Farmers Weekly Sheep Event Show Guide

Sheep

2010

The Essential Technical Event or Sheep Producers

Organised by the National Sheep Association

Ofcial Guide

Published bySPONSOrS

Tuesday 3rd August

Venue: Thee Counties Showgound,Malven, Wocesteshie Wr13 6NW

www.sheepevent.org.uk

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FarmSkills Sheep coursesthis Autumn will include:

We also regularly run courses across he counry in DIY AI, cale and sheep foorimming, cale nuriton and mastts conrol, calf rearing and buying he righbeef bull – along wih many ohers.

For more details,why not log on to our website

Telephone

07748 805497

e-mail

farmskills@xlves.co.uk

XL Ves UK Ld, Carlisle House, Townhead Road, Dalson, Carlisle CA5 7JF

www.farm-skills.co.uk

15 SepemberSheep parasie conrol

Macclesﬁeld

7 OcoberToal Sheep

Northumberland

12 OcoberPractcal tps o manage

Hereford

sheep lameness12 OcoberPractcal lambing

Devon

18 OcoberPractcal sheep husbandry

North Yorkshire

19 OcoberSheep parasie conrol

Derby

3 NovemberAdvanced sheep keeping

South Wales

– lameness and nuriton10 NovemberAdvanced sheep keeping

South Wales

– parasie conrol andinfectous diseases11 NovemberAlpaca husbandry

Dorset

12 NovemberSheep parasie conrol

Hereford

17 NovemberBasic sheep skills and sockmanship

Gloucester

18 NovemberPractcal lambing

Derby

7 DecemberLambing and practcal kidding

Dorset

8 DecemberPractcal lambing

Hereford

9 DecemberPractcal lambing

Derby

F a r me r C l a i r e C r o c k e r f r o m S o me r s e  s a i d :

“ T he F ar mSk ills c our se on max imising lamb sur v iv al g av e me some r eally pr ac tc al  ec hniques f or  his y ear ’s lambing season”

– p o s i t v e b e ne ﬁ  s f r o m p r a c t c a l c o u r s e s .

C o m e a n d v i s i t u s a t t h e S h e e p S h o w

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Farmers

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23 July 2010

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editorial & contents

Sheep

2010

4Talking Point

NSA’s chief executive Peter Morris looks athow the industry can build on strengths in themarket place

6Competitions, demonstrations andseminars

A round-up of what’s on offer to see at thisyear’s event

8Farm Shops

Using the whole carcass is the key toprofitability in farm butcheries

11EID

EID helps one Devon farmer keep a firm grip onperformance

12Inspections

Farm assurance inspections can work tofarmers’ advantages

14Succession

Planning a clear strategy for passing on abusiness to the next generation

16Lambing

For a Dorset farmer lambing out of seasonbrings benefits

18Parasites

A look at strategies to reduce sheep parasiterisk

21Breed societies list

Find where each breed society andorganisation is at the event

24A-Z exhibitor list

Find all the stands you need to visit quicklyand easily

34Event map and details

Find your way around the showground

W

e look orward to welcoming youto NSA Sheep 2010, the specialistone-day event with every possibleopportunity to hand, on one site, and onone day to help you develop and growyour sheep arming enterprise and to dobusiness.We are currently enjoying a stronger position, ater two years o operating ina relatively buoyant marketplace. It’s oneto build on or the uture and NSA Sheep2010 is the vehicle that will help you toprogress, whether you are a sheep armer, apartner, shepherd, manager, consultant or have other interests in sheep arming.More than 250 exhibitors will beoering a huge range o advice – technical,business and fnance – and there will beopportunities to fnd out what’s new innutrition and management along withenvironmental issues and the latest inmachinery and equipment.The event has also attracted associationsand societies representing more than40 dierent sheep breeds enabling youto catch up on cutting-edge geneticdevelopments.Away rom the exhibitors’ stands, therewill be plenty or involvement throughoutthe day, rom testing your own lamb andcarcass selection skills, to learning newshearing techniques rom the competitiveshearing classes.Succession is absolutely vital within our industry and involving the next generationin the event has been paramount. For example, we will be staging the NSAYoung Shepherd o the Year, and most o our seminars and panels eaturing issuesrom health and welare to marketing andEID, will be chaired by the industry’syoungsters.Finally, this event has been organisedby NSA and I would like to express mypersonal thanks to Helen Davies andher team o organisers. NSA is the soleindustry body working hard or all UK sheep armers; i you are not already amember, then I urge you to join andbecome part o this dynamic organisation.We hope you enjoy your day.

Jonathan BarBer

NSA chairman

Build on success atNSA Sheep 2010

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