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North Island TSR Regional Report - November 2018
Jess Morrison wasn’t raised on a farm, but she visited one enough to know farming was the industry for her. “We have family friends on a sheep and beef property. I spent a lot of time out there on the farm with them when I was younger and this sparked my interest in the agriculture industry,” says Jess, the new TSR for the Featherston and Carterton stores.
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Regional Reports
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South Island TSR Regional Report - November 2018
Julia Wyatt has been TSR for the Winton Farm Source store for almost eight years. Which sounds impressive enough… until you hear about her 31 years of industry experience and award-winning cropping skills.
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North Island TSR Regional Report - October 2018
Morrinsville TSR Bryn Sanson has a lifelong association with dairy farming. He was raised on dairy farms in Helensville and Parakai then worked alongside his Dad on a 380-cow dairy farm after finishing high school.
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South Island TSR Regional Report - October 2018
Brad Quinlan joined the Canterbury Farm Source team in May this year, but he was already a familiar face to many in the Farm Source community. In fact that was part of the reason he took the job.
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North Island TSR Regional Report - September 2018
Taranaki's first Jersey cow was called Jenny. In 1876 she was walked 250 kilometres from Marton to Bell Block by her new owner. Dairying has been a big deal in Taranaki ever since and remains one of the main contributors to the region’s economy.
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South Island TSR Regional Report - September 2018
Marinka Kingma likes a challenge. And she believes in perseverance. One of her goals, for example, was to become a Farm Source TSR and in June last year she achieved it – becoming TSR for the Balclutha store and looking after farmers in the Taieri and Central Otago regions. But it took grit and determination before she was successful, traits she likely picked up from her dairy farmer parents.
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North Island TSR Regional Report - August 2018
There are two things Ben Burgess is especially passionate about - agriculture and sustainability - which makes him an excellent fit for his current role. Previously based in the Rangitikei, Ben has been a TSR for the last two years and joined the Hawkes Bay team about five months ago.
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South Island TSR Regional Report - August 2018
If you google ‘Farm Source Culverden’, the results include a handful of five-star reviews left by grateful customers. You might assume these hark back to the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake, when the store became something of a command centre as the community rallied to support those affected.
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North Island TSR Regional Report - July 2018
This year marks 20 years since the Farm Source store in Taupo began trading. Back then it was known as RD1 and the level of customer demand saw the need to relocate the store in 2011 to a site twice the size of the original store.
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South Island TSR Regional Report - July 2018
It wasn’t too long ago farming in Southland was dominated by sheep, beef and deer farming. But the dairy boom soon led to growth in dairy farming and associated processing capability in the region. The Fonterra plant in Edendale is the largest raw milk powder plant in the world.
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South Island TSR Regional Report - June 2018
When it comes to growing fodder beet, Canterbury TSR Mark Waldron is a ‘go to’ guy. Of course, being a humble sort he’s the last to admit it, but he has grown countless hectares of the crop and has managed several fodder beet events in the Southland and South Canterbury region.
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North Island TSR Regional Report - June 2018
Te Awamutu TSR Jarno Sammet is an ideas guy. One of his ideas even won him second place in the Farm Source Great Ideas Drive last year. But Jarno doesn’t just think of great ideas - he actually follows through with them. Some years ago, for example, Jarno and his partner thought about emigrating from their native Germany. They took action and now call New Zealand home.
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South Island TSR Regional Report - May 2018
Turning grass into milk is something Codey Patterson thinks about a lot. Although his agronomy expertise extends to plenty of other crops too.
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North Island TSR Regional Report - May 2018
As a qualified greenkeeper, Ngatea TSR Jeff Hadwin knows a thing or two about grass. The 220 Hauraki Plains farmers he looks after also benefit from his decades-long experience in the agronomy and fertiliser sectors.
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South Island TSR Regional Report - April 2018
As a born and bred mid-Cantabrian, Ashburton TSR Logan Tasker is a familiar face to many in the region. He’s been a TSR for a few years now, but his roots with Farm Source go back even further.
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