Borders Club YDP participants headed to Buccleuch Estates for their regional workshop this summer with some local trainer knowledge and expertise thrown in for good measure. Leading the team with his reason giving and stock judging knowledge was James Playfair Hannay. James is a massive advice of YDP having seen his doctor Anna go through the programme and prosper and …

Following another successful summer season of thought provoking and educational training at various workshops held across the UK and Ireland, the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society is now in full flow planning the National Final for the Youth Development Programme. Rotated around the UK and Ireland, this year’s final will be hosted at the Peterborough Showground of the East of England Agricultural …

The next workshop this year took the YDP team to Gloucestershire to the home of the Melview herd of Paul and Kirsty Westaway where we had 17 participants in action, with many new, young faces among us. Trainers for the day were Jimmy McMillan who took charge of the clipping demonstration, Nick Hill who handled the halter tying and washing …

The Cornish YD workshop took place by kind permission of Andrew and Janet Reynolds. With some 14 participants on the day, this was the biggest gathering we’ve had for this area, so well done to those who made the effort. Trainers for the day were Roger Pascoe on dressing with Mike Kirby on washing cattle and halter changing and tying. …

A total of 16 participants joined us at Glassel for the North East of Scotland workshop and we were thrilled to have with us a vet student from the Ukraine. We had a slightly new line up for the raining team with Harry Emslie and Wendy Willox both taking on the dressing cattle (now done as a seminar in small groups) …