colleges, charities and local businesses for them to engage with potential students and employees.
External demonstration area
The external demonstration area for the 2015 UK Dairy Day is sponsored by Massey Ferguson. This area will feature foot trimming and knife sharpening by Tim Carter. Tim, a qualified foot trimmer, has worked as a herdsman with a number of dairy and beef farms across the south west and has been a trained foot trimmer for more than 15 years and is currently chairman of the NACFT (National association of cattle foot trimmers).
His passion for improving the quality of foot trimming as a whole to benefit cattle welfare is shared in his role as an NPTC City and Guilds Assessor and mentor to newly trained foot trimmers through the NACFT.
Demonstrations will run throughout the day starting at 9am, with the last one at 5pm.
Visitors will be able follow the demonstrations via TV screens, with Tim commentating as he goes, enabling visitors to see first- hand the detail of foot trimming and knife sharpening. The crush being used is a squeeze side, tip over crate which comes with its own race, storage boxes and mounted pressure washer for easy cleaning. Run fully on electric, with built in battery, the crush is currently one of its kind in the UK built by DP Agri based in Devon.
Red Ribbon Sale
A new feature for 2015 will be a Red Ribbon Sale featuring the best dairy animals of any breed, hand picked by Glyn Lucas of Harrison and Hetherington.
The sale, a joint venture between UK Dairy Day and livestock auctioneers Harrison and Hetherington will take place from 4.30pm on Wednesday 16th September in the show ring. Carl Smith, show director for UK Dairy Day, says the sale will add an extra dimension to the event. “Following the success of our
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