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Young Farmers show stockjudging excellence
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YOUNG FARMERS PROVED THE future of livestock farming is in safe hands after award-winning performances at The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs’( NFYFC) Stockjudging competition finals at the English Winter Fair in Staffordshire in November.
Competitors as young as 13 years old were among the finalists judging pigs and beef, live and carcase in the first competition of NFYFC’ s programme for 2016 / 17.
Around 80 members took part in the event, representing nine counties from across the Federation.
But it was Herefordshire, Yorkshire and Staffordshire that proved they knew the most about beef and pigs by winning the five team trophies between them. Yorkshire and Herefordshire also excelled in the individual categories too.
All smiles from the winning Herefordshire team.
Sister and brother Fay and Lee Thomas from Eardisley YFC in Herefordshire were part of the team who won the John Spear Trophy for best overall team.
Fay, who is current County Chairman for Herefordshire, said:“ We live on and have been brought up on a family farm in Kinnersley, Herefordshire, with suckler limousin herd and flock of ewes. Picking the stock is always a family effort, thanks to all the skills we have learnt from YFC stockjudging and transferred into our work.
It has been a great honour and privilege for me and my brother to be amongst the winning team and to make our family proud. Huge congratulations to the other half of our team, Megan Watkins and John Hanson.”
Steward Katie Brian, Senior Knowledge Transfer Manager at Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board( AHDB) who were one of the sponsors, said:“ It was great to see so many members from across the country, especially all the younger members who were competing for their counties. The older members need to watch out for these talented youngsters coming through.”
NFYFC’ s Competitions Chair Oonagh O’ Neill said:“ It is always encouraging to see so many young people practising skills that are key to the industry and then excelling in our competitions.”
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