Cleland named OSPRI chair
Southland farmer and director Tony Cleland has been named OSPRI New Zealand’s new chair.
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
Rabobank People Development Award
Alliance Significant Contribution Award
FMG Rural Champion Award
Ballance Agri-Nutrients Science and Research Award
Datamars Livestock Technology Award
Gallagher Innovative Farming Award
Silver Fern Farms Market Leader Award
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