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JUN/JUL 2019 • farmers-mart.co.uk
Welcome back to
another issue of
The Farmers Mart,
the recent weather
hasn’t been great, but
it does look like we’re
about to have some much-needed
sun in July. Just in time for the
various shows around the country
including the Great Yorkshire Show.
WE feature a large preview of
the Great Yorkshire Show to
whet your appetite and give
you an insight of what to expect
at this year’s show. The Red
Shepherdess will be making
an appearance in the fashion
show. Many will recognise
Hannah from her appearance
in the BBC’s ‘Who Dares Wins’,
where she proved she has great
determination and grit. So, this
year she’ll be swapping the
hills and sheep for a turn on
the catwalk. Last year Princess
Anne attended the show, this
year Prince Andrew will be in
attendance.
This year’s show will host
the Longhorn Cattle Society’s
National Competition for the
first time and the motorbike
stunt riding team, The Bolddog
Lings, will entertain crowds in
the main ring. Hopefully the
traditionally impressive cattle
parade on Thursday will be
bathed in sunshine.
Also, in this issue we take a
look at some of the security
issues faced by many in the
farming community, especially
in regard to ATVs which are
regularly stolen from rural
premises. Also featured in the
section and on the back cover is
the unique new security barrier
from Triple Stop T with “Se-
cured by Design” approval.
We have a review of this
year’s very successful NSA
North Sheep show held at
Frankland’s farm in Rathmell.
Chris Berry has been busy
recently visiting several farms,
including Mark and Lisa
Megginson of Cot Nab farm
who have developed a special
events business supplying
weddings and festivals with ap-
propriate toilet facilities, which
complements their successful
arable operation.
Bishopton Vets are cur-
rently celebrating 75 years in
practice, serving the animals
of the local community. The
original practice was founded
by Ronald Wood in 1944 and
was located at Caxton Lodge
in Ripon. Although much
has changed in 75 years, the
emphasis on proactive pre-
ventative health planning and
innovative thinking have been
consistent themes at Bishop-
ton.
That’s all for now, do enjoy
the latest issue of The Farmers
Mart and the show season,
we’ll see you in September.
East Yorkshire poultry
business makes musical
donation in memory
of a colleague
The team at Middleton on the Wolds based Soanes Poultry
have made the first donation from a trust fund that was set
up in memory of a colleague. £500 was donated from the
Helen Bettley Memorial Fund to the North Yorkshire Music
Therapy Centre that uses interactive music making to help
people whose lives have been affected by illness or disability.
TECHNICAL Manager, Helen Bet-
tley passed away following surgery
last year and the fund was estab-
lished by colleagues and directors
of the business to raise money
in Helen’s memory for charitable
purposes.
One of the fund’s trustees, Mel-
anie Jackson, travelled to the Cen-
tre’s office outside Malton to hand
over the cheque. She said: “This
is the first time we have chosen
a recipient of a donation, and we
have chosen the Therapy Centre
because Helen lived in Malton and
was also very interested in music
as a pastime.
“We feel that our donation
would meet with Helen’s approval
and supports a cause that would
be important to her.”
One of the recipients of the
cheque was Laura Festa, Director
of Music Therapy at the Centre:
“Music therapy enables people of
all ages and abilities to commu-
nicate and express themselves
through music, voice, instruments
and music technology. It can
help people to build confidence,
develop social skills, improve
Editor, Jason.
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L to R Chris Deakin and Mel Jackson from Soanes Poultry
and Laura Festa and Kerry Metcalfe from NYMT
dexterity and process emotional
or psychological problems.
“As a registered charity, we rely
heavily on donations like the one
from the team at Soanes Poultry
and we are very grateful for their
support.”
Established in 1990, North York-
shire Music Therapy Centre counts
poet and musician Ian McMillan
and conductor and composer
Bramwell Tovey among its pa-
trons.
Soanes Poultry is a family owned
business which has been rearing
and preparing chicken since 1947.