March 16, 2026 • 46 mins
Andy Muir talks to Matt McRae, Grant McMaster, Jason Herrick, Daryl Moyles, Isla Edgecombe and Sam Riley.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster, proudly brought to
you by Peters Genetics. My name's Andy Mewer. We're here
until two o'clock this afternoon. Of course, this is the
muster on Hakanui. Welcome along to a well sunshine outside
on the main street of Gore at the moment, a
bit of cloud on the horizona, generally pretty good for autumn.
(00:31):
We'll talk with its shortly heavy Sint Patrick's Day as well.
That is the theme of the music today. This song
here Dreams by the Cranberes.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Hakan ow He's five day forecast with twin farm tear
from and soft text the Proofers and the Progeny tear
from dot Co dot Insad.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Tuesday afternoon brings cloudy skies alone northeasterlies and twenty one.
Wednesday partly cloudy with breezy wists. Our wester is two
and fifteen. Thursday sunny were breezy sow we six and seventeen.
Friday sunny once again woul light easterly seven and eighteen,
and Saturday sea sunny skies are light northwest as seven
and twenty so it emperatures to hand. Clinton fifteen, Harriet
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thirteen point three, Northern South and fourteen point one, Riverton
fifteen point one, Tiannew thirteen point eight, Winton thirteen and
Woodlands at thirteen point eight. Matt McCrae of Mackarita starts
us off this afternoon, recently elected to the beef Lamb
Board as a Farmer Director. Grant Disaster McMaster closper in
Station was on the program once again. Jason Herritt, president
(01:35):
of south con Federated Farmers. A bit of a stoush
is brewing between Southland Fed's Gord District Council and Hockey
Nu Rununger regarding rulings. Jason thinks it's just going to
put more paperwork on farmer's plates.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Daryl Moyles is Sage and Dan's stock Foods.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We catch up for our regular chin wag and then
from Tiana Young Farmers either Harry McCallum.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Or either Edgekins.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
So I'll have a bit more of an idea as
we work our way through the hour. Sam Riley of
PGG Rights and give us a stock stale report from Lawnville.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Then we'll start they hour with Matt McCray.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
This is the muster until to a club chie to
Peter's genetics. Matt McCrae of Mocareda joins us this afternoon
on the Muster a regular correspondent, but as well he
(02:30):
just got elected to the board of Beef and Their
New Zealand as a Farmer Director as of last Friday. Mat,
Good afternoon, welcome to the Muster once again. He congratulations.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Yeah, thanks Hendy and you're good afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Must you must be pretty chuffed at the moment.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Yeah, I am. It's been a does the weekend, and yeah,
I'm very happy with the result last week and thankful
of the farmer support we received and the director voting.
So yeah, it's a good opportunity and I'm really looking
forward to the challenge ahead.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
So I was a catalyst for putting your name forward.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I've been involved in the Farm Accountcil for the last
six years or so and really enjoyed getting to learn
about all this but different aspects of beef and them
do and then you can have an extension in some
of the other. But I just really like pushing forward
the positivity and being involved in the way their futures
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and the industry is going, and want to play my
bit and that now while I've still got plenty of
views left in the actively farming myself.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
A lot of people go from a local level onto
the national scene, Matt, and unfortunately they can't get across
what they want to do as a different with beef
and lamb.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Though, it's a job that you've got ahead of you.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Yeah, I guess it's like anything you don't know too.
You actually on there. You're only one of a few directors,
but I like to think that you can certainly have
my opinion heard and stayed. And I'm there to represent
the Levy Pears in the southern South Islands. Yeah, that's
always one thing I've said is I'm on a phone
(04:10):
call away from boards in your opinion, and I want
to keep that engagement in the South really high from
the grassroots level, so we do get everything right at
the national level and the future of the sect to
look really good.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Better turnout just under sixteen percent, I hope. What do
you do to change that?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Yeah, I'm told that that's about industry standard, but personally
I'd like to see that increase because we can get
red meat farmers more engaged at a local level, it'll
give us the mean note to drive some positive change
Ford a weebit and it'd just be good to see
more farmers engaged in the industry. So I'd like to
see that up over fifty cent going forward. We've got
(04:54):
to referendum coming up next year again and I'll be
pushing really hard to try and and drive that engagement
down in the South and get more farmers engaged. It's
probably talking to more more farmers understanding what theirs own
thing when things are going well at the moment. Sometimes
(05:16):
they aren't engaged, but I'd like to, yeah, get more,
get more people around the table, and then we can
represent more people.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Well, that's a big question, I suppose Matt.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Getting that engagement from farmers who are typically stuck in
their way is normally cynical when it comes to a
lot of these things.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Unfortunately, Yeah, it's.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
It can be in a lot there. Every day to
farmers has been increasing away bit toast. There's a lot
of people that haven't been registered.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
To vote or.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Forget about forget about voting because they're not too worried
how thinks. So there's lots of reasons why they haven't.
I'd just probably really plussing the next few years to
get to make sure that they've been from lamb's doing
a good job and they want to support it. Then
hopefully they'll sorry they're vote and then give us a
bit more weight. I mean, yeah, some of those big
decisions to come through.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Well.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Acknowledge Glenn McDonald and Simon Davies as well for putting
their names forward. Yes, you've got the accolades at the
end of the day, but the great thing about democracy
is everybody has an opportunity.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Yeah, exactly, And yeah, I've got a lot of time
for Glenn and Simon and I thank them for putting
their name for toast, you know, certainly willing to work
with them going forward and represent everyone in the regions. Yeah,
once again thinks for the sport, it's good to have
a contest and next to certainly of the capability. But yeah,
(06:41):
really looking forward to representing everyone going forward.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
It's fair to say you're going into the role when
the industry is on an all time high as well,
so as a matter of keeping performance the way it
is or is that out of your hands effectively.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
But I'd like to think I can do do my part.
How do we spring ward off a high and keep
that trajectory going, Like where in the industry we've been
suckers for waiting to a downturn to hit the panic buttons.
There's little tweaks we can make them positivity and decisions
along the way that we can, yeah, really make sure
(07:18):
that she is not just a one off season that's
farming is as on a on a medium to long
term high rather than one off that we go.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
When you're talking to your farming mates, what are their
thoughts around the next twelve to eighteen months for the
rural sector as such?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I suppose.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, really good, Like the outlook for red meat is
as good they and returns if they can got wall
lifting out. It's it's got across a new a number
of things at the moment, and it has really given
some positivity. Ye. People are making a wee bit more
investment decisions into their businesses and just driving that product
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of and in debt repayments. So there'll be some big
opportunities for the farmers in the next few years, and
it's just about getting a business in a state where
you should really capitalize on them when they when they
turn up.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Hell's ground conditions and mockerrator today it's a beautiful day
down here in the south. Finally we're getting a couple
of days without any wind, and it's certainly a beautiful thing.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Yeah, it's another riffer in the valley today. We've got
yeah sunshine and a nice breeze, and yeah, the autumn
autumn is really providing for us at the moment. They've
got good faid and the stuff looking really good. We've
just still got to wait a few limbs on. They're
killing really well over twenty Telos, So it's kind of
got it. You're not load or so rolling out the
(08:44):
next couple of weeks, and yeah, they'll be's pretty well
tidied up before the end goes out, i'd say.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
So it's a good chance you'll be paying Texas yet.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Yeah, i'd imagine so. I had the discussion with the
accounting already. So but from my banking days, if you're
paying text, you making money and getting ahead. So it's
not a bad position to be and it's better than
the alternate, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
So with all that's going on, you're still going to
have time to put the rugby beats on for the base.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
A you certainly, well, we've got big centennial this year.
First training this week, go down and h and reintroduce
you after run. Yeah, I'll certainly try and get in
a and A and a few games before then and
looking forward to the big centennial ends it.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Not teams to try and go for the a's again.
All of those days gone.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Ah, those days should be gone.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
I've should be.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Four guys a retiring. So yeah, hopefully this might be
the year. But yeah, just look, really enjoy being part
of the club. And yeah, try and try and get
in a few games this year and watch his young
fellows going. It would be quite nice.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Hey, good on you, Matte. Always appreciate your time on
the master.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Very good.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Thanks Andy, Matt McCrae of Mocker Reader all the yems
recently elected to the Beef and Lamb Board as a
Farmer Director.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
This is the muster up.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Next Grant Disaster mc master at Close Burin Station with
his world famous dog driving results. We Grant Disaster mc
master joins us once again thanks to Batman and the team.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
At Arby Rural based here and Gore Grant. Good afternoon, house,
close Burn, good.
Speaker 5 (10:31):
Afternoon, and everybody, Yes it's ten degrees here at the moment.
So things are looking still looking pretty good. I hate
to say it, but we it would be nice to
have a share of range.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Well I don't say that, no, no, I know, I
know we're never happy, are we?
Speaker 3 (10:47):
But what's your mouths out?
Speaker 5 (10:50):
You don't stand in the corner, But that would just
be nice to just madely get a few mushrooms. Let's
put it on. Yeah, so it's you know, we've still
got good Hell's going out but stockh and good and
ack and you know it's it's it's really good. Just
a little on a shore now in again just to
keep things going to be great. But as you say,
you've got to be careful what you wish for.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Haven't you, Because not that long ago you were saying
how things are so done wet, but it's underreacing hell.
It can just change like that, I suppose.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
Well, you know, and.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
It was wet, it was record bloody season for rain,
but and you know, continued on into January with a
bit of snow at times on the tops. You know,
not a great summer for the for the people on
holiday or campus or what have you, but it's been
great for farm. And said it before, and I think
it's speaking of a neighbors, it's probably the best summer
we've had here for well in my time. But yeah,
(11:42):
you're always asking this little bit of rain down in
the game, but it was, you know, it was very
wet and and that's what's kept us in good Steed
over this summer. And look the steel paddocks that have
you know, haven't got haven't got away too much, have
got nice clover in them, and there's more green about
the place in brown. But it's you know that time
of the year, that day you're just thinking, gosh, I
hope this carries on for a while, because lay the
(12:04):
ram goes out. It's still a few fair way away,
but you know that those mornings are drawing in. And
had a frost last week and just a bit cooler
at times, but hot days and as they ten degrees
now no one. So let's a little that'll keep going
and I think we'll have a good order.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
So paint the picture.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
At the moment you were telling me before, it's a
bit of organized chaos there at closer and you're moving
us on the road. You had about a million campavans
behind you, and the cattle decided to get out at
the same time, I hope you've got road cones.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
No I haven't. Actually, I just if I did, i'd
be running my own row road cones over because I
hate them that much. Now, just bringing us along the
road to another block this morning, and some cows come
through through another block which was good and by the gate,
and I thought, right, I'll just I'll just let those out,
and of course they did. After I put the u's
in their block, the cows started coming through. But then
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the US and the block the cows are coming through
decided to try to meet them, and I put the
block in and then a calf he shot back up
the hill at ninety mile and a half. So in
his eye, I'll just let all those us come into
the next block, which is on the road, and they
can sort themselves out from there, and I'll sort it
out after after lunch.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Handing it sounds as are you're managing pretty well?
Speaker 5 (13:15):
Then, yeah, well there's been a lot of there's been
a lot of traffic on the road this summer, and
I think every camp of van must be must be
hired out because they're just in and out the Moat
Lake Road all the time. And saying that I got
a good run around getting the sheep around around the lake.
And to be fair, they all stop when the sheep
were going through the gates, so mainly they stopped to
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take photos. I think, so I know it's all under control.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
I think they want to go and see that management
style and closer in station.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
It's worldwide, well, it's known worldwide.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
It's known worldwide. In my lunch box, that's about where
it stops.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
Handing biodiversity disaster. You want to come in on it
this afternoon.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
Yeah, I was speaking. I was speaking. I was reading
in the in the Farmers Weekly last week about and
the headline was biodiversity chances flipping away and it's to
do with its Federated farmers are spearheading a campaign for
the government based funding for the for the Q two
Trust to be lifted from four million dollars a year
(14:17):
and that hasn't changed in a decade. They were asking
for ten million. So you know, the work we do
with what people do with the QUY two Trust, it's
you know, it's a great system. But there's thousands farmers
of landowners who have voluntary placed this. This is quite interesting.
Two hundred thousand head pairs of bush and wet land
under five thousand and three hundred and eighty two covenants,
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and the articles say that's an area equivalent size to
three remaining National parks in the North Island. So you know,
there's there's a lot of land put away into into
the biodiversity for the quit T Trust. So and it
basically works that. You know, the article says that the
protected bosh and wetlands are part of farmer's brand has
committed series of the food and food producers. So it
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goes on to say of the study in the White
Shadow an what two twenty and seventeen indicated that for
every dollar the Q two puts into covenants, the landowner
is investing seven dollars. So Q two puts in half
these thousand costs fence and surveying in some legal work,
the landowners doing the other half and necessary having to
be someone else involved. So you know seven, you know,
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we're putting in in a lot of money as farmers
and just asking to get a bit more money from
you know, the four million dollars to ten million. So
but QE two worn last year, even with the lifeline
signed to it by the government in the form of
an extra one point five million which they've got for
the next three years, they would have to cut back
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and signing up new covenants, which is which is a
shame because from a total of one hundred and seventy
covenants settled in twenty twenty four twenty five, the target
current is now only thirty five a year. So the
old thing, you know, where the q E two trust
the guess is what I'm saying is, you know, it's
been a great thing for biodiversity. It's it's just what
farmers do to protect their land. I don't think you
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know a lot of people are really well aware of
what's involved, and you know at the end of the
day that it's the farming families that are putting the
money in. So that money. We just need a bit
more money, like we need for wild and pines, like
we need to schools and hospitals and every other body thing.
But it's just an I think it's a really interesting
article that you know, they again good to read it
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and the Farmers Weekly, but that needs to be on
the news and papers that our urban folk read. So
we you know, we needed to carry on for the
benefit of the country and for us as farmers.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Just on that as well. You bring up a really
relevant point regarding urban versus rural.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
What does that divide it? Does it occur in your opinion?
Speaker 5 (16:49):
Well, I was pretty aware of it. I thought it did,
you know. Under the last govern I thought it was
you know, it was it was pretty poor at times,
and that was certainly my opinion. I think this mass
government that you know, I think things of things have
been has been better for US farming as far as
you know, rules and regulations and compliance, and I mean
it's still there and people agree, you know, a lot
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of it does need to be there. But I honestly
don't think that the and take you take wild and
Times for an example, you know, covering twenty two percent
of the country and increasing. I don't think the average
person on the street actually knows what you know, what
what detriment they are to our country. And I think
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the same with the Q two and all the interesting
things that we take for granted and are passionate about
and that are making a difference. I don't feel that.
I don't think that's betrayed to a lot of the
public in our country.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Dog trial results, you haven't got your paper, what's your
barista Shore.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
We gave a great round up next week. What's happening
this weekend?
Speaker 5 (17:51):
Grant, Yeah, no results. Yes, she was waiting for some
from from one and the other day. But coming up
this weekend the Center chap Well on the nine enth
and twentieth is the Center Attamps at Mount Linton and
Mount Linton. Normally they have their trials in November, and
that's sort of not forgotten about, but it's not sort
of in the headlines. So the Center Champs are there.
Gore's the twenty first and the twenty second in a targo.
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Turpecker West is this Saturday, twenty first, and that they've
got new grounds down there at Turpeka and that's followed
by Waydahona on Sunday and Monday of this weekend it's
the Senery Centenary trial and congratulations to them. And I've
been fortunate enough I'm going down to judge that along
head for them, So looking forward to that. So that's
what's coming up. And a final note because of the way,
(18:37):
because of on the very important job of judging it,
and I can't make me mate Murray, I fits given
seventieth birthday, and I like to say Murray's upset, but
I don't know he is really, but well don pitch
twenty seventy. The venue was going to be in a
telephone boxing in the cargo, but as boys, if it's
given lads well known around in the cargo, they've now
stove invited as you friends, make up the numbers, and
(18:59):
I hear it's now going to be maybe on a
bus going around Riverton. So if you want tickets, dis
give Judy water Ring and you probably such you'll have
some for sale. So congratulations Murray on his vidio.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Yeah, heavy birthday coming up, Murray, get on your grand
Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
For love of God.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Stop those dogs barking in the background.
Speaker 5 (19:18):
Yeah, no, I've got I'm looking at after a couple
of mel mate Carey Chnick who's not too good at
the moment, So thoughts go out to carry. So I've
got a couple of new boys in the in the
in the back at the moment. It's just a settling
in period, a bit like thirstday in high school.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Andy, Yeah, fair enough ground. I always appreciate your time.
To next week, okay, Gret McMaster a close friend station
thanks to Batman and the team. At Abury Rural Jason Here,
it's sat next from South Confederated Farmers.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
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Speaker 1 (20:02):
Jason Herrick, as president of South con Federated Farmers, enjoys
us on the must on this beautiful Southern afternoon.
Speaker 6 (20:09):
Kiddy, Jason, any, what a beautiful take?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Yeah, it's not too bad.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
I mean, we just need a couple of weeks of
this and a little bit of rain, a little bit
of sunshine, and we found our little middle bow of Porridge.
Speaker 6 (20:21):
Oh totally, Like you know, five meals a night sort
of thing, and beautiful hot twenty to twenty five degree
days wouldn't go miss, you know. But we can all dream,
can't we.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
When you're seeing farmers on your rounds in there, we're
hearing us certain parts of the region still being rather dry.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
How common is that.
Speaker 6 (20:37):
There's odd pockets around that are rather dry. Coastal areas
are pretty good where I am right now, and Drummond's
actually looking really good, lots of good autumn growth, but
there's definitely still some pockets around that are relatively dry ish.
You know, they're not brown dry. They're like a green
driver drought. Just yeah, green drought. They're just not growing
with feet.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
It's all okay, Jason.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
A lot of your tons been taken up in the
last few days regarding the Federative Farmers challenging what they're
calling you.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Eee cultural cultural values rules. Now what's the go here?
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Yeah, ok, it's with the gorg District Council that you know.
They started this plan, you know, five years ago when
they introduced the Sadden Chapter and they got brought to
our attention very dramatically when they classed the whole Court
district as a site of area significant the Maori and
and you know, so we started reading into that and
we definitely found some flaws and that then through the
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process of hearings and submissions and so forth, they pulled
that chapter out and renamed it the Cultural Values Chapter
and and made some changes within you know, and to
be honest, the Gorgistract Council made some positive changes through
the plan, absolutely no two ways about that. The Cultural
Values Chapter is what we're most concerned about because the
way it's written, it all comes down to interpretation, and
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the way the council and EWE interpret it right now
doesn't mean to say someone will interpret it differently into
the future. So it needs to be written properly. And
I just want to make one thing clear that this
is not a dig at Nitahu or the local EWI.
This is about making sure that things are written properly
so it doesn't create more division, you know, out there
in the community. So you know, it's making sure everybody's
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going to be looked after in the s in the
sense of it.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
So from your perspective on things, what would this mean
for farmers?
Speaker 6 (22:26):
Look, the way it's written, in the way it can
be interpreted, it means that farmers are going to have
to consult with cultural values a lot more than they
have been. And I mean to be honest, that farmers
wanted to change anything on farm, like shifting a solid
bit that's already there slightly or changing direction, then they'll
need a cultural values assessment, you know, depending on who's
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interpreting the rule and so on. And you know that
that is our biggest concern, So shifting dirt, shifting anything
near water and so on. Basically your flexibility away from
farming and so on. So you know, yeah, it's just
those little complexities of the of the the way it's
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written in the plan.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
The councils sorry Jason, the Council's loyally is calling bs
on this, saying in the paper this morning that resource
concents will continue to be processed and determined by Council
Planning staff. Notice, hey, we no decision making powers have
been delegated or so been quoted as saying, we know
the proposed district plan has generated conversation and we want
(23:31):
to ensure everyone has access to accurate, straightforward information. There
is no blanket requirement for landowners to obtain cultural assessments.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
Hey look, that's and again that is the Council's staff's
interpretation of it, and the council table itself are only
being told what the staff is saying. So you know,
it's around interpretation. This is and and this is the
key key point here. Yes, we all may interpret it
this way right now and the way everyone is thinking,
(24:03):
but it's also pretty vague and it's open for a
different interpretation. And this is what we want to make
sure we get nailed down nice and tight going into
the future, because you know, power changed hands all the
time within councils, within local ewe's and so forth, and
we don't want you know, the wrong person coming in
and interpreting it in a different way. Next, we set
in concrete and solid, so there's no way you can
(24:24):
interpret it any other way than it is written.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
And they're also saying that everyday activities don't as nothing's
going to change. Most routine farming and land usee activities
remain permitted, including silence pets under twenty five hundred square meters.
And as well, they're saying only one consent application this
year needed a cultural impact assessment, and it was for
the mind that's been proposed.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Proposed, Yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (24:45):
Mean, look that's under the old plan as well. Remember
that's not under this new plan. It only just got notified, right,
and it's still not completely operative until it got past yesterday.
And now now that we've lodged an appeal, and I
can confir that we have lodged the appeal and it
now needs to go through the process. So they're still
operating under the old rules. Correct me if I'm wrong.
(25:07):
So you know that's definite. When they can say that
they weren't doing it under this planet. They were doing
it under the existing plan that was there.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
So how long? So how long for the appeal to
get heard?
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Well that's in our hands of the Environment Court now,
and you know if we didn't feel so strong about this,
And you've got to remember, it's going to cost us
too to appeal this, and you know we're not doing
it just for the sake of calling the council that.
We're doing it to make sure we get fedness in
amongst all the community and the royal sector and the
urban sector right. So it needs to be fedness across
the board. And we're not going to do it just
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off a whim because it costs us money to do.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
So.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
How much dialogue have you had with the Gord District
counts on the Hoku Ranga regarding this a lot.
Speaker 6 (25:47):
We had conversations with the Runanga before the plank got notified.
While we're going through submission process and hearing still in communication,
we're going to make sure those communication doors are open
because that's about all working together to get the right
outcome for the community. There's no to ways about that,
and I think everybody wants that. It's just how this
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plan is written and interpreted from each angle.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So there's open communication lines between your South a good
district council, and how can we ruining it? Regarding dialogue
around this like sitting around a table and talking.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
About it absolute and that's what the hearing process is
all about. Like, you know, we could have gone to
them with our concerns and tried to iron it out,
but that's not the process. The process has to happen
this way. You know, they can't just make changes, as
they'll have to go through a whole plan change to
make changes to the current plan. So to get it
done properly, the only way to do this is by
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appealing and going through a hearing process. So let's hope
we can sit down at mediation between all parties where
it doesn't cost everyone and I'm in a leg and
come to an agreement across the table.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Regarding the fuel situation we're seeing with prices, is there
concern down here? Are you seeing it with your members?
Jason regarding we'll basically obtaining fuel going forward given this
is the busy time for a lot.
Speaker 6 (27:04):
Of people, Hey, Lock, Yeah, definitely there's some concern going forward,
and you know, nobody knows what the future is going
to hold with what happening in the Middle East. But
the government has reassured us that there is fifty days
fuel ahead of us. And you know, I encourage people
not to panic by, so if you can't panic by
and try and store some up. And I understand why
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people are doing it to try and stay themselves for money,
but we put the rest of the country at risk.
And you know, the large transports who rely on our
fuel station is to fuel up their fleet because they
don't can't have fuel taxt big enough for their fleet.
Those are the ones that run the risk of having
no fuel later on when it comes to the crunch,
and they're the ones who transport our food and goods
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around the country. So we've got to keep that in mind.
The other thing we're going to keep in mind too,
in the royal sect there is fuel thefts, So making
sure that everybody's security around there on farm tanks and
so forth, despite and make sure you've got everything in
place to try and prevent you know, that sort of
stuff happening.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Are you hearing a rural thefts on the increase recently,
especially regarding fuel.
Speaker 6 (28:08):
Yeah, So that conversation is being had on a national
level now between Federated Farmers provinces, but we've got a
check group going and there's definitely some talk around there
if they're starting to happen and increasing, So yeah, I
just want to make sure everyone is being vigilant around
that and you have security set in place. Don't drop
your guard because you know, when fuel goes up and price,
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people get a bit desperate, don't they.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
So that's the key message. We still have a lot
of fuel in the country. It's about being patient.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
Yeah, agreed, and we'll just play it one day at
a time and just see what comes into the future.
You know, from a farming perspective, we're going to make
sure we put animal welfare first before anything else in
human welfare follows.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Good on you, Jason, Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 6 (28:51):
You're welcome, have a great upnote.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Jason Herrick, President of Self and Federated Farmers regarding the
fuels situation, and of course yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
The big one as well.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
We're FEDS at the moment regarding the proposed district plan
and what it means for farmers and local EWE as
well as a gord Distract Council.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
It's a triangle.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I suppose Daryl Moyles a sergeon dan Stock Foods up next,
this is the Muster. Welcome back to the Muster. This
(29:39):
s Patrick's day. So we're playing some Irish chuns. Daryl
Moyles are sageon dan Stock Foods. They're in the basically
the biggest building on the Gorse CBD as you're driving
through the middle of the town by the railway line,
and they specialize in that beautiful smell of molasses, especially
at six am in the morning when everything's all guns
to the gun all over there is that Stock food
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line gets that production out the door.
Speaker 7 (30:03):
Good afternoon, Daryl, Good afternoon, and another great introduction. And yes,
I love the pokes, one of my all time favorites.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Wow, Saint Patrick's stay.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Do you think it's overrated or it's something that needs
to be celebrated.
Speaker 7 (30:19):
Oh no, it's good. Accuse to have a beer and
thing of Irish. No, it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Yeah, you've been pretty busy though we're talking about a
shop surely. But you've been over in Aussie in Melbourne.
It's a fantastic city. It's a going head city.
Speaker 7 (30:31):
You're very impressed. I've only been there a lot of
years ago, and I didn't remember a lot of it,
but no, very impressed with Melbourne, and we had a
next staff member living over there, so we got chauffeur
all over the place and pretty impressed actually here in
No awesome city.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
Now, Sergeant and Stock Foods, it's coming up to the
busy season on farm in regards to.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
Tapping and the likes. Howse thing's been from your perspective, Yeah,
we're just.
Speaker 7 (30:53):
Starting to think about that. Really. We're starting to make
quite a few of their EU nuts for tapping and
so we're starting to get a few orders for those,
especially going through the Central and so on, so that's happening.
And obviously autumn flush of grass. A lot of guys
are on autumn mixes for the dairy cows, so and
the chicken feeds. You know, we're making a big run
of chicken tomorrow. We'll do about eighty ton of chicken feed,
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which is really only enough for about ten days nowadays,
so yeah, it's going pretty good.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
Check and feed.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
We've talked about that before, but you say it only
lasts for a number of days now doing that amount
of talents.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
So people obviously like raising their own chucks.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
Still, well, we supplied quite a few reasonably large free
range farms. I'm when I say reasonably large, I'm saying,
you know, the Pringles obviously up the road have got
about five six thousand chucks running around the dairy farm.
And if you have got your thousand or three or
four hundred, so those chucks, I mean, I think the
chucks only eat about thirty grams per day off the
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top of my head. That could be wrong, but they
still go through a bit of feed. So we've just
got to keep churning it out. We don't keep it
for long so it's made reasonably fresh. When we do
a run a chicken, we've got to change the die,
and we normally do sort of eighty one hundred ton
at a time.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Well, that brings us on to our next question. We'll
get this over soon than later. The stocking rate for
snails based on you. You do production for anything and everything.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
Yeah, and Natalie's dealer working quite closely where their snailmen.
But we still don't have a stocking rate out of them,
so I can't answer that question yet.
Speaker 3 (32:23):
Right, that's your homework for next month. I need some answers.
Speaker 7 (32:26):
Okay, I'll put the pressure on a sheet, the ass
with them one on one. So I need to talk
totally about that one.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Okay, Now we had you in Natalie and studio actually
just before the Southern Field Days last month. How did
the event go from your perspective, because certainly a lot
of people around and a lot of connections made.
Speaker 7 (32:43):
Yeah, well, we actually had a pretty positive feed feedback
a great field days were we hit. Most times we
catch up with our existing customers and talk to the
odd new one. But this time around things were really
positive and we picked up some quite a few new contacts.
I'm still talking to people about different things, dairy, chicken,
you name it. So no very good field.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Dation now when you're speaking to cockies at the moment,
I ask you this question always around this time of year, Darrel,
But I think it's fear to say that everybody's got
to be reasonably happy with the way the seasons progressed,
and the majority of the province, well.
Speaker 7 (33:15):
It's funny to say that. I mean, as part of
my prospective has been an awful growing season. Some guys
said they've grown a lot of grass. Another guy said
they've had an awful season, but most people have had
really good production, so that's at the end of the
day what really matters. And the payouts still reasonably strong,
so auction has been pretty good. Most guys have had
a really good production year, but hopefully very variable when
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it comes to grass growth.
Speaker 1 (33:40):
Yes, certainly certain parts of the province are still struggling
for rainfall, which seems crazy, but the main.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
Other parts are just flush of tucker.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Like you say, Okay, from the perspective of a sheep farmer,
not far away from getting the boys out there, cecils
should be jogging around the panic getting ready. But yeah,
just something to give them a bit of a boost
for the girl was the head of the busy season.
Speaker 7 (34:02):
Yeah, well the way there works good money at the moment.
So we've had a lot more inquiry than I anticipated
for u nuts, which is for multiple bearing use. Just
give them a boost, a bit of selenium, bit of
iodine and so on for tapping, So they're proving really
popular at the moment.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Yeah, so numbers production wise, it's not an issue. If
people want to get shape.
Speaker 7 (34:23):
Nuts, I just ownsh At the moment, we're sort of
reasonably flushed with stock and we'll be making more over
the next few days. So they're really always good to
give us a call and put some aside if you're
thinking you might need some, so you.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
Flush stock ahead of the flash. That's all we need
to know. That's great terminology.
Speaker 7 (34:40):
Yeah, I have that sordered, no problem.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Now there's Mauritious order. Why Mauritius.
Speaker 7 (34:46):
Good question, and he'd done a bit of research around
the world and need but it really comes down to
the Chef's got a brother living in New Zealand and
so he looked through all the mills in New Zealand
online and we've got a product, velvet Bus, which is
pretty popular line for us for velvet production, and so
he's ordered initial order to He's got a trophy stag
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farm in Mauritius and people come from all over the
world apparently to shoot trophy stags. So we've seen them
a kind of velvet nuts. Yeah, they have quite a
rigmarole and they want to know everything about us and
all the short quality feed safe data, so we've sent
them all that so they're pretty happy. It looks like
he'll end up buying quite a few more nuts from us.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
A let's be honest, we want to know more about
them than they want to know about us. I suppose
because seeding a product in Mauritia certainly is a good tale.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
Well, it's not a tailor's fact.
Speaker 7 (35:37):
I never anticipated that. But I'm trying to convince my
staff members that I need to pop over just to
follow this through. But I'm not sure when that will happen.
Speaker 3 (35:45):
Yeah, he used to go on that junket.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
Do you nominate one of the staff members to go
over there and put on a face for the company.
Speaker 7 (35:50):
No, I think it'll be me. Anyone going to Mauritius
around here will be me.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
Andy.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
Yeah, it's called the food chain only I know that
too well, Jamie. If you're listening, Dave Riddy all X
coach are yeah.
Speaker 7 (36:03):
Fan absolutely, Yes, I rate him. You only get a look.
But he's done with y Kenow. We walked in there
with a pretty average side and they won the competition
two years in a row, the Chiefs, I should say. No,
I rate him. I think he's a good guy, so
I'm looking forward to who he gets around him. I'm
sure to do positive yep.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Is there plenty of time in the set or you
won the back to back I think with the Chiefs
in twenty twelve and certainly the man for the job,
and I thank for Jamie Joseph.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
He needed Tony Brown and his ticket.
Speaker 7 (36:32):
I'd say, yeah, I think it'll still happen. I mean,
Jamie's still right up there. I rate him as well,
but you know, let's get behind Dave. I think he's
got all the skills and everyone you talk to rate
him as far as coaches that have worked with them
or players that have played under him. So I got
no problem with him being coach at all.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
I think it'd be great, Okay, Darryl sagean Dan stockfod's
the best way for people to get in touch.
Speaker 7 (36:57):
Just eight hundred Sergeant Dan, which is one hundred and seven.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
And of course you are the standout building on the
Gore CBD skyline.
Speaker 4 (37:06):
Absolutely, that's us good only Darrel always got to catch.
Speaker 7 (37:09):
Up Andy Chs.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
But my love Daryl.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Moyles the Sergeant Dan Stock food sponsor of the Farming
round up every Monday here on the muster. You can't
miss the building looking right at the Scottish thistle on
the side of the building as we speak. Always good
to catch up with the team. Harry McCallum out of
Tiano Young Farmers we catch up with has mccasa.
Speaker 7 (37:31):
Next thirty Old Town.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
Thirty Old Town, Welcome back to the muster, being Sir
Patrick Stale, I suppose the theme has to be Irish
music the late Snade O'Connor. Nothing compares to you from
Tiana Young. We're catching up for Islely Edgekin and Harry
(38:02):
McCallum stood me up either, Thanks for jumping in at
last minute.
Speaker 8 (38:05):
House not too bad andy, have it yourself.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
Can't complain.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
I mean, it's the middle of March and it's a
rather pleasant afternoon. It's not stinking hot, but it's not
cold either.
Speaker 8 (38:17):
It's almost typical spring weather.
Speaker 1 (38:18):
Actually, hey Tiana Young farmers Isla, how's everything been over
the past while?
Speaker 8 (38:24):
It's been really good. Actually we've had a few wild
turnip picking fundraisers, which I mean they've been a bit
of a drag, but it's always good to catch up
with everyone and get the job done and see the
money in the bank account.
Speaker 5 (38:37):
But yeah, and then.
Speaker 8 (38:39):
We've just kind of got underway with our Basin boot
bash planning which is going to be happening in Dune,
which is quite exciting for the Basin.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
So yeah, so what's it all about?
Speaker 8 (38:52):
So we've basically we've got a band from Queenstown coming through.
They actually played at the Glenorchy Races and they are
the Barn Doors from memory. And we've also got a
mechanical ball coming along which will be pretty awesome. And
I think, yeah, we've had a bit of engagement through
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our posts and that and tickets go live in April,
so yeah, picked your eyes peeled on the Facebook page
and you'll see them come up.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
You guys, do it bes pretty well? Though you had
the what was it last year? You had the district
meeting or weekend at the start of twenty twenty five.
By all accounts, that was a massive weekend, so now
no doubt this will be the same.
Speaker 3 (39:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (39:34):
No, we thoroughly enjoyed the regional weekend last year.
Speaker 3 (39:38):
Yeah, you've got your sales on Country Calendar as well.
Speaker 8 (39:41):
Yeah, I know it's we're the best club in the
New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (39:45):
Well there you go.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
The Belfer might have a bit to say about that
and the likes, but nonetheless the challenge is led down
as the gauntlet has been laid in.
Speaker 3 (39:53):
Front of you as such, courtesy of tian Now.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
But there's been quite a bit going on lately in
the Young Farmer's scenes with you guys, have you been
out and about being proactive with other clubs.
Speaker 8 (40:04):
Probably not as much as we'd like, but yeah, we've
got tournaments and counting barkups next weekend, so we've got
a few crows heading along to those, which is going
to be good.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
When you say not catching with other clubs, is it
a geography thing or is it just that time of
the season.
Speaker 8 (40:23):
I don't know. I think it's like the summery whether
and people were just kind of happy camped up at
home instead of going out and mingling, or they've got
other things.
Speaker 4 (40:31):
On and stuff.
Speaker 8 (40:32):
So yeah, it's it's just one of those things. I think.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
I thought you young father types would be busting at
the gamals, get out of the base and go out
there and have a couple of beers.
Speaker 8 (40:42):
Yeah, I know it would be nice.
Speaker 1 (40:44):
As far as the club being in good heart every time.
Like so I speak to Harry when he answers his phone,
they're always saying about membership always going on the upwards trajectory.
Speaker 3 (40:53):
Is that still the case, eilor yep.
Speaker 8 (40:56):
No, everything's steady flying there and we're on the uprise
with membership drive this month, so people are keen for
that twenty dollars discount, which is awesome.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
So what's a twenty dollars discount?
Speaker 8 (41:09):
So that each year young Farmers do like a membership
drive and so they take a twenty dollars discount off
the original price which is one hundred dollars down to
eighty for members to either renew year membership or get
a membership.
Speaker 1 (41:26):
Have you guys got any trips planned or anything like that,
Like some of way Tiny went over to Ozzie, I
think they going to Stuart Island. Are you guys venturing
out anywhere?
Speaker 8 (41:35):
Well, he has been looking at doing a couple things
like a mystery advent trip and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (41:41):
But it's just.
Speaker 8 (41:41):
Trying to find dates that don't clash with either other
club's events or even winter sports. Like we've got a
few netball players and rugby players and whatnot in the club,
so trying to get as many along during winter sports
can be quite tough.
Speaker 7 (41:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
Absolutely, But you guys you've got a pretty strong care
group there. Your members travel a weaverit to go to
your meetings. What are the details around your meeting dates?
Speaker 8 (42:07):
So our meeting John Wednesday, the first Wednesday of the
month and at seven o'clock. And it's been a bit
pettle miss at the moment where it's going to be.
So just keep your eyes peeled on the Facebook page
or Instagram and yeah, you'll see the details come up.
Speaker 1 (42:24):
That's why I want to hear Eiler. Hey, thanks very
much for that, the self proclaimed of best club in
New Zealand. Hope everything's going well up there on the
base and always appreciate your time.
Speaker 8 (42:33):
No thanks, Andy, laugh out loud.
Speaker 7 (42:39):
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Speaker 3 (42:53):
Patty, you're here, but where's my husband? He went to
the beer effectory with you. The brewery, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (42:58):
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at the factory. Your husband fell into a vent of
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Not really, he got out three times to pee. That's
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The Muster is brought to you by Peter's Genetics. Enjoy
this afternoon, see you tomorrow. Hey, Well all right there,
and stock selling action a cured at the Lousiville sale. Yes,
thanks for PGG you right. So we're catching it with
Sam Riley once again to give us a rundown on
these prices. Good afternoon, Sam.
Speaker 3 (43:40):
How did we go?
Speaker 4 (43:42):
Eddie?
Speaker 1 (43:42):
Hey?
Speaker 9 (43:42):
You get on today?
Speaker 5 (43:43):
Man?
Speaker 9 (43:44):
Pretty good?
Speaker 10 (43:44):
Today very of prime lambs and today Corfy store lambs
on and very large yarding of prime kettle mainly gearykepers,
which yeah, it a bit of a sticky market on
some of ow's, but we got there. We'll do the street.
Speaker 9 (43:59):
First, those prime lambs, so it took a little bit
of lift there from very heavy lambs, and today two
sixty to three fifteen on the heavy lambs, two thirty
three fifty on the mediums and one ninety to two
twenty on the light and stuff too is one hundred
and ten to one hundred and thirty on those and
the heavy used one ninety to two thirty, mediums one
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forty to one eighty and the lighter and stuff at
one hundred and through one hundred and thirty dollars. Handful
of rams in today best of those of one hundred
and twenty to one hundred and eighty dollars in the
medium's eighty to ninety into the store lambs best of
those one seventy to one eighty five the meeting is
one fifty one sixty and the lighter in lambs at
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one teen to one thirty dollars. Moving into the kettlewepe
uh prime pedal heavy seas at five hundred to five
hundred and sixty five kilos they were four dollars sixty gives.
At six hundred kgs they were four dollars forty. Dairy
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heaps at four hundred plus kilos they were four dollars
four thirty. Dairy heavers at three fifty four and kg
three twenty to three sixty, and those light of dairy
heavers at three hundred to three hundred and fifty kilos
they were two dollars fifty two dollars eighty ten full
of thousands a day six hundred and five plows at
two dollars thirty and five hundred kla cows at two
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dollars eighty. So yeah, bit of a sticky market with
all the fairy heapers that are a master today moving
into the store. Kettle just a handful of scent quality kettle.
And today charlet cross heaps at four hundred and fifty
six kilos two thousand and fifty dollars, freezing balls at
four hundred and eighty nine kilos twenty one hundred dollars,
(45:42):
some beef cross heapers at four hundred and seventeen kg's
eighteen fifty into the yelling stuff, and good heavy freezing
balls at one hundred and eighty four kilos eleven hundred
and thirty dollars. And here had crossed balls at one
hundred and seventy to two hundred kg's they were one
thousand to eleven hundred dollars. So any party stuff selles
stool selling well on the school market. Ripped her up, mate,
(46:03):
you now will they give.
Speaker 4 (46:05):
Me fitter pan? And they get a bitter pan, and
then the bitter banners who hongcore of the finale
Good afternoon, and welcome to the muster, proudly brought to
you by Peters Genetics. My name's Andy Mewer. We're here
until two o'clock this afternoon. Of course, this is the
muster on Hakanui. Welcome along to a well sunshine outside
on the main street of Gore at the moment, a
bit of cloud on the horizona, generally pretty good for autumn.
(00:31):
We'll talk with its shortly heavy Sint Patrick's Day as well.
That is the theme of the music today. This song
here Dreams by the Cranberes.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Hakan ow He's five day forecast with twin farm tear
from and soft text the Proofers and the Progeny tear
from dot Co dot Insad.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Tuesday afternoon brings cloudy skies alone northeasterlies and twenty one.
Wednesday partly cloudy with breezy wists. Our wester is two
and fifteen. Thursday sunny were breezy sow we six and seventeen.
Friday sunny once again woul light easterly seven and eighteen,
and Saturday sea sunny skies are light northwest as seven
and twenty so it emperatures to hand. Clinton fifteen, Harriet
(01:12):
thirteen point three, Northern South and fourteen point one, Riverton
fifteen point one, Tiannew thirteen point eight, Winton thirteen and
Woodlands at thirteen point eight. Matt McCrae of Mackarita starts
us off this afternoon, recently elected to the beef Lamb
Board as a Farmer Director. Grant Disaster McMaster closper in
Station was on the program once again. Jason Herritt, president
(01:35):
of south con Federated Farmers. A bit of a stoush
is brewing between Southland Fed's Gord District Council and Hockey
Nu Rununger regarding rulings. Jason thinks it's just going to
put more paperwork on farmer's plates.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Daryl Moyles is Sage and Dan's stock Foods.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We catch up for our regular chin wag and then
from Tiana Young Farmers either Harry McCallum.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Or either Edgekins.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
So I'll have a bit more of an idea as
we work our way through the hour. Sam Riley of
PGG Rights and give us a stock stale report from Lawnville.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Then we'll start they hour with Matt McCray.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
This is the muster until to a club chie to
Peter's genetics. Matt McCrae of Mocareda joins us this afternoon
on the Muster a regular correspondent, but as well he
(02:30):
just got elected to the board of Beef and Their
New Zealand as a Farmer Director as of last Friday. Mat,
Good afternoon, welcome to the Muster once again. He congratulations.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Yeah, thanks Hendy and you're good afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Must you must be pretty chuffed at the moment.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Yeah, I am. It's been a does the weekend, and yeah,
I'm very happy with the result last week and thankful
of the farmer support we received and the director voting.
So yeah, it's a good opportunity and I'm really looking
forward to the challenge ahead.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
So I was a catalyst for putting your name forward.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I've been involved in the Farm Accountcil for the last
six years or so and really enjoyed getting to learn
about all this but different aspects of beef and them
do and then you can have an extension in some
of the other. But I just really like pushing forward
the positivity and being involved in the way their futures
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and the industry is going, and want to play my
bit and that now while I've still got plenty of
views left in the actively farming myself.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
A lot of people go from a local level onto
the national scene, Matt, and unfortunately they can't get across
what they want to do as a different with beef
and lamb.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Though, it's a job that you've got ahead of you.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Yeah, I guess it's like anything you don't know too.
You actually on there. You're only one of a few directors,
but I like to think that you can certainly have
my opinion heard and stayed. And I'm there to represent
the Levy Pears in the southern South Islands. Yeah, that's
always one thing I've said is I'm on a phone
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call away from boards in your opinion, and I want
to keep that engagement in the South really high from
the grassroots level, so we do get everything right at
the national level and the future of the sect to
look really good.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Better turnout just under sixteen percent, I hope. What do
you do to change that?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Yeah, I'm told that that's about industry standard, but personally
I'd like to see that increase because we can get
red meat farmers more engaged at a local level, it'll
give us the mean note to drive some positive change
Ford a weebit and it'd just be good to see
more farmers engaged in the industry. So I'd like to
see that up over fifty cent going forward. We've got
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to referendum coming up next year again and I'll be
pushing really hard to try and and drive that engagement
down in the South and get more farmers engaged. It's
probably talking to more more farmers understanding what theirs own
thing when things are going well at the moment. Sometimes
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they aren't engaged, but I'd like to, yeah, get more,
get more people around the table, and then we can
represent more people.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Well, that's a big question, I suppose Matt.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Getting that engagement from farmers who are typically stuck in
their way is normally cynical when it comes to a
lot of these things.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Unfortunately, Yeah, it's.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
It can be in a lot there. Every day to
farmers has been increasing away bit toast. There's a lot
of people that haven't been registered.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
To vote or.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Forget about forget about voting because they're not too worried
how thinks. So there's lots of reasons why they haven't.
I'd just probably really plussing the next few years to
get to make sure that they've been from lamb's doing
a good job and they want to support it. Then
hopefully they'll sorry they're vote and then give us a
bit more weight. I mean, yeah, some of those big
decisions to come through.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Well.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Acknowledge Glenn McDonald and Simon Davies as well for putting
their names forward. Yes, you've got the accolades at the
end of the day, but the great thing about democracy
is everybody has an opportunity.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Yeah, exactly, And yeah, I've got a lot of time
for Glenn and Simon and I thank them for putting
their name for toast, you know, certainly willing to work
with them going forward and represent everyone in the regions. Yeah,
once again thinks for the sport, it's good to have
a contest and next to certainly of the capability. But yeah,
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really looking forward to representing everyone going forward.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
It's fair to say you're going into the role when
the industry is on an all time high as well,
so as a matter of keeping performance the way it
is or is that out of your hands effectively.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
But I'd like to think I can do do my part.
How do we spring ward off a high and keep
that trajectory going, Like where in the industry we've been
suckers for waiting to a downturn to hit the panic buttons.
There's little tweaks we can make them positivity and decisions
along the way that we can, yeah, really make sure
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that she is not just a one off season that's
farming is as on a on a medium to long
term high rather than one off that we go.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
When you're talking to your farming mates, what are their
thoughts around the next twelve to eighteen months for the
rural sector as such?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I suppose.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, really good, Like the outlook for red meat is
as good they and returns if they can got wall
lifting out. It's it's got across a new a number
of things at the moment, and it has really given
some positivity. Ye. People are making a wee bit more
investment decisions into their businesses and just driving that product
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of and in debt repayments. So there'll be some big
opportunities for the farmers in the next few years, and
it's just about getting a business in a state where
you should really capitalize on them when they when they
turn up.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Hell's ground conditions and mockerrator today it's a beautiful day
down here in the south. Finally we're getting a couple
of days without any wind, and it's certainly a beautiful thing.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Yeah, it's another riffer in the valley today. We've got
yeah sunshine and a nice breeze, and yeah, the autumn
autumn is really providing for us at the moment. They've
got good faid and the stuff looking really good. We've
just still got to wait a few limbs on. They're
killing really well over twenty Telos, So it's kind of
got it. You're not load or so rolling out the
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next couple of weeks, and yeah, they'll be's pretty well
tidied up before the end goes out, i'd say.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
So it's a good chance you'll be paying Texas yet.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Yeah, i'd imagine so. I had the discussion with the
accounting already. So but from my banking days, if you're
paying text, you making money and getting ahead. So it's
not a bad position to be and it's better than
the alternate, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
So with all that's going on, you're still going to
have time to put the rugby beats on for the base.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
A you certainly, well, we've got big centennial this year.
First training this week, go down and h and reintroduce
you after run. Yeah, I'll certainly try and get in
a and A and a few games before then and
looking forward to the big centennial ends it.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Not teams to try and go for the a's again.
All of those days gone.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Ah, those days should be gone.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
I've should be.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Four guys a retiring. So yeah, hopefully this might be
the year. But yeah, just look, really enjoy being part
of the club. And yeah, try and try and get
in a few games this year and watch his young
fellows going. It would be quite nice.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Hey, good on you, Matte. Always appreciate your time on
the master.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Very good.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Thanks Andy, Matt McCrae of Mocker Reader all the yems
recently elected to the Beef and Lamb Board as a
Farmer Director.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
This is the muster up.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Next Grant Disaster mc master at Close Burin Station with
his world famous dog driving results. We Grant Disaster mc
master joins us once again thanks to Batman and the team.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
At Arby Rural based here and Gore Grant. Good afternoon, house,
close Burn, good.
Speaker 5 (10:31):
Afternoon, and everybody, Yes it's ten degrees here at the moment.
So things are looking still looking pretty good. I hate
to say it, but we it would be nice to
have a share of range.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Well I don't say that, no, no, I know, I
know we're never happy, are we?
Speaker 3 (10:47):
But what's your mouths out?
Speaker 5 (10:50):
You don't stand in the corner, But that would just
be nice to just madely get a few mushrooms. Let's
put it on. Yeah, so it's you know, we've still
got good Hell's going out but stockh and good and
ack and you know it's it's it's really good. Just
a little on a shore now in again just to
keep things going to be great. But as you say,
you've got to be careful what you wish for.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Haven't you, Because not that long ago you were saying
how things are so done wet, but it's underreacing hell.
It can just change like that, I suppose.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
Well, you know, and.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
It was wet, it was record bloody season for rain,
but and you know, continued on into January with a
bit of snow at times on the tops. You know,
not a great summer for the for the people on
holiday or campus or what have you, but it's been
great for farm. And said it before, and I think
it's speaking of a neighbors, it's probably the best summer
we've had here for well in my time. But yeah,
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you're always asking this little bit of rain down in
the game, but it was, you know, it was very
wet and and that's what's kept us in good Steed
over this summer. And look the steel paddocks that have
you know, haven't got haven't got away too much, have
got nice clover in them, and there's more green about
the place in brown. But it's you know that time
of the year, that day you're just thinking, gosh, I
hope this carries on for a while, because lay the
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ram goes out. It's still a few fair way away,
but you know that those mornings are drawing in. And
had a frost last week and just a bit cooler
at times, but hot days and as they ten degrees
now no one. So let's a little that'll keep going
and I think we'll have a good order.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
So paint the picture.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
At the moment you were telling me before, it's a
bit of organized chaos there at closer and you're moving
us on the road. You had about a million campavans
behind you, and the cattle decided to get out at
the same time, I hope you've got road cones.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
No I haven't. Actually, I just if I did, i'd
be running my own row road cones over because I
hate them that much. Now, just bringing us along the
road to another block this morning, and some cows come
through through another block which was good and by the gate,
and I thought, right, I'll just I'll just let those out,
and of course they did. After I put the u's
in their block, the cows started coming through. But then
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the US and the block the cows are coming through
decided to try to meet them, and I put the
block in and then a calf he shot back up
the hill at ninety mile and a half. So in
his eye, I'll just let all those us come into
the next block, which is on the road, and they
can sort themselves out from there, and I'll sort it
out after after lunch.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Handing it sounds as are you're managing pretty well?
Speaker 5 (13:15):
Then, yeah, well there's been a lot of there's been
a lot of traffic on the road this summer, and
I think every camp of van must be must be
hired out because they're just in and out the Moat
Lake Road all the time. And saying that I got
a good run around getting the sheep around around the lake.
And to be fair, they all stop when the sheep
were going through the gates, so mainly they stopped to
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take photos. I think, so I know it's all under control.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
I think they want to go and see that management
style and closer in station.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
It's worldwide, well, it's known worldwide.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
It's known worldwide. In my lunch box, that's about where
it stops.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
Handing biodiversity disaster. You want to come in on it
this afternoon.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
Yeah, I was speaking. I was speaking. I was reading
in the in the Farmers Weekly last week about and
the headline was biodiversity chances flipping away and it's to
do with its Federated farmers are spearheading a campaign for
the government based funding for the for the Q two
Trust to be lifted from four million dollars a year
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and that hasn't changed in a decade. They were asking
for ten million. So you know, the work we do
with what people do with the QUY two Trust, it's
you know, it's a great system. But there's thousands farmers
of landowners who have voluntary placed this. This is quite interesting.
Two hundred thousand head pairs of bush and wet land
under five thousand and three hundred and eighty two covenants,
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and the articles say that's an area equivalent size to
three remaining National parks in the North Island. So you know,
there's there's a lot of land put away into into
the biodiversity for the quit T Trust. So and it
basically works that. You know, the article says that the
protected bosh and wetlands are part of farmer's brand has
committed series of the food and food producers. So it
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goes on to say of the study in the White
Shadow an what two twenty and seventeen indicated that for
every dollar the Q two puts into covenants, the landowner
is investing seven dollars. So Q two puts in half
these thousand costs fence and surveying in some legal work,
the landowners doing the other half and necessary having to
be someone else involved. So you know seven, you know,
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we're putting in in a lot of money as farmers
and just asking to get a bit more money from
you know, the four million dollars to ten million. So
but QE two worn last year, even with the lifeline
signed to it by the government in the form of
an extra one point five million which they've got for
the next three years, they would have to cut back
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and signing up new covenants, which is which is a
shame because from a total of one hundred and seventy
covenants settled in twenty twenty four twenty five, the target
current is now only thirty five a year. So the
old thing, you know, where the q E two trust
the guess is what I'm saying is, you know, it's
been a great thing for biodiversity. It's it's just what
farmers do to protect their land. I don't think you
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know a lot of people are really well aware of
what's involved, and you know at the end of the
day that it's the farming families that are putting the
money in. So that money. We just need a bit
more money, like we need for wild and pines, like
we need to schools and hospitals and every other body thing.
But it's just an I think it's a really interesting
article that you know, they again good to read it
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and the Farmers Weekly, but that needs to be on
the news and papers that our urban folk read. So
we you know, we needed to carry on for the
benefit of the country and for us as farmers.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Just on that as well. You bring up a really
relevant point regarding urban versus rural.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
What does that divide it? Does it occur in your opinion?
Speaker 5 (16:49):
Well, I was pretty aware of it. I thought it did,
you know. Under the last govern I thought it was
you know, it was it was pretty poor at times,
and that was certainly my opinion. I think this mass
government that you know, I think things of things have
been has been better for US farming as far as
you know, rules and regulations and compliance, and I mean
it's still there and people agree, you know, a lot
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of it does need to be there. But I honestly
don't think that the and take you take wild and
Times for an example, you know, covering twenty two percent
of the country and increasing. I don't think the average
person on the street actually knows what you know, what
what detriment they are to our country. And I think
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the same with the Q two and all the interesting
things that we take for granted and are passionate about
and that are making a difference. I don't feel that.
I don't think that's betrayed to a lot of the
public in our country.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Dog trial results, you haven't got your paper, what's your
barista Shore.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
We gave a great round up next week. What's happening
this weekend?
Speaker 5 (17:51):
Grant, Yeah, no results. Yes, she was waiting for some
from from one and the other day. But coming up
this weekend the Center chap Well on the nine enth
and twentieth is the Center Attamps at Mount Linton and
Mount Linton. Normally they have their trials in November, and
that's sort of not forgotten about, but it's not sort
of in the headlines. So the Center Champs are there.
Gore's the twenty first and the twenty second in a targo.
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Turpecker West is this Saturday, twenty first, and that they've
got new grounds down there at Turpeka and that's followed
by Waydahona on Sunday and Monday of this weekend it's
the Senery Centenary trial and congratulations to them. And I've
been fortunate enough I'm going down to judge that along
head for them, So looking forward to that. So that's
what's coming up. And a final note because of the way,
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because of on the very important job of judging it,
and I can't make me mate Murray, I fits given
seventieth birthday, and I like to say Murray's upset, but
I don't know he is really, but well don pitch
twenty seventy. The venue was going to be in a
telephone boxing in the cargo, but as boys, if it's
given lads well known around in the cargo, they've now
stove invited as you friends, make up the numbers, and
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I hear it's now going to be maybe on a
bus going around Riverton. So if you want tickets, dis
give Judy water Ring and you probably such you'll have
some for sale. So congratulations Murray on his vidio.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Yeah, heavy birthday coming up, Murray, get on your grand
Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
For love of God.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Stop those dogs barking in the background.
Speaker 5 (19:18):
Yeah, no, I've got I'm looking at after a couple
of mel mate Carey Chnick who's not too good at
the moment, So thoughts go out to carry. So I've
got a couple of new boys in the in the
in the back at the moment. It's just a settling
in period, a bit like thirstday in high school.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Andy, Yeah, fair enough ground. I always appreciate your time.
To next week, okay, Gret McMaster a close friend station
thanks to Batman and the team. At Abury Rural Jason Here,
it's sat next from South Confederated Farmers.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
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Speaker 1 (20:02):
Jason Herrick, as president of South con Federated Farmers, enjoys
us on the must on this beautiful Southern afternoon.
Speaker 6 (20:09):
Kiddy, Jason, any, what a beautiful take?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Yeah, it's not too bad.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
I mean, we just need a couple of weeks of
this and a little bit of rain, a little bit
of sunshine, and we found our little middle bow of Porridge.
Speaker 6 (20:21):
Oh totally, Like you know, five meals a night sort
of thing, and beautiful hot twenty to twenty five degree
days wouldn't go miss, you know. But we can all dream,
can't we.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
When you're seeing farmers on your rounds in there, we're
hearing us certain parts of the region still being rather dry.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
How common is that.
Speaker 6 (20:37):
There's odd pockets around that are rather dry. Coastal areas
are pretty good where I am right now, and Drummond's
actually looking really good, lots of good autumn growth, but
there's definitely still some pockets around that are relatively dry ish.
You know, they're not brown dry. They're like a green
driver drought. Just yeah, green drought. They're just not growing
with feet.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
It's all okay, Jason.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
A lot of your tons been taken up in the
last few days regarding the Federative Farmers challenging what they're
calling you.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Eee cultural cultural values rules. Now what's the go here?
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Yeah, ok, it's with the gorg District Council that you know.
They started this plan, you know, five years ago when
they introduced the Sadden Chapter and they got brought to
our attention very dramatically when they classed the whole Court
district as a site of area significant the Maori and
and you know, so we started reading into that and
we definitely found some flaws and that then through the
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process of hearings and submissions and so forth, they pulled
that chapter out and renamed it the Cultural Values Chapter
and and made some changes within you know, and to
be honest, the Gorgistract Council made some positive changes through
the plan, absolutely no two ways about that. The Cultural
Values Chapter is what we're most concerned about because the
way it's written, it all comes down to interpretation, and
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the way the council and EWE interpret it right now
doesn't mean to say someone will interpret it differently into
the future. So it needs to be written properly. And
I just want to make one thing clear that this
is not a dig at Nitahu or the local EWI.
This is about making sure that things are written properly
so it doesn't create more division, you know, out there
in the community. So you know, it's making sure everybody's
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going to be looked after in the s in the
sense of it.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
So from your perspective on things, what would this mean
for farmers?
Speaker 6 (22:26):
Look, the way it's written, in the way it can
be interpreted, it means that farmers are going to have
to consult with cultural values a lot more than they
have been. And I mean to be honest, that farmers
wanted to change anything on farm, like shifting a solid
bit that's already there slightly or changing direction, then they'll
need a cultural values assessment, you know, depending on who's
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interpreting the rule and so on. And you know that
that is our biggest concern, So shifting dirt, shifting anything
near water and so on. Basically your flexibility away from
farming and so on. So you know, yeah, it's just
those little complexities of the of the the way it's
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written in the plan.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
The councils sorry Jason, the Council's loyally is calling bs
on this, saying in the paper this morning that resource
concents will continue to be processed and determined by Council
Planning staff. Notice, hey, we no decision making powers have
been delegated or so been quoted as saying, we know
the proposed district plan has generated conversation and we want
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to ensure everyone has access to accurate, straightforward information. There
is no blanket requirement for landowners to obtain cultural assessments.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
Hey look, that's and again that is the Council's staff's
interpretation of it, and the council table itself are only
being told what the staff is saying. So you know,
it's around interpretation. This is and and this is the
key key point here. Yes, we all may interpret it
this way right now and the way everyone is thinking,
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but it's also pretty vague and it's open for a
different interpretation. And this is what we want to make
sure we get nailed down nice and tight going into
the future, because you know, power changed hands all the
time within councils, within local ewe's and so forth, and
we don't want you know, the wrong person coming in
and interpreting it in a different way. Next, we set
in concrete and solid, so there's no way you can
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interpret it any other way than it is written.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
And they're also saying that everyday activities don't as nothing's
going to change. Most routine farming and land usee activities
remain permitted, including silence pets under twenty five hundred square meters.
And as well, they're saying only one consent application this
year needed a cultural impact assessment, and it was for
the mind that's been proposed.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Proposed, Yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (24:45):
Mean, look that's under the old plan as well. Remember
that's not under this new plan. It only just got notified, right,
and it's still not completely operative until it got past yesterday.
And now now that we've lodged an appeal, and I
can confir that we have lodged the appeal and it
now needs to go through the process. So they're still
operating under the old rules. Correct me if I'm wrong.
(25:07):
So you know that's definite. When they can say that
they weren't doing it under this planet. They were doing
it under the existing plan that was there.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
So how long? So how long for the appeal to
get heard?
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Well that's in our hands of the Environment Court now,
and you know if we didn't feel so strong about this,
And you've got to remember, it's going to cost us
too to appeal this, and you know we're not doing
it just for the sake of calling the council that.
We're doing it to make sure we get fedness in
amongst all the community and the royal sector and the
urban sector right. So it needs to be fedness across
the board. And we're not going to do it just
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off a whim because it costs us money to do.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
So.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
How much dialogue have you had with the Gord District
counts on the Hoku Ranga regarding this a lot.
Speaker 6 (25:47):
We had conversations with the Runanga before the plank got notified.
While we're going through submission process and hearing still in communication,
we're going to make sure those communication doors are open
because that's about all working together to get the right
outcome for the community. There's no to ways about that,
and I think everybody wants that. It's just how this
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plan is written and interpreted from each angle.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
So there's open communication lines between your South a good
district council, and how can we ruining it? Regarding dialogue
around this like sitting around a table and talking.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
About it absolute and that's what the hearing process is
all about. Like, you know, we could have gone to
them with our concerns and tried to iron it out,
but that's not the process. The process has to happen
this way. You know, they can't just make changes, as
they'll have to go through a whole plan change to
make changes to the current plan. So to get it
done properly, the only way to do this is by
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appealing and going through a hearing process. So let's hope
we can sit down at mediation between all parties where
it doesn't cost everyone and I'm in a leg and
come to an agreement across the table.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Regarding the fuel situation we're seeing with prices, is there
concern down here? Are you seeing it with your members?
Jason regarding we'll basically obtaining fuel going forward given this
is the busy time for a lot.
Speaker 6 (27:04):
Of people, Hey, Lock, Yeah, definitely there's some concern going forward,
and you know, nobody knows what the future is going
to hold with what happening in the Middle East. But
the government has reassured us that there is fifty days
fuel ahead of us. And you know, I encourage people
not to panic by, so if you can't panic by
and try and store some up. And I understand why
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people are doing it to try and stay themselves for money,
but we put the rest of the country at risk.
And you know, the large transports who rely on our
fuel station is to fuel up their fleet because they
don't can't have fuel taxt big enough for their fleet.
Those are the ones that run the risk of having
no fuel later on when it comes to the crunch,
and they're the ones who transport our food and goods
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around the country. So we've got to keep that in mind.
The other thing we're going to keep in mind too,
in the royal sect there is fuel thefts, So making
sure that everybody's security around there on farm tanks and
so forth, despite and make sure you've got everything in
place to try and prevent you know, that sort of
stuff happening.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Are you hearing a rural thefts on the increase recently,
especially regarding fuel.
Speaker 6 (28:08):
Yeah, So that conversation is being had on a national
level now between Federated Farmers provinces, but we've got a
check group going and there's definitely some talk around there
if they're starting to happen and increasing, So yeah, I
just want to make sure everyone is being vigilant around
that and you have security set in place. Don't drop
your guard because you know, when fuel goes up and price,
(28:29):
people get a bit desperate, don't they.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
So that's the key message. We still have a lot
of fuel in the country. It's about being patient.
Speaker 6 (28:36):
Yeah, agreed, and we'll just play it one day at
a time and just see what comes into the future.
You know, from a farming perspective, we're going to make
sure we put animal welfare first before anything else in
human welfare follows.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Good on you, Jason, Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 6 (28:51):
You're welcome, have a great upnote.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Jason Herrick, President of Self and Federated Farmers regarding the
fuels situation, and of course yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
The big one as well.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
We're FEDS at the moment regarding the proposed district plan
and what it means for farmers and local EWE as
well as a gord Distract Council.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
It's a triangle.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I suppose Daryl Moyles a sergeon dan Stock Foods up next,
this is the Muster. Welcome back to the Muster. This
(29:39):
s Patrick's day. So we're playing some Irish chuns. Daryl
Moyles are sageon dan Stock Foods. They're in the basically
the biggest building on the Gorse CBD as you're driving
through the middle of the town by the railway line,
and they specialize in that beautiful smell of molasses, especially
at six am in the morning when everything's all guns
to the gun all over there is that Stock food
(30:00):
line gets that production out the door.
Speaker 7 (30:03):
Good afternoon, Daryl, Good afternoon, and another great introduction. And yes,
I love the pokes, one of my all time favorites.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Wow, Saint Patrick's stay.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Do you think it's overrated or it's something that needs
to be celebrated.
Speaker 7 (30:19):
Oh no, it's good. Accuse to have a beer and
thing of Irish. No, it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Yeah, you've been pretty busy though we're talking about a
shop surely. But you've been over in Aussie in Melbourne.
It's a fantastic city. It's a going head city.
Speaker 7 (30:31):
You're very impressed. I've only been there a lot of
years ago, and I didn't remember a lot of it,
but no, very impressed with Melbourne, and we had a
next staff member living over there, so we got chauffeur
all over the place and pretty impressed actually here in
No awesome city.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
Now, Sergeant and Stock Foods, it's coming up to the
busy season on farm in regards to.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
Tapping and the likes. Howse thing's been from your perspective, Yeah,
we're just.
Speaker 7 (30:53):
Starting to think about that. Really. We're starting to make
quite a few of their EU nuts for tapping and
so we're starting to get a few orders for those,
especially going through the Central and so on, so that's happening.
And obviously autumn flush of grass. A lot of guys
are on autumn mixes for the dairy cows, so and
the chicken feeds. You know, we're making a big run
of chicken tomorrow. We'll do about eighty ton of chicken feed,
(31:16):
which is really only enough for about ten days nowadays,
so yeah, it's going pretty good.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
Check and feed.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
We've talked about that before, but you say it only
lasts for a number of days now doing that amount
of talents.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
So people obviously like raising their own chucks.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
Still, well, we supplied quite a few reasonably large free
range farms. I'm when I say reasonably large, I'm saying,
you know, the Pringles obviously up the road have got
about five six thousand chucks running around the dairy farm.
And if you have got your thousand or three or
four hundred, so those chucks, I mean, I think the
chucks only eat about thirty grams per day off the
(31:51):
top of my head. That could be wrong, but they
still go through a bit of feed. So we've just
got to keep churning it out. We don't keep it
for long so it's made reasonably fresh. When we do
a run a chicken, we've got to change the die,
and we normally do sort of eighty one hundred ton
at a time.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Well, that brings us on to our next question. We'll
get this over soon than later. The stocking rate for
snails based on you. You do production for anything and everything.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
Yeah, and Natalie's dealer working quite closely where their snailmen.
But we still don't have a stocking rate out of them,
so I can't answer that question yet.
Speaker 3 (32:23):
Right, that's your homework for next month. I need some answers.
Speaker 7 (32:26):
Okay, I'll put the pressure on a sheet, the ass
with them one on one. So I need to talk
totally about that one.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Okay, Now we had you in Natalie and studio actually
just before the Southern Field Days last month. How did
the event go from your perspective, because certainly a lot
of people around and a lot of connections made.
Speaker 7 (32:43):
Yeah, well, we actually had a pretty positive feed feedback
a great field days were we hit. Most times we
catch up with our existing customers and talk to the
odd new one. But this time around things were really
positive and we picked up some quite a few new contacts.
I'm still talking to people about different things, dairy, chicken,
you name it. So no very good field.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Dation now when you're speaking to cockies at the moment,
I ask you this question always around this time of year, Darrel,
But I think it's fear to say that everybody's got
to be reasonably happy with the way the seasons progressed,
and the majority of the province, well.
Speaker 7 (33:15):
It's funny to say that. I mean, as part of
my prospective has been an awful growing season. Some guys
said they've grown a lot of grass. Another guy said
they've had an awful season, but most people have had
really good production, so that's at the end of the
day what really matters. And the payouts still reasonably strong,
so auction has been pretty good. Most guys have had
a really good production year, but hopefully very variable when
(33:39):
it comes to grass growth.
Speaker 1 (33:40):
Yes, certainly certain parts of the province are still struggling
for rainfall, which seems crazy, but the main.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
Other parts are just flush of tucker.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Like you say, Okay, from the perspective of a sheep farmer,
not far away from getting the boys out there, cecils
should be jogging around the panic getting ready. But yeah,
just something to give them a bit of a boost
for the girl was the head of the busy season.
Speaker 7 (34:02):
Yeah, well the way there works good money at the moment.
So we've had a lot more inquiry than I anticipated
for u nuts, which is for multiple bearing use. Just
give them a boost, a bit of selenium, bit of
iodine and so on for tapping, So they're proving really
popular at the moment.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Yeah, so numbers production wise, it's not an issue. If
people want to get shape.
Speaker 7 (34:23):
Nuts, I just ownsh At the moment, we're sort of
reasonably flushed with stock and we'll be making more over
the next few days. So they're really always good to
give us a call and put some aside if you're
thinking you might need some, so you.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
Flush stock ahead of the flash. That's all we need
to know. That's great terminology.
Speaker 7 (34:40):
Yeah, I have that sordered, no problem.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Now there's Mauritious order. Why Mauritius.
Speaker 7 (34:46):
Good question, and he'd done a bit of research around
the world and need but it really comes down to
the Chef's got a brother living in New Zealand and
so he looked through all the mills in New Zealand
online and we've got a product, velvet Bus, which is
pretty popular line for us for velvet production, and so
he's ordered initial order to He's got a trophy stag
(35:06):
farm in Mauritius and people come from all over the
world apparently to shoot trophy stags. So we've seen them
a kind of velvet nuts. Yeah, they have quite a
rigmarole and they want to know everything about us and
all the short quality feed safe data, so we've sent
them all that so they're pretty happy. It looks like
he'll end up buying quite a few more nuts from us.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
A let's be honest, we want to know more about
them than they want to know about us. I suppose
because seeding a product in Mauritia certainly is a good tale.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
Well, it's not a tailor's fact.
Speaker 7 (35:37):
I never anticipated that. But I'm trying to convince my
staff members that I need to pop over just to
follow this through. But I'm not sure when that will happen.
Speaker 3 (35:45):
Yeah, he used to go on that junket.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
Do you nominate one of the staff members to go
over there and put on a face for the company.
Speaker 7 (35:50):
No, I think it'll be me. Anyone going to Mauritius
around here will be me.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
Andy.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
Yeah, it's called the food chain only I know that
too well, Jamie. If you're listening, Dave Riddy all X
coach are yeah.
Speaker 7 (36:03):
Fan absolutely, Yes, I rate him. You only get a look.
But he's done with y Kenow. We walked in there
with a pretty average side and they won the competition
two years in a row, the Chiefs, I should say. No,
I rate him. I think he's a good guy, so
I'm looking forward to who he gets around him. I'm
sure to do positive yep.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Is there plenty of time in the set or you
won the back to back I think with the Chiefs
in twenty twelve and certainly the man for the job,
and I thank for Jamie Joseph.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
He needed Tony Brown and his ticket.
Speaker 7 (36:32):
I'd say, yeah, I think it'll still happen. I mean,
Jamie's still right up there. I rate him as well,
but you know, let's get behind Dave. I think he's
got all the skills and everyone you talk to rate
him as far as coaches that have worked with them
or players that have played under him. So I got
no problem with him being coach at all.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
I think it'd be great, Okay, Darryl sagean Dan stockfod's
the best way for people to get in touch.
Speaker 7 (36:57):
Just eight hundred Sergeant Dan, which is one hundred and seven.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
And of course you are the standout building on the
Gore CBD skyline.
Speaker 4 (37:06):
Absolutely, that's us good only Darrel always got to catch.
Speaker 7 (37:09):
Up Andy Chs.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
But my love Daryl.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Moyles the Sergeant Dan Stock food sponsor of the Farming
round up every Monday here on the muster. You can't
miss the building looking right at the Scottish thistle on
the side of the building as we speak. Always good
to catch up with the team. Harry McCallum out of
Tiano Young Farmers we catch up with has mccasa.
Speaker 7 (37:31):
Next thirty Old Town.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
Thirty Old Town, Welcome back to the muster, being Sir
Patrick Stale, I suppose the theme has to be Irish
music the late Snade O'Connor. Nothing compares to you from
Tiana Young. We're catching up for Islely Edgekin and Harry
(38:02):
McCallum stood me up either, Thanks for jumping in at
last minute.
Speaker 8 (38:05):
House not too bad andy, have it yourself.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
Can't complain.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
I mean, it's the middle of March and it's a
rather pleasant afternoon. It's not stinking hot, but it's not
cold either.
Speaker 8 (38:17):
It's almost typical spring weather.
Speaker 1 (38:18):
Actually, hey Tiana Young farmers Isla, how's everything been over
the past while?
Speaker 8 (38:24):
It's been really good. Actually we've had a few wild
turnip picking fundraisers, which I mean they've been a bit
of a drag, but it's always good to catch up
with everyone and get the job done and see the
money in the bank account.
Speaker 5 (38:37):
But yeah, and then.
Speaker 8 (38:39):
We've just kind of got underway with our Basin boot
bash planning which is going to be happening in Dune,
which is quite exciting for the Basin.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
So yeah, so what's it all about?
Speaker 8 (38:52):
So we've basically we've got a band from Queenstown coming through.
They actually played at the Glenorchy Races and they are
the Barn Doors from memory. And we've also got a
mechanical ball coming along which will be pretty awesome. And
I think, yeah, we've had a bit of engagement through
(39:13):
our posts and that and tickets go live in April,
so yeah, picked your eyes peeled on the Facebook page
and you'll see them come up.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
You guys, do it bes pretty well? Though you had
the what was it last year? You had the district
meeting or weekend at the start of twenty twenty five.
By all accounts, that was a massive weekend, so now
no doubt this will be the same.
Speaker 3 (39:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (39:34):
No, we thoroughly enjoyed the regional weekend last year.
Speaker 3 (39:38):
Yeah, you've got your sales on Country Calendar as well.
Speaker 8 (39:41):
Yeah, I know it's we're the best club in the
New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (39:45):
Well there you go.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
The Belfer might have a bit to say about that
and the likes, but nonetheless the challenge is led down
as the gauntlet has been laid in.
Speaker 3 (39:53):
Front of you as such, courtesy of tian Now.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
But there's been quite a bit going on lately in
the Young Farmer's scenes with you guys, have you been
out and about being proactive with other clubs.
Speaker 8 (40:04):
Probably not as much as we'd like, but yeah, we've
got tournaments and counting barkups next weekend, so we've got
a few crows heading along to those, which is going
to be good.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
When you say not catching with other clubs, is it
a geography thing or is it just that time of
the season.
Speaker 8 (40:23):
I don't know. I think it's like the summery whether
and people were just kind of happy camped up at
home instead of going out and mingling, or they've got
other things.
Speaker 4 (40:31):
On and stuff.
Speaker 8 (40:32):
So yeah, it's it's just one of those things. I think.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
I thought you young father types would be busting at
the gamals, get out of the base and go out
there and have a couple of beers.
Speaker 8 (40:42):
Yeah, I know it would be nice.
Speaker 1 (40:44):
As far as the club being in good heart every time.
Like so I speak to Harry when he answers his phone,
they're always saying about membership always going on the upwards trajectory.
Speaker 3 (40:53):
Is that still the case, eilor yep.
Speaker 8 (40:56):
No, everything's steady flying there and we're on the uprise
with membership drive this month, so people are keen for
that twenty dollars discount, which is awesome.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
So what's a twenty dollars discount?
Speaker 8 (41:09):
So that each year young Farmers do like a membership
drive and so they take a twenty dollars discount off
the original price which is one hundred dollars down to
eighty for members to either renew year membership or get
a membership.
Speaker 1 (41:26):
Have you guys got any trips planned or anything like that,
Like some of way Tiny went over to Ozzie, I
think they going to Stuart Island. Are you guys venturing
out anywhere?
Speaker 8 (41:35):
Well, he has been looking at doing a couple things
like a mystery advent trip and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (41:41):
But it's just.
Speaker 8 (41:41):
Trying to find dates that don't clash with either other
club's events or even winter sports. Like we've got a
few netball players and rugby players and whatnot in the club,
so trying to get as many along during winter sports
can be quite tough.
Speaker 7 (41:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
Absolutely, But you guys you've got a pretty strong care
group there. Your members travel a weaverit to go to
your meetings. What are the details around your meeting dates?
Speaker 8 (42:07):
So our meeting John Wednesday, the first Wednesday of the
month and at seven o'clock. And it's been a bit
pettle miss at the moment where it's going to be.
So just keep your eyes peeled on the Facebook page
or Instagram and yeah, you'll see the details come up.
Speaker 1 (42:24):
That's why I want to hear Eiler. Hey, thanks very
much for that, the self proclaimed of best club in
New Zealand. Hope everything's going well up there on the
base and always appreciate your time.
Speaker 8 (42:33):
No thanks, Andy, laugh out loud.
Speaker 7 (42:39):
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the beer effectory with you. The brewery, I suppose.
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(43:19):
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The Muster is brought to you by Peter's Genetics. Enjoy
this afternoon, see you tomorrow. Hey, Well all right there,
and stock selling action a cured at the Lousiville sale. Yes,
thanks for PGG you right. So we're catching it with
Sam Riley once again to give us a rundown on
these prices. Good afternoon, Sam.
Speaker 3 (43:40):
How did we go?
Speaker 4 (43:42):
Eddie?
Speaker 1 (43:42):
Hey?
Speaker 9 (43:42):
You get on today?
Speaker 5 (43:43):
Man?
Speaker 9 (43:44):
Pretty good?
Speaker 10 (43:44):
Today very of prime lambs and today Corfy store lambs
on and very large yarding of prime kettle mainly gearykepers,
which yeah, it a bit of a sticky market on
some of ow's, but we got there. We'll do the street.
Speaker 9 (43:59):
First, those prime lambs, so it took a little bit
of lift there from very heavy lambs, and today two
sixty to three fifteen on the heavy lambs, two thirty
three fifty on the mediums and one ninety to two
twenty on the light and stuff too is one hundred
and ten to one hundred and thirty on those and
the heavy used one ninety to two thirty, mediums one
(44:20):
forty to one eighty and the lighter and stuff at
one hundred and through one hundred and thirty dollars. Handful
of rams in today best of those of one hundred
and twenty to one hundred and eighty dollars in the
medium's eighty to ninety into the store lambs best of
those one seventy to one eighty five the meeting is
one fifty one sixty and the lighter in lambs at
(44:40):
one teen to one thirty dollars. Moving into the kettlewepe
uh prime pedal heavy seas at five hundred to five
hundred and sixty five kilos they were four dollars sixty gives.
At six hundred kgs they were four dollars forty. Dairy
(45:01):
heaps at four hundred plus kilos they were four dollars
four thirty. Dairy heavers at three fifty four and kg
three twenty to three sixty, and those light of dairy
heavers at three hundred to three hundred and fifty kilos
they were two dollars fifty two dollars eighty ten full
of thousands a day six hundred and five plows at
two dollars thirty and five hundred kla cows at two
(45:21):
dollars eighty. So yeah, bit of a sticky market with
all the fairy heapers that are a master today moving
into the store. Kettle just a handful of scent quality kettle.
And today charlet cross heaps at four hundred and fifty
six kilos two thousand and fifty dollars, freezing balls at
four hundred and eighty nine kilos twenty one hundred dollars,
(45:42):
some beef cross heapers at four hundred and seventeen kg's
eighteen fifty into the yelling stuff, and good heavy freezing
balls at one hundred and eighty four kilos eleven hundred
and thirty dollars. And here had crossed balls at one
hundred and seventy to two hundred kg's they were one
thousand to eleven hundred dollars. So any party stuff selles
stool selling well on the school market. Ripped her up, mate,
(46:03):
you now will they give.
Speaker 4 (46:05):
Me fitter pan? And they get a bitter pan, and
then the bitter banners who hongcore of the finale
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