Farming recognised in New Year Honours

Farmers and the agricultural sector were well represented in the New Year Honours list, with a number of industry-related awards, including former NFU sugar chairman John Hoyles (pictured).
Honours included:
CVO:
Mark Ian Price. Chairman, business in the community and The Prince’s Countryside Fund. [Mr Price is also managing director of Waitrose]
MVO:
Miss Victoria Lucy Harris. Director, business in the community and The Prince’s Rural Action Programme.
CBE:
Professor Marian Ellina Dawkins. Professor, animal behaviour, University of Oxford. For services to animal welfare.
Prof Douglas Bruce Kell. Formerly chief executive,Biotech & Biological Sciences Research Council. For services to science & research.
OBE:
Mrs Sarah Beatrice Dunning. Chief executive, Tebay Services. For services to the food, drink and hospitality sectors.
Ian Egginton-Metters. Assistant chief executive, Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens. For services to the City Farms Movement.
Dr Ernest Fergus Logan. Managing director, Giltspur Scientific Ltd. For services to agriculture in Northern Ireland.
John David Longden. Founder, Pub is The Hub. For voluntary services to rural communities in the UK.
MBE:
Mrs Sonia Elizabeth Ashworth. Chief executive, Surrey County Agricultural Society. For services to farming.
Roy Cecil Boreham. Life vice-president, National and Essex Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. For services to young farmers.
Edward David Chantler. Chair, Kent branch, Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. For services to farming and rural communities in Kent.
John Home. Owner & director, Willowdene Farm Rehabilitation and Training Centre. For services to the rehabilitation of offenders.
Sugar beet grower and former NFU sugar chairman John Henry Raymond Hoyles. For services to agriculture and to the community in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Sally-Ann Mitchell. Hon. Secretary, Norfolk branch, Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. For services to farming and rural communities in Norfolk.
Peter John Harold Philpot. Farmer. For services to agriculture, the rural economy, education and young people in Essex.
Mrs Marion Regan. Owner, Hugh Lowe Farms. For services to the fruit and vegetable industry.
BEM:
Mrs Ruth Montgomery. Secretary, Clogher Valley Agricultural Society. For services to the community in Clogher, Northern Ireland.
Geoffrey William Morgan. Chair, New Forest and Hampshire County Show. For services to farming, rural issues and heritage in Hampshire.
Mrs Barbara Blair. Board member, Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster. For services to young people in Northern Ireland.
Leonard Edward Tuckwell. Farmer. For services to agriculture, economy and the community in Suffolk.
Farming recognised in 2012 New Years honours list