From Jane Allen, GM
The annual Angus NZ Board/Ward meeting was held recently with a full suite of attendees from all Wards within NZ.
Kendall Langston opened on the highs of the year with the major contributor being the transfer of Angus NZ’s data into Helical. Dan Garrick zoomed into the meeting and presented on the attributes of Helical and the importance of agility for future opportunities within the global and NZ beef industries.
“If Angus NZ doesn’t maintain autonomy, it will limit future opportunity, further impacting on the NZ beef industry,” Dan said.
Lisa Young and Sage Hardy presented the Helical interface Q & A session around the positive uptake of breeders ADL completion of 86%.
Other highlights of the year.
- Generation Angus – The establishment of the CSU (Colorado State University) scholarship in conjunction with Lincoln University, Two Angus Youth teams competing at the World forum. Two participants attended the Generation Future leaders program in Australia.
- Supporting Angus Pure with CAB opportunities
- Retention of sponsors and further collaboration through challenging economical times – your support of our major sponsors is valued where possible, thank you Boehringer/Ingelheim, Gallagher, FMG.
- Bull sale marketing campaign highlights with social media reaching 11k followers – review and updating of the Angus NZ website is programmed for 2026.
- YTD budget surplus
- 100% No Bull weekend – another very successful event held in Akaroa for our female members.
- Upcoming Board elections – Angus NZ doesn’t function without good governance, and we look forward to receiving nominations for 2026.
Thank you to those representatives who took the time to attend the meeting, in 2026 this meeting will be hosted by Gallagher New Zealand in Hamilton on the 4/5th of November 2026 – mark it in your diary!