Congratulations to those arable farming families who excelled in the 2025 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
East Coast supreme winners Simon and Lou White
The Whites run Ludlow Farms (Pictured below), an arable and sheep and beef finishing farm at Otane. They grow vegetables, vegetable seeds and malting barley along with hemp which is processed at their co-founded hempery and they have just built a new seed drying complex. Watch for details of their winners’ field day on May 1. Read more here.
Greater Wellington regional supreme winners Mark and Susannah Guscott
The Guscotts, of Glen Eden Farms (Pictured below), Ponatahi, South Wairarapa, have nearly 100ha of crops including maize, ryegrass, peas, red clover and brassicas. They also run sheep and beef and carbon farming operations as well as a tourism venture. Read more here.
Canterbury finalists Matt and Heidi Hart of Pye Group
The Harts manage a mixed cropping and lamb finishing operation at Longlane Farm, Rakaia, for the Pye Group. They won five awards, including soil management, farming efficiency and agribusiness management. Read more here.