Competitions

Producer Appreciation Scholarship

The application for the Producer Appreciation Scholarships opens for the seventh time. These scholarships provide farmers with a genuine thank you and incentive for their development work in farming and for advancing responsibility across the entire value chain. The scholarship can offer valuable support for experiments, observational trials, and testing, as well as the dissemination of new knowledge and the sharing of best practices. The application period is from March 12 to April 13, 2025.

Agri-INNO Award

The AGRI-INNO Agricultural Innovation Award is a €10,000 recognition prize awarded by the Finnish Fair Foundation. It is presented annually at the Agricultural Machinery Exhibition or KoneAgria. The award can be given to a Finnish individual, group, community, or company that has developed an innovation (product, service, or business model) that improves the image of the agricultural sector and has the potential to evolve into an internationally significant product or service.

Rural Honorary Mention

As supporting rural areas and shaping the future direction are deeply embedded values in our work at ProAgria, we annually launch the Rural Advocacy Honorary Mention search. Through this recognition, we want to highlight the achievements of people, communities, and businesses in agriculture and rural areas. The honorary mention aims to provide encouraging feedback and showcase exemplary contributions to agriculture and rural development.

New Products
Announced new products will be featured on the KoneAgria website and in the Practical Farmer’s event guide on September 29 (the editorial team has the freedom to select the products to be published). Awarded new products will be announced on the KoneAgria website on October 9. The winners will be reported in Koneviesti and Suomalainen Maaseutu on October 9 and will also be showcased in Practical Farmer.