There are no new faces on Beef and Lamb New Zealand's Central South Island Farmer Council following its recent annual meeting.
However, South Canterbury farmer Andrew Fraser, who is Craigmore Station's operations manager, has stepped down as a member.
The farmer council annual meeting was held at Cromwell earlier this month.
Elections were held for members for the North Otago, Pareora/Maungati, Pleasant Point and Geraldine areas, as these were required to retire by rotation.
Beef and Lamb New Zealand senior extension manager Aaron Meikle said Robert Peacock (Geraldine), Ivan Geary (Pleasant Point) and Blair Smith (North Otago) put their hands up to serve for a further three-year term and were re-elected unopposed.
Bill Wright, of Cave, and Mr Smith will continue as chairman and vice-chairman respectively.
Mr Meikle said Mr Fraser would not be replaced at this stage because South Canterbury had good representation on the council.
It planned to mark Mr Fraser's long-time contribution at a farmer event soon, he said.
Mr Smith and his wife, Jane, who were supreme winners of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards in 2012, were guest speakers and presented findings from their study tour of Asian markets.
The meeting was also an opportunity for Beef and Lamb levy-payers to be updated on the regional activities of their organisation and discuss future plans.
Mr Meikle said the past year was ''tough'' for sheep and beef farmers throughout the region but their attendance at events had increased and he put this down to the work of council members in their farming communities who had made sure programmes were relevant.
It was just over three years since Beef and Lamb was formed. After the wool levy ceased, the councils were set up in their present form.
''They provide us with a lot of advice ... it helps us do a better job,'' Mr Meikle said.
He said one change it planned was to move away from holding field days largely because there was ''so much on''.
Instead, it hoped to run workshops ''on demand'' to suit a specific need.
It was already doing this with its FeedSmart, Land Environment Planning, bull and ram selection workshops, but it hoped to do more ''hands-on'' work like that with small groups, Mr Meikle said.