Holt & District Farmers’ Club's former chairman Jack Hammond triumphed in a strong field of 55 entries in the group's annual malting barley championships.

His "supreme champion" sample of Buccaneer variety was judged the cream of the crop by Rebecca Gee, grain procurement director of the Great Ryburgh-based Crisp Malting Group.

Mr Hammond, of Aldborough Farms, was presented with the Sir Charles Mott-Radclyffe Trophy and his barley will be judged against Stalham Farmers’ Club’s top sample for the supreme overall inter-club title in the new year.

Competition organiser Chris Borrett, of grain merchants Adams & Howling, thanked the team of grain sample collectors including Stewart........

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