With recent Government advice urging the public to avoid mass gatherings due to coronavirus, find out which agricultural shows, conferences and events have been affected.
With over six million people visiting UK's agricultural shows each year, thoughts have turned to the effects coronavirus could have on this year's programme of events.
Below is an up-to-date list of cancellations and changes to show and event scheduling as a result of coronavirus.
March 2020
- All AHDB events in March and April have been cancelled - until April 17
- All International Sheepdog Society major trials cancelled for 2020
- Welsh Black Cattle Society - meetings have been postponed for 12 months.
- March 20-22 National Shire Horse Show , Stafford - cancelled
- March 26-27 British Grassland Society research conference , Reading - postponed to autumn
- March 28 Springtime Live , Harrogate - cancelled
- March 30 - April 1 BSAS 2020 Challenge of Change conference , Nottingham - cancelled
April 2020
- April 6-7 LKL herdsmans conference , Newport - postponed until autumn
- April 9 CountryTastic, Malvern - cancelled
May 2020
- May 2-3 Spring Live!, Ardingly - cancelled
- May 7 Royal Welsh Spring Event and Grassland Event , Denbighshire - cancelled
- May 7-10 RHS Malvern Spring Festival - cancelled
- May 9 - Ayr County Show - cancelled
- May 9-10 Nottinghamshire County Show, Newark - cancelled
- May 12-13 British Pig and Poultry Fair , Stoneleigh - cancelled
- May 13-16 Balmoral Show , Balmoral Park - postponed to August 19 - 22
- May 19-20 Biopesticide Summit and Awards 2020 , Birmingham - postponed to March 23 - 24 2021
- May 20-21 Grassland and Muck show , Warwickshire - cancelled
- May 21-23 Devon County Show , Exeter - postponed to August 28 - 30
- May 21-31 Hay Festival , Powys - cancelled
- May 23 Fife County Show , Kinloss - cancelled
- May 25 Great Harwood Show , Lancashire - cancelled
- May 25 Northumberland County Show , Hexham - cancelled
- May 27-28 Suffolk Show, Suffolk - cancelled
- May 27-28 Staffordshire County Show , Stafford - cancelled
- May 28 NBA Beef Expo , Darlington - postponed to May 22, 2021
- May 28-30 The Royal Bath and West Show , Somerset - postponed until June 3-5 2021
- May 30 Drymen Show , Glasgow - cancelled
- May 31 Rutland Agricultural Show, Rutland - cancelled
June 2020
- June 3 NSA Scotsheep, Tealing - postponed until July 8
- June 4-6 Royal Cornwall Show , Wadebridge - postponed to September 10 - 12
- June 4-7 Three Counties Championship Dog Show, Malvern - cancelled
- June 6 Central and West Fife Show , Kelty - cancelled
- June 6 The Angus Show , Bechin - cancelled
- June 7 LEAF Open Farm Sunday , Stoneleigh - postponed to September
- June 10-11 Cereals Event , Cambridge - NOW ONLINE
- June 11-13 South of England Show , Ardingly - cancelled
- June 12-14 Royal Three Counties Show, Malvern - cancelled
- June 13 Cumberland Show , Carlisle - cancelled
- June 13 Alyth Show , Blairgowrie - cancelled
- June 13 Stirling Show , Stirling - cancelled
- June 13 Aberystwyth and Ceredigion County Show , Gelli Angharad - cancelled
- June 16-17 Cheshire County Show , Knutsford - ONLINE on June 16-17
- June 18-21 Royal Highland Show, Ingliston - cancelled
- June 24-25 Lincolnshire Show, Lincoln - ONLINE on June 24
- June 25 Mental health and farming webinar hosted by Emma Picton-Jones
- June 27 Sheep Production Show, Virtual webinar
- June 29 - July 1 British Grassland Society Summer Meeting, Northern Ireland - cancelled
July
- July 1-2 Royal Norfolk Show , Norwich - cancelled
- July 2 Arable Scotland , Dundee - now a virtual event
- July 3-5 Royal Lancashire Show , Ribchester - cancelled
- July 4 Skelton Show, Penrith - cancelled
- July 4 Doune and Dunblane Show , Dunblane - cancelled
- July 4 Monmouthshire County Show , Monmouth - cancelled
- July 10-12 Kent County Agricultural Show , Detling - cancelled
- July 11 Newport Show , Newport- cancelled
- July 14-16 Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate - virtual event
- July 17 - NSA Sheep 2020 , Malvern - cancelled
- July 18-19 Great Eccleston Show , Great Eccleston - cancelled
- July 20-23 Royal Welsh Show , Builth Wells - Possible virtual event, will be confirmed on July 1
- July 24-25 Border Union Show , Kelso - cancelled
- July 24-26 The Game Fair, Ragley Hall - postponed to September 18-20
- July 28-29 The International Cheese and Dairy awards , Nantwitch - cancelled
August
- August 1 Garstang Show , Garstang - cancelled
- August 9 Trawden Show , Colne - cancelled
- August 11-12 Anglesey Show , Angelsey - cancelled
- August 12 Vale of Glamorgan , Barry - cancelled
- August 13 Potatoes In Practice , Dundee - postponed until 2021
- August 18-20 Pembrokeshire County Show , Haverfordwest - cancelled
- August 20 Denbigh and Flint Show , Holywell - cancelled
- August 26 Epworth Show , Doncaster - cancelled
September
- September 10 Westmorland County Show , Milnthorpe - cancelled
- September 11 Kelso ram sale, Kelso - postponed until September 10 2021
- September 12 Hodder Valley Show , Dunsop Bridge - cancelled
- September 16 UK Dairy Day , Telford - postponed until September 15, 2021
October
- October 10-11 British National Ploughing Championships, Northumberland - cancelled
November
- November 18 AgriScot , Edinburgh - cancelled
January 2021
- January 6 - 8, Oxford Farming Conference, Oxford - ONLINE. A digital event will take place on January 7 2021.
This list will be updated as the situation unfolds so please keep checking this page and Farmers Guardian's social media media accounts for further updates.
