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Friday, 05 November 2021 10:25

Finalists announced in Beef + Lamb NZ Awards

Written by  Staff Reporters
Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor

After a thorough judging process, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has announced the finalists in the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards.

B+LNZ chief executive Sam McIvor says a team of judges scrutinised all of the hundred-plus entries in the eight award categories and after much deliberation, came up with a list of finalists.

“The overwhelming feedback from the judges was about the high quality of the entries. They also commented that it was a privilege to gain insight into the fantastic work going on behind the scenes in our sector.”

McIvor says B+LNZ, along with Award partner Farmlands and other sponsors, have been thrilled with the response they have received for the Awards in their first year.

“This is our first year, and the bar has been set extremely high in terms of both quality and quantity of entries. I did not envy the tough job the judges have had in selecting finalists and judges had expressed hope that many of those who did not make the finalists list this year, will enter again in the future.”

The winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner at the Napier War Memorial Centre on 2 February, after Covid-19 alert levels forced the postponement of the Awards dinner from the original date of 20 October.

McIvor says he hopes that all entrants, nominees, nominators will join the finalists and sponsors at the Awards Dinner to celebrate NZ’s red meat sector.

The finalists are:

AgResearch Emerging Achiever Award

  • Cara Doggett (Wellsford)
  • Estee Brown (Cambridge)
  • Luke Foster (Morrinsville)

Rabobank People Development Award

  • Agri-Women’s Development Trust (Masterton)
  • Coadette Lowe (Masterton)
  • NZ Rural Leadership Trust (Lincoln)

Alliance Significant Contribution Award

  • Bob Thomson (Te Awamutu)
  • Professor Derrick Moot (Lincoln)
  • Dr David Stevens (Mosgiel)

FMG Rural Champion Award

  • Daniel Eb (Northland)
  • Sandra Matthews (Lincoln)
  • Meat the Need (Takaka)

Ballance Agri-Nutrients Science and Research Award

  • AgResearch Parasitology Team (Palmerston North)
  • Lincoln University Dryland Pastures Research Group (Lincoln)
  • Strategic Winter Grazing Research Team (Mosgiel)

Datamars Livestock Technology Award

  • Farmax Ltd (Hamilton)
  • Knode (Hamilton)
  • Silver Fern Farms Calf Booking app (Dunedin)

Gallagher Innovative Farming Award

  • Maatua Hou Ltd (Burnham)
  • Mt Linton Station, IMF Sheep Genetics (Southland)
  • Sam and Sarah Johnston (Wairarapa)

Silver Fern Farms Market Leader Award

  • Coastal Lamb (Whanganui)
  • Spring Valley Enterprises (Masterton)
  • Middlehurst Delivered (Blenheim)

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