The Muster- Jared Stockman: Dairy NZ

Jared Stockman looks at upcoming Dairy NZ events in the south.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
This says the master on Hakanui Jared Stock. Then Dari
and Z joins us once again. Jared, how are you great?

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Indy?

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Here are you? Mate? Can't cold playing hunt Dale already
the week it's just wizzing past, yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Isn't that? Yeah? And a bit of good weather this week,
which is nice to see for.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Change and interesting were you're based talking to farmers in
Northern South and actually being on a farm near Riversdale
over the weekend, Jared, and surprisingly dry. They need a
good drop.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Of rain, Yeah, they do, Indy, and it's yeah, it's
it's kind of hard to It's hard to see what
happens in South and I think there's so many different
bands of weather, so Northern South gets a dry as
you say, Riversdale has been a dry but I spent
a farm yesterday. Who reckons he hid enough rain last
week to just keep on tracking. And the cowder storm

(01:00):
looking well, which is positive.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, a lot of positives out there at the moment.
I suppose if you give an update on the season
regarding milk flows. Talking to Lurry yesterday from open Country
Lorry Margrain, he was saying, how it's been a really
good season.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, here's Seth and Otaga the Seming leading the charge
just under eight milk growth this season. Canterbury's up three
point one and the North Island's kind of ticking around
that one and two percent mark. So I think it's
been a really good season and how could it not
be based on last year? But yet not very positive

(01:37):
and we're getting towards the end of the season and
things looking really really good.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
It'll be interesting the next GDT as well. Are we
going to have dre I say, at five rises in
a row.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Or how good would that be? I reckon yep, cautiously optimistic.
We're getting closer to that double digit figure. And yeah,
look there's going to be a fair bit of fear,
a bit of cash around in a in a kind
of a normal season with suplus cash in the obviously Fonterra,

(02:08):
we're turning back the one off devestment. So yep, looking
pretty good. Probably prices I understand a pretty pretty hot
at the moment as well. So that's that's certainly RECTI
of another good year in Deiry.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Do you see any concerns Judey the ongoing conflict in
the Middle East that could could have ramifications for us.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, look, I think I think costs is always the
main factor that farmers need to keep an eye on. Fuel.
Obviously we've already seen an immediate rise and prices, which
is really fascinating given given the fuels already here. It's
on the water, so we'll be effectively already paid for it.

(02:48):
But yeah, I think fuel is going to be a
big factor in the short term. But yeah, I think
once things settle down, we'll see what we're seen in
the past, which is all pri as well, we'll start
to get back to get back to recent normals. So
but yeah, I think fuels the biggest, the biggest challenge

(03:09):
right now.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Are you hearing anything around fertilizer?

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Not huge amounts, but I think you know, given that,
I mean, we obviously make a lot of feud here,
but any important thought is going to be any imported
that it's going to be affected by all prices because
obviously it you know, ships are running on diesel and
heavy oil and stuff like that. So yeah, I expect
that will flow through that maybe the local producers might

(03:36):
might weather that storm, will lot better.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
Now the levy vote three days to go.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yeah, it is, it's it's trinking a line pretty well.
We obviously we're obviously want farmers to who haven't faded
to vote. They've got three days, they can do it online,
so they can do it right now. So yeah, we
just just tend to get many farmers voting as possible.
I think we've had out of fifty percent so far,

(04:05):
but yeah, there's still there's still obviously a big chunk
of farmers that need to dig at that that email
or that voting peck and make the great count.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Ideally, what figure would you aim for, I mean, looking
for one hundred percent at least, be honest, is not going.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
To heppen no, because we're obviously not giving back a
large chunk of money for farmers, so I think there'll
be a different story. But yeah, look, you know, i'd
like to I'd like to hope that seventy five percent
of their farmers themselves and cast the vote. You know,
for them to do that, they're going to have to
get a bit of a riggle on. But yeah, I

(04:43):
think that gives us a bit of comfort that darrieeds
valued as part of the dairy farming sector. So yeah,
I think i'd like to see you know, some numbers
that there. But importantly we know we just farmers to
cast a vote.

Speaker 1 (05:02):
So how long until we find out the numbers when
the voting's finished.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
Yeah, Look, it's a bit of a tricky one. I
think I think we should have a bit of an
idea next week. I'm not one hundred percent sure of
the process as far as you know when that comes out.
But there's there's a few steps that need to happen
after the votes have been tallied, Like we need to
produce a so we get the information back from election

(05:28):
in z it's totally independent kind of body in terms
of counting the votes and things like that, and then
there's some reports that go through to government about what
the results are, what we've what we've done to the
process in terms of leading up and during the levy vote,
and then it goes to it'll go to the Government

(05:53):
committee to confirm that Iberian Zed's to continue.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
Now, as far as we're shops that are up and
up on the horizon, what have we got, Jared, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (06:04):
We've got We've got some really good ones coming up
in terms of driving productivity through genetic improvement. So we've
got a couple of events next week one on Tuesday
at Phil Garaway and Libby Gunn's farm and Winton and
then Wednesday Delane Lynch in Tesha maybe Farm at Drake's Hell.

(06:25):
So that we've got Andrew fear down he heads up
the nved A l for Dear Nz and you know
those those events have delivered in partnership with Frontier at
l I cum CRV, so there will be some really
good events for people to get along to. And then

(06:45):
we've got a not mitigation field day at Brighton next
week in a chance to look over John Pemberton's property,
and then a few discussion groups coming up late March
July April. So yeah, there's there's a lot, there's a
lot of events technic at the moment where we're really
busy through the early April. But you just encourage farmers

(07:10):
to make use of those of eats and either get
along themselves or get their you know, get their managers
or farm staff along because you know, farmers are really
good at at learning and they're even beer at learning
when they're they're talking to other farmers. So you're a
good opportunity to get along to those of East CD.

Speaker 1 (07:28):
Good on your dared, always good to catch up.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
Thanks Andy, appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (07:34):
Jared Stocksvin Love, Deary and Z. Before we wrap up,
Tim O'Brien, let's talk some ultra sports because we can.