Royal Ulster Winter Fair

Royal Ulster Winter Fair The Royal Ulster Winter Fair features showing classes for Holstein, Aryshire, Dairy Shorthorn and Jersey breeds.

The Royal Ulster Winter Fair in association with sole Sponsor Danske Bank is NI's pinnacle dairy event, showcasing exceptional dairy breeding and agri innovation. The event will return to the Eikon Exhibition Centre on Thursday 10th December 2026 and, with accommodation for 200 cattle, is a Fair not to be missed.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!๐Ÿ™๐ŸปToday we celebrate the amazing women shaping Northern Irelandโ€™s dairy industry โ€“ from ...
08/03/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

Today we celebrate the amazing women shaping Northern Irelandโ€™s dairy industry โ€“ from farmers to producers, innovators and event organisers ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Your hard work and passion keep our farms thriving and our milk jugs full ๐Ÿฅ›๐Ÿ„

Thank you for driving our dairy industry forward with skill, dedication and heart!

28/01/2026

Join the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) to be part of promoting agriculture in Northern Ireland through events like the Balmoral Show, Beef and Lamb Championships, and the Winter Fair at the Eikon Exhibition Center. Become a member today!

๐Ž๐ง ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐๐Ÿ†Results from the Royal Ulster Winter Fair On Farm Challenge, in association with Dan...
22/01/2026

๐Ž๐ง ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐๐Ÿ†

Results from the Royal Ulster Winter Fair On Farm Challenge, in association with Danske Bank UK, have been announced.

๐ŸŒŸ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: Sam & John McCormick, Hilltara Holsteins (Bangor) with Hilltara Lambda Doreen
๐Ÿฅˆ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The Fleming Family (Downpatrick) with Potterwalls Casino Lady
๐Ÿ…๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The McLean Family (Bushmills) with Priestland Reagan Tiger Lilly

This challenge showcased the exceptional quality of dairy cattle across the province and the resilience of their proud exhibitors ๐Ÿฎ

Congratulations to everyoneโ€”we look forward to welcoming you back this December to celebrate 40 years of the Royal Ulster Winter Fair! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐Ÿ“ฒFor full results go to https://winterfair.org.uk/news/champions-crowned-for-on-farm-challenge

19/01/2026

Ever thought of Stewarding in the dairy section of the Balmoral Show? ๐ŸŽก

The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society are on the lookout for new volunteers to take part in their ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž.

For more infromation check out the below post ๐Ÿ‘‡

Check out the picture below from 38 years ago ๐Ÿ‘€Winter Fair at the Kingโ€™s Hall in 1988.All eyes were on the judge โ€” and a...
12/01/2026

Check out the picture below from 38 years ago ๐Ÿ‘€
Winter Fair at the Kingโ€™s Hall in 1988.
All eyes were on the judge โ€” and all eyes still are.

All eyes on judging rings at the Winter Fair which was held at the Kingโ€™s Hall, Balmoral, Belfast, in December 1988. Picture: Farming Life archives/Darryl Armitage

23/12/2025
From toy tractors to real onesโ€ฆ every farmer starts somewhere! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿšœ
19/12/2025

From toy tractors to real onesโ€ฆ every farmer starts somewhere! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿšœ

18/12/2025

๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐—”๐—š๐—ข ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐ŸŽ‰

The Eikon Exhibition Centre and the Logan Hall were buzzing with thousands of dairy producers keen to network, catch up, and see the latest innovations the industry has to offer ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿฎ

We caught up with some of our exhibitors to find out why they choose to attend the Winter Fair each year:
โ€ข KEENAN System
โ€ข Rayโ€™s Concrete Grooving
โ€ข National Milk Records Ltd
โ€ข Genesis Agri Ltd
โ€ข MSD Animal Health Ireland - Livestock
โ€ข Lely
โ€ข The Auld Forge Gortin

Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a fantastic event ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

๐€ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐๐”๐™๐™๐Ÿ˜„โ„๏ธOur trade stand exhibitors have brought festive spirit, industry expertise and enthusiasm to the Eikon ...
17/12/2025

๐€ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐๐”๐™๐™๐Ÿ˜„โ„๏ธ

Our trade stand exhibitors have brought festive spirit, industry expertise and enthusiasm to the Eikon Exhibition Centre.

With crowds flowing in and dairy leading the way, it was a brilliant day of meeting, chatting, and showcasing the very best our sector has to offer ๐ŸŽ„

Thanks to everyone who stopped by โ€” and to our exhibitors for keeping the atmosphere warm, welcoming, and full of cheer!โœจ

16/12/2025

A behind-the-scenes glimpse from this yearโ€™s ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐ŸŽ–๏ธ

Huge congratulations to all of our winners and exhibitors who helped make the event such a success ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ…๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ โ€“ Eko Hoofcare
๐Ÿ…๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ โ€“ ElectroMech Agri
๐Ÿ…๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ - Botanica International Ltd
๐Ÿ…๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ โ€“ Countryside Services Ltd
๐Ÿ…๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ- Cookstown Dairy Services
๐Ÿ…๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ โ€“ Farmcare Products
๐Ÿ…๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ Rural Support

A special thank you to ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—• ๐—ช๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ for the hard job of judging โ€“ not an easy task with such a high standard on display ๐Ÿ‘

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ!โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ŠWith thousands of visitors thro...
15/12/2025

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ!โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š

With thousands of visitors through the doors, thereโ€™s been no shortage of great conversations, new connections and festive cheer โœจ๐ŸŽ„

From dairy leaders to agri innovators, our exhibitors help make the Winter Fair the special event it is.

Thanks for bringing the energy, expertise ๐Ÿ‘

Check out the 2026 Northern Ireland Show dates! ๐Ÿฅณ
15/12/2025

Check out the 2026 Northern Ireland Show dates! ๐Ÿฅณ

๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—  ๐—œ๐—กโœ๐Ÿป

A new year means a new calendar โ€“ and itโ€™s time to start filling in your ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ with Northern Irelandโ€™s upcoming Shows! ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Ž

Stay tuned for more details and get ready for a bigger and better year of great Shows!๐ŸŽ‰

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