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2014 cereal competition results

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.