March 3, 2026 • 8 mins
Steve Henderson has a chat from the West Coast where he describes the mood up there as the same as the south.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome back to the master. Steve Henderson Farms down at
our Ua. Here's the chair of the Southern Field days
and he's been around on maneuvers today. By the sounds
of it, Steve good afternoon.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Half an end of year the our joy ride song. Yep,
yesterday or day before actually went for a joy ride
from cross Shirts to Kerama of all places. So yeah,
we hell of a joy ride for five years and
the car I'll talk you out there to industry awards
at this time of the year. So for the regional
round of judging they take outside of the region people.
(00:38):
So here's myself. Then giranzed in a banker cruising round
and we've got here three. Well that's you all contract
markers to judge over here on the coast. So yep,
that is me for the next couple of days.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So where do we find you today?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right now, I'm back in Reefting, so oh wow, here
with Caramea and then we've just judged two in and
around reeft and so yeah, a core part of the
country and we're looking at like twenty two twenty three
degrees today, so yeah, it has been plenty good.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Actually has reefed and hell's describe reeftern.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
If you were around fifty years ago and stare Reft,
it still looks like that today. It's it's just a
it's just a wicked, cool mining town. And and that's
the beauty of the coast. They've all got so much history,
and you probably spend more time rubber nicking at all
the buildings and the mines that are still going and
the rail network and everything else that happens over here
(01:32):
then actually keeping the eyes on the road. So yeah,
it's a it's a pretty wicked town. And during the summertime,
like right now, the kemp of n parks full, and
the amount of camp of ends we see on the road.
Your tourists just keep this neck of the woods alive,
is it?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
How's it looking over their feed wise in the ws?
Obviously rain's never an issue over that way.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Funny you say that. So we've just got off farm
just literally five minutes ago, and yeah, they've got two
sing to pivots, so they do get drying in recent
But on the coast we're up at Kramea and they've
got irrigation up there too, so there's a what is
it a longer true? They're the true the one that
goes sideways, so Caram is the same as a Kapiti
(02:13):
coast and Wellington, so you are quite high and you
don't get all that rainfall likes of heart and Fox does.
So yeah, top top of the South is quite different,
and they had a rough spring. There's plenty of flooding
and plenty of pugging, probably similar lots south in the
head and they're humming now. There's good covers and they're
looking like the talons of the season's going to be
pretty good.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
So when you're back down south here, because you've had
quite a quite a bit of leave over the last
month or two.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I mean your leave might be indebit for a few
years now. So yeah, I'll get back tomorrow and then yeah,
there's a good time on the farm though nothing's like
what do you call it? Time critical, So we're protesting
Friday morning when I'm back, and he got a couple
of panics to get back and grass out of turnips,
and the autumn's going pretty doing good for us too,
(03:01):
like grass covers, you know, we'll be twenty two fifty
sort of covers. And their cows are just making cheap milk,
just Yeah, grass into the vet, which is good at
this time of the year, and we're pushing grass in
front of us. So yeah, it has been a good
time to get away and do these things. And yeah,
it's always good to put back to the community what
you've got out of it too. So I think they're
(03:21):
sort of a stage of life for it where you're
trying to put back as much as we got out
of it. You NICs five teen years.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Ago after the Field Days concluded, how long did it
take you to get back into a normal routine again.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, it's a funny one. On the Monday morning obviously
worked up Sunday. You know, it's not really to motivated
Monday morning. You sort of woke up and walked around
not really knowing what to start again. But then only
took a couple layers and yep, you just get back
on the swing of things, catch up the stuff. And
we've got a pretty good team so nothing really went
out astray and he needs to get back into it.
(03:53):
We've tried to make some hay. We've got some haydown.
We'll trying to get on Friday and hard and bits
and pieces. But like I say, it's a good time
for you to be away. There's nothing too critical and yeah,
thing if it goes wrong when you're away, it was
then and they wrong when you were there anyway, So
now you just be disordered and carry on.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
So you're all set up for autumn properly.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Here we are. Yeah, yeah, there's really there's really nothing
too too crazy on the radar. A bit of fencing,
bit of weak control and sort of just keep an
eye on cow's body conditions. Score. Really, so we're gonna,
like I said, skiing Friday, it'll tell us in empts.
We won't need to get rid of them, you know,
(04:36):
in the short term with the covers we've got, but
you've got to be mindful that you don't use those carrots.
We have a care over the empts and keep on
and then your covers drop down and then you're in
and a predicament. So well that'll be the first to move.
And the shedule is still looking pretty good. So you know,
as a sheet up, you might be better to get
rid of your cows right now and bits all yours
(04:57):
rather than half your milk. So yep, those decisions to make,
and as a whole it's looking pretty good.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Well, if the schedule looking the way that it is
at the moment, Like you're talking about Steve though, if
you want to get rid of your curls, there's no
harm in it.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
No, No, you did right, and you see the auction
went up again, and milk price is still going to
look pretty strong. But you you're looking at next season,
you're not trying to make milk that you haven't already
made this season. They're sort of done and dusted, so
protect next season. Yes, milk and the vet looks good
and good pub talk, but it can be detrimental next year.
So yeah, if you if you're looking like you're getting
(05:32):
a bit blowing pasture cover and important feed is going
to be more than what you think it should be.
You get rid of you get rid of red meat
and kissing the bank, and you don't don't sacrifice and
start the next season by trying to keep KOs on
for too long this season.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Regarding the GDT result overnight, you touched on it a
five point seven increase, it's looking pretty rosy.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah it is, and what are we now were now March,
so it's probably looking a little bit rosy for next
season too. So historically, a lot of the milk product's
being sold, you know, post Christmas. All this product's being
sold and catered for anyway, so a lot of this
is pushing into next season. Yea, it gives pretty good certainty.
And you know, not just for the guy putting the
(06:15):
cups on. It's a certainty around contractors and suppliers and
all the other associated businesses that run with the various
farming and general So yep, it looks pretty razy for
the next day months and he had just tried and
take those opportunities to run with it where you can.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Is it as positive as positive as what you've seen
the secreted during your farming career, I.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Would say it probably is. We were pretty positive it
would have been twelve years ago when it was eight
thirty and in comparison, I don't know what they would
be could be at around twelve bucks, and then it
did go to three nineties. So that risk is always there,
but as long as you sort of protect that risk
with you know, you've got milk futures out there you
can opt in for that, so there's a lot more
(06:56):
risk protection out there now. But yeah, I think it
has been positive and we've probably talking three years in
a row. Now it's been positive, so yes, it's out
of that christ need it is. We'll obviously scan draft
kils and the body condition score and preference you feed
those ones that are early carves and need their condition
score brought up to you know, if we can drive
(07:17):
off at five, gets the job done and we just
need to maintain them over winter and obviously if it
gets a bit wet, we need to look after passes
too because I've taken a hiding on last two springs.
So if we you know, pug up more than we
should this autumn roll through the spring too, so you know,
you just got to keep an eye the weather, keep
an eye cow condition and yeah, winter comes around pretty
(07:39):
quick and there's not really too much more to it.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
You've got Sweden this year again, haven't you.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yeah we do. Yeah, all our KOs are on briskers
and we've got grass and bailers for the about fourteen
days transition period before their calves. So that's the plan. Yes,
so we've got sixty days for them and then the
grass and bailer. So crops are looking really well. I've
I've had a rapper of a season. We've just sprayed
(08:05):
twenty on hectys for a bit of a six and
weed pressure. Other than that, I've been here up the
cheapest coptive of the ground and that's purely you know
rain now the sky which is creating a lot of
grass now too so given us looking good and bailage
with hit my head to buy weabdon but that's available
this year, which is good, and it's on power with
last year in the year before, prist wise.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Too good on you, Steve, enjoy beautiful reefs in and
we'll talk to you and you're back down south. We well,
thanks Eddie, Steve Henderson. I haven't reefed in this afternoon.
People everywhere these days, aren't they? Why not? James Burrows
up next to Derry and z then Robin Greer from
PGG Wrights in real Estate and Jason Pine of news
(08:49):
Stork ZV talking about the Zellbex announcement.
Welcome back to the master. Steve Henderson Farms down at
our Ua. Here's the chair of the Southern Field days
and he's been around on maneuvers today. By the sounds
of it, Steve good afternoon.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Half an end of year the our joy ride song. Yep,
yesterday or day before actually went for a joy ride
from cross Shirts to Kerama of all places. So yeah,
we hell of a joy ride for five years and
the car I'll talk you out there to industry awards
at this time of the year. So for the regional
round of judging they take outside of the region people.
(00:38):
So here's myself. Then giranzed in a banker cruising round
and we've got here three. Well that's you all contract
markers to judge over here on the coast. So yep,
that is me for the next couple of days.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So where do we find you today?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right now, I'm back in Reefting, so oh wow, here
with Caramea and then we've just judged two in and
around reeft and so yeah, a core part of the
country and we're looking at like twenty two twenty three
degrees today, so yeah, it has been plenty good.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Actually has reefed and hell's describe reeftern.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
If you were around fifty years ago and stare Reft,
it still looks like that today. It's it's just a
it's just a wicked, cool mining town. And and that's
the beauty of the coast. They've all got so much history,
and you probably spend more time rubber nicking at all
the buildings and the mines that are still going and
the rail network and everything else that happens over here
(01:32):
then actually keeping the eyes on the road. So yeah,
it's a it's a pretty wicked town. And during the summertime,
like right now, the kemp of n parks full, and
the amount of camp of ends we see on the road.
Your tourists just keep this neck of the woods alive,
is it?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
How's it looking over their feed wise in the ws?
Obviously rain's never an issue over that way.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Funny you say that. So we've just got off farm
just literally five minutes ago, and yeah, they've got two
sing to pivots, so they do get drying in recent
But on the coast we're up at Kramea and they've
got irrigation up there too, so there's a what is
it a longer true? They're the true the one that
goes sideways, so Caram is the same as a Kapiti
(02:13):
coast and Wellington, so you are quite high and you
don't get all that rainfall likes of heart and Fox does.
So yeah, top top of the South is quite different,
and they had a rough spring. There's plenty of flooding
and plenty of pugging, probably similar lots south in the
head and they're humming now. There's good covers and they're
looking like the talons of the season's going to be
pretty good.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
So when you're back down south here, because you've had
quite a quite a bit of leave over the last
month or two.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I mean your leave might be indebit for a few
years now. So yeah, I'll get back tomorrow and then yeah,
there's a good time on the farm though nothing's like
what do you call it? Time critical, So we're protesting
Friday morning when I'm back, and he got a couple
of panics to get back and grass out of turnips,
and the autumn's going pretty doing good for us too,
(03:01):
like grass covers, you know, we'll be twenty two fifty
sort of covers. And their cows are just making cheap milk,
just Yeah, grass into the vet, which is good at
this time of the year, and we're pushing grass in
front of us. So yeah, it has been a good
time to get away and do these things. And yeah,
it's always good to put back to the community what
you've got out of it too. So I think they're
(03:21):
sort of a stage of life for it where you're
trying to put back as much as we got out
of it. You NICs five teen years.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Ago after the Field Days concluded, how long did it
take you to get back into a normal routine again.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, it's a funny one. On the Monday morning obviously
worked up Sunday. You know, it's not really to motivated
Monday morning. You sort of woke up and walked around
not really knowing what to start again. But then only
took a couple layers and yep, you just get back
on the swing of things, catch up the stuff. And
we've got a pretty good team so nothing really went
out astray and he needs to get back into it.
(03:53):
We've tried to make some hay. We've got some haydown.
We'll trying to get on Friday and hard and bits
and pieces. But like I say, it's a good time
for you to be away. There's nothing too critical and yeah,
thing if it goes wrong when you're away, it was
then and they wrong when you were there anyway, So
now you just be disordered and carry on.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
So you're all set up for autumn properly.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Here we are. Yeah, yeah, there's really there's really nothing
too too crazy on the radar. A bit of fencing,
bit of weak control and sort of just keep an
eye on cow's body conditions. Score. Really, so we're gonna,
like I said, skiing Friday, it'll tell us in empts.
We won't need to get rid of them, you know,
(04:36):
in the short term with the covers we've got, but
you've got to be mindful that you don't use those carrots.
We have a care over the empts and keep on
and then your covers drop down and then you're in
and a predicament. So well that'll be the first to move.
And the shedule is still looking pretty good. So you know,
as a sheet up, you might be better to get
rid of your cows right now and bits all yours
(04:57):
rather than half your milk. So yep, those decisions to make,
and as a whole it's looking pretty good.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Well, if the schedule looking the way that it is
at the moment, Like you're talking about Steve though, if
you want to get rid of your curls, there's no
harm in it.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
No, No, you did right, and you see the auction
went up again, and milk price is still going to
look pretty strong. But you you're looking at next season,
you're not trying to make milk that you haven't already
made this season. They're sort of done and dusted, so
protect next season. Yes, milk and the vet looks good
and good pub talk, but it can be detrimental next year.
So yeah, if you if you're looking like you're getting
(05:32):
a bit blowing pasture cover and important feed is going
to be more than what you think it should be.
You get rid of you get rid of red meat
and kissing the bank, and you don't don't sacrifice and
start the next season by trying to keep KOs on
for too long this season.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Regarding the GDT result overnight, you touched on it a
five point seven increase, it's looking pretty rosy.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah it is, and what are we now were now March,
so it's probably looking a little bit rosy for next
season too. So historically, a lot of the milk product's
being sold, you know, post Christmas. All this product's being
sold and catered for anyway, so a lot of this
is pushing into next season. Yea, it gives pretty good certainty.
And you know, not just for the guy putting the
(06:15):
cups on. It's a certainty around contractors and suppliers and
all the other associated businesses that run with the various
farming and general So yep, it looks pretty razy for
the next day months and he had just tried and
take those opportunities to run with it where you can.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Is it as positive as positive as what you've seen
the secreted during your farming career, I.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Would say it probably is. We were pretty positive it
would have been twelve years ago when it was eight
thirty and in comparison, I don't know what they would
be could be at around twelve bucks, and then it
did go to three nineties. So that risk is always there,
but as long as you sort of protect that risk
with you know, you've got milk futures out there you
can opt in for that, so there's a lot more
(06:56):
risk protection out there now. But yeah, I think it
has been positive and we've probably talking three years in
a row. Now it's been positive, so yes, it's out
of that christ need it is. We'll obviously scan draft
kils and the body condition score and preference you feed
those ones that are early carves and need their condition
score brought up to you know, if we can drive
(07:17):
off at five, gets the job done and we just
need to maintain them over winter and obviously if it
gets a bit wet, we need to look after passes
too because I've taken a hiding on last two springs.
So if we you know, pug up more than we
should this autumn roll through the spring too, so you know,
you just got to keep an eye the weather, keep
an eye cow condition and yeah, winter comes around pretty
(07:39):
quick and there's not really too much more to it.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
You've got Sweden this year again, haven't you.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yeah we do. Yeah, all our KOs are on briskers
and we've got grass and bailers for the about fourteen
days transition period before their calves. So that's the plan. Yes,
so we've got sixty days for them and then the
grass and bailer. So crops are looking really well. I've
I've had a rapper of a season. We've just sprayed
(08:05):
twenty on hectys for a bit of a six and
weed pressure. Other than that, I've been here up the
cheapest coptive of the ground and that's purely you know
rain now the sky which is creating a lot of
grass now too so given us looking good and bailage
with hit my head to buy weabdon but that's available
this year, which is good, and it's on power with
last year in the year before, prist wise.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Too good on you, Steve, enjoy beautiful reefs in and
we'll talk to you and you're back down south. We well,
thanks Eddie, Steve Henderson. I haven't reefed in this afternoon.
People everywhere these days, aren't they? Why not? James Burrows
up next to Derry and z then Robin Greer from
PGG Wrights in real Estate and Jason Pine of news
(08:49):
Stork ZV talking about the Zellbex announcement.
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