HYB announces winner of Australian Exchange Competition
Holstein Young Breeders (HYB) member, Andrew Patton, is ecstatic to be heading down under this January for a month of dairy learning and development, as he wins the HYB Australian Exchange programme. He has also been shortlisted for Holstein UK President’s Medal following interviews at Agriscot. HYB is the next generation of Holstein UK and […]
Did Sulphur make all the difference for Yara’s Grass Prix winner?
Drew and Margaret Wilson from Greenhead Farm, Forfar, Angus claimed the winning title for the 2016 Yara Grass Prix after a very closely fought competition. Mr and Mrs Wilson achieved a record cumulative result in terms of both yield and quality, not only setting the standard for the 2016 competition throughout, but smashing all previous […]
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. […]
The £1m coastal farm for a pound tenant announced
The National Trust’s search for a conservation farming hero to take on its £1m farm for a pound a year is over – after a hunt that drew interest from around the world. Dan Jones, 38, from Anglesey, has been named as the conservation charity’s new shepherd for the 124 acre Parc Farm in North […]
NFYFC Dream Machine designers win trip to KUHN headquarters in France
KUHN Farm Machinery has announced the winners of its Dream Machine competition, with four Young Farmers from Essex, County Durham, Devon and North Yorkshire winning a trip to the company’s global headquarters and manufacturing plant in France. Held in association with the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC), the Dream Machine competition was designed to […]
Downing Street Christmas tree crown announced for 2015
They travelled from the furthest corners of the UK and have spent a decade nurturing their perfect specimen – and today Britain’s best Christmas Tree growers went head to head in their national competition. Out of more than 100 entrants, British Christmas Tree Growers’ Association member Andrew Ingram was declared the winner of the Champion […]
Social enterprises push forward Agritech practices
With approximately one billion people worldwide employed in the agricultural sector – equating to one third of the global workforce (Source: ILO, 2011) – more and more social entrepreneurs from across the world are developing new technology solutions that help maximise farming yields and financial benefit the local communities who rely on agriculture for their […]
The Hampshire Farms & Conservation Competition 2014
The Judges were invited onto 30 Hampshire farms representing 71,000 acres of the county. The farms were judged in four Open Classes and a Championship Class. This year the farms ranged in size from 650 to 6,700 acres. The Patrons of the competition, The Hampshire Farmers’ Club and Romsey Agricultural Society, organised ten high quality […]
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