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    Three Students Beat Off Bumper Entries to Win Farm Health Management Award

    John SwireBy John SwireJanuary 26, 20213 Mins Read
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    Students from Liverpool Vet School, Duchy College and Harper Adams University have beat off a bumper number of entries to win this year’s RABDF’s Farm Health Management Award, sponsored by Volac.

    The awards aim to demonstrate and test the students’ knowledge on the importance of proactive farm health management – a key element of the new Agriculture Act.

    The competition is split into three separate categories: students at agricultural colleges, agricultural universities and vet schools.

    Each candidate had to submit a 1,500-word essay on proactive farm health management, with each category winner taking home a £500 cash prize.

    Winning the vet school category was Liverpool Vet School’s Emily Eaton. Emily is in her final year and has spent a lot of time working on her Aunty and Uncle’s dairy farm in North Yorkshire. She is passionate about highlighting the importance of proactive veterinary involvement and is looking forward to putting it into practice when she starts work later this year.  Runner-up was Tuppence Mellish, from The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh.

    Catriona Marshall
    Catriona Marshall

    Second-year student Catriona Marshall from Harper Adams University scooped the trophy in the agricultural university category. She is studying Agriculture with Animal Science and hails from a dairy farm. She currently milks cows on a local dairy farm and hopes building her knowledge on farm health management will help with her future farm work and studies. Runner-up was Hannah Morton, University Centre Reaseheath.

    It was a double success in the agricultural college category with Duchy College securing the winning trophy and runner-up. Taking first prize was Martha Richards with Hugo Ellis runner-up.

    The essays were judged by a panel featuring RABDF Council member and Gelli Aur College farm manager, John Owen; veterinary surgeon Dan Griffiths, Paragon Vets, Cumbria; and John Sumner, dairy consultant and award chairman.

    Mr Sumner who has judged the competition since it began in 2007 said the quality of entries this year was some of the best they have had. “In all three categories, the winners and runners up were very hard to separate, almost interchangeable,” he said.

    “Catriona wrote a well analysed and very relevant essay; Emily’s essay took a practical approach with innovative ideas and Martha introduced SMART objectives, which went beyond the farm gate,” he added.

    Normally presented at Dairy-Tech, the RABDF will look at arranging a presentation to the winning students when it is safe to do so later in the year.

     

     

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