Kaspar Nero, the Cotswold ram, was on his best behaviour as farmers gathered at St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church in Long Compton to celebrate an important date in the agricultural calendar.Organised by the Moreton-in-Marsh and District Agricultural & Horse Show Society, Plough Sunday is a traditional occasion with origins dating back to medieval times. The start of the 2019 farming cycle was marked with a plough, a milk churn and Kaspar Nero blessed by the Revd Stuart Allen.Steve Parkes, who shows Cotswold sheep and brought Kaspar Nero to the church, said: ‘It’s quite an honour to bring a s..

Television and radio presenter, Sybil Ruscoe is the guest speaker at a special dinner next month to celebrate 70 years of the Moreton Show.The dinner, on Saturday, February 2, at the Frogmill Hotel at Shipton Oliffe near Andoversford, is being held to mark 70 years since the formation of the Moreton-in-Marsh and District Agricultural and Horse Show Society and the first staging of the Moreton Show in 1949.Tickets, priced at £45, are available for the 70th Anniversary Dinner by calling the Moreton Show office on 01608 651908 or emailing secretary@moretonshow.co.uk.The first Moreton Show was the..

Cotswolds farmers came together to show off the results of their summer cultivation skills at the Moreton Show Fodder Crops and Cereals competition, sponsored by Tayler & Fletcher.  Competition was fierce as the hay, straw and silage was displayed at The Fox Inn in Broadwell in readiness for the two judges, Philip Smith from the grain and seed merchants, Western Arable and John Burcher, an Arlingham farmer and a former chairman of the Gloucestershire Fruit and Grain Society. Philip Smith said: ‘This competition is a great opportunity for local farmers to get together but they are always ve..

  The Olympic dressage gold medallist, Carl Hester enjoyed a nostalgic return to the Moreton Show, describing the experience as ‘a heavenly day out.’   The Forest of Dean-based Hester was at the show on Saturday (September 1) to judge the Supreme Horse and Pony, only days before he flies out to the United States to represent Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games.   He said: ‘It’s 32 years since I last came to Moreton Show so it’s pretty amazing to be back here. There’s something very special about a show like this. If you love animals and you love the countryside, this is ..