Delivering to consumers and staying in business
Industry Conference & AGM

From Chairman Chris Trengrove's speech:

Good morning and welcome to the New Zealand Pork Industry Boards 11th Annual conference and AGM. It’s good to see a mix of producers, those that form links in the chain in delivering our product to the consumer and those that support our businesses with goods and services.

My address today is split into two parts. We’re fortunate to have our Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity and Forestry the Honorable David Carter here to speak to us this morning. David is on a tight timeline today so I want to maximize his time with us and provide time for questions and answers with him.

However it would be remiss of me not to set the scene with some remarks on some key issues and provide David the platform to comment on some of these challenges in his address to us.

Let me start first by noting that the pork industry contributes over $1billion dollars to the NZ economy annually. Of this $1 billion approx 80% is generated by NZ produced product and the other 20% by imported products. For every dollar the NZ farmer receives another $1.92 is contributed to the economy. Conversely for every dollar spent on imported product only another 78 cents is contributed to the economy. Simply put – a flourishing local pork industry is an important contributor to the economy and consumers tell us a clear preference when they are buying pork and pork products. Our industry is extremely efficient at producing protein and does this in a way that is either neutral or positive for the environment with absolute minimal production of greenhouse gases.

Download Chairman Chris Trengrove's speech in full.

Download the Honourable David Carter's speech in full

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