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RURAL LIFE The North Canterbury News, August 6,2020 27 Built to your budget! Regional win ... Lacey Agate is the Corteva North Canterbury Young Viticulturist of the Year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED -All types of fencing including: -deer,sheep and cattle yards -Retaining walls –Timber gates -Full range of specialised equipment for farm fencing and lifestyle blocks, offers you the complete land package. Lacey'swine skills to be tested on national stage By ROBYN BRISTOW Lacey Agate, from Waipara winery Bellbird Spring, has won the Corteva North Canterbury Young Viticulturist of the Year title. After atough day in the vineyards at Greystone in Waipara, Lacey took the honours from three other contestants. Will Bowman, from Black Estate, was runnerup, followed by Brigitte Allan from Pyramid Valley, and Lucas Percy from Pegasus Bay. The young viticulturists were tested on all aspects of vineyard management, including trellising, pruning, machinery, pests and diseases, and budgeting. There was also an interview. Fruitfed Supplies provided a lunchtime barbecue, followed by the quiz round and the BioStart Hortisports, which was won by Will. Lacey took out the Ecotrellis trellising prize. The awards dinner was held at the new cellar door at Greystone. The contestants’ last challenge of the day was to give athreeminute speech to the audience, covering topics such as regenerative agriculture and tractorless vineyards. Lacey will go on to represent North Canterbury in the national final in Martinborough in October. It is being held in conjunction with the 15year celebrations of the Young Viticulturist competition. The practical day is on October 7. The national finalists will give their speeches at the conference the following day, with the winner announced at the celebration dinner. The national winner will not only become the Corteva New Zealand Young Viticulturist of the Year 2020, but will win an prize package which includes the use of aHyundai Kona for ayear, an Ecotrellis Travel Grant, aCorteva educational trip to Australia, Bahco golden secateurs, aleadership week and cash. There are also cash prizes from AGMARDT for the top three national finalists’ research projects. Irrigation body to move By DAVID HILL Irrigation New Zealand is settomove its headquarters from LincolntoWellington. The lobby groupplans to appointanew chiefexecutive in Wellington,asCovid19 forces arethink of its operations. Existing chief executive Elizabeth Soal will remaininthe roleuntilafter the election, beforebecoming regional policy and planning manager to work with members andlocal authorities to offer advocacy in the regions. “As anation we are embarkingonthe recoveryphase of Covid19 and the dependability of irrigated production systems willbecentral to this,’’ chairwoman KeriJohnston says. “Yet, the general misunderstanding of the benefitsand positive impacts of irrigationpersist.’’ Irrigationhas avaluable role to playin ensuring NewZealand has an environmentally and economically sustainable future,MsJohnston says. “Irrigationisacritical component of a vibrantand environmentally sustainable agriculturaland horticultural economy, andwewill workhard towardsensuring that irrigation remains an integral part of ahealthyand thriving Aotearoa New Zealand.’’ Students to fill summer roles Lincoln University studentsare set to plug the gaps in the rural contracting labour pool this summer. With the rural sector strugglingtofill vacancies because of alack of migrant workers, the university is relaxing its rules around compulsory practical work requirements to include contracting. Agribusiness lecturer Dan Smith says large numbers of British and Irish workers traveltoNew Zealandeach summer, but their expected absence over Covid19 could leave big gaps. “Given the current global pandemic it is unlikely these workers will have the freedomto come here, which will place alot of pressure on these businesses, and this was puttingpressure on contractors to fill their needs.” Contractorwork could include hay balingand silagemaking, as well as spraying, muck spreading, shearing, ploughing and other tractorwork. “Allowing the students to count rural contractingwork towards their practical work requirement, we hope, will alleviate some of the pressure on these contractors.’’ Did you know... 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