{"id":679436,"date":"2026-09-09T00:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/679436\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:31:19","slug":"harvest-photo-comp-2026-your-top-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/679436\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Photo Comp 2026: Your top shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

A huge thankyou to everyone who entered\u00a0Farmers Weekly\u2019s annual harvest photo competition. In what was a record year for speedy harvests, we had over 1,300 stunning images submitted to the gallery.<\/p>\n

We crown the winning shot which features on the front cover of the 11 September issue \u2013 and our other amazing finalists.<\/p>\n

See also: 7 glorious Harvest Photo Competition entries so far <\/a><\/p>\n

Evening sunset
\nManor Farm, Wiltshire
\n\"Scenic<\/p>\n

Submitted by David White<\/p>\n

David White is the winner of this year\u2019s harvest photo competition, with this scenic sunset photo of a John Deere X9 1100 working into the night gracing the front cover of this issue.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s harvest in Berwick Bassett has been characterised by dust and heat and David says this is exactly what he tried to convey in the image.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarvest this year was very early \u2013 the earliest we have ever had. We started combining on 30 June and finished on 29 July.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis photo was taken at sunset after another very hot day on the Marlborough Downs,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

David has farmed on the family farm for nearly 60 years. His son has now taken on the running of the business. He is passionate about all things farming, wildlife and photography.<\/p>\n

Countryside church
\nManor Farm, Northamptonshire
\n\"A<\/p>\n

Submitted by Sophie Kitchener<\/p>\n

Coming a close second in our competition is this shot from Sophie Kitchener with her this classic snap epitomising harvest in rural Britain.<\/p>\n

A New Holland TX68 cuts a crop of Extase winter wheat against a backdrop of the local church. Sophie farms in Whiston with her partner, three children and father-in-law.<\/p>\n

Flower power
\nRD Woodcraft, Cambridgshire
\n\"A<\/p>\n

Submitted by Matthew Carlisle<\/p>\n

Agricultural engineer student Matthew Carlises was employed as a harvest worker in Gamlingay on the Cambridgeshire\/Bedfordshire border this summer.<\/p>\n

He snapped this unique image of a New Holland T7.245 AutoCommand and Kuhn SB 1290 ID baling wheat straw, with a pretty pink floristic hedgerow in the foreground and wind turbine in the background.<\/p>\n

Lovely leverets
\nValley Farm Poultry, Suffolk
\n\"two<\/p>\n

Submitted by Alan Hart<\/p>\n

While carting bales in Stowmarket on a very hot day, Alan Hart spotted two baby leverets sheltering from the heat. He left the bale where it was so they could stay safe. How sweet!<\/p>\n

Young photographer
\nWFC Drayton Farming, North Lincolnshire
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Submitted by Caroline Ellis, shot taken by James Ellis<\/p>\n

While out walking his dog, 14-year old James Ellis captured this striking drone image of spring barley harvest going on in the field opposite his house in the Isle of Axholme. He was incredibly proud of the finished photograph says mum Caroline \u2013 and rightly so.<\/p>\n

Machinery teamwork
\nRattlerow Farms, Suffolk
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Submitted by Josh Lewis<\/p>\n

On the last push, a fleet of machines at Rattlerow Farms, Badingham, were all working together. Josh Lewis captures the moment via drone.<\/p>\n

The team worked out there was over 2000hp in the field!<\/p>\n

Front-row seat
\nWhittal-Williams Farms, Abergavenny
\n\"A<\/p>\n

Submitted by George Whittal-Williams<\/p>\n

Having grown up on farm with a creative eye, George Whittal-Williams now works as an agri-photogtrapher. He sent us this photo of the family\u2019s wheat harvest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A huge thankyou to everyone who entered\u00a0Farmers Weekly\u2019s annual harvest photo competition. In what was a record year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,366,18,117,19,17],"class_list":["post-679436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117238267377492373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}