Sheep Flock Competitions

Entries close 28th May 2024
Judging to take place on 3rd - 7th June 2024
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 1 Best Commercial Sheep Flock (Large)

Price: £5.00
Class: 2 Best Commercial Sheep Flock (Small)

Price: £5.00

Dairy Herds Competitions

Entries Close 28th May 2024
Judging to take place 3rd - 7th June 2024
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 3 Dairy Herd, Any Breed

Description:

Restricted to within 25 mile radius from Newbury Corn Exchange or having a Berkshire address.


Price: £5.00

Beef Units Competition

Entries Close 28th May 2024
Judging to take place 3rd - 7th June 2024

Points to be awarded as follows: Quality of Cattle 60 Management 40
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 4 Commercial Beef Unit (Any Beef System)

Description:

Restricted to within 25 mile radius from Newbury Corn Exchange or having a Berkshire address.


Advanced Entries: £5.00
Standard Entries: £0.20
Class: 5 Pedigree Beef Unit (Any Beef System)

Description:

Restricted to within 25 mile radius from Newbury Corn Exchange or having a Berkshire address.


Advanced Entries: £5.00
Standard Entries: £0.20

Best Farmed Farms

Entries Close 28th May 2024
Judging to take place 19th / 20thJune 2024
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 6 Best Farmed Farm (Large)

Price: £15.00
Class: 7 Best Farmed Farm (Medium)

Price: £15.00
Class: 8 Best Farmed Farm (Small)

Price: £15.00

Acreage Classes - Grassland and Ley

Entries Close 28th May 2024
Judging to take place 3rd - 7th June 2024

Judging to take into account the following factors:
Grazing management; Conservation; Grass Production in relation to policy; Stocking Density; Fertilizer Policy.
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 10 Grassland (long term or perm)

Description:

Long term ley or permanent pasture not less than 2 hectares


Price: £5.00
Class: 11 One or two year Ley

Description:

Not less than 2 hectares


Price: £5.00

Acreage Classes - Corn

Entries Close:
28th May 2024 for classes 12 - 22
9th August 2024 for classes 23 & 24
Judging to take place:
17th / 18th June 2024 for classes 12 - 22
7th September 2024 for class 23
22nd August 2024 for class 24
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 12 Winter Wheat Variety

Price: £5.00
Class: 13 Spring Wheat Variety

Description:

Sown on or after Jan 1st


Price: £5.00
Class: 14 Oats

Price: £5.00
Class: 15 Winter Barley

Price: £5.00
Class: 16 Spring Barley

Price: £5.00
Class: 17 Winter Oil Seed Rape

Description:

Not less than 4 hectares (the whole field to be taken into consideration).


Price: £5.00
Class: 18 Spring Oil Seed Rape

Description:

Not less than 4 hectares (the whole field to be taken into consideration).


Price: £5.00
Class: 19 Peas

Description:

Not less than 4 hectares (the whole field to be taken into consideration).


Price: £5.00
Class: 20 Winter Beans

Description:

Not less than 4 hectares (the whole field to be taken into consideration).


Price: £5.00
Class: 21 Spring Beans

Description:

Not less than 4 hectares (the whole field to be taken into consideration).


Price: £5.00
Class: 22 Linseed

Description:

Not less than 4 hectares (the whole field to be taken into consideration).


Price: £5.00
Class: 23 Maize

Description:

Not less than 5 acres.


Price: £5.00
Class: 24 Game Cover and Conservation Mix

Description:

To include a selection of Game Cover Crops on the farm. Points will be awarded for site, content and evenness.


Price: £5.00

Threshed Corn

Entries close 9th August 2024
Judging to take place 21st September 2024

All corn must come direct from exhibitor's farm business
No competitor to take more than one prize in any class from the same farm, unless of a different variety
Crops to have been grown by each competitor in and harvested in the 2024 season
A numbered label (which will be supplied by the Society) must be attached to each bag of corn and must show variety on reverse
All corn to be shown in bags which will be supplied by the Society
The sample bag of corn to be taken from stored crop lots consisting of not less than 5 tonnes
Each exhibitor to be named on entry form
ALL MUST CONTAIN MINIMUM OF 5KGS AND NEW ENTRIES MAY BE WEIGHED ON THE SHOWGROUND. ALL CORN, EXCEPT RAPE SEED, BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF THE SOCIETY. SHOULD AN EXHIBITOR WISH TO RECLAIM THEIR CORN THEY MAY DO SO AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SOCIETY
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 25 Sack of Winter Wheat (Milling)

Description:

Must be a recognised milling wheat variety


Price: £0.00
Class: 26 Sack of Winter Whead (Feed)

Description:

Must be a recognised feed wheat variety


Price: £0.00
Class: 27 Sack of Spring Wheat

Price: £0.00
Class: 28 Sack of Malting Barley (Winter)

Price: £0.00
Class: 29 Sack of Malting Barley (Spring)

Price: £0.00
Class: 30 Sack of Feeding Barley

Price: £0.00
Class: 31 Sack of Oats (any variety)

Price: £0.00
Class: 32 Sack of Threshed Peas

Price: £0.00
Class: 33 Sack of Threshed Beans

Price: £0.00
Class: 34 Sack of Rape

Price: £0.00

Conserved Forage

Entries close 9th August 2024
Judging to take place 21st September 2024
On Farm
Glos Fruit Root & Grain (Judge)
Class: 35 Half Bale of Hay

Description:

Not less than 12kgs weight, made from one or two year ley


Price: £0.00
Class: 36 Half Bale of Hay

Description:

Not less than 12kgs in weight, made from long ley


Price: £0.00
Class: 37 Grass Silage

Description:

Not more than one entry cut per farm. A fresh sample of 2 - 3 kg to be delivered to the Produce Tent at the Showground in good time for judging. Each sample to be accompanied by details as follows - cut number and method of harvesting; grass type; how stored (wrap or bag); type and rate of additive use.


Price: £0.00
Class: 38 Haylage

Description:

Not more than one entry cut per farm. A fresh sample of 2 - 3 kg to be delivered to the Produce Tent at the Showground in good time for judging. Each sample to be accompanied by details as follows - cut number and method of harvesting; grass type; how stored (wrap or bag); type and rate of additive use.


Price: £0.00
Class: 39 Two Stalks of Maize

Description:

to include root, to be picked from the same field from the 2024 growing crop


Price: £0.00