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A farmer representing Taranaki/Manawatu has won the Young Farmer of the Year title in last night's final in Ashburton.
He is 29-year-old David Skiffington, who grew up on a sheep and beef farm near Rotorua and later majored in animal science at Massey University.
David Skiffington and his wife Megan are leasing 60 hectares of land near their own small lifestyle block near Feilding.
They are breeding ewes and dairy grazers.
- NEWSTALK ZB
