Canterbury farmer Andy Macfarlane has been appointed to the board of AgriZeroNZ, the public-private partnership designed to accelerate the development and deployment of emissions reduction tools for New Zealand farmers. Rob Hewett, chair of AgriZeroNZ's board, says he welcomes Macfarlane, adding that he brings a combination of governance expertise, commercial acumen and hands-on farming experience. “Andy’s experience across a range of farming systems and value chains, combined with his commercial pragmatism and ability to connect market signals with on-farm decision-making will be of immense benefit to AgriZeroNZ and the work we are doing for farmers across New Zealand," Hewett says. Macfarlane is a director of ANZCO Foods and Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Ltd. He and his wife Tricia have farming interests across dairy, deer, sheep and beef sectors in Canterbury.