Displaying items by tag: Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Farming in an environmentally sensitive catchment can be tough, but the Birchall family is working hard to meet the challenge.

Organisers of the prestigious Ballance Farm Environment Awards are urging farmers and horticulturists to get their entries in for the 2017 awards.

Auckland farmers Richard and Dianne Kidd are the National Winners of the 2016 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients chief executive Mark Wynne says the agri-business sector needs to make sure decisions are based around science and not just emotion.

Up to 200 people recently attended a farm field day to hear the winning ways of South Canterbury sharemilkers Joe and Suz Wyborn.

An initiative selling fresh spring lamb into Countdown supermarkets has been kicked off by Helensville farmer Richard Kidd.

Geraldines sharemilkers Joe and Suz Wyborn are the supreme winners of the 2016 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

"Environmental champions" Richard and Dianne Kidd are supreme winners of the inaugural Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

With the agricultural sector facing many challenges, the relevance of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) could not be greater, says organiser Simon Saunders.

Allan and Leeann Woodrow say winning is not the reason to enter farm environment competitions.