Midland Pig Producers wins national farming award for innovation
MPP was announced winner of the Food & Farming Industry Awards’ coveted Enterprise and Innovation title after demonstrating its dedication to advancing animal welfare standards and enhancing pig production techniques. The Awards, organised by Farm Business, were hosted at the House of Commons by Tiverton & Honiton MP Neil Parish and featured political commentator and […]
Powys farmers crowned ‘cream of the crop’ for second year running
David, Alan and Neil Pryce, of Coed Mawr Farm, Llansantffraid, near Welshpool, beat off competition from 19 other farms to scoop the top accolade at the annual Muller Wiseman Milk Group Quality Awards. The three brothers, who are members of The Co-operative Dairy Group, were among 20 finalist farms nominated out of 1,200, which qualified […]
Launching – Woodlands for Climate Change Award
The award has been introduced alongside existing RFS Excellence in Forestry categories to raise awareness of, and promote the importance of, managing woods for resilience to increased threats to woodlands from pests, disease and climate change. It will reward planting that uses more diverse native and novel tree species to ensure Britain continues to […]
UK Grassland Farmer of the Year announced
The organisation’s president Helen Mathieu, along with representatives of competition sponsors GrowHow and DLF-Trifolium, announced the winner at a dedicated awards ceremony, in Fishguard, West Wales last week (23 October). The event was hosted by North Pembrokeshire Grassland Society, the local society of last year’s winner, sheep farmer Neil Perkins. The runners-up were dairy farmers […]
Dairy farming champion picks up FUW/HSBC award
On behalf of the judges, Welsh Dairy Show chairman Lynn Davies said it had been an extremely difficult task to choose the winner as the nominations submitted were of an extremely high standard with several worthy of the award. Together with the other judges, FUW Carmarthen county chairman Catherine Nakielny and HSBC agricultural manager Sarah […]
AFMP recognises its cream of the crop
To win the award, AFMP members had to give examples of business progression, breeding and forage management as well as demonstrate how their farm was protecting the natural environment. In the past five years, Adam has boosted cow numbers from 140 to 240 and built a free stall barn, which alongside the new milking parlour has dramatically improved […]
UK represented for first time at European student food awards by Harper Adams University
The More Than Meat Pies team from the university near Newport went head-to-head with students from across Europe at the event in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday and Monday, during Anuga, the world’s leading fair for the retail trade, food service and catering market. Ecotrophelia Europe is a prestigious European-wide food innovation competition which challenges students […]
McDonald’s to receive recognition for good sow welfare
McDonald’s Europe previously received a Good Egg Award in 2008 for its commitment to source only cage-free whole eggs across its entire European operation and this year Compassion will be awarding McDonald’s UK for its move to support the welfare needs of sows in its supply chain. McDonald’s UK recently announced it was switching to […]
Lord Henry Plumb receives top Farmers Weekly Award
Farmers Weekly paid tribute to Plumb who began his farming career at 15 during World War 2 and went on to represent the National Farmers Union and eventually became President in 1970, holding the position for nine years. Lord Plumb has raised the profile of UK agriculture over many decades, leading marches on Whitehall, creating […]
