Carbon Farmer of the Year 2025: Finalists announced

31st Jul 2025

Weโ€™re pleased to announce the three outstanding finalists for this yearโ€™s Carbon Farmer of the Year competition, sponsored by HSBC UK Agriculture.

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ โ€“ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ž๐ง ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ

Mixed farmers and Duchy of Cornwall tenants, building a resilient system through agroforestry, rotations and community connection.

๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ

Profitable, pasture-based dairy farming rooted in tree planting, soil health and biodiversity.

๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ฒ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ โ€“ ๐‘ & ๐‹ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐ง๐, ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ

Progressive arable system combining cover crops, precision operations, and passion for soil health (image courtesy of GWCT Wales).

The final round of judging takes place in August, and we will announce the winner at the Farm Carbon Toolkit’s Annual Field Day on Tuesday, 30th September 2025, this year kindly hosted by The Pink Pig Farm, near Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. All to be revealed very soon!