--- title: Dominic Lucas wins NFU farming award — Avara Foods | Avara Foods description: Congratulations to Agriculture Production Manager, Dominic Lucas, who won the Zoetis-NFU Poultry Trainee Award at the recent NFU annual conference. image: https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1702913726-nfu23_ll_zoetis_02-1.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/dominic-lucas-wins-nfu-farming-award#main-content) [Home](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/) - [Who we are](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/who-we-are) - [View Who we are](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/who-we-are) - [Team](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/our-team) - [Contact](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/contact-us) - [What we do](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/what-we-do) - [View What we do](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/what-we-do) - [Supply chain](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/supply-chain) - [For Good](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/for-good) - [View For Good](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/for-good) - [Our People](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/for-good/our-people) - [Our Animals](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/for-good/our-animals) - [Our Consumers](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/for-good/our-consumers) - [Our Planet](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/for-good/our-planet) - [Our Communities](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/for-good/our-communities) - [News](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news) - [Jobs](https://careers.avarafoods.co.uk/) Menu [Back to blog](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news) 20 Mar 2023 # Dominic Lucas wins NFU farming award — Avara Foods [Avara Foods](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/author/avara) ![](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1702913726-nfu23_ll_zoetis_02-1.jpg?noresize) Congratulations to Agriculture Production Manager, Dominic Lucas, who won the Zoetis-NFU Poultry Trainee Award at the recent NFU annual conference. This award, now in it's 16th year, recognises up-and-coming, relative newcomers to the poultry industry, with candidates of all ages judged on their workplace training and development plans for the future. The winner receives a £2000 grant for training, focussed on improving bird performance and welfare. With a array of talented and ambitions individuals entering, a  final shortlist of three candidates were chosen, with Dominic being picked as the eventual winner at the NFU's annual conference.  Jamie Shattock, Dominic's line manager commented “Dominic is a highly credible, well grounded person who has achieved a great deal at Avara and is an exemplary role model for the younger farming generation. He demonstrates pride in what he does and wishes to impart that on to others he is training.  I believe Dominic is an ambassador for the future of the poultry industry.” When asked about how he intends to spend his training grant, Dominic stated "I am planning on using the grant for poultry respiratory health and food safety courses, which are run by Vet Works. These courses are delivered over a week's period where key topics and modules are covered such as: Avian respiratory anatomy/physiology, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Antimicrobial resistance". ## Share: - [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/dominic-lucas-wins-nfu-farming-award) - [Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/dominic-lucas-wins-nfu-farming-award) - [Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/dominic-lucas-wins-nfu-farming-award) ## Good news [View all](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news) ## [![](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1702913432-av-sign-Oct-15-2025-11-12-29-2687-PM.png?noresize) 24 Apr 2026 Gender Pay Reporting We've published our 2025 Gender Pay reporting Read more](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/gender-pay-reporting-1) ## [![](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/2.jpg?noresize) 25 Mar 2026 Progress With Purpose: Avara’s Latest Responsible Business Report Lands Avara Foods publishes it's latest Responsible Business Brand, 'For Good'. Read more](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/progress-with-purpose-avaras-latest-responsible-business-report-lands) ## [![](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/AdobeStock_470221226.jpeg?noresize) 26 Feb 2026 We've filed our Annual Report and Financial Statement for 2025 Avara Foods Annual Report and Financial Statement Read more](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/weve-published-our-annual-report-and-financial-statement-for-2025) ## [![](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/Avara%20Foods.png?noresize) 09 Jan 2026 Proud partner of the D&I in Grocery 2026 Programme We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve officially joined the Diversity & ... Read more](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/proud-partner-of-the-di-in-grocery-2026-programme) [Home](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/) - [Quiénes somos](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/about-avara-espanol) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/privacy-policy) - [Terms & Conditions](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/terms-conditions) - [Terms of purchase](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/terms-of-purchase) - [Cookie Policy](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/cookie-policy) - [Modern Slavery Statement](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/modern-slavery-statement) - [All Policies](https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/policies) - [Visit us on X](https://x.com/avarafoods) - [Visit us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/avarafoods) © 2026 Avara Foods Ltd. All rights reserved Website Designed and Developed by ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Avara Foods", "url" : "https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/author/avara" }, "dateModified" : "2025-10-15T23:14:29.863Z", "datePublished" : "2023-03-20T04:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "Dominic Lucas wins NFU farming award — Avara Foods", "image" : [ "https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1702913726-nfu23_ll_zoetis_02-1.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/dominic-lucas-wins-nfu-farming-award", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject" } } } ``` ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "NewsArticle", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Avara Foods" }, "dateModified" : "2023-03-20T04:00", "datePublished" : "2023-03-20T04:00", "description" : "Congratulations to Agriculture Production Manager, Dominic Lucas, who won the Zoetis-NFU Poultry Trainee Award at the recent NFU annual conference.", "headline" : "Dominic Lucas wins NFU farming award — Avara Foods", "image" : "https://146564857.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/146564857/Imported_Blog_Media/1702913726-nfu23_ll_zoetis_02-1.jpg", "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://www.avarafoods.co.uk/news/dominic-lucas-wins-nfu-farming-award", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "//www.avarafoods.co.uk/hubfs/raw_assets/public/avara/images/logo.png" }, "name" : "Avara Foods" } } ```