New NFYFC chairman elected 25 years after her father
22 February 2021 |
Rachel Goldie has been elected to NFYFC s leading role 25 years after her father
The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) has elected Rachel Goldie and its new chairman, a position her father also held a quarter of a century ago.
Rachel Goldie, 27, has been a member of Great Smeaton Young Farmers’ Club (YFC) for 15 years.
She was elected as the Federation s new chairman during its first-ever online council elections.
It s the first time in NFYFC s 90-year history that two generations of the same family have been elected to the position.
A Yorkshire young farmer has been elected as the new chairman of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) 25 years after her father held
Cereals offers early bird tickets for free
17 February 2021 |
Cereals will be the first of Comexposium s physical events to be held in Europe this year
This year s Cereals event is offering free early bird tickets for farmers and visitors who register before the end of March.
Organisers behind the arable sector event said it wanted to provide farmers with a no-risk way to put the event in the diary.
Cereals will be the first of Comexposium s physical events to be held in Europe this year.
Alli McEntyre, event organiser said: We know both farmers and exhibitors are eager to get back to it.
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Airgun users aged between 14 and 17 would need the supervision of someone over 21 when using an airgun if proposed changes are passed
Shooting groups are lobbying against the Home Office’s proposed amendments to airgun legislation, which would prevent those between 14 and 17 taking an airgun out alone, even in a private garden.
Curtis Mossop, BASC’s head of pathways to shooting, said: “The government has significantly underestimated the impact this proposal will have on those who use airguns. As well as for recreation and competitive shooting, thousands of under-18s use their airguns as part of their work. Be it an apprentice gamekeeper or a farm worker undertaking pest control.”
Zoom: YFC competing in Inter Situations Vacant competition DESPITE the occasional technical blip, the young farmers taking part in the County Final of the Inter Situations Vacant Competition via zoom competed at an exceptionally high standard. The six finalists were interviewed for jobs of their own choosing which included; a child learning and family play practitioner, a local council candidate, an HR support apprentice, an assistant dairy herdsperson, a specialist diagnostic radiographer and an accounts assistant. The judges for the evening, Alison Sisson and Kevin Batty enjoyed their role as interviewers and were suitably impressed with their young farmer interviewees.