Why Yorkshire needs strong rural voices – The Yorkshire Post says

Yet it is also important to record the wider significance of her retirement and the announcement that Nigel Pulling intends to retire as chief executive of Yorkshire Agricultural Society.

Great Yorkshire Show expands to four-day event following ‘overwhelmingly positive response’ to pandemic revamp

He took up the role in 2001 – the year of of foot-and-mouth – and news of his impending departure coincides with the pragmatic decision to extend the Great Yorkshire Show to four days following a successful trial in July as part of Covid crowd control protocols.

How farming’s labour crisis affects us all as pigs culled – Lucinda Douglas

Few will appreciate the size of the debt that the entire county owes to these two much-respected leaders. Yet, as one era draws to a close, it is also an opportunity for a new generation to champion the rural economy at this critical time.

How Welcome to Yorkshire must regroup after scandals – Susan Briggs

Lucinda Douglas is making her mark as the CLA North’s new director with an impassioned plea this week to Ministers to help tackle the labour shortages afflicting agriculture while Susan Briggs, of the Dales Tourism Network, has issued a strong reminder this weekend about the damaging leadership and trust vacuum at the Welcome to Yorkshire tourism agency.

Evidence of the breadth of expertise here, it is also imperative that rural Yorkshire presents an united front, and speaks with authority and wisdom, if current challenges are to be overcome and future opportunities maximised.

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