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May 2023 Edition
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THIS EDITION Farmer sentiment
p7 Mooving day
p13 Report welcomed Finals bound: Chair of the Lincoln young Farmers club Nick O’Connor (left) competing in the head-to-head competition on his way to a win in the Tasman Young Farmer of the Year regional final. He will progress to the national final where he will meet older brother Peter (right) shown here building a worm farm on his way to winning the Aorangi regional final.
p41 Hydrogen gone mad
Brothers in young farmer battle Two Canterbury based brothers will meet in the national final of the Young Farmer of the Year after taking out their respective regional finals.
] by Kent Caddick p47
In early April 20-year-old Nick O’Connor, who is originally from Westport and currently finishing his Bachelor of Agriculture at Lincoln University, was crowned the Tasman FMG Young Farmer of the Year in the regional final at the Amuri A&P Showgrounds. A week later older brother Peter (24), who is a farm manager on a 400-cow dairy farm
operation near Methven, took out the Aorangi FMG Young Farmer of the Year regional final held at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds. The pair will now face each other in the Grand Final in Timaru in July. Nick, who is the chair of the Lincoln Young Farmers club which is one of New Zealand Young Farmers’ (NZYF) biggest clubs, went into the Tasman regional final aiming for a top-three position and secured the top spot
ahead of fellow Lincoln Young Farmers member Archie Woodhouse by half a point. George Watson, 30, from Waimakariri Young Farmers placed third. “After winning the Agri-Knowledge challenge, I knew I had gained some ground, but it was still pretty crazy to have my name announced as the winner,” Nick said.
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