Celebrating 170 years

Show attractions - best of the rest

• Lothian President’s Initiative: ‘Discover Careers - From Farm To Fork’. The aim of the initiative is to encourage young adults of 16-25 to see the merits of a career in the Scottish agricultural, food, drink and allied industry sectors. The show will feature winning project work by young people, plus a career pathway involving leading sector companies.
• International influence:The show attracts many visitors from overseas. This year, delegates in Scotland for the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth’s biennial conference and tour will be attending. Also visiting will be cattle breeders here for the World Shorthorn Conference and the Hereford breed’s European Conference (see pages ?? and ?? for more details). Look out for the stetsons worn by the international committee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo from Texas.
• Poultry: The poultry marquee is dedicated to some wonderful specimens of breeds like Scots Dumpy, Scots Grey, Silkies and Wyandottes.
• Showjumping: 15 top class competitions with riders vying for prize money of more than £40,000 including a first prize of £5,000 in the Gillespie Investment Group Grand Prix.
• Renewable energy:In a new location in the South of the showground, this enlarged exhibit will feature companies specialising in wind and solar power, biomass and alternative energy sources.
• Field to pint: A new real ale bar will feature 20 cask beers from some of Scotland’s best independent breweries. The bar will also outline the beer trail from the farms that grow the barley, through malting, brewing and retailing.
• MacRobert theatre: All action sheep shearing at this purpose built facility. With the championships being held in Wales later this year, many international shearers are expected to compete at Ingliston, honing their skills in advance of ‘Golden Shears’.
• Forestry arena: Pole climbing, axe throwing, timber shifting, wood carving by chain saw and even horse-logging demonstrations.