Greg and Kelly Kirkwood
The couple have worked in the dairy industry for 12 years and this season are milking 1660 cows on a 450ha property owned by Pat and Anthea Finlay, near Oamaru.
Clinton sharemilkers Murray and Tammy Illing were placed second at the New Zealand Dairy Industry Otago Awards announced last night in Balclutha, and James and Helen Hartshorne from Balclutha were third.
Farm manager of the year was Daniel Gordon, from Milburn, and farm trainee of the year was Oamaru's Gerard Evans.
