An annual award by the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association, which celebrates farm diversification enterprises, is seeking entries for its 2017 edition.

The Duke of Cornwall’s Award was initially created to encourage the teaching of country skills but was expanded in 2013 to encompass a wider farm business diversification remit.

The award will be made to the farm business that is djudged to have most successfully diversified its enterprise and the organisers are now seeking nominations.

The winner will be crowned at this year’s Royal Cornwall Show (June 8-10) and will collect not only the perpetual trophy and a signed certificate, but also a cash prize of £1,000 provided by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall.

This year’s recipient will follow in the footsteps of a diverse list of former winners who have created innovative businesses on the land or buildings on their farm that run alongside their core agricultural activity.

Young farmer and entrepreneur Giel Spierings who created the Cornish Gouda Company on the family’s 136-acre farm at Lanreath, South East Cornwall won the 2016 title. 

Entries are invited from all sizes of business. An application form is available by visiting www.royalcornwall.co.uk/competitors/duke-of-cornwalls-award or by calling 01208 812183 or email [email protected]