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Obituaries

CARAS Council notes with sorrow & condolences the following deaths of Fellows and Associates that have been notified to the secretary during 2023.

Title First Name Last Name CARAS Notified
Mr Gordon Angell FRAgS Notified March 2023
Mr James Brown FRAgS Notified August 2023
Mr Andrew Campbell FRAgS Notified July 2023
Mrs Olive Clarke OBE FRAgS Notified December 2023
Mr John Dykes FRAgS Notified July 2023
Mr Peter Fox MBE FRAgS Notified September 2023
Mr Richard Gibb FRAgS Notified March 2023
Mr Clwyd Hughes FRAgS Notified July 2023
Mr Sandy Inverarity FRAgS Notified August 2023
Mr Daniel Jones FRAgS Notified July 2023
Mr Christopher Jones FRAgS Notified May 2023
Mrs Iowan Lewis FRAgS Notified August 2023
Sir Meuric Rees FRAgS Notified March 2023
Mr Caerwyn Roberts OBE FRAgS Notified January 2023
Mrs Lorna Robinson ARAgS Notified October 2023
Mr Richard Steele FRAgS Notified September 2023
Mr James Stobo FRAgS Notified July 2023
Mr Elwyn Tudor FRAgS Notified July 2023
Mr Peter Titley FRAgS Notified February 2023

 

Dates for CARAS Nations 2024 Events

While the four nations panels have very good ways of communicating dates of their events, (they organise) to their relevant nations, at a recent CARAS Council meeting it was agreed that Fellows and Associates from other Nations are very welcome to attend them. During 2024 we will be updating the CARAS Website to include a list of Nations events and how to book to attend.

 

CARAS England

  • Sunday 9th to the Tuesday 11th June 2024
    • English Panel AGM and Study tour to Cambridgeshire
 
  • Wednesday 19th June 2024.
    • A joint reception with the WCF at the Lincolnshire Show
 
  • Tuesday 15th October 2024.
    • The English Panel awards ceremony at the House of Lords

CARAS Northern Ireland

Tuesday 25th January 2024

Online ‘Winter Webinar’ Speakers on the evening will include our own CARAS UK National Chair, Nick Green.

Thursday 21st March 2024

Spring farm visit and NI Group AGM

Wednesday 15th May 2023

The annual NI CARAS awards reception will take place at the Balmoral Show

CARAS Scotland

Wednesday 6th March 2024

CARAS Scotland Conference and AGM at the Pavilion, Ingliston

Thursday 20th June 2024

CARAS Reception at the Royal Highland Show

TBC

Visit to the Scottish Parliament plans are well advanced for this and the date will be confirmed shortly

Wednesday 31st July to Thursday 1st August

Planning for the Summer Outing is already underway, which will include a visit to the Black Isle Show.

CARAS Wales

 

 Thursday 25th January 2024 

2024 CARAS Cymru Conference and Council meeting at the Royal Welsh Showground. The conference has the theme of ‘Seeing the Wood from the

Trees’. Speakers include:

§  Prof. John Gilliland OBE DSc FRAgS, will give a presentation on the journey towards net zero.

§  Abi Reader FRAgS, Deputy President NFU Cymru

§  Gian Marco Currado, Director of Rural Affairs Welsh Government

§  Nick Fenwick, Head of Policy Farmers’ Union of Wales

§  Dr Prysor Williams, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management Bangor University

Tuesday 23rd July 2024

CARAS Wales Reception and presentation of awards 

 

Autumn date to be confirmed

Field Day Visit to Puffin Produce, Pembrokeshire and Council Meeting

 

Honours, Awards and Appointments

Congratulations to the following CARAS Fellows and Associates that the Secretary has been
made aware of who has received Honours, Awards or significant Appointments.


Honours:

 

Title

First Name

Last Name

CARAS

Information

Mr

Andrew

Arbuckle MBE

FRAgS

Awarded MBE in the 2024 New Years Honours for his work as a trustee and fundraiser for farming charity, RSABI, and his services to farming and his community.

Mr

Bill 

Gray MBE

FRAgS

Awarded MBE in Kings Birthday Honours June 2023 for outstanding service to agriculture, charity and the community in Scotland

Ms

Ursula

Lavery MBE

FRAgS

Awarded an MBE in the Kings 2023 New Years Honours list for services to the Agri-Food Industry and to the economy in Northern Ireland

Mr

James

McVicar Morrison BEM

FRAgS

Awarded  BEM in the Kings 2023 New Years Honours list for services to agriculture in Northern Ireland

Mr

Robin

Mercer BEM

FRAgS

Awarded an BEM in the Kings 2024 New Years Honours list for services to Business and to the Economy in Northern Ireland

Mr

Adrian

Morrow 

ARAgS

Awarded an BEM in the Kings 2024 New Years Honours list for voluntary services to habitat conservation and to the community in County Antrim

Ms

Janet

Swadling OBE

ARAgS

Awarded an OBE in the Kings 2023 New Years Honours list for services to farming and education.

Mrs

Suzie

Wilkinson MBE

ARAgS

Awarded MBE in Kings Birthday Honours June 2023 for services to the Farming Community in Somerset

Mr

Philip

Wynn OBE

FRAgS

Awarded OBE in the 2024 New Years Honours for services to farming and the environment.


Awards and Appointments:

 

Title

First Name

Last Name

CARAS

Information

Mrs

Olive

Clarke OBE

FRAgS

Special Recognition Lifetime Achievement British Agriculture at the 2023 British Farming Awards

Mr

Robert

Craig

FRAgS

Appointed Chairman of RABDF. 2023 ‘Farming Champion’ Cumbria Farm Community awards  

Mr

George

Dunn

FRAgS

Awarded Gold Winner for outstanding Contribution to British Agriculture at the 2023 British Farming Awards

Mr

John

Egerton

ARAgS

Appointed President Elect of the Ulster Grassland Society.

Mr

Jake

Freestone

ARAgS

The Inaugural Caroline Drummond award and the 2023 BBC Food and Farming award

Mrs

Milly

Fyfe

ARAgS

Silver award at Northamptonshire Food and Drink awards for Local Food Hero. Plus, Northamptonshire Business person and new start up business of the year

Mr

Aled

Griffiths

FRAgS

Two Lifetime Achievement Awards this year. The first one was at the BEIC & BPC National Egg & Poultry Awards and the second one from the Egg & Poultry Industry Conference

Mr

Stephen

Jacob

ARAgS

Appointed to the position of CEO of The Institute for Agriculture & Horticulture

Mr

Meurig

James

FRAgS

2023 FUW award for outstanding services to the dairy industry in Wales.

Mr

Alastair

Leake

FRAgS

Awarded the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) National Agricultural Award, “in recognition of his leadership of the Allerton Project

Prof

Elizabeth

Magowan

ARAgS

Presidency at British Society of Animal Science (BSAS)

Mr

Billy

Martin OBE

FRAgS

Awarded the Belfast Telegraph Cup for outstanding agricultural achievement

Dr

Steven

Morrison

ARAgS

Appointed a BSAS Trustee

Mrs

Janet

Phillips

FRAgS

Appointed the High Sherriff of Gwynedd in March 2023

Mrs

Paula

Smyth

ARAgS

Received the Farm Safety Affiliate Award (Lantra Ireland) at the Farming Life Awards in Northern Ireland

Mr

John

Thorley

FRAgS

Awarded the Farmers Weekly 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award

 Dr

Johnny

Wake

ARAgS

Awarded the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) Bledisloe Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to farming. Also awarded Silver award at Northamptonshire Food and Drink awards for Farming and environmental sustainability

Mr

Andrew

Wear

ARAgS

Bisca 2023 Shearing Personality of the year award

Mrs

Heather

Wildman

FRAgS

2023 Adviser of the year Scottish Agriculture Awards