Robinson & Hall were again delighted to sponsor, jointly with the AMC, the Suffolk Farm Business Competition for 2010. Chris Leney, Simon Smith and Lisa Scrivener from the Ipswich office spent 2 days in late June accompanying judges who looked at all aspects of the entrant’s farm businesses where prizes are awarded across 3 classes. This year’s judges from the Oxfordshire area, saw a wide range of first class enterprises ranging from arable crops through to most facets of livestock production, on-farm cheese production and other significantly diversified businesses. Each class also has special awards for the best arable crop, best livestock enterprise and best conservation work. This year’s winners were:
Class 1 (Farms up to 200 hectares)
1st Prize and the F W Barker Perpetual Challenge Cup and Tankard
Jason & Katherine Salisbury, Whitegate Farm, Creeting St Mary
2nd Prize P D & G S Mortimer, Fir Tree Farm, Metfield
3rd Prize Valley Farm Ltd, Wickham Market
Special Awards
Best Arable Crop J C Pirkis & Son, Keens Farm, Debach (Spring Beans)
Best Livestock Enterprise P D & G S Mortimer, Fir Tree Farm, Metfield
Conservation Fletcher & Dunt, Park Farm, Charsfield
Class 2 (Farms of 200-399 hectares
1st Prize and the Cranworth Perpetual Challenge Cup and Tankard
Ash Farm Partners, Ash Farm, All Saints, Halesworth
2nd Prize L W Rolph & Son, Grove Farm, Ufford
3rd Prize P C Kindred & Son, Crabbes Farn, Parham
Special Awards
Best Arable Crop P C Kindred & Son, Crabbes Farm, Parham (OSR)
Best Livestock Enterprise Ash Farm Partners, Ash Farm, All Saints, Halesworth
Conservation Gt Glemham Farms, Gt Glemham, Saxmundham
Class 3 (Farms of 400 hectares and over
1st Prize and the King George VI Memorial Challenge Cup
John Brown & Sons, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds
2nd Prize F G Taylor & Son, Clopton
3rd Prize Copdoes Farm, Gt Welnetham
Special Awards
Best Arable Crop Copdoes Farm, Gt Welnetham (Peas)
Best Livestock Enterprise Troston Farms Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Conservation E J Barker & Sons, Westhorpe, Stowmarket