The Livestock Event, the UK’s leading livestock trade show held at The NEC, Birmingham on 2 and 3 July and organised by RABDF Events, will be welcoming a record 400 livestock entries and over 450 trade exhibitors, providing the most comprehensive offering of any UK event, all under one roof in the most easily accessed location.

This month 2013 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup winner Andrew Higgins reports on a successful Gold Cup open day and events since then at Wilderley Hall Farm in Shropshire.

Stall bookings for the Livestock Event’s National Dairy Show have exceeded 200 stalls so far, however with five days to go to the booking deadline, there’s still time to enter.

This year's NMR/RABDF Gold Cup will go to one of six dairy herds who have completed several rounds of the competition and reached the final line up. It's a ‘national' battle with two herds from Somerset, two from Lancashire, a Scottish herd and a Northern Irish herd.

A series of Feed Science Forums designed to offer practical science based advice to all farmers as well as for consultants and feed advisors will be held at the Livestock Event to be staged at The NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July.

Dairy Pro – the dairy industry’s professional register of training and development – has re-launched to widespread industry support following a revamp of its operations and the development of a brand new website.