Win up to £500 for your farm invention
Robert Neill's feed trailer © Robert Neill Time is running out to enter Farmers Weekly’s annual Farm Inventions Competition and be in with a chance of bagging a share of the £2,550 prize pot.
As ever, we’re on the hunt for the best time-, money- or hassle-saving creations so, if you’ve come up with a novel way of making life easier on the farm, it’s time to get involved.
Several of the entries from the past couple of years have subsequently been taken on by manufacturers, so it also serves as a great opportunity to get your invention in the shop window.
See also: Home-built cultivator towed by steel rope transforms steep fields
How the Inventions Competition works
Who is eligible to enter?
The terms of entry are pretty simple – it just needs to have been built by a farmer or contractor and have a use on the farm.
What are the prizes?
Prize money is the same across the three categories – simple, intermediate and complex. The winners of each will take home £500, runners-up get £250, and the third-placers take £100.
Which category will my machine be in?
Simple – items that took a day or so to knock together and are fairly basic in the way they work, but still save time or money.
Intermediate – more sophisticated builds, perhaps with a simple form of hydraulic or electrical system.
Complex – inventions that have months or years to design and build, usually incorporating an engine or complicated combination of electrics and hydraulics.
How do I enter?
Just email brief details of what the machine is, how it works and what you use it for to oliver.mark@markallengroup.com, including a couple of decent quality pictures and a contact phone number.
Alternatively, you can get in touch via Farmers Weekly’s Facebook account.
Closing date is 23 January 2026.
