11/07/24 - The Great Yorkshire Show

Farming Today

English - July 11, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
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Previous Episode: 10/07/2024: Great Yorkshire Show; Coughing pigs; AI weather forecasting

Next Episode: 12/07/2024: Welsh farm payments, Michael Mosley a tribute, Lab-grown meat, AI in ecosystems

The 165th Great Yorkshire Show takes place this week just outside Harrogate. There are 35,000 people due to attend on each day and 8,500 livestock entries taking to the show rings.

Anna Hill meets some of the people showing their pigs, learns about different breeds of pigeon and attends the Battle of the Butchers. She also meets the new DEFRA Secretary, Steve Reed - whose attending the show on his first outing since taking on the job.

Presented by Anna Hill
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons