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Dorset hedgelaying and ploughing match to celebrate 179-year farming tradition
Relive the day - check out more pictures from the Melplash Show
Pictures - Thousands enjoy sights and sounds of Melplash Show 2026
Burnham issues warning to Government as farmers face drought crisis for food crops
Melplash Agricultural Society hold Young Farmers Stock Judging Competition
Sponsor announced for this year's Melplash Agricultural Show
More than 1,100 visitors attend successful annual farming event in Dorset
Robot targeting killer weed to begin trials on Dorset farms
Farmer enjoys chart success with hit nature podcast
Annual farming event to return to Dorset this weekend
Changes to dog law welcomed by Dorset farmers as attacks on livestock rise
Police issue warning to dog walkers ahead of lambing season
Lifelong Dorset resident to take job as Melplash Agricultural Society president
Threat of new pests in the UK: What are the potential risks?
Tributes to Tamarisk Farm founder who built a life of family, food and nature
New podcast offers behind the farm gate look at farming
Dorset farmer 'didn't want to be saved' as he feared family farm tax changes
Farmers may have 'won the battle' but war for fairer tax continues
'Scourge on society': Farmer's struggle as rural crime on rise
Farm shop applying to sell alcohol
Planning application submitted for special farm at school
Farmers protest 'unfair' tax plans ahead of Budget announcement
Young farmers group celebrates 90th anniversary
New podcast to spark fresh debate about life on the land
Bumper harvest for region's oldest fruit farm
Small countryside venture wins planning appeal against council
Farm developments and new housing among latest planning applications
Green light for rare plan for farmworker's home
Farm wins approval for shepherd's huts and classroom
Farmers face tough times after record hot and dry summer
Everything you need to know ahead of the return of Melplash Show today
Farm buildings to be demolished for new home
Latest planning decisions for west Dorset
'Extremely rare' sight in UK countryside spotted from Dorset bus
National Trust acquires major stretch of Dorset coastline
Moves to protect farmers and livestock from dog attacks
Public invited to explore working dairy farm
Talk on revival of British flower growing industry coming to village hall
Dorset Spring Show starts today - here's what you need to know
Do you know an incredible farmer who deserves to be celebrated?
Chilli plant produces more than 4,000 fruits - beating eight-year record
Convoy of tractors travel through streets to protest inheritance tax
Former dairy farm transformed into wildlife haven
Farmers' plea with dog owners after 'hideous' livestock attacks
'So proud of rural community': Tractor-run organised by students hits the road
Sheep 'badly injured' in suspected dog attacks
Movement of cattle restricted after confirmed cases of animal disease
West Dorset farmers explain why protests are important to their livelihoods
West Dorset farmers rally outside Parliament
Farmers say “small farms won’t exist" if inheritance tax plans continue
Farmers' protest along main route causing delays
Sheep escape field and wander into front garden
Tractors queue for nearly a mile during farming protests
Council-owned farmland could be sold off