| UK Dairy Day
UK Dairy Day 2017
Make a note in your diary: Wednesday 13th September, International Centre Telford.
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K Dairy Day was launched in 2014 as a new event for the dairy industry following feedback from dairy farmers and the industry requiring a dedicated one-day event at a time of year when plans and decisions are being made for the winter.
The event is now in its 4th year. The 2016 event attracted 7,740 visitors, an 8.85 % increase in the 2015 exhibitors of 7,112. There were 171 cattle on-site and more than 300 dairy business exhibiting.
The event is organised by Holstein UK with support from representatives from CIS, NBDC, The International Centre, Stagecraft UK and other key businesses within the industry. Date & Contact Details Wednesday 13 September 2017 8.00am until 5.30pm FREE entry, no need to pre-register – just arrive, receive wristband and enter venue
FREE car parking on site and town centre multi-storey car parks. Tickets from multistorey car parks to be brought to UK Dairy Day visitor information desk within concourse to be validated.
Visit the website at www. ukdairyday. co. uk Location
UK Dairy Day is held at The International Centre in Telford, a state of the art exhibition venue with on-site catering, leisure areas, hotels with nearby restaurants and shopping centre.
Located just off the M54, junction 4 or 5, the venue is ideally situated with extensive free car parking and easy access signposted by dedicated AA road signs for UK Dairy Day.
Address: The International Centre, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4JH.
Great rail connections with Telford Railway Station in walking distance, however a free shuttle bus with operate.
Two airports within an hour’ s drive – Birmingham( BHX) and East Midlands( EMA) Theme
The theme is‘ Sharing knowledge’. The event
28 | Farming Monthly | August 2017 will feature a learning and development zone on the first floor, with seminar sessions indoors and outdoors to engage, inspire and educate. The Event UK Dairy Day 2017 will feature;
• Over 300 UK, European and International businesses covering four trade stand areas of over 8,000 square metres;
• Hall1 and Hall 2
• Concourse
• Ludlow
• External
• Cattle show – hosting The National Ayrshire Show and The National Holstein Show. Colour classes for Brown Swiss, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey and Jersey breeds
• Sharing Knowledge zone located on the first floor with objective to educate, engage and inspire dairy farmers and features a career zone and seminars
• Two seminar areas with key presentations. The 18 seminar presentations will be 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes Q & A starting at 10am and concluding with the last presentation at 4.20pm.
• External demonstration area will feature
• ' Beneath the Black and White Calf ' Painting- Scarsdale Vets will be presenting an innovative and engaging presentation that gives participants the opportunity to visualise and understand a calves anatomy using paint! Carolyn Baguley, Senior Farm Assistant at Scarsdale Vets, will focus on the musculoskeletal / nervous system and internal organs to assist the understanding of calf health & welfare.
• Foot Trimming & Knife Sharpening – Demonstrations will be undertaken by a qualified team of independent foot trimmers namely Tim Carter, David Rowe, Ema Glaze and Andrew Tyler all with a number of years’ experience under their belts. Tim was brought up on a dairy farm, which he then worked on before gaining further insight into the industry working with a number of dairy and beef farms across the South West Having been a trained foot trimmer for over 15 years Tim is passionate
about improving the quality of foot trimming. He believes that this will bring many benefits to both cattle, in the wider health and welfare aspects, and to the farmer, less lame cows and time spent‘ trying to fix’ them. David shares Tim’ s enthusiasm for the sharing of knowledge around the discipline of trimming be it a herdsman wishing to learn so they can do the routine trimming on-farm or a professional trimmer looking to ensure their methods are‘ fit for purpose’. As all trades people know the key to the success of any task is having the right tools for the job, hence the demonstrations focusing on knife sharpening. The trimming and sharpening demonstrations will be streamed to a large TV screen with commentary so visitors are able to see firsthand the detail of the trimming and knife sharpening
• New product competition for 2017 exhibitors. Entries are being accepted for products launched since 15 September 2016 up to the 2017 event. Entries will be shortlisted to 12 which will be displayed at the event in the‘ New Product Zone’ located in the concourse outside the press office and judged in the morning of event day, with awards presented at lunchtime. Awards presented for Winner, Highly Commended and Judge’ s Special mention. The list of the 12 shortlisted nominations will be available by mid August.
• Press room located in Beckbury on the ground floor between upper and lower concourse area
• Sponsors and VIP lounge including a lunch sponsored by De Lacy Executive. The lounge will be located on the first floor in the Wenlock Suite
• Champions Dinner and Awards at 7.30pm to celebrate and network
• Local dairy herds in the area to visit pre and post event, along with tourist attractions New for 2017 Making more from milk zone Calf rearing zone NBDC Breed Village
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