BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year 2026 - and the Winner is ...... The Messenger family from Cumbria! Huge congratulations - they have won £500 in prize money and the prestigious glass trophy. @GerminalUKAgri @NufarmUK @Yara_UK

BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year 2026. Booking for the awards evening will be closing later this week. Follow the link to find out more about the 2026 finalists and book your tickets: britishgrassland.com/awards-… @GerminalUKAgri @NufarmUK @Yara_UK

Huge congratulations to Graham Parks, who has been named Farmers Weekly Beef Farmer of the Year 2026. Graham is a Past President of BGS, a National Trustee and current Head Judge of the BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year competition.

There is now just one week to go before the Autumn Farm Walk, kindly hosted by the Munday family at Town Barton, Devon. Have you booked your ticket? buytickets.at/britishgrassla…

BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year 2026 - Judging Day 3 The judges visited the Messenger family yesterday. The farm in Cumbria covers 243ha with a 500 cow autumn block calving system. The winner will be announced at an awards dinner in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland on October 21 2026.

BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year 2026 - Judging Day 2 The judges visited the second of our three finalists yesterday. Kevin Lawrie from the South West Scotland Grassland Society has a dairy herd of 360 cows, evenly split between Holstein and Ayrshire.

BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year 2026 Our judges were out and about yesterday, visiting the first of our three finalists, Gwyn Evans from Mid Cardigan Grassland Society. Gwyn runs a 350 cow spring-calving dairy herd on 466 acres near Aberystwyth.

The BGS Summer Meeting visited 2 fantastic farms today with a great crowd bringing lots of discussion. Thank you to our host farmers, Alisdair & Emma Davidson @ Poldean Farm, and to the Dalswinton Estate & Farming Partners. Thank you also to our sponsors, @OriginFert & MSD

We are set up and ready for the first day @Groundswellaguk call by and see us on stand MS30

If you are attending @Groundswellaguk 1st - 2nd July, you are welcome to pop by and visit us on Stand MS30.

We are all set up with the Federation of Welsh Grassland Societies at the Royal Welsh Grassland Event 2026, why not drop by for a chat and enter the FWGS competition to see if you can identify different species found in a multi-species sward.

BGS Summer Meeting 7 July Time is running out to book your place at this year’s Summer Meeting. We will be visiting Poldean Farm near Moffat and Bankhead Farm near Dumfries. For further details and to book your place please visit: tickettailor.com/events/brit…

Booking closing soon BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year Winner's Farm Walk Wednesday 3 June 2026 Book now: tickettailor.com/events/brit…

If you are attending #scotgrass tomorrow, you are welcome to pop by and visit us on Stand 14.

Booking is now open for BGS 2026 summer events. For further information and to book your place please visit the BGS website. britishgrassland.com/booking…

A fantastic Spring Farm Walk yesterday (22 April) at Standhill Farm, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Thank you to our hosts Robert Thornhill & Darren Spibey. BGS would like to thank @cogentbreeding for facilitating the event and smaxTec for their kind sponsorship.

Reminder - booking will be closing soon for the 2026 BGS Spring Farm Walk held in association with LIC Cogent and sponsored by smaXtec. For further details and booking please visit britishgrassland.com/spring-…

Booking is now open for the 2026 BGS Spring Farm Walk held in association with LIC Cogent. To secure lunch, full BGS members and local society members have access to a special discounted ticket rate. For further details and booking please visit britishgrassland.com/spring-…

We are pleased to announce that today is the launch of our competition to find the BGS Grassland Farmer of the Year 2026. The competition is open to all members of local affiliated societies and full BGS members. For further details please visit: britishgrassland.com/the-com…