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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
