1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: The Rural Report on Hither Duper Se Alan Drive, Jammy Mackay, 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: host of the Countries with us l O Jamie. Hello, Heather, 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: and a bit of breaking news for you. I don't 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: know whether you've covered this. If you have, feel free 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: to stop me. But you know how eric is standor 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: from the Ministry of Education. We're talking about getting agg 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: off the school curriculum. Have you covered that? Have they 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: done a press release this afternoon? And no, I don't 9 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: know have that? No, No, I know. I'm asking you 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: because I've been out of circulation. So this is sort 11 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: of breaking news. I think it's good for the primary 12 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: sector and agriculture and horticultural science will remain standalone ministry 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: led subjects for years twelve and thirteen. So what happened 14 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: as Erica decided with the ministry to change it. Some 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: heavy hitters and agriculture that like some old mate Shane mcmanuay, 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: a bloke who built a hospital and a spare time 17 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: community minded sort of fellow. They've been chewing on the 18 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: air of people in high places and they've got a well, 19 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: I don't know what they'd call it, a flip or 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: a backdown, but certainly they're going to retain agricultural and 21 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: Horticultural science whip for years twelve and thirteen. That's good 22 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: news story. And I heard you talking about the price 23 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: of food, Well, jeez, the markets might fix all. I'm 24 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: standing like an act sounding like an ACT party member there. 25 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: But we've got a Global Dairy Trade auction tonight and 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: things are looking a little bit more on the downside, 27 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: especially for the likes of butter. So we're going to 28 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: await tonight's crucial GDT auction with a lot of interest. 29 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: Futures are forecasting a fall across the board. Homework powdered 30 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: down more more than two percent. Butter we don't know, 31 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: but the Chinese are buying most of it, and the 32 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: US spot butter price has taken a bit of a tumble. Interestingly, 33 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: our forecast prices for the twenty six season, that's the 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: one we've just entered into now I've dropped down to 35 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: nine dollars eighty one for the twenty six to twenty 36 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: seven season. This is futures, of course, nine dollars thirty six. 37 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: So that's the trouble with commodities. They're always cyclical and 38 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: what goes up will eventually come down. As I say, 39 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: buttergate could be self fulfilling. Yeah too. Right, Now, what's 40 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: Environment Southland been doing? Well, there's been it's been a 41 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: bit of a story for the past couple of days 42 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: on my show. Well, according to the president of Federated 43 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: Farmers down the adjacent Herrick, they've been taking a heavy 44 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: handed approach to compliance, creating unprecedented stress and financial pressure 45 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: for farmers and this is all to do with the 46 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: winter grazing practices so Environments Southland and to their credit, 47 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: they've done a good job in tidying up what was 48 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: a bit of an issue down south, especially ten or 49 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: fifteen years ago. They're doing these flyovers and they're spotting 50 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: anyone from the air who's not using good winter grazing practices. 51 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: But then they go back and they have a look 52 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: at these farms and even if a farmer's done nothing, 53 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: Federated Farmers are claiming they're getting bills of up to 54 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: four thousand dollars for the pleasure of the Environment South 55 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: and inspector run around their farm. And this is sort 56 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: of a common theme around the country now. Yesterday and 57 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: it got a lot of traction on social media. Former 58 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: Mid Canterbury President David Clark was talking about the issues 59 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: he had to try and get a consent just to 60 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 1: farm his sheep, beef and arable property in mid Canterbury, 61 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: jumping through all sorts of hoops to get permission to farm. 62 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: He's not changing his farming practice, or hardly at all. 63 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: He's already spent up to fifty thousand dollars on consultants 64 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: and the iron of a situation is he has been 65 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: advised that the easiest way to get a consent would 66 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: be to withdraw his current one for his current farming 67 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: practice mainly sheep and arable, and then apply for a 68 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: dairy conversion and that will be an easy way to 69 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: get a consent. Well, how does that work? Heaven help 70 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: me there, It's ridiculous, Jamie, Thank you so much for 71 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: talking us through it. Jamie McKay, host of the Country. 72 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 73 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: Newstalk SETB from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast 74 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.