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Welsh Auctioneer sought for award

8:00am Wednesday 18th January 2012

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s most prestigious prize, the Sir Bryner Jones Memorial Trophy, will go this year to an auctioneer who has made a substantial contribution to the development of livestock marketing in his or her area.

The number one event for smallholding, gardening and sustainable living

11:19am Thursday 12th January 2012

Dr Fred Slater looks at the number one event for smallholding, gardening and sustainable living In most walks of life it is often a help to have started at the bottom and worked your way to the top, for then you know how it all works and it tends to keep your feet firmly on the ground. In the 1970s I was asked to put on an exhibit in the Horticultural Marquee of the Royal Welsh Show as it was Radnorshire’s featured year and I was based on the estate of Sir Michael Venables Llewellyn the last Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire.

A view from the festival

11:02am Thursday 12th January 2012

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust at the Royal Welsh Spring Festival