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Dairy delegates attended a condensed version of the AHDB Breeding Blocks workshop, hosted by Marco Winters and Fern Pearston from AHDB's Animal Genetics team.

A review of the 2020 conference, with sustainability and profitable breeding the key themes on Beef Day, and genetics and succession planning on Dairy Day.

Geneticist and programmer Werner Brand of SRUC opened Dairy Day by explaining how deep learning can be used to solve complex genetic problems facing the industry.

Sustainable succession was a central theme across all presentations at the 2020 British Cattle Breeders Conference, held in Telford between 20 and 22 January.

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.