Events

NSA Event Reports

20th October 2020 - 21st October 2020 NSA Virtual Celebration of Sheep Farming - Feeding the flock, and getting it right!! Time: 9am Location: Online Following the successful launch of our Virtual celebrations of sheep farming series in August, our second online offering will take place on Tuesday20th and Wednesday 21st October. NSA will be joined by an impressive line up of sheep industry experts to deliver an even greater webinar programme with many of the webinars focussing on sheep nutrition fitting with the two day theme of 'Feeding the flock - and getting it right'. Read More NSA Virtual Celebration of Sheep Farming - Feeding the flock, and getting it right!! Read More
18th September 2020 NSA Eastern Region Melton Mowbray Ram Sale Time: 9am Location: Melton Mowbray Market, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1JY Flying Trade at 35th NSA Ram Sale at Melton Numbers sold, averages and top prices were all up at the 35th Annual Ram Sale organised by the National Sheep Association Eastern Region hosted by Melton Mowbray Market on Friday (18th September 2020).  Leading the way was an excellent pen of Texel shearling rams from Philip Weaver, Caunton, Newark. Read More NSA Eastern Region Melton Mowbray Ram Sale Read More
16th September 2020 NSA Marches Region 'Cotswold Seeds and FarmEd' farm walk Time: 4.30pm Location: Honeydale Farm, Shipton Under Wychwood, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 6BJ NSA Marches Region was pleased to be able to continue with a long-awaited visit to Cotswold Seed’s new FarmEd visitor site on Wednesday 16th September. Despite current Covid-19 guidelines restricting some gatherings once again, advice was given that the visit could proceed as a business event but with limited numbers. Read More NSA Marches Region 'Cotswold Seeds and FarmEd' farm walk Read More
15th September 2020 Succession planning on the farm: A comprehensive webinar for sheep farmers Time: 12.30pm Location: Webinar Join NSA as we pair up with Rural Solicitors Roythornes to explore the complicated world of succession planning. The webinar will examine the different options for succession and offer advice and guidance for those wishing to make plans.  Chaired by Julie Robinson, Partner at Roythornes, attendees will also hear from Lisa Millington, tax/succession planning expert, Tim Russ, succession dispute specialist, and Catherine Sanderson, NSA Next Generation Ambassador, who will be sharing hers and her families experience of succession planning. Read More Succession planning on the farm: A comprehensive webinar for sheep farmers Read More
28th August 2020 NSA Eastern Region Rugby Ram Sale Time: 9am Location: Rugby Farmers Mart, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, CV8 2RG Rugby Farmers Mart welcomed back the NSA Eastern Region sale back for its 12th consecutive year on Friday 28th of September. The catalogued entry of 171 Rams forward was up on the previous year, with several pedigree and crossbred MV accredited Rams all presented exceptionally for sale. Read More NSA Eastern Region Rugby Ram Sale Read More
19th August 2020 NSA South West Ram Sale Time: 9am Location: Exeter Livestock Market, Matford Business Park, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD In this very different year there was a high quality of sheep forward for the sale.  We’re pleased that most people had face coverings and observed social distancing.  The top priced sheep was a Suffolk from Andrew & Wendy Reed that sold for 1200gns. Read More NSA South West Ram Sale Read More
13th August 2020 NSA AGM 2020 Time: 10am Location: Sheep Centre, Blackmore Park Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6PH and via web link NSA’s AGM, held on 13th August, was the organisation’s first ever online AGM and, despite some teething problems, the meeting ran smoothly. The meeting was chaired by NSA President Lord Inglewood and all the existing officeholders were re-elected. The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2019 were adopted. Read More NSA AGM 2020 Read More
12th August 2020 - 13th August 2020 NSA Virtual Celebration of Sheep Farming - Breeding the Best! Time: 9am Location: Online NSA opened its first virtual ‘event’ in mid August, welcoming farmers to an online platform packed with competitions, webinars and exhibitors ‘stands’. More than 250 people took part in the online competitions which included carcase grading and photography. Read More NSA Virtual Celebration of Sheep Farming - Breeding the Best! Read More
5th August 2020 NSA and GrassCheck GB Live Chat with farmers Rhys Edwards and Aled Evans Following on from the webinar on NSA and CIEL grassland webinar on the 8th July Liz Genever (independent sheep consultant) will be talking to Rhys Edwards (sheep farmer, Bridgend, south Wales) and Aled Evans (beef and sheep farmer, Carmarthan) about their experiences of using GrassCheck over the last two grazing season. Read More NSA and GrassCheck GB Live Chat with farmers Rhys Edwards and Aled Evans Read More
5th August 2020 NSA, Elanco and Moredun Webinar 2 - Sustainable Parasite Control: Test Don’t Guess Time: 8.30am Location: Webinar The 5th August saw the Moredun Foundation, Elanco, and NSA come together to deliver the second in a series of webinars on internal parasite control, this one focussed on Liver Fluke. The webinar attracted nearly 200 attendees and was chaired by Kevin Harrison, Chair of SCOPS and also NSA English committee chairman. Read More NSA, Elanco and Moredun Webinar 2 - Sustainable Parasite Control: Test Don’t Guess Read More