B+LNZ calls for government action as sheep and beef farm sales to forestry climb
Red meat farmers are urging the Government to act on the growing number of whole sheep and beef farm sales for conversion to forestry, particularly carbon farming.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) chair Kate Acland has been returned unopposed as a board member for another three-year term.
Acland was the only nominee for the Northern South Island ward when annual meeting remits closed last Friday.
She was first elected to the B+LNZ board in 2021. Her second term begins in March next year, following the B+LNZ annual meeting.
Acland was appointed chair in March this year after previous chair Andrew Morrison was voted out by farmers unhappy with the levy-paying organisation’s response to environment-related regulations piled on by the previous Labour Government.
Under the requirements of the B+LNZ constitution, the two directors retiring by rotation were Northern North Island’s Martin Coup and Acland. Coup is not standing for re-election. Two nominations – Peter Moore and Phil Weir – were received for the Northern North Island.
Candidate profiles and voting papers for the Northern North Island director election will be posted to voters in that district in mid-February 2024 as part of the annual meeting voting pack.
Five farmer remits have been received for consideration at the annual meeting in 2024. The remits proposed and B+LNZ’s response will be included in the voting pack. Director elections close, and postal and electronic voting for resolutions and remits closes, on Wednesday 13 March 2024.
To be eligible to vote, a livestock farmer must, on 30 June 2023, have owned at least 250 sheep, or 50 beef cattle, or 100 dairy cattle, and be on the B+LNZ electoral roll. Voters must farm within the respective electorate to be eligible to vote for the board of directors.
The 2024 B+LNZ annual meeting will be held in Nelson on 19 March.
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