The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) - the UK's leading independent provider of environmental and conservation advice to farmers - is delighted to announced that seven of the fourteen winners of the recently announced Farmers Weekly Awards for 2008 are members of FWAG and one of the seven is also a finalist in their prestigious Silver Lapwing Award for 2008, the foremost competition for conservation on farmland.
The seven Farmers Weekly award winners who are FWAG members are:
Farming Champion of the Year
Jimmy Doherty, Suffolk
Arable Farmer of the Year sponsored by GrowHow
Andrew Ward, Lincolnshire
Sheep Farmer of the Year sponsored by Footvax
Crosby Cleland, Northern Ireland
Diversification Farmer of the Year sponsored by James Miles-Hobbs
Roger Mercer, Staffordshire
Poultry Farmer of the Year sponsored by EB Equipment
David and Helen Brass, Cumbria
Dairy Farmer of the Year sponsored by Dairy Co
Charles Whittingham, Denbighshire
Countryside Farmer of the Year sponsored by Environment Agency
Ian Waller, Buckinghamshire
(who is also a finalist in the FWAG Silver Lapwing Award for 2008)
Managing Director of FWAG, Andy Ormiston, commented, "The spread of these awards across the sectors indicates how the environment has become an integral part of all forward thinking farming businesses. This is reflected in the wide range of services that FWAG now delivers,
including nutrient and manure planning, energy audits, agri-environment schemes and related biodiversity advice".
Farmers who are interested in finding out more about FWAG's services, becoming a member of FWAG or entering the Silver Lapwing Award for 2009 should contact the head office on 024 7669 8702 or email info@fwag.org.uk
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