Arable Farmer of the Year
Sponsored by British Sugar
The winner of this category will be a farmer or farm manager who is running a profitable and innovative arable business. This person will be positively managing the challenges of CAP reforms, global commodity cereal markets and increasing consumer and environmental pressures.
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Beef Farmer of the Year
Sponsored by McDonalds
This farmer or farm manager will be running a profitable and innovative beef enterprise and responding to ever increasing welfare and environmental consumer demands.
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Contractor of the year
Sponsored by JCB
The winning contractor will be someone who is regarded as an essential part of their farming customersí business. They will be market-focussed providing a reliable, efficient, punctual ñ and above all cost effective - service
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Countryside Farmer of the Year
Sponsored by Natural England
The social and environmental responsibilities of farming have never been more important. This winner will be embracing those challenges and maximising the opportunities that they can bring to their farm business with a strategy that touches all aspects of landscape, environment and wildlife enrichment.
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Dairy Farmer of the Year
Sponsored by DairyCo
The winner of this category will require considerable cost management, marketing and innovation skills. This farmer or farm manager will be able to deliver a profit and best farming practice in one of the most challenging farming sectors.
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Diversification Farmer of the Year
Sponsored by Firestone
This category is a farmer or farm manager who has, or is developing a diversified business to complement the existing core farm business. This can be anything from converting rural buildings to creating an equestrian business, leisure attractions or a bolt-on enterprise that adds value to the farm produce..
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Green energy farmer of the year
Sponsored by Mark & Spencer
This category is for those who are making headway with greener energy management; farmers who have taken steps to start producing energy themselves or adopting ways to conserve energy. The judges are looking for the early pioneers in this new field and want to see evidence of reductions in the use of energy on farm and efforts to lower the carbon footprint. Farmers actively involved in producing or processing energy as power, heat, fuel or electricity are ideal candidates for this category.
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Livestock adviser of the year
Sponsored by Silotite
This will be an independent adviser providing advice and information on livestock farms that is making a significant difference to the business. The judges will be looking for evidence on the impact that this individual makes on clientsí businesses. This individual is expected to have a sound understanding of all the environmental, political and technical challenges that affect UK farmers.
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Local food farmer of the year
Sponsored by Asda
Have you developed a local market for your own farm produce? The winning Local Food Farmer of the year will be able to demonstrate his, or her, achievements in identifying and exploiting the local opportunity as well as the impact it has made to their existing core farming business.
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Farm manager of the year
Sponsored by Claas
The winning farm manager will be entrusted with running a successful livestock, mixed or arable business. This will be someone who, as principal decision-maker, can demonstrate a significant impact on the business through restructuring, collaboration, adding value or cutting costs. The judges will be looking for evidence of strong business acumen, excellent staff management and outstanding leadership ability.
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Pig farmer of the year
Sponsored to be announced
This could be an indoor or outdoor ñ intensive or organic - pig producer who is producing high quality meat for increasingly demanding consumers. They will be innovating to create a profitable business as well as positively responding to welfare, consumer and environmental demands.
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Poultry farmer of the year
Sponsored by Cherry Valley
This could be an egg, turkey, duck or chicken meat producer who is demonstrating excellence in their farming business through production, marketing and welfare.
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Sheep farmer of the year
Sponsored by Morrisons
Flock health and management, bio-security and addressing market needs are just some of the issues that this farmer or farm manager will be succeeding with in this challenging farming sector.
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Young farmer of the year
Sponsored by Massey Ferguson
This individual will be under 35 and will be able to demonstrate that he or she is already making a positive impact on a livestock or arable farming business. The judges will be looking for business and technical skills as well as future leadership abilities.
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Farming champion of the year
Sponsored by NFU
The Farmers Weekly and NFU are looking for individuals who are self-less in their cause to strengthen British farming. This is a farming champion who could be campaigning for justice for British farmers, simply promoting the value of farming to the public or developing business models that will benefit many British farmers ñ not simply his, or her, own farm. If you know someone who deserves this accolade please nominate them now.
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