Thursday, 27 October 2022 10:00

Conflicted?

Written by The Hound

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OPINION: Your canine crusader understands there is a bit of rumbling around the traps over the perceived conflict of interest at Fed Farmers' meat wool section.

Chair William Beetham took over the role as Fed's meat and wool prime advocate back in August 2020.

However, during this time, he's also picked up a directorship at meat co-op Silver Fern Farms in May this year.

So, with his Feds hat on, Beetham is part of the farmer lobby's stern criticism of the Government's recent proposal for pricing farmers for emissions.

However, with his SFF hat on, Beetham is part of a meat company that fully endorses the Government's move to tax farmers for on-farm GHGs, where SFF directors and executives cuddle up to the PM on overseas trips and back her government's farm emissions plans.

The question is, where do Beetham's loyalties lie - with Feds or SFF?

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