New president for Gillingham and Shaftesbury Agricultural Society
British farmer and political campaigner Baroness Minette Batters has been announced as the new president of the society.
British farmer and political campaigner Baroness Minette Batters has been announced as the new president of the society.
MP Vikki Slade has called on the government to scrap the so-called “family farm tax” on farms in Mid Dorset and North Poole.
15 youngsters from Dorset have been awarded grants from the organisers of the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show to help them work in agriculture.
With future imports of wheat from Russia and Ukraine in question, the Society for Poole wants a ban on agricultural land development.
Two Dorset companies are to launch pioneering trials that will see Dorset become a world-leader in agri-tech.
Dorchester Agricultural Society announced livestock commentator and agricultural consultant Will Hyde as the Dorset County Show secretary.