WINTERFEED 2024
21st & 22nd May - WINTERFEED COMPETITION
24th May - HAY, SILAGE & BALEAGE COMPETITION
Winter Feed Results 2024
Class 1: Best dryland winter feed sown after 1st February
1st E & M Smith Barenburg
2nd Legacy Agriculture Ltd Watts Contracting
3rd North Eyre Holdings Rangiora Vet Centre
Class 2: Best paddock of kale
1st Bradshaw Contracting Ltd Nufarm
2nd Belbrook Farming Donaghays
3rd Knightlea Ltd Hide Spraying
Class 3: Best paddock of permanent pasture (sheep, beef, or dairy support)
1st Gilchrist Brothers Ltd Agricom
2nd W.J Winter & Sons Corteva Agriscience
3rd Bailey Farming Ltd Gallagher
Class 4: Best paddock of permanent pasture (dairy platform)
1st Knightlea RAGT
2nd North Eyre Holdings Gilchrist Brothers Ltd
Class 5: Best paddock of short rotation ryegrass
1st W.J Winter & Sons Ltd Frazer Grain & Seed
2nd Keswick Farm Plasketts Ground Spreading
Class 6: Best paddock of cereal green feed
1st D & R Clark Balance
Class 7: Best paddock of mixed winter feed
1st Bradshaw Contracting BA Murray
2nd Gilchrist Brothers Frame Grain & Seed
Class 8: Best paddock of forage rape
1st Knightlea Ltd PGG Seeds
2nd Swanlea Fields Ltd Deosan
3rd Belbrook Farming Aakland Chemicals
Class 9: Best paddock of fodder beet
1st Keswick Farm FMC Ltd
2nd Claxby Estate Specialty Seeds
3rd Gilchrist Brothers Ltd PGG Wrightsons
Best direct drilled paddock
Belbrook Farming Ltd Deosan
Best filled out entry form:
Claxby Grazing Farm Source
Judges Choice
E & M Smith W.J Winter & Sons Ltd
Gilchrist Brothers Ltd & McCarthy Fooder Beet Cup
Keswick Farm
Supreme Runner Up
Gilchrist Brothers Ltd Arxada
Supreme Winner (Ravensdown Tray):
Keswick Farm Ravensdown
A big thank you to our judges Matt Hickey from Frame Grain & Seed and Alan Steel from Adama. Also thank you to Kaleb Bolton from PGG for driving the judges around.
A special acknowledgment to all our generous sponsors of our 2024 winter feed competition. Congratulations to all the place winners and thank you to everyone who entered.
HAY & SILAGE COMPETITION RESULTS 2024
Prizes Kindly donated by:
Class 1: Lucerne Hay
1st M Winter Advantage Plastics
2nd Bellbrook Farmguard
3rd Brosnan PS Carters Tyres & Agrecovery
Class 2: First cut Meadow Hay
1st G Evans RD Petroleum
2nd G Cowan Canterbury Honda
3rd A Robinson Agrecovery & Hills Labs
Class 3: Second cut Meadow Hay
1st A Robinson RD Petroleum
2nd Knightlea CWS
3rd G Cowan Allflex
Class 4: Red Clover Hay
1st J & C Ashworth Cochranes
Class 5: Straw
1st A Robinson Farmguard
2nd D &R Clark CWS
3rd Legacy Agriculture Farmlands
Class 6: Silage:
Lucerne
1st Knightlea Farmlands Nutrition
Maize
1st Keswick Pioneer Farms 2nd Knightlea Allflex
3rd Cresslands Farm Donaghys
Cereal
1st North Eyre Holdings Cresslands Contracting
2nd Claxby Estate BA Murray
Class 6: Silage: Pasture
1st Keswick Farms RD Petroleum
2nd A Robinson Farmlands
3rd Knightlea Carters Tyres
Class 7: Baleage:
Lucerne
1st M & C Weaver Farmlands
2nd G Evans Farmlands
3rd G Evans Canterbury Honda & Agrecovery
Cereal
1st D Lundy Cresslands Contracting
2nd North Eyre Holdings Allflex
3rd Brosnan PS Farmlands & Agrecovery
Pasture
1st A Robinson Farmlands
2nd Bellbrook Allfex
3rd Watts Contracting Hills Lab
Overall Judges Choice Winner 2024
M Winter – Lucerne Hay Luisetti Seeds
Runner up
Knightlea – Lucerne Silage RD Petroleum
Thank you to our Judge Rory Boleyn from Canterbury Feed Assessments.