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More dairy contest winners named

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Tirau sharemilker Phillip van Heuven, 30, won the 2017 Waikato Share Farmer of the Year through his strengths in pasture and animal management.
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He strives to achieve in every area of his business and always looks for ways to progress.

Presently 50:50 sharemilking 230 cows for Brett Coubrough, van Heuven wanted to make his way in the dairy industry by obtaining a bigger sharemilking position.

He had been in the industry seven and a half years and was a qualified joiner, working as a builder’s labourer before making the career change. 

“I entered the dairy awards to see where and how I can improve,” he said at the Waikato Dairy Industry Awards dinner.

The other big winners in Waikato were Manager of the Year Euan McLeod, from the Gibb farm at Taupiri, and Kobus Liebenberg, of Ohaupo, now 2017 Trainee of the Year.

In the Central Plateau region Filipino couple Carlos and Bernice Delos Santos were named winners of the Share Farmer of the Year.

Both 33, they 50:50 sharemilk 300 cows for Andrew and Dorothy McPherson at Ngakuru.

They worked their way up in the NZ dairy industry since arriving here in 2001.

Anthony Kiff, a Landcorp farm manager at Reporoa, won the Manager of the Year title and Trainee of the Year was Taylor Macdonald, also at Reporoa.

In the Auckland/Hauraki region the Share Farmer of the Year winners were Fraser and Amber Carpenter, who were in their second season 50:50 sharemilking on Fraser Mansell’s 66.5ha Papakura property, milking 180 cows.

Rachael Ford, of Te Kauwhata, was named the Manager of the Year and Trainee of the Year was Alexander Voysey, who works on a Landcorp farm at Ngatea.

The Bay of Plenty region Share Farmers of the Year were Cameron and Margaret Bierre, both 30, lower-order sharemilkers of 800 cows at Whakatane.

The Bierres were both agricultural graduates and Margaret worked for Eastpack and Cameron previously worked for DairyNZ.

“Our academic qualifications coupled with a proven experience in running low-cost profitable dairy systems are our strengths, along with pasture management and tight cost control.”

The BOP Managers of the Year were Hayden and Linda McCartie, who also worked near Whakatane, and the Trainee of the Year was Hayden Goodall, of Matata.

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