Poultry Farmer of the Year

Sponsored by E B Equipment

David Speller, Derbyshire

• David rears 180,000 broilers for Moy Park at his unit in the Peak District National Park. He has adopted the latest innovations such as under floor heating, a novel odour control system and in shed CCTV.

Elwyn Griffiths, Shropshire

• Elywn and his brother Gareth run the Shropshire egg unit with a focus on bird welfare, housing birds in a colony system. Not only do they sell shell eggs, they also supply egg products, such as liquid egg

Dan Wood, Devon

• Dan Wood is the second generation of the Wood family to manage the business, which his father established 30 years ago. The company supplies eggs to over 700 customers including independent shops and aims to be fully free range by 2012.