A new category has been announced for the 2025 Northern Farmer Awards – Poultry Farmer/ Producer of the Year.
Sponsored by Poultry Health Services, the award will highlight the vital role poultry farmers and producers play in our agricultural industry, ensuring excellence, innovation, and sustainability in poultry farming.
Supported by industry experts, the Northern Farmer Awards shine a spotlight on farmers, suppliers, breeders and producers across the North of England.
The 2025 awards will take place on Thursday, February 20, at Pavilions of Harrogate – at the heart of the Great Yorkshire Show's home site – and nominations can be made in various categories until September 20.
Poultry Health Services (PHS) is one of the UK’s largest commercial poultry and game bird veterinary practices with sites across the country, including at Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire. It provides a range of services to clients to improve the health, welfare and performance of flocks, including diagnostic testing, performance and data reviews, farm visits and post-mortems.
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Entries open for 2025 Northern Farmer Awards – nominate now
Dr Emma King, lead vet for the North East at PHS, won the Outstanding Achievement category in the 2024 Northern Farmer Awards in recognition of her contributions to poultry producers in the region.
Nikky Motley, commercial manager at PHS, said: “At Poultry Health Services, we were all very proud of Emma and we are now delighted to be sponsoring the Poultry Farmer/Producer of the Year Award in the 2025 Northern Farmer Awards which champion the region's agricultural industry. This new category will help to shine a light on the poultry industry, which is so important to this region.
“Contenders for this award should be poultry farmers/producers who are passionate about their work as well as innovative. We’d love to see how they are putting sustainability and biosecurity at the heart of what they do as well as how they are investing in their teams, perhaps through apprenticeships or other schemes that support continuing professional development to help recruit and retain colleagues within the poultry sector.”
PHS is part of VetPartners which is made up of some of the UK’s most respected and trusted small animal, equine, mixed and farm practices and animal healthcare companies.
To make your nomination, simply scan the QR code to go to the online form.
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