Royal Dairy Innovation Award

The Royal Dairy Innovation Award is presented to a company exhibiting at Dairy-Tech with a product or service offering the most significant innovation for the future of dairying.

Applicants must submit a written description of the product or service and describe how it aids dairy producers.

A shortlist will be compiled, and these exhibits will be judged during at Dairy-Tech on 3 February 2027, with the winner announced at the show.

Closing date: 20th November 2026

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Conditions of entry

The competition is open to any individual, research centre, educational establishment, agricultural organisation or trade exhibitors staging a specific demonstration/exhibit at Dairy-Tech 2027 (provided their entry complies with the conditions of the competition)

Entries, for which no fee is payable, must be submitted on the official entry form and signed by a senior representative of the organisation concerned.

Each entry must be accompanied by a detailed description of the exhibit along with supporting literature, links to on-line demonstrations etc.

Entries making a claim for a new development/product must produce, with their entry, evidence/trial results for the judges to evaluate.

A company/individual may only make a single entry which must be displayed at Dairy-Tech 2027.

Information on all products/services must be submitted to RABDF for confirmation of eligibility.

The selected finalists will be judged at Dairy-Tech and will be expected to give a presentation/demonstration in the Innovation Hub at an allocated time. The results will be announced at Dairy-Tech.

By submitting this form, I confirm that I wish to enter the above product/service for the Royal Dairy Innovation Award 2027, subject to the conditions, a copy of which I have read and understood.  I further undertake to ensure that this entry form is returned to the RABDF by 20th November 2026 and it is accompanied by a description of the product/service and supporting documentation/evidence.  I accept that the decision of the judges shall be final.

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