Photo competition winners 2010

Thanks to everyone who entered the 2010 Farmers Weekly Photography Competition. We received more submissions than ever before - with well over 2000 entries. Your photos gave us a glimpse into your lives and provide a wonderful snapshot of farming and rural life. Here are the winners and highly commended entries in each of the seven categories.

See all the shortlisted pictures here
Read all the background on the competition and see some of the 2009 winners

Each of the seven category winners will get £100 cash plus a £100 voucher to spend on Farmplan software, a leading company supplying software and computer equipment to the agricultural industry.

ARABLE: Winner

Alan Hopps

Alan Hopps from Markethill in Co Armagh took this on a September evening in Northern Ireland. "I love the pattern the bales make – disappearing towards the glowing sky."

For more information see the bumper 17-24 December issue of Farmers Weekly

HUMOUR: Winner

Ian Rees

Ian Rees took this shot of son Kenneth Rees holding the head of brother Ellis, who is standing in a post-hole at Nantmel in Powys.

For more information see the bumper 17-24 December issue of Farmers Weekly

LIVESTOCK: Winner

David Sandbach

"It's not that often you can get close enough to a bull to take such a shot," says David Sandbach, who farm at Wadebridge in Cornwall.

For more information see the bumper 17-24 December issue of Farmers Weekly

YOUNG SNAPPER: Winner

Jessica Lambert

Sixteen-year-old Jessica Lambert took this image in one of the meadows on the family farm in the Yorkshire Dales.

For more information see the bumper 17-24 December issue of Farmers Weekly

PEOPLE: Winner

Sam Barber

Sam Barber of Kingston Deverill in Wiltshire was on hand to record this moment of much-deserved relaxation and banter at the end of two hectic days'shearing.

For more information see the bumper 17-24 December issue of Farmers Weekly

PETS: Winner

Adrian Saward

"This is Fey – a friend's dog and a lovely loyal Collie," says Adrian Saward of Woodhead in Aberdeenshire.

For more information see the bumper 17-24 December issue of Farmers Weekly

NATURAL WORLD & LANDSCAPES: Winner

Jim Wilson

Rannock Moor in Glencoe was the source of inspiration for Jim Wilson of Duns, Berwickshire. "It was a typical wet day when I spotted the deer lying in the heather."

For more information see the bumper 17-24 December issue of Farmers Weekly