UFU Watch
This week the Ulster Farmers’ Unions along with the sponsors of the UFU Cereals Competition hosted their annual Awards Ceremony in the Rosspark Hotel, Kells which paid recognition to the first class growers here in Northern Ireland. Winners of the Winter Wheat, Winter Barley, Spring Barley and Oats categories joined UFU Deputy President Ivor Ferguson and representatives from the competition sponsors BASF, Bayer CropScience, Clarendon Agri-care, Joseph Morton Ltd, Origin NI and Syngenta to celebrate the competitions success.
Speaking after the awards ceremony, Ivor Ferguson said: “The UFU Cereals Competition is a definite highlight in the annual agricultural calendar, giving us the perfect opportunity to recognise and celebrate the first class growers we have right here in Northern Ireland. The entries this year, across all four categories, were of a very high standard and it was very hard to separate the winning fields. We are very proud to host these competitions for our members and I would like to extend our congratulations to all the winners for their hard work and effort.
“We would like to thank the competition sponsors BASF, Bayer CropScience, Clarendon Agri-care, Joseph Morton Ltd, Origin NI and Syngenta who not only supports and promotes the UFU’s cereals competition but also gives up their time to travel around the Province to assist in the judging of the competition. We would also like acknowledge the dedication and hard work that the UFU Seeds and Cereals committee put into organising the competition, and also thank the UFU Group Managers for their continued support in encouraging Union members to participate in the competitions.”
