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Western Telegraph
12-05-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Search for Pembrokeshire farming long service workers
The President and Trustees of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society wish to offer inscribed Awards to both male and female workers who have not received a Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society Long Service Award previously. There were three recipients for the inscribed Awards at last year's County Show: Gary Barber who has been employed by Pembrokeshire Farmers Hunt for 33 years; Robert Davies who works for Michael Morris and Sally Rees who works for Tom Goddard & Sons in Camrose. The 2025 Long Service Awards presentation will take place on Wednesday, 20 August from 4pm, in the President's Pavilion at the Pembrokeshire County Show and the award recipient and guest will receive complimentary entry tickets to the show. Tim and Margaret Johns, joint Presidents of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society this year said: 'It gives us great pleasure as a Society to reward those who have been employed for such a significant amount of time by one employer in the county. We recognise what an achievement this is and it deserves an award. "We are very much looking forward to receiving applications for this year's Long Service Award. The decision of the committee will be final.' Conditions of the Award being given are: 1. The recipient must, on the first day of the Annual Show, have been in service for 25 years on the same farm continuously, or continuously in the service of the same employer within Pembrokeshire. 2. The employer must be a member of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society for the present year. For those eligible to apply please complete the online application form and return it by 31 July 2025. If you are unable to complete the form online please contact the Show office on: 01437 764331. To apply online please click here: Long Service Award | Pembrokeshire County Show | Pembs Agricultural Society Pembrokeshire County Show, the largest county agricultural show in Wales, will take place on 20 and 21 August 2025. Earlybird e-tickets and Society membership details are available on the website at
Western Telegraph
25-04-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Award on offer to Pembrokeshire's progressive farmers
If you farm in Pembrokeshire and can demonstrate your farm's use of the latest technological methods to promote progressive, sustainable agriculture then Tim Johns, Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society's President, 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.' Don't miss our next edition of Pembrokeshire Farmer, available free inside the Western Telegraph on April 30 Last year's winners of the Award were Andrew and Jane Phillips of Windsor Farm, Lamphey. They farm 1,100 acres, with 3,000 breeding sheep and lambs. 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 the business includes 80 acres of winter and spring barley which is mostly used for stock consumption. The surplus is sold. They grow 150 acres of maize which is used in a Totally Mixed Ration (TMR) for their sheep. Again, the surplus is sold to dairy farms. Some land is rented out for growing potatoes and leeks. The autumn season sees the general public invited in to buy some of the six acres of Pumpkins they grow for the Halloween market. Besides this, they are also involved with the holiday business by renting out two shepherd's huts for visitors. Baron John Fredrick De Rutzen was President of Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society in 1936 and the Baron de Rutzen Trophy was produced in his memory. The third Baron served in the Welsh Guards and tragically died, aged 36, in 1944. This year's entrants must be fully practising farmers within the county of Pembrokeshire and were under the age of 45 years on 1 January 2025. Entries can either be by nomination or direct application online on the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society website. Click here to apply. The closing date for nominations and applications is noon on Monday, 30 June 2025.
Western Telegraph
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.
