Silly Season
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Resilient, innovative and hard-working growers Graham and Marian Hirst are Supreme winners of the 2016 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Many kiwi events are a success because of the time and enthusiasm of volunteers, and the biennial Southern Field Days at Waimumu is a shining example of this tradition.
Young leaders in New Zealand's primary industries are essential for increasing the future prosperity of the sector.
Jam-packed with action, fizzing with giveaways: that's the promise of the Northland Field Days organisers.
Northland Field Day organisers reckon the event is even more affordable: they've dropped adult ticket prices and now offer a new family pass.
There will be plenty to see, do and experience at this year's Northland Field Days on March 3-5, at Dargaville.
A conferance on NZ sheep milking is being held next month at Massey University, and it's already attracting participants from around the world.
A fantastic dairy farmer turnout at a recent effluent management field day is a sign of the sector's commitment to doing the right thing by the environment, says organiser Jon Palmer.

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