From Defra visits to a world cattle conference, an opening day deluge and a goodbye – this year’s Great Yorkshire Show made its 165th event another to remember for the 140,000 visitors this year.
The gates for day one of the 2024 show opened along with the heavens as the rain poured in torrents all day long but it did not dampen spirits. Visitors donned raincoats, ponchos and umbrellas and Charles Mills, Show Director for the last nine years with this being his last one, said “the show will go on”. Among major conferences opening the show were from the National Farmers’ Union and the Country Land and Business Association .
' The Archbishop, speaking on the importance of food security and easing food miles, also acknowledged some of the challenges that farming families faced. 'There can be, in rural and farming societies, a lot of isolation, there is a lot of often hidden rural poverty,' he said. 'If crops fail, that can result in real hardship. 'The rain that we have had this year in particular has caused real difficulties. Nevertheless, farmers are tenacious and resilient people.
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