Spain Golden Pig Awards 2017
Over 800 professionals from the pork producing industry attended the Award Ceremony of the XXIV Porc D’Or Awards for excellence in the city of Segovia. At this event, the Institute for Agri-Food Research and Technology (IRTA), organiser of the awards, together with the co-organiser Zoetis, presented 49 statuettes to a total of 38 pork producers […]
RIDBA partners with Farming Monthly
RIDBA (The Rural and Industrial Design and Building Association) is delighted to announce Farming Monthly as our media partner for the 2017 RIDBA Building Awards! In September 2016, we launched the RIDBA Building Awards, previously known as the FAB Awards, which has always proved to be the highlight of the industry calendar. Showcasing the best […]
Britt-Marie Stegs, founder of #ethicalmeat and Hälsingestintan receives international entrepreneurial award
Britt-Marie Stegs and Hälsingestintan awardee in International Women´s Entrepreneurial Challenge 2016. Britt-Marie who has shifted paradigms on the swedish meat market with her mobile abattoirs and ethical beef production, is now ready to take on the international market. She is (together with Isabella Löwengrip and Pingis Hadenius, Lowengrip Care & Color) Swedens awardee in this […]
BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year 2016
Eurig Jenkins, a dairy farmer from Pentrefelin Farm near Lampeter, Ceredigion has won the BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year competition for 2016. The announcement was made at an awards evening held in Belfast last week, jointly hosted by BGS and Ulster Grassland Society. The competition and evening were kindly sponsored by Yara and DLF. […]
Search is on for top learners in Scotland’s land-based and aquaculture industries
Lantra Scotland, the sector skills council for the land-based, aquaculture and environmental conservation industries, has opened up nominations for its 2017 Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards. Now in their 14th year, the awards celebrate the hard work and achievements of the country’s most talented and successful Modern Apprentices, trainees, school pupils, as […]
TOBROCO Machines nominated for Koning Willem I prize 2016
Manufacturer TOBROCO Machines has been nominated for the Koning Willem I prize 2016 in the category small and medium enterprises. This national enterprise award can be described as ‘the Oscars for the Dutch industry” and is a reward for real entrepreneurship. After a comprehensive procedure amongst 73 companies, there are three nominees left. Founder and […]
Vet wins award for preventing lameness in sheep
Oxford vet Ruth Clements has won a national award for her work preventing lameness in sheep. Ruth is Head of Veterinary Services at FAI Farms, an organisation which helps the food sector implement better farming practices. Since 2001, FAI have farmed and operated 1,650 acres of Oxford University farmland – collaborating with a number of […]
Top prize awarded to NFYFC’s Chief Officer
NFYFC Chief Officer James Eckley has been given a top honour by the Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies. In a glitzy ceremony at the House of Lords in London, James received his Associateship of Royal Agricultural Societies (ARAgS) from the Countess of Wessex “in recognition of contribution to practice and development of agriculture”. […]
Holstein UK’s coveted All Britain Award winners announced
Holstein UK announces the winners of its sought-after 2015 All Britain Award on Saturday 12 March at the All Britain Awards presentation dinner and dance in Carlisle, held in conjunction with the UK Dairy Expo. Voted on by the Breed Society’s National Judges panel, the 2015 winners are a true reflection of the best Holsteins […]
