Awards
Federated Farmers Awards Evening 2011
Federated Farmers National Conference Awards Evening celebrated the success of the agriculture industry and the people who help make it so.
Federated Farmers would like to thanks Progressive Meats and Te Kuiti Meats for sponsoring the Awards Evening through the provision of superb beef and lamb.
We would also like to thank Suzuki who sponsored the drinks function prior to our awards dinner.
There were three award categories:
Federated Farmers Agribusiness Person of the Year is about recognising those who have contributed to the business of agriculture through innovation, determination, growth and leadership.
Winner - Andrew Ferrier
Federated Farmers Personality of the Year celebrates the success of an individual who has contributed outstanding service to the farming industry and is seen as a ‘farming figurehead.
Winner - John Hartnell for Farmy Army
Federated Farmers Cream of the Crop, in association with Ravensdown, is about recognising those who have won various national agricultural awards comprising the following:
- - New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Farm Manager of the Year
- - New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Sharemilker / Equity Farmer of the Year
- - New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Dairy Trainee of the Year
- - Federated Farmers Sharemilker / Equity Farmer of the Year Leadership Award winner
- - New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year
- - Enterprising Rural Women Supreme Award
- - BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming / Ahuwhenua Trophy
- - Ballance Farm Environment Award- National winner
Scholarships
Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust
Each year up to three scholarships are awarded by the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust.
These are New Zealand's most valuable and prestigious farming awards.
The awards offer the opportunity for overseas travel, study of the latest developments in a number of leading agricultural countries, and provide an entrée to leaders and decision makers not accessible to the ordinary traveller.
Find out more about the Nuffield Farming Scholorship here.
Awards
New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards
Federated Farmers supports excellence within the dairy sector through the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards. This competition gives contestants the opportunity to prove themselves both on a regional and national stage.
There are three categories:
- Sharemilker of the year
- Farm manager of the year
- Dairy trainee of the year
The competition provides contestants with financial and business credibility, a headstart in the employment market, creates network opportunities and an opportunity to win prize money. Enter awards site here.
Federated Farmers Rural Photography Award 2008
The Federated Farmers Rural Photography Award is open to any New Zealand-based journalist, photo-journalist, or photographer. The competition is held in conjunction with the New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalist Council's annual dinner, usually in November every year. The prize is $750.
For more informaion contact: The Awards Administrator, phone 04 233 1842, email: kotuku.media@xtra.co.nz
Lincoln University Federated Farmers of New Zealand Prize
This prize was established in 2006 by Federated Farmers of New Zealand to support a student who has demonstrated academic excellence in the field of Farm Management at Lincoln University.
The student must be enrolled in one of either: the Bachelor of Commerce (Agricultural Management), the Bachelor of Agricultural Science or the Bachelor of Agriculture degrees and who gains the highest aggregate marks in Principals of Farm Management (MGMT 201) and Farm Management Analysis and Planning (MGMT 316).
