Nomination Form for Calf Rearer of the Year 2026 Survey

How to enter

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 15th 2026.

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.

Nominee's name

Nominee's date of birth

Nominee's address

Nominee's job role

Nominee's phone number

Nominee's email address

2.Please supply the following details about yourself.

Your name

Organisation

The address of your organisation

What is your professional relationship with the nominee?

Your phone number

Your email address

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

Dairy enterprise

Beef enterprise

Dairy and beef enterprise

4.Please provide an overview of the system used by your nominee's enterprise.
Please include details of:
- The type of feeding system used
- Whether whole milk is used as opposed to CMR
- The number of calves reared annually

5.Please tell us about your nominee's main achievements on their farm as an individual or as part of a team. Include data on performance or challenges that your nominee has overcome.
You could consider covering some or all of these topics:
- Improvement in daily liveweight gain
- Reduction in antibiotics
- Reduced number of disease incidencies
- Improved animal welfare through enrichment, higher feed volumes or calf comfort
- Use of technology

6.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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7.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. The closing date for entries is 31st May 2026.