Shows & Events News

Hill farmer and sheepdog handler Erin McNaught shares her excitement ahead of her on-stage appearance at Cereals 2023.

Competition was strong as beef cattle kick-started the interbreed championships at the Royal Bath & West Show on Thursday 1st June 2023.

It’s an exciting year for The Arable Event, with the debut of biological seed treatments. A key date for the diary, The Arable Event takes place on the 7th June and is an important event for providing valuable information to Arable farmers for the upcoming harvest and drilling season.

LEMKEN UK will be showing their range of machinery on Stand 812 at Cereals 2023. Visit their stand to explore the LEMKEN and Steketee machines that will be on display at the show.

Cereals will host nearly 400 exhibitors and sponsors, ranging from companies that have attended the event for years to those exhibiting for the first time or returning after a few years’ break.

On 13th-14th June, Cereals will host nearly 400 exhibitors and sponsors, as well as offering a packed seminar programme, live demos and the ever-popular crop plots from its new 60ha location at Thoresby Estate in Nottinghamshire.

Livestock entries to the Royal Bath & West Show have been fantastic across the board this year, demonstrating farmers’ appetite for exhibiting their top animals and socialising with their peers.

OPICO will launch a new version of its HE-VA Combi-Disc at the Cereals Event in June. The ‘Stealth’ variant of the ever-popular combination cultivator gains ultra-low disturbance legs and a choice of different points depending on the level of sub-surface action required.

Vintage power and the progress of tractor technology will be on full display at the Royal Bath & West Show this year, with over 50 vintage and rare tractors making their way to the event from across the UK.

Attracting 150 delegates to hear the latest advancements in agri-tech, the first South West AgriTech Showcase was held on Thursday 20th April at Exeter Racecourse. So, what was in store for the attendees?

Openfield’s health, safety and environment manager Mark Smith was recognised at the 2023 Safety & Health Excellence Awards for his significant contribution to the implementation and enhancement of health, safety and wellbeing standards at the company.

Led by McCartneys auctioneers, the sale of pedigree cows and calves from the noted Wroxall Simmental herd of CH Evans & Son at Kington Grange Farm, Claverdon, Warwickshire, recorded just over £120,000 in gross earnings, with the leading cow-calf pair fetching a combined 6000gns.