Wayne Langford: former Federated Farmers president on Colin Hurst taking over his role
Federated Farmers has elected a new national president from South Canterbury.
Waimate arable and dairy farmer Colin Hurst has replaced Wayne Langford.
He's served as vice president for the last three years - and been spokesperson for freshwater, biodiversity, and fire and emergency issues.
Former Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says he's worked with Colin Hurst for a number of years and he's got confidence in his replacement.
"He'll go well and he'll bring a different style to me, but that tends to be what you find - if you look at Andrew Hoggard, who was before me, he's quite…
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