The debut event, which also showcased animal health care products, proved such a success that organisers are now looking to make it an annual event.

Around 1,000 people flocked to the inaugural show, one of the biggest events of its kind in the region. It was the brainchild of two local companies – agricultural machinery and equipment specialist Guy Machinery, at Skipton Auction Mart, and animal health products specialist Pearsons Farm Supplies, of West Marton.

One of the highlights was a parade featuring the latest machinery, including tractors, mowers, balers, all-terrain vehicles, telehandlers and tankers, with running commentary by manufacturers' representatives.

A charity auction in aid of the Leeds-based Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, supported by proceeds from a bar, raised £5,000. Guy Machinery and Pearsons Farm Supplies, supported by their suppliers, put up the prizes for a charity auction and prize draw.

In the auction, Mrs Grace Dobson, of Hill House Farm, Grindleton, bid £350 for a visit to the German headquarters of grassland machinery firm Krone, with a night in Amsterdam.

In the prize draw, an Amazone ZA-X fertiliser spreader worth £3,000 went to Sarah Eddleston, of Great Harwood, while a £1,000 Bateman calf creep feeder was won by Blaze Farmer, of Bolton-by-Bowland. Pearsons also put up £1,000-worth of animal health products.

Other lots included a trip to Valtra Tractors' main production unit in Finland, knocked down to farm manager David Pighills, of Bolton Abbey, for £1,100, while the second highest bid of £470 secured a Bateman lamb weigher for Mr I. Fothergill, of Double Stones Farm, Silsden.

Visitors were able to try the latest agricultural equipment, view animal handling and feeding systems, and a mobile sheep race new to the UK. Some 60 trade stands also set up stall to showcase their wares.