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Sheep and beef farmers have rejected a proposal to lift the fees of New Zealand Meat Board directors.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) sitting farmer director Phil Smith, Culverden, has been voted out.

OPINION: Beef+Lamb NZ and the NZ Meat Board’s annual meeting, to be held in Invercargill on March 17, is likely to be a more fiery affair than the usual.

Andrew Morrison says farmers will ultimately have the final say on whether or not a controversial move to increase both Beef+Lamb NZ (BLNZ) and New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB) director fees goes ahead.

Beef+Lamb NZ directors can expect a grilling at its annual meeting in Invercargill on March 17 over their decision to award themselves a hefty pay rise.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has appointed Bayden Barber as an independent board director.

A group formed to look at implementation of intensive winter grazing regulations has delivered its advice to the Government.

New Zealand’s red meat sector has launched a new strategy to identify and unlock market opportunities and improve the sector’s sustainability, productivity and prosperity.

OPINION: Now voters have had their say, the incoming Government has some important decisions to make about farming in New Zealand.

OPINION: NZ’s rural communities risk being decimated as carbon investors buy up farmland and ever-encroaching pine forests take over more of the country.