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A speakers line-up of the who’s-who in the primary sector is making this month’s The Future of Heartland Forum near Cheviot in North Canterbury a must-attend event. A farmer discussion in Cheviot late last year about the spread of Chilean needlegrass has since grown into staging a premier forum on the future of the agriculture industries in New Zealand. The Future of Heartland will be held on the Te Mania Angus Stud on Conway Flat on April 17. Other than government speakers, the line-up includes Environment Canterbury’s Dame Margaret Bazley, Hurunui Mayor Winton Dalley, Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce chief executive Peter Townsend, award-winning farmers Craige and Roz Mackenzie and Sam and Mark Zino, New Zealand Biological Farmers’ Association’s Nicole Masters and Federated Farmers national president Dr William Rolleston. Organiser Charles Wiffen says he expects up to 500 attendees, with some coming from well beyond the region. “It’s just grown like Topsy. We were having a meeting of the Cheviot needlegrass liaison committee and we thought it was a good idea to invite Nathan Guy down to show him how
serious a weed needlegrass is,” Mr Wiffen said. “That idea kept on going to expand the discussion into a full-scale forum. Now we have set up probably the biggest agriculture event of this sort in the South Island for this year.” Mr Wiffen said the one aim of the forum is to attract participants from outside the farming sector. “We want town people along so we can explain to them that a profitable agriculture business is increasingly in their interests as well,” he says. “Not only that, but we want to demonstrate that the farming community are responsible stewards of the land with enduring sustainability absolutely a core belief.” Federated Farmers North Canterbury provincial president Lynda Murchison said it’s a big time for events in the province. “We’ve just had the South Island Field Days at Kirwee. And now there’s the Heartland Forum. There’s something for everyone and some great opportunities to get off-farm and shift focus for a day.” The venue for the Forum is Te Mania Angus Stud Selling Ring, Conway Flat, North Canterbury, 10.30am, April 17. Registration enquiries to: travel@ fedfarm.org.nz or phone 0800 Farming.
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