Following the success of the YNPA regional conferences in 2024, my co-chairman Lee Thompson and I introduced them again for one more 12 months.
As a sector, we’re all the time rising our focus and a focus on bettering welfare and manufacturing, so it felt like a pure match to base our conferences across the advances being made in know-how and the way this will have a constructive impact on farm.
To mirror the extent of focus on this space, we determined to ask completely different audio system for the three occasions. This concerned various completely different corporations spanning genetics, veterinary and buildings.
The goal was to spotlight the wonderful work being completed throughout the sector to drive progressive initiatives, utilizing new and thrilling know-how.
We wished the three regionals to be accessible conferences, with night occasions within the east, north and south/central areas.
Expertise drive
The trio of occasions was kicked off on March 6 in Suffolk, kindly hosted by High quality Gear (QE). We have been joined by Charlotte Forbes, technical gross sales and advertising supervisor at Rattlerow, who spoke alongside Charlie Baker, enterprise growth and advertising supervisor at QE.
It was nice to have each audio system for the night as lively YNPA members. The occasion included a tour of QE and supplied some actual perception into how know-how is driving each companies ahead.
The north occasion rapidly adopted on March 13 in Driffield, the place we have been kindly supported by PIC and Farmvet. Steve Furniss, PIC director for the UK and Eire, spoke first, highlighting simply how a lot innovation is occurring on a worldwide scale at PIC. They introduced alongside their digital phenotyping equipment, to permit us all to have a go.
Nicola Bowers, veterinary technician at Farmvet, adopted, giving us an ideal overview of a few of the know-how she has labored with throughout her farm trials.
She highlighted simply how vital it’s not to miss the extra accessible, less-expensive know-how now we have at our fingertips on farm, which might simply get uncared for, however can nonetheless assist enhance manufacturing and welfare.
As I write this piece, now we have our remaining occasion arising – the south/central regional at Newbury on March 27. We had three audio system at this occasion – PIC and Rattlerow, with the addition of Tom Hill, medical director on the George Veterinary Group. Tom has an actual curiosity in environmental information and the way monitoring real-time information can enhance the general image on farm.
These conferences are additionally an ideal alternative for individuals to get collectively exterior of labor to socialize and meet new members of the trade over a bacon sandwich – or certainly one of Molly Gimson’s wonderful pork burgers (in case you are fortunate sufficient to attend the east occasion).
Thrilling occasions
We’re busy engaged on a programme of thrilling occasions for later this 12 months, together with a minimum of one, if not two, summer season occasions.
The YNPA nationwide occasion can also be booked for Thursday, October 30, and will probably be happening in London. Look out for extra data on learn how to reserve your home.
The YNPA neighborhood is rising, with 129 members up to now. If you’re aged between 18 and 40 and also you want to get entangled, head to the YNPA part of the NPA web site (nationalpigassociation.co.uk/ynpa) to enroll.
Lee and I are devoted to creating a distinction and wish to assist assist the pig trade, so it may be a sustainable, worthwhile and thrilling place for the longer term.
YNPA regional testimonial
“The second annual YNPA regionals have been once more an interesting hear; matters which are usually not coated in trade dialogue teams. The evenings are an opportunity to upskill on trade information, portray an image of areas exterior our personal roles.
“The occasions, guided by the friendliness of Emma and Lee, are an ideal probability to begin your journey within the trade, meet new individuals and see trade buddies. It’s an ideal networking alternative and it’s helpful in our roles. It’s good seeing individuals at different trade occasions desperate to meet up with these they’ve met via YNPA.”
Zanita Markham, tasks and engagement relationship supervisor, AHDB
