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News Releases Farmers Guardian and BCPC relaunch congress 17 February 2009 Delegates at this year's British Crop Production Congress can look forward to a fresh approach when they convene at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre in Glasgow in November. An important industry alliance has been formed between Farmers Guardian and the British Crop Production Council (BCPC). Farmers Guardian and BCPC have reached an agreement to partner the running of the world-famous BCPC Congress and Exhibition. The move has been welcomed by both organisations and is an excellent example of two leading businesses pooling their areas of expertise to benefit the global crop production industry. The partnership brings in Farmers Guardian's strong understanding of farmers' practical needs at home and abroad. Indeed, its outstanding success as the provider of must-have news, business and technical information in both online and in hard-copy has justifiably earned it the title of the UK's leading national agricultural newspaper. The strength of Farmers Guardian's parent company United Business Media is its core conference and exhibition business, which operates from India and China, to North and South America, Europe and the former Soviet Union. This will bring to the partnership a global expertise gained from working in trade-sensitive markets. UBM will also help with funding to bring the vast knowledge base and contacts provided by the BCPC Congress and Exhibition, traditionally held in the UK, to overseas locations strong in farming and food production. BCPC also organises technical events and operates a successful technical publishing business which includes the UK Pesticide Guide; The Pesticide Manual; a range of School Books, aimed, at Key Stage 1 in the national curriculum, and numerous advisory and training handbooks for farmers and advisers. BCPC includes in its membership top class scientists, researchers, advisers, consultants. BCPC is now keen to work along side Farmers Guardian and UBM Conferences to formulate a successful 2009 market-led BCPC Congress and Exhibition at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre in Glasgow from 9th-11th November. BCPC The British Crop Production Council (BCPC) is a non-profit making organisation. Over 50 years it has developed an international reputation for sound science in the fields of agriculture, food and the environment. Its conferences, publications and working groups bring together scientists to form opinion on key issues. Its website www.bcpc.org attracts more than 12,000 visitors a month seeking its opinions, products and services Farmers Guardian Farmers Guardian is the UK's leading weekly agricultural newspaper. Part of United Business Media, it has a circulation of 52,821, and a readership of 130,000 each week. It is recognised as a leading publication for agricultural news, as well as providing in-depth, authoritative technical news in the arable, machinery and livestock sectors. Its website, farmersguardian.com, aims to be the first to break key agricultural news throughout the day, every day. As well as providing unparalleled agricultural event coverage, Farmers Guardian is media partner for a number of key events such as leading arable conferences, the Tillage 2009 cultivation events, and LAMMA, which is one of Europe's largest machinery events. United Business Media UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.unitedbusinessmedia.com |
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