The young contractors award went to 23-year-old Alex Anzolla of Anzolla Germano e Tarrachini Claudio Snc, based in Sorbolo, near Parma. The company carries out a full range of agricultural operations, with a particular focus on combine harvesting and tomato harvesting.
In the women's category, the award went to Valentina Merlin of Merlin Giuseppe & CSnc, based in Asparetto di Cerea, near Verona. The company specializes in land leveling, subsurface drainage installation and combine harvesting, and also undertakes earthmoving work.
Gianluca Finardi of Agromeccanica Finardi Srl, based in Roncoferraro, near Mantua, won the diversification category. By turnover, Agromeccanica Finardi is the largest agricultural contracting business in the province of Mantua. It operates an extensive machinery fleet, works 6,500 hectares and services twelve biogas plants, five of which are fully managed by the company and are being converted to biomethane production.
The innovation award went to Maurizio Boni of Boni Srl Servizi per l'Agricoltura, based in Rubiera, near Reggio Emilia. The company provides a full range of agricultural services, with a particular focus on viticulture. Boni was among the first businesses in Emilia-Romagna to use satellite guidance systems for vineyard planting. With its technologically advanced machinery fleet, it has now planted more than three million vines across four provinces.
Continuing the innovation theme, the precision farming award went to Davide Mezzano of the business bearing his name, based in Livorno Ferraris, near Vercelli. This young company focuses on rice farming and also provides ditch and canal maintenance, green space maintenance and forage harvesting for biogas and biomethane production. It uses precision farming systems for rice harvesting, sowing, weed control, land leveling and drying.
The supply chain award went to Fabio Bugiardini, president of Pasta delle Marche Srl, based in Montegiorgio, in the province of Fermo. The company brings together six agricultural contractors who work around 2,150 hectares, approximately half of which are sown with durum wheat each year.
A special award for services to contractor representation was presented to Roberto Guidotti of ATMA Bologna, Head of Technical Services at CAI Agromec.