1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: The Canterbury North Otago Dairy Industry Wards being held at 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hotel Ashburton tonight. Georgie Sinclair is the regional manager. Morning 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: to you. 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: What nine, Luke? How are you? 5 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: You're good? So what is this? What are we celebrating? 6 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: Oh, we're celebrating all our local talent around North Canterbury 7 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: and North Chicago region, all of our dairy trainee, dairy 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 2: managers and sheer farmers. 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: So those are the ones set to be recognized. Those 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: are the three categories tonight. 11 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: Yeah they are. 12 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, some pretty pretty big prizes up for grabs. A. 13 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's some awesome prizes. 14 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, can you give us one or two examples. We've 15 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: got your pages being flipped in the background. 16 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: Didn't have that one in the back of my mind. 17 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: We've got total prizes for dairy manager. First place is 18 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: six and a half grand. 19 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: Jeez, go on. Then, yes, from an electric fence, that's 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 1: for sure. Have we got some fair Mid Caniburary representation 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: in this thing? 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 2: We do? We have lots around Mid Canabary. We've got 23 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: Brady Ballad, Sam Renial, Todd, col Burpender, Jeet Sing, Gritty Thing, 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: Suprendue Thing. We've got well Benavente and Vanessa Iscobat and 25 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,279 Speaker 2: then we've got a few other finalists in not Cannbury region. 26 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: That's brilliant. How are our dairy farming friends getting on 27 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: at the moment? From the outside, it seems like it's 28 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: the beast of the bunch. 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it has been a good season for most part, 30 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: been a pretty strong payout. We had a pretty dry 31 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: start this summer and then got pretty wet, but yeah, 32 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: overall it's not being too bad. Hearing some good mating 33 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: results coming now as wester that's always good. 34 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: If the lifeblood of mid Canterbury wasn't clear from the 35 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: RDR or black from diesel, have to be white from 36 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: so we're certainly going to take that. On the second 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: one I mentioned there, it's been talk of the town 38 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: at the moment or everywhere the fuel crisis. Is that 39 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: having much of an impact on dairy operations? 40 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely tough, and yeah it's just going to 41 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: get tougher I suppose, but there's not too much we 42 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: can do about it, so yeah, but no, it's definitely 43 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: then it's a struggle. 44 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, how does it work? This might be putting me 45 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: on the spot, Georgie. 46 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 2: You know. 47 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: I was talking with Mark Wearing from Philip Wearing Limited 48 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: at Methhan. You know, don't end for running a logistics 49 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: company at the moment. How does it work when the 50 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: trucks come to pick up the milk on farm? Is 51 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: that a cost that's put on the farmer or the 52 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: likes of Fonterra. 53 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 2: I am ninety nine percent sure that's Fonterra. 54 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, gotcha. Okay, oh well, that's one less thing we 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: need to worry about. 56 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: Then. 57 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: What I'm particularly looking forward to celebrating this evening are 58 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: the trainees. You know that the young ones finding their 59 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: way in this industry. And to be fair, you know 60 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: if I've got a wee way to go orthough it 61 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: doesn't feel it as we March the fourth birthday of 62 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: my weee ellis just a couple of days back. Couldn't 63 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: tell you where those last four years are gone. But 64 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: at some stage when she's trying to figure out what 65 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: she wants to do in the world, and I you know, 66 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: maybe your career rurally would suit me. I mean, yes, 67 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: the early mornings can be brutal. I can speak from 68 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: experience in this role too, but you know what, what 69 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: do you find draws people to the dairy industry. But 70 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: what makes this exciting? 71 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: There's so much potential and growth a dairy. It's a 72 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: it's an exciting thing to get into if you want 73 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: to move up and do well. Yeah, I think that's 74 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 2: a really cool opportunity for a lot of young people. 75 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: Moving seems to be an operative words. Do you find 76 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: that most people do move each year? 77 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 2: Ah? I wouldn't say every year. I've moved a lot 78 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: of time. Yeah you can, yep. 79 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, right on. So just quickly, what's an operation you 80 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: guys running? 81 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 2: I am just up into viet managing a farm up there? 82 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: Yeah right were you were you hammered as hard as 83 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: we were over summer with the wet. 84 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: Yeah we were. Yeah. 85 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: To be fair though, if you're growing animals, wasn't necessarily 86 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: a bad thing. 87 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, so brilliant. 88 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: Well, safe travels down the airway tonight, certainly looking forward 89 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: to catching up. It's going to be a real celebration 90 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: of our local dairy farmers at the Dairy Industry Awards 91 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: this evening.