Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana.

The 2025 Family Farming Business of the Year finalists have been selected because they were able to clearly demonstrate a shared vision of where the business is going

The 2025 Diversification (Small/Medium) of the Year finalists have been selected because of their ability to thrive through farm businesses that no longer operate behind a closed gate, looking to add value to their enterprise regardless of the size and scale of their business

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops.

The 2025 Farm Worker of the Year finalists have been selected because of their unparalleled commitment to the farm

Several years into its regenerative farming programme, First Milk has broadened its scope in a new innovative partnership

Liz Webster is a mixed arable and beef farmer in Gloucestershire and founder of the campaign group Save British Farming

The second North East Live event to be held at Darlington Auction Mart on Saturday October 4, 2025, is set to be bigger and better than ever

The Diversification of the Year (Small/Medium) 2025 celebrates those businesses looking to add value to their enterprise regardless of their size and scale

New for 2025, the Employer of the Year Award celebrates employers across the agricultural industry who go above and beyond to support their teams