Return of Lincolnshire Show hailed big success
However the farming community faces tough times ahead
The first Lincolnshire show in 3 years is over and the verdict is it was a huge success.
Ticket sales were up on 2019 and the general feeling was that the event was even more important than previous years following the enforced break for Covid.
We asked the organiser Jayne Southall how she felt things went.
She told us: "It's important with Covid and everybody not being able to communicate, it's great to see everybody back together."
"Great to see the children asking - what's this?, what's that?, what do you do?"
"Because we need to share knowledge and I think it's fantastic."
"It means everything to Lincolnshire because it's a great event to have and something Lincolnshire is proud of."
"For the agricultural community it's great for them to get together to showcase what they can do."
However the two days turned out to be a welcome relief for the farming community in the county.
Farmers at the show have told us the cost of living crisis mean the next few months will be very challenging for the sector.
Everything from electricity to petrol to feed for animals is increasing in price with many in agriculture preparing for tough times ahead.
We spoke to Julie Johnson a Lincolnshire pig farmer who also runs a hog roast business.
She said: "Pig foods's gone up through the roof, we know the straw has gone up."
"We'll have to put up prices next year, diesel's gone up, we have to do the abattoir run and we take the van out to various locations so we have to look at that."
We also talked to Agricultural chaplain Alan Robson about the issue.
He said: "What's been happening in the big wide world is affecting everyone not least farming."
"As we all know in our own houses fuel and costs of living is going up massively whilst on farms 30 per cent agri-inflation is unheard of."