
Farmers Weekly Awards 2014

Farmer of the Year
Paul Hovesen

Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor John Nix

Farming Champion
Peter Kendall

Arable Farmer of the Year
Paul Hovesen

Beef farmer of the year
Billy O’Kane

Contractor of the Year
Peter Butler

Farm Employer of the Year
Robert Barnes

Farm Manager of the Year
David Green

Poultry Farmer of the Year
Helen & David Brass

Local Food Farmer of the Year
Tom Bowles

Pig Farmer of the Year
Simon Watchorn

Farmworker of the Year
George Manning

Sheep Farmer of the Year
John Scott

Sustainable Farmer of the Year
Richard Clothier

Young Farmer of the Year
Marc Jones




Farmers Weekly Awards 2014 Shortlist
Arable Farmer of the Year
- Thomas Bradshaw
- Andrew Francis
- Poul Hovesen
Beef Farmer of the Year
- Mervyn Thomas
- Billy O’Kane
- Simon Bainbridge
Contractor of the Year
- Olly Neil
- Robert Boole
- Peter Gilbert-Butler
Dairy Farmer of the Year
- Robert Craig and Steve Brandon
- Alex Robertson
- Jonathan Wilkinson
Diversification Farmer of the Year
- David Horler
- David & Helen Harrison
- David & Diana Harper
Farm Adviser of the Year
- David Coombes
- Gary Markham
- Herys Llewelyn Jones
Farm Employer of the Year
- Sally & Andrew Jackson
- Justin Scale
- Robert Barnes
Farm Manager of the Year
- Keith Daly
- David Green
- Karl Rust
Farmworker of the Year
- Roger Summers
- George Manning
- Graham Glasper
Local Food Farmer of the Year
- Ian & Lesley Buxton
- Tom Bowles
- Ashley Tyson
Pig Farmer of the Year
- Robin Traquair
- Gary Anderson
- Simon Watchorn
Poultry Farmer of the Year
- David & Helen Brass
- Nick & Claire Bragg
- Rebecca Tonks
Sheep Farmer of the Year
- John Scott
- Martin Greenfield
- John Harrison
Sustainable Farmer of the Year
- Kevin & Julie Bateman
- Lyndon Edwards
- Richard Clothier
Young Farmer of the Year
- Jamie Stokes
- Marc Jones
- Julie Harvey
Farmers Weekly Awards
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