New NFU Cymru Livestock Champion Award

NFU Cymru is launching a new Award to find the best livestock person working within the agricultural industry in Wales, with the Award winner receiving a top prize of £300 and a Welsh Royal Crystal Trophy.

The new ‘Welsh Livestock Champion of the Year Award’ is sponsored jointly by NFU Cymru and NFU Mutual. Applications are invited from throughout Wales from dedicated, committed and enthusiastic livestock persons.

Lyndon Edwards, Chairman of NFU Cymru’s Livestock Board said, “We want to recognise the key role a good livestock person can make to a livestock farm and to the Welsh livestock industry as a whole. Potential award winners will be judged on how they incorporate health and safety in their day-day activities on-farm, care and management of the herd, the breeding programme, their handling skills, their involvement in the livestock enterprise, vision for the future of the industry and their knowledge of the Welsh livestock industry.

The closing date for entries is Monday, 3 November 2014 and the winner will be announced at Royal Welsh Winter Fair, at Builth Wells on Monday 1 December 2014.

Dai Davies OBE, Chairman of NFU Mutual’s Advisory Board for Wales said, “The quality of the stockmanship is a major factor in determining the success of any livestock business. We have some superb stockpeople involved in the industry in Wales and I am confident that this will be a keenly contested competition and one which NFU Mutual is pleased to support as the leading rural insurer in Wales.”