WINTERFEED 2025
20th & 21st May - WINTERFEED COMPETITION
23rd May - HAY, SILAGE & BALEAGE COMPETITION
23rd May - GRAINS COMPETITION
Winter Feed Results 2025
Class 1: Best dryland winter feed sown after 1st February
1st Brough Hills Ltd Agricom
2nd Brough Hills Ltd Synlait
3rd Eyrefield Farming Ltd Wesco Seeds Ltd
Class 2: Best paddock of kale
1st Ross Moffatt Nufarm
2nd Claxby Grazing Ltd Deosan
3rd North Eyre Holdings Farmgaurd
4th Knightlea Canterbury Honda
Class 3: Best paddock of permanent pasture (sheep, beef, or dairy support)
1st Gordon Cowens Luisetti Seeds
2nd Cresslands Farm Gilchrist Brothers
3rd D & R Clark Donaghys
Class 4: Best paddock of permanent pasture (dairy platform)
1st Eyrewell Dairy Ltd BA Murray Ltd
2nd Knightlea Farmgaurd
3rd Cresslands Farm RAGT
Class 5: Best paddock of short rotation ryegrass
1st Claxby Estate Ltd Farmlands Nutrition
2nd WJ Winter & Sons Ltd Cresslands Contracting
3rd Bradshaw Contracting Farm Source
Class 6: Best paddock of cereal green feed
1st Claxby Grazing Ltd Rabobank
2nd D & R Clark WJ Winter & Sons Ltd
3rd Gary Evans PGG Wrightsons
Class 7: Best paddock of mixed winter feed
1st Bradshaw Contracting Plasketts Spreading
2nd Eyrefield Farming Ltd Frazer Grain & Seed
4th Bradshaw Contracting Ltd Speciality Seeds
Class 8: Best paddock of forage rape
1st Gilchrist Brothers Ltd Corteva
2nd Swanlea Fields Ltd Canterbury Water Services
Class 9: Best paddock of fodder beet
1st Eyrewell Dairy Ltd FMC
2nd Gilchrist Brothers Ltd Gallagher
3rd Keswick Farm Dairies Frame Grain & Seed
Best direct drilled paddock
Claxby Grazing Ltd Hide Spraying Ltd
Best filled out entry form:
Claxby Estate Ltd Power Farming
Judges Choice
Gilchrist Brothers Arxada
Gilchrist Brothers Ltd & McCarthy Fodder Beet Cup
Eyrewell Dairy Ltd
Supreme Runner Up
Ross Moffatt PGG Wrightsons Seeds
Supreme Winner
Brough Hills Ltd Ravensdown
A big thank you to our judges Alan Steel from Adama and Roscoe Taggart from Taggart Farms. Also thank you to Kaleb Bolton from PGG Wrightsons for driving the judges around and taking the photos.A special acknowledgement and thank you to all our generous sponsors of our 2025 winter feed competition. Congratulations to all the place winners and thank you to everyone who entered.
HAY & SILAGE COMPETITION RESULTS 2025
Prizes Kindly donated by:
Class 1: Lucerne Hay
1st Wrens Ag Rangiora Toyota
2nd Gary Evans Rabobank
Class 2: 1st cut Meadow Hay
1st Robinson Dairy Farm RD Petroleum
2nd Gary Evans Carters Tyres
3rd Brosnan Partnership Rabobank
Class 3: 2nd cut Meadow Hay
1st Brough Hills Ltd RD Petroleum
2nd Cresslands Farm Rangiora Vet Centre
3rd Watts Contracting Farmlands Voucher
Class 4: Red Clover Hay
1st Gilchrist Brothers Ltd RD Petroleum
Class 5: Straw
1st Robinson Dairy Farm Ltd Hill Labs
2nd D &R Clark Fern Fuel
Class 6: Silage:
Lucerne
1st North Eyre Holdings Hill Labs
2nd Knightlea Ltd Watts Contracting
Maize
1st Knightlea Ltd Pioneer Farms 2nd Cresslands Farm WesCo Seeds Ltd
3rd Keswick Farm Dairies Farm Source
Cereal:
1st Claxby Grazing Ltd BA Murray Ltd
2nd North Eyre Holdings Saunders Contracting
3rd North Eyre Holdings Carters Tyres
Pasture:
1st Knightlea Advantage Plastics
2nd Robinson Dairy Farm Ltd Deosan
3rd Eyrewell Dairy Ltd Rangiora Vet Centre
Baleage:
Lucerene:
1st North Eyre Holdings Cresslands Contracting
2nd Gilchrist Brothers Ltd Hill Labs
3rd Watts Contracting Fern Fuel
Cereal:
1st Borsnan Partnership Farmlands
2nd Watts Contracting Wesco Seeds Ltd
3rd Duncan Lundy RD Petroleum
Pasture:
1st Robinson Dairy Farm Ltd Farmgaurd
2nd WJ Winter & Sons Ltd Cochranes
3rd Bradshaw Contracting Webbline
Clover:
1st North Eyre Holdings Canterbury Water Services
Haylage:
1st Wrens Ag JJ’s
2nd Gary Evans Northern Tractor Services
Overall Supreme Judges Choice Runner Up
Claxby Grazing Ltd Balance
Overall Supreme Judges Choice Winner
Brosnan Partnership Donaghys
Thank you to our Judge Rory Boleyn from Canterbury Feed Assessments.