Persistence pays for this year's young farmer

Published: 1:36PM Sunday July 11, 2010 Source: Newstalk ZB

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Persistence has paid off for a previous finalist in the National Bank Young Farmer of the Year contest.

Tasman's Grant McNaughton has taken out this year's title after being a grand finalist in 2007.

The 26-year-old has spent the past year farming in Central Canterbury.

He says the competition is a mix of hard work, study and physical fitness.

McNaughton beat six other grand finalists in three days of gruelling competition in Gore.

He takes away more than $100,000 in prizes.

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