September 8, 2026 • 6 mins
Jared Stockman looks at upcoming Dairy NZ events.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome back to the muster. Jared Stockman of Dairy NZ
joins us on this Wednesday afternoon that sees some blue
sky around the province. Good afternoon, Jared. Certainly 48 hours
of decent weather makes a change to the mood compared
to what we're seeing.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh, 100% afternoon, Andy, and all the listeners. And, yeah,
quite a net song you've got there. It's great. There
was quite a bit of sunshine out there at the moment.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Carving's starting to get well through from a sheep farmer's perspective.
Lambing's kicking into gear now. But how are you guys?
What are you seeing out there in the trenches?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah, I mean, look, you know, stating the obvious, it's
wet underfoot. So the last three days, you know, today included,
will be a welcome respite for the farmers. Most of
them probably 60% to 70% of the way through. And
calving's gone pretty well, actually. Most people are reporting, you know,
good levels of replacements. Not hearing too many issues around,
(01:12):
you know, bugs in the shed. I think farmers are...
are pretty good at managing some of the challenges with calves.
But yeah, all in all, I think the last couple
of days has been good for a bit of mental
health for some people.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
It's good for morale.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Oh, 100%. Good for the staff. Probably if we'd had
a little bit of wind, I think it would have
dried up some of those puddles a bit quicker. But yeah,
just getting out in the morning, a bit of sunshine
earlier on, longer days heading towards summer so yeah I
think things are looking up.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Well I suppose of Dairy NZ you guys always have
events coming up especially at the moment considering what's been
going on it's busy for a lot of people but
some things to contemplate as well.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah exactly Dairy Training Limited obviously is one of our
companies that Dairy NZ owns and we've got some good
events happening early October and with Contract Milking, Feed for
Profit and Emerging Leadership. So they're in and around, you know,
Invercargill and Winton and then we've got some of our
(02:26):
kind of flagship events. Later on in October, Feed basically
passed you to Profit and some really good hosts. Henny
Amatink's place on the 21st of October, that'll be one
that you won't want to miss. Just seeing some really
top operators, how they maximise their pasture. Obviously, they're still
(02:49):
feeding supplements, but how do they maximise pasture? How do
they maximise profit? That'll be a couple of events, eastern
south and northern south, that you won't want to miss.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Are people coping all right with feed levels at the moment?
There's no concerns around it due to the slow start
to spring?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
No. Look, I think... My observation is it's quite tight
out there. And then obviously if you get a bit
of stormy weather and stuff and people are moving herds
of cows a little bit more frequently, things are a
bit tight. So dare I say it, if you haven't
already done it, the spring pasture planter is really a
(03:27):
good tool to use to just make sure you've got
sufficient covers. And yeah, I wouldn't say that I'm confident
about the round length at the moment, just because we've
had some crappy weather. And it does raise the question,
you know, do we need to extend our calving dates
a bit further out just to, you know, just to
(03:49):
kind of manage their seasonality that we seem to get
in Southland. But, yeah, things are a bit tight. I
think there's plenty of supplement on hand, but, yeah, I
think pasture covers have probably taken a bit of a
hammering in the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Do you know of any farmers that have changed calving
dates due to the past couple of springs, for example?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Look, I don't offhand, and so I'd be really keen
to talk to some farmers who have kind of pushed
out their calving date to sort of late August and
then try and understand what they're doing. Are they milking
longer into June or in just kind of, you know,
what's that actually doing as far as, you know, being
(04:29):
able to manage pastures and does that mean they can,
you know, feed, technically feed, you know, a bit less
in the shed and stuff. But yeah, I haven't got
anything that's sprung to mind, but I just, I do
wonder whether we've pushed, you know, we've brought calving dates
forward too much and whether we need to look at
(04:51):
kind of pushing out the other end.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
What else is happening? What else is coming up with
you guys, Gerard? There's always a bit on the horizon.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, we've got actually the next couple of days, Campbell Parker,
our CEO, is down in region with Cam Henderson, who's
our deputy chair. They're catching up with the team at
Southern Dairy Hub, and Campbell and Cam are keen to
catch up with a couple of farmers, a few farmers
while we're down here, which is really good. What else
(05:20):
are we doing? We probably, we haven't been doing a
huge amount with farmers at the moment. Obviously they don't
want to see us on the carving. So we'll probably
be more visible out in the region, you know, in
that space between carving and mating. We've got, obviously we've
got some, you know, some thoughts around what the priorities
(05:44):
are for, you know, the next government meeting. We're looking at,
later on this year, we're looking at running some policy
kind of events where rural professionals and farmers can get
along and get a bit of a steer on where
we think things are at with regulations and things like that.
(06:06):
But yeah, I guess it's a bit of a quieter
time in the next couple of weeks and then we'll
be into events and discussion groups and stuff as normal.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
It'll come round quicker than that. And just remind Campbell
Parker that Waikato has now lost to the Stags two
years in a row.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
I will. I'll definitely do that, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Hey, Jarrod, thanks for your time as always.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Awesome. No worries. Thanks, Andy.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Jarrod Stockman of Dairy NZ as we catch up with
the team every Wednesday here on The Muster. Steve Ellison
is up next of Bioactive Soils. And before the end
of the hour, Murray Heath talking rugby reunions.
Welcome back to the muster. Jared Stockman of Dairy NZ
joins us on this Wednesday afternoon that sees some blue
sky around the province. Good afternoon, Jared. Certainly 48 hours
of decent weather makes a change to the mood compared
to what we're seeing.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh, 100% afternoon, Andy, and all the listeners. And, yeah,
quite a net song you've got there. It's great. There
was quite a bit of sunshine out there at the moment.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Carving's starting to get well through from a sheep farmer's perspective.
Lambing's kicking into gear now. But how are you guys?
What are you seeing out there in the trenches?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah, I mean, look, you know, stating the obvious, it's
wet underfoot. So the last three days, you know, today included,
will be a welcome respite for the farmers. Most of
them probably 60% to 70% of the way through. And
calving's gone pretty well, actually. Most people are reporting, you know,
good levels of replacements. Not hearing too many issues around,
(01:12):
you know, bugs in the shed. I think farmers are...
are pretty good at managing some of the challenges with calves.
But yeah, all in all, I think the last couple
of days has been good for a bit of mental
health for some people.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
It's good for morale.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Oh, 100%. Good for the staff. Probably if we'd had
a little bit of wind, I think it would have
dried up some of those puddles a bit quicker. But yeah,
just getting out in the morning, a bit of sunshine
earlier on, longer days heading towards summer so yeah I
think things are looking up.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Well I suppose of Dairy NZ you guys always have
events coming up especially at the moment considering what's been
going on it's busy for a lot of people but
some things to contemplate as well.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah exactly Dairy Training Limited obviously is one of our
companies that Dairy NZ owns and we've got some good
events happening early October and with Contract Milking, Feed for
Profit and Emerging Leadership. So they're in and around, you know,
Invercargill and Winton and then we've got some of our
(02:26):
kind of flagship events. Later on in October, Feed basically
passed you to Profit and some really good hosts. Henny
Amatink's place on the 21st of October, that'll be one
that you won't want to miss. Just seeing some really
top operators, how they maximise their pasture. Obviously, they're still
(02:49):
feeding supplements, but how do they maximise pasture? How do
they maximise profit? That'll be a couple of events, eastern
south and northern south, that you won't want to miss.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Are people coping all right with feed levels at the moment?
There's no concerns around it due to the slow start
to spring?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
No. Look, I think... My observation is it's quite tight
out there. And then obviously if you get a bit
of stormy weather and stuff and people are moving herds
of cows a little bit more frequently, things are a
bit tight. So dare I say it, if you haven't
already done it, the spring pasture planter is really a
(03:27):
good tool to use to just make sure you've got
sufficient covers. And yeah, I wouldn't say that I'm confident
about the round length at the moment, just because we've
had some crappy weather. And it does raise the question,
you know, do we need to extend our calving dates
a bit further out just to, you know, just to
(03:49):
kind of manage their seasonality that we seem to get
in Southland. But, yeah, things are a bit tight. I
think there's plenty of supplement on hand, but, yeah, I
think pasture covers have probably taken a bit of a
hammering in the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Do you know of any farmers that have changed calving
dates due to the past couple of springs, for example?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Look, I don't offhand, and so I'd be really keen
to talk to some farmers who have kind of pushed
out their calving date to sort of late August and
then try and understand what they're doing. Are they milking
longer into June or in just kind of, you know,
what's that actually doing as far as, you know, being
(04:29):
able to manage pastures and does that mean they can,
you know, feed, technically feed, you know, a bit less
in the shed and stuff. But yeah, I haven't got
anything that's sprung to mind, but I just, I do
wonder whether we've pushed, you know, we've brought calving dates
forward too much and whether we need to look at
(04:51):
kind of pushing out the other end.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
What else is happening? What else is coming up with
you guys, Gerard? There's always a bit on the horizon.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, we've got actually the next couple of days, Campbell Parker,
our CEO, is down in region with Cam Henderson, who's
our deputy chair. They're catching up with the team at
Southern Dairy Hub, and Campbell and Cam are keen to
catch up with a couple of farmers, a few farmers
while we're down here, which is really good. What else
(05:20):
are we doing? We probably, we haven't been doing a
huge amount with farmers at the moment. Obviously they don't
want to see us on the carving. So we'll probably
be more visible out in the region, you know, in
that space between carving and mating. We've got, obviously we've
got some, you know, some thoughts around what the priorities
(05:44):
are for, you know, the next government meeting. We're looking at,
later on this year, we're looking at running some policy
kind of events where rural professionals and farmers can get
along and get a bit of a steer on where
we think things are at with regulations and things like that.
(06:06):
But yeah, I guess it's a bit of a quieter
time in the next couple of weeks and then we'll
be into events and discussion groups and stuff as normal.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
It'll come round quicker than that. And just remind Campbell
Parker that Waikato has now lost to the Stags two
years in a row.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
I will. I'll definitely do that, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Hey, Jarrod, thanks for your time as always.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Awesome. No worries. Thanks, Andy.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Jarrod Stockman of Dairy NZ as we catch up with
the team every Wednesday here on The Muster. Steve Ellison
is up next of Bioactive Soils. And before the end
of the hour, Murray Heath talking rugby reunions.
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