June 11, 2026 • 44 mins
Andy Muir talks to Phil Duncan, Morgan Greene, Michelle Watt, Greg Millar and Graeme Mead.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Nathan ab Any of the original Ford Joyce is once again.
Is it as Friday Giday nights?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yeah, get a any beautiful day, sun shining absolutely stunning
out here today. So got great days to be outside
and getting everything all tidied up on a Friday. We
touch on used vehicles, but just a reminder, of course,
sealed days are happening up at Mystery Creek at the moment,
and we've got some great deals happening across particularly a
Ford Ranger and Ford Everest at the moment, with additional
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discounting on top of on top of whether that be
Farmlands discount or PGG Rights and Discount or it. But
whatever discount group we can fit you in, there is
more there, so come and talk to the sales team.
But otherwise, used vehicles like just tons of them, and
actually I've got a sandy like. Things are pretty steady
in the used vehicle department, and they'd want to be
because we've got plenty of them.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
We've got probably about ten or eleven Fort Everest here,
ranging from sort of thirty one thousand for an Everest trend.
All these are seven seat diesel vehicles, great family vehicles
thirty one thousand for a like a twenty and eighteen
forty Everest trend. It's dressed up on the twenty inch wheels.
It's gold. It's really nice up to into the seventy
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thousand sort of for the very latest fort Everest, next
generation Forteverest Platinum with a three letter of V sixties
on in them. We've got plenty of rangers that are
really nice. Twenty twenty three Ford range of XLT four
x four double cab coming on the Yuard today. I
think it's trebled sort of fifty thousand caves. It's twin
turbo two liter diesel auto still under its new vehicle
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warranty for the next two years. The vehicle has been
dressed up on twenty inch range of platinum wheels. It's
got the soft cover on the back of it. Really
nice and so forty two nine hundred and ninety that's
including GST, So you know you're talking back to almost
mid thirties or so over the time you get the
GST back. That's a truck that is pretty much the
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very latest model still in the new vehicle warranty. Looks
exactly the same as a new one in the showroom,
but a huge saving on a new one. It's sort
of in a rusty, sort of a burnt orange color,
which it's really nice with the chrome trimming. So that's
coming on the So afternoon really is like to bring
new It's never been a farm beak or a fleet
behle or it's just been a private vehicle. So but
there's plenty more where that come from, of all different brands,
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whether it be twieda Midsiness and the whole lot. But look,
come in and talk to us. The full team are
on Decktor five o'tock today. Doors will be open and
past nine in the morning. Don't be afraid to pick
up the phone. And don't forget it's not just vehicles,
it's servicing and parts. It's Bridgestone tires as well up
in bell Croesus.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
So we'd love to see you in good one notes.
Enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
You to Andy.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
New Drugs, big left our roads weep been turn up
since way back with.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
The good Afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hak
and knowing my name's Andy Muir. The show is brought
to you by Peterson and next well come along to
Frye and a blue sky is on the horizon here
it is cool and Chris, I think around seven degrees
or that might be a bit warm. And now I'll
possibly double digits for eh ten degrees is what it's
saying down here in Gore. I'm joined in studio this
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afternoon by master hosts for the next week.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Oh, Olivia Weatherburn, how you doing?
Speaker 6 (03:01):
I'm good, Andy, How are you not bad?
Speaker 1 (03:03):
You've you've got to figure it out. You're in here
to see how the how it all works.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
Yeah no, I'm getting it all sorted, I think, and
I'm sure we'll get that button bat and we have
some good yarns while you have a world deserve break.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah no, looking forward to it. Hey, right straight into it.
Music today because we vary the music around. Music is
open to interpretation live. It's the one thing you learn
in this game today is a group called Marshmallow. But
this song is actually one of the mess of songs
from a couple of years ago. Marshmallow featuring a guy
came Brown.
Speaker 7 (03:32):
Broad on me Paknui's five day forecast with twin Farm
tear from and soft text. The proof is in the
Progeny tear from dot Co dot Inzead.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Friday afternoon, brings sunshine with con variable wins and twelve
Saturday sunshine with variable wines variable ones once again, zero
and ten. Sunday afternoon shollers of breezy or westerly seven
and fifteen. Monday shellers of breezes. Our westerly is minus
two and nine. That says frost and Tuesday partly cloud.
He were breezing northwestlies five and eight. So temp just
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to hand, just a capital Clinton eight point five and
the hereio at seven point six.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Gruss still growing.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
I think you just read the forecast.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
We're back in April.
Speaker 6 (04:10):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I don't know how long it's going to continue for,
but we'll find out shortly because we have Phil Duncan
from weather Watch getting us underway here on the muster
to look at the southern forecast in depth for the
next seven days.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Morgan Green of Benis.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Fence, we have our usual catch up with the team
Michelle Watt and the Country Crossover.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
She's up and field days. We're going up north a
couple of times in the hour, telling us.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
How she's founded up there. Of course, trying to get
back to the airport to get get back down to
the Needen with Jamie Greg Miller of the IHC Cauff scheme. Well,
Gregg's a real good bugger and tells us why this
is such an essential scheme for the IHC, A massive
contribution from people down south as well.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
A great thing.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
And grayham Minty mead he is the sound of the
voice of White Kaddo Rugby. Of course some newstalk zb
sporting hear their commentary is online. iHeart Radio talking super
Rakby semi finals.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
So the song's about dumb should be crank into a day. Yeah,
let's do it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Starting off with Phil Duncan. The Muster's brought to you
by Peter Genetics.
Speaker 8 (05:12):
Mazie, Welcome back to the Muster on Hakani, it is
time for Phil Duncan of Weatherwatch.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Good afternoon, Phil Duncan.
Speaker 9 (05:45):
Good afternoon, mister Murror.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
Hell's Auckland.
Speaker 9 (05:48):
It is cloudy and gloomy, the.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Opposite of gore.
Speaker 9 (05:52):
Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Look, we're just seeing this continuation of the run of
weather we've had for the past. Let's be honest, So
last three or four weeks, when are we going to
start seeing this winter cycle? I ask you every week
because it's a relevant question.
Speaker 9 (06:09):
I think we're getting more into it now. You know,
we've just had another cold front passed through overnight, and
we've got a cold earth front coming through on Sunday
night and Monday, and so we are starting to see
a drop in temperatures. It's still not majorly cold though,
and you know, to look at Sunday's maximum around fifteen
or sixteen degrees, that's pretty mild. Overnight low of seven
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when you wake up on Monday, but Monday's daytime temperature
and Tuesday and Wednesday they're all around the eight nine
degree mark as maximum and overnight low on Monday night
will be minus two. So it's getting down. Some places
will be minus three or minus four. So it's going
to be a bit cold going into the start of
next week. But yeah, it's not massively cold because a
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lot of our air flows, despite having Southerlys and some
westerly flows coming into the country, it's not coming from Antarctica.
It's coming from more so from south of Tasmania, and
so it is cold, but it's not freezing cold. It's
not like that bitter southerly wind that you can get
when it comes straight off Antarctica. And so at the moment. Yeah,
we're going into winter very slowly. We're not sort of
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seeing a big burst of major snow events and major frosts.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
We're looking at the middle of June with an overnight
high well for a day high of sixteen or fifteen
and a low of seven.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
That is crazy.
Speaker 9 (07:28):
Yeah, it's pretty mild, and that's because we're on we're
sort of on the edge of a lot of high pressure,
and that is a classical Neto trait to have high
pressure out over the Tasman and we're on the edge
of it, so we don't necessarily have a lot of
perfectly sunny days and we get these cooler winds and
these cold fronts. But the cold fronts like the one
that's come through today, we're moving up the South Island today.
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Most of the rain fell in Southland, Otago and Canterbury,
not over on the west coast. And so that's because
further west you go, the more you're running into high pressure.
So these fronts kind of flick up around the side
of the country and it brings a little bit of
rain into some regions, but it's not you know that,
look you look at the radar sort of fell apart
for Canterbury, so they didn't get the rain that they
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might need, you know, the most one of the driest
parts of the country at the moment, and so as
we go into the next few months ahead, that might
be sort of our kind of normal weather pattern. But
in saying that, you know, we're a small country compared
to the size of high pressure and low pressure zones,
So all it takes is just a little shape change
and suddenly you've got you know, rain setting in, or
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you've got much colder weather coming through. So it doesn't
you know, just because our Nino is being announced, doesn't
mean that suddenly we you know, there's a flick of
the switch. In fact, we've already been gradually going into
it the last couple of months, and that's why May
and June have so far have not been brutally cold.
But we are now seeing a colder airflow coming in.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Okay, So when are we going to see a continual
run of frost because as they've been lacking, Yeah, I.
Speaker 9 (08:58):
Don't, I don't know yet. At the moment, we are
certainly getting more frosty weather in the forecast, and yesterday
being Thursday, we did have frost that went up. You know,
north of Auckland they were very light, but there were
some frost going north of their butt. Pretty solid frosts
across Waikato regions or field days. So we are getting
kind of a mixture of conditions around New Zealand. Frosty
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weather has been absent in the North Island for a
lot of places so far this year. All it takes
is for our weather to be a couple of degrees warmer.
You know, you often hear about when they're talking about
the climate and climate change. You often hear climate forecasters
and scientists saying, you know, the sea temperatures or the
air temperatures are up by a degree or two, and
in your head you sort of go, oh, that's not noticeable,
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is it? But you notice it at this time of
the year, because you know, whether it's plus two or
minus one, that's a difference between having a solid frost
or just a little bit of ice on the tops
of the vehicles.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Yeah, certainly a different scenario we're facing at the moment now,
this Nino watch. I heard it being called the super
al Nino from Australian media this morning. Are we seeing
anything different and we're still too far out to get
an understanding.
Speaker 9 (10:10):
It'll take some time for us to work out what
our new wheather pattern will be. Now, it's a little
bit like when a cyclone is coming, right, So a
tropical cyclone you can see in the long range map
sometimes two weeks out that a cyclone's going to form,
and so the fact that that factor that into the
forecast for two weeks, then it gets announced to get
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a name, and then we track it in sort of
a lot more detail. Our Nino and La Nina are
a bit the same. We see them coming and we
factor that into the forecast for the next couple of weeks,
sometimes even a month's out. You can kind of factor
it in. So the fact that it actually gets announced
doesn't change the fact that we've already been seeing it
building and growing. What it does, though, is it gives
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us a bit more of a solid forecast to lock in.
And so when you hear the term super our Nino,
what you're hearing is from a whole Pacific wide, what
we call the Pacific Basins. It's from that perspective, so
from Australia over to South America, that's what we're looking
at when you hear that term. When it comes to
New Zealand itself. That's a different kind of way of
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looking at it. We'll be seeing how this this very
strong al Nino event across the entire equator region of
the Pacific, especially over on the eastern side of the
Pacific towards the Americas. We'll be looking at that to
see how that affects our weather the path here in
New Zealand. So it doesn't just mean that we've got
you know, extreme conditions coming, but certainly when you're talking
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about you know, the strongest doln Nino potentially on record,
that's something to definitely be aware of because it could
really alter our weather path here in New Zealand and
Australia and around the southwest Pacific. And we'll we'll be
knowing that in more detail in the weeks ahead. It's
it's hard to answer because we're in small country in comparison,
as I said, to wear pressure systems, and so all
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it takes is, you know, we can say yes, it's
going to lean dryer. For inland areas and eastern areas,
they tend to dry out. Spring tends to be windier
with more westerly is blowing and that dries out the
east even further. But if you get one low pressure
zone that comes in with a whole lot of rain
and it's a bit subtropical and it stalls over our
small country, that can suddenly reverse that super ol Nino
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kind of outlook. So the term super our Nino is
a very big, broad stroke kind of way of describing it.
It is looking very significant, but we are still a
little bit, you know, a question mark about what that
means for New Zealand. So the guest advice I can
give is what I've been giving for the last couple
of months, which is preserving water, water conservation in those
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dry areas, having plans for as things really do dry
out going through spring or going through winter going into spring.
That's the concern that I think as winter forecast is
that's what we've got at the moment.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
So Duncan of weather Watch, we always appreciate your time
on the Muster. Enjoy the weekend ches mate to.
Speaker 7 (13:04):
Sol.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
Don't kind of weather watch every Friday here on the Muster.
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Speaker 7 (13:17):
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Speaker 1 (13:29):
Morgan Green joins us out of in his fits and
Riversdale Morgie, Good afternoon, This mild June continues for a
couple of days at least.
Speaker 10 (13:39):
It does indeed, which has been just been fabulous really,
you know, means we've managed to get a huge number
of cows dried off in pretty good conditions, which makes
a huge difference. And there's no two ways about that.
The weather conditions have a massive, massive impact on on
how things go from the point if you have you know,
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post dry off problems for cows. So you know, for instance,
if we went back twenty years ago when we had
the old SAM plan and cows were dried off just
on the basis of getting antibiotics, just on the basis
of whether they had a sell count over one hundred
and fifty thousand or heifers over one hundred and twenty thousand,
and everything else got nothing. You know, it was very
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very common practice to be really really careful about checking
those cows for mass titus. You know, that's sort of
ten to fourteen days post dry off, and I guess,
you know, because people came across lots of mass titus.
That's one of the reasons farmers went towards whole heard
antibiotic treatment in order to prevent the number of masstitis
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cases that they found. But now with the movement towards
you know, reducing antibiotics again and using teet sealant, there
are a lot of farmers that have made the decision
to do nothing rather than put teet sealant in because
they've of they've either had bad experiences in the past
or they've heard of bad experiences. But the checking of
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the cows afterwards has been I believe forgotten about a
little bit. So you know, it is very very important
to check those cows afterwards. You know, it's pretty obvious
if we see a really sick cow with toxic mass
itis post dry off, but some cows with clinical mass
itis post dry off not that easy to spot, and
especially if they've gone straight onto crops. So certainly, very
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very important to check those animals. And you know, most people,
I guess sort of we're drying off right at the
end of May, so you know, we are at that
two weeks now, so certainly a real good time to
have a pretty close look through those cows and just
make sure there isn't much in the way of massed
itis there. It's you know, kind of a big impact
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on what happens next season.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
So the bits are out and about doing these doing
all the tight sailing, you'll see a lot of animals
and such. I mus often ask you for a few
tips or a voice regarding the end of the season.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Is it how it works?
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Oh?
Speaker 10 (16:05):
Look, absolutely, you know we're talking to our farmers all
the time around you know what we should be done,
and I guess you know, one of the big learnings
really over the last few years has been around dry
cow management, and you know, the management of the cows
in the week three days prior to the day of
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dry off itself. So you know, obviously hygiene is very
very important in the dry off process, but the management
of the cows leading to that day is incredibly important,
and the management of the cows afterwards as well, which
is why I'm saying this year, with the weather being
as good as what it has been, you can kind
of get away with sometimes management practices not being quite
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as good as what they should be because the weather
conditions have played a part and they're favorable, but you
know what happens then if you have a really poor
spell of weather, and you know maybe next season it
could be really really bad from a weather point of view,
and you've done the same as what you've done this year,
you might not get away with it because you know,
the physical environmental conditions don't allow you to get away
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with it. So you know, it's all about risk management
and just trying to do the best job possible all
the time. But you know, if you're drying your cows
off and the poo is coming out of them like
a hose pipe, well they actually haven't been dried down properly.
The protein levels in the diet are too high.
Speaker 9 (17:27):
You know.
Speaker 10 (17:27):
Really their faces should be pretty pretty solid on the
day of dry off, and that's what you want because
you want those cows not to be producing milk post
dry off and protein as the driver in that.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Morgan, you'd like to pass comment regarding copper toxicity.
Speaker 10 (17:44):
Yeah, Look, we we had a couple of cases post
dry off, and I think you know what we think
has probably happened. Really, it's been around the stress of
the dry off process. Itself. So you know, if we again,
if we went back twenty years ago, we did a
lot of liver biopsies in order to see how low
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copper was prior to winter, and you know, whether cows
needed to have a copper injection prior to winter in
order to raise those levels and have sufficient copper reserves
during the winter. Because winter is a time we're typically
copper is at its lowest and because of the demand
of the growing fetus, the demand of copper on the
animal is at its highest. However, now what we're seeing
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is really we're doing liver biopsies in order to see
how high the copper is. So you know, from the
point of view of palm kernel, it has lots and
lots of copper in there. You know, I guess our
trace element programs are probably a lot better than what
they once were. So in the past they were probably
a wee bit haphazard, and so now with cows producing
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as much as they are producing, people are really trying
to optimize performance and they're doing that by making sure
that trace element status is optimal. But sometimes it can
actually be just that little bit too high. So you're
just something to be aware of if you haven't done
liver biopsies, it may well be worthwhile getting some done
just to check and see where you're at, because you
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might well be able to dial back the copper that
they're getting during the season because they're getting it from elsewhere,
especially especially if you're feeling palm kernel, and especially if
you're continuing to feed the amounts of PAM kernel that
you have done in the past. So yeah, just something
to be very much aware of. Copper is stored in
the liver, and at times of stress that can be
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released from the liver goes into the bloodstream, and if
there's too much there, it just essentially can be toxic.
You'll end up getting kidney damaged. So yeah, just one
of those things to be aware of. Certainly recommend people
getting biopsies done in particular, but also if facilities aren't
suitable for that, to at least get some blood tests done.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Sounds crazy with saying this, but it says the season
coming up shape.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Skinting.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I heard of a few results coming through this week. See,
I'm pretty positive at the moment too.
Speaker 10 (20:01):
Yeah, well, I haven't heard anything in our area yet,
but look, it is just around the corner, you know.
And I guess, as you say, with the weather conditions
that we have had, it does seem a little bit
odd that we're into scanning already. But you know, you
do know by how dark it is in the mornings
and how quickly it gets dark in the evenings that
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you know, the days are certainly pretty short at the moment.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
So yeah, look, people will get all of.
Speaker 10 (20:26):
Those results very soon, and you know, obviously that can
make some pretty strategic management decisions as a result of
of that, you know, which is very very important. As
we spoke off there, you know, the demands of a
single bearing mixed age U versus a multiple bearing two
tooth are very different. So yeah, it allows you to
tailor feed inputs in an appropriate manner. So look, yeah, yeah,
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the sheep scanners are going to be very busy over
the next week while, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
And if you do you have drys, well they're worth
very good money at the moment as well.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
Let's start it's a flip side of it.
Speaker 10 (20:58):
Yeah, look absolutely, and yeah, those dry animals, you certainly
don't want to be feeding them on on farm when
you can prioritize that feed to something else. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Morgie, the tame in his face has been gangsta the Ghano.
But you're slightly going back to normality. How do people
get in touch?
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Look it just give us a call here at Riversdale,
which is two zero two five six three six, or
in Tiana it's two four nine seven zero three nine.
And look, yeah, you're absolutely right. The team here has
been really flat out for you know, the last six
or eight weeks or so. They've done some very very
long days and you know, they've they've been very impressive
the work that they've got through. So yeah, look a
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little bit of a quieter time it's just around the
corner for us, and so yeah, we will enjoy it
as much as possible before we kick into things again.
You know, I know some other people it's their busiest
time at the moment, shifting brakes and doing things like that.
But for us, you know, the next month or so
does get a little bit quieter, that's for sure, which
is quite good.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Thanks Morgan, have a good weekend, Hey you two.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Andy Morgan Green of Edious Fits Animal Health Advisors right
here on the muster, Michelle, what joins us next in
the country Crossover.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
She is up at Field Days National Field days at
Mystery Creek. Only I want to change my mind. Kis
this just don't feel right to me. Well, welcome back
to the muster. I'm Hakauis.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Michelle Watt is the executive producer of the Country She's been.
I don't well, basically, you KnowI this week up in
Hamilton at the National Field, days at Mystery Creek, breaking
her Mystery Creek cheery as such.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
Good afternoon, Michelle, afternoon Andy.
Speaker 11 (22:43):
And yes, it's my first, well second time in the
tront Ever in my entire life. It has been a
bit of an o n. It's definitely been an experience
opened my mind, opened my eyes, and actually I quite
like the tron. I do feel a bit like and
I said this on the show, I think on the
first day when Jamie asked me what I saw, I said,
I feel like the young dog pups that's been let
out in the paddocks to finally round up the sheep.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
You like an eighteen year old from south when they're
a rugby trip to christ Church for the first time.
Speaker 11 (23:08):
Yeah, that's what it feels like. It feels like I'm
back in my youth. And honestly, it has been heaving
down here for the last three days. The sun was
absolutely shining. It was beautiful day, very crisp mornings, but
very very dry up here, which has been good obviously
for the punters walking around. You don't have to worry
about wearing your gun boots, although obviously a lot of
people still are. But very dry, very sunny. Although today
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is a little bit more overcast. But the crowds are
getting pumping out down here.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
So how would you say.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
The mood's been, I dare say pretty buoyant, Yeah, pretty boyant.
Speaker 11 (23:38):
Everyone seems really positive, really happy, which is nice. It's
good to see the prima sector doing really well. And
of course we had the soapy announcements yesterday, which is
a situation for primary industries with race Myth, Tom McLay
and Chris Luxon and great news across the board pretty
much there. There are a few that are struggling, like
Arable and things like that, but great news, other worse
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across the board.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
It's really great to see will end up seven percent
again yesterday. I mean, this is a good news story
of the year for me to put it into perspective.
Michelle Cross Crossbred Wall was down in the mid one
dollar range one dollar fifty a couple of years ago.
Speaker 4 (24:13):
And now I think clean fleece.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Is up towards a sixty seven dollar range, which which
is fantastic.
Speaker 11 (24:20):
Oh, huge positives here with that, and I think definitely
it's helped the mooge. Everything doing well, everyone's positive, and
it looks like the punters are standing well.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Here you go the crossbred flee flea.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Sorry, just brought it up forty cent lift yesterday, ninety
nine percent clearance this the.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Course is out of christ Church.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Average price for kakg of clean crossbred wool if it's
good style is seven dollars forty outstanding of course for
the SOPs.
Speaker 11 (24:46):
Yesterday it was announced that there's been a some of
the other numbers across the sector. We've got dairy forecast
to increase five percent to a record of twenty eight
point six billion. Meton wool is forecast to increase fourteen
percent to fourteen point one billion, which is absolutely incredible.
There's some really fantastic results across the board here. I mean,
I think you've just got to take the positives, especially
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the wall thing. It's fantastic to see it finally where
it should be right. People wanting sustainable products as well.
I think the oil prices and things like that are
helping that too, because of course you need oil to
make plastic, you don't need oil to make wool. So
hopefully it keeps going that way, although we don't want
oil to keep going up in price and affect our
petrol prices.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
There's been a lot of talk around the no show
of labor as far as having attempt they're visible. Their
argument is we're just walking around talking to people. But
there's the thing about these events. You look on your
program or your app whatever these days, you see where
they are, and you know exactly where you're heading to.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
And I think that's where they've dropped the ball.
Speaker 11 (25:44):
Yeah, it's interesting. I have been too busy to actually
see many labor MPs other than the ones I saw
at the Rural Leaders Support debate and auction and dinner
on Wednesday night. So it's really interesting times really with
that one, because I think Trippy is the only one
I've seen since I've been here, and it's because he
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came to the show. But then, like I said, I
haven't actively been going out looking for them here.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Politicians are not wearing brand you red bands. I hope.
Speaker 11 (26:12):
I've actually noticed that it's a bit you'reright for the
red bands. Like I said, to be honest, I brought
my waterproof, nice winter work boots, and I'm glad I
had them yesterday in the last couple of mornings because
very heavy frost up Here's nice to have nice warm toes,
but walking around in them is not that comfortable with
the hard ground and the dry and you don't really
need them in the car parks where you didn't the
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last couple of days. Today apparently showers possibly later, but
otherwise I don't know. I think that cloud will hopefully
burn off it. It'll be another cracket.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
So how would you summize how would you summarize the
field days for somebody who hasn't been there, Michelle and
what you've seen.
Speaker 11 (26:49):
I think if you haven't been, you must come, regardless
of whether you are from the city or a country
or a farmer. Obviously, there's a lot of things to
see here. For farmers, a lot of equipment and stuff
like that to buy, but for someone from urban environment
there's a lot here too. It's just it's such a
cool place to come and meet people, network see things
that you haven't seen before. They fantastic technology on offer
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and it's actually just a really good day out.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
The fencing cop has always been a good one when
I'm up there, just go along for half an hour
while you gather your thoughts so much and go about
their business. Craig Wiggy Wiggins on the blower, it's really cool.
It just adds to the vibe of the event.
Speaker 11 (27:26):
Oh those guys are athletes, aren't they. I mean I
can't imagine putting up a fence in a hurry and
it being straight. It's exciting stuff to watch all that.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Now you've had Roley Kennedy as your chaperone. How's that been?
Speaker 10 (27:39):
Is it?
Speaker 4 (27:39):
You know? Because Roley's a good bugger. I had him
on Free Yan on Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
And as far as the journalism where it goes, he's
doing some really good stuff in the egrospace.
Speaker 11 (27:47):
Oh, he's been a premium level showfield for US. Andy.
We've really enjoyed having him and he's really looked after us.
I have to say he's been very patient with the
two country team members.
Speaker 4 (27:58):
Now, as far as the media wards, last night you
went along and how was that?
Speaker 11 (28:03):
It was a fun time? Interesting? My first one obviously
Shae that you weren't need to join us standard, but
you picked up in a water.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
It's not one for the fainthearted. I think it's fair
to say that event uh, well.
Speaker 11 (28:13):
You know what the rural environment can be like. It's
a bit like the rugby club right.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Right over.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
Michelle, Hey, safe, travels back this afternoon and we will
catch up in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Always good to catch out.
Speaker 11 (28:25):
Cheers mate, Michelle.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
One in the country Crossover, of course up at Mystery
Creek at the National Field Days, which continues until tomorrow.
You're listening to the Muster on Hakanui. Up next Greg
Miller on behalf of the ihc CASKI.
Speaker 3 (28:44):
And only.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
I wan change my mind. Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Beautiful afternoon hearing go blue sky and could be a
lot worse for June as we go back up Northreg Miller,
we're talking i H Calfski. He is, of course the
national manager of fundraising and generally around this time of
year we catch up with great to see how things
have been.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
Good afternoon, Hi Andy, how you doing. I'm doing really well.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
It's always good to catch up because, let's face the
ih calf scheme as an initiative that just seems to
go from strength to strength.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Well, it does, and this last season was an amazing
season for us, and we're incredibly grateful to the partners
that support us. And you know, it was it was great.
It's really raised some good money and back to back
to the day's pre em bobus, which is amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Especially if the prices we're seeing for beef at the moment.
So anything that's donated towards a calf scheme, it's it's
pretty good.
Speaker 5 (29:50):
Well, yeah, it's it's it's a very generous donation at
the moment, and that you know, we're always grateful because
it and what we can also see and the sales
agents were telling us is that we had some really
good calves come to sail and they fetch really great
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average prices across the board. So fantastic.
Speaker 11 (30:14):
We love it.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
So what is a history of the Calf's game for
the uninitiated grig.
Speaker 5 (30:20):
Well, yeah, it's as a fundraiser. It started forty four
years ago and I've been around fundraising for or you know,
thirty thirty five years. I've never seen anything like it,
and it's amazing. People donate a weaned calf. You know,
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the dairy farmers obviously, and it's over in Bobus, So
lots of people started saying, actually, we'll give you a
virtual calf, which is basically a three hundred average price,
which is a bit less than the average price we're
getting at the moment for calves. But yeah, so the
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dairy farmers, they generally the majority of the money comes
from people saying yep, we'll give you one calf. They
raise it for three months, we get it to sale,
and we get the money as a donation. So it's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
And what does the money go towards as.
Speaker 5 (31:18):
Such, Well, it goes into our work with people with
intellectual disability and families and rural communities, and you know,
they're the ones that really, you know, often are some
of the most vulnerable groups in any community, and you know,
do it hard when it comes to just figuring out
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how to navigate systems and what they can do. And so,
you know, we've been doing some amazing things over the
last couple of years, like sibling camps for the for
the brothers and sisters, family camps, also just helping with
advice and building up community groups in those rural communities,
groups of parents that help each other out. So it
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makes a big, big difference and they're very grateful. You know,
the money goes back into rural communities.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Now, of course the National Field Days are up and running.
How have you found them?
Speaker 10 (32:13):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (32:14):
You know, I always love them. They're quite hectic when
you're there. And sorry, I was looking out for you
this year and anyway, just hopefully next year see how
we go. Yeah, but you know, it was so busy
and the weather has been brilliant in Hamilton or in
Wayhaddow and really everyone came out. It was like it
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was it was it was like a mad you know,
just something some festival in South America. It was just
the lanes through the Field Days were completely packed on Sundays,
all in the sunshine. It felt a little bit different
than normal, but amazing, quite a buoyant feeling there. I
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don't know if you've talked to anyone else, but it
was good to see the rural community feeling good about things,
and you know, seeing that, you know ahead looking like things.
You know, there were some good yeah, for sure, positive
pines out there.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
I mean, you give the way the prices are at
the moment, I think arable is the one sector that
you know, fingers crossed things go up there. But you
look at the protein market, you look at the milk market,
milk industry as well. I mean, daring is the word
I'm looking for there, and everything's just looking really rosy
at the moment. And those industries in particular.
Speaker 5 (33:42):
Well, I think it's always been the backbone of New
Zealand and I from my perspective, you know, raising money
in the charitable sector for people with intellects with disability.
I've never seen a group of people that understand and
the meaning of community more and want to help and
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just do there. But it seems like small sometimes and
what often they say is it's just what you do.
But collectively, you know, last year we raised more than
one point four million dollars. It was absolutely amazing and
it has a big impact and we're incredibly grateful.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
So somebody wants to get involved with the calf s gime, Greg,
what do they do?
Speaker 5 (34:29):
Well, you don't have to be a dairy farmer, but
anyone can just go to IHC, you know, look up
IHC and calf and you'll get there, or I dot
org dot NZ Forward slash calf and you can donate
a virtual calf or you can plange calf if you're
a dairy farmer. We love it. We love to get
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new farmers and or people from the rural sector involved.
We even have a few sheep that get in there.
You might be interested.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
And I don't own shape these days, but if I do,
I'll be on board.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
I'll give you the tip there, Greg, I live in
the middle of the town these days, and my proper.
Speaker 5 (35:06):
Towny you're a tech Well yeah, you're not quite a
towny when you're down that way, but there you go.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Hey, Greg Miller, National manager of Fundraising for the IHC.
Always a pleasure to chat with you. You enjoyed the
afternoon and under the weekend, sir.
Speaker 5 (35:21):
Yes, thank you, Andy, Thank you very very much.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
Cheers bo, Greg Miller of the IHC Calf Scheme.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
What Greg said, A great initiative to get involved with
if you're prepared to do something like that, because the
money goes towards such a worthy cause, staying up North. Next,
before we wrap up, Graham Minty Mead, let's talk some super.
Speaker 4 (35:39):
Rugby in the Welcome back to the Muster on Hakanui
we're away back up to the White Caddo this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
Of course Field Days goes through until tomorrow afternoon, but
a change of tact.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
Graham Minty Mead. Of course you can hear his commentaries on.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Newstalk ZB Sport. He is the voice of why Kato Rugby.
Also does some overnight shifts on ZB and he's a
counselor as well, so he's got many hats to fill.
MONTI good afternoon from I'd say the winter is south.
It's a blue sky, but it's only about eight or
nine degrees. It's still pretty pleasant.
Speaker 3 (36:17):
Well that's tropical for you guys down there, and think
he's for having.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Me in the wonderful world of howknui well down here
in the south Mate, normally at this time of the
year at overnight high or a daytime high around five
or six degrees, but have been really mild. Look before
we talk a bit of code Field Days week up there.
It's a massive event, doesn't it. How's it been this yet?
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Yeah, look it's I still say that's the biggest agricultural
event the Southern Hemisphere. He gets a bit insane with
cars and traffic and people and helicopters in the sky
flying lots of people with money. But it's a hell
of a big event. Like, it's huge, and this year
we're seeing heaps more international companies coming out here to
(36:59):
emphasize the where to New Zealand. Yeah, it's just going
to keep growing. It's a bloody good event. It's iconic.
You go out there and you've got a lot of
town he's pretending to be farmers buying brand new redbands
and you're lot of farmers out there who've got a
bit of money to spend. So yeah, it makes the
economy ticked on it.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Because Hamilton is a town effectively built off farming, Is
that right?
Speaker 3 (37:19):
Yeah, we're a rural town to be honest. But we
just got told the other day in the council meeting.
Within eight years we're going to be the third biggest
city in New Zealand. We're going to have to take Wellington.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Oh well, you got plenty of land anyway, hopefully not
too much pastoral land getting converted into houses or is
that just the nature of the beast.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
Well, ye see, we're a landlocked Hamilton's landlocked by farms
and rural and yet there's a lot of there's a
lot of pasture land on the edge of Hamilton being
turned into housing developments in industrial development. So yet is
it has taken away a lot of good farming area,
because let's be honest, the land up here is pretty flat,
pretty lush, and it's pretty central. So a lot of
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that's been turned away into housing industrials and we're going
to see more of it as small people come this way.
It's unfortunate because I love a bit of grass, trees
and all those sorts of things to wander around.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
On right down to business chase against the Crusaders tonight
in the tron are you nervous about this game?
Speaker 3 (38:18):
What are you nervous about every game? Let's be honest,
and we haven't done that damn well against the Crusaders
at different times. They've come up here and they've telled
us a bit. But in the last competitions, I think
the biggest margin between the tur Us and semi finals
or finals rugby has been thirteen points, so it's going
to be tight. Most of them have been between three
(38:38):
and four, so it's going to be tight. Whoever wins
this will win the finals. The Canes will choke you reckon.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
The Canes haven't got the apple to go the whole
way because they're looking pretty dominous.
Speaker 3 (38:47):
Oh well, you always do that, you know. Sometimes they
might they might, But I think whoever wins this one tonight,
providing they're not cut to bits with injuries, I think
they might give the Canes a bit of a a
bit of a fright next week. Because the Canes have
had a reasonably and can I say this in a
nice way, a soft run in to where they've got to.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
Well, you know what, you play what's in front of you,
I suppose as well.
Speaker 3 (39:11):
Well, we haven't had hard teams to play, really have
they in the last few whereas the Chiefs and the
Crusaders have had some pretty solid, solid footy to play,
haven't they.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
What do you make of this finals format? Now the
Blues are in there after getting pasted last week? You
got the Blues away to the Hurricanes. Is it a farce?
Speaker 3 (39:29):
Well, it's only for money, Let's be honest. It's another
game to go on TV. Did I say that.
Speaker 4 (39:35):
You just did?
Speaker 3 (39:36):
How can you lose and get back in looks? It's yeah, we're.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
Living in the age of the Participation Award.
Speaker 3 (39:44):
That's why I say that the Blues have got a
participation award, Well, well.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
They're in the semi final. They lost last week, They've
got a hammer and they still get to play in
the semis.
Speaker 3 (39:53):
Yeah, it's wrong. That's not the way it should be.
You know it, I know it. It doesn't give rugby
any credent. It's end of the day. Are we better
off going round robin the top to final see you
lata or the top four semi final final sei later
because they've earned that top four spot? I think so.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
We're hearing a lot of talk about the NRL and
possible expansion into the South Island, but as far as
Super rugby this year, how do you think it's captured
the imagination?
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Again, it's better. It's not perfect, but it is better.
I'll give you one thing though, I went down for
the opening of the stadium and christ Church. Mate, there's
more people down there chasing the Wars around at times
and supporting them, and that they are surprised at huge
rugby league support down there.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
Wow, well you sound surprised by that given it's Crusader's heartland.
Speaker 4 (40:46):
Do you think it's just a perhaps a changing of
the times. I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (40:50):
I think now of that stadium, you know, like the
Warrior's gone down and they sold out in about six minutes.
I think there'll be a second league team down there
in New Zealand. That's wre it's going to end up.
But yeah, I think Super Rugby's okay. It's not what
i'd say is dramatically perfect in the moment, but it's
getting better and I think if Dave Rennie gets everything going,
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we could be on a winner. It might trickle down
all the way down to you know, the grassroots out there.
And how can I.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
Now Dave Rennie is all blacks coach. I mean, I've
seen this before and it's an interesting comparison, but never
before has a Sex Wallaby's coach. We made the all
blacks here, Geffer, but we all know that's just a
crop because he's a right man for the job.
Speaker 4 (41:30):
He's from your part of the world. How's he viewed?
Speaker 3 (41:34):
Well, yeah, look, he would probably be in all my
years of commentary, the most accessible, down to earth coach
who had no problem coming on radio on a Saturday
morning and telling me which players and quite often they
were all blacks coming back. Hadn't met their fitness levels,
hadn't hit their beep tests. We're carrying a little bit
(41:55):
much body fat, and he was quite happy to put
them on the bench and not let and playing to
heap those things. So that's where he measures up. You know,
I have expectations meet them once because you're in my
in my squad. Once you've done that, then we go
play footy.
Speaker 1 (42:11):
What are you making Tony Brown coming back into the
AB's fold in a couple of years.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
I reckon that's long term. Jamie Joseph, Tony Brown will
be a coach in comparison together from the next few years.
I think that's where it's going to go. I think
just covering their bases because Brown is a hell of
a good Backs coach. Let's be honest, he's he's one
of your Blake's. He's yeah, he's some talent. I think
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the All Blacks or the inded Ara. If you're now saying, okay,
we've got to we've got to manage some of these
great coaches around the world and we look to the
future and we've got to bring them in and just
tie them down to where we've got to meet. There
will be a home for Tony Brown and in the
end are they're be your home for Jamie Jaseph, I think,
And it just depends how long Dave when he wants
to be in that role he's in and he signed
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for a few years. I think he'll do well. But
there's nothing Dave, and he hasn't conquered yet. And the
Allbax was the last one.
Speaker 4 (43:07):
Okay, mantell you, what's the final going to be next week?
Speaker 7 (43:11):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (43:11):
Chief Canes and.
Speaker 4 (43:13):
The Chiefs go through to win the whole thing. I suppose. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Look, look, if there really was a hail Mary and
the Pope got involved and the Blues beat the Hurricanes
the night we beat the Crusaders, that would be the
ideal for me because that would be good. But I
think it's gonna be Chief Canes.
Speaker 4 (43:28):
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Speaker 1 (43:29):
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Speaker 4 (43:33):
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Speaker 3 (43:36):
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Speaker 4 (44:05):
So love, it's all under control. You know what you're doing. Oh,
we'll find out come Monday. I guess it all makes sense.
Speaker 1 (44:11):
I used to I used to call this before this system,
I referred to it as Star Wars.
Speaker 6 (44:16):
Yeah it's I don't know much about Star Wars, so yeah,
it's very Star Wars.
Speaker 4 (44:20):
But you get a thing. Yeah, we get it.
Speaker 6 (44:22):
Yeah, No, I'm sure we'll be fine. And yeah there's
people here that I'm sure I can back up me
if I need to. But no, I'm sure we'll get there.
Speaker 4 (44:31):
You enjoy it, Yeah, you have a great break.
Speaker 1 (44:35):
Yeah, we'll leave it there for the afternoon as well.
My name's Andy mull. You've been listening to The Master
on Hocke and Ewy. Thanks for Peters and Nelick's the
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Speaker 4 (44:47):
Catch you later.
Nathan ab Any of the original Ford Joyce is once again.
Is it as Friday Giday nights?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yeah, get a any beautiful day, sun shining absolutely stunning
out here today. So got great days to be outside
and getting everything all tidied up on a Friday. We
touch on used vehicles, but just a reminder, of course,
sealed days are happening up at Mystery Creek at the moment,
and we've got some great deals happening across particularly a
Ford Ranger and Ford Everest at the moment, with additional
(00:27):
discounting on top of on top of whether that be
Farmlands discount or PGG Rights and Discount or it. But
whatever discount group we can fit you in, there is
more there, so come and talk to the sales team.
But otherwise, used vehicles like just tons of them, and
actually I've got a sandy like. Things are pretty steady
in the used vehicle department, and they'd want to be
because we've got plenty of them.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
We've got probably about ten or eleven Fort Everest here,
ranging from sort of thirty one thousand for an Everest trend.
All these are seven seat diesel vehicles, great family vehicles
thirty one thousand for a like a twenty and eighteen
forty Everest trend. It's dressed up on the twenty inch wheels.
It's gold. It's really nice up to into the seventy
(01:06):
thousand sort of for the very latest fort Everest, next
generation Forteverest Platinum with a three letter of V sixties
on in them. We've got plenty of rangers that are
really nice. Twenty twenty three Ford range of XLT four
x four double cab coming on the Yuard today. I
think it's trebled sort of fifty thousand caves. It's twin
turbo two liter diesel auto still under its new vehicle
(01:27):
warranty for the next two years. The vehicle has been
dressed up on twenty inch range of platinum wheels. It's
got the soft cover on the back of it. Really
nice and so forty two nine hundred and ninety that's
including GST, So you know you're talking back to almost
mid thirties or so over the time you get the
GST back. That's a truck that is pretty much the
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very latest model still in the new vehicle warranty. Looks
exactly the same as a new one in the showroom,
but a huge saving on a new one. It's sort
of in a rusty, sort of a burnt orange color,
which it's really nice with the chrome trimming. So that's
coming on the So afternoon really is like to bring
new It's never been a farm beak or a fleet
behle or it's just been a private vehicle. So but
there's plenty more where that come from, of all different brands,
(02:11):
whether it be twieda Midsiness and the whole lot. But look,
come in and talk to us. The full team are
on Decktor five o'tock today. Doors will be open and
past nine in the morning. Don't be afraid to pick
up the phone. And don't forget it's not just vehicles,
it's servicing and parts. It's Bridgestone tires as well up
in bell Croesus.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
So we'd love to see you in good one notes.
Enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
You to Andy.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
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Speaker 1 (02:36):
The good Afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hak
and knowing my name's Andy Muir. The show is brought
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it is cool and Chris, I think around seven degrees
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saying down here in Gore. I'm joined in studio this
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Speaker 4 (03:00):
Oh, Olivia Weatherburn, how you doing?
Speaker 6 (03:01):
I'm good, Andy, How are you not bad?
Speaker 1 (03:03):
You've you've got to figure it out. You're in here
to see how the how it all works.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
Yeah no, I'm getting it all sorted, I think, and
I'm sure we'll get that button bat and we have
some good yarns while you have a world deserve break.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah no, looking forward to it. Hey, right straight into it.
Music today because we vary the music around. Music is
open to interpretation live. It's the one thing you learn
in this game today is a group called Marshmallow. But
this song is actually one of the mess of songs
from a couple of years ago. Marshmallow featuring a guy
came Brown.
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Saturday sunshine with variable wines variable ones once again, zero
and ten. Sunday afternoon shollers of breezy or westerly seven
and fifteen. Monday shellers of breezes. Our westerly is minus
two and nine. That says frost and Tuesday partly cloud.
He were breezing northwestlies five and eight. So temp just
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to hand, just a capital Clinton eight point five and
the hereio at seven point six.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Gruss still growing.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
I think you just read the forecast.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
We're back in April.
Speaker 6 (04:10):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I don't know how long it's going to continue for,
but we'll find out shortly because we have Phil Duncan
from weather Watch getting us underway here on the muster
to look at the southern forecast in depth for the
next seven days.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Morgan Green of Benis.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Fence, we have our usual catch up with the team
Michelle Watt and the Country Crossover.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
She's up and field days. We're going up north a
couple of times in the hour, telling us.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
How she's founded up there. Of course, trying to get
back to the airport to get get back down to
the Needen with Jamie Greg Miller of the IHC Cauff scheme. Well,
Gregg's a real good bugger and tells us why this
is such an essential scheme for the IHC, A massive
contribution from people down south as well.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
A great thing.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
And grayham Minty mead he is the sound of the
voice of White Kaddo Rugby. Of course some newstalk zb
sporting hear their commentary is online. iHeart Radio talking super
Rakby semi finals.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
So the song's about dumb should be crank into a day. Yeah,
let's do it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Starting off with Phil Duncan. The Muster's brought to you
by Peter Genetics.
Speaker 8 (05:12):
Mazie, Welcome back to the Muster on Hakani, it is
time for Phil Duncan of Weatherwatch.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Good afternoon, Phil Duncan.
Speaker 9 (05:45):
Good afternoon, mister Murror.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
Hell's Auckland.
Speaker 9 (05:48):
It is cloudy and gloomy, the.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Opposite of gore.
Speaker 9 (05:52):
Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Look, we're just seeing this continuation of the run of
weather we've had for the past. Let's be honest, So
last three or four weeks, when are we going to
start seeing this winter cycle? I ask you every week
because it's a relevant question.
Speaker 9 (06:09):
I think we're getting more into it now. You know,
we've just had another cold front passed through overnight, and
we've got a cold earth front coming through on Sunday
night and Monday, and so we are starting to see
a drop in temperatures. It's still not majorly cold though,
and you know, to look at Sunday's maximum around fifteen
or sixteen degrees, that's pretty mild. Overnight low of seven
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when you wake up on Monday, but Monday's daytime temperature
and Tuesday and Wednesday they're all around the eight nine
degree mark as maximum and overnight low on Monday night
will be minus two. So it's getting down. Some places
will be minus three or minus four. So it's going
to be a bit cold going into the start of
next week. But yeah, it's not massively cold because a
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lot of our air flows, despite having Southerlys and some
westerly flows coming into the country, it's not coming from Antarctica.
It's coming from more so from south of Tasmania, and
so it is cold, but it's not freezing cold. It's
not like that bitter southerly wind that you can get
when it comes straight off Antarctica. And so at the moment. Yeah,
we're going into winter very slowly. We're not sort of
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seeing a big burst of major snow events and major frosts.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
We're looking at the middle of June with an overnight
high well for a day high of sixteen or fifteen
and a low of seven.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
That is crazy.
Speaker 9 (07:28):
Yeah, it's pretty mild, and that's because we're on we're
sort of on the edge of a lot of high pressure,
and that is a classical Neto trait to have high
pressure out over the Tasman and we're on the edge
of it, so we don't necessarily have a lot of
perfectly sunny days and we get these cooler winds and
these cold fronts. But the cold fronts like the one
that's come through today, we're moving up the South Island today.
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Most of the rain fell in Southland, Otago and Canterbury,
not over on the west coast. And so that's because
further west you go, the more you're running into high pressure.
So these fronts kind of flick up around the side
of the country and it brings a little bit of
rain into some regions, but it's not you know that,
look you look at the radar sort of fell apart
for Canterbury, so they didn't get the rain that they
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might need, you know, the most one of the driest
parts of the country at the moment, and so as
we go into the next few months ahead, that might
be sort of our kind of normal weather pattern. But
in saying that, you know, we're a small country compared
to the size of high pressure and low pressure zones,
So all it takes is just a little shape change
and suddenly you've got you know, rain setting in, or
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you've got much colder weather coming through. So it doesn't
you know, just because our Nino is being announced, doesn't
mean that suddenly we you know, there's a flick of
the switch. In fact, we've already been gradually going into
it the last couple of months, and that's why May
and June have so far have not been brutally cold.
But we are now seeing a colder airflow coming in.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Okay, So when are we going to see a continual
run of frost because as they've been lacking, Yeah, I.
Speaker 9 (08:58):
Don't, I don't know yet. At the moment, we are
certainly getting more frosty weather in the forecast, and yesterday
being Thursday, we did have frost that went up. You know,
north of Auckland they were very light, but there were
some frost going north of their butt. Pretty solid frosts
across Waikato regions or field days. So we are getting
kind of a mixture of conditions around New Zealand. Frosty
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weather has been absent in the North Island for a
lot of places so far this year. All it takes
is for our weather to be a couple of degrees warmer.
You know, you often hear about when they're talking about
the climate and climate change. You often hear climate forecasters
and scientists saying, you know, the sea temperatures or the
air temperatures are up by a degree or two, and
in your head you sort of go, oh, that's not noticeable,
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is it? But you notice it at this time of
the year, because you know, whether it's plus two or
minus one, that's a difference between having a solid frost
or just a little bit of ice on the tops
of the vehicles.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Yeah, certainly a different scenario we're facing at the moment now,
this Nino watch. I heard it being called the super
al Nino from Australian media this morning. Are we seeing
anything different and we're still too far out to get
an understanding.
Speaker 9 (10:10):
It'll take some time for us to work out what
our new wheather pattern will be. Now, it's a little
bit like when a cyclone is coming, right, So a
tropical cyclone you can see in the long range map
sometimes two weeks out that a cyclone's going to form,
and so the fact that that factor that into the
forecast for two weeks, then it gets announced to get
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a name, and then we track it in sort of
a lot more detail. Our Nino and La Nina are
a bit the same. We see them coming and we
factor that into the forecast for the next couple of weeks,
sometimes even a month's out. You can kind of factor
it in. So the fact that it actually gets announced
doesn't change the fact that we've already been seeing it
building and growing. What it does, though, is it gives
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us a bit more of a solid forecast to lock in.
And so when you hear the term super our Nino,
what you're hearing is from a whole Pacific wide, what
we call the Pacific Basins. It's from that perspective, so
from Australia over to South America, that's what we're looking
at when you hear that term. When it comes to
New Zealand itself. That's a different kind of way of
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looking at it. We'll be seeing how this this very
strong al Nino event across the entire equator region of
the Pacific, especially over on the eastern side of the
Pacific towards the Americas. We'll be looking at that to
see how that affects our weather the path here in
New Zealand. So it doesn't just mean that we've got
you know, extreme conditions coming, but certainly when you're talking
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about you know, the strongest doln Nino potentially on record,
that's something to definitely be aware of because it could
really alter our weather path here in New Zealand and
Australia and around the southwest Pacific. And we'll we'll be
knowing that in more detail in the weeks ahead. It's
it's hard to answer because we're in small country in comparison,
as I said, to wear pressure systems, and so all
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it takes is, you know, we can say yes, it's
going to lean dryer. For inland areas and eastern areas,
they tend to dry out. Spring tends to be windier
with more westerly is blowing and that dries out the
east even further. But if you get one low pressure
zone that comes in with a whole lot of rain
and it's a bit subtropical and it stalls over our
small country, that can suddenly reverse that super ol Nino
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kind of outlook. So the term super our Nino is
a very big, broad stroke kind of way of describing it.
It is looking very significant, but we are still a
little bit, you know, a question mark about what that
means for New Zealand. So the guest advice I can
give is what I've been giving for the last couple
of months, which is preserving water, water conservation in those
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dry areas, having plans for as things really do dry
out going through spring or going through winter going into spring.
That's the concern that I think as winter forecast is
that's what we've got at the moment.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
So Duncan of weather Watch, we always appreciate your time
on the Muster. Enjoy the weekend ches mate to.
Speaker 7 (13:04):
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Speaker 7 (13:17):
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Speaker 1 (13:29):
Morgan Green joins us out of in his fits and
Riversdale Morgie, Good afternoon, This mild June continues for a
couple of days at least.
Speaker 10 (13:39):
It does indeed, which has been just been fabulous really,
you know, means we've managed to get a huge number
of cows dried off in pretty good conditions, which makes
a huge difference. And there's no two ways about that.
The weather conditions have a massive, massive impact on on
how things go from the point if you have you know,
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post dry off problems for cows. So you know, for instance,
if we went back twenty years ago when we had
the old SAM plan and cows were dried off just
on the basis of getting antibiotics, just on the basis
of whether they had a sell count over one hundred
and fifty thousand or heifers over one hundred and twenty thousand,
and everything else got nothing. You know, it was very
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very common practice to be really really careful about checking
those cows for mass titus. You know, that's sort of
ten to fourteen days post dry off, and I guess,
you know, because people came across lots of mass titus.
That's one of the reasons farmers went towards whole heard
antibiotic treatment in order to prevent the number of masstitis
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cases that they found. But now with the movement towards
you know, reducing antibiotics again and using teet sealant, there
are a lot of farmers that have made the decision
to do nothing rather than put teet sealant in because
they've of they've either had bad experiences in the past
or they've heard of bad experiences. But the checking of
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the cows afterwards has been I believe forgotten about a
little bit. So you know, it is very very important
to check those cows afterwards. You know, it's pretty obvious
if we see a really sick cow with toxic mass
itis post dry off, but some cows with clinical mass
itis post dry off not that easy to spot, and
especially if they've gone straight onto crops. So certainly, very
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very important to check those animals. And you know, most people,
I guess sort of we're drying off right at the
end of May, so you know, we are at that
two weeks now, so certainly a real good time to
have a pretty close look through those cows and just
make sure there isn't much in the way of massed
itis there. It's you know, kind of a big impact
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on what happens next season.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
So the bits are out and about doing these doing
all the tight sailing, you'll see a lot of animals
and such. I mus often ask you for a few
tips or a voice regarding the end of the season.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Is it how it works?
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Oh?
Speaker 10 (16:05):
Look, absolutely, you know we're talking to our farmers all
the time around you know what we should be done,
and I guess you know, one of the big learnings
really over the last few years has been around dry
cow management, and you know, the management of the cows
in the week three days prior to the day of
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dry off itself. So you know, obviously hygiene is very
very important in the dry off process, but the management
of the cows leading to that day is incredibly important,
and the management of the cows afterwards as well, which
is why I'm saying this year, with the weather being
as good as what it has been, you can kind
of get away with sometimes management practices not being quite
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as good as what they should be because the weather
conditions have played a part and they're favorable, but you
know what happens then if you have a really poor
spell of weather, and you know maybe next season it
could be really really bad from a weather point of view,
and you've done the same as what you've done this year,
you might not get away with it because you know,
the physical environmental conditions don't allow you to get away
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with it. So you know, it's all about risk management
and just trying to do the best job possible all
the time. But you know, if you're drying your cows
off and the poo is coming out of them like
a hose pipe, well they actually haven't been dried down properly.
The protein levels in the diet are too high.
Speaker 9 (17:27):
You know.
Speaker 10 (17:27):
Really their faces should be pretty pretty solid on the
day of dry off, and that's what you want because
you want those cows not to be producing milk post
dry off and protein as the driver in that.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Morgan, you'd like to pass comment regarding copper toxicity.
Speaker 10 (17:44):
Yeah, Look, we we had a couple of cases post
dry off, and I think you know what we think
has probably happened. Really, it's been around the stress of
the dry off process. Itself. So you know, if we again,
if we went back twenty years ago, we did a
lot of liver biopsies in order to see how low
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copper was prior to winter, and you know, whether cows
needed to have a copper injection prior to winter in
order to raise those levels and have sufficient copper reserves
during the winter. Because winter is a time we're typically
copper is at its lowest and because of the demand
of the growing fetus, the demand of copper on the
animal is at its highest. However, now what we're seeing
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is really we're doing liver biopsies in order to see
how high the copper is. So you know, from the
point of view of palm kernel, it has lots and
lots of copper in there. You know, I guess our
trace element programs are probably a lot better than what
they once were. So in the past they were probably
a wee bit haphazard, and so now with cows producing
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as much as they are producing, people are really trying
to optimize performance and they're doing that by making sure
that trace element status is optimal. But sometimes it can
actually be just that little bit too high. So you're
just something to be aware of if you haven't done
liver biopsies, it may well be worthwhile getting some done
just to check and see where you're at, because you
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might well be able to dial back the copper that
they're getting during the season because they're getting it from elsewhere,
especially especially if you're feeling palm kernel, and especially if
you're continuing to feed the amounts of PAM kernel that
you have done in the past. So yeah, just something
to be very much aware of. Copper is stored in
the liver, and at times of stress that can be
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released from the liver goes into the bloodstream, and if
there's too much there, it just essentially can be toxic.
You'll end up getting kidney damaged. So yeah, just one
of those things to be aware of. Certainly recommend people
getting biopsies done in particular, but also if facilities aren't
suitable for that, to at least get some blood tests done.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Sounds crazy with saying this, but it says the season
coming up shape.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Skinting.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I heard of a few results coming through this week. See,
I'm pretty positive at the moment too.
Speaker 10 (20:01):
Yeah, well, I haven't heard anything in our area yet,
but look, it is just around the corner, you know.
And I guess, as you say, with the weather conditions
that we have had, it does seem a little bit
odd that we're into scanning already. But you know, you
do know by how dark it is in the mornings
and how quickly it gets dark in the evenings that
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you know, the days are certainly pretty short at the moment.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
So yeah, look, people will get all of.
Speaker 10 (20:26):
Those results very soon, and you know, obviously that can
make some pretty strategic management decisions as a result of
of that, you know, which is very very important. As
we spoke off there, you know, the demands of a
single bearing mixed age U versus a multiple bearing two
tooth are very different. So yeah, it allows you to
tailor feed inputs in an appropriate manner. So look, yeah, yeah,
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the sheep scanners are going to be very busy over
the next week while, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
And if you do you have drys, well they're worth
very good money at the moment as well.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
Let's start it's a flip side of it.
Speaker 10 (20:58):
Yeah, look absolutely, and yeah, those dry animals, you certainly
don't want to be feeding them on on farm when
you can prioritize that feed to something else. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Morgie, the tame in his face has been gangsta the Ghano.
But you're slightly going back to normality. How do people
get in touch?
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Look it just give us a call here at Riversdale,
which is two zero two five six three six, or
in Tiana it's two four nine seven zero three nine.
And look, yeah, you're absolutely right. The team here has
been really flat out for you know, the last six
or eight weeks or so. They've done some very very
long days and you know, they've they've been very impressive
the work that they've got through. So yeah, look a
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little bit of a quieter time it's just around the
corner for us, and so yeah, we will enjoy it
as much as possible before we kick into things again.
You know, I know some other people it's their busiest
time at the moment, shifting brakes and doing things like that.
But for us, you know, the next month or so
does get a little bit quieter, that's for sure, which
is quite good.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Thanks Morgan, have a good weekend, Hey you two.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Andy Morgan Green of Edious Fits Animal Health Advisors right
here on the muster, Michelle, what joins us next in
the country Crossover.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
She is up at Field Days National Field days at
Mystery Creek. Only I want to change my mind. Kis
this just don't feel right to me. Well, welcome back
to the muster. I'm Hakauis.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Michelle Watt is the executive producer of the Country She's been.
I don't well, basically, you KnowI this week up in
Hamilton at the National Field, days at Mystery Creek, breaking
her Mystery Creek cheery as such.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
Good afternoon, Michelle, afternoon Andy.
Speaker 11 (22:43):
And yes, it's my first, well second time in the
tront Ever in my entire life. It has been a
bit of an o n. It's definitely been an experience
opened my mind, opened my eyes, and actually I quite
like the tron. I do feel a bit like and
I said this on the show, I think on the
first day when Jamie asked me what I saw, I said,
I feel like the young dog pups that's been let
out in the paddocks to finally round up the sheep.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
You like an eighteen year old from south when they're
a rugby trip to christ Church for the first time.
Speaker 11 (23:08):
Yeah, that's what it feels like. It feels like I'm
back in my youth. And honestly, it has been heaving
down here for the last three days. The sun was
absolutely shining. It was beautiful day, very crisp mornings, but
very very dry up here, which has been good obviously
for the punters walking around. You don't have to worry
about wearing your gun boots, although obviously a lot of
people still are. But very dry, very sunny. Although today
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is a little bit more overcast. But the crowds are
getting pumping out down here.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
So how would you say.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
The mood's been, I dare say pretty buoyant, Yeah, pretty boyant.
Speaker 11 (23:38):
Everyone seems really positive, really happy, which is nice. It's
good to see the prima sector doing really well. And
of course we had the soapy announcements yesterday, which is
a situation for primary industries with race Myth, Tom McLay
and Chris Luxon and great news across the board pretty
much there. There are a few that are struggling, like
Arable and things like that, but great news, other worse
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across the board.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
It's really great to see will end up seven percent
again yesterday. I mean, this is a good news story
of the year for me to put it into perspective.
Michelle Cross Crossbred Wall was down in the mid one
dollar range one dollar fifty a couple of years ago.
Speaker 4 (24:13):
And now I think clean fleece.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Is up towards a sixty seven dollar range, which which
is fantastic.
Speaker 11 (24:20):
Oh, huge positives here with that, and I think definitely
it's helped the mooge. Everything doing well, everyone's positive, and
it looks like the punters are standing well.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Here you go the crossbred flee flea.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Sorry, just brought it up forty cent lift yesterday, ninety
nine percent clearance this the.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Course is out of christ Church.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Average price for kakg of clean crossbred wool if it's
good style is seven dollars forty outstanding of course for
the SOPs.
Speaker 11 (24:46):
Yesterday it was announced that there's been a some of
the other numbers across the sector. We've got dairy forecast
to increase five percent to a record of twenty eight
point six billion. Meton wool is forecast to increase fourteen
percent to fourteen point one billion, which is absolutely incredible.
There's some really fantastic results across the board here. I mean,
I think you've just got to take the positives, especially
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the wall thing. It's fantastic to see it finally where
it should be right. People wanting sustainable products as well.
I think the oil prices and things like that are
helping that too, because of course you need oil to
make plastic, you don't need oil to make wool. So
hopefully it keeps going that way, although we don't want
oil to keep going up in price and affect our
petrol prices.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
There's been a lot of talk around the no show
of labor as far as having attempt they're visible. Their
argument is we're just walking around talking to people. But
there's the thing about these events. You look on your
program or your app whatever these days, you see where
they are, and you know exactly where you're heading to.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
And I think that's where they've dropped the ball.
Speaker 11 (25:44):
Yeah, it's interesting. I have been too busy to actually
see many labor MPs other than the ones I saw
at the Rural Leaders Support debate and auction and dinner
on Wednesday night. So it's really interesting times really with
that one, because I think Trippy is the only one
I've seen since I've been here, and it's because he
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came to the show. But then, like I said, I
haven't actively been going out looking for them here.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Politicians are not wearing brand you red bands. I hope.
Speaker 11 (26:12):
I've actually noticed that it's a bit you'reright for the
red bands. Like I said, to be honest, I brought
my waterproof, nice winter work boots, and I'm glad I
had them yesterday in the last couple of mornings because
very heavy frost up Here's nice to have nice warm toes,
but walking around in them is not that comfortable with
the hard ground and the dry and you don't really
need them in the car parks where you didn't the
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last couple of days. Today apparently showers possibly later, but
otherwise I don't know. I think that cloud will hopefully
burn off it. It'll be another cracket.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
So how would you summize how would you summarize the
field days for somebody who hasn't been there, Michelle and
what you've seen.
Speaker 11 (26:49):
I think if you haven't been, you must come, regardless
of whether you are from the city or a country
or a farmer. Obviously, there's a lot of things to
see here. For farmers, a lot of equipment and stuff
like that to buy, but for someone from urban environment
there's a lot here too. It's just it's such a
cool place to come and meet people, network see things
that you haven't seen before. They fantastic technology on offer
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and it's actually just a really good day out.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
The fencing cop has always been a good one when
I'm up there, just go along for half an hour
while you gather your thoughts so much and go about
their business. Craig Wiggy Wiggins on the blower, it's really cool.
It just adds to the vibe of the event.
Speaker 11 (27:26):
Oh those guys are athletes, aren't they. I mean I
can't imagine putting up a fence in a hurry and
it being straight. It's exciting stuff to watch all that.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Now you've had Roley Kennedy as your chaperone. How's that been?
Speaker 10 (27:39):
Is it?
Speaker 4 (27:39):
You know? Because Roley's a good bugger. I had him
on Free Yan on Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
And as far as the journalism where it goes, he's
doing some really good stuff in the egrospace.
Speaker 11 (27:47):
Oh, he's been a premium level showfield for US. Andy.
We've really enjoyed having him and he's really looked after us.
I have to say he's been very patient with the
two country team members.
Speaker 4 (27:58):
Now, as far as the media wards, last night you
went along and how was that?
Speaker 11 (28:03):
It was a fun time? Interesting? My first one obviously
Shae that you weren't need to join us standard, but
you picked up in a water.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
It's not one for the fainthearted. I think it's fair
to say that event uh, well.
Speaker 11 (28:13):
You know what the rural environment can be like. It's
a bit like the rugby club right.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Right over.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
Michelle, Hey, safe, travels back this afternoon and we will
catch up in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Always good to catch out.
Speaker 11 (28:25):
Cheers mate, Michelle.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
One in the country Crossover, of course up at Mystery
Creek at the National Field Days, which continues until tomorrow.
You're listening to the Muster on Hakanui. Up next Greg
Miller on behalf of the ihc CASKI.
Speaker 3 (28:44):
And only.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
I wan change my mind. Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Beautiful afternoon hearing go blue sky and could be a
lot worse for June as we go back up Northreg Miller,
we're talking i H Calfski. He is, of course the
national manager of fundraising and generally around this time of
year we catch up with great to see how things
have been.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
Good afternoon, Hi Andy, how you doing. I'm doing really well.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
It's always good to catch up because, let's face the
ih calf scheme as an initiative that just seems to
go from strength to strength.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Well, it does, and this last season was an amazing
season for us, and we're incredibly grateful to the partners
that support us. And you know, it was it was great.
It's really raised some good money and back to back
to the day's pre em bobus, which is amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Especially if the prices we're seeing for beef at the moment.
So anything that's donated towards a calf scheme, it's it's
pretty good.
Speaker 5 (29:50):
Well, yeah, it's it's it's a very generous donation at
the moment, and that you know, we're always grateful because
it and what we can also see and the sales
agents were telling us is that we had some really
good calves come to sail and they fetch really great
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average prices across the board. So fantastic.
Speaker 11 (30:14):
We love it.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
So what is a history of the Calf's game for
the uninitiated grig.
Speaker 5 (30:20):
Well, yeah, it's as a fundraiser. It started forty four
years ago and I've been around fundraising for or you know,
thirty thirty five years. I've never seen anything like it,
and it's amazing. People donate a weaned calf. You know,
(30:42):
the dairy farmers obviously, and it's over in Bobus, So
lots of people started saying, actually, we'll give you a
virtual calf, which is basically a three hundred average price,
which is a bit less than the average price we're
getting at the moment for calves. But yeah, so the
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dairy farmers, they generally the majority of the money comes
from people saying yep, we'll give you one calf. They
raise it for three months, we get it to sale,
and we get the money as a donation. So it's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
And what does the money go towards as.
Speaker 5 (31:18):
Such, Well, it goes into our work with people with
intellectual disability and families and rural communities, and you know,
they're the ones that really, you know, often are some
of the most vulnerable groups in any community, and you know,
do it hard when it comes to just figuring out
(31:39):
how to navigate systems and what they can do. And so,
you know, we've been doing some amazing things over the
last couple of years, like sibling camps for the for
the brothers and sisters, family camps, also just helping with
advice and building up community groups in those rural communities,
groups of parents that help each other out. So it
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makes a big, big difference and they're very grateful. You know,
the money goes back into rural communities.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Now, of course the National Field Days are up and running.
How have you found them?
Speaker 10 (32:13):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (32:14):
You know, I always love them. They're quite hectic when
you're there. And sorry, I was looking out for you
this year and anyway, just hopefully next year see how
we go. Yeah, but you know, it was so busy
and the weather has been brilliant in Hamilton or in
Wayhaddow and really everyone came out. It was like it
(32:39):
was it was it was like a mad you know,
just something some festival in South America. It was just
the lanes through the Field Days were completely packed on Sundays,
all in the sunshine. It felt a little bit different
than normal, but amazing, quite a buoyant feeling there. I
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don't know if you've talked to anyone else, but it
was good to see the rural community feeling good about things,
and you know, seeing that, you know ahead looking like things.
You know, there were some good yeah, for sure, positive
pines out there.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
I mean, you give the way the prices are at
the moment, I think arable is the one sector that
you know, fingers crossed things go up there. But you
look at the protein market, you look at the milk market,
milk industry as well. I mean, daring is the word
I'm looking for there, and everything's just looking really rosy
at the moment. And those industries in particular.
Speaker 5 (33:42):
Well, I think it's always been the backbone of New
Zealand and I from my perspective, you know, raising money
in the charitable sector for people with intellects with disability.
I've never seen a group of people that understand and
the meaning of community more and want to help and
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just do there. But it seems like small sometimes and
what often they say is it's just what you do.
But collectively, you know, last year we raised more than
one point four million dollars. It was absolutely amazing and
it has a big impact and we're incredibly grateful.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
So somebody wants to get involved with the calf s gime, Greg,
what do they do?
Speaker 5 (34:29):
Well, you don't have to be a dairy farmer, but
anyone can just go to IHC, you know, look up
IHC and calf and you'll get there, or I dot
org dot NZ Forward slash calf and you can donate
a virtual calf or you can plange calf if you're
a dairy farmer. We love it. We love to get
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new farmers and or people from the rural sector involved.
We even have a few sheep that get in there.
You might be interested.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
And I don't own shape these days, but if I do,
I'll be on board.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
I'll give you the tip there, Greg, I live in
the middle of the town these days, and my proper.
Speaker 5 (35:06):
Towny you're a tech Well yeah, you're not quite a
towny when you're down that way, but there you go.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Hey, Greg Miller, National manager of Fundraising for the IHC.
Always a pleasure to chat with you. You enjoyed the
afternoon and under the weekend, sir.
Speaker 5 (35:21):
Yes, thank you, Andy, Thank you very very much.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
Cheers bo, Greg Miller of the IHC Calf Scheme.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
What Greg said, A great initiative to get involved with
if you're prepared to do something like that, because the
money goes towards such a worthy cause, staying up North. Next,
before we wrap up, Graham Minty Mead, let's talk some super.
Speaker 4 (35:39):
Rugby in the Welcome back to the Muster on Hakanui
we're away back up to the White Caddo this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
Of course Field Days goes through until tomorrow afternoon, but
a change of tact.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
Graham Minty Mead. Of course you can hear his commentaries on.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Newstalk ZB Sport. He is the voice of why Kato Rugby.
Also does some overnight shifts on ZB and he's a
counselor as well, so he's got many hats to fill.
MONTI good afternoon from I'd say the winter is south.
It's a blue sky, but it's only about eight or
nine degrees. It's still pretty pleasant.
Speaker 3 (36:17):
Well that's tropical for you guys down there, and think
he's for having.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Me in the wonderful world of howknui well down here
in the south Mate, normally at this time of the
year at overnight high or a daytime high around five
or six degrees, but have been really mild. Look before
we talk a bit of code Field Days week up there.
It's a massive event, doesn't it. How's it been this yet?
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Yeah, look it's I still say that's the biggest agricultural
event the Southern Hemisphere. He gets a bit insane with
cars and traffic and people and helicopters in the sky
flying lots of people with money. But it's a hell
of a big event. Like, it's huge, and this year
we're seeing heaps more international companies coming out here to
(36:59):
emphasize the where to New Zealand. Yeah, it's just going
to keep growing. It's a bloody good event. It's iconic.
You go out there and you've got a lot of
town he's pretending to be farmers buying brand new redbands
and you're lot of farmers out there who've got a
bit of money to spend. So yeah, it makes the
economy ticked on it.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Because Hamilton is a town effectively built off farming, Is
that right?
Speaker 3 (37:19):
Yeah, we're a rural town to be honest. But we
just got told the other day in the council meeting.
Within eight years we're going to be the third biggest
city in New Zealand. We're going to have to take Wellington.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
Oh well, you got plenty of land anyway, hopefully not
too much pastoral land getting converted into houses or is
that just the nature of the beast.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
Well, ye see, we're a landlocked Hamilton's landlocked by farms
and rural and yet there's a lot of there's a
lot of pasture land on the edge of Hamilton being
turned into housing developments in industrial development. So yet is
it has taken away a lot of good farming area,
because let's be honest, the land up here is pretty flat,
pretty lush, and it's pretty central. So a lot of
(37:59):
that's been turned away into housing industrials and we're going
to see more of it as small people come this way.
It's unfortunate because I love a bit of grass, trees
and all those sorts of things to wander around.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
On right down to business chase against the Crusaders tonight
in the tron are you nervous about this game?
Speaker 3 (38:18):
What are you nervous about every game? Let's be honest,
and we haven't done that damn well against the Crusaders
at different times. They've come up here and they've telled
us a bit. But in the last competitions, I think
the biggest margin between the tur Us and semi finals
or finals rugby has been thirteen points, so it's going
to be tight. Most of them have been between three
(38:38):
and four, so it's going to be tight. Whoever wins
this will win the finals. The Canes will choke you reckon.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
The Canes haven't got the apple to go the whole
way because they're looking pretty dominous.
Speaker 3 (38:47):
Oh well, you always do that, you know. Sometimes they
might they might, But I think whoever wins this one tonight,
providing they're not cut to bits with injuries, I think
they might give the Canes a bit of a a
bit of a fright next week. Because the Canes have
had a reasonably and can I say this in a
nice way, a soft run in to where they've got to.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
Well, you know what, you play what's in front of you,
I suppose as well.
Speaker 3 (39:11):
Well, we haven't had hard teams to play, really have
they in the last few whereas the Chiefs and the
Crusaders have had some pretty solid, solid footy to play,
haven't they.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
What do you make of this finals format? Now the
Blues are in there after getting pasted last week? You
got the Blues away to the Hurricanes. Is it a farce?
Speaker 3 (39:29):
Well, it's only for money, Let's be honest. It's another
game to go on TV. Did I say that.
Speaker 4 (39:35):
You just did?
Speaker 3 (39:36):
How can you lose and get back in looks? It's yeah, we're.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
Living in the age of the Participation Award.
Speaker 3 (39:44):
That's why I say that the Blues have got a
participation award, Well, well.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
They're in the semi final. They lost last week, They've
got a hammer and they still get to play in
the semis.
Speaker 3 (39:53):
Yeah, it's wrong. That's not the way it should be.
You know it, I know it. It doesn't give rugby
any credent. It's end of the day. Are we better
off going round robin the top to final see you
lata or the top four semi final final sei later
because they've earned that top four spot? I think so.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
We're hearing a lot of talk about the NRL and
possible expansion into the South Island, but as far as
Super rugby this year, how do you think it's captured
the imagination?
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Again, it's better. It's not perfect, but it is better.
I'll give you one thing though, I went down for
the opening of the stadium and christ Church. Mate, there's
more people down there chasing the Wars around at times
and supporting them, and that they are surprised at huge
rugby league support down there.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
Wow, well you sound surprised by that given it's Crusader's heartland.
Speaker 4 (40:46):
Do you think it's just a perhaps a changing of
the times. I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (40:50):
I think now of that stadium, you know, like the
Warrior's gone down and they sold out in about six minutes.
I think there'll be a second league team down there
in New Zealand. That's wre it's going to end up.
But yeah, I think Super Rugby's okay. It's not what
i'd say is dramatically perfect in the moment, but it's
getting better and I think if Dave Rennie gets everything going,
(41:11):
we could be on a winner. It might trickle down
all the way down to you know, the grassroots out there.
And how can I.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
Now Dave Rennie is all blacks coach. I mean, I've
seen this before and it's an interesting comparison, but never
before has a Sex Wallaby's coach. We made the all
blacks here, Geffer, but we all know that's just a
crop because he's a right man for the job.
Speaker 4 (41:30):
He's from your part of the world. How's he viewed?
Speaker 3 (41:34):
Well, yeah, look, he would probably be in all my
years of commentary, the most accessible, down to earth coach
who had no problem coming on radio on a Saturday
morning and telling me which players and quite often they
were all blacks coming back. Hadn't met their fitness levels,
hadn't hit their beep tests. We're carrying a little bit
(41:55):
much body fat, and he was quite happy to put
them on the bench and not let and playing to
heap those things. So that's where he measures up. You know,
I have expectations meet them once because you're in my
in my squad. Once you've done that, then we go
play footy.
Speaker 1 (42:11):
What are you making Tony Brown coming back into the
AB's fold in a couple of years.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
I reckon that's long term. Jamie Joseph, Tony Brown will
be a coach in comparison together from the next few years.
I think that's where it's going to go. I think
just covering their bases because Brown is a hell of
a good Backs coach. Let's be honest, he's he's one
of your Blake's. He's yeah, he's some talent. I think
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the All Blacks or the inded Ara. If you're now saying, okay,
we've got to we've got to manage some of these
great coaches around the world and we look to the
future and we've got to bring them in and just
tie them down to where we've got to meet. There
will be a home for Tony Brown and in the
end are they're be your home for Jamie Jaseph, I think,
And it just depends how long Dave when he wants
to be in that role he's in and he signed
(43:01):
for a few years. I think he'll do well. But
there's nothing Dave, and he hasn't conquered yet. And the
Allbax was the last one.
Speaker 4 (43:07):
Okay, mantell you, what's the final going to be next week?
Speaker 7 (43:11):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (43:11):
Chief Canes and.
Speaker 4 (43:13):
The Chiefs go through to win the whole thing. I suppose. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Look, look, if there really was a hail Mary and
the Pope got involved and the Blues beat the Hurricanes
the night we beat the Crusaders, that would be the
ideal for me because that would be good. But I
think it's gonna be Chief Canes.
Speaker 4 (43:28):
Great MENTI me do.
Speaker 1 (43:29):
You can hear us commentary to not a news Dog
Zibb Sport on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
Always appreciate your time on the muster.
Speaker 3 (43:36):
She too, Mate. You look to ap yourself down there
and keep your powder dry and your free even warmer.
Speaker 4 (43:42):
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Speaker 4 (43:53):
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Speaker 7 (43:57):
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Speaker 10 (44:00):
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Speaker 1 (44:00):
I'm joined by Olivia Witherburn once again, who's hosting for
a couple of shows.
Speaker 4 (44:05):
So love, it's all under control. You know what you're doing. Oh,
we'll find out come Monday. I guess it all makes sense.
Speaker 1 (44:11):
I used to I used to call this before this system,
I referred to it as Star Wars.
Speaker 6 (44:16):
Yeah it's I don't know much about Star Wars, so yeah,
it's very Star Wars.
Speaker 4 (44:20):
But you get a thing. Yeah, we get it.
Speaker 6 (44:22):
Yeah, No, I'm sure we'll be fine. And yeah there's
people here that I'm sure I can back up me
if I need to. But no, I'm sure we'll get there.
Speaker 4 (44:31):
You enjoy it, Yeah, you have a great break.
Speaker 1 (44:35):
Yeah, we'll leave it there for the afternoon as well.
My name's Andy mull. You've been listening to The Master
on Hocke and Ewy. Thanks for Peters and Nelick's the
best of the Master tomorrow five a m. Of course,
iHeartRadio for today's podcast going up, surely up the Wars,
up the bars.
Speaker 4 (44:47):
Catch you later.
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