Skip to main content

FUW Agricultural Journalist of the Year

Guild member Hywel James, broadcaster and presenter of the ITV Wales farming programme Grass Roots was named ‘Agricultural Journalist of the Year’ in 2005 by the Farmers Union of Wales (FUW). According to FUW president Gareth Vaughan: “Hywel is well known in the agricultural community for his wealth of experience and popular reporting style; his contribution to the promotion of Welsh farm produce has been immense.” Hywel has been involved with television programmes on agriculture and the countryside since joining what was then HTV Wales in the early 1980s.

Newspaper Awards – Niche Market

Farmers Guardian, edited by Liz Falkingham, (above) was named Niche Market Newspaper of the Year at the 2005 Newspaper Awards, beating Angling TimesMotorcycle News and Antiques Trade Gazette to the accolade. The judges said they liked the design, the clean crisp printing and the consistent quality throughout. Farmers Guardian also won the Weekly Publication of the Year title at the in-house awards of publisher CMP Information.

Royal Agricultural Societies Fellowship

Farmers Guardian’s Wales-based regional correspondent Barry Alston was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Agricultural Societies in recognition of his “outstanding personal achievements and meritorious service to the agricultural industry”. The RAS represents the four royal agricultural societies of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.