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Local children will have a chance to attend classes at the Discover Farming Educational Centre, at Washingpool Farm, thanks to a funding boost from local housing provider, Magna Housing. The Melplash Agricultural Society has been offering bursaries to students who take up further education in farming and related industries for the last 10 years.  This year, they launched the Discover […] Continue Reading

The Melplash Agricultural Society is looking for someone to run their Floral Art section at the show.  Pat Fowler has overseen the section as Floral Art Chairman for a staggering twenty two years but the time has come for Pat to hand over to someone new.  Retiring Chairman Pat has been assisted over the years by Anne Vincent but both […] Continue Reading

The Melplash Agricultural Society has been serving up some of the best cooking and baking competitions in the area for generations, long before they became such popular viewing on TV.  Every year at the Melplash Show  amateur cooks of all ages are given the opportunity to show off their culinary skills and compete for the coveted top prizes.   In the […] Continue Reading

The Melplash Agricultural Society’s new initiative – Discover Farming –  is all about helping young people to understand the connection between food and farming and the important role that farming and agriculture play in the local economy and environment.    It is hoped that by making them more aware of the importance of fresh food and healthy eating, we will also encourage […] Continue Reading

A redundant classroom is to take on a new life as the Melplash Agricultural Society’s Discover Farming Classroom at Washingpool Farm, North Allington, Bridport. The classroom, generously donated by Dorset County Council, came from Wareham Middle School which is now closed.  The responsibility for collecting and moving it, however, was the responsibility of the Melplash Agricultural Society, and proved to […] Continue Reading

The new Melplash Agricultural Society President for 2015 is Richard Campbell OBE.  Richard was a pig farmer at Beerland Farm, Whitchurch for 25 years and for a period at North Dibberford Farm, Mosterton.  Richard and his wife, Pippin, now live in Evershot.  He was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2007 for his services […] Continue Reading

This virtual tour was taken during the 2014 Hedging and Ploughing Match. Views: Dorset by Luke Woods

As always there are going to be some excellent competition classes at this year’s Melplash Agricultural Show with lots of prizes and magnificent cups to be won.   Throughout the year the Chairmen of the various sections and their committees (all volunteers) have been working hard to put together a range of competitions to suit all interests and all ages including a […] Continue Reading

This event has kindly been arranged by Frank Greenaway and will take place at Wooth Farm, Wooth, near Bridport (DT6 5LE) on Thursday 10th July starting at 7pm.  Experienced cattle judges, Terry Cox of Holmead Holsteins and John Westaway, former Holstein Classifier, are holding a workshop to demonstrate how to clip and prepare dairy animals for show and sale, together […] Continue Reading

Preparation for this year’s Dog Show was hampered by the most appalling weather!  In a downpour on the Saturday twelve members of the Club put up the tents and ring features in preparation for the Show on Sunday 25th May. With some trepidation all assembled on the Melplash Showground at West Bay on the Sunday where, although the weather looked […] Continue Reading