Farming Unfenced (Live at Fieldays): Next-Gen Food Production
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Well kia ora and welcome to Shared Lunch, my name is Asher, I'm one of the producers here on Shared Lunch and today we have a special live recording from Field Days. This was a tent talk we did called Farming Unfenced and it was all about the future of farming. We had an all-star farming panel featuring Gus Hewitt of Holter, Shane Gillaroy of the New Zealand Young Farmers Association and 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year, George Dodson. hosted by co-founder and co-CEO, Brooke Roberts. It was recorded live, so there is a little bit of atmosphere. We had helicopters taking off just behind us, and we've done our best to clean up the sound for you. I hope you enjoy. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with.
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Kia ora koutou. Ake tēnā whiua, koutou mana whenua. A tēnā rohe.
Who are the key panelists and what are their backgrounds?
Tēnā koutou. I just want to acknowledge the mana whiua of this man who gets to be on here for field days. It is pumping out there, isn't it? It's been such an incredible, you know, few days and it's great to be here on stage talking about farming unfenced. which we'll get into a bit more. But it's great to be joined by George. George is a, we didn't actually explain this episode, but you're right into farming down south at the moment. We've got Shane from the Young Farmers Association and also really lucky to have Gus with us too from Holter. So we're going to dive quite a bit into the what are on the minds of farmers at the moment, how they're managing their farm, talk a bit about how they're thinking about finance, especially young farmers who are trying to get into owning a farm themselves, and then hopefully answer any questions you might have today too.
And why are Sharesies doing this? So Sharesies, we partner with Ontario to help farmers manage their shares through using the Sharesies app along with LIC. And it's really great to help more people in Aotearoa access their wealth using today's technology and enable them to also develop wealth over time too. So that is, it's very exciting to me, yeah. But hey, George Waupin, so tell us a little bit about you and what you get up to down in Canterbury and what farming and fence makes to you.
How are young farmers redefining land ownership and equity?
Yeah, so I'm a dairy farmer down in Canterbury. I've been managing dairy farms for the last three years and dairy farming for the last six. And I've just gone 50-50 share milking in partnership with my parents out at Leaston. So we share milk 400 cows there. Farming and fence to me, well, we're actually going to put altar on this season. So that's probably in a literal sense. But it's about trying to push the boundaries of what we can achieve and utilizing technology and stuff to try and drive our business forward.
Awesome. And Shane, tell us a bit about the Young Farmers Association. The recent updates too this week, you've already had a few announcements in partnership with the government. And what does something like this mean to your organisation?
Yeah, thanks. Thanks for having us here. It's been a good week. We've had some good wins with some government support coming through to help us with our 100 champions, Boca Reina and also Islaid, allowing us to give away a whole bunch of memberships into the regions, which for New Zealand Grand Farmers, we turn 100 each year. And the thing that's kind of kept us going all the way through this pretty much almost a century is has been helping people find their purpose and their place inside rural farming. And so that's just an adequate way to keep doing that, which is really cool. The unfeeds side, I don't know if we've ever tried to control a year old farmer. It is impossible. So we might need to go hold it.
Being seen differently doesn't work. They're all over the place there. They're just excited with life and giving it a go. So that's, yeah, they're unfeeds as they are.
Fantastic. And obviously you can very much talk about the Unfest and, you know, virtual fencing is just an incredible innovation that Unfest is leading around the world, which is awesome.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:02
2
Who are the key panelists and what are their backgrounds?
1:02–2:32
3
How are young farmers redefining land ownership and equity?
2:32–4:32
4
What innovative technologies are transforming farming practices?
4:32–6:45
5
How does solar energy play a role in modern farming?
6:45–9:39
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What challenges do young farmers face with technology adoption?
9:39–13:03
7
How is AI expected to impact farm management in the future?
13:03–15:56
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What are the future trends in food production and farming?
15:56–21:19
Speakers
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