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24/09/2018
NBA NI join Greenmount bursary scheme
Region: Northern Ireland
On Friday 14th August NI NBA Chairman Stephen Heenan attended the Greenmount bursary fair along with Rosie McGowan. It is the first year that the NBA have decided to support the bursary scheme, offering £1000 to an individual studying in their first year of either foundation or degree level agriculture to assist them in funding their academic stud...
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19/09/2018
Save the date: NBA Midlands farm walk to renowned Dorcas Charolais herd
Region: Midland
The NBA Midlands Committee are delighted to invite farmers to attend an Autumn farm walk and at College Farm, Thame, on Wednesday 19 th September. College Farm is home to the renowned, 300 strong Dorcas Charolais herd and an exceptional example of a pedigree herd run on a profitable commercial basis. The Morris family; John, Rosemary, their son ...
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08/08/2018
Beef Expo 2019 Venue Announced
Region: National
We are delighted to officially announce that Beef Expo 2019 will be held on Thursday 23rd May at North West Auctions, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Kendal. Plans are already underway, and we are looking forward to hosting the event at such exceptional modern facilities. The site boasts a huge exhibition hall and fantastic conferencing suite located i...
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11/05/2018
INDUSTRY EXPERTS AT BEEF EXPO FARM WALKS
Region: National
The NBA have this week announced the series of insightful workshops that will be running as part of their Beef Industry Farm Tours across Shropshire and the Welsh Borders on Thursday the 24th May. An impressive range of industry experts are lined up to deliver short talks on topics from calf rearing to beef finishing systems and advances in all as...
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16/04/2018
Beef Expo 2018 Farm Tours - F D Cornes & Son, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury.
Region: National
The third farm tour will take visitors to Frank and Jonathan Cornes farm, at Bayston Hill just outside Shrewsbury. Here, he and his family finish approx. 1800 stores, bought in from local markets and fed on home grown fodder beet, grain and grass silage as well as ad lib straw. The ration, fed ad lib in hoppers also contains live yeast to prevent ...
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13/04/2018
Beef Expo 2018 Farm Tours - James Evans, Partridge Farm, Linley, Bishops Castle
Region: National
James Evans’ Partridge Farm situated in Linley, near Bishops Castle spans just over 800 hectares (2,000 acres) and is home to his 300 Stabiliser suckler cows and 1,000 Lleyn ewes. The sucklers are split into two units, a 180-cow spring-calving herd (Partridge Farm) and a 120-cow autumn-calving herd (Walcot Farm) both producing quality maternal hig...
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13/04/2018
Beef Expo 2018 Farm Tours - Marc Jones, Trefnant Hall, Welshpool
Region: National
The next farm walk will visit Marc Jones, a farmer who has turned the family's 500 acre tenanted farm from a standard mixed farm reliant on subsidies to a modern profitable system which can survive without them. Trefnant Hall farm is a 500-acre tenanted farm situated on the Powis Estate which is run by Marc Jones in partnership with his parents D...
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12/04/2018
NBA (NI) announces three-day Beef Expo tour themed ‘Beef Up Our Future’!
Region: National
The National Beef Association (NI) has today launched the details of its annual three-day road trip to the NBA Beef Expo. Hosted in Shropshire this year the tour will run from Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th May and will include two days of farm tours visiting four exceptional farms across Shropshire and the welsh borders, two nights’ accommodation,...
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16/02/2018
Government fails to protect Food chain from power of Big Business
Region: National
The NBA were disappointed on hearing the Governments decision this morning not to extend the remit of the Grocery Code Adjudicator (GCA) into UK law. Had it been extended it would have protected the primary producer, instead the Government has decided to maintain the status quo and protect large retailers. Chris Mallon CEO of the National Beef A...
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23/01/2018
Two exceptional farm walks for NBA Midlands Committee
Region: National
Join the NBA Midlands committee for two fantastic farm walks this February as they host two knowledge sharing, networking events in Northamptonshire. Open to all with an interest in the beef industry this series of FREE events have something for everyone. The first of the two farm walks will focus on pre and post calving health management. Sponso...
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15/01/2018
SBA hosts farm tour at state of the art finishing unit
Region: Scotland
The SBA have announced their first Farm Tour of the year will be at Jim, Stuart & Michael Walker’s Knockenjig farm at Sanquar, Dumfries & Galloway. Kindly sponsored by Calf matters from Boehringer and Caltech Crystalyx, the meetings will focus on optimising health and nutrition of cattle around calving and maximising neonatal health and viability...
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10/01/2018
Tesco claims Christmas success whilst sacrificing British produce
Region: National
Tesco is making headlines with leading sales over Christmas and New Year for the first time in 5 years, however, their commitment to British beef over the same period also deserves headlines. The National Beef Association (NBA) was contacted by consumers in the South West after the New Year complaining about the lack of British beef available on ...
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09/01/2018
National Beef Association delighted that Gove is to stay in place
Region: National
Chris Mallon, CEO of the National Beef Association (NBA), has welcomed the news that Michael Gove is to stay in place as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. “It is good news that we have seen continuity at Defra with Michael Gove remaining as the Secretary of State. It was a surprise when he was brought back into the inn...
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08/01/2018
Tesco’s South West aisles bare of British beef - NBA challenges sourcing strategy
Region: National
Tesco’s South West aisles bare of British beef - NBA challenges sourcing strategy Christmas and New Year are peak times for the sale of quality cuts of beef, an important time for processors and farmer alike. Aisles full of locally supplied roasts are the expectation, however supermarket ‘giant’ Tesco failed to meet consumers demands for British ...
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24/10/2017
NBA Beef Expo to return to the Welsh Borders
Region: National
The National Beef Association (NBA) has today announced that their renowned Beef Expo event will be heading to the Welsh Borders for this year’s celebration of British Beef. The beef industry spectacular will take place on Friday the 25th of May 2018, kindly hosted by Halls Shrewsbury Livestock Auction Market. This key industry event which celebr...
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04/10/2017
NI NBA Committee Invite Farmers to Attend an Autumn Farm Walk
Region: National
THE NI NBA committee have arranged an autumn meeting which gives local Beef Farmers the chance to visit the commercial and pedigree suckler herd of Stephen Heenan, previous Vice Chairman of the NBA Board, at his farm in Clough, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. Stephen runs 70 commercial breeding females as well as 12 pedigree Charolais cows on his ...
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18/08/2017
Andrew Laughton opens the gates to his immaculate Beef Finishing Unit for NBA open farm walk and meeting.
Region: National
The NBA have announced that they will be visiting Southfield Farm, Andrew Laughton’s impressive finishing unit in Louth on Wednesday the 20th September as part of their roadshow of farm tours which will be held up and down the country with mainline sponsor AB Vista . Andrew Laughton will be opening the gates to his remarkable beef unit giving v...
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11/08/2017
NBA Invite farmers to attend an open farm walk and meeting kindly hosted at Angrove Farm in Wiltshire
Region: National
The NBA have announced that they will be visiting Angrove Farm in Wiltshire on Wednesday the 13th September as part of their roadshow of farm tours which will be held up and down the country with mainline sponsor AB Vista. Nigel Parfitt will be opening the gates for visit Angrove Farm, a 350 acre Approved Finishing Unit (AFU) with grazing set in ...
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28/07/2017
NBA Invite farmers to attend an open farm walk and meeting at Great Chesters Farm, Northumberland
Region: National
The NBA will be visiting Great Chesters farm in Northumberland on Wednesday the 23rd August as part of their roadshow of farm tours which will be held up and down the country this August and September. The evening will begin at 6.30pm with a tour of Great Chesters Farm, farmed by Willie Woodman. A fantastic example of a traditional mixed farm ...
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18/07/2017
Eric Reid opens the gates to his immaculate Beef Finishing Unit for NBA NI open farm walk and meeting.
Region: National
The NBA have announced that they will be visiting Eric Reid’s state of the art finishing unit in County Armagh on Wednesday the 16th August as part of their roadshow of farm tours which will be held up and down the country this August and September. The evening meeting will commence at 6.30pm and give visitors a chance to view a cutting-edge beef...
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