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19/03/2024
Thor Atkinson Commits Support to NBA Beef Expo
The National Beef Association (NBA) is delighted to be able to confirm that Ulverston based Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications has committed its full support as main sponsor to this year’s National Beef Association’s Commercial Cattle Show. Attracting some of the UK’s finest commercial cattle, this presentation and show is a major element of the NB...
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18/03/2024
NBA Beef Expo Young Farmer Focus Warrendale Wagyu – Jack Thornton
Jack Thornton aged 20 has been working with Warrendale Wagyu for two years, he started initially as one of their finishers with a batch of 20-month-olds, but has also recently taken delivery of his first batch of Wagyu calves. So now he is very much involved in the whole supply chain. Jack, who completed his agricultural training at Myerscough C...
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18/03/2024
NBA Beef Expo Young Farmer Focus Charolais – Sean Mitchell
Sean Mitchell from Grassknop Farm near Skelton in Cumbria is a progressive young Charolais breeder and a member of the British Charolais Cattle Society. Aged 23, he works at home on the farm alongside his father Alistair, and also operates his own cattle clipping preparation service for show sales and showing. Afte leaving school, Sean completed ...
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22/02/2024
An outstanding line up of cattle, trade stands and seminar speakers for The National Beef Association’s one day exhibition showcase taking place in Cumbria on Saturday, 27th April.
An outstanding line up of cattle, trade stands and seminar speakers for The National Beef Association’s one day exhibition showcase taking place in Cumbria on Saturday, 27th April. Beef breeders, farmers, and businesses involved in the industry are expected to gather from all over the UK to celebrate the best of beef cattle breeding, and to share...
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22/12/2023
Judges Announced for NBA Beef Expo
The National Commercial Cattle show held as part of the National Beef Association’s bi-annual spring flagship event attracts the highest quality cattle from across the UK, and it is for many one of the day’s highlights. Today, the NBA is delighted to announce that two expert judges have accepted the daunting challenge of separating the best from t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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