March 8, 2026 • 6 mins
Morgan Greene of NS Vets looks at what is happening around current animal health matters.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hell the musters animal health segment within his vets, adding
value through practical advice and service.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
No gimmicks, no potions, total vet care.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Morgan green Of in his fits based in Roversdale, joins
us once again. Good afternoon, Morgan, Hell's the weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Oh good, Thanks Sandy, Good afternoon to you too. Oh
looked pretty good. I managed to see a little bit
of rugby first thing on that was Saturday morning, which
was which was quite good. So Ireland had another victory
in the Six Nations. And yeah, other than that, I
wasn't working, so I had a busy weekend at home
and just splitting wood, getting.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Ready for the winter, remembering not that long ago we
were told the Six Nations was.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
All about close fought matches.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
And all of a sudden, Scotland puts fifty points on France,
yet they can seed forty.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah. Yeah, I actually didn't see the game. I just
saw the result, but it sounded like it was a
pretty crazy sort of a game. In at one stage
I think it look like Scotland we're going to put
seventy on them. Yeah, the way the way it went,
but you look very exciting. It's a very very close competition.
I don't know if it means that the teams are
are good or whether they're all bad, but they're certainly even,
(01:14):
which which certainly makes for a great competition, which is
really good. Pretty amazing how things can can change. You know,
it's only a month ago they were being touted as
favorites for it. There're certainly joint favorites with France, and yeah,
now they can end up right down at the bottom
of the table. So it just goes to show how
quickly things can turn on, how quickly things can change.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Yeah, ground conditions in Northern Southland, it's underescing how you
speak to them with the advice, just saying how it's
been a good season. You're actually really dry up there
up at a mis place at Riversdale on Saturday morning,
and I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, No, certainly parts of northern Scidland are very very dry.
You know, we've we've obviously had I would have said
sufficient rainfall over the summer, but we've had so much
in the way of wind. You know, it's that eva
would transpiration all that, you know, moisture has has disappeared
and it is it's it's very very dry growth rates
(02:08):
certainly have have slowed down. There's no two ways about that.
You know, we had a fair bit of rain yesterday
and last night, which was you know, very much welcomed,
no question about that.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Are you saying famer is having to hang on the
lambs just a little bit longer, that is dryer, but
doesn't mean that doesn't mean the lambs are going to
be doing any bitter.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, no, look, hard to say. I think it's it's
probably there's a bit of variation out there. You know.
One of the one of the challenges that we get
when we're grazing down lower to the ground obviously is
that those those lambs are picking up more in the
way of worms, so there's a bigger worm challenge, bigger
worm burden, which then puts more pressure on So you know,
it's it's a fine balance at times between you know,
(02:50):
trying to graze them to a point where you know
they are getting the good quality feed, but equally having
enough feed in front of them as well. So it's yeah,
a bit of a fine balance and act at times.
And yes, certainly I think conditions here in Northern Southland
are reasonably challenging. Look, we're still green, apart from on
the hills where it is certainly that's changed color, but
(03:13):
in general we are green. Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
When we spoke to Andrew Capitel of weeks ago Morgie
who was talking about fly strike not being as bad
as at the years, although this can be interpreted according
to the ground conditions as well.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yeah, look, and you know, I certainly agree with that.
We haven't seen certainly haven't seen as much as other years.
Obviously there's a little bit around, as you would expect
at this time of year, but you know, compared to
some years where it's been really really bad, this year
from the point of view of fly has certainly been
one of the better ones.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Cal scanning's and full motion at the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Yeah, look it is. You know, I just pulled over
on the side of the road. I'm just about to
head off and do some more. But yeah, look it
is a results in general have been pretty okay.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I guess the long term average in dairy cows sort
of that six week in CA for it has been
around about that sixty seven fifty eight percent. Last year
we sort of more sat at the seventy one seventy
two I think we'll probably be back around that seventy
percent mark, so a little bit better than the historic
long term average, but probably a little bit back on
last year. But the other side of it is, you know,
(04:23):
milk production for most guys has been pretty good, and
you know, obviously prices are still pretty good. The GDT,
you know, has had a few upswings in a row,
which is always helpful and sort of tends to consolidate,
you know, that milk price. I guess, you know, it's
the whole geopolitical situation in around that's you know, what's
(04:43):
going to happen there who who knows, and that obviously
may have a big impact on things over the months ahead.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Are you surprised regarding scanning results?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Good question. You know, I think they're probably about where
I expected them to be. You know, it's it's always
a little bit very variable. As I said, last year
was pretty good, which meant that we got off to
a really good start from the point of view of calving.
So cavs calve down earlier, which meant that on average
they've had a few days extra, you know, to get
(05:16):
back in calves. So you know, I'm not surprised that
things have gone pretty well. I guess probably the one
thing is that we have had really good milk production
all the way through like guys hit peak, and then
managed to maintain it, certainly in this area, which has
been really really good. But often when that happens at
the find that reproduction hasn't gone too well. But I
(05:39):
think both of them this year have been have been
pretty good. I heard that we scan this morning was
just over just under a nine percent empty on the day.
Probably you know if you look at mind and you
can probably normally you add another couple of percentage points
on there, but you know, certainly pretty decent result.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
The team at any is fits Morgi. The best way
to get in touch.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh, let's just pick up the form two zero two
five six three six at Riversdale or two four nine
seven zero three nine at Piano and yep, as usual
we're here twenty four to seven.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Can only Morgi enjoy the afternoon?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Hey, good to chat, Andy Morgan Green of Enemies fits
official Animal Health Advisors to the muster.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Interesting six nations over the weekend, Ireland doing the damage
or not the damage, but getting the winner. Suppose over
a plucky Welsh team you say plucky that that just
defines battler.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I suppose.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
But France getting beaten by Scotland and England for the
first time losing to Italy. So Six Nations has been
good watching. You can't deny that James McNamee is up next.
Let's talk a bit of well, let's talk a bit
of hot farmbing.
Hell the musters animal health segment within his vets, adding
value through practical advice and service.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
No gimmicks, no potions, total vet care.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Morgan green Of in his fits based in Roversdale, joins
us once again. Good afternoon, Morgan, Hell's the weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Oh good, Thanks Sandy, Good afternoon to you too. Oh
looked pretty good. I managed to see a little bit
of rugby first thing on that was Saturday morning, which
was which was quite good. So Ireland had another victory
in the Six Nations. And yeah, other than that, I
wasn't working, so I had a busy weekend at home
and just splitting wood, getting.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Ready for the winter, remembering not that long ago we
were told the Six Nations was.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
All about close fought matches.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
And all of a sudden, Scotland puts fifty points on France,
yet they can seed forty.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah. Yeah, I actually didn't see the game. I just
saw the result, but it sounded like it was a
pretty crazy sort of a game. In at one stage
I think it look like Scotland we're going to put
seventy on them. Yeah, the way the way it went,
but you look very exciting. It's a very very close competition.
I don't know if it means that the teams are
are good or whether they're all bad, but they're certainly even,
(01:14):
which which certainly makes for a great competition, which is
really good. Pretty amazing how things can can change. You know,
it's only a month ago they were being touted as
favorites for it. There're certainly joint favorites with France, and yeah,
now they can end up right down at the bottom
of the table. So it just goes to show how
quickly things can turn on, how quickly things can change.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Yeah, ground conditions in Northern Southland, it's underescing how you
speak to them with the advice, just saying how it's
been a good season. You're actually really dry up there
up at a mis place at Riversdale on Saturday morning,
and I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, No, certainly parts of northern Scidland are very very dry.
You know, we've we've obviously had I would have said
sufficient rainfall over the summer, but we've had so much
in the way of wind. You know, it's that eva
would transpiration all that, you know, moisture has has disappeared
and it is it's it's very very dry growth rates
(02:08):
certainly have have slowed down. There's no two ways about that.
You know, we had a fair bit of rain yesterday
and last night, which was you know, very much welcomed,
no question about that.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Are you saying famer is having to hang on the
lambs just a little bit longer, that is dryer, but
doesn't mean that doesn't mean the lambs are going to
be doing any bitter.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, no, look, hard to say. I think it's it's
probably there's a bit of variation out there. You know.
One of the one of the challenges that we get
when we're grazing down lower to the ground obviously is
that those those lambs are picking up more in the
way of worms, so there's a bigger worm challenge, bigger
worm burden, which then puts more pressure on So you know,
it's it's a fine balance at times between you know,
(02:50):
trying to graze them to a point where you know
they are getting the good quality feed, but equally having
enough feed in front of them as well. So it's yeah,
a bit of a fine balance and act at times.
And yes, certainly I think conditions here in Northern Southland
are reasonably challenging. Look, we're still green, apart from on
the hills where it is certainly that's changed color, but
(03:13):
in general we are green. Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
When we spoke to Andrew Capitel of weeks ago Morgie
who was talking about fly strike not being as bad
as at the years, although this can be interpreted according
to the ground conditions as well.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yeah, look, and you know, I certainly agree with that.
We haven't seen certainly haven't seen as much as other years.
Obviously there's a little bit around, as you would expect
at this time of year, but you know, compared to
some years where it's been really really bad, this year
from the point of view of fly has certainly been
one of the better ones.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Cal scanning's and full motion at the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Yeah, look it is. You know, I just pulled over
on the side of the road. I'm just about to
head off and do some more. But yeah, look it
is a results in general have been pretty okay.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I guess the long term average in dairy cows sort
of that six week in CA for it has been
around about that sixty seven fifty eight percent. Last year
we sort of more sat at the seventy one seventy
two I think we'll probably be back around that seventy
percent mark, so a little bit better than the historic
long term average, but probably a little bit back on
last year. But the other side of it is, you know,
(04:23):
milk production for most guys has been pretty good, and
you know, obviously prices are still pretty good. The GDT,
you know, has had a few upswings in a row,
which is always helpful and sort of tends to consolidate,
you know, that milk price. I guess, you know, it's
the whole geopolitical situation in around that's you know, what's
(04:43):
going to happen there who who knows, and that obviously
may have a big impact on things over the months ahead.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Are you surprised regarding scanning results?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Good question. You know, I think they're probably about where
I expected them to be. You know, it's it's always
a little bit very variable. As I said, last year
was pretty good, which meant that we got off to
a really good start from the point of view of calving.
So cavs calve down earlier, which meant that on average
they've had a few days extra, you know, to get
(05:16):
back in calves. So you know, I'm not surprised that
things have gone pretty well. I guess probably the one
thing is that we have had really good milk production
all the way through like guys hit peak, and then
managed to maintain it, certainly in this area, which has
been really really good. But often when that happens at
the find that reproduction hasn't gone too well. But I
(05:39):
think both of them this year have been have been
pretty good. I heard that we scan this morning was
just over just under a nine percent empty on the day.
Probably you know if you look at mind and you
can probably normally you add another couple of percentage points
on there, but you know, certainly pretty decent result.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
The team at any is fits Morgi. The best way
to get in touch.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh, let's just pick up the form two zero two
five six three six at Riversdale or two four nine
seven zero three nine at Piano and yep, as usual
we're here twenty four to seven.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Can only Morgi enjoy the afternoon?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Hey, good to chat, Andy Morgan Green of Enemies fits
official Animal Health Advisors to the muster.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Interesting six nations over the weekend, Ireland doing the damage
or not the damage, but getting the winner. Suppose over
a plucky Welsh team you say plucky that that just
defines battler.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I suppose.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
But France getting beaten by Scotland and England for the
first time losing to Italy. So Six Nations has been
good watching. You can't deny that James McNamee is up next.
Let's talk a bit of well, let's talk a bit
of hot farmbing.
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