Recently, they hosted a field day at Georgetown, having won the South Island dairy heifer competition.
The couple (both aged 32) first won the North Otago A and P Association's dairy heifer competition and then went on to win the southern and South Island titles.
Last year, the couple were second in the rising 2-year-heifers class in the North Otago competition and third in the calves.
This year, they won both classes.
Mr Hawkins said a lot of people underestimated their young stock and did not treat them as the investment they were.
In the future, they would be generating income for them.
Entering the competition was an opportunity to compare their stock with other people's and it reinforced that they were doing a good job.
Mr Hawkins, who started relief milking when he was 14, has been milking cows for 18 years.
For three seasons, he and Miss Finch have been sharemilking for Alan and April Anderson.
They have worked for the Andersons for 10 seasons and bought their stock from them.
They milk a total of 600 cows.
Mr Hawkins said dairy farming was a good industry in which to be involved.
It required a lot of work and one was tied to the farm.
Those wanting to be in it for the long haul had to stick at it.
While the couple were not sure about their future, they might consider buying land and could step up to eventual dairy farm ownership.