1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Out to green Streets with dairy farmer Stacy Stewart's morning, 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: Good morning. Didn't expect to bump into you at the 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: Art Gallery and Museum last night for the start of 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: the great center hunts. Did the kids have. 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 2: N It was a good night out it was. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: Were you the one with the overpowered torch, the one's 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: that felt like a stadium light? 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: No, not quite, No, we just had the head torches 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: that shine, shining everyone's faces. 10 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had to tell Ellis off a 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: couple of times for pointing it in our eyes. So 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: the idea was to switch all the lights off in 13 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: the museum and then you go around searching in the 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: dark for the center's whole heap of fun. Did you 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: get any help? Did you find them all? 16 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: Found them all? Yes, And we had a wee little 17 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 2: family competition and James and I won, So the others 18 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: have to do the dishes. 19 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: This penalty how well you enjoy the fruits of that 20 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: labor carries on through the school holidays. You can find 21 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: more on the Council's What's On guide talking that like 22 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: the kid let's are on break? Now? Have you put 23 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: them to work around the farm yet? Aside from the dishes. Yeah. 24 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: Absolutely, yep, they are down here around six up as 25 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: six every morning because we've got half to seat. Really yeah, 26 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: if I'm here, they can be here. 27 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: Geez, you're a tough drill master. How needed was that 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: rain yesterday for you? 29 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 2: Lovely? Very amazing. Any rain in December is always welcome, 30 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: are you after November and October being hot and dry 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 2: and windy. It's yeah, very welcome. 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: We'll take it. How are you feeling looking back on 33 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: the farming year? That's me that's been and perhaps ahead 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: what's to come as well. We're in a good space. 35 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: It's it's been a different sort of a season. We 36 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: had to really wet such of the year and then 37 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 2: it's gone really dry, so that means from going to 38 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 2: soggy grounds to the ground that was nearly concrete, and 39 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 2: then we've struggled with grass growth a lot this year, 40 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: which has played having gone trying to do rotations and 41 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: getting cows to beef and whatnot. But hopefully that will 42 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: settle down. Payout is probably looking like we'll have another 43 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: pay cuck, which is never never ideal, but we've just 44 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: got to take that as it comes. Still still good 45 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 2: hide numbers but it does make an impact to your 46 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: business when you lose a dollar milk solid and so 47 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: clarify that it's not a dollar a liter that we lose, 48 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: it's a dollar of milk solace. So there is eleven 49 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: milk solid in a lisa roughly. So while it sounds 50 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: like it's not much, kind of is. 51 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: A wee bit Yeah wow, Okay, that does put it 52 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: into scale, yes, but overall it could be worse, right. 53 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 2: It could be way worse hit, so it's still really good. 54 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: But then you've also got two things that farm working 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: senses have gone up, so now you're looking at an 56 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: average around eight dollars fifty a milk solad before getting 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 2: nine dollars eight dollars fifty of that is gone already, 58 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: and then asked that you still have to pay any 59 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: interest and principles back on loan, any management wages, tax 60 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,679 Speaker 2: payments all got to come out of that left over 61 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: fifty cents cheaper, plus any capital work you want to 62 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: do to improve the farm. So a bit of a 63 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: juggling acted time. 64 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: Well, I hope you can find some time to break 65 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: away from that and put your feed up even for 66 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: the day. What are your plans for Christmas. 67 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 2: Are we are sticking around this year, so just working. 68 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: We do Christmas Day. We do a split shift, so 69 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: two people with milk of a morning and then two 70 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 2: different people milk of an afternoon, so that it's fair 71 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: get pretty much most of Christmas off. I do the 72 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: afternoon shift, which is really good because then I get 73 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: out of lunch time dishes. 74 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: It sounds like you're trying to get out of all 75 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: dishes at the moment. Yeah, well, what meat is pride 76 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: of place on your table? 77 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: Well, normally it's the turkey in the hand, but this 78 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: if you were mixing it up and we're just going 79 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 2: to have a barbecue. 80 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: Go on, then beck yourself, Stacy, Merry Christmas, thanking you 81 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: and all of our farmers out there, because without you 82 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: we'd be hungry, thirsty, and naked, which doesn't sound like 83 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: a fun Christmas day at all. So your contribution is 84 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: very much appreciated and Center is very good to you. 85 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: Look forward to hastling you back in the new year. 86 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: Eh, sounds good. Have a great Christmas.