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Jul
Harrogate's Great Yorkshire Show: Day 2 round-up
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Cattle fans were treated to the rare sight of a cow with triplet calves at foot on the second day of the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate.
The Barlow brothers’ Simmental Denizes Trixie-Bell 16 has three heifer calves in a one in 800,000 chance. She went on to take the breed championship.
A 200-strong audience for the Future Farmers of Yorkshire breakfast meeting heard a panel discuss how farmers can drive profitability amid industry changes.
Baroness Minette Batters, the former NFU president leading a DEFRA report on farming profitability, was among the high-profile speakers. She said the report’s recommendations needed to be “politically bullet proof” if the report is to truly deliver for farmers.
Shadow farming and rural affairs minister Robbie Moore said food security must be “installed at the heart of government”.
Other political visitors included West Yorkshire's Labour mayor Tracy Brabin, York Council leader Councillor Claire Douglas and East Riding of Yorkshire council leader Cllr Anne Handley.
Today’s show underlined just how varied our programme is, from traditional livestock classes, where we were honoured to host two national championships, to the school veg box competition which we run as part of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s charitable activities programme to educate primary school children about how our food is grown.
We also learned about the best practices in farm conservation and environmental initiatives through the Tye Trophy and saw how forestry and agricultural work together to enhance the environment with the John Boddy Trophy.
Champion Simmental with three heifers.
Livestock champions
In the livestock rings, two more national championships were decided for Charolais cattle and Kerry Hill sheep. The Charolais title went to Miss E Pendlebury’s heifer, Jessops Ugogirl, with Mrs M Alfords bull, Hollywell Unclebob, in reserve. The Kerry Hill champion was Mr W Awan’s ram, with Mrs A Wilson’s ewe shearling in reserve.
The best goat in the show, a British Saanan goat named Wensleydale Silver and owned by Emily Turner, of Wensleydale, took the supreme champion.
In the cheese and dairy section, the Judy Bell Memorial Trophy for the supreme champion cheese went to Roger Longman’s Shilling goats’ cheese.
The David Hartley Memorial Trophy for the supreme champion dairy entry went to farmer-owned dairy co-operative South Caernarfon Creameries and their Welsh salted butter.
Tye Trophy winner Colin Price of Long Bank Farm, Keasden, near Clapham, North Yorkshire.
Some of the best farms across the north of England competed for the Tye Trophy, which recognises the contribution of farmers to conservation and environmental improvement.
Forestry was covered with the presentation of the John Boddy trophy for woodland management in Yorkshire. The 2025 title went to RegenFarmCo of Timble, North Yorkshire.
Show director Rachel Coates said:
The 166th Great Yorkshire Show is being held from Tuesday to Friday this week at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.
A total of 140,000 visitors will attend the celebration of farming, food and the countryside.
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