New format for dairy award’s field day

All three 2016 Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards winners will attend and present at the region’s winners’ field day on April 5.

Major changes have been made to the regional competition winners’ field days to increase participation and exposure for all those involved. Executive Committee member Brian Power has been driving the changes to make the field days of greater value and interest to all participants.

The aim of the new 2016 Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards field day format is to add value and interest to all participants.

 “We’ve come up with the concept of holding one field day that includes all three regional competition winners, as well as a past winner, so we can really focus on what each of the winners is doing well and where that is leading them in their dairy farming career.”

The winners of Bay of Plenty’s Share Farmer of the Year, Dairy Manager of the Year and Dairy Trainee of the Year competitions will attend and present at the field day, held on the farm where the share farmer winner is operating.

Colin and Di Wilson are also attending and will talk about how their career has progressed since their success in the awards as the region’s Sharemilker of the Year winners in 2000.

“We want to focus on what each winner is doing really well and why they won,” Brian says.

As well as promoting the winners from all competitions, the field days aim to promote progression and best practice in the industry, and highlight the dairy awards. They also aim to be an extension to the learning and development of those attending, irrespective of where they are in their dairy career, and provide a social opportunity for networking.

“We want the field days to become the most informative and social event of the season in their region – a day that people won’t want to miss.”

Brian says the field days will be more stimulating and action packed by including all three competition winners and sharing their stories. They will be well planned and structured, with each field day starting at 10.30am and finishing with a BBQ at 1pm.

In past years, two field days have been held on the winners of the share farmer and dairy manager farms.

The awards are supported by national sponsors Westpac, DairyNZ, DeLaval, Ecolab, Federated Farmers, Fonterra Farm Source, Honda Motorcycles, LIC, Meridian Energy, and Ravensdown, along with industry partner Primary ITO.

Full details on where the field day will be held won’t be known until the Bay of Plenty regional competition winners are announced on March 18, and will be posted on www.dairyindustryawards.co.nz.


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