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A leading agricultural show is set to return – but not in the usual format.
The annual Cumberland Show in its usual format for 2021 was postponed earlier in the year. Despite the best efforts of organisers, current COVID-19 restrictions have made even a smaller full-scale event “not practical”.
The Cumberland Agricultural Society will instead hold The Cumberland Agricultural Society Equine Event at East Park, Brisco on June 12. This will be a competitor only event.
The show will be dedicated to the society’s equine secretary, who lost her life to cancer earlier this year. The society said “our competitors, judges, stewards,
A NEW date has been set for the inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards. It had been planned to hold the much-anticipated event in the spring, but Covid-19 has led to the decision to move the event to a new date this autumn. Entries for the 12 categories will now be reopened until May 4. Alongside farming’s core sectors - dairy, beef, sheep and machinery - there is also a celebration of talented youngsters coming into the industry. The search to find the county’s farming unsung heroes is organised by Newsquest Cumbria in partnership with Carlisle-based business advisers and accountants Armstrong Watson.
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