Cattle, Panto and NFU

matty s — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:55:00 GMT

I've just got home after what's been a busy weekend. Friday and Saturday I was at the Limousin Show and Sale at Carlisle. All I can say is; wow! There was some tremendous stock there...with a tremendous price too! My temptation to bid on some pedigree heifers which sold for 1400gns was luckily stopped. I could have come home in some serious trouble and I doubt my garden shed would be adequate enough housing for them. Plus, my Charolais show calf is about to take a significant chunk of my bank balance away once the feed bill is paid. Lets hope prices remain strong for the sale in March when it goes under the hammer. Today has been our YFC County eliminators of Pantomime. I was buttons in a take on Cinderella. We will find out tomorrow night how well we did and if we are through to the County finals. Oh yes well will! Finally, I'm off to the NFU conference and AGM on Tuesday. It will be interesting to see what the outlook for the forthcoming year is. Good luck to all the candidates running for the top table. With important issues such as bTB and CAP Reform, the next year will be an important one for the agricultural industry.

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matty s — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:00 GMT

Ok, after much neglect, I have decided to get back into the swing of things blogging. Quick update: I started Newcastle University in October reading Ag with Farm Business Management. Since then, I've never stopped. It's proving to be great fun so far and I have lots going on both in and out of uni. The past few months I've managed to do a load of things. One being a trip to Wales as part of NFYFC. It was great fun and we had a very productive meeting to discuss things we can develop and change within the Federation. I've also been down to the Oxford Farming Conference which also proved a great trip. It was great to see so many high profile speakers talking about world Agriculture and more importantly, the future of it. Embarking on an Agri-degree is daunting but its great to see what the future of the industry may hold and it was really encouraging hearing from some of the speakers. I've also finished Semester 1 exams. Less said about them the better. We shall see what results day brings. Finally, Harper Block Fixture in November was a great chance to have a great weekend and meet lots of people. It was great fun and I'm looking forward to the ploughing match this coming month. That's it for now but hopefully I'll be back into the swing of things with the blog before long...and write abit more about what's going on!

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Cattle, Panto and NFU

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