SOMMET D'ELEVAGE 2-4 Oct 2008 at Clermont Ferrand Europe's No1 livestock show 80,000 visitors – 1,000 exhibitors – 1,800 animals on show (beef & dairy cattle, sheep, draught horses) Every year the first week of October Clermont-Ferrand, France

Central France's most dynamic cattle & sheep co-op with over 1000 members accounting for 42,500 beef cows & 43000 ewes. Access to premium-paying schemes.

France's #1 farming bank. The Centre Ouest covers the Indre & Haute-Vienne départements and they even have english-speaking advisers.

CER France Allier is a specialist agricultural accounting firm providing tax and financial advice, as well as all the usual accounting business (tax, wages, VAT) to farmers in the Allier département. Identical companies, belonging to the same umbrella group, CER France, are present in every département in France. Their business extends to chartered accounting, legal advice, farm business and environmental advice. A very useful organisation that has a wide span of activities enabling both farmer and non-farmer clients to obtain the relevant advice from one single point of contact.

Body of cereal growers in central France employing a number of highly-qualified specialists providing growing, environmental and agronomist advice for all soil types. Marketing assistance & gross margin optimisation.