Dairy Show

Dairy Show
Statusactive
Genreagricultural show
Frequencyannual
Location(s)
Years active1876 – present
InauguratedOctober 1876 (1876-10)
Organised byRoyal Association of British Dairy Farmers

The Dairy Show is an annual British agricultural show, organised by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers. It was founded in 1876 and was first held at the Agricultural Hall in Islington, London; it was later held at Olympia, London, and then moved to the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire. It is now held as part of the annual Livestock Event at the National Exhibition Centre, in Birmingham in the Midlands.[1]

The show was originally known as the Metropolitan Dairy Show.[2]: 95  Goats, pigs and poultry were included in the show from its earliest years.[3] The introduction of milking trials and tests of butterfat and protein content of milk at the show in 1879 was both a response to, and a contributory factor in, the progressive trend towards selection of stock for productive traits rather than purely for physical appearance.[3][4]: 144 

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