There are just seven weeks to go until the 2021 Sheep Breeders Round Table (SBRT).

The online event takes place this year between Monday and Friday, November 15-19.

The SBRT is an industry initiative, with collaboration from levy-boards AHDB Beef and Lamb, AgriSearch, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and the National Sheep Association (NSA).

The event is open to anyone with an interest in sheep production and attracts a varied audience of farmers, breeders, researchers and industry representatives.

The programme will run over a week, opening with a lunchtime session on Monday, November 15, followed by four evening sessions, each hosted by a different levy board. The NSA will conclude the programme with a lunchtime session on Friday.

A range of international researchers, breeders and commercial farmers will join each session to provide open, honest, first-hand experience from their involvement in the various projects. Topics will include genetic evaluation methods, environmental sustainability, anthelmintic resistance and breeding.

Confirmed speakers include:

Those interested can view the full programme and register for the online events here on the AHDB website.

The committee intends to return to the traditional three-day face-to-face SBRT conference next year between November 18 and 20, 2022.