Crop manager Jack Haddon has won the Pukekohe 2025 Young Grower regional title.
Haddon, who oversees the cauliflower and cabbage operation for Balle Brothers, pitched his skills against three fellow contestants to take the title last month.
He will now compete against six other regional winners in Horticulture New Zealand’s national Young Grower of the Year competition, to be held in Christchurch this September.
Haddon, 22, became interested in horticulture after getting a school holiday job with Sutherland Produce in Bombay when he was 15.
He joined the company fulltime at 17 and moved to Balle Bros in 2022.
