Event Date
1st May to 31st Jan 2025

Countryside Conservation Competition

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 2b Best Farm Autumn Conservation

Description:

A farm which, in the opionion of the judges, has done most to encourage conservation alongside a successful commercial activity. Conservation will be taken to include flora and fauna but consideration will also be given to landscape and historical interests. APPROX. ACREAGE OF FARM MUST BE STATED WITH ENTRY.

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Livestock Competitions

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 6a Best Yard of Cattle Up To 15 Months

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 6b Best Yard of Cattle Over 15 Months

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Field Work

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 18a Drilling (with GPS) Competition for Winter Cereals

Description:

Whole field to be judged with a minimum of 5 acres. The name of drill operator to be stated when entering. This class may be judged in sectors or combinations of sectors, if warranted by the number of entries. The use of GPS to be declared when entering.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick and TALLIS AMOS FARM MACHINERYLTD, Hinton on the Green

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 18b Drilling (non GPS) Competition for Winter Cereals

Description:

Whole field to be judged with a minimum of 5 acres. The name of drill operator to be stated when entering. This class may be judged in sectors or combinations of sectors, if warranted by the number of entries.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick and TALLIS AMOS FARM MACHINERYLTD, Hinton on the Green

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 19 Best Ploughed Field

Description:

To be judged late January/ early February. Criteria of Judge. Whole field to be judged with a minimum of 5 acres. The use of GPS to be declared when entering and class will be split for judging accordingly.

Kindly Sponsored By: A.D. Brain & Son, Broadway


Price: £5.00

Game/Wild Bird Cover

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 21a Game Bird Cover Crop

Description:

One entry per class per holding. Crops may be entered in both classes.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 21b Wild Bird Cover Crop

Description:

One entry per class per holding. Crops may be entered in both classes.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Root Crops

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 22 Crop of Ware Potatoes (White)

Description:

Classes 21 and 22 will be merged if insufficient entries

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 23 Crop of Ware Potatoes (Coloured)

Description:

Classes 21 and 22 will be merged if insufficient entries

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 24 Sample Quality Potatoes

Description:

A Sample, weighing 5lbs, will be judged for appearance, cooking and eating.

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 25 Best Fodder Crop

Description:

Kale, swedes, turnips, fodder beet and mangolds. Exhibitors to state the species of roots to be judged; if there are sufficent entries of one particular root crop, the class will be split.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 26 Best Catch Crop of Stubble Turnips

Description:

Planted after a crop harvested in the same season.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Malting Barley

Fodder Event - Dec 2024 (date and location TBC)
Mr Phillip Smith (Judge)
Class: 27 Best Sample of Malting Barley

Description:

All Malting Barley varieties are welcome. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: A A BULLOCK AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS, Bourton-on-the-Water

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

In-Store Wheat

Fodder Event - Dec 2024 (date and location TBC)
Mr Phillip Smith (Judge)
Class: 28a Best Sample of Stored Milling Wheat

Description:

Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick

www.westernarable.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 28b Best Sample of Stored Other Wheat

Description:

Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick

www.westernarable.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Silage and Hay

Fodder Event - Dec 2024 (date and location TBC)
Mr Phillip Smith (Judge)
Class: 29a Grass Silage Clamp

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 29b Maize Silage Clamp

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 29c Big Bale Silage

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 29d Big Bale Haylage

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 30a Seed Hay

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 30b Meadow Hay

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 31 Cereal Straw

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: OPENFIELD LTD

www.openfield.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Invention/Adaption Competition

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 32 Invention / Adaption Competition

Description:

For the best farm invention/adaption designed and/or constructed by any members or their staff. This includes hand tools, machinery and adaptions to fixed equipment and machinery, large or small. Entries must relate to the working within the farming environment. Previous winning inventions/designs cannot be re-entered the following year.

Kindly Sponsored By: PETER J MALCOLM AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

John Gadsby Farm Boundaries Competition

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 33a Best Section of Boundary Hedge

Description:

To be judged on the section of hedge, 11 yards (1/2 chain) in length; to have been newly cut and laid within the last 12 months.

Kindly Sponsored By: JOHN GADSBY ESQ, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 33b Best section of Machine Trimmed Hedge

Description:

To be judged on the section of machine trimmed hedge, 100 yards in length. The quality of the trim will be judged, not the species mix or health of hedge.

Kindly Sponsored By: JOHN GADSBY ESQ, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 33c Best Section of Boundary Wall

Description:

To be judged on the continuous section of wall, 11 yards (1/2 chain) in length, to have been newly constructed or repaired during the last 12 months.

Kindly Sponsored By: JOHN GADSBY ESQ, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Best Managed Grain Store

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 34 Best Managed Grain Store

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00