March 25, 2026 • 8 mins
Geordie Eade says voter turnout has to improve after recent Beef and Lamb Director elections.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
Jordy yd farms at the River Era of the South,
which is beautiful Riverton and joins us this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good afternoon, Jordy. How's everything at the River Era?
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Yeah, heyn Andy, No, it is actually the River of
the South. I was working right down on the eas
Street yesterday and it was a picture and I'll imagine
it is again this morning. But yeah, no, we take
it really the summer's coming in autumn. But yeah, no,
it's really good.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So it feels like a late summer.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Yeah, yeah, maybe the mornings are willing at Colvert's definitely
come through four o'clock in the afternoon twenty twenty four degrees.
They'll take that.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
So how are you fake covers looking? You're not drawing
out at all.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
No, we're generally pretty good. We shot up to a
piano sorry on Tuesday to do some more and eve
on the house up there, and it's starting to look
dried out. But now you come back down here and
it's still to green. Still really green and cover. But
you know, i'd say a shower rain wouldn't go a stray.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Certain parts of northern South into looking that way. It's
not just certain areas either. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Well, some of those guys on air tour last week,
you know, they're really singing out for around They have
been for a couple of months of why Mere Velly
and Winding Side. But you know those areas are you know,
I suppose that you've got to take the good of
the bed because that's just really what happens here and
more of the time they've been getting reasonable seasons over
there of late, though, So.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
How would you describe the season in a nutshell?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Obviously it's been a really good for area on the coast.
It's been a brilliant rye grass growing season, you know,
and not necessarily for clover. But the lambs are still done.
The lambs are still grown really well. But in terms
of the dairy farm, the grass has just grown and
we're still not even feeding out solid yet. So it
was you know, to be nearly the end of March
and not feeding silid that year. It's one of those
(01:55):
seasons really.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
As far as a fuel situation, are you having to
do anything to try negate that.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Oh not really, I've got the mobile one part to you.
We'll we're needing fulled up. But you know we're probably
lucky as ninety percent of ninety five percent of the
attractor's work has finished and done for the season, so
you know that's probably the outside. Yeah, we might go
cold in the house though, because it's central heating. If
we can't get diesel. We don't know what plan.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
I know.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
He Pampaloni goes so far in Southland.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, yeah, we're all central heaters, heaters, central heating. So
here we'll have to see.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Time will tell and that one, Jordy.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Now, the Beef and Lamb voted turnout, of course, Matt McCrae.
It was announced late last week, earlier on last week
that he was going on to the board of directors
for Beef and Lamb. But the voted turnout that this
is just something that needs addressed across the board.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Oh totally. I mean this this I've been on the
council coming up four years now and it just dumbfounds
me that the lack of interest she can be farmers
to one of ten field days and everything, you know,
and to have a fifteen point nine five percent turnout
on a voter for a director. That's just dumbfounds me.
You know, it's pathetic really, and you know it was
sort of quote as though it's a line of industry,
(03:09):
you know what you expect, But come on, you know
these industries here, you know, fifteen nine five percent if anything.
You know, we've got a referendum coming up next year.
We're only going to get that sort of vote for that.
What does that sort of tell you? So you know,
she can be Farmers need to get into gear. I
mean that Levy voters made up of dairy farmers as well,
so watch some of them. Probably you know there's probably
(03:29):
a big abortion of that, not really too wide who
the director is, but you know he even put that aside.
We just need to get into it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Do you know many people who decided not to vote
and they give you their reasoning for it.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
No, I don't know anybody hasn't voted, but I mean
I probably you know, you just haven't asked, and moment,
you know, maybe we should be asking amongst farmers. You know,
we've got these farm plans of the years to trying
to jam on this. What she can beef farmer going,
Are they then going to look at beef and lamb?
Or hang on a minute, you didn't vote for him
for the last fifteen twenty years, so how can they
put their flag up and help you.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
It sounds like voter fatigue across the board, I mean
general elections and no better Heaven help us. The local
body elections last year were very where at numbers weren't
flash and I just don't know what you do to
engage people, though you'd like to think farming is a
different outlook or a different way of people looking at
the situation.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Yeah, I know, but the house, you know, the first
thing you go and talk to somebody about is you
moan about something? Well, how can you moan about something
if you actually have anything about any influence on it.
So yeah, you know, I'm one of those opinions too.
If you vote the political side of things, if you
don't vote, you can't comment.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
If you want to.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Glat, go and vote deep right, Yeah, and one hundred
percent agree on that too, because there's so much at
stake for people not to be involved, given geopolitical situations,
given levies a paid to beef and lamb, people just
need to be on the same page regarding the ballots
being sorted or is this a case of do you
think I don't know? It's all online voting though, wasn't it.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yeah, there's a line voting. But I mean if the
beef and lamb you do get a letter in the
mail to to vote online, I mean that's a that's
a pretty bad excuse now. You know, even not even
my eighty four year old fathers on board to be
able to vote online. So you know, that's a pretty
poor excuse if you can't say you can't vote the
mail now, you know, for a start, the mail when
he comes to three days a week. So it's not
(05:20):
really very reliable. With Anthony, it is probably a lot
more reliable.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Perhaps it's frustrations with the industry.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Oh yeah, it is, it is. And I mean at
the end of the day too, you know that the
dairy ins just had their vote whether that continue, and
you know, I was surprised it was only sixty six
percent voted to continue. You know, like, what the hell
are they're industry going to do if they don't have
a body like dairy en Z. So that surprised me
really because sixty six percent is not really unanimous. And
I mean, you know, if those bodies are not there,
(05:47):
perhaps we know you might have seen it with the wall.
Levy one was before my time, but you know we've
probably perhaps might have seen it off the wall because people,
you know, just get frustrated of not no research or
anything being done. And I suppose you know, I don't
know whether you can say that for the dear indeedn
beef and lamb though.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Now your road trip home last week from the hog
at one fifty grape of course speaks and labored line
there as well. Pretty good yard last week with the
crew as you headed south from Dunedin. But for you
the highlight of the week, what did you really what
was a big take for you? Oh?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Probably just the guys that are doing bull beef, you know,
and it's certainly suiting the likes of the James Eggers
in there. You know, they don't have to dick the
pastures quite the same and it's tying in too, probably
growing good lambs as well.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
It's certainly something I grew up with for my early years.
My father done bull beef and you know it's great
to see it back in the system again, you know
he you know, those those bullskined wrecks and stuff. But
if you can limit that, and you know, we've got
pretty good musics now off how to farm them. But
that was pretty pretty good. And you know, even the
Smiths and rent fairly off the Walkshires. You know, they've
(06:48):
only changed the workshires in twenty twenty one and they've
already seventy percent of their sheep of shedding. So you know,
it just just little things like that, you know, it
just opens a good eyes or something bit different.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
You'll tell the truth to Bevy hot cry really get
not get into the casino because of his gendles.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
No, no, no, no, it's one on the veterans of
the tours. We sort of loot here matriarch. Really, we
follow around, you know, we follow what he does too good.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Hey, just finally, as well as far as tourism numbers
in Riverton, the times that I do go there, and
I'll be honest, it's not often, but especially in the
weekend and if the weather's right, those beaches aren't pumping word.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Yeah oh they are. Yeah, No, it's certainly it's probably
been a reasonable summer for ryfdon you know they haven't
had that sale. We scrap come through continually and I mean,
you know that's probably been pretty good for tourist numbers.
And you know on that some scenior group to any
time of the year, there's sort of pretty much somebody
flowing through there. Now. You know, I can walk into
the supermarket not know anybody in there and it's you
like all so yeah, no, it seemed to be just
taken away.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
It's called the River of the South for a reason.
Jordy Reed, Good on your mate, Always appreciated time.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Yep, no problem any.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Jordy Reed based at Riverton, the River Year of the South.
Good to catch up with Jordy as we do here.
Up next we're heading Toway, Mumoo, Warren Ross. The Oyster
Festival is going to be happening in Bluff. But are
they going to be oysters available?
This interview is brought to you by agri Center South
branches in Lawnville, Gore, Cromwell, Milton, and Ranfurly. Drop by
your local agri Center South branch today.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Jordy yd farms at the River Era of the South,
which is beautiful Riverton and joins us this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good afternoon, Jordy. How's everything at the River Era?
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Yeah, heyn Andy, No, it is actually the River of
the South. I was working right down on the eas
Street yesterday and it was a picture and I'll imagine
it is again this morning. But yeah, no, we take
it really the summer's coming in autumn. But yeah, no,
it's really good.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So it feels like a late summer.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Yeah, yeah, maybe the mornings are willing at Colvert's definitely
come through four o'clock in the afternoon twenty twenty four degrees.
They'll take that.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
So how are you fake covers looking? You're not drawing
out at all.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
No, we're generally pretty good. We shot up to a
piano sorry on Tuesday to do some more and eve
on the house up there, and it's starting to look
dried out. But now you come back down here and
it's still to green. Still really green and cover. But
you know, i'd say a shower rain wouldn't go a stray.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Certain parts of northern South into looking that way. It's
not just certain areas either. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Well, some of those guys on air tour last week,
you know, they're really singing out for around They have
been for a couple of months of why Mere Velly
and Winding Side. But you know those areas are you know,
I suppose that you've got to take the good of
the bed because that's just really what happens here and
more of the time they've been getting reasonable seasons over
there of late, though, So.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
How would you describe the season in a nutshell?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Obviously it's been a really good for area on the coast.
It's been a brilliant rye grass growing season, you know,
and not necessarily for clover. But the lambs are still done.
The lambs are still grown really well. But in terms
of the dairy farm, the grass has just grown and
we're still not even feeding out solid yet. So it
was you know, to be nearly the end of March
and not feeding silid that year. It's one of those
(01:55):
seasons really.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
As far as a fuel situation, are you having to
do anything to try negate that.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Oh not really, I've got the mobile one part to you.
We'll we're needing fulled up. But you know we're probably
lucky as ninety percent of ninety five percent of the
attractor's work has finished and done for the season, so
you know that's probably the outside. Yeah, we might go
cold in the house though, because it's central heating. If
we can't get diesel. We don't know what plan.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
I know.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
He Pampaloni goes so far in Southland.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, yeah, we're all central heaters, heaters, central heating. So
here we'll have to see.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Time will tell and that one, Jordy.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Now, the Beef and Lamb voted turnout, of course, Matt McCrae.
It was announced late last week, earlier on last week
that he was going on to the board of directors
for Beef and Lamb. But the voted turnout that this
is just something that needs addressed across the board.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Oh totally. I mean this this I've been on the
council coming up four years now and it just dumbfounds
me that the lack of interest she can be farmers
to one of ten field days and everything, you know,
and to have a fifteen point nine five percent turnout
on a voter for a director. That's just dumbfounds me.
You know, it's pathetic really, and you know it was
sort of quote as though it's a line of industry,
(03:09):
you know what you expect, But come on, you know
these industries here, you know, fifteen nine five percent if anything.
You know, we've got a referendum coming up next year.
We're only going to get that sort of vote for that.
What does that sort of tell you? So you know,
she can be Farmers need to get into gear. I
mean that Levy voters made up of dairy farmers as well,
so watch some of them. Probably you know there's probably
(03:29):
a big abortion of that, not really too wide who
the director is, but you know he even put that aside.
We just need to get into it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Do you know many people who decided not to vote
and they give you their reasoning for it.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
No, I don't know anybody hasn't voted, but I mean
I probably you know, you just haven't asked, and moment,
you know, maybe we should be asking amongst farmers. You know,
we've got these farm plans of the years to trying
to jam on this. What she can beef farmer going,
Are they then going to look at beef and lamb?
Or hang on a minute, you didn't vote for him
for the last fifteen twenty years, so how can they
put their flag up and help you.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
It sounds like voter fatigue across the board, I mean
general elections and no better Heaven help us. The local
body elections last year were very where at numbers weren't
flash and I just don't know what you do to
engage people, though you'd like to think farming is a
different outlook or a different way of people looking at
the situation.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Yeah, I know, but the house, you know, the first
thing you go and talk to somebody about is you
moan about something? Well, how can you moan about something
if you actually have anything about any influence on it.
So yeah, you know, I'm one of those opinions too.
If you vote the political side of things, if you
don't vote, you can't comment.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
If you want to.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Glat, go and vote deep right, Yeah, and one hundred
percent agree on that too, because there's so much at
stake for people not to be involved, given geopolitical situations,
given levies a paid to beef and lamb, people just
need to be on the same page regarding the ballots
being sorted or is this a case of do you
think I don't know? It's all online voting though, wasn't it.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yeah, there's a line voting. But I mean if the
beef and lamb you do get a letter in the
mail to to vote online, I mean that's a that's
a pretty bad excuse now. You know, even not even
my eighty four year old fathers on board to be
able to vote online. So you know, that's a pretty
poor excuse if you can't say you can't vote the
mail now, you know, for a start, the mail when
he comes to three days a week. So it's not
(05:20):
really very reliable. With Anthony, it is probably a lot
more reliable.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Perhaps it's frustrations with the industry.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Oh yeah, it is, it is. And I mean at
the end of the day too, you know that the
dairy ins just had their vote whether that continue, and
you know, I was surprised it was only sixty six
percent voted to continue. You know, like, what the hell
are they're industry going to do if they don't have
a body like dairy en Z. So that surprised me
really because sixty six percent is not really unanimous. And
I mean, you know, if those bodies are not there,
(05:47):
perhaps we know you might have seen it with the wall.
Levy one was before my time, but you know we've
probably perhaps might have seen it off the wall because people,
you know, just get frustrated of not no research or
anything being done. And I suppose you know, I don't
know whether you can say that for the dear indeedn
beef and lamb though.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Now your road trip home last week from the hog
at one fifty grape of course speaks and labored line
there as well. Pretty good yard last week with the
crew as you headed south from Dunedin. But for you
the highlight of the week, what did you really what
was a big take for you? Oh?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Probably just the guys that are doing bull beef, you know,
and it's certainly suiting the likes of the James Eggers
in there. You know, they don't have to dick the
pastures quite the same and it's tying in too, probably
growing good lambs as well.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
It's certainly something I grew up with for my early years.
My father done bull beef and you know it's great
to see it back in the system again, you know
he you know, those those bullskined wrecks and stuff. But
if you can limit that, and you know, we've got
pretty good musics now off how to farm them. But
that was pretty pretty good. And you know, even the
Smiths and rent fairly off the Walkshires. You know, they've
(06:48):
only changed the workshires in twenty twenty one and they've
already seventy percent of their sheep of shedding. So you know,
it just just little things like that, you know, it
just opens a good eyes or something bit different.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
You'll tell the truth to Bevy hot cry really get
not get into the casino because of his gendles.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
No, no, no, no, it's one on the veterans of
the tours. We sort of loot here matriarch. Really, we
follow around, you know, we follow what he does too good.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Hey, just finally, as well as far as tourism numbers
in Riverton, the times that I do go there, and
I'll be honest, it's not often, but especially in the
weekend and if the weather's right, those beaches aren't pumping word.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Yeah oh they are. Yeah, No, it's certainly it's probably
been a reasonable summer for ryfdon you know they haven't
had that sale. We scrap come through continually and I mean,
you know that's probably been pretty good for tourist numbers.
And you know on that some scenior group to any
time of the year, there's sort of pretty much somebody
flowing through there. Now. You know, I can walk into
the supermarket not know anybody in there and it's you
like all so yeah, no, it seemed to be just
taken away.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
It's called the River of the South for a reason.
Jordy Reed, Good on your mate, Always appreciated time.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Yep, no problem any.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Jordy Reed based at Riverton, the River Year of the South.
Good to catch up with Jordy as we do here.
Up next we're heading Toway, Mumoo, Warren Ross. The Oyster
Festival is going to be happening in Bluff. But are
they going to be oysters available?
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