Now in its ninth year, UK Dairy Day continues to celebrate all things dairy and this year’s event on Wednesday, September 13 at Telford International Centre, looks set to be bigger and better than ever.
With various topical seminars and competitions, 278 trade exhibitors across internal and external exhibition areas and at 230 cattle stalls booked, this free to attend event is the ideal opportunity for networking, knowledge transfer and to do business all at the one venue.
Sharing Knowledge
The first floor of the venue features the Sharing Knowledge zone with industry panels and seminars. There will be four industry panels with leading industry representatives. The hour-long panels will run alongside four seminar presentations with speakers covering key dairy industry subjects that inform the audience and create topical discussion.
10.00am – Seminar presentation 1
10.30am – Industry panel 1: Future of the dairy cow
11.30am – Seminar presentation 2: NWF Agriculture
12.00noon – Industry panel 2: Future of milk pricing and processing
1.00pm – Seminar presentation 3
1.30pm – Industry panel 3: Future of the dairy industry
2.20pm – Seminar presentation 4: Lely
2.45pm – Industry panel 4: Future of your dairy business
Panel 1: Future of the dairy cow
Panellists:
Owain Harries, general manager, Semex UK
Dan Humphries, director, Dairy Insight
John Torrance, Dairy Farmer
Meurig James, head of breed development, NBDC
Marco Winters, head of animal genetics, AHDB
Panel 2: Future of milk pricing and processing
Panellists:
Chris Walkland, milk analyst/consultant
Paul Savage, UK director of member and agri commercial operations, Arla
Diarmaid Mac Colgáin, founder and ceo of Concept Dairy
Matt Sheehan, principal consultant, Promar International
Panel 3: Future of the dairy industry
Panellists:
John Powell, DEFRA
Rob Burgess, head of product, Mag of Ag
Michael Smale, dairy farmer, Glebewin Holstein
Amy Eggleston, The Dairy Daughter
Panel 4: Future of your dairy business
Panellists:
Hugh Pocock, director, Cultura Connect
Adam White, head of agriculture, Barclays Bank
John Allen, director, Kite Consulting
Michael Oakes, NFU dairy chair
The external areas at the International Centre will feature practical demonstrations on calf anatomy painting as well as foot trimming and knife sharpening.
Scarsdale Vets, from Derbyshire, will present their innovative and engaging demonstration using paint to visualise and understand calf anatomy. Throughout the day there will be the ‘Beneath the Black and White’ calf painting and the Scarsdale Vets team will use paint to assist in the understanding of calf health and welfare.
Tim Carter returns with practical demonstrations on foot trimming, blocking and knife sharpening. The qualified team of independent foot trimmers will demonstrate the key to the success of any task is having the right tools for the job. They will also highlight The Cattle Hoof Care Standards Board, a self-funding non-profit organisation aimed at improving the health, welfare and mobility of the national herd, by ensuring its members promote, achieve and maintain a recognised and validated standard of cattle hoof care.
Internally by the Hall 3 cattle stalls will be the NBDC Breed Village where members of the NBDC classification team will run type classification and linear scoring demonstrations for the Ayrshire, Jersey and Holstein breeds.
UK Dairy Day is also an accredited event with Dairy Pro for three CPD points and BASIS for two CPD points.
Competitions
The concourse of the venue will showcase new products exhibitors have launched in the past 12 months. These products are the finalists for the UK Dairy Day New Product competition for the most innovative or influential new products on the market. Shortlisted entries will be judged during the morning of the event with awards presented during the afternoon.
All trade stands will be automatically entered into the Trade Stand Award competition.
The address for those driving to UK Dairy Day on Wednesday September 13, are International Centre, Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH.
Entry is free although parking tickets need validating at the UK Dairy Day visitor information desk.
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