Agricultural Dealers Carrs Billington, teamed up with Newton Rigg College to host Grassland North for the second occasion on 13th May 2015.

An event created three years ago due to demand for a grassland focused exhibition in the North of England, brought together a wide range of suppliers to Sewborwens Farm at Penrith, Cumbria.

Wanting to provide more than just a static display, Grassland North has become an educational and informative day out for farmers in the region. It was also the first time in the UK that bales were wrapped in pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness and Breakthrough Cancer. The pink bale wrap has been produced by Volac and is in high demand thanks to the display on the day.

Support for the event was best demonstrated by the machinery suppliers to Carrs Billington, who had over six million pounds worth of the most advanced equipment functioning. Liz Philip, Executive Principle of Askham Bryan, the group behind Newton Rigg College, said ‘it was a superb demonstration of modern commercial agriculture for both student and industry alike, and it was a pleasure to work with Carrs Billington in putting on such an event’.

Local farmers, contractors and enthusiasts, along with those from as far afield as Nottingham and Scotland, visited on the day to make the most of the May sunshine and were able to enjoy local ice-cream and refreshments, take tours around the state of the art £2.4 million dairy unit, and to see a vast range of machinery from Massey Ferguson and Fendt tractors, Krone and Kuhn grassland equipment, slurry and muck applicators, ATV’s, trailers and so much more. An estimated 3,500 people attended the event. Rae Tomlinson, Managing Director of Carrs Billington said ‘Carrs Billington were delighted to stage this event for the second time, fortunately we were blessed with good weather and the event was clearly an enjoyable, informative success and I would like to thank Newton Rigg and our suppliers, Carrs personnel and most of all our customers without whom it would not have been the success it clearly was.