Wimmera representatives from Rodwells and Agrictech recently attended a state awards ceremony and walked away with a number of awards. They were up against more than 30 other branches from around the state.

Rodwells Horsham won branch of the year and livestock branch of the year, Stawell was named wool branch of the year and Nhill was received the award for Agritech branch of the year.

The Agritech young achiever of the year award went to Horsham’s Jack Butler, while Simon Severin, also of Horsham, received the Agritech values award.

Rodwells Horsham’s Liz Cooper was a finalist the administration of year the category and Ash Driscoll was a finalist in the young achiever of the year award.

Wimmera Area manager Wayne Driscoll said he was very proud of his team.

“We were only able to achieve this because of the support that we receive from the wider Wimmera community,” he said.

“We have amazing clientele; we are lucky and humble to receive the awards that we did. We’ve only been in the business for 10 years, so this is a big achievement for us.”