The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) along with sponsors of the UFU cereals competition, held their annual awards ceremony in the Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown at the start of the month which paid recognition to the first-class growers situated here in Northern Ireland (NI).
Winners of the winter wheat, winter barley, spring barley and oats categories joined UFU deputy president John McLenaghan, judges and representatives from the competition sponsors BASF, Bayer CropScience, Clarendon Agri-care, Fane Valley, Origin NI and Syngenta to celebrate the competitions success.
“The UFU cereals competition is always a highlight in the annual agricultural calendar, giving us the perfect opportunity to recognise and celebrate the first-class growers we have right here in NI,” said John McLenaghan. He added that the UFU are very proud to host competitions such as this for its members and would like to congratulate all the winners for their hard work and effort.
“We would like to thank the competition sponsors BASF, Bayer CropScience, Clarendon Agri-care, Fane Valley, Origin NI and Syngenta, who support and promote the UFU’s cereals competition. Also, thanks must go to our many judges who helped judge at county and NI level,” said Mr McLenaghan.
The 2022 winners and runners up in the UFU cereal competitions were:
Spring barley, sponsored by Syngenta
1st: Paul and Mark Russell
2nd: Campbell Kee
3rd: George Alcorn
Winter barley, sponsored by Origin NI & BASF
1st: Raymond, David and William Wilson
2nd: Richard Dempsey
3rd: Wesley Davidson
Winter wheat, sponsored by Fane Valley and Bayer CropScience
1st: Mark McCollum
2nd: Raymond, David and William Wilson
3rd: Christopher Gill
Oats, sponsored by Clarendon Agri-care and Bayer CropScience
1st: Richard Dempsey
2nd: Graham Furey
3rd: Paul and Mark Russell
The UFU acknowledge the dedication and hard work that the UFU seeds and cereals committee put into organising the competition, and thank the UFU group managers for their continued support in encouraging Union members to participate in the competitions.
Spring barley: L-R is Back row John McLenaghan (UFU deputy president), Mark McCollum (UFU Seeds & Cereals chair). Front row Campbell Kee (2nd place), Paul Russell (1st place) and George Alcorn (3rd place).
Winter barley: L–R is Back row Alistair Campbell (representing Richard Dempsey 2nd place), Mervyn Owens (Origin NI), William Wilson (1st place), Canice O’Hara (Origin NI) and Eoin McElhinney (Origin NI). Front row Anne Campbell, David Wilson (1st place) and Mark McCollum (UFU seeds and cereals chair).
Winter wheat: L–R is Back row David Wilson (2nd place), Michael Maher (Bayer CropScience), Jonathan Dunn (Fane Valley), John McLenaghan (UFU deputy president). Front row William Wilson (2nd place), Mark McCollum (1st place) and Christopher Gill (3rd place).
Oats: L –R is Back row Michael Maher (Bayer CropScience), Wendy Fearon (Clarendon Agri-care), Mark McCollum (UFU seeds and cereals chair), Clive Coffey (Clarendon Agri-care). Front row Graham Furey (2nd place) Alastair Campbell (representing Richard Dempsey 1st place) and Paul Russell (3rd place).
