The Pursuit of Profitability’ was the theme for the second annual EBLEX National Producer Conference held at the Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol, on Monday, May 19.

Presentations and details of the speakers are below. (Please note some of these are large files). Presentations for Professor Grandin and Professor Gregory will be posted in due course.

A series of handling videos by Professor Grandin is available at www.grandin.com.

Speakers include:

• Professor Temple Grandin, the renowned international expert on animal handling systems. Prof Grandin looked at how producers can exploit natural behaviour to make things quicker, easier and safer on farm.
  Presentation: Livestock Behaviour Handling Part 1 (5MB)
  Presentation: Livestock Behaviour Handling Part 2 (5MB)
• Professor Neville Gregory discussed the impact of animal stress and other welfare issues at slaughter and how they can have a detrimental impact on meat quality.
  Presentation: Meat Quality and Preslaughter Presentation
• International beef consultant David Evans looked at how events on the global stage could impact on producers in this country
  Presentation: A Global Market Perspective for Beef
• Dr Anne Mottet from the Insituit de l’Elevage gave an update on the vision for sheep meat production in the EU. Dr Mottett is working on the European Sheepmeat Report Project.
  Presentation: The European Sheep Meat Sector
• Mike Rowe, agricultural manager at Clydesdale Bank Plc gave a financial perspective on the beef and sheep sectors and the challenges ahead.
  Presentation: Securing a better financial future for the farm business