The Lincolnshire Show is organised by the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society which was formed in 1869. Its objectives were set out by the Victorian founders as: "the furtherance, welfare and progress of the agricultural industry and all professions, trades and crafts connected therewith".
Since 2005 organisers have also added the extra focus of sustainability and protection of our natural environment for the benefit of future generations. Some interesting statistics about the show which is set out across a 200 acre site. It has:
10,000 square metres of marquees
20 miles of electrical cable
800 tables
3000 chairs
12,000 loo rolls
12,500 cars need to be parked each day by 200 stewards
8 miles of hedges to be trimmed
There are 11 rings, 1800 horses and pony entries, more than 1300 cattle, pigs, sheep and goats in the livestock entries and more than 600 trade stands selling everything from frying pans to the latest fashions.
Heavy rain is falling at the start of day two of the 128th Lincolnshire Show. The conditions could not be more different to yesterday when there was almost unbroken sunshine for most of the afternoon. Organisers have credited the weather with increasing visitor numbers by 6% on last year.
Thousands of people are still expected to visit the Lincoln Showground today. There is a packed programme of activity for the second day including further cookery demonstrations by Lincolnshire chef Rachel Green, more livestock judging, machinery exhibits and animal shows.
It's day two of the 128th annual Lincolnshire show. Today's highlights include the Lincolnshire Young Farmers' exhibition in the Discovery Zone. Here, visitors can put their head inside a 30 ft long sleeping sow to see what goes on inside.
Thousands of people have been heading down to the Lincolnshire show today as the event kicked off for the 128th time. Our reporter James Webster has a round up of the day's action.
After a busy first day at the Lincolnshire show everyone is getting ready for what is predicted to be an equally popular second day. We caught up with Richard Crust, who is running the food court.
We have been speaking to members of the Horncastle Women's Institute about their entries in a competition at the Lincolnshire Show. They were tasked with designing something containing a floral feature and baked item.
Schoolchildren learning the art of sausage-making at Lincolnshire Show
Schoolchildren are getting their hands dirty at the Lincolnshire Show finding out exactly what goes into one of the county's famous Lincolnshire sausages. It is part of a demonstration promoting local produce to young people to show where their food comes from.
