Beef + Lamb NZ Sheep Industry Awards Finalists Announced
2014 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Sheep Industry Awards Finalists Announced
The finalists have
been announced for the third Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ)
Sheep Industry Awards.
About 300 people are expected to attend the awards dinner – which recognise top-performing New Zealand sheep breeders – on 6 August in Napier.
Five industry-related awards will be presented. In addition to the Sheep Industry Trainer of the Year, Individual or Business Making a Significant Contribution to the New Zealand Sheep Industry and the Sheep Industry Innovation Award, two new awards have been added: the Sheep Industry Science Award, recognising a project, business or person undertaking science that is having a positive impact on farming now, and the Sheep Industry Supplier Award, which recognises a farmer supplier nominated by processors for consistently meeting company specifications and other key performance indicators.
Alongside these awards are the highly anticipated genetics-related awards. These which are calculated based on breeders’ performance in SIL-ACE (Advanced Central Evaluation) – the large-scale, across flock and breed genetic evaluation of about 300 ram breeding flocks.
Based purely on genetic merit, awards are presented to the top flocks in six categories: terminal, dual purpose, high performance, dual purpose plus meat, dual purpose plus worm FEC, and dual purpose plus facial eczema.
The 2014 finalists have just been announced. They
are:
Blackdale sheep industry supplier of the
year
• Dave & Kay Stanley (Rawiri Farm
Trust)
• Mark & Rachel, Sam & Karl Zino (Zino
Holdings Ltd)
• Horizon Farming Ltd
•
Martina & Shaun Lawlor
• Bill & Sue Garland
(Rahiri Farm)
• Landcorp Wairio (Grant McGhie,
Manager)
Focus Genetics sheep industry science
award
• Massey University
•
Neville Jopson
PrimaryITO sheep industry trainer of
the year
• Taratahi Agricultural Training
Centre
• Waipaoa Station Training
Trust
• Smedley Station and Cadet Training Farm
Farmlands individual or business making a significant
contribution to the New Zealand sheep industry
•
Leon Black
• Steve Wyn-Harris
Allflex
sheep industry innovation award
• Matt & Lynley
Wyeth
• Andy Ramsden
Alliance
Group gold terminal sire award for lamb growth and meat
yield
• Mount Linton Station, Mount
Linton Suftex
• Focus Genetics, Kepler
Supreme
• Kelso, Kelso Tutu Totara Ranger
Telford gold dual purpose award for
reproduction, lamb growth plus adult size and wool
production
• Twin Farm, Twin Farm
TEFRom
• Nithdale Station, Nithdale
Romney
• Blackdale Stud, Blackdale
Coopworth
2014 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Sheep Industry Genetic Trait Awards – Finalists
SIL-ACE terminal
sire for lamb growth
• A Clifton, Te Kawa Poll
Dorset
• Mount Linton Station, Mount Linton
Suftex
SIL-ACE terminal sire for meat yield
•
Focus Genetics, Huirimu Supreme
• Focus
Genetics, Kepler Supreme
SIL-ACE dual purpose for
reproduction
• Mount Guardian, Mount Guardian
Perendale
• Edward Dinger, MNCC Coopworth
SIL-ACE dual purpose for growth (lamb growth & adult
size)
• Blackdale Stud, Blackdale
Coopworth
• Ashgrove, Ashgrove Coopworth
SIL-ACE dual purpose for internal parasite
resistance
• Mike McElrea, Gowan Braes
Perendale
SIL-ACE dual purpose for facial eczema
tolerance
• Hinenui Genetics, Hinenui
Coopworth
• Steve Wyn-Harris, Marlow
Coopworth
• Focus Genetics, Waihora Romney
Primary Wool Cooperative dual purpose for wool
•
Blackdale Stud, Blackdale Coopworth
• Edward
Dinger, MNCC Coopworth
• Emily & Sam Welch &
Kate Broadbent, Nikau Coopworth
Progressive Meat
dual purpose for meat yield
• Newhaven Farms,
Newhaven Perendale
• Mike McElrea, Gowan Braes
Perendale
• Twin Farm, Twin Farm TEFRom
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