{"id":26669,"date":"2017-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/fight-for-feds-top-job-likely\/"},"modified":"2017-04-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T12:00:00","slug":"fight-for-feds-top-job-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/fight-for-feds-top-job-likely\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight for Feds top job likely"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Speculation pointed to a challenge for the national leadership as president William Rolleston ended his three-year term.<\/p>\n

The annual meeting was scheduled for June 22 in Wellington. Both the president and vice-president roles would come up for grabs.<\/p>\n

Current vice-president Anders Crofoot, also at the end of his three-year term, confirmed he would stand for president.<\/p>\n

Generally the vice-president would succeed the president but the Wairarapa sheep and beef farmer who has served six years on the national board was likely to face a challenge.<\/p>\n

West Coast dairy farmer and board member Katie Milne confirmed she was considering the top job.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something I initially intended to do but I have been approached for nomination and I am giving it consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am getting closer to confirming my position. I have not quite got myself over the line yet,\u201d Milne said.<\/p>\n

The recently elected deputy chairwoman of Westland Milk Products, former Dairy Woman of the Year and 2015 Rural Woman of Influence said she wanted to be confident she could handle the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to over-promise and under-deliver so I am giving this very serious consideration and in another couple of weeks I will be better placed to confirm,\u201d Milne said.<\/p>\n

If Milne contested and won she would become the national organisation\u2019s first woman president.<\/p>\n

Meat and fibre chaiman Rick Powdrell and dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard also end their three-year terms.<\/p>\n

Hoggard has already put his hand up for the vice president\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to stay in there and I have signalled my intention for that with my nomination as soon as they opened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Powdrell said \u201cI am quite keen to stay involved at some level if that is possible. Just what level that will be I am not certain yet, Powdrell said.<\/p>\n

Nominations for the national board close at the end of May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Competition is ramping up as nominations open for the Federated Farmers national board\u2019s changing of the guard.\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t