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Welcome to this edition of the Rural Leader.
We were saddened to hear of the passing of David Anderson, 1999 Kellogg Scholar. David passed away at home recently after a prolonged illness.
Dr Patrick Aldwell has retired from active duty as Academic Director on the Kellogg Programme. Patrick has been involved with Kellogg since 1999.
While it’s likely Patrick will make the odd guest appearance in the future, for now, and in his own words, “I’ve got things to do.” Take a read of this article on his time with Kellogg and a little on his background.
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is sending a large cohort of alumni working in global food security fields to New Zealand.
In partnership with Rural Leaders, the U.S. Mission will undertake a week-long, interactive programme called ‘Mission New Zealand – Navigating Geopolitical Tensions and Climate Change as an Agri-based Economy’. Take a read of our short article on this important new partnership.
We are also pleased to announce a partnership with Horticulture New Zealand to deliver the highly regarded and in-demand HortNZ Leadership Programme, starting 13 August. You can read more here.
A key piece of any Nuffield Scholarship is the Global Focus Programme (GFP). The GFP is four weeks abroad with a group of international Scholars. In our Ideas that Grow podcast, Rachel Baker, current 2024 Scholar talks with Bryan Gibson about her GFP experience. This is a must listen for any one intending to apply for a Nuffield.
Momentum builds around the latest report on the Rural Leaders, Food and Fibre CoVE leadership project. The report ‘A Path to Realising Leadership Potential in Aotearoa NZ’s Food and Fibre Sector’, was commissioned by Food and Fibre CoVE to provide a framework for leadership development. You can hear more about the report in our next Ideas That Grow podcast with our CEO Lisa Rogers.
There are two weeks left to apply for a 2025 Nuffield New Zealand Farming Scholarship. 2025 is no ordinary year to complete a Nuffield. It is the 75th anniversary of this prestigious award being offered in New Zealand.
From our friends at Nuffield International, we share a few of the most recently released reports.
Kellogg Programme One 2024 graduated two weeks ago. Topics covered range from ‘Institutional capital’s role in New Zealand agriculture’, to ‘Current and future dairy genetic technologies and products ability to maintain their social licence to deliver to their potential’. Well share these reports with you in the next Rural Leader.
Kellogg Programme One 2025, January 21 start is taking applications until Sunday October 20, 2024. We break down key Kellogg dates for next year.
Our third and final pilot for Engage – a Food and Fibre 101, runs 30 October to 1 November. This really is the perfect way to induct a team or team member into the Sector. It’s not a bad refresher for veterans either. Download our Engage one-pager here.
In Alumni in the Spotlight we check out what just some Rural Leaders’ programme alumni have been up to, including: Julian Raine, Tracy Brown, Emma Crutchley, Anna Gower-James, Dan Eb and David Eade. And, in a new piece that heroes One Alum in the Spotlight, we look at Jack Cocks’ recent travel to Saskatoon, Canada.
We share news from our Partners, a Leadership Opportunity and Industry News too.
We hope you enjoy this issue of the Rural Leader.
The Team at Rural Leaders.
Ideas That Grow Podcast: Rachel Baker on Insights from the Nuffield Global Focus Programme.
Halfway through the 2024 Scholarship Programme, Scholar, Rachel Baker gives us a unique perspective from inside Nuffield. Rachel speaks with Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly Managing Editor, about some of the similarities and differences between the farming systems in the countries visited so far with New Zealand’s.
Rachel discusses insights from Indonesia’s farming industries, France’s love of food, Denmark entering an emissions scheme, California’s water challenges and Chile’s low rates of Research and Development.
This is a must listen for anyone considering a Nuffield Scholarship.
Click here to listen to Rachel’s podcast or read the transcript here.
Dr Patrick Aldwell retires after 25 years of service to Kellogg.
Dr Patrick Aldwell has been an important figure on the Rural Leaders’ team as Academic Director for Kellogg. Passionate about life-long learning, he has also made the academic and strategic support of anyone who needed it, his mission and purpose. On the Kellogg Programme alone, he did this for twenty five years.
Now he has retired.
You can read a short article about Patrick and his background here.
Momentum builds around report and its leadership capability framework.
This latest report follows previous research which looked at the state of leadership development in NZ, and also proposed a principles-centred leadership model for the Sector.
The report brings together the thinking from the first two and most importantly, it now provides a framework for the Sector to develop a flow of prepared leaders to step into ever more impactful roles.
US and NZ partnership - the Gilman Scholarship.
“We are excited to be hosting this programme with Gilman and the US Department of State. It gives us an opportunity to showcase New Zealand’s innovation and initiatives towards food security and how we create resilience throughout our food systems,” said Lisa Rogers, CEO, Rural Leaders.
The partnership with Rural Leaders, will see the U.S. Mission to New Zealand undertake a week-long, interactive programme for Gilman alums working in fields related to global food security.
Take a read of this short article to find out more on what the programme ‘Mission New Zealand – Navigating Geopolitical Tensions and Climate Change as an Agri-based Economy’, will involve.
Strengthening Horticulture's Leadership development pathway.
Rural Leaders are partnering with HortNZ to deliver the highly regarded and in-demand HortNZ Leadership Programme.
The programme is designed to help leaders capture the opportunities and address the challenges offered by the industry’s expected growth and change in the coming years.
“We are pleased to be working in partnership with HortNZ to deliver this important piece of a horticulture leader’s development journey”, Said Lisa Rogers, CEO, Rural Leaders.
Kellogg Programme One 2024 graduate.
Kellogg Programme One 2024 Scholars graduated two weeks ago. We will share these reports in the next Rural Leader.
As a preview, here are some of the topics researched by this cohort:
- Challenges and opportunities of solar farming for drystock farm diversification.
- Is there a more holistic approach to risk management and identification needed on Canterbury dairy farms?
- Regenerative farm blueprint.
- The future of dairy – is contract milking the best progression pathway for the industry?
- Is there a place for genetic technologies in New Zealand agricultural systems?
- Preparing farmers and growers for the use of modern genetic technology in primary production.
- How do we ensure that current and future dairy genetic technologies and products establish and maintain their social licence to deliver to their full potential?
- Institutional capital’s role in New Zealand agriculture.
- What are the benefits of case study analysis for the primary sector?
In addition to their Kellogg, many now have a Post Graduate Certificate in Commerce. It is possible to achieve a Kellogg qualification and the PG Cert. from Lincoln University, for those who meet the criteria. You’ll need to enrol for this prior to starting your Kellogg.
Congratulations to the graduates and if you are considering Kellogg in 2025, adding the PG Cert. is a powerful addition to your professional development, and your LinkedIn profile.
Kellogg Programme – 2025 key dates.
Please note. The previously shown dates for Kellogg Programme One 2025 have changed slightly. The new dates are shown below.
Lincoln: 21 January – 18 July.
Phase One (Lincoln):
Tuesday 21 Jan – Wednesday 29 Jan 2025.
Phase Two (Wellington):
Monday 7 April – Friday 11 April 2025.
Phase Three (Lincoln):
Monday 7 July – Friday 11 July 2025.
(Applications close Sunday 20 October 2024).
Lincoln: 24 June – 28 November.
Phase One (Lincoln):
Tuesday 24 June – Wednesday 2 July 2025.
Phase Two (Wellington):
Monday 8 Sept – Friday 12 Sept 2025.
Phase Three (Lincoln):
Monday 24 Nov – Friday 28 Nov 2025.
(Applications close Sunday 13 April 2025).
2025 is Nuffield's 75th year in NZ.
Just 189 Scholars in almost 75 years.
The Nuffield network in New Zealand is a small group, doing big things, humbly. We’re looking for our bold, grounded and community-minded to step up as Nuffield Scholar 190, 191, 192, 193 and possibly 194.
If you’re ready to undertake a truly unique learning experience. If you are ready to give back to your community, industry and sector, Nuffield is for you.
Six attributes of a Nuffielder.
The scholar selection process will look for evidence that these attributes exist or have the potential to emerge in an applicant. These attributes are: bold, innovative, motivated, perceptive, community-minded, and grounded. Take a read of a short article to learn more.
Nuffield is a unique learning experience.
A Nuffield Farming Scholarship is one of the most valued and prestigious awards in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Food and Fibre sector. Nuffield is part of a global food network promoting global vision, leadership and innovation.
If this sounds like you, or someone you know, applications need to be in by 18 August (Midnight).
New Nuffield International Scholar reports released.
Nuffield International Farming Scholars are pleased to announce three NEW Scholar Reports recently released. The Nuffield International Scholars Reports released are:
OLLAVO QUEIROZ TINOCO, BRAZIL
Alumni in the Spotlight: Julian Raine, Tracy Brown, Jason Te Brake, Anna Gower-James and more.
Outstanding contributions, CEO and Board Chair appointments, Brazil insights and Dairy in Nigeria.
Rural Leaders’ programme alumni are making an impact in industries across the sector. These are just a few of the mentions in rural media from over the last 4-6 weeks.
In the meantime, take a read of this Alumni in the Spotlight here.
One Alum in the spotlight: Jack Cocks, 2021 Kellogg Scholar.
Food and Fibre leaders from around the globe gathered in Saskatoon, Canada in July to connect, network, and discuss all things farm management and agriculture. Jack Cocks was there to share a message.
Saskatoon is in the province of Saskatchewan and has strong agricultural roots, industries, and research. Congress attendees learned about resilience and some of the innovative solutions from the province’s agricultural past and present.
Jack Cocks, Rural Leaders’ Associate Trustee, Kellogg alum and one of the managers at Mt. Nicholas Station, spoke at the conference. Jack regularly speaks about farmer resilience. At the conference he spoke about how telling positive stories of farmers who have successfully navigated adversity can ‘Empower Farmers to Build their own Resilience’.
Jack was really happy with how his message was received and thoroughly enjoyed the weeklong conference. Jack’s talk was based on the project he did on farmer resilience in 2021 through the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme.
Image: Jack Cocks speaking at the 24th International Farm Management Association Congress in Saskatoon.
You can read Jack’s Kellogg research report here.
Other Alumni who attended the Conference were James Allen, 2023 Nuffield Scholar and Angela McFetridge, 2015 Kellogg Scholar. Apologies if we’ve missed anyone.
News from our Partners.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards 2024.
Tickets are on sale for the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards. The Awards are to be held at Claudelands in Hamilton on 10 October.
Sam McIvor bids farewell to B+LNZ.
B+LNZ and NZMB chief executive Sam McIvor reflects on 17 years with the organisation and valuable lessons learned over the last eight years as CEO. He is set to embark on his new role as chief executive at OSPRI soon.
FAR/Federated Farmers – Arable Awards finalists named.
From a farmer experimenting with nitrogen-fixing faba beans to an agronomy veteran helping with world-record wheat yield attempts, the 2024 Arable Award finalists have been named.
The Awards are on the 15 August, in ChCh. Ticket sales are closed.
New Farmlands Horticulture Hub.
The first-ever Farmlands Horticulture Hub will open this August in Hastings. It will be joined by a bulk rural supplies and retail store next year, creating a one-stop site for all Farmlands customers in the region.
LIC – Full year result 2023/24
Despite challenging conditions LIC have presented a positive result to farmer shareholders, for the seventh successive year.
Rabobank Ag Pathways Programme.
40 farmers from the east coast and lower North Island spent a day and a half developing new skills on Rabobank’s Ag Pathways programme. An initiative of Rabobank’s Client Councils, the programme develops young farmers move forward with their farming aspirations.
Industry news.
DINZ – New Chair and CEO.
A new chair and CEO have been named for Deer Industry NZ (DINZ). Paddy Boyd is now chair, replacing Gerard Hickey, who has been interim chair since the departure of Mandy Bell in June.
The board has named DINZ interim chief executive Rhys Griffiths as the permanent appointment.
Leadership opportunities.
DairyNZ – Board roles.
Opportunities for passionate, future-focused farmers to apply their governance experience are available at DairyNZ, with the Board of Directors nominations open until 9 August.
Mayfield Governance Development Programme.
This executive programme operates for over 6 months and has included senior leaders from other influential organisations around New Zealand. The programme includes workshop’s, 1:1 coaching, and monthly group calls with fellow participants to enrich the diversity of conversation and support you to be a more effective director.
Take a look at the Mayfield Programme here.
Download the Mayfield registration form here.
Our programmes work in partnership with some of New Zealand’s leading agribusiness organisations – click here for more.
