2021 UNITED WHEATGROWERS DIRECTORS & ELECTORAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
AND
UWG BAYER NEW ZEALAND LIMITED WHEAT AWARDS
NOTICE
As per previous years we will continue to have the Electoral Committee meeting & 2021 Wheat CompetitionAwardscombined with the United Wheatgrowers AGM.
This year’s Electoral Committee meeting, Wheat Awards & Annual General Meeting is scheduled to be held at 1.30pm on Wednesday 7th of July 2021 at The Vines Club, 651 Pounds Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch.
We are excited that the 2021 Wheat Competition can go ahead this year, as last year this was cancelled due to Covid-19.
Nominations are called for one (1) vacancy on the United Wheatgrowers Board of Directors. One director is elected each year, giving each director a 4 year term. This year Brian Leadley is up for re-election by rotational retirement and has indicated he is available for re-election.
See here for a nomination form.
Nominations are called for vacancies on the Electoral Committee of United Wheatgrowers (NZ) Ltd. These vacancies are created in the following regions:
Wairarapa/Hawkes Bay/South Hawkes Bay
Rangitikei/Manawatu/Wanganui
Marlborough
North Canterbury
Mid Canterbury
South Canterbury
North Otago
Otago
Southland
See here for a nomination form.
Notices advertising the nominations will be placed in The Farmers Weekly Publication.
The advertisement will indicate the availability of additional nomination forms at the offices of Brown Glassford & Co Ltd. These forms must be in the hands of the United Wheatgrowers Returning Office, PO Box 39-195, Christchurch 8545 by 4:00pm on Wednesday 30 June 2021 or via email to chelsea.lucking@brownglass.co.nz.
Election will be held by secret ballot at the United Wheatgrowers AGM.
2021 WHEATGROWERS WHEAT COMPETITION
Entry Form - please click the below link.
Please note that entries close 30 May 2021.
Click here for entry form.
DECEMBER 2020 - NEWSLETTER
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2020 AIMI Survey Report
Monday, 23 Jan, 2017
The AIMI New Zealand survey of cereal areas and volumes as at 1 April 2020 has been released.
Please click here to access the results.
Arable Food Insustry Council
Saturday, 1 Mar, 2003
United Wheatgrowers (NZ) Limited is one of the 11 members of AFIC. Check out their website here for more information.
United Wheatgrowers Cost Benefit Analysis
As part of the process of renewing our Compulsory Levy, The Agribusiness Development Group has prepared a Cost Benefit Analysis of UWG services.
Pleas click here to view this analysis.
The Levy for the 2019/20 harvest
The levy was set at $3.75 + gst per tonne.
Payout for the 2019/20 harvest
Growers will receive a pay out of $225 + gst per tonne on a claim. This is not full cover, but disaster relief to meet the cost of production. Growers can additionally top up the premium with their farm insurers.
A Reminder of how the scheme works
The premium is paid in arrears on the tonnage delivered, regardless of whether this is to a flourmill or any other end user. The levy is deducted from the payment and sent on to UWG. This is a compulsory legal requirement, endorsed by the recently held grower election.
UWG has no problem with farmer to farmer trading, providing the levy is paid. The situation is the same if the wheat is not sold, but used within the same operation. In this case the grower is responsible for sending the payment to UWG.
Levy payment forms are available from the UWG office, Brown Glassford. The contact is Chelsea Lucking. You can contact Chelsea at chelsea.lucking@brownglass.co.nz
If you have a disaster
If a grower is unfortunate enough to have a disaster they should first telephone FMG, our insurers to register their claim, on 0800 366 466. FMG will then appoint an assessor, this person will be a local grower, possibly a director or an Electoral Committee member. The assessor will make an initial appointment to visit your crop, then subsequent visits if necessary to determine the loss.
When there is a serious event finding enough assessors can be a problem, so growers may have to wait for an inspection. We are always looking for more volunteers at these times.
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