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Ballance Farm Environment awards - Latest News [Page 11]

Southland Farmers Urged To Enter Awards

Friday, 3 November 2006, 11:16 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

Southland’s new judging coordinator for the Ballance Farm Environment Awards says farmers who enter the competition will find it a highly rewarding experience. More >>

Entries Roll In For Otago Farm Environment Awards

Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 10:39 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

Early indications suggest it is going to be another big year for the Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards. BFEA regional coordinator Sue Clarke says she was even receiving entries before the awards officially opened on November 1. More >>

Warning to Farmers to Focus on Sustainability

Friday, 13 October 2006, 11:15 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The issue of environmental sustainability needs to be taken seriously if farmers want to avoid the prospect of environmentally related tariffs and trading barriers, said Peter Nation, chairman of the NZ Farm Environment Award Trust (NZFEAT). More >>

Farm Environment Trust Appoints New Chairman

Friday, 13 October 2006, 10:08 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

Waikato dairy farmer Jim Cotman has been elected chairman of the New Zealand Farm Environment Award Trust. More >>

Farm Environment Awards

Sunday, 27 August 2006, 1:57 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards

Entries for the Canterbury, Waikato and Northland regions open on September 1st and other regions will follow shortly. More >>

Top Farmers Lead By Example

Friday, 30 June 2006, 5:21 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The 2006 Ballance Farm Environment Award regional supreme award winners from around New Zealand meet in Rotorua on Friday (June 30) to share their learnings and experiences about good farming practice. More >>

Papatotara Farmers Win Supreme Award

Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 10:36 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The 2006 Southland Ballance Farm Environment Supreme Award has gone to Papatotara livestock farmers Graeme and Dorothy Dodd, announced at an awards function in Invercargill tonight. More >>

Westview Wins Supreme Award

Monday, 1 May 2006, 2:44 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards

Shane Carroll and Nicola Shadbolt have tonight been named the 2006 Horizons Ballance Farm Environment Award Supreme winners. More >>

Environment Champion Takes the Rudder

Friday, 28 April 2006, 1:30 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The New Zealand Farm Environment Trust’s newly appointed General Manager, David Natzke, has been an admirer of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards since they were conceived 15 years ago. More >>

Moerangi Station Wins Supreme Award

Friday, 7 April 2006, 11:09 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

Moerangi Station, owned by Maori trust, the Puketapu 3A Incorporation, has been named Supreme Award Winner in the 2006 Ballance Farm Environment Awards announced in Hamilton on April 5. More >>

State Of The Nation In Good Hands

Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 11:18 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The new chairman of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards is used to being asked his opinion on “the state of the nation”. More >>

Sustainable Farming Not Just For “Greenies”

Friday, 16 September 2005, 1:58 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards

It is the 16th event in Waikato where the awards programme was conceived, the brainchild of Waikato farmer Gordon Stephenson. More >>

Tree Gift From Farm Environment Sponsors

Thursday, 25 March 2004, 8:34 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The devastating floods which impacted on the lower half of the North Island in recent weeks have resulted in the cancellation of the final round of judging of the inaugural Manawatu/Wanganui Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>

Ashburton Farmers Win Supreme Environment Award

Monday, 22 March 2004, 10:34 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The combination of high production, effective use of shelterbelts and a longterm commitment to the practice of direct drilling are factors in the Supreme Award win for Ashburton farmers John and Betty Greenslade in the 2004 Canterbury Ballance Farmer ... More >>

Judging Underway In Farm Environment Awards

Tuesday, 21 January 2003, 3:46 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards

Judging is underway in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards which have attracted a total of 128 entries in four out of five regions with entries still to close in the fifth region (Southland) at the end of January. More >>

Huge Interest In Farm Environment Awards

Monday, 23 December 2002, 1:21 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards

The vital importance of protecting the environment continues to capture the attention of the rural sector with a huge amount of interest in this year’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA). More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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