Events
Winter Stock Festival to celebrate 10th year
Returning for its 10th year, the 2017 East of England Winter Stock Festival will take place on a new date of Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December.
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TO BE HELD AT THE EAST of England Showground, Peterborough, the festival will showcase the very best of commercial and pedigree livestock, along with the latest trends and technologies in agriculture.
“ The 2017 Winter Stock Festival will build upon its previous success to deliver a modern event that caters for everyone with an interest in livestock production,” says William Haire, Festival Show Director.
“ Along with 120 cattle classes and 38 sheep classes, we are
delighted to announce the new addition of 25 classes for pigs, and can confirm an excellent line-up of judges.”
Colin Phillips, highly respected stockman and renowned judge, will lead the commercial cattle judging. Mr Phillips, who farms in Herefordshire, has achieved great success in the show ring and has judged at many of the country’ s leading agricultural shows.
Commercial sheep will be judged by Tom Elliot, of Elliot’ s Butchers and Delicatessens, in Northamptonshire. He brings experience as both a farmer and a butcher, giving him an invaluable combination of market insight and commercial understanding.
With the introduction of pig classes for the first time, Rodney Philips joins the line-up as commercial pig judge. As a wholesale butcher, Mr Philips brings a wealth of knowledge on market demands, putting him in good stead to judge the new classes.
As part of the Winter Stock Festival’ s commitment to helping the industry respond to challenges through collaboration and innovation,
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the 2017 event will also feature an expanding area dedicated to knowledge exchange. Welcoming some of the industry’ s top experts, this area will include seminars and demonstrations, as well as trade exhibits.
Also firmly established in the festival’ s programme is the highly coveted College Challenge and Young Stockperson of the Year competitions. Both competitions have become hugely popular since they were first introduced in 2011, with a record 30 teams competing in last year’ s College Challenge.
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