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The deer industry is “setting up for the future,” chair Mandy Bell told delegates at the 2023 Deer Industry Conference in Ashburton last week. That has to be the industry’s “primary conversation” and is involving a refocus for its industry-good organisation, she writes in a Letter from the Chair.

Flood recovery, following the devastating Canterbury floods in 2021 was the topic of the conference field day held at Darryl and Lynne Butterick’s property in 11 May. Lessons have been learned for future adverse events, around 75 attendees learned.

DINZ is changing to meet the new environment it is facing and to create a fit-for-purpose industry-good organisation to serve the sector, DINZ chief executive Innes Moffat told the Deer Industry Conference audience. He warned of “disruptions to some of the services provided by DINZ,” while everything is being bedded in.

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