25-04-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Baron de Rutzen Award: Pembrokeshire farmers urged to apply
The Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society is on the lookout for the county's most progressive farmers who can demonstrate their use of the latest technological methods to promote sustainable agriculture.
Tim Johns, president of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society, said: "We are looking for local Pembrokeshire farmers, under the age of 45, who can demonstrate their farm's use of the latest technological methods to promote progressive, sustainable agriculture.
"They also need to show consideration for the environment and habitat sensitivity on their farm as well as present an aesthetically pleasing example of farming in the county.
"The competition welcomes all those in the livestock and arable sectors to enter."
Last year, the award was won by Andrew and Jane Phillips of Windsor Farm, Lamphey.
The couple farm 1,100 acres, with 3,000 breeding sheep and lambs.
They also have a herd of British Blue cross Limousin suckler cows sired by a Limousin bull, and all calves are sold as weaned.
The arable side of their business includes 80 acres of winter and spring barley, mostly used for stock consumption, with the surplus sold.
They grow 150 acres of maize, used in a Totally Mixed Ration (TMR) for their sheep, with the surplus sold to dairy farms.
The Baron de Rutzen Trophy was created in memory of Baron John Fredrick De Rutzen, who was president of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society in 1936.
The third baron served in the Welsh Guards and died, aged 36, in 1944.
This year's entrants must be fully practising farmers within Pembrokeshire and under the age of 45 years on January 1, 2025.
Entries can either be by nomination or direct application online on the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society website.
The closing date for nominations and applications is noon on Monday, June 30, 2025.
For more information and to apply, visit the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society website.
