Farming Monthly National January 2015 | Page 62

| Motors Fferm Ffactor 2014 winner - Roy Edwards Fferm Ffactor winner drives away in new D-Max After weeks of challenging tests of his farming skills and know-how, dairy farmer Roy Edwards this week drove away triumphant from the Fferm Ffactor barn in the show’s top prize, a brand-new Isuzu D-Max. he D-Max has been coveted by every evictee throughout the series of the hugely-popular Welsh-speaking S4C television show, which culminated this week in a series finale set in the heart of rural Wales. Fferm Ffactor aims to find the best farming talent, and over the course of 10 weeks each contestant had to complete a series of daunting challenges which tested their practical skills, farming expertise and business acumen. The 2014 series saw new presenter, Ifan Jones Evans, guide contestants as they battled for the top prize. The Isuzu D-Max has been the Fferm Ffactor grand prize ever since the vehicle’s launch in the summer of 2012, showcasing its credentials as a hard-working farm vehicle that is equally adept at transporting active families. Roy, 37 will be heading back to his farm in Llangynderyn, south-west Wales with his new T Isuzu D-Max Yukon double-cab pick-up now the series has concluded. He says of the win, "I wasn't really convinced that I would win, and I fully expected that someone else would take the title. It was a complete surprise – and a good one! The children are over the moon. I'd come home after completing a task and the youngest children would ask 'Dad, are you bringing home the Isuzu today?’ They hadn't really grasped it! My oldest son is 13 and he's been supporting his mother on the farm while I've been going to film Fferm Ffactor. He would also give me an earful if I hadn't perfor