The Southern Farming Muster
Southern Farming Muster with Southland Farm Machinery
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Interview Vault - May
Ceri Lewis - May 28. Listen here
Ceri is the General manager of Mt Linto Station and he gives us the rundown of what is happening on farm and also previews the Dog Trial champs at Gore where he and a number of staff will be competing.
Grant "Disaster" McMaster - May 27. Listen here
Disaster updates us on the South Island and NZ dog trial champs to be held at Stoney Creek Station next week.
Graham Butcher - May 27. Listen here
Graham is a Gore based farm consultant and we talk feeding levels for ewes on pasture and brassica for winter in Otago and Southland.
Andy Fraser - May 26. Listen here
Andy is our weather expert. He reviews the recent rainfall and gives us his view on the snowfall risk over the next day or so
James Shorthall - May 26. Listen here
James is ASB Banks rural economist. He gives us his take on Fonterra's forecast payout for next year and what it means for dairy farmers and sheep farmers.
Tony Haisman - May 26. Listen here
Tony is our farm accountant. He reviews the Fonterra forecast payout and the recent Budget
Peter McNab - May 25. Listen here
Peter updates us with happenings at Lochindorb and some TB issues around South Otago.
John Bannerman - May 25. Listen here
John is a lawyer based in Gore. He gives us the implications for farmers of the budget and some proposed changes to GST relating to land sales
Robert Young - May 24. Listen here
Robert is a former monitor farmer and he updates us on the season that been and his hopes for next year.
Trevor Cook - May 24. Listen here
Trevor is a vet based in Fielding. He tells us the value farms can get from scanning ewes and using the results effectively.
Peter Hook - May 20. Listen here
Peter (farm consultant) tells us how Central Otago looks, measuring winter brassica crops and wintering cows in Central.
Andy Fraser - May 19. Listen here
Andy talks weather, volcanoes and forecasting.
James Shorthall - May 19. Listen here
James is ASB Banks rural economist and he follows the decline in the NZ$, previews the budget and looks at the European bailout package.
Colleen Neustroski - May 19. Listen here
Colleen tells us about her and husband John's dairy farming operation, how they got to Southland and their impressive production from an all grass system.
Dylan Ditchfield - May 18. Listen here
Dylan reviews the dairy season to date, drying off, winter crops and Fonterra['s Capital Structure meetings.
Ivan Lines - May 13. Listen here
Ivan (farm consultant) backgrounds Euan and Linda Templetons farm, the challenges of sandy soils and also the impressive production levels achieved.
Graeme Sinclair - May 13. Listen here
Graeme (Gone Fishing) talks hunting and fishing and previews the evening next saturday in Gore with the Excelsior Rugby.
Andy Fraser - May 12. Listen here
Andy gives us his review of last weeks weather and more importantly whats coming
Gareth King - May 12. Listen here
Gareth from Felton Road Winery joins us to talk compost and this years vintage.
Limehills School - May 11. Listen here
The pupils of Limehill School update us on their farming and environmental projects at the moment.
Brent Rawstron - May 11. Listen here
Brent is a farming entrepreneur into beef and wine marketing. We review last season and look forward to next season.
David Rose - May 10. Listen here
David (Fed Farmers) talks flooding, ETS, South Coast Dairies and the upcoming National AGM for Feds in Invercargill.
Gray Baldwin - May 10. Listen here
Gray talks the season so far in the Waikato, Fonterras payout and 'fair weather bankers'.
Justin Muschamp - May 10. Listen here
Justin (vet) talks transitioning sheep onto swedes and winter feeding levels for placental development.
Graham Cooney - May 05. Listen here
Graham (Chairman Blue Sky Meats) joins us to talk rising lamb and mutton schedules, bobby calves and the NZRU.