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Winners are grinners: The 2022 new Zealand Dairy Industry Awards winners were (from left) Peter O’Connor (Dairy Trainee of the Year) , Will Green( Share Farmer of the Year), and Dairy Manager of the Year Jaspal Singh, all from the Canterbury north Otago region.
Canterbury dominates 2022 dairy awards
For the first time in the NZ Dairy Industry Awards’ 33-year history the Canterbury/North Otago region has achieved a clean sweep of all three major categories and the Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award.
] by Kent Caddick A trio of dairy farmers from the Canterbury/ North Otago region took out the 2022 New Zealand Share Farmer of the Year, the Dairy Manager of the Year and the Dairy Trainee of the Year awards, while Craigmore Farming Services received the John Wilson Memorial Trophy after being named as the Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award winner. Hinds dairy farmer Will Green was named
Share Farmer of the Year, Waimate’s Jaspal Singh became the Dairy Manager of the Year and Peter O’Connor, who works in Mayfield, was announced as the Dairy Trainee of the Year. They shared prizes from a pool worth over $200,000. Green has tasted success in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards as the 2018 Canterbury/North Otago Dairy Manager of the Year and was also awarded that year’s National Runner-Up title.
Share Farmer head judge, Guy Michaels from DairyNZ, said Green impressed the judges with his contagious energy, accuracy and his constant business reviewing looking for opportunities to learn. “He’s a great example of somebody who has come to New Zealand and recognises the opportunities the New Zealand dairy industry offers and has embraced the system, which is completely opposite to what he was used to back home”.
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