Posts Tagged ‘Bill Falconer’
March 18, 2015
Tuesday saw the launch of Meat Industry Excellence’s report Red Meat Sector – Pathways to Long Term Sustainability to a relatively small group of invited attendees in Wellington. (more…)
Tags:AFFCO, Alasdair Macleod, Alliance, ANZCO, Beef & Lamb NZ, Bill Falconer, GHD, James parsons, John McCarthy, Meat Industry Association, Meat Industry Excellence, Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, processing rationalisation, Red Meat Sector report, Ross Hyland, Silver Fern Farms
Posted in Agribusiness, Export trade, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry, Politics | 1 Comment »
November 27, 2014
The much maligned red meat sector may at last be about to undergo a structural change if a majority of processors and farmers can reach agreement on a proposed capacity moratorium. Past history suggests that is a big IF, but a document being circulated among processors, Meat Industry Association (MIA), Beef + Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers and the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group contains a realistic basis for agreement on a solution to the capacity problem which has dogged the industry for years. (more…)
Tags:B&LNZ, Bill Falconer, Commerce Act, Federated Farmers, MIA, MIE, Nathan Guy, OIO, Processing capacity, rationalisation, red meat sector, tradeable slaughter rights
Posted in Agribusiness, Economy, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry | Leave a Comment »
September 3, 2012
My readers may be pleasantly surprised that I have decided to return to less contentious topics than my last piece about overseas investment. The downside is that this will be far less provocative and may not give the readers the chance to question my intellect, political leanings and status in society or to accuse me of treason for having the gall to support overseas investment in land. (more…)
Tags:Bill Falconer, Boot camp, exports, Meat Industry Association, NZ's GDP, Sales and marketing, social media, Stanford University
Posted in Agribusiness, Consumer demand, Export trade, Meat industry, Research and development | 1 Comment »
September 13, 2011
This week’s joint red meat sector conference in Rotorua was the first time ever farmers and processors have met at their own conference to listen and contribute to discussions on the future of their industry. On the face of it, the conference was a great success – well attended, stimulating presentations, constructive networking. (more…)
Tags:Beef, Beef and Lamb NZ, Bill Falconer, conference, Meat Industry Association, Meat sector strategy, MIA, Mike Peteresen, NAIT, Red meat
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July 16, 2011
It’s more than a month now since the release of the meat sector strategy, so I thought it was time to assess if any progress has been made since then. (more…)
Tags:Beef and Lamb NZ, Bill Falconer, Deloitte, meat companies, Meat Industry Association, Meat sector strategy, Mike Petersen, Scott Champion, Tim Ritchie
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