Farm contractors to compete for top Royal Welsh award
Agricultural machinery contractors throughout Wales are being invited to apply for the 2011 Sir Bryner Jones Memorial Trophy, the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s most prestigious prize.
The award is made annually to someone from a different branch of the farming industry who has attained the highest level of achievement in the chosen sector and this year for the first time since its introduction in 1957, agricultural contractors are eligible for the award. It will go to the person who has established the most successful tractor-based agricultural machinery contracting business.
Nominations for the award, which is a once-in-a-lifetime prize, will be made by the Royal Welsh county advisory committees throughout Wales. The closing date for entries is April 4 2011.
Sir Bryner Jones, who shaped the direction of the RWAS for 50 years, was Agricultural Commissioner for Wales in 1912 and subsequently Welsh Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture. He was President of the society during its Golden Jubilee Year in 1954.
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