The awards ceremony at the Australian Summer Grains Conference on the Gold Coast last week paid tribute to some of the brightest and best of the summer cropping sector.
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Meandarra, Queensland, farmer Tom Coggan took out the big Ben Coleman Award, featuring a $5000 travel scholarship, while Millie Bach, agronomist with Elders Dalby, Queensland, was the winner of the Zoe McInnes Award.
The Zoe McInnes Award recognises outstanding contribution to agronomic excellence by an agronomist.
It is named after agronomist Zoe McInnes who passed away in a farming accident in 2013.
In the technology space, sponsored by Elders, Data Farming, the business ran by Tim and Peta Neale won the industry award, while Scott and Krystal Muller, Biloela, won the farming section.
Alexandra Trinder, HMAg Moree, won the BASF Women in Ag Award, while the Bayer Rising Star Award went to Elders Katherine agronomist Tom White.
There were also commodity specific awards handed out on the night.
Warwick, Queensland researcher Emma Mace took out the sorghum award for her role in using genomics to help develop improved sorghum varieties.
In maize, John Auer, Dolphin Seeds, a long time presence in the maize seeds industry took out the award, while in mungbeans Brett McIntyre, a stalwart of the Australian Mungbean Association, was presented the honour.
Clifton, Queensland, farmer and former Australian Oilseeds Federation vice-president Kevin Charlesworth was successful while the soybean winner was PB Agrifoods buyer Ian Morgan.