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Moreton Show may be cancelled for this year but the man heading preparations for 2021 has insisted that everything is being done to make sure that one of the country’s biggest one-day agricultural shows will be back.Moreton Show should be happening on Saturday, September 5 but, like every other major event in this country, it is not being held because of the Coronavirus. Tom Hayman-Joyce, the local estate agent who takes over from Ed Hicks as Moreton Show chairman for the next two years, said: ‘The decision was made to cancel this year’s show back in June and events have proved us right. ..

Moreton Show has launched an online fancy dress competition for children this summer.The show is looking for the ‘Best Dressed Young Farmer’ and the winner will receive a Family Ticket to Moreton Show 2021.Moreton Show’s Rose Smith said: ‘We’re so sad that we had to cancel this year’s show because of the Covid-19 pandemic but we decided we’d still like to have some fun for the children.‘The next generation is important to the future of Moreton Show.  Over the next few weeks, we’re staging some fun competitions so that children can still enjoy themselves with Moreton Show.’The show is look..

When the warning bells about COVID-19 were first sounded back in January, few, if anyone in the north Cotswolds thought for one moment that the ramifications would affect the area’s premier agricultural show scheduled for the first Saturday in September. It was surely too far away.Like every other public event of any size, however, Moreton Show accepted its fate in early June and took the difficult decision to call a halt to all its preparations. It meant that, for only the fourth time in its proud history, Moreton Show would not be taking place.Previously, it was foot-and-mouth disease in 195..

We really sad to announce that Moreton Show has been cancelled for 2020 because of the global Coronavirus pandemic. Organisers of the show, which would have taken place on Saturday, September 5th, have taken the decision to protect public safety.Moreton Show Chairman, Ed Hicks said: ‘It is heartbreaking for everyone involved to be cancelling Moreton Show because so many people put so much time into making it one of the biggest one-day agricultural shows in the country. Above everything else, however, we must ensure the safety of everyone involved. This includes our visitors, the exhibitor..

Local food producers will get a big boost at this year’s Moreton Show, with most food and drink stands around the showground coming from caterers based within a 20-mile radius of the showground. In another move backing local food, the Warner’s Budgens Cotswold Food Market will offer local food sellers – who are based within 20 miles of the show - a 25 per cent discount on the price of a stand. A pitch in the popular food marquee will cost as little as £113, plus VAT, for producers from the local area. This year’s Moreton Show is on Saturday, September 5th and Events Coordinator, Meli..

The talk may have been of winter storms and incessant rain but farmers at the Moreton Show Farms and Crops Presentation Evening were more than happy to look ahead with optimism. More than 120 people gathered for this annual presentation of trophies and certificates, sponsored by Knight Frank and the mood at the Fosseway Garden Centre near Moreton-in- Marsh was upbeat. Rose Smith, chair of Moreton Show’s Farms and Crops Committee told her audience that she was proud to be part of the farming community. ‘Farmers in the Cotswolds are a resolute, creative and determined bunch who can rise to ..

The Rev Roger Simpson and Kespar Quiver, a prize-winning Cotswold ram both made their Moreton Show Plough Sunday debuts at St Denys Church, Little Compton.Rev Simpson admitted afterwards that he had greatly enjoyed the occasion while the two year-old ram was on his best behaviour throughout the one-hour service - even joining in the singing with one or two bleats. Plough Sunday dates back to medieval times and sees the blessing of farm machinery, livestock and all the people who work in farming.This was the 30th Plough Sunday service organised by the Moreton Show Society, which ..

 Membership of Moreton Show is growing as more people back British farming and show their enthusiasm for the British countryside. For 2020, the Moreton Show team is planning extra offers for members and exclusive access to special events throughout the year. Membership of the show has grown from around 800 five years ago to around 1400 last year, as the show celebrated its 70th anniversary. At this year’s show, on Saturday, September 5th, members will have access to the Butler Sherborn Members’ Marquee, free parking in a special members’ area and preferential viewing of the..

The talk was of wet weather and drilling delays as Cotswold farmers gathered to show off the results of their skills at the Moreton Show Fodder Crops and Cereals competition, sponsored by Tayler & Fletcher.   It was a difficult autumn for farmers after bad weather disrupted autumn planting but on an unusually fine day in Broadwell, near Moreton in Marsh, there was plenty of hay, straw, silage and malting barley on show at The Fox Inn for the judges, Philip Smith from the Cheltenham-based grain merchants, Western Arable and local dairy farmer, David Wall.Philip Smith said: ‘F..

Two of Moreton Show’s former long-serving secretaries led the way in planting 30 trees and 60 hedge plants on the showground at Old Farm on the Batsford Estate. Georgina Attwood – known to everyone as Babs – was Moreton Show secretary between 1970 and 1995 and Tim Gardner, who took over the role until 2010, are pictured with members of the Moreton Show team, planting trees on the Farmtastic area of the showground.  The trees, including Silver Birch and Hazel, have been donated by the Woodland Trust as part of a nationwide tree planting scheme.  Next year’s Moreton..

Moreton Show celebrated its 70th anniversary with record entries, rising standards and an exceptional showcase of livestock and horses from the next generation of young farmers and exhibitors. In every section on the 165-acre showground, it was notable that youngsters were getting involved in showing livestock, exhibiting arts and crafts and enjoying what this one-day agricultural show had to offer.  On a day when large crowds flocked to the Batsford Estate on the edge of Moreton-in-Marsh, events in the main arena came to a spectacular conclusion with one of the biggest Gra..

A sixth generation of a Cotswold family will be showing sheep at Saturday’s 70th anniversary Moreton Show.At just two years-old and resplendent in his own white coat and flat cap, young Henry will accompany his grandad, Tom Stayt into the big arena in front of the Members’ Marquee for the Grand Parade. For Tom, it will be a proud moment at the end of a day in which he hopes his white-faced, biscuit colour-dyed Berrichon sheep will have picked up a few rosettes.Tom, 56, manages his prize-winning Statesman flock of British Berrichons with his partner, Donna Wallis in Church Westcote, where his f..

Ed Hicks, the chairman of Moreton Show, has called on shoppers to back British farming. Speaking ahead of this year’s show on Saturday, September 7, Ed Hicks, who farms at Barton-on-the-Heath, said: ‘Our farmers produce some of the best food in the world, from our Cotswold lamb and beef to Gloucestershire cheese and dairy produce.  ‘As we prepare for our Moreton Show, we’re facing a critical time for British farming.  With Brexit on the horizon this autumn - deal or no-deal – we could see a new agricultural revolution.  Farmers are ready for the challenge but we also n..

A wet June and a sunny start to July has created perfect conditions for the green-fingered growers heading for Moreton Show on Saturday, September 7th. The Home and Garden marquee bursts with colour every year as growers from across the Cotswolds compete to win trophies for the best fruit, vegetables, flower arranging, art and craft. The floral classes include competitions for roses, dahlias, chrysanthemums and many other blooms.   One of the highlights is the Sybil Limbrick Cup, awarded to the top entry from a family who produce the best three feet-wide display on a theme ..