Staff

MRB are a team of five independent farm consultants, one farm account administrator and one office administrator. Our consultants all have practical farming experience and varying fields of expertise, all are members of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management.  Detailed experience and contact details are available in the resumes, or click on their images below to send  an email.

Our Team

jeremy_savage_resume.pdf
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Jeremy’s professional focus is on the dairy sector in Canterbury and Tasman areas. His areas of expertise include developing monitoring systems with clients focused on turning grass into milk into profit, farm management, farm ownership structures and succession, business management, dairy management and production systems & irrigation systems.​
anton_nicholls_resume.pdf

Anton has worked extensively within the arable industry throughout NZ. His areas of expertise cover specialist grain & seed crop management, arable farm business management, full financial analysis, strategic planning, machinery and irrigation costings, project management for arable industry stakeholders and presentations & facilitation of workshops & training courses to farmers and industry.
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Marks focus is helping generate a better understanding of farm management systems and irrigation as an integrated package across dairy, sheep, beef, deer and cropping farms to help improve productivity. His areas of expertise include farm management, irrigation and stock water design and evaluation and he is an IrriCad (computer assisted irrigation design) approved programme user.

Jamie Gordon
jamie@mrb.co.nz
027 230 6660

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Jamie operates primarily in the sheep, beef and deer sector and has had extensive experience managing businesses involving intensive livestock and farming systems as well as involvement in the red meat industry and international beef markets. His areas of expertise include business management, strategic advice, farm system analysis and intensive livestock production systems.
Jamie is based in both Ashburton and Christchurch.

Trevor Gee
trevor@mrb.co.nz
021 227 6476

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​Trevor has managed and developed a variety of different dairy farming systems in New Zealand, Ireland, and the UK. He has an excellent understanding of grassland management for profitable milk production. Trevor has a real passion for the dairy industry with areas of expertise in pasture management, reproduction, systems analysis and group facilitation.

Andy Macfarlane - Associate
andy@mrb.co.nz
027 423 3964

Resume Andrew Macfarlane.pdf
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Andrew has a background of advice and practical application across all farming sectors. His areas of expertise include rural business management, rural sector governance, strategic advice in the NZ & global context, animal & crop production systems, irrigation systems & development, family & business succession, environmental management and farm landscapes.​
Nick Hand
nick@mrb.co.nz
027 297 4670 

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Nick's focus is working alongside his clients to grow and streamline their farming businesses whilst operating profitability within environmental parameters.  His area of expertise include farm management, nutrient management, succession planning, and environmental management.
In his spare time Nick enjoys woodworking, running, or fishing and diving. 

Office and Farm Accounts Administration Team

Christine Bellringer
021 892 025
christine@mrb.co.nz

Christine is our farm accounts administrator offering the following services:
​Cashbook/Xero data entry, GST reporting, wages and PAYE preparation and various reports (back to client) summarising current cashflow position (further analysis and forecasts by consultants).

Barb MacGregor
03 307 8143
barb@mrb.co.nz

​Barb  is our MRB office manager and handles all the financial aspects of the business including accounts payable and receivables. Barb spends her spare time enjoying family, including her two wee grandsons and beautiful granddaughter, gardening and playing golf.
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