BUS INE S S ON THE FARM
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ON THE FARM WITH RICH AT RISBURY
Each month Richard Thomas will join us to talk about life on his family farm in North Herefordshire, where they farm beef, sheep, arable and apples. Their ethos is to try to farm in a more regenerative style for the benefit of future generations.
A wet day in late September was the scene for Herefordshire Young Farmer’s Ploughing Match, but despite the weather and some other local matches being cancelled, it was a really good day.
The competition took place in the south of the county in Harewood End, by kind permission of Mr John Williams and family. The county is split into club areas and on this occasion, we were in Welsh Newton Young Farmers Club territory. The club have always been strong at the ploughing match and that they were overall winners on the day, was especially pleasing on home turf!
Anyone familiar with the soil type around the Ross on Wye area of south Hereford will know that the generally light and relatively free draining soil is quite forgiving. Testament to that and the work of the young ploughmen and women, the competition went ahead, all the ploughing was pretty good.
Tractors many and varied, old and new, conventional ploughs and reversible, the plots were all tidy and everyone can be
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proud of their efforts. There was also the traditional staged competitions and a few newer ones too. The ploughing itself was hotly contested and two clubs were very tight to win the ploughing trophy. Welsh Newton YFC beat Allensmore YFC to win by only six points! Credit to the hard work of all those involved.
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