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Speaker 1: Jamie mckaye hosted the Country with Us Jamie, Good Evening,

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Speaker 1: Good Day, Ryan. Everybody's talking about Hugh Jackson.

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Speaker 2: Yes, as opposed to Hugh Jackman, who I was accused

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Speaker 2: of mispronunciating his name. I may have mispronunciated mispronunciation there too,

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Speaker 2: sorry Ryan, on yesterday's show. Yeah, Hugh Jackson is the

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Speaker 2: FMG twenty twenty five Young Farmer of the Year, the

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Speaker 2: twenty six year old sheep and beef farmer from Tiaka

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Speaker 2: just up by Raglan there won the Grand Final, was

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Speaker 2: given the Cloak of Knowledge and in the cargo on

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Speaker 2: Saturday night. So this is like they had to win

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Speaker 2: their district finals and then their regional finals and then

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Speaker 2: they get to the Grand Final. There are seven regions

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Speaker 2: represented in the Grand Final. On Thursday, they do their

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Speaker 2: technical day, which is very very technical. On Friday they

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Speaker 2: do the practical test, that's the hands on down on

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Speaker 2: the farm stuff. Then they do the speeches on the

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Speaker 2: Friday night, and then on the Saturday they've got the

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Speaker 2: big gala dinner and the buzz around and yet he

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Speaker 2: came out on top. Interestingly, they had to do things

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Speaker 2: on their practical day, Ryan, like sharing sheep no problem,

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Speaker 2: of course for a sheep farm. A bit of an

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Speaker 2: issue for a dairy farmer. They had to build a

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Speaker 2: bridge and drive a motorbike over it. They had to

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Speaker 2: fill it fish and I love this one. They had

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Speaker 2: to bail some hay, make some hay in Southland in

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Speaker 2: the middle of July to show off their farthing skills.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, interesting, So yeah. Hugh Jackson taking it away.

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Speaker 2: He's got an interest in technology, a passion for mental health.

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Speaker 2: He's the chair of the Hamilton City Young Farmers Club.

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Speaker 2: Caught up with Mitfield days. Very eloquent young man. Gareth mckirche,

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Speaker 2: another smart young bloke representing a Orangi, was in second

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Speaker 2: place and Tasman farmer George Leatham finished in third place.

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Speaker 2: I may follow in the steps of the twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: two and twenty twenty three winners Tim Danjon and Emma

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Speaker 2: Paul brother and sister and last year's winner George Dodson.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what, Ryan, if you win one of

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Speaker 2: these titles, they stay with you for life and they

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Speaker 2: open lots of doors in the primary sector.

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Speaker 1: Brilliant. Good to see the next generation coming through now.

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Speaker 1: The recent sale season was one to remember, yeah.

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Speaker 2: This is the ball selling season. This is the beef balls,

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Speaker 2: black gold they're calling them. Of course, the black bulls

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Speaker 2: are the Angus bulls. When it came to all the

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Speaker 2: different breeds this year, Charrolat claimed the highest increase in

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Speaker 2: average price is South Devon, the highest increase in total

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Speaker 2: clearance rates. But the story of the season was the

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Speaker 2: Angus bulls. They set a new record. Tonguey Ho Angus

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Speaker 2: from Gisbon sold a big black beast for one hundred

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Speaker 2: and sixty one thousand dollars. That beat last year's price

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Speaker 2: of one hundred and thirty record price of one hundred

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Speaker 2: and thirty five thousand by twenty six thousand. When it

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Speaker 2: came to the other breeds, the Hereford set a new

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Speaker 2: top price of eighty grand, the charalets fifty and the

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Speaker 2: Simontal forty two. Now, Ryan, if you owned one of

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Speaker 2: these black bulls, you wouldn't have to work two jobs

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Speaker 2: like you're doing at the moment. You could sell one

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Speaker 2: and just work one job.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I dream of the day. I dream of the day. Jamie.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Jamie mckaye, host of the Country.

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