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Morrinsville family farm is Ballance regional supreme winner
22 Apr, 2021 07:07 PM
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The van Ras Family of Morrinsville, Johan and Kylie and Richard and Truus, 2021 Regional Supreme Winners in the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Photo / Supplied
The van Ras Family of Morrinsville, Johan and Kylie and Richard and Truus, 2021 Regional Supreme Winners in the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Photo / Supplied
Waikato News
The van Ras Family of Morrinsville are the 2021 Regional Supreme Winners in the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards run by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust.
The Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards that champion sustainable farming and growing were held at the Sir Don Rowlands Centre, Karapiro on April 14.
Press Release – Ballance Farm Environment Awards
The on-farm judging of the Regional Supreme Award winners for the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) has recently been completed.Judges Warwick Catto and Jamie Strang travelled the length of the country from Kaeo in the north to Riverton in the south over a 3 week period to talk to these innovative food and fibre producers, and BFEA regional supreme winners, about their environmental sustainability initiatives. The properties visited included dairy and beef finishing, sheep, beef, deer, a milking goat farming operation and commercial vegetable growers.
Each of the 10 BFEA regional supreme winners spent time on their properties with Catto and Strang, representatives of the national judging panel from the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust, a charity set up to promote sustainable farming and growing and share knowledge and expertise within the farming community. The on-farm visits form a vital part of the judging process to nam
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