Tracy Brown
DairyNZ Chair
Board of Directors
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Qualifications
BAgrSci (Hons) from Massey University, Kelloggs Rural Scholar (Lincoln University)
Teams
Board of Directors
Tracy holds a BAgSci (Hons) degree and was first elected to the DairyNZ Board in 2019. Tracy has been involved with leading environmental change for dairy through her roles as DairyNZ Dairy Environment Leaders chair, Ballance Farm Environment Awards Alumni chair and as a Dairy Women’s Network trustee.
Tracy has been dairying with husband Wynn on their Waikato farm ‘Tiroroa’ for 25 years. Originally from Northland, Tracy lives near Matamata on a 680 cow, 310ha (240ha milking platform) system three farm ‘Tiroroa’ which won the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Supreme Award in 2010. Tracy Brown, Chair of DairyNZ Board. Tracy Brown, Chair.
An AWDT ‘Escalator’ Alumni and Nuffield Scholar, she was a finalist in 2017 Westpac Women of Influence Awards and won a Sustainable Business Network’s ‘Sustainability Superstar’ award in 2018. She has previously held two Cabinet appointed roles, one to the Essential Freshwater Independent Advisory Panel and the other to NAWAC.
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Governance
The responsibility of the Board is to oversee DairyNZ’s strategic goals and make key decisions on how best to respond to the risks and opportunities impacting our farmers and sector.
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Our strategy
Dairy farming is becoming more complex, which means we need to prioritise what we do, and how we do it, to achieve positive progress and make a greater impact.
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Your levy
All farmers who supply milk to a dairy company pay a levy. Your levy is invested in a wide range of programmes that progress a positive future for New Zealand dairy farming.