Ground beef doesn’t mean second best

New Zealand has long assumed its future lies in premium chilled beef. Standing in a Colorado processing plant, 2025 Nuffield scholar Dani Darke realised the biggest opportunity was sitting in the trim vats beside her and that New Zealand’s dairy herd holds the key to supplying it. Words Sarah Perriam-Lampp.

2025 Nuffield Scholar & King Country farmer, Dani Darke, on her travels across the United States understanding how New Zealand fits into their beef market.

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