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A record of 10,000 visitors, 680 livestock
entries and 136 trade stands made this
one of the largest single day events in the
country. Mr Adam Henson, BBC TV
Countryfile presenter was the guest of
honour at the event. The overall cattle
championship was awarded to Michael
and Melanie Alford, Cullompton, Devon for
a 13 month old cross heifer, and the sheep
honours went to a pair of Texel cross lambs
from John Hall, Inglewood Edge, Penrith.
Capontree Veterinary Centre and Paragon
Veterinary Group attended the event and
flew the 'XLVets flag'; over 300 cups of tea
and coffee were served on the Capontree
stand, attracting farmers from all over the
country. Pauline Graham from Capontree
commented, ‘It was very interesting to see
how the farmers from many XLVets practices
came to the stand and were very pleased
that we were providing this hospitality.‘
‘There was a positive atmosphere
throughout the day and all the staff from
Capontree thoroughly enjoyed being
involved and being part of such a successful
event,’ said Pauline.
AGRI-EXPO 2010
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LIVESTOCK MATTERS
WORKING
TOGETHER
FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE...
Congratulations to XLVets member Mark Burnell
from Synergy Farm
Health who won the award 'Livestock Adviser of the Year' at this year's
Farmers Weekly Awards. Mark won the award based on his enthusiasm
for his job, having a defined strategy for the future, his ability to bring
all the team together and achieving buy-in for the importance of training.
Farmers Weekly Awards 2010
Congratulations also to the three XLVets
members’ clients who won awards on the
night; John Hoskin for winning 'Beef Farmer
of the Year' and 'Farmers Weekly Farmer of
the Year'; the award for the overall winner,
and Neil Baker for winning ‘Dairy Farmer of
the Year’, both are clients of Synergy Farm
Health and to Andrew Rees, client of Rutland
Veterinary Practice for winning 'Young Farmer
of the Year'.
There's a feature on winner Neil Baker on
page 11, who was also a finalist in the NMR
Gold Cup this year. In the next issue of
Livestock Matters we'll be catching up with
the other Farmers Weekly Awards winners
and taking a look at why they won these
prestigious awards.
Andrew Rees,
‘Young Farmer of the Year’
John Hoskin,
Overall Winner of 'Farmers
Weekly's Farmer of the Year' and also
Beef Farmer of the Year
Neil Baker, ‘
Dairy Farmer of the Year’
Winners
Neil Baker, Mark Burnell and
John Hoskin with Liza Tarbuck
FRIDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2010 - BORDERWAY MART, CARLISLE
The Agri-Expo event was held at Borderway mart, Carlisle on Friday 29th
October 2010. This year it was the biggest and the best attracting the
cream of livestock from throughout the country.