1. the  “Breeding Low Methane-Emitting Sheep Team” won the supreme award at the 2021 Science New Zealand awards. Attached and below are the details and a copy of the certificates.

The annual award is open to 8 organisations including AgResearch. There are 3 award categories, early career researcher, life time achievement award, and a team award. These are awarded to each of the 8 organisations, then, the best of all 24 winners is selected by a panel of judges for the supreme award. Our team was awarded the AgResearch team award and the overall supreme award.

Here is a link to the awards and the ceremony (recorded): https://sciencenewzealand.org/news-and-events/awards/
A short video about the work can be found on the AgResearch YouTube channel and shared on people’s social pages or with friends and colleagues: https://youtu.be/00yEYaLcYIk


2. The Primary Industries New Zealand Science and Research Awards. The winners are listed on the Primary Industries website (https://primaryindustries.co.nz/awards/winners-2022). 

And on https://www.fedfarm.org.nz/FFPublic/Media-Releases/2022/NZs_primary_industries_innovators__leaders_recognised.aspx

Video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfWE656y67I
Go to 3 min 20 sec

