Society invests £500k to improve show car parking

GETTING READY: Nigel Pulling, left, chief executive of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, and Bill Cowling, Great Yorkshire Show director, with the Sumo sub-soiler which is improving car parking at the show

4:01pm Friday 10th May 2013

AN EXTRA £500,000 is being spent on improving and increasing the parking for this year’s Great Yorkshire Show.

Entries flooding in for Great Yorkshire Show

4:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

ENTRIES for the livestock classes at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show are flooding in as deadlines rapidly approach.

Pig farmer scoops student award

CONGRATULATIONS: Tony Wright (right) receives his Student of the Year award from course leader Alistair Gibb

3:58pm Friday 10th May 2013

INSPIRATIONAL pig farm manager Tony Wright was presented with a special Student of the Year award at the final session of the Bpex Professional Managers Development Scheme.

Day showcases wind turbine success story

NEW REVENUE: James Weightman with some of his Blondes and the wind turbine

3:48pm Friday 10th May 2013

WELL-KNOWN farmer and cattle breeder James Weightman not only sells his homegrown Blonde D’Aquitaine bulls all over the UK – he’s now selling home-grown electricity too.

Practical advice on grazing in wet conditions

4:03pm Friday 10th May 2013

A FARM event in Swaledale on Monday night will look at grazing and the problems caused by wet weather.

NFU joins coalition fighting against CAP plans

4:02pm Friday 10th May 2013

THE NFU has joined a coalition of European farmers’ organisations to fight against CAP proposals that could result in significant reductions to farmers’ direct payments.

Matt steps down as president

3:59pm Friday 10th May 2013

TELEVISION presenter Matt Baker has stepped down as president of the National Federation of Young Farmers.

Top college’s course available in NE

EDUCATION: Nicky Broadbent, manager of the Animal Management Centre at Askham Bryan College with a Madagascar Tenrec hedgehog

3:01pm Friday 3rd May 2013

YORK-based Askham Bryan College has announced a new partnership with Newcastle College.

Figures show farm incomes fall by £737m

3:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

FARM incomes plunged by £737m(14per cent)in2012 as the UK’s second wettest year ever took its toll.

Crime commissioner to meet farmers

2:58pm Friday 3rd May 2013

JULIA Mulligan, North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, will be guest speaker at a North East NFU meeting at the Golden FleeceHotel inThirsk, on Monday, May 13, at 7pm.








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