Ballance Farm Environment Awards

The Ballance Farm Environment Awards recognise and celebrate good farm practices that promote sustainable land management through an annual awards program that runs in 11 regions throughout New Zealand. Hill Labs is a national sponsor of the awards and entrants can win the Hill Labs Agri-Science Award. This award recognises excellence in the use of technology tools to increase productivity and minimise environmental impacts.

Hill Labs Agri-Science Award Winners 2025:

  • Canterbury Region: Matt & Heidi Hart - Pye Group (Longlane Farm)
  • Horizons Region: Michael Phillips, Oliver Sandbrook & Andrew Evans - Waka Dairies
  • Bay of Plenty Region: Blair Dyer & Steve Atkinson - Kiwi Heights
  • Auckland Region: Peter & Michele Pan - Healthy and Fresh
  • Northland Region: Maria Puig & Mauricio Castellano  - Maulen Partnership & Northland College Farm
  • East Coast Region: Simon & Lou White - Ludlow Farms
  • Greater Wellington Region: Mark & Susannah Guscott - Glen Eden
  • Waikato Region: Roger & Judith Hunt
  • Taranaki Region: John & Donna McCarty - McCarty Farms
  • Otago Region: Tracy & Andrew Paterson - Matakanui Station
  • Southland Region: Blair & Jody Drysdale - Hopefield

What our customers have to say

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Andrew Hutchinson, Technical Manager, Turners & Growers

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Mathew Bannister, Compliance Manager, First Fresh New Zealand

Accreditations

As a New Zealand accredited laboratory by International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ), Hill Labs' commitment to quality is tantamount to our overall operating philosophy. We pride ourselves on the quality of our work.

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