August 25, 2025 • 8 mins
Disaster reckons a farming tour to the Chatham Islands is something that needs to happen!
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
This is the muster the logical song for a logical
man whose name is Grunt Disaster for master and joins
us weekly at a close friend station thanks to Abi
Rural Gide.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Grant, Good Andy, good everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
How's life in the basin?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Life? The life in the basin is very good. Since
we spoke last week, the snow disappeared and it has
frozen that we've had really severe frost every night, but
beautiful days. So got the us shorn on Thursday Friday,
got the scanning done on Saturday, and so feeding the
bailey and the baillage, and they're obviously not wasting a
(00:44):
bit of anything, so it doesn't it's not it. You
don't get a better system than this when the weather's
right for our circumstances anyway.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
So it hasn't been wet. It's just been the frosty season.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah yeah, and you know, water water freezing and froze
again for a couple of nights. So he had really
really really heavy frost but good day. So not much
grass growth, but at this stage it's probably part of
the course. But you know the utilization of the off
the feed is it's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So you managed to get the scanning and the sharing
all done.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, we got that done. So we yeah, put the
mustard off for one day. You got that. We we
mustered up that. That last day I was speaking to you,
a bit of snow. But yeah, the next night, the
next day the sheep were in and yeah, got dry
sheep Thursday and Friday, and then we scanned on Saturday.
So that was ten percent scanning, ten percent back on
(01:44):
last year. Andy, So that's I wasn't too disappointed in that,
considering the you know I was, I was a little
bit well apprehensive, just wondering how it would have been
with the with the dry the dry spell we had
and you know, it was very dry summer autumn, and
(02:04):
the not a lot of feet to come and go
on those youths aroout those stop blocks for a bit
longer than I would have liked. But the yeah, tempsen back.
We live with that, and they're all in quite good condition.
So same number of drives as last year, about forty
eight frives and but just not quite so many many twins.
But we need to get a bit of growth anyway,
(02:28):
So it might be it could be a hell one
that blows no God, but please with the way the
US have come out out of the wall and yeah,
some on the backs it's all.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Go, hey, disaster. You want to talk about Chaam Islands today? Now,
this is a really fascinating place for a lot of people,
especially in a farming sense. I used to go to
school at Saint Kevin's. We had the Gregory Hunts used
to attend. They were based at the Pitt Islands. But
over there, it's like a totally different world to anything
we know. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, actually the Gregory Huntss aren't I read, ninth generation there,
so they've been there a long time. And you know,
I've spoken about the Chatnam Islands on this great show
before and I'm a little bit I wouldn't obsessed with it,
but I find it really interesting in any any articles
I I you know, I enjoy reading. And I said
to you off here, we're just going to put it
(03:17):
out there now, you and I are going to take
a team over there for a farm discussion. And what
are we.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Calling it, any armored tour?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, the farm tour. Yeah you can sort that, but
out we're going to take everyone over the well, people
better put their names down because we're in the organize
the muster tour over there.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah, here, I'm up for that. Let's get the wheel
in motion. Let's go over to the Channem Islands for
a couple of days. What can go wrong?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Well, no, we might have to get the draft and
goate out and to see who we've got going through it.
There could be a hell of a tour, but something
something worth thinking. You think about. It's it's quite a
long way to go, and it's it's not that cheap,
but I think it'll be a great experience and just
think of the knowledge we could share.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
So what's your infatuation with the Chathams.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I don't know really, it's just just as a kid
was sort of fascinated by it. The fact that you know,
it's isolated, the shipping side that's always intrigued me, and
just the remoteness and the sort of that pioneering spirit.
But yees, so that the and I got thinking about
it because this article I read that the guy said
(04:26):
that the it's the Chatham Islands is the best place
to farm, but the worst place to sell as and produce.
And so I read the article and there's a few
parallel points that that sort of working with us. But
you know the basically on the on the the Chathams
that the handbreakers, the one ship they have keeps breaking down,
(04:50):
and you know, the the Zelling government putting into trying
to get another ship going, and and it's just it's
just a real it's a real problem, I guess. But
they be quite involved with Federated farmers. But in this article,
I've set up a Tantham Island Farmers Association as a
catchment group to try and drive farming. They're farming industry
(05:11):
forwards and work with NTI and they're wanting more unity
and transparency for all the farmers for the livestock quota
system and which is obviously quite a contentious issue, which
is probably typical of war farmers that you know, you
think on a smaller place that everybody would be on
the on board with things, but just reading between the lines,
(05:35):
that may not be the case. But they so the
interesting thing is they said that this one guy's he
runs four five hundred years and four hundred cattle on
four eight hundred hectares and he has had ninety two
cattle box for the boat to be come to be
(05:56):
sold for nine months. And I thought, see, you know,
like you know a few years ago, and was hard
for us to get cold kels away after after winning,
you know, and hearning water. Excuse me, you know that
was bad enough waiting four weeks, five weeks, and in fact,
for a couple of those years we just sold talking
(06:17):
of less price and sold on the place. So you know,
they don't have that, there's that luxury, and because we're sharing.
The article goes on to say that most of them
just keeped. Well. This sky in particular, he just sent
police over, no valleys, no pieces, and didn't be no DAGs.
And it cost one hundred and twenty dollars a fail
(06:38):
of walls shipped from the channels to the mainland. And
I mean it cost us about twenty one dollars. I
think we think that's that. Yeah, And so in this
article the sky said he shipped he flew rambs to
the market. So that's sort of a but I think
(07:00):
that's a bit of a one off. But you know,
this other guy said that he's be able to send
you know, the boat would come on a regular basis.
They would get lambs on it and they would they
would be across the water for a few days and
then they'd eighteen killing out of eighteen kgs carpetweight. So
you know that that was pretty good. But now with
(07:22):
the way the shippings and all that marking around, they
just send everything in stores and then probably can't get
rid of you know, when they'd like to. So you know,
I said, we were just talking the other day of
the shed. We don't have many DAGs obviously with six
months hearing, And I said to the roads, I said, well,
I was be going in the cathole or had some trees.
You you're not going to sift them? And I know
(07:42):
it was thirty cents a k DAGs that you know,
that concept money to send them away. So then I
read this tarticle. I thought, you know, we're not We've
got too much to worry about, really, right, we.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Better get this too off the ground. I suppose Ivy
Rare will be to be in this somewhere as well
as a subsponsor, wouldn't you say, Oh, I.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Definitely be keen to that. And you know we could
take some product over there, help them sell in the
book because he's not very much. And yeah, I think
one of the people, you know, knocking at the door to.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Get on the boat with us I think so. Hey,
get on your grant. We'll leave it there for great
thoughts as always.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Okay, cheers, Andy.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Grab MCMASSA great plan on that road trip to Chad.
The Milin's a lot of road trip, let's be honest.
It might take you we while, of course brought to
your way Abby Rural. Dave Burgess from a Biban South
and is up next
This is the muster the logical song for a logical
man whose name is Grunt Disaster for master and joins
us weekly at a close friend station thanks to Abi
Rural Gide.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Grant, Good Andy, good everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
How's life in the basin?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Life? The life in the basin is very good. Since
we spoke last week, the snow disappeared and it has
frozen that we've had really severe frost every night, but
beautiful days. So got the us shorn on Thursday Friday,
got the scanning done on Saturday, and so feeding the
bailey and the baillage, and they're obviously not wasting a
(00:44):
bit of anything, so it doesn't it's not it. You
don't get a better system than this when the weather's
right for our circumstances anyway.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
So it hasn't been wet. It's just been the frosty season.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah yeah, and you know, water water freezing and froze
again for a couple of nights. So he had really
really really heavy frost but good day. So not much
grass growth, but at this stage it's probably part of
the course. But you know the utilization of the off
the feed is it's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So you managed to get the scanning and the sharing
all done.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, we got that done. So we yeah, put the
mustard off for one day. You got that. We we
mustered up that. That last day I was speaking to you,
a bit of snow. But yeah, the next night, the
next day the sheep were in and yeah, got dry
sheep Thursday and Friday, and then we scanned on Saturday.
So that was ten percent scanning, ten percent back on
(01:44):
last year. Andy, So that's I wasn't too disappointed in that,
considering the you know I was, I was a little
bit well apprehensive, just wondering how it would have been
with the with the dry the dry spell we had
and you know, it was very dry summer autumn, and
(02:04):
the not a lot of feet to come and go
on those youths aroout those stop blocks for a bit
longer than I would have liked. But the yeah, tempsen back.
We live with that, and they're all in quite good condition.
So same number of drives as last year, about forty
eight frives and but just not quite so many many twins.
But we need to get a bit of growth anyway,
(02:28):
So it might be it could be a hell one
that blows no God, but please with the way the
US have come out out of the wall and yeah,
some on the backs it's all.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Go, hey, disaster. You want to talk about Chaam Islands today? Now,
this is a really fascinating place for a lot of people,
especially in a farming sense. I used to go to
school at Saint Kevin's. We had the Gregory Hunts used
to attend. They were based at the Pitt Islands. But
over there, it's like a totally different world to anything
we know. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, actually the Gregory Huntss aren't I read, ninth generation there,
so they've been there a long time. And you know,
I've spoken about the Chatnam Islands on this great show
before and I'm a little bit I wouldn't obsessed with it,
but I find it really interesting in any any articles
I I you know, I enjoy reading. And I said
to you off here, we're just going to put it
(03:17):
out there now, you and I are going to take
a team over there for a farm discussion. And what
are we.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Calling it, any armored tour?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, the farm tour. Yeah you can sort that, but
out we're going to take everyone over the well, people
better put their names down because we're in the organize
the muster tour over there.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah, here, I'm up for that. Let's get the wheel
in motion. Let's go over to the Channem Islands for
a couple of days. What can go wrong?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Well, no, we might have to get the draft and
goate out and to see who we've got going through it.
There could be a hell of a tour, but something
something worth thinking. You think about. It's it's quite a
long way to go, and it's it's not that cheap,
but I think it'll be a great experience and just
think of the knowledge we could share.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
So what's your infatuation with the Chathams.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I don't know really, it's just just as a kid
was sort of fascinated by it. The fact that you know,
it's isolated, the shipping side that's always intrigued me, and
just the remoteness and the sort of that pioneering spirit.
But yees, so that the and I got thinking about
it because this article I read that the guy said
(04:26):
that the it's the Chatham Islands is the best place
to farm, but the worst place to sell as and produce.
And so I read the article and there's a few
parallel points that that sort of working with us. But
you know the basically on the on the the Chathams
that the handbreakers, the one ship they have keeps breaking down,
(04:50):
and you know, the the Zelling government putting into trying
to get another ship going, and and it's just it's
just a real it's a real problem, I guess. But
they be quite involved with Federated farmers. But in this article,
I've set up a Tantham Island Farmers Association as a
catchment group to try and drive farming. They're farming industry
(05:11):
forwards and work with NTI and they're wanting more unity
and transparency for all the farmers for the livestock quota
system and which is obviously quite a contentious issue, which
is probably typical of war farmers that you know, you
think on a smaller place that everybody would be on
the on board with things, but just reading between the lines,
(05:35):
that may not be the case. But they so the
interesting thing is they said that this one guy's he
runs four five hundred years and four hundred cattle on
four eight hundred hectares and he has had ninety two
cattle box for the boat to be come to be
(05:56):
sold for nine months. And I thought, see, you know,
like you know a few years ago, and was hard
for us to get cold kels away after after winning,
you know, and hearning water. Excuse me, you know that
was bad enough waiting four weeks, five weeks, and in fact,
for a couple of those years we just sold talking
(06:17):
of less price and sold on the place. So you know,
they don't have that, there's that luxury, and because we're sharing.
The article goes on to say that most of them
just keeped. Well. This sky in particular, he just sent
police over, no valleys, no pieces, and didn't be no DAGs.
And it cost one hundred and twenty dollars a fail
(06:38):
of walls shipped from the channels to the mainland. And
I mean it cost us about twenty one dollars. I
think we think that's that. Yeah, And so in this
article the sky said he shipped he flew rambs to
the market. So that's sort of a but I think
(07:00):
that's a bit of a one off. But you know,
this other guy said that he's be able to send
you know, the boat would come on a regular basis.
They would get lambs on it and they would they
would be across the water for a few days and
then they'd eighteen killing out of eighteen kgs carpetweight. So
you know that that was pretty good. But now with
(07:22):
the way the shippings and all that marking around, they
just send everything in stores and then probably can't get
rid of you know, when they'd like to. So you know,
I said, we were just talking the other day of
the shed. We don't have many DAGs obviously with six
months hearing, And I said to the roads, I said, well,
I was be going in the cathole or had some trees.
You you're not going to sift them? And I know
(07:42):
it was thirty cents a k DAGs that you know,
that concept money to send them away. So then I
read this tarticle. I thought, you know, we're not We've
got too much to worry about, really, right, we.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Better get this too off the ground. I suppose Ivy
Rare will be to be in this somewhere as well
as a subsponsor, wouldn't you say, Oh, I.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Definitely be keen to that. And you know we could
take some product over there, help them sell in the
book because he's not very much. And yeah, I think
one of the people, you know, knocking at the door to.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Get on the boat with us I think so. Hey,
get on your grant. We'll leave it there for great
thoughts as always.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Okay, cheers, Andy.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Grab MCMASSA great plan on that road trip to Chad.
The Milin's a lot of road trip, let's be honest.
It might take you we while, of course brought to
your way Abby Rural. Dave Burgess from a Biban South
and is up next
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