Reaseheath students take top prizes in Great Farm Challenge
Agricultural students at Reaseheath College, Cheshire came top of the class in a regional challenge which proved they understand best environmental practice.
Three teams of Level 3 Extended Diploma students qualified for the north west finals of The Great Farm Challenge, a competition run in partnership with Natural England, the Environment Agency and United Utilities. Their presentations on how to improve water quality on farm so impressed the judges that one Reaseheath team won the competition while another came third.
The competitors, who also came from Myerscough and Newton Rigg colleges, spent three months reviewing farming practices which help to improve water quality. The students attended interactive learning sessions and went on a farm walk, then produced reports on the issues and changes needed to improve water management on the farm they visited.
