New field consultant for lower Northland farmers

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For Immediate Release
17 December 2015

New field consultant for lower Northland farmers

Herd improvement company CRV Ambreed has announced the appointment of a new field consultant to look after its clients in the lower Northland Region.

The appointment fills a gap for the area, which hasn’t had its own dedicated field consultant for close to six months.

Brittany Hartstone starts in the field consultant role on 12 January and will service CRV Ambreed’s clients in the Rodney, Kaipara and Waipu areas.

Hank Lina, regional sales and services manager for the Northern part of North Island said Brittany Hartsone’s appointment was crucial to continuing to build the trust and respect from farmers in this area, and he’s very confident that the right person was selected for the role.

“We have some very valued and loyal clients in the lower Northland Region and we’re really looking forward to Brittany joining our team and offering the high standard of personal service that our field consultants are renowned for, to farmers there again,” said Lina.

Hartstone started with the CRV Ambreed Customer Services team in August and had previously worked for RD1/Farm Source in the sales team, where she says she grew to love sales.

Having grown up on an 800-acre dairy farm in Raglan, in the Waikato, and spent 12 months working on a dairy farm in Morrinsville, she said she has a passion and respect for the industry that she is excited to put into practice in her new role.

“I think dairy farming is the backbone of New Zealand. I’m incredibly passionate about this industry, animal health and welfare and supporting my clients to get the best results from their herds,” said Hartstone.

“I’m looking forward to getting out and meeting my clients, finding out where they’re at, where they want to go and what their struggles are.

“While every farmer has different goals based on their farm type, region, market conditions and environmental factors, one thing they all have in common is a focus on achieving a high performing herd, and that’s where I can help.”

CRV Ambreed employs more than 50 part-time and full-time field consultants throughout the country who work alongside farmers to provide advice and personal assistance to help them reach their farming business targets.

Hartstone will join other field consultants Alistair Cullen, Bryce Shuker, Dennis Litt, Dianne Wilson, John Kimberley, Roger Perry and Elaine Nimmo to service the Northern part of the North Island.

For more information about CRV Ambreed visit www.crv4all.co.nz.

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About CRV Ambreed

CRV Ambreed was established in 1969 by a group of farmers with a core business of dairy semen production, sold only within the New Zealand market. In 2003, Ambreed was sold to CRV Delta and began operating under the global umbrella as CRV Ambreed.

CRV Ambreed is uniquely positioned in New Zealand to be able to leverage off a strong international brand while keeping hold of the traditions and values that have always driven the company’s success in this country.

The company is proud to be leading the way in innovative herd improvement in New Zealand and is continuously developing new ways to provide services and products that benefit our farming clients and the New Zealand dairy industry as a whole.

CRV Ambreed currently has about 25% market share in New Zealand an exports to countries where grazing dairy operations exist and grazing genetics can be placed, including South America, South Africa, Australia, parts of North America, and UK and Ireland.

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