Wallace wins Farmer title
It was second time lucky for Otago/Southland regional finalist Logan Wallace, who was named the Young Farmer of the Year in Invercargill on Saturday.
Wallace, a sheep farmer from Waipahi in South Otago, beat six other contestants to win the competition, which is in its 50th year. He runs 2300 romney-texelcross ewes on a 290-hectare property, which he leases from his parents. He has a certificate in agriculture and a diploma in rural business from
Telford, and is a Land
Search and Rescue member.
The contestants visited a farm in Glenham on Wednesday before the first event of the competition, the technical day, starting on Thursday. Friday started with a fencing test under floodlights at Donovan Park. It was followed by a variety of other tasks, including surveying, health and safety procedures, organising helicopter spraying and a test on what to do when fallen powerlines land on machinery.
Wallace represented the Otago/Southland region at the national grand final in Timaru in 2016.