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About
Mel and her husband Mike operate a 2500 acres beef and sheep business. Their livestock is 100% grass fed. Over 95% of their farm product (lamb, beef and wool) is exported. The business also has a sheep stud, breeding Perendale composite rams.
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Articles by Mel Poulton
April 2, 2020
The imperative to move food, medicine, goods, services and information across borders must be honored.
A global pandemic, something never experienced in our lifetime. It?s times like this, where people and nations realise just how interdependent w…
Read article →September 19, 2019
Digital Connectivity - Adversity Breeds Innovation
Our farm may be located in rural New Zealand, where some may think it's "hard to reach" or "remote and isolated", but more than 90 percent of the wool…
Read article →July 17, 2018
Global Trade Imperative for Island Nation
New Zealand's landscape was used in the filming of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movie trilogies for a reason – the natural scenery is stunning…
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