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Andy Muir talks to Sean Molloy, Jenna McCabe, Clayton Peters, Nicol Horrell, Roger Laird and David Morrison.

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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Good afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hakanui. I'm
Andy Muoy here until two o'clock thanks to Peter's genetics.
Welcome along on an overcast afternoon that seems to be
on the horizon. Here as a lookout over main Street
here in Gtail we'll talk where the surely look. The
Zellwas team has been named the Grout, starting once again,

(00:33):
Taylor Lomex holland Viae Parker saves A, Titi Roy Guard,
Barrett Clark, Taylor Clark on left wing, Jordi Barrett, Proctor,
Leroy Carter, will Jordan sixteen's Takeyaho, then Williams Newell, Tuipolotu Lakai,
Rasama Topaya and McKenzie. So Scott Barrett not in the team.

(00:53):
Whether it's injury forced or not, I'm not too sure
on that. A bit surprising, but that's the AB's team
to take on the Wallabies at Eden Park this weekend.
As we continue on with the music, Coat Chisel Jimmy
Barnes in Moss and Coke.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
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Speaker 1 (01:14):
The proof is in the progeny Teffron dot co dot
MZ so this afternoon we're looking at light rain with
breezy west northwesters and the higher thirteen. Friday thunderstorms of
breezy westerlies three and nine. Saturday mostly cloudy with breezy
northeasters five and twelve. Sunday windy with afternoon showers breezy
to Bristol westerlies five and sixteen, and Monday shells of

(01:36):
breezy westerlies two and nine. I'll do Tuesday because it's
here windy with voshalls breezy to Bristol westers three and twelve.
So temperatures to hand Clinton nine point two, Northern South
and eight point eight, Riverton nine point nine, Tianna eight
point six, Winton, Winton and Woodlands both eight point three.
Sean mulloy starts us off. Here's our peak farming correspondent

(01:56):
based up in Sheffield and Kenterbury, followed up by Jenn
McKay out of beefrom their New Zealand talking TV workshops,
Clayton Peter's out of Peter's Genetics. We catch up with
Pups how things are going as he's on the lambing beat,
hopefully looking at tailing he was texting me earlier. In
the next week or so. Nicol Horror from Environment Southland's
on the program and Roger led talking motorsport, the Southland

(02:19):
motorsports scene. Roger gives us a bit of a rundown
on what it's like. And Dave Morrison for PGG writes
and these lamb prices still going hot. Right, let's find out, Teager.
We'll see what's going on then we'll start the hour.
Sure Malloyd. This is the mushroom til two o'clock thanks
of Peter's genetics. This interview brought to you by Agress

(02:46):
into South Branches in Launville, Gore, Cromwell, Milton and ranfully
dropped by your local Agress into South Branch today. Away
out to Sheffield this afternoon on the Muster to catch
up with their peak farming coral respondent Sean malloy. He's
faced at Sheffield, Sean, good afternoon. How's everything up in
Kennery Thesavo?

Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah good, thanks Andy, Yeah, sunshining and not a lot
of winds, so we're happy now.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
I believe up there has been the polar opposite weather
that what we've had down here in the Deep South.
You guys have been having headeous North Westers for weeks
on the end, temperatures going into twenty five plus degrees.

Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, it's been pretty warm, and yeah, a really strong wind.
So we're all getting a bit getting a bit sick
of it. And she's dried things out a week bit too,
So yeah, wondering what sort of season we're going to
get now.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Well, we spoke to you a couple of months ago.
What's the season been like since then, Sean.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, we started out pretty wet on the very start
of winter and we thought, oh, should here we go.

Speaker 4 (03:47):
It's going to be a wet winter.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
But that was sort of it really, and it's been
fairly dry. Really been a nice winter, so yeah, I
can't complain on that front. And carving it has been brilliant.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
As far as grasscovers and everything you reckon. You're getting
starting to get a little bit on the dry side.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, mate, Just things haven't kicked away, you know, I
think that. Yeah, that wind's been so hard out I
think people just it's just allway a bit tight to
feed at the moment. We haven't really kicked away but
the irrigation and that's back on now. But in these
big winds, you've got to be a bit brave to
face them out of the breeze and let them run.

(04:25):
Otherwise the money en up with them upside down. So yeah,
it's a bit of a double edged sword.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
So these winds have started earlier than previous seasons.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
No, it's pretty typical at this time of year. You
normally normally get a couple three weeks of heavy winds,
just that sort of spring spring equinox sort of stuff.

Speaker 1 (04:43):
Now, as far as the pork side of things there,
like we say, you've got a piggery up there, everything
seems to be ticking over pretty well.

Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah, yep, No, we're going pretty good. Thanks. Yeah, the
price has been flat right through the last twelve months,
so yeah, we're yeah, it's going pretty good. But trying
to get a few cost pictures in that now, so
I've just got to be a bit mindful of that.
But no, we're in pretty good heart.

Speaker 1 (05:07):
So on farm inflation starting to kick and again is
that what you're saying.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
Yeah, just bits and pieces a you are still that
inflation pressure of the year, I think, ay, So yeah,
it's not that much fun.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
As far as pricing for pork, we were to be
at the moment.

Speaker 3 (05:21):
For kilo, we're it depends what size you're selling them.
We sell bigger ones. We're sort of about five five
point thirty five aikilo, and if they're a bit smaller
than you might be up to five sixty five sevening.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
So just on a whole of the industry seems to
be in reasonable heart then all things considered, because you
are a smaller industry in New Zealand as well.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
Yeah, absolutely we are. But no, in general we're pretty good.
But you know, every time we've talked about this for
the last two or three years, we're still waiting on
a wealthier code, So you know, that's I guess that's
part of the reason what we're still in good heart.
We know, one, we haven't had any extra supply coming
in flooding the market or anything like that or putting
ourselves out of balance so to speak.

Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah, I was going to stare away from the day
week code sure on because we now spent a bone
of contention no pun intended there with the pork industry.
So we're no further ahead.

Speaker 3 (06:14):
No, we're still sitting waiting. So yeah, I don't know,
we just we've just got to head down, just keep
moving forward and keeping well things are a fairly well
in good heart, just spending money on keeping things maintained
how we are, and just making plans for what we
might need to do next. Really, so yeah, it's a

(06:35):
bit frustrating, but you just sort of just sort of
get on with what you can do, what you can
do with what you can But if.

Speaker 1 (06:41):
It's taken so long to get these recommendations to come through,
was it almost a case of it it could be
like this for the next eighteen twenty four months even.

Speaker 3 (06:51):
I don't think so from what we're hearing there there.
But it's really it's just some of the oddities in
the way that the X written that the Minister has
to make sure that there's not going to be a
legal challenge from either side if they don't quite get
it right or other each side's not happy with what

(07:13):
comes out in the code, so which is, you know,
we don't want to put something out and then be
tied up for ages in a legal dispute which would
go on for another eighteen to twenty four months while
they try and sort that out through the courts.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
But I don't think i've heard of anything that's ridiculous
as a pork industry trying to get confirmation from Naywik
regarding regulation for an industry. I mean, like you say,
this has been going on for so long, it's just
it's worse than taking the mickey.

Speaker 3 (07:41):
Yeah, but this is what happens when you put the
wrong people in the room to decide to a welfare
code and you're involved too many people that don't know
anything about what you do. I mean, it seems more
important to have people outside the industry so you're independent
who know nothing about it, and leavel the real stakeholders
that run the industry out in the cold, and you

(08:04):
get shit results. And I mean we're seeing that we're
not the only code. I think every code's had some
real issues this time around with the wrong people being
in the room.

Speaker 1 (08:14):
Would you say the poork industry is well supported in
the efficacy space?

Speaker 5 (08:18):
Yep, yep.

Speaker 3 (08:19):
I think so who would you have there.

Speaker 1 (08:20):
For example, sticking up for the industry.

Speaker 3 (08:23):
You mean in the government and stuff like that, But I'm.

Speaker 1 (08:25):
Thinking more just like, so you've got your beef and
lambsyr dairy and z's everybody else on the lowest level.
Who would you guys have there to work with.

Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yeh know, we're definitely involved in that. There's a few
Lincolns there with with the red meat industry, and I
can't think off the top of my head what the
groups are, but we're in the air and I think,
you know, as this process has gone along, you know,
got the other industries don't know a lot about the
pork industry, but I think they've found out a bit
more about what we do and realize that, you know,

(08:54):
we know what we're talking about, and we're facing some
of the issues that are now coming to the fourth
for beef and lamb and dairy that we've been facing
for us in the chicken industry for a couple of
decades now. So yeah, you're getting a bit more support,
but then you have that import export tension where they

(09:15):
might be in support of us, but they don't want
to say too much, so they've got to protect their
export industry. So it's a real difficult one. So you know,
everybody's going to look after their own camper, but.

Speaker 1 (09:27):
Without using a pun, it's a case of the chickens
coming home to hatch for the other sectors.

Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yeah, I don't like to think of it like that.
It's just we're getting so many people and well meaning
people that don't know anything involved in our industries and
it's just it's right through from environment to animal welfare.
It's just poor, poor decisions and sky is falling sort
of stuff happening.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
Pain They are as far as the pork industry that
Eric Croiz finished up as the chair for New Zealand Pork,
Paul Buttnell's taking over the reins there, so some quality
people you do have involved up at the top.

Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yeah, we've got some good continuity going there. Eric was
a really good man at the right time. He was
really well linked in for government. Was yeah, there's some
great service for our industry. So yeah, no, we're hopefully
at the moment we're in pretty good shape.

Speaker 1 (10:21):
You talk about continuity. You've got to put this one on.
You're the MPC Kennibury. You had this shield. You managed
to hold it for two weeks, Well done, stakes can
it for one week? Did it mean anything to you though,
being a rugby fan having the shield in the region
short or does it just get lost in translation in
an area that is that just has success so often
like Canbury.

Speaker 3 (10:41):
Yeah, mate, we're winning everything Oh, not really. I think
Super rugby's taken away from from the lockerwood. I think
it means more for the players that are involved, because
you know, they understand what it's about. But that used
to be the premier year. I guess trophy for us,
but now we're Super I guess it's a level up.

(11:02):
So it's not quite the same. I don't reckon it
doesn't have the same manner personally, I believe I could
be wrong.

Speaker 1 (11:08):
Are you attempted to be become a ticket a ticket
season holder at Tokaha the new stadium and it opens
next year?

Speaker 3 (11:16):
Oh yeah, fresh team today, it's going to be awesome.
I can't wait. Finally get a decent a decent stadium
and you know, concerts, the whole thing. That's really going
to give christ which in the whole region a real
good kick in the pants. It's going to be great.
I can't wait.

Speaker 1 (11:31):
Well, the add Engine Showgrounds there was supposed to be
a drop, a temporary measure. I think it's been there
since like twenty ten. So yeah, you guys certainly deserve
it because christ Church is certainly a city that's going
forward and leaps and bounds as is Kennedy. Seawan mlloy
always appreciate your time on the Muster.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
Go on, Andy, Thanks mate, Sean mlloy.

Speaker 1 (11:54):
Pig farming up there at Sheffield. This is the Muster
and the Beef and Lamb Slut. Next we catch with
Jenna mccabee where it's gone.

Speaker 2 (12:03):
Open the Muster Events Diary brought to you by Beef
and Lamb New Zealand Click beeflambendz dot com.

Speaker 1 (12:18):
Talking to us this afternoon in the Beef and lambslot
as Jenna McCabe. She is Southern regional partner for Osprey.
The song is You've got Nothing I want? TV is
nothing that anybody wants, and thankfully it seems as though
we are starting to get on top of tuberculosis, especially
down here in the South. Jenna, Welcome to the Muster
by Andy. Okay, we're talking about tuberculosis and just a

(12:41):
situation around it. Gen know, like I said before, we
seem to be getting on top of it down here
in south and what is the situation as such?

Speaker 6 (12:49):
Dutlin has currently reached the milestone this year and a
TV control work. We have one last area and with
in Southland which is now wrapped up and which means
it's now been approved for profer freedom as of June.

Speaker 1 (13:09):
So what is proof of freedom.

Speaker 6 (13:11):
The profer freedom is where we get to a point
where we've got the possum numbers down that TV cannot
survive in the wildlife, which means we've been successful in
that area to eradicate the disease.

Speaker 1 (13:25):
So how long does it take to get to that status?

Speaker 6 (13:28):
So that's the operational focus has been there for the
last four years. We've had we had some residual spirit
infection in that area, but our last infected fearit was
found in twenty twenty one, so that's giving us the
confidence to get better across the line for profect freedom.

Speaker 1 (13:50):
So the work's ongoing regarding eradication. Obviously you say we're
getting on top of it, but you can never get blas.

Speaker 6 (13:55):
I suppose you never can, particularly when it comes to
batling disease in the wildlife. And new focus is the
a Targo region where we've got to be hot spots
happening there, so that's where our resources need to go.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
So as far as toberculosis around the country, what is
the status overall?

Speaker 6 (14:18):
Currently we are sitting at sixteen infected herds across New Zealand,
with five being in a Targo.

Speaker 1 (14:28):
Is there any reason why Targo seems to have so
much of it at the moment.

Speaker 6 (14:32):
We've got an area that's been causing issues that particularly
in the high country Tactic area, and it's the possum
that we need to get on top of in these
that sort of region.

Speaker 1 (14:48):
So possum work as such, what's the situation there? I
take it it's just the trapping and the lights is
just going to continue poisoning programs in that yep.

Speaker 6 (14:57):
So what's ha thing now is we've currently got a
TV planned review. Now, this is an independent review by
asheerholders and funders. So there are public meetings currently commencings
throughout New Zealand in the region list the one for

(15:18):
a Towsow coming up on the eighth of October. So
what they're doing now is they're looking at the next
ten years and the work we want to be doing
to eradicate TV.

Speaker 1 (15:31):
So the eighth of October and OTOO saw beflamenz dot
com slash events for more details. General I'd say, yeah, yep.

Speaker 6 (15:40):
We've got a technical experts from Osbury, Jonathan Rudge and
Simon Andrew presenting, So yes, they'll they'll talk about the
timing for eradication, prioritizing, eliminating TV from possums, air funding
and improvements in the operational work such is that targeted testing,

(16:02):
and we're also looking at simple flight simplifying the herd
status classification system as well, which might be of interest
to our farmers out there. We'll also have some of
the regional updates around the success of our TV control
work in western Southland around that proof of freedom. We'll

(16:24):
also talk about the new Central Targo Movement Control area
because that will affect some selfland grazing movements as well,
and if they've got any burning questions around that, welcome
to come along and ask those. We'll also have opportunities
for people if they're been confused about the TB testing

(16:46):
with the transition from a short quality to Osbury and
then so welcome. Anyone's welcome to come and and talk
to talk to the experts here what we want, what
the future could look like. And it's really important because
they're farmers. You know, your dear views are the most

(17:11):
important to get of air programs.

Speaker 1 (17:14):
Yeah, that's for sure, Jenna Hey, thanks to your time,
one of the must of this afternoon. Appreciated it. Thank you.
Jenni mcab self and partner for Osprey and the Beef
and Lambslot. This is the Muster Thursday Afternoon. Next we're
away to Harriet catch up with Clayton Peters out of
Peter's Genetics. If I could have gone back in time

(17:48):
and seen any concert, I think it would have been
the early nineteen eighties and Cold Chisel singing at the
Star Hotel. This is the Muster, Imany Muller. Our next
guess is Clayton Peters out of Peter's Genetics. Based on Harriet,
we catch up with Pap Good afternoon, how SIGs.

Speaker 7 (18:03):
Yeah, good things, Andy, Good afternoon to you too. You know,
it's where we've actually had a pretty rough morning again,
but the sun's actually coming up shine now, so it's
not too bad.

Speaker 1 (18:13):
Just a little bit of frustration around the traps when
you're speaking to people about the way the weather seems
to turn about the middle of August.

Speaker 7 (18:21):
Oh listen, Yeah, I know we were talking about just
before any like, you know, it's pretty much the first
lamb arrived on the ground. The weather has just been
pretty average just back to a normal spring. Yeah, it's
just been yes, one of those just yeah, a bit
a bit of a headache. But where we're getting through there?

Speaker 1 (18:38):
How far through tailing? Let's try lambing? How far through
would you be?

Speaker 7 (18:41):
You reckon the bulk of the commercial? Whose are putting in?
The last one? I at three or four days ago,
and the studs obviously they started leaven a week later,
so that's sort of right in the middle of it now. Yeah,
all the early ones have finished. We shed them able
to start the week with them between the wind and stuff.
We finally got that job done and they were already
to be child. So hopefully next week we'll get a

(19:03):
bit of tailing done.

Speaker 1 (19:04):
Oh well, go and get the sunscreen. Be positive.

Speaker 7 (19:06):
Yeah, well I'd like to hope so, Indy, But looking
at the forecast next week doesn't look that great.

Speaker 1 (19:12):
So what's your feed like? Taking a bit of a check.

Speaker 7 (19:15):
It's fainty cheap, but not to be fair, we are
looking still pretty good. It's it's home all really good.
I'm actually yeah, I actually thought over this last week
it would have disappeared a lot more. But oh so
we still wish up with a fi sheieve around and
where we where we can, and obviously we've just shed
down all the all the early us and we're disputed
spree outs some hobbits this aufternoon, get ready the memory

(19:36):
you start leaving.

Speaker 1 (19:37):
So so your drop looks okay, Ah.

Speaker 7 (19:40):
Listen, it's it's gonna be okay, but like it won't
be as bear as last year, because obviously last spring
was just just terrible for everyone. But yeah, and we
got we got a bit of a cane there two
weeks ago and it real rough said day. It was
quite annoying. But yeah, we can't do much about.

Speaker 1 (19:56):
The weather as far as crops wont to crops net
all over and done with. Now, still got some kettle
be clearing up the towel end of stuff.

Speaker 7 (20:02):
Yeah, you also got some some bowls on cleed up
some sweeds which have lasted really well. And we'll still
got some dry hobbits and some steers and heapers or
another pedic well chow I went a few swedes. They
are going to give them their last break tomorrow. But
the hoggits have pretty much lost their tast so we're
pretty much just given them the top and the kettle're
gonna have to clean up the bulb, so which I

(20:24):
don't like lead them too much longer because obviously those
kettle I need to get get freeded up ready and
gone before the winter next year. So but I don't
like wasting crop either.

Speaker 1 (20:33):
So well, that's the thing. You want to try and
clean the panddic up before you work it up.

Speaker 7 (20:37):
I suppose that's right. Yeah, so we'll get most of
it cleaned up. But obviously then then then we'll be
needing ditch. You get the petic works so we can
get it put back into something else. So yeah, but anyway,
it's a good way to be still have crop leaf now,
Like things would be a bit tighter if we had
all those sheep on grass. But yeah, so at the moment.

Speaker 1 (20:56):
And so you supplement levels have stayed pretty good.

Speaker 7 (21:00):
Yep, yep, no, yeah, I'm pretty HEAVIYU. You know it's
we're looking good. The us are all really good.

Speaker 5 (21:04):
Nick.

Speaker 7 (21:05):
We've had we actually had a lot of problems with
cast sheeple this year, I think just for the user
and a lot bitter Nick. So we're sort of having
to go around every day at the moment just to
pick up cast and obviously the warrior sheeper are getting
cast a bit more, especially begin these rain and the
warm afternoons. They all just like scratching their backs. And
but we're we're getting to the end of it because
obviously most of them got their lambs out now, so yeah,

(21:27):
so it'll just be getting on to the next tailing.
And but we cut a tract to work and yeah,
just the usual stuff.

Speaker 1 (21:33):
So how intensive on the lambing beat are you or
pretty minimal?

Speaker 7 (21:36):
Pretty minimal now we just pretty much just pick up
any gests and to be fear of mother two lambs
on two singles, Yeah, pretty much. Yep, poor poor poor
yeary like you was bear weather moster lamb and she's
a good mom. So if when you have a spear lamb,
or just skin the lamb and hut the skin on
the good lamb and where you go.

Speaker 1 (21:56):
Yeah, and I suppose you have a thing is as
well that the lambs of worth really good money. We've
talked about there's quite a bit Claydon and that the
industry is looking really positive for the season their heads,
so you know, silver linings.

Speaker 7 (22:07):
Yeah, yeah, I think so, yeah, I just you know, yeah,
I just stays up like I said last time, you know, yeah,
but I hopefully, just we don't have two good years
and all of a sudden we're back under six dollars
fifty or whatever and a kilo. But I think it's
looking pretty good. I think it's just the Yeah, there's
just a shortage of it, and there's you know, there's
obviously the population of the world just keep speaking, getting

(22:28):
bigger and bigger, and everyone's going.

Speaker 1 (22:29):
To eat can't eat pine cones.

Speaker 7 (22:32):
That's ded right. Don't start beyond pine trees.

Speaker 1 (22:34):
Okay, I won't do that. I will start you on
your rugby team though. You guys are going pretty good.
You got the shield exercising the demons from nineteen ninety
four when you had the shield all but one. You
finally won the Renfrey Shield off Kennbury. We had a
taste of it for a couple of days a few
weeks back. Now, see that seems a long time ago
if you're a Stags fan, but being a Razorbacks fan
one of the most awkward nicknames for a rugby team ever.

(22:55):
But nonetheless, you guys, you're doing pretty well this year,
and lets be honest, you're more at targeting up one day.

Speaker 7 (23:01):
Well, I am, I had to be fair, but I was.
I was absolutely wrecked my self and one of this
year and I it would have been awesome to know
defended against from them, the defended against Kenbary, but Kennedy
a very good side. And obviously that game on Saturday
Otago just never gave up. Honestly, I was about to
head to back out do some work at half time
and I thought I'd better watched this, you know, and

(23:21):
I couldn't believe. It was absolutely outstanding game. Both teams
played Alice skins and with Tigers to score two tries
with the man on the on the on the bin.
It was unbelievable. Just yeah, just a character of them
was awesome.

Speaker 1 (23:35):
Well, Lucas Casey that side step to beat the fallback
was really and listened to a young Christian Keller.

Speaker 7 (23:40):
Oh yeah, I couldn't believe. I Like I said to
my wife, I said, he should never have been at
school that try. It was just yeah, it was unbelievable,
was awesome. But the whole team they just played. The
playing of the team. They got that sort of never
die attitude, which is great to see because you know,
in the past and the older Target teams would have
just given up, you know, because Kennedy are good. Once
they're on top like that, they normally run away with it.

Speaker 1 (24:03):
Yeah, well they didn't score for the last twenty five minutes.
But I'll just put a bit of a disclaimer on that.
I mean that would have been Clayton Peters back in
his playing prime, wouldn't it for Harriot?

Speaker 7 (24:11):
No, I don't know about that.

Speaker 1 (24:13):
You got to rate yourself that.

Speaker 7 (24:15):
I probably would have liked to thought that.

Speaker 1 (24:18):
How many tries? If you have scored over your career
because you played a thousand games, didn't you.

Speaker 7 (24:22):
Oh, I've played a lot of games. I hadn't score
it tries?

Speaker 5 (24:25):
Probably.

Speaker 7 (24:25):
I just like seeing the mummy and.

Speaker 1 (24:27):
He oh, well, we live't hope for the cricket season
coming up very shortly. Pup. Hey, we'll leave it there, mate.
Clayton Peter's out of Peter's Genetics naming sponsors on the
must always good to catch up at a silver lining
glass half fill. Yeah, the end of October, the end
of September isn't far away. He could start getting those
tailing gates out.

Speaker 7 (24:44):
Oh that's cool, thanks very much, Jenny.

Speaker 1 (24:48):
Clayton Peter's out of Peter's Genetics naming sponsors here on
the muster. Up next Environment South one's Nickel Horrell. Welcome
back to the muster. Now we're catching up with Knickel Horrible,

(25:09):
chairman of Environment South, which is of course sponsored by
Environment South. Then Nickel, good afternoon and welcome once again house.

Speaker 8 (25:15):
Things a pretty good, you know, the sun's coming out again,
so good to see we're all getting through carbon.

Speaker 5 (25:24):
And lambing and the end isn't cycloto of us, so
it's always good to get to that stage.

Speaker 1 (25:32):
So Nickel, talk to me about this winter gracing and
voicing claims and feeds have brought up recently.

Speaker 5 (25:39):
Is ay, look, we're incredibly disappointed, you know, the high
profile but members of our community basically saying that you know,
we're price guarding and everybody's getting charged that that's not
the case. The only people that have been in boys
people who have had we've there is no compliance. It's

(26:01):
not not the ten meter all. It's it's either one
of the rules, either slope or being left like a
three meter world A long time and I don't believe
ten meters escorts for fusion. My understanding is nobody has
received something for the ten meter all. That is all
education and people that have. My understanding is that they

(26:26):
have in non compliant the last couple of years, so
education education, but you know there are story of three
strikes and you're out. If that's true. I don't think
that's unfair. And sometimes people need a wee bit of
a jolt to actually improve their compliance. And obviously our
guys and we're happy to work with the industry people

(26:50):
need support for next season. I'm very happy to provide
it to make sure everybody's on the right track. That Look,
you know, we've got four thousand farmers out there that
the majority doing a fantastic job. We've come a long
way since we set up a group quite a few
years ago now, so all the players get the same
information and we're all giving the same advice. And the

(27:12):
worry about what's been going on in the last couple
of weeks, it's actually causing to thrust in our community
where we all want to work together for the right
to get the right outcomes.

Speaker 1 (27:23):
It looks as there's a little bit of confusion regarding
their compliance. Surprise that counsel brings what does that involve exactly?

Speaker 8 (27:33):
The should be based on cost and I guess with
federal departs, said over the years. If the costs should
fall where they lie, don't put up the rights and
all the right players, somebody's.

Speaker 5 (27:48):
Out and do the wrong thing. So that cross recovery
is it's across the country to that whether it's compliance
or consenting, the the bulk across that which would actually lie.
And I don't reason. We fear around and we've probably

(28:08):
got people who never haven't had a consent and that
suddenly got a bill and they are quite concerned about it.
And all was always open. If anybody who feels that
be done and fairly treaded, they can make an email
or rather than the south and we happy to listen.
And if there's something that we haven't seen, something we

(28:29):
don't know about, that would be taken into consideration.

Speaker 1 (28:33):
Now there's been questions raised regarding nitrogen reporting fees. What
can you say about these?

Speaker 5 (28:39):
Well, as most people should know, this is a national
direction that came in twenty twenty two where all dairy
farmers have to submit their their nitrogen whose fort a year.
So you know, basically we received eight hundred and seventy

(28:59):
three returns. Those I think sex that we're acceeding. But
it was education first, No, they actually taken twenty Blie
farmers were set nine supply fee of seventeen hundred and
forty three dollars inclusive after they'd had two direct reminders
of AA in three strikes, and you're out. Consequently, I

(29:21):
think that twelve we've provided their data and only eight
that actually haven't. But those who are now now WoT
of data that they can actually.

Speaker 4 (29:30):
Apply for a remittance.

Speaker 5 (29:31):
I won't get it all back, but you know, for
fairness and now got it there, we would only again
only charge was what at it a cost to get
the information that we're required to.

Speaker 1 (29:43):
Good on your NECO. Always appreciate your time on the master.

Speaker 5 (29:46):
I know all you have a good day, and look
we're trying. I think we're reaching out to Federated Farmers
both ways. I think we were going to meet with
Federated Farmers on next Friday with Robbing themselfs and other
councilors and some of their stuff. So look, we need
to actually sit down and find where our differences are

(30:08):
and hopefully we can come out the other side with
some clarity. If we're doing anything that is wrong, we'll
be happy to correct, but we want to get misinformation
that's out of the way and actually work together as
we have. Look, we've got no problem with Federate Farmers
or anybody else taking us on if they think we're
doing something that's wrong. But the wintergrade thing thing we've

(30:30):
worked together over the years and that has been really,
really affected. So we don't want to lose that relationship
we've had with a farming community and we are here
to help. And with some suggestion that people are scared
to come forward because they will be persecuted in the future,
that will never happen. Had to buy watch or any

(30:53):
other councilors, nobody in this building would do that. We're head,
we've got a regultary role. We've got to do it.
But at the end of the time, we're here to
support for the farmer community.

Speaker 4 (31:03):
As Stan, get on your neck.

Speaker 1 (31:06):
I'll appreciate your time as always.

Speaker 5 (31:09):
Thanks that.

Speaker 1 (31:13):
Nicole Horrald Cheer of Environment Southland. This is the muster.
Before we wrap up, change of text, we're talking motor
sport and studio Roger lead.

Speaker 5 (31:22):
More.

Speaker 1 (31:38):
This is the muster one Hak and he joined in
studio this afternoon by Roger lead Now. Roger is involved
with motorsport down here in the South let's be honest.
Motorsport isn't something you really think a hell of a
lot about unless you're involved in her, but less be
let's be honest about the situation. Liam Lawson, Shane ban
Gisberg and Sean mcgloch, that all these names putting sport

(32:00):
up and light. So I thought i'd get Roger to
come in this afternoon and just to give us a
bit of an understanding of what the scene is like
down here in the South joining us in studio. Roger,
thanks for coming in. It's great to catch up.

Speaker 9 (32:11):
Is a pleasure. Andy, good to be along.

Speaker 1 (32:13):
Now you're a bit of a legend and local motorsport
ranks by the sounds of it, So give us a
bit of a history of what you've actually done with
motorsport in Southward.

Speaker 9 (32:23):
Maybe an old fart, not a legend, but you've sort
of been involved with Eastern South and Car Club for
fifty odd years and competing and administration, running events and
bits and pieces, and you get a big kick out
of getting people involved and sharing poverty like I have.
So yeah, it's very addictive.

Speaker 1 (32:44):
But yeah, now the Eastern South and Car Club, what
is that encompass? Exactly?

Speaker 9 (32:50):
So we have members from nationwide really achieve even some
from overseas, and we run events mainly in eastern South
just come off very successful Bear Robertson Memorial Windham Rally
and about to kick off with an event and slope
down the eighteenth of October gravel Sprint there and then

(33:13):
into Ladies and News Autocross on the second of August,
which is the Order Cross. Is a great way to
get driving skills. They're basically skid in a paddock and
a controlled environment. But we've been really building that series
over the last few years and getting family groups along
and it's really awesome.

Speaker 1 (33:31):
Would you say it's a support that's gaining in popularity.

Speaker 9 (33:34):
It definitely is. I mean we're sort of around one
hundred and fifty members and that's been sort of annually
is come to that level and sort of grown to
that and sort of stayed around there now. So it's good.

Speaker 1 (33:47):
I just think off for tough of me here, people
like Brian Bonish, I can imagine him being involved with
something like what you guys are doing, Will I be correct?

Speaker 9 (33:56):
Brian's more into the hot, ridy side, but comes along
to a lot of events, fartas and things here's amazing
behind the camera when.

Speaker 1 (34:03):
You're saying absolutely Brian loves Brian, real good guy as well.
So as far as events, how many events would with
the car Club doing in a year for example.

Speaker 9 (34:12):
So we run sort of fifteen sixteen annually and they
vary from the club sport basic events right up to
the rally, which is our major event each year. Some
years we've run two rallies, but they're a huge event
to put together. And yeah, just really we've got a
lot of people coming on on the committee now that

(34:33):
are newer to the sport or newer to the administration,
which is really good.

Speaker 1 (34:37):
So you just seeing the health and safety in the
Orange Roco Brigade, what you guys have to do there?
Is it as bad as what I'd think it.

Speaker 9 (34:44):
Has its moments? The sport has some really good safety protocols,
safety planned templates and things that we use to run
events in a really good training regime for Clarks of course,
and you know, the people are involved in the actual
pointing end of the making the events happen, if you like.

Speaker 1 (35:03):
So when you're organizing a rally Roger, for example, how
long does the planning take?

Speaker 9 (35:09):
At least three months? And two of that would be
basically there's not a lot of work done in my
little workshop.

Speaker 1 (35:19):
So the motorsport fraternity in New Zealand is reasonably close knit.

Speaker 9 (35:24):
Yeah, totally, really good conradship right through the ranks. Ralling especially,
I think because it's you're not usually don't see your
follow compared to do during the stage because you're competing
against the clock. Where where's racing, You're battling wheel to
wheel if you like. But yeah, it's even pictures in

(35:45):
to make things happen and it's really awesome.

Speaker 1 (35:48):
Now. One individual I have a bit to do with
Brian Kelly. He's like one of the one of the
voices of New Zealand motorsport as such, he's been involved
with the industry for a very long time. He comes
down compares a targer really evy year as well, and
he just talks about the passion for being involved for
everything for cars and we're looking at an era now
where EV's and everything coming to the equation. But the

(36:10):
combustion mode is always going to have a place, isn't it.

Speaker 9 (36:12):
Oh totally, And I think that hydrogen this thing will
be good going forward, you know, so that that'll be
interesting and Av's obviously have their place. That's it's going
to be an interesting next couple of decades.

Speaker 1 (36:24):
I'm sure there'll be EV events for sure.

Speaker 9 (36:27):
Indeed. Yeah, well there is now a single seater championship
for them. They sound a bit like a scleter except
probably but anyway, that's by the buy. And Brian's a
good barge too, isn't he.

Speaker 1 (36:38):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely good on your VK. Now you're talking
about Cala McDonald before Warren Ross, one of my regular correspondents,
talks about getting involved in the rallying scene, being involved
with the team behind a car. What's it like how
many man eras a woman als are going to preparing
a car for an event.

Speaker 9 (36:56):
I guess it depends car to car a little bit.
Calybs having an awesome run with his ZO six this
year and tomorrow rally. Earlier on in the year, we
serviced with him and my son Kevin's car as well,
sort of as a team altogether. It was good. It
was a bit like servicing twenty years ago when I
used to be more on spanners than behind a computer.

(37:17):
But yeah, they're really good fun guys, and yeah, we
had a couple of quite ales at the end, just
to d stress as you would with that team.

Speaker 1 (37:24):
So absolutely, I mean it's half the fun of it
tho way, it's all about connecting. And I suppose the
other thing is for people getting involved with realyng or
motorsports for the first time, what's some words of advice.

Speaker 9 (37:36):
I think, get out there, join a club, do some
wat crosses that you can do in a basic road
car and or a cheap car that can't get a
warrant or something anymore, and just just enjoy it and
find the level of sport you want to compete at,
because it can be expensive or it can be you know,
you can get a lot of enjoyment out of those

(37:57):
club sport basic events too, and you don't need a
really expensive car, you know, something sub five hundred bucks
and you can win them easily.

Speaker 1 (38:04):
Five hundred bucks. Jeeve what they used to do between
christ Church and Duneda and the UNI, rarely five hundred
dollars are under for account indeed, indeed for that's so
luge subject. Yeah, now events coming up with you guys,
what have you got? What's happening?

Speaker 9 (38:18):
Yeah, So eighteenth of October the Cardistrying Automotive slope down
Hell Climb which is just just in behind Windham, so
we are really grateful to rain here to let us
into the forestry there. And then the start of Auto
Cross series just out past Warren's place actually or actually

(38:40):
before going from the Senate at in and Shona Forbes's
Ladies and Youth Grass Auto Cross which is a joint
venture Eastern southn Car Club Motorsport in New Zealand. Come
and have a go, no entry fee. We have some
cars there you can use if your road car isn't
quite suitable and also we have you know, some of

(39:00):
our local stars there to help with driver training and
the great fun days.

Speaker 1 (39:06):
Yeah, we'll find of show this driver training what's available
for people.

Speaker 9 (39:10):
Well, we try and encourage people as much as we
can to at these sort of events so that you
know it's a dip in the water if you like
a foot on the water. A toe on the water
should say, just to you know, see what it's all about.
Get to meet people and you know they get well
hooked from there.

Speaker 1 (39:30):
Hey, good on you, Roger, thanks for coming in studio
this after we'll catch up in due course as well.
I find it really interesting things like motor sport which
you know about, but you don't really know a lot
about as well. So just giving profile to a few
of these things that are coming up, Coot more than
happy to do it. It'll appreciate your time this afternoon
on the muster as well.

Speaker 9 (39:49):
Most welcome. Thanks, Andy, appreciate the support.

Speaker 4 (39:54):
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at the Chelton Sayal this morning. Dave Morrison's on the
line and give us a rundown on prices tea. You're
good afternoon. Now. Wyndham's Sporting Royalty had lambs in there
this morning, Harvey Norman? How did the lambs go? What
was the vibe at the sale?

Speaker 4 (41:03):
Harvey Normany? Isn't he a classic?

Speaker 6 (41:05):
Look?

Speaker 4 (41:05):
As lambs are probably the smaller slams here today. I
didn't say him last night when I left him that
I'd worked hands got them. And then he's he had
a good sale. I think the smallest slams here today.

Speaker 3 (41:17):
They were prime.

Speaker 4 (41:19):
But when he says they so he'll be pretty heavy with.

Speaker 1 (41:22):
There near Harvey shout next week? How do we go
across the board?

Speaker 5 (41:26):
Oh?

Speaker 4 (41:26):
Look pretty good? Look things that really jumped up in
the last week for so ten days just out of
the best blames, the best, the big big villames three
twenty to three. That's very big lams, good good million prim.

Speaker 5 (41:38):
Names sort of.

Speaker 4 (41:42):
Pretty much pretty much on path sort of over ten
much of KI and the medium lambs mini prime names
sort of one eighty five one ninety dollars, and the
US he used jump dramatically today they may have been
up fifty to sixty dollars. They mustn't. Wasn't a big
yelling all the same, but the best of the US
for two thirty to two forty millions those years who

(42:07):
were only making having texted seving any fortnight ago million
news one thirty one thirty five, one forty with the
local distant news. Still it's still just around that sort
of ninety five hundred dollars for la dicent years, but
a very good demand for from the butchers for anything
that would kill pretty well into the stall of ams
just scatting stall lambs come to three Indian but the

(42:29):
smallest the names sort of one ten, one fifteen dollars
through to one one twenty five, one forty four. The
year heads slightly above that. But yeah, all in all,
ye're selling very very well

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