National Pig Awards

National Pig Awards 2015 – winners’ gallery

By PW ReportersNovember 9, 20151 Min Read

Contract Finisher of the Year – sponsored by Virkon. Won by Claire Saxby, who operates a BQP single shed with 500 places that was built in 2013. Pictured are (left to right): Virkon sales manager Andy Hughes, Claire Saxby and Alan Dedicoat

Herd Productivity Award – sponsored by Huvepharma. Won by Countess Wells Breeding from Suffolk; a 700-plus sow, farrow-to-finish unit. Pictured are (left to right): Huvepharma's country manager for the UK & Ireland, Lydia Parkin, Robin Brice and Alan Dedicoat

Technical Innovation of the Year – sponsored by Devenish. Won by BQP, which has reacted to increasing pressure to reduce in-feed medication and antibiotic use in general by working with its producers to deliver medication to pigs accurately and safely via the Dosing Solutions water dosing system and General Alerts monitoring system. Pictured are (left to right): Devenish pig sector director Aidan O'Toole, Mark Jagger of BQP and Alan Dedicoat

Trainee of the Year – sponsored by Zoetis. Darren Kent, who works for the Essex-based, family-owned business P Pitt Farms. Pictured are (left to right): Zoetis pig and poultry business unit manager Ben Lacey, Darren Kent and Alan Dedicoat

Young Pig Farmer of the Year – sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. Won by David Gibbons of B&HB Gibbons, who manages his family’s unit in Lancashire. Pictured are (left to right): Boehringer Ingelheim’s swine business unit manager, David Strachan, David Gibbons and Alan Dedicoat

NPA AIG Member of the Year Award – sponsored organised in association with the National Pig Association. Won by Farmex, which through Hugh Crabtree and previously Nick Bird as well, has continuously encouraged the industry to monitor pigs so they can manage them more effectively. Pictured are (left to right): NPA chairman Richard Lister, Hugh Crabtree and Alan Dedicoat

Pedigree Breeder of the Year – sponsored by Ceva Animal Health. Won by John Millard from Hygene Pigs, whose herd includes Large Whites, Welsh, Duroc and Landrace bloodlines. Pictured are (left to right): Ceva poultry & swine product manager Fiona Wright, John Millard and Alan Dedicoat

Unit Manager of the Year – organised in association withby AHDB Pork. Won by Duncan Hodgkinson from M&J Heath, who manages a 560-sow indoor breeder/, finisher site in Shropshire. Pictured are (left to right): AHDB Pork’s head of R&D and knowledge exchange, Nigel Penlington, Duncan Hodgkinson and Alan Dedicoat

Stockman of the Year – sponsored by MSD Animal Health. Won by James Brice from Countess Wells Breeding, who is assistant manager and head of farrowing at this 720-sow unit in Suffolk. Pictured are (left to right): MSD Animal Health UK pigs business manager, Nick Munce, James Brice and Alan Dedicoat

Investor in Training Award – sponsored by Meadow Quality. Won by Wayland Farms, which employs 109 staff and operates training geared to the individual as well as to what is needed by the business. Pictured are (left to right): Meadow Quality’s North-east account manager, Ryan Noble, Colin Stone and Alan Dedicoat

Producer Retailer of the Year – sponsored by Rattlerow Farms. Won by Kenniford Farm, which has 350 Hermitage Seaborough sows and Fsells pigs to processors, a wholesale butcher and also back to its own retail business. Pictured are (left to right): Rattlerow joint managing director Robert Lawson, Andrew Freemantle and Alan Dedicoat

Outdoor Producer of the Year – sponsored by ForFarmers. Won by North Farm Livestock, based in north Norfolk, which produces 1,600 high-welfare free-range pigs each week for Waitrose – something it’s been doing for the past 15 years. Pictured are (left to right): ForFarmers’ pig, poultry and specialist feeds business unit director, Jonathan Farnhill, Roger Newton and Alan Dedicoat

Indoor Producer of the Year and overall Producer of the Year – sponsored by ForFarmers. Won by RC&VE Buckle, which has invested heavily in its operation in the past 18 months, going from 720 sows to 1,040. Pictured are (left to right): Jonathan Farnhill, Rick Buckle and Alan Dedicoat

The 2015 National Pig Awards were presented at London’s Royal Garden Hotel on Wednesday night (November 4).

An audience of 350, including finalists, producers and allied industries representatives, were at the event, which saw winners named in 13 categories.

Indoor producer Rck Buckle from East Yorkshire was also name the overall Producer of the Year at the ceremony.

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