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The Calf Rearer of the Year is an annual award supported by Wynnstay and CowManagement. The award is to acknowledge best practice on both beef and dairy farms from an outstanding individual.

You can nominate yourself for the award or you can nominate someone you work with or someone who works for you.

Nominations will be accepted from individuals, employers, vets, farm advisors or colleagues. This year's award will be presented at the National Youngstock Conference which is being held at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham on July 16th 2025.

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* 1. Please provide the following details for the person you are nominating for the award. If you are nominating yourself, please enter your details here and skip to Q3.

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* 2. Please supply the following details about yourself.

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* 3. Which of the following best describes the type of enterprise where your nominee works?

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* 4. Please provide an overview of the system used by your nominee's enterprise.

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* 5. Please describe the day-to-day job role of your nominee.

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* 6. Please tell us about your nominee's main achievements on their farm as an individual or as part of a team.

If possible please include data on the performance of the calf rearing enterprise. This could include:
- Growth rates
- antimicrobial usage
- disease rates
- Mortality rates
- age at first calving

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* 7. Please tell us about any challenges that your nominee has overcome.

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* 8. Please provide a short statement to explain why your nominee, deserves the Calf Rearer of the Year Award (max 100 words).

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* 9. You can include any supporting documents or pictures below, but this is not obligatory.

Alternatively, you can send short, compressed videos to us via info@cowmanagement.co.uk

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* 10. Additional information

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* 11. Additional information

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By entering this competition you are allowing your data to be held by Wynnstay and Davies Porter Media, publishers of Cowmanagement magazine and organisers of the National Youngstock Conference. Your details will be held securely and will not be shared with any other third party organisations.

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