July 13, 2026 • 47 mins
Andy Muir talks to Don Morrison. Codey Patterson, Ray Sloan, Daryl Moyles, Tom Slee and Andrew Martin.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster on Hakanui. My
name's Andy Muller here until two o'clock thanks to Peter's Genetics.
Thanks for your company. On a rather west afternoon here
and Gore. It was like gun drop buttons falling from
the sky eleven degrees and sunshine a couple of hours ago.
But we fast forward and the situations changed. We'll look
at the weather shortly straight into it though dream Police
(00:32):
by cheap Track. That's the tunes today Hakanui's five day
forecast with twin farm teff from and souftext the proofers
and the progeny teff from dot co dot inzead. This
afternoon the talking showers and breezy westerlys with the higher thirteen.
Wednesday sunshine with light northern least four and ten. Thursday
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morning showers of breezy westerly six and ten. Friday sunny
with breezy nor west of seven and twelve, and saturd
showers areezy. Westley's three and ten. That's pretty good and
not a lot of frosts in that forecast. Class double
digits as well, so temperature's Clinton two point eight, Harriet
four point eight Northern Southland four, Riverton six point seven,
Tianw five point four, Tidoroa six point six one to
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five point one and Woodland's five point four. What a
difference to weather makes. We had the lawns made used today.
I got keen when I got home and had the
windows open all through the house and yeah it just
shows this, I don't know, just a weep it of
rain that Southland. It's winter. Starting off the show with
Don Morrison, now was in the reacting before talking politics.
Jamie was on the Country with the Opportunity's part in
(01:39):
the party. Paul Henry of course has just come out.
He's put his name forward to go as part of
acts for the upcoming election. Now Don talks about his
his choice is regarding the election. Now, when you talk politics,
not everybody talks from the same hymn sheet, especially in
the rural sense and how we today talks about what
(01:59):
he thinks at the moment. This nobody that really has
his faith in the electoral as far as the election.
Cody Patterson of Open Country we have a monthly catch
up with the team, followed up by Royce Sloane, part
of for He is his general manager of the Feudland
Whopperty Foundation regarding what they call a positive outcome that
occurred last night. Daryl Moyle's a sage and Dan Stockford's
(02:22):
on the program. In Tom Slee I f MG Young
Farmer of the Year twenty twenty six, we catch up
with Time and the Young Farmer Slot talking about how
he's found everything in the week since. Andrew Martin at
PGG writes and gives a rundown for the lordvill Sale
demer into it with Howie, this is the master here
until two o'clock. She's to Peter's genetics. Wow, Dim Morrison
(02:59):
farms at will o'beer can caect us off this afternoon
on the muster, how we we had no frost here?
It sounds as it was the opposite out of Wallo Bank.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I cured a Andy, Yeah, it was. We had a
really good frost this morning. I love those frosts and
now it's a it's a great afternoon with a blue sky.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Coincidentally, cheap track. You're a great fan of the music today.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I was, you know beck in an era, Andy that
you sort of grew up with some of that music.
I think it was Cheap Trick live at Bututeracan was
a was a big album back at the time.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Butteracan, where's that?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
See? I don't even know, I'm justsing Is it somewhere
in Hungry there'd be a good someone can maybe call
in with the answer.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Come on, how you need your answers on this show.
You can't come to a gunfight out in them.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I know that I know the album. I'm just don't
know where Butteracan is.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Anyway, we'll continue on. So it's just winter, big winter.
What's been the focus lately?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, we scanned last week which can early is earlier,
and then just head scanning, so very happy with the
results and nineties. We were back a couple of ascent
on last year, but still in that one nineties, which
is where we want to be. And just a handful
of dries so we got rid of them yesterday, so
we'll see what they kill out at. But really just
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this stay through the winter. We can get a bit more,
bit more confident on that feed program right till the
end of the winter, you know, virtually halfway through now,
so we can count rows and start elevating allocation to
a few of the mobs. We took any light to
use out we've got a small handful of light to
use out on grass which we were able to take
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out at scanning time. So everything on the crops and
a really good condition, and we can start elevating that
feed now that we're getting a bit of confidence into
the winter.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Scanning numbers on power with previous seasons.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We were back about three or four percent maybe just
a bit of a reflection of that season use went
into went to the ram in you know, Okay, condition
they've picked up a lot since then. We'll over the
mating process. But am I suspected they're going to be back,
but so only to be a few percent back we're
pretty happy with. And as I say, Andy still in
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that you know one nineties. So that's where we want
to be every year. Anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
The Indian Free Trade Agreement, how we it's been the
point of contention for certain members of the coalition government.
So John Key coming out this morning and seeing anyone
opposing this FTA is clown. Pretty strong words from the
former Prime minister if we're honest about it. Look, you've
been over to India, you've been involved with alliance. We
just can't underestimate what this FTA means.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Oh, look, I totally totally support what john Key said,
and you've had once them coming out completely with his
xenophobic politicking, and you know, it's actually ugly, it's unnecessary
and it's completely stupid. I mean that the scale of
that opportunity in India, not only for the red meat,
for every every single importer is absolutely huge. And you know,
(06:00):
even I know from the red meat when I was
over there with allions, you know, forty eight percent tariff
over our Australian counterparts. I mean, meet the opportunity now
to be paying at a at a level playing field
is is you know, pretty pretty fantastic. And look, it's
not going to open up straight away. I think some
of our other markets certainly high paying than India at
(06:20):
the moment. But the point being that, you know, there's
this massive, you know, one end of fix for the
world's population lives in India. Why would we not want
to be selling to them. And also if you look
at some of the other markets with red meat where
you know, you take China, so comparative comparative population, two
thirds of their red meat consumption as beef and only
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one third is ovine or goat. Where once you move
to India, it's one hundred percent goat or ovine, so
you know, it's it's an absolute massive opportunity. So yeah, look,
I just don't get once I know what he's doing.
He's just politicking with his little as little supporter base,
and I'm certainly not part of that supporter base, as
(07:04):
you can tw Andy.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, that supporter base, I'll be honest, how were going
by the polls is not that little.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Oh look there's hey, it's what we get in politics now.
And with the MMP, we've got a we've got two
centrist parties Labor and National, you know, both struggling to
hold relevance as your as your extreme right and your
extreme left, you know, pick up that ten percent with
each party, you know. So it's it's the problem with
m MP. We swing between left and right, which I
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think is there's inevitability in it, and then that whatever's
in power is unfortunately dominated a little bit by by
their two extreme partners. So yeah, hard hard to really
know who to vote for at the moment.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Andy, Interesting though, Mark Peterson's over there as Associate administer
talking about will in India. Yet New Zealand first comes
into it and Petty Simmons talked about this yesterday and she
was like waxing lyrical about the situation.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, well that Mark's always had a very good well
the farm himself. He's been very passionate about different, you know,
different activities, and he certainly has a great feel for agriculture.
So certainly when you see him as an undersecretary in
the government, you know, I'd certainly do rate Mark. And
once again when he's able to go off and do that,
(08:20):
that you have his his leader talking about, you know,
the evils of the FTA, then it's you know, doesn't
quite make sense to that.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
How do you think Christopher Lackson's gone.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
My honest opinion is, I don't think there's much leadership
I've seen in the last three years. He's probably a
nice person. I hear from a lot of people that
he's a very good person, but has you know, I've
been frustrated with the coalition policy for so many things
over the last three years Andy that you know, it's
why I'm probably one of those centrist voters that doesn't
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really know where to vote, you know, I find I've
found the whole treaty and the and the depower and
the devoice of Malory completely unconsciousible to me, which would
make me not want to vote for that coalition again.
And yeah, you know, they've alienated a big percent of
the population, not only the mili percent, but those of
us who still actually recognize the treaty as a founding document.
(09:16):
And so they've alienated a lot of people and for
not one cent back to the Back to the Economy
or GDP. But do you know, there'll be a lot
of people out there with a different view to me.
But I still look at that treaty as a founding document.
And if you've got a legal document, one party can't
change it. You've got to have agreement from both.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
To do it.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So it's as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
But could we really stomach the Greens being in there
at the moment given what they want to do regarding
Nitu genle and the likes. Their economics doesn't make sense
regarding texts. I mean, that's the case of the devil,
you know.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Yeah, Look, it's a really interesting thing, the Greens, because
if they could actually be a center as Greens, I
think they'd get a lot more support. You know that,
that's absolutely you know again, how could you support a
party that want to ban synthetic fertilized yea. And it's
just those a clear understanding, misunderstanding of what our productive
sector is in New Zealand. But at the same time
(10:09):
I actually liked there. I actually liked their tax policy.
I thought it was completely fair, graduated tax rates as
you move up in come brackets. And their capital gains tax. Hey, look,
we need a capital gains tax in New Zealand, Andy
because we get a capital gains or a well tax
or an inheritance tax. And two of those are completely unpalatable,
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and one of them is completely fair. Most countries in
the OECD have it. I read articles on stuff of
you know, a proud article of some Australian that's come
over and invested in seven we mental properties in New Zealand,
you know, and yet we're complaining about the profit of
housing and their said, can't afford a health And you know,
we've got to We've got to change the behaviors around
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investment to a yield based to a yield based price
rather than a speculative price based on capital going You're.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Going to make good on you how we better leave
it there, Enjoy the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
All good.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Andy Don Morrison farming out at willow Ben. Somebody get
ahold of Tarzan. He's swinging on the voter free fall
doesn't know where to go. Interesting times in politics. You're
listening to the Muster up next, Roy Sloane, Well, welcome
(11:34):
back to the muster. Cody Patterson's milks are played Manager
of Open Country and catches up once again. Good afternoon, Cody.
How have things been over the past eight weeks or so?
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, No, things are going well. We're
getting through winter. It's bloody hard to leave. June's gone
and we're bloody almost midway through July. So it'll be
ground the whole day again soon and the cast will
start dropping and everyone will be bloody, heads down and
bums up. Imagine.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Well, it's a circle of life on a farm. It
all starts again.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
That's right, that's right. You could almost write the dates
on a calendar, couldn't you. But always seems to Boddy
sneak up on our side, doesn't.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
That now Here a voice of catch is always being
on the ground. And my theory anyway, in the first
week of July, and that's when you're starting to see
a gradual change in the seasons. Yes, this is all
open to interpretation, but I think at this time of
you just kind of grab anything you like. It's like
having three weather apps and reading all three then deciding, oh,
I know this one sounds better.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Yeah that's right. Yeah, yeah, with the one with such
you best. But well we're pretty fortunate at the moment too.
We're missing most of their bad stuff though fortunately or
unfortunately it's heading up country and hitting and hitting all
other parts. But we'll take take the win while we can,
and a tag of Southland. But yeah, things are looking
pretty good out there to be for you.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Yeah, well, seen the thoughts to everybody who's been affected
by this weather upcountry. I've talked about it before, and
it's horrific when you get these floods and the lights
come through as they do. But we know what that's
like down here in the deep. Based on that, I
suppose a cony is just holding paddi before the calves
at the ground.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
Yeah, no, it is very much so. So hopefully hopefully
all were farmers and any workers have had a chance
to get a break off farm and just get away
and get a bit of a reset, because as we
know this once in the July said of August hit sets,
you know, the busiest time of year and they get
through that and get the summer. But yeah, so hopefully
(13:25):
everyone's had a bit of a break and a bit
of a refresh and yeah, from our point of view,
we're sort of it's busy sort of time. We've got
quite a few new farmers coming on the tag of
South One. We'll go about nineteen new farm for just
making sure they're right and any changes on farm with
new contract milk as a sheer milkers getting it all
set up, so we'll start for the new season.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
You went up to christ Church recently for the Environment
Farm Environment Awards of course for Sean and Tony Roberts
getting the chocolate's there, but the canes. Luke, who had
on the program prior to the competition surplies to you guys.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Yeah, yeah, no leaving the they were up there just
wing up. A couple of us went up just to
support them and it was my first time at the
Balanced Environment Awards. Very very well run, look very biased
towards Luke and mc coole, hoping they'll take it out
and you know they've got a great farm and they
just got a Stephanui and doing a lot there environmentally
(14:22):
wise and you know, just smart farming. But hey, there
was right across the board, across the whole country there
was you know, every farm was strong and it's a
good thing going on, and there was quite a variety.
But yeah, yeah, the South and farm taking it out.
So and then you throw the boody obviously, and the
young farmers, I think the outh might be punching above us,
(14:42):
lay us we're doing very well.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Well, it's a slogan for a tiger South and young
farmers and down under we live up top, weave a lot.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Yeah that's very well said, but very well said.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
I think it's what's upon a time that was a slogan. No,
that'll be corrected. I'm wrong, but it sounds pretty deeper.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Yeah, yeah it does, it does. Yeah, yeah, but they say,
and I mean like at the moment we've just with
our farmers across the country where they're doing our nutrient pages,
which I think we're going to rename them their annual
farm Datta pages. And look they're quite important both for
the farmers and for us that open country dairy. Now
(15:23):
I kind of think that they're a snatchshot of your
farm for the year, and you know the report that
going forward to I think anything on farm as far
as consenting and want them change things and more historical data.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
You've got to.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Back up what you want to do the better. So
I think they're quite an important document for farm for
heaven and and exit information. And then from our point
of view, it's part of our obligation. I've seen grass
bead think what goes on there butter that we export
to America, So we have to get a certain amount
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of farmers completely and so we don't a stick or
a carrot. We just very nicely if we can, you know,
and offer your help and farmers to do.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
You're just got to dot your eyes across your days.
It's part and part of the game.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Yeah, as it is, and I know it's frustrating for farmers,
you know, having to do reports here, there and everywhere.
Sort of counsel for us and for other parts of business.
Hopefully that'll get streamlined, but that's a bigger picture for
the whole industry. But but yeah, but I just as
I say, it helps us make that bloody's butter that
we've send overseas or you get the top value for
(16:33):
that and then just on that we've got to achieveing
butter drop offs towards the end of July for our farmers.
They should have had an email last night or today
they get those orders in. We'll be I think it's Tuesday,
the twenty eighth of July. Will be at the wider
Way and lock you at Tendel eleven and Cordon Lodge
from one two thirty to get your bloody cheese and
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butter so you can get ready for making cheese rolls
and toasts for carving.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Now the open day that was playing the d end
has been a change.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Yeah, I guess common sense has prevailed. I think we
get that penciled him for the eighteenth of August, but
as we pointed out, that would probably be the worst
day on the Southland calendar or Pete carving. So I
think what the heads has prevailed and we will look
at doing that later in the year.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
And I think.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
It's the smart move. I think there'll be a lot
of farmers at the end it will be keen to
cam and never looked through that factory because I think
it's world class facility. So let's find a better time
of year. That's to our farmers, so we can everyone
can get a good look at it.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yeah, I reckon somebody the morning teashells for picking that date.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
I'd have to bear a box of beers or bloody
some oysters or something. Yeah, but anyway we were, common
sense has prevailed and logic, so like I say, we'll
still do it. And whenever we do something, we like
to do it right. So we'll start while getting the
right d.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Nothing like a logical progression. Cody, Hey, you always going
to catch up with the team.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Thanks Dannie, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Mate.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
See Cody Patterson milk supplied manager of open Country. That
that butter and that cheese that goes really good open Country.
Please to have them on board as we do on
the muster. Now, Roy Slane, he is up next. I
said he's going to be on now, but I was
wrong talking about these changes regarding way that says the
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muster on Hocknu he Roy Slane joins us next. I
meant to stay in the base and used to slay
with Fjord and Wappaty being designated in New Zealand's first
Herd of Special Interest or Hosey as being the acronym
now Royce Slane is a general manager of the Fjord
and Wappadi founder joins us this afternoon to put into
context what this will means. Roy Welcome to the master
(19:04):
house Eggs.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
Yeah, good, thank you. Good on a good rainy day.
So it's it's it's winter.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
It's winter, that's but it's about it. Really. It might
be cold outside, but there's a few warm cockled hearts
out there due to this announcement yesterday regarding for your land.
Wap it from your perspective, what does this mean?
Speaker 5 (19:24):
I mean it's a and I guess to put it
into perspective, you know, this is the first bit of
legislation that's ever been put in New Zealand before managing deer.
With legislations around killing deer. We don't have any around
managing dere so this is the first in the history
of this country.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So big day deer numbers are concerned in the basin.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
Yeah, I mean deer like everything, you know, it's it's
not about the deer, it's about the numbers are dead
and and certainly there's certainly deer running around back of stations,
tack of farms. But you know, if you look at
for Field and National Park one point two million heac
there's there's certainly in areas is over population as a
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deer due to how expensive it is to manage deer
and Field Natrial Park for the wiping the area where
we managed the two hundred thousand hectares, the numbers there
are lower than the rest of the park as due
to the management we've undertaken there.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
So yeah, I mean numbers when you're looking at a
size of lands like that. A couple of hundred thousand
hec's here is for goodness sake, it's a case of
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Yeah, I mean a couple hundred thousand hects and that's
based on flat heac Deggs and you know, we're talking
about sea level to five and a half thousand feet,
so it's probably triple that. And certainly Rome wasn't built
in a day. But we've been at this for twenty
five years. So we've been managing there neft twenty five
years and it's recognized internationally. It's probably the best private
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not private, hunter led conservation project on the planet. So
this is not new. The legislation is new.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Why would you say it has taken so long for
it to be recognized.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
We're kind of being left alone doing business, you know,
has been gone for twenty five years, so we've been
needed legislation. People have recognized, people in the right space,
have recognized the work that we've done and supported that
work that we've done. But all of a sudden, we
have we have a group of people who challenge the
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legalities of what we do and forced a very expensive
lobbying projects to get a legislation change to support.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
What we do.
Speaker 5 (21:46):
So really, really that's the basis of it. We had
a we had a legal challenge from a group of
people who made us go out and lobby the government
to change the law to enable us to continue what
we're doing. And we're doing the same as what we
did yesterday as we are today. And it was just
a big waste of money, big waste of time. But
here we are.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Is that Forrest and Bird you're referring to as.
Speaker 5 (22:10):
Farst Bird that I'm referring to, Yes, yeah, just.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Quickly I read what they're saying about it. Here Farrest
and Bird are strongly opposing the decision, arguing that introduced
browsing pests should be eradicated from national parks rather than
granted legislative protections, and they worry that prioritizing hunting values
could ultimately undermine native native ecosystems. What do you make
of that?
Speaker 5 (22:33):
Ski mongering? It's what they what they've bought their empire on,
is ske mongering. And it's a pretty pretty said existence,
to be fair, if you look at the legislation, this
legislation of herds a special interest, if the green sector
truly believed that deer are doing the demons that they're
doing and need to do something about it, they would
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be supportinglelation because what means is that we ever heard
and deer that are heard of deer and field, and
that's been managed by hunters and no expense to this government.
You know, we we just don't manage it as hunters.
We actually professionally manage it with helicopters, reducing deer numbers
to a point that that protects the natural by diversity
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off the area. And what I heard of special interests
means that all of a sudden, that herd has more
scrutiny than any other deer heard in New Zealand. So
in the history of this country. The Wapiti now have
more scrutiny any deer that's on this land of New
Zealand and Jimman, that's bad for conservation. Actually it's not.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
It's good for conservation, hunting and fashating. Minister James Mega
is saying that we strong environments are over sight of
regular monitoring, ecological targets and reporting, as well as a
review every five years. Docs on board, local evi's on
board as well. So it sounds as a lot of
boxes have been tacked regarding it.
Speaker 5 (23:59):
Yeah, a lot of boxes that have intecked. And you know,
if you look at their job and you know, we've
changed the management space in New Zealand, We've changed the
management space on this planet. And that's that's what really
has been recognized. And if you if you look at
that forest and bird or a green seator, who who
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believe that we shouldn't have any introduced species on this planet?
In fact, I think I hear them say that we
want New Zealand back pre human. So that's that's a
quite a quite a big call. That's achievable. But what
we're doing is actually realistic. It's managing the impacts of
the infield and it's miserable.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So that this beast we've got Roy, How would you
describe the start of biodiversity and field the National Park?
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Yeah, I mean he is a good one people should
talk about. Is that if you look at we've got
one point two million heats in there. That's flatty. It's
a massive bit of country. And you know, we just
had thirty international biologists down here shown them what we do,
and there are gobs back about undertaking management in that country.
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But the point being what I'm saying is that if
you look at a field and outside the Whopping area,
it's in a bad state of affiars. Their numbers are
really really poor. But in the Whopper area there's more
gets shot in that two hundred thousand height than the
rest million put together. I when you look at the
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Wappi Foundation, we're looking at a project called a field
and project. We want to build some plants, you now,
so we can actually take air good work outside of
the Whopping area. And that's ti to lead. So I
think Forrest and Brew want to do a little bit
of work, they should donatice some money to build that
nis some plant. The best thing they could do.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
It's a bit of a shame that venison plant closed
down in Osborn a few years ag.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
Yeah, when we've looked at that too and it's we
used to send here there, but there's a big, big
white elephant there now. So you know, when we're looking
at building a modern one, we've got already raised two
point eight million dollars towards that. And so let's hunter
lead conservation for you. And no one else is standing
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up and trying to fix the problem in fjording, so
WAP the foundation Hunters are really probably the ones who
are putting their hand on their heart and actually acknowledging
that there is problems out there and trying to do
something about it.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
So where would you hope to have these venos and
works up and running? Roy, Do you have a day's
in mind? By chance?
Speaker 5 (26:39):
Yeah? We own a section, we've got a building permit
through and we want it to be a community project.
So we're really we're over thirty businesses in New Zealand
who are supporting it. So the whole thing is going
to it's a charitable trust, so the whole thing's going
to be funded through sponsorship and funding. So we've almost
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got all the materials in the labor to build the place.
We're at the end of this month. We're about to
go on to do a crowdfunding project in a goal
there is to raise a million dollars for it and
hopefully we're building before the end of the year.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Good o, roy thanks for your time. Congratulations, Thank you
Royce Sloane there, general manager of Fjordland Wapady Foundation. You're
listening to the Muster. Up next, we're across the road
here from Hakanu e HQ. We catch up with Darren
Moyles starting dan Stock food I want you to want.
Speaker 7 (27:42):
Me Welcome back to the Muster.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Daryl Moyles joins us next from Sergeant Dan Stock Foods
here and gore. This morning as I come over to work,
the sun was out and about down here in the
Deep South and it was glistening off that high rise
which is Sergeant dan Stock Foods. Forget the Golden Arches,
we had the golden building and in so it wasn't
Willie Wonker bringing the treats, but it was indeed Daryl
(28:22):
Moyles in his team. Good afternoon, Daryl House things.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Another great intro and year bloody good.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Been a busy couple of weeks of you guys, I
suppose it's all about a couple of things maintenance at
the moment. We talked about that last time, but luckily
all the spanners that we put away shortly in its production.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
You know, we're starting to crank it up now. Obviously
we're not far away from lemming and carving, so we're
into making car fee. Then lamb feed will be down
the track as well, so that's a focus at the moment,
and also pre carving. We do a lot of pre
carving pallets for kews before the calf to keep their
get their room and functioning correctly. That's the plane at
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the moment, so fled out doing calf mainly.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
How many calf pellets would you produce a week in
peak production.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
Or we try and do a minimum of two hundred ton.
We normally beg with a new machinery with Karen and
so on, we can normally bag around sixty seventy ton
just cruising, but obviously we make other product and we've
only got so much storage, so we try and do
two hundred ton a week from here on, and then
when we get to the busy season, we're probably doing
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two fifty three hundred ton of week of calf pellets here.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
So when orders come in, how long an advance do
you need warning?
Speaker 3 (29:38):
More or less, Well, we've normally got to stop pile.
We have to start early because the peak dispatch is
actually more than we can produce in a day, but
it varies every year. We try and have the product
on hand to dispatch the day the order comes in
as the plan. It's not always the plan, depending on
what happens. Sometimes the peak catches up on you and
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some of our computer doors may run out of feed.
So it's an interesting season if you get to label weekend,
which is the peak for car feed in dairy feed
that we produce, So that's a pretty busy time for us.
We're normally doing seven days a week and quite long
as to keep the production up with the dispatch.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Yeah, so a maintenance says it as more or less
we know you guys, have you a bit of a slower period,
so you're just ramping up now.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
June July is there too quiet a month quite long
way and most people think you know that we're flat
out in the winter, but we sell a bit of
feed in the winter, but really it's still the two
quietest months we have for the year, so that's uh,
you know, we're doing the maintenance and the cold cold period.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
So Karen, she's had a couple of bearings faxed and
the lights.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
Rearing to go.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
Oh yeah, she's she's humming at the moment. The boys
have got to flat out, so you know she's big
and feed flat out, so there's no problems there. She's
going really well, very reliable unit.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Now the people who aren't to wear around your products,
we talk about car feed, the pre carving pellettes. Part
of a metabolism as well is keeping the feed.
Speaker 7 (31:00):
That to them.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
What's the special thing about the pre carving palets pre.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
Carving, they have a lot of reasons. You need to
get minerals and vitamins and minerals into the cow before
she carves and mobilize her calcium. It's a bit of
a there's two theories around pre carving. Some use high
calcium and some use no calcium. So it's a bit
of a science and I don't know, we won't have
time to go into that today, but yeah, we make
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pre carving and also the grain. Most cows go onto
a grain based feed. Once they've carved, so it's good
to have some grain going into their room and prior
to carving just gets all the ruben microbes and that
focusing on digesting grain and therefore they're up and running
a bit quicker and milking flat out, which is the
goal once they've carved, and.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Cafe goes about saying and let you reap what you say.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
Absolutely, your carfeed is really crucial. I mean we make
a really high quality car feed, and anyone who wants
to have good milking cows and who needs to feed
those calves correctly, especially the first twelve weeks to invite
all the data doawn shows that can increase their production
right out to five years. You grow a really good
calf and you get a good girl. It's not rocket times.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Natalie Crystal the Animal Nutrition US there at Serge and
who's based North. But you're in constant dialogue, always just
tweaking products.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
Absolutely, we're always tweaking the formulation. So depending on raw
material pricing and availability. This year there's some I think
if your orange freend overseas, there's made some raw materials
quite tough to get a hold of, just with the
strait being closed and so on. So we have a
few challenges, but we're overcoming that. And she can formulate
around what ural materials are available, so she's doing that
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all the time pretty much.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Andy supply chains. Then what happens there is there a
flow and effect for you guys.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
A lot of the obviously the grain comes out of
New Zealand or comes out of South so there's no
issues there. But some of the minerals and that we
buy in advance, some comes out of China, but a
lot of it comes out of Europe. So the very
expensive now was shipping, but that's sort of always peaks
and troughs, and that's he just got to be careful
when you purchase large volumes of minerals. But we're pretty
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well sorted. Most of it's all on hand in their
shed now, so we just got to get on with
manufacturing it now.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Check and feed is cargo feed, pig feed, you name it.
You guys have got it. That's going out the door
all the time pretty much.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
See this cargo feeds quite slow following us.
Speaker 6 (33:28):
It's quite hard good pun.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Yeah, that's pretty random, but no, everything else is going
out the door pretty quickly this time of year.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Right, let's talk about of code because we came with you,
Dere Eastern Northern Barbarians. You're one of the major sponsors there.
They got the gal of Rape shield. It was an
hictic game of rugby, getting the chocolates over pirates, old boys.
It was a game for the ages, let's be honest,
and not because I'm a barbeur supportive, but because from
a rugby perspective, one hundred minutes with a lot of
points scored.
Speaker 3 (33:57):
Oh, it was a great game of reg I watched
the live stream. I couldn't get down there unfortunately, but
sat at home and watched it on the telly, and
the coverage was actually pretty good. But no, I thought
the game was a good game of rugby, like good
quality rugby. Like I thought they played really good rugby
both teams and I used to play for a parts
team a long time ago. But obviously being a barbas sponsor,
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I was really pleased to see them winning one hundred
minutes of rugby. It was pretty hicnic, and I bet
there was some pretty tired and saw boys at the
end of that.
Speaker 7 (34:25):
Well.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
I was just speaking to one of the players this morning,
and a lot of them took yesterday off work as well.
I just rewatch the game with a couple of quiets.
But from your perspective, did you ever win the Shield?
The girl brads?
Speaker 3 (34:35):
Hell, No, I mean no no. Most of the time
I played were in the second division, and when we're
in the top division, we weren't at the top. We
had a couple of victories over teams like Blues that
used to win it year on year when I was
a young fellow, but no, we weren't good enough to
win the Shield. My club had one of a number
of years when I was in the lower grades, but
not when I was in the senior grade.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
So no Blues hit a real mortgage the Shield once
upon a time, not that long ago.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
Yeah, that was really unfortunately we won't go into that.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Okay, fair enough, mate, Look, Sergeant Dan stock foods and
the meticulously placed skyscraper on the Gore CBD. Where do
people find you if they can't see you?
Speaker 3 (35:15):
I'm probably best just with the eight hundred number as
eight hundred, Sergeant Dan. Or surely if you're driving through
Gore you can spot the building easy enough.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Get on your Daryl kitchen kitchen next.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Time, goodness, talk to any thank you.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Daryl Moyles is Sergeant Dan Stock food Scores. One of
those towns where if you don't know that you address,
you just look for the landmarks. You come into the
main street, the second round about you look over the
railway line Boomfard there's a Kromoto mill with a Scottish
thistle on the side, along with Sergeant Dan as well.
Time Sleeve's up next f MG Young Farmer of the
Year Champion twenty twenty six. This is the master, this
(36:03):
is the Muster. Well, it's fair to say Tom Sleeves
had a pretty wicked fortnight, if not longer as well.
He is the reigning FMG Young Farmer of the Year winner.
He got the chocolates. So just on ten days ago
now and New Plymouth and he's back to reality. He's
become somewhat heavy around the media given the accolades have
(36:25):
come at the top of ward. Tom, good afternoon, thanks
for joining us on the muster. Our congratulations as well. Well.
Week on. How does it feel?
Speaker 4 (36:33):
Oh, cheers for that.
Speaker 6 (36:35):
No, it's been a busy couple of weeks now, so yeah,
just back to reality on the farm. Wet and cold
down here.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
Yeah, you hell's ground conditions down there, I supposed straight
off the bat, are you guys looking all right?
Speaker 6 (36:49):
Yeah, we know we were pretty wet, but it shouldn't
probably be complaining compared to the rest of the country.
But yeah, some people have been doing it pretty tough.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
In there, absolutely, But from your perspective, mate, back into
reality straight away. You got back like the Sunday after
the event. You had a few phone calls Monday last week,
and I suppose you were just hanging out to get
back to the paddock and away from from all the glits.
Almost to an agree, because there was a fair bit
of it.
Speaker 6 (37:15):
Yeah, that's been nice kitching up with everyone, and everyone's
been pretty good to deal with. But yeah, definitely hanging
out to get back out arm and see how the
boy has been getting on. Done a pretty good job
while I've been away. Probably should go away more often.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
I think, oh, well, you've had worse weeks away, let's
be honest. So when you look back at the whole
event and where you've ended up, do you just pinch
yourself when you think about it.
Speaker 5 (37:39):
Yeah, it's probably still pretty surreal.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
To be fair.
Speaker 6 (37:43):
Yeah, so good to get it all, get it all done.
Really pretty pretty heavy with the result.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
So what was the highlight for you when you look
back at the event.
Speaker 6 (37:52):
Tom Oh, everything was the whole event was really well
run by the organizers in yesha, it's off to them
and all the sponsors that were helping out side of things. Yeah,
it's been been pretty cool. The practical practical day was
definitely a big challenge, and then the technical day sort
(38:14):
of touching on the exam and doing the we sort
of had to do it innovation presentation and all that
was interesting studying for and you're getting back into the books,
which think but unusual. I haven't haven't studied for anything
for a couple of years.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
So how much study went unto the event?
Speaker 6 (38:37):
Oh lots. Yeah, Yeah, No, it's definitely had to head
down for good month there the boys. Definitely I advocate
for that. I wasn't out on the farm too much
in that month leading up, but yeah, sort of that
was probably the biggest challenges, going to make a bit
of time to sort of lock yourself away and through that.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
Now I mentioned this and Roger Watt had a couple
of previous winners about just overstudy and trying to find
that balance between doing the box and getting out in
the bat on the farm. Did you have any issues there?
Speaker 6 (39:10):
No, it's been pretty good, but yeah, you'll know it's
light like she's pretty busy here on the dairy farm
and trying to get everyone gun in the right direction.
So yeah, that was a bit of a I'm probably
used to being on the farm most days, so having
a bit of a review of the systems and drafting
that everyone does the job right rather than having to
(39:32):
be out there keeping an eye on everything. Yeah, so
that was probably one of the bigger learnings I probably
took away from the whole last couple of months.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Said, now the quiz is when you really hit your
straps and you well, it's a technic you took in
Winton last year, and it sounds that you did the
same thing, but this time very much worked in your favor.
I suppose that would have been premeditated.
Speaker 6 (39:56):
Well, yeah, it was good tomorrow that it had kind
of worked good Winton, And yeah, I was surprised to
see that they had the same structure to the quiz
this year in the Grand Final. I thought that after
Winton they would have changed it a weave it, but yeah, no,
it was definitely worked on my favor and there's something
(40:16):
we sort of talked about during the afternoon before the
quiz that we probably should just go out there and
have a go.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
So. Yeah, So when you say the structure to the
quiz as side, is that giving you the chance to
buzz it on a question?
Speaker 6 (40:31):
Oh, I was more that rivalry round. There was one
round on the quiz where you're allowed to buzz into
someone else's question and if they get it wrong, then
you get to have a go at answering it. But
if you buzz, you can buzz pretty much as soon
as the question starts without even having listening to it,
and then you get the whole You get to listen
(40:51):
to their whole question, and then if they get it wrong,
then that sort of cancels out one of your answers
you're thinking of as well.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
See you're thinking next year young farmers and competition, there'll
be the time sleeve actor might come into the equation,
so they might.
Speaker 6 (41:04):
Just get rid of that around they might do something different.
But yeah, it was it was. Yeah, it was good fun.
And if you are buzzing those questions when you don't
know the question, you've got to be reasonably confident you
can get more than half them, right.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
So yeah, we spoke with your dad Richard on the
show last week and Simon the week before as he
just arrived at New Plymouth. Not too bad having those
those couple of blokes as your mentors.
Speaker 6 (41:31):
Yeah, no, they're definitely good people to have a standing
boards yet. And yeah even through the the sort of
month leading up, they had some good tips and tricks
and sat down and went through everything with them quite
a few times. So yeah, pretty lucky to have the
two of them there and every one house it was involved.
So yeah, lots of family and friends and neighbors and
(41:54):
you run helping out with it study side of things,
so good to good to to pay off.
Speaker 1 (42:01):
And you had an extensive support network cup there as well.
That must have given you a bit of a buzz.
Speaker 6 (42:07):
Yeah, sort of put pressure on. I had to had
formed with all that many people out there, so that
was nice to have. Yeah, real real close close friends
and family and everyone up there. I think we had
the people there, someone said, So yeah, there was a
bus that went out for the practical day with all
of misive Waters on it, which was pretty pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (42:27):
And just for the Tago South and the Targo South
and region in general picking up quite a few accolades.
And you know this as much as any one time
that the district is in very very good heart.
Speaker 6 (42:39):
Yeah, no, it's good to see you Targo South and
getting a little bit of recognition out there. And yeah,
pretty been a pretty good year I suppose for the region.
So yeah, hopefully that pay it can say, and we
can have another good year this year.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
Yeah, a bit of a correction this this week with
on Terra, but nonetheless still a lot of positives in
the rural sector. So we do all your prizes start arriving.
Speaker 8 (43:01):
What happens there, Yeah quite good to have quite good
an extra four wheel of scarving, and yeah maybe a
trictor as well.
Speaker 6 (43:14):
So ye need to start following up on a bit
of bit stuff this week.
Speaker 1 (43:19):
So you're putting the word out there you want to
get some prises before carving.
Speaker 6 (43:23):
Yeah, I think we get a four wheeler anyway, a
week in a week trick this well, hell good. I
was on the phone to the new hole and guy
this morning and yeah, I think we're going to come
out for a catch up new clik.
Speaker 1 (43:33):
So no, that's awesome, Hey, Tom, we'll let you carry
on once again if you'm g young farmer, the Thomaslee
carry on the tradition of the South really performing above
the awaits. Thanks for your time and the muster mate,
and yeah, I always got to catch our young farmer
some really good stuff going on. Thanks for your time,
jeers Matt.
Speaker 6 (43:53):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (43:57):
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Speaker 9 (45:01):
Yeah, it's not too bad any We are starting to
see the numbers to start to dwindle loft as we
get well into the winter, as normally happened at the
time of year, so reduced numbers of all classes. In
particular the cannibal was quite a small yarding. But we'll
start with the sheet best of the lambs today heavy
heavy lambs ranging from three hundred through to three hundred
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and eighty dollars, second cup prime lambs at two fifty
two eighty, with the lighter each of the prime lambs
making two hundred through to two thirty into.
Speaker 3 (45:33):
The colu market.
Speaker 9 (45:34):
Best of those today two ten up to two seventy
one fifty to two hundred for the second draftings, with
the lighter edge of the prime views being one hundred
through to one hundred and forty. Good store lambs are
still sought after, and the best of those were one
hundred and ninety three to two hundred and twenty dollars.
Second cups at one seventy five through to one eighty five.
With the lighter drafting of prime of store lambs, I
(45:57):
should say at one fifty through one sixty five, very
very tiny line of three four and five shit Cooper hughes.
They've pitched two hundred and ninety four dollars, and to
the cattle we go prime stairs eight hundred and eighty
k's made four dollars seventy per kilogram. Ephers at five
hundred k's made four sixty five per k Epperson down
(46:22):
a little bit lighter in the four twenty to four
to twenty five we're at four dollars fifty per kilo,
and kel cows at four fifty ks made two dollars
fifty per kilo.
Speaker 7 (46:33):
Very very light.
Speaker 9 (46:34):
On the ground of the store kettle section where the
tiny angles are two heippers and four twenty five k's
made two thousand and eighty and at four hundred and
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Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster on Hakanui. My
name's Andy Muller here until two o'clock thanks to Peter's Genetics.
Thanks for your company. On a rather west afternoon here
and Gore. It was like gun drop buttons falling from
the sky eleven degrees and sunshine a couple of hours ago.
But we fast forward and the situations changed. We'll look
at the weather shortly straight into it though dream Police
(00:32):
by cheap Track. That's the tunes today Hakanui's five day
forecast with twin farm teff from and souftext the proofers
and the progeny teff from dot co dot inzead. This
afternoon the talking showers and breezy westerlys with the higher thirteen.
Wednesday sunshine with light northern least four and ten. Thursday
(00:54):
morning showers of breezy westerly six and ten. Friday sunny
with breezy nor west of seven and twelve, and saturd
showers areezy. Westley's three and ten. That's pretty good and
not a lot of frosts in that forecast. Class double
digits as well, so temperature's Clinton two point eight, Harriet
four point eight Northern Southland four, Riverton six point seven,
Tianw five point four, Tidoroa six point six one to
(01:16):
five point one and Woodland's five point four. What a
difference to weather makes. We had the lawns made used today.
I got keen when I got home and had the
windows open all through the house and yeah it just
shows this, I don't know, just a weep it of
rain that Southland. It's winter. Starting off the show with
Don Morrison, now was in the reacting before talking politics.
Jamie was on the Country with the Opportunity's part in
(01:39):
the party. Paul Henry of course has just come out.
He's put his name forward to go as part of
acts for the upcoming election. Now Don talks about his
his choice is regarding the election. Now, when you talk politics,
not everybody talks from the same hymn sheet, especially in
the rural sense and how we today talks about what
(01:59):
he thinks at the moment. This nobody that really has
his faith in the electoral as far as the election.
Cody Patterson of Open Country we have a monthly catch
up with the team, followed up by Royce Sloane, part
of for He is his general manager of the Feudland
Whopperty Foundation regarding what they call a positive outcome that
occurred last night. Daryl Moyle's a sage and Dan Stockford's
(02:22):
on the program. In Tom Slee I f MG Young
Farmer of the Year twenty twenty six, we catch up
with Time and the Young Farmer Slot talking about how
he's found everything in the week since. Andrew Martin at
PGG writes and gives a rundown for the lordvill Sale
demer into it with Howie, this is the master here
until two o'clock. She's to Peter's genetics. Wow, Dim Morrison
(02:59):
farms at will o'beer can caect us off this afternoon
on the muster, how we we had no frost here?
It sounds as it was the opposite out of Wallo Bank.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I cured a Andy, Yeah, it was. We had a
really good frost this morning. I love those frosts and
now it's a it's a great afternoon with a blue sky.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Coincidentally, cheap track. You're a great fan of the music today.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I was, you know beck in an era, Andy that
you sort of grew up with some of that music.
I think it was Cheap Trick live at Bututeracan was
a was a big album back at the time.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Butteracan, where's that?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
See? I don't even know, I'm justsing Is it somewhere
in Hungry there'd be a good someone can maybe call
in with the answer.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Come on, how you need your answers on this show.
You can't come to a gunfight out in them.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I know that I know the album. I'm just don't
know where Butteracan is.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Anyway, we'll continue on. So it's just winter, big winter.
What's been the focus lately?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, we scanned last week which can early is earlier,
and then just head scanning, so very happy with the
results and nineties. We were back a couple of ascent
on last year, but still in that one nineties, which
is where we want to be. And just a handful
of dries so we got rid of them yesterday, so
we'll see what they kill out at. But really just
(04:14):
this stay through the winter. We can get a bit more,
bit more confident on that feed program right till the
end of the winter, you know, virtually halfway through now,
so we can count rows and start elevating allocation to
a few of the mobs. We took any light to
use out we've got a small handful of light to
use out on grass which we were able to take
(04:34):
out at scanning time. So everything on the crops and
a really good condition, and we can start elevating that
feed now that we're getting a bit of confidence into
the winter.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Scanning numbers on power with previous seasons.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We were back about three or four percent maybe just
a bit of a reflection of that season use went
into went to the ram in you know, Okay, condition
they've picked up a lot since then. We'll over the
mating process. But am I suspected they're going to be back,
but so only to be a few percent back we're
pretty happy with. And as I say, Andy still in
(05:08):
that you know one nineties. So that's where we want
to be every year. Anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
The Indian Free Trade Agreement, how we it's been the
point of contention for certain members of the coalition government.
So John Key coming out this morning and seeing anyone
opposing this FTA is clown. Pretty strong words from the
former Prime minister if we're honest about it. Look, you've
been over to India, you've been involved with alliance. We
just can't underestimate what this FTA means.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Oh, look, I totally totally support what john Key said,
and you've had once them coming out completely with his
xenophobic politicking, and you know, it's actually ugly, it's unnecessary
and it's completely stupid. I mean that the scale of
that opportunity in India, not only for the red meat,
for every every single importer is absolutely huge. And you know,
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even I know from the red meat when I was
over there with allions, you know, forty eight percent tariff
over our Australian counterparts. I mean, meet the opportunity now
to be paying at a at a level playing field
is is you know, pretty pretty fantastic. And look, it's
not going to open up straight away. I think some
of our other markets certainly high paying than India at
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the moment. But the point being that, you know, there's
this massive, you know, one end of fix for the
world's population lives in India. Why would we not want
to be selling to them. And also if you look
at some of the other markets with red meat where
you know, you take China, so comparative comparative population, two
thirds of their red meat consumption as beef and only
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one third is ovine or goat. Where once you move
to India, it's one hundred percent goat or ovine, so
you know, it's it's an absolute massive opportunity. So yeah, look,
I just don't get once I know what he's doing.
He's just politicking with his little as little supporter base,
and I'm certainly not part of that supporter base, as
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you can tw Andy.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, that supporter base, I'll be honest, how were going
by the polls is not that little.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Oh look there's hey, it's what we get in politics now.
And with the MMP, we've got a we've got two
centrist parties Labor and National, you know, both struggling to
hold relevance as your as your extreme right and your
extreme left, you know, pick up that ten percent with
each party, you know. So it's it's the problem with
m MP. We swing between left and right, which I
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think is there's inevitability in it, and then that whatever's
in power is unfortunately dominated a little bit by by
their two extreme partners. So yeah, hard hard to really
know who to vote for at the moment.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Andy, Interesting though, Mark Peterson's over there as Associate administer
talking about will in India. Yet New Zealand first comes
into it and Petty Simmons talked about this yesterday and she
was like waxing lyrical about the situation.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, well that Mark's always had a very good well
the farm himself. He's been very passionate about different, you know,
different activities, and he certainly has a great feel for agriculture.
So certainly when you see him as an undersecretary in
the government, you know, I'd certainly do rate Mark. And
once again when he's able to go off and do that,
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that you have his his leader talking about, you know,
the evils of the FTA, then it's you know, doesn't
quite make sense to that.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
How do you think Christopher Lackson's gone.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
My honest opinion is, I don't think there's much leadership
I've seen in the last three years. He's probably a
nice person. I hear from a lot of people that
he's a very good person, but has you know, I've
been frustrated with the coalition policy for so many things
over the last three years Andy that you know, it's
why I'm probably one of those centrist voters that doesn't
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really know where to vote, you know, I find I've
found the whole treaty and the and the depower and
the devoice of Malory completely unconsciousible to me, which would
make me not want to vote for that coalition again.
And yeah, you know, they've alienated a big percent of
the population, not only the mili percent, but those of
us who still actually recognize the treaty as a founding document.
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And so they've alienated a lot of people and for
not one cent back to the Back to the Economy
or GDP. But do you know, there'll be a lot
of people out there with a different view to me.
But I still look at that treaty as a founding document.
And if you've got a legal document, one party can't
change it. You've got to have agreement from both.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
To do it.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So it's as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
But could we really stomach the Greens being in there
at the moment given what they want to do regarding
Nitu genle and the likes. Their economics doesn't make sense
regarding texts. I mean, that's the case of the devil,
you know.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Yeah, Look, it's a really interesting thing, the Greens, because
if they could actually be a center as Greens, I
think they'd get a lot more support. You know that,
that's absolutely you know again, how could you support a
party that want to ban synthetic fertilized yea. And it's
just those a clear understanding, misunderstanding of what our productive
sector is in New Zealand. But at the same time
(10:09):
I actually liked there. I actually liked their tax policy.
I thought it was completely fair, graduated tax rates as
you move up in come brackets. And their capital gains tax. Hey, look,
we need a capital gains tax in New Zealand, Andy
because we get a capital gains or a well tax
or an inheritance tax. And two of those are completely unpalatable,
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and one of them is completely fair. Most countries in
the OECD have it. I read articles on stuff of
you know, a proud article of some Australian that's come
over and invested in seven we mental properties in New Zealand,
you know, and yet we're complaining about the profit of
housing and their said, can't afford a health And you know,
we've got to We've got to change the behaviors around
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investment to a yield based to a yield based price
rather than a speculative price based on capital going You're.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Going to make good on you how we better leave
it there, Enjoy the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
All good.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Andy Don Morrison farming out at willow Ben. Somebody get
ahold of Tarzan. He's swinging on the voter free fall
doesn't know where to go. Interesting times in politics. You're
listening to the Muster up next, Roy Sloane, Well, welcome
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back to the muster. Cody Patterson's milks are played Manager
of Open Country and catches up once again. Good afternoon, Cody.
How have things been over the past eight weeks or so?
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, No, things are going well. We're
getting through winter. It's bloody hard to leave. June's gone
and we're bloody almost midway through July. So it'll be
ground the whole day again soon and the cast will
start dropping and everyone will be bloody, heads down and
bums up. Imagine.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Well, it's a circle of life on a farm. It
all starts again.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
That's right, that's right. You could almost write the dates
on a calendar, couldn't you. But always seems to Boddy
sneak up on our side, doesn't.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
That now Here a voice of catch is always being
on the ground. And my theory anyway, in the first
week of July, and that's when you're starting to see
a gradual change in the seasons. Yes, this is all
open to interpretation, but I think at this time of
you just kind of grab anything you like. It's like
having three weather apps and reading all three then deciding, oh,
I know this one sounds better.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Yeah that's right. Yeah, yeah, with the one with such
you best. But well we're pretty fortunate at the moment too.
We're missing most of their bad stuff though fortunately or
unfortunately it's heading up country and hitting and hitting all
other parts. But we'll take take the win while we can,
and a tag of Southland. But yeah, things are looking
pretty good out there to be for you.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Yeah, well, seen the thoughts to everybody who's been affected
by this weather upcountry. I've talked about it before, and
it's horrific when you get these floods and the lights
come through as they do. But we know what that's
like down here in the deep. Based on that, I
suppose a cony is just holding paddi before the calves
at the ground.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
Yeah, no, it is very much so. So hopefully hopefully
all were farmers and any workers have had a chance
to get a break off farm and just get away
and get a bit of a reset, because as we
know this once in the July said of August hit sets,
you know, the busiest time of year and they get
through that and get the summer. But yeah, so hopefully
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everyone's had a bit of a break and a bit
of a refresh and yeah, from our point of view,
we're sort of it's busy sort of time. We've got
quite a few new farmers coming on the tag of
South One. We'll go about nineteen new farm for just
making sure they're right and any changes on farm with
new contract milk as a sheer milkers getting it all
set up, so we'll start for the new season.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
You went up to christ Church recently for the Environment
Farm Environment Awards of course for Sean and Tony Roberts
getting the chocolate's there, but the canes. Luke, who had
on the program prior to the competition surplies to you guys.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
Yeah, yeah, no leaving the they were up there just
wing up. A couple of us went up just to
support them and it was my first time at the
Balanced Environment Awards. Very very well run, look very biased
towards Luke and mc coole, hoping they'll take it out
and you know they've got a great farm and they
just got a Stephanui and doing a lot there environmentally
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wise and you know, just smart farming. But hey, there
was right across the board, across the whole country there
was you know, every farm was strong and it's a
good thing going on, and there was quite a variety.
But yeah, yeah, the South and farm taking it out.
So and then you throw the boody obviously, and the
young farmers, I think the outh might be punching above us,
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lay us we're doing very well.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Well, it's a slogan for a tiger South and young
farmers and down under we live up top, weave a lot.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Yeah that's very well said, but very well said.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
I think it's what's upon a time that was a slogan. No,
that'll be corrected. I'm wrong, but it sounds pretty deeper.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Yeah, yeah it does, it does. Yeah, yeah, but they say,
and I mean like at the moment we've just with
our farmers across the country where they're doing our nutrient pages,
which I think we're going to rename them their annual
farm Datta pages. And look they're quite important both for
the farmers and for us that open country dairy. Now
(15:23):
I kind of think that they're a snatchshot of your
farm for the year, and you know the report that
going forward to I think anything on farm as far
as consenting and want them change things and more historical data.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
You've got to.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Back up what you want to do the better. So
I think they're quite an important document for farm for
heaven and and exit information. And then from our point
of view, it's part of our obligation. I've seen grass
bead think what goes on there butter that we export
to America, So we have to get a certain amount
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of farmers completely and so we don't a stick or
a carrot. We just very nicely if we can, you know,
and offer your help and farmers to do.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
You're just got to dot your eyes across your days.
It's part and part of the game.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Yeah, as it is, and I know it's frustrating for farmers,
you know, having to do reports here, there and everywhere.
Sort of counsel for us and for other parts of business.
Hopefully that'll get streamlined, but that's a bigger picture for
the whole industry. But but yeah, but I just as
I say, it helps us make that bloody's butter that
we've send overseas or you get the top value for
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that and then just on that we've got to achieveing
butter drop offs towards the end of July for our farmers.
They should have had an email last night or today
they get those orders in. We'll be I think it's Tuesday,
the twenty eighth of July. Will be at the wider
Way and lock you at Tendel eleven and Cordon Lodge
from one two thirty to get your bloody cheese and
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butter so you can get ready for making cheese rolls
and toasts for carving.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
Now the open day that was playing the d end
has been a change.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Yeah, I guess common sense has prevailed. I think we
get that penciled him for the eighteenth of August, but
as we pointed out, that would probably be the worst
day on the Southland calendar or Pete carving. So I
think what the heads has prevailed and we will look
at doing that later in the year.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
And I think.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
It's the smart move. I think there'll be a lot
of farmers at the end it will be keen to
cam and never looked through that factory because I think
it's world class facility. So let's find a better time
of year. That's to our farmers, so we can everyone
can get a good look at it.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yeah, I reckon somebody the morning teashells for picking that date.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
I'd have to bear a box of beers or bloody
some oysters or something. Yeah, but anyway we were, common
sense has prevailed and logic, so like I say, we'll
still do it. And whenever we do something, we like
to do it right. So we'll start while getting the
right d.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Nothing like a logical progression. Cody, Hey, you always going
to catch up with the team.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Thanks Dannie, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Mate.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
See Cody Patterson milk supplied manager of open Country. That
that butter and that cheese that goes really good open Country.
Please to have them on board as we do on
the muster. Now, Roy Slane, he is up next. I
said he's going to be on now, but I was
wrong talking about these changes regarding way that says the
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muster on Hocknu he Roy Slane joins us next. I
meant to stay in the base and used to slay
with Fjord and Wappaty being designated in New Zealand's first
Herd of Special Interest or Hosey as being the acronym
now Royce Slane is a general manager of the Fjord
and Wappadi founder joins us this afternoon to put into
context what this will means. Roy Welcome to the master
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house Eggs.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
Yeah, good, thank you. Good on a good rainy day.
So it's it's it's winter.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
It's winter, that's but it's about it. Really. It might
be cold outside, but there's a few warm cockled hearts
out there due to this announcement yesterday regarding for your land.
Wap it from your perspective, what does this mean?
Speaker 5 (19:24):
I mean it's a and I guess to put it
into perspective, you know, this is the first bit of
legislation that's ever been put in New Zealand before managing deer.
With legislations around killing deer. We don't have any around
managing dere so this is the first in the history
of this country.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So big day deer numbers are concerned in the basin.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
Yeah, I mean deer like everything, you know, it's it's
not about the deer, it's about the numbers are dead
and and certainly there's certainly deer running around back of stations,
tack of farms. But you know, if you look at
for Field and National Park one point two million heac
there's there's certainly in areas is over population as a
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deer due to how expensive it is to manage deer
and Field Natrial Park for the wiping the area where
we managed the two hundred thousand hectares, the numbers there
are lower than the rest of the park as due
to the management we've undertaken there.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
So yeah, I mean numbers when you're looking at a
size of lands like that. A couple of hundred thousand
hec's here is for goodness sake, it's a case of
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Yeah, I mean a couple hundred thousand hects and that's
based on flat heac Deggs and you know, we're talking
about sea level to five and a half thousand feet,
so it's probably triple that. And certainly Rome wasn't built
in a day. But we've been at this for twenty
five years. So we've been managing there neft twenty five
years and it's recognized internationally. It's probably the best private
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not private, hunter led conservation project on the planet. So
this is not new. The legislation is new.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Why would you say it has taken so long for
it to be recognized.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
We're kind of being left alone doing business, you know,
has been gone for twenty five years, so we've been
needed legislation. People have recognized, people in the right space,
have recognized the work that we've done and supported that
work that we've done. But all of a sudden, we
have we have a group of people who challenge the
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legalities of what we do and forced a very expensive
lobbying projects to get a legislation change to support.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
What we do.
Speaker 5 (21:46):
So really, really that's the basis of it. We had
a we had a legal challenge from a group of
people who made us go out and lobby the government
to change the law to enable us to continue what
we're doing. And we're doing the same as what we
did yesterday as we are today. And it was just
a big waste of money, big waste of time. But
here we are.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Is that Forrest and Bird you're referring to as.
Speaker 5 (22:10):
Farst Bird that I'm referring to, Yes, yeah, just.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Quickly I read what they're saying about it. Here Farrest
and Bird are strongly opposing the decision, arguing that introduced
browsing pests should be eradicated from national parks rather than
granted legislative protections, and they worry that prioritizing hunting values
could ultimately undermine native native ecosystems. What do you make
of that?
Speaker 5 (22:33):
Ski mongering? It's what they what they've bought their empire on,
is ske mongering. And it's a pretty pretty said existence,
to be fair, if you look at the legislation, this
legislation of herds a special interest, if the green sector
truly believed that deer are doing the demons that they're
doing and need to do something about it, they would
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be supportinglelation because what means is that we ever heard
and deer that are heard of deer and field, and
that's been managed by hunters and no expense to this government.
You know, we we just don't manage it as hunters.
We actually professionally manage it with helicopters, reducing deer numbers
to a point that that protects the natural by diversity
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off the area. And what I heard of special interests
means that all of a sudden, that herd has more
scrutiny than any other deer heard in New Zealand. So
in the history of this country. The Wapiti now have
more scrutiny any deer that's on this land of New
Zealand and Jimman, that's bad for conservation. Actually it's not.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
It's good for conservation, hunting and fashating. Minister James Mega
is saying that we strong environments are over sight of
regular monitoring, ecological targets and reporting, as well as a
review every five years. Docs on board, local evi's on
board as well. So it sounds as a lot of
boxes have been tacked regarding it.
Speaker 5 (23:59):
Yeah, a lot of boxes that have intecked. And you know,
if you look at their job and you know, we've
changed the management space in New Zealand, We've changed the
management space on this planet. And that's that's what really
has been recognized. And if you if you look at
that forest and bird or a green seator, who who
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believe that we shouldn't have any introduced species on this planet?
In fact, I think I hear them say that we
want New Zealand back pre human. So that's that's a
quite a quite a big call. That's achievable. But what
we're doing is actually realistic. It's managing the impacts of
the infield and it's miserable.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So that this beast we've got Roy, How would you
describe the start of biodiversity and field the National Park?
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Yeah, I mean he is a good one people should
talk about. Is that if you look at we've got
one point two million heats in there. That's flatty. It's
a massive bit of country. And you know, we just
had thirty international biologists down here shown them what we do,
and there are gobs back about undertaking management in that country.
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But the point being what I'm saying is that if
you look at a field and outside the Whopping area,
it's in a bad state of affiars. Their numbers are
really really poor. But in the Whopper area there's more
gets shot in that two hundred thousand height than the
rest million put together. I when you look at the
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Wappi Foundation, we're looking at a project called a field
and project. We want to build some plants, you now,
so we can actually take air good work outside of
the Whopping area. And that's ti to lead. So I
think Forrest and Brew want to do a little bit
of work, they should donatice some money to build that
nis some plant. The best thing they could do.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
It's a bit of a shame that venison plant closed
down in Osborn a few years ag.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
Yeah, when we've looked at that too and it's we
used to send here there, but there's a big, big
white elephant there now. So you know, when we're looking
at building a modern one, we've got already raised two
point eight million dollars towards that. And so let's hunter
lead conservation for you. And no one else is standing
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up and trying to fix the problem in fjording, so
WAP the foundation Hunters are really probably the ones who
are putting their hand on their heart and actually acknowledging
that there is problems out there and trying to do
something about it.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
So where would you hope to have these venos and
works up and running? Roy, Do you have a day's
in mind? By chance?
Speaker 5 (26:39):
Yeah? We own a section, we've got a building permit
through and we want it to be a community project.
So we're really we're over thirty businesses in New Zealand
who are supporting it. So the whole thing is going
to it's a charitable trust, so the whole thing's going
to be funded through sponsorship and funding. So we've almost
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got all the materials in the labor to build the place.
We're at the end of this month. We're about to
go on to do a crowdfunding project in a goal
there is to raise a million dollars for it and
hopefully we're building before the end of the year.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Good o, roy thanks for your time. Congratulations, Thank you
Royce Sloane there, general manager of Fjordland Wapady Foundation. You're
listening to the Muster. Up next, we're across the road
here from Hakanu e HQ. We catch up with Darren
Moyles starting dan Stock food I want you to want.
Speaker 7 (27:42):
Me Welcome back to the Muster.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Daryl Moyles joins us next from Sergeant Dan Stock Foods
here and gore. This morning as I come over to work,
the sun was out and about down here in the
Deep South and it was glistening off that high rise
which is Sergeant dan Stock Foods. Forget the Golden Arches,
we had the golden building and in so it wasn't
Willie Wonker bringing the treats, but it was indeed Daryl
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Moyles in his team. Good afternoon, Daryl House things.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Another great intro and year bloody good.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Been a busy couple of weeks of you guys, I
suppose it's all about a couple of things maintenance at
the moment. We talked about that last time, but luckily
all the spanners that we put away shortly in its production.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
You know, we're starting to crank it up now. Obviously
we're not far away from lemming and carving, so we're
into making car fee. Then lamb feed will be down
the track as well, so that's a focus at the moment,
and also pre carving. We do a lot of pre
carving pallets for kews before the calf to keep their
get their room and functioning correctly. That's the plane at
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the moment, so fled out doing calf mainly.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
How many calf pellets would you produce a week in
peak production.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
Or we try and do a minimum of two hundred ton.
We normally beg with a new machinery with Karen and
so on, we can normally bag around sixty seventy ton
just cruising, but obviously we make other product and we've
only got so much storage, so we try and do
two hundred ton a week from here on, and then
when we get to the busy season, we're probably doing
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two fifty three hundred ton of week of calf pellets here.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
So when orders come in, how long an advance do
you need warning?
Speaker 3 (29:38):
More or less, Well, we've normally got to stop pile.
We have to start early because the peak dispatch is
actually more than we can produce in a day, but
it varies every year. We try and have the product
on hand to dispatch the day the order comes in
as the plan. It's not always the plan, depending on
what happens. Sometimes the peak catches up on you and
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some of our computer doors may run out of feed.
So it's an interesting season if you get to label weekend,
which is the peak for car feed in dairy feed
that we produce, So that's a pretty busy time for us.
We're normally doing seven days a week and quite long
as to keep the production up with the dispatch.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Yeah, so a maintenance says it as more or less
we know you guys, have you a bit of a slower period,
so you're just ramping up now.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
June July is there too quiet a month quite long
way and most people think you know that we're flat
out in the winter, but we sell a bit of
feed in the winter, but really it's still the two
quietest months we have for the year, so that's uh,
you know, we're doing the maintenance and the cold cold period.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
So Karen, she's had a couple of bearings faxed and
the lights.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
Rearing to go.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
Oh yeah, she's she's humming at the moment. The boys
have got to flat out, so you know she's big
and feed flat out, so there's no problems there. She's
going really well, very reliable unit.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Now the people who aren't to wear around your products,
we talk about car feed, the pre carving pellettes. Part
of a metabolism as well is keeping the feed.
Speaker 7 (31:00):
That to them.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
What's the special thing about the pre carving palets pre.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
Carving, they have a lot of reasons. You need to
get minerals and vitamins and minerals into the cow before
she carves and mobilize her calcium. It's a bit of
a there's two theories around pre carving. Some use high
calcium and some use no calcium. So it's a bit
of a science and I don't know, we won't have
time to go into that today, but yeah, we make
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pre carving and also the grain. Most cows go onto
a grain based feed. Once they've carved, so it's good
to have some grain going into their room and prior
to carving just gets all the ruben microbes and that
focusing on digesting grain and therefore they're up and running
a bit quicker and milking flat out, which is the
goal once they've carved, and.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Cafe goes about saying and let you reap what you say.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
Absolutely, your carfeed is really crucial. I mean we make
a really high quality car feed, and anyone who wants
to have good milking cows and who needs to feed
those calves correctly, especially the first twelve weeks to invite
all the data doawn shows that can increase their production
right out to five years. You grow a really good
calf and you get a good girl. It's not rocket times.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Natalie Crystal the Animal Nutrition US there at Serge and
who's based North. But you're in constant dialogue, always just
tweaking products.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
Absolutely, we're always tweaking the formulation. So depending on raw
material pricing and availability. This year there's some I think
if your orange freend overseas, there's made some raw materials
quite tough to get a hold of, just with the
strait being closed and so on. So we have a
few challenges, but we're overcoming that. And she can formulate
around what ural materials are available, so she's doing that
(32:42):
all the time pretty much.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Andy supply chains. Then what happens there is there a
flow and effect for you guys.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
A lot of the obviously the grain comes out of
New Zealand or comes out of South so there's no
issues there. But some of the minerals and that we
buy in advance, some comes out of China, but a
lot of it comes out of Europe. So the very
expensive now was shipping, but that's sort of always peaks
and troughs, and that's he just got to be careful
when you purchase large volumes of minerals. But we're pretty
(33:13):
well sorted. Most of it's all on hand in their
shed now, so we just got to get on with
manufacturing it now.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Check and feed is cargo feed, pig feed, you name it.
You guys have got it. That's going out the door
all the time pretty much.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
See this cargo feeds quite slow following us.
Speaker 6 (33:28):
It's quite hard good pun.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Yeah, that's pretty random, but no, everything else is going
out the door pretty quickly this time of year.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Right, let's talk about of code because we came with you,
Dere Eastern Northern Barbarians. You're one of the major sponsors there.
They got the gal of Rape shield. It was an
hictic game of rugby, getting the chocolates over pirates, old boys.
It was a game for the ages, let's be honest,
and not because I'm a barbeur supportive, but because from
a rugby perspective, one hundred minutes with a lot of
points scored.
Speaker 3 (33:57):
Oh, it was a great game of reg I watched
the live stream. I couldn't get down there unfortunately, but
sat at home and watched it on the telly, and
the coverage was actually pretty good. But no, I thought
the game was a good game of rugby, like good
quality rugby. Like I thought they played really good rugby
both teams and I used to play for a parts
team a long time ago. But obviously being a barbas sponsor,
(34:18):
I was really pleased to see them winning one hundred
minutes of rugby. It was pretty hicnic, and I bet
there was some pretty tired and saw boys at the
end of that.
Speaker 7 (34:25):
Well.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
I was just speaking to one of the players this morning,
and a lot of them took yesterday off work as well.
I just rewatch the game with a couple of quiets.
But from your perspective, did you ever win the Shield?
The girl brads?
Speaker 3 (34:35):
Hell, No, I mean no no. Most of the time
I played were in the second division, and when we're
in the top division, we weren't at the top. We
had a couple of victories over teams like Blues that
used to win it year on year when I was
a young fellow, but no, we weren't good enough to
win the Shield. My club had one of a number
of years when I was in the lower grades, but
not when I was in the senior grade.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
So no Blues hit a real mortgage the Shield once
upon a time, not that long ago.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
Yeah, that was really unfortunately we won't go into that.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Okay, fair enough, mate, Look, Sergeant Dan stock foods and
the meticulously placed skyscraper on the Gore CBD. Where do
people find you if they can't see you?
Speaker 3 (35:15):
I'm probably best just with the eight hundred number as
eight hundred, Sergeant Dan. Or surely if you're driving through
Gore you can spot the building easy enough.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Get on your Daryl kitchen kitchen next.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Time, goodness, talk to any thank you.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Daryl Moyles is Sergeant Dan Stock food Scores. One of
those towns where if you don't know that you address,
you just look for the landmarks. You come into the
main street, the second round about you look over the
railway line Boomfard there's a Kromoto mill with a Scottish
thistle on the side, along with Sergeant Dan as well.
Time Sleeve's up next f MG Young Farmer of the
Year Champion twenty twenty six. This is the master, this
(36:03):
is the Muster. Well, it's fair to say Tom Sleeves
had a pretty wicked fortnight, if not longer as well.
He is the reigning FMG Young Farmer of the Year winner.
He got the chocolates. So just on ten days ago
now and New Plymouth and he's back to reality. He's
become somewhat heavy around the media given the accolades have
(36:25):
come at the top of ward. Tom, good afternoon, thanks
for joining us on the muster. Our congratulations as well. Well.
Week on. How does it feel?
Speaker 4 (36:33):
Oh, cheers for that.
Speaker 6 (36:35):
No, it's been a busy couple of weeks now, so yeah,
just back to reality on the farm. Wet and cold
down here.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
Yeah, you hell's ground conditions down there, I supposed straight
off the bat, are you guys looking all right?
Speaker 6 (36:49):
Yeah, we know we were pretty wet, but it shouldn't
probably be complaining compared to the rest of the country.
But yeah, some people have been doing it pretty tough.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
In there, absolutely, But from your perspective, mate, back into
reality straight away. You got back like the Sunday after
the event. You had a few phone calls Monday last week,
and I suppose you were just hanging out to get
back to the paddock and away from from all the glits.
Almost to an agree, because there was a fair bit
of it.
Speaker 6 (37:15):
Yeah, that's been nice kitching up with everyone, and everyone's
been pretty good to deal with. But yeah, definitely hanging
out to get back out arm and see how the
boy has been getting on. Done a pretty good job
while I've been away. Probably should go away more often.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
I think, oh, well, you've had worse weeks away, let's
be honest. So when you look back at the whole
event and where you've ended up, do you just pinch
yourself when you think about it.
Speaker 5 (37:39):
Yeah, it's probably still pretty surreal.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
To be fair.
Speaker 6 (37:43):
Yeah, so good to get it all, get it all done.
Really pretty pretty heavy with the result.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
So what was the highlight for you when you look
back at the event.
Speaker 6 (37:52):
Tom Oh, everything was the whole event was really well
run by the organizers in yesha, it's off to them
and all the sponsors that were helping out side of things. Yeah,
it's been been pretty cool. The practical practical day was
definitely a big challenge, and then the technical day sort
(38:14):
of touching on the exam and doing the we sort
of had to do it innovation presentation and all that
was interesting studying for and you're getting back into the books,
which think but unusual. I haven't haven't studied for anything
for a couple of years.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
So how much study went unto the event?
Speaker 6 (38:37):
Oh lots. Yeah, Yeah, No, it's definitely had to head
down for good month there the boys. Definitely I advocate
for that. I wasn't out on the farm too much
in that month leading up, but yeah, sort of that
was probably the biggest challenges, going to make a bit
of time to sort of lock yourself away and through that.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
Now I mentioned this and Roger Watt had a couple
of previous winners about just overstudy and trying to find
that balance between doing the box and getting out in
the bat on the farm. Did you have any issues there?
Speaker 6 (39:10):
No, it's been pretty good, but yeah, you'll know it's
light like she's pretty busy here on the dairy farm
and trying to get everyone gun in the right direction.
So yeah, that was a bit of a I'm probably
used to being on the farm most days, so having
a bit of a review of the systems and drafting
that everyone does the job right rather than having to
(39:32):
be out there keeping an eye on everything. Yeah, so
that was probably one of the bigger learnings I probably
took away from the whole last couple of months.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Said, now the quiz is when you really hit your
straps and you well, it's a technic you took in
Winton last year, and it sounds that you did the
same thing, but this time very much worked in your favor.
I suppose that would have been premeditated.
Speaker 6 (39:56):
Well, yeah, it was good tomorrow that it had kind
of worked good Winton, And yeah, I was surprised to
see that they had the same structure to the quiz
this year in the Grand Final. I thought that after
Winton they would have changed it a weave it, but yeah, no,
it was definitely worked on my favor and there's something
(40:16):
we sort of talked about during the afternoon before the
quiz that we probably should just go out there and
have a go.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
So. Yeah, So when you say the structure to the
quiz as side, is that giving you the chance to
buzz it on a question?
Speaker 6 (40:31):
Oh, I was more that rivalry round. There was one
round on the quiz where you're allowed to buzz into
someone else's question and if they get it wrong, then
you get to have a go at answering it. But
if you buzz, you can buzz pretty much as soon
as the question starts without even having listening to it,
and then you get the whole You get to listen
(40:51):
to their whole question, and then if they get it wrong,
then that sort of cancels out one of your answers
you're thinking of as well.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
See you're thinking next year young farmers and competition, there'll
be the time sleeve actor might come into the equation,
so they might.
Speaker 6 (41:04):
Just get rid of that around they might do something different.
But yeah, it was it was. Yeah, it was good fun.
And if you are buzzing those questions when you don't
know the question, you've got to be reasonably confident you
can get more than half them, right.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
So yeah, we spoke with your dad Richard on the
show last week and Simon the week before as he
just arrived at New Plymouth. Not too bad having those
those couple of blokes as your mentors.
Speaker 6 (41:31):
Yeah, no, they're definitely good people to have a standing
boards yet. And yeah even through the the sort of
month leading up, they had some good tips and tricks
and sat down and went through everything with them quite
a few times. So yeah, pretty lucky to have the
two of them there and every one house it was involved.
So yeah, lots of family and friends and neighbors and
(41:54):
you run helping out with it study side of things,
so good to good to to pay off.
Speaker 1 (42:01):
And you had an extensive support network cup there as well.
That must have given you a bit of a buzz.
Speaker 6 (42:07):
Yeah, sort of put pressure on. I had to had
formed with all that many people out there, so that
was nice to have. Yeah, real real close close friends
and family and everyone up there. I think we had
the people there, someone said, So yeah, there was a
bus that went out for the practical day with all
of misive Waters on it, which was pretty pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (42:27):
And just for the Tago South and the Targo South
and region in general picking up quite a few accolades.
And you know this as much as any one time
that the district is in very very good heart.
Speaker 6 (42:39):
Yeah, no, it's good to see you Targo South and
getting a little bit of recognition out there. And yeah,
pretty been a pretty good year I suppose for the region.
So yeah, hopefully that pay it can say, and we
can have another good year this year.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
Yeah, a bit of a correction this this week with
on Terra, but nonetheless still a lot of positives in
the rural sector. So we do all your prizes start arriving.
Speaker 8 (43:01):
What happens there, Yeah quite good to have quite good
an extra four wheel of scarving, and yeah maybe a
trictor as well.
Speaker 6 (43:14):
So ye need to start following up on a bit
of bit stuff this week.
Speaker 1 (43:19):
So you're putting the word out there you want to
get some prises before carving.
Speaker 6 (43:23):
Yeah, I think we get a four wheeler anyway, a
week in a week trick this well, hell good. I
was on the phone to the new hole and guy
this morning and yeah, I think we're going to come
out for a catch up new clik.
Speaker 1 (43:33):
So no, that's awesome, Hey, Tom, we'll let you carry
on once again if you'm g young farmer, the Thomaslee
carry on the tradition of the South really performing above
the awaits. Thanks for your time and the muster mate,
and yeah, I always got to catch our young farmer
some really good stuff going on. Thanks for your time,
jeers Matt.
Speaker 6 (43:53):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (43:57):
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do we go?
Speaker 9 (45:01):
Yeah, it's not too bad any We are starting to
see the numbers to start to dwindle loft as we
get well into the winter, as normally happened at the
time of year, so reduced numbers of all classes. In
particular the cannibal was quite a small yarding. But we'll
start with the sheet best of the lambs today heavy
heavy lambs ranging from three hundred through to three hundred
(45:24):
and eighty dollars, second cup prime lambs at two fifty
two eighty, with the lighter each of the prime lambs
making two hundred through to two thirty into.
Speaker 3 (45:33):
The colu market.
Speaker 9 (45:34):
Best of those today two ten up to two seventy
one fifty to two hundred for the second draftings, with
the lighter edge of the prime views being one hundred
through to one hundred and forty. Good store lambs are
still sought after, and the best of those were one
hundred and ninety three to two hundred and twenty dollars.
Second cups at one seventy five through to one eighty five.
With the lighter drafting of prime of store lambs, I
(45:57):
should say at one fifty through one sixty five, very
very tiny line of three four and five shit Cooper hughes.
They've pitched two hundred and ninety four dollars, and to
the cattle we go prime stairs eight hundred and eighty
k's made four dollars seventy per kilogram. Ephers at five
hundred k's made four sixty five per k Epperson down
(46:22):
a little bit lighter in the four twenty to four
to twenty five we're at four dollars fifty per kilo,
and kel cows at four fifty ks made two dollars
fifty per kilo.
Speaker 7 (46:33):
Very very light.
Speaker 9 (46:34):
On the ground of the store kettle section where the
tiny angles are two heippers and four twenty five k's
made two thousand and eighty and at four hundred and
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