{"id":348084,"date":"2024-05-14T12:57:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T02:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=348084"},"modified":"2024-05-14T19:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:25:19","slug":"local-grower-wins-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/05\/14\/local-grower-wins-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Grower Wins Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May 14, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wondai cotton grower Michael Stewart has been named a regional winner and finalist in the 2023-24 FastStart Cotton Establishment Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Stewart grows cotton under irrigation on a property adjacent to Barambah Creek.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of 11\u00a0\u00a0growers from across Australia announced as finalist in the awards earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The regional winners, who were each presented with a $1000 gift card, were assessed on the establishment figures for their cotton crops.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cotton Seed Distributors and Syngenta Australia &#8211; partners\u00a0 in the FastStart program &#8211; co-ordinate the awards as a way to encourage growers to use the program\u2019s tools during the critical first 70 days of crop establishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning is nice but what sets the cotton industry apart from some other sectors is the willingness to help others along the way, and what we\u2019re really aiming to do is showcase the help growers can access to grow great cotton,\u201d CSD Extension and Market Development Lead Peter White said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The regional winners were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Darling Downs Qld \u2013 John Cameron, Pittsworth, Dryland<\/li>\n<li>South East Qld \u2013 Michael Stewart, Wondai, Irrigated<\/li>\n<li>Southern NSW \u2013 Sarah Parkes, Carrathool, Irrigated<\/li>\n<li>Gwydir NSW \u2013 Tim Leyfels, Moree, Dryland<\/li>\n<li>Namoi NSW \u2013 Will Turner, Edgeroi, Dryland<\/li>\n<li>Central Qld \u2013 Greg Kauter, Emerald, Irrigated<\/li>\n<li>Macintyre Qld \u2013 Shane Boardman, Goondiwindi, Dryland<\/li>\n<li>Macquarie Valley NSW \u2013 Jim Bible, Narromine, Irrigated<\/li>\n<li>Balonne NSW \u2013 Will Carrigan, Boomi, Irrigated<\/li>\n<li>Western Australia \u2013 Christian Bloecker, Kununurra, Irrigated<\/li>\n<li>Northern Territory \u2013 Tony Hayne, Douglas Daly, Dryland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondai cotton grower Michael Stewart has been named a regional winner and finalist in the 2023-24 FastStart Cotton Establishment Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":144852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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