50 free tickets are on offer for YFC members to the Paris International Agricultural Show from 24 Feb to 4 March! Get your code and find out more here: http://bit.ly/2mZoziN

NFYFC's staff conference kicks off today to give loads of advice and support to staff from our County Federations. Looking forward to learning lots from them all too! Give a shout out on here if your County Officer is joining us over the next two days.

Great funding opportunity for YFCs and YFC County Federations. Check out the details of The Women’s Vote Centenary Grant Scheme - a £1.5 million government fund - to see if you could boost your club's funds. http://bit.ly/2mIELVP

Are you a younger YFC member aged under 18 and have views on the types of activities and events you would like to see NFYFC organising? The Youth Forum want to hear from you ahead of their meeting on 4 February in Edinburgh. Share your thoughts here or contact jodie.green@nfyfc.org.uk so they can be passed to the group. More info here: http://www.nfyfc.org.uk/NFYFCnews/national_news?articleid=11639&single=1

All bird keepers should be following strict biosecurity measures following the announcement that a bird flu prevention zone has been declared across the whole of England. The zone has been put in place following the confirmation that 13 dead wild birds had the virus in Warwickshire. Find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bird-flu-prevention-zone-extended-to-cover-whole-of-england

Want to know what happened on YFC Ski 2018? Check out some of the highlights..! #yfcski2018

The fancy dress theme for Annual Convention 2018 is... Glow in the Dark! The most popular choice in our online poll. Get planning those outfits people. More info here: http://www.nfyfc.org.uk/NFYFCnews/national_news?articleid=11645&single=1

The YFC Buzz is out and has news about the Convention 2018 Fancy Dress theme!

Hooray for Louth Young Farmers Club in Lincolnshire Young Farmers Clubs as this amazing bunch are our Club of the Month! The club regenerated about 15 years ago after a closure and since then have been going strong. They recently held a massive fundraiser for Dementia UK and raised £2,000 from their fun and well-planned idea! Six of their members may be enjoying themselves in New Zealand at the moment, including their Vice Chair and Secretary, but the rest of Louth YFC are still managing to do a fab job! Well done Louth YFC - take a bow. http://www.nfyfc.org.uk/clubofthemonth

"An insight to different ways to train people and also a great place to network," said Megan Hadley from Pencombe YFC in Herefordshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs about the recent Train the Trainer course in the West Midlands. Find out what more about what the 16 members learned to help support their counties and the qualification they have all gained! Congratulations to everyone who joined us and passed on the day. http://www.nfyfc.org.uk/NFYFCnews/national_news?articleid=11642&single=1

Congratulations to Catherine Griffiths from Camarthenshire FYFC, Jess Littleworth from Lincolnshire Young Farmers Clubs, Victoria Seed from Lancashire Yfc, Courtney Watson from Cumbria Young Farmers, Jess Banks from Cffi Maldwyn Montgomery Yfc, Kirsty Cameron Cambridgeshire Young Farmers, Charlotte Morton Buckinghamshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs - Bucks YFC and Abigail Williams from Gwent Yfc who are all going on the Projects Abroad YFC Travel trip to South Africa! Gemma Hiatt and Alistair Hughes, both from Leicestershire & Rutland YFC, have also been selected for the Nepal trip. All these lucky YFC members will join the others on the trip who were chosen at Selection Day last December.

An amazing offer from Massey Ferguson for YFC members! Check out this special finance package on a new Massey Ferguson tractor to help support the next generation of farmers! http://www.nfyfc.org.uk/national_news?articleid=11636&single=1