Welcome to the Henley & District Agricultural Association, a charity dedicated to promoting and improving agriculture, horticulture and the breeding and rearing of livestock. To enable us to achieve our objectives we organise various events throughout the year.

The 2010 Henley Show takes place on Saturday 11th September at Greenlands Farm, Hambleden RG9 3AS. The main attraction this year will be Joseph’s Amazing Camels who will entertain the crowd in the Main Ring during the afternoon.

Other attractions include:

• Richard Savory’s ever-Popular Sheep Show with the dancing sheep are back this year! They will be located in the Village Green and will give four displays during the day
• Back by popular demand, Jan Prymaka and the JRCS Falconry Display Team. Jan and his skilled team of handlers will perform two displays during the day.  Additionally they will also have a static display on site and are willing to answer any questions you may have about their wonderful birds
• Game Goer - demonstrating the skills of the working gun dog
• The “Food and Farming” Marquee - an educational interactive display and exhibition which aims to educate children about how food is grown reaches the table. Come and try your hand at milking “Delilah” the wooden cow, and watch a real cow being milked, learn about grains, take part in the quiz, bake a biscuit. Plenty to entertain and educate the whole family.
• Horse show takes place in four rings. Classes include an Area Trial, Accumulator with Joker, Working Hunter and Mountain & Moorland and National Pony Society qualifiers and Side Saddle classes.
• Heavy horses - Classes include turnouts for a single horse and pair – trade or agricultural, foals born after 1st January 2009, young handlers long reining and harness
• Cattle lines includes classes for Aberdeen Angus, Dexter’s and – reintroduced this year – Hereford Classes
• Pygmy goat classes
• The very popular Poultry Tent, with poultry and egg classes
• Cage Bird Classes
• Companion Dog Show will start at 1.00pm in the Village Green - pedigree and novelty classes.
• We expect the competition to be as fierce as ever in the Produce Tent. With over 80 classes there is something for everyone – vegetable classes will include the largest marrow and the longest runner bean, floral, art and crafts plus children’s classes
• There will be an interesting and varied Craft Marquee.
• Visit the Food & Wine Tent and the Shopping Arcade.
• An interesting and varied Countryside Marquee
• Additionally there will be over 100 interesting and varied Trade Stands located around the Show ground.

Other events organised by the Association:

Sheep Dog Trials at Greenlands Farm, Hambleden RG9 3AS on Sunday 18th July.

Entries continue to rise, 40 dogs and their handlers attended the 2009 Trials. Attractions for 2010 include spinning and weaving display, sheep hurdle making demonstration and craft/trade stands. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Ploughing Match with Country Fayre at Hampstead Farm, Shiplake, Reading RG9 4LE on Sunday 3rd October. With seven ploughing classes for vintage, classic vintage tractors and track vehicles, and two classes for heavy horses – high cut and ordinary. There will also be ferret racing, terrier racing, a poultry auction, trailer rides, horse-logging demonstration, outside trade stands and craft stands in the marquee. Bar and refreshments available all day

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