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2 December 2020
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Waikato Livestock Market Update: Meet Matt Langtry

Matt Langtry has been appointed North Island Livestock Manager. Matt comes to the role having spent over 11 years with PGG Wrightson. Over this time Matt has held management positions across the business including Regional Manager, Manawatu / Taranaki and more recently Lower North Island Livestock Manager.

Born in the Horowhenua, Matt was then raised on a Sheep and Beef farm at Tora, Coastal Wairarapa. Matt’s secondary schooling was boarding at Wairarapa College in Masterton. After leaving school, he had a stint milking cows before heading across the ditch where he worked on stations in Queensland, the latter was an opportunity provided by the NZ Hereford Association Ambassador program. When Matt returned, he entered the Agri Business world, completed his training with a ‘competitor’ stock and station company before taking on Territory Manager roles with Ecolab and then Tru-Test over the next 16 years, prior to joining PGG Wrightson.

Matts history is agriculture, he understands our people, our business and most importantly our clients. He reports directly to Peter Newbold, General Manager Livestock. 

While Matt has only been in the role a couple of weeks, he has already been out and about catching up with clients and staff, and he intends to ramp this up in the New Year.

‘We all know that the agriculture industry has to keep on ticking over the Festive Season, however, please try and take some time to recharge the batteries and enjoy the company of your family and friends. I look forward to meeting up with you soon, in the meantime I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.’

 

Matt Langtry

North Island Livestock Manager

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