The RABDF Livestock Machinery and Equipment Award made to the product that delivers the most economic value to the livestock sector was presented to Pyon Products at the Livestock Event held at The NEC, Birmingham on 6 and 7 July.

Simon Bugler from Pilsdon Dairy Farm, Bridport, Dorset is the winner of the NMR RABDF Gold Cup 2016. 

The Livestock Event is reverting to its roots in 2017. Organiser, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers is returning the event to its traditional time slot with next year’s event scheduled for 6 September at The NEC, accompanied by a name change to the National Dairy Event. 

RABDF has pledged to be at the forefront of helping to develop future policy with Government for all dairy farmers.

2015 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup winner Neil Baker from Haselbury Plucknett in Somerset reflects on the Gold Cup Open Day and updates us with the latest news from Rushywood Farm.

Six dairy units have made it into the final of this year’s NMR/RABDF Gold Cup competition. 
This year’s judges, RABDF Chairman and former Gold Cup winner Michael King, NMR director Jonathan Davies and Gold Cup winners 2013 Andrew and Bill Higgins, will visit each unit. The winner and runner-up, who receives the NMR Silver Salver, at 4.30pm on the NMR stand at the Livestock Event, NEC Birmingham on July 6.

Building resilience: dairy farmers must know cost of production on rolling basis, RABDF chairman, Mike King  

RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance) has responded to a BBC Panorama programme examining farming’s role in the ‘antibiotics crisis’, shown on 23 May 2016, agreeing that while action is critical, the debate needs a ‘One Health’ context.