation with the US
in the Middle East and what it means for n Z.
David chries to put a little bit of an understanding
about what's actually going on as far as New Zealand
and all of this. Then Lana Marshall. Lana was one
of the entrants in the Xander McDonald Awards that God
announced the win last night, but as well talks about
(03:03):
the impact summer Now. We had Harriet Bremda on the
show yesterday and there was a hell of a great
yarn and Lanna, I think it's just going to be
saying the same sentiments around the sector, so just showing
there are a lot of good people involved. We're looking
at the future of rural New Zealand. Tom O'Brien he's
(03:24):
on the show as well, talking about multi sport events
we've had down here, the Magnificent Race finish at the weekend.
Well he's been doing one up country as well, which
he goes talks us about and Jared Stockman of Darien
zed so without further ado up next, we'll start the
hour with stock sale report actually Mark Calder of PGG
writes and talking about about cleothersal Then we'll splid into
(03:46):
it with disaster.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
You'll thanks to Abby Rural.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Time to catch up with Grant McMaster, a closper and station.
We're talking everything about dog trials, tribulations and living in
the high country. If that makes sense, Grant.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Goody, Andy and Graftenoon everybody probably not, probably not a
lot makes sense on the show to be fair on
the segment, so making sense might be a start.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Well, we can know you go one way. I suppose
how's everything at closer.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Yeah, it's still good that, you know, the summer continues
to give and even though we're in the autumn now,
it's a little bit cooler in the mornings, obviously dark
in the mornings, but the days have been great and
in fact, last week it's been probably it's been the
warmest at night as it's been all summer. So yeah,
really good, good days. There's a little bit cooler in
(04:43):
the morning, but the grass is still growing and green,
you know, the green tip, well it's not quite as green,
but there's funny a good tucker about, so, you know,
good a good spot to be in Andy. And I
went there to go to the cargo yesterday and getting
me down through Garston about or nine o'clock in the morning,
there was quite a good frost on the side of
the road there just before Garden, so it's been Yeah,
(05:06):
it's got that. The leaves are starting to turn on
the willows here a bit. So yeah, the autumn is
upon us.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
We're just heading into that cycle that's come around rather
too quickly.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
It is. But I mean, autumn is always generally quite
a good season for I'd say, you know, I know
in south and especially east and south and and there,
you know, the Winding Valley, autumn was always a good,
great time for a lot of growth and good days.
And it's sort of similar up here. If you've you've
got a bit of rain and the autumn's good, it's
sort of the heat is definitely in the you know,
the heat's definitely there. So nole bits of rain we're
(05:39):
getting are just keeping things taking along, which is which
is great. And you know, we're in a far different
situation than we were this time last year when you
know you could see a mouse carrying his lunch across
the hill.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
How big? How big is the lunch that a mouse carries?
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Oh slightly bigger than the mouse because they get hungry.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You see, that's a big bit of cheez. Have you
stay to your last week? We had the drone arriving
that afternoon about to put some first on. How of
that go?
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Oh that was? You know, that was like I was
as excited as I was going up to farm discussion
group and finding all about the halters. So yeah, this
we we decided to put some ferret on a on
a kale ground and it's it's only about six seven
hectares and it's just it's just a bit of undulating
(06:25):
hell that that you know, the bulky would have, you know,
would scuffed it up a bit. So neighbor had a
drone going to do something us, right, I will, let's
do that and you know, share share the costs. So
he came along and we had the we had the
ton of ferts sitting there, a couple of coal buckets.
The drone comes in and we're putting about seventy k
(06:48):
g's into it and away. God just lifted up and
and just did the GPS at all. And it's quite fascinating.
This This drone was worth about eighty thousand dollars and
the guy that owns it's got it set up to
be on solar battery so every time that you know,
the drone might only be away for a couple of minutes,
(07:08):
but then it would come back and he would have
to reach he would have to take the battery out
and take another one off the charger that was being
charged with the solar panels that he had so very
efficient and use a friendly. He did have a generator
as a bit of a backup because he hadn't quite
perfected the getting enough solar energy at times and had
(07:30):
had a little tank there that when I was the host,
boy what a boy just came in. He gave the
ground a bit of a bit of a squirt so
it didn't blow the dust up. Drone drops down and
set it up and away it goes, so four roads
on it and when it's sitting above you, well you're
just out of its way obviously, but you know, it's
quite a big it's quite a big bit of machinery equipment,
(07:52):
and I think it was worth about eighty thousand dollars
just the drone. So anyway, did a great job, I thought,
and didn't seem to make that long and you know,
GPS it all and the way it goes. There was
a there was some power lines went through one of
the paddocks that he was dubious off and trying to
gauge the height above me. He said, if they you know,
(08:12):
if you were doing something else, sometimes if you were spraying,
you'd go underneath them. But yeah, you'd see the bone
just stop and pop up and go along and then
and it would come, you'd load it and away it went.
So yeah, very very interesting.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
You can almost say it as a highly glorified model airplane.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Oh absolutely. And and you know, as we know, with
the world the way it is, thrones are used for
a lot of things. But another you know, he was
telling me that he does a lot of spraying with it,
and with AI you can set it alight and say
I just wanting to do gorse and broom or whatever
it may be, and it'll just you know, shoot around
(08:50):
and stop down and what it's got to do. Spot
spraying on the hill or whether it's wherever you're doing it.
But a great thing for various blocks on hell blocks
that you've got a bit of course of broom away
up high. You can't drag the host too, and you know,
pretty expensive getting the helicoprim, but we do so, you know, certainly, yeah,
(09:11):
certainly got their place. And like we spoke about last week,
with the technology with Halter and and everything like that, gpessing.
I mean, they'll just get more and more efficient, I guess,
and you know we'll see a lot more of them
in the future.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
You're getting a touch of fly on your turtoos as well. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
So just brought the two d's back from hog and
Gully Road day before yesterday and got them into the yards.
Laurie camee. We loaded them and see just a couple
of two or three was just a little bit of
fly it started. That's only been over there a couple
of days beforehand. Thought we'd dodge that, but no, So
I'm just going to draft them off very shortly and
(09:47):
deal with them. But I would have thought it was
sort of calling off enough in the mornings to stop
that little Australian green fly. But no, and we're jud
to everything in a couple of weeks, so I'll keep
the twotoo's handy and hopefully they'll be all right. But
you know they have got well, They've got November, December
and January feb year, so they've got four months well
on them. And it's just at that stage that the
(10:08):
green fly like it the us of all the second
shorn you know, a few months, a few weeks I have
spoke about that they're all good, but I haven't seen
a lot of those because they are way up in
hillblocks about to get them in the next couple of
days and get ready to I suppose we'll have to
tox so and sex adye dip and all that. So
that's coming up. It's good when the weather's like this,
and I think it probably will be right.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Dog trial results give us some wisdom.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
I know about wisdom them. I'll give you some results.
But we're we're talking about Mosban, which was the seventh
of March, and the long head goes to the oldest
competitor ever to go to the dog's roles, and I
hope he's listening. Tears glory of Al McGregor and jen
with ninety five. Second was Roger Bryn Tweed and Hope
with ninety four. Third was Rod Coronation Street, Colder and
Dawn ninety three point five. Fourth was Clayton, I'm going
(10:55):
to ruin your house des after Rolands and Ubi with
ninety three, and fifth was Maria Burrell and Code with
ninety two point five. Event to the short Head and
Yard First, I've got to get a bit serious Brian
Dickinson and Dan with ninety two point five. Second Logan Gogan,
Vain and Harry with ninety one. Third Maria Barrell and
Code with ninety point five. Fourth was his old name
(11:17):
from the past, Jefford, now retired. Tweedy and Speed was
seventy five, and fifth was James Jimmy Adams and Snow
sixty five. Event three the zig Zag Vers was Steph
Tweed and Bolt with ninety five. Second was a Logan
A Mackie and Ben ninety three point five. Third Clayton,
I May ruin your house Roland and Dixie with ninety three.
(11:39):
Force was Maria Burrell and Rambot ninety two, and fifth
was Nick Swale and Tony with ninety Event for the
straight hunt down there at Mosburn. Wow, what a field
day for Clayton Rock and roll. Rolands and Dixie ninety
six point five, second was Graham the Selector Dickie in
Treble ninety six, third was Odin Bremer and an Edge
(12:00):
ninety five point five, fourth was Deaf Tweet and fault
With ninety five, and last was Sam Cyril and two
at ninety four point five. So that's all official from
mos Brand coming up Winton on the fourteenth and Miller's
Flat is the fifteenth and the sixteenth. So it continues
to roll on, Andy.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Good only your grant. Always appreciate your time. Catch up next.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Week, yall aford it Andy.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
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Speaker 1 (12:55):
David Frame of Craig's Investment Partners catches up once again.
Good afternoon, Afternoon, Andy, how's everything in the investment world.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
It's bouncing around. It's a bit of a while roller
coaster at the moment.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
It's a hell of a roller coaster at the moment.
It's like being a dream world.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
Yeah, I think dream world's better than working in the
sheer markets at the moment. But yeah, we've seen this before.
It's just rarely choppy times.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Well, dream world's probably just as expensive as what we're
seeing around tire and for the obvious reasons, say, Okay,
we've got this situation in the Middle East, it's being
dictated by America. America is more least dictating what's going
on around the world at the moment too, and we're
just having to suffer ramifications.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Yeah, pretty much. I think America and Israel seemed to
be calling the shots. Trump's talking a big, big talk,
but it seems to be chopping and changing day by day.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
What did somebody say, he's one tweet away from ending
this war. That's just how the guy operates.
Speaker 5 (13:53):
Yeah, I think if you see the rhetoric coming out
of Iran, then I'd suggest he's not one tweet away
from ending the war. But yeah, I hope it's resolved quickly.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
What are we going to see here as well? Regaining
interest rates and the likes. I mean, there's a lot
there for us to decipher. The ocr for example, there's
going to have to be changes, Yeah, there are.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
I think the impact of this latest battle really will
be how long it lasts for. So we've seen that
the price of oil has been bouncing around. It was
up thirty percent the other day and one day it's
probably down twenty twenty five percent. They reckon the oil
will keep on flowing. But then on CNN today I
see that Iran might be putting in some sort of
(14:34):
mines and that straight which might stop the shipping. So
you know, how long does it go on for and
when is there some certainty? If it keeps on going
on and oil does hold up high, then we see
the cost of fertilizer will go up for sure, and
then we see the impact on the general consumer, and
(14:55):
then we could see, you know, recessionary type effects. So
we all hope that it's short lived.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Look put it into context. When you do they do
the discount days and gore generally the consensus or what
the pattern I see is twelve cents on a Monday
and about eighteen to possibly twenty cents discount, especially at
the South Service stations here and Gore. On a Thursday
last Thursday into Friday morning, about seven am to a finish,
you can get a liter a diesel for about a
(15:24):
dollar fifty three to a dollar fifty seven. The same
diesel now is but around two dollars twenty to two
dollars thirty.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
Yes, And I noticed I filled up my youth the
other day and it was two dollars for the first
time I can remember. So yeah, pretty disheartening. And if
you're in the agricultural sector that those prices really start
biting pretty quickly, all.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Of a sudden. Brent crude is a term that we're
hearing a lot these days, and just very quickly. As
a side note, do you know how brent crude got
its name.
Speaker 5 (15:54):
I'd suggest a dude name Brent, but I'm probably wrong.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
You're pretty close. It was named after the Brent oil
field in the North Sea, which was discovered by Shell
in the nineteen seventies. Of course Shell is now z
in New Zealand. So there you go. But a useless trivia,
But Brent crude oil, it's all the rage. Yeah, it is.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
And if you look at the actual oil markets, there
are probably twenty different metrics and markets and pricings for oil.
So the main guts of it is oil is more expensive.
It could stay up there for a while.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Like so Australia their fuel is I think it's more
expensive in New Zealand's I think this is the first
time ever.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
Yeah, which is quite staggering, isn't it. And I guess yeah,
you know, for the general consumer out there, we've seen
price increases over the last few years. We've all been
winging about the cost of living, and here's just another
factor that could stop consumers spending money down the street.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Well, you're going to have to. I mean, all of
a sudden, you're looking at your budget and you've got
another twenty bucks a week just to fill up a
tank that takes a bit. It's a big hit. Eighty
bucks a month.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
Yeah, it's made and some of those people that travel
every day to mccargoll from Gore or other places, then
it's going to be more, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Absolutely? What about currencies, Well, are we going to see
any change there? We're going trends.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
We've seen the American dollar strengthen a little bit. It's
only marginal, so we haven't seen any wild swings in
it yet. But if we head up head into this
for too long and we end up in recession and
countries like New Zealand are generally out of favor in
those conditions, that would help our exporters, which is probably
(17:33):
a tick, but it would probably imports. Yeah, it would
exacerbate the fuel price any other costs that we're bringing
into the country.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
So this is a matter of just waiting and seeing
what happens, pretty much on a twenty four hour basis. Yeah,
it is.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
I mean, the reports suggest that the Iranians might be
running out of arms. Their new leader seems to be
up in arms, though he doesn't look like he's ready
to roll over. So yeah, we'll just have to sip
and look at this.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
From your viewpoint of us a few people this as
far as benefits for New Zealand, we are a trading nation.
We are at the bottom of the world effectively. Do
you see anything that could be positive for us out
of all of us taking out the exporting element.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Yeah, I think the only well, a couple of things.
We probably still look like the good guys we haven't
barreled into this conflict. And the other thing is that
our exports might be still pretty good. And if our
dollars weakening can weaken against the US, then we're probably
going to export a little bit more, so tiny marginal gains.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
That aside, though, we look on the local front and
these prices just continue to astound, Let's be honest, terrific.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
Yeah, I feel really good for the farmers out there
and the whole community because, yeah, the good prices will
flow through to all parts of Southland's economies.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Are you seeing the bounce back in a town.
Speaker 5 (18:58):
Like Gort Personally I am. When I walk down the street,
I see more people doing more things. It just seems
to be a bit more positive. Definitely more people smiling.
Despite the rubbish summer that we've had. You know, there
seems to be a more positive vibe in the community.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Well that's my favorite saying, smile. It confuses people. Too
easy to do. Hey, David, right, you guys have changed
office now. As Sam said, possibly the best billboard outside
of a supermarket. You'll ever find your opposite New World?
Where exactly is your location?
Speaker 5 (19:31):
So one IERK Street you can't miss up great building
calling if you're in town.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
I was it new World? Yes? Good on you David
always good, appreciate your time.
Speaker 6 (19:40):
Thanks Andy, you said Hi, nice to meet you to
David Frame of Craig's Investment Partners. This is the muster
up Next Lana Marshall talking about the Xander McDonald Awards
that were held last night.
Speaker 7 (19:53):
Oh to get there's me of you.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
We can daze, we can dance on a we could
answer the.
Speaker 8 (20:01):
Mine, follow your heart verever.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Sa excused gone, This is the muster on Hokanu. Ilana
Marshall is up at the Impact Summit in christ Church
which is happening this week. But she was a finalist
in the Xander McDonald Awards which were announced last night.
Because identally the winners from New Zealand are Cahn Dali
(20:30):
Well and from Australia Bryce Neyland. But nonetheless being involved
in a week it just seems to wreak a positivity
in the rural sector. It sounds like in a real
outstanding event. Lana's going to give us a bit of
rundown of how it's been. Good afternoon and welcome to
the muster.
Speaker 9 (20:47):
I thank you very much for having me. Andy.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Firstly, up there in christ Church, just at the summit
in general, it must be a pretty positive mood.
Speaker 9 (20:56):
It just been perfick up here and now even when
you talk to is here for the same reason. It's
all about improving the ad sector. We've all got the
same desire to improve what we do and being surrounded
by these incredible people is just so humbling and inspiring
evel at the same time.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Just regarding the mood, I'd say to be pretty positive
given the way the sectors are performing this year.
Speaker 9 (21:21):
Definitely yet, No, it has been. Yeah, everyone, everyone's in
really good spirits. We're talking about what's next to the future.
You know where we're going to be investing in next
we're our biggest growth opportunities. And we've actually just come
off a talk with the in regards to some trades.
So yeah, that's all been yeah, real.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Positive, Yeah and interesting. Regarding trade, what was the hot topic.
Speaker 9 (21:44):
Today, Yeah, it was a it was a very good
topic this morning. The main thing was what is what
are we looking at in regards to the international trading
system at the moment and what might lie heads for
New Zealand. We didn't dive into too much details such,
it was more just around. You know, how are we
going to continue to trade, what a nation's need to
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do to respond an especially in New Zealand. What's our
presence like.
Speaker 10 (22:09):
Around the world.
Speaker 9 (22:10):
So just sort of very lightly touched on all those subjects.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Was the general consensus that New Zealand has equipped to
adjust to these ever evolving changes.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (22:20):
Yeah, there was a lot of positivity in a room,
and you know, we sort of looked at you know,
what do our products offer, you know, what's our export
around the world. And everyone around the world loves what
New Zealand does, so they think that we're in a
pretty good space there.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I suppose about yourself then, and for people who underware
about your background, just give them a brief understanding of
your farming background as such and where you're based.
Speaker 4 (22:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (22:49):
So I like to tell people I'm an unpaid dairy farmer.
So my husband and I fifty fifty shure milking and
mocket tour and then outside farming, I work for an
or some company called MZAB So I get to live
and breeze farming every single day, whether it's on our
farm or helping other people and empowering them to succeed
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in their own farming business.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Well, I suppose when you've had a rough day at
the office, going and to help out on the farm
is probably a release more than anything, or sometimes it
could be the other way around.
Speaker 9 (23:21):
It's it's fantastic. I mean it makes me very grounded
and I feel it makes me a lot more relatable
to my clients. Being out there on the farm is
an experience that you can't really explain. It's nice to
have but a piece and fide. Although during carving you
sort of have to put the air pods in so
you can't hit the calves too loud. But yeah, no,
(23:42):
it's it really does bring a breath of fresh air.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
And what was a driving force for you applying for
the Xander McDonald Award?
Speaker 9 (23:51):
For me, look, I looked at it and thought, oh,
this is an amazing opportunity. Didn't think I was good
enough and get enough to having a few conversations with people,
said no, you've got to put your name in the hat.
You know that the award brings opportunities and connections that
you will not make anywhere else with any other award.
(24:11):
And so for me, you know, winning would have been
fantastic in regards to the mentoring trip and being able
to go over to Australia. But the real award has
been part of the alumni. So as a finalists top
three we given by the back every single year, we're
in a room with these incredible every business professionals and
(24:32):
farmers and you know, it's those long lasting connections that
that we're going to be able to implement change moving forward.
And I think that's something that money can't buy.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
It's interesting you say that Harriet Bremner. I hit her
on the program yesterday and she echoed those exact same sentiments.
Speaker 11 (24:48):
Oh god, it's good.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
Well we didn't rehearse it, so I can. Yeah, it's
it's very hard to put into words what this award
brings you. And you know, like this morning, just meeting
with people from across the Ditch who said, you know,
if you ever over in Australia, please come and see us.
Would love to have you there. And yeah, I mean
you wouldn't get that anywhere else.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Regarding the Australian contingent, how are they feeling at the
moment regarding the farm Regarding the farming sector.
Speaker 9 (25:17):
Yeah, it's interesting because you know in New Zealand, with
very predominantly shem beef and dairy. One of the finalists
are and a partner are cotton farmers. So for them,
it's it's very interesting to hear about how water plays
such a significant role in their business. You know, they're
all about flood irrigation, and you know that they've had
(25:39):
a lot of rainfall over there lately, so you know,
the weathers plays quite a big part for what they're
doing over in their countries. But they are all in
really good spirits they have despite what's happening with weather
over there. They are taking on new initiatives, are trialing
new ways of farming, and yeah, that they're in pretty
(26:00):
good spirits to be fair.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
The situation in the Middle East is a playing on
their minds at all, given that alban Easy's starting to
do a bit of accommodation for Donald Trump.
Speaker 9 (26:09):
Yeah, the old Trump. Trump's name come up a couple
of times yesterday actually, and you know, talking about the
price of all well and what that's going to do
for the dairy sector and you know things like that.
So yeah, there is a wee bit of unease around that.
But look, and I'm a very big believers you can
only focus on what you can control. You know, we
(26:29):
can't affect a lot of these decisions and what's going on.
So if we just focus on what we can do
and how we can improve what we are doing worldwide,
then you know, that's that's the best thing.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
Well, okay, it's the end of the week. The Impacts
Summit is all over and done with. What is Lanna
Marshall going to do differently going forward?
Speaker 9 (26:47):
Oh that's a great question.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
And only the tough questions on this show.
Speaker 9 (26:53):
I think for me, We're going on a field trip
tomorrow around christ which is going to be very exciting.
We have over to Lincoln University to their Egrey Tech
Space and then we are lucky enough to head out
to a whole to farm tomorrow afternoon as well, so
that'll be exciting. But I think following on for me,
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you know, I'm very very passionate about my job within
ZAB and what I do for my clients, and to me,
it's taking these connections that I've now gained at the
Summit and being able to bring them back to my
role so I can continue to help people succeed in
their farming businesses, but also around that governance space. For me,
that's sort of my trajectory for now is working on
(27:37):
some further education in that space, which means that I'm
going to be best placed for any sort of governance
roles relating to my interests moving forward, and hopefully we
can be part of creating a sector that you young
people look at it and say I want to go
and work in that sector. It's not just milking cows
or out in paddock setting up breaks or anything like that.
There's other roles within our sector and yeah, just trying
(28:01):
to keep those people engaged and so that way, you know,
our cony will continue to flourish.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Good on ya, Lana, thanks very much to your time
on the must Us Afternoon. Congratulations on being a finalist
for the Xander McDonald Award and as well the Impact Summit.
It sounds like you could almost run through a brick
wall after listening to a couple of these workshops. So
good to see positivities there in the sector.
Speaker 9 (28:22):
Thanks for your time, no worries, Thanks and I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Lana Marshall up at the Impact Summit which is happening
in christ Church this week and just a positivity and
just alluding to their interview like I did with Harriet.
You say, the positivity when you go to these events
and just looking forward as to what you can contribute
to the sector is a bloody great thing. Jared Stockman's
up next from deary en Z then Direct the Hour
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Tom O'Brien based up in Garston. This says the Master
on Hakanui. Jared stock then of dari and Z joins
us once again. Jared, how are you great?
Speaker 10 (29:10):
Indy? Here are you?
Speaker 8 (29:11):
Mate?
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Can't cold playing hump Dale already the week it's just
wizzing past, yeah, isn't that? Yeah?
Speaker 10 (29:16):
And a bit of a bit of good weather this week,
which is nice to see for.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Change, and interesting where you're based talking to farmers in
Northern South and actually being on a farm near Riversdale
over the weekend Jared, and surprisingly dry. They need a
good drop of rain.
Speaker 10 (29:33):
Yeah, they do, Indy, and it's yeah, it's it's kind
of hard to hard to see what happens in South
and I think there's so many different bands of weather,
so Northern South gets a dry. As you say, Riversdale
has been a bit dry. But I spent a farm yesterday.
Who reckons he hid enough rain last week to just
keep on tracking and the cows are still milking well,
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which is provabent.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yeah, a lot of positives out there at the moment.
I suppose have you given that on the season regarding
milk flows. Talking to Lurry yesterday from Open Country Larry Margrain,
he was saying, how it's been a really good season.
Speaker 10 (30:08):
Yeah, here's Seth and Otaga sending leading the charge, just
under eight milk growth this season, Canterbury's at three point
one and the North Island's kind of ticking around that
one and two percent mark. So I think it's been
a really good season and how could it not be
based on last year? But yet not very positive and
(30:32):
we're getting towards the end of the season and things
looking really really good.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
It'll be interesting the next GDT as well. Are we
going to have dre I say, at five rises in
a row.
Speaker 10 (30:43):
Or how good would that be? I reckon yep, cautiously optimistic.
We're getting closer to that double digit figure and yeah,
look there's going to be a fair bit of cash
around in a kind of a normal season with suplus
cash in the obviously Fronterira we're turning back to one
(31:04):
off thevestment, So yep, looking pretty good. Probably prices I
understand are pretty pretty hot at the moment as well,
so that's that's certainly reflective of another good year in deiry.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Do you see any concerns, Judy the ongoing conflict in
the Middle East that could have ramifications for us.
Speaker 10 (31:23):
Yeah, Look, I think I think costs is always the
main factor that farmers need to keep an eye on. Fuel.
Obviously we've already seen an immediate rise and prices, which
is really fascinating given given the fuels already here. It's
on the water, so we'll be effectively already paid for it.
(31:43):
But yeah, I think fuel is going to be a
big factor in the short term. But yeah, I think
once things settle down, we'll see what we're seen in
the past, which is all prices will we'll start to
get back to get back to recent normals. But yeah,
I think fuels the biggest the biggest challenge right now.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Are you hearing anything around fertilizer?
Speaker 10 (32:08):
Not huge amounts, but I think you know given that,
I mean, we obviously make a lot of feud here,
but any important thought is going to be any imported
fo it's going to be affected by all prices because obviously,
you know, ships are running on diesel and heavy oil
and stuff like that. So yeah, I expect that will
flow through that maybe the local producers might might weather
(32:32):
that storm.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Will it better now the levy vote three days to go?
Speaker 10 (32:37):
Yeah, it is, It's it's tracking a line pretty well.
We obviously we're obviously want farmers to who hadn't faded
to vote. They've got three days. They can do it online,
so they can do it right now. So yeah, we
just just tend to get as many funers voting as possible.
I think we've had out of fifty percent so far,
(33:00):
but yeah, there's still there's still obviously a big chunk
of farmers that need to dig at that that email
or that voting peck and make the great count.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Ideally, what figure would you aim for? I mean looking
for one hundred percent at least, be honest, it's not.
Speaker 10 (33:15):
Going to heaven no, because we're obviously not giving back
a large chunk of money for farmers, so I think
there'll be a different story. But yeah, look, you know
i'd like to I'd like to hope that seventy five
percent of their farmers themself and cast the vote. You know,
for them to do that, they're going to have to
get a bit of a riggle on. But yeah, I
(33:38):
think that gives us a bit of comfort that dear
indeed valued as part of the dairy farming sector. So yeah,
I think i'd like to see you know, some numbers
are dead. But importantly we know we just want farmers
to cast a vote.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
So how long until we find out the numbers when
the voting's finished.
Speaker 10 (34:00):
Yeah, Look, it's a bit of a tricky one. I
think I think we should have a bit of an
idea next week. I'm not one hundred percent sure of
the process as far as you know when that comes out.
But there's there's a few steps that need to happen
after the votes have been tallied, Like we need to
produce a so we get the information back from election. Indeed,
(34:23):
it's tally independent kind of body in terms of counting
the votes and things like that, and then there's some
reports that go through to government about what the results are,
what we've what we've done to the process in terms
of leading up and during the levy vote, and then
it goes to it'll go to the government committee to
(34:49):
confirm that Iberian ZEDs to continue.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
Now as far as workshops that are up up on
the horizon, what have we got Jared.
Speaker 10 (34:58):
Yeah, we've got we've got some really good ones coming
up in terms of driving productivity through genetic improvement. So
we've got a couple of events next week, one on
Tuesday at Phil Garaway and Lobby, Gunn's Farm and Winton
and then Wednesday Dolan Lynch in tesh and maybe farm
(35:19):
at Drake's Hell. So that we've got Andrew fear down
he heads up the n V a l for dear
N Z and you know those those events have delivered
in partnership with Fontier at l I cum CRV, so
there'll be some really good events that people get along to.
(35:40):
And then we've got a not mitigation field day at
Brighton next week in a chance to look over John
Pemberton's property, and then a few discussion groups coming up
late March Uly April.
Speaker 4 (35:54):
So yeah, there's there's a lot.
Speaker 10 (35:57):
There's a lot of events technical at the moment where
we're really bus through the early April. But you just
encourage farmers to make use of those of each and
either get along themselves or get their you know, get
ther minagers or farm staff along because farmers are really
good at learning, and they're even beer at learning when
(36:18):
they're they're talking to other farmers, So you're a good
opportunity to get along with those each CD.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Good on your Jared, always good to catch up.
Speaker 10 (36:25):
Thanks, Andy, appreciate it, Jared Stocktvin.
Speaker 3 (36:30):
Love, Deary and z.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Before we wrap up, Tim O'Brien, let's talk some ultra
sports because we can.
Speaker 4 (36:42):
Take no reck.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Love me too, Tis. Tim O'Brien is based up at
Gaston up in northern South and then joins us this afternoon.
Good afternoon, Tommy. The song near a stuf gazing by
Miles Smith. Are we you're based at the moment you're
telling me you're up in the hills there at one
of the cabins, trying to fix some solace. So looking
(37:08):
at stars might be the issue.
Speaker 8 (37:10):
Well, yeah, got a stargazing mate. Yeah, I need to
find some kind of divine inspiration to figure out how
to work out the electrical element of the solar thing.
And it's just not really in my wheelhouse, mate, So yeah,
I'm a bit stumped at the moment.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
You had a pretty good in school sired Egg and science,
didn't you.
Speaker 8 (37:29):
Oh well, I know that light plus energy plus six
CO two when you add water, so you get chlorofyl.
But plus C six H twelve O six plus six
O two is the chemical equation for photosynthesis.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Which photosynthesis.
Speaker 8 (37:45):
Yes, yeah, so you need all of that to grow grass,
and so that's probably That's probably all I land.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
It's been a pretty hectic week as far as endurance
sports of the running variety down here in the South.
We had the Magnificent which finished up at the weekend
here and Gore. But you just sort for no reason
all you do the moto tappy.
Speaker 8 (38:06):
Well you're pretty much yeah, but you're bang on. Actually,
a good friend of mine, Don Sca, his partner couldn't
do the mototape marathon, and about ten days out he said, oh, look,
you know, do you want to I've got a spare ticket.
Do you want to do it? And I kind of
got fomo And I'd never done the mototape before, so
meeting me, I kind of went, oh, well, okay, I've
done a little bit of training, but nothing is specific,
(38:28):
you know, enough to do that. But anyway, it was
a cracking day. We had five hundred people on the
start line and off we went. And yeah, it was
sort of running along for a bit, and I was
worried about a little bit of an injury that I
thought might might crop up, so I was sort of
popping the voltarns and the and the jowls and all
the electrolytes and stuff. But yeah, it was a great
(38:50):
day out. And in fact, I got sort of probably
to about the twenty three twenty four k mark, and
I was pacing with a woman called were Sutherlands, and
I thought it was that odd because she's running along
and every now and then she would say to people, oh,
do you want some jowls or do you want some
cramp stuff? And I said, to you, were doctor, and
(39:11):
she said, no, I invented pure energy jowls, and that's
exactly what I was having during the race. So I
pulled them out and I said, you mean these things
and she goes yeah, yeah. So so I had a
great chat to Marie for about an hour as we
were running along, and just her story was incredible. You know,
she was a New Zealand Olympic rower and she's an
(39:34):
elite cyclist. So we killed a bit of time running
along and she said, oh, you're going to act as
my pacer for the race. So I dutifully agreed to that,
and that put a bit of pressure on me. And yeah,
we got across the finish line. I think I got
fourth in my age group and seventieth out of five hundred,
so I was kind of happy with that. I'll take that.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Now. The magnificent race concluded, like you said, Saturday evening,
and I went down to one of the lake cafes
to get a coffee first thing Saturday morning. Here's a
team of Izzi's there. They are inside. They were absolutely buggered,
for want of another word, and I was just having
you into them about the race, and this is what
they had to put up with, right, So they said,
oh no, sleep was good for us. We got four
(40:15):
hours a night. So there you go, over the course
of a week work that one out. But they are
on the water and the one I think at one
stage peddling in there on direction, working off the cumbers
to go where they wanted to go. And they found
out only found out that team a team had got
metavacked off the water when they got to the dairy
and Clinton and see it on the front page of
the local rag and they're like, what the hell's going
(40:37):
on here? Luckily that team was back in the race
pretty much sooner than later. But then they arrived at
the finish sign it was at eight o'clock and they're like, well,
what do we do now? So nothing was open, so
they just slept on the ground for a while.
Speaker 8 (40:49):
Oh goodness.
Speaker 10 (40:50):
No.
Speaker 8 (40:50):
Yeah, I mean that race is very unique, and you
know it's always going to have a lot of major
challenges and drama and all the rest of it. You
just mentioned that they went on the lake and they
were paddling the wrong way. I wonder if they took
into account, you know, the two north, because there's there's
more than one north, you'll notice, and there's a pole
(41:11):
of north, and then there's what's called magnetic north, so
you have to adjust your compass twenty one degrees in
order to be able to get true north in terms
of where you're going, and the difference between twenty degrees
of magnetic north and pure north and being over a
long distance and send you in the completely well not completely,
(41:31):
but definitely in the wrong direction. So maybe there was
an issue with that, who knows, But yeah, either way,
big challenges. But you know, these people who step up
and do these things. You've really got to take your
head off and.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Then absolutely yeah yeah.
Speaker 3 (41:43):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (41:44):
Lastly, ground conditions up at Garston. It's drying certain parts
of northern Southland. How are you coping?
Speaker 8 (41:50):
Oh well, look, I mean the pea harvest is happening
as we speak, so everything's going with that. At the moment.
Ground conditions are pretty good. You know, we haven't really
dried off at all up year. You know, everything's very
very green for this time of year, more so than
probably what we've ever had. Although and saying that, you know,
talking to Brandon of the gardens of Welcome Rock Gardens
with all the salad greens and beige production, he's had
(42:13):
an awful year. Yeah, just you know, we just haven't
had those regular hot days that we need because he
also irrogates, so he really wants those days. So the
yields have been back in certain types of crops, but
as far as grass cover and all that sort of
stuff going, I'd say that we're still doing okay up
here for the time of year.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
Good on you, Tommy, you always appreciate your time.
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Fridge, love colf it's for We'll leave it there for
the afternoon.
Speaker 1 (43:02):
I'm Andy Muller. This has been the muster thanks to
Petersen Enix podcast is going up shortly. Enjoy this beautiful
afternoon in the Deep South. Truly is God's own See
you tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (43:11):
Mister you're for Nicols. Don't live Nicol?
Speaker 1 (43:14):
Hey?
Speaker 5 (43:14):
Well, all right to heab we go there and what
are it go on again?
Speaker 1 (43:16):
Thanks for PGD. Right soon it is time to catch
up with Mark Calder, who is going to give an
update from the Barcluther sale that was held this morning.
Good afternoon, Mark price Wise, how do we go?
Speaker 4 (43:27):
Good?
Speaker 11 (43:27):
Here we go and yeah we're we're back at wee
it today but just yeah sort of things to come,
but not not all doom and gloom kicking under the
prime lames today. They still went well the top three
thirty to two hundred and fifty dollars, medium line one
eighty to two thirty, and you lottery and primes or
Ford stores which you say we're won sixty to one seventy,
get under the store lands one hundred and thirty, one
(43:49):
hundred and forty four dollars ninety two hundred and twenty
fore mediums and your lottery, and we're fifty to eighty.
Used another small yard of us today, big calm, you
whoseday they still sold well at two hundred and two.
Speaker 7 (44:02):
Thirty, mediums one hundred and one thirty and you're ladering
news at fifty to eighty out of painful rams, and
today that has made one hundred dollars. It was a
small yard and across all the teams today stall lambs
are back. Ford stores are still selling positively in their place.
Next week to your kettle sale, make sure you get
down and come in and look at some great kettle
(44:23):
and offer these a large number too.
Speaker 11 (44:25):
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