The Ballance
Farm Environment Awards are sponsored by:
Regional Partner:
National
Partners:
Entries for 2009/10 open September 1 2009
The Ballance Farm Environment Awards find and reward farming operations that are achieving a high standard across three key factors essential to a successful farming operation:
2009 entrant and Supreme Winner Nick & Michelle Ward show the BFEA judges their radish seed crop
1. Social – people and communications
2. Financial
3. Environment – sustainability
While the Awards are about celebrating winning practices, they are first and foremost focused on learning and knowledge sharing.
For those farmers who do not yet feel they are ready to enter, the Awards are an opportunity to benchmark yourself against your peers and receive confidential constructive feedback from a team of three independent judges.
Many people enter the Awards to share ideas and expertise with the wider farming community. Notable among our entrants is a pattern of seeking methods, often in innovative ways, to find sustainable solutions to limitations that they encounter in their farming businesses.
Each year, one farming operation is judged as the supreme winner for the region, and seven additional awards are made across a range of farm types and businesses.
This Year's Winners
Read the media release here:
2009 Media Release 
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Also, check out our winners pages for more information about the 2009 winners or visit the winners archive.
Entries are open from 1 September to 23 October 2009
If you are interested in finding out more about the awards or would like an entry form:
Find out what previous entrants thought of the awards:
For further information contact the Regional Co-ordinator on (03) 353 9711 or email bfea@ecan.govt.nz
Or Ross Hayes, Judging Coordinator on (03) 318 1707 or 027 2224461