Hawke's Bay vineyard supervisor Cameron Price has a provincial and industry reputation to uphold as he competes next week for the title of national Young Horticulturist of the Year. Hawke's Bay viticulturists have won the title twice in the past seven years, including last year's triumph by Caleb Dennis, of Havelock North. Mr Price, 26, originally from Palmerston North, faces an all North Island final for the ultimate honour during two days of exercises and tests in Auckland. Shearers flyingSeveral of the country's top shearers and woolhandlers will be really flying next week - trying to get from the Canterbury Show on Friday to the Central Hawke's Bay A and P Show in Waipukurau the next day. Good healthDairy NZ's GoodYarn farmer wellness workshop will come to Hawke's Bay later this month.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 03, 2016 03:22 UTC