For Immediate Release

19 November 2013

Bike Bonus For Early Entrants

Three Honda farm motorbikes will be given away in a special prize draw among those that enter early in the 2014 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

“There’s only about 10 days to go to be eligible for this prize draw, so people better get in quick!” national convenor Chris Keeping says. “It’s an extremely generous incentive to enter and that’s pretty much all people have to do to be eligible to win one of the bikes.”

The Honda XR125 Duster bikes, each valued at $4000, are part of an Early Bird Prize Draw for those that enter the Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year, Farm Manager of the Year or Dairy Trainee of the Year contest before December 1*.

One bike will be given away to an early entrant in each competition.

Mrs Keeping says entering can be the hardest component of the awards, so the bike prize draw is an incentive to assist people. “This year the sharemilker contest is celebrating 25 years and history tells us that one of the greatest experiences people gain from entering the awards is actually participating – meeting people, learning about themselves and what their future goals are and gaining confidence.”

Entries in the awards are being received online at www.dairyindustryawards.co.nz and close on December 20.

The Dairy Industry Awards are supported by national sponsors Westpac, DairyNZ, Ecolab, Federated Farmers, Fonterra, Honda Motorcycles NZ, LIC, Meridian Energy, Ravensdown, RD1, Triplejump, along with industry partner Primary ITO (formerly AgITO).

More than 200 entries had already been received in the awards and organisers hope a similar number to 2013’s record 566 entries will be received.

“There’s heaps of positivity in the dairy industry at the moment with a strong payout and a good spring around most of the country. That bodes well.”

Visit www.dairyindustryawards.co.nz for more information on the awards and to enter.

*Some terms and conditions apply to the Early Bird Prize Draw.

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