Fane Valley announced as YFCU stock judging competition sponsor

Pictured, left to right, Wayne Cunningham, sales director at Fane Valley Feeds, Hannah Kirkpatrick YFCU vice president and Thomas Barnett, retail manager at Fane Valley Stores

Fane Valley Co-operative Society is a progressive agricultural and food processing business with locations across Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, England and Belgium.

The sponsorship between Fane Valley and the YFCU Northern Ireland’s largest rural youth organisation will provide all YFCU members across Northern Ireland with exciting competitions and help members learn new skills in stock judging across a diverse livestock range.

Peter Alexander, YFCU president, commenting on the new sponsorship from Fane Valley said: “The YFCU are delighted to welcome the support and expertise from Fane Valley, and we look forward to working with them on the YFCU stock judging competitions and many other exciting initiatives over the coming years. I would like to thank Fane Valley for supporting the organisation.”

Niall McCool, group communications and marketing manager at Fane Valley remarked: “Fane Valley look forward to working with the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster for the upcoming beef and sheep stock judging competitions.

“We applaud the Young Farmers’ organisation for their innovation and embracing of technology to advance their programme of events and engage the younger agricultural generation across the province, during these challenging times.

“We are happy to support the livestock competitions which will now be featured remotely.”