At an event at Ragley Hall, the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) handed out a series of awards to individuals and organisations demonstrating strategic approaches and innovative thinking around farm businesses.
David Grint, CEO, said that the winners showed how growers could deliver productivity, as well as environmental and economic resilience. Speaking specifically about Tim Parton, winner of the Farm of the Future Award, Daid said: “Tim is an early pioneer of regenerative farming practices in the UK, and under his management, Brewood Park Farm is one of the UK’s first arable farms to achieve net zero, verified via the Sandy carbon auditing platform.”
The winners of the 2025 RASE awards are:
- The Bledisloe Gold Medal, which is sponsored by Burges Salmon, was awarded to the 4th Viscount Cowdray, Michael Cowdray, of the Cowdray Estate.
- Tim Parton, farm manager at Brewood Park Farm in Staffordshire, received the Farm of the Future Award, which is sponsored by The Crown Estate
- The Natural Capital Award, which is sponsored by Trinity AgTech was presented to Josh Stratton from East Farm in Wiltshire.
- Professor Roger Sylvester Bradley received the Science & Technology Award, which is sponsored by Future Biogas.
- The National Agricultural Award, which is part sponsored by Savills, was awarded to the National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC), with special recognition of the outstanding leadership of the organisation’s CEO Jill Hewitt.
- Mark and Jenny Lee, from Park House Farm in Cumbria, received the Excellence in Practical Farming award, which is supported by the AHDB.
Jill Hewitt, NAAC chief executive, said: “This is a huge privilege for the NAAC to win this award, and the members and NAAC team are all rightly proud of this achievement. We are grateful to the RASE, as winning the National Agricultural Award gives the NAAC the highest-level recognition and helps us promote the excellent and vital role that professional agricultural contractors play in our industry.”