The Farmers Mart Dec-Jan 2020 - Issue 66 | Page 20

20 YAMS 20
DEC/JAN 2020 • farmers-mart.co.uk
Seventh
Heaven for
YAMS at Murton
WHEN auctioneer Richard
Tasker was approached by a
local farm machinery dealership
to host the relaunch of a tractor
brand seven years ago it gave
him an idea for a larger event
bringing together other farm
machinery dealers in the county
that, seven years later, has
grown into a show that last year
attracted around 12,000 visitors,
its highest attendance to date.
YAMS – Yorkshire Agricultural
Machinery Show – will take
place once again at York Auction
Centre in Murton near York on
Wednesday 5 February. It has
been seven years of constant
growth and Richard still cannot
quite believe how it continues to
exceed expectations.
‘ Our local farm
machinery
dealerships are
the cornerstone
to YAMS
’
‘We were fortunate and hit
the mark from that first show
in 2014. Yorkshire is a massive
county with a rich diversity of
farming from the East Riding
and the Holderness plain to the
North York Moors, Vales of York
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and Pickering, the Yorkshire
Dales in North Yorkshire and
West Yorkshire and down to the
edge of the Peak District – and
that means the whole range
of agricultural machinery is
in use from tractors to grass
harvest, combine harvesters to
livestock equipment, cultivation
machinery to slurry tankers and
everything in between.’
‘The early part of the year is an
established purchase period for
new farm machinery, it’s a time
when farmers can evaluate what
will work best and what better
way than to have everything in
one place so that a decision can
be made. One of the hallmarks
of YAMS has been the amount of
business our tradestand holders
undertake in just one day.’
‘Our local farm machinery
dealerships are the cornerstone
to YAMS. They have all, without
question, made this a ‘must-at-
tend’ event.’
Such has been YAMS’ spectac-
ular success the show hit a new
record of 230 tradestands last
year and by late November 2019
Richard is already on course to
top that figure for year seven.
‘As well as being a show where
business is done, YAMS has also
become one of the biggest social
events of the farming calendar
in Yorkshire during the early
part of the year. We make every
effort to ensure it is easy to get
in on the day with a free shuttle
bus service running every 15
minutes from the Grimston Bar
Park & Ride where everyone can
park for free. The bus takes just
five minutes to get visitors on the
showground.’
YAMS takes
place at York
Auction Centre
on Wednesday
5 February.