Ballance Farm Environment awards - Latest News [Page 9]
Drought Issue To Be Covered At Field Day
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 10:48 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Coping with drought will be a hot topic at a Ballance Farm Environment Awards field day on May 6. The field day will be held on the King Country dairy farm of 2008 Supreme award-winners Derek and Marion Kloeten. More >>
Couple’s Exceptional Skill And Care Rewarded
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 10:01 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Exceptional skill and confidence implementing their vision for a 300ha beef breeding and finishing farm at beautiful Taupo Bay, in the Far North, have won the 2008 Northland Ballance Farm Environment Supreme Award for Lindsay and Erica Whyte. More >>
High Country Family Wins Top Environmental Award
Saturday, 19 April 2008, 12:09 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Wanaka farmers Richard and Sarah Burdon are the Supreme winners of the 2008 Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Top Environmental Award For Gore Farmers
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:37 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
The quest for “best practice” has earned arable farmers Earl and Vicki Dillon a string of awards in the 2008 Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Strong Farming Partnership Earns Top Award
Friday, 11 April 2008, 10:02 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Mayfield farmers Mark and Nicky Morrow have been declared Supreme winners in the 2008 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
King Country Dairy Farmers Win Top Award
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 3:42 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
An excellent all-round approach to sustainability has earned King Country dairy farmers Derek and Marion Kloeten the Supreme award in the 2008 Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Passion For Land Earns Harvey Family Supreme Award
Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:55 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
A multi-generational passion for farming and the environment has earned a Martinborough family a top environmental award. More >>
Whakatane Farmers Win Top Environmental Award
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 10:46 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Whakatane sheep and beef farmers Chris and Antoinette Mountfort have been named Supreme winners of the 2008 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Dry Season Doesn’t Deter Award Entrants
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 10:34 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Entrants in the 2008 Ballance Farm Environment Awards are putting on a brave face as they open up drought-affected farms to the scrutiny of the judges. More >>
Environment Leaders Join Sustainable Farming Fund
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 12:20 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Industry recognition of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards continues to grow, with a number of former competition entrants selected for the MAF Sustainable Farming Fund committee. More >>
Environmental Awards Set To Close Soon
Monday, 3 December 2007, 11:38 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Farmers in the Horizons, Northland, Southland and Otago regions still have time to enter the 2008 Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Farm Environment Award Brings Recognition
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4:29 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Participating in the Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards gave Andrew Speight the confidence to proceed with some of the ideas that were buzzing around inside his head. More >>
Water Quality Top Priority For Award Winners
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 10:17 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
The health of Lake Omapere has always been a key driver for environmental work done by Bruce and Helen Bell on their 108 hectare (83ha effective) dairy farm near Kaikohe. More >>
Farm Environment Award Apt Reward
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 9:45 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Winning a major environmental award helped an equity-owned farming operation justify its long-term focus on farm sustainability. More >>
Winners Encourage Others To Support 08 Competition
Monday, 12 November 2007, 10:02 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
John and Liz Chittock found their first experience as entrants in the 2005 Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards such an enjoyable challenge, they decided to give it another go two years later. More >>
Northland Environment Award Entries Now Open
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 10:39 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Entries for the annual Northland Ballance Farm Environment Awards have opened with a powerful recommendation to land owners to consider entering from the 2007 Supreme award-winner Evan Smeath. More >>
Farmers Deserve Pat On Back
Friday, 2 November 2007, 2:23 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
An award-winning farmer reckons farmers deserve more credit for the efforts they put into environmental sustainability. More >>
Sustainability Key Focus For Award-Winning Farmers
Friday, 2 November 2007, 2:01 pm | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Farm sustainability is a factor in just about every decision Otago dairy farmers Alistair and Josanne Megaw make. More >>
Worthwhile Experience For Organic Wine Grower
Monday, 29 October 2007, 12:41 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Winning an award in last year’s Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards provided some nice recognition for organic wine producer Nick Mills, but that wasn’t the reason he entered the competition. More >>
Southland Farmers Demonstrate Environmental Values
Thursday, 25 October 2007, 9:31 am | Ballance Farm Environment awards
Environmentally-savvy farmers are being encouraged to take part in the 2008 Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>