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Scoop
03-07-2025
- Business
- Scoop
From Building On What's Going Well, To Keeping Your Consumer Front Of Mind: Top Kiwi Farmers Share Their Tips
They say the best thing to do with good advice is to pass it on to others. That premise works as the inspiration behind a new video series for Kiwi farmers called 'Tips for Good', which launched in June. The series features previous Ballance Farm Environment Award winners who share their tips and advice on what they've learned on their farming journey. The series was created by Ballance Agri-Nutrients and began with tips from Ballance Farm Environment Award ambassadors Hamish and Simon Guild, the two brothers behind High Peak Station, a deer, sheep and beef farm in Canterbury. The brothers also featured on a recent episode of A New Zealand Food Story with Ben Bayly on TVNZ 1. Ballance General Manager Customer Jason Minkhorst says the Tips for Good series was created as a way to share knowledge from people who've already 'trodden the path' in creating both sustainable and profitable farming practices. 'This year marks 30 years since we became part of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards. We recognised that the previous winners have a huge amount of knowledge to share with the rest of the farming community; what's worked for them, what to watch out for,' he says. 'This was another way for us to bring that advice out to a wider audience.' The series will run over the next several weeks across social media and through online channels and will feature farmer advice set amongst some stunning rural landscapes across New Zealand. Jason adds the campaign speaks to the collective nature of the co-operative and its more than 16,000 shareholders. 'We're all in this together, and if our farmers and growers are winning, then so are we. We're much stronger as a collective than we are apart, so why not share what we've learned along the way,' he says.
NZ Herald
18-06-2025
- General
- NZ Herald
National Sustainability Showcase: Huinga dairy farmer Brendan Attrill receives Gordon Stephenson Trophy
Brendan Attrill, of Caiseal Trust in Taranaki, has been announced as the 2025 National Ambassador for Sustainable Farming and Growing. Attrill received the Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the National Sustainability Showcase at Tākina in Wellington. The showcase event celebrated each of the 11 Ballance Farm Environment Awards Regional Supreme
NZ Herald
14-06-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Ballance Farm Environment Awards: Farming and science run in Gordon Stephenson's family
The Gordon Stephenson Trophy will be presented to one of the 11 Ballance Farm Environment Awards Regional Supreme Winners during the National Sustainability Showcase at Tākina, Wellington, on June 18. Here, the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust reflects on the man behind the trophy and how his love of farming
NZ Herald
07-06-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Ballance Farm Environment Awards: Waikato farmer Gordon Stephenson's legacy celebrated
The National Sustainability Showcase celebrates the year's 11 Ballance Farm Environment Awards regional supreme winners. The showcase culminates with the announcement of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy recipients. Here, the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust reflects on the legacy of the man behind the trophy. If Waikato farmer and conservationist Gordon
NZ Herald
22-04-2025
- Climate
- NZ Herald
Listen to The Country online: Ballance Farm Environment Awards with Warwick Catto
Today on The Country radio show, Rowena Duncum catches up with Warwick Catto, an on-farm judge for the Ballance Farm Environment Awards. On with the show: Phil Duncan: Monday's resident weather expert joins us on a Tuesday. He explained what was up with all the thunderstorms over the weekend and previewed the forecast for Anzac Day.
