AGRISCOT: YOUR FARM BUSINESS EVENT
AgriScot, ‘your farm business event’, will take place on November 20 in the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston.
This year will mark 25 years since the foundation of AgriScot. In 1994, in its original format as DairyScot, the event had a focus on the dairy sector. However, moving with the times and mirroring changes in the wider industry, the event transformed into AgriScot in 2001 and now has wide appeal to professionals from all farming sectors. In this special AgriScot preview, there is a taste of what visitors can expect from AgriScot 2019:
TRADESTANDS
AgriScot 2019 will feature more than 240 trade stands and a machinery hall packed with the latest information, innovation and advice to help farmers get the most from their business.
BUSINESS SEMINARS
The free-to-attend business seminars at AgriScot are a major attraction year after year. For 2019 the packed programme will include political debate, new entrant advice, digital accounting and a sneak insight into the Oxford Farming Conference.
WORKSHOPS & DEMONSTRATIONS
A main ring demonstration of beef cattle management techniques and workshops with appeal to all farming sectors will take place throughout the day.
SHOWCASING BEST PRACTICE
AgriScot seeks to demonstrate, showcase and reward best practice. Part of this aim is delivered by the Farm of the Year Awards. Awards are made annually to nominated farms, judged by the assessors to be the best, arable, beef, dairy and sheep units in Scotland.
DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION
The AgriScot Business Skills competition encourages young farmers, students and other young agricultural professionals to demonstrate and further develop their farm business management skills.
The final of the competition takes place on the day of AgriScot with the winner presented with a cheque for £1,000 courtesy of sponsors, Dairymaster.
SHOWCASING INNOVATION
To further the AgriScot aim of showcasing new and innovative products, services and thinking, each year the AgriScot Product Innovation Award is presented.
The award is open to all AgriScot trade stand exhibitors and is judged by a panel of expert judges on the day prior to AgriScot, enabling award certificates to be proudly displayed to visitors on the big day.
NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES
AgriScot is the number one winter business event for new product launches. The event has regularly hosted the UK public debut of machines from major manufacturers such as John Deere.
TOP CATTLE ON PARADE
Top dairy cattle from throughout the British Isles make the annual pilgrimage to AgriScot to compete for the prestigious Super Cow and Super Heifer titles.
INDOOR COMFORT
AgriScot utilises every available square metre of the huge exhibition hall complex at the Royal Highland Centre. With the whole event under cover, it can cope with the worst of Scottish November weather.