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NBA Beef
Expo 2014
Unveils Packed
Programme
The Beef Industry’s
National Showcase.
A packed programme
of events and a record
showing entry will form the
centrepiece of this year’s
National Beef Association
(NBA) Beef Expo, which
returns to Hexham Mart in
May.
This year’s showcase
industry event being held at
Hexham Mart on Thursday
May 22 will put the spotlight
on better efficiency for better
returns. Visitors will have
the opportunity to tour three
leading Northumbrian beef
farms the day before and
attend seminars with key
experts from the sector at the
Expo itself.
The tours will take in Willie
Woodman’s Great Chesters
upland farm and his lowland
enterprise at Bradford, plus
John and Andrew Hunter’s
Steel farm. The Charolais and
Limousin cattle that guests
will see are key features in
the seasonal sales at Hexham
Mart.
Some of the stock on display
during the tours will be shown
at the Spring Spectacular
Show and sold at Hexham on
the Friday after the event. With
a prize fund of £6,000 and
£700 prize for the Supreme
Champion, the show features
16 classes that are set to
attract the very best of Britain’s
beef cattle, where they will be
appraised by three top class
judges.
Special classes have also
been organised for young

handlers and showing
novices.
The Young Show Stars
Challenge, which takes place
throughout the day, will be a
highlight for both competitors
and the audience. Open to
teams of three, made up
of people aged between
14 and 23, the challenge
will give competitors the
chance to show off their
skills in preparing, presenting
and parading an animal for
the show ring as well as a
stockjudging and promoting
different cattle breeds and
types.
NBA Beef Expo is also a
renowned forum for sharing
technical advice and industry
developments and the event
will feature a full range of
commercial and educational
trade stands. Plus, there will
be plenty of fun activities
including a Ready, Steady,
Cook-style competition
featuring auctioneers from four
local marts showing off their
skills with some beef recipes.
Commenting in advance of
this year’s event NBA Beef
Expo 2014 chair, Robert
Addison, said:
“Beef Expo is an essential
date in the calendar for serious
beef farmers and exhibitors,
but the programme of events
and grassroots showing
classes we’ve organised
this year means it will be an
informative day out for anybody
interested in farming and the
countryside.”

To read more, visit www.farmers-mart.co.uk

Tickets for both the Pre
Event Tour on Wednesday
21st May and NBA Beef Expo
being held at Hexham Mart
are available to purchase on
line from www.beefexpo.
co.uk or by telephoning 01434
601005.

For further enquiries about
the event contact the event
organiser, Euan Emslie,
on T: 01430 441870. F:
01430 448432. M: 07718
908523. Email: euan@
nationalbeefassociation.
com

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