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The Muster- Leo Pekar: FarmWise Webinars · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Muster. The music today is Madness.
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  Speaker 1: It's a group from the UK, and they're actually coming
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  Speaker 1: to New Zealand next year, playing in Christchurch. And if
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  Speaker 1: anybody's been to the UK, you'll definitely know what Madness
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  Speaker 1: is all about. Speaking of madness, there's been madness with
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  Speaker 1: the weather over the past couple of months down here
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  Speaker 1: in the south, but there's a webinar online tonight to
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  Speaker 1: help you get over that funk, if you've developed one
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  Speaker 1: over the past wee while. Now, thanks to the team
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  Speaker 1: at FarmWise, Doug Avery and Cain Briscoe, two well-known people
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  Speaker 1: in the rural sector around the country, are going to
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  Speaker 1: be speaking. Now, Leo Peck is here from FarmWise to
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  Speaker 1: give us a rundown on why you need to join
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  Speaker 1: in tonight. Good afternoon, Leo. Thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Andy. Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 1: So this webinar tonight, I suppose there's been lots of
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  Speaker 1: events happening over the past couple of weeks. We've talked
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  Speaker 1: about what's going on with the beef and lamb events
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  Speaker 1: and et cetera, but you guys sort of know we
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  Speaker 1: need to delve into this a bit more and get
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  Speaker 1: a bit more support going.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's good to see support from the wider industry,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because farmers have been pushed left, right and centre.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a really, really tough month to deal with for,
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  Speaker 2: you know, anyone looking after stock, not only dairy farmers
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  Speaker 2: but sheep farmers as well. And, yeah, we wanted to
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  Speaker 2: help somehow. We've been supporting our clients and doing calls
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  Speaker 2: and everything we can. But we thought, like, look, this
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  Speaker 2: has been a huge event. We come across a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people that are under a lot of pressure, and
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  Speaker 2: it can be overwhelming. So, yeah, I got in touch
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  Speaker 2: with Doug and Kane, and they've been so helpful and
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  Speaker 2: keen to, you know, donate their time to just be
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  Speaker 2: on a very positive event and talk about, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what can we do as a community and talk about
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  Speaker 2: some of their experiences and share a little bit about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, what farmers have been through. So we're going
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  Speaker 2: to have just a quick update on, you know, what
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  Speaker 2: we see from the perspective of consultants. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: have Simon Hopcroft as well from Rural Support Trust, and
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  Speaker 2: he's going to give us a short debrief on, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what the industry has been doing and some issues that
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  Speaker 2: people are asking about. But yeah, most of the event
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  Speaker 2: will be about Doug and Kane spinning a yarn, having
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  Speaker 2: a conversation. It'll be a little bit of an interview
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  Speaker 2: or yarn style. It's not going to be a presentation.
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  Speaker 2: And we're going to have, you know, opportunity to take
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  Speaker 2: questions from the chat.
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  Speaker 1: Mitch Cooper was on the show just before from Dairy
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  Speaker 1: NZ talking about the physical side of farming leading into mating.
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  Speaker 1: But we can't reiterate enough about looking after the top
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  Speaker 1: three inches as it's referred to.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, definitely, definitely. And it's been so tough. It's been
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  Speaker 2: a huge workload. Everything takes longer and more effort. There's
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  Speaker 2: been very little time off, especially for the people making
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  Speaker 2: the decisions. And in my experience, we've been making calls
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  Speaker 2: to support farmers, and some people get overwhelmed. And when
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  Speaker 2: you're overwhelmed, you lose sleep, and the decision-making is not
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  Speaker 2: the best. So this is why it's so important just
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  Speaker 2: to have a bit of a catch-up there Talk to
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  Speaker 2: your neighbors. Do something. Get outside of a farm. Take
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  Speaker 2: a haircut. Do something else to gain perspective because a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people you talk to, they think they're in
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  Speaker 2: the worst hole they've ever been. But they never left
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  Speaker 2: the farm. When they go for a drive, it's like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: I'm actually not too bad. So just hopefully get a
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  Speaker 2: bit of a feeling of community engagement and listen to
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  Speaker 2: something positive. Gain a few tools on how to deal
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  Speaker 2: with this pressure because it hasn't been easy, I think.
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  Speaker 2: I've been driving around the province quite a lot. I've
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  Speaker 2: done a few miles. And on the nice days, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when the sun comes out, you can see the cows
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  Speaker 2: lying down and catching up and, you know, on resting
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  Speaker 2: time and lying time. And the animals, you know, they've
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  Speaker 2: been furious. They were not happy. And there's very little options,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on farmers' hands to change that. And that's really,
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  Speaker 2: really frustrating for people, eh? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I suppose it's a big thing once the weather settles
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  Speaker 1: down and you get to take a bit of perspective
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  Speaker 1: on what's going on and looking forward and just getting
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  Speaker 1: a plan together. That's the big one.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, definitely. Because when you have something to look forward to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and then you get your eyesight outside of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the predicament that you're currently in and it's like, well,
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  Speaker 2: actually there is a way out. And we're lucky that
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  Speaker 2: the forecast is looking much better and much drier now.
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  Speaker 2: And we still got three weeks ahead before mating for most. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and we still got a really good opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to get, you know, back on our feet and do
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  Speaker 2: the things that we really want to be doing farming,
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  Speaker 2: you know, feeding our animals and looking after stock.
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  Speaker 1: Now, the webinar tonight is called From Mud to Momentum.
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  Speaker 1: Doug Avery, of course, author of The Resilient Farmer, and
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  Speaker 1: Cain Briscoe with his book being Tools for the Top Paddock.
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  Speaker 1: It's just about getting a couple of ideas to share,
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  Speaker 1: if nothing else, I suppose. So getting on there and
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  Speaker 1: just listening to what these guys have to say, because
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  Speaker 1: they've been there, done that. That's the big thing, really,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. They've been helping people and They've gone through
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  Speaker 2: a lot, you know, and a lot of introspective personal
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  Speaker 2: experience that they can share with us. And those books
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  Speaker 2: are amazing. And those guys are, you know, some of
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  Speaker 2: the best we have in the industry, I think. I've
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  Speaker 2: been lucky to enjoy a few conversations with them. And
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  Speaker 2: every time you listen to what they have to say,
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  Speaker 2: you feel compelled. And, you know, it's quite inspiring, really.
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  Speaker 1: So how do people log on tonight, Leo? What do
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  Speaker 1: they need to do?
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  Speaker 2: Go into Facebook and browse FarmWise. That's an event that
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  Speaker 2: has been created with a link to the webinar. The
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  Speaker 2: webinar is absolutely free. And it's not going to be,
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  Speaker 2: I know, you know, FarmWise is quite strongly related with
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  Speaker 2: dairy farming, but any farmer, you know, anyone can join
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  Speaker 2: and get something out of it.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you, Leo. Thanks for your time. And this
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  Speaker 1: is just an example of options being put out there
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  Speaker 1: for farmers to collaborate, get their ideas together, and have
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a reboot, I suppose, as they look
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  Speaker 1: forward to the rest of the farming year. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be a doozy of a webinar tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for your time.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, Andy. Thanks for your time as well. And what
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  Speaker 2: you're doing is absolutely important. A lot of people listen
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  Speaker 2: to you and they take a break at lunch from
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  Speaker 2: all the work. And, yeah, it's quite good to have
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  Speaker 2: you on the radio.
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  Speaker 2: It was a stretch today, I won't lie.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, that's us over in Dunworth for your hump day.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Andy Muir. The show, of course, is brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Peter's Genetics. Enjoy the afternoon. See you tomorrow.