NSA Sheep Centre at the Royal Welsh Show

The NSA Sheep Centre at the Royal Welsh Show is the biggest of its kind in the NSA calendar. In the NSA building next to the sheep shearing pavilion, NSA is proud to bring together a wide variety of sheep breed societies and companies offering products and services to the industry. There is also a bar and catering area to the back of the building, offering refreshment to exhibitors and visitors alike. Spend some time in this entirely sheep-focused area, and be sure to swing past the NSA stand at the front of the building to talk to NSA officeholders about NSA activities, events and priorities in NSA Cymru/Wales Region. If you would like to take trade stand space in the Sheep Centre, contact Helen Roberts on 07976 803066 or helen@nationalsheep.org.uk.

Royal Welsh Show report

There was a real positive buzz on the NSA stand at the Royal Welsh Show this week and in the NSA building generally, with a relay of NSA staff meeting and greeting visitors. 

Phil Stocker attended on Monday and Tuesday and says: “It was a real team effort and resulted in a positive buzz in the building. It made for a really welcoming atmosphere and was obviously appreciated by the large number of visitors who visited our stand and the others in the building. It definitely felt like the place to be!”

Phil and NSA Cymru / Wales Region Development Officer Helen Roberts, along with Welsh Chief Veterinary Officer Richard Irvine met with Huw Irranca-Davies, expected to be appointed as the next Deputy First Minister following the Senedd’s summer recess. The meeting on the NSA stand was an important opportunity to put sheep farming and the NSA firmly on the minister’s priority list. Phil says: “Helen and I had a constructive discussion and were able to lay the foundation for us to work closely with the Welsh Government and to build on our already well established relationship with Richard Irvine.

“It was good to hear within a couple of days after our meeting that Huw was also going to be appointed Deputy First Minister for Wales but will also be maintaining his brief for climate change and rural affairs. The fact e is holding on to his brief is a good thing and we will have a hard hitting politician high up in government which can only help. We spoke with Huw about plans for the future Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales. Details will start to emerge over the next few months.”