TURRIFF SHOW NEWS

2025 Turriff Show Presidential Team

2025 Turriff Show Presidential Team

The 2025 Turriff Show Presidential Team chaired their first meeting on Wednesday 11th December following the society's AGM. Retiring 2024 show president David Allan, Mains of Melrose handed over the reins to John Ledingham, Kinminty. John leaves his senior vice...

Turriff Show 160th Anniversary Past Presidents Picture

Turriff Show 160th Anniversary Past Presidents Picture

The 2023-2024 Turriff District Agricultural Association, presidential team invited Past Presidents to pose for a memorial photograph to mark the 160th Anniversary year of the show, with the last photograph being taken 10 years ago, marking the shows 150th Anniversary....

Grampian Infant Feeding Advocacy Award

Grampian Infant Feeding Advocacy Award

Turriff Show are the proud recipients of the Grampian Infant Feeding Advocacy Award. The Agricultural Society were presented with the award for providing facilities and support with breastfeeding for families attending the Show and for welcoming the support staff for...

Turriff Show Photography Competition Winner

Turriff Show Photography Competition Winner

A new competition, set-up to celebrate memories captured at the show has received it's winner. The Turriff Show Photography Competition was open to all. Entrants were asked to submit a photograph taken during the 2024 show, covering any aspect of the show. A fantasic...

Open and Companion Dog Show Update

Open and Companion Dog Show Update

Iain Forbes, Dog Show Manager and Ian Duncan, Dog Show Chief Steward, have given us an overview of the Companion and Open Dog Show. "The Turriff District Agricultural Association Open Dog Show consists of 153 classes broken down into 7 groups which are judged by 6...

Turriff Show Ladies Day Charity Event

Turriff Show Ladies Day Charity Event

Turriff Show Ladies Day - Divas in the Den! The Turriff Show Ladies Day Committee will host their annual charity event in the run up to the 159th Turriff Show which takes place on Sunday the 30th & Monday the 31st of July 2023. Ladies day Committee Chair Fiona...

Turriff Show all set for 2023

Turriff Show all set for 2023

The gates open again for the 2023 Turriff Show on Sunday 30 to Monday 31 July 2023, it is the largest two-day agricultural show in Scotland, attracting 24,000 visitors. The Show’s principal sponsor, once again, is family-owned local business, Bridgend Aggregates.   ...

Hardy Highlanders heading to Turriff 

Hardy Highlanders heading to Turriff 

Situated just inside the Cairngorms National Park at Culfoich, Gordon McConachie established his fold of Highland cows 35 years ago and has regularly shown at Turriff Show for many years with his Highland cattle and crossbred calves.  “The North East is traditionally...

Blue Texels top Turriff Show entries 

Blue Texels top Turriff Show entries 

Originally not from a farming background, Deborah Atkinson established her flock of Blue Texel sheep seven years ago, purchasing three ewes from Carlisle pedigree sale.  Now the Tap o’Noth flock consists of 20 pedigree breeding ewes based in Duncanston,...

Highlanders hail to Turriff for National Show

Highlanders hail to Turriff for National Show

Only half an hour from their home in Maud, Aberdeenshire, Veronica Thomson and her husband are getting ready to return to Turriff Show with their fold of pedigree Highland cattle.  The Clackriadch fold, originated from buying one non-pedigree highland cow, to keep the...

Bridgend Aggregate take on role as main sponsor for Turriff Show

Bridgend Aggregate take on role as main sponsor for Turriff Show

Situated six miles on the outskirts of Turriff, Bridgend Aggregates is one of the main suppliers of crushed rock, bagged aggregates, specialist sands, gravels, decorative chips and ready-mix concrete within north east Scotland. Run by Wilson Strachan, alongside his...

A Royal seal of approval for this year’s Turriff Show

A Royal seal of approval for this year’s Turriff Show

Organisers of the 158th Turriff Show are delighted to welcome Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal to the highly anticipated event when it returns after two years on Sunday 31st and Monday 1st August 2022. Alan Gaul, President of Turriff District Agricultural...

Turriff Show returns and plays host to iconic cattle national show

Turriff Show returns and plays host to iconic cattle national show

Show revellers will be welcomed through the gates for the return of Turriff Show, on Sunday 31st July and Monday 1st August 2022. The event has become renowned throughout the UK as a vibrant show that celebrates the best of the region’s farming, food and heritage. ...

2021 Black Beauty Bonanza

2021 Black Beauty Bonanza

Turriff Show Secretary, Helen Paterson presents 1st prize in Class 8 - Bull Calves (sponsored by Turriff Show) to Auchincrieve Juggernaut Eril at the 2021 Aberdeen-Angus Black Beauty Bonanza at Thainstone Centre, Inverurie.

Turriff Show To Be Cancelled For A Second Year

Turriff Show To Be Cancelled For A Second Year

Turriff Show, the largest two-day Agricultural Show in Scotland, has today announced the cancellation of the 2021 event due to the continued uncertainty of hosting large scale events during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the months ahead. The 2021 Show was due to...

2020 Turriff Show To Be Cancelled Due To COVID-19

2020 Turriff Show To Be Cancelled Due To COVID-19

Turriff Show, Scotland’s largest two-day agricultural show, has today announced the cancellation of the 2020 event due to current uncertainty in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The north east event, which attracts almost 24,000 visitors annually, was scheduled to...

New Presidential Team at helm for 2020 Turriff Show

New Presidential Team at helm for 2020 Turriff Show

New Presidential team elected at the recent AGM for the 2020 Show are Alan Gaul (centre) taking on the President's role with Kevin Gray (right) the new Senior Vice-President and David Allan (left) voted on as Junior Vice-President.

Turriff Show 2019 Feedback Survey

Turriff Show 2019 Feedback Survey

Turriff Show is not just for farmers and the organisers want to accommodate every member of the public that walks through the gates, whether their interests lie with cattle, food and drink or they are just coming along for a fun-filled family day out. Last year the...

Food & Farming at the Heart of the 155th Turriff Show

Food & Farming at the Heart of the 155th Turriff Show

The Turriff Show, which runs on 4-5 August, is the biggest two-day agricultural show in Scotland, attracting around 23,000 people, including those involved in farming as well as many people not involved in farming who enjoy the show for its wide array of activities...

Laine Daff – A leading lady in her field 

Laine Daff – A leading lady in her field 

Approximately 200 miles North from her home in Uplawmoor, Renfrewshire, Laine Daff has never doubted returning to Turriff Show with her Bleu Du Maine flock, after two previous years of success and warm welcomes.   “Turriff Show is an example of how agricultural shows...

Passion and bloodlines are the key to success for the Deveron Herd 

Passion and bloodlines are the key to success for the Deveron Herd 

 Nestled along the riverbank of the River Deveron at Denhead of Dunlugas , Hamish and Margaret Sclater established their renowned Deveron Aberdeen Angus herd in 1995; it was the same year that the couple first began exhibiting at the Turriff Show.  Hamish proudly says...