Behind every great endeavour and industry are the people working hard to make it happen. On the country's farms and in its universities and research centres are some interesting characters finding new and innovative ways to make farms more productive and sustainable and produce more products to accelerate our tranisition to a value-add business. These are just some of those people.

1. Farming
Processing & Supply
Chain
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Solutions
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Transforming the Dairy Value Chain
A Primary Growth Partnership Programme
Transforming the Dairy Value Chain PGP
Harnessing the power of our people…
November 1, 2016

2. David Chapman:
Principal Scientist,
Feed and Farm
Systems, DairyNZ
Using PGP to research
pasture persistence and
find feed alternatives
that are more resilient,
productive and
cost-effective

3. Cecile de Klein:
Principal Scientist,
AgResearch
Reducing the impact of
greenhouse gas
emissions in agriculture
by developing better
tools to help farmers
achieve this

4. Andrew Scott:
Research and
Development
Project Manager, LIC
When he’s not surfing
his beloved Raglan
break, Andrew is
working on improving
the national dairy herd
through world-leading
gene-sequencing
research

5. Chad Harland:
LIC PhD student and researcher,
Belgium
Finding new ways to promote genetic
variation that enhance an animal’s
productivity while reducing its impact
on the environment

6. Christine Couldrey:
Senior Scientist,
LIC
Analyses LIC’s huge
DNA-sequence datasets
to help breed better
cattle

7. Kevin Macdonald:
Senior Scientist,
Feed and Farm
Systems, DairyNZ
Kevin’s PGP-supported
research could produce
cattle that eat less while
still maintaining
productivity, potentially
saving the industry
millions of dollars

8. Helen Thoday:
Animal welfare and husbandry team developer
Developing new tools to
help farmers and rural
professionals meet new
regulations and
requirements
around animal welfare

9. Logan Bowler: Environment
Extension Specialist, DairyNZ
Logan is working with farmers and
industry to develop innovative
new tools and better effluent
management systems

10. Nick Tait:
South Island
Environment
Extension,
DairyNZ
He’s working with
farmers, rural business
people and regional
councils to lessen the
impact of farming on
the environment

11. Callum Eastwood:
Scientist, DairyNZ
Part of a team researching the
development and adoption of
precision dairy tools and how
they might help farms in areas
such as labour efficiency,
production and animal health

12. Andrew Cooke:
Managing Director, Rezare Systems
Developing industry codes and standards to make
handling data easier and more secure, and delivery
mechanisms that link different parts of the industry
to help maximise the analytical power of data.

13. Dana
Carver:
Wellness and
Wellbeing
Programme
Leader, DairyNZ
Part of a team developing
award-winning initiatives to
promote farmer wellness and
grow the dairy workforce

14. Adam Barker:
Director, Scarlatti
Using the investment of the
PGP, Adam and his team of
business and project
analysts support initiatives
to improve the health and
wellbeing of farmers and
grow the dairy workforce

15. Cather Simpson:
Associate Professor, Physics and Chemical
Sciences,
University of
Auckland
Uses spectroscopy,
a technique that
analyses a substance’s
interaction with light,
to gain greater knowledge
of milk composition

16. Rob Ward:
Post-doctoral
Researcher,
Massey University
(and Manchester
United fan)
His laser-like
focus on milk
at a particle
level is helping
the industry
create better,
more stable
products

17. Michel
Nieuwoudt:
Research
Scientist,
University of
Auckland
Is using
spectroscopy and
statistical analysis
to optimise the
quality of milk’s
‘fingerprint’

18. Bryony James:
Professor in Chemical
Materials Engineering,
University of Auckland
Her research helps the
industry understand how
the structuring of dairy
products can lead to
certain functionalities
and products

19. Simon Causer:
Research and
Development Manager,
Synlait
Using the support of PGP to
develop new added-value
products that are putting more
money back into the economy
and Synlait milk suppliers’
businesses

20. Matt Golding:
Chair of Food
Materials Science,
Fonterra-PGP
The Massey University
Professor is a vital link
between industry and
academia in achieving
the PGP’s goals in food
structure science

21. Graeme Gillies:
Senior Research
Scientist, Fonterra
Research into food
structure has
supported development
of mozzarella
and construction
of Fonterra’s
$72 million
Clandeboye
expansion

22. Orianne Thionnet: Research Technologist, Fonterra
Her work in food
science and
technology is helping
to achieve great
commercial
outcomes for
mozzarella and is
now being applied to
yoghurt

23. Aaron Fanning:
Senior Research
Scientist, Fonterra
Researching how dairy
products and proteins
can influence the
cognitive ability of the
young and mobility of the
not-so-young
Aaron Fanning:
Senior Research
Scientist,
Fonterra
Researching how dairy
products and
proteins can
improve the
mobility of the
ageing
population

24. Cameron Mitchell:
Research fellow, Liggins
Institute, University of
Auckland
His research on the
impact of new dairy
ingredients on growing
muscle is supporting
the industry’s work
towards new products
that support healthy
lifestyles

25. Paul McJarrow: Senior Research Scientist, Fonterra
His scientific support for the health benefits of dairy products has
helped Fonterra grow its Anmum infant formula brandbrand

26. Colin Brown:
Research engineer,
Fonterra
Uses mathematical
modelling and
hands-on engineering
to find new and better
ways to help Fonterra
produce its growing
suite of value-add
products

27. Edgar Santos Fernández:
PhD Candidate, Massey University
The man from Cuba is
developing better
statistics-based tools to
guide quality milk
processing for our dairy
industry

28. Sunny George
Gwanpua:
Researcher,
Massey University
The Cameroon man’s
PGP-supported image
analysis and
mathematical models
could save Zespri millions
of dollars in ‘soft’ fruit
and help to open
new markets

29. Steve Holroyd:
Quality
Management
Programme
Manager,
Fonterra Played a key role in
developing
award-winning
milk fingerprinting
technology that is
helping the
industry focus
even more on
quality milk
and premium
products

30. Farming
Processing & Supply
Chain
Ingredients & Dairy
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Consumer Products
Transforming the Dairy Value Chain
A Primary Growth Partnership Programme