NSA Scotsheep 2021 cancelled due to Covid uncertainties
27 January 2021 |
NSA Scotsheep has been postponed until summer 2022 due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis
This year s NSA Scotsheep event which was due to take place in late May has been cancelled because of the uncertainties and restrictions caused by Covid-19.
The National Sheep Association s (NSA) Scottish executive committee announced that the event will now be rescheduled to 1 June 2022.
Organisers believe that restrictions on social distancing and mass gatherings will still be in force for the considerable future .
Jennifer Craig, NSA Scotland chair said: “We are really disappointed to have to postpone NSA Scotsheep until next June, as plans for the event were well advanced.
Sheep event cancelled for a second time due to the coronavirus By Gordon Calder
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Updated: 17:01, 26 January 2021
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The NSA Sheep event has been postponed because of the coronavirus.
A MAJOR event in the farming calendar has been postponed for the second time because of the coronavirus pandemic.
NSA Scotsheep, which covers all aspects of sheep production, from husbandry, nutrition and health to marketing and the promotion of the finished product, did not go ahead last year because of the Covid19 restrictions. The organisers, the National Sheep Association, hoped the event would be held on May 27 this year but following a remote meeting of its executive, has decided it would be unsafe to let it proceed due to the continued uncertainties and restrictions caused by Covid-19. The event is now due to take place on Wednesday June 1, 2022 by permission of Robert and
Quality always sells in any market and for Northern Ireland livestock farmer, James Alexander, that means using several breeds and crosses in the sheep and the cattle world to produce females of the highest calibre. While many producers with a keen eye for stock focus on pedigree breeding as an alternative source of income, James who farms in partnership with his parents, Nelson and Anne, wife Ruth and their young family of Mya, Alicia, Isla, Jaxson and Eliza, have been so successful they have already established a brand name in the Jalex prefix which has become synonymous with quality. It’s a policy which is undoubtedly paying handsome dividends for the Ulsterman whose grandparents started off from humble beginnings on a small hill farm in the glens of Antrim. James’ father, Nelson, established the Alexander Tractors business selling tractors and 4 x 4 vehicles in the 1970s.