CONTENTS 3
• JUN/JUL 2019
20 THE GREAT YORKSHIRE
SHOW PREVIEW
From cutting edge farming equipment
and machinery to displays from big name
brands - we take a look at what’s on offer
at the 161st Great Yorkshire Show.
26 SPECIALIST POWER PROVIDERS
TO THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
Yorkshire Generators Ltd - giving you
power to run when others grind to a halt.
30 FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE
OF SHEEP FARMING
20
For the first time in six years, the sheep
industry descended on Yorkshire for its
bi-annual event - NSA North Sheep.
26
40 MAINTAINING AND CONTINUING
THE DAWSON LINE
Chris Berry visits Bleak Bank Farm to talk
with John and William Dawson about their
cow and sheep enterprise.
46 FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS
40
46
Convenience has become a very public
part of life at Cot Nab Farm. Chris Berry
talks with Mark and Lisa Megginson to find
out more.
52 FIRST CLASS MEAT - FIRST
CLASS ANGUS BEEF
Chris Berry talks with Stephen and James
Knox about their passion for cattle and the
Yorkshire Dales Meat Company.
30
58 SUN SHINES ON OPEN
FARM SUNDAY
58
Chris Berry talks with the Banks family
about one of the countryside’s most
important annual events.
64 SUCCESS, GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT
2019 has got off to a great start and all is
now set for Ripon Farm Services’ next
chapter.
52
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