May 13, 2026 • 7 mins
Isla Pringle dairy farms near Hegehope and talks about the double edged sword around the lead up to drying off for the season.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Let them shut out.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The Welcome back to the Muster. Eiler Pringle joins us.
Now out of head shape. She was at twenty twenty
five of Targo's South and the Tago. Sheare Milker of
the Year along with her partner Hayden. She's involved with
Nightcaps Young Farmers, and she joins us once again. Good afternoon, Hey,
how are you going?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Pretty good? Hew, things of you. You're getting through the
start of May pretty well?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, that's definitely May. Anyway, the rain's turned up and
the girls are slowed down, and we're about ready to
be done with the season two.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
So when it gets to May, you're doing the grind
of milking. Are you just counting down the days until
dry off because you're over it? Or is it a
case of its money coming in?
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah? But both, Andy, I mean yeah, like I said,
the girls slow down and we're ready for it to
all be done as well, so but you they're grateful
for the milk coming in as well, so yeah, but
looking forward to it. But yeah, there's still quite a
bit of work to be done before then.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
I suppose when's dry off.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Probably look at it. The twenty fifth, twenty sixth somewhere there.
Just you sort of depends on how these ground conditions
hold on. It's gotten pretty weety out their way, so yeah,
it's all dependent. Really, you even know what mother Nature's
going to throw out you.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
So generally when you pick a date for dry off,
you don't tend to deviate.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh we have in the past that yeah, that's just
sort of because with the current farm owner and their
contract and stuff, so just making sure there's enough grass
and setting theirselves up the next year. So well, yeah,
like you said, while still getting a bit of milk
in the vat at the end of the season. So
(01:58):
we'll just wait and see. Really, a few few ordans
your off a week early because it's got the pick
itself real here. So yeah, all dependent ever runs in
the same.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Boat, really, because in the recently you speak to you
certain people saying, if you've got a date of mind,
you stick to it. You think your grass covers going
through the winter. Other people are saying, well, if you've
got the opportunity to carry on with that and everything's
in your favor, then continue. Did you find anything that
doesn't work out when you change your date? Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Not really, Well, you just have to be yeah, you
have to think about the next season. That this time
of year as well, which is a daggling point, like
you know, you can push it if you want get
some more milk in the vet. But yeah, you also
have to think about the spring, and you know spring
hasn't been the beast in the past few years, so
(02:49):
you have to think about those covers and the letter growth.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So you said you've had quite a bit of rain there,
hell's the growth being anyway?
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Oh, it's pretty slow. I'm not having per I don't
know the complete figure, but yeah, which is pretty slow,
and there's a bit of water out that way. So well,
we had a bit of a flood or two or
three weeks ago. Now sort of hasn't least and then yeah,
this range in the past last since the start of
(03:18):
the week, well probably Friday. It's sort of, ye hasn't
helped that.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Just like a lie flooding.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yeah, I don't know. We were sort of the only
ones that well and he choked, sort of the only
ones that got flooding. I don't know, must have been
pretty localized.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Crazy how that happens, But I mean microclimates exist all
around the province, and I remember especially up in cattle
flat out of nowhere. The river's coming up. You're got
as gold. But up country is a different story. And
did I twenty twenty when gor went on flood alert
back in February twenty twenty and all of a sudden
it was like.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Twenty degrees outside. We've been told to leave town.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, the floods are a weird thing that it's just
about the location and how heavy at what point, And
you know, like when it's big catchman for a hilly catchment,
all of a sudden it's bloody, you know, filled up
the whole river.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
So yeah, so have you got extensive waterways around your
farm when you say this occurred?
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Oh, we border the Tifo Stream and it merges into
the Chop Stream just on their on their property. So yeah,
but one sort of north north side sort of borders
the northwest, I guess borders borders rivers sort of what
(04:40):
it is.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
So for winter ring, do you take the girls off farm?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah? Yeah, they're off so pretty local, which is good.
And yeah, it just gives us a little bit of
a break, which is also nice.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
So when the girls are off the farm, they're doing
their winter grazing and the likes. What's the focus for
you guys. I suppose first and four almost you need
to reach out yourself, but then you just try and
go in and do a few and R and eames
or what's.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
The go Yeah, pretty much just like you were on
just you know, tiny up those jobs that have been
sitting there for a while and just yeah, we've got
to weave it. We want to do this year just
hanging over the rain. So you're just odd jobs and
helping out neighbors and friends and.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Things like that.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So that's quite a fun bit of a year. We
can do all those random things that you don't usually do.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And then again it all starts at a couple of
months time, but I mean there's still a wee while away.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
You've got to live for the present.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Yeah, that's it. Just live it up in the main one,
go to the pub.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Plenty of young farmers events happening by the sound of it,
So that's good. Weave are going on and you've got
the boots on for Big River again this year. Club Rugby,
how's it fearing their head Dave Leonner on the show
used today of course, Kluth is one fifty of coming
up this weekend.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
You've played a quite a bit of club breaking.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Now why would you say it's some pretty good heart
of what you've said through a Tigo Southland.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Oh yeah, well yeah, it's it's a funny one that
fluctuates all the time, I reckon and for clubs, like
you'll get a cohort of school leavers and I'll go
to a single club and then you've got you know,
sort of rotates around different clubs. So I don't know
into especially, and it's what seems to happen. And yeah,
(06:29):
I still think it's kind of harden of country community
and it would be a shame sort of end it
makes sense. So I think it's I mean, yeah, it's
definitely less than it used to be, but it's still
it's still present, it's still there and you still have
a lot of community support around it.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
So yeah, yeah, I hope it stays two words community fabric.
You can you can't underestimate that.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
No, that's it and it really is, like it's yeah,
but if you'd move to a different community or a
new community, it's one way to sort of get into
it pretty much straight away, doesn't it Meet people and
start building those connections. So it it'd be a real
shame if if it wasn't there, if.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
They weren't there, well said either.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Hey, we'll let you carry on all the best until
the end of the milking season and you enjoy the afternoon.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
It was good to chat.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
That's so easy, and you will kitchen ext on.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Eiler Preme Girl based out of head Shape. Before we
wrap up our resident sport in Gury, Nathan Burden, you
talk about a sport
Let them shut out.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The Welcome back to the Muster. Eiler Pringle joins us.
Now out of head shape. She was at twenty twenty
five of Targo's South and the Tago. Sheare Milker of
the Year along with her partner Hayden. She's involved with
Nightcaps Young Farmers, and she joins us once again. Good afternoon, Hey,
how are you going?
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Pretty good? Hew, things of you. You're getting through the
start of May pretty well?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, that's definitely May. Anyway, the rain's turned up and
the girls are slowed down, and we're about ready to
be done with the season two.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
So when it gets to May, you're doing the grind
of milking. Are you just counting down the days until
dry off because you're over it? Or is it a
case of its money coming in?
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah? But both, Andy, I mean yeah, like I said,
the girls slow down and we're ready for it to
all be done as well, so but you they're grateful
for the milk coming in as well, so yeah, but
looking forward to it. But yeah, there's still quite a
bit of work to be done before then.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
I suppose when's dry off.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Probably look at it. The twenty fifth, twenty sixth somewhere there.
Just you sort of depends on how these ground conditions
hold on. It's gotten pretty weety out their way, so yeah,
it's all dependent. Really, you even know what mother Nature's
going to throw out you.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
So generally when you pick a date for dry off,
you don't tend to deviate.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh we have in the past that yeah, that's just
sort of because with the current farm owner and their
contract and stuff, so just making sure there's enough grass
and setting theirselves up the next year. So well, yeah,
like you said, while still getting a bit of milk
in the vat at the end of the season. So
(01:58):
we'll just wait and see. Really, a few few ordans
your off a week early because it's got the pick
itself real here. So yeah, all dependent ever runs in
the same.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Boat, really, because in the recently you speak to you
certain people saying, if you've got a date of mind,
you stick to it. You think your grass covers going
through the winter. Other people are saying, well, if you've
got the opportunity to carry on with that and everything's
in your favor, then continue. Did you find anything that
doesn't work out when you change your date? Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Not really, Well, you just have to be yeah, you
have to think about the next season. That this time
of year as well, which is a daggling point, like
you know, you can push it if you want get
some more milk in the vet. But yeah, you also
have to think about the spring, and you know spring
hasn't been the beast in the past few years, so
(02:49):
you have to think about those covers and the letter growth.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So you said you've had quite a bit of rain there,
hell's the growth being anyway?
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Oh, it's pretty slow. I'm not having per I don't
know the complete figure, but yeah, which is pretty slow,
and there's a bit of water out that way. So well,
we had a bit of a flood or two or
three weeks ago. Now sort of hasn't least and then yeah,
this range in the past last since the start of
(03:18):
the week, well probably Friday. It's sort of, ye hasn't
helped that.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Just like a lie flooding.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yeah, I don't know. We were sort of the only
ones that well and he choked, sort of the only
ones that got flooding. I don't know, must have been
pretty localized.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Crazy how that happens, But I mean microclimates exist all
around the province, and I remember especially up in cattle
flat out of nowhere. The river's coming up. You're got
as gold. But up country is a different story. And
did I twenty twenty when gor went on flood alert
back in February twenty twenty and all of a sudden
it was like.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Twenty degrees outside. We've been told to leave town.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, the floods are a weird thing that it's just
about the location and how heavy at what point, And
you know, like when it's big catchman for a hilly catchment,
all of a sudden it's bloody, you know, filled up
the whole river.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
So yeah, so have you got extensive waterways around your
farm when you say this occurred?
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Oh, we border the Tifo Stream and it merges into
the Chop Stream just on their on their property. So yeah,
but one sort of north north side sort of borders
the northwest, I guess borders borders rivers sort of what
(04:40):
it is.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
So for winter ring, do you take the girls off farm?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah? Yeah, they're off so pretty local, which is good.
And yeah, it just gives us a little bit of
a break, which is also nice.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
So when the girls are off the farm, they're doing
their winter grazing and the likes. What's the focus for
you guys. I suppose first and four almost you need
to reach out yourself, but then you just try and
go in and do a few and R and eames
or what's.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
The go Yeah, pretty much just like you were on
just you know, tiny up those jobs that have been
sitting there for a while and just yeah, we've got
to weave it. We want to do this year just
hanging over the rain. So you're just odd jobs and
helping out neighbors and friends and.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Things like that.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So that's quite a fun bit of a year. We
can do all those random things that you don't usually do.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And then again it all starts at a couple of
months time, but I mean there's still a wee while away.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
You've got to live for the present.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Yeah, that's it. Just live it up in the main one,
go to the pub.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Plenty of young farmers events happening by the sound of it,
So that's good. Weave are going on and you've got
the boots on for Big River again this year. Club Rugby,
how's it fearing their head Dave Leonner on the show
used today of course, Kluth is one fifty of coming
up this weekend.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
You've played a quite a bit of club breaking.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Now why would you say it's some pretty good heart
of what you've said through a Tigo Southland.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Oh yeah, well yeah, it's it's a funny one that
fluctuates all the time, I reckon and for clubs, like
you'll get a cohort of school leavers and I'll go
to a single club and then you've got you know,
sort of rotates around different clubs. So I don't know
into especially, and it's what seems to happen. And yeah,
(06:29):
I still think it's kind of harden of country community
and it would be a shame sort of end it
makes sense. So I think it's I mean, yeah, it's
definitely less than it used to be, but it's still
it's still present, it's still there and you still have
a lot of community support around it.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
So yeah, yeah, I hope it stays two words community fabric.
You can you can't underestimate that.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
No, that's it and it really is, like it's yeah,
but if you'd move to a different community or a
new community, it's one way to sort of get into
it pretty much straight away, doesn't it Meet people and
start building those connections. So it it'd be a real
shame if if it wasn't there, if.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
They weren't there, well said either.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Hey, we'll let you carry on all the best until
the end of the milking season and you enjoy the afternoon.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
It was good to chat.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
That's so easy, and you will kitchen ext on.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Eiler Preme Girl based out of head Shape. Before we
wrap up our resident sport in Gury, Nathan Burden, you
talk about a sport
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