UFU Watch
The Ulster Farmers’ Union would like to thanks everyone who entered this year’s cereals competition and commend them on the exceptional standard of crops produced. Year on year the UFU’s competition goes from strength to strength and this year was no different with a number of new entrants putting their names forward.
The winners of this year’s cereals competition is as follows:
WINTER BARLEY – SPONSOR – MORTON’S & BAYER
1st James McClelland NW Derry
2nd J& D Matthews Ards
3rd H & D Reid South Tyrone
WINTER WHEAT – SPONSOR – CLARENDON AGRI-CARE & BAYER
1st E Boyes South Antrim
2nd Jeremy Skelton South Tyrone
3rd Richard Kane NW Derry
SPRING BARLEY – SPONSOR – ORIGIN NI & BASF
1st Henry Boyd Ballyclare
2nd Edgar Carson Donard
3rd William Russell N Tyrone
OATS – SPONSOR – SYNGENTA
1st William Russell North Tyrone
2nd Graham Furey North Down
3rd Rory McKibben Donard
The awards ceremony for the winners of the Winter Barley, Oats, Winter Wheat and Spring Barley cereal competition categories will be officially presented at the 2014 Seeds and Cereals Presentation lunch planned for later this year.