FW Awards 2025: Meet the finalists – Farmers Weekly

Read on to find out more about the 45 innovative farmers, entrepreneurial contractors, expert consultants and hard-working students who made our shortlist.

The judging starts now, and the category winners – as well as the overall winner of the coveted Farmer of the Year Award – will be named at our ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House hotel on Thursday 2 October.

David is a Yorkshire-based agronomist and regional director, specialising in potatoes and rhubarb, sustainable crop rotations, client-focused solutions, and mentoring the next generation of agronomists.