October 21, 2025 • 7 mins
Warren Ross says its business as usual at Waimumu; it's just a little bit breezy!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, nime, welcome back to the muster the song Diddy Smash.
I'll look for Thursday. It will be interesting considering the
way the weather is at the moment, but look, all
things considered. Is that time of the year to think
about the Rams for next season. The Farview Ram Open
Day is happening next Thursday, October the thirtieth, from one
(00:22):
pm onwards. I'm thirteen to eighteen. Waitahuna West Road at Lawrence.
You'll find Rodney's, Rodney Texalls and suff texts on display.
Take the off heavy and check out the whole Farvie
operation as well. That's Hamish and the team there with
their fave uw RAM Open Day Thursday October the thirtieth.
As we go and catch up with Warren Ross farming
at Wai Mumu our fishing gury here on the Muster
(00:44):
as well. Well, good afternoon, but straight off the cuff.
Won't be too much freshing this weekend and Tiyan Now
the competition, the fishing comp which has been going for
eighteen nine years, has been postponed.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah after Andy, Yeah no, he has been asty so
read it last night that they've talked about it. And
you come across the news this morning that they have canceled.
It's it's a bit of a shame, but I guess
factly comes first, and that's pretty.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Much what it comes down to. You look at the
driftwood that's around the edge of the lake front, and
what you can't do much about it is just mother
nature's not playing ball. Just whoever you.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Speak to, you know, one overcente and there'll be logs
on on the lake as well. They haven't reached the
shore yet and also carry on, and but they're still
talking another quite a few meals like an inch twenty
five or thirty five miles in the next few days
for particular, but that's probably going to get more on
the on the hills and on the divide.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
So how are you faring on the farm? There is it?
We sat it way murmur.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
And that's not so well actually be faired. We have
air fish here of rain, but with these winds we've
been getting has certainly been drawing the ground out time
pretty quick afterwards.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
So you're managing to get the iron horse out under
the paddock, get some furries turned over.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
No, absolutely, so I haven't had the play on the ground,
but yeah, sort of ripping ground up and rolling it
deck down and spreading. Hey, he comes around and are so, no,
it's not just chipping away. We haven't planted anything yet.
But I don't get carried away fit until on November. Anyhow,
I do believe I do have seen some beat planners
getting around in trying to plant some fun of beat
(02:15):
and some pieces. But yeah, I just I just do
want to wait, uh wait, wait till November before I
get carried away.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I need to catch up with Ben Dooley who's talking
the other day about getting grass and on the likes,
and I'm thinking, well, it's on the ground, but you
just got to wait for it to grow. Now, sometimes
you just got to be careful what you wish for.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, that's right, you know. And we've done in the
path and you get you get a pretty good strike,
but not super great. So we generally wait till years.
I wait till November and or early December for grass
and yeah, and you know, Salt Timbers is a lot
warmer and more said, yeah, and that's what we tend
to do.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
So you wouldn't say your rainfall is any different to
other years. It's just been unseasonably cold. And windy.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Ah, well, I think September is probably well up on
the well above beverage. October hasn't been so bad, I guess.
But you know, we're just the ones we haven't had
the ones we've been getting now for a number of years,
I guess, sir. Yeah, but you know, so we're sitting
all right.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
And everybody's saying the same thing about the wind. It
just makes you feel grumpy, oh.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Grumpy and tired, and it's just earning you do so
much harder, you know, that's right. This weekend will help.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
So how the stop looking at the moment or the
fake conditions as well? Are you coping?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
No, We've got plenty of feed actually on the d
unit or across the board to to be fair, and
I'm just shifting mob a kettle as we speak this morning,
and yeah, they're all looking pretty good. So there's plenty
of thing in front of us and the unit. Probably
the biggest chills now will be to keep the feed
under control, to be honest, But that's what the or
the kettle for.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So the venison schedule, though we've talked before about these
eleven dollar contracts, everything's still pretty tickety boo. In that department.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah, how far asan weird it is yet now, so
we've got a few more to kill next week actually,
so the one hundred guns will gone away to the work.
So you know, we're chipping around here healing, healing stag.
So I'm pretty quickly really, so they come along, come
along quite nicely.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
So the deer is thriving at the moment.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I thinem to be doing a right. Yeah, I just
and also had to move them off of aving steaks
but close to the sheet for tomorrow morning. So that's uh,
we will start velving tomorrow actually, so well on the
on the mixtage stakes. Now your things has come along
pretty quickly, really.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Does Velvetygod job you look forward to, you look forward to.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
The start, and then when you get into January, yeah,
I wish you weren't doing it. And by the time
you get to the last of the regrowth and the
last of the sparkers, and even sparkers grow right through
to February and then you miss one, godly gosh, we'll
go get get them in and get another half a
dozen done or something like that. And yeah, by January,
in the January year over it.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
So it's more or less the next three months that
have taken over, taken out, take them out, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yeah, pretty much absolutely between we've got five hundred stags
and three hundred or turn leaving stakes left. Yeah, between
them and them and them.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
That's yeah, full on job really as far as there's
a lines do you, well, what are you and make
of it?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Well, something had to happen and I can't carry on
doing what they've been doing, I believe, And I discussing
with someone last night actually, and farmers could just be
able to help them out again. What's going to happen
in three years time when they ask for alf the
farmers for more money, you know, And I believe until
(05:23):
they change something in the house in the way of
consider elating or so forth, nothing actually really going to change,
if you know what I mean. And so I think
it's weird, it's a good thing or not. I'm sure
I didn't want to see it go over offshore, but
the reality is that, Yeah, the other ones with the money,
well it was.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
A business decision. If I didn't do that. The banks
are wanting money, and a lot of it, and not
that long a time away.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, it's a very very short time correct. So the
alternative was basically go and brokeusos.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Well, any farmers you speak to her involved with the lions,
what are their thoughts been.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
I haven't been talking to me. How people bout me?
If you're But there's been mostly a bit of mixed
mixed feelings about of the guests. Most of my sort
of corner like me. It's sort of on the fence
a little bit. They want to see you go, sure,
but some that's going to have to has to happen,
has to change, and yeah, this is where we're at.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, A great way to look at it. Mate, how
all the best over the weekend. You're brolly with you
and we'll catch up again. Always good to catch up
as go.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. Wetteres are scared of rats. Rats are
scared of cats, Cats are scared of dogs. Dogs are
scared of men me and are scared of women, and
women is scared of wetteres. This song here is a
remake of a song from a few years ago called
(06:57):
the Glen it's quite a doozy.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Actually, now I'm away the next couple of days. No,
I'm not on strike tomorrow. In case you're wandering far
from it, Chris Wilson is hosting the Muster for the
next couple of days, so tune in for that. Always
good for Chucker to step up and help out. I'll
leave it there for the afternoon. I mean, y muy.
You've been listening to The Muster on hok and Nuie
many thanks to Peter's Genetics, a podcast going up shortly
(07:19):
go a Tago
Yeah, nime, welcome back to the muster the song Diddy Smash.
I'll look for Thursday. It will be interesting considering the
way the weather is at the moment, but look, all
things considered. Is that time of the year to think
about the Rams for next season. The Farview Ram Open
Day is happening next Thursday, October the thirtieth, from one
(00:22):
pm onwards. I'm thirteen to eighteen. Waitahuna West Road at Lawrence.
You'll find Rodney's, Rodney Texalls and suff texts on display.
Take the off heavy and check out the whole Farvie
operation as well. That's Hamish and the team there with
their fave uw RAM Open Day Thursday October the thirtieth.
As we go and catch up with Warren Ross farming
at Wai Mumu our fishing gury here on the Muster
(00:44):
as well. Well, good afternoon, but straight off the cuff.
Won't be too much freshing this weekend and Tiyan Now
the competition, the fishing comp which has been going for
eighteen nine years, has been postponed.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah after Andy, Yeah no, he has been asty so
read it last night that they've talked about it. And
you come across the news this morning that they have canceled.
It's it's a bit of a shame, but I guess
factly comes first, and that's pretty.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Much what it comes down to. You look at the
driftwood that's around the edge of the lake front, and
what you can't do much about it is just mother
nature's not playing ball. Just whoever you.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Speak to, you know, one overcente and there'll be logs
on on the lake as well. They haven't reached the
shore yet and also carry on, and but they're still
talking another quite a few meals like an inch twenty
five or thirty five miles in the next few days
for particular, but that's probably going to get more on
the on the hills and on the divide.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
So how are you faring on the farm? There is it?
We sat it way murmur.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
And that's not so well actually be faired. We have
air fish here of rain, but with these winds we've
been getting has certainly been drawing the ground out time
pretty quick afterwards.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
So you're managing to get the iron horse out under
the paddock, get some furries turned over.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
No, absolutely, so I haven't had the play on the ground,
but yeah, sort of ripping ground up and rolling it
deck down and spreading. Hey, he comes around and are so, no,
it's not just chipping away. We haven't planted anything yet.
But I don't get carried away fit until on November. Anyhow,
I do believe I do have seen some beat planners
getting around in trying to plant some fun of beat
(02:15):
and some pieces. But yeah, I just I just do
want to wait, uh wait, wait till November before I
get carried away.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I need to catch up with Ben Dooley who's talking
the other day about getting grass and on the likes,
and I'm thinking, well, it's on the ground, but you
just got to wait for it to grow. Now, sometimes
you just got to be careful what you wish for.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, that's right, you know. And we've done in the
path and you get you get a pretty good strike,
but not super great. So we generally wait till years.
I wait till November and or early December for grass
and yeah, and you know, Salt Timbers is a lot
warmer and more said, yeah, and that's what we tend
to do.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
So you wouldn't say your rainfall is any different to
other years. It's just been unseasonably cold. And windy.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Ah, well, I think September is probably well up on
the well above beverage. October hasn't been so bad, I guess.
But you know, we're just the ones we haven't had
the ones we've been getting now for a number of years,
I guess, sir. Yeah, but you know, so we're sitting
all right.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
And everybody's saying the same thing about the wind. It
just makes you feel grumpy, oh.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Grumpy and tired, and it's just earning you do so
much harder, you know, that's right. This weekend will help.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
So how the stop looking at the moment or the
fake conditions as well? Are you coping?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
No, We've got plenty of feed actually on the d
unit or across the board to to be fair, and
I'm just shifting mob a kettle as we speak this morning,
and yeah, they're all looking pretty good. So there's plenty
of thing in front of us and the unit. Probably
the biggest chills now will be to keep the feed
under control, to be honest, But that's what the or
the kettle for.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So the venison schedule, though we've talked before about these
eleven dollar contracts, everything's still pretty tickety boo. In that department.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah, how far asan weird it is yet now, so
we've got a few more to kill next week actually,
so the one hundred guns will gone away to the work.
So you know, we're chipping around here healing, healing stag.
So I'm pretty quickly really, so they come along, come
along quite nicely.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
So the deer is thriving at the moment.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I thinem to be doing a right. Yeah, I just
and also had to move them off of aving steaks
but close to the sheet for tomorrow morning. So that's uh,
we will start velving tomorrow actually, so well on the
on the mixtage stakes. Now your things has come along
pretty quickly, really.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Does Velvetygod job you look forward to, you look forward to.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
The start, and then when you get into January, yeah,
I wish you weren't doing it. And by the time
you get to the last of the regrowth and the
last of the sparkers, and even sparkers grow right through
to February and then you miss one, godly gosh, we'll
go get get them in and get another half a
dozen done or something like that. And yeah, by January,
in the January year over it.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
So it's more or less the next three months that
have taken over, taken out, take them out, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yeah, pretty much absolutely between we've got five hundred stags
and three hundred or turn leaving stakes left. Yeah, between
them and them and them.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
That's yeah, full on job really as far as there's
a lines do you, well, what are you and make
of it?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Well, something had to happen and I can't carry on
doing what they've been doing, I believe, And I discussing
with someone last night actually, and farmers could just be
able to help them out again. What's going to happen
in three years time when they ask for alf the
farmers for more money, you know, And I believe until
(05:23):
they change something in the house in the way of
consider elating or so forth, nothing actually really going to change,
if you know what I mean. And so I think
it's weird, it's a good thing or not. I'm sure
I didn't want to see it go over offshore, but
the reality is that, Yeah, the other ones with the money,
well it was.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
A business decision. If I didn't do that. The banks
are wanting money, and a lot of it, and not
that long a time away.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, it's a very very short time correct. So the
alternative was basically go and brokeusos.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Well, any farmers you speak to her involved with the lions,
what are their thoughts been.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
I haven't been talking to me. How people bout me?
If you're But there's been mostly a bit of mixed
mixed feelings about of the guests. Most of my sort
of corner like me. It's sort of on the fence
a little bit. They want to see you go, sure,
but some that's going to have to has to happen,
has to change, and yeah, this is where we're at.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, A great way to look at it. Mate, how
all the best over the weekend. You're brolly with you
and we'll catch up again. Always good to catch up
as go.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. Wetteres are scared of rats. Rats are
scared of cats, Cats are scared of dogs. Dogs are
scared of men me and are scared of women, and
women is scared of wetteres. This song here is a
remake of a song from a few years ago called
(06:57):
the Glen it's quite a doozy.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Actually, now I'm away the next couple of days. No,
I'm not on strike tomorrow. In case you're wandering far
from it, Chris Wilson is hosting the Muster for the
next couple of days, so tune in for that. Always
good for Chucker to step up and help out. I'll
leave it there for the afternoon. I mean, y muy.
You've been listening to The Muster on hok and Nuie
many thanks to Peter's Genetics, a podcast going up shortly
(07:19):
go a Tago
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