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Targeting changes that bring results - LNW factsheet
Added on Monday, 30 April 2012
Ros Hughes, a dairy specialist with Kite Consulting, has helped John and Ben Hartley to increase herd yield by over 1,000 litres/head in the last year and in to a position to install a third robotic milker. Here she explains how they went about...
Download and Read FactsheetAnimal Health and Welfare Case Study - Beef
Added on Monday, 16 January 2012
Outdated cattle handling facilities were adding extra time and risk to the daily routine of Andy Gibbon, a beef and sheep farmer from Northwich, Cheshire. Now he's able to monitor the health of his cattle, implement quarantine procedures and record...
Download and Read FactsheetStarting a homebred heifer rearing policy - LNW factsheet
Added on Friday, 13 January 2012
Rhidian Jones is a beef specialist with SAC Consulting. Here he explains the decision process that has gone into changing Cumbria beef and sheep monitor farmer Ken Pears heifer replacement...
Download and Read Factsheet"The Udder Doctor" - Producing Quality Milk and Reducing Mastitis
Added on Monday, 14 November 2011
This presentation was given by Dr Andy Johnson during his flying visit to Lancashire in November 2011. Dr Andy, or ‘The Udder Doctor’ as he is also known, is a vet from Wisconsin. (Meeting organised by DairyCo and Myerscough...
Download and Read FactsheetCost effective slurry spreading - LNW factsheet
Added on Monday, 24 October 2011
Splash plate, dribble bar, injector or trailing shoe - which method is most financially viable to the typical beef and sheep farmer? That was the question posed by Cheshire’s beef and sheep monitor farmer and this was the result seen on his...
Download and Read FactsheetCow Signals: How comfortable are your cows? - LNW factsheet
Added on Friday, 21 October 2011
Karen Lancaster is a technical specialist in Animal Health and Welfare for DairyCo. She has over 10 years experience in the field as a farm animal vet and Cow Signals Trainer. In this article she describes the benefits to dairy farmers of understanding...
Download and Read FactsheetSmart sensor to improve cow health - Biosciences KTN
Added on Tuesday, 11 October 2011
An innovative bolus monitors rumen acidity and temperature in dairy cows. It remains in the rumen, wirelessly relaying data at intervals of 15 minutes. It helps prevent acidosis by enabling early diagnosis and allowing remedial changes to feeding. Its...
Download and Read FactsheetUsing brassicas for Better Returns
Added on Monday, 10 October 2011
Brassica crops such as kale, forage rape, grazing turnips, stubble turnips, swedes and new rape/kale hybrids, can provide nutritious, costeffective feeds for beef cattle and sheep. This Eblex booklet looks at how feed costs can be reduced by grazing in...
Download and Read FactsheetTrace element supplementation of beef cattle and sheep - BRP+
Added on Monday, 10 October 2011
Cattle and sheep need at least 15 different minerals for good health and productivity. This Eblex BRP+ report reviews the role of the important trace elements for beef and sheep production in England and Wales, and provides guidance on assessing...
Download and Read FactsheetThink Manures
Added on Friday, 16 September 2011
Tried & Tested, along with the Environment Agency and AHDB, have produced a new guide to handling, storing and spreading manures and slurries. Think manures is full of case studies and best practice examples, along with useful tips and...
Download and Read FactsheetNew to Nutrient Management Guide
Added on Friday, 16 September 2011
Created by Tried & Tested, the New to Nutrient Management Guide is designed especially for those who are new to nutrient management, or are in need of a simple step by step guide to ease them through the process of creating a nutrient management...
Download and Read FactsheetA Farmer’s Guide to selling Finished Beef and Sheep
Added on Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Produced by Eblex in conjunction with the NFU, a farmer's guide to selling finished beef and sheep is a quick and simple checklist for anyone selling finished prime or cull stock to maximise the financial returns to their...
Download and Read FactsheetBreeding from Ewe Lambs - selection tips
Added on Monday, 05 September 2011
This report by ADAS, on behalf of Eblex, covers the dos and dont's when breeding from gimmer lambs (ewe lambs), whether bought in or own replacements - offering tips and things to be aware of, covering production potential, selection, weight gain,...
Download and Read FactsheetTried and Tested Nutrient Management Plan
Added on Friday, 02 September 2011
The industry (AIC, FWAG, LEAF, NFU and CLA) and the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (ECSFDI) has worked together to deliver a second edition of the Tried & Tested Nutrient Management Plan, an aid to making nutrient planning...
Download and Read Factsheet£1,500 saved so far with Resource Audit - LNW factsheet
Added on Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Resource audit finds saving opportunities for Workington dairy...
Download and Read FactsheetSheep Scab or Lice, can you afford to guess? - LNW factsheet
Added on Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Lancashire-based small ruminant veterinary consultant Judith G. Charnley has seen too many cases where skin ailments have been treated incorrectly at great cost. Here she gives guidance on what to do if you suspect you've got either...
Download and Read FactsheetDairy Herd Expansion: Things to be aware of - LNW factsheet
Added on Tuesday, 16 August 2011
SAC dairy consultant Jimmy Goldie explains what you should be aware of when expanding a dairy herd, following his work with the Cumbria Dairy Monitor...
Download and Read FactsheetResource Efficiency: Addressing the basics - LNW factsheet
Added on Tuesday, 16 August 2011
SAC consultant Neil Carter explains how businesses are saving money with the NW Livestock Programme’s resource efficiency audits... Operating efficiently is vital at any time of the year but the early onset of winter and the accompanying...
Download and Read FactsheetTips to reduce dairy energy consumption - LNW factsheet
Added on Tuesday, 16 August 2011
PROMAR dairy consultant James Webster offers an insight into the importance of energy efficiency and the issues he’s helped address on farms in the North...
Download and Read FactsheetTrace elements trial at Lancashire B&S Monitor Farm - LNW factsheet
Added on Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Independent sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings is overseeing trial work on the Lancashire Beef and Sheep Monitor Farm, at Halton, near Lancaster, to determine the most cost-effective method of treating trace element deficiency in lambs. Here she...
Download and Read FactsheetThe BRP Beef and Sheep Parasite Control Guide (2011 update)
Added on Tuesday, 09 August 2011A COMPREHENSIVE list of products, drenches, pour ons etc for the control of fluke and other internal and external parasites in beef cattle and sheep outlined by EBLEX. (2011 product update (Now incorporating milk withhold...
Download and Read FactsheetBetter Returns from reducing liver fluke
Added on Tuesday, 09 August 2011Guidance on danger periods, costs, losses, diagnosis, control and treatment of liver fluke in cattle and sheep from...
Download and Read FactsheetImproved costings for Better Returns
Added on Tuesday, 09 August 2011To understand how to get better returns, you have to understand the basics of the physical and financial performance of your business. That is what this booklet from Eblex is all about. In understanding your business better, not only can you...
Download and Read FactsheetBetter Returns from Checking Purchased Stock
Added on Tuesday, 09 August 2011In this leaflet from Eblex there is guidance and helpful reminders on: Biosecutiry, quarantine. Top 10 herd and flock health tips, diseases to look out for and the golden rules to follow when purchasing and selling...
Download and Read FactsheetAnimal Health & Welfare Case Study - Pigs
Added on Monday, 27 June 2011It was evident to Lancashire pig farmer David Goodier that better housing was the solution to reducing pre-weaning piglet mortality on his farm... now he's seeing on average an extra piglet per sow surviving. Read how Animal Health and Welfare...
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