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Lisa’s report examines why New Zealand’s strong-wool sector struggles to capture value despite producing a sustainable fibre.
Through international research across the US, UK, and Europe, it identifies three drivers of better returns: credible certification, strong data, and supply chains built to get more money back to the farmer.
Jon’s report argues that New Zealand’s freshwater crisis is not a science or technology problem but an institutional one.
Drawing on international comparisons from the US, Brazil, and the UK, it proposes four structural reforms — including independent science capacity, cost-sharing, empowered catchment groups, and sector-neutral regulation — as minimum requirements for meaningful progress.
Dani’s report makes the case that New Zealand’s beef profitability depends on strategic segmentation, not chasing premium chilled markets.
Elite cattle should feed tightly controlled programmes like Ocean Beef, while the broader supply, powered by underutilised dairy-beef calves and efficient grazing systems, should be repositioned as a verified, low-emissions lean manufacturing ingredient for global supply chains.
Alan McDermott Heading.
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