Outstanding achievements and contributions to farming were celebrated at the 2025 Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) Awards Day.
The awards seek to recognise how a strategic approach to food production combined with innovative thinking can deliver productivity, environmental and economic resilience in farm businesses.
The 2025 RASE Farm of the Future Award was won by Tim Parton. Judges said he had demonstrated how low-input, high-output farming can deliver commercial benefits, cut emissions, and regenerate a farm system from the ground up.
RASE chief executive David Grint said: “Tim is an early pioneer of regenerative farming practices in the UK, and under his management, Brewood Park Farm is one of the UK’s first arable farms to achieve net zero.”
The 2025 RASE Bledisloe Gold Medal was awarded to the 4th Viscount Cowdray, Michael Cowdray, of the diversified 6,500ha Cowdray Estate in West Sussex. The estate is a successful mix of farming, forestry and other enterprises.
Mr Grint said: “By integrating farming, hospitality, retail, and community initiatives into a single, cohesive brand, Michael Cowdray has future-proofed the estate while maintaining its heritage and environmental integrity,” he says.
The awards were made at the Ragley Estate on 4 September.
Winners were:
- The Bledisloe Gold Medal was awarded to the 4th Viscount Cowdray, Michael Cowdray, of the Cowdray Estate.
- Tim Parton, farm manager at Brewood Park Farm in Staffordshire received the Farm of the Future Award, which is sponsored by The Crown Estate
- The Natural Capital Award, which is sponsored by Trinity AgTech was presented to Josh Stratton from East Farm in Wiltshire.
- Professor Roger Sylvester Bradley received the Science & Technology Award, which is sponsored by Future Biogas.
- The National Agricultural Award, which is part sponsored by Savills, was awarded to the National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC), with special recognition of the outstanding leadership of the organisation’s CEO Jill Hewitt.
- Mark and Jenny Lee, from Park House Farm in Cumbria received the Excellence in Practical Farming award, which is supported by the AHDB.
