The UK's biggest machinery-only event, the LAMMA Show, returns to its normal January slot this year after a couple of years disrupted by Covid-19 lockdowns.

It will run on January 10 and 11 at the NEC and is open to farmers and industry professionals.

“We look forward to welcoming the farming community back to LAMMA once again,” said Nichola Bell, head of events at Agriconnect, which organises the event. “With sustainability, production efficiency and food security at the top of the industry’s priority list, LAMMA is the perfect place for farmers and business owners to find the right tools and strategies help them achieve their goals.”

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Organisers expect more than 700 manufacturers, dealers and distributors will fill 11 halls at the NEC, showcasing the latest products, knowledge and services available to farmers and producers across the arable, horticultural and livestock sectors.

Visitors can expect to see a return of familiar features, like the Farm Safety Zone, the ability to earn CPD points and a wide range of seminars on contemporary topics in agriculture. The Future Farming Trail – formerly known as the Farming 4.0 Trail – will also highlight exhibitors and products at the show with the potential to revolutionise the industry.

Visitors can register for free tickets at: https://eventdata.uk/Forms/Form.aspx?FormRef=LAM13Visitor&TrackingCode=website

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LAMMA's Young Engineer Award helps promote promising talent

The LAMMA Show and the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) have once again partnered up to announce the 2023 Young Engineer Award, showcasing young engineers whose work helps UK farms be more sustainable and profitable.

“Our roots lie in championing the best of British agricultural engineering, and this is still closely aligned with LAMMA’s mission today,” explained Ms Bell. “The Young Engineer Award gives us the opportunity to identify promising young talent in the sector and, in doing so, we aim to provide them with opportunities to further their careers.”

Last year’s winner was Stephen Davies, who will return to LAMMA 2023 as an exhibitor with his DTec 200 feeding and mixing bucket.

Winning the 2022 Young Engineer Award gave him confidence and led to inquiries about the product, said Stephen: “I would definitely recommend that others enter the award. It showed me I was on the right path and made the right decision to launch my own business and continue working on the DTec 200.

"I received a lot of messages and calls from people congratulating me, as well as expressing interest in the bucket,” he said adding that LAMMA was another major step for his business.

“It is really important for me to be there to show people the updates and get a wider picture of what farmers think of the DTec 200,” he explained.

The award showcases engineers who have created or made changes to a piece of agricultural machinery, equipment or technology and, by doing so, improved efficiency, profitability or sustainability on-farm.

The winner will be determined by a combination of judges’ scores and public voting results and will be announced at the LAMMA Show in January, 2023.