Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre
The Meat and Fibre section is working towards restoring the meat and wool sector to a profitable position.
Members currently face a wide range of challenges including developments in the animal welfare field and more sophisticated customer requirements.
Meat and Fibre meeting
On November 12 and 13, 2008 the Meat and Fibre Council is holding its meeting in Wellington. It is at the Mercure Hotel Wellington, The Terrace.
For more information please contact Kara Tait 027 226 0306 or email: ktait@fedfarm.org.nz.
Campaign T150
The T150 campaign sets a goal of $150 a lamb for the sheep-meat and wool industries to work towards over the next five years.
While there have been different proposals and discussions on ownership and structure in the meat processing sector of late, there is no clear focus on what the industry should be aiming for over the next five years. The T150 campaign will provide that.
Meat & Fibre leaders know that $150 will not be an easy target to meet but Federated Farmers believes T150 is tangible, inspirational but above all, achievable. Read more »
Who Represents Meat and Fibre Producers?
Meat and Fibre is governed by a council of elected representatives from around New Zealand.
It is also represented on the Federation's National Board.
Chairman of Meat & Fibre is Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmer, Bruce Wills. He can be contacted on 06 834 9704, 027 234 1516.
Within each of Federated Farmers 24 provinces is a Meat and Fibre section and representatives. The chair for each province is elected annually together with a five-member executive, who are also elected annually, they form the Meat and Fibre Council.
It has a full-time industry group policy advisor working for members on sheep and beef farming issues. You can contact the Meat and Fibre policy advisor, David Burt on 0800 327 646 or email: dburt@fedfarm.org.nz.
When do we get together?
The Meat and Fibre sections in each province meet regularly to discuss matters of interest. The Meat and Fibre Council meets twice yearly at venues around the country, one of the meetings is the formal general meeting and conference and the other a less formal meeting.
All members are welcome to attend these gatherings to socialise, to meet with other farmers and share thoughts about the issues that meat and fibre farmers face.
Keeping you informed
All Meat and Fibre members can subscribe to receive copies of the RamBull, an industry issues, electronic newsletter.
As a Federated Farmers member, there are also a wide variety of other publications on farming related matters available to you.
