Whakatane Sharemilkers Take Top Dairy Title

Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards

Strictly Embargoed to 11pm, Tuesday March 13, 2007
Whakatane Sharemilkers Take Top Dairy Title

Whakatane sharemilkers Peter and Jenny Sinclair have won the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Bay of Plenty Sharemilker of the Year title at an awards event in Awakeri tonight.

The Bay of Plenty Farm Manager of the Year title went to Matthew Standish from Te Puke.

Peter and Jenny Sinclair are 50:50 sharemilkers, milking 190 cows on a property owned by Bob and Jenny Hansen. They are on target for production by year ended May 31, 2007 of 75,000 kg/ms.

The Sinclairs divide the farm business with Peter managing stock, pasture and feed, property and environment, dairy hygiene and on-farm records. Meanwhile Jenny manages finances, reporting, OSH, calf rearing and domestic responsibilities.

Both Peter and Jenny are actively involved in community and dairy industry activities.

Their longterm goal is to retire to a lifestyle block and have enough passive income to allow financial freedom.

Matthew Standish is milking 540 cows on the farm owned by Colin Armer with anticipated production of 140,000 kg/ms by May 31 2007. His long term goals include the possibility of buying a small farm to run beef grazing with lifestyle being an important consideration.

Peter and Jenny Sinclair and Matthew Standish will now go forward to represent Bay of Plenty in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Sharemilker of the Year and Farm Manager of the Year national final to be held in Invercargill on May 12, competing for a combined national prize pool of more than $100,000.

Runner up for Bay of Plenty Sharemilker of the Year was Colin and Hazel Grainger-Allen. Third place went to Benny and Belinda Hermansen.

Runner up for Farm Manager of the Year was Richard Hamilton.

A field day will be held on the Sinclairs’ farm at 1431 Thornton Road Whakatane on March 29 at 10.30am; and a field day on Matthew Standish’s farm at 85 Arawa Ave Road, Te Puke on April 5 also at 10.30am.

Other results included

Farm Manager of the Year Merit Awards
Dairy InSight Human Resource Management Award Benjamin Jaunay
RD1 Farm Management Award Russell Meade
Westpac Farm Financial Management Award Matthew Standish

Sharemilker of the Year Merit Awards
ACC Workplace Safety Discounts Award Peter and Jenny Sinclair
Blue Wing Honda ATV Safety Award Chris and Jodi Ford
Dairy InSight First Time entrant Award Benny and Belinda Hermansen
Ecolab Farm Dairy Hygiene Award John and Andrea Winmill
Federated Farmers Leadership Award Chris and Jodi Ford
LIC Recording and Productivity Award Chris and Jodi Ford
Meridian Energy Farm Environment Award John Donaldson
Ravensdown Pasture Performance Award Peter and Jenny Sinclair
Westpac Business Performance Award Colin and Hazel Grainger-Allen

For further information:
www.dairyindustryawards.co.nz

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