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Pauline came out as oreall winners with their first cut silage entry, made on the May 20th last year and with Pioneer 1188 inoculant being used.


second cut silage classes - Andrew Ayrton of Eastby, near Skipton;


won the wholecrop class, while Colin Booth, of Feizor, near Set­ tle, won the second cut silage entry and big bale silage class. Runners-up were; first cut and


The Newsholme couple also


sections - first cut silage, second silage, big bale silage and whole- crop.^ It was judged in two sec-' tions, one for analytical/nutrient content and the other on visual as­ sessment. Following that analysis, shortlisted farms where visited by the judges. Dairy farmers David and


fiercely fought, attracting the high-, est number of entries for a decade. The event was split into four


further than David and Pauline Newbould, of Newsholme, win­ ners of this year’s Craven Grass­ land Society forage competition. . ' This year’s competition was


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PRIME: James Farrington (right) with his March prime lamb judge George Cropper who bought them on behalf of Huntley’s


SUPER GRASS: Newsholme dairy farmer David Newbould receiv^ the 2013 Craven Grassland Society’s trophy from Emma Penny, editor of The Farmers Guardian.


big bale silage class - Neil Ban­ croft, of West Marton; wholecrop class - Philip Ormerod, of West Marton.


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hay due to last summer’s appall­ ing weather and this year’s grass­ land competition was sponsored by Thompson Feeds, of York, who analysed all the samples.


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FOX Farms, of Withgill, Clithe- roe, presented the reserve cham­ pion 42kg pen of five Beltex prime iambs at CCM Skipton’s March show.


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