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BCBC hosted its annual club dinner during the conference at the Telford Hotel and Golf Resort, opening with a champagne reception ahead of a lively Q&A panel session.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 2020 British Cattle Breeders' Club Conference, renowned since its inception over 70 years ago for its practical, high-quality speakers.

The club visited Oak House Farm near York, home to the Powley family's beef herd and arable enterprise, to see their focus on soil health, no-till cropping and a growing suckler herd.

'Focusing on succession to build a sustainable future' is the theme for the 2020 BCBC Conference, taking place on 20-22 January at the Telford Hotel and Golf Resort.

The British Cattle Breeders Club looked forward to visiting Oak House Farm in Yorkshire, a newly built farmstead based at Green Hammerton near York.

A preview of the 2020 conference programme, including practical workshops for beef and dairy farmers alongside a first look at the speaker line-up.

British Cattle Breeders Club members enjoyed an insight into two fabulous dairy units in Shropshire in early August, starting with Bridge Farm, Edstaston.

The British Cattle Breeders Club visited two Shropshire dairy farms on Tuesday 6 August 2019, with everyone welcome to register their place with the secretary.

It is a great honour and privilege to have been elected Chairman of the British Cattle Breeders Club, leading the club into a new decade through 2019 and beyond.

A review of the 2019 conference across Beef Day and Dairy Day, plus updates on the Shout about the Sire campaign and thanks to the club's mainline sponsors.

With only 23 per cent of sires currently registered on passports, AHDB Beef and Lamb is urging farmers to start recording to improve profitability and competitiveness.

'Building the Brand to Promote our Uniqueness' was the theme of the packed 2019 BCBC Conference in Telford, with over 300 delegates across two and a half days.