Productivity Awards – 2011 Season

13 April 2012

Winners

Best Productivity Zone 1 (Nth Coast) Vellaroo Farming

Darren, Savannah and Lincoln Vella and Graham Blines (Rabo Bank)

Best Productivity Zone 2 (Calen) AD Pratt

Clifford Pratt (right) and Andrew Cappello (on behalf of Crokers Truck Centre)

Best Productivity Zone 3 (Ossa – Seaforth) Samari Pty Ltd

Michael and Joshua Ferlazzo (right) and Christine West (on behalf of Meng Tyres)

Best Productivity Zone 4 (Silent Grove – Owens Creek) Samari Pty Ltd

Michael and Joshua Ferlazzo (right) and Andrew Cappello (on behalf of Water Dynamics)

Best Productivity Zone 5 (Kuttabul) Silkwish Pty Ltd ATF McLean Farming Trust

Scott Mclean (right) and Steve Fordyce (ACFA)

Best Productivity Zone 6 (Habana) VC Muscat

Vince Muscat (right) and Darren Bugeja (Farview Engineering)

Best Productivity Zone 7 (Mt Martin) McFaul Family Trust

Roy McFaul (left) and Brian Costello (Hodge Industries)

Best Productivity Zone 8 (Devereaux – Nabilla) EJ & KV Bugeja Family Trust

Manny, Nathan and Rebecca Bugeja (right) and

Andrew Cappello (on behalf of ACE Marian)

Best Productivity Zone 9 (Coningsby) Mrs MA Kippen

Ian Kippen Jnr (left) and

Brad Hamilton (Consolidated Plastic & Epoxy)

Best Productivity Zone 10 (Farleigh/Erakala) MA & AM Camilleri

No photo taken

Best Productivity Zone 11 (Richmond) L & CM Baretta

David Baretta (right) and

Lee Blackburn (on behalf of Impact Fertilisers)

Best Productivity Zone 12 (Upper Valley) RF Gibson

Rob Gibson (right) and

Jim Peoples (on behalf of Coleman Agencies)

Best Productivity Zone 13 (Mirani) C & Mrs C Axiak

Charlie Axiak (left) and

Mathew Woodward (McGinns Engineering)

Best Productivity Zone 14 (Palms – Foulden) HE Robke

Herb Robke (right) and

Andrew Cappello (on behalf of Metaland Mackay)

Best Productivity Zone 15 (Septimus – Pinevale) FM Agius

Fred Agius (left) and Lou Pace (Landmark)

Best Productivity Zone 16 (Allandale – Brightley) RS & Mrs KJ Bugeja

Richard Bugeja (right) and

Darren Deguara (DMD Hydraulic Hoses & Repairs)

Best Productivity Zone 17 (Victoria Plains) PA & Mrs LC & BP Zammit

Paul Zammit (right) and

Steve Muscat (Greenmount Engineering)

Best Productivity Zone 18 (Mt Vince) DC McLennan Pty Ltd ATF McLennan Family Trust

No photo taken

Best Productivity Zone 19 (Bakers Creek) GJ Galea

Gerry Galea (right) and

Tom Becker (Townsend Industries)

Best Productivity Zone 20 (Oakenden) SM & D Sievers ATF BDS Sievers Family Trust

No photo taken

Best Productivity Zone 21 (Sandy Creek) Kajavi Pty Ltd ATF The Kevin Lay Family Trust

Gary Lay (right) and

Nobby Byrne (Carlisle Tractors Pty Ltd)

Best Productivity Zone 22 (Alligator Creek) LC & Mrs EM Windsor

Les Windsor (left) and

Julian Vassallo (GPS Solutions Mackay)

Best Productivity Zone 23 (Munbura) DA Galea

David Galea (right) and

Wayne Berginery (Ravensdown Fertilisers)

Best Practice Zone 24 (Blue Mountains) G, Mrs S, LG & Mrs AT Borg

Joseph Borg (right) and

Chris Adams (Rabo Bank)

Reef Rescue Practice Adoption Andrew Deguara

Pictured (at left) with Phil Trendle (Reef Catchment)

In Appreciation for On Farm Research Mount Catherine Co-op Ltd

John Fox (left) and

Dave Hindle (Crokers Fuel & Oils Pty Ltd)

Harvesting Award – Under 30,000 Tonnes 2011 Peoples Pty Ltd, Binstead Brothers, Rob Gibson

Jim Peoples (left) and Rob Gibson (right) and

Don Agnew (Dowdens Pumping Sales and Service)

Harvesting Award – 30,000 Tonnes to 50,000 Tonnes 2011 Dean Insch & Ned Muscat

Pictured (at right and left) with David Pace (Centracks)

Harvesting Award – Over 50,000 Tonnes 2011 Craig Keating

Pictured (at right) with

Andrew Cappello (on behalf of McDonald Murphy Machinery Pty Ltd)

Young Grower Award 2011 George Williams

Pictured (at right) with

Paul Schembri (Canegrowers Mackay Sugar Area Committee)

Sustainable Management Practices Award 2011 John Muscat

Pictured (at right) with

George Russell (Sucrogen BioEthanol AgServices)

Best Average Producer Over 5 Years 2011 Kajavi Pty Ltd ATF The Kevin Lay Family Trust

Gary Lay (right) and John Markley (Farmacist)

Cane Growing Excellence Award 2011 Samari Pty Ltd

Joshua and Michael Ferlazzo (front) and

Bruce Drysdale (Farm HQ)