Winners of the 2019 Cornwall Farm Business Awards announced

25 Mar

The Cornwall Farm Business Awards went off with a bang last week at the Royal Cornwall Showground Pavilion. The awards ceremony raised just under £4,000 for the Addington Fund through the raffle and auction lots alone. This popular event, once again, was a total sell out and was enjoyed by all who attended.

We cannot thank those enough who entered, nominated, supported, donated and took part in the Cornwall Farm Business Awards this year. From generous money donations to wonderful local food and produce donations, every little helps. As a result of such a successful event, we can now help many more farmers in need throughout Cornwall.

Many thanks to our main sponsors, Stephens Scown for their continuous support throughout the making of the awards and for doing such a great job in presenting the category winners on the night. A huge thank you to our category sponsors for their support and for investing so much time with judging and picking the lucky winners. We’d also like to thank you for believing in the importance of the Farm Business Awards and taking part in something so crucial: supporting our charity and supporting our British farmers.

This year, the Addington Fund added a surprise award into the mix and rewarded Mr Alan Goudge with an ‘Outstanding Contribution to Cornish Agriculture’ trophy. The reason? Mr Goudge started work at 13 years-old and, over 60 years later, he is still working full-time with the same farming family. If that isn’t an outstanding achievement, we don’t know what is!

Outstanding Contribution to Cornish Agriculture Award

Alan Goudge

Best Commercial Farmer

Sponsored by Carter Jonas and AMC

Peter Cowling, Trebelsue Farm, Newquay (WPL Cowling & Son)

Peter Cowling with Caroline Moore of AMC and Caroline Lawrence of Carter Jonas

Best Woman in Agriculture

Sponsored by Handlesbanken

Helen Davey, Penquite Park, Trerulefoot, Saltash (Cracking Good Eggs)

Helen Davey with Martin Dyer from Handelsbanken

Best Mixed Farmer

Sponsored by PKF Francis Clark

Matt and Pip Smith, St Clether, Launceston (Trefrank Farm)

Matt and Pip Smith with Brian Harvey from PKF Francis Clark

Best Farm Processor

Sponsored by Savills

James Kittow from Kilhallon farm, Par (James Kittow Butcher & Grazier)

James Kittow with Mike Pennington from Savills

Best Dairy Farmer

Sponsored by Dairy Crest

Keith, Michael and Malcolm Barrett, Tredinnick Farm, Liskeard (KD Barrett & Sons)

Keith, Michael and Malcolm Barrett with Steve Harris from Saputo Dairy

Best Young Farmer

Sponsored by NatWest

John Frayne, North Hellescott Farm, North Petherwin, Launceston

John Frayne with Jo Wingfield from NatWest

Farming Champion

Sponsored by NFU

John Moss, Pillaton Farm, Pillaton, Saltash (Howton Contractors)

Cornwall’s Farmer of the Year

Sponsored by Cornish Mutual

James Kittow

We would like to give a special ‘Thank You’ to the Royal Cornwall Pavilion Centre for all their help, Tinkers Catering Services for cooking a delicious dinner and Barclays Bank for their generous match funding. Thank you to Trewithen Dairy, The Cornish Cheese Company Ltd and Lynher Dairies for their kind donation of after dinner cheeses. Thank you to last year’s Farmer of the Year winners David and Suzanne Simmons from Riviera Produce for donating wonderful vegetables. Thank you to Fentongollan Flower Farm for giving our tables the finishing touch with beautiful seasonal daffodils and an all-round thank you to those who donated prizes for our raffle and auction.

So, have you got what it takes to be Cornwall’s Farmer of the Year next year? Keep an eye on our website and social media for more updates and events at the Addington Fund.

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