Agriculture was at the forefront at this year’s Kent County Show, with a strong line up of manufacturers and dealers displaying their wares and a strong turnout in livestock classes.

Launched at an agri-connect breakfast which was sponsored by BTF Partnership along with Birketts and featured NFU Deputy President David Exwood, July’s flagship event for organisers the Kent County Agricultural Society was the 93rd show.

Strong competition across the livestock rings made for an exciting three days of competition, with Supreme Championship titles being awarded as follows:

  • Supreme Champion Dairy Miss Margaret Howie: Ayrshire senior cow – Ridley Hill Far Fairy
  • Supreme Champion Beef Mrs M Cormack: Limousin heifer – Burnbank Tangerine
  • Supreme Champion Sheep Mrs Caroline Clark: Oxford Down aged ewe.

As well as displaying the best of Kent through livestock and equine competitions, trade stands, a wide range of craft and other exhibits and much more, the annual show had lots to offer younger visitors.

Children visiting the show could claim a free activity book which included games and educational quizzes that took them around the showground and helped teach them about farming, food and the countryside.

In the Living Land Village, educational activities suitable for all ages offered a taste of food production in the county while The Sheep Show once again delighted the crowds and Ben Atkinson and the Atkinson Action Horses team wowed visitors with incredible displays of stunt riding and horsemanship.

Other favourites that entertained the crowds at the Detling showground included Kent Young Farmers, the popular Countryside Village and the Produced In Kent area, while countryside talks on a range of pursuits, craft demonstrations and other attractions made it a day to remember despite the weather.

Julian Barnes, chairman of the Kent County Agricultural Society, said it had been “a pleasure to see Kent coming together to celebrate food, farming, rural pursuits, business and much more at the Kent County Show over the past three days”. The 94th Kent County Show has already been booked for 4, 5 and 6 July 2025.

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