Competition was as fierce as ever in the show rings at this year's Great Yorkshire Show, and judges had a tough time choosing the supreme champions in the cattle, sheep and pig sections.

The Blythewood Dairy Pairs title in the Main Ring went to a pair of Jersey heifers, Guillyhill Webcam Daisy, owned by Messrs TAML Jackson and shown by Katie Jackson, and Messrs RAM Scott’s Nethervalley Oliver Regina, shown by Gregor Brown.

A pair of Holsteins took reserve, with the Coates family’s intermediate cow Bailmoor Bhc Crushabull B Abbiene, shown by Ben Coates, and Messrs RAM Scott’s junior cow Clydeview Sidekick Matilda, shown by Robbie Scott.

The Dairy Supreme Championship went to Johnny Adamson’s senior cow Ayrshire Swaites Bracken. He said he had decided to come to the Great Yorkshire Show for the first time because he wanted to support the World Ayrshire Federation Conference 2024 which was visiting the show with farmers from Kenya, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and America.

Judge Jonny Lochhead said: “The standard was really high. I felt the champion and reserve made themselves stand out but when you get a cow that has had five calves and comes out looking like that then it deserves a bit more.”

The Supreme Beef Champion title went to British Limousin heifer Maraiscole Tangerine, owned by Ian Nimmo of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, who has 120 cows and has been showing at the Great Yorkshire Show for 12 years. It was the second title of the day for Ian, who also took the Interbreed Junior Beef Championship with his younger heifer Maraiscole Urprincess. “It feels pretty good to win,” he said.

Judge Boomer Birch pulled out two native breeds and two continentals before making his final decision and said: “The standard of cattle was exceptional. You would have to travel a long way around the world to find such a high standard.”

Reserve went to a Charolais cow, Teme Poshtotty, with calf Teme Uptown Girl, owned by Vince Corbett.

In the sheep rings, both MV and non-MV sheep competed for their own Supreme titles, before going head-to-head in the Overall Supreme Championship. The trophy went to a homebred Kerry Hill shearling ewe from Chris Adamson’s Whitfield flock, which beat off competition from more than 3,000 sheep entries at this year’s show.

The ewe, named Whitfield Double Diamond, was first named Supreme Non-MV Champion before taking the top prize. Chris, from Littleborough in Lancashire, said: “I’ve been trying to win this title for 15 years. It’s absolutely unbelievable to have won – I’m absolutely over the moon.”

Ali Jackson’s shearling Suffolk gimmer was named Supreme MV Champion and was also reserve Supreme.

The Supreme Pig Championship was won by Duroc gilt Hazeway Havnbjerg 6, who was also female champion, owned by Hayley Loveless, of Bridport in Dorset "I've been coming probably since I was ten-years-old," she said. "It's good competition, quality pigs."

Reserve went to Jim Farrington of Shipton-by-Beningborough with Tamworth Beechwood Princess 25th.

The Collins family made it back-to-back wins in the prestigious BPA Pig Of The Year contest, claiming victory with a Welsh pig.