After switching on over 1500 new solar panels at the Harrogate showground, the farming charity which organises the Great Yorkshire Show, now generates more than half of its own electricity
The showground in Harrogate will feature in the third and final, Downton Abbey movie
Farmers have been urged to seek out new methods to make their businesses profitable as reliance on funding from payment schemes disappears and uncertain times lie ahead
The Great Yorkshire Show will welcome Cannon Hall farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson, The Yorkshire Vet's Peter Wright, Helen Skelton, Adam Henson, Olly Harrison and Joe Seels