October 15, 2025 • 6 mins
Peter Gardyne says contractors are an under-rated part of the rural landscape during trying conditions.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Peter Gardeine Farms and Napdale and joins us this afternoon
and what can only be described as a pack of
mix of weather once again as we get into the
middle of October, technically almost halfway through spring feet, but
it's been anything but plain sailing good afternoon.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Here you going, Andy, Yep, she's she's another spring mix.
Al Right. We're into the track to work at home
at Netdale the year, but we're not quite ready for
down the road just yet. So yeah, just a bit
of groundwork, getting some stuff ready, bit of stuff that's
getting precision seeded that we're just you know, lining up
some contractors on that front and ready for rock and roll.
(00:39):
But yeah, she's up airway. Especially, it's we're so much
better than last year because we just don't have that
soil profile full of water. So these little bits of
rain we're still gone again. First thing the next morning.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I was going to say, the micro climates you get
around the south are crazy and just how close they.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Are, Yes, I mean where we are at Napdale. And
Dad was a bit more diligent than I am, and
he measured the what he's upper chest and actually but
his long term raginful average was seven hundred and eighty mils,
which is a lot less than most people would think.
And we do get it going around us a webit.
So yeah, it's great at this time of year. Not
(01:16):
so much fun in summer.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So how are you looking on the on the lamb
side of things, tailings all over and done with.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, tailoring's pretty up to date. We've actually got got
the crew from locking the crew there today so they're
smashing out a few which is awesome. That's looking relatively positive.
It's not going to be any record break or anything
like that, but I think we've done done okay. And yeah,
we just we have sprinkled a weab bit of nirogen around.
I didn't think we're going to have to do that
this year, but yeah, I just that cool September has
(01:45):
reduced her covers a webit. And you know, it's something
that James I said on the radio the other day
and I couldn't agree with him more a how do
you expect you to perform? You know, in this one
time of the year that she's actually useful when she's
had heavy how can you expect her to perform on
no feed? And yeah, I think that's a bit of
a hangover to the to the subsidy days. And you know,
(02:08):
it's all about how much weight can we get out
the gate. It's not about how many heads we can
carry shout.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Out to all the contract as well. Trying to get
those tails off in this weather must be frustrating. But
the thing is, when you've got a day book, today's book,
you've got to carry on right.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Oh, they do a great, great crew, And that's probably
a good point that I point out. You know, I
used to run a crutch and gang and grew up
doing harvest contracting a bit of that sort of stuff.
And I actually personally think every farmer needs to work
for some form of a contractor before they go farming,
so that they understand that what all these contractors have
(02:43):
to do, because you know, for you tailings one day
or two days or whatever it is for them, you know,
you're one in a string of a whole lot of jobs.
And same with the egg boys. You know, everybody fresh
dry day, everybody wants them. They're plowing their paddock and
it's just not quite possible like that.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
The old days of the backpack crutching company based out
of Riversdale and going to Shed's there the lambs are
a little bit damp, but like you just got them
in there and you got the job done. You didn't
windel moone.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, no, we had a pretty good run. We didn't
have a lot of gat lambs up their way. It's
just one day. I remember actually up on the Glenure
Hill for a certain farmer and it was the day
before we went back to Uni and the fog had
rolled in the night before, which wasn't his fault, and yeah,
the problems wouldn't have any other options, so we just
got in and got the job done. And I think
he was pretty thankful. Actually, yeah, they're.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Very appreciative when you do this, is do those jobs
when it's hard. Yet, Look, Pete, we'll touch on this.
It going into too much detail. Riley Kennedy from Business Desk.
We're talking to him shortly. But this Alliance d day
looming on Monday as well, it's going to be interesting
what way it's going to go. Nothing's clear cut, Oh definitely.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
The main thing I would say to all the Alliance
guys is get in and have your vote, and make
sure you get your vote and encountered. I think I
know which way I'm going to vote, but I am
things about both offers and things that frustrate me about
both offers. Yeah, I'm sort of still even on the fence,
and I'd love to see a bit more detail, But
(04:10):
I think it's something that we need to get this
voted on and get whatever happens happening, and keep moving
forward from here.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
When a process occurs, there's always frustration, as you talked
about about regarding how everything's been gone about in this case,
in particular, possibly better communication regarding us from Alliance.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I think there's a lot of things could have been
done a lot better. But it's also pretty easy to
poke sticks from the outside of the circle into the
inside of the circle. And I think I think it's
something that shows is that I actually think we have
a governance deficit worldwide. I think politicians and guys that
(04:53):
go on these sort of boards, I just don't think
it has the prestige that it used to have. And
I don't think we attract the level of politicians or
directors that were used to attract, And I think that's
a little bit sad, and I think a lot of
that comes down to the tall poppy syndrome. And yeah,
like I've got the local guy I know pretty well
who's back on the Gordership Council, and I know he
(05:14):
hasn't gained any here in the last few terms that
he's been on there, but I do really respect the
job that he's done and what's not an easy job.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Just finally you've got through the landing season, do you
get a bit of a chance of taking a breather. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, we're sort of trying to roster people off at
the moment and we just had a tract to go
away to a wedding, so he turned back up to
work today. So it was pretty stoked about that, and
you know, we just took away. But it is that
tractor sort of season now where you don't want anybody
on a wet day, and then on a dry day
you want to get four or five people driving tractors.
And yeah, I think you just got to remember that
(05:51):
every day is another day. And if you look at
the calendar, we're so far ahead groundwork wise than we
were last year that you know, there's another season. And
there's a saying that something along the lines of, you know,
the workers endless, But I am not, and I think
that's pretty apt to farming, you know, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yeah, and interesting way to look at things. Peter's always
always appreciate your time. You enjoyed the AVO.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
No worries sounds good, Peter.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Guardine of Napdale, you're listening to the muster. Riley Kennedy
of Business Desk is up next to talking a bit
more detail about this alliance situation that comes to the fore,
particularly this coming Monday.
Peter Gardeine Farms and Napdale and joins us this afternoon
and what can only be described as a pack of
mix of weather once again as we get into the
middle of October, technically almost halfway through spring feet, but
it's been anything but plain sailing good afternoon.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Here you going, Andy, Yep, she's she's another spring mix.
Al Right. We're into the track to work at home
at Netdale the year, but we're not quite ready for
down the road just yet. So yeah, just a bit
of groundwork, getting some stuff ready, bit of stuff that's
getting precision seeded that we're just you know, lining up
some contractors on that front and ready for rock and roll.
(00:39):
But yeah, she's up airway. Especially, it's we're so much
better than last year because we just don't have that
soil profile full of water. So these little bits of
rain we're still gone again. First thing the next morning.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I was going to say, the micro climates you get
around the south are crazy and just how close they.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Are, Yes, I mean where we are at Napdale. And
Dad was a bit more diligent than I am, and
he measured the what he's upper chest and actually but
his long term raginful average was seven hundred and eighty mils,
which is a lot less than most people would think.
And we do get it going around us a webit.
So yeah, it's great at this time of year. Not
(01:16):
so much fun in summer.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So how are you looking on the on the lamb
side of things, tailings all over and done with.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, tailoring's pretty up to date. We've actually got got
the crew from locking the crew there today so they're
smashing out a few which is awesome. That's looking relatively positive.
It's not going to be any record break or anything
like that, but I think we've done done okay. And yeah,
we just we have sprinkled a weab bit of nirogen around.
I didn't think we're going to have to do that
this year, but yeah, I just that cool September has
(01:45):
reduced her covers a webit. And you know, it's something
that James I said on the radio the other day
and I couldn't agree with him more a how do
you expect you to perform? You know, in this one
time of the year that she's actually useful when she's
had heavy how can you expect her to perform on
no feed? And yeah, I think that's a bit of
a hangover to the to the subsidy days. And you know,
(02:08):
it's all about how much weight can we get out
the gate. It's not about how many heads we can
carry shout.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Out to all the contract as well. Trying to get
those tails off in this weather must be frustrating. But
the thing is, when you've got a day book, today's book,
you've got to carry on right.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Oh, they do a great, great crew, And that's probably
a good point that I point out. You know, I
used to run a crutch and gang and grew up
doing harvest contracting a bit of that sort of stuff.
And I actually personally think every farmer needs to work
for some form of a contractor before they go farming,
so that they understand that what all these contractors have
(02:43):
to do, because you know, for you tailings one day
or two days or whatever it is for them, you know,
you're one in a string of a whole lot of jobs.
And same with the egg boys. You know, everybody fresh
dry day, everybody wants them. They're plowing their paddock and
it's just not quite possible like that.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
The old days of the backpack crutching company based out
of Riversdale and going to Shed's there the lambs are
a little bit damp, but like you just got them
in there and you got the job done. You didn't
windel moone.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, no, we had a pretty good run. We didn't
have a lot of gat lambs up their way. It's
just one day. I remember actually up on the Glenure
Hill for a certain farmer and it was the day
before we went back to Uni and the fog had
rolled in the night before, which wasn't his fault, and yeah,
the problems wouldn't have any other options, so we just
got in and got the job done. And I think
he was pretty thankful. Actually, yeah, they're.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Very appreciative when you do this, is do those jobs
when it's hard. Yet, Look, Pete, we'll touch on this.
It going into too much detail. Riley Kennedy from Business Desk.
We're talking to him shortly. But this Alliance d day
looming on Monday as well, it's going to be interesting
what way it's going to go. Nothing's clear cut, Oh definitely.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
The main thing I would say to all the Alliance
guys is get in and have your vote, and make
sure you get your vote and encountered. I think I
know which way I'm going to vote, but I am
things about both offers and things that frustrate me about
both offers. Yeah, I'm sort of still even on the fence,
and I'd love to see a bit more detail, But
(04:10):
I think it's something that we need to get this
voted on and get whatever happens happening, and keep moving
forward from here.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
When a process occurs, there's always frustration, as you talked
about about regarding how everything's been gone about in this case,
in particular, possibly better communication regarding us from Alliance.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I think there's a lot of things could have been
done a lot better. But it's also pretty easy to
poke sticks from the outside of the circle into the
inside of the circle. And I think I think it's
something that shows is that I actually think we have
a governance deficit worldwide. I think politicians and guys that
(04:53):
go on these sort of boards, I just don't think
it has the prestige that it used to have. And
I don't think we attract the level of politicians or
directors that were used to attract, And I think that's
a little bit sad, and I think a lot of
that comes down to the tall poppy syndrome. And yeah,
like I've got the local guy I know pretty well
who's back on the Gordership Council, and I know he
(05:14):
hasn't gained any here in the last few terms that
he's been on there, but I do really respect the
job that he's done and what's not an easy job.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Just finally you've got through the landing season, do you
get a bit of a chance of taking a breather. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, we're sort of trying to roster people off at
the moment and we just had a tract to go
away to a wedding, so he turned back up to
work today. So it was pretty stoked about that, and
you know, we just took away. But it is that
tractor sort of season now where you don't want anybody
on a wet day, and then on a dry day
you want to get four or five people driving tractors.
And yeah, I think you just got to remember that
(05:51):
every day is another day. And if you look at
the calendar, we're so far ahead groundwork wise than we
were last year that you know, there's another season. And
there's a saying that something along the lines of, you know,
the workers endless, But I am not, and I think
that's pretty apt to farming, you know, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yeah, and interesting way to look at things. Peter's always
always appreciate your time. You enjoyed the AVO.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
No worries sounds good, Peter.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Guardine of Napdale, you're listening to the muster. Riley Kennedy
of Business Desk is up next to talking a bit
more detail about this alliance situation that comes to the fore,
particularly this coming Monday.
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