1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: And Jamie McKay, Host of the Countries with Us. 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 2: Hello Jamie, Hello Heather. When you've got yolo Wayne Langford on, 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 2: ask him if he's going to stand for labor in 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 2: the current election in the West Coast Tasman seat. 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: West Coast Tasman Seat. Labor done, Consider it done. But 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,159 Speaker 1: now you've given him a warning because he will be 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: listening to you right now. 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: Well, no, no, I mean it was all the talk 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: at the National Lamb Day barbecue. Look, I think he's 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: been to be honest, very capable bloke, smart guy. I 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 2: think he's been courted by several parties. But you know, 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 2: I call it what is at at the moment, the sleepover, 13 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 2: the pajama party, the love and with Federated Farmers and Labor. 14 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: This has been going for two or three years, and 15 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: to be fair to Joe Luxton, who's their agg spokesperson, 16 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: I think it's positive that they're making overtures towards the 17 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 2: farming community. And I'll be interested to see what comes 18 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: out of the wash from the pajama. 19 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: Party, the pajama buddy. Lord, have we got too much 20 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: grass in the country? 21 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: Ah? Well, there's an old saying here. There a farmer 22 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 2: with grass and his paddic at a dollar in his 23 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 2: pocket can be a dangerous beast. And it's kind of 24 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: what's happening in the meat industry at the moment. And 25 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,839 Speaker 2: you know, it's all well, it's nearly all good news 26 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: unless you're a meat process. So they're steal it, squealing 27 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: like a stuck peg at the moment because they reckon 28 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: that with the current prices is unsustainable. But because especially 29 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: in the North Island where you were getting dry before Christmas, 30 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: we've had rain, far too much rain in some areas, 31 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: but basically the whole country is good in terms of grass. 32 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: So farmers what they're doing here there is they're hanging 33 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: on to stock longer. Why wouldn't you, at eleven dollars 34 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 2: a kilo for lamb, put another couple of kilos on 35 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: your lamb. It goes onto your bottom line. So that 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: the meat companies are having a real battle. They're having 37 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: to work short weeks. There is procurement pressure on to 38 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: get the stock that's available. Just to give you the numbers, 39 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: up till the end of January, we'd only killed six 40 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 2: and a quarter million lambs of a total of seventeen 41 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: million that's available, so we've obviously had nearly a month's 42 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: killing since then or processing. I better BTC on that one. 43 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: So we're not even halfway through the season yet. Look, 44 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 2: the forecast is good. They dropped the schedule a wee 45 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: bit last week by ten cents of kilo, the first 46 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 2: decline since Christmas. They don't normally, I mean they normally 47 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: do this. Once we get past Christmas, the LAMB schedule drops. 48 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 2: But forecasting is it for to maybe call its heels 49 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: a Weebit go down a webit, But then we get 50 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: near at the end of the season, that pressure comes 51 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: on again for our stock procurement and we have a 52 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: good old fashioned procurement war amongst the meat companies. 53 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: It sounds great. I love it. Thank you very much, Jamie, 54 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: look up yourself, Jamie McKay, host of the Country. 55 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 2: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 56 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: news Talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 57 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.