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King Country Farmers Catch Environmental Bug
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:32 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
A need to reduce stock losses initially sparked Barrie and Jude Tatham’s interest in environmental protection work, but it didn’t take long for them to realise that fencing marginal land also made sound business sense. More >>
Ballance Farm Environment Awards Deadline Soon
Monday, 8 October 2007, 4:31 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Farmers do not have to wait until everything is 100 per cent right on their farms before entering the awards. The judges see it as a work in progress and judge accordingly. More >>
Deadline looms for Farm Environment Awards
Friday, 5 October 2007, 3:49 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Canterbury farmers are being strongly encouraged to enter this year’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Farm Judge EncouragesFarmers To Enter Awards
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 5:00 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Farmers seeking an objective assessment of their environmental management should enter the Ballance Farm Environment awards, says a leading Waikato dairy farmer. More >>
Entries open for 2008 Ballance Farm Awards
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 9:49 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Entries for the awards in the Canterbury region open on September 1, 2007 and close October 15, 2007. More >>
2008 Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:55 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Regional entries for the 2008 Ballance Farm Environment Awards are starting to open and farmers are being urged to enter this popular event. More >>
Farmer Passion For The Land Highlighted
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 12:43 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
It may have been Black Friday, but the passionate views expressed by some of the country’s leading farmers at a special function on July 13 suggest New Zealand agriculture has a very bright future indeed. More >>
Sustainability Showcase Unites Award Winners
Saturday, 30 June 2007, 1:45 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Supreme winners of the 2007 Ballance Farm Environment Awards will get the royal treatment at a special Sustainability Showcase in July. More >>
Forum Helps Farmers Tackle Urban Growth Issue
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:35 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
The booming Queenstown district provides the backdrop for a forum that addresses the thorny issue of how urbanisation will affect farming practices in future. More >>
Farming enters new era of sustainability
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 9:33 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
This year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards entrants were expected to go above and beyond previous year's efforts as the farming industry enters a new era of sustainable farm management. More >>
Competition Honours Eight More Supreme Winners
Friday, 4 May 2007, 10:21 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
The Ballance Farm Environment Awards have concluded for another year, with eight more Supreme award winners crowned for their contribution to environmental sustainability. More >>
Farmers demonstrate commitment to sustainability
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 10:16 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
The Northland farmers who won the region's Ballance Farm Environment Awards this year are "industry leaders in sustainable farming", and Ballance Agri-Nutrients Chief Executive Larry Bilodeau urges other farmers in the area to take the opportunity ... More >>
Flood Affected Farm Scoops Major Prize
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 9:55 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Being named Supreme winners in the Northland Ballance Farm Environment Awards was good news for a dairy farming couple badly affected by the Northland floods. Heavy flooding in late March left half of Evan and Sherleen Smeath’s Hukerenui farm under ... More >>
Family Farming Operation Announced Supreme Winner
Sunday, 15 April 2007, 2:13 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Good stock performance and a strong focus on farm productivity and sustainability earned the McAtamney family the Supreme title in this year’s Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Southland Ballance Farm Environment Award Winners
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 10:16 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Isla Bank dairy farmers David and Kay Dodunski are the Supreme winners of the 2007 Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards. They received their award at a special ceremony on April 11. Along with the Supreme award they also took out the LIC Dairy ... More >>
Farmers demonstrate commitment to sustainability
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:16 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
The Waikato farmers who won the region's Ballance Farm Environment Awards this year are "industry leaders in sustainable farming", and Ballance Agri-Nutrients Chief Executive Larry Bilodeau urges other farmers in the area to take the opportunity ... More >>
Supreme Farm Environment Award Winners
Friday, 30 March 2007, 10:10 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Achieving sustainability is a continuous learning process for David and Hilary Ward, winners of the Supreme award at the 2007 Ballance Farm Environment Awards for Canterbury. More >>
Farmers Stay Under Environmental Spotlight In 2007
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 2:52 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
2007 will be another testing year for farmers faced with the challenge of lifting production while minimising the environmental effects of intensive agriculture, says the newly appointed chairman of the New Zealand Farm Environment Award Trust. More >>
Entries For Environmental Awards Draw To A Close
Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 10:08 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Entries for the Ballance Farm Environment Awards have closed in some regions but farmers in the Horizons, Northland, Southland and Otago areas still have time to enter the prestigious event. More >>
Good spread of farmers for Canterbury awards
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 3:18 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
A wide spread of farming types and geographic areas are represented by farmers entering this season’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards in Canterbury. Of the 19 farmers who have entered ten are livestock, three are mixed livestock and arable, four are ... More >>