7 glorious Harvest Photo Competition entries so far
Photos are flying in for this year’s Farmers Weekly harvest photo competition, in what is an extremely dry harvest.
With more than 300 uploads to the gallery so far, there’s plenty of time to enter your harvest snaps for your chance to get your image on the front cover of Farmers Weekly.
Only one picture will grab the coveted front cover slot in September.
See also: Harvest Highlights: Crops suffer in East and 2am wheat harvest
To enter, visit the FW Harvest 2026 gallery and upload your images. Meanwhile, here’s a selection of fantastic entries so far to give you some inspiration.
The closing date of the front cover competition is 11.59pm on 1 September 2026.
We look forward to seeing your pictures. Happy harvesting!
Atherfield Farm, Chale, Isle of Wight
Atherfield Farm, Chale © Stephen Woodley
Stephen Woodley sends in this scenic snap of the Vibe winter wheat harvest on the Isle of Wight. Crops are coming off at 11% moisture and a yield of 9t/ha with a protein of 14%.
Orchard Place Farm, Kent
Orchard Place Farm, Kent © Julie
Now that’s one way to keep an eye on harvest progress. Thanks for Julie for sending in this shot.
MJ Barber & Sons, Burwell, Cambridgeshire
MJ Barber and Sons, Burwell © Dan
Dan captured this beautiful sunset overlooking the pair of New Holland machines as MJ Barber & sons bring in the harvest.
Othorpe House Farm, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Othorpe House Farm, Market Harborough © Ellie Jackson
It’s a very dry harvest at Othorpe House Farm, Market Harborough. Ellie Jackson captures the moment where the harvest team refuel with some refreshments before getting back to work.
Manor Farm, Allington, Devizes, Wiltshire
Manor Farm, Allington, Devizes © Jamie Padfield
Winter wheat is coming off at 9.5t/ha and 12% moisture at Manor Farm. Thanks to Jamie Padfield for sharing this image.
Treales, Lancashire
Treales, Lancashire © Rebecca Martin
Rebecca Martin sends in this photo harvesting oilseed rape overlooking a scenic church spire at Treales in Lancashire.
Tymparon Hall, Newbiggin, Penrith
Tymparon Hall, Newbiggin, Penrith © Chris Taylor
A 1983 Massey Ferguson 855 is bringing in the barley harvest, yielding 6t/ha at Tymparon Hall, Newbiggin, Penrith. Thanks to Chris Taylor for submitting this entry.
How to enter your photos
- Uploading your pictures is quick and easy. Just go online to fwi.co.uk/harvest-2026 and follow the instructions
- The competition is open to all amateur photographers; the photo must be your own work and taken this year
- There is no limit to the number of entries you can submit
- Don’t forget to add a short description telling us where the photo was taken and what it shows
- The higher the resolution, the better (ideally 300dpi and a minimum file size of 2MB)
- Please consider the winning image will need to be square in shape (or cropped to a square) to appear on Farmers Weekly’s front cover
