Why your sustainability story deserves recognition – 2025 winner, Don Somers, on the importance of the Environmental Sustainability Award

Don Somers, the Wexford tillage farmer who won the 2025 Teagasc–FBD Environmental Sustainability Award, and Siobhán Kavanagh from Teagasc’s Signpost Farm programme, join Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge.

Don explains why winning the award was important to him and how it recognises tillage farmers’ sustainability work.

Siobhán outlines the awards categories, judging criteria, supports available to applicants and practical first steps farmers can take now to prepare for the 2026 awards.

The deadline for applications is the end of February and full details and how to apply are at:
teagasc.ie/environment/climate-change-air-qual…

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