Rural Leaders Reports

Wyatt Johnston

The opportunity for KiwiSaver investment in NZ agriculture.

The impetus for this report comes from the need for KiwiSaver funds to diversify their asset bases and identifies barriers inhibiting KiwiSaver providers from investing in primary sector assets.

Megan Fox

Gumboots on the ground approach to role-value in the food and fibre sector.

This report explores role-value within The Food and Fibre Sector, and aims to align workplace practices Generation Z’s expectations. It offers recommendations to enhance business performance, and foster career development.

Esther Donkersloot

The power of stakeholder engagement to establish a social licence to operate – perspectives from dairy technologies.

This project aims to bring attention to the importance of stakeholder engagement during the research and development phases of a dairy technology or product.

Louis Batley

Harvard case method for early career professionals in the New Zealand primary industries.

This report aims to understand the benefits of using the Harvard Case Method (HCM), with particular reference to the Strategic Thinking for Agrifood Management Programme, for early career stage leadership development.

Jesse Brennan

Cultivating the sun – challenges and opportunities of solar farming for dry stock farm diversification.

This report examines solar farming as a diversification strategy for drystock farming, beyond just self-sufficiency. It informs farmers and industry about the challenges and opportunities of solar for drystock farm diversification.

Matt Iremonger

What’s the beef? Opportunities for beef on dairy in New Zealand.

This report aims to explore opportunities to enhance the beef on dairy value chain in New Zealand by increasing value, improving efficiency, and aligning production with consumer demands.

Kylie Leonard

Boots on the ground are part of the solution. Transitioning agriculture towards sustainability together.

A reduction of Greenhouse gases is being demanded through our value chains. Farmers need to be at the table of change, not on the menu.

Kerry Worsnop

The mountain we need to climb. Designing agricultural policy for a future in farming.

This report primarily addresses those in leadership, and to a lesser extent agricultural policy makers and others with an interest in how we move forward in delivering better outcomes for those on the land and the land itself.

James Allen

Redefining excellence in agribusiness advisory. The role of the rural advisor in the modern world.

The farming world is striving to feed an ever-increasing population from a declining land area whilst at the same time reducing its environmental footprint.

Tessa Appleby

How does New Zealand ensure we do not get complacent in long-term disease control, specifically Bovine Tuberculosis?

This report, Eradicating Complacency, investigates the current perception and understanding of Bovine TB with farmers and industry, to gauge if there is a level of complacency happening with the disease in NZ.

Anna Gower-James

Dairying horizons. Exploring the potential for New Zealand’s dairy expansion in Nigeria.

This report proposes recommendations for New Zealand dairy exporters to explore further growth between New Zealand and Nigeria.

Jake Kitson

What are the impacts on germplasm importers if regulations get harder to comply with and what are the consequences for NZ?

This report aims to help support work in the germplasm import industry, find solutions for import pathways, and keep NZ safe from biological threats.

Jen Corkran

Farmer learning preferences around pasture and homegrown feed.

Key insights, including feedback from farmers, around learning preferences and decision-making on pasture and homegrown feed.

Daniel Brocx

Balancing life and work until the cows come home. The potential for a four-day week in the New Zealand dairy industry.

The efficacy of a four-day week amongst the office-based knowledge workers of the New Zealand dairy industry workforce, is explored in this Kellogg report by Daniel Brocx.