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NEWS 18 Ashburton Courier, August 25, 2022 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz LOCALELECTION CANDIDATES 2022 MAYORALTY Neil Brown Jeffrey Swindley WESTERN WARD Rodger Letham Liz McMillan Lynda Topp EASTERN WARD LynetteLovett RobMackle Keith Townshend RichardWilson ASHBURTON WARD Thelma Bell Leen Braam Brie Burgess Carolyn Cameron Russell Ellis Janet Glassey Phill Hooper CarolJohns ShfireSapphire BevSkates Hayden Tasker Tony Todd 2506989 2501385 ACCESS EQUIPMENT TRAILER HIRE EXCAVATION VEHICLE HIRE 435WESTSTREET,ALLENTON,ASHBURTON 0800-86-22-44 15% YOUR OFF NEXT EXP 30 SEPT 2022 HIRE
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz NEWS Ashburton Courier, August 25, 2022 19 Arable industry talent on show Rakaia’s LaurenBeattie, Ashburton’s RogerLasham,and Methven’s Hamish Marr, all took out honours among their peers at the recent NewZealandArable Awards. Laurenwon the emerging talentaward, Rogerwon agronomist of the year and Hamish small seed growerofthe year. Nearly400 farmers andindustry people raised their glasses to toast the best in the arableindustry this year at apackedout evening functionatthe Te Pae ConferenceCentre in Christchurch. It wasthe first combinedNew Zealand Arable Awards with 80 nomineesvyingfor nine awards. For the Arable Farmer of the Year title, Leestonfarmer David Birkettwon, going up against Federated Farmers’ Southland presidentChris Dillon,and former national vicepresident Karen Williams and husband Mick. David, aleader in environmental and sustainable farming, was praisedfor his focus on improving soil quality. He was singled out for being open to trialling any approachtoreduce synthetic inputs, suchasbiologicalproducts,cover crops and retaining straw, andbeing willingtosharehis knowledgeand results —bothgood andbad. The Williams’won the Environment & Sustainability Award. The Innovation title went to Auld Farm DistilleryownersRob and Toni Auld, of Southland, who make arange of three gins fromabase alcoholofoat,wheat and barley. Judgesdescribed theAuld’s innovation as typical of thediversity, entrepreneurship and commitment to quality being displayedsoofteninthe nation’s arable sector. The distilleryhas achieved several world firsts with their gin products. Arable industry advocate Angela Clifford wasnamed the foodchampion. She formedthe organisation Eat New Zealand, promotinglocallygrown and Lauren Beattie, above, Roger Lasham, top right, and Hamish Marr, below, have all won awards at the New Zealand Arable Awards. produced food. The Eat NZ grain food hui she setup allowsgrain growerstotalk abouttheir grainbasedfood products andshowcase them in front of chefs andfood critics. The mergedevent was supported by Federated Farmers, theFoundation for ArableResearch,United Wheatgrowers andthe Grain &SeedTrade Association. Winners: Agronomist of the Year—Roger Lasham,Ashburton;Grain Grower of the Year —Davidand Anna Irving from Lanark Downs, South Canterbury; Small Seed Growerofthe Year —HamishMarr, Methven; Maize Growerofthe Year — Chris Pellowfrom PellowProduce, Waikato;Emerging Talent Award — Lauren Beattie,Rakaia; Environment & Sustainability —Karen and Mick Williams’ Ahiaruhe Farm,Wairarapa; ArableFarmerofthe Year—David BirkettfromBirkett Farming, Leeston; Innovation —Rob andToniAuldfrom Auld Distillery, Southland;Arable Food Champion —Angela Clifford from Eat New Zealand. Ashburton River reviews on track Record rainfall overthe past month has left Canterbury riverflowsinaconstant rise and fall, but the lack of water in the Hakatere/Ashburton River hasbeen aconcern to users for manyyears. And is still being addressed. Newminimum flow limits from July1,2023 are set to keepmore water in the river and protect the natural character and mauri of the river. It’s all part of newrules required by the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP). Environment Canterbury regionalplanningmanager AndrewParrishsaid consent holderwellbeing hasbeen paramount in the review process. ‘‘Thelast twoyearshave been toughonsome members of the community, with factors such as flooding, Covid19, and Mycoplasmabovis to consider. ‘‘We’ve beenabletoprovide landowners with time to work through the implications of the 2023 minimumflowsfor their farmsand secure alternative watersupplies where needed and available.’’ ECan is working closely with consent holderswithin the catchmenttoimplement the new rules through resource consent reviewsand is assistingaffected landowners to explore their watersupply options and reduce the water theytakeattimesoflower riverflows. At the endofJuly, 71 of 88 consentreviews had been resolved;62now havethe minimumflow applied. There are 17 reviews remaining,held by eight consent holders. Three reviewswerepublicly notified in July, with hearings likely to be later in the year. The actual benefits of the consentreviewwill notlikely be seenuntilthe irrigation season is under way at the end of 2023,MrParrishsaid. IN BRIEF NEW DIRECTORS Ashburton businessman and experienced director John Rodwell has been appointedtothe board of New Zealand wool scourer, WoolWorks. Also appointed are Rob Hewett (chairman) and Mike Smith. The company operates threewool scouring plants in Napier, Clive and at Washdykenear Timaru, handling 80 percent of all NewZealand wool. Mr Rodwell has abackground in corporate finance, investment banking and investinginagribusinesses. He is past chair of the Strong WoolProjectAction Group (a pre-cursor to SWAG), adirector of Manaaki WhenuaLandcare Research, and the Lincoln-based centre of research excellence, Bioprotection Aotearoa. As afarmer, he is also the founder, chairman and part-ownerof Kintore Dairy Farm,a1500cow dairy farm in Mid Canterbury, and its 330 hectare support farm, Broadfields Farm, Ashburton. CHALLENGE ON Taylor Bird, of Hakatere Station, has one of the dog teamsfrom Australia and New Zealand competing in the 2022 Cobber Challenge Relay. The three week challenge gotunder way this weekandwill see dog teams wearGPS collarstotrack how far, fast and hard they work. Teamsizes rangefrom two to four dogs, with the new relay format designed to show off theteam effort that goes into farm work -between farmers and multiple dogs.Cobber’s marketing manager KellieSavage said the relay was aboutrecognising the contribution of working dog teamson Aussie and New Zealandfarms. ‘‘As farmers usually work with ateam of dogs,we wanted to showcase their incredible teamwork.’’ People can follow the performance on the Cobber Dog Facebookpage. RURAL GAMES Organisers of the Ford Ranger New ZealandRural Gamesin Palmerston Northare planning abigger,brighter eventnext yearfollowing ayear whencovid saw the games cancelled. They willnow be held on March10 -12, 2023. They have also launched apilot Westpac Agri Futures programme in two schools and on The Hub.PlusKids 'n Country and Clash of the Colleges will be showcased at the New ZealandAgricultural Show in Christchurchand theyare establishing aSouth Island Secondary School Shearing Championship along withaRural Games market.
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