The show must go on, so the saying goes, and it certainly did as the 165th Great Yorkshire Show got underway despite torrential rain.
They donned some Yorkshire grit – as well as wellies and umbrellas – and poured through the gates early yesterday morning. Charles Mills, who takes his role as show director for the last time this year, said: “The ground conditions are excellent, yes the weather is wet but people are resilient,' he said. 'We get a coat; we get on with it.'From a farming perspective, this is some of the best livestock from anywhere in the country.
'Economic growth can only be delivered if we have a thriving farming sector,' he said. 'I'd like a period of stability.'And speaking to The Yorkshire Post afterwards, he added: 'Nobody should overlook the value of food and farming to the Yorkshire economy.
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