Events

Planning, co-ordination and organisation are just some of the key attributes needed to pull off an event to the scale of, the Royal Welsh Show – particularly the livestock section, with its own set of specific requirements.

Last week, regenerative agriculture conference Groundswell took place at Lannock Manor Farm in Hertfordshire. Cedric Porter and Jez Fredenburgh report on the highlights.

A home-bred Charollais from Ben Radley, Dumfriesshire, was tapped out as champion in the inter-breed sheep judging at this year’s Royal Highland Show.

Farming is such a great industry to work in, especially if you do not originally come from a farming background. With every day presenting new and different challenges, we asked four new entrants why they got into the industry.

The Bleu du Maine Sheep Society is sponsoring a sheep stockjudging competition, giving one lucky winner the chance to win £250 plus a £250 voucher. Second and third prize winners will receive £150 and £50, respectively.

It was a clean sweep for continental cattle in the beef judging at Northumberland Show this year, with a Limousin bull and British Blonde cow taking the supreme and reserve overall tickets.

Tenant farmers are being urged to respond to a survey by the Tenancy Working Group, set up by Government and chaired by Baroness Kate Rock.

In this new Channel 5 series, Tractors: Big, Bigger, Biggest, the viewer will be taken on a tour of the biggest, fastest and most powerful tractors on the planet.

Preparations for NSA Scotsheep are in full swing at Over Finlarg Farm, near Dundee, as the McNee family get set to open their gates to visitors for the one day event on Wednesday June 1, 2022.

An innovative feeder bucket secured the accolades in the Young Engineer Award which was announced at LAMMA Show.