Conference Partners:
Acstede Design - graphic / website design specialists
The travel agent coordinating the tour is Carolyn Cree of Agritravel email: carolyne@barfieldtravel.co.uk If any delegates wish to extend their stay in UK, Carolyne would be pleased to assist in arrangements for onward travel and accommodation.
The Shorthorn Society
4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG
tel: 024 7669 6549
“13th World Shorthorn Conference – A World of Opportunity”
The Shorthorn Society would like to invite you to the 13th World Shorthorn Conference which is being held in the home of the Shorthorn - where in the late 18th Century, two brothers Charles and Robert Colling started to improve these Durham cattle using line breeding techniques established so successfully by Robert Bakewell on Longhorn cattle.
You will be able to see the best of British Shorthorns being judged at two of the most famous Agricultural Shows in the United Kingdom - the Royal Highland Show and the Royal Show, where breeders compete for the most prestigious of prize in the Shorthorn world, the magnificent Colling Brothers Trophy, seen here being presented to Mark Holmes winner in 2007 and 2008.
Inbetween the two shows you will tour the British Isles from Edinburgh to Stratford upon Avon, sampling both its sights and sounds and visiting some fantastic Beef and Dairy herds, click for a draft itinerary. The Conference itself will take place in the heart of Shakespeare country - Stratford upon Avon.
Please use our expressions of interest form to let us book your interest in being a delegate; we can then keep you updated via email with the useful information.
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