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Successes in agriculture and champion cattle, cheese, pigeons and forestry were recognised on day two of the Great Yorkshire Show.Spectators were treated to the stunt riding of Lorenzo in the main ring and Adam Henson’s chat show returned to the GYS stage.The day also saw the supreme pigeon award presented to a Chinese Owl from Huworth.
The third national cattle championship at the show, the British Charolais, went to a two-year-old heifer, Marne Sweetpea, owned by Robert Tremayne and Nicola Osgood of Kent.
Day two also saw the inaugural farmland curlew award developed by the
Yorkshire Agricultural Society and
Nidderdale AONB to reward famers who make a significant contribution to curlew conservation -- won by two Cumbrian beef and sheep farmers.
Future Farmers also had their flagship annual get-together and held a panel-led discussion.
York Community Woodland, owned by
City of York Council and tenanted by
Forestry England, took home the John Broddy trophy for the best new woodland in Yorkshire awarded by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society,
Royal Forestry Society and
Forestry Commission.
Tickets for the show have now sold out and will not be available on the gate. The opening times are 8am to 6pm on all four days. To see what is happening on which day, visit here.Take a look at the gallery below to catch up on today's highlights.
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