Terry Meikle - GRSB New Zealand Update

Sustainable Beef Farming in New Zealand

Terry MeikleRegional Manager – North America

Global Roundtable for Sustainable BeefSao Paulo, Brazil4 November 2014

Reflections on yesterday…

The #10 playmaker

One player doesn’t make a team

A great coach can help

OVERVIEW

1. Who We Are

2. The Challenge of Improvement

3. Red Meat Profit Partnership

BEEF + LAMB NEW ZEALAND

• Industry-good organisation, farmer-owned

• Funded by producer levies

• NZ $25.7m in levies in 2013

• Requires a referendum, last in September 2009, next in 2015

B+LNZ PROGRAMMES

OVERVIEW

1. Who We Are

2. The Challenge Of Improvement

3. Red Meat Profit Partnership

SECTOR CHALLENGES – “YOU CAN’T GO GREEN, IF YOU ARE IN THE RED”

Farm profit variability

GRSB

• GRSB– Joined in 2014– Provided input from NZ perspective– Regional perspective and interpretation is key– NZ doesn’t have a regional roundtable –

B+LNZ will have key role.– Relationship to NZ law and regulation

THE TYRANNY OF DISTANCE, BUT…

• Animal Welfare Act (1999): “Five Freedoms”• Carbon and water footprinting studies• Global Research Alliance – leadership role• LEAP (FAO), SAI Platform – various leadership roles• Global Livestock Dialogue• On-farm MPI verification audits – 900 farms per year.• Quality food safety standards• Sustainable Beef Integration Programme

WATER SUSTAINABILITY “THE HOT TOPIC”

• Water – quality, quantity, storage and irrigation• Environment extension – equipping farmers

– Land and Environment Plans (LEPs)• Economic analysis• Land and Water Forum (collaborative process)

OVERVIEW

1. Who We Are

2. The Challenge of Improvement

3. Red Meat Profit Partnership

RED MEAT PROFIT PARTNERSHIP

• Partnership to lift sheep and beef profitability and productivity– Government

– Beef + Lamb New Zealand

– Meat processing, exporting and marketing (Alliance, ANZCO, Blue Sky Meats, Greenlea Premier Meats, Progressive Meats, Silver Fern Farms)

– Financial services (ANZ Bank, Rabobank)

• 7 year programme costing NZ$65 million– 50% from government

– 30% from B+LNZ

– 20% from meat processing industry