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May 20, 2019 10:12am

Local Matters


May 20, 2019 10:12am

It is less than two months until history is made at the 2019 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Hawke’s Bay on July 6.

For the first time in the contest’s 51-year history, two women will be among the seven grand finalists.

They are Emma Dangen, 24,  a Te Awamutu-based vet representing Waikato/Bay of Plenty, and Georgie Lindsay, 24, a North Canterbury shepherd who will represent Tasman.

The other grand finalists are James Robertson (Northern), Alex Field (Taranaki/Manawatū), Joseph Watts (East Coast), Alan Harvey (Aorangi) and Matt McRae (Otago/Southland).

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