Dozens of careers involving working in the countryside will be showcased to young people at the Great Yorkshire Showground next month.

The Yorkshire Agricultural Society will hold its annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service at Bradford Cathedral at 11am on Sunday 26 September. The preacher will be the Revd Richard J Teal, Chair of the Cumbria Methodist District and all are very welcome to attend.

The Yorkshire Agricultural Society is to showcase a unique adaptation of one of David Hockney's most renowned paintings at its headquarters in Harrogate.

The Regional Agricultural Centre (RAC) has beaten tough competition from across Yorkshire and Humberside to scoop the highly acclaimed 'Project of the Year' title as well as the award for Sustainability at the 2010 RICS* Pro-Yorkshire Awards. The judges said they were "overwhelmingly impressed" by the building, both in terms of its design and commercial proposition.

A study that will help ensure the future of pasture-based dairy farming in the UK has won a coveted Nuffield Farming Scholarship for a West Yorkshire farmer.