Previous years
Jacalyn Dunlop and Eifion Roberts
Under 40s winners
Winners 2022
The winners of Britain’s Fittest Farmer were crowned after battling it out at the finals in Essex.
This year we had four winners, two in the under 40s category and two joint winners in the over 40s category.
Graeme Slatter and Lucy Sheffield
Over 40s joint winners
Erica Robison
2021
The competition was intense, but two winners have now been crowned in Farmers Weekly’s iconic initiative, designed to spark a discussion about mental and physical health in the countryside.
Erica Robison from Cumbria and James Arney from Somerset faced stiffed competition from the other finalists to win the titles – James has now both the 2020 and 2021 titles to his name.
James Arney
Emma Ashley
A young farmer from Somerset and a Hertfordshire woman have been named Britain’s Fittest Farmers (BFF) 2020, at the thrilling climax of the competition’s grand finale.
James Arney, 25, from near Frome in Somerset, and Emma Ashley, 31, from Hertford in Hertfordshire, took home the trophies for top male and female competitors, along with the cash prize of £1,000 each.
The BFF final was held on Saturday (17 October) at Farm Fitness, an outdoor gym run by farmer’s son Tom Kemp on his family’s arable unit in Essex.
The nine male and nine final finalists tackled a variety of punishing physical tasks designed to push their speed, strength and stamina to the limit.
The challenges included cross-country sprinting, lugging straw bales around, blasts on assault bikes, throwing heavy sandbags over walls, lifting up to 100kg above their heads and deadlifting as much as 120kg as many times as they could manage.
Co-judge Tom Kemp said: “It’s great to see so many farmers and people from the agricultural industry homing in on their fitness and looking after themselves.
“Their resilience and work rate is top-drawer, and they’re willing to take on any challenge and just get it done.”
James Arney
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Supporting the farming community
Britain's Fittest Farmer was launched by Farmers Weekly in 2018 as a fun and friendly way to get farmers thinking and talking about their physical and mental health, to make sure they are in top condition to run their business.
This year, we have partnered with three amazing charities and are asking for donations to support their incredible work within the farming industry:
The Farming Community Network: Supporting farmers and farming families through difficult times.
RSABI: Providing emotional, practical and financial support to families across the agricultural sector.
The Farm Safety Foundation: Raising awareness of farm safety among young farmers.
Your donation will be split equally between these three charities and your contribution will help spread awareness and directly support these amazing organisations – thank you.