Judges impressed with excellent standards as member of largest society take the prizes.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: May 13, 2008 | Copyright information

TWO members of Wales' largest Grassland Society - the North Pembrokeshire - are the latest outright winners of the All Wales Silage Competitions, run by the Welsh Federation of Grassland Societies in conjunction with the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society.

The judges were impressed with the excellent standards of silage quality which had been achieved in a less than ideal season and enjoyed the challenge in deciding on a winner.

One of the judges, John Evans (ex...

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