BREEDING FOR THE FUTURE: THE NEXT 200 YEARS WORLD SHORTHORN CONFERENCE
T
he 200th anniversary of Coates’s Herd Book will see the UK hosting the World Shorthorn Conference in July 2022.
The 14-day itinerary with an optional three-day Scottish tour, is offering an extensive farm study tour of both Beef Shorthorn and Dairy Shorthorn herds and a visit to the Great Yorkshire Show. The schedule will also feature Breeding for the Future, a one day congress focusing on the next
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200 years and how they can evolve based on data collection. This event will be inclusive to all within the UK livestock industry, and topics will include progression and use of data capture, genomics, environmental developments and the next generation. We look forward to welcoming delegates from around the globe in what is scheduled to be a highly informative, memorable and future forwardthinking event.
