This well-known Canterbury farmer (and husband of Beef + Lamb NZ chairwoman Kate) runs Mt Somers Station and is the descendent of one of the forebears of Federated Farmers - Henry Acland. His grandfather’s uncle was one of the original members of the NZ Sheep Owners' Association (formed in  Canterbury in 1910), which combined in 1945 with the NZ Farmers' Union (formed in Northland on this day in 1899) to establish Federated Farmers.