Farming Champion
A person who champions the sector, promotes positive messages around farming and engages with their local and wider community. This could be someone working in farming, a related profession or an individual working for positive change in farming.
Kindly sponsored by
Here’s your opportunity to put forward a worthy nominee for Farming Champion at the Devon Farm Business Awards 2025, kindly sponsored by NFU.
Within this category, we are looking for someone who has had an outstanding contribution to agriculture. This nomination form is the sole application, so please give us as much detail as possible about the business and give concise reasons why this person should be shortlisted.
Feel free to nominate yourself, any of your clients or family, a neighbouring farmer, friends or anyone who you feel is worthy of this award.
2023 winner: Elizabeth Hammett with Paul Glanvill NFU
Just to give you some guidance, the judges will be considering the following points in assessing the entrants:
Ability • Business acumen • Animal welfare and environmental awareness • Innovation • Sustainability • Think local • Vision
There will be three category shortlisters and the winner will be automatically be nominated for Devon’s ‘Farmer of the Year’ award.
Thank you,
NFU South West
Nominations are now open and close on 2 March.
