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Competition is fierce but friendly at show

3:27pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

Cheriton Fitzpaine and District ploughing association is holding it’s 65th Ploughing Match and Competitions in the autumn.

Ploughing match

3:12pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

South Dartmoor Group of Young Farmers’ Clubs hold their annual field day and ploughing match at Lyneham Estate, Treeby Farm, Plympton, on September 12.

Annual show is ‘must visit day out’

Nick Hill, who won the Pedigree Championship at Frome Show 2009 with his heifer Quaish Cheeky. Left, Mole Valley Farmers’ Alex Taylor, cattle judge Tim Walwin and Tony Page,  chairman of the show’s cattle committee

2:58pm Tuesday 3rd August 2010

FROME'S annual Agricultural and Cheese Show has become a major “must visit this great day out” family attraction and is still a very firm date in the diary of farmers right across the region.

Free Family Day Out on Devon Farm

2:21pm Tuesday 3rd August 2010

LOTS of sheep, sheep dogs, shearers and shepherds will be making the entertainment at a Devon farm on Sunday, August 15.

Showcase for farming

4:26pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

THE Melplash Agricultural Show takes place this year at the Showground, West Bay, Bridport, on Thursday August 26.

Growers show top horticultural event

4:08pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

THIS year’s South West Growers Show looks set to be crowned as the region’s top horticulture event.

Growers group visits zoo

3:50pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

AS part of their summer programme the South West Growers Group visited Paignton Zoo for a private, behind the scenes tour with Kevin Frediani, curator of the attraction’s plants and gardens.

Preparing for Stithians

3:00pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

PLANS are well advanced for the largest one day country show in the South West. Stithians show is being held on July 12 and again promises to be a great day out for everyone.

Quality cattle on display

2:56pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

The new Beef South West event will take place at Exeter Livestock Centre, Devon on Wednesday, September 29, on a wave of renewed optimism for British beef. Organised by the National Beef Association South West, this dynamic one day event will showcase the breadth and depth of quality breeding and production, with the focus on profit and performance.

Wind farming in spotlight

3:48pm Tuesday 8th June 2010

THE Farm Carbon-cutting Toolkit cic (FCCT) is organising an all-day farmer to farmer event, at Westmill Wind Farm, near Swindon, on Thursday, June 10, to explore how to reduce farm greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy resilience and add to business performance.









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