04/10/06
The Dairy Event 2006, Europe’s premier technical industry
event, continued to build on its previous successes according to
its organisers, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers.
Visitor numbers to the two day event staged at Stoneleigh Park,
Coventry last month were up significantly on the previous year,
despite the continuing decline in the number of milk producers.
In addition, exhibitor numbers increased from 390 to 400, while
booked cattle entries have expanded by 15% since 2004 to more than
230 head.
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Hoof trimming, mixer wagons and robotic milking were among the most
popular practical working demonstrations, while visitors to the silage
clinic, with samples for analysis, were up 25% on 2005 and the new
soil surgery attracted an unprecedented response.
“We were thoroughly pleased by the industry’s response
to the Dairy Event with many companies across a wide product range,
reporting good size orders placed, confirming our belief that this
is the business to business event for the livestock industry,” says
RABDF chief executive, Nick Everington. “Despite operating
in a contracting sector, visitor numbers increased, particularly
on the second day, which provided more quality time for farmers
and exhibitors to talk and actually complete their negotiations.”
“Once again the event proved to offer the best place to catch
up on all matters to do with dairy farming in the UK,” comments
Pat Tomlinson, agriculture director with HSBC Bank, the event’s
principal sponsor. “With the significant challenges currently
facing the dairy sector, it was encouraging to see such an appetite
for knowledge and expertise from so many. Whether it was understanding
the background to the current milk market, or searching out new
and exciting ways of reducing the costs of producing milk, we have
no doubt that most visitors left the event at the very least, better
informed and hopefully better equipped for profitable milk production.”
He adds: “HSBC Bank was pleased to have had the opportunity
to demonstrate its continuing and long-term commitment to the UK
dairy farming sector, by sponsoring the event for a 25th consecutive
year in 2006. Thank you to all our customers, non customers and their
advisors that visited our stand – we look forward to doing more
business together in the very near future.”
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