Our Catchment Farm
Advisors (CFAs)
Billy Bartrum
Billy has spent most of his life on sheep and beef farms in Southland and North Canterbury with his family still farming up the Inland Road in Kaikoura. Growing up fishing, diving, hunting and working on the farm developed Billy’s passion for the environment and working with the agricultural industry to support environmental improvements. Billy attended Lincoln University where he completed his Environmental Management degree. After Lincoln he worked as a Land Management and Biodiversity advisor for Environment Canterbury in Mid Canterbury for three years.
Harry Millar
Harry grew up on a high-country station up the Ashburton Gorge before moving to a Sheep, Beef and Deer property in Peel Forest. With an academic background in Geography, Geology and Environmental Management, Harry combines this with practical solutions that strategically consider environmental requirements, farm management feasibility and business development. He has expertise across agribusiness including group facilitation and management, Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) advice, land use capability analysis, environmental policy, and farm production planning and analysis. Harry is a Certified Nutrient Management Advisor, Farmax Elite accredited user and is currently working towards a Masters in Agribusiness.
Josh Brown
With a background in environmental consultancy, Josh Brown has also had experience working in the fertiliser industry and with community catchment groups. While he particularly enjoys working alongside farmers and supporting them with the implementation of agricultural environmental policies, he is also an expert on catchment group development and strategy and environmental project development. Over his career he has also advised and worked with Regional and Central government organisations, rural communities, and Iwi.