Category: Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show

Now more than ever we need to support our local farmers and producers

Grown • Produced • Caught • Reared • Brewed • Crafted • Cooked Are you concerned about the integrity of food labelling?Do you believe that...

Good barley, bad supermarkets and a very bad £100,000 tractor bill

Dorset NFU county chairman George Hosford gives show visitors an insight to the life of a modern farmer with his July farm diary Our winter...

Who’s got the best buns?

Hop-timistic owners bring their ear-resistable rabbits to the show – Rachael Rowe has been speaking to rabbit judge Peter Huntley ‘Now, where do I start?’Peter...

It’s a scramble for the best egg

How do you spot a good egg? Rachael Rowe has been speaking to judge Paul Tory to find out what makes some eggs hard...

The world of showing cattle

One of the most competitive places on the Turnpike Showground is the cattle showing ring – Andrew Livingston explains why It may seem strange to...

BV Dairy, looking after the cows

The best quality milk comes from local, healthy and happy cows, believes the third generation dairy in Shaftesbury BV Dairy was established in 1958 and...

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Honeysuckle; born in the Blackmore Vale, ridden by Blackmore to win the Champion Hurdle

“I sold her for just over 8,000 sterling – and then she won her first time out, and was sold again for £110,000!” Rachael Blackmore...

The Attention Economy: How Digital Industries Compete for Your Free Time

Nothing online seems to cost much any more, yet the companies giving it away are worth more than ever. That contradiction has a straightforward...

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