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About Anna Lorck

Anna Lorck has a background in journalism, editing and publishing. Along with her husband Damon Harvey, they started ATTN! marketing pr in 2003. A contributing writer to the PROFIT, Anna also oversees business development and works closely with PROFIT clients, contributors and advertisers. Anna is a true champion for her region, Hawke's Bay. She is highly experienced in strategic communications and has experience in running highly successful public campaigns. Anna is an elected member of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board, she served 7 years on the Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce, and she sits on the Hawke's Bay Primary Sector Awards advisory group.

HB Horticulturalist of the Year for 2019

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Primary SectorAwards Horticulturalist of the Year 2018

New Zealand Apples & Pears and the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association have announced the sector is joining the Primary Sector Awards next year.

The HB Horticulturalist of the Year will go to an outstanding individual recognising their significant contribution to horticulture through their innovation, resilience, and leadership along with their commitment to education, the environment and social responsibility.

“Hawke’s Bay’s billion-dollar horticultural industry has become one of the best success stories of the region. Great people, who are recognised as world leaders in their field, grow our success,” says Alan, chief executive of New Zealand Apples & Pears.

The award it is open to all fruit and vegetable growers, as defined by Horticulture NZ, including landowners, lessees and managers.

It’s also a very exciting opportunity for everyone associated with horticulture

to come on board to as a potential entrant, supporter or sponsor, says Alan.

To find out more go to www.hbhorticulturalistoftheyear.co.nz

 

2018 Napier Port Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Awards

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The 2018 Napier Port Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Awards has this year recognised the outstanding contribution of seven past, present and future leaders in their field.

Hosted by the Hawke’s Bay A & P Society at the Hawke’s Bay Showgrounds, Tomoana, Hawke’s Bay’s Primary Sector Awards is the biggest night on the region’s primary sector calendar with over 400 people gathering to mark the event.

The society’s president Simon Collin says championing and celebrating primary sector excellence has reached a new level for the region.

“These awards celebrate our past, present and future leaders. They are working incredibly hard, they are all dedicated to their different sectors and they are all making a real difference in helping make our region successful.

“Hawke’s Bay’s has a proud history as a primary sector engine house from its rugged hinterland to the rich productive plains of the lowlands. We have seen innovative producers harness these resources to place the region as one of the most significant food producing regions of New Zealand.”

Announcing the award winners, chairman of the Award’s committee Peter Tod says it’s pleasing to see such a high calibre and depth of entries across all competitions within these awards.

“It shows the strength of the primary sector in Hawke’s Bay, and future leadership and innovation will continue to drive our economy.”

The ultimate Hawke’s Bay farming trophy, was awarded to Putere district farmer David Danks, managing Monarae Station for the Pam Torbett Charitable Trust as the 2018 Silver Fern Farms Hawke’s Bay Farmer of the Year.

Monarae Station farms sheep, beef and deer at 3,000 feet, combined with a small finishing farm near sea level.

“David demonstrated real strengths in his business across governance, management and supervision of this property. There is a formidable team who are all accepting of innovation and performance gains in a sustainable manner to achieve award- winning results”.

Maraekakaho farm business owners Charlie and Michelle Bogard won the Pan Pac Hawke’s Bay Farm Forester of the Year Award. The Bogards’ had excellent forestry management, and showed how small farm units can be maintained within a family. While the pastoral management is leased out, they keep a close eye on what is happening and remained fully involved in the decision-making.

This year Hawke’s Bay raises a glass to John Buck, as the recipient of the Hastings District Council Primary Sector Industry Leader Award for 2018.

In doing so, Peter says the sector recognised him as a pioneer, innovator, and entrepreneur.

“We thank him for the significant contribution he has made to both the wine industry and Hawke’s Bay. With so many accolades and awards over the years, John is a very worthy recipient”.

As chairman of family owned Te Mata Estate Winery, he considers his greatest accomplishment as taking a run-down, historic, business to a position that its classically styled wines are today regarded amongst the world’s best, all while remaining privately and New Zealand owned.

John is the first resident Hawke’s Bay patron of Cranford Hospice and chairman of the Cranford Foundation Trust, which is building a new hospice at Chesterhope between Hastings and Napier.

Bayleys Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Professional of the Year winner, farm consultant John Cannon, is recognised for being a highly regarded professional among his peers and fellow industry experts both locally and nationally.

“John makes an outstanding contribution through his knowledge, skill and application to improving the performance of businesses in Hawke’s Bay and beyond,” says Pete.

The inaugural BWR Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Innovation Award winner went to StockX, which is leading innovation, through an online platform that trades livestock across New Zealand. StockX is the only business of its type currently operating in the country.

Coming together 29 months ago, StockX has grown in excess of 3,700 registered farmers and 16 meat processing companies, with a collaborative approach to market functionality and design, being a key focus for growth

Massey University veterinary science student Marcus Yule received the Lawson Robinson Hawke’s Bay A & P Scholarship. Growing up on a sheep and beef farm in Central Hawke’s Bay, sparked Marcus’s initial interest in both working and living rurally.

Agri-business leader, farmer and company director Sam Robinson, has been awarded the Laurie Dowling Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture.

The considerable time Sam has spent mentoring young people in the agri-business sector and within farming over the last three decades, is a real tribute to helping grow future leaders, says Pete.

Celebrating Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Excellence

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The 2018 Napier Port Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Awards has this year recognised the outstanding contribution of seven past, present and future leaders in their field.

The 2018 winners are:

Silver Fern Farms Hawke’s Bay Farmer of the Year – David Danks

Pan Pac Hawke’s Bay Farm Forester of the Year –  Charlie and Michelle Bogard

Hastings District Council Primary Sector Industry Leader of the Year – John Buck

Bayleys Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Professional of the Year – John Cannon

BWR Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Innovation Award –  StockX

Lawson Robinson Hawke’s Bay A & P Scholarship – Marcus Yule

Laurie Dowling Memorial Award – Sam Robinson

Hosted by the Hawke’s Bay A & P Society at the Hawke’s Bay Showgrounds, over 400 people celebrated the biggest night on the region’s primary sector calendar.

The society’s president Simon Collin says championing and celebrating primary sector excellence has reached a new level for the region.

“These awards celebrate our past, present and future leaders. They are working incredibly hard, they are all dedicated to their different sectors and they are all making a real difference in helping make our region successful.

“Hawke’s Bay’s has a proud history as a primary sector engine house from its rugged hinterland to the rich productive plains of the lowlands.  We have seen innovative producers harness these resources to place the region as one of the most significant food producing regions of New Zealand.”

 

New Zealand and India building stronger horticultural relationship

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A new partnership has been announced between New Zealand and the State of Himachal Pradesh under the Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Development Project which targets smallholder farmers in northern India.

The Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Development project aims to be the start of a much broader relationship with New Zealand horticulture.

The New Zealand team, working on the project, includes scientists from Plant & FoodResearch,AgfirstEngineering,Fruition Horticulture and other New Zealand-based specialists with additional support from the New Zealand pipfruit industry body, New Zealand Apples & Pears and New Zealand Government agencies.

The World Bank-funded three-year project will work with the horticulture industry in the Himachal Pradesh province to improve production of the region’s key fruit crops, including apples, summerfruit, and tropical fruits such as mango.

Located in the north-western Himalayan region of India, about 90% of the HP population lives in rural areas and is dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. Apples are the main crop, accounting for 85% of fruit production in the area and about 30% of India’s total apple production.

New Zealand Apples & Pears chief executive Alan Pollard said the industry is pleased to be contributing to these important goals of creatingmorejobsandbetterlivelihoodsfor the people of Himachal Pradesh.

“New Zealand’s apple and pear industry has the highest productivity in the world, averaging 65 metric tonnes per hectare per annum which is more than 50% higher than our nearest competitor.

“World best production and post-harvest systems and practices have earned the industry an international reputation for producing fruit of the highest quality.

“This project will provide growers in the Himachal Pradesh province of India with access to New Zealand expertise to help improve the productivity of their orchards in terms of both yield and quality, and subsequently generate better returns for their growers,” Mr Pollard said.

Plant & Food Research chief executive Peter Landon-Lane said Plant & Food Research is pleased to be involved in the Himachal PradeshHorticulturalDevelopmentProject.

“Our scientists have been working with the apple industry for more than 50 years and our research has contributed to the excellent reputation of New Zealand produce globally. To be able to share this knowledge to support communities in developing regions is very rewarding.

“It also allows our scientists to extend their understanding of how crops grow in different geographic regions and environments, and supports the relationship between New Zealand and India, and their respective apple industries,” he said.

New Zealand’s entire horticultural sector is globally renowned for being innovative, sophisticated, and highly productive, backed bysoundscienceandworldbestpractices.

The New Zealand apple industry, while producing only 0.5% of the world’s apples, has been named the world’s most competitive apple industry for the past three years (Belrose Group, World Apple Review). From annual production of approximately 550,000 tonnes, two thirds of the crop is exported to over 80 countries around the world.

The new project will use New Zealand expertise to develop orchard management techniques, irrigation and water harvesting that will improve production and quality of fruit crops grown in the Himachal Pradesh province. It will also lower pesticide use through improved pest and disease management, thereby contributing to environmental outcomes as well.