The Farmers Mart Aug/Sep 2016 - Issue 47 | Page 26

Great Yorkshire Show

A Great Three Days at the
Great Yorkshire Show!
Innovation coupled with tradition was the hallmark of the 158th
Great Yorkshire Show, which closed its gates after three actionpacked days showcasing the best of British farming and rural life.
» SUNNY SKIES, TOP CLASS
competitive entries and
thousands of the country’s
premier livestock competing
across a vast array of classes
helped attract a total of 135,026
visitors to the three day
agricultural extravaganza, one
of the highest figures of the last
decade and just shy of the alltime record of 135,111 which was
set in 2006. Last year’s figure
was 132,131.
This year’s event notched up
a number of firsts, with Charles
Mills making his debut as Show

Director, live robotic milking
demonstrations in a new
purpose-built dairy unit, and
seminars focusing on the future
of agriculture post-Brexit.
Said Charles: “It was a
wonderful three days and
a superb showcase for the
farming industry in what was
a significant week in terms
of the new government. It’s
very clear that both farmers
and the public love the Great
Yorkshire Show and plans
are already underway for the
show in 2017.”

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As Prime Minister Theresa
May was busy announcing her
new Cabinet on Wednesday,
England’s premier agricultural
show welcomed Environment
Minister Liz Truss, just 24 hours
before she was promoted to
the Justice Department.
During a hectic morning
touring the Great Yorkshire
Show, Ms Truss visited the
showground’s recently
opened £11.5m exhibition hall,
which was turned into a virtual
food emporium for the three
days.

Covering an area of three
and a half Olympic-sized
swimming pools, it was a
shop window of British food,
and played host to the Great
Yorkshire Cheese and Dairy
Show, one of the UK’s most
prestigious events with close
to 800 entries across a wide
range of classes.
In another first, the Great
Yorkshire limited edition
tweed jacket, created in
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