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Below are links to sites which may be of interest to you.  Click on the name to visit their website.

Trade Affiliated Members

Drax Power  -  Drax Power Station - the largest, cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in the UK.

E-Quip (Rasen) Ltd  -  agricultural suppliers

C R Hansard Ltd  -  specialised low loader, road haulage and also lift & go haulage up to 25 tonnes.

Hillside Garage (Great Glen) Ltd  -  independent family run business for car & HGV service, repairs, sales, MOT testing and recovery breakdown.

Holton Tractor Co - used equipment dealer supplying reliable and quality products.

Japonica Press  - publishers of videos and books related to Classic Tractors, Farm Machinery and lots more.

Knight Farm Machinery Ltd  -  manufacturers of specialist agricultural crop sprayers and cultivators.

Mendip Signs -  farm signs and a wide range of other signs; also farm related signs and banners.

NFU Mutual - Selby Office - for all your insurance, pensions and investments 

Perkins, George Mawer & Co  - an independent firm of Chartered Valuation Surveyors, Estate Agents, Auctioneers and Valuers

Rix Petroleum Ltd  -  distributor and retailer of petroleum products throughout Yorks, Lincs, the Midlands, East Coast of Scotland and East Anglia.

Scott Trailers Ltd   -  specialists in the sales, service and repair of road trailers.

TC Harrison JCB  -    The used JCB specialist.

Teifi Stores - selling quality agricultural toys and models and limited edition prints.

Ed Weetman (Haulage & Storage) Ltd - One of the largest bulk haulage companies in the Midlands 

Westlake Plough Parts  -  worldwide supplier of used ploughs and vintage tractor and plough parts.


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Local Ploughing Match Organisers in the UK

Brailsford & District Ploughing & Hedgecutting Society - ploughing match organisers in Derbyshire

Bedfordshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs - in Bedfordshire!

Cheshire Ploughing & Hedgecutting Society - organisers of the Cheshire Ploughing Match

Chichester Ploughing Match - in West Sussex

Cruckton & District Ploughing & Hedging Society - located in Shropshire

Derby & District Young Farmers Ploughing & Hedgecutting Match - located in Derbyshire

Earls Barton Rally   - Northamptonshire

Epworth Festival of the Plough  -  near Doncaster / North Lincolnshire

Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins & Burford Ploughing Society - known as "Three F's and a B" in Oxfordshire

Flintham & District Agricultural Society - located in Nottinghamshire

Friends of Ferguson Heritage - website of the club for Ferguson tractors

Henley & District Agricultural Association - organisers of the Henley Show and Annual Ploughing Match

Hurstpierpoint & District Agricultural Association  - in West Sussex

Isle of Man Ploughing Associaton
- click here for Manx ploughing

Memorial Ploughing Match - ploughing in the Isle of Wight

Mid Shropshire Vintage Club - located in Shropshire

Melplash Agricultural Society - organisers of  the Melplash Show & Ploughing & Hedging Match in Dorset

Newbury & District Agricultural Society
- located in Berkshire.

Normac - website for the Norfolk Farm Machinery Club

North East Hants Agricultural Association - ploughing match organisers in Hampshire

North Somerset Agricultural Society - located in North Somerset

NVTEC - Notts Group  - part of the National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club

Surrey County Agricultural Society - located in Surrey

Sherwood Forest & South Yorkshire Tractor Club - organisers of an annual charity ploughing match in Nottinghamshire

Thorne & District Agricultural Society - located in South Yorkshire

Tonbridge & District Ploughing Association - a newly created ploughing society in Kent

Uttoxeter District Agricultural Society  -  in Staffordshire

Weald of Kent Ploughing Match Association - based in Kent


World-wide Ploughing Match Organisers

Austrian Ploughing Association - organisers of the 55th World Ploughing Contest in 2008

Candadian Plowing Organisation - organisers of the Canadian Championship Plowing Contest

Danish Vintage Ploughing Association - organisers of the 2003 European Vintage Ploughing Championships

European Vintage Ploughing Championships 2007 - to be organised by the Isle of Man Ploughing Association

National Ploughing Association of Ireland - organisers of the Republic of Ireland National Ploughing Championships

New Zealand Ploughing - organisers of the 2010 World Ploughing Contest

Scottish Ploughing Association - organisers of the annual Scottish Ploughing Championships.

Slovenian Ploughing - organisers of the 2009 World Ploughing Contest

Swedish Ploughing - organisers of the 2011 World Ploughing Contest

Welsh Ploughing Association - organisers of the All Welsh Ploughing Match

World Ploughing Organization - the governing board of the organisers of the annual World Ploughing Contest.



Trade Companies linked to the Society of Ploughmen

ARD 4x4 - Specialists in 4 x 4

Bridgestone/Firestone - the tyre company who are a sponsor of the Society of Ploughmen

Dowdeswell Engineering  - manufacturer of Dowdeswell agricultural equipment

Farmers Weekly - FWi - Farmers Weekly interactive website

Goodyear - the tyre company who are a sponsor of the Society of Ploughmen

Gregoire-Besson - manufacturer of Gregoire-Besson agricultural equipment

Kongskilde - manufacturer of Kongskilde agricultural equipment and Overum ploughs

Kubota (UK) Ltd - agricultural tractors and utility vehicles

Kuhn Farm Machinery - manufacturer of Kuhn agricultural equipment

Kverneland (UK) Ltd - manufacturer of Kverneland agricultural equipment

Landini - manufacturer of Landini tractors

Lemken / Tri-Ag - manufacturer of Lemken and Tri-Ag agricultural equipment

McCormick Tractors International - manufacturers of McCormick tractors

National Grid  - supplier of electricity and main sponsor of the Society of Ploughmen

Vogel & Noot - manufacturer of Vogel & Noot agricultural equipment

Yorkshire Agricultural Society - organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show

Yorkshire & Clydesdale Bank Foundation - based in Leeds

 

Some of the Exhibitors at the British National Ploughing Championships

Acorn Rural Property Consultants  - professional services based in Somerset

Agrovista - crop management advice

Grenville Allen - fine artist from Rye, East Sussex

Anitawear - Hand made fabric crafts

Askham Bryan College - college based near York

Bigwood & Partners - agricultural machinery in Taunton, Somerset

Bishop Burton College - land-based college in East Yorkshire

Boulter Mead Trailer Centres - main dealer for Ifor Williams covering Somerset & Bristol

British Sugar plc - British sugar beet

British Waterways
- new marina unit for the development of new marinas

Burdens Group - agricultural machinery in Lincolnshire

Carlow Pre-Cast Tanks - pre-cast concrete tanks

Chandlers (Farm Equipment) - agricultural machinery in Lincolnshire

Compass Tractors - agricultural machinery in Somerset

Coppice Resources - energy crop specialists for biomass heat/power

The Country Cradle - traditional baby and childrenswear

CLA - the Country Land & Business Association 

Escrick Young Farmers Club  - based at Escrick, near York

Farmer Ed's - die cast models

Farmers & Mercantile Insurance Brokers - specialist farm insurance brokers

Farmstar - agricultural machinery in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire

Fergus and Friends - a successful series of childrens storybooks

Forest and Farm - compact tractors and groundcare equipment

Gleadell Agriculture Ltd - national grain merchant

Graham Edwards Trailers - quality agricultural trailers

Hamblys Ltd - agricultural machinery in  Somerset

Hancox Art  -  original art from artist John Hancox

Hawkins Agri - agricultural machinery in Somerset

Househam Sprayers - self propelled, trailed and mounted crop sprayers

K & R Mitsubishi - sales, service, repair, parts & bodywork in Taunton, Somerset

Ladythorpe Gallery - original art, prints, framing and more -  located in Hatfield, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Japonica Press - books, DVD's and manuals on agricultural and countryside interest and more

Joules of Cowes - a colourful range of clothing for all the family

Kara Slater Glass Engraving - freehand diamond point hand engraved crystal and glass

Kelsey Publishing - enthusiasts magazines such as Tractor & Machinery

KWR Plant Hire - specialist attachments for excavators providing services to farming and forestry industries

Lambert & Dyson - Landy Pressure Washers and accessories

Land Registry - Register of land

Landsmans Bookshop - specialists in agricultural, equine, countryside books & DVD's

Lincolnshire Machinery Ring - local farmers co-op to share resources

Loch Awe & Highland Holidays - hotel short breaks with fishing & shooting on west coast of Scotland

Mark Harris Commercials - 4x4 pickup, van and truck specialists in Lincolnshire

Masstock Arable (UK) - agronomy advice and farm business consultancy

Merlo UK - world leader in telehandlers

Moore Scarrott Partnership LLP  -  specialist accountancy and business advice to veterinary & agricultural sectors

Northeast Biofuels -  companies and organisations committed to biofuels in the North East of England

Old 20 Parts  -  agricultural vintage and classic tractor parts

Peacock & Binnington - suppliers of agricultural machinery in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

Phillard Pump Co - heavy duty hot & cold water pressure washers

PG's Nuts - high quality nuts, dried fruit, seeds and mixes

Primetime Video - publish a range of enthusiast farming and agricultural DVDs

Professional Will Planning  -  legal services

Renewable Energy Growers - farmer based producer group growing energy crops for the biomass market

Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution - RABI a farming charity to help farmers/workers suffering hardship

Russells (Kirbymoorside) Ltd - agricultural machinery dealers in Yorkshire

Ryetec Industrial Equipment - suppliers of flail mowers, hedgecutters and log splitters

Scott Trailers Ltd - Ifor Williams Trailers in Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire

Simon Tebbutt Falconry - owl and falcons on display

Tanvic Group - agricultural and commercial tyres

Tractor Barn Productions - tractor and farm machinery DVDs

Tractors UK  -  Tafe tractor range

Tredders Footwear - gents quality footwear

Vintage Tractor - bi-monthly magazine for enthusiasts, collectors and restorers of vintage tractors

University of Lincoln - education and training in agriculture, animal, arboriculture and land-based engineering etc

J H Walter - professional services for property and business

Watson Fuels - agricultural fuels and lubricants

Westlake Plough Parts - large range of ploughs and plough parts

West of Scotland Holidays - hotel short breaks on the west coast of Scotland

Wheal Rose Windsors - handcrafted windsor chairs made in the traditional manner with traditional woods

Wilfred Scruton Ltd - agricultural machinery in Yorkshire

Woolsthorpe Wellies - superior quality rubber boots

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - advice and information, promoting local nature reserves and wildlife gardening

Zetor UK - manufacturer of Zetor tractors

 

Farming/Countryside Websites

www.agriclass.co.uk - a useful website offering a free service to the farming and agricultural community, listing services and links

Countrylovers.co.uk - connecting people with Britain's countryside

The Countryside Directory - the UK's premier countryside information portal

The Exmoor Country Magazine - available across Exmoor

FEAST   Great British Food and Farming Culture, supporting UK agriculture and food businesses.

NFYFC - the website of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs

NFU Mutual - website for NFU Mutual Insurance

Heavy Horse World - magazine for heavy horse lovers

Museum of English Rural Life - founded by the University of Reading to reflect and record the changing face of farming and the countryside.

www.potato.org.uk  Website for the British Potato Council.

Practical Farm Ideas - magazine website

R.A.S.E. - website of the Royal Agricultural Society of England

reborntractor.net - follows tv presenter Emma Louise rescuing a 1965 MF135 and undertaking a full restoration

Royal Smithfield Show which takes place at Earls Court, London every two years.

Showmans Directory - for a complete listing UK events.

Stackyard.com - Agriculture and farming on the web

Vintage Spirit Magazine - magazine for steam and vintage

The Year of Food and Farming - An exciting campaign to help children find out more about the countryside and where their food comes from.

@uk  UK travel & tourist guide.



Clubs/Societies

The Ferguson Club - webiste for the club for Ferguson tractors

Ford & Fordson Association - devoted to Ford & Fordson tractors

Friends of Ferguson Heritage - for enthusiasts with interests of the achievements of the late Harry Ferguson 

VHGMC - website for the Vintage Horticultural Garden Machinery Club

www.classic-ploughing.com  - website for lovers of classic ploughing

www.davidbrowntractorclub.com - website for people interested in David Brown tractors.

North Cumbria Tractor Club - organisers of ploughing matches, working days and demonstration days.



Others

Ager-Harris Photography - photographs taken at the 2006 British National Ploughing Championships

BB Your Way - search for bed & breakfast in the UK

The Burtwistle Partnership - Chartered certified accountants and tax advisors.

event locator 
Find events in the UK

www.explore-united-kingdom.com  United Kingdom Web Directory

Hole Load of Trouble - website dedicated to steam engines

Imagesforyou.co.uk
- website for photographer Noel Bridgeman.  See photographs taken at the 2007 British National Ploughing Championships.  Password - plough.  Also, the 2007 European Festival of the Plough.   Password - ploughmen

Raycasse Photography - photographs taken at the 2007 British National Ploughing Championships.  Click on events, then gallery.

www.information-britain.co.uk  - Places to stay and attractions to see in Britain

www.irishhistorydvds.com -   Irish history and educational DVD's 

Local event guide - BritEvents - What's on in Britain

Loseley Park - stately home near Guildford, Surrey - hosts of the 2006 British National Ploughing Championships

Milburn Grange  farm cottage holidays in Cumbria

Polhilsa Farm - self catering and bed & breakfast accommodation at Callington, East Cornwall

Trewince Farm Holiday Park - caravan holiday homes, camping and touring site at St. Issey, near Wadebridge, Cornwall

Tony Golding - a video of heavy horse photographs

wherecanwego.com - Britain's what's on events guide

www.chicphotographic.co.uk - view/buy photographs from the 2011 British National Championships