FINALISTs & Winners

Farmer Awards

★ Dairygold Biodiversity Farmer of the year

  • Shane McAuliffe, Kerry

  • David Walsh-Kemmis, Laois

  • 🏆 Sinead Moran, Mayo

  • Robert Devlin, Meath

  • Edward Earle, Wexford

★ Germinal Climate Smart Pasture Farmer of the Year

  • 🏆 David Dolan, Mayo

  • Joe Murphy, Kilkenny

  • Peter Murphy, Mayo

  • Timmy Quinn, Mayo

★ FRS Co-Op Diversification Farmer of the year

  • 🏆 David Walsh-Kemmis, Laois

  • Tom & Nora Halloran, Galway

  • Ed Hanbridge, Wicklow

  • Blatnaid Gallagher, Galway

★ Lely Innovator Farmer of the year

  • 🏆 Michael Quirk, Cork

  • Thomas O’Harte, Monaghan

  • Shane McAuliffe, Kerry

  • Tom Barry, Cork

  • Brendan Gildea, Galway

★ Herdwatch Environmental Farmer of the year

  • Kenny O’Donnell, Mayo

  • Declan Dunne, Cork

  • Whyte Bros. Farms, Dublin

  • Egan Family Farm, Offaly

  • 🏆 Tom Barry, Cork

Agrifood Business Awards

★ Business Post Best Incentive Scheme from a food producer or co-op

  • 🏆 Dairygold: Milk Supplier Sustainability Bonus

  • Irish Hereford Prime: Financial Bonus Payment

  • Tirlán & Kepak: Twenty20 Beef Club

★ Climeaction Large Sustainable Food Producer of the year (over 20 employees)

  • McCormack Family Farms

  • ABC Nutritionals

  • Flynn’s Irish Tomatoes

  • 🏆 Dairygold

  • Meade Farm

★ Small Sustainable Food Producer of the year (under 20 employees)

  • Fox Covert Partnership

  • 🏆 Ballykilcavan Brewery

  • Bo Bainne Ur

  • Fiorbhia Farm

  • Beechlawn Organic Farm

★ AgTech Ireland Best Agritech Software Product

  • AgriGuardian: App with a mission to save lives on farms

  • Farm Fayre: Online farm-to-farm cattle sales platform

  • 🏆 Herdwatch: Nitrates Calculator

★ Best Agritech Hardware Product

  • Agri Data Analytics: The Bovine Breathalyser

  • 🏆 Dolan Industries: Intelligent Soil Management

  • Dairymaster: DairyVue360

★ Best Agritech Science Product

  • Brandon Bioscience: Sealicit

  • Alltech: Optigen

  • 🏆 Senus: Senus (formerly Farmeye)

★ Best Adaptation Product

  • Samco: Bio Degradable Mulch Films

  • Spreadpoint: SXA-A Auger Lime & Powder Material Applicator System

  • 🏆 Keenan: Keenan Diet Feeder

Research Awards

★ FBD Best Journalistic Content of the year

  • Noel Clancy, Out the Gap Podcast: Sowing your Oats

  • 🏆 Alltech: A World Without Cows

  • Breifne O’Brien, Agriland: How to find the CBV when buying calves

  • Daniel Long, PPN Network: The Case for a Land Observatory in Ireland

★ KPMG Best Environmental Research Programme / Project

  • Moonsyst & MTU: Rumination & Eructation Monitoring through the use of an Electronic Rumen Bolus

  • Green Restoration Ireland: Farm Carbon EIP

  • Alltech: Eminex & AD Additives

  • 🏆 Teagasc: The Agricultural Catchments Programme

★ Agri Insider Young Researcher of the year

  • David Dolan: Net Zero Emissions Farming

  • Leidane Da Silva: The Entrust Project

  • Paul Nangle: Farming Minds

  • 🏆 Kevin Moran: Access to Finance

★ Best Social Research Programme/Project

  • Opinions & Agriland: AgriOpinions - farm survey created to amplify the voices of farmers and to improve the public perception of the industry

  • 🏆 TUS: FarmElder Project - initiative to enhance social farming practices to promote resilience among the elderly community

  • FRS Farm Services: Farm / Life Balance - initiative which provides stress management resources, wellness talks and expert consultations to support farmers in managing their wellbeing.

  • Herself Project: research on the impact of gender in agriculture.

Community Awards

★ Cormac Tagging Best Public / Community Group Engagement or Incentive Scheme

  • West of Ireland Sheep Farmers Discussion Forum

  • Killure Holiday Cottages

  • 🏆 Uí Máine Kingdom Group

  • Tipperary Climate Coach Programme

★ Lely Community/Discussion Group Better Farming Champion

Recognises a leader of an incentive scheme by a community or organised collection of individuals that promotes or incentivises social buy-in to better farming practices or agricultural environmental initiatives.

🏆 Owen Carton

Headline Awards

★ Agriland Sustainability Leader Award

Recognises an industry leader who has shown leadership in driving the sector towards a more environmentally, socially and/or economically sustainable future.

🏆 Kevin O’Connor, BiOrbic and Enda Buckley, Carbery

★ FBD Insurance Overall Better Farming Champion

The overall award is open to all winners of the previous categories for who the judges deem worthy as the best ‘better farming’ action contributing to environmental, social and economic sustainability for the sector.

🏆 Tom Barry, Cork