Youth Development Programme

After starting the year full of sunshine the weather at the workshops is steadily getting worse. It seemed a little more like October than May when I visited Perthshire at the weekend, but the wonderful shiny facilities at Netherton kept us fairly dry and we had yet another great turn out of talented young people. [...]

And so the magical mystery tour continues with the third workshop in as many weekends! My travels this time took me to Surrey and after the pressure was on last week in my home area of the South West, this time it was pressure for another reason as the South East is usually the biggest [...]

South West of England Workshop., by Gayle Bersey. I thought I was expecting too much by wishing for sunshine two weeks on the trot! The South West of England workshop definitely couldn’t be described as a warm spring day, but it didn’t deter from the enthusiasm on all sides. This is home territory for me, [...]

Congratulations to YDP participant Megan Denning from Somerset who recevied her certificate in Animal Health and Presentation at the recent South West of England YDP workshop. Megan is pictured with past YDP chairman and host for the workshop Ed Jones of the Rull herd.

East Anglia Workshop, by Gayle Bersey. Well if the rest of the year continues like it started with the first workshop then I’ll be very happy! Sunshine, quiet cattle, great facilities and really nice participants helped to make a fabulous day. The East Anglia workshop had a new location for this year, due to work [...]

The Youth Development Programme has announced this morningthere will be an additional workshop held in Glos on the 7th July at Paul and Kirsty Westaway’s Gamage Hall Farm, Dymock (GL18 2AE), home to the Mellview herd. Trainer for this event will be Neil Lloyd. Anyone interested in taking part in this workshop should contact Gayle [...]

The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society’s industry leading Youth Development Programme (YDP) has now set dates for training workshops across the UK and Ireland and this year will be offering all those who attend a workshop the chance to win an in-calf two year old Aberdeen-Angus heifer bred in the noted Rawburn herd of the Elliot family, [...]

Congratulations to YDP participant Gemma McCornick who received her YDP certificate in animal care and presentationat last week’s Aberdeen-Angus Bull Sales in Stirling from Society President Russell Taylor.

New dates have been added to this year’s YDP workshop calendar…..check out what’s happening in your area. So far the following dates and areas have been confirmed but keep checking the site for more dates which will be added as soon as they have been confirmed: 21st April East Anglia workshop – Shadwell 28th April [...]

Congratulations to NI Club YDP participant Gemma Parke, Strabane, who received her YDP certificate for animal care and presentation at the recent NI Club Calf Show held at Dungannon Farmers Mart from Club chairman John Blackburn.