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Enter the 2013 Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Friday, 21 September 2012, 3:11 pm | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Environmental sustainability is a hot topic for North Otago farmer Doug Brown. As a councillor for the Otago Regional Council and a director of a large meat co-operative, he discusses the subject with a wide range of people from both urban and rural backgrounds. More >>
Farmer’s Split-Lambing Trial Recognised in Awards
Monday, 17 September 2012, 11:16 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Wairarapa farmers Tim and Belinda White are trying to breed a ewe that will lamb three times in two years. More >>
2013 Ballance Farm Environment Awards Opening Soon
Monday, 23 July 2012, 9:03 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
2013 Ballance Farm Environment Awards Opening Soon Entries for the 2013 Ballance Farm Environment Awards open on August 1, 2012. Administered by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust (NZFE) and operating in nine regions, the annual competition promotes ... More >>
9 Supreme Winners in 2012 Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Monday, 14 May 2012, 10:23 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
The 2012 Ballance Farm Environment Awards have produced another outstanding line-up of supreme winners. Award ceremonies have now been held in the nine regions participating in the annual competition and supreme winners from each region will be honoured at ... More >>
Reconverted Dairy Farm Wins Top Prize in Northland
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 1:25 pm | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Described by judges as a potential model dairy farm, Walden Farms Oruaiti Ltd has been named Supreme winner of the 2012 Northland Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Passion Pays Off: East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Award
Friday, 16 March 2012, 11:28 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
An “absolute passion for the land” has earned Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer James Hunter the Supreme title in the 2012 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Southland Farm Development Wins Farm Environment Approval
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 11:58 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Southland farmers Willie and Phillipa Menlove didn’t enter the Ballance Farm Environment Awards to win prizes. They entered to learn more about sustainability. As it turned out, their 2000ha sheep, beef, deer and dairy support operation, north of Lumsden, ... More >>
Ballance Farm Environment Awards offer Sustainability Advice
Monday, 14 November 2011, 10:10 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Otago farmers Dave and Janene Divers are eager to improve the long term sustainability of their 1500ha family farm near Milton. With Dave’s parents, Lindsay and Jill, the couple have been looking for ways to protect the hill-country farm’s natural ... More >>
Wairarapa Sheep Cheese Venture Benefits From Awards
Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:28 pm | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Entering the Ballance Farm Environment Awards gave Miles and Janet King the opportunity to gain a valuable outside perspective of their unique Wairarapa farming venture. More >>
Hawke’s Bay Farmers Win Supreme Title In Ballance Awards
Friday, 25 March 2011, 9:09 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
A Takapau farming couple who have developed a highly sustainable “picture perfect” farm has been named Supreme winner of the inaugural East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards More >>
Enterprising Kiwifruit Orchardists Collect Top Title in 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 9:28 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Fifty years of hard work and innovation on their kiwifruit orchard near Tauranga has earned Graham and Mavis Dyer the Supreme title in the 2011 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA). At a BFEA ceremony on February 22 (2011), the couple ... More >>
BoP Farmers Get More Than Expected Out Of Awards
Monday, 4 October 2010, 9:44 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Jens and Min Wulff B ay of Plenty dairy farmers Jens and Min Wulff take huge pride in their Ngawaro farm, but they had no idea what the Ballance Farm Environment Award judges would think of “Bush View”. More >>
Wairarapa Sharemilkers Lap Up Awards Experience
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 12:09 pm | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
The good news coming out of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards helps to dispel some of the negative perceptions urban people have about dairy farming, says Wairarapa sharemilker Bryce Baron. More >>
'Magnificently Presented' Farm Earns Top Award
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 2:11 pm | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Waimea Valley farmers Elliot and Janine King are the Supreme winners of the 2010 Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards. The Kings, who farm near Balfour in Northern Southland, learnt of their win at a Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) ceremony ... More >>
Dairy forum fosters environmental leadership
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 9:12 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
An environmental leadership forum held in Rotorua this week brought together 22 of the nation's top dairy farmers to hammer out farmer-led solutions to environmental challenges facing the industry. Convened by The New Zealand Farm Environment Award ... More >>
First Time Entrant Surprised By Big Win
Tuesday, 1 September 2009, 2:01 pm | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
If it wasn't for a neighbour putting his name forward, Ian Cummings may not have been involved in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Scholarships Announced At Farm Environment Awards
Monday, 29 June 2009, 9:21 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Otago farmers Richard and Sarah Burdon were named winners of the New Zealand Farm Environment Award Trust and MAF Study Scholarship at an event celebrating the 2009 Ballance Farm Environment Awards on June 26. The announcement was one of the highlights ... More >>
Ballance Winners Celebrate At Beehive Banquet
Monday, 8 June 2009, 9:55 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Parliament's Banquet Hall is the venue for a special dinner honouring the Supreme Winners of this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Environment Award Lifts Profile Of Soggy Bottom
Friday, 31 October 2008, 9:16 am | Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Making the finals of the 2008 Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards was a bonus for a couple who have thrived on the challenge of turning their small block into an economically and environmentally sustainable business. More >>
