Best Pig New Product Award
There will be an important change in the way the Best New Product is judged at this year’s British Pig and Poultry Fair.
In the past the judges have always been practical pig producers and their aim has been to identify the most useful new product on display.
But for the first time, at this year’s event the judging will be carried out by BPEX’s knowledge transfer team.
“There are two reasons for the change,” said Digby Scott, one of the award organisers.
“Firstly, we have been getting too many entries in recent years for a small team of producers to comfortably judge in half a day.
“And secondly, the BPEX knowledge transfer team get onto a lot of farms over the course of the year and we expect them to have a very good idea of which new products at Pig Fair will prove most useful to practical pig-keepers.”
The Best New Product Award will be judged on the first day of British Pig and Poultry Fair 2012, with a view to the winner being announced at noon.
The judges will be seeking a single overall winner but also have the discretion to name one or more Highly Commended entries.
Deadline for entries is May 4, 2012. The organisers will do their best to include any entries that arrive after this date, but no guarantee is given.
The Best New Product Award is organised by Pig World magazine in association with the Royal Agricultural Society of England and National Pig Association. All companies that are exhibiting new products of interest to professional pig-keepers are eligible to enter new products and services.
HOW TO ENTER
To go to the on line application form click here