Yorkshire Agricultural Society is a charity based at the Great Yorkshire Showground,

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. The society is best known as the organiser of the two annual country events, the

Great Yorkshire Show The Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) is an agricultural show which takes place on the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the North of England annually from the second Tuesday of July until the following Thursday. It is organis ...

and the

Countryside Live Countryside Live is the sister event of the annual farming and rural showcase, the Great Yorkshire Show. Held each October at the Great Yorkshire Showground in the town of Harrogate, England, the two-day event is designed to act as a shop window ...

. It is committed to working for the countryside. The Society was formed in 1837 by a group of agriculturalists at a meeting in

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. Its main objective is to promote farming and rural life, particularly in the North of

. The shows are held in July and October respectively, and are shop windows for the farming industry as well as enjoyable days out. Improvements in farming are encouraged through grants which fund agriculture based research at a number of North of England universities. It also has an active education department which promotes knowledge amongst young people of the important role

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farmers play in producing food. Each year almost £1 million is provided in support of farming and rural based initiatives. In particular, the Society’s Growing Routes programme is dedicated to encouraging young people to develop rural based businesses.

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Yorkshire Agricultural SocietyGreat Yorkshire ShowCountryside Live
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