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Upcoming dairy industry leader Zach Mounsey (25) says he will use two overseas outings later this year as personal and professional development.

The Wanaka A&P Show has been nominated as a finalist in the annual New Zealand Association of Event Professionals Event Awards.

Entrants in the 2015 Lincoln University Foundation's South Island Farmer of the Year competition will again have the chance to pitch for additional prizes.

One year ago South Island Dairy Event delegates were ‘Riding the wave’. This year the 500-or-so farmers and industry staff at Lincoln late last month were looking for ‘Upside’ in a world of weak prices and growing regulation.

After a nail-biting finish, Matt Bell of Aorangi has been named the 2015 ANZ Young Farmer of the year.

The winner of the Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of Year, Craig Ward (26), says from early childhood he wanted a career in horticulture. 

Don't accept a second-rate health service just because you live in a rural area, delegates at last week’s South Island Dairy Event heard.

If there was one take-home message from the first day of last week’s South Island Dairy Event it was the need to plan.

DairyNZ says it is working alongside other groups to support farmers and ensure that around 5000 cows in central Manawatu and Horowhenua have enough feed for the winter after dozens of paddocks were flooded on dairy farms last week.

There are reports of more than 2000 slips on roads alone and countless more on farms, plus 25 road closures and a dozen farms underwater in the area covered by the Horizons Regional Council.