The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society has played a leading role in the development of agriculture and the rural economy in Wales for over a century, since its formation in 1904.
Today our work includes providing support for business, social welfare and education in rural communities, and the organisation and staging of our ever-popular society events; the Smallholding and Countryside Festival, the Royal Welsh Show and the Winter Fair.
SMALLHOLDING AND COUNTRYSIDE FESTIVAL
Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. LD2 3SY
We look forward to seeing you at the next Smallholding & Countryside Festival on 18th & 19th May 2024.
ROYAL WELSH SHOW
Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. LD2 3SY
We look forward to seeing you at the Royal Welsh Show from 21st – 24th July 2025.
ROYAL WELSH WINTER FAIR
Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. LD2 3SY
We look forward to seeing you at the next Winter Fair on 25th and 26th November 2024.
SHOWGROUND
The 150 acre Royal Welsh Showground is open all year round. We host an array of exciting events set against the spectacular views of the Welsh countryside.
The Showground boasts many different venues catering for a variety of occasions such as weddings, business meetings, conferences, concerts, exhibitions and much more.
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society has played a leading role in the development of agriculture and the rural economy in Wales for over a century, since its formation in 1904.
Today our work includes providing support for business, social welfare and education in rural communities, and the organisation and staging of our ever-popular society events; the Smallholding and Countryside Festival, the Royal Welsh Show and the Winter Fair.
NFU Cymru Deputy President Abi Reader to officially open Royal Welsh Winter Fair
With just a week to go until the showground in Llanelwedd is once again full of visitors, exhibitors and superb livestock, The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society is looking forward to welcoming returning Winter Fair enthusiasts back to the Royal Welsh Showground.
This year’s Winter Fair will be officially opened by Abi Reader on the first day of the event (27th November).
The current NFU Cymru Deputy President, Abi Reader is a third generation mixed farmer, farming in partnership with her parents and uncle in Wenvoe just outside Cardiff. Goldsland Farm is home to 200 milking cows, 150 sheep, 90 beef cattle and 120 acres of arable.
Abi is a co-founder of Cows on Tour, a successful project aimed at improving knowledge of farming for all children, especially in urban areas, an Open Farm Sunday host, and a former NFU Cymru Wales Woman Farmer of the Year.
As well as her new role in NFU Cymru and Cows on Tour, Abi is a Board member of Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group, a member of South East Wales TB Eradication Board, Chair of Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHECS), and a member of the NFU Antimicrobial Resistance Focus Group. She is a graduate of the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester and completed an MBA in Farm Business Management in 2004.
Abi is fiercely passionate that all young people should have a basic awareness of agriculture techniques and an understanding and appreciation of the ‘end product’ i.e., food, environment, horticulture, and land management. Abi has always recognised the importance of the Welsh Educational Curriculum, seeing the advantages of flexible learning techniques, which is imperative for the future of farming.
Abi will officially open the Royal Welsh Winter Fair at 10am on Monday 27th November in Exhibition Hall 1, Main Ring. Following the official opening, there will be presentations of the 2023 John Gittins Memorial Award, the 2024 Nuffield Scholarship and the Oxford Farming Conference Bursary 2024.
For more information about the Winter Fair or to buy tickets visit the RWAS website.