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28/04/2023 NBA Beef Expo Returns to Cumbria The National Beef Association’s highly successful Beef Expo event is heading to the Northwest in 2024 for a one day exhibition showcase of the British Beef Industry. A year to the date in advance, The National Beef Association (NBA) is delighted to announce that their next Beef Expo event will take place at North West Auctions, J36, Rural Au... read more

24/06/2022 From Humble Beginnings Comes the Perpetual Ghyll House Trophy Sibling duo B & L Wilkinson who run 20 head of cattle on 25 acres take Supreme Champion at 2022 Beef Expo with homebred heifer, Maggie. This year’s NBA Beef Expo winner comes with a slightly different backstory to normal which proves that great things really can come from humble beginnings. Beth Wilkinson wowed judges at this the UK’s only dedica... read more

23/05/2022 Young Hadrian’s Wall Farmer Prepares for NBA Beef Expo On Friday 28th May, eighteen-year-old, Rachael Graham, who farms at home alongside parents, Stephen and Tracey, and younger sister Amy (16) at Miller Hill Farm, situated on Hadrian’s Wall, will be showing her livestock at NBA Beef Expo at Darlington Famers Auction Mart. For Rachael, showing is a passion, and NBA Beef Expo is an event she has been... read more

18/05/2022 Harry Amos - Case Study Harry Amos works alongside his father, Gordon, on his family’s farm near Market Harborough in Leicestershire. The farm’s main enterprise is a large beef finishing unit which aims to turn over in the region of 500 head of steers and heifers per year. Alongside the cattle enterprise, the Amos’s also run a flock of 140 Texel cross ewes which Harry r... read more

18/05/2022 Leyburn Lady to Show at NBA Beef Expo Yorkshire farmer, Georgina Laws, runs a beef and sheep enterprise alongside parents, Digby and Cynthia, at High Village Farm, Leyburn. Having grown up on the family farm, 26-year-old Georgina also works part time as a drover and clerk at nearby Darlington and Leyburn auction marts. This year, Georgina will be exhibiting one bullock at NBA Beef Ex... read more

11/05/2022 A First Time Livestock Exhibitor Harry Amos works alongside his father, Gordon, on his family’s farm near Market Harborough in Leicestershire and NBA Beef Expo will be his first time in the showring. The Amos family farm’s main enterprise is a large beef finishing unit which aims to turn over in the region of 500 head of steers and heifers per year. Alongside the cattle enterpri... read more

04/05/2022 BEEF EXPO SEMINARS - NBA to Focus on the Future for Beef Christine Middlemiss, UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Professor Alice Stanton noted specialist on the health benefits of red meat, and MP Daniel Zeichner to speak at NBA Beef Expo Seminars The National Beef Association (NBA) has today announced an impressive line-up of speakers, who are all world leaders in their field, to deliver a series of semi... read more

25/02/2022 Opening the Gates of Progressive Beef Farming Enterprises The National Beef Association has announced details of its May 2022 farm tours, which will be an integral element of its annual Beef Expo event. The National Beef Association (NBA) have today confirmed that the farm tours, part of their annual event NBA Beef Expo, will feature a large beef finishing unit, and one of the foremost Limousin breed... read more

31/01/2022 Welsh Judging Duo for NBA Beef Expo The National Beef Association has today announced details of the classes and judges for its spectacular annual spring showcase, NBA Beef Expo, which is taking place at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart on Saturday 28th May. Held as part of the event, the National Commercial Cattle Show features 10 cattle classes for steers and heifers and will s... read more

10/08/2021 New date confirmed for the Beef Expo 2022 NEW FORMAT FOR 2022 NBA BEEF EXPO AT DARLINGTON FARMERS AUCTION MART Largest technical beef event in the UK to take place at Darlington Farmers Auction Market’s new state-of-the-art centre in 2022, after two-year break due to pandemic. The 2022 NBA Beef Expo will return to the farming calendar on Saturday 28th May 2022, taking a new weekend form... read more

13/03/2020 Judges confirmed for comprehensive award classes at NBA Beef Expo 2020 With trade stands filling fast at NBA Beef Expo 2020 (28th May), entries for the NBA Commercial Cattle Show (NCCS) and South Devon Herd Book Society Performance Championships are being encouraged, as we gear up towards the highlight of the beef industry calendar. Gwyn Edwards of Corwen, Denbighshire will be judging the Native and Continental clas... read more

27/09/2019 Beef Expo 2020 NBA BEEF EXPO 2020 TO BE HELD AT BRAND NEW HUMBLETON PARK AUCTION CENTRE, DARLINGTON, 28TH MAY 2020 Largest technical beef event in the UK to be staged at grand opening of Darlington Farmers Auction Market’s new state-of-the-art centre The 2020 NBA Beef Expo will be held at the grand opening of Darlington Farmers Auction Mart’s (DFAM) new Humble... read more

28/05/2019 FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY DURING BIGGEST EVER NBA BEEF EXPO Record numbers of exhibitors and competition entrants, and over 4000 visitors headed to J36 Rural Auction Centre, Cumbria on 23rd May to celebrate the strength and resilience of the British beef industry, at the National Beef Association (NBA)’s Beef Expo 2019. The industry sent a strong message out on environmental sustainability, the need to cha... read more

29/04/2019 Beef Expo farm tours offer an insight into NBA member farms and technical advice from guest speakers The farm tour hosts have been announced as part of the Beef Expo programme, followed by the Annual Beef Industry Dinner. Netherhall Farm David and Maggie Kelly have been farming at Netherhall for 21 years. They run a pedigree herd of Hereford cattle, as well as a smaller herd of pedigree Limousins, and they started a separate com... read more

16/04/2019 Huge support for cattle competitions at Beef Expo 2019 Organisers of the beef industry showcase, the National Beef Association (NBA) Beef Expo 2019, taking place in Cumbria on 23rd May, have announced huge support for its two key competitions, as entries start to draw to a close. The NBA Commercial Cattle Show and the South Devon Herd Book Society Performance Championships have both attracted encoura... read more

28/03/2019 Introducing the Judges for Beef Expo 2019 The judges for the cattle competitions during the National Beef Association (NBA) Beef Expo 2019 have been announced. The National Beef Association Commercial Cattle Show is judged over 10 classes and schedules and entry forms are available for download here. The South Devon Herd Book Society Performance Championships are a showcase for breed pl... read more

06/03/2019 Entries open for cattle competitions at NBA Beef Expo 2019 Entries for major competitions during the National Beef Association (NBA) Beef Expo 2019 are being actively encouraged, as we gear up towards the highlight of the beef industry calendar. This year taking place at North West Auctions’ J36 Rural Auction Centre in Crooklands, Cumbria, on Thursday 23rd May, NBA Beef Expo 2019 is promising to once agai... read more

05/09/2018 NBA Beef Expo 2019 heading to the North! The National Beef Association has announced their renowned Beef Expo will be held on Thursday 23rd May 2019 at North West Auctions, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Kendal. The National Beef Association, a member led charity who represent beef farmers in government organise the event annually, in different regions, to bring together farmers, exhibitors... read more

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