Some of the best people and organisations make Farming for the Future happen each year.One of our goals is that anybody can attend F4F. Our generous sponsors make sure the registration fees stay incredibly low. A big thank you to all of our sponsors - and a special hat tip to Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, our 2018 Gold Sponsor!
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Gold sponsorTaratahi Agricultural Training Centre has been successfully training Kiwis for agricultural careers since 1919. With ten campuses across the country and a residential campus near Masterton in the Wairarapa, Taratahi makes access to agricultural training easy.
Taratahi works hard to train well rounded and skilled workers, preparing them for long and rewarding jobs in the industry. Taratahi offers full-time courses, diploma programmes, short courses and an Agriculture in Schools programme which includes Primary Industries Trades Academy, STAR and extra mural study. |
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Silver sponsorBased in Blenheim, Morgans Road Nursery grows and supplies a wide range of Forestry/shelter species, New Zealand natives and ornamental plants to public and trade customers throughout New Zealand. Established in 1987 on bare land with minimal capital, Morgans Road Nursery now produces in excess of 500,000 plants annually. Our expertise is mainly New Zealand natives, and we also focus on hedging with a variety of shelter and forestry species available. We have been a supplier to Akura Conservation Centre in Masterton for over 15 years, providing Eco sourced plants as well as forestry species including Eucalyptus and Acacia.
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Silver sponsorSteens Honey is New Zealand's leading producer of high grade UMF Manuka honey. The company was started by Paul & Sheryl Steens because they wanted to bring a better-quality Manuka to market; one that is raw, unpasteurised and minimally processed - just as Nature intended. Our ethos is one of a sustainable partnership with Nature - as without her we don’t have a business. Steens combines its 35 years of beekeeping know-how and cutting edge technology into all aspects of its hive, honey management and extraction techniques. This delivers more honey and sustainable, stronger overall return for all its partners – both landowners and the environment alike.
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Silver sponsorGreater Wellington Regional Council's Akura Plant Nursery grows and sells native and exotic tree species suitable for shelter, fuelwood, erosion control and timber. We have been trialling, growing and supplying tree species for over 30 years. We provide advice on planning, contract planting, tree species, establishment and protection techniques, shelter, pruning, chemicals and animal repellents. We are specialists in land management, soil conservation techniques, land-use and species recommendations.
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Bronze SponsorAt Moore Stephens Markhams Wairarapa we’re serious about success in every season – rain or shine – and offer practical accounting and financial advice to help our rural clients make the right decisions today, setting in place the right structures for future succession, and focusing on minimising the risks of this volatile industry.
For more than 85 years we’ve been supporting our farming clients to be their best, wherever they are located throughout our region. Our directors have proven experience and knowledge in the sheep, beef and dairy farming sectors, playing an integral part in our clients’ rural advisory teams. Our local market knowledge, backed by the Moore Stephens national network of expertise, will help you make smarter business decisions to give your farming enterprise the leading edge. |
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Bronze sponsorGreater Wellington Regional Council promotes Quality for Life by ensuring our environment is protected while meeting the economic, cultural and social needs of the community.
Our specific responsibilities include environment management, flood protection and land management, provision of regional parks, public transport planning and funding, and metropolitan water supply. |
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Bronze sponsorPerception Planning is a group of resource management planning professionals based in Martinborough, Taupō and Christchurch, New Zealand. Helping people have a positive impact on the environment is one of our favourite things, and we've been involved in Farming for the Future since its inception.
Perception Planning was founded in 2007 to help people get the best outcomes for the environment. We are some of the best resource management planners, landscape architects and environmental policy experts around. We take great pride in our work and in each other, and we celebrate sustainability and approaching challenges from creative angles. |
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Bronze sponsorBeef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd is the farmer-owned industry organisation representing New Zealand's sheep and beef farmers. We invest farmer levies in programmes to grow the sheep and beef industry to provide sustainable returns now – and for future generations. Our key programmes – Farm, Market, People and Information – deliver innovative tools and services to:
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Bronze sponsorCRS Software is proudly kiwi-owned and provincially based we build farm financial software to help farmers reach their goals.
Founded in 1981 by three Wairarapa farmers, CRS Software today helps farmers manage an estimated $10 billion dollars of agri-business revenue. Over many decades we’ve learned a lot. It’s with confidence we can say we understand the business of farming. Because we focus on farming, the program is tailored to rural businesses. It has all the financial reporting you need to measure and manage your farm performance, production and forecasting in a format both you and your bank value. Cashmanager RURAL is simple, easy to use and made for the business of farming. Making timely, informed on-farm decisions is your job, ours is to provide the means to help you do that. Having accurate information at your fingertips when you need it takes the hard work out of managing the farm’s finances. |
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Arrow FM - Recording gearA big thanks to the Wairarapa's Arrow FM for the loan of audio recording gear.
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