Events

NSA Event Reports

17th September 2018 NSA Wales & Border Main Ram Sale Location: Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells Solid Trade in Unpredictable Year The highest price at the 40th anniversary NSA Wales & Border Ram Sale went to a Blue Faced Leicester ram. The 12,000 guinea sale was the highlight of a day that saw good rams sell well, but that otherwise reflected the current political and weather concerns. Read More NSA Wales & Border Main Ram Sale Read More
8th September 2018 NSA South Sheep Location: South of England Showground, RH17 6TL The 2018 South Sheep event took place on the South of England Showground on Saturday 8th September on an overcast, slightly chilly day. The change to a permanent site has made all the preparations required from a small army of volunteers massively more simple and has reduced costs enormously, having all facilities already on site. Read More NSA South Sheep Read More
5th September 2018 NSA Central Region Committee meeting Time: 7.30pm Location: The Travellers Rest, Brough, Hope Valley, S33 9HG NSA Central Region invite you to join them for a committee meeting on Wednesday 5th September. One of the main purposes of the meeting will be to address issues relating to the next NSA Central Region Early Gathering to be held at Bakewell Market this coming January. Read More NSA Central Region Committee meeting Read More
4th September 2018 NSA Marches Region Farm Walk Time: 6pm Location: Brook House Farm, Ham Green, Redditch, B97 5PR NSA Marches Region held a committee meeting and farm walk on Tuesday 4th September. The event, kindly hosted by NSA member Sam Jones at Brook House Farm Redditch, attracted a good number of members and non-members alike and provided plenty of thought for those in sheep, and those looking to, or already into diversification. Read More NSA Marches Region Farm Walk Read More
31st August 2018 NSA Eastern Region Rugby Ram Sale Location: Rugby Farmers mart, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire Rugby Farmers Mart welcomed NSA members to Stoneleigh Market on Friday (31st August) for their 10th Annual Ram Fair. A catalogued entry of 121 rams were forward covering several breeds with the predominance being Continentals. Prior to the sale a show took place and the judges this year were Tom Willoughby, Leyburn and Roger Coombes, Burford. Read More NSA Eastern Region Rugby Ram Sale Read More
15th August 2018 NSA South West Region Ram Sale The Texel’s were in Ring 1, and it was there FH Chave and Son had the top price of the day of 1450gns for a shearling with another (the show champion)  at 1000gns and an average of £716. It was good to see young Freddie Barker from Wellington in the money selling his second placed shearling for 1200gns. Read More NSA South West Region Ram Sale Read More
12th August 2018 South West Region Farm Walk This Sunday saw NSA South West region visiting the Rampisham Manor Farms in Dorset to see how Gareth Beynon and his team manages the farm’s flock. In spite of the mixed weather a large crowd turned out and were treated to an informative tour of the farm. Read More South West Region Farm Walk Read More
9th August 2018 NSA AGM 2018 Time: 10am Location: The Sheep centre, Blackmore Park Road, Malvern, WR13 6PH Notice is hereby given that the 125th Annual General Meeting of the National Sheep Association will be held at the Sheep centre, Blackmore Park Road, Malvern, WR13 6PH on Thursday 9th August 2018 at 10am to transact the following business: To approve the Minutes of the 124th Annual General Meeting. Read More NSA AGM 2018 Read More
6th August 2018 NSA Wales & Border Early Ram Sale Location: Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells Good Sale for Top Tups at NSA Wales and Border Early Sale High prices were achieved for top tups at the NSA Wales & Border Early Ram Sale, held at the Royal Welsh Showground on Monday 6th August.  Averages were also up in Texel, Charollais and Suffolk rings, but fodder worries meant a disappointing number of rams sold. Read More NSA Wales & Border Early Ram Sale Read More
2nd August 2018 NSA Central Region and AHDB Beef & Lamb 'Minimising carcase losses' Time: 1.30pm Location: Bakewell Market “With increasingly tight financial margins in lamb production and processing, it is vital to minimise losses throughout the supply chain. Farmers can maximise their financial returns by meeting target carcase specifications and minimising the losses of saleable meat and offal. Read More NSA Central Region and AHDB Beef & Lamb 'Minimising carcase losses' Read More