Wexford tillage farmer becomes overall winner at this year's Environmental Sustainability Award

Wexford tillage farmer, Don Somers wins the Teagasc- FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025.

Pictured (L to R): Professor Frank O’Mara, Teagasc Director; Michael Berkery, FBD; Timmy Dooley TD; Don Somers, Overall Winner; Gillian Somers; and Tom O’Dwyer, Teagasc.

Don Somers, a tillage farmer from Oylgate, Co Wexford, was announced as the overall winner of the Teagasc-FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025.

The awards, sponsored by FBD, were presented in Laois by minister of state at the Department of Agriculture and Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Timmy Dooley.