Wairarapa's Sully Alsop has landed runner-up in the 47th ANZ Young Farmer Contest, behind Aorangi's Matt Bell.
The pair were tied during the Evening Show rounds, with Bell taking the competition after a countback of Practical Day scores.
The seven finalists from across New Zealand competed in Taupo over July 2-4, going head-to-head on practical challenges, designing a business plan, speeches and a quiz round.
Alsop won the Agmardt Agri-Business Challenge and the Lincoln University Agri-Growth Challenge.
Third place went to Waikato/Bay of Plenty's Dwayne Cowin, who also won the Ravensdown Agri-Skills Challenge and the Silver Fern Farms Agri-Sports Challenge.
