Get the Weekly Farming Roundup, free in your inbox every week. Subscribe

Menu

News categories

About

Our magazines

Events

Displays of traditional farming to wow the crowds

News, Events

Displays of traditional farming to wow the crowds
Back to News

Thousands of families are expected to flock to Marden this weekend for the British National Ploughing Championship, Yourmaidstone reports.

More than 15,000 people are expected to attend the two-day championship and country festival in the village near Maidstone.

They will see top ploughmen from throughout Britain compete for the national title and the chance to represent their country in the 2009 World Ploughing Contest in Slovenia.

Only one plough-woman is taking part this year, 17-year-old Debbie Watson from Hallington, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

The week in UK farming, in one email

Join the Weekly Farming Roundup.