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SEASON 2020 REPORT
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
The 52nd FMG Young Farmer of the Year season has finished.
Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the country going
into lockdown on 25th March, the decision was made on the 1st April
to cancel the three remaining FMG Young Farmer of the Year Regional
Finals, and the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final. All four
North Island regionals had been completed prior to this decision.
However, it wasn’t all bad news - by moving to an online format we
had the ability to continue with the South Island Regional Finals for
AgriKidsNZ and FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year, which lead to
the first ever online Grand Final for both AgriKidsNZ and FMG Junior
Young Farmer of the Year on 19th June 2020.
Many lessons were learnt this year, and the with the support of our
family of sponsors we were able to host exams, modules and face-
offs in a completely new online format.
Every year we strive to put on a great event and this year was no
different. We thank all our sponsors and volunteers for the ongoing
support and look forward to continuing the same success in the 53rd
season of FMG Young Farmer of the Year in 2021.
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2020
CONTEST SEASON EVENING SHOW NUMBERS
FOR REGIONAL FINALS
FMG YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR DISTRICT FINALS Regional Tickets Sold Tickets available
Northern 123 160
The FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2020 Season kicked off with district contest opening in October 2019. Wai/BoP 207 300
Between October and December, 18 district contests were held, with a total of 221 New Zealand Young
Tara/Man 123 200
Farmers’ competing.
East Coast 156 200
It must be noted that district contests could not run without all the volunteers. Over 100 volunteers
help out across the country to put on the events and a huge thank you must go to them all.
Each District Contest has between one and four contestants qualifing through to the Regional Final. This is
dependant on how each region allocates its eight Regional Final spots.
LIVE STREAM NUMBERS
FOR REGIONAL FINALS
ENTRY NUMBERS
Regional Head to Head 1 Head to head 2 Awards Show
District Final Name 2017 Numbers 2018 Numbers 2019 Numbers 2020 Numbers
Northern 123 160 970
Contest District Final - Lower North 21 15 11 12
Wai/Bop 207 300 1.8k
Contest District Final - Wairarpa (Merged EC) 15 11 0 0
Tara/Man 123 200 1k
Contest District Final - Bay of Plenty 10 7 10 7
Contest District Final - Hawkes Bay (East Coast North) 19 15 9 13
East Coast 156 200 899
Contest District Final - Manawatu 10 15 13 14
Contest District Final - Manawatu Open 27 20 13 13
Contest District Final - Mid Canterbury (Aorangi North) 27 24 19 29
Contest District Final - Nelson/Marlborough (Tasman North 9 7 11 11 SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
FMG YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR
Contest District Final - North Canterbury (Tasman South) 7 10 11 0
Contest District Final - North Otago 11 0 0 0
Contest District Final - North Waikato 14 10 8 9
Contest District Final - Otago 18 6 13 12
July 2020
Contest District Final - Southland 35 18 12 15
Contest District Final - Taranaki 12 9 12 12
Contest District Final - Taranaki Open 11 9 8 8
Contest District Final - Tararua (East Coast South) 20 11 15 13
Contest District Final - Timaru (Aorangi South) 12 24 6 6
Contest District Final - Upper North 11 18 8 11
Contest District Final - Waikato/Piako 14 8 9 10 FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM
Contest District Final - Waipa/King Country 15 11 12 9
Contest District Final - West Coast 10 6 3 0
Contest District Final -Christchurch (Tasman South) 21 22 12 17
349 276 215 221
7,500+
This years’ districts saw a small increase on 2019 entry numbers. With the pipeline between FMG JR Young
Farmer and FMG Young Farmer of the Year growing stronger every year, we’re expecting to see those numbers
FOLLOWERS 1,700+
7,000+ FOLLOWERS
keep rising as the contest grows.
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NORTH ISLAND
REGIONAL FINALS TARANAKI/MANAWATU
The drizzle was falling on and off during the Taranaki Manawatu Regional Final held on the 22nd of February -
but it didn’t dampen any spirits!
The top eight contestants chosen from district finals move on to Regional Finals (seven) to compete against
each other, with the winner named the Region’s FMG Young Farmer of the Year. The winner then represents Competitor’s quad bike skills, first aid response, gate construction abilities and even their fishing skills were put
their region at Grand Final, to compete for a shot at the title of FMG Young Farmer of the Year. to the test by the creative Regional Final Convener and his team.
It was definitely a regional final not to be missed and was enjoyed by all, with a post celebration to be rivalled.
James Lawn came out on top, winning Taranaki Manawatu FMG Young Farmer of the Year with Hugh Jackson
NORTHERN the runner up and Graham Johnson coming in third.
The Northern Regional Final held on the 1st of February was an absolutely sweltering hot day. The amount
of water that had to be drunk to keep everyone hydrated was immense! But the competition on the day was
fiercer than the sun. Lisa Kendall was named Northern FMG Young Farmer of the Year, with Calvin Ball hot her
heels and Kate Reed coming in third.
EAST COAST
Last but not least the East Coast Regional Final held on the 29th of February became our last Regional Final
of the season due to COVID-19. But it was the best way to bow out, with so many good memories to reflect
on before lockdown.
WAIKATO/BAY OF PLENTY The head to heads were intense, with gate building and fitting, AgriKidsNZ competitors receiving first
aid treatment for “injuries”, lemon bobbing and juicing, tree pruning, technical trough and milking devices
Next up, the Waikato Bay of Plenty Regional Final held on the 8th of February was a scorcher for a different
to put together and more! It was fast, it was quick, it was challenging and boy did it make for some
reason - with the teams having to make a barbecue, fire it up and then cook a burger on it. There were a few
fantastic spectating!
burgers that looked a bit sore on the eyes and a couple of prying eyes also *borrowing* cooking ideas from
others during this head to head. The awards evening held at Wintec’s ‘The Atrium’, certainly set the venue Joseph Watts took out East Coast FMG Young Farmer of the Year, hoping for a second shot at Grand Final.
standard very high for the rest of the season. Mitchel Hoare took out the regional title as Waikato/Bay of Runner up was awarded to Hamish Hammond and Georgina Campbell came in third after absolutely
Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Kieran McHugh came second and Joshua Rainey came in third. smashing the quiz.
2020 FMG YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR
REGIONAL WINNERS
LISA KENDALL, JAMES LAWN,
Northern FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2020 Taranaki Manawatu Young Farmer of the Year 2020
Franklin Young Farmers Inglewood Young Farmers
28 years old 30 years old
Business owner Nurture Farming LTD, Farmlands Assistant Business Manager, Parininihi ki Waitotara Farms Taranaki
Business Manager, part time Personal Trainer
Previous Grand Finalist 2017, 5th place
Previous Grand Finalist 2017, 4th place
Massey University Alumni
Lincoln University Alumni and Massey University Graduate
MITCHEL HOARE, JOSEPH WATTS,
Waikato Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2020 East Coast FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2020
North King Country Young Farmers Tikokino Young Farmers
24 years old 29 years old
Second in Charge, sheep and beef station, Te Kuiti PGG Wrightson Technical Field Representative
First time competitor Previous Grand Finalist 2019, Runner up FMG Young
Farmer of the Year
Waipaoa Cadet and Lincoln University Alumni
Massey University Alumni
IN RECOGNITION OF 2020 FMG YOUNG
As part of his $75,000 prize package, Robertson travelled
to Ireland where he attended the World Ploughing
FARMER OF THE YEAR, SOUTH ISLAND
Championships and also managed to place 1st in an Irish
Young Farmers tractor handling competition.
REGIONAL FINALISTS While in Ireland, he joined the Callaghan Innovation New
Zealand Agritech Delegation, presented a session on
Sustainability in New Zealand farming and attended a
range of meetings at the New Zealand Embassy.
Closer to home, he has sat in on Primary Production Select
Committee meetings at Parliament, met with Government
Minister’s to discuss a range of issues impacting the next
generation of farmers and also presented and ran sessions
in schools around Auckland about opportunities in the
agriculture sector.
He’s worked with WorkSafe on a number of initiatives
and also been a popular interviewee in the media space,
featuring in many newspaper articles, radio interviews for
Rural Exchange, The Country and television interviews with
The Project and TVNZ’s Sunday programme.
AORANGI JAMES ROBERTSON He was also recognised as a 2020 Finalist for the incredibly
2020 REGIONAL FINALISTS prestigious Australasian Zanda McDonald award, where he
2019 FMG YOUNG will attend the Platinum Primary Producer Conference at
the end of the year.
FARMER OF THE YEAR He’s become the Chairman of the Auckland Club for 2020,
convened a District Final and unfortunately had a busy
James Robertson made FMG Young Farmer of the Year
calendar with many other opportunities, cleared due to
history when he took out the 2019 title.
Adam Campbell George George Hamish James Jesse Scott COVID-19.
Judd Somerville Smith Webster Holland Hurst Wilde Middleton
At just 22 years old, he became the youngest ever winner at
Some of those opportunities included being a guest
the Hawke’s Bay Grand Final in the contest’s 51st season.
speaker for the Massey University Graduation in May and
But it doesn’t stop there - he became the first person ever a trip to Rotterdam, Holland, to attend and compete at
TASMAN to have taken out both FMG Young Farmer of the Year and
the Teen Ag Grand Final in 2013 (now FMG Junior Young
the International Food and Agribusiness Management
Association case study competition.
2020 REGIONAL FINALISTS
Farmer of the Year).
Robertson said having won FMG Young Farmer of the Year
With the cancellation of the 52nd contest season due to opened a myriad of doors and opportunities.
COVID-19, he’s also the only person to have carried the title
“The past twelve months have been mind-blowing, things
for two consecutive years.
haven’t stopped. The more you say yes, the more frequent
Robertson said in 2019, that becoming FMG Young Farmer opportunities arise and since the Grand Final in 2019 this
Becky
Rickard
Dean
Gardiner
George
Gill
Jack
Taggart
Jeremy
Kilgour
Jonny
Brown
Kendal
Buchanan
Scott
Abrahamson of the Year was a dream come true and had always been a has certainly been the case,” Robertson said.
goal he wanted to achieve since watching the contest on TV
“Having the chance to travel and represent the contest,
as a child.
NZ Young Farmers and the sector has been really
Based in Auckland, he is a Technical Assistant for Fonterra’s humbling and created an amazing learning environment
OTAGO/SOUTHLAND Managing Director of Co-operative Affairs, and has ticked
off many other achievements since his win as the reigning
for my longer-term ambitions. The FMG Young Farmer
of the Year Contest has accelerated my journey and career,
2020 REGIONAL FINALISTS which I’m truly grateful for.”
FMG Young Farmer of the Year.
Adam Adam Andrew Angel-Lee Josh Lee Peter Tom
Callaghan Dale Cowie Woods Johanson Hodsell Templeton Blackmore
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, NZ It became clear from the 21st of March with the FMG Young Farmer of the In the interests of being as fair as
Young Farmers was forced to cancel when Government Alert Levels were Year Contest, but for the safety of possible to the contest and the
the remainder of the FMG Young announced, that holding any form competitors, volunteers, spectators competitors affected, the Contest
Farmer of the Year 2020 Contest of FMG Young Farmer of the Year and sponsors it’s the right thing to do,” Board introduced a new set of rules for
including Grand Final which was set Regional Final was off the cards as Coppersmith said on April 1st. the 2021 contest season for the four
to be held in Christchurch at the the country prepared to move to a 2020 North Island Grand Finalists and
“I’d like to acknowledge all of our
start of July. full lockdown on March 26th. the 28 competitors who qualified for
competitors this year and in particular
the cancelled Regional Finals.
The announcement to cancel the NZYF CEO Lynda Coppersmith said highlight the efforts of our four Grand
season was made on Wednesday the it was the first time in the contest’s Finalists for 2020 who support the All would need to requalify for
1st of April. 52-year history that the Grand Final decision and appreciate the unique Regional Finals for the 2021 contest
Like other businesses, organisations and remaining Contest season had situation we’re all in. We also want season, a one year age extension was
been cancelled. to thank our South Island Regional implemented and restrictions on the
and sporting events, we needed to
Finalists for their patience as we number of Grand Final and Regional
respond and do our part to limit the
“I appreciate this decision will be worked through the postponement of Final qualifications was revoked.
spread of the virus.
disappointing for everyone involved their Regional Finals,” she said.
Four North Island Regional Finals were The four Grand Finalists – Lisa Kendall,
held before the COVID-19 outbreak, Northern, Mitchel Hoare, Waikato
however Aorangi, Tasman and Otago/ Bay of Plenty, James Lawn, Taranaki
Southland Regional Finals were Manawatu and Joseph Watts, East sponsors. But in these extraordinary As the principal sponsor of the Contest,
postponed from the 16th of March as Coast – have kept their regional FMG times our community’s health FMG fully backed NZYF’s decision.
the Government started to introduce Young Farmer of the Year titles. undoubtedly comes first,” he said at
the time. FMG would continue to work with
restrictions on mass gatherings and NZYF, its Board and the FMG Young
FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2019,
events. Robertson said his thoughts were with Farmer of the Year Contest organising
James Robertson would continue as
The three remaining FMG Junior the reigning champion until the 2021 those who qualified for Grand Final, as committee, along with other sponsors,
Young Farmer of the Year and AgriKids season. well as the South Island competitors to prepare for the 2021 season.
Regional Finals were moved to an who did not get to compete.
Robertson supported the cancellation The 2021 FMG Young Farmer of the
online format which the team worked
of the 2020 contest season, calling it a “Countless hours and even years of Year Grand Final would be held in
extremely hard to reformat.
big decision but the right one to make. planning goes into preparing for the Christchurch, as was planned for the
Before the severity of the outbreak FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand 52nd season.
became clear NZYF had looked at “This will be disappointing news for Final, but this time has not gone to
the possibility of holding the South everybody involved, two weeks ago waste. I have no doubt the contestants
Island FMG Young Farmer of the Year we never thought we would be in the will demonstrate their resilience
Regional Finals at a later date or in a current situation, which has created and begin thinking about the fast
closed door format. uncertainty for NZFY members, approaching 2021 contest season,”
staff, contestants and the family of he said.
2020
REGIONAL FINALS
• Four Practical based regionals were completed on the North Island (Northern, Wai/BoP, Tara/Man and
East Coast) with eight modules at each of the four regionals. These included modules from Ravensdown,
Every year, hundreds of children from all over New Zealand compete North Fuels, Honda, WorkSafe, New Holland, Lincoln University, Beef + Lamb and Hansen.
in their local Regional Final AgriKidsNZ Competition.
• The top seven teams from the modules competed in the Race-Off, to name the top three teams
The competition is open and free to all members, pre-registration for each region.
is required as entries fill up quickly. AgriKidsNZ compete in teams
• Due to COVID-19 the South Island Regional Finals were moved to an online format. This last-minute
of three and a typical Regional Final consists of eight practical and
change saw Tasman, Aorangi and Otago/Southland compete through an online challenge with the winners
theoretical modules to promote the learning of all the different
from each school moving into the virtual Face-Off.
aspects of our industry.
• The top three teams from the Face-Off earned a place in the Grand Final.
The seven top scoring teams from the preliminary round then
progress to the Race-Off where competitors must compete in several
tasks as quickly and as carefully as possible. The format of the
competition is the same, but the specifics change from year to year.
While the challenges are predominantly agriculturally based, children
from all backgrounds will enjoy the competition as it is a way for
them to get outside and get active with their friends. All they need to
bring is determination and enthusiasm!
The top three teams at each Regional Final are then invited to the
Grand Final to battle it out for the champion’s title.
AGRIKIDS ENTRIES PER REGION
*144 capacity per region
Region Entries
Northern 45
Wai/Bop 32
Tara/Man 123
East Coast 144-Full
Aorangi-Online 144-Full
Tasman-Online 81
Otago/Southland-Online 144-Full
CELEBRATING SUCCESS
AGRIKIDS 2020
AORANGI AGRIKIDS GRAND FINAL
GRAND FINALISTS
This year’s Grand Final was the first in the history of the competition to move to an online format. The teams
at Grand Final had a new challenge, not only with the high standard of modules, but also to navigate through
the technology of the modules, using various platforms such as Zoom and online quizzes.
GRAND FINALISTS 2020
Farmwise – Hinds 1 – AgriSeeds – Grand Final broke down into 3 sections:
Longbeach Hinds School Longbeach
School School • An exam written and provided by Lincoln University.
• An AgriTask Challenge (new to 2020) - the competitors were sent out a farm map with some craft
EAST COAST NORTHERN equipment in advance. They needed to build their own farm and film a 2-3 min presentation.
GRAND FINALISTS GRAND FINALISTS • Seven Modules - modules included Lincoln University, Ravensdown, Beef + Lamb, South Fuels/North
Fuels, Worksafe, New Holland and MPI.
The top five teams at the end of the three challenges then battled it out in a Face-Off quiz. This element
had never been done at the AgriKidsNZ level. It was great to be able to provide a Grand Final for the AgriKids
competitiors and the feedback was very postive.
Bush Boys – Tiko Top Dogs – Farmyard Kamo Koolios Kamo Dream O.C Cuts –
Kumeroa Tikokino School/ Chickens – – Kamo – Kamo Okaihau College
School Hereworth Ruahine School Intermediate Intermediate
School
TASMAN OTAGO/ SOUTHLAND
WATCH THE AGRIKIDS FACE-OFF ONLINE:
GRAND FINALISTS GRAND FINALISTS
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2658645284235865
LIVE STREAM SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
Future Farmers The Ramz – Clever Cows – Dipton West Otago Funky Farmers –
– Oxford Area Seddon School Seddon School Dynamites – Rams – Blue Winton Primary
School Dipton School Mountain College School
WAIKATO/BAY OF PLENTY TARANAKI/MANAWATU
GRAND FINALISTS GRAND FINALISTS
1.6 K
VIEWS
Mixed Breed – St Cream of the The Cow Girls Carncot Green Mak Trappers – The Three Little FACEBOOK
Mary’s Putaruru Crop – Waikite – Bethlehem – Carncot South Makirikiri Biggs – Mount
Valley School College, St Independent School Biggs School
Mary’s Putaruru, School
Kuranui PrimaryPLACINGS SKILLED WEST OTAGO TRIO
GRAND FINAL TOP AGRIKIDS 2020 CONTEST
1 st West Otago Rams - In second place were Aorangi team modules and tasks as well as an exam
Charlie Ottrey, “AgriSeeds” - Aiden Smollett, Liam for the Grand Final.
PLACE Dylan Young and Lash and Milli Pottinger from
Longbeach School. They completed a food producing
Riley Hill from Blue
memory game, calculated how
Mountain College
“Carncot Green” made up by Gabby much feed it takes to feed different
Cavan, Phoebe Driscole, Sophia animals, matched up different oils and
Pinkney from Carncot Independent lubricants and were educated about
School came in third place. safety hazards around fuel.
Three South Island Regional Finals They also completed a maze with
and the Grand Final were all forced to biosecurity problems, were quizzed
either be cancelled or moved online about tractors and created a 3D viable
when Government restrictions around farm for the agritask.
events started coming into place in
The West Otago Rams say their
2
March.
favourite challenge was the memory
nd Agri Seeds -
Aiden Smollett, Press release posted on
New Zealand Young Farmers CEO
Lynda Coppersmith says the quick
game with Lincoln University, matching
up different photos.
PLACE Liam Lash and Milli 19 June 2020 decision was made, to move everything
online and deliver the contest for The top five point scoring teams then
Pottinger from went into the face off – a famous
AgriKids competitors alongside the
Long beach School A talented trio from Blue Mountain Young Farmer of the Year styled quiz,
College have taken out the title as the FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year
contest. streamed online across Facebook and
2020 AgriKids winners. YouTube.
The “West Otago Rams,” made up by Organising to host the event online for
the first time, she says, created some Lynda Coppersmith says she was
Charlie Ottrey, 12, Dylan Young, 12, and so impressed with the calibre of the
Riley Hill, 13, were awarded the title at new challenges to work through.
teams’ general knowledge during the
the Grand Final tonight after a full day “Working with two contests, 35 teams, face off.
of hard work. 12 sponsors, 14 modules as well as
the other tasks was a huge logistical “They were correctly answering
When asked how the trio felt about questions that I didn’t even know
undertaking. It took a lot of things to
3
their win, they replied in unison the answers to. It just goes to show
fall in to place, a lot of people to make
rd
“happy,” “overwhelmed,” “and a little how bright the future of agriculture
Carncot Green - bit surprised as well”. it work and a really strict time frame,”
she says. is looking with so many children
Gabby Cavan, Phoebe
PLACE They said the day was really fun but starting their interest, involvement and
Driscole and Sophia
also challenging, with it being their “The Events team has done the most contribution in the sector at such a
Pinkney from Carncot
first Grand Final. amazing job to pull this off and I young age.”
Independent School cannot thank them enough, along with
“It was a bit hard dealing with all the our Sponsor family for all the hard The AgriKids contest is made possible
technology,” says Riley. work they put in to make both events by the support of FMG, Ravensdown,
happen and run seamlessly.” Honda, WorkSafe, PTS, STIHL, Lincoln
Dylan and Riley now following in their University, Massey University,
brother’s footsteps, who took out the The 21 AgriKids Grand Final teams (top Southfuels/Northfuels, Betacraft, MPI
AgriKids title last year, also from Blue three from each regional final) went and New Holland.
Mountain College. head to head on Friday in a series of2020
REGIONAL FINALS
• Four Practical based regionals were completed in the North Island (Northern, Wai/BoP, Tara/Man and East
Coast) with eight modules at each of the four regionals. These included modules from FMG, Ravensdown,
There are seven regional finals held throughout New Zealand in each Massey University, WorkSafe, New Holland, Agriculture Test, Lincoln University and Hansen.
of the NZ Young Farmers regions. FMG Junior Young Farmer of the
• The top five teams from the modules then competed in the Face-Off quiz.
Year Regional Finals are held in conjunction with the FMG Young
Farmer of the Year Regional Finals, which makes for plenty of exciting • The top two teams from each Regional Final move forward to Grand Final, normally held alongside the FMG
viewing! Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final.
To enter into the FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Regional • Due to COVID-19 the South Island regionals were moved to an online format. This last-minute change saw
Finals, competitors must be in a team of two and a member of a Tasman, Aorangi and Otago/Southland competing through an online challenge with the winners from each
Teen Ag Club. In their team, they compete in eight different modules school moving into the virtual face-Off. The top two teams of the Face-Off then moved on to Grand Final.
based on all aspects of the agricultural industry. Modules could
include animal anatomy, fencing, gun safety, equine, agronomy, feed
budgeting, biosecurity, chainsaw assembly and the list goes on. It is
all about getting involved and having a go at something they may
never have tried before!
The top five teams from the module section move onto the final,
called the ‘Face Off’. It involves a Buzzer quiz similar to the famous
FMG Young farmer of the Year quiz, held on the field at Practical Day.
After the quiz, prizes are awarded, and the top two teams earn a place
at the FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final.
FMG JR YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR
ENTRIES PER REGION
*96 capacity per region
Region Entries
Northern 21
Wai/Bop 22
Tara/Man 58
East Coast 75
Aorangi-Online 90
Tasman-Online 58
Otago/Southland-Online 77CELEBRATING SUCCESS
FMG JUNIOR YOUNG FAMRER OF THE YEAR
GRAND FINAL 2020
This Year’s FMG Jr Young Farmer of the Year also took place online with one practical element completed
across the country. This was the first time the FMG Jr Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final was held over a
week period.
AORANGI Grand Final broke down into 6 elements
GRAND FINALISTS
• (New) FMG People’s Choice Award - The teams had to make a three minute video explaining something
about themselves, why they entered FMG JR Young Farmer of the Year and what agriculture means to
FMG JUNIOR YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR them.
GRAND FINALISTS 2020 • (New) Innovation Project - Build a business plan for a farm and present a five minute marketing
presentation on why the banks should invest in the farm.
Hannah & Nicole James & Robert • Farmlet - Construct a tumbling composter. This was a two hour task run across the country in each of the
Geraldine
High School
Geraldine
High School
regions.
• Speech - The topic for this year speech was:
“Recently the agriculture sector asked the government to relax the pressure on implementing changes to
EAST COAST NORTHERN TASMAN carbon emissions and water quality laws in order to give food producers and manufacturers the time and
GRAND FINALISTS GRAND FINALISTS GRAND FINALISTS
ability to fully focus on providing for New Zealand’s food needs and to drive New Zealand’s economic recovery
from COVID-19 through strong food exports.”
1. Highlight what the issues are regarding carbon emissions and water quality as they relate to food
production in New Zealand.
2. Discuss the effect that addressing these issues may have on our food production.
Guy & Tristin Jock & Thomas Nick & Zoe Sean & Archer Fergus & Marshall Mac & Jack 3. Explain your thoughts on whether theGovernment should relax the implementation timeframes and why?
Napier Boys Rathkeale College Okaihau College Whangarei Boys St Andrews College St Bede’s College
High School High School
• An exam written and provided by Lincoln University.
• Seven Modules - modules were supplied by FMG, New Holland, Lincoln University, Massey University,
Worksafe, MPI and Ravensdown.
OTAGO/ WAIKATO/ TARANAKI/
SOUTHLAND BAY OF PLENTY MANAWATU
GRAND FINALISTS GRAND FINALISTS GRAND FINALISTS
Josh & Ollie Millar & Ryan Alex & Alex Luke & Furgus Phoebe & Anna Renee & Holly
Northern Southland Tokomairiro Te Awamutu College Putaruru College Feilding Feilding
College High School High School High SchoolWATCH THE FMG JUNIOR YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR
FACE-OFF/AWARDS SHOW ONLINE: GRAND FINAL
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2658645284235865 PLACINGS
LIVE STREAM SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
1 st Mac and Jack -
Mac Williams and
PLACE Jack Coakley from
St Bede’s College
2.3K
VIEWS
FACEBOOK
2 nd Guy and Tristin -
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT TEENAG PLACE
Guy Von Dadelszen
and Tristin Peeti-
July 2020 Webber From
Napier Boys’
High School
FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM
3 rd Nick and Zoe -
Nick Harrison and
2,200+
PLACE Zoe Harrison from
Okaihau College
FOLLOWERS 700+
2,000+ FOLLOWERS
LIKES2020 FMG JUNIOR YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Press release posted on 19 June 2020 and the Grand Final were all forced to creating a tumble composter from a He enjoyed the innovation project,
either be cancelled or moved online barrel for the farmlet challenge. saying it wasn’t things you’d usually
A talented pair from Canterbury have when Government restrictions around get to do as a teenager.
taken out 2020 FMG Junior Young events started coming into place in The lifting of Alert Levels and
Farmer of the Year title. March. restrictions allowed this to go ahead, They broke the 250ha farm down into
with help from Young Farmers 40ha of sheep milking 170ha of lamb
Jack Coakley and Mac Williams from New Zealand Young Farmers CEO volunteers who hosted and judged the finishing and 15ha of market garden.
St Bede’s College were crowned the Lynda Coppersmith says the quick regional challenges.
decision was made, to move everything “We came up with an idea of producing
winners after a week’s worth of
online and deliver a contest for Teen Speech topics were handed out during and selling our own meat for value add,
challenges.
Ag members, alongside the AgriKids the week and innovation projects were an abattoir and our own sheep milking
“It was an incredible result, we put a lot contest for primary school children. handed in on Wednesday, before the processes,” he says.
of hard work in this week so to come big Grand Final day on Friday.
Organising to host the event online for “We learnt a lot actually, the biosecurity
out with the result we got was an
the first time, she says, created some The 14 teams presented their module made me think a bit more and
incredible feeling,” says Jack.
new challenges to work through. speeches, undertook an exam and I managed to use a farm that I work on
The pair entered Friday morning in 5th competed in a series of modules. as a base for it.”
Place and Mac says they tried their “Working with two contests, 35 teams,
12 sponsors, 14 modules as well as all These included soil science based The pair thought the hardest part of with everything live streamed online.
hardest throughout the day. modules, animal welfare, environment the week was the preparation and also
the other tasks was a huge logistical “We are very thrilled we were able to
“It’s really rewarding to be able to undertaking. It took a lot of things to and farm planning, identifying risks time management.
with WorkSafe, studying the Future reformat parts of the contest to be
compare your skills to others around fall in to place, a lot of people to make “We put so much work into it to try able to deliver some champions for
the country, and prove to yourself it work and a really strict time frame,” of Farming report and developing
biosecurity plans for farms. and make sure we got top marks for 2020.”
what you can do when you put your she says. everything - that was the hardest part
mind to it and take your passion to the The speech topic was based around about it; the work we had to put in,” After finishing school, Mac plans to
next level.” “The Events team has done the most head to Massey University to study
amazing job to pull this off and I carbon emissions and water quality Jack says.
relating to food production in New veterinary, meanwhile Jack wants
Guy Von Dadelszen and Tristin Peeti- cannot thank them enough, along with “I thought online was actually a really to head further south to Lincoln
Webber from Napier Boys’ High School our Sponsor family and volunteers for Zealand and in the Innovation Project,
teams had to produce a business cool way of doing it, it was super University and is currently tossing
came in second. Northern cousin duo all the hard work they all have put smoothly run so we didn’t have any up what agricultural based degree to
Nick and Zoe Harrison from Okaihau plan and five minute marketing
in to make both events happen and presentation on how they would difficulties with any technological study.
College were awarded third. issues and it was different to how it
run seamlessly, albeit a few very minor develop and diversify a 250ha property The FMG Junior Young Farmer of the
Nicole Wakefield-Hart and Hannah tech hiccups during the Face Off which in the current COVID-19 local market. was run in previous years which made
it really exciting and new.” Year contest is made possible by
White from Geraldine High School took provided a few laughs.” the support of FMG, Ravensdown,
out the FMG People’s Choice Award “The farmlet was pretty hard, we got a
The FMG Junior Young Farmer of the different set of equipment compared Lynda Coppersmith says nothing Honda, WorkSafe, PTS, STIHL, Lincoln
with their special video. can replace the excitement and University, Massey University,
Year Grand Final started on Saturday to others but it was alright in the end,
Three South Island FMG Junior Young 13th June, where the two teams we found that very, very tough,” Mac atmosphere of a physical contest but Southfuels/Northfuels, Betacraft, MPI
Farmer of the Year Regional Finals in each region, went head to head says. it was still a very exciting Grand Final and New Holland.ONLINE GRAND FINAL
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POSITIVE FEEDBACK... THINGS TO CONSIDER NEXT TIME...
The innovation project as I found it really fun
The amount of work we had to complete in
and interesting to be able to design how you Tech difficulties in rural schools... our team had
We enjoyed the practical section. Watching the kids a short period of time, I think factors like our
would run your own dream farm. I also like to move venues during the day and quite a few of
work things out as a team. The compost bin section schoolwork, sport and extracurricular activities
the worksafe one aswell with the interactive the modules wouldn’t load in parts and so
was really well organized and thought out. needed to be taken into account when setting all
technology being able to pause the video and we missed questions.out.
this work we had to do.
look around was really cool.
My favourite parts were the Work Safe The fact that it happened, very grateful that All the written work was too time consuming.
Live leaderboard update frequently
module, speech, New Holland module, we still had the opportunity to compete. Heavily waited towards academic ability rather
throughout the day.
Biosecurity module presentation. The faceoff was fun too. than a practical aptitude.
We enjoyed the online faceoff, Radar was a
fantastic host and it was our first time we got to Take out the innovation project and
The competion needed massive changes
meet some of the other contestants other than the keep it normal with more practicals as
due to covid. I think that the organizers
team we met in our region. I think that the face off Obviously, I would have liked for a practical well as general theoretical because the
did an amazing job! I realise that they
is a good part to the competition as it gives you a based grand final but this wasn’t possible. innovation project involved too much
do an amazing job every year, but this
chance to show you general farming knowledge But I think there still could have been more creativity and it was very detailed for us
year they needed to step up even more.
and knowledge in general whereas the other practical models such as fencing as this which we haven’t learnt doing a business
Thankyou. Our hosts for the farmlet
modules are quite specific areas of farming rather plays a major part of actual farming. plan. But I totally see why you would
challenge were fabulous! it was a really
than general knowledge. I also think it’s good as introduce something like this so we use
enjoyable day.
it gives the teams 1 last chance to change their innovative ideas and preparing up the
placings which as we saw this year was vital. next future agri-leaders.
Letting us know throughout the week the To focus the competition more on actual events
Well done, not easy taking an event online. It is the best competition and we are
points we had and not just the place we were in that happen on farm. Such as fencing, shearing,
A big thank you for all your hard work!! very lucky and grateful to have it!
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