3 King Cherries’ business is focused around people, which saw it win the Bayleys People in Primary Sector Award for the Otago region at the 2024 Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Leasing land for growing tulip bulbs has added to the spectrum of crops on the Laughton family’s farm helping to mitigate the past season’s low lamb schedule and higher interest payments. Sonia and Mark Dillon run a small sheep and beef operation but it’s their mixed cropping that keeps growing year on year.
Businesses profiled in this edition…
3 Kings Cherries
AgResearch (Invermay)
Alexander Accounting
Alford Farms
Bealey Farm
Ben and Sarah Dooley
Birkett Farming Ltd
Blytheburn Farm
Bonnieview Farm
Cam and Anna Edgecombe
Canlac Holdings
Carl and Tori Uren
Chris and Desiree Giles
Chris Medlicott
Clark Brothers Fencing
Colbion Downs
Egilshay Texels
Elliot King
Fernvale Genetics
Frame Grain and Seeds
Fraser King
Glenmark Springs
Glen R Angus
Hamish Marr
HeliOps Southland
Invernia Holdings Ltd
Jason and Kaylene Bennett
JJJ Farms Ltd
Kahurangi Spreading
Kings Mechanical
Lambhill-Hindon
LJ Contracting Services
Logan Wallace
Maheno South Suffolk
Mainland Minerals – Southern
Mainline Texels
Melrose Stud
Methven Seed Cleaning
Michael and Shahn Smith
Middlehurst Station Ltd
Milburn Lime
Moeraki Downs
Morris Contracting Ltd Otautau
Mt Annan
Mt Pleasant
Newhaven
North Canterbury Veterinary Clinic
North Otago Truck Repairs
NRM Farmlands
Orari Gorge Station
Otto Dogterom – N.O.F.F
Peel Forest Contracting
Peter Corcoran Contracting
PMR Grain Systems
Precise Fencing Otago
Precision Direct Drilling
Precision Works
Pure Oil NZ
Pyramid Downs
Renner Fencing Contractors Ltd
Rosedale
Russell and Malcolm Laughton
Sam Simpson – Balmoral Merinos
Simon Fuller Contracting
Sonia and Mark Dillon
Southland Helicopters
Stoneylea – Andrew Adams
Te Kano Estate
Te Waewae Eggs
Tony Perriam Hedgecutting
Torrisdale – Murray Greys
Total Harvesting Ltd
Upton Dorset Downs
Waikoura Coopworth Stud
Wilfield and Wattlebank Studs
