National
Youngstock
Conference

​The 2025 National Youngstock Conference will be held on July 16 at Birmingham’s National Conference Centre. The third National Youngstock Conference (NYC), held in July 2024 in Exeter, was a resounding success, attracting close to 400 producer, vet and trade delegates. They travelled from across the UK to listen to leading dairy and beef professionals share a wealth of knowledge and expertise on calf and heifer rearing.

 

Sell-out event

 

Demand for tickets was such that there was a waiting list, just as there was in 2023. The packed one-day programme, which filled two lecture halls, delivered 17 technical presentations to a sell-out audience. The event also included 40 trade stands, which offered delegates the opportunity to network, catch up with conference speakers, and find out more about the latest products and services on offer.

 

Moving the NYC to Birmingham allows the organiser, CowManagement, to realise its long-term plan of alternating the event between a base in the South West and a Central/Northern venue. The NYC will be chaired, again, by the event’s clinical director Tim Potter, and will also involve other leading dairy and beef industry professionals.

 

Discussion forum

 

Providing a forum for producers, vets, researchers and other dairy and beef professionals, the NYC aims to promote best practice and facilitate the exchange of ideas relevant to all stages of youngstock rearing. The event’s ‘actionable insights’ competition will be repeated this year. Delegates are encouraged to make notes about the key things they’ve learned during the day and plan to put into action when back on the farm.

If you are interested in taking part at this year's event, please email jason@cowmanagement.co.uk